autistic boy. we'll explain. blast off, nasa and noaa team up to watch a new weather satellite just over an hour ago. do you know where this mission is being controlled? maryland. we have a behind the scenes look at all the action. fox5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. nice start to the day on this friday morning. it's cold, but pretty sunrise. maybe that will warm things up a little bit. now, just 42 degrees. good morning and thanks for waking up with us this friday morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm alison seymour. with snow in the forecast, the timing couldn't be better for some snow drills. already this morning prince george's county plows have been practicing. it starts at 9:00 this morning at rfk stadium. will they need to use that

equipment any time soon? >> we're sure hoping they don't. let's go to the expert to find out more. >> good morning. my answer is no, they will not be using the plows in washington, not from this weekend's event, at least i do not expect that. out to the west maybe, because there's a winter storm watch that will go in effect late tonight into tomorrow afternoon. all the counties in blue. we are primarily talking about northern portions of maryland, western maryland, eastern portions of west virginia and western portions of virginia, particularly in the higher elevations and close to the higher elevations. could be accumulating snow out there and the snow that falls could be a wet snow and could be heavy leaning on the branches. there could be accumulating snow. cold rain in the washington area. not getting that now. moves in late tonight, overnight into tomorrow. tomorrow in washington will be

a cold, rainy messy day. rain will be heavy at times and one of those, you know, cold rains. if you're out in it, it will be uncomfortable. that rain could mix with and perhaps briefly change over to snow closer to washington, maybe even in the district at the latter part of that storm late saturday night. right now here's what we're looking at as far as our temperatures go. in the district, 42 degrees. 40 at dulles and 40 at bwi marshall. today, partly sunny skies. chilly, cooler than it has been. highs in the low 50s. 50 germantown. 52 in washington. more about all of this coming up in a little bit. right now we want to go to julie wright and get the latest on the traffic. let's get out on the roads now. if you are traveling the outer loop of the beltway, below speed from new hampshire avenue. lanes are now open.

395 north of duke street, remains of the accident on the right shoulder. flashing lights a bit of a distraction traveling northbound from the beltway. traveling inbound on route 7 approaching the beltway at idlewood, accident activity tying up the right side of the highway. accident activity southbound 123 at the burke center parkway with only the left lane getting by. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. jurors in the lululemon trial hear from the accused. this came from an interview with police. a detective says she interviewed brittany norwood, accused of killing jayna murray. norwood claimed two men attacked them and raped her with a clothes hanger, cutting her pants. those pants were shown to the duty by the officer who collected them at the hospital. for the latest on the trial, go to our web site, myfoxdc.com, click on the hot topics bar. if you have a smart phone,

there's a mobile app you can download at the top of the page. the death of a patient at a maryland hospital is under investigation. state police were called to the clifton t. per kins facility around 8:00 last night after a staff found a man dead in his room. the patient is not being identified until family is notified. state police hope an autopsy planned for today will reveal the cause of death. investigators are considering all possibilities, including homicide. they are praying for bad weather -- bracing for bad weather, but volunteers are trying to find a missing 8-year- old autistic boy. the little boy has autism and he doesn't speak. k-9units are assisting on the ground, and they say cold weather at night is actually better for the dogs to search for the scent. dive teams have also searched

the river. new this morning, nasa has launched its newest environmental satellite. >> main engines start, 1-0 and lift off of the delta 2 with the mmp satellite, blazing the way for new technology for climate research and weather forecasting. >> the mpp satellite launched from california earlier today, but will be operated by the noaa center in maryland. it will provide advanced warnings about severe weather, including tornadoes, wildfires and snowstorms and new data on the climate. >> looking at the oceans, atmosphere and land to provide information how our planet is changing. >> research about the earth and the weather forecasting of precision and refinement that will let our forecast accuracy

reliability take a small step forward as well. >> the mpp is replacing another satellite approaching the end of its design life. folks in northern virginia are getting nasty text messages on their cell phones about democrats. party leaders are asking people who get these unkind messages to report them to virginia's republican attorney general. the texts are anonymous and untraceable. one of them says president obama and democrats want to raise taxes. former president bill clinton is coming to virginia. several hundred are expected to attend the fundraiser today. democrats hold a narrow majority in the state senate. the maryland republican party calling on the justice department to investigate allegations of minority voter

delusion in response to governor mack nalley's redistricting map. a resident has also filed a lawsuit, and says the map dilutes the power of agriculture electorates in the 6th district. it moves a large portion of montgomery county into the western maryland district. students, alumni, faculty from howard university are prepared to march as part of the occupy wall street protest in the district. they say it's intended to bring more racial diversity to the protest. it starts at 5:00 p.m. with a rally on the northwest campus. many of the occupy protestors are marching against wall street, but now investors aren't complaining about the market. >> the dow set to have its best october ever. it surged thursday, yesterday, on positive news about the u.s. economy. fox's doug luzader reports now. >> reporter: the good news quickly spread around the world. with asian markets picking up where wall street left off

yesterday. dow had rocketed up almost 340 points, a banner day that sent the index over the 12,000 mark. >> optimism returned to the equity markets. >> reporter: optimism for two reasons. first, the u.s. economy it turns out grew last quarter at 2.5%. not great, but any increase is a sign that we're not sliding backwards. in europe, a deal was struck to restructure greek deal. >> there's no doubt that it's progress. so the key now is to make sure there's strong follow-up, strong execution of the plan that has been put forward. >> reporter: that is the key. first, finding a way for overspending european nations to reform their way. and here, helping consumer demand. >> it will go a long way to quieting them down. >> reporter: still, as positive

as the numbers have been, with a fragile economy, a relapse can't be ruled out. another issue on the near horizon for investors is this deficit cutting super committee in congress. they are up against a november deadline to hammer out some kind of deal. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> around the world asian stocks soared today, but european markets smaller gains. dow, s&p futures all down. freese hits it in the air to center. we will see you tomorrow night. >> joe buck with the call there, giving a little tribute to his dad. cardinals down 7-4 at 1 point. tied it up with the rangers twice, before winning 10-9 in extra innings.

we'll find out tonight who will capture the title. doesn't get better than a game 7 of the world series. you can see it here on fox 5. the redskins hit the road this weekend. all the talk still about key engineers. what chris cooley had to say about the injury that will keep him on the sidelines the rest of the season. one of the nation's most recognizable landmarks is getting a makeover. who is in store for the statue of liberty's birthday celebration. dark out there at 7:10. here's a look at the 14th street bridge. we'll get traffic from julie wright and tony has your forecast. check on the possibility of some snow this week when fox 5 morning news continues. [ screaming ]

