she feels better. >> tucker good morning. >> hey, guys, rain started falling overnight with us for our morning commute, with us on and off throughout the day. definitely want to bring along an umbrella. let's kick it off and look at your radar. there you go. hit and miss showers becoming more widespread in the past hour or some good band of rain along portions of route 50, prince georges county, annapolis, good rain southern maryland, more rain redeveloping here. believe it or not the possibility of a thunderstorm as well. temperatures relatively mild, washington, 57 degrees fog across the area humidity up 96%. winds out of the south and west at 6. shifting out of the north that will help drop the temperature for you later today. plenty of showers around, umbrella weather, here to say highs struggle for a time early this afternoon into the low 60s

falling later today and possibility of a late day thunderstorm, more details on the forecast coming up in a couple minutes, julie wright what's up. a lot of slow traffic as you make your way around town travelling northbound i-95, delays from the wood bridge area, prince william parkway, up towards springfield. lanes are open inner loop of the belt way slowing from robinson terminal. 66 on the brakes in manassas and as you work your way east of centerville. southbound 29 at randall of, big delays before randolph headed down towards the right side of the highway. northbound you will find all your lanes are open. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. a bullet hit a window at the white house. now investigators want to know if that is connected to a recent shooting on constitution avenue. live with more on our top

story, stacy. >> reporter: well, if it is not connected it is strange to have gunfire and bullets around the white house and not be connected but there is quite a bit of space between the shooting last week and discovery of these bullets, there were two, one discovered yesterday it shattered a window in the white house it was stopped by special ball listic glass shielding they have on the inside of the windows to protect any bullets from penetrating and another was found outside the white house building. the question is this connected to the shooting that happened friday. now at that time, two witnesses reported hearing gunfire outsid constitution avenue nearby, and there were two vehicles they reported speeding away, this man, oscar ortega hernandez is the man police are looking for in connection with this incident because a short time later a vehicle was found abeen doned and inside they -- abandoned and inside they found

an ak 47 assault rifle and various information and items that connected the vehicle to hernandez he may have come to this area several weeks ago we are told he is no stranger to law enforce. he has drug charges, assault on a police officer stemming from incidents in the midwest, two separate incidents at this point. secret service has not said if these bullets are connected to those found in that vehicle but we heard that there was gunshot heard friday and bullets found yesterday. stacy cohen back to you. thank you very much. prince georges county police are investigating two separate killings, police were called to the 700 block of mary avenue last night when they got there they found a male lying in the street with gunshot wounds, a few hours earlier a

similar scene in district heights this one in the 2100 lock county road police found a man -- block county road police found a man lying shot in a parking lot. he died at the scene. there is no word if they think these cases are related. fairfax county police investigating an incident of a man jumping into a car at a shopping center early similar to a murder last year. they are examining surveillance video of the confrontation at fairfax plaza, merry field two weeks ago the woman in the car screamed and ran off it is the same area where teenage murder victim, vanessa fan was seen summer 2010. >> you will see the victim walking across the parking lot she is now getting in her vehicle he is approaching the rear. it is the same parking lot vanessa fam was last seen alive june 27th before she was found murdered along arlington boulevard and williams drive.

the woman who screamed, provided police with a composite sketch of the man, he is said to be in his 20s or 30s. vigil planned war recent deaths of six members of the james madson university family, six are dead, one killed in a skate boarding accident, one died of an apparent heart attack, another killed after a bus struck her on campus. penn state child sex abuse scandal getting more attention by the day. the man who saw jerry sandusky with a boy in a shower getting looked at. things are far from normal on penn state campus, new details coming to light each day including a flip flop from a man who told a grand jury he

saw jerry sandusky assault a boy in 2002 and left the room and called his father. students on campus are still coming to terms with the or deal. >> it is so -- i can't get my head around it. >> notorious coach is doing little to help clear his name. >> i have horsed around with kids, i have showered after work outs, i have hugged them and i have touched their leg. >> clearly i think he is guilty. >> the assistant coach is one of several people facing backlash for not doing more to stop sandusky. he counters that claim and says i did stop it not physically, but made sure it was stopped when i left that locker room. the fall out from sandusky's shocking behavior is having ripple effects across the state the judge presiding over the case is coming under scrutiny it is discovered she served as

