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and to the north of us, here we will see it on the map in a second, there you go s that should generally stay north and west of us today, you can see cloud cover associated with the front rolling through here. partly sunny, for our forecast today we should be dry later on our monday i think the rain showers will get in here overnight tonight and during the day tomorrow enjoy the afternoon. breezy with winds out of the south gusting to 25, at times pushing in warmer air, 69 daytime high in washington, 70 baltimore nice looking monday in november, more details on the forecast in a minute alison. thanks tuck now to the latest in the race for the white house. herman cain's wife is speaking out. she is defending the sexual harassment claims against the republican presidential hopeful. >> this is the first we are hearing from her since cain launched his bid for the white house. stacy cohen is live in the newsroom good morning.
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>> we will not give you all of it but you will hear some of what it is, gloria cain's first television interview since the sexual harassment scandal broke and she steadfastly supports her husband. she and their two children spoke to greta van sustern on fox. the women claim herman cain sexually harassed them during the time he worked at the national restaurant association. >> i look at especially this last lady and the things she said, and i am thinking she would have to have a split -- he would have to have a split personality to do the things she said, >> now the full on the record interview will air tonight only on fox news channel, meantime there is a new poll out, gives romney the lead, mitt romney
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with 23%, second in lionet gingrich, 19%, -- newt gingrich, 19%, the first national survey taken since the sexual harassment allegations against cain first surfaced. back to you alison and tony. thank you. there was yet another republican debate over the weekend this one in south carolina focused entirely on u.s. relations with other countries, republicans herman cain, rick perry, michelle bachmann spoke about u.s. policy toward pack san in the cbs -- pakistan in the cbs debate. the next commander and chief has to understand from day one, the intricacies happening in the middle east. >> foreign aid budget in my administration for every country is going to start at zero dollars [ applause ] >> zero dollars and then we
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will have a conservation. >> that isn't a clear answer as to whether or not pakistan is a friend or foe that relationship must be re-evaluated chef >> south carolina is key for republican primary voters since 1980 the win or of the south carolina primary won the republican nomination every time >> asian pacific economic summit wrapped up in hawaii late last night president obama used meetings with world leaders to out the the benefits of -- out the the benefits of trade and revive the american economy. my highest priority as president is creating jobs putting americans back the work one of the best ways to do that, is to increase our trade, and exports with other nations. since this is the world's fastest growing region asia pacific is key the achieving my goal of doubling u.s. exports. >> president also used the apec summit to make another push for a stalled jobs bill calling congress to at least pass part
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of his proposal. >> president barack obama is accusing the so called congressional super committee for refusing to budge off their rigid position, six republicans and democrats appear dead locked they must reach a deal to slash the nations deficit by a trillion dollars by november 23rd if that does not happen automatic cuts will kick in starting 2013. president repeated his call for a balanced bridge that would raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations making cuts to entitlement programs and elsewhere. president obama also addressed the child sex abuse scandal at penn state. sarah simmons is back with the latest. sarah. well, president obama has not been shy in voicing some of his opinions on this scandal that rocked penn state university. while in hawaii he called the case that ended the career of long time football head coach, joe paterno, heart breaking and
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protecting children is more important than shielding institutions. it has been said that evil can thrive in a world by good people standing by and doing nothing, and you know, all of us i think have occasion, where we see something that is wrong, and we've got to make sure that we step up that is true in college athletics, that is true in our government, that is true everywhere. thousands showed support for victims and university before this weakened's final home game the governor -- weekend's final home game the governor of pennsylvania said there may be an investigation who knew about sandusky's activities at his charity. pennsylvania is only one of a handful of states that does not require certain adults to report child abuse directly to
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law enforcement the judge who released sandusky on bail, worked as a volunteer at the charity. sarah thank you. dc police investigating an early morning homicide they were called to the scene of the 500 block edge wood street northeast, around 220 this morning a man had been shot he later died at the hospital no word this morning on any suspects. a driver who was apparently invalved in a deadly hit and run accident -- involved in a deadly hit and run accident, turned himself into police. a woman was killed in buoy 12:30 a.m. yesterday morning her name was not released the driver turned himself in at the buoy city police department after hearing news reports of the accident the car has been impounded he has been questioned by state police who have released him they say they will turn their findings over to the prosecutors office to see whether any charges should be
