as libyans continue to celebrate the death of moammar gadhafi, the hard work of rebuilding a nation begins. a live report is straight ahead. after criticism from all sides, republican presidential hopeful herman cain is tweaking his 999 plan. what he says it now will include. a new steve jobs biography coming out, including details about why he didn't have surgery that could have saved his life. fox5 morning news at 7:00 starts now. take a look at a beautiful start to this friday morning. it is a little chilly out there. a nice day today. 7:00now on this friday morning. good morning. thanks for waking up with fox 5 morne chenevey. >> i'm alison seymour. now all we need is a good weekend weather forecast. >> tony can do that. >> i think it will be a cool

weekend, very pretty, enjoyable. tell you about that later on. first let's talk about what's going on now. it is a cool start to the day. you'll need a jacket this morning. check this out. 47degrees is the current temperature here in washington. it is also 47 in baltimore. dulles airport, 42. winds have diminished from yesterday. sustained winds now blowing at 8 miles per hour. that's a big improvement. indeed, that's the way it will be today. may be a couple of occasion light gusts, but things are going to be good. the forecast for today, good amount of sunshine. there are some clouds out there. there will be clouds during the day. a good amount of sunshine. 62degrees for your high in town. 61 in baltimore. 63 in fredericksburg. that's a look at the weather. now let's find out what's happening with traffic with julie wright. again, good morning to the crew in skyfox above what i

believe the accident is along northbound gal owes road. traveling west of the beltway, activity tying up most of the roadway. follow police direction to get by. some traffic is able to get by to the right here in each direction along gallows road. eastbound along 66, lanes are open. no incidents to report, from manassas towards centerville, traffic slows there. on the other side of town, southbound 270 on the brakes leaving rockville headed to the split. no accidents, just volume delays at this time. traveling northbound on i-95 in the area of fredericksburg, accident activity tying up the two left lanes. delays from route one, and southbound 270 the commute coming in german town, approaching 118, about 63 miles per hour, then you slow a bit

south of 124. that's a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. libyan celebrating the death of a dictator. around the world, even in front of the white house, a crowd of libyans danced, sang songs, thrilled that moammar gadhafi is dead. he was killed by fighters in his home town of sirte. >> they killed him after a nato air strike targeted his convoy. >> it is a new day for libyans. moammar gadhafi's rein of terror is over. now the task is to bring the country back together again. >> reporter: libyans celebrated throughout the night the death of ousted dictator moammar gadhafi. in his final moments, he died much like he lived, violently. [sound of gunfire] >> reporter: after fleeing a nato attack on his convoy that included an american drone, the

dictator was pulled from this sewer pipe in the town where he was born. >> wow. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton stopped short of a victory dance. >> we came, we saw, he died. >> reporter: while the u.s. worked with libyan rebels to get rid of gadhafi, it's unclear if the goals of the two countries will mesh as well moving forward. >> libya will travel a long road to full democracy. there will be difficult days ahead. >> reporter: the acting prime minister in libya says he will step down to make way for new leadership. but it's unclear who will take the reins, as fears of a civil war among libya's various factions threatens the country's future. >> but looking ahead we should do whatever is necessary to make sure the successor regime

doesn't slide back into anti- western authorityism. >> reporter: he was expected to be buried today under islamic tradition. but now leaders say that will be delayed to allow for an investigation. allison, steve? >> thank you. gadhafi was hated for a lot of atrocities against his own people, and he ordered the -- >> still to this day, how many years later? i still -- one can't believe we went through this. i'm very happy to say it may be the end of this vigil that we've had.

>> she says a portrait of her son on a money town was a sign he would be okay. a bus i late night in the senate last night. lawmakers rejected a republican effort to ban terror trials in civilian court is somewhat of a victory. biological terror gripped the d.c. region 10 years ago this weekend as the first of the anthrax victims died. >> two postal workers were killed and the way we get our mail changed forever. sarah simmons back with more. >> it has been a decade since the anthrax attacks delivered fear to many americans and delivered because of the method used to spread it through the mail. ground zero for the attacks in our area, the brentwood mail processing facility in northeast. this morning, workers gathered for a prayer vigil to remember

their colleagues who died. it was there that letters laced with anthrax came through on their way to lawmakers' offices on capitol. the facility has since been renamed in the victims' honor. later on today, 9:30 this morning and 4:00 p.m., services held at the basilica in northeast. the two men were exposed to the agent when anthrax laced letters, including one to senator tom dash el passed through brentwood. the facility was closed for weeks. you may remember, anthrax letters were sent to several news organizations. in all, five americans were killed by anthrax in the fall of 2001. in recent years the fbi claimed they were able to pinpoint dr.

bruce ivans as the suspect. he committed suicide before charges could be brought against him. last week the "new york times" reported on scientists who cast doubt on whether i vans had a high enough skill to make the anthrax in 2001. allison, over to you. new this morning, a man dies before being stabbed in the ear. that's what investigators say happened in the 1100 block of eaten road southeast. police were called to the scene around 11:00 last night. no word on the victim of any suspects. a possible break in a deadly shooting on a metro bus. surveillance cameras caught two alleged suspects moments before the shooting. it happened on a w 4 bus early yesterday near the 23rd street and alabama area area. the victim, a 22-year-old, killed while on his way home from his fiance's house. the historic d.c. farmers market in northeast d.c. is closed today following a fire.

crews had a hard time getting in because the building was locked. once they got in, the names were contained to two stalls. it will take a few days to air out. no word on when the market will reopen. today d.c.'s mayor will ask fema for a disaster declaration for the district to help pay for the damage from the august earthquake. he is asking for $22 million. $15millionwould go towards repairs at the cathedral. the race for the white house now, after sharp criticism over his tax plan, cain is redefining his 999 plan. today he is set to prose exemptions for businesses investing in opportunity zones as a way to give an economic jolt to run down neighborhoods. he's prosing new tax brackets to reflect different income levels. his original plan would have

meant tax increase for more than four-fifths of americans. president obama having trouble getting his $446 billion jobs bill through congress. the teacher hiring measure failed on a 50-50 test vote. fell short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster. three democrats broke with the president and two more who voted with him said they could not support the underlying plan unless it's changed. republicans called it another ready to fail stimulus. maryland republican leaders calling on the us justice department to investigate a redistricting bill. the governor signed the legislation yesterday, laying out a new district map. the biggest change comes for district 6, now held by republican bartlett. used to cover western and northern maryland with a little bit of montgomery county. the new law adds a huge portion of heavily democratic montgomery county to district 6. opponents say that's in an effort to oust bartlett.

