about it. take a lookout side a beautiful start to this tuesday morning, temperatures mid-60s, sunlight as well. glad you are with us early this morning good morning i am steve chenevey. >> i am alison seymour when i came up i said is it hot in here and you said it is going to be warm today. >> it is warm outside. >> we get it first and give it to you although tony you told people it would be 70s. >> yeah, it is warm in here too. studio lights i think it is already 70 or so inside. yes, we will see a high around 70 degrees. we did it yesterday made it up to 73 degrees. first let's talk about rain here is hd radar out to our north and west rain showers across some western portions of maryland and handle of -- panhandle of west virginia, that is the leading edge of the frontal system, it is a trough out there, rain showers can't rule they will out for some viewers west and north of the

city, heavier rain out to the north and west, western portions of pennsylvania, ohio, kentucky. west virginia, heavy rain there, and some of that rain will make its way in here by this afternoon this evening and then tomorrow as well. take a look at current temperatures, yep, pretty mild, 6 of degrees, in the nations capitol, 60 baltimore, 63 dulles airport, winchester virginia, 67 degrees. ocean city maryland 61, your day planner, lots of clouds around, breezy, a couple showers here or there, north and west of the city more showers across more of the region tonight and look for a high of 69 or 70 degrees that is a look at what is happening with weather now to julie to get an update on traffic. out on the roads you will find the outer loop of the belt way below speed coming around 95 college park to georgia avenue, all lanes there are

open. eastbound 66 you will find it is heavy and slow leaving centerville trying to work your way in towards vienna, in bound, new york avenue, traffic lights leading northeast to northwest, no incidents to report as you continue to york your way out toward the capitol belt way, south stretch of the belt way, below speed. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. developing overnight in new york, a park where occupy protestors have been camped out for two months is off limits police handed out notices early this morning ordering them to leave the park in lower manhattan. some refused to leave chaining themselves together, forcing police to make 70 arrests, police said the camp is so unsanitary it needs a good cleaning protestors can return later but can't bring back camping equipment in the meantime later today in california, anti wall street

activists, plan to con uc berkley to protest banks and budget cuts for higher education, they will be joined by occupy oakland protestors. in the penn state abuse scandal we are hearing from jerry sandusky. >> he strongly says he is not a pedophile. more on what he did say from fox 5s. stacy cohen live in the newsroom. >> he gave this interview to nbc news it was a telephone interview he says he simply likes the company of young boys of course new york times now is reporting ten more victims may come forward, this interview is the fist we've heard from sandusky -- first we've heard from sandusky since his arrest in connection with sexual assault of boys that happened over a 15 year period. >> i have horsed around with kids i have showered after work outs, i have hugged them and i

have touched their leg without intent of sexual contact. just part of what he had to say last night. also meantime the head of the charity he set up to help underprivileged young people, he is announcing his resignation. he served second mile charity for 28 years, and he resigned amid-charges that charity, mishandled the child sex abuse charges when first brought to their attention in early 2002. stacy cohen back to you. new this morning a man hit and killed on a busy road it appears police had a warning something bad could happen. eugene newman of waldorf was walking along the the shoulder, around 7:30 p.m. last night when he was hit by an suv maryland state police say just a few minutes earlier a person called their forestville barracks to report a vehicle, drivinger ratically, troopers were sent to the area

the person called a short time later to say, she saw the suv drive on to the shoulder and hit someone. >> more on the kidnapping of wilson ramos. two people were arrested one from columbia, one from venezuela they have now arrested eight people. he was kidnapped by gun point last week and rescued friday night. six prince georges county police officers are on relief, after the shooting of a suspect in a double murder at arun dell mills mall friday night. he was armed with an assault rifle and fired at the officers, they shot back and killed him. police on the hunt for a

man who broke into several stores monday night. he first grabbed money from registers then got more cash and broke into a safe in the stock room the person broke into five other stores in the mall the same night. the fate of president barack obama's health care law could be decided by the highest court in the land the supreme court will hear arguments next march the main focus deciding whether the individual mandate is constitutional it would require every american to have health insurance by the year 2014 or pay a penalty. justices will look at whether the rest of the law can survive on its own if the mandate is struck down. >> it will decide whether or not the rest of the act, which many americans support including the ban on insurance companies discriminating pre- existing conditions allowing expanded access to made canadian for individuals --

medicaid for individuals can with stand or not. the white house is pleased the justices will hear the case. the decision is expected late june or early july, months before next year's presidential election. we will talk more about this in the 8:00 a.m. hour. >> herman cain's popularity among female voters is dwindling. four women accused him of sexual harassment during the 1990s. it is looking more and more like a toss up. >> in iowa the race to the top is especially tight. doug luzader has the latest where things stand today. forget national polls for a moment this whole thing could be decided in the iowa caucuses early in january. one new poll indicates there is a four way tie. iowa, iowa, iowa, iowa, these four, ron paul, mitt romney,

newt gingrich herman cain are the ones to watch in the hawk eye state. i got that figured out. at the very least people of iowa may rule some republicans out including rick perry who is struggling there at just 7% michelle bachmann is counting on iowa but drew only a small crowd yesterday in an irish pub. her support just 5% any number of scenarios could play out if romney were to win iowa it could seal the deal for him while cain polls well now he may be trending down. he was in next door wisconsin struggling to answer a question about the president's libya policy. >> i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reasons. nope that is a different one. >> the timing is not good with the first caucuses just around the corner no one knows importance of iowa more than

president obama, his surprise win there back in 2008 turned out to be one huge step to the white house. iowa is hardly locked up the same poll shows, 60% of likely caucus goers in iowa are open to supporting someone else. in washington doug luzader fox news. 9 minutes past the hour. a bill that would allow the district more freedom to spend its own money on the table. provision in the measure not sitting well with everyone we will explain. >> several varsity teens at yuan -- teams at university of maryland on the chopping block. >> u.s. military taking issue with a claim that describes what happened during the raid that killed osama bin laden. the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie, that's next [ female announcer ] this is trish.

