inside that and what government officials are saying this morning. more details coming up plus gop presidential hopefuls, descend on las vegas to battle it out once gain. the bulls eye may once again be on herman cain. closer to home search for a missing maryland boy why police continue to focus their investigation on wooded areas in montgomery county. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts now. wow nice start to the day starting to ski a little break in the clouds plenty of sunshine today too. good morning thanks for being with us i am steve chenevey. >> sorry my mic fell right off. that's okay, you are good to go now. >> happens some times when it is so early in the morning. tony you don't know early you have been on since 4:25 a.m. >> no, we are all in the same

boat. thanks alison and steve good morning you saw that live shot pretty live shot nice start to the day, let's look at temperatures as they peer at this hour, 57 degrees here in washington dulles airport at 52, out near sterling cooler, cooler up in baltimore, 52 degrees, fredericks burg, 55, winchester virginia, cool 48 degrees ocean city maryland at 57 here is a look at the satellite radar composite things are quiet, scattered clouds around the skies, nothing in the way of precipitation that will change less than 24 hours from now when we get rain showers moving in but for today not a bad day partly sunny skies another mild afternoon one more and then changes come high today 72 degrees tell you about those changes in just a little bit first we want to get our check on traffic we do that with julie wright. >> all right tony busy on the

roads this morning because of an accident that resulted in a police chase northbound 395, the crew live over the scene you will find the ramp at 395 remains closed travelling northbound 395, delay beginning back at the prince william parkway, headed out to the accident scene a good 12-mile back up they just moved a roll back to the scene hopefully they will get some of this open shortly the mainline is open, big delays from prince william parkway headed northbound 395, commute 270, on the break leaving german town no incidents to report, just volume delays at this time. delays travelling eastbound 66 with lanes open the commute is flowing as you work your way in from manassas, 40 minute drive, eastbound dulles toll road authorities checking for a crash this location, southbound

270 delays out of german town headed out towards the split. powder mill road, 197, authorities are on the scene of a crash. we begin with local politics at this hour polls are opening in parts of prince georges county an election to fill the district 6 council seat once held by leslie johnson today's election has democrats, derek leonidas facing off against gardener, davis beat primary challengesser gardener ran unopposed. johnson resigned his seat back in july after pleading guilty in a corruption scheme, involving jack johnson. presidential politics in the battle over the early primary caucuses. they will hold their nominating caucuses, january 3rd although

new hampshire is threatening to move its to december. florida's decision to move its primary to late january set off a chain reaction. tonight, the gop presidential candidates are gathering for a debate and herman cain could find himself in the cross hairs. a new poll shows just how much he has been surging. >> herman cain is officially a front runer that status carries with it close scrutiny he will likely feel at tonight's debate. can y'all see that big bulls eye on my back. a front runners occupational hazard. he simply communicated 9-9-9 tax reform plan has shot him to the front of the pack into the sights of his rivals. >> herman cain is in it to win it the reason i am rising in the polls is because i am connecting with the people. >> reporter: real clear politics show cain nearly tied

with mitt romney and in the general election it shows cain beating president obama in a hypothetical match up, 43 to 41% he trailed by 5 points two weeks ago the surge forcing him to beef up his campaign machine. >> we have infrastructure we just do not have the infrastructure that some others might think we ought to have at this point in the campaign. >> president obama is on the road too but the white house insists the taxpayer funded tour is not a campaign trip even though chants make it sound like one. >> i appreciate the four more years but right now i am thinking about the next 13 months. because yes, we got an election coming up and that is a long ways away and some folks can't wait. >> reporter: some question

whether cain is in it to win it. in washington nicole collins, fox news. >> thank you the president's bus tour comes to virginia the president in north carolina taking his push for the jobs bill to voters in two key swing states he arrived in north carolina yesterday, the crowds chanting yes, we can this trip is at least partly about math, there are 28 electoral votes in north carolina and virginia. he conceded he cannot get congress to pass the entire jobs bill now. >> maybe they just couldn't understand the whole thing all at once so we are going to break it up into bite sized pieces. >> it is clearly campaigning and i must say again i have never seen an uglier bus than the canadian one he is travelling around on a canadian bus, out thing american jobs --

touting american jobs. >> tonight he speaks at a high school in southern virginia. >> chef >> there has already been a security breech involving tomorrow's speech in virginia. a truck containing his speech equipment was stolen from a hotel in it were podiums, presidential seal, tell prompter and $200,000 in audio equipment. it was found in a parking lot of a different hotel near the richmond airport. a statement says no classified or sensitive information was in the vehicle we take incidents such as this very seriously and a formal investigation is continuing. to our big story now the search for a missing 11-year- old william mcclean this is a

new photo of william and his mom jane who was found murdered inside their german town home. >> new evidence that lead police to several wooded areas in montgomery county. stacy. >> reporter: there was a lot of evidence they recovered when they arrested curtis lopez in north carolina they found her credit card, a pair of box cutters, jane mcclean's cutter but no sign of 11-year-old william that is why montgomery county police will be out searching again today the boy and his 51-year-old mother were last seen near their german town apartment september 30th. so far they have searched darns town regional park and little bennett regional park to look for any trace of him one of the fathers of william's best friends said he suggested to look in that wooded park near

damascus because he knew mcclean and her estranged husband had once been there. >> we have been down there a few times, they said well, that might be a place to look because it is heavily wooded and i said yes, it is heavily wooded of course they are thinking possibly -- hopefully that is the worst case scenario hopefully they don't find anything. >> curtis lopez is the estranged husband of jane mcclean not the father of william he will be leaving north carolina, heading up here to maryland but he is still not co-operating with authorities, montgomery county police will give us a briefing later on this morning. back to you. thank you. a young child who fell out of a third story apartment building is expected to survive a woman living in the complex in silver springs found the 5- year-old crying up out of heroine doe witnesses say the boy's family was in the process of moving into the apartment

and the father asked the mover to keep an eye on his son while he picked up another child from school. the child fell 30 feet. a man accused of posing as a law enforcement officer, attacks happened in herndon. in developing historic prisoner swap in israel the first palestinians are on the gaza strip the first 47 palestinians arrived being exchanged for a 25-year-old israeli soldier held captive by hamas since 2006 he was just released in the last hour after speaking to egyptian television was transferred to israel. >> three americans held in iran

for spying are joining the occupy wall street protestors they are in california speaking to protestors in front of oakland city hall the three were convicted of ease by agine 2009. civil rights activist and princeton university professor cornell west is out of jail prosecutors decided not to charge west after he was arrested sunday at the supreme court and spent the night in jail. west was among 19 protestors taken into custody after police told them to leave. the group, october 2011 stop the machine organized to stop corporate politics. >> new details in the case of a missing baby in missouri. >> in libya, surprise visit from one of our nations leaders as rebels work to take over another city. >> also no progress in talks to end the nba lock out why today could be a crucial deadline if they want to get back on the

court by christmas. pgh >> take you to break a live lookout side latest weather and traffic from tony and julie, 7:11 a.m. we will be right back