we'll have more on this story coming up in our 8:00 hour this morning when we sit down with the chairman of the maryland republican party. ten minutes past the hour. couple of earthquakes jolt california. also new details into what may have led that ohio man to free dozens of exotic animals before killing himself. the john beck era is about to kick off for the redskins. but can they pull out a win against carolina? dave ross coming up next. let's take a live look outside, courtesy of our oxen hill camera. clear skies. that's a great thing. little bit of traffic out there on a friday morning. temperatures little chilly. it will warm up a little bit later today. it's 7:11.    ♪

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making headlines this morning, we have new details about the owner of that animal

preserve who killed him after freeing dozens of exotic animals. court records show terry thompson was deeply in debt. he and his wife owed at least $68,000 in unpaid taxes to the irs and county. he had just gotten out of prison for possessing unregistered weapons. two earthquakes in the san francisco area while a mock earthquake drill was happening. the first, 4.0 hit yesterday. and a 3.0 aftershock struck about six hours later. no reports of damage or injuries. they come almost 22 years to the day after the deadly earthquake struck the bay area in the 1999 world series. >> did you say the world series? >> i did. >> it's even at a game a piece. rangers rallyed to giver them the 2-1 victory. game three tomorrow night in texas.

>> good game last night, though. games have been good so far. >> yeah. >> maybe things will warm up a little bit. it's chilly. yeah, going to be cool. when do they play, tonight or tomorrow? >> they're on their way to texas. >> it will be cool. let's take a look what's going on here, because it's cool here this morning. if your getting the -- you're getting the kids ready for school -- >> no school in montgomery county. >> there isn't? >> as far as i know. >> i hope you're right. we will see very cool conditions. we're seeing them. temperatures in the 40s. if your kids are going to school, they will need jackets. partial sunshine and sun coming up in a few minutes at 7:23. here's a look at the temperatures around the nation. 47degrees here in the district. 43 in cincinnati. it's cool out across the plains

and midwest. 35degrees in minneapolis. 33 in omaha. 39 wichita. little rock, arkansas is at 38 degrees. a lot of cool air. even miami, 66 degrees. they've cooled off. here's a look at the national satellite radar. that's quiet. not much going on. couple of rain showers around the great lakes and in montana and idaho and that is it. don't see a map that bare very often. high today about 62. good amount of sunshine. cool, not very windy. weekend looks great. high in the low and mid-60s. good amount of sunshine. the beginning of the work week, same thing. mid-60s, good amount of sun mixed with the clouds. >> montgomery county today no school for teachers and students. let's go to julie wright with a look at traffic on this

friday morning. >> they're all standing out there going, man, where are all the other kids today? >> don't think that can't happen. >> on the roads now, you're going to find lanes are open traveling northbound on i-95 leaving woodbridge. getting there will be the tough ride. the accident activity tying up the two left lanes on 95 at route 3 in fredericksburg. delays in route one. problems eastbound on route 3 at i-95. right lane getting by. try to get past the central park and continue over towards 95, that's where you'll find this accident activity. single filed to the right to get through. meanwhile, other side of town, traveling in towards college park, southbound 29 about 27 to 30 miles per hour, leaving randolph road headed to white oak. southbound 95, lanes are open, about 60 miles per hour headed to the capitol beltway. route one around georgia

avenue, 21 minute commute now. it's definitely slow going on that outer loop. traveling southbound along 270, accident activity reported in the local lanes at 28. i don't see anything from this camera, but the main line slowing out of rockville headed to the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. thank you. all eyes on john beck this weekend as the redskins take on the panthers, the game is in carolinaful carolina a 1-5 team that is favored in this matchup. >> they were favored before. monday when it came out and grossman we thought was still the starting quarterback. you get that home field, you get that 3-points. it will be interesting to see what happens with john beck, because he's got some things working for him. one, the panthers are terrible. defensively, everybody scoringpoints at a rapid pace

against them. and the offensive line, three new lines flipping situations. and won't have chris coolly either. that will be something to watch out for. this is his time to show what he can do. he's been waiting for this opportunity. he told me at camp it's what he's been waiting for, a chance to start. he's got that chance this week. the job is his. he doesn't have to look over his shoulder. now the job is his. john beck, good luck to you. now the guys they're going up against -- >> let me ask you this. cam newton is no michael vick. vick is not that big of a guy. 6feet. newton, 6'5" and -- >> you have to try to tackle this guy. he's a beast. who leads the league in passing yards? >> passing yards? >> yes. >> i'll say cam newton.

>> tom brady. who is second? >> that wasn't fair. >> who is second drew brees. brees, brady and then cam newton is fourth. >> who is my favorite sports anchor? >> dave feldman. >> newton is a tank. got great passing yards. the one thing he's done, turned it over. 7touchdowns and nine interceptions. sounds familiar to grossman. he's a big guy. it's not going to be easy to get him down. that's the task at hand. >> if anybody can, they'll get it done. i'm tired of talking about all this controversy. can we talk about somebody who has it together now? the winning capitols. franchise first. >> last night was an amazing game. this was a great game to see,

going up to philadelphia, who is 4-0-1 coming in. banged that one in to get it 2- 1. going upstairs, steve, want to play hockey? this is what you're going to get. how do you like them apples? >> right back in the game. that's how you play hockey. >> fantastic bruce loodroe. 6-0 a franchise record. on fire this season. >> dave, thanks very much. appreciate it. he's okay. >> i did set him up, though. >> we love you, dave. it's 7:22 now. coming up, what's next for the people of libya now that their long time leader is dead. and a new steve jobs biography out in a couple of

days, revealing personal details, including why he delayed cancer surgery. we'll talk about that next. plus a new study suggests newborn babies born prematurely tend to be more vocal when they hear their parents talk. and holly morris is in centereville at cox farms. looks like something out of a movie. we'll be right back.     llook, every day we're usig more and more energy.