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a former navy seal has a book out on the osama bin laden raid describing it as the real version of what happened but the pentagon is denouncing it as a lie. the awe that are claims he took the account from alleged witnesses. the book is criticized for being loaded with conspiracy theories and attacking the white house. president barack obama heads to australia for a long delayed visit after twice canceling planned trips last year he will address the australian parliament while there. the visit comes as the united states and australia, mark 20 years as defense treaty partners, president obama is set to announce plans to expand that relationship. nba season in more jeopardy as players rejected the league's latest offer and began

laying ground work for disbanding the union and suing the league. david stern blames the players for what he calls quote unquote, irresponsible action. bottom line, no plans to play any time soon. >> this is a year i was going to get tickets to the wizards. >> really? >> it was. >> you might still be able to. okay. no body playing. >> listen you like the temperatures outside? >> why not. >> very mild. >> yeah, temps in the 60s across the region, going to be another mild to warm day, check it out, 66 degrees right now nations capitol, 63 raleigh, north carolina, that cooler air is not far away, cincinnati, 52, detroit, 46, cold air in place upper midwest, minneapolis, 34, frozen mix falling across portions of minnesota, wisconsin, back into the northern plains as well. temperatures 20s and 30s. to the south, temps 60s and

70s. here is a look at local radar first, we can show you rainfall this morning, out to the west, across portions of hagerstown, down south ward into winchester, so we can't rule out some of the rainmaking its way through here. right now we are not seeing that activity. five day forecast, today, cloudy, oh, i am sorry, first, there is your whole system that is the frontal boundary the cold front that will be coming through. it will bring with it more rain and behind it colder air. all right your five day forecast look for a high of 70 degrees under cloudy skies, we will see showers develop this afternoon some of you could see a couple showers this morning best chance of rain this afternoon and evening and in particular tomorrow then our cooler air works its way in, thursday, friday, saturday only in the 50s. that is the latest on the weather more in a little bit. >> which begs the question julie wright would you rather have warm temperatures and rain

or chilly temperatures and no rain. >> more importantly what kind of frozen mix is he talking about the margarita kind? >> no, no,. >> we can't be that lucky. >> i kind of like the warmer temperatures and the rain. >> okay. i will take it that way. >> so noted. >> thank you ma'am. on the roads a crew in sky fox hovering above the belt way, on the belt way above college park working their way westbound trying to get past new hampshire avenue. that is how she rolls no incidents to report, southbound i-95, past new hampshire avenue, all lanes are open. take it back inside update your ride elsewhere. tough as you work your way in from fair oaks, capitol belt way lanes are open no incidents to report. inner loop, brad dock road up towards 66 typical delay at this time. meanwhile, inbound, route 50 we have slow downs as you make

your way inbound, leave 5:00 and 410, headed in -- leave 50 and 410, headed in towards north washington. it is damming evidence that helped take down jack johnson and his wife leslie johnson. wire tap conversations in their bribery scheme scandal have been released, both pled guilty to destroying evidence. here is a portion from november 12th last year when the fbi came to johnson's front door. >> where is the check? >> if you open up the dresser, you know my drawer, right? >> mm-hmm. >> there is a little box in the box is a check just tear it up or chew it up. >> what do you want me to do with this money? they are banging. >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. sentencing for jack johnson is set december 6th, leslie johnson finds out her fate, the 9th.

the district could have more control over its budget, a bill has been drafted to allow the district to spend local tax dollars without congressional approval. under the measure the district could not spend tax dollars on abortions for low income women under most circumstances similar provisions in the past have blocked legislation like this. a big boost for sports in the district schools, mayor vince grey and chancellor henderson will introduce a new athletic director, it is stephanie evans, the major says she will be the first african american woman to hold the ads position. >> commission charged with tackling university of maryland's multi million dollar deficit recommended the school drop 8 of 27 varsity athletics teams the washington post reports that includes the men's track teams, both men's and women's swimming and diving teams, men's tennis, women's water polo and aerobictumbling, formerly known as competitive

cheer. recommendations would effect, 166 athletes, the panel calls for a 10% reduction in athletic administration costs and revamped fundraising efforts, university president will make the final decision on which sports may be cut. wow that is big time. >> mm-hmm. >> we will watch that. 7:19 a.m., 66 degrees on this tuesday morning, still ahead, congress throwing a wrench in president obama's plan for healthier school lunches. >> speaking on camera for the first time since she was shot in the head, gabrielle giffords talking about her plans for the future, details after the break. holly morris playing doctor this morning, she is live at med tech in silver spring good morning. well, i tam doctor's right hand person -- i am the doctor's right hand person that is what i am learning to be this morning. one of four campuses in the dc area, this is where you learn a whole new skill set that just

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congress woman gabrielle giffords is speaking on camera for the first time since being shot in the head back in january. in an interview with diane sawyer she says she will return to congress after she gets better and get help from her husband. >> no, better. >> it is better? >> um, oh, [ sighing ] >> um,. >> she wants to get better. >> giffords was shot in january at a public event for constituents in tucson arizona.

we know hypothermia can kill a person some doctors are freezing patients to save them. surgeons in trauma units have been cooling the bodies of injury victims down to as low as 50 degrees it helps prevent brain damage and prevents patients from bleeding to death when injuries can be healed later. congress is lookin to keep pizza and french fries on school menus as part of a spending bill released last night lawmakers want the usda to pull back to put limits on potatoes, reduce sodium and boost whole grain it would allow tomato paste on pizza to be counted as a vegetable, changes were requested by food companies that produce frozen pizza, the salt industry and potato growers. former lobbiest, jack abraham joins us in studio, one year after his release from prison on corruption and

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at pncvirtualwallet.com. ♪ pnc bank. for the achiever in you. getting close to 7:30 a.m., on tuesday morning man i tell you what feels like spring. >> really does. yesterday was a great day a pretty day, highs in the 70s yesterday, today, we will certainly be upper 60s. could hit 70 degrees as well. rainfall on the way >> it will feel warm. >> yep, not bad at all. let's start with highs yesterday, officially regan national, 73 degrees also the high at dulles international, bwi marshall made it up to 74 degrees. not bad at all. all right current temperatures across the region, 60s this morning, right now 64 degrees showing up on this map, 64, 65, 66 degrees around the washington area, 58 baltimore, most of the rest of the region

in the 60s. 63 manassas. 65 quantico, 50s to the north and west. 55 frederick, 57 culpepper and then off to our east, we've got 66 salisbury, we will pull this out, look at the big picture we do have cool air behind that frontal boundary producing all that rain we showed you, check out the temperature in chicago, 37 there, 46 detroit, that cold front will come through and gradually bring us cool air as well. sentinel satellite radar, here we are, we've got a lot of cloud cover a few showers off to the north and west across western portions of maryland but the main event gets through here, later on today, tonight, through the day tomorrow, areas of rain some of that rain tomorrow could be heavy here and there we will have the bulk of the cloud with us for the next couple days. here is your forecast today, cloudy skies, we will see periods of rain a couple showers to the north and west,