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a judge in aruba turned down a request to release giordano he claims gardener never surfaced while they were snorkeling in august his attorney plans to appeal at the end of the month. libya now, 1,000 rebel troops are trying to capture the last area under control of forces loyal toga da phi they have launched a -- gadhafi. they have launched a major

assault on sert. hours ago secretary of state hillary clinton made an unannounced visit to offer new assistance. nba and players association are bringing in a federal mediator to end the ongoing lock out commissioner david stern said last week there most likely will not be any games on christmas if a new deal is reached by today he already cancelled the first two weeks of the season. probably not going to happen. so what is going to happen. >> well, just keep waiting keep talking keep waiting they went an entire hockey season a couple years ago without any games. >> i think they will end up with half a season. >> i feel bad for the venues and people -- >> yes. >> the other folks. >> here less so than other places apatiently but yes, -- apparently but yes, that is bad news. good news you don't have to worry about the wizards not

making the playoffs. >> maybe i have a better chance. >> don't worry about it and then play for half trying to thing positive. >> all right let's look at the bus stop forecast as you get the kids ready for school, sunrise, occurring in just a couple minutes 7:20 a.m. officially not a bad sky temperatures primarily low to mid-50s warmer some places here is a look at the u.s. mapped temperatures cool out there north and west, detroit 42 degrees, st. louis 47, minneapolis, 44 but down to the south, 77 miami, 68 in new orleans, check out denver, that is the cool spot -- no, it is not, cool spot is bismark, 32 degrees, they are freezing, los angeles, 60 degrees. here is a look at the national satellite radar we have a fort st. john at the boundary a cold front -- a frontal boundary, a cold front moving east ward, coming in our direction we will

get rain showers in here tomorrow also see moisture down to the south across florida, gulf of mexico that is your tropical air mass it will make its way north ward and enhance the rain we get tomorrow i think tomorrow is a wet day. 5 day forecast, today though, not bad, partly sunny, 72 degrees, very nice day tomorrow rain showers, high only 68 becoming breezy still breezy thursday high of 60, and then friday and saturday, highs will only be around 60 degrees and same will hold true i will tell you a little -- give you a little extra sunday. don't think we didn't see that 44 on that 5 day. >> yeah. >> back end of it. >> not good. >> all right. >> check in with julie wright still time to book your ticket south. >> i was thinking that is something spooky to see 44 degrees. >> sounds like halloween to me. >> yeah, it does on the roads you will find no trick or treaters but a lot of folks sitting in bumper to bumper

traffic commute stalled out of manassas, dulles toll road, 7100 headed eastbound earlier accident cleared, 395 the ramp is blocked at edsel road, toward king street southbound 270 improving here, closer to 118 south of mba and the belt way that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. the mother of a missing baby in missouri changing her story about what she was doing the night her child disappeared. >> but debra bradly's lawyer shows such honesty shows she has nothing to hide. sarah good morning. >> good morning. very interesting developments this morning while fbi agenthoe kal authorities -- agents and local authorities search for clues, debra bradly reveals she

was drunk and may have blacked out. the child's mother admits she may have blacked out from drink, debra bradly melanie irwin sat down. were you slurring your words? stumbling? >> i don't think so, no. >> do you remember the period well? >> no. >> is it possible you had a black out. >> it is a possibility. i mean just like anybody else when you drink you don't remember the things that happen. >> 10 month old lisa irwin disappeared october 4th her parents reporting her missing from her crib at 2:00 a.m. saying the child may have been kidnapped security video earlier from the nearby store shows bradly buying a box of wine and other things and seen leaving the store with a man the family later said is her brother. >> some folks will have an issue. >> i am sure they are. >> to me there is nothing wrong with me doing what i want to do

after dark. >> fbi and police were seen outside the family home removing bags of something from the neighbors house also investigators were seen using dogs on the irwin's family car trying to search for the baby's scent two weeks later after the child disappeared police say they do not have suspects but according to bradly she thinks police think she and irwin are involved. >> they think what we might have done it is just sick. now one neighbor whose home was searched is the same person who was drinking with debra bradly the night of lisa's disappearence. >> thank you for the update, 7:21 a.m., up next search for more earthquake damage at the national cathedral. >> controversy over maryland's redistricting maps, they call it balanced and fair republicans see it as a brazen

attempt to out one of their own. trick-or-treat at the national zoo, hey, there is a friend for some and in deed for others holly morris live ahead at the annual boo at the zoo held this weekend we will check with her and her creepy crawly friends later on 

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ends up where? plus maryland lawmakers enter day 2 of a special session as the state's redistricting plan advances we will break down the governor's plan and discuss widespread criticism by some. >> belt way and 29, heavy as you can imagine this time of the morning coming up 7:30 a.m., get the latest traffic updates from miss julie wright and mr. perkins has a nice forecast for today, we will capitalize on that up next  so what's the language here in aruba ?