a volunteer to sandusky's charity, the second mile. a thrift store west philadelphia feeling the effects of the scandal. the store called second mile center is dealing with a loss of business as a result of the recent controversy. >> if you were in the habit of donating to a nonprofit you believed in, i would stop giving too if i thought there was a connection. sandusky will have a preliminary hearing to see if there is enough evidence for prosecutors to move forward with the case. >> occupy protestors in new york city are back in the park in lower manhattan police kicked them out early yesterday but a judge said they can return but free speech rights do not include pitching tents. in california a man was shot by police at uc berkley after he raised a gun berkley students

joined the occupy cal movement but it is not clear if the gunman was part of the protest. president obama getting honored in australia this morning. it is the official arrival ceremony in the capitol this morning he stood with his hand over his heart as a military band played the national anthem he is meeting with australia's prime minister announcing plans of military cooperation with australia. >> one week from today the debt super committee is to come out with proposals to cut over $1 trillion from the budget they are no closer to an agreement. as doug luzader reports if they do not agree on a deal results could be severe. >> the idea behind the super committee was to make the tough choices congress and white house were not making themselves but it just isn't happening. this is what it has come to on capitol hill, waiting for anyone to say anything. >> can you tell us anything? >> reporter: no, they won't

because there isn't a deal yet congress created the super committee, six democrats, six republicans to figure out how to make unpopular budget cuts if they don't come up with a deal to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, automatic cuts will kick in, including a $600 billion slice from the pentagon's budget. >> democrats and republicans have all done good work but there isn't an agreement. >> reporter: even pun dents are bickers about who is to blame. >> entitlements -- >> the dead lock on the committee on the democrats? >> not blaming the dead lock on the committee. both parties need to be blamed for the super committee dead lock. >> that is why the super committee members seem to be the most popular people on capitol hill full of hope they say but on the verge of failure. if they do not come up with required cuts in time congress

may cough out they could diffuse the trigger to go off next week or ask another committee to make the difficult cuts. doug luzader, fox news. kind of defeats the purpose of having the super committee in the first place. 7:10 a.m., 57 degrees, rain this wednesday morning a local teacher arrested accused of coming to class drunk. more on that when we check out some other stories making headlines. >> no elevator meant taking the esculator for a metro rider, moments later that went out too. how the other riders came to the rescue. stay with us

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for being drunk on the job. he taught physics in south riding, the principal called police monday when other teachers said they smelled alcohol on his breath. >> police in the district are on alert after a rash of armed robberies in southwest washington investigators say at least four people were victims of similar hold ups near the national mall and washington national baseball stadium all after dark all within the last 10 days. >> montgomery county council met to consider a curfew, to keep kids off the streets overnight hours. critics argue it is unconstitutional. county executive is police chief believe it will help, council will vote december 1st. tuck certificate back with a look at our forecast -- tucker is back with a look at our forecast. wet stuff all day. >> yeah, it is here to say maybe a thunder storm later this afternoon. it is possible but umbrella weather for our wednesday and then colder, jacket weather. here today.

thursday and friday. >> two days. >> yeah, but you know, we are transitioning into our wintertime. >> yes,. >> by the way, thanksgiving is around the corner. >> crazy. >> hasn't felt like it yet, temperatures so warm. maybe it will next two days. >> maybe it will. shower activity hitting us across the bay, pretty good showers out towards easton. getting good rain. south and west of washington, down towards 95, fredericks burg, showers out to the west more shower activity look what happens when i open it up a frontal system area of low pressure out the our west we will be dealing with rain throughout the day today, probably get some breaks from time to time generally speaking plenty of rain later this afternoon as the front pushes south and east, possibility there could be a couple rumbles of thunder across that front. temperatures not a bad start, 57 washington, 52 boston notice what is going on off toward it

is north and west chicago, 36 degrees lots of -- look at that teens and 20s. international falls, 21 degrees, guess what is headed in our direction steve. >> not 21 degrees. >> not 21 degrees but 20s around here by friday morning here in washington, right close to the freezing mark by friday and saturday morning. there you go. 5 day forecast, 62 this afternoon, 51 daytime high, thursday and friday, football game sunday low 60s. clouds around. >> if you live in the great plain states you got to love cold weather. >> yeah otherwise you couldn't live there. >> down in the teens this time of year i guarantee julie wright will probably not have montana, north dakota on her vacation calendar. >> julie ever been there? >> nope. >> ever going to go? >> nope. i have no desire, none whatsoever. god bless them you know but nope.