some more scattered showers during the course of the afternoon still warm high in town 70 degrees, winds gust up to 15 miles an hour for tonight, cloudy skies continue showers continue 56 for your overnight low in town, 5 day forecast, show you that tomorrow we will have rain during the course of the day maybe spots of heavy rain then, by tomorrow evening that wraps off the colder air works in. only 50s overnight lows 30s. that is a look at what is happening with weather now more on this mornings rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> all right tony on the belt way, outer loop we already showed you delays, 95 headed around toward georgia avenue leaving 198, headed down towards the belt way, definitely below speed coming off the 95 and headed westbound 495, trying to work your way in towards silver spring. travelling southbound, 270, you will find delays leaving german town, father hurly boulevard,

south towards 28, earlier incident there has cleared, eastbound 66, 234 out of the roadway, traffic still congested out of manassas. more delays, fair oaks, towards the inner loop of the belt way, slow traffic here in this area, average speed 50, 13 miles per hour. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. washington dc has had its share of scandals our next guest was in the eye of the storm for one of the biggest corruption investigations to hit the capitol. he was the ultimate lobbiest, commanding attention of congress and business leaders until he wound up in prison. today he is a free man out with a new book called capitol punishment the hard truth about washington corruption from america's most notorious lob jestiest thank -- -- lobbiest thanks for being here.

are you the most notorious. >> top five. notorious is one of the safer ones i could use some other ones i put on the back of the book but not on the front. the hard truth about washington corruption when did you learn that hard truth about washington corruption? >> i was engaged in it, i was enmeshed in the system, and eventually, when my career ended and i started to look at what i did, who i was and what i was involved in i started to analyze differently than when i was involved in it and started to realize, it is based in a corrupt system. >> talk a little bit about your dealings with this culture. you mention in the book, you talk about the first time that you realized, that these things would happen, when it came to -- you made a reference of trying to place a military facility in a certain district, political district in exchange for favours when that first happened what were your thoughts and as you progressed

through this culture were you constantly thinking about all of this, that was happening. >> so when that happened it was 10 years even before i became a lobbiest, i was a little shocked naive i guess, a young man, early 20s and i describe it in the book that congressman from texas, lined up boats for the amex missile in exchange forgetting a military base in the district. it shocked me. later when i became a lobbiest i became used to these thingthese trades what they call horse trading, unfortunately i became used to it and i think that is what happens in washington, at least to me, one gets slowly used to the system and unfortunately it starts to undo you. >> do you thing that is the problem with the system itself, a lot of people in washington have gotten used to that culture? >> i think so. the system is a consequence to the presence of money in the

system, certain corruption is inherent in the system and i think that in order to get rid of it one has to sever some of the ties, stuff i never would have said when i was a lobbiest but i have come to believe now. >> tack about realizations you had when you were in prison one thing you realized was the contributions -- i am quoting from your book contributions from parties with interest in legislation are nothing but bribes did you not realize that at the time. >> no, i really didn't. i should have, when you thing about bribes, one thinks about showing up at an office with a sack of cash handing it to a congressman and saying look if you will vote for x i will give you this sack of cash that is what is in everybody's mind is a clear bribe but the truth is any pro significance of gratuity or favour or gift of any kind, to a public servant in order to get them to do something with their power and position is a bribe. >> you say there is no way to eliminate corruption in human endeavors, removal of

temptation is a good place to start. how does that fit into the culture of the federal government how do you do that there. >> it gets back to the money. stopping those that are lob lobbiests and those that are favours from federal grants, that is a first step stopping the revolving door between public service and cashing in, is the second step these are popular prescriptions certainly not popular and i have started to be attacked a little bit about the book. but i had an opportunity walking the track in prison, that is the bottom of the rung and thinking about the system, i came to these conclusions. >> jack your profile was so high, your case got so much attention has anything changed in your opinion or in your knowledge whether it be on can toll hill, white house -- capitol hill, white house, k street because of the dealings you have had >> i liken myself to an auto accident when people were

driving by and saw this big crash on the side of the road they slowed down a little bit and looked at it they were a little scared, drove a little better for a quarter mile and sped up again. what has happened there has been a few changes, but i think mainly cosmetic not systemic changes i believe have to be implemented to change the system. do you think corruption still exists at the same level or a greater level? less level? >> i think it exists at the same level what is important to note there are two kinds of corruption, illegal corruption such as things that i did where you cross the line, and then there is legal corruption, where everything is just fine for example a lot of the insider trading, that has been lately talked about. >> that is something you talked about recently and of course this is certainly garnered a lot of media attention lately what is your take on that what is happening with insider trading or the possibility of it amongst members of congress. >> it is one of the great outrages these memberstaff can have insider information it is

worse than insider information. we traditionally thing of things the company knows about itself and people trade on within the company these are things the company even doesn't know these are things memberafter the will know, a hearing is coming up, a bill is going to come up and they are in a position and have been legally placed in that position by their own rules to make trade that is are very unfair in terms of the general public if anybody in the general public if you and i were to do it we would go to prison. >> let me get back to corruption for a minute p however we -- and however we categorize it whether it was in the year you were dealing as a part of this or now, are we talking about a few politicians or a significant percentage. >> in terms of the illegal corruption, people crossing the line you are probably talking about a very few in terms of participating in a system, inherently corrupt it is everyone, whether it is raising

campaign funds, accepting a gratuity, staying around in congress for the entirety of their lives pork barreling for their district there are various elements not just again taking that sack of cash. in the book you talk not just about what happened on the hill and k street but talk about your personal life and the time you did spend in prison, you did wrong were punished for it went to prison served your time does that serve as a deterrent? do you feel did it change you or made you act differently and do you think it could possibly help for some of these other people who may still be engaged in these practices. >> certainly effected me and changed me and humbled me and made me hope less arrogant, less of a fellow who is not willing to look at the lines in the sand and pay attention to rules i hope that is the case in terms of other people are they going to be the kind that drives by an auto accident for a few seconds thing i better behave or some body says look i don't want to be that guy at

the side of the road laying in the pile of blood i am going to change permanently how i drive. >> what is next for you? do you -- i don't mean to use the term lobby in a bad way do you try to lobby for the good and let people know what is really happening? >> well, i don't believe lobbying is bad it can be bad but inherently it is a right and a good thing people can do good things with it for me i had the book out i want to speak about these things, i have taken on a mission to inform america about what goes on inside osed doors and so called smoke filled rooms, and hopefully make a difference. jack i have to ask you do you still have the black cap. >> i do in the closet i haven't put it on since that day. >> was it a wise choice that day. >> no, a wardrobe malfunction what is done is done it was raining i put it on to get out of the rain but the rain started after i put it on. >> probably a few other things in your mind as well. >> this were.

