starts right now >> beautiful sunrise over the nations capitol, washington monument on the right of your screen, wednesday morning october 26th, 2011. i am steve chenevey. >> time is just rolling along. almost november. in the meantime, tony perkens, it is going to feel like almost november. >> this weekend it will. >> absolutely late november as a matter of fact, temperatures only in the 50s this weekend some of you saturday night will likely see over night lows in the 30s. here is a current temperature in washington 54 degrees also 54 baltimore fredericks burg virginia, 50 degrees, winchester 57 degrees, and let's see, naval air station, 57 degrees.

live shot there, there are clouds but again i think this morning you will have a pretty sunrise, that mix of sun and clouds, we will see increasing cloud cover during the course of the day today, the forecast looks like this, increasing clouds, maybe a shower or two this afternoon, i think a better chance of rain tonight mild day, not bad really, 67 degrees in german town for your high, 70 wall doordorf -- waldorf and 70 for the day. eastbound 66 is where we find a crew in sky fox had an accident tied up middle of the roadway, eastbound 66 at the bypass. again the activity moved over to the shoulder all of our lanes are open coming inbound on 66 but it is a miserable commute as you try to work your way out of gainsville into manassas. again at least five vehicles it appears involved in this

incident all pushed over to the shoulder lanes open extensive back ups eastbound 66, 15 an option no incidents on those routes, 66 grid locked working over towards 234 take it back inside and update your ride elsewhere. tieing up the right side of the highway a crash on 237, accident activity inbound new york as you approach south dakota avenue, southbound 270, checking for accident activity between falls road and the lane divide, looks like whatever was there has been cleared over to the shoulder. a jury expected to be seated and opening statements expected to begin today in the lululemon murder trial. a yoga store employee accused of killing her co-

worker stacy cohen is live outside the courthouse in rockville. >> reporter: good morning alison seems they whittled down the jury pool yesterday, they have a smaller pool a few dozen people we expect that process to finish today prosecutors did get a ruling from the judge they will not be able to use all the graphic images they once planned to use when they make those opening statements and address the jury. 29-year-old brittany norwood is on trial charged with killing her coworker. norwood used as many as 8 objects including a hammer and a clothing rack from the store to kill murray and the judge says some of the crime scene photos are so gruesome he would not permit the jury to see them during opening statements. door jury selection yesterday one of murray's college

roommates stopped by the courtroom. i don't grieve just for my friend's family but the other, it was a horrible thing that happened and as much as i am very sad and angry and emotional about it i have been praying and thinking that something good will happen. brittany norwood originally told the police two masked men came in and beat and raped her and murray, killing murray prosecutors called that a work of fiction and insist she is the true murder we will hear what they present in opening statements in court some time later today. back to you. thank you. checking our other top stories, two dc men accused in a deadly shooting on a metro bus are being held in florida until an extradition hearing, vince grey and dell on were arrested by u.s. marshalls in

orlando they killed johnson on a bus last thursday. police got a tip after releasing video. 31-year-old thomas kim charged with two attacks october 11th, the first, 3:45 p.m. magnolia lane, the second that night on eldon street he displayed a badge to his victims and is suspected in five other cases. a bank robber who wore a halloween mask the suspect said he had a gun and took cash from main street bank mcclean virginia before running off witnesses couldn't see his face but say he was an african american man 6'1", wearing jeans and a black leather trench coat. developing story out of central virginia the hunt continues for a missing 9-year-

old autistic boy, robbie wood junior has been missing since sunday he wandered away during a trip to the battle park wood does not speak and was last seen wearing a red long sleeved t-shirt and blue athletic paps. dc -- athletic pants. >> dc leaders are considering bills to clean up the way council does business. a hairing follows kittism over ethical lapses. brown pleaded not guilty to driving on a suspended license and requested to go to trial. a charge of failing to obey, stemming from his september arrest dropped brown is part of a congressional, fbi investigation he accused grey of

paying someone to attack him. fairfax county gop headquarters after 10:00 a.m. in the morning, he will be there to rally republicans ahead of next month's general assembly in virginia, governor mcdonald will be with romney at the event. this does not mean the governor is endorsing romney in the race for the white house. president obama set to officially announce a plan to help college grads repay student loans, comes as the cost of college education continues to rise. average instate tuition and fees at a four year college road $631 this fall, nationally the cost of a full credit load is more than $8,000, we have more on how the president wants

to help. >> reporter: this is part of the president's go it alone approach trying to force changes when congress won't play along. >> if president obama is worried about his re-election prospects he didn't sound that way on jay leno's tonight show on nbc tonight he was asked about republican challengers. >> i will wait until everybody is voted off the island. >> reporter: but there is little doubt that the president is campaigning making yet another trip to the swing state of colorado and reaching out to young voters college students, many of whom are going deep into debt the white house wants to restructure loan programs, part of a new effort to make changes in federal policy, bypassing congress. >> we are going the look foropportunities to do things without congress we can't afford to keep waiting for them if they are not going to do anything. >> reporter: it allows students to consolidate loanpay lower rates it speeds up an existing

plan, to a smaller portion of one's income. this comes as some in congress question the impact of more federal assistance, and whether all of those tax dollars actually encourage schools to raise tuition. >> we know there is a direct correlation between increased government subsidies for students and increased tuition we already know that. we have studied it over the years. >> reporter: to the point where student loans are second only to home mortgages when it comes to household debt in washington doug luzader fox news. >> as you saw, president obama made an appearance on the tonight show sharing laughs with jay leno but the president also touched on a serious topic the death of moammar gadhafi. >> obviously, you never like to see anybody come to the kind of end that he did, but i think it obviously sends a strong message around the world to dictators, that people long to

be free. president obama also said the u.s. role in bringing gadhafi down is a recipe for success he said there was not a single u.s. troop on the ground, and there were no u.s. casualties. this morning, lewis tara can taking issue with the way he was killed. he said the nation of islam members rejoicing, will come to sorrow. he is considered gadhafi a friend. more stories of survival out of turkey. >> riot police, dozens of arrests things turning ugly overnight in two major cities. getting around in maryland could become more expensive come next somewhere the state is proposing to -- summer, what the state is proposing to pay.