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a bit of a surprise for shoppers in alaska. look at this a small bear cub or as alison might say a little baby bear made its way inside a grocery store and found a whole stash of food. thought it would sample some of that fresh produce when they are babies like that you just grab them by the scruff of the neck and walk them out. really unusual this time of year to see a baby cub by itself one thing you have to worry about with the baby cub in the produce department the mama may be around checking cereals. >> problem on aisle 7. >> clean up you don't want to

have to deal with. >> in the meantime, that is really cute. >> very cute. >> just walking around. >> when i was living in new york city,. >> you saw this all the time. >> every now and then except it was a rat. about that size actually. >> pretty similar in size. >> that is the nastiest thing. >> not the greatest grocery stores in new york city. all right you are going to enjoy today because we've got changes coming and in fact take a look at your headline today, yeah, one more dry day, and we will have some dry days later in the week one more nice dry day and cooler weather in here tomorrow will be a wet day so let's enjoy this one folks another day to have your lunch outside perhaps, let's take a look at current temperatures around the region here in the district, 57 degrees annapolis gone up to 60 degrees these are not bad temperatures for early

this morning, 56 quantico, frederick at a cool 46 degrees, culpepper, new york 52 degrees at this hour and off to the east we have temperatures in the 50s. stevensville, 55 satellite radar composite eastern united states they are the clouds we've got in over us now good amount of cloud cover off to the north and west rain showers to the north not effecting us but rain off to the west will ultimately move in here associated with a frontal boundary when that comes through that will bring up moisture from the south, and we will get a rainy day in here tomorrow start early tomorrow morning, overnight tonight, early tomorrow morning for today not a bad one partly sunny skies one more mild afternoon 72 degrees for your high for today, for tonight clouds begin to build in, during the overnight hours i think some time after midnight, we will get those rain showers developing, 60 for your low in town, 50s outside of town 5 day forecast tomorrow rain, high

only upper 60s, breezy conditions as the afternoon progresses, breezy until thursday high of 60 degrees look how cool it is for the end of the week highs only in the upper 50s to around 60. that is what is happening with the weather now to julie wright and get an update on traffic. busy commute this morning checking in one more time with the crew in sky fox they were above the scene of a crash, reports one lane closed off at the scene and now you will find the activity out of the roadway, that flat bed truck on the scene loading up the accident vehicle. back inside to update your ride elsewhere, travelling inbound along 270, gain, delays out of the area, approaching 109, slow downs in german town, not bad father hurly boulevard but we dip into the teens, 14, 15 miles an hour just trying to get out of german town.

further south out of middleburg, travelling inbound dulles toll road earlier accident cleared but toll road jammed up badly 7100 headed in towards the belt way, no incidents to report at this time as you continue to work your way along the wilson bridge that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. maryland governor o'malley, proposed redistricting plan is one step closer to being passed the senate gave preliminary approval a final vote is scheduled today, senate and house are meeting in special session to decide this issue, tom fitzgerald has more now. maryland governor martin o'malley says redrawing congressional districts comes with built in disagreements. >> it is always very disruptive for incumbent elected officials. >> at the state house governor unvailed his proposal to redraw boundaries that make up

maryland's 8 congressional districts. >> what we put forward is a map as balanced and fair as we could make it. >> but the plan to remove montgomery county from the 4th district is drawing fire from its current democratic congress woman donna edwards . we shouldn't just draw conclusions -- removing montgomery county from 4th district will allow it to be put into the 6th district injecting more minority voters into the district edwards drew up her own map that keeps more of a current district intact than the one proposed by the governor. >> that is maybe satisfactory for certain political or other situations but may not satisfy the interest of the people who live in those counties and communities. the executives of prince georges and montgomery county supported the governor's plan

>> i commend the governor and commissioner for what they have done. the opposition to maps drawn, four simple words, give me your map. public advocates are siding with edwards saying spreading out minority voters would weaken their influence. >> maryland's governor and legislator should assess responsibility for their role, creating dysfunctional congress just because you can create such boundaries does not mean you should. once senate votes and house will consider the redistricting plan, that could happen as early as today, democrats control that body as well the redistricting plan could face a bigger challenge. joining us with more on this, valerie irvin who represents the 5th district good morning thanks for being here first i would like to get your thoughts on the redistricting plan from the governor. >> we are opposing the plan on

the basis the montgomery county, and 2010 census our county for the first time became a majority minority this loses people of color voters across montgomery county and distribute them across three congressional districts, the voting back of 1965, says that is against the law as council president seven of my colleagues and i held a press conference last week to let folks know we were not happy with the situation i think it is bigger than talking about congress woman edward's district it will effect montgomery county for decades to come. >> that falls in line with what congress woman edwards is nighting to keep in place what might happen here. >> it is an interesting place for the state to be in as african american democrats we have always supported the party

some times to our own disadvantage what we might think is on the house side the governor may not have the 85 votes necessary to carry this in house today will be a very important day for the state of maryland but especially for western suburbs in the state of maryland because we know the power has shifted out of baltimore city into the washington dc suburbs but are getting no credit for the fact our population has grown significantly. >> we are talking minorities but republicans are not happy about this plan either. who wins here. >> this is important point you are bringing up we agree with the governor's that we would like to carve out a democratic district and western portion of montgomery county however in order to do that you do not want to violate the voting rights act and make it problematic for communities of color, asians, latinos, african americans and others who will be disenfranchised. the measure and correct me

if i am wrong removes part of frederick, baltimore and caroll county out of the 6th congressional district and adds to a part of montgomery county or takes away >> i think our position here is not so much the republican map but congressional districts remove themselves from baltimore city into northeastern montgomery county we believe that district is not compact does not represent montgomery county's needs and it is a loose seed of voters. what should we look for today. >> today, i am sure the governor is whipping his votes as we speak in annapolis no matter what happens today we believe the fact that we have spoken out, it will create moving forward, other kinds of conversations about lawsuits, possible lawsuits or how we can work together in a democratic party to better heal these rifts that have occurred.

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of a michigan man bragging his daughter had driven him to a gas station because he was drunk when police stopped the girl she was sitting on a booster seat and asked the officer why she had been pulled over because she thought she was driving pretty good she told police this wasn't her first time behind the wheel her father faces felony child abuse charges. >> outrage in china, disturbing video, we stopped it right there but you can see on the video a toddler, hit by that truck, run over twice, and ignored by everybody around that little 2-year-old girl in critical condition finally someone comes to check on her surveillance camera shows that toddler walking on the narrow market street people walk by as if nothing happens a second vehicle truck that young girl. again she is in critical condition this morning. a wall of dust starts in skies and stops traffic in texas south plains the 16-mile per hour winds, cause widespread minor damage downed

power lines and toppled trees. >> amazes me when we see the dust storm videos like that, you remember growing up playing baseball you get one coming through you turn your head for a few minutes, passes by something like that, forget it. would not want to stand out in that. got to be scary see it coming towards you and then you are just in darkness. >> right. >> all right nothing scary about today's forecast. >> today's forecast is good fine conditions out there this morning a good day today, current temperatures around the region, in the district, 57 degrees, up to 52 degrees in baltimore, 52 dulles airport ocean city, 58, winchester cool at 48 degrees here is a look at the future cast for today and into tomorrow, we've got clouds this morning there is your precipitation down to the south and precipitation off to the west those will combine forces to bring rain to our region, it will be tropical air that makes its way in here from the south

the cold air eventually will win out from the cold front to the west later today sunshine clouds build in by early tomorrow morning, rain showers across the area, heaviest rain is offshore, for us it is just rain showers around noon tomorrow i do thing they start in the morning and then as the day progresses, a few more showers, still raining, looks like by late wednesday night into the overnight hours, for thursday. all right here is your 5 day forecast today, high 72 degrees, not a bad day today, good amount of sunshine clouds, rain you will need the umbrella tomorrow breezy high of 68, and then the temperatures remember that cold air lags behind then temperatures drop highs 60 for the next several days after tomorrow so it will be cool end of this week. that is the latest on the weather more coming up in a little bit. >> is this the beginning of it. >> it could be. i think we will get another few real nice days and then yeah.