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filed. one man is in the hospital, and a metro driver left in tears after another shooting on a bus this happened just after 6:00 a.m. yesterday morning, someone fired into the back windows of a u 6 bus leaving three bullet holes one bus operator tells fox 5, buses are left unprotected too often and drivers have to deal with violence on a regular basis. i work normally east of the river, and there are a lot of things that go on, kids fighting, people throwing things, being threatened on a constant basis, operators it and on they will slug you and run off the bus. it is more and more common we need help, more support. >> the bus did have inside and outside surveillance cameras investigators are coming through video to see if anything leads to a suspect. a felony arrest issue -- a felony arrest warrant issued for a 21-year-old man from
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idaho police believe he fired shots near the white house friday night. take a good look investigators are on the hunt for oscar ortega he has several tattoos including one on the side of his neck that says israel. his car was crashed at the on ramp to roosevelt bridge shortly after shots were fired, inside the car a semi automatic rifle they believe he is in the dc area if you see him contact authorities. >> northeast dc night club will be shut down for the next few days while police investigate a violent attack there that left a man in critical condition. the stabbing happened at the stadium's strip club queens chapel road overnight saturday two men were arguing when one pulled a knife and stabbed the other. owner of a popular new anacostia restaurant facing serious drug charges investigators say she had $1.5 million worth of cocaine delivered to her office in a truck federal agents say they tracked the drugs from texas
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dasher owns the union town bar and grill. there is trouble on and off the field, for the washington red skins, according to multiple news reports, tight end fred davis and offensive tackle trent williams each tested positive for recreational drug use during last summers lock out and could face fines they are among 11 players league wide who failed drug tests. on the field red skins saw their fifth straight loss, so what went wrong in miami, stay tuned to fox 5. dave ross joins us for a little monday morning quarterbacking. >> after the break, science and technology, tools to self- awareness. we will talk live with deepak chopra about his new book pgh >> first how would you like to win a free thanksgiving dinner, find tom turkey hidden in a story on myfoxdc.com, that is tom there on your screen go to
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welcome back, 9:13 a.m., an american astronaut is on his way to the international space station aboard a russian craft that lifted off he joins two russian astronauts on the mission they will reach the space station on wednesday. former dc mayoral candidate, brown is due in court he pleaded not guilty last month to the charge of driving with a suspended license prosecutors dropped the charges he failed to obey police when officers stopped
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him in september, brown is part of a federal investigation accused mayor grey's campaign of paying him to verbally attack then mayor fente. commander at dover airforce base defending the whistle blowerring that first called attention to problems at the airport morgue. retired colonel harper says the three whistle blowers did nothing wrong the airforce punished three officials for gross mismanagement including two instances when body parts were lost the whistle blowers went outside the chain of command after supervisors failed to address the problems. parishioners filled the pews at the national cathedral sunday for the first time since the august earthquake, it was closed to visitors so that it could be inspected and some repairs could be done following that earthquake, there is still protective netting strung beneath the ceiling to catch falling debris, the cathedral has been deemed structurally safe visitors were allowed in
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saturday for con is he craig of a new bishop. >> -- con secretion of a new bishop. dr. deepak chopra's new book and venture looks at tools of self-awareness. it is called war of the world view science versus virtue wallty. and the other venture is a computer game joining us from new york city, dr. chopra good morning how are you? >> well, thank you. it is a pleasure to speak with you, you are internationally known as an author and man of peace and mind body connection, so we didn't expect the computer game, can you just teleost little bit about this new venture before we talk about the book. >> well, technology is unstoppable, you and i are having this conversation and people are watching us because
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of technology, gives us enhanced capacities, and i developed the video game, principally to enhance self- awareness, through gaming, awareness of your body awareness of your breath, awareness of yore mosts, awareness ultimately of your relationships, social interactions, and your environment, the world reflects who you are, in every moment of your life. and we can use technology to enhance this capacity, of self- awareness so that is why i did the game. >> and it is called lela am i saying that correctly. >> correct it is the name of an indian goddess, also means player of the universe it is also the name of my granddaughter, who is 6 years old. >> how beautiful if audience or viewers are interested it will help you learn the breathing techniques you see this model here using to get centered and