>> what if we told you that is where the nutty buddy factory was? >> then i would go in july and that would be it. you got to remember i am the girl who goes to florida in july. true. on the roads, dealing with wet pavement, a lot of traffic northbound i-95 as you work your way past wood bridge past the occoquan and beyond, inner loop of the belt way on the brakes as you travel from braddock out towards the exit at 66. meanwhile problems to report for you on the inner loop of the belt way as you make your way past alan town road accident activity, tied up two left lanes, slow go, route 4. checking for a stalled car there. inner loop of the belt way headed down toward it is accident scene. 15 minute commute now. outer loop of the belt way you know it you are on the brakes, route 1 to connecticut avenue, 30 minute trip average speed southbound, 195, 198, 21 miles

per hour. bumper to bumper slow headed toward the belt way, trying to recover from that earlier crash. 22 miles per hour, headed down towards university boulevard. that is a check of your on time traffic. metro police let fox 5 cameras tape a sting operation, they set surveillance at the prince georges plaza stop an under cover transit officer laid the bait, nearly $4,000 bias system sitting in the open unlocked inviting thieves to take it and they did. last wednesday police say the bait bike lured in some bad guys. there was two suspects, adults, and they were acting in concert identified the bike when they saw everything was clecertificate one served -- served as a lookout the bike was rigged to malfunction. transit officers are routinely serving as decoys, displaying iphones and other electronic equipment to catch criminals.

now to a metro story you will see on fox metro riders rushed to help a man in a wheelchair at the brooklyn station. the elevator was out of service so he tried to go down the esculator in his chair. he was screaming why aren't you helping him you can't be just standing there watching him why aren't you helping him. >> reporter: when anthony got off the train at brook land he saw a man in a wheelchair trapped on the esculator. >> i came up the steps, stood in front of the esculator and i start snapping pictures. >> reporter: of at least two metro employees, who stood by watching and not helping. >> this picture here is showing, all these people, people coming in asking them why aren't y'all up there trying to help. their response was he shouldn't have been on the esculator. >> reporter: and he might not have been but the elevator was

broke can be is often the case at brook land. >> these elevators are always out. when you come here it is either the elevator or esculator. >> the elevator still wasn't working at 5:00 p.m., 9 hours after the wheelchair user needed it most. with elevators out you can take a shuttle bus to the next station, anest can you later or steps all 42 -- an esculator or steps all 42 of them. >> not good for laity sha whose son uses an adaptive stroller that doesn't fold up. this does not break down for me i have to go to another station, go to another bus and find another alternative to get to my destination. >> they don't have a report of the incident at brook land so he can't comment on actions of metro epictures he does stretch however it is never a good idea to take a wheelchair on the esculator, metro provides free shuttle bus service to the next stop at any

station, if the elevator is out. there is some good news for the wednesday commute, elevator at brook land is back up and running, at least for now. audrey barnes, fox 5 news. we checked according to metro's website that elevator is working now at brook land station but one esculator is still out of service. 21 minutes past the hour, more big box stores coming to the district more on that when we come back. >> a little later, live at verizon center where cirque du soleil's new show gets under way today. holly morris has a preview. maybe she will be in the show. stay with us 

7:25 a.m., slot machines banned from coming to prince georges county for now t county council on tuesday tabled a bill that would have banned slots the owners are pushing hard for slots to be approved there as a way to save the fie man shaly strap -- financially strapped race track. they called on the maryland legislature to come up with slots in the county. wal-mart is making its arrival in district of columbia official today and discount giant is announcing plans to open six stores in dc two more than the original proposal wal- mart extending presence east of the anacostia where there are not many shopping opportunities and high unemployment. >> if you are just waking up stay tuned when we come back we will take another look at today's top stories. >> that includes more on the

bullet found inside a window at the white house plus another check on weather and your on time traffic there is rain showers out there, fog as well stay with us, fox 5 morning news will be right back at 7:26 a.m. 