november soon. >> i know. we will get a few more. >> holding on to what we can julie i am trying. >> even the animals are turning against me i saw a big old deer on my drive into work this morning he had his big old antlers the only thing missing was santa in the sled behind him and of course my gift. all right here we go on the roads travelling southbound, 270, out at german town gain approaching father hurly boulevard yeah, you are below speed, 41 miles per hour, hitting the brakes, 118, 12 to 13 miles per hour, headed out towards the lane divide montrose road a 40 minute commute headed to rockville, other side of town southbound 95 as you work from 32 down to the capitol belt way a 40 minute commute there, southbound 29, slow as you work from 198 to the belt way 20 minute commute, on the other side of town you will find your

lanes are open eastbound 66, manassas, centerville headed toward the capitol belt way traffic light delays, leaving northeast to northwest that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. well, the national zoo much like miss seymour all decked out ready for trick or treaters. >> oh, i get it. holly morris is live with more holly i have on orange and black. i know halloween is a season i understand you don't just celebrate it one day you are a girl after my own heart but we are indeed live at the zoo talking about mountains of treats and plenty of tricks as they gear up for their annual boo at the zoo 13 years and running this morning we are learning how to embrace and love creepy crawlly creatures like the african platedly sard. we will talk about it -- plaited , lizards we will talk about how you and your family can be part of the event

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almost that time halloween is almost upon us time for the annual boo at the zoo 13th annual going on this weekend. >> holly is at the national zoo to find out more about this family fun event holly good morning. alison, dare i says the the wildest trick or treat in town? see why that is funny, wild

animals, i hear you laughing thank you. i really love this event it is a wonderful event it started as a small fundraiser for the zoo and now it is a community tradition and tickets sell fast it is friday, saturday and sundayly tell you right now saturday is already sold out so plan for friday or sunday and those tickets are going fast as well. it is for young people 2 to 12 to come trick-or-treat at the zoo, 40 stations they can have animal encounters they have already got the zoo decorated a fun way to celebrate the season and take advantage of one of the best things we have in our area, smithsonian national zoo so while we are here talking halloween we thought we would talk about what are traditionally scary animals, but we are changing that perception and you will love the creepy crawly thing that we are showing you. thanks to lauren augustine with reptile discovery center and has a very active friend with her who is this? >> one of our newest snakes a

black headed python from northern australia. >> when you say new, new it has only been in the collection two weeks. >> only on exhibit a couple days now. >> very cool. so tell me about him. >> okay he is from northern australia, he has this awesome black head which helps him soak up the heat so he can lay camouflage while he is hunting and still get very warm. >> i think he is sleek and owe fist kateed. >> -- sophisticated. >> smooth and iridescent. >> now he doesn't bite. >> no, this is a docile species they are not very into biting. >> he is very active. >> he is nice and warm the warmer they get the more active they are. talk about taking care of him and feeding him and life here at the zoo. >> he eats every two weeks. >> only every two weeks. >> yeah he gets a big meal he

will bask out there in 10 degrees get nice and warm. >> they have low metabolisms right so it takes a long time for them to process everything so now do you only have one of these. >> we have a pair one for the resource room for education and one on exhibit. >> is there always usually a pair? >> not always just depends. >> yeah so why -- i always wondered why do you thing it is people are so afraid of snakes. >> i just think it is a conditioned response what they learn from other people as they are growing up. >> why should we thing of them as friendly creatures. >> they are nice they are just there to hunt rodents in your backyard. >> it is that whole circle of life they keep things -- so how did you ever get interested in reptiles. >> my dad. >> a cute young girl like you >> my dad was always taking us out we always had pet snakes as kids and turtles and everything my dad was really into snakes he would take us to valley forge national park. >> if you learn young you

probably won't have that fear. >> yep. >> another good way to conquer it when it comes to animal encounters people like you want to talk to the kids how do you suggest people make the most of that opportunity. >> of getting to know snakes. >> getting to know snakes and about them. >> yeah, my -- the biggest thing i say is look and don't touch snakes especially if you don't know what you are looking at but come to a place like a zoo where you can get educated by professionals and tell you what you are looking at. >> the best way for you to do that is come to the national zoo on any given day but also take advantage of wonderful events like boo at the zoo it is this friday, saturday and sunday tickets only available for friday and saturday, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., $20 for members, $30 nonmembers they are selling parking passes easiest thing to do is go to myfoxdc.com we have a link to the smithsonian national zoo website they will

give you all the information you need to know. now we are best friends with snakes we will expand our friend circle next hour we will talk about spiders and cockroaches. >> why not. you will love it that is what i am telling myself. >> thanks holly. >> we have better news next hour maybe, newly released guidelines for adhd and diagnosis for children as young as age 4. impact on adults as well. also at 8 what is next for occupy dc protestors, live at freedom plaza with the organizer of one group to talk about their next move 3 minutes before 8, back on the other side of the break 