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relax a bit also unwind, body tension, and to focus on that inner peace. >> you do that through a video game. >> focus on all aspects of yourself, body mind and spirit. yes. >> those of us familiar -- i happen to have the wii game you sit there and model what you are seeing i would imagine this would work well. now let's talk about the new book, it talks about you coauthored it, if you will with a man of science and talks about can you be a person of science and spirituality. can those two thoughts come together. >> yes, we talk about everything from how the cosmos began, 14 billion years ago, to life on earth and beginnings of life and evolution we go on to the relationship between mind and brain and ultimately address the big question, who or what is god. mm do you come to some sort
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of i don't even know what the right word would be, compromise, understanding is there a point when you two come together. >> most of the book is about the tension between the two world views, but my coauthor also the coauthor of steven hawkings book, grand design, leonard, and i agree that for a holistic world view we need both, neither science norspirituality is going away, science is what is out there, and spirituality asks who is asking. >> okay dr. chopra we lead that he has crazy lives we have set up for ourselves is it still possible to find a moment to relax and get back to the way we started peaceful and quiet? >> yeah, it is not only possible to find that moment, it ispossible to live from that awareness all the time, what we
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call mindful living, which is transcending your reactivity, and your stresses and your fight flight it is possible to be always in that restful awareness where you can access your intuition, creativity, your inside, inspiration. dr. deepak chopra, a new gaming system called lela and the book is war of world view science versus spirituality thank you have a wonderful day. >> thank you very much alison. >> my sense is he will have wonderful day >> i expect most of his days are wonderful. the xbox version is $49.95 wii $39.95 >> makes sense if you want the learn how to meditate. >> yep and use those systems for something positive. that is good that can help you out. >> right instead of the one where you steal cars. >> that's right.
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>> okay. no offence. coming up latest on nba labor talks. >> impressive performance by actor michael j fox why he busted out the guitar. holly good morning. i have an impressive performance as well. i have been banished to the tower i am on stage checking out the set and a lot more briar wood high school in ash burn where they are gearing up for elizabeth the musical, an original written and directed by a student, here at the school, coming up live later we will go behind the scenes, of course find out how you and your family can come out and take in the show yourself. before that, here is today's trivia, question, what was the first of the hj heinz 57 varieties, tomato ketchup,
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new this morning suspected mass killer in norway made his first open court appearance today. he confessed to going on a rampage at a youth retreat and to a car bomb attack that killed 77 people back in july. but he denies any criminal guilt he requested to address survivors and relatives of victims, during his appearance but was turned down by the judge. some violence over the weekend as police break up occupy protests across the nation portland oregon police arrested more than 50 protestors after warning of a crackdown, their tent city was in violation of city lawthe mayor ordered the camp shut down meantime oakland
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california, they warned oakland protestors they would be evicted after a man was found shot and killed last week. >> >> it could be d day in the nba lock out the players union is meeting in new york with reps from all 30 teams, coming together and they are set to discuss the leagues latest offer which could go to a rank and file vote, or be turned down all together. the nba is trying to salvage a 72 game season starting december 15th. battling the miami dolphins, skins just couldn't keep their heads above water. dave ross is here for monday morning quarterbacking coming up next plus,. >> i love everybody i am team twilight. >> twihard fans are camping out stomach fors provide their take on -- out, some actors provide their take on all the excitement jerry, how are you doing?
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team jacob. really. okay. thousands of twi hard fans are forming a tent city outside l.a.s for the premier of breaking down part one. which means there will be a part two, three, four and five some have been camped out for days waiting to see the members of the cast walk the red carpet. they have already got visits from some of the actors. >> took a week off work came from colorado just to be here. >> i took a greyhound bus from houston, 7 hours our bus broke down. >> it is fantastic i just ate one of their bagels this is amazing. greatest experience in the world is seeing how much people love these films come out and show how much we love them. >> edward and jacob wasn't it? >> i don't know. >> i have never seen those two people in my life. breaking dawn part one hits
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theaters november 18th. >> fun for those in it. a week. >> from colorado. >> michael j fox getting down for a great cause >> he took to the stage saturday night at his annual benefit for park kin sons in new york and had a major marty mcfly moment the video is making the rounds online take a look. ♪ [ music ] that red guitar is identical to the one he used in back to the future 21 years ago. he faked it in the movie but he has since learned to play the song johnny be good how cool is that. >> uber cool. >> i love that. >> i can't believe it has been 26 years. >> where are our lives going >> i know. >> he is into it too. really playing. >> good movie.