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checking headlines, stocks plunge on fears of europe's debt crisis in a couple hours, european leaders will wrap up another crisis meeting at brussels, hopes to solve europe's problems were dashed yesterday after a key meeting

of financial ministers were called off. right now dow futures are up slightly. in the midst of death and destruction in turkey several stories of survival days after a devastating earthquake hit the region, 40 people were pulled alive from collapsed buildings tuesday. yesterday, including an 18-year- old university student in the meantime the death tolls continue to rise more than 450 people are confirmed dead. evacuations under way in fishing towns on mexico's caribbean coast as hurricane rina takes aim at cancun and cozumel. they expect the category 2 storm to strengthen. tucker keeping an eye on it in the weather center. >> the expectation is that it will become a category 3 hurricane it is churning up the waters, slow moving a lot of rain, beach erosion, wind damage a big concern for that part of the world, eastern

portions of mexico, belize, meanwhile, closer to home, i want to tell you, we -- tucker made this, you know temperatures will be a little bit cooler, they have stayed rather mild, add a couple degrees for that. partly sunny skies, sunrise occurs at 7:28 a.m. just a short time from now temperatures across the country, good stuff to show you first of all 53 degrees here, check out cincinnati, in advance of the cold front you know how it warms up, 61 cincinnati, 67 st. louis behind the front, owe ma what, 45, peer south dakota 39, look at y have had a couple inches of snow overnight, they expect 3 to 7

inches of snow in and around denver today. >> wow. that is too soon. >> it is too soon. there you can see it on your map in the eastern u.s. that is a cold front that will come through here and bring rain showers with it maybe a couple later on this afternoon then tonight and tomorrow definitely your five day forecast, high, 70 degrees partly sunny skies, increasing clouds as the day progresses, tomorrow rain, friday, maybe shower or two late in the day, 55 for your high saturday is cool, 50 degrees for your high, on saturday, some of you going to halloween parties saturday night. saturday. >> well, wear a sweater, jacket it will be cool and at night time lows in the 30s. >> all right. >> yeah. >> so there you go. could be stormy too. >> throw on whatever you like you are on a role. >> i got to tell you. check in with julie wright. like we are not going to hear that last part. >> i didn't hear anything when

he started talking about it getting code like that. on the roads you need to listen to this we have some serious tie ups on metro's blue orange line according to metro rail they are telling me due to a power outage you will find reduced speeds on metro's blue orange line travelling between potomac and no 8 car trains available longer wait times on the platforms, additional wait times needed. additional time on metro's blue orange line due to a power failure. accident activity inner loop of the belt way, route 7 gone delays from brad dock road, up towards route 7 and arlington boulevard down to 10 miles per hour as you make that crawl on the inner loop of the belt way. other side of town lanes are open, eastbound 66 multivehicle accident at the bypass cleared

at the shoulder heavy volume as you work your way out of manassas. southbound 270, clarks burg, heavy and slow going, incident tieing up the two right lanes also a crash reported further south as you work your way out towards falls road. well, police and neighbors in some cities are losing patience with anti wall street protests demonstrators in the nations capitol continue to expand their tent cities by maryland city officials are calling on occupy baltimore to scale back its presence near the inner harbour only two people will be allowed to stay overnight as night watch men everybody else must leave by midnight. things turned ugly for anti wall street protestors in atlanta overnight, some refused a police order to leave a park they had been camped in for a few weeks. swat teams and police in riot

gear arrested 80 people. >> oakland california, similar situation police took down a camp in front of city hall early yesterday, but protestors marched back. in maryland the transportation trust fund has been a go to for officials when there are short falls, in general fund budget and tapped one too many times now it needs some propping up. new plan to increase it, involve steep fees for drivers. >> this commission was created by maryland lawmakers and governor martin o'malley as they endorse a plan to help pay for a backlog of transportation projects among the recommendations raising the state's gas tax by 15¢ per gallon the tax will go from 23.5 to 38.5¢ with increase phased in over 8 years then it

would inch up indefinitely fuel prices in maryland could be among the highest in the country more than double what drivers pay in dc and increasing car registration fees by 50%, titling and inspection fees would also go up then mta fares, boston rail passengers can expect unspecified rate hikes proposed increases would bring in $26 million in total, the plan would raise estimated $870 million a year, the commission is also recommending a fire wall to keep funds from being diverted to other purposes that way money could not be taken from transportation funding in the future but that is a lot of money people will see out of their pockets back to you. >> sarah thank you for that. time now, 7:21 a.m. let's not push things along still ahead more controversy surrounding a vaccine highly recommended for girls by some why the cdc says boys need to be treated for the trade of hpv

as well. >> top horses and riders from the u.s. and abroad all here in the nations capitol holly is live at verizon center we will check with her and see those horses in action as well.

to war zones. and that can be a problem for a once-thriving tourist destination like dubrovnik, croatia, left in disrepair by years of war. luckily, people took notice. they helped dubrovnik rebuild and restructure their five-star hotels, and croatia eventually regained 14% of the nation's gdp; a rebirth made possible by the international business and tourism management programs at rochester institute of technology.

>> more controversy over the vaccine of the hpv virus, cdc wants boys starting ages 11 and 12 to be vaccinated, the vaccine protests females against cervical cancer and males against genital warts and anal cancer. if everything worked out and i found out it would be safe for them i i would be for it but i would need to research the long term effect on the boys. more feedback, dr. oz from the dr. oz show supports the new recommendation and talked to us about it. >> without question the major medical indication forgetting the vaccination is avoid not just the cancer but the screening the multiple biopsies and you know aggressive therapy

some times required for abnormal pap smears it makes sense, a vaccine against bad cancers to try to use it the uncomfortable nature you have to give it to people before they start having sex most people are exposed so quickly afterwards that is the big challenge. >> hpv is accountable for 15,000 cancers in young women and 7,000 in men. it appears baby boomers are increasingly worried about retirement and finances a new poll by the ap and life goes strong.com are strongly convinced they will be able to live comfortably, baby boomers prefer a home affordable, accessible, medical care and close to family. amid-a shaky economy many feel it is unlikely they will move in retirement. >> president obama wrapping up a 3 day tour, the latest on his mission we will sit down with political strategists up next. as we take you to break, a

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in sickness and in health check out the weather at this ceremony a dust storm, heavy winds rolled in quickly, as the couple you know were saying their i dos giving their nuptuals, they and their guests braved it out long enough to say i do a true attestment to the statement, love is blind. they will have great memories. >> look she is laughing. >> look at that. look at that. that is awful but yeah,. >> they will have pretty pictures later. >> it poured rain on my wedding day. what a lovely bride. >> she was very very pretty i mean good for them for toughing it out. >> did you marry outdoors. >> how did one get that video did they send it in? >> i don't know. >> sorry what was your question. >> i asked if tony got married outside. >> no, inside.