>> alison back over to you. 7:40 a.m., 66 degrees on this tuesday morning, coming up next, scare at a north carolina college campus, what prompted university officials to send out an alert to students. time for today's my fox half off deal it is a beauty bargain, $29 will get you two care huts with shampoo, conditions one eyebrow wax at gilda's beauty, dun lauren virginia normally they go for $192 $192 an 84% discount. log on to myfoxdc.com look for the my fox half off on the right side of the home page @ú

a campus wide alert at university of north carolina, wilmington the school's website sent out a warning of a gunman on campus before midnight police were looking for a man who robbed four people at gun point before running towards the university. the alert was lifted 5:00 a.m. this morning classes will be

held as normal today with extra officers on duty. devastating texas wild fire season hit the one year mark no end in sight now. nothing compared to the massive blazes this spring and summer texas forest service expects more large fires this winter because of the ongoing drought. fires have destroyed nearly 4 million-acre, 2900 homes and killed 10 people in this past year. well, our second day of reporting on this because it is so huge. twilight stars. >> it is just getting started. >> twilight, lining the red carpet in hollywood last night for the premier of breaking down part one. it is the first half of the final installment of the famed series some fans camped out for days we heard from some body who camped out for a whole week just to catch a glimpse of robert patten son, taylor lawsuit inner, kristin stuart and the rest of the cast. there will be a lot of people sleepy at work friday

morning going to the midnight show thursday night >> i am always sad i didn't get in on these kind of things until it is half way through. i have seen most of the movies they are getting better. >> okay. >> i think they started out you felt like you needed to be maybe younger, to understand it. >> i felt i didn't read it i wasn't 15. >> now they get more action they are trying to appeal to a broader audience. >> more bare chest. >> that is not what drew me to the theatres but stick to the wear wolf. all right. >> i haven't seen any of them. >> you do know they are always bare chested. >> yes all the teenage girls screaming. >> let's jump in. show you what is happen being the weather. we will start -- happening with our weather we will start with radar, rain showers out to the north and west folks, it is still to the north and west, that is why i keep saying some of our viewers in that area,

you could see rain showers this morning most of the rest of us not getting much of anything. a look at future cast as we try to decipher what mother nature has in store for us cloudy skies, there is your rainfall, rain showers, later on this afternoon we fully expect that, continue into tonight, then tomorrow, rain, through the day, until tomorrow night and some of that rain will be heavy at times by tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. it starts pulling out of the area, 5:00 a.m. thursday morning skies should be clear set us up for a bright sunny day wall be it a cool -- all beit a cool day. scattered showers, more persistent rain, friday 51, saturday mostly sunny, 56 let me just give you a peek ahead for the dallas game sunday, should be mostly cloudy temperatures low 60s that is what we think now. it is tuesday but -- >> november who would have thought >> i know that's right.

well,. >> let's not talk about that game. >> let's talk about the weather aspect. >> we can rally behind that. let's get a look at traffic. >> wait a minute i was just getting ready to ask tony if he wants to place a wager on the game sunday. >> not this one. >> it could go either way not like either team is playing outstanding football. >> one is playing better than the other. >> all right you guys on the roads you will find it, definitely a slow go, southbound 270, working your way out of german town, big delays, out of father hurley boulevard. again, that is the focal point of that southbound delay now let's map out more problems we have delays wrapped around the outer loop of the belt way, route 1, college park, to connecticut avenue, 31 minute commute, southbound, 295 out of laurel, 26 and 28 miles per hour leaving 198 to 197 average

speed out of laurel, 14 miles per hour compassing 212 no a dents to -- per hour, passing 212 no accidents, 50 minute drive from manassas to the belt way. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> are you looking for a career in the medical field. >> holly helping get you started this morning, good morning holly. >> reporter: good morning right now i am getting an anatomy lesson that is because i signed you and me up for classes at med tech institute where we are live this morning one of their four campuses we are at the one in silver springs. coming up we h tell you first hand why you might want to sign up for your own lessons here how it could indeed perhaps change your future. stay with us 

7:52 a.m. holly this morning is getting a lesson in health care careers. >> she is at med tech institute, silver spring maryland where they train students to become medical assistants. seems like one of those careers or fields you will always find work in. >> exactly i think that is the point alison it is no secret that it is a tough job market out there you need to go where the jobs are. this is a field that is always in demand. so we thought it would be good this morning to sign up for a few classes so that you at home could see maybe if you have what it takes we are live at med tech institute there are four campuses here in the dc area, we are downtown silver spring. this morning we are spending the morning with the regional executive director for mid- atlantic region good morning. >> good morning. both of you graduated from this program congratulations. >> thank you. >> so talk a little bit, give me an idea what is offered here. >> well, in the sill very spring campus we have a medical

assistant program, medical billing encoding and esl a really big thing for us, there are many individuals that come down here who have had a medical background from different countries, one thing they can do is learn english and go into the work force. medical systems -- medical assistant program is one of the largest growing programs in the health care industry, in 2008 and 2018 there are 3 million jobs being created. yesterday it was number five portion and then medical billing i think the mos medical office specialist is number one out there. >> so opportunities if you make the initiative to get the training and then, get the job. so let's talk a little bit about something that is are taught here we will talk more about big picture. >> today, we are just talking about how to do an ekg and why is to look at electrical activity of the heart this is a

gold standard test for anyone who comes in for the chest mate, whether it could be heartburn for that matter but this is a gold standard test, which will turn over to our skeleton an gnat my quickly. >> does the skeleton have a name. we can call him med tech fred. >> sure put the pregnant lady next to the skeleton. >> this is the rib cage where you see the tabs both spaces that we will put in our leads on this model, those are known as precordial leads or chest leads they allow us to look at the heart from a different angle we are really truly measuring the electrical activity of the heart which allows us to measure if there is a part floing or not floing. -- flowing or not flowing we have the leads placement, these are the electrodes and these are the precordial leads, one,