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police will be back searching for clues in the where abouts of this 11-year- old boy. adhd awareness week american academy of pediatrics is out with new guidelines for diagnosis and treatment. car maintenance and

repairs, can they be costly ahead this hour tips on how to save big money and we will look at some of the highest rated auto shops here in the dc area, thanks for being with us i am steve chenevey. >> i am alison seymour i am so interested in the car repair differences, they swing to wildly >> i will mention it to our guest as life throws these curve balls at us as soon as i heard we were doing this segment, literally the brakes started squeaking. >> you hate to think folks try to get you but they do. >> yes, unfortunately >> you never try to get us. >> no, we have a good forecast today i will tell you tomorrow there will be rain you want to be prepared for that no got you involved there either. >> hd radar, things are dry they shall be for our area through the day today i don't think we will get rain showers moving in until overnight tonight really i think early

tomorrow morning is when we will see it there is a stair far front to the south down to the west a cold front -- stationary front to the south down to the west a cold front it will move moisture in and there is more moisture down to the south, that will pull in down across the gulf of mexico, and florida right now. so two things combining to bring rain but not today, current temperatures at the area airports, 57 degrees now in washington, 52 degrees dulles international, 52 bwi marshall forecast today clouds this morning, becoming partly sunny, dry, another mild day, highs into the low 70s for much of the region, not bad at all cooler air, is on the way and again rain for tomorrow. more details about that, coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you tony. >> let's check with julie wright and get a look at traffic. a lot going on at this hour if you are continuing to work your way along 95 and 295 as

you continue to work your way in, a lot of slow downs as you work your way southbound bw parkway, fort mead, 16 to 17 miles per hour the pace starts to improve south of 197, headed down towards the capitol belt way overall laurel down to the belt way, 25 minute ride in there all lanes are open the same for you, travelling southbound i-95 after 32 slow down to 28 miles per hour, 216 down to 24 gain at 198, 15 miles per hour, bumper to bumper traffic, at the belt way a 35 minute commute, southbound 29, jammed up badly, 198 down to the belt way travelling into southeast washington approaching the nlr, 28 miles per hour south capitol street, slowly improving with speeds 40 to 45 miles per hour headed into southeast washington out to the west, dulles toll road

accident activity cleared at the belt way, lanes open eastbound 66, 234 manassas, 55 minute commute with all lanes open 395 reopened for business as well, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. new photo just released of the murdered german town mother, standing with her son who is still missing after two weeks. >> montgomery county police are following new leads in the search for 11-year-old william mcclean. outside police headquarters in rockville with the latest stacy good morning. >> good morning montgomery county police are telling me they are going back to the search area, they have been searching for awhile but have a slightly different approach and are looking for the trace of this missing 11-year-old boy. william and his mother jane were last seen september 30th, near their apartment in german town and of course last week jane mcclean's body was found

inside that apartment, she had been beaten and stabbed to death her estranged husband curtis lopez has been charged with the murder. they have searched two parks, they have had cadaver dogs, had crews out there they will take smaller teams now and hit targeted areas looking for any trace of william mcclean we spoke to the father of one of william's best friends and says the young boy's disappearence is devastating. my son is tore up about it too you know, they grew up together you know last five or six years. on top of this young boy being missing they have curtis lopez, he has not the boy's father they found him with the credit card of the boy's mother, box cutters, had the mothers car but he is not co- operating not talking to police he has waived extradition and will be up here in maryland a date has not been set for that transfer. i am stacy cohen back to you.

>> thank you. new this morning elaborate prisoner swap between israel and hamas under way, hamas exchanging more than 1,000 palestinians, half today half next month in exchange for one israeli soldier. the first of the 477 prisoners released before dawn this morning being exchanged for 25- year-old israeli soldier held by hamas for over 5 years, many israelis oppose the swap as some of those prisoners were serving life sentences for killing israelis. race for the white house business man herman cain is leading president barack obama in a new head to head poll with seniors and independents taking a particular liking to his unconventional candidacy it is as are moussen report poll -- rasmussen report poll showing

him squeaking ahead. herman cain will be the focus of tonight's cnn debate in las vegas tonight. his popularity is rising fast many are wondering if he will be able to handle the increased scrutiny the former ceo of god fathers pizza is expected to get a lot of criticism from the others participating in tonight's debate. some prince georges county voters go to the polls to elect a new councilmember, today ' election has davis facing off against gardener, the polls opened 7:00 a.m. this morning close at 8:00 p.m. tonight this is a special election to fill the district's 6th street left open by leslie johnson who resigned back in july. >> tens of thousands of people fed up with the country's political and economic system continue to protest in major cities all over the country including here is only pie dc movement -- occupy dc movement

reaching its goal. how long will they protest. hi kevin good morning. >> nice to have me on. >> you got it you guys have been down there for quite some time i guess congratulations to you, you were able to secure a permit to stay longer what is the plan now? >> we didn't ask for the permit they offered it to us we will stay as long as we want we may stay beyond the permit what we are doing probably violates the permit, tent, sleeping out, food tent are all not allowed we are just doing what we thing is right we plan to occupy this space to expand the political dialogue so that the politicians and the pun dents and commentators and all who already have a voice can talk more broadly about what the nation really needs we also want to give voice to the voiceless tonight we have a special night on iran, we are going to have an iranian speech a movie and people are invited down to join us 6:30 p.m. join us in the celebration about iran at this critical

time we see the drum beat of war. let me ask you in broader circles, how have you been successful in what you have been doing so far here in the district? >> i already see the political debate shifting i was looking at news reports this morning i can see how our views are being discussed our end goal is to end corporate rule and shift power to the people when your accomplice is ending corporate rule, health care, finance, jobs, all these issues are effecting what we are talking about we will see a shift in the debate to where we really are, much more progressive and problem solving than where the government has been going. >> you have had some positive feedback from members of dc council who can watch you looking out their windows, what about the federal side have you gotten positive feedback? >> we have but more importantly

the decision makers, yesterday when our general assembly starts in a few minutes, 8:00 a.m. we had a military officer come by and say how much they supported what we were doing later at our evening general assembly, we had someone from usaid come by and say how much they support what we are doing. we are hitting a nerve all americans are suffering economic insecurity if you are part of the 99% you are economically insecure that is what we are focused on. a couple things real quick there is another group a few blocks away doing similar demonstrations might you join forces with them how is that working out? >> we already are communication with them we have done joint actions together all working towards the same end all using the occupy tactic all want to see an end to corporate rule very much on the same page right now having a encampment

on a street and freedom plaza, one is up in the lobby area, one is in the government area. i guess one of the knocks against the protest at this point is from some people who say, what is the goal what is it that you i guess would consider to be a success at some point is there an end point for you? if so what would that be. >> our goal is to end corporate rule we are not seeking minor reforms transformation fall change this will be not be quick or easy long term efforts to get money out of politics reduce the power of corporate and big business interest shift the power to the people. everything from health care get the insurance out from the middle between doctor and patient, money stays in communities rather than go to wall street. energy production so people become energy producers rat rather than the big -- rather than the big energy producers,

decades of corporate rule expanding we went to untangle that knot and shift the power to the people. >> real quick we are running out of time but the permit i believe is there until february you said that doesn't necessarily include the tents et cetera, there are details to be worked out some people wonder can you with stand the elements, financially being able to be down there so long. >> we have enough money to keep going if we stay out here in the cold that will show our determination and persistent we will have to persist to make these changes the permit is irrelevant we are violating it right now it is not relevant how long we stay we will stay long enough to get our impact across and make the change we need we may not believe occupation will be the only tactic we need to use we may change that but right now occupation is a way for us to get our message across. >> we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. >> 8:12 a.m. 57 degrees on this tuesday

morning, as well, adhd awareness week, and the american academy of pediatrics is out with new guidelines for diagnosis and treatment, we will take a closer look when we talk with the national resource center. if you have been caught by one of those red light cameras we have good news. in one jurisdiction they have been deemed unconstitutional. stay with us we will talk about it when fox 5 morning news continues 