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>> i love him i love his body of work he has done, in the years after what was the hit show. >> family matters. >> not family matters. >> family ties. >> oh, that was erkle. >> but he has done such great work he was recently on curb your enthusiasm. >> he is funny. >> actor of our generation. >> he is. >> everybody is rooting for him too. our forecast looks good we are going to be upper 60s maybe 70s a few spots later today. >> perfect. >> yeah. >> real nice. >> yeah, we are just talking incredible. >> 59 regan national, 61 annapolis i was waiting for you to say something, 62 leonard town. you get the idea it will be a nice mild day, as mentioned 61 fredericks burg temperatures mild side, mix of clouds and sunshine working through from time to time during the course of the day, not going to be a perfectly sunny day, a frontal
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system north and west let's talk breezes, good news winds out of the south, a warm breeze or mild breeze but gusty at times ready for breezy afternoon winds 14 washington, 12 leonard town, 13 fredericks burg. winds out of the south and southwest during the course of the day, up ahead of the frontal system, this front doesn't get through until late in the day wednesday it will be pressing closer during the course of the afternoon, the clouds will be intermittent, partly sunny afternoon, mild, front gets in later tonight during the morning hours tomorrow, might have a few showers around and a lot of clouds forecast tomorrow wednesday, area of low pressure along this front right in the neighbourhood that will bring a better chance for rain wednesday before we get cooler air for thursday and friday highs by thursday and friday back in the 50s. 69 today, nice looking day partly sunny skies, breezy, warm should be dry, winds out of the south, gusting to 25 miles per hour, then later tonight mostly cloudy a few
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showers overnight, after midnight, winds out of the south, 5 and 10 gusting to 15, 5 to 14, a few showers, much of tomorrow dry, cloudy, better chance of showers wednesday, temperatures thursday and friday. highs only in the 50s. all right alison, tony back to you you talk sports alison, quick idea, i know what will fix the red skins. >> we are not talking about this right in this moment. >> you will be they need to play the ravens. >> he is bitter. >> bitter. >> thank you. >> some sad games this weekened. nats catcher, wilson ramos says he is thankful to be alive he was freed saturday and later reunited with his family he was kidnapped, held for two days in venezuela, friends and family took turns greeting the 24-year- old. he was kidnapped at gun point
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outside his family's home wednesday night at a press conference he said he didn't know if he was going to get out alive. he was in venezuela, playing in the off season, at the time of his abduction. tony. yeah, you know the story it was another tough one for burgundy and gold before yesterday's game miami dolphins had won just one game this season now it is two they are right behind the red skins in total number of victories. yes. >> dave ross is here for a little monday quarterbacking tucker barnes does not appreciate what he has he is a ravens fan. >> sure but that is what they do they lose one game seattle all of a sudden the skies is falling on the ravens. meanwhile, [ laughter ] tony we talk about the quarterbacks in the town because this town loves a good quarterback controversy it is a bad one, average quarterback controversy they made the
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surprise decision to go with rex grossman, we didn't know about it we in media, until 10:30 a.m. yesterday, we are talking an hour and a half before the game, two and a half hours before the game, we have a list from him because he threw passes early, this interception here, 10-3 you watch hanker son in the right slip there, that throws off the timing of the play, this was all rex and this is bad rex and you can't force that throw underneath with the linebacker there. you know you've got momentum going your way you are about to go in that is a huge change. >> 13 and 9 at this point, first down, first and gold with the seven. bad play check out of it, throw it away still three more chances hypothetically to get that go ahead score that was a tough one we asked the coach after the game why the decision to go to rex.