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making headlines, federal prosecutors will try again to convince a judge to keep a leesburg man in jail until trial. he is from syria and they say he's spied on people here against the syrian regime. last week a judge ordered the man to be freed on home detention. hearing this morning starts at 9:00. more than two dozen libyans injured in recent fighting are being flown to the united states for medical care. 24 of them seriously wounded. they will arrive saturday to a hospital in boston. the libyan rebels transitional council requested the medical evacuations. lady liberty getting an update for her 125th birthday. internet connected cameras will

let viewers look out over the harbor. today's ceremony commemorates the statue's dedication in 1886. >> awesome sight. got to be one of my favorite sights period. >> really is. >> gives you feeling. proud to be an american. >> proud to be an american ♪ that's all i know. >> where at least -- >> oh, no, that's fine, that's fine. >> okay. good for lady liberty. >> and all of us. let's look at what's happening with the weather conditions. we've got cool temperatures. it's 42 degrees now washington. check it out, rochester, you spent time there allison. >> did not. >> you didn't? >> albany. no rochester. >> been through there, right? >> never been there. >> thanks for playing along. >> it's our executive producer's home town.

>> 34 degrees in wichita. a lot of cold air out there. before, 32 degrees nold you lik miami, 78. here's a look at the east coast satellite radar. we've got clouds over us. we'll see a mixed bag of partly sunny skies. there's your storm system out to the west across western portions of tennessee right now, making its way eastward. will take some time. eventually it moves into the mid-atlantic and brings a cold rain to us overnight tonight and tomorrow and snow, especially to the mountains out to the west. five-day forecast looks like this, today, after a high yesterday in the 60s, as predicted, today only 52 for a high. but then tomorrow only 45 for a high. >> what a mess. >> tomorrow is a messy day. be indoors. make your halloween costumes. bake a pie, whatever. >> or go to butler's orchard with a lot of little kids. >> that's what you're doing.

>> early in the morning. >> take your rain coat. maybe go to rochester. >> our resident marine just started jumping in and started singing -- at least i know i'm free. >> i can't sing. >> i know, but it doesn't stop us. here's julie wright. >> who is making the pie? >> you should make it. don't you make a good pumpkin pie? >> oh, lord. steve remembers what happened the last time i cooked. he always teases me about that. the fire department remembers what happened. >> that is actually true. >> that was just for boiling water. >> it's okay. >> on the roads now good morning to the crew in skyfox, above an incident reported to involve a pedestrian. this is what will tie up your community 197 at morris drive. west of 295. police are on the scene now and only one lane to the right is able to get by working through

the center section. no incidents to report on the bw parkway. it's open out of laurel. we'll update the ride elsewhere. outer loop slow 95 to georgia. all lanes open headed around towards the mormon temple. north of duke street, accident activity gone. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the redskins have a little work to do this weekend. dave ross with us. >> i lived in rochester, so i'm feeling tony. glad i don't live there any longer. but that's another story. anthony armstrong is a huge -- he's the resident texas ranger fan in the redskins locker room. he's been going flak from kerr

gan, the rookie, rooting for texas. they've been staying up late watching. >> anthony has the upper hand this morning? >> still one game to go. language in there, triple a. redskins 3-3. they lost two games in a row. beck made his first start last week. we've talked about the numbers. you and i aren't huge numbers guys. we want to see wins. i think john beck showed some things that this coaching staff likes the mobility fighting fred davis there. what i really think is so important this week for him, if he's going to be the long-term quarterback of this team, because again, whether or not he's better than grossman -- >> do you think any of these guys will be the long-term quarterback? >> i think he's got a chance. i think shanahan believes this guy could be the long-term answer for quarterback. i don't necessarily agree with that. >> if you look on the other side of the field, there were

people that didn't think fitzpatrick would be a quarterback. >> perfect example. he's blossomed in buffalo now, and taken him six, seven years to get to where he is today, which is a good quarterback. will john beck be that guy? >> a real game cannot be simulated, no matter in otas, in anything. the real game is live bullets. i think that's why, like walking away from it after the game, looking back, saying what can i pull from this? i can pull so much from that experience because, like we said, it was a real game. >> here's the thing with beck, steve, i believe everything that he says. he speaks almost like a politician. he speaks like a quarterback, like the leader. i want to see him lead on the field. we see it off the field. class guy and all those things. says all the right things. he's really got to win -- i think he has the support of his teammates, but until he does

it, they're almost saying i want to see it too. you have to prove it with the guys in the locker room. buffalo also played the giants tough. this game against philadelphia put buffalo on the national map, if you will. >> sure. >> but this is a real opportunity to go up there again. in toronto, not their home field in buffalo. being from rochester, i've been to at that stadium. it gets loud. their defense here, the eagles gashed them pretty good. so they can be had. the issue is turnovers. if they don't turn the ball over this weekend, or win the turnover battle, i think they'll win. >> with hightower being out -- >> shanahan has not come out yet and said who will start at runningback. i think it's a two headed monster. you're going to see probably

equal carries there. they like to ride the hot hand. if they got hot, maybe stick with those guys. one other thing i want to pass along real quickly, boxing. tickets go on sale d.c. at 10:00 a.m. at ticketmaster. they just called and said, get the word out. >> convention center, right? >> yes. >> december 10th? >> absolutely. >> as far as that world series game, texas has never won a world series. st. louis won so many. >> i'm pulling for armstrong and the rangers as well. >> thanks, dave. >> all you, al. no, it's not. 7:22. good news for seniors, steve, medicare premiums went up, but not as bad as expected. good and bad news there. how much extra the government expects the elderly to pay. how about fighting cancer with aspirin? a new study says the drug may