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welcome back, 7:29 a.m., here is another look today's top stories, no sign of this man suspected in friday's shooting, constitution avenue. they are looking at whether two bullets found at the white house yesterday are linked to the case. one hit a window but stopped by bay lastic glass shielding. -- ballistic glass shielding. >> police in fairfax county are trying to figure out if an incident at a shopping mall last month is linked to a murder last year. a man jumped into a woman's car she screamed and jumped out and wasn't hurt but it was the same place where vanessa fam was last scene on video, after her car was seen leaving that same area of the fairfax plaza. the man who admits he saw jerry sandusky assault a boy in a penn state locker room, is

saying something different. he said to a friend i did stop it, not physically but made sure it was stopped when i left that locker room. to a grand jury he said he just called his dad and reported it. rain all day long, periods of rain maybe a thunder storm later this afternoon temperatures so mild will generally start to hit in the down direction here as we begin the afternoon it will feel more like thanksgiving and totally fall. showers continue, they are starting to fill in off to the south and west, and yeah, bottom line we are just going to have rain showers with us all day long not raining heavily but periods of showers, belt way, you can see showers redeveloping, last 15 minutes off to the south and east, waldorf, la plata out towards the west, port royal, win

chester, bottom line, rain with us, area wide when all is said and done we may pick up close to an inch of rain and possibility later this afternoon we could maybe see a thunder storm where you could hear thunder as the system moves on through. there you go. one, two combination, frontal system, last couple days, hanging up right across the mid- atlantic, area of low pressure developing off to the south and west that is enhancing rain showers you can see it into portions of kentucky and ohio all that generally will be sliding along the front later today, rain showers will stick with us. good news, the front should sag far enough away, as we get into the overnight hours and tomorrow that we should get a return to sunshine notably cooler, daytime highs tomorrow, struggle with 50 degrees, cooler air on the way. currently 57 regan national, 59 quantico, 55 leonard town, 57 annapolis, 55 martins burg. high temperatures will top out

late morning, early afternoon, low 60s bring along a jacket and an umbrella. >> cloudy skies, showers, maybe a storm best chance will be south and east of the city winds out of the north, 5 to 10 miles per hour cloudy skies, showers continue, raining tonight for your evening commute 46 your overnight low your 5 day forecast, chilly thursday and friday's daytime highs, only 50, i will hit that freezing mark, for the first time this year in washington by early friday morning and saturday morning too. the weekend looks dry, red skin game sunday, dry, low 60s that is weather, julie how is the wealther effecting -- weather effecting traffic. >> pavement, road spray, travelling the inner loop of the belt way, alan town road, the accident activity, tieing up the two left lanes, it will cost you 10 minutes worth of time inbound, new york avenue

lanes open northeast to northwest, accident activity reported south dakota avenue, 33rd, northeast washington travelling south, baltimore washington parkway, 197, down towards route 50 a 30 minute commute outer loop of the belt way on the brakes, headed towards 270, no accidents just volume, southbound 29, stacked up, eastbound 66 on the brakes, out of manassas, trying to get past fair oaks stop and go until you reach the belt way inner loop of the belt way, robinson terminal up towards 66 that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right thank you very much with the debt reduction super committee reportedly dead locked, hairy reed and house -- harry reed and john boehner may be looking at stepping in. joining us jim and his while his good friend peter is away, we are happen toy to welcome -- happy to welcome,

peter brown. the work to be done, this is -- it was a big challenge for congress to work this out they picked these people to try to hammer it out on a more personal level the word that comes out is that the hammering out is not getting done. are they going to get this done jim? >> does that surprise you. >> not not at all. >> the story last night was they are thinking of a proposal they will set targets and pass the ball back the congress. >> which didn't get it done in the first place. >> what i think this really does quite honestly is just kind of, just jacks up the angst more with voters to show that you know, this just doesn't work any more. some of the comments about tearing it up, blowing it up, overhauling it, you know, becomes more and more valid when you watch this stuff. >> david i think some of the frustration is from what has come out so far it seems the same issues, same division we