>> let's look at what is going on here with our weather conditions around the region, we've got temperatures primarily in the 50s, we dropped off a little bit to 53 degrees here in washington 48 in gaithersburg, 45 in frederick maryland meanwhile across virginia, 55 quantico, 50 fredericks burg, 48 culpepper cool spots out there this morning. let's look at satellite radar, we showed you a live shot earlier nice mix of clouds and sun you can see clouds coming through, there is your frontal boundary getting closer and closer this afternoon we could see a shower trigger as the front gets closer and during the day tomorrow behind the front much cooler air will be working its way in here and our temperatures are really going to drop for the weekend let me show you the surface map, we will show you what we have going on during the course of the day. showers along that frontal

boundary, making its way east ward, showers then it clears out high pressure, begins to settle in, cooler temperatures highs only in the 50s by the weekend, what we have to watch out for is a coastal low forming and maybe bringing us some stormy conditions over the course of the weekend. so the forecast today looks like this increasing cloudiness, still a mild day with a high of 70 degrees yesterday's high was 68 degrees, then for tonight, we could see showers develop, skies completely cloudy tonight, 55 degrees for your overnight low in town, low 50s elsewhere, 5 day forecast, rain during the day tomorrow temperatures begin the drop off finally 62 degrees overnight lows, low 40s. thursday and friday, pardon me and then friday, cool, 55 late showers possible, got to keep our eyes on that coastal storm and see how that goes, saturday chilly, 50 for your high sunday

mostly sunny and 53. that is a look at what is happening with weather now let's find out what is happening -- i think we have some of that dust storm coming through our studios here take it away. >> all right tony on the roads you will find very much a busy ride especially if you typically travel on metro line this morning, metro rail because of a power failure we have major tie ups on the blue orange line in the direction of potomac avenue there was a power outage now they are running at reduced speeds there are trains available, running at reduced speeds no 8 car trains available which means you will be standing longer on the platform it will take you longer to get to your destination travelling between potomac and >>erly, cheverly. in the district accident reported, 225, 11th street bridge on the brakes from

pennsylvania avenue headed out towards howard road. westbound 50, 301 buoy, checking for accidents there. 410 river dale and working your way into northeast washington no incidents to report on 66, lanes open coming inbound out of manassas, 7100 in towards vienna, southbound 270, better now leaving clarks burg headed out towards father hurly boulevard earlier, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. president barack obama taking his economic agenda to jay leno's tonight show last night he also poked fun at his republican opponents. >> have you been watching the gop debate? >> i am going to wait until everybody is voted off the island. >> really? [ laughter ] >> once they narrow it down the one or two i will start paying

attention. >> well, our usual political pan lists are away we are very pleased to welcome back david political strategist good morning and mike mcken that a republican political strategist nice to see you mike. let's start well, you know what let's start with reaction from the president's demeanour with jay leno what do you think should he be more concerned? surely he is but should the public persona have shown more concern. >> well, i think the president what he is good at, he is a very personable person, he can be warm he advisors need to do more of that and kind of lecturing boring speech. that's right look at clinton went and played

saxophone more people said i am voting for that guy after he did that than when he laid out any economic plan that is how you get elected folks who don't pay attention but vote, they want to vote for the guy they can drink a beer with. >> right someone they might want to sit down with. >> let's talk about some of the more serious moves, the president is making in the past week or so, forcing change in federal policy, without approval from congress. the first one basically, relief for homeowners with the second phase of harp now making it easier to refinance and secondly, the student loans restructuring a loan program, the give folks a break paying back student loans what do you think about these moves and i guess the way he is doing it. >> he is doing what he can do, congress is locked up at this point, i do think it is late, motivated by campaigns, more than housing and i think the real problem with the housing market is we need economic

growth until we get some housing market will not recover and the other thing, the real problem with the housing market is no bank loans without a federally backed guarantee that means no bank really loans anybody who bought a new house in the last three or four years will tell you the loan process is ferociously difficult that does nothing to help the housing market. what do you think about this approach david. >> i don't think you can really oppose it, i mean i know a young man in my neighbourhood who found out about this, consolidating student loans, capping 10% of your income he was ecstatic i don't know how you can oppose something like that and keeping people in their homes, instead of foreclosing, people who can't refinance because they are upside down on your home, if you can refinance you can stay in your home i don't know that it is a bad idea almost a win win for anybody except maybe the bank making a lot of money

off the current loan. the fact he is bypassing congress. >> has to be done. nothing is going to happen if you go through the legislative process it is not nice, to have to do something without representative form of government, but it is the reality, and these are things that will immediately help. >> as a strategist, put that hat on for me, david would this be the kind of thing you would be advising the democrat right now in power. >> of course it is a small, tangible, simple to understand idea like clinton again who said let's put 500 new police on the streets hey, that sounds great. no child left behind that sounds great. this is a nice, simple, idea, that everyone can pretty much agree with. >> let's move on to the gop side rick perry has come out with sort of in the spirit of herman cain this flat tax plan there are some other provisions

in there that deal with social security, medicare things like that. smart, not smart, copy cat what are you thinking. >> very smart fundamental purpose of a flat tax is avoid double taxation, of things like interest, income and dividends that spurs economic growth he is about to spend $15 million on an ad buy now he will have something to talk about timing good policy good, you know we will see in the next month or so whether he will get back in the race. >> is it enough david? it has been the rick perry mitt romney back and forth show. >> right some body has to grab mccain he is not going to win the republican nomination, the vote for cain is not for him he is trying to grab the voters angry about taxes the problem is going to be when you get in the details going back to 1992 gerry brown the democrat, said we should have a flat tax but when you get into details and

say, what if you are making $75,000 a year or $50,000 a year or hey, can i still write off mortgage interest or what about people who make all their money off investing off the stock market do they pay more or less. in today's day and age, details matter because they come out. it is important to note perry is not a pure flat tax it does include state contributions and charitable flat tax they liked it. >> it wasn't flat flat flat. we appreciate you being on the show the day, we hope to see you both again soon. >> still ahead, kids, treated like dogs, found inside a nebraska home. >> also, aerosmith front man steven tiler, american idol judge had to reschedule a

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making headlines, this wednesday morning disturbing discovery inside a nebraska home police found two small children living in a wire dog kennel two other children were also in the home but not in kennels four adults were arrested on child abuse charges they reportedly told police they kept the children in the kennel so they wouldn't climb out of the home. >> three weeks after his last essay on 60 minutes andy rooney is being treated after developing complications after minor surgery he is said to be in stable condition. the show must go on, american idol judge steven tyler will be back on stage tonight with his band aerosmith one day after taking a hard fall tyler fell in the shower while in paraguay and knocked out two teeth he had some dental implants put in and

ready to make up yesterday's cancelled show. that is what i am talking about. but i am sorry to hear that. >> man. >> i would like to say that is a hard fall. >> really -- >> okay. i didn't know he was -- >> how do you sing. >> how do you go right back to performing a concert. >> now an implant is that like a denture or do they put it in your gums as part of your mouth? >> part of your mouth. >> what is that? >> they put it in your gum tuck. yeah. >> okay. >> tucker and i have extensive dental work. we know all about it hey, dr. millsman how are you? you are not going to get discounts. >> you don't have a dentis. >> i have to find one -- dentist. >> i have to find one. >> good luck with that. >> yours will be calling me now. >> 63 degrees, current temperature here in washington,