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7:30 now. how about a live look from skyfox in laurel? all these folks are getting something free this morning. how about this, the shell station on route one near 198 in laurel giving away $20 worth of gas for free for every car that stops by up until 9:30 this morning. look how many people want their free $20 worth of gas. line going up the street

already. the give away courtesy of the discovery channel. you have three lanes of traffic, trying to merge into one line. look at that. >> that's the problem part of it. >> some of those folks don't want the free gas. >> like what's going on? >> can i get to work? i also noticed across the street there's an arby's. i like arby's. >> the j amocha shake. >> they'll be burning that gas sitting in traffic. >> how did that story turn negative? >> we understand it, though. free gas. >> what a backup. thanks, skyfox for those pictures. what do you want to know? >> i'm really concerned about tomorrow. >> here's the deal. here's the best that we know right now. >> all right. >> here's the thing, easy start

talking about snow. i know, tucker knows this, the rest of the day today, wherever i go, hey, is it going to snow? and on sunday when it doesn't snow here in washington, what happened to that snow? >> if it doesn't snow tomorrow, tomorrow during the day, it's going to rain at least, right? >> it is going to rain. thank you, steve. it's going to be a cold rain, messy and ugly and not pleasant. towards the end of that, could it mix with and change over to snow? yeah. tomorrow night. >> in the evening. >> there's the music. that means officially get in. october snow surprise? well, yeah, perhaps out to the north and west. that's where we're most likely to see it. i can't talk. currently, 41 degrees here in washington. 44 in quantico. 45 annapolis. colder air moved in behind the cold front. look at cumberland. if you're watching in

cumberland, you'll get snow. 32degrees. hagerstown, you're likely to get it. frederick they're preparing for it. 38degrees now at dulles airport. here's a look at the satellite radar composite for the region, here's the storm system. now it is rain. it's moving through western portions of tennessee and kentucky. it will make its way eastward by the time it gets close to here. becomes a nor'easter, really. works its way up the coast. as that nor'easter comes up, it pulls in colder air and with all the precipitation, that will be enough cold air to turn this into snow off to the west, where there's a winter storm watch in effect for tonight, into tomorrow. talking about western maryland, northern maryland, perhaps. panhandle of west virginia, western portion of virginia. as that system pulls out, it could get closer to washington and bring a snowy mix here as well late tomorrow night. forecast for today, though, looks like this, story today, chilly temperatures.

52 for your high after a high of 66 yesterday. partly sunny skies. you saw the live shot. looks nice now. winter storm watch north and west of the city tonight and into tomorrow afternoon. tonight, cloudy skies. 39 for your low. coldest air of the season so far. five-day forecast, tomorrow is a messy day. i'm sorry to say ot a pleasant sunday is okay. but it's still chilly. monday still below normal. 57 for halloween. it will be cool for the trick or treaters. now we think it will be dry. we could tweak that. tuesday, partly sunny and 58. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. now to julie wright with an update on traffic. on the roads again to the west side of town, where we've got problems on the outer loop, working towards 66. new accident tying up the two right lanes. heads up from route 7. also delays now traveling along 355. montgomery county is moving

that camera around. but the accident activity was 355 on the northbound side. southbound side, lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. testimony continues today in the lululemon murder trial. brittany norwood is accused of killing her coworker, jayna murray, inside the store in march. in court yesterday, family members of the victim watched as graphic crime scene photos were presented to the jury. prosecutors played the tape interview from norwood before she was arrested. joining us now to talk about the latest in this case is manager partner at reed smith law firm. good morning, scott. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> this case was so huge and so public, publicized i should say. seating a jury in this type of case, what goes through the mind of say a defense attorney? >> the defense and the prosecution and the judge want to pick a fair and impartial jury. so there are a number of questions and questionnaires at

that takes the jury pool through questions that will dictate or allow them to select a jury of men and women who say and can suggest that they can sit as a fair and impartial juror. tough part about this case, there's been so much publicity, it's hard for anybody in the broader jury pool to suggest they haven't heard anything about it or really don't have an opinion. but you have to pick them. one of the interesting things about this case is i'm really surprised there wasn't a motion by the defense to move the case out of montgomery county, because of the publicity. just occurred in bethesda. not a lot of murders that occur there. people have been rivetted by the fact and coverage of this case. >> right. let's talk about the evidence. family had to sit through and see these pictures. this scene must have been horrific, bloody scene. tough day for the family of

jayna murray. >> sure. probably tough for both families, but clearly the murray family. this was a brutal assault. brutal murder, actually. the skull was crushed. the spine was crushed. the neck was crushed. this attack took place for about 20 minutes. the significant thing about this case, there is no question that jayna murray was killed by the defendant in this case. the real question is whether it was premeditated or not. the prosecution will have to take the jury step by step through the lies and weapons used for the killing and it will be tough for the victim's family to sit through it. you have the victim's family on one side and you have the defendant's family on the other side in the courtroom observing this. got to be tough on both families. >> on both families. we heard from the defense attorney announcing that as you said, yes, my client did kill

jayna murray, but there was no premeditation. i guess what came to mind for a lot of folks, is this the best thing this attorney could have said? is it admitting, yes, this did happen, but wasn't premeditating, is this the defense that would work in this case? >> they clearly think so. what they're moving for, vying for, is to convince the jury that it wasn't premeditated and to avoid the defendant going to jail for life. second degree murder, which is a lesser included on the maryland law, or manslaughter, where this attack took place in the heat of passion, in the heat of an argument, is really what is at issue here. remember early on they had a choice of pleading insanity. they chose not to do that, because under maryland law you have to have a mental disorder connected to the act itself. they decided that was pretty tough and missed that deadline. here it's not an issue of if

this happened and when. it happened. the only issue for the jury is how much time will be served by the defendant, and that's the concession the defense has made. >> speaking to the -- that premeditation question, in the early days it did come out that norwood had called murray back to the store. they met at the store. and then this fight happened. the defense saying she just lost it basically, didn't mean to kill her. but also in the interviews after, which i believe the tape was played, you heard norwood basically ask how is my friend? sort of setting up this whole story about it. how important is all of that? >> it's important for the prosecution to lay it out to show this was premeditated and premeditated lies after the fact, actually. really important for the prosecution. what the defense is saying and what they'll continue to try to prove is these lies had so many holes in it, she was so disoriented it didn't really

make sense. for example, the leading example for the defense is the defendant's hands were bound above her head and her feet were bound. but when the police found her, she had not undone the ropes or the connections on her feet. if this was premeditated, if she was cold and calculating, she would have done that and left the store. these facts cut both ways in this case, which makes it fascinating. >> we'll be watching. thanks for helping us sort it out. this is a. scott bolden, managing editor with reed might. >> thank you for having me. >> we'll be back. look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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making headlines this morning, you remember the exotic animal case from ohio, right? the widow of the man who killed himself after releasing the animals now wants the surviving animals back. she had planned to pick up the three leopards, two monkeys and a baby bear from the zoo. now the governor of ohio ordered the six animals be placed under quarantine. the zoo says they don't want them to wind up back on a farm like the thompson's farm again. a big celebrity, one of tucker's favorite, with a bigger heart gives back to an arizona hospital. bret michaels donated a music therapy room to the hospital in phoenix. it's the same hospital where the rocker has treated last year to fix the hole that was