had in congress as a whole, still remains, with these people who were supposed to have the mind set to work this out. >> first of all, if you are not going to raise revenue, taxes, closing loopholes if you are not going to do that, you can't bring in more money you got to cut but we've cut we are trim down to what eisenhower years at this point. the problem is these guys are like children they have been like children for years, you have to put them under a deadline it is like your kids got a test you know he is going to wait until the night before to study these guys are going to go to the 11th hour the shame of it is the credit rating of the united states and stock market will be the result. >> when you charge a group of 12 people to do this, because it is a smaller, more intimate group are they working with the best interests of the country as a whole in mind or still working for their own best interests? working because of the pressure their party is putting on them? >> well, not being in the room

you don't really know but i suspect they all come in with good intentions but just like if you are in a conference, in a meeting you just get one loud mouth or one bad apple and just ruins the whole thing like the petulant child starts banging on the table and sits in the corner and cries and whines. >> jim and i could do it, the two of us we could work it out instead of 12. >> yeah, we could. >> 12 seems like a lot but what happens if something is not done. we talk with members of this committee before and their fear was they wouldn't get anything done. this goes back months ago when thanksgiving was far away but now it is like if we don't get it done by thanksgiving we will find a way to delay it or put it off. doesn't seem like that fear of the deadline is really there. what happens? >> first of all it puts obama in a tight spot he put his

proposal down they didn't accept it, had a super committee but i think there is a trigger here there is some serious cuts that are going to happen if they don't pass this no body actually -- the secret no body in congress wants what is going to happen to happen. they will have to do this. again, backed up against the wall they will have to do something. >> no body will be happy everybody will complain and whine when it is all said and done. you are only talking about the goal was $1.2 trillion that is it. >> over how many years? senator coburn had a press conference a month or two ago who identified 9 trillion dollars worth of cuts yet they can't come up with 1.2. shows the ineptitude of what is going on. >> well, let's talk about what is happening in the race for 2012 i will give you first crack dave i know jim can't wait to talk about what is happening. we will start now, we've seen, i mentioned this last week to

jim, that when you look at the gop contenders, really mitt romney is the only one who stayed that level path so far but basically because he is keeping his mouth shut not really doing too much we saw rick perry go up and fall off and we saw herman cain go up and he is falling off, because he is not being able to complete sentences or whatever the problem is. do democrats just like to sit back and salivate and enjoy this process as it goes on? >> yes. >> i will tell you, the thing about mitt romney, is practice, he has worked harder than everybody else, fought through this, done this before, if mitt romney were a southern baptist, he would be done. the base of the primary the base, is in the south. he is not of the south, and i think if you were it would be done and other than that, i

mean, no body excites anybody there is no body exciting. >> jim ere anybody exciting in this field? >> um, i don't know to be honest with you i tell you why you look at numbers that came out of iowa, we have four people tied for first place when you look into those numbers, 40%, of that 80%, is pretty much solid, 60% is open each one of those, they have 20% really only have 10%. is herman cain done? >> i am surprised he is still around to be honest with you i thought he would just crater, but this last episode might hurt him enough. if you watch herman cain overtime he is just winging it. what about rick perry. >> he is coming back. >> you have good reason to say so. >> i do. because there is so much time still and look where we were a month ago and look where we can

be in another month or 6 weeks, he still has money. >> david for you and big question there are other polls show a number of these guys could beat president obama if it was head to head does the white house worry about what is happening now even if no one stands out and excites on the gop ticket? >> no, if you look at this time, any year, it is always a 50/50 race. half americans are not quite happy and half are saying things are all right. >> for months we have been saying we have a lot of time but we are starting to get to that point we are going to get down to it guys always a pleasure david good to see you, jim hopefully we will see you next week. back over to you tony. >> thank you very much. coming up 7:41 a.m., airport security going to be a little different this holiday season a closer look when we check out some other stories making headlines this morning plus another look at the forecast, on this wet, wednesday, julie is back with your on time traffic she will tell us whether or not it will

actually be on time. fox 5 morning news will be right back 

7:44 a.m., big changes at airport security for the busy holiday travel season which kicks off this weekend. tsa screeners will no longer make children under 12 take off their shoes. 23 million passengers are expected to travel through the nations airports over the thanksgiving holiday. more fall out from the nba lock out the league is now cancelled all games through december 15th more than a quarter of the season. news came just hours before locked out players filed two anti trust lawsuits in at least two states. he became division one's all time winningest coach when duke beat michigan state last night blue devils gave coach k his 903rd win breaking the tie with bobby knight. >> his old coaching mentor. >> bobby knight was at the game. >> there to give him a hug at the game.