53 baltimore, dulles airport 50, ocean city virginia, 58 degrees what is that? what did i say? did i really sorry about that. ocean city maryland. future cast, clouds coming in over us, as we speak, rain showers later on, really holds the rain up until this owning, tucker and i talked about this at length during our morning work session before the show and we believe that for the most part the rain will hold off until tonight maybe a shower or two this afternoon only a 10 to 20% chance of that. >> steve and i had a morning work session too. don't worry about it. >> overnight, rain during the day rain during rush hour tomorrow and during the day rain and eventually, takes awhile, more rain tomorrow afternoon after that, 5 day forecast. high today, 70 degrees, mild increasing clouds as the day progresses tomorrow rainy day friday, 55 maybe a late shower saturday we think, there is a

fairly good chance of storminess, rain, 50, going to be a cold, wet rain, cold, wet rain what rain is not wet. and then on sunday, mostly sunny, and 53. there you go. >> some times it is like a soaking rain, versus like you know that misty rain. >> thank you for helping me out. >> can i also say to julie something. >> absolutely. >> julie your hair is primo i love the cut i love what it is doing in the back show the people the profile julie. >> oh, my goodness. >> you know what, that is an old barbara stria sand cut. >> there is a complement she has been waiting for. >> you know the agent in l.a., i was talking to him about this do not reference barbara streisand. oh, my goodness all right on the roads this morning, if

you are travelling metro's blue orange line, this is where we have major tie ups due to a power failure travelling in the direction of potomac and cheverly they are running the rains but at reduced speeds on metro's blue orange line accident activity westbound 50, buoy, 301 heads up in the direction of the capitol belt way again travelling southbound, 29, to the belt way any where from 11 to 10 miles per hour headed southbound, towards the outer loop, 198, trying to work your way out of laurel average speed on the outer loop, 11 miles per hour, 650 new hampshire avenue. all right julie thank you. holly doing a little horsing around at the verizon center. >> she is looking at the nations indoor horse show. >> good morning, don't i kind of horse around every morning no, you are right this morning

i literally am horsing around some of the best horses in the nation. this is the one time of year they turn 6th street into a stable. it is pretty impressive and the riders that come out here are impressive to say the least one of the most prestigious horse shows in the country in its 53rd year and has a lot of fun things for families even if you are not a rider we will tell you why this is a winning event for everyone that comes out all live next fox 5 morning news stay with us  [ female announcer ] this is trish.

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since 1958 you have to go back that far, washington international horse show has brought top horses and riders here to the nations capitol. >> holly is at the verizon center the learn about this year's event good morning. >> reporter: good morning $415,000 in prize money and

championship titles, that is what is at stake when you are talking about the washington international horse show these riders literally compete all year, accumulating points to qualify, to even compete here if you walk away with a ribbon from this show you have definitely walked away with something but it is more than just a competition they have wonderful community even family friendly events and do good work here this year it is partnering with three military charities, one is taps, bonnie caroll is president of that, and she joins me, up here on 6th and f which i am always amazed every year when i look around at this scene and think normally it is jam packed with traffic here we have these beautiful stables. >> think great. >> reporter: what is more great is the work you do tell me more about taps. >> taps is the national organization for all those who have lost a loved one serving in the armed forces, we are so excited to be a partner with

washington international horse show many of our children of our fallen heros are riders this year we have two little children who lost their dad march 2005 in an aviation accident they are here to be our ambassadors, so this is a wonderful partnership also, we honor those who have served and died in the military and we are so proud of the washington international horse show selected taps, as the official charity. >> and so how does being a part of the show, help enable you to do the worn you do. >> actually, -- work you do. >> because of the work they do, we use horses for therapy for grieving children horses are so healing many of our children get involved in equestrian sports they learn about the caisson platoon we have an award winning book about a caisson horse, telling the story of grief through a caisson horse at arlington.

thank you so much. >> thank you. >> you heard her mention the caisson platoon as luck would have it, chief abernathy happens to be with us. >> you are doing something special saturday night. >> that's correct we will do a demonstration what these soldiers do every day, carrying our fallen heros and veterans, to their final resting place. for them to have the pride to come out and do this is amazing. >> tell me about the life of a caisson platoon horse. >> it will come in between the ages of 3 and 8 years old we get them trained up and put them in service for a max of 10 years at that time we adopt them out in an adoption program so loving families that want to take them in and can use them elsewhere. >> tell me about this horse, beautiful coat. >> this is araby she is one of our three mares we have in our heard of 66 horses that form our caisson mission she has been with us five years now she

is 7 years old. >> good morning. >> do you think they like being out here being part of this and getting attention. >> they love it part of what they see every day they are around people every day, cameras every day and for them, the barn is open for tours for children to come in and pet the horses anybody, give them attention they love it. >> you can come to the barn in arlington and get a tour. >> absolutely open 7 days a week, 12 to 4. >> that is the best tip i learned today. >> thank you you are the star of the show i think she knows. >> she absolutely does. >> myfoxdc.com we have a link to washington international horse show the show is a 6 day event it is chock full of competition wonderful community events and family friendly events each and every day coming up in our next hour the national museum of the american indian has a special exhibit opening in conjunction with the

horse show we will find out about that. >> as the super committee gets set to report on ideas to cut over a trillion dollars in savings we will hear from another group. >> buy now pay later we are talking about lay away as the holiday season approaches do you know exactly how lay away works? consumer experts will break it all down for us. 3 minutes before 8 we will be right back state farm. this is jessica.

hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue.

[ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. more than 60 hours after a devastating earthquake in turkey, more people are being pulled from rubble alive but hope is fading many others will be found. >> it doesn't take much snow to make the roads around dc a mess now there is an effort under way to get government and private employers all on one page when it comes to letting workers go home early. lay away is looking like a popular option for shoppers this holiday season before you put your money down here are some key questions you should be asking don't spend a dime

until this hour is complete we will get some of those answers coming up. thanks for being with us i am steve chenevey. >> steve will join us with more on lay away, what you need to know at 8:30 a.m. >> just in case tony you were going to runaway and go do shopping. >> i used to work the lay away counter one of my first jobs. >> wow. >> i used to put things on lay away. surprised i didn't see you there. >> what are we looking at. >> whatever you like. >> temperatures across the region. >> lay away was hard. >> it is a great thing to do, as we will talk about, but -- >> it is hard for workers. >> yes. >> we must have been smart. >> i had people coming in and out, take stuff out of the box. >> whole box. >> big storage area. >> temperatures 53 degrees

washington, 53 baltimore, dulles, 57 winchester, 58 ocean city maryland. sentinel satellite, clouds out there still skies are decent, increasing cloudiness as the day pro greeseses and eventually those clouds -- progresses and eventually those clouds will produce a little bit of rain i will classify this as a nice day mild, high of 70 degrees more clouds maybe 10 to 20 percent chance of a shower the best chance of rain will be tonight and tomorrow. not a bad day not as pretty as yesterday not a bad day. >> you said ocean city new jersey. >> i did not. >> oh. >> ocean city delaware. julie called during that statement asking if we could put the cold weather on lay away. >> we could put it on lay away that would be most helpful to me on the roads, lanes are open

each way wilson bridge trouble on metro's blue orange line due to a power failure we had earlier this morning, you are going to find reduced speeds on the track from metro's blue orange line travelling between pot mock avenue trains are ready for you additional commute, metro's blue orange between pot mock westbound 50, crash 704 now on the shoulder big delays out of buoy, no change, between 15 and 14 miles per hour. southbound 95, on the brakes out of laurel, trying to get to powder mill road average speed, new hampshire avenue, headed west also on the bw parkway, you guys travelling southbound out of laurel, 36 minute commute, headed down towards route 50, john hanson highway, inbound towards northeast washington accident activity, dulles toll road, shoulder

delays, 395 tied up duke street towards seminary road, 14th street bridge 66 having a tough team, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. now to the lululemon murder trial an employee at the bethesda store, brittany norwood on the left accused of killing her coworker, opening statements expected today after the jury is seated. more on today's top story stacy. >> well, good morning we have been talking all week about how the jury selection process has been tedious a pool of over 300 jurors had to be called the good news, the majority of them were sent home yesterday only 60 or so left they are likely to have a jury seated today. on the other news a motion set forth for prosecution to present graphic pictures during opening statements the judge has limited photos calling them gruesome. now, the pictures depict the

crime scene, you will remember 29-year-old brittany norwood is accused of killing her coworker jana murray inside the lululemon store in bethesda back in march police and prosecutors claimed norwood killed murray after murray discovered she was stealing apparel from the store. these photographs depict the body of jana murray assaulted by numerous instruments including a hammer, clothing rack and these pictures are so graphic the judge thought it might prejudice the jury against the defendant and therefore eliminated all but a handful of the photos we are expecting opening statements to come some time today perhaps this morning or later this afternoon reporting live in rockville, back to you. stacy thank you. search continues in central virginia for a missing 9-year- old autistic boy he has been missing since sunday he

wandered away from his family at the north battlefield park he does not speak he has blond hair blue eyes he was last seen wearing a red long sleeved t- shirt, blue athletic pants, yesterday police invited the public to help with the search nearly 900 people showed up the park stretching over 80-acres have not fenced in. more survivor stories 3 days after the devastating quake, two teachers and a teen were pulled out overnight rescuers carried the 18-year- old from a collapsed building he is hurt but alive after spending 61 hours under rubble. 2,000 buildings collapsed in the earthquake thousands of survivors face another night of freezing temperatures the number of dead up to 461 this morning turkey is accepting international aid after rejecting help earlier this week. some tourists being asked

to leave mexico's resort studded caribbean coast as rina takes aim cruise ships are changing routes. it is a category 2 storm close to a category 3. it is expected to hilt cozumel and then -- hit cozumel and then towards cancun. a live look at denver they are dealing with their first snow storm of the season, forecasters expected 5 to 9 inches of snow on the ground by this mornings rush hour and 3 to 7 to fall throughout the day. >> 80 degrees two days ago in golden colorado believe it or not. >> soon enough we will deal with our own winter weather, we will have seens like in denver now recent snow storms and earthquake this summer have proven it takes a long time to get out of the city when everybody leaves at once. in an effort to prevent another disastrous recommendation, they are looking to tentatively

approve a plan. metro columnist with washington post, bob. >> there is a steering committee studying this issue since march will approve a plan today basically to improve coordination, and communication, among all the regions, governments and federal government, to try to basically get everybody on the same page about when to let people go, and basically how to coordinate in case of a snow storm or other emergency and then the full council and government, will approve this in early november and it is not final yet but i am told that it is not going to be significantly changed from what they have already presented. >> you have covered these for a long time, bob, and from the federal government to local government, different branches a lot of people put out different suggestions what may or may not work maybe a staggered leaving or work schedule, what do you thing works best? >> well, i think the good news

here, is that they have studied this a lot and are going to try to give better information try to set up a new office and it will provide better real time information, to the people, making the decision, the bad news is, there is no change, no structural change in who is making the decisions or the fact that basically lots of different groups are making decisions on their own, i think some bit of progress, they seem to understand, now, better than they did before, that in some cases, especially if a storm develops suddenly in the afternoon, on a work day, so threatening the afternoon rush, that the main thing you want to avoid is what happened on january 26th the storm -- that is the terrible storm remember where people took 8 to 1 hours to get home -- 12 hours to get home. >> stuck on the gw parkway overnight. >> what went wrong then is that

everybody left at the same time, the federal government in the morning, told people, that they could leave early but the weather was good so no body did then when the weather got bad and everybody could leave early, they all left at the same time so they all left right as the storm was hitting then there were other problems as well but basically, you want to avoid that and what i think they do understand better now, is that in a situation like that, you want to tell people, leave by such and such an hour leave by noon, or don't leave until after 5 or 6 and basically stay off the roads for 5 hours, in there, or four hours in there, so that the plows can get out and do their job and everybody isn't trying to get home at the same time in a storm now they are going to try to do a better job of honing that message and presenting it, that is a pretty tough message to sell to the public any way, especially for people who have got kids they

want to go deal with, and trying -- basically every jurisdiction, maryland, virginia, district, federal government, all the different county and municipal governments, are all basically, free, to issue their announcements on their own, there is no sort of centralized, messaging, it will be hard to get people to do that. >> which is key and not just for something like a storm which is perhaps slightly more predictable then you have the earthquake, but i know from friends that i have in the federal government theresome of leave others said we haven't gotten that word yet if you leave now you will be docked that time for leaving early so people didn't leave there was no central command. >> well, the earthquake we are not used to earthquakes. >> and hope we don't have one again. >> one thing about the earthquake that is ap publicable to other experiences whenever it is not expected, either an earthquake or a storm

that turns out to be much worse you know than the forecasters anticipated, or obviously a terrorist attack, then we really have trouble then we really have trouble and this is hopefully, going to help at least make sure that everybody's got fresher information more up-to-date information, and they are going to be prodded to coordinate better but there is no fundamental change in how it is happening and i am skeptical it will make a lot of difference. >> we have our fingers crossed i know you are heading out to cover it today, we will find out what happens read bob's column in the post tomorrow. >> good luck getting out of here too. 8:12 a.m., 53 degrees on this wednesday morning, a little girl gets home from school but her home isn't there instead of calling for help she takes matters into her own hands and gets into the car to go find her mom of course she ended when we come back