in his heart. he filled the room with ipods, tvs. he says patients and family can take a mental break in the music room. >> that might be something that catches on across the country. >> that is cool. >> great idea. >> that is cool. >> really is. >> can i make a correction? >> sure. >> our legal expert that comes in, scott bolden, he's the manager partner with reed smith. at the end i called him a manager editor. he said, does that pay more? i said absolutely not. stick with what you do. >> stay where you are. >> thanks, scott. you know, here's what everyone is talking abthe weath there is a winter storm watch, it goes in effect for some of our viewers late tonight, into tomorrow. not everybody and not around the washington area. washington is not under this watch. montgomery county is not. i wouldn't be shocked if northern montgomery county doesn't get some wintry

precipitation out of this. now they're not under the watch. prince george's county is not. all the counties in blue are. the reason it's issued, there's the expectation of wintery weather and some snow that could accumulate in these areas well to the north and west of washington. here's a look at the futurecast. this is what we think is going to happen. of course, this will change over a period of time. but we've got clouds in over us this morning during the day, partly sunny day as the day progresses, we'll see the clouds thicken up. overnight into tomorrow morning, this is showing tomorrow morning, heavy rain. whether or not it will be -- there will be heavy rain exactly at 9:00, i can't say. pink areas is a wintery mix. white and purple, where it's actually snowing. that's tomorrow morning. for us, some heavy rain. look at this, tucker. this is a change now. an update in the futurecast, which by 5:00 tomorrow is bringing a winnerry mix to the

washington suburbs. that has just updated. i just said i wouldn't be surprised at montgomery county, so there you go. stay tuned. here's a look at the five-day forecast. high today about 52 degrees. that's our first look at it. we just ran it and it ran on the air there. 52degrees today. tomorrow a messy day, at the very least a cold rain, heavy at times. could be some wintery mix and snow. sunday we dry out. chilly, 53. monday, halloween looks okay at this point. 57degrees for your high. it will be cool for the trick or treaters. >> what are the odds? >> october snow? doesn't happen often. we are checking out a live look over the forestville area, where prince george's county is doing a snow drill today. thank you, skyfox, giving us a tour of what it feels like to be up in the chopper. >> they were just over the

laurel free gas station, providing hefty backups. julie, looks like one of the biggest backups in the area this morning. absolutely. let me tell you, prince george's county not the only one doing their snow preparation. i've pulled out the gloves, hats, footie pajamas. i'm ready. on the roads now we have accident activity outer loop of the beltway at 66. that's tying up the two right lanes. big delays from the dulles toll road to the scene. van buren street, an incident there. duke street, accident crowding the left lane, delays from the beltway. slow from 95 to georgia avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. julie thank you. still searching for the perfect halloween costume? >> a little bit. finishing touches. holly morris has ideas. she's live in vienna this morning. >> reporter: if you want to be dorothy, why not learn how to

do your own slippers? i have the expert here with us, and she is teaching us how to make unique fun costumes from things in your home. you'll be the hit of the halloween party, and it won't bust your budget. we have great ideas all coming up next live on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. thanks, holly. it's time to say good morning to tisha, our faceback fan of the day. she says she is never picked for anything. guess what? today is your lucky day. if you want to be monday's fan of the day, find us on facebook by searching fox5 morning news, no space between fox and the number 5 and post a comment under tisha's photo. we'll be right back.

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from costumes to parties and decorations, halloween is a big expense for some people. >> holly morris has fun ideas that won't break the bank. good morning. >> reporter: last year the national retail federation said on average everybody spent about $66 per person at halloween. we're going to give you ideas that don't cost anywhere near that and people are still going to be impressed with creativity. actual, they'll be impressed with robin's creative. she is our creative expert this morning. good to see you. >> happy halloween. great to see you. >> reporter: happen halloween -- happy halloween to you. >> bowman is our dalmation. it's never too late to get costumes done. you can take a t-shirt that you have and what you do is you color the collar and the magic

of sticky back felt -- >> reporter: which i didn't know existed. fabulous. >> i cut a piece, and you peel it off and there you go. >> reporter: put it anywhere? >> real artistic. we have this painter's cap, which is like a dollar. you can take felt, pom poms, little googlely eyes and he's ready to go. >> reporter: here's the real test. how old are you? >> 11. >> reporter: what do you think of this? >> it's cool. >> reporter: i like the personalized tag there. >> yeah. >> reporter: do you have a number in case you get lost? just kidding. awesome. the thing i love about this, i was talking about this with friend last night, when we did halloween, we always made our costumes. we didn't go to the catalog and say, i'll take this one. >> exactly. on saturday, tomorrow, between 1:00 and 3:00, we'll be doing a halloween parade and the most crafty costume can win a gift card. >> reporter: nice. >> here's our jail bird,

mariah. the magic of duct tape, as we've used in the past, now in 27 colors and patterns. >> reporter: really? >> a t-shirt, painter's cap. cut the tape in half and stripe her up. instead of numbers, her name. you like this costume? >> yeah, i like this one the most. >> reporter: how old are you? >> 16. >> reporter: your mom is being a little concerned why you love this jail bird so much. why do you like it? >> it's the new thing in style, i think. jail, yeah. >> reporter: do you like the thing, like it's original? >> definitely. i don't think anyone else will have this one. >> reporter: very cool. we'll go ahead and get ready to do our next one. how much is duct tape these days? >> under four bucks. >> reporter: okay. up next. >> here's our monster. he's not a monster yet. what we have is again with the magic of duct tape. this is the costume.

here we have with the duct tape, all you do, i'm going to show you, rip like 3-inch pieces of the duct tape and you cut them into the round pieces. when you fold it over, leave a little bit. you cut it, and what we're going to start doing is putting it on. start from the bottom. these are ones i did ahead of time. he has little scales. >> what do you think of this? >> this one is pretty cool. i like this one. like easy, no one else will have it. it's awesome. >> reporter: it's awesome. can't get much better than awesome. >> the other thing you can do, and it's a safety thing, we have this glow in the dark tape. >> reporter: that's smart. >> safety in regards to reflection. >> reporter: i think this one actually might be my favorite. >> spaghetti and meatballs.

again, a lot of times you have a lot of extra yarn around the house. >> reporter: that is hilarious. >> the hot glue gun. take styrofoam balls, ping pong balls, whatever you have in the house. strond it with the red yarn and take thicker white yarn,glue it on, add a little fork in here. >> this one makes me hungry. >> reporter: you're right! thank you guys, very much. we have one more? let's see if we can get it in quickly. >> or the bloody ones, we have a fabric spray, and you do it outside where you don't get it in the house. >> reporter: hear that, outside where it won't get in the house? you can also spray glitter your shoes.

i do it any given day. >> you know the high heeled shoes, all the girls in the office will be doing this. but you won't want to wear those. >> reporter: listen, what we didn't say is also the fun that you can't put a price tag on when you do this as a family. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to ac moore's, if you want to find out more. we have more fun halloween projects coming up to decorate your home in our next hour. back to you. >> we'll look forward to those, holly. 7:57 now. also next hour, time to get ready for winter, like it or not. we'll show you what prince george's county is doing now to make sure they are snow ready, whenever that snow could fall like maybe -- >> maybe this weekend. >> i didn't want to say this. rick perry sits down for his first sunday interview with chris wallace. we'll get a preview from chris next hour. verizon 4g lte.