>> maryland fans probably not to happy about that. >> 903 wins. >> always a classy coach too. >> yeah, has he? >> yeah. >> okay i don't know that much about him. >> yeah, he is a class act. and tucker is a maryland guy. he is trying to be serious with tucker you never know. >> in this case, no, i am saying yeah. >> okay very good. >> too bad 800 of those were against maryland but there you go. right to radar, showers continue across the area, and unfortunately, rain showers south, really they are area wide but particularly south, southern maryland, waldorf, la plata. southern anne arundel county getting a good soaking rain. bottom line, rain, with us here, right through the midday hours into the evening commute

really, into evening showers, scattered showers around. >> computer doing a nice job showing you the rain showers with us on and off throughout the day. here we are at 3, more rain off to the west and south, that will move through late this afternoon, could be a thunder storm, as this whole system sort of winds down in the real cool air filters in with some warm air we have had here last couple days, into tomorrow morning left over shower, south and east of the city, tomorrow's daytime high, 50 degrees. your 5 day, 62 today, temperatures falling this afternoon, jacket weather and look at that by this weekend lots of sunshine temperatures rebounding back into the 50s. no extreme cold any time soon. >> thank you sir. let's check with julie wright say good morning to her. i wish we didn't have extreme traffic but it is very busy out here on the roads prince georges county, accident activity on the inner loop of the belt way alan town road

tieing up two left lanes heads off as you travel inner loop, 214, down to suit land road an 8 minute drive, northbound 5, we have a stalled car, tieing up the left side of the highway again making the trip on the inner loop of the belt way, 19 minute mile per hour commute, as you guys try to work your way southbound, 95 and 495, inbound new york avenue, leaving 50 headed out towards here, 30 minute commute, stalled car westbound belt way tieing up the left side to have highway. speaking of the belt way, checking for accident activity, slow here near connecticut avenue, and exit for 270 authorities sent to check for accident activity in this area. inbound, 66 before you reach the belt way, accident activity along the right side to have road keeping you on the brakes as you travel in from manassas. we would like to say good morning to our facebook fan of

the day, anika and she and her husband and what she calls their twin cesss who watch the show as they get ready for the day. find us on facebook searching fox 5 morning news and post a comment under anikas photo. >> there is a cirque du soleil show getting under way in dc. >> holly is right in the middle of the action as you would expect holly. careful now holly. careful now. >> i am not going to let 9 months pregnancy, to get in the way of being part of cirque du soleil. this is all the height they are letting me go. we are behind the scenes at a new show, in fact, it is new because it is in an arena for the first time i am going to hand over the silk to the real experts. on the gentleman is getting

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>> cirque du soleil making its return to washington. >> this show is called kidam runs through sunday at verizon center that is where we find holly morris, good you are out of the silk there. that is good. >> reporter: yeah, i just wanted you guys to reach your target heart rate this morning making you a little nervous, we are having a little fun as we always do when we get to go backstage at a cirque du soleil show there is two important things to know about this show. first and foremost it is only here for a limited time. opens tonight, runs through

sunday, eight performances only. so you need to make your plans to see it the second most importance thing is you -- important thing is you won't see the big blue and yellow tent downtown. this is an arena show they did kidam under the tent, started back in 1996 last year they decided to move it to an arena to give it a new feel. >> tonya is an aerial contortionist in silk she will put the red silk to the test this morning. >> good morning. >> how long have you been part of this show. >> only on the tour two months. >> you only know doing it in an arena. >> yeah. >> so how does that feel? >> absolutely greet i mean i am from the u.s. so it is so fabulous to visit all these cityget to bring the show to a new audience. >> you know, when you are ever a part of cirque du soleil, there is a really high expectation that comes with it, i mean, these actors and actresses and acrobats are the best of the best from around the world how is that pressure