8:15 a.m. a violent night in california continued into the morning with 79 occupy protestors arrested for 3 hours they clashed with riot police. it started pastily with a rally at a library in the -- peacefully with a rally at a library in the afternoon. the scene still tense this morning. >> atlanta, police arrested more than 50 occupy protestors the mayor revoked their permit to demonstrate in a downtown park after they camped there for two weeks police warned them a couple times. congressional super committee is due to report next month on their recommendations for finding more than a trillion dollars in federal savings a group called fight fraud first is urging congress and the white house to hold off on slashing medicare and medicaid benefits, they say billions can be saved cutting fraud and waste first joining us now from northwest, two

familiar faces, democrat of louisiana and former cochair of the national bipartisan commission on the future of medicare and former representative, republican from louisiana good to see you both. >> good morning. >> can you tell us about this campaign called fight fraud first tell us about it. >> simple message, encouraging congress, before they slash benefits for seniors, to important medicare services before they start taxing seniors with copayinsurance why don't you just stop the dollars flowing out of the system to fraudulent players you can do that today, you can save perhaps tens of billions of dollars, i think john has the numbers. >> well, alison i think billy is absolutely correct the super committee has a real tough job of finding a $1.2 trillion in savings they can do it by cutting the benefits to seniors increasing the cost to seniors we have a different approach

our approach says look, let's look at the waste, fraud abuse gao says can amount to $70 billion a year those are real savings we have planned to recommend how to get rid of. >> tell us exactly how this money is being siphoned off we are talking about -- you mentioned it things like fraud and waste tell us where the billions are going. >> well, we know for example that there are a lot of fake claims just identifying you have a real doctor, patient, medical experience going on instead of a fake one we know for example in home health, half the fraud in the country occurs in two counties, one in florida, miami-dade the other in texas. we know today because we have incredibly dense data and analytical capabilities we didn't have four, five years ago, today you can stop the dollars from leaving so you don't have a recovery problem you got a preventative cure.

>> senator let me ask, the things you are proposing here can enough money really be saved to help with not tightening the belt further, of programs like medicaid and medicare can this make a real difference? >> of course the number of $70 billion, is going out because of fraud and waste and abuse, tighten the number -- the qualifications for the people coming into these programs, number two, set threshold levels if a company is charging higher than that flesh hold make them come in and justify, those charges, to the federal government, and also give the government authority to restrict people, coming into the program simply not qualified in the first place. >> congressman seems to be a lack of cooperation right now on capitol hill speaking as an every day american now, can the flag that you are raising, can -- will this be heard in this

climate? do you thing this has a chance of being heard? >> well, the good news, 83% of americans, says we are right that is the way to go bipartisan approach it doesn't mean cutting or slashing senior benefits doesn't imply raising taxes on the sickest, poorest people in america, the oldest seniors suffering chronic disease a simple way of achieving savings in a way americans generally support democrats republicans, why not go after those fraud dollars first before you damage essential program for seniors. >> the next meeting of the super committee is scheduled november 1st, tuesday, do you believe your recommendations will go before this committee by then is this. >> we've already presented recommendations to the super committee they have it they are looking at it, analyzing and i just got to say republican or democrat i think members would much prefer getting rid of was, fraud abuse to the tune of $70 billion a year than

askingseniors to pay more or cutting benefits i think they will look at this and say thank goodness an industry has come forward with a real solution. >> congressman, this is one of the things medicaid and medicare have been targeted for cuts what would our society look like if those cuts were put into place who would really hurt from this? >> well, i want you to thing about the fact well over half of seniors who would get cut on these copays or these reduction in services, are living under poverty the oldest, sickest, weakest, most vulnerable people in our country, veterans who served us in wars moms and dads who took care of us and sent us to school they are the ones who get hurt here once you start taxing them or cutting their services their health declines dramatically once you say you can't have home health services you got to go to an institution you know how much damage that does to these folks look we are giving congress a way out of that awful dilemma you go after

that 70 billion, that is $700 billion over 10 years you can find the money you need without doing this damage to the great seniors that served our country. >> senator i will give you the final word as the cochair of the bipartisan commission the future of medicare, what do you hope this body does, the super committee will really hear in this, what is your final statement on that? >> well, i mean i would hope they would hear from the millions of seniors, we are part of the coalition here aarp is very supportive, easter seals and veterans groups saying congress at the same time we recognize you need to make some real cuts we suggest instead of hurting seniors you get rid of the bad actorcut the waste, fraud and abuse out and have the same degree of savings and we thing our plan is one they would find very acceptable. >> senator john bro former senator bro and billly tosand.

>> thank you alison. >> we will check in with mr. perkens get a look at our forecast today and dare i say a little something extra. >> a little sweet something is this. >> maybe. >> i am ready for it all this talk about you know money and debt and all that i need some relief. >> something to smile about tony. >> i have it for both of you and all of you yes, indeed it is time for the my first 5 photo of the day check her out, check them out. >> how cute. >> wonderful. this is 21 month old destiny and her 9 month old sister faith love those names. destiny is dressing up as a devil this halloween while faith is an angel. >> oh,. >> very nice look at the look on faith's face >> i know. >> like i am so sweet. >> how cute are they. >> and the look on destiny. >> i am going to get you. >> you know how much mommy and daddy love them.