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new evidence in the lululemon murder trial, so disturbing that some peopled that to leave the courtroom. then an amazing story of

survival. a woman pregnant and in her third trimester is held captive by someone she thinks is a friend. that so-called friend tries to cut her baby from her womb. amazingly she survived and delivered a heal baby girl. she is in our studio with us, with more on her will to live. little snow might be in our forecast this weekend. what a coincidence, local road crews happen to be out on the road with a prescheduled drill to test out the snow plows. we're live with a look at their practice runs this morning. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm alison seymour. how popular is tony perkins this morning. >> i'm not sure how popular i am. >> if we were twittering, you would be on trend. >> i don't want people to think

we're really -- >> it's a drill. >> they're not. they're preplanned. in the district and prince george county, we expect rain, but nothing that would be plowed in our region, so don't worry about that. let's look at temperatures across the area. 40s here. in the 30s to the west. okay, here we go. seeing the temperatures drop down now closer to home. 39 in baltimore. 36 in dover delaware. 31in washington. plenty of 30s out there, as this cold air really moves in behind that frontal boundary that came through yesterday, whichicked up the winds and brought the rains. there's our storm system out to the west. it's the same system that brought snow to portions of texas yesterday. now it's all rain in western portions of tennessee and kentucky, making its way eastward. this turns into a coastal low and really becomes a

nor'easter, pulling rain into our region, pulling cold air in, and the counties in blue, some snow. some of that snow could accumulate. because of that, the national weather service has issued a winter storm watch in effect late tonight into tomorrow for the counties in blue. not included in that watch at this point are washington, d.c., montgomery county, fairfax county, prince george's county. not included. i would not be shocked to see that change a little bit, as i think portions of montgomery county could get in on a little of that snow. today, chilly, partly sunny. highs today, ready for this, only in the low 50s. tomorrow, in the mid-40s. i'll tell you more about that coming up in a few minutes. thank you, tony. not much we can do about it. let's check in with julie wright. before we do that, let's look at this giveaway. amazing pictures from skyfox. this is the shell station on route one near 198 in laurel,

giving away 20 bucks worth of gas for free up until 9:30 this morning. been a busy morning so far. courtesy of discovery channel, touting the season premier of its series "gold rush." causing this tieup. give yourself extra time if you are traveling through the area. as we saw earlier when that shot panned out to show the street behind it, even if you're not getting gas, you'll be stuck in that traffic. >> 20 bucks sounds good though, julie. free gas. >> i was thinking why are we here? >> we need some gas. >> i need to be in that line. i treat that gas line like the pizza or ice cream line. >> i'll wait, right. >> on the roads now, utter loop of the beltway at 66, where we had the accident activity tying up the two right lanes with delays to the dulles toll road. inner loop commute on the brakes to 66. route one, northbound side of the highway, and this is away from the gas station, so this

is northbound route one shut down at 175 because of a crash. northbound route one shut down at 175. outer loop of the beltway, delays 95 around to georgia avenue. all lanes open. accident activity with northbound 395 in the left lane, whatever was there has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. emotional day in the lululemon murder trial. family members of the victim watched as graphic photos were presented. >> prosecutors played a taped interview from brittany norwood before they was arrested. bob barnard has the details. >> reporter: it was a rough day in court for the family of murder victim jayna murray. they had just seen these photos and videos of the crime scene inside the lululemon store, taken the morning of march 12th. the most gruesome injuries bringing murray's mother to tears, forcing one of her coworkers to run from the

courtroom. on the witness stand late thursday, montgomery county police crime scene investigator amanda kramer describing items of evidence she gathered inside the store, including the jacket murray was wearing when she was killed. in a moment of unexpected shock, kramer found a bit of murray's hair stuck to the jacket. earlier jurors heard from the detective who interviewed norwood the morning after the murder. they heard an audio tape recorded while norwood was hospitalized. we were looking for my wallet for nine or 10 minutes she is herd saying. as we walked to the front of the store, someone hit jayna in the face. there were two people, i think. someone grabbed me and threw me to the floor. he was hitting me repeatedly. we were both yelling for help. at times during the interview, norwood became emotional, saying there was so much blood, it was all my fault. when pressed about the assault, norwood said she'd been raped

with a clothes hanger. believing her story, another officer, colin o'brian, after showing jurors a pair of norwood's bloody socks saying, i let my empathy for norwood overwhelm me. an emergency room nurse told jurors she found it odd norwood said she had been lying on her back hours waiting to die in the store, when the dried blood she saw ran down the front of her face. the lead defense attorney conceded norwood wasn't telling the truth, explaining the 29- year-old store clerk killed murray, but not in a premeditated way. >> joining us to talk about the trial, criminal defense attorney and regular fox 5 contributor bernie grim. thanks for joining us tonight. does it seem to you the defense in this case is just going through the motions, almost inviting a guilty verdict, but hoping the jury rules it second, not first degree murder? >> yeah, i think you hit the nail on the head. for me, and i've talk to other

lawyers about this, because it's the buzz in the legal community today, it's a very, very clever move by those lawyers. and i think that they'll get the jury listening whereas if you just said it was self- defense or insanity, i think you would have had jurors rolling their eyes. >> there had been talk norwood's legal strategy would be some sort of insanity defense. that doesn't appear to be the case. why not go that route if you're conceding she did kill murray? >> yeah, when you look at the pictures, the conduct of the woman who is charged with this, one would have to think, my god, the person has to be insane. i don't know this, but i can bet my bottom dollar the lawyers involved are both very good lawyers, probably had her examined by a psychiatrist, who said that she's sick, but not insane. the insanity bar is a very high one to meet. >> you say you know the prime defense attorney, know him well. do you expect he will put

norwood on the stand? >> you know, doug is a very, very good lawyer. really sort of second to no one in town. as a defense, i don't know. but as a defense lawyer, you never ever want to call your client to the stand. you're always inclined not to, because there's just too much, in this case, too much cross- examination the woman would have to take on. >> bernie grimm, thank you for joining us tonight. we'll send it back to you guys in the studio. thank you for that. that interview done last night by bob barnard. stay with fox 5 for complete coverage of the trial on air and online via twitter. we have a link on myfoxdc.com on the hot topics bar. you can get updates through your smart phone. click mobile at the top of our web site to download our mobile app. nine minutes past the hour now on this friday morning. early today nasa launched a new weather satellite into space. the goal is to get better warnings about deadly storms and climate change. we'll take a closer look. a little snow may be in the forecast. but road crews in d.c. and

maryland are readying for big time winter. they're practicing their plans to get snow off the roads when it starts to really fall. we're live with a look at this dry run when fox 5 morning news returns. 8:09on a friday morning.    