two, three, four, five, and six. limbs, upper limb leads for left and right and then these belong to your legs kind of looking at the superior view, anterior view of the heart and inferior this would give you the posterior of the heart understanding that you guys can start hooking this up. >> as you do that i want to ask both of you what did you thing of your training here and your time here? were you a little intimidated at first? >> yes. >> yeah it is a lot to learn. >> a lot to learn. >> how long did it take you to feel comfortable? >> month 2. >> your second month then for you. >> well, i went to the english program here, so i mean i went to the medical part and what kind of i think it was month two same thing but once you are in this class when you start you are really afraid of everything but then you are more and more and more so you

get accustomed. >> we are almost out of time you would hook this up and get a reading then you would learn how to read it but as a med tech you don't diagnose. >> medical assistant will not diagnose but this is a generalized normal ekg they want to printout a normal ekg, for the physician to look at it and diagnose a person it could be like a gold standard test, general health test gives you how fast is your heart beating >> my last question for this hour is how much would you spend on learning how to do an ekg? >> well, each class is 120 hours long they will spend lecture and theoretical part in here and then go into the practice portion which not only starts from the model we also go on to live body,. >> okay we got to go for now. myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to med tech institute if you want to find out more information about the program and services offered here.

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former assistant football coach breaks his silence saying he is not a pedophile. as ten more people come forward with allegations against jerry sandusky. >> caught on audio tape former prince georges county executive, jack johnson and his wifeless low as they try to hide tens of thousands of dollars as the fbi is breaking down their front door. >> republican presidential

hopeful, herman cain making headlines this time for a rather awkward moment during a recent interview. we will share coming up, thanks for being with us early this tuesday i am steve chenevey. i am alison seymour a fairly warm day tony perkens joining us. pretty decent yesterday we made it to low 70s i don't know we will get there today, perhaps fredericksberg but in dc, 69, 70 degrees. yeah, we will take that. let's talk rain first. rain showers well to the north and west not here in the washington area. we are still precipitation free and it is rather nice outside, actually but we have seen rain showers western portions of maryland see it on your map there, not a lot of rain but precipitation moving through maybe right around frederick, you could get a couple showers here and there and west virginia, back into western pennsylvania, eastern ohio that is where the main storm system

is, associated with a frontal boundary that will come through later today, tonight, tomorrow current temperatures around the region, 65 in the district, 58 baltimore, 62 dulles airport, ocean city maryland, 64 degrees, in harrisonburg it is 61. lots of clouds around a couple sprinkles to our north and west this morning, more scattered rainfall across much more of the region this afternoon and tonight, look for a high today upper 60s to about 70 degrees it will become breezy as well more about all of that coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >> yep. >> let's check with julie. all right guys since we last talked we have an accident, a serious crash, two medevac helicopters requested to the scene of this crash sky fox is over now. this will tie up your commute stonned stretch of louden county parkway westbound to route 7, accident activity involving a couple vehicles two people were trapped two medevac helicopters were requested they

have landed nearby north of this shot, traffic coming southbound, louden county parkway cannot exit to the left side of your screen that ramp remains closed with this ongoing accident activity. two medevac helicopters requested two people reported trapped in the vehicles we will keep you posted with more details as they become available. north side of louden county parkway just a ramp from southbound louden county parkway to 7 that remains closed, back inside, southbound 270 on the brakes at this hour. no incidents to report earlier, crash at 28 has cleared lanes open top part of the belt way but it remains slow. 95 to georgia avenue. former penn state coach, gerry season dusky says he is not a -- gerry sandusky says he is not a pedophile. stacy cohappen has been following the story -- cohen

has been following the story. >> jerry sandusky speaking out for the first time since being arrested in connection to the sexual assault of several boys, over a 15 year period. former penn state assistant coach, jerry sandusky faces several charges in connection to the alleged sexual assault of at least 8 boys. he has maintained his innocence but when pressed by bob costas he does admit to inappropriate behaviour. >> i have horsed around with kids i have showered after work outs, i have hugged them and i have touched their leg, without intent of sexual contact. several people have been fired, or resigned from the university, since the scandal came to light most recently the president of second mile foundation has stepped down, another person coming under scrutiny, is the district

judge, who released sandusky on $100,000, unsecured bail. >> one would have expected she would have said right from the bench it should be known to all parties i am a volunteer or was a volunteer for second mile does anybody have any objection that i sit here. >> when asked why it took so long for the case to surface, pennsylvania's governor says >> it takes awhile to develop a case takes awhile to find the evidence, find the witnesses, get the witnesses to testify get their confidence. and the fall out continues now, pennsylvania state senator, kim ward is trying to push legislation she is proposing more stringent rules for reporting such incidents on college and university campuses as well as increasing penalties for not taking action. i believe as we said all week this story continues to grow. so it does. >> stacy cohen thank you.

>> another big story we are following the wire tap conversations that brought down a prince georges county power couple, leslie johnson pled guilty to detroying evidence jack johnson did as well as extortion here is a portion from the morning of november 12th last year when the fbi was at the johnson's front door when leslie called jack johnson. >> got the check? >> mm-hmm. >> put it in your bra or something like that. where is the check. >> if you open up the dresser my drawer, right there is a little box in the box there is a check. just tear it up or chew it up. >> sentencing for a former prince georges county executive, jack johnson set for december 6th leslie johnson, her sentence something 3 days later. how things have changed republican presidential candidates, now in essentially a four way dead heat this is a

bloomberg news poll that shows cain still leading 20%, behind him ron paul, 19%, romney 18%, gingrich 17%, it is based on likely attendees of the iowa caucus that starts the nominating contest in 7 weeks. economic issues, jobs, taxes, government spending are driving incentive. herman cain tripped up he got stuck on a question why he disagreed with president obama's handling of libya,. >> so you agree that president obama on libya or not. >> okay, libya, [ pews ] >> president obama -- [ pause ] >> president obama supported iraq, correct, president obama

called for the removal of gadhafi, just want to make sure we are talking about the same thing before i say yes i agree or no i didn't agree. i cannot agree with the way he handled it for the following reasons, um, nope that is a different line. >> herman cain's staff later said the candidate did not get enough sleep. alison. supreme court will take up the issue of mandated health care with a rules expected by next summer that will be in time to cause fireworks no doubt as the national election campaign's move into the home stretch. joining us talk about the case and more on that with the high court is michael doyle supreme court reporter good to see you. good morning. >> i've read your article on the supreme court looking at some challenges against the obama health care bill s you said that it should be a