>> don't even talk about grandma. >> that's right. >> thanks for sending that in they are adorable hope they have a happy halloween if you want to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. >> your temperatures around the country first of all, here in dc, we remain at 53 degrees under mostly cloudy skies now being reported check out the difference you have a warm front not a warm front sorry cold front moving east ward in advance of that front temperatures warm up, 60 degrees cincinnati, 62 little rock, st. louis then behind look how they drop off 46 omaha, 41 wichita, 30 northern plains, 20 northwestern states this morning now, a couple interesting things about the national map of course in our area, cold front coming in, rain showers, we think we could get a couple showers this afternoon the bulk of that rain holds off until tonight today not a bad day more clouds than yesterday not a bad day. out to the west snow colorado,

steve and alison mentioned this a short time ago several inches of snow already in parts of colorado including denver and they are going to get several more today. there you go. >> 5 day forecast high, 70 degrees, clouds, mild, rain holds off for the most part until late in the dayton we think tomorrow periods of -- day, tonight we think, tomorrow periods of rain, 55 degrees maybe showers late friday, we thing rain friday a cold unpleasant rain highs upper 40s to 50. sunday, 53 after an overnight low saturday night in the 30s. all right let's go to julie wright i know she doesn't like to hear that she will tell us what is happening. julie. >> not as bad as when you called me barbara streisand ♪ people who need people ♪ >> well, that was unstreisand like. >> there is in winning with you.

absolutely no winning with you. go pull out your vinyl and listen to it. >> you love it. >> here is what i know, northbound 270 we had an accident reported, approaching 124, direction of german town, coming southbound you will find yourself between 34 miles per hour, leaving german town again average speed for you guys trying to work your way out of german town, headed down towards the belt way, 33 minutes, german town headed out towards georgetown road, 66 inside the belt way, lanes are open from lee highway, 20 minute commute no incidents to report, you will find 395, from the belt way over toward it is 14th street bridge, pentagon, 13 miles per hour delays on the inner loop of the belt way, robinson terminal, 66, bumper to bumper commute no accidents just volume. a 5-year-old in ohio got

home from school monday her mom wasn't there after 3 hours she grabbed her mom's keys grabbed the car put it in reverse and took off to try to find her mom again she is 5 years old. the car didn't get far she got stuck in the neighbors yard she couldn't reach the gas pedal so left the car there and called 911 for help. >> my mom's car backed out an accident and i need the police to pull my mom's car back in. you better get here quick. >> you got to get here quick. >> or my mom bleep. >> you can bleep it out or read the screen there is a couple issues going on you would thing she would have called to report her mom was missing non-the less her mom was in the hospital and there was miscommunication between her mom and dad no charges have been filed, child protective services is investigating i am guessing mom and amelia will

have a few stern conversations. >> put it back in the garage or her mom will be upset. >> it is 8:27 a.m. on wednesday morning. lay away looking like it will be a popular option for shoppers this holiday season. >> before you put your money down there are key questions you should ask more on that when we come back. >> then a little later we are live with a look at what is new at this year's washington international horse show. stay with us 8:28 a.m. 

all right you want your christmas count down? >> no. >> 59 days right now, this year many holiday shoppers are looking at lay away. i thought i said no. >> buy now pay later no need to worry about credit card interest piling up do you know the details of this deal. steve joins us now, live, with how it all works, sounds like a good deal to me steve but i suspect maybe not? >> i am not going to spoil this one for you but there are things we need to take into consideration there is a difference between i can't afford this at all and i can't afford this all right now. now if you fall into the category of the latter, take a look at rules you will need to

fa mill areaize yourself with, a lay away will ask you to put down $5, 10, 25% down at the beginning of the lay away you have 60 days to pay it off you mentioned we are 59 until lay away. lay away programs many will require you to pick up your purchases a week in advance so you want to make sure you know about that. there will be cancellation penalties if you thing for some reason you may not -- think for some reason you may not follow through, you will be penalized if you are putting a $25 gift on lay away and thing you might not find it under the tree at the end of the season, think twice. >> if you put something away and the price drops before you play it off, you get the lower prices. >> you know it is an interesting question one we have been asking a lot of national retailers, unfortunately we are having difficulty getting a straight

answer wal-mart will allow free slope down protection if the item goes on sale while on lay away they honour the lower price. stores seem to be doing a store by store company by company basis the question i want you to ask if you put something on lay away and your item becomes one of these black friday door buster deals will they honor that promotional price. in most cases, the store won't so you want to ask upfront. >> okay can everything be put on lay away or some of the things that i really would like to get are they excluded like big screen tvs and things like that. >> big screen tvs are okay as long as they are this year's model a lot of close out clearance, discontinued items can't be put on lay away wal- mart for example, each item has to be $15 or more your total purchases have to be $50 or more. there are a lot of rules you want the check out. i will leave you with this parting piece of advice the one mistake consumers will make is missing payments and getting

not only penalized but the item will go back on to the store shelves for another customer to buy so ask the store if they have some sort of automatic payment program that way they can direct draft from your account you never miss a payment you pay on time and you don't have to worry about lay away costing you more than it would have cost you had you just put it on a credit card and paid it off on time. >> good tips all right a lot of people will take advantage of that this year thank you steve. >> we heard earlier a lot more people were planning on taking advantage of this. so many people are getting involved. >> this would make sense think of it like a christmas fund. if more people did that like a savings fund. >> any way,. >> hello. >> hi. >> good morning. >> good morning to you mild today, going to be upper 60s to 70 clouds on the increase, rain on the horizon. chilly for the end of the week. >> okay. >> i mean we are talking cold.

>> oh. >> ghoulish. >> 53 regan national we are off to a relatively mild start temperatures overnight didn't fall back a whole lot, cloud cover moving through, 57 winchester, 58 fredericksburg. temperatures on the mild side, upper 60s to 70. clouds will increase eventually we will get rain showers generally hold off today might be a shower or a few sprinkles but once this whole front sags into the area later tonight and during the day tomorrow we will have a period of rain around here and that should continue into thursday evening before we clear out we really cool down. here is a look at your future cast and we will put it in motion again generally cloud cover during your day, 8:00 a.m., mostly cloudy skies mostly cloudy during the day. one or two showers spring up. 5, generally keeping the rain showers out to the west they move in overnight there you go evening hours and there we are

for the morning commute 7:00 a.m. looks like we have widespread showers and these will continue on and off during the day thursday before we see them kick on out of here. much cooler air on the way after today your 5 day forecast enjoy this afternoon 70, mostly cloudy later today showers arrive later tonight they will stick around for the day tomorrow clear out temporarily friday but we will be much cooler highs 50s. watch a coastal storm that will run very close to us friday night, saturday, chilly rain around here during the day saturday and then clear it out again sunday. alison, steve back to you. 8:36 a.m. right now as we check headlines this morning, and we start with the two d c men arrested for a deadly shooting on a metro bus. awaiting an extradition hearing, picked up outside a hotel in orlando accused of killing thompson on the w 4 bus alabama and southeast last thursday.