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>> well, that was my intention stick with john, took a look at the situation, relative to some guys we had going down. might not be able to play i thought rex gave us a better chance. >> moved the ball pretty well but didn't get it in the end zone, i thought our owe february sieve line played well -- offensive line played well we just didn't get it done it is frustrating we should have. >> i mean the frustration there, you can see it in his hair it is like he just got out to have shower i am not combing my hair so frustrated they felt like yesterday was a winnable game to not get that one. 3 and 6, 7 more to go, you have to figure out now what you have for the rest of your term here one guy they have is ryan kerrigan this is again we are always talking about the quarterbacks, they did draft this kid out of perdu he has
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been good. yesterday, 6 tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble here, he has been as good as advertised for a first round pick so we got to give the shanahans credit at least mike shanahan, making this draft pick they got this one right. another guy for the first time yesterday we saw signs of is leonard hanker son he had a great game yesterday, 8 catches, 106-yards, big physical receiver goes up, down to get the ball, if you throw it up high, he will get it too. so you know, people were wondering about this kid i heard the term bust thrown out way too early to say that i think he has a chance to be a difference maker, years to come. yes, baby steps but they took some good first steps yesterday, to see what this draft pass can do. >>ly speaking i applauded when i heard yesterday, rex grossman was starting i was happy. >> most people were. >> they play together under rex
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obviously they still lost and we need a quarterback. >> long term, absolutely rex they said week to week but rex should be the guy. >> we got to go thank you. >> no problem. the burial ground of our 16th president hit by thieves, up next what they were after. hot item for crooks. we will explain that. as we head to break, another look at today's trivia question what was the first of the hj heinz 57 varieties tomato ketchup, 57 sauce, horseradish or pickles? fox 5 morning news will be right back [ man ] did we get anything good? sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet.
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other big retailers as they post quarterly earnings. earnings below expectations. there is a newman in charge monti is a former commissioner who many hope will get italy's finances under control, late sunday they picked monti to be prime minister he must now form a cabinet. copper thieves sink to a new low, hitting lincoln's burial site employee noticed a 3-foot sword from a copper statue on the ground disappeared that same sword was stolen more than 100 years ago it is not clear how they got it back the first time, illinois officials, promised to repair the statue which depicts a civil war artillery officer. pretty brazen. >> low. really low. >> well, there are some
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creative kids at the briar wood high school in ash burn virginia, they are performing a musical, by that one of the students. >> as usual we are starting off the week with four legged friends. puppies maybe they will convince you to open your home to a new pet [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state.
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mom with a fur ever home you always deliver with the cuties. >> oh, my gosh yes. >> before we get into learning more about these guys we will talk about an important issue you have been working hard on, right, working on important legislation with congressman morran. >> yes, well, most people know that millions of dogs in this country are killed every year that is the sad reality what people don't know many of them die in gas chambers, horrible, just like they sound i mean we ho do use it for convicted heinous crimes, we don't use gas chambers but use them on innocent dogs these dogs came out of west virginia there is a good chance they would have died in a gas chamber. >> why is this meed to used. >> it is easy you put ten dogs or cats in there and push a button, where as lethal injection takes a little bit more skill. what is frustrating, it is morally the wrong thing to do but it is cheaper to use lethal
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injection than it is a gas chamber. >> you have congressman morran onboard how did he get involved. >> we approached him about it he is so wonderful, thank god for him, he is a big big animal lover we explained what was happening and without a second thought he just jumped right in and is trying to pass legislation. to say one more point this is not just a moral issue but it is a safety issue there was a gas chamber explosion in 2008 in north carolina as well as people opening and closing that gas chamber all day long, they are inhaling it, it is dangerous. >> absolutely what can folks do to support you. >> please call your congressman and ask them to support this legislation if your congressman is jim morran call and thank him for that, once the bill has been proposed, please ask as many people to support this, calling your congressman is critical. >> we wish you the best of luck
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with this. >> thank you. >> let's introduce our little guys you are always on the grind helping animals. >> these guys are about 3 months old and are the same litter, even though -- >> they all look so different. >> it is very very funny i have no idea, this ask a burmese mountain dog and this princess is a runt and is spoiled rotten and looks like a miniature cocker spaniel and this guy is steve. >> he looks like aubergele. he is the shy one. -- beagle, and he is the shy one. is this one here is gorgeous. please keep us updated with the legislation folks can log on to myfoxdc.com for more information and as always, you will always have the weekly adoption event at the chantilly petco, coming up sunday 1 to 4. >> yep. >> thank you. if you are interested in any of these puppies log on to myfoxdc.com back to you.