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a new tell all on steve jobs will be published monday. it reportedly portrays the late apple cofounder as a skeptic all his life. giving up religion because he was troubled by starving children. calling executives who took over apple corrupt. and delaying cancer surgery in favor of cleansing and herbal medicines. says jobs regarded android as a

stolen product that copied apple technology. the author of the book conducted more than 40 interviews with jobs over two years. premature babies are known to be slower than average picking up language skills. researchers wanted to know how much the newborns hear during the day. they found it was surprisingly little. though when they hear adults, especially their parents, they become more vocal. they urge further research to see if the sound affects language development later in life. >> i know that feeling so well. changes coming to the bike share program. details on the changes coming up. word this morning that muammar qaddafi's burial has been delayed for further investigation into his death. the latest on postqaddafi libya is coming up. let's take another look

outside. looks pretty good. maybe people are taking a nice long weekend. not a lot of traffic this morning in some places, but others make up for it. we'll check in with julie and we'll check in with tony as we see sunshine this friday morning.  @@

7:30 now. isn't that pretty? see that sunshine filtering through the clouds this morning. >> i love it. >> very fall-like day today. >> nice layer of clouds. >> you see a layer of clouds. i see sunshine. >> i saw the sunshine, too. >> i saw the sunshine. >> but what you commented on -- i'm just saying, it's our sensibility. >> true. and i'm a weather man. >> i saw a news story in the background. >> what did you see? >> just joking. you saw weather, i saw news. >> let's move along. let's take a look at your weather in line for today. >> it's friday, friday. >> i'll need a nap. today breezy and crisp. don't you like those words? >> yeah. >> it's what it feels like outside now with temperatures in the 40s. right now we are at 47 degrees. we remain at 47 degrees here in

washington. 48degrees in annapolis. you saw the layer of clouds out there. i didn't make it up. they are out there. you can see them right here on your satellite image. but plenty of clear skies up to the north and even down to the south. we're going to see a fair amount of sunshine today. will be clouds featured throughout the day as well. but lots of sunshine. all this energy is being pulled out of here by a low pressure system that will make its way across canada and will pull the precipitation up with that and the winds we saw yesterday, they've moved out of the region, too. the forecast for today, partly sunny skies. cool afternoon. 62degrees for your high. improved wind conditions. still a little bit breezy, but not bad. tonight, partly cloudy skies. cool overnight. lows again in the 40s. some of you to the north and west might be in the upper 30s tonight, believe it or not. then the five-day forecast,

this weekend looks great. sunny, mostly sunny. highs from the low to mid-60s. more of the same for monday and tuesday. there you go. that's the latest on the weather. now let's find out what's happening with traffic. for that we go to julie wright. tony, you may have tucker barnes, but i have the whole ddot crew in my back pocket. now you know why my jeans are so big. thank you so much. they've been helping us out this morning. we're taking a ride on new york avenue. traveling inbound, working through the traffic lights, no incidents to report headed out to the 3rd street tunnel. had an incident southbound, that's been moved to the safety area and out of your way. no incidents to report now if you're continuing the outer loop of the beltway from college park. lanes are open and traffic coming southbound on 95 and 295 uneventful out of laurel. some problems, northbound i-95

route 3 fredericksburg. delays from route one. eastbound 3 at i-95, the right lane only getting by. past the central park, expect delays in this area. 66 in manassas coming east, 35 miles per hour. the pace does improve working eastbound, only to slow again vienna. that's a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. a day after libya's leader, muammar qaddafi was killed, nato officials plan to meet today to discuss how to wrap up the seven-month bombing campaign over that country. as libya enters a new era, is the turmoil over for the nation? we have a project analyst at the american enterprise institute, and you caught us talking on camera. first off, good morning to you. we were talking about how the end of qaddafi's life happened. we heard about a con joy, and

we saw that video of what it looked like almost him being dragged through the streets a bit. can you tell us about his final moments? >> actually, one of the problems is his final moments are still so unclear, and that's one of the reasons they're delaying the burial. there were reports of a convoy leaving sirte, a nato bombed nearby washington a warning shot and a gun fight between qaddafi loyalists and rebel fighters. somewhere along the way he was wounded, but captured alive. then we saw the video of him being dragged through the streets and the video of his body. it's unclear what happened in between those two pieces of footage. it's still murky as to exactly how his end came about. >> when you're watching that video, it's hard to watch, first of all. but the way that he is treated, does that come at all as a surprise? and my part two to that, did

you think it would be even more severe? because this is the man who was the center of either the angst or the loyalty. what did you think about when you saw that video? >> not surprised at all. this man ruled and brutalized libya 42 years. to say whether it should have been more severe, can't really tell. it's mob rule out there once they got hands on him. you can definitely understand the anger and resentment towards him. >> quite an ending to a man who so used to seeing so decorated in his dress. quite an ending to his life. we talking about the loyalists and rebels. what happens with all that fighting now? >> the rebels have taken the town of sirte, which was the last main qaddafi stronghold. the killing of him and the taking of sirte are the cap

stones in the revolution. provides them to opportunity to move forward. the national transitional council, which is the recognized rebel leadership, declared once sirte had fallen, they were going to declare libya free. once they would do that, they would step down and bring in another interim government and they would oversee libya untilc now. the death of qaddafi, the fall of sirte provides the opportunity for libya to start its transition process to hopefully a stable democratic country. >> do you think that will happen? >> you know, it's difficult to say. there are a lot of power brokers that have emerged. initially the ntc was the main voice of the opposition. but since the fighting has dragged on, we've seen other rebel leaderships raise their voices, and separate themselves and not really recognize the ntc's authority. depends how they come to the table, how much of a voice, how much representation they're able to afford each other. i think that will be the key

determining factors in the next months to come. fingers crossed. >> what happens to those qaddafi loyalists now? are they in a difficult position? >> they are, definitely. it remains -- i think a lot of it comes down to the opposition, the ntc and their cohorts and how they treat the qaddafi -- the fighters who continue to fight for qaddafi and tribes men, because whether or not they're brought into the fold after the fighting has ended, as it seems to be winding down, will determine i think whether or not they make the decision to give up their arms and become part of the transition process or whether they choose to take this fight to the desert and start an insurgency. >> will legitimacy come to libya? >> hopefully. ntc is making the right sounds

pledging a pluralistic democratic state. so far, the engagement with the international community has been fairly robust. if things continue to travel in that direction, i think we can hope to see that stable democratic friendly libya that everybody would like to see emerge. >> reza jan, with the american enterprise institute, thank you so much. steve, over to you. still ahead, relief at a food pantry in northern virginia and the capitol bike share program getting a makeover. our half out of deal today comes from the vineyard in virginia. twenty-five dollars buys you two bottles. it's a $60 value. go to myfoxdc.com, click on the my fox half off link. when you believe in the future, you're always looking ahead...

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making headlines, scary scene down under. dramatic moments for a mother and her baby. that's an out-of-control car that slams through the window

into the baby's stroller with the baby inside. amazingly, the baby is just fine. just a little scared. controversy over a high school play in connecticut. some students, mostly football, walked out after a scene featuring two male actors kissing. the principal says he was bombarded with e-mails saying the play was politically motivated. but he says it was meant to bring awareness and acceptance of homosexuality. a teenaged boy was able to get one of the dogs outside. but the heavy smoke kept him from finding the other. firefighters found the dog. they did mouth to snout resuscitation and she is expected to be okay. great job. >> that's incredible.