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it will replace an older satellite, providing advanced warnings about new weather and new data on the climate. pretty cool. teams in d.c. and prince george's county strangely enough, not knowing what the forecast was going to be for this week, plan to hold their snow preparedness drills today. >> fox 5's sherri ly joins us live from forestville with more on that. quite the coincidence, i might say. >> reporter: this is.

we have that snow word in the forecast, albeit probably not a lot and probably no problems here in prince george's county. this is just a dry run for how they'll handle snow in winter. we have some of the plow trucks that have come back in here. you can see it is full and ready to go, so if you've seen plow trucks on the road in prince george's county, again, this is just a dry run. don't panic. no need to run to the grocery store. about 200 snow plows hit the roads in prince george's county this morning. they started at 4:00 this morning. what they're doing is going over the routes and testing out new equipment before we really get hit this winter. they've got automatic vehicle locater systems in all their trucks this year. those are the gps devices that can tell people exactly where the trucks have been and where they are going in case you need to get your road plowed, you know if they've already been

through and if they're on their way. they're also adding cameras inside their inspector cars to get pictures of the streets when they get reports of people who need their streets plowed and things like that. they're going through their routes this morning. they started at 4:00 this morning. a lot of things going on here in prince george's county. this is just a dry run. only coincidence that there might be a little bit of snow in the forecast. but so far, so good. they're really trying to iron everything out. they do this every year on the last friday of october. so hopefully they get the kinks worked out and they'll do their job and get things plowed when the real snow comes. back to you. >> which hopefully is still a little ways away. thank you, sherri ly. it's 8:15 now. want to check in with tony. >> facing a tough weekend. we need something good to get us through. >> we'll do it for you now. it is time for the my first 5

photo of the day. look at this face! this is cameron. we wish cameron a happy birthday today. he turns one year old. >> happy birthday, cutie pie. >> look at that big smile and the two little teeth. >> i got two teeth. >> allison, he looks like he could be yours. >> and he's a boy. >> i know you want a boy. >> wanted. >> wanted a boy. >> i'll just live through this adorable picture. >> happy birthday to you. i don't think we've ever gotten through the whole birthday song. we just did. >> we did. >> thanks for sending the picture in. go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings to send your picture in. love that picture. let's look at the current pictures around the region. hey, hey, hey, it's cold out

there. 41degrees now in washington. 44 in annapolis. gaithersburg, 44 degrees. 44hagerstown. manassas is at 37 degrees. here's the surface map. see that big l? that's a low pressure system. it's a nor'easter. that nor'easter will pull precipitation into the mid- atlantic and the northeast from washington to points east. talking rain to the north and west. we're talking some snow. and there could be some accumulations with this snow, primarily north and west of the district, though the latest model run we saw does bring it closer to washington by tomorrow evening. we'll have to watch that. here's your five-day forecast, high today only 52. tomorrow, whether you get snow or just rain, going to be messy and not pleasant, i must say. i'm sorry. overnight, in the 30s tonight and tomorrow. that's something i've glossed over. it will be cold tonight and

tomorrow night. sunday, chilly, 53. monday for halloween, i think some of the kids will need jackets because it will be cool, but not terrible. tuesday, 58 under partly sunny skies. that is a look at the weather. tucker barnes will be coming up in a few moments with the latest on all of this. now let's go to julie wright for the latest on traffic. julie? i'm already practicing so when i knock on your door, i go, trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat. >> that is old school. >> if i did new school, you wouldn't understand it. >> yeah, i'd probably call the cops. >> that's what happened the last time i showed up at your house. [ laughing ] >> misunderstanding, i'm sorry, julie. >> beltway 66, wreck in the left lanes, delays to the dulles toll road. no incidents to report now, college park to 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you very much. this weekend gop presidential hopeful rick perry sits down with his first sunday morning talk show interview and chris

wallace joins us with a preview. good morning. >> good morning, steve. yeah, we do have the first interview with rick perry as a presidential candidate. when he first announced back in august he was in the 30s in the polls. he was the front runner. now he's in single digits. obviously the poor performance in the debates has hurt him. he's trying to relaunch his campaign, reboot his campaign. second chance to make a first impression. he announced a bold economic plan this week. he has a lot of money, so that's big advantage, with commercials. he says he's not going to participate in all the debates. some, but not all. and we'll talk to him on sunday about how he's trying to launch perry 2.0. >> it will be fascinating to hear. even the fox news poll, which has him i believe in fourth place now, but herman cain at the top. latest word is he's going to scale back and maintain that

presence and not get too controversial. what do you make out of where they line up? >> it's interesting. i think mitt romney is the legitimate front runner. has the most money and most experience, has the biggest staff. but the voters just don't seem to cotton to him. he's kind of got a ceiling of about 25 to 30%, which means 70% is looking for somebody else. at one time it was trump, at one point bachmann, and at one time perry, and now it's cain. a lot of the insiders have doubts about cain and stand up to the scrutiny. he's had a rough couple of weeks with his comments on abortion, and trading all the guantanamo bay prisoners for a single american hostage, if that were to happen, sort of what the situation in israel. but having said that, the voters still like him and are embracing him despite the controversy. i wouldn't count perry out yet.

i think romney is probably the real structural front runner and cain, he's got the greatest advantage, voters like him. >> no doubt about it. will be interesting to see what perry has to say. fantastic power player this week, somebody involved in the senate we don't know that much about? >> barry black, he is the chaplain of the u.s. senate. has been there since 2003. he will tell you, keeping confidentiality about ministering to some of the most powerful people in this country. >> see you sunday morning. >> thanks. >> you can watch it 9:00 every sunday here on fox 5. 8:21. up next, news for all you metro riders. where you'll see delays this weekend. and how you could spend more time on your commute starting today. holly, what are you working on? >> reporter: you'll need to save extra room if you're going to indulge in the treats we're coming up with this halloween.

we're live out of a beautiful home in tyson's corner this morning, where we are giving you family fun ways to spend this halloween weekend, and nothing beats a breakfast of chocolate. who is your favorite reporter in the world? we are going to give you all these wonderful fun ideas live later on fox 5. stay with us. extra double chocolate, i love your work. 

major work is planned on metro's green, red and orange lines this weekend. red and orange line trains will be single tracking it. and four stations on the green line will close, including water front, navy yard and congress heights. work starts tonight at 10:00, will last until closing sunday. however, on sunday, metro will open two hours early at 5:00 a.m. for the marine corps marathon. something that should make the commute on metro easier now. riders can take a short cut from the red to blue and yellow lines free of charge. starting today at noon, metro will open the crossing and riders can get off at north or west and transfer between stations for free. there you go. might save you a little time and money. 8:26 now on this friday morning. next, we're going to check out other stories making headlines, including another amazing survival story out of turkey following the earthquake. a survival story here in

our back yard. a pregnant woman is held captive by someone she thinks is a friend. that so-called friend tries to cut her baby from her womb. amazingly she survived and delivered a healthy baby, and she is here this morning with more on her will to live. stay with us. fox5 morning news will be right back. 