8:16 a.m. as we check stories making headlines, dc police investigating a deadly shooting a 22-year-old man shot 2600 block lincoln road northeast beforele 30:00 p.m. -- 8:30 p.m., fourth homicide last 36 hours he later died no word on suspects. >> southeast a man was shot to death as he ran out of a grocery store some sort of incident began inside king food and grocery on mlk junior avenue, 8:45 p.m. last night the victim ran from

the store but was gunned down. police still looking for the shooter. >> government agents trying to figure out who stole a truck carrying equipment used by president obama, the truck filled with podiums, presidential seal, teleprompter and, audio equipment was stolen from a hotel parking lot in virginia it was going to be crew s used on the -- used on the president's bus tour. it was found in the parking lot of a different hotel near the richmond airport. >> some drivers hope it is end of the road for a red light camera. nine people contested their ticket because they say they are unconstitutional the judge had a major issue that no officers were present during the major violations. >> might be a nice thing. >> attorneys will be jumping on that one. 8:17 a.m. try to jump on a nice forecast if we can squeeze one more out this week tony. >> we've got one for you before we get to that we want to show

you the my first 5 photo of the day check her out, she's -- aww. >> rocking the red. >> love it. >> 4-year-old ashley. >> hey, ashley. >> rocking the red at her first cats game of the season get this, she was so excited that she started the let's go cats cheer in her section. isn't that great. >> that is just great. >> you know how thrilled she must have been when everyone joined in. >> giving the morn guy a run for his money. >> -- horn guy a run for his money. >> very cute. >> you want to show us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. let's look at the temperatures around the country, right here in dc we remain at 57 degrees, in rochester new york, 42 degrees, so definitely some cool air out there behind that frontal boundary 48 st. louis, 43 omaha, 42 wichita and that is the air mass coming this way

30s northern plains, 30 degrees bismark north dakota, 35 in denver, here is a look at satellite radar, now rain showers that you see middle of the country they are the ones associated with a cold front making its way east ward most of that rain along the mississippi river tracking east ward, lots of clouds that go with it, not until early tomorrow and it will bring with it clouds and some precipitation down to our south, more precipitation across florida and gulf of mexico, some of that will work its way in here as well the 5 day looks like this today not bad partly sunny skies, 72 degrees, clouds build in tonight, early tomorrow morning rain begins showers during the day tomorrow becomes breezy high only 68, still rather breezy on thursday, but our highs on thursday, friday, saturday i will tell you this much sunday as well only upper 50s to around 60 degrees. so some real changes are on

their way. >> that is a look at what is happening with the weather now more with this mornings rush hour traffic julie. >> still very much a busy commute out there on the highways at this hour. we are experiencing delays for those continuing on the inbound stretch of 66 slow leaving the belt way headed out towards fairfax drive a 30 minute commute with all your lanes open, travelling the inner loop from brad dock out towards 66, approaching 14 miles an hour as you continue out towards 66 pace slowing 12 miles an hour as you work your way up towards tyson's corner better news those travelling northbound 395, the ramp reopened but the damage is done big delays, all the way up towards edsel road find the outer loop of the belt way, 91 college park anticipate a slow go out of columbia, 95 and 295 headed down to the belt way that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> this is adhd awareness week

it is fitting the american academy of pediatrics are out with new guidelines for treating this disorder it is important to diagnose this condition as early as possible so children can get behavioral treatments before they are old enough to go to school joining us to talk more about this and adhd awareness week is tim mcgeorge director of national resource center. welcome to the show good morning. >> good morning. >> what do you thing about these new -- thing about these new guidelines. >> sure, as you mention, there are new guidelines they are updated from ones that first came out 10 years ago in 2000/2001 and they are a decade of expanded research into adhd guidelines expand the age range at both the lower and upper end, previous guidelines looked at providing guidelines for children 6 to 12 these cover children aged 4 to 18 and

especially there is concern or questions about that younger age group the preschoolers from 4 to 5 it is important i think for parents to understand we are not talking about your typically ram bung house 4-year- old or 5-year-old but -- ram bun house 4-year-old or 5-year- old. >> at 4 i have kids they are running around all over the place hard to get their attention but you said there are specific markers or differences in kids with adhd can you tell us about those. >> sure, these are kids that really fall outside the scope of typical childhood activity and behaviour, one mother whose child was diagnosed at this young age said her child would often have a temper tantrum but it went on not just for a little bit but hours and hours, it is really with the help of a

pediatrician and trained professional parents they hope to understand whether or not their child's behaviour especially for a new parent, which may be a challenge, to know whether or not this is typical, normal, or whether it really falls outside the scope of what would be considered normal developmental behaviour. >> if you have a question ask your pediatrician. >> most definitely this is what guidelines hope to do help guide pediatricians and clinicians and parents and caregivers. >> what does it do for upper range of people, we talked about not just going below age 6 but then also above the age that we might think normalcy i hate to use that word even but what does it tell us about older people. >> are you talking about older teens. >> mm-hmm. >> well, these guidelines one of the good things about them they do address what they call special circumstances of both younger and older and they differentiate the treatments

more appropriate for those different age groups younger age they for example specify behavioral intervention should be the first line of treatment for the 4 and 5-year-olds and medication merely only considered after that. when you get into upper teens, there are other issues to consider, issues like being evaluated for substance abuse, is there any history there, would there be a problem, in giving medication like stimulants that may lend themselves to being diverted some how, older kids, have difficult -- they are going to be driving soon so there is a higher incidents of accidents and emergency room visits and those sorts of things really important especially if kids are untreated for hyper active diand im-- activity and impulsive behaviour. >> it allows national resource center on adhd to get the word