>> the extra effort they give, right? >> right. that makes me want to cry. >> i wonder if -- that's amazing. >> what do you wonder? >> if that would be the routine to do, to perform that, or if it's just guy going above and beyond. >> i think i've seen that before. i wonder if it's routine to go inside for animals. >> see, i've heard that, but i haven't heard of the mouth to snout resuscitation. >> i have heard that before, because i wondered how that was possible. >> tucker just ran out of the room screaming. >> i would like everyone to notice how the men are all dressed alike today. >> there's a reason. we tried to explain at 5:00 a.m. this morning. >> you did? >> we didn't plan this. >> we're shooting a promo today that will run during the holiday season. they asked us to wear something with holiday colors. we're guys, all we have are red

ties. >> you're a woman. we can't wear green because of the green screen. >> take a look at what's going on with the weather conditions. >> don't you wear my colors! >> temperatures now, 47 degrees here in washington. we're going to form a singing group later. 48degrees in baltimore. 44degrees-- >> tucker just ran out of the room singing. >> [ laughing ] look at the satellite radar. things are quiet this morning. there are some clouds. good amount of sunshine today. pretty morning. will be a pretty day. here's your weekend. want a pretty weekend? >> i'm going down to hampton. >> you got it. >> university, homecoming weekend. >> go pirates. >> that will be great. you'll have a great time. >> sure are. >> high pressure settling in. temperatures in the 60s.

good amount of sunshine. >> mark has his homecoming at the university of the bahamas. >> there's your weather, thank you. let's check in with julie wright. >> uh-oh. i'll have my mama make y'all a meatloaf. she lives there. >> that would be great. >> tony says, hmm, i'm hungry. >> now i'm a pirate, tony says. >> on the roads now, southbound along 270, lanes are open. no problems now. leaving german town headed towards the lane divide. 270 pretty good shape this morning traveling through the interchanges. northbound i-95 we've had problems. the accident activity in fredericksburg at route 3 was tying up the two left lanes. and eastbound 3 at i-95 accident activity, single file to the right. anticipate a slow go coming past central park. 66 again on the brakes at manassas. down to 35 miles per hour. reaching centereville, back up to speed, only to slow again in

vienna. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. changes to the capital bike share program including new prices for casual members and a three day pass. it will cost 7 bucks for a 24- hour membership. it's doing away with the five- day membership. it's adding a new 3-day membership to better match the average stay of visitors to the region. good news and relief at a food pantry in virginia. it will reopen tuesday instead of the previously estimated date of november 1st. action and community through service had to close the center this past monday after the shelves ran empty. officials cited increased demand and lack of donations. when the news got out, the donations poured in. and they can serve folks once again. it serves about 4,000 people a month with a weekly ration of goods. still looking for something to do over the weekend? holly has a good idea for you.

>> she is live at one of the biggest and best fall festivals in the d.c. area. holly, good morning. >> reporter: if you call 90 acres of family fun big enough, you're right. we are at the place, cox farm in centereville. they know how to celebrate the season right. we are starting our morning on pumpkin hill. i have some experts already working this morning. coming up, we're going to talk about the crops and how you can come out here and find your own. it's all live next on the fox 5 morning news. stay with us. thanks. let's say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. ziggy bayonet, celebrating her 35th birthday tomorrow. happy early birthday to you. she was hoping to be the fan of the day for her special day, and she's hoping for a skins' win. we hope so, too. if you want to be monday's fan of the day, find us on facebook, search for fox 5, remember no space between fox

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well, it is 7:52 now. the cox farm fall festival is going on daily now through halloween. >> holly is out in centereville, virginia this morning to pick her perfect pumpkin. we're not talking about the one you're carrying. >> reporter: that's so funny. i told these kids, i'm not having a baby, i have my pumpkin hidden under there. they laugh. they think i'm out of my gourd. ha! here's the deal. we are at pumpkin hill at cox farms. you guys are going to search for the perfect pumpkin. think you can do it? everybody put their hands in. what are we going to say?

pumpkins! one, two, three, pumpkins! go, run, run, run! they only give me so much time. we're having a lot of fun out here this morning. and you can, too. they do it up right here and they do it up right because it is family owned. lucas cox happens to be one of the family members. good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> reporter: you make me feel so old. i remember before he went to college, and he went to college, and now he's the director of operations. how do you get older and i stay the same? >> you're looking great. >> reporter: it's something in the kettle corn, which i highly suggest if you come out here. let's talk about the festival. what's going on? >> we have our seven or eight giant slides. we have our great big rope swings. we have root beer on tap, which i'm excited about. the hay ride, we have the new barn. >> reporter: let's talk about the pumpkins here. you have pumpkin hill. how does it work when people

come and search? >> they spread out and there's lots to choose from. all different shapes. bunch of ones are scarred, bunch of perfect ones. >> reporter: there's no perfect one, whatever is the perfect for you. >> right. i personally like the ones with scars. >> reporter: have character. >> you can get creative. >> reporter: you pay by weight? >> that's right. we have our scale here. goes up to 200 pounds. we have the big ones over there. >> reporter: you want to see big ones. you have one that's over a thousand pounds? >> that's right. 1,019pounds of pure pumpkin. >> reporter: what is that? >> atlantic giant. it was virginia state champ this year. >> reporter: it was virginia state champ. who grew that? >> dustin fright. >> reporter: he's obviously like a master pumpkin grower? >> right. he must be out there every day talking to it. >> reporter: people can come, get their picture taken by it and do that kind of thing? >> absolutely. on pumpkin madness, this sunday at 3:00, the first sunday in

november, we're going to drop it from 60 feet up, so it will blow up. >> reporter: what time? >> 3:00 on sunday. the first sunday of november. >> reporter: i love that. how did we do, gang? do you think you can bring your pumpkins over? oh, come on. see if you can bring it over to the scale. let's see if we can weigh them. tell me your name. >> mckenzie. >> reporter: why did you pick this one? >> because it's big. >> reporter: okay. let's see what it weighs. what do you think it weighs? >> i don't know. >> reporter: you don't know? let's see. 19pounds. that's pretty good. mckenzie, you can not leave it on the scale. tell me your name. >> ryan. >> reporter: ryan, come up here. tell me why you picked this one. >> because it looks cool. >> reporter: what looks cool about it? >> i don't know. >> reporter: a cool shape, right? 23.6pounds. nice. we're getting bigger and