8:30 this morning. police in nashville arrested occupy wall street protestors this morning. police moved in this morning icing new rule -- using new rules that set a curfew at the state capital. the protestors have been released. miracle rescue in turkeys, as workers pulled a 13-year-old boy from a collapsed building early this morning. he spent more than 100 hours trapped under the rubble. the number dead is now up to

570. possibly the most thrilling game in world series history. let's take it to the 11th inning now. bottom of 11, home town st. louis freese will now be immortalized to get them into the game seven with a walk off homerun. winner takes all tonight. you can see the game here on fox 5. the washington capitals lose their west to go 8-0 -- quest to go 8-0. they had an early lead, but the oilers come back to win 2-1. that's okay. >> tucker when you were a kid, used to do at that pretending you were in the world series and -- >> yeah. >> 9th inning, bases loaded, two out. >> of course. >> what a thrill for freese. >> what an exciting game. >> twice, the rangers were one

strike away from winning and couldn't get it done. >> do you know what else is exciting? >> know in october -- snow in october. >> that's almost unheard of 32 years ago the last time it snowed in october in washington. >> 1979? >> let's get right to it. starting off cool, if not cold. many spots cold with temperatures in the 30s. yeah, we haven't talked 30s much this year. hagerstown, winchester, 34 degrees now. baltimore, 38 degrees. as we look fredericksburg -- first winter storm of the season for at least parts of the area. daytime hours tomorrow, now, partly sunny conditions. should be a nice day, although cool. here's our developing storm system. will move off to the north and redevelop as an area of low pressure off the coast. as it does so, the nor'easter will pull in very cold air for

this time of year during the daytime hours tomorrow. let's time it out and give you a sense of what will be happening here. no problems today. night time hours, rain develops overnight. 10:00tomorrow morning, we have a very cold rain in the area. snow, the white and purple off to the west. during the course of the day, that snow sticks around. it starts to make an eastward track late in the afternoon. possibly by 5:00 some of our viewers up to the north and west of the city could see snow. it lifts out by saturday night. and sunshine around here sunday. winter storm watch issued for counties off to the north and west, later tonight. higher elevations for several inches of snow. have to fine tune that and watch it carefully. later this afternoon, chilly, 52. rain changing to snow for parts of the area saturday. upper 50s, partial sunshine on monday. okay, that is a look at the

weather. allison, over to you. i have an amazing story to tell you, tucker. it was a story that seemed to come out of the movies. but it was real life. veronica was sentenced to spend 25 years behind bars for first degree assault. in 2009, she befriended, seemingly befriended a pregnant tameka and held her captive and tried to cut the baby from her womb. she managed to escape and delivered that healthy baby girl. she joining us to talk about her experience and the series that will feature her story of survival and courage, and a will to live. good morning, nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> i'm happy to meet you. this story will be profiled on a show called "will to live" and will air this sunday, october 30th at 8:00 p.m., again on tv 1. your story, we

reported on it and we were horrified when we heard about what happened to you. i would like you to take us back to that horrific incident back in 2009 with this woman who said she was your friend. can you tell us about it? >> well, i had never met her prior to what happened. she started calling my phone, and she approached me, told me she was a caseworker that helped out pregnant woman who were in need. at the time i was in a shelter. i believed her. i gave her my information. i told her things about my children. i told her about my recent marriage. so there were things she knew about me that a friend would know about another friend. but when you have the position of a caseworker, those are things you should know. it just turned ugly. >> when did you realize something was not right here? >> well, nothing seemed weird to me about her when i met her. when we first actually met.

she was very nice, soft-spoken. nothing struck me weird, until we got to her home. it just was like she totally snapped. she threw a blanket over my head and started beating me with a fireplace poker. my first thought wasn't that she wanted my baby. i just thought she was a psycho. >> right. it would turn out that she would indeed try to cut this beautiful baby from your womb. can you tell us about that moment, or what was happening then in your mind? >> while she was cutting? >> while she was doing that. did you think i have to get out of this or i'm going to die here today? >> at first, yeah, i thought i was going to die. i did. i figured, why don't you just kill me. nopoint in you -- i thought she

wanted to torture me at first. but, you know, she was feeding me and things like that. i just thought, eventually i'm going to die. i didn't think i would live through anything like that. >> at one point, at the worst point, and i'm sorry to take you back to this day, but i want the viewers to know how you survived. your stomach was cut open, inside exposed and you managed to get away. where did that will come from? >> to be honest, i wouldn't even know. i just wanted to leave. i didn't want to die in there. i would rather die having somebody trying to save my life than to just give up and die in the hands of somebody like that. >> ultimately, this was a 40- year-old woman. she wanted this beautiful baby that's in your lap right now. when you think about that, she's now been sentenced to 25 years for her crime against you. when you think about her, what

are your feelings now? >> i'm glad she's where she is. she needs to be where she is. she doesn't need to be in society. she's a liar. she lied in my face. in the judge's faces. but, you know, it is what it is. truth is truth. only god and that person knows what was going through their mind when it happened. i'm not angry with her, i don't hate her. but at the same time, she's where she needs to be. >> this is the baby that you were carrying when this happened. i don't even need to ask if she's healthy and happy and bright, because she is all of that and more. she saw herself on the monitor, she's checking herself out. she's 2 now? >> she'll be 2 december 6th. >> you shared something with our producers earlier. you have that will to survive

and to beat all the odds. you were told you couldn't get pregnant after that, but you and your family, you're expecting another baby? >> yes, i just found out last friday that i am eight weeks pregnant. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> and the baby, she's fine, mama, she's okay. chris has her. we appreciate you coming on. this cannot be easy to talk about. it will air sunday at 8:00 p.m., "will to live" the story is called, "i want your baby." we'll be right back. [ man ] did we get anyththing good?