out what word are you getting out. >> that is exactly the perfect reason for this adhd awareness week the website is adhd awareness week.org the main word we are getting out adhd is real, we encourage people to get the facts there are lots of resources out there, both for bad information and we want to make sure people get the good information, science based, evidence based information from organizations like ours, national center on adhd our partner organizations that are sponsors of adhd awareness week to help people understand adhd is real, it does have significant consequences, if left untreated but also there are effective safe treatments available, and medication isn't the only one but behavioral interventions and school interventions are really so important, of a rounded approach to treating this condition for children of all ages. >> we have a link to your

website to our website myfoxdc.com so folks know where to get it all in one spot. thanks for coming to the show. >> thank you so much. it is now 8:25 a.m., tuesday morning, whether it is as simple as an oil change or as big as a new transmission, car maintenance repairs can be costly tips on how to save money and some of the highest rated shops in the area. a little later we will check with holly she is finding all kinds of spooky things what to expect at this year's national boo at the zoo 

welcome back, 8:29 a.m. get the latest word on weather. >> shall we do it. >> good news tucker. >> you guys got it mild temperatures at least another day highs later this afternoon back in the 70s that is after a nice cool start there you go, 57 degrees regan national, gain 40s off to the north and west, frederick still in the 40s. 50 martins burg and win chester and a little warmer east, should be another nice one i mention the 70s.

back in the 70s enjoy it today cooler air on the way, in fact by thursday and friday our highs are going to struggle to 60 degrees. here is your sentinel sat rad want to show you cloud cover. cirrus clouds filtered sunshine during the course of the day. partly, 21 for tuesday out to the west cold front rain showers, south of chicago, we've got -- we don't have a map but to our south down into florida, tropical moisture those two are going to combine to bring us a wet one starting overnight tonight, morning commute, showers around, and then rain on and off for wednesday and then cooler temperatures, on that front, changes in the forecast enjoy your last little mild one this afternoon your forecast partly sunny skies one more mild afternoon, winds, east, 5 miles per hour, cloudy skies, develop overnight, 60 overnight low and 5 day forecast mentioned showers back in the forecast

tomorrow highs 68 degrees cooler temperatures, thursday, friday, saturday, struggle with 60 overnight lows, coolest of the season, posing 30s early saturday morning that is a look at weather alison and steve back to the desk. thanks, making headlines in sports east coast rivalry on the gridiron. >> new york jets hosting the dolphins monday night football, first quarter miami 3-0 lead, that is matt moore trying to find brandon marshall but it will end up in the hands of reeves. university of pittsburgh. >> yeah,. 100-yards for the touchdown s jets go on to beat the dolphins 24-6, that run so long it is our only highlight. >> question all red skins fans are asking who is going to get the starting quarterback next week. coach mike shanahan says he will make his decision by tomorrow. rex grossman we all know had his worst game of the season as a red skin on sunday completing

only 9 passes, including 4 to the other team benched in favour of beck, he lead the team to its only touchdown of the day at least one key player thinks it is grossman who should still be the starter sunday. >> he deserves another shot, i mean some of the best, four weeks ago i feel like for the florida game yesterday it worked you know, got us back in but that is the luxury you have when you have two good quarterbacks, come in there and do his thing when we need them but you can't give up on a guy because you have a bad outing. >> you want players supporting your quarterback you want an offensive line supporting your quarterback you want defense supporting your quarterback or whatever position they are at. >> alison i know you were all wrapped up in hand shake gate, two head coaches involved in

the hand shake show down question is will they be fined by the nfl. they are not going to be fined, jim harbaugh a little too excited during the post game hand shame with schwartz, shake with schwartz, schwartz run him down. >> he shook his hand. >> slapped it much like i do before the show, you get mad at me and i chase you down. he was hyped up. >> okay. >> obviously football is not exciting enough this weekend because all the talk yesterday was the hand shake. let's put it to bed we always shake hands don't we. >> any way, 8:33 a.m. tuesday morning up next, tips on how to save money with car maintenance are we friends? time now, today's my half off deal, help you get to the airport discount on car service to dulles or bwi marshall, $58

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anybody who has a car knows to keep it on the road can be costly it pays to do research when it comes to getting that vehicle fixed. according to numbers from check book magazine, that indeed is the case founder and president and good friend of fox 5 joins us with advice how to get repairs done without a dent in the wallet. you know it is a good story when it is the cover story of your magazine which it is this time around good to see you. let's talk about this it effects all of us who drive a

vehicle if you don't drive a vehicle you are fortunate you don't have to deal with this but for those who do when it comes to repairs, i don't think anything pains you more than taking it to the shop and having to write that check or credit card or whatever how do we find out the best deal. >> the hassle of going to the shop is something you don't want to do but then you go there and have to go aagain it is really bad and then a third time, people have that experience paying a large amount of money we found, among -- we value waited almost 600 -- we value waited almost 600 shops, there were about 100 of those shops that got that kind of favorable ratings from only half or fewer of their customers those are the shops where people are not having

satisfactory experiences you want to avoid them of course as you know the price differences are pretty -- >> vary quite a bit. >> we found for instance, very simple repair, front brake pads and row tores on a 2005 chevy malibu prices ranging from $315 up to more than $650 on exactly the same -- >> depending where you go. >> here we can see other comparisons look for yourself when you go through that axle work $400 to $1,200. pays to shop around but how do we do that if we don't know much. >> it is a problem to do that kind of shopping but if you know -- if you go to one shop and get an estimate, staggering amount of money you might want to shop with that very specific estimate in hand, but what we

do is do comparative price shopping, under cover price shopping for a whole lot of repairs, a large market basket of repairs they don't know what we are doing we do it over a period of time, 6 months or more we come up with a price index score that shows how this shop's prices compared to the average of all other shops in the area. you can see some shops on average are 30, 40% more expensive than other shops some shops are 30, 40% less expensive that is a big difference that is the way to short handed, doesn't mean for your particular repair but on average their prices are good. >> some of the shops that ranked best for price and quality in dc and out lying counties as well. in blanket terminology here, we talked about this before, going to the dealer versus independent shop what is your thought and opinion what does research show you there.