bigger. excellent. girls, tell me your name. >> megan. >> reporter: why did you pick this pumpkin? >> because it was small and i didn't want to carry a heavy one. >> reporter: we're getting smarter. i think our kids are getting older. kidding. name? >> sidney. >> reporter: why did you pick this one? >> it's round and big. >> reporter: last but not least? shortstop the fighting. it's not worth fighting over the pumpkins. are we cool? you have quite the cache here. >> i got three. >> reporter: i see four. >> no, that's his. >> reporter: that's what they are fighting. why do you need three? >> because it's the fall. warm? >> reporter: brendan. see if you can get that on the scale. i'm kidding. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to cox farms. it runs through october 31st. then they have the madness on the first weekend in november. coming up in our next hour, you think we can carve up these pumpkins? i think so. we have a master carver here with us. he's going to teach us a few

tricks. back to you in the studio. >> holly, thank you very much. more fallout from maryland's new redistricting map. republican leadership now calling on the u.s. justice department to investigate this bill. we'll have more coming up next hour when we sit down with the chairman of the maryland republican party. prince george's county represented i believe for that office. and boxing news ahead at 8:00. d.c.'s own lamont peterson is here. he is fighting for the top, and we're going to talk about his upcoming fight with champ khan. can he knock off the champ? we're going to find out coming up.  

investigation into the. we have the latest from libya ahead this hour. ten years ago this weekend, the d.c. region was dealing with a biological terror. we'll look at the anthrax attacks and how the victims are

being remembered. it's homecoming season, allison -- >> yes. >> how this year's homecoming king was chosen at one high school. a great story, and it's coming up around 8:27. homecoming in the air this weekend. >> the weather is perfect for it, right? feels like a good football game. not that i'll actually watch the football game. >> i expect a full report from you on monday morning. thank you for being with us. i'm steve chenevey along with -- >> alison seymour. i'm headed down to virginia for the weekend. >> my college reunion weekend. >> feels like that, chunky sweater weekend. >> i like that. in the fall. that's what we're going to have this weekend. not cold, but cool. it's cool now. let's start with vipir before we talk about the coolness we'll talk about the sky conditions. things don't look bad. we have clouds out this morning, going to be a fine, fine day. this one overplays it a little bit in that it's picking up the

cold air that's in place. in parts of the area, out to the north and west, there are some 30s. most of the area in the 40s. right now reagan national airport temperature is 47 degrees. relative humidity 77%. winds are out of the southwest at 6 miles per hour. the barometric pressure has come up a little bit. day planner for today, not a bad day. mix of clouds and sun. it will be cool, dry, it will not be as breezy as yesterday. looking for a high in the low 60s today. we'll have more on the forecast coming up, including a look at the weekend. stay with us for that. >> nice looking day, thank you. let's check in with julie wright with a look at traffic. hi, julie. >> all of these reunions going on. i'm heading west for warmer temperatures this weekend. that's where i'll be. >> reunite with warmer weather. >> that's right. reunited and it feels so good. on the roads now, lanes open

eastbound along 66. here is the sunshine. traveling eastbound, easy commute. better than expected now from centreville to vienna. no incidents to report on the beltway. spotty between gallows and 66. slow between 95 and georgia avenue. open from germantown to the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. new this morning, a man has died after getting stabbed in the ear. this happened in the 1100 block of eaton road in southeast. no word on who the victim is or suspects. alexandria police are investigating their first homicide of the year. a metro train was briefly stopped at reagan national airport last night while investigators searched for the shooting suspect. police say a 40-year-old man

was shot and killed after 10:00 last night. police believe the suspect may have boarded the train at the braddock road station, but the search turned up empty and the suspect remains on the loose. a nato air strike hit a convoy carrying muammar qaddafi and he died after rebels arrested him. sherri ly is here are more. >> president obama told libyans you have won. the death of muammar qaddafi marks a turning point for libyans and ends decades of tyranny. libyans took to the streets, jubilant over his death. he was killed by rebels two months after he was ousted from power. people danced and waved flags in tripoli. it's a day many libyans had long waited for. rebels killed qaddafi after he escaped a convoy under nato fire. they dragged him from a drainage pipe. he was killed by a gunshot to

the head. u.n. officials are calling for an investigation now. he was initially captured wounded but alive. he died begging for his life, and his sons, and celebrations erupted world wide, and president obama told libyans you won. >> we can definitively say the qaddafi regime has come to an end and a call for help from the libyan people. the united states and our friends and allies stopped qaddafi's forces in their tracks. we see the strength of american leadership across the world. we've taken out al-qaida leaders and put them on the path to defeat. >> qaddafi was expected to be buried later today according to islamic tradition, he must be buried within 24 hours. libyan officials now say that will be delayed to allow for the investigation into his death. qaddafi will reportedly be buried in an unmarked grave.

allison? >> sherri ly, thank you. senate worked late into the night and one of their votes rejected the latest jobs proposal from president obama. he wants parts of it voted on separately. the bill is aimed at helping local governments avoid layoffs of teachers and firefighters as well. it bailed on a 50/50 vote with republicans voting against it. ron moten is becoming a republican so he can run for the d.c. council. he has criticized mayor gray in the past as well as the council. tomorrow he's expected to announce a challenge. maryland outline for a new congressional map. the governor signed the legislation yesterday on redistricting. the map was redrawn in response to the census in 2010. it reflects population growth some say, but many republicans

say it's an attempt to get more democrats elected. joining us representing the maryland republican party is prince george's county republican chairman mike harris. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> this has been a heated debate. what is the republican take? >> basically the take is, at the end of the day, this is all run by legislation. the civil rights act is specifically designed to make sure minority representation is accounted for. in maryland, you have a population of african- americans, they make up the bulk of the democratic party. probably arguing they are the most loyal constituency and have grown in numbers. the way they have drawn that map under the governor's proposal dilutes the african- american representation. they've done what's good for the party, but not good for the african-american communities. for instance, you have a large number of african-americans let's say in charleston county, prince george's county, those votes are being diluted to help

in other areas and as a result those communities don't get the representation closer to home that they want. >> the growth, when we say this 2010 census, the majority of that growth came from minority populations to increase that. what would would you have seen as a better solution? >> basically people want government that's closest to them that responds to them. for instance, you would rather have someone living in your congressional district that drives on the same roads that may get snowed under, goes to church or attends the same parish you do. they're impacted by the same environment. you don't want a leader down the way around the corner so to speak. so when things happen in your neighborhood, he can't do a town hall meeting. you want representation that sees the same environment as you do, so when you complain, they say yeah, i noticed that, they're familiar with the problem. that's what redistricting ought

to be about. always going to be partisanship. at the end of the day, we elect people who represent us. you have to turn to a person who represents you and we want a map that keeps that leadership inside your neighborhood. >> are you looking at things personally as a republican leader in prince george's county, looking at things from a geographic standpoint because of that, or as a party standpoint? >> to be honest, we have our own partisan perspective, but that has to be to good government. donna edwards represents my area. for instance, when they had the debates on the insurance, she held a town hall meeting in my neighborhood, right down the street from me. i was able to go down there, question her about the bill, express the fact i wasn't in favor of it. she was able to hear from me. regardless of the fact i'm a republican, she is my elected representative. the party wants a structure whereby other citizens can do the same.