for you. >> um, it is good i think it is really up lifting you know when you are working with the best, it encourages you to do your best we are supportive of each other >> i just realized something you have only been with the show two months that is why you drew the early card. i will let her go on and go back to the silk she will do a few things for us this morning thank you tonya very much they have this whole area set up behind the big stage so people in the show can warm up and get ready. meanwhile jessica is with me she is the publicist. we have really cool side owe that shows the transport mission of the space. it is different than with the -- transformation of the space it is different than tents. >> yes, when we come here to verizon center we will block a third of the size out, to have our backstage, gym, props, costume everything is back here

we put the big black drapes so you don't even see this and then we bring our stage forward and do seating very similar to what you will find under the big top so people will still be able to have that cirque du soleil intimate feeling when they come in >> they won't be disappointed still that same feel. >> it is the the same great production just under a different roof. >> we have tonya up there already this morning how about that, before 8:00 a.m.,. >> yes. >> meanwhile, let's talk a little bit not only about her but this is an international cast, world class 52 acrobats, musicians, singers, dancers ands, tell me about the show itself. >> it is just one of cirque du soleil's jewels, one of the classic productions like you mentioned earlier it has been travelling for 15 years, it has a nice maturity to it, but it appeals to all audiences and places, great family friendly entertainment production but

also a great date night. >> look at her a little twinkle in the eye is that you telling me i need to get one more date night in before my bundle of joy arrives. >> no, just good boyfriend points for people at home. entertaining for everyone. >> how does it go. are tickets selling fast? >> tickets are going very well, we still have tickets available for every representation, eight shows only they are going quick. all performers are really excited to be performing in an amazing city like dc every body was off monday and tuesday and went to see the different museums, monument, spy museum. >> i am happy they are taking advantage of our wonderful city. you need to take advantage they are in town only tonight through suns. 8 performances only, myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to theirs tickets are going fast get them now. big thank you ouch to tonya, who got up early for us this

morning and did all of that, coming up in our next hour, we have another act we will get a sneak peek at the german wheel and the guy becomes a human spoke. it will be be pure cirque du soleil as impressive as tys are >> always impressive i am impressed with the magic at that goes into transforming verizon center. >> pretty cool. >> 7:57 a.m., after 8:00 a.m. a new list out of the best places to work in the federal government. >> yep stay with us, sarah simmons will join steve in a moment 

the white house has a serious mystery on its hands, who fired at least two shots, 1600 pencil venn yeah avenue. one bullet -- pennsylvania avenue. >> one bullet hit a window. >> security stepped up at a northern virginia strip mall after a shopper said a man jumped into her car. this happened near the mysterious murder of vanessa

fam. >> what are the best federal agencies to work for? glad you are with us this morning i am steve chenevey >> i am sarah simmons in for alison seymour. hello to tucker barnes, tony getting ready for the next hour you are helping us out here how are you doing >> reporting to duty. >> it is raining out there today >> it will be raining all day long possibility of a thunderstorm later this afternoon. bottom line with the forecast, umbrella weather here to stay and yep, jacket too. temperatures falling back to 50s no more 70s in the forecast. >> well, we are getting back to normal actually. >> yeah, and we need to set the stage for good eating weather next week. you just don't eat well in the 70s and 80s you need 40s and 50s. >> hd radar rain here to stay, heaviest rain, generally from city south down 95, southern maryland you are getting good soaking rain at the moment out to the east, prince georges

county, anne arundel, across the bay, getting rain as well. even our neighbors off to the north and west, frederick, washington county, maryland, rain with us on and off throughout the day not going to rain all day long but there will be periods of rain here, even through the evening commute and night time hours, showers will stick around. >> temperatures cooler than yesterday, 56 regan national, not pad for this time of year, 57 fredericks burg, 54 winchester, hagerstown, highs will briefly top out low 60s and start to fall during the course of the afternoon so, that is why i mentioned bring along a jacket, temperatures 4:00 p.m., 58 degrees, possibility of a thunderstorm later today. >> sounds spring like. >> thanks tucker. >> let's check with julie, hey, julie. >> hey you guys very much a busy commute on the road let's bet to it travelling the inner loop of the belt way, alan town road the two left lanes tied up at the scene of this crash big