>> well, at check book.org we have some very concrete information showing how they compare, so dealers on average, were rated superior by more than 80% of their surveyed customers independent shops on average were rated superior by about 55% of their surveyed customers, 55% versus 80% means you are a lot more -- >> other way around. >> opposite sorry. >> dealers, sorry, the dealers it is only 55% of these had a very good rating as opposed to 80% interdependent shops independent shops rate better and dealerships were more expensive than independent shops, substantial difference in price and customer satisfaction we know that is true dealers say because we are doing more complicated repairs

we compared repair work we had specific reinspections of work done at dealerships versus independent and find independents do better on comparable jobs. >> the key is to find one and stick with it the process is research and finding that one. >> i will tell you what i have more than 600 listed in here. robert always good to see you thanks, appreciate it good luck to you. hope it stays well tuned alison back to you. 8:42 a.m. on this tuesday morning, one of dcs most popular events, 3 days away holly is live with more on what we can expect the 13th annual, boo at the zoo good morning. >> you are right alison good morning to you, you want to get your tickets now if you are planning on coming out to this event we are getting a wonderful preview live in the invertebrate house where you could says the a feeding frenzy

what do creepy crawly things get for breakfast we are finding out this morning as we are talking about this event coming up, we will do a little hissing cockroaches, spiders, walking sticks learn the love those things that maybe you thing go bump in the night plus give you all the information you need to know to come out and be a part of this spectacular event live next, fox 5 morning news stay with us  keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew.

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as the leaving change we get that chill in the air time for another fall tradition. >> boo at the zoo holly joins us live from the national zoo with some of their creepy, crawlly residents, good morning. >> good morning you know what, i think some of the animal we are showing get a bad rap, halloween may have something to do with it. as we preview the 13th annual boo at the zoo, we are turning maybe what you might think were tricks into treats, to be a meet and greet with these little creepy crawly things tammy is helping us out now she is a biologist here what do you have. he is hissing. >> that is a hissing cockroach

from madagascar. >> why is he hissing? >> it is a male to scare away other competition other males, or just defense mechanism. >> not because he is aggravated. >> no. >> okay good. >> oh, yeah, look at that. but he doesn't really move a lot. >> no, they sit pretty still, got some cute pumpkins in there and they will crawl in there and explore everything but they basically live under leaf litter in madagascar these are not like the hissing cockroaches in your house or anything. >> they like to live in big communities. >> exactly they live all together eat rotting leaf litter and hang out. >> rotting pumpkins that might say fox 5 on it. >> exactly. >> they crawl in and out and these guys live for a long time. >> right several years and it is fascinating after a few days when these pumpkins start rotting and they are crawling in and out of them it will be creepy for boo at the zoo.

>> we will still have love for the hissing cockroaches there is no reason for us to be afraid of them. >> exactly they are not the kind of roaches that live in your house. >> now the giant prickly stick insects. >> from australia. >> they are from australia, they hang out on leaves you can hardly see any luckily one is on the glass now right down there, they sway, back and forth, with the leaves just like the wind you wouldn't even see it there is a dozen of them on those branches want to hold him? >> i was just thinking about that. yeah, okay no, i will hold him is he going to move around a lot. >> sway tail up like that. >> you know what is it about bugs that makes everyone go ew. >> especially spiders a lot of people won't even exit our exhibit because of the spiders they can't see anything. >> all right. >> can i take him with me. >> yes, you may. >> he likes going for a walk.

>> right walking stick. how about that. so as we head down here we are headed toward the golden orb weaver spider. >> just like those hissing cockroaches these are from madagascar they can't see anything that is why they build those big webs. >> why people may not walk out here there is no glass here. >> that's right. >> big spiders there. >> that's right. >> they really can't see anything they are not going to jump or anything like that. >> not going to jump on you >> they go purely by vibration when we throw a cricket in there, hopefully it will stick on her web it is not that good now you can see it is poorly made. >> how long did it take her to build that. >> she can make it in several hours they do rebuild it. this is the strongest natural fiber known to man they are using it in research for kevlar bullet proof vests and injecting dna from it into milkable animals they have gone up in the space shuttle amazing

animals. so let's see, oh, crickets stick but she did feel the vibration. see her move as tammy tries to continue to do that i will tell you about boo at the zoo going on this friday and saturday, saturday event is sold out so you can't get tickets for saturday but there are limited tickets still available for friday and sunday, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., $20 for tickets come over to the right web we will try this spider instead. $20 if you are a member, $30 nonmember, selling parking passes as welcoming up in our next hour, -- as well. coming up in our next hour -- >> she ran down. >> oh, don't tease me. coming up next hour we will wrap up the morning with rats. should be a whole lot of fun. tammy, you don't need to be afraid of the rats i will walk

you through it. all right. back to you all there she goes. all right. i am pretty happy i am not holly right now. today it is okay most days i am not. 8:50 a.m. we can get off that spider now that is enough for one morning. >> new business opening up in southeast dc hoping to change that part of the community, one cupcake at a time an incredibly closer look coming up 8:51 a.m. tuesday morning stay with us ♪

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if you have a sweet tooth andly in or travelling through southeast dc there is a new family business opened up there. a couple and their daughters opened up the first cupcake bakery in anacostia, you can't miss the purple row house they are cindy's own recipes she starts baking 2:00 a.m. every morning. >> good for you. >> turning out 14 flavours every day. my wife and i both grew up

in anacostia, you know, saw the ups is downs. >> same quality and class of business in our ward 8 that the other washingtonians are offered in and are privileged with. there is also a bright and cheery place for young girls to live out their princess fantasies in rooms for parties. the couple says another way of giving back. >> we wish you the best of luck. support your local businesses. 8:55 a.m., tony will be back after the break he will come up and join alison to take you up to 10:00 a.m. coming up at 9, leila hathaway will be here performing live the talker of the morning. >> a lot of talk. >> the drunk dad who let his 9- year-old daughter drive him to the store and back. >> that is her driving that van. >> doing a pretty good job too we will talk about it when we come back 9:00 a.m. hour, 8:55 a.m. now  [ speaking french ]

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welcome back, coming up 9:00 a.m. now here is a look at stories we are working on the search continues for any sign of what happened to 11-year-old william mcclean it has been nearly a week since his mother was found murdered in their germantown apartment. plus dedicated group who share a love for soccer they are also amputees, now a group of haitian men are coming to the u.s. spreading their inspiration they are here to meet with soldiers at walter reed, tales of their mission when representatives of the group join us in studio. >> she is often referred to as the first daughter of soul leila hathaway will join us here in studio. she is here to support an important event. she will perform for