you don't want to have to drive 50, 60 miles with respect to this particular map, you may have to make your way down to montgomery county now. >> of course, you mentioned bartlett, and that's been one of the key sticking points in this plan. when you get into the outer areas, you're taking a big chunk of western maryland. >> which is another problem. you'll take basically what is a rural area, living on 40, 100 acres, and suddenly you want to take them off it and align their interests with people in an urban area. that won't work. >> anything you can do to contest this now that the governor has signed it? >> we are going to court. there are laws in place. that's what the civil rights legislation was created for, why the republican party voted to put it in place and we're going to work to enforce it. >> thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> allison, back to you. 8:10 on a friday morning.

being called one of the longest running studies about cell phones and cancer. the findings when we come back. ten years ago this weekend the d.c. region was dealing with a biological terror. a look back at the anthrax attacks when fox 5 news returns. it's 47 degrees out there.     

8:13 now. horrific story out of china. police say a toddler was run over last week by two vehicles. we showed you that, up until that baby was hit. today doctors reported the 2- year-old girl did not make it. she has died. many chinese people are expressing outrage saying this symbolizes a drop in public morals after decades of economic growth and rising prosperity. >> terrible story. this could have been one as well. extremely close call for a employer and her children -- mother and her children in

australia. this isn't the video. it was good news in australia. out of control vehicle went through a store front window, smacked into a stroller with a baby inside. however, that baby was not even hurt. >> that is amazing video. we'll get that to you later. one of the longest -- largest running studies of its kind says cell phones do not increase the risk of brain cancer. researchers analyzed data over an 18-year period and compared cases. the risk was basically the same they say in both groups. 8:15 now. going to turn our attention to tony perkins for uplifting young people news. i want to say as we throw this to you, i don't give a lot of twitter shoutouts. but pastor benny, in our ask

the weather guy earlier, said i like it when we talk football. >> it's time for our first photo of the day. >> she's an angel. >> what a cute picture. >> she's an angel. i don't know how old she is. obviously a little young. i think she fell asleep while she was posing. skylar is adorable. she has her morning bottle while watching fox 5 news. i'm sure that's true for a number of our viewers. >> but not the same way. she is so precious. >> she really is. >> look how big the feather is. it's the size of her face. >> i love it. >> i hope shirley ray heard that. >> thank you for sending that in. she's adorable. if you want to send in a photo, go to our web site, myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. thank you very much. take a look at the temperatures around the nation. we remain at 47 degrees this

morning. 47 here. boston is 54 degrees right now. lot of 40s. 42raleigh. 43cincinnati. check out the midsection. want 30s? there are plenty out there. little rock, arkansas, 38 degrees. 39 wichita. minneapolis at 34. and omaha at 34. cold air working its way in. a very quiet start to the day. there is not much going on anywhere. few rain showers around the great lakes. 62 for your high. good amount of sunshine. i would say each day a mix of clouds and sun. some days more sun than clouds. some days a few more clouds than sunshine. but our temperatures will be for our highs in the low to mid- 60s. overnight lows in the 40s. some of you perhaps tonight in the 30s to the north and west tonight and tomorrow night. that's a look at the weather. tucker barnes will be back with more weather. now we've got julie wright to

tell us about the traffic. again on the roads it's a light friday. we're not complaining about that. we've had one heck of a week on the roads. all of your lanes here are open. southbound 95, 295 behaving nicely off laurel. no incidents to report. 14th street bridge. typically it's bumper-to-bumper slow from the pentagon. not the case this morning. lanes open headed into southeast. accident activity along martin luther king junior boulevard at chesapeake street. this involves an overturned vehicle. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. julie, thanks. it was 10 years ago this weekend that the first of d.c.'s anthrax victims died. two men who worked at the brentwood mail processing facility were killed after anthrax laced letters passed through the facility. this morning brentwood workers gathered for a prayer vigil and a ceremony to remember their fallen colleagues.

the brentwood facility has since been renamed in the victims' honor. more on the historic end to the libyan up rising. as the news of muammar qaddafi's death first came in, cameras caught secretary of state hillary clinton's reaction. >> wow. ha. we came, we saw, he died. >> secretary clinton had been in libya earlier in the week and said the dictator was still trying to recruit mercenaries at that time. the news of his death spread around the world. for several students it was news they waited a lifetime to hear. while it's been difficult for them to be away during this time of turmoil, now they have

a new feeling of freedom. >> 6:00 in the morning, i had one of my friends call me from tripoli, guess what happened today? and i told him what happened? he said, told me that qaddafi captured, then i found out that he was killed. how do i feel today? i feel very excited, but not very happy. >> i don't believe it the first time. when i watched the news, i mean, i saw the picture. it's complicated emotion. i mean -- [inaudible]. >> today i think we closing a bloody chapter of our history and i'm not that happy, i'm not that sad also. i'm concerned about the future. >> raise a hand for me if you

lost somebody close to you in this fighting. >> i lost two friends. >> they were part of the fighting? >> yeah. they were rebels. >> thank god we have each other, so that makes sometimes we can share the feeling. >> with the help of -- [inaudible] -- how to be a professional diplomat. not a diplomat for propaganda or spreading one idea. now we need to be professional diplomats and to represent professionally our country and bring peace and good relationships with the rest of the world. >> the students you saw in our story, that's not the entire group that began this program. many of them, qaddafi supporters chose to go home and be with their families in libya during the violence of recent

months. beth parker, fox 5 news. >> beth, thank you. it's 8:21 now. it's homecoming season and how this year's homecoming king washington chosen at one high school speaks volumes about the charges of 2012 -- class of 2012. might be the perfect weekend to head out to cox farm for their fall festival. holly is there to check out all the fun. we'll check in with her a little bit later on fox 5 morning news. 