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open, it will cost four dollars to drive that stretch. drivers without easy pass will be sent a bill in the mail with additional charges. if you are on facebook, chances are you have seen this video of a house all tricked out for halloween. >> in california. this morning we are hearing from the homeowner about what it takes to pull it off. that's next. plus holly is back with a look at spooktacular treats your boys and ghouls can make themselves this halloween weekend. i'm done. that's the last one i have. anyone? no. stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪

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night. that includes fox's -- a lot of people do christmas. wanted to do something different. started off small, got big. >> reporter: along with the crowds that gather outside his home every night at 7:30 for this night, nearly 1,000 people filled the streets. >> there's no turning back now. >> it's exciting. >> reporter: it's also an internet sensation. the video on youtube has had more than 2 million hits. ♪ thriller, thriller night ♪ >> reporter: the main attraction is the last song made popular by the hit "shuffle dance craze" >> great show. really good. especially with that little kid dancing. >> reporter: the production is four years in the making, and it's no easy task. >> yeah, it takes a long time

to program. >> basically everything is controlled by the computer here and these are all the controllers and you can see i've got quite a bit. extension cords and they all go out to the light. >> reporter: a lot of people come out every night. sure, they could watch it on the internet and they do, but they say there's nothing like seeing it with their own eyes. >> hope they pass it around and take up a few donations. >> i would, too. >> intricate setup. entertaining, though, no doubt. stay at home and watch it on youtube. little bit easier. more important than halloween decorations may be the halloween treats. >> holly morris joins us live from northern virginia with a look at treats you can make yourself. >> reporter: you know that kids between the ages of 5 and 13, 93% of them go trick-or- treating? but the more fun statistic is that 90% of their parents admit to stealing some of the candy. look, you don't have to steal

the candy, parents. this weekend you can do a whole family event where you make your own treats and robin from a.c. moore is here to teach us how to do that. >> happy halloween. >> reporter: yes. and my two expert tasters, bowman and mariah, who need to go to school, and said can we do the treats things, and i said okay. i'm going to be such a pushover as a mom. >> one of the things i wanted to show is how you can easily take treats like cupcakes. if you're not a baker, you don't need to worry. you can go to the store and get what i call bald cupcakes. inexpensive. you can do ready made icing. what we have here is crunched up chocolate graham crackers. my assistant bowman is going to show how to make dirt, right? >> yes. >> what you're going to do, over here -- you could add more crumbs -- you can put it there.

>> reporter: the more treats the better when it comes to halloween. >> never enough. we have these ghost pops. and you take the candy wafers and put them on the mold. we have dancing ghosts on the cupcakes. >> reporter: would you eat that? >> yeah. >> reporter: do you think maybe you should try one now? >> yeah. >> reporter: i think i heard your mom say the more sugar the better before you go to school. how does it taste? >> delicious. >> reporter: delicious. i love it. what's our next treat? >> the next thing is, and this is what is great, the candy wafers melted. the candy melter is nice, so once it's melted. you can also do this in the microwave. the wafers are inexpensive. what do you have in the house,

pretzels, bananas. >> reporter: want to do fruit or pretzels? >> pretzels. >> reporter: exactly. put that fruit aside. >> mariah has become an expert. what works well, a nonstick spatula. you can dump these in and she's really become the expert. >> reporter: i know. have you done this before? >> no. >> reporter: you're a natural chocolate dipper. >> put that on the plate and you're ready to go. you can either have them plain or as mariah is going to show, you can add little sugars. just dump that on. as you can also see what we have, these are ready made with of course halloween colors. sprinkles or what you do is melt a different color of the candy wafer and drizzle. >> reporter: good idea. >> you have it drip and drizzle and everything is good to go. want to try one? >> reporter: getting sleepy. i think you have to try some of your own creations before we

go. go ahead. i want to try one and see if the orange chocolate tastes different than the other colored chocolate. i know it doesn't. i'm rationalizing. >> the nonchocolate, it's like a vanilla. >> reporter: look how much fun we're having. do this saturday. the weather will be horrible. stay in, make treats. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to a.c. morning. coming up, we are moving on to house decor. back to you in the studio. i think i ned to try this again. >> holly, great ideas. stuff i can do at home. >> there you go. in theaters this weekend, if you don't want to stay home, one of the big films out, "puss and boots requests. >> kevin mccarthy met up with the stars. >> i am a huge fan of bravado,

seeing you back here. talk about the chemistry in that movie. did it help with you? i know you didn't voice it at the same time. but it felt like you were together. >> i think puss and boots -- [inaudible] -- homage to everything i did in the movie, like zorro -- [inaudible] -- if we are capable together -- [inaudible] -- almost like a revival of something -- [inaudible] >> and we both love comedy. [inaudible]-- the film, you know, it's very funny.

has a lot of heart. so i really think if we had never worked before together, i think it still would have been perfect casting in a way. the in fact that we have worked before together so many tombs makes it more organic and -- >> the two of us together. >> the scene in the movie where you're dancing and you said, do the litter box. ♪ >> i think that should be incorporated into clubs now. i wouldn't mind. could you show me a good litter box? i want to see a good litter box. >> no, i don't want to. >> that's even worse! >> i'll use that in the club next time. >> all that i need are the boots. ♪

>> preview for you. the movie is out today. you can check it out this weekend. >> can't wait. what did kevin think of this movie? you can find his review for that movie and others opening this weekend on myfoxdc.com. click on web links. you've been hearing us talk about it all morning long. a possible october snow surprise here in the greater d.c. region. >> the forecast has been changing this morning. tucker will have everything you need to know coming up. it's now 8:55. 41degrees out there. stay with us.     

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and always will be a smart investment. at&t. now on this friday morning, hope you enjoy the weekend. we'll turn things over to tony and allison to take us up to 10:00. thank you very much. here is a look at some of the stories we're following for the 9:00 hour. cold and possibly messy weather

is on the way for the weekend. just by chance, two local areas are training for their snowy weather response. the latest forecast from tucker and more on the area snow drills coming up next. plus, the six animals that survived after being set free in an ohio town are at the center of a custody battle of sorts. that court battle may not go far. what a judge has to say about the situation that caused such a stir. you may recognize her from the next food network star. chef debbie lee will be in studio later this morning. she and our own annie lu are talking her cook back. you don't want to miss it. i had never heard of korean pub food. i'm interesting to see that. >> and meeting her. meanwhile be tucker barnes has been busy. tucker, i was downstairs a few moments ago. tucker was doing a live hit