political blockbuster. >> well, you would expect so the ruling is likely to come out last week of june and the very heat of the presidential campaign and congressional campaign inevitably whatever way the court rules whether it up holds the law, strikes it down or kicks the ball down the road it will be a center piece for candidates to speak about another tore virtues or the -- either the virtues or bad aspect of the bill whatever way the court rules it will draw attention to what was the signature legislation, first term of obama administration. >> how would that, if you support supreme court rules that it is constitutional the individual mandate and other issues in the bill then how far will that go for the president's re-election bid >> i think traditionally, the loser in the supreme court case tend to be more highly motivated, as the court which is dominated to have been margined by conservative republican appointees, up hold the act in its entirety, the

republican base could not blame that on judges, they could be motivated, as they are reminded, that this was what obama and democratic congress did, so they might be more likely to turn out, and to act out of anger. >> talk about what is at the center of the bill, it is that individual mandate, it is what says that you and i have to be covered by a certain year or pay a fine. >> right. individual mandate says by 2014 you either most residents of the united states must have health insurance coverage or pay a fee in the order of $750 or up then the question for the court, is whether that goes too far beyond authorities of the constitution, grants to congress to regulate commerce between the states we are going to hear millions of words about what is called the commerce clause and the question is, does the individual mandate fit within the commerce clause. another question then, whether the rest of the law can

stand if this is taken out, the individual mandate. >> yeah, the court said monday they will look at four questions one is whether it is time to take this up or kick the ball down the road one is individual mandate provision one is a medicaid expansion, mandate upon the state and the fourth question which may be among the most interesting, is whether the law itself which was 2400 pages when it passed congress, can remain even if elements of it, like the individual mandate are struck down. a local appellant court said it is possible you can have the individual mandate removed but that will be one of the fourth, key questions they answer. >> arguments will be heard in march we talked about how that decision is expected to come down months before the election. my last one michael, the lines between politics and law, we also saw the supreme court get involved in the 2000 election with president george bush is that line becoming blurred or is this par for the course.

>> well, i think that politicians always play a roll to some hidden degree or not in court rulings, there was a famous 19th century satirist, they are attentive to it but i think especially chief justice roberts the court is attentive to its reputation they don't want to do anything to under mind that they are attentive to what happened post bush, before 2000 they don't want to be seen as oaferly partisan institution they will do what they can to rule based on the law. >> always interesting cases coming out of the supreme court. >> michael doyle is with mcclatchie newspapers the supreme court reporter thank you. arizona congress woman gabby giffords giving her first interview since being shot in the head at that political event back in january more on

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>> congress woman gabrielle giffords says she will not return to congress until she is better. >> for the first time since she was shot in a head by a gunman in january she sat down with diane sawyer. >> do you ever get angry at what happened to you? >> no. no. no. no. life. >> so you think to yourself i will go back to congress, if i get better. >> yes, yes, yes. yes. >> that is where you are now. >> yes. yes. yes. >> there has been wide

speculation about giffords career plans including whether she would run for arizona's open senate seat. 8:17 a.m. now, let's get a look at our forecast which is bright enough you would think but we can always do it one better. >> we need more and more brightness. we have got it for you right now alison and steve time for my first 5 photo of the day, a two fer check them out i love -- >> is this an ad. >> looks like it. >> for some department store. >> looks like a department store ad. this is 1-year-old aiden and 2- year-old caylee they are cousins and they are having a blast in the fall leaves. so cute. >> that is a classic picture. >> it is. that would be a good holiday card. >> mm-hmm. >> very nice. >> happy thanksgiving card it looks great, they are -- you know remember how much fun i am happy to see this i don't know if kids do this any more.

put some leaves together, pile them all together and jump in them. that is an afternoon of fun. >> it was super fun when after your parent had done it for a long time and then you messed it up. >> yeah depending on your parent and their response. just send us your picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings enjoy the fall kids. temperatures across the united states, 65 degrees very pleasant outside as far as temperatures go. cooler west, 54 cincinnati, not bad check out chicago, 36 degrees there, that is where the cold air is, upper midwest, much of the west earn united states, 23 degrees kasper wyoming, 40 denver, you want some more mild air go south temperatures 60s and 70s. all right sentinel radar, oh, a couple of showers beginning to pop up just to our north. we've seen this activity all morning long now it is moving a

little more east ward showers along interstate 70, hagerstown those regions, so keep our eyes on that. we have been mentioning all morning chance for northern viewers to see shower activity there is your main system takes awhile for that to get here later on this afternoon, tonight tomorrow more scattered rainfall across the area. here is a look at the five day forecast, high 70 degrees under mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers this afternoon breezy tomorrow a rainy day some rain could be heavy, 62 for your high. thursday we clear out 52 for a high, friday, saturday remain cool highs 50s overnight lows 70s that -- 30s that is a look at the weather now more morning rush hour traffic with julie wright. all right tony let me take you southbound 270, 28, accident number two in the mainline as you try to work your way out of rockville continue down toward the lane divide expect traffic delays as you work your way southbound

headed out towards the scene. trouble now, southbound i-95, checking for accident activity, near the exit for i-195, bw parkway below speed 198 and 197 also accident, inbound, 19th street tieing up the right side of the highway. in an effort to enhance school safety and discourage food fights, fairfax county schools may be allowed to install surveillance cameras in so called hot spots around school buildings, joining us now, brad center, fairfax county school board member representing lee district thanks for joining us. >> no problem good morning steve. >> talk a little bit about this how far it has come you have had a chance to put this out there to some parents of students what feedback have you received. >> each individual school and the principal for each school has done an outreach to their community, so they have held meetings at the school and

gotten feedback most of the schools, majority of our high schools and remember this is just high schools and secondary schools, having from this initial outreach, have decided they wanted to pursue or wanted the schools to pursue cameras in the cafeteriahot spots. >> if this would go through you can let us know what the procedural matters are, it would not be required for schools to do this, right? >> that's correct what happened initially as you reported, west springfield and lee high school there were these food fights in the cafeterias, so it came before us, we met with one or two principals we said to them, come back to the board as a whole and let us know, take a pulse of the principals let us know how the principals feel in the interim the board decided to have a couple work sessions we had one yesterday and six weeks ago to discuss the matter and what is before us is the board would decide to change

our policy, to allow each individual school, if the board were to move forward, to determine if they wanted to have cameras in their individual school. it wouldn't be a blanket wide, decision but school based. >> this originated after several food fights broke out in the cafeteria, would the cameras keep an eye out for more than a food fight in the cafeteria. >> essentially they would be put in the cafeterias and hot spots, large gathering places maybe outside the gymnasium and stuff but important distinction to make here is that there is no one going to be behind the camera, if you will, watching footage on a daily basis the only time the footage would be reviewed would be if there was an incident and report to the administration, then they would go as they say in the sports, go to the video tape and take a look and see what happened to distinguish if someone had done

something or not. it could be used to exonerate a student or find the culpable student. maybe this does infringe on students rights to have cameras there. >> that was brought up yesterday there are one or two board members who do believe this is potentially an infringement because the argument is, because it is a requirement it is the law that students go to school, that there shouldn't be cameras watching so, it is your choice whether you want to go to a particular department store if there are cameras in there, you understand when you walk in there. no one is mandating you go to marshalls or wal-mart but the state mandates children go to school the argument is we shouldn't be watching everything they do in the building. >> what happens next as far as the board going forward with this when might cameras be in the school building. >> let me step back the board will take action on i think the