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>> i bet they go fast. fox 5s holly morris at the briar woods high school this morning in ash burn virginia. >> they will be performing a unique musical this week written and composed by one of their own. holly good morning. >> good morning to you. not only are we getting a sneak peek at this original muse kale that will be put on this -- musical that will be put on this coming weekend we are getting special access they are practicing here this morning everything about this production really is amazing first and foremost it has been written and directed by a senior, there is greg watching everything this morning putting in his final tidbits, to make sure performances go just as he planned but of course, it is not just about the music and just about the costumes and actors you have to be trance plaited to the place as well. robert garcia, lead
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construction, he joins you this morning did you have fun doing this? >> he is a varsity football player, rocking the mohawk because they have playoffs friday what have you got going on here. >> this is a tower from back in the elizabethan area, this one here we put wheels on it we can wheel it around and there is a ladder where she climbs up, and looks like she will climb up to go into the window as she climbs up it blacks out we turn the tower around, and she can climb up and you can see her singing from the window >> you guys are busy the whole time. >> yeah, there is a lot of work that goes into the backstage stuff, doing all their stuff. what have you gotten out of being part of this. >> just a good experience and leadership. a lot and i just like having to build stuff and design stuff. >> get your hands on something. >> what position do you play >> guard. >> good luck friday.
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come over here i want to sew you something else they have -- i want to show you something else they have thought of everything this is the lead artist for set design hello to you. >> i am good how are you. >> i'm good tell me about this. >> queen mary's bed, it was built in a specific way this side was raised so the audience can see her entire body when she is on the bed we used rich, regal colors in the bedding and drapes because queen mary had a lot of presence and we wanted to incorporate that in her furniture also the head board here that i designed and the other lead artists designed they are original designs full of symbolism we have her rose, that is present throughout the entire show, and also her family crest, that is on the throne because her line i can't imagine is so important. -- lineage is so important
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to her. >> this is the other lead artist, mary kate bailey tell me about this piece. >> one of the four walls we use during the musical they are movable easy to move, our running crew can move them fast during scene changes the cool thing about these walls, is that the front of each wall there is an interior scene for the cast so grey and bricking and on the back, completely different scene. >> wow look how beautiful that is what have you learned most being a part of this. >> that things like this take a lot of dedication and time and that they are really worth it. >> they are really rewarding, right thank you very much good luck break a leg i guess i should say with the show the performances are this thursday, friday and saturday here at briar wood's high school, myfoxdc.com is our website we have a link to theirs if you want to come out, i will tell you tickets are going fast this is the world premier of elizabeth the musical, and of course, the world premier of his first original, we are going to round it out with greg
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the composer and writer once accompany with us, leading us all morning long. real quickly, first of all, where do you want to go to college. >> nyu or george mason or carneghie melon. is this on your application. >> yeah. >> i think it might stand out. second of all who do you look up to in terms of playwrights or composers? >> definitely steve short from wicked and andrew lloyd weber to name two. >> if you were just going to pick two. last but not least, obviously, you are the one that has the vision, you are the one leading everyone and they are looking to you for direction on thursday night, before they all go out for their first performance of your original , what are you going to say to your friends. >> i am going to say you guys, did as much as you can i love them we made it so we are here now, that is all it is. >> you are here they have arrived and you can see the arrival yourself, if you come out to briar wood high school,
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myfoxdc.com like i said our website we have a link to theirs tickets still available but not for long back to you in studio. >> amazing he is amazingly talented that is great. >> really amazing thank you. >> oh, you've got a puppy. >> give me a hug my name is sabrina. >> she will get a home stay with us tucker has a final check on weather right after the break the answer to today's trivia question is with a is if first of the hj heinz 57 varieties?
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question. >> the answer c horseradish that was the first product he made in 1869. heinz had more than 60 products when he adopted it he thought of it when he saw a sign advertising 21 styles of shoes. >> meantime go ahead tucker. nice and mild this afternoon, a few showers overnight tonight, into the morning commute tomorrow and the real rainy day will be early wednesday, thursday and friday cooler, look at that. >> nothing too extreme. >> high of 51. >> we were saying i was at a high school play pry day night minever -- friday night my nephew was in it, dominion high school they were great. >> what was the play. >> i don't remember the name of it.
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