it is 8:24 now on this friday morning. as we check stories making headlines, d.c. mayor vince gray asking for a federal disaster declaration. he's requesting $15 million. the cathedral was damaged in the east coast earthquake in august. it's due to reopen november 12th, but repairs could take more than two years. he says he'll seek $7 million for government buildings damaged during the quake. the epicenter of the quake was in virginia, and fema has rejected virginia's request for aid for people there.

couple small earthquakes jolted san francisco yesterday. one of them a 4.0, it hit the berkeley area yesterday afternoon. then a 3 .8 aftershock struck about six hours later. no reports of damage or injuries. some delays on the bart transit system. if you want to judge the character of high school seniors, look no further than this school. >> reporter: it's thursday night lights with the hawks playing host to frederick high school. part of spirit week here. [cheers] >> reporter: more than a homecoming game, this night was a celebration of a special classmate. [chanting] >> reporter: and a school spirit worth saluting. >> they saw a student in their class that had more school

spirit than anyone else and nominated him for homecoming king. >> reporter: he's kevin, homecoming king of the senior class. >> he won by a landslide. kids voted for him multiple times. passed it on to his friends. >> reporter: he was introduced to the homecoming crowd just before kickoff. a superstar senior who made his parents very proud. >> this student body has been unbelievable with kevin, really accepting him and bringing him into everything they do. that's been the most fun as a parent, especially with a special needs child, it's been really cool to see. >> reporter: how about it, kevin? >> i am very pumped today. >> reporter: so is his mother, christine. >> kevin's four years here has been the best four years of his life. >> reporter: a three sport athlete with a program in special olympics called unified

sports. >> pair children with regular abilities and children with special abilities and they play together. it's been extremely popular here. >> i've always known we've got great kids. this just shows that we are raising a generation here that can look past differences. >> their parents have obviously done an amazing job with them. >> reporter: and with kevin. >> he comes home every day and says mom, today was the best day of my life. i think today is really going to be hard to top. >> reporter: thanks to his fellow seniors for showing kevin the time of his life. in maryland, bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> sports program they have there, and it's a great night for kevin no doubt. >> homecoming dance by the way is tonight. >> congratulations. >> that's fun. i bet this isn't the best night. >> there will be more. definitely will be more. good football weather last night, tucker. next couple of days perfect

for football. don't want it too hot for football. let's get going with the numbers. i'll fix my hair. >> no, that's all right. >> you're only four hours into the show. i have no excuses really. 49 annapolis. cool overnight. parts of the area dipping down into the 30s. will be a cool day today. beautiful. lots of sunshine mixed with the clouds on and off today and the next couple of days. seasonbly cool temperatures in the low 60s later today. mid-60s for the weekend. we have a deck of clouds working through at the moment. not going to be a perfectly sunny day. area of low pressure that brought us the cloud cover yesterday and brought us the strong gusty winds is off to the north and west. that's slipping away from the area. the winds will gradually subside and should be in for a quiet weather pattern the next

several days. a perfect weekend, if you're headed to the pumpkin patch, playing football, raking leaves, should be just about perfect. partly sunny skies. cool afternoon expected. winds out of the west at about 5 to 10 miles per hour. cool again tonight. overnight lows in town in the mid-40s. some 30s to the north and west tomorrow. enjoy the next couple of days. 63 tomorrow. light winds expected. few more clouds sunday. should be mostly sunny. gradual warmup. near 70 by next wednesday. maybe showers late tuesday, early wednesday. that's a look at weather. allison, steve, back to the desk. let's check sports. world series evened up at one game a piece. wait until the end of the game for the rangers to rally. they did so with two runs in the top of the 9th to win 2-1 last night. hamilton and young with back to back sacrifice flies. got the job done. series leaves st. louis and

heads to texas tomorrow night, and you can see that game and all the rest here on fox 5. speaking of the ice, on it in hockey, washington capitals perfect on this young season. raring to go. who said he was off to a slow start this year? caps won last night, 5-2, to improve to 6-0 on the season. up next, a showdown with detroit tomorrow night. what a game that will be at verizon center. you know we love our boxing here on the morning show. >> he looked like a boxer there. >> somebody got to him. amir khan stopped by our studios a few weeks ago, saying he would be battling lamont peterson in his own back yard. >> lamont had enough of that. he said we're going to do it right now. dave ross is here to do the honors. >> not every day you get the chance of a liyour

home town of all places. but that's what peterson has coming up december 10th. lamont, i know you're supposed to be training. it's 8:30 in the morning. thank you very much for taking the time out. >> no problem. >> we appreciate having you in here. let's talk about it. you and i were talking offcamera little bit. how is the training coming along? about a month and a half to go before the big day. >> month and a half. one more week to pretty much eat what i want. after that, everything i eat from there is for a purpose. >> right now you can walk around, have what you want. but in a week -- >> yeah. >> talk about that walking around weight. fighting at 140 pounds. what are you walking at now and what do you have to get down to? >> now i'm probably 156 pounds. i leave the gym at 151 pounds. you know, cutting the weight is no problem. >> no big deal? >> no. >> let's talk about the mental

aspect of this game. i know there's anybody out there that's mentally tougher than you, because of what you've had to deal with. people that don't know your story, it's a fascinating story. tell people how you grew up. >> at a very young age we had to endure a whole lot as kids. had to grow up really, really fast. fend for ourselves at the age of 6, 7 years old. it helped me out a lot as far as boxing. boxing is tough, as tough as the streets and anything else. you have to be mentally prepared for those -- for the let downs in boxing, the tough times and tough training. being disciplined to make sure that you're eating right and living right. all that comes into play and helps out at the end of the day. >> when you talk about tough circumstances, you and your brother literally the age of 6 and 7, left to fend for yourselves, living on the streets of d.c., that's not something everybody deals with.

can you believe that you've gone from there to where you are now? >> well, believe it or not, i have to say yes. through those rough times and, you know, pretty much doing what we wanted to do and going through those rough times, i always dreamed of this day, and me fighting for a world title, just being the world champion in boxing. you know, day dreaming and things like that helped me get through those times. and i always thought i would be. >> we saw this a couple of weeks the press conference, does it strike you as bizarre and wild that you were at the w hotel, literally blocks away from where you trained and grew up to see where you've come from? >> yeah. it gets to you at times. sometimes you lay back in the bed or day dreaming, just think, wow, you know, i'm here. this is my time. my moment. want to make the best of it. >> let's talk about the fight now. got it coming up here.