15th of december, and that doesn't necessarily mean it will go through the board could vote to approve the cameras and decisions, to move forward or vote to move it to a date, certain in the future, allow the new school board to take a look at this issue or make a recommendation to the school board or vote no. variety of actions it could take if the board decided to move forward i would suspect you would see individual schools, hold individual meetings in communitybring a proposal forth to the superintendent to move forward i suspect you wouldn't see something for probably 3 to 6 months. >> again it would then be up to individual schools as to whether or not they wanted to go forth. we appreciate your time thanks for joining us. >> no problem thank you. >> best wishes, fairfax county school board. 8:25 a.m. on this tuesday morning this morning clean up under way in new york, as police cleared out the occupy wall street protestors, from the park in an

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>> prince georges county police officer on administrative leave after a deadly shooting in district heights the victim was killed at his home saturday morning he was a suspect in a double murder arun dells mill mall. he was armed with an assault rifle, officers fired back and shot him. police on the hunt for a man who broke into several stores monday night. they caught him going into a store and stealing money from registera safe in the stock room the thief broke into five other stores in that mall in the same night. >> police arrested two more people in connection with the kidnapping of wilson ramos.

investigators have now arrested eight people but still searching for more . he was abducted from his parents home wednesday and rescued friday night. thank goodness there is a happy ending to that. amazing very scary stuff. >> you got it, good news weather, not terribly scary. >> no, it is not. >> we have had a nice month. >> absolutely perfect, yesterday beautiful, 73 with sunshine. >> amazing. >> so today, temperatures still near 70, we will take that rain in the forecast particularly this afternoon you will see on the radar showers moving from the west. >> okay. >> yeah. >> transition day then colder within the week. >> all right. >> we got to get into the mood for thanksgiving. >> chillier temps. >> nothing terribly extreme no snow in the forecast. >> hd radar, starting to see showers break out underneath the bug there, fredericksberg,

cull pepper, fort royal, a couple showers generally right now dry. i can't say the same for later this afternoon let's open it up for you a little bit show you satellite radar out to the west as we switch maps as we switch -- there thank you. off to the northwest, cold front will move in shortly, and as it does so, you can see the rain showers along that front, will start to move in. it will not rain all day today but i would bring along an umbrella and be ready for showers later this afternoon the front will hang out during the day tomorrow and watch an area of low pressure ride along more showers in the forecast tomorrow before the cooler air gets in for the day on thursday. all right, cooler air not here yet mild start to your day, 65 degrees right now regan national, 59 annapolis, 63 leonard town, 50s off to the north and west a couple sprinkles, 55 frederick, high temperatures, upper 60s maybe 70 later this afternoon showers

breaking out there you go. tomorrow showers stick around. 62, cooler weather for the end of the week overnight lows, near freezing by friday morning afternoon highs, thursday and friday only 50 or so, then, we should gradually warm up i think it will be 60 near sunday right now the weekend looks dry. decent weekend, shaping up for the middle of november. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. >> more arrests at an occupy wall street protest in new york city overnight they happened as police in riot gear were clearing out demonstrators, so that the park itself could be cleaned. >> park was deemed a health and safety hazard. john is live in lower manhattan with the latest on all of this good morning. >> good morning yeah, we understand we are hearing mayor bloomberg here in new york is holding a press conference now, he says they are going to reopen the park that is something both the mayor and owner of this park said, will happen as soon as it is cleaned out for people to come back in

as soon as they get a court order to determine for the property owner to determine what will happen here, i guess to prevent another occupation, as we've seen now almost two months. let me walk you through what happened overnight just around 1:00 a.m. nypd ordered all the folks encamped here, out, this is quite a contrast you can see the police standing by on the perimeter, but on the other side of them, is the park, 33,000 square foot park that as of yesterday morning this time you couldn't even see the concrete you couldn't see the steps, couldn't see the planters it was just a maze of tents, tarps, sleeping bags, you know, equipment that had been set up, well, overnight nypd went in ordered everybody to take down their tents to clear out, 70 people we understand maybe a little more but 70 people were arrested according to nypd basically a group that locked arms formed a human chain refused to leave

when nypd went in. overall it was a peaceful -- people moved out peacefully they didn't resist too heavily there were squirmishes in a two block radius but nothing too intense. the reason the city cleared it out after almost two months, a couple issues, one health. two safety, three, quality of life. health issues of course, basic sanitation, safety issues fdny went in october 28th, removed generators, removed fuel tanks because of fire safety concerns, and quality of life noise complaints from the businesses and loss of business businesses say they are estimating they will see losses up to a million dollars not to mention the cost for tax payers more than close to $4 million in overtime costs for the nypd. so, after nearly two months, of the occupy wall street movement here, it looks for now it has come, the party is over and

come to a close back to you. >> all right jonathanings very much. keep you up to speed on that. in new york right now, again he said they are waiting to see a court order that could prevent them from having another occupy new york situation in that park. 8:34 a.m., tuesday morning speaking of shopping season, ten days until black friday, the ads are out already we will take a look when we come back. >> then no better price than free. this year, you could win a free thanksgiving dinner all you have to do is find tom turkey hidden in a story on myfoxdc.com so, go to our website find the logo in the story, find that story then find the logo click on that logo and register to win a free feast from pea pod by giant the contest runs all this week, 8:34 a.m., 65 degrees, tuesday morning we will be right back 

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pretty much all of the major black friday ads out, wal-mart, best buy, target, toys r us, kohls we just put up macy's. >> michael brim's site, bf ads.net has been tracking those circulars since 2003. >> this is the earliest we have seen all ads or majority of ads come out early, the big thing this year, is wal-mart who is normally very protective and proactive about not letting the ads leak early they released their ads last thursday on facebook. >> retailers know there is an excitement they want to build. >> they do that very well with holiday sale circulars says the national director of retail federation. >> websites used to get early leaks of ads in covert ways now retailers know it makes sense to play along.