>> a man robbed the main street bank in mcclean yesterday while wearing a halloween mask, the suspect said he had a gun took cash before running off police are still looking for that man. dc tradition turns 25, thousands flooded into dupont circle for the annual high heel race guys in front look like ringers they were not dressed the part just took off the win the race happens every year leading up to halloween a block party on 17th, between p and f street features guys in drag running in heels they have to be at least 2 inches long if you go by official rules. >> you are such a man, 2 inches high. >> okay. >> you don't wear heels. >> that is why you have me. >> if tucker is up here we defer to him he tried the run in heels last year. >> he had on some 4-inch heels. >> 4 inches high. >> you could just say 4-inch. >> we will teach you about it on the break. >> 8:37 a.m.

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this just in a coroner says amy winehouse died from drinking too much alcohol calling it death by misadventure, blood and you are rip shows she was more than five times -- you are rip shows she was more than five times over the legal driving limit she fought drug and alcohol problems for years before she was found dead in her bed back in july. if you are looking for work don't forget about our job shop always open on myfoxdc.com today's job of the day virginia spine institute looking for a medical billing specialist. this job and others go to myfoxdc.com click on the job shop tab at the top of the home page. 8:41 a.m. coming up next live at the washington international horse show.

>> holly good morning. >> good morning, right now they have the park police breakfast going on a chance for people to come out and meet and greet the police and see the horses and talk to them about what they do one of the many things that goes along with this prestigious event in its 53rd year there is something new going on that has everything to do with the smithsonian museum live next on fox 5 morning news stay with us ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose --

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fairfax county woman acquitted on charges of violating the pooper scooper law. they accused dog owner of failing to clean up after a pooch she was walking they used a camera mounted in their window. she was previously acquitted on allegations she tried to run down one of the sisters with a car. 53rd washington international horse show on now. holly is there to learn what is new this year good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you one of the new things they have going on this year partnership with smithsonian national museum of the national indian there is a wonderful new exhibit opening, and it is my

pleasure to introduce to you the curator of that exhibit. good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: thank you for coming to the makeshift stable it is quite the scene. >> it is great seeing all these horses here. >> reporter: we have the park police breakfast going on, they are here and people are coming up and greeting the officers and spending time with the horses meanwhile the competition is going on inside so we've seen some competition horses come back to their stables some with ribbons on them they are fairing well and what you are hoping is that people will come out and see this wonderful new exhibit you have going on. >> exactly, this weekend we are opening our exhibition called a song for the horse nations which will talk about the impact of horses on native cultures of the northern hemisphere, between 120 historic and contemporary objects but talking how horses impacted native cultures through hunting, through warfare, travel, spirituality and feature many of the horse objects from our collection and

we also commissioned an artist, to create new pieces. it is interesting when we thing of native americans we automatically thing of horses, that being a part of their lifestyle maybe we don't understand all the levels like you said, to which the horses are really a part of the community. >> well, one thing people don't understand also is the fact that horses died out here, there were many horse species here but they died out 10,000 years ago and they come back with columbus, on this second voyage and diffuse throughout the north america and many of the different tribes and the impact these horses had, completely changed native culture. >> and you have very nicely brought over two special things from the exhibit to kind of give people an idea of somethings we will see explain to me what we have. >> these are from my personal collection, i created these and this is a horse mask we have

several horse see in the exhibition now this one represents the buffalo horns, white angora represents the white buffalo very important in our culture when a horse wars something like this, you want it to be able to have the strength and the power of the buffalo, when you are wearing a mask like this. >> that is gorgeous. >> i am assuming that is all hand done. >> it is all done with glass beads, and the feature holding it is a blanket all created with an old style of bad called pony beads they were the first beads introduced, glass beads, they are called pony beads because they were brought in on pack ponies, they were introduced roughly the 1800s early 1800s. >> how long is the exhibition running? >> the exhibition will run until january 7th, 2013. >> wow so we have a little bit of time for you to see it but you are having shuttles this

weekend from the horse show. >> we will have shuttles that will go back and forth beteen the international horse show and our facility so that both places will be you know people will have activities up here also. there will be some horse painting activities that will go on here we will have an artist from the crow nation who will be up here, showing and explaining the importance of symbols that are painted on horses. >> so this weekend, while the exhibit will be at the museum through the 1st of the year, you want to get the most of all the city has to offer in terms of horse culture this weekened, saturday and or sunday because you can be here and there and learn about it all. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> myfoxdc.com our website we have a link not only to the smithsonian national museum of the national indian but a link to washington international horse show, tickets on sale now we will do a little behind the scenes, moving from the secrete and go to an area where they

have the horse ambulance these are expensive horses they want to make sure they are in tip top shape and stay in tip top shape. back to you >> they are the a listers of the horse world. coming up 8:50 a.m. wednesday morning marine corps marathon is this weekend not everybody is running in this condition. >> maybe rick pringle is. >> we will have to ask him he is special he is our facebook fan of the day. >> meet one athlete using his arms to complete the 22.6-mile course and just joking we want tosca good morning to our facebook fan of the day, rick pringle from land over maryland if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day search fox 5 morning news and post a comment under rick's photo. 8:50 a.m.  beth!

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two years ago, cutting trees for work. the father of 12 was an avid runner before the accident. >> doing great. fantastic i love it i used the ride bikes too but being able to be out there on the road actually doing the same runs i used to do you know i used to drive by and think i used to run those roadhills and to be back on it, fantastic wonderful. >> he has worked with a medical team at the rehab hospital of maryland since his accident he finished 16 miles on the bike monday another 16 yesterday and he things he is ready to go for the full 26 on sunday. if you are looking for something fun to do tonight dc improve hosting an event that supports a great cause. sixth annual halloween charity benefit for the children's national medical center 8:00 p.m. it will be a night of

improvisational comedy they will collect costumes, decorations and other halloween themed items to be distributed to children on halloween, in the hospital for more information go to our website myfoxdc.com and our own paul will share his skills >> i hope he remembers his lines. >> on that note, tony will join us for more fun and games coming up. >> coming up maryland singer keeps his dreams alive on x factor plus picking up pumpkins to shed pounds the thought behind a halloween themed work out tucker will test this out. time now 8:55 a.m. we will be right back  beth!

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is a look at stories we are following the search continues in central virginia for a missing 9-year-old boy with autism, he has been missing since sunday, hundreds have turned out to search for this little boy the hanover county sheriff is about to have a press conference we will bring that to you the latest in just a few minutes. >> vaccine for hpv stirring controversy yet again it has already will be recommended for young girls now a recommendation young boys get it too. >> time of year for all those pumpkins don't just let them serve as decoration how about using them in a work out tucker will show us how to do that later on. >> that should be fun. >> yes,. tucker have you used a pumpkin for a work out before. >> no, this will be the first time around we will see how it goes. >> makes sense. >> we will learn more coming up fi