this is your moment. this is your shot, your chance to prove to everybody you are the world champion. what do you know that amir khan does not know? >> he should know a lot about me. but at the end of the day i know a lot of people, i'm a tough fighter, i like to hit the body a lot. i'm going to show this time a side of me that a lot of people haven't seen in a while. the people who follow me ever since i got into boxing know, but i think this time we're going to switch it up a little bit. >> really? very interesting. 29-1-1, that's the record. we saw you fighting ortiz there. fought to a draw. i know hunter is the guy that found you and your brother anthony at a young age and is training you now. what has he meant for you? a father figure for you? >> oh, yeah. ever since i met him at 10,

he's not only been a coach, but a mentor, father figure. >> everything you needed? >> yeah, everything i needed, and still today, i always lean on him a lot, try to still learn from him at my age. not too late to be learning. teach and preach to all the kids in the gym. >> let me ask you this, talked about it a little bit too before we started this, the hardest punch to take is where? >> most of the time it's body shot. that's why i throw so many at my opponents, because i know how it feels. shot to the nose make your eyes water. a lot of pain, too. >> don't want to get hit in the nose or the body?

>> no. >> any last words for amir khan if he's watching? >> train hard and be ready for a tough fight. come december 10th, the belt will be coming to d.c. >> december 10th at the convention center. good luck. thanks for coming in. it is going to be a show and we'll be there. >> got us all worked up, ready for it. i can't remember the last time we had both contenders on fox 5 morning news. >> love it. lamont, you have to come back with your belt on december 11th, or you know, after. a couple of days after. thank you. >> good luck to you. appreciate you being here. 8:37 now. yesterday we told you about the prince william county food pantry that had to close because there was so much demand but they didn't have the food to give away. >> a little good news. we'll share that when we come back. now it's time for the my fox half off. it comes from the vineyard in

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if you are like me, and you are in many ways, you walk outside and say it feels like fall. >> it feels like fall. >> see what i'm talking about? along with that, make it be like fall. hay rides, pumpkins, all at cox center. >> i did all that this morning. but holly morris is in centreville. i am into it, holly. >> reporter: we are into it, because we're slinging pumpkin guts. isn't this fun? you have a lot of pumpkin guts on your hands. what do you think of this?

>> it's really disgusting. >> reporter: it's really gross, right? but this is kind of the fun part of carving a pumpkin, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: you are doing a great job. they all found their pumpkins. they're scooping them out. this might take more time than we have. do you know what i'm going to do? i know people. i am bringing in an expert. this is roger. he is a master pumpkin carver. did you know there were master pumpkin carvers? >> no. >> reporter: oh, you are in the presence of glory here. hello, sir. >> good morning. >> reporter: the first thing roger said was, let me help you with this. >> these tools work good for the kids. but if you want to step up, then we've made a stainless steel device. you can go right in there. >> reporter: really get it out. >> hone that out. >> reporter: roger, how does one become a master carver? >> bad luck. >> reporter: bad career choice? >> start like the kids did, and after 30 years you learn all

the tricks and pass them on, and it becomes almost a fetish. >> reporter: you know, here's the deal, he has high end tools, but we see a lot of tools in the stores. are these good? >> they work all right. >> reporter: if you're going to do one or two pumpkins as a family, these aren't so bad? >> those work well. >> reporter: what's your biggest tip for the kids as they start to create their drawings? >> the biggest thing, get the pattern on the pumpkin. that's always a chore. what we do -- >> reporter: this is where roger will show off. want to see his great work? >> yeah. >> reporter: all right. roger, show us your patterns. >> keep it low tech. a simple projector you can get in the craft stores. it puts the pattern on the pumpkin. >> reporter: draw it on there? >> you trace it on and it keeps

it proportioned. >> reporter: a lot of your patterns, you don't cut all the way through, right? shaving them? >> the advantage of these is you can -- this pumpkin was carved a week ago. people ask how long will they last? if you scrape the rind off, they'll last a couple of weeks. then come halloween, you hollow it out, and you can cut this out with your carving tool, and then your face comes through. >> reporter: any given halloween season how many pumpkins do you carve? >> about 250. >> reporter: really? then you display them at your house? >> yes. >> reporter: you have an understanding wife. >> yes. and neighbors. >> reporter: and neighbors, right. >> we like fall things. this was cabbed two week -- carved two weeks ago. >> reporter: what's the tools, if we want to take our carving to the next level. >> wood carving tools. the gouges, which are really sharp.

if you can go low tech, go to a yard sale and get steak knives. take your hack saw and sharpen it up. >> reporter: you need to be careful, right? i would think a people might get hurt doing this. >> these are very sharp. for the little kids, probably not as good to use as the commercial things. >> reporter: very good. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to cox farms, which is having their fall festival through october 31st and the first weekend in november, they destroy all the pumpkins. coming up in our next hour, we've carved pumpkins, picked our pumpkins, that was in reverse order. you want to eat pumpkins? >> no. >> reporter: no? you don't like pumpkin pie? you do? >> i love pumpkin pie! >> reporter: me, too. we're doing pie and doughnuts. you have to go to school. she gets to stay longer.

we're going to have more pumpkin fun in our next hour. >> who is having more fun, the kid or holly? >> holly. earlier this week we showed you the video of the bear cub inside a store in alaska. >> adorable. >> today our video is of a bear with a sweet tooth. stick around, it's coming up after the break. >> same bear? >> we're going to find out. coming up at 9:00, stay with us, we'll be right back. who do you think is doing that interview, me or tony? >> my money is on tony. all my money is on tony. >> yeah, safe bet. 

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a black bear has turned into something of a burglar in tennessee. workers at the old smoky candy kitchen describe it as a kid in a candy shop. the bear burst in and was still in the store when employees there showed up for work this morning. they called police, and who made enough noise to send the

bear running off, police did. the store owners are taking it all in stride. >> well, the existing door, what was left of it, there was a sign that said, no pets. i said we have the sweetest bear in town. >> sure did. >> the owners say they have been -- they have seen that bear hanging around the parking lot several times in recent months. can i tell you something what was so sad? what i think is more delicious, the caramel apples in that shot. >> there's one just for you. tony is up after the break. we have a lot more coming up in the 9:00 hour. hope you have a fantastic weekend. will feel like fall out there. one more hour of fox 5 morning news, and it's not just tony coming up. >> dave ross is back with a look at the redskins, what they need to do to get a win in carolina this weekend. plus, we all know relationships are give and take. how much giving does a man have to do?

>> it's a question that's dogged us forever. >> we are talking random gifts. >> you are giving advice? >> yes, i am. >> forget it. i'm out of here. tony, it's all up to you.   big!

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