>> it is good to have the ads out earlier it lets us do more research and analysis. >> which helps readers sift through information still because it is the most competitive shopping season don't expect retailers to put it all out there just yet. >> they still keep a few surprises up their sleeve really good ones are sell being kept secret. >> early black friday ads give budget conscious shoppers plenty of time to plan out deal hunting then just got to get up early and go find them. melanie, fox 5 news. are you going to do the black friday shopping thing >> i never do steve>> i cannot. >> get up early >> i can't fight people. the competition is out there. 8:40 a.m., tuesday morning this is a tough story if you are of spanish decent and follow the tradition the long treasured tradition of the afternoon siesta. >> you don't have to be of spanish decent to enjoy that. >> no, but makes it more

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assistant program this morning they have pretty impressive numbers, 70% of the people that start the program finish the program what is more impressive is the job placement rate, 80% of the people that complete this program go on to be gainfully employed and obviously that is very important in the current economic times we are seeing. dr. amir is regional director for the atlantic region he is giving us classes and students who have already graduated, they are back with us again, good morning to all of you thank you for helping show this. so this really is -- i mean it is a good thing in terms of numbers really tell the story, you come in, get the education there is a really good chance you will have a job on the other side. >> absolutely. our success is measured base on that, rc and johns hopkins have stated that fact successful measurement tool in this case

is really how many people are gainfully employed end of the program. completing their program, that is fine exactly how we look at it. >> what are we learning now last time we talked ekgs now we are learning -- >> well, what we will do is most common blood work that we do in any office you will go to if you go for a general health screen you can have blood work done. >> sure. >> this is the most common way of doing that, by introducing the needle and drawing the blood in a respectful tube. >> you specifically teach how to make it not hurt right? >> absolutely correct. we don't lie about that. can you make it not hurt? >> still working on it. >> there are techniques specifically to minimize trauma the needle is very -- designed in a manner it will minimize trauma, skill and technique helps with that. the model portion of it and then we go to a live body this is a true model you will start with this portion of it. >> okay.

>> so you are going to clean off what we are doing is clean off all the sanitizer by alcohol prep pad allows us to localize the turning of the tourniquet. >> i want to ask you where are you working now? >> i am working here in the school teaching a class, it is really interesting. >> i bet it has been very interesting. >> the reason we are tieing up the tourniquet is to pull the blood vessels this model won't do it but it pulls up the area this should be a one, two, three test go and take the blood you are done with it. she will demonstrate that parkpart. >> were you nervous -- part. >> were you nervous the first time you did this? i bet so. as a patient i am always nervous which brings up a good question, don't you talk about bedside manner how to put the patient at ease. >> absolutely this allows us --

everything we do in a medical field must have bedside mans and customer service oriented this will be very -- manners and customer service oriented this will be important for us. push it through. the end product will be the blood on this portion of it. >> sure. >> well, that patient didn't flinch at all must not have hurt. >> is there anything like as a patient we can do to make it easier on medical assistants. >> basically, being very comfortable having the conversation like, we are going to take your blood it will be a small pinch we never says the going to hurt it is a needle people will not believe you when you say i am going to put a needle in your body it will not hurt. it is a pinch, very very sharp just goes in, and you are done. >> i ask that question because i will never be a medical assistant because i can't do it the fact that i am still standing is good you got smelling salts? it is always maybe in question but i am happy you have all come and trained to do this that mines there is a spot

available for you as well myfoxdc.com see the whole needle thing makes me nervous. we have a link to med tech institute if you want the find out more about the programs they are offering now and how you can come find out more coming up next hour we are going to give the shots. >> correct. >> i don't know maybe i can handle that. depends on who i am envisioning giving it to. coming up 9:00 a.m. hour. >> hope it is not one of us. >> holly thank you >> as far as you know, no. >> cringing already. could spain be saying goodbye to the siesta, taking a break in the middle of the afternoon, it has been a way of life for generations with the euro zone, fourth largest economy grappling with a 21% unemployment rate, low productivity, 2 hour lunch could be on the way out, some people in spain say siesta is sacred others disagree. >> it is totally incompatible

with a normal life it is clear something has to be done about it. >> we are fighting for a work day that ends at 4, 5, maximum 6:00 p.m. at midday we take back the time dedicated to lunch, which is 45 to 60 minutes. >> it is not the first time siesta has been under attack before the turn of the century it used to be three hours until organizations started cutting it to two >> i think it is a fantastic idea. >> it is a way of life, a way to -- but any way >> it would be nice. 8:50 a.m. tuesday morning, care packages for troops not usually controversial. but they are causing quite the fire storm at one college. it is not that far away. we will have more coming up. it is now a good time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, good morning matt he is a self- proclaimed country boy he is from fort valley virginia, he said we never pick anyone from what he calls the fix he can say that he lives there.

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care packages for troops, shameful? that is with a one sufficient folk university law pro if he is tore things, a campus wide e- mail was sent out asking for studentstaff to put together care packages for deployed soldiers, the professor said it is shameful that it is perceived as legitimate to solicit in an academic institution for support for men and women who have gone overseas to kill other human beings. >> i disagreed with the sentiment expressed in that e- mail but that is ac dania for you. >> that reflects the overall feelings of sufficient folk law in general as a patriotic school we have a huge american

flag in the atrium. >> the president says he respects professor avery's opinion the care package drive is ongoing. 8:55 a.m., tony will be back after the break. coming up 9:00 a.m. hour a group of local kids brings an important message to our studios, capitol kids perform, their no bully anthem live. 8:55 a.m. 8:55 a.m. 

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forward. >> allegations of insider trading on capitol hill, lawmaker haves access to inside information no one else has. are they using it for their own gain. a group of kids with a powerful message for us all, several have been bullied others were bullied, themselves, they were bullied i should say, but they have come together to promote safer environments in our classroom we will talk with the capitol kidwatch them perform. message loud and clear. they have been making some area appearances, all across the washington region we will have one in our studio. >> very good. tucker barnes is here, he has got the latest on today's forecast and whether or not we might see showers this morning hey tucker. >> hey, tony one or two showers at the moment later this afternoon showers spill in, and i won't call it a rainy day but a gloomy day lots of clouds around at least mild temperatures, 70 later this afternoon, let's get to the