delays, 202 headed around to the accident scene northbound 5, stalled car left lane. approaching 704 near the belt way, prince georges police tell me they are on the scene of an accident two lanes blocked off headed inbound toward the capitol belt way lanes open top stretch although very slow, 95 around georgia avenue, inbound, 66, accident activity pushed over to the right shoulder, lanes open tough go, leaving manassas. that accident reported, past connecticut avenue as you can see traffic remains slow leaving college park headed around towards bethesda. new this morning disturbing find at the white house, bullet hit a window, second bullet found in the white house grounds investigators are trying the figure out if this is connected to last week's recent shooting. stacy. well, a very curious situation here at the white house, obviously one of the

most well protected buildings in our city first, a shooting, then several days later, bullets discovered, very unusual, tuesday, yesterday, secret service reported finding one bullet shattered a window at the white house, did not penetrate the building they have special ballistic glass inside the plain glass window that protected the interior of the building and another bullet found outside the white house this comes a few days after the shooting friday day when witnesses report hearing gunfire, in the area of constitution avenue not far near the white house two vehicles were seen speeding away. later police found an abandoned vehicle inside they found a weapon, an assault rifle, ak-47 and information that lead them to a man named oscar ortega hernandez he is who u.s. park police issued an arrest warrant for he is known to have run ins with the law including drug violations and assault on a

police officer. they have not been able to locate him so far and here at the white house secret service are not saying whether those bullets were connected to the weapon found in that vehicle or a separate incident entirely. from the white house i am stacy cohen back to you. all right thank you. sarah. new this morning, prince georges county police investigating two separate killings, the latest one in oxen hill where police were called to the 700 block, maury avenue, 7:00 p.m. last night, a man was found shot in the street he died at hospital a few hours earlier a very similar scene district heights, 2100 lock county road police found a man shot to death -- block county road police found a man shot to death in the parking lot. fairfax county police are investigating the incident of a man, jumping into a car in a shopping center early similar to a murder that happened last year they are examining video at the fairfax plaza, two weeks ago the woman in the car

screamed and ran off the man is then seen just casually walking away it is the same area where teenage murder victim, vanessa fan was seen in summer 2002. a vigil planned after six members of a james madson university family, two recent graduates dead as well as the school's vice provost apparently of a heart attack and another student struck by a bus last night. the penn state graduate assistant is now giving a different account. he e-mailed an unidentified source saying in part i did stop it not physically but made sure it was stopped when i left that locker room i did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police. he told the grand jury he

just left the locker room and phoned his father after witnesses the assault. >> joe paterno could look at a big pension he was working for the university more than 60 years according to associated press that would put him in line of a pension of more than a half million dollars a year the 84-year-old is not officially retired yet and a number of factors could determine the amount. >> occupy wall street demonstrators have returned to lower manhattan the park was cleared yesterday after a judge upheld the city's move to remove people from the park and stop the protestors from bringing tents back in. the judge said they have rights to peacefully assemble but not with camping equipment. 750 came back, when the park was reopened late last night. a man was shot in california, at uc berkeley after he raised a gun. berkeley students joined the uc cal movement but not sure if the gunman was part of the

protest. >> president obama getting the royal treatment in australia he just attended a particle meantry dinner with the australian prime minister. he is due to give an historic address to parliament tomorrow then he travels to darwin australia where he will meet and greet troops before travelling to bali. he is expected to announce a permanent presence of u.s. marines there. looking for a job with some decent pay, fair bosses, good employee moral, i think a lot of people are. some federal agencies have all that and more washington post federal eye columnist, has a first look at the best new places to work ranks for federal agencies. >> good to see you. >> this will ring true with a lot of people out there, a lot of folks in the area work for federal agencies let's get right to looking at the list i am curious a lot of people are, who ranks highest and who ranks lowest.

>> among agencies that employ 2,000 or more employees, fdic, insured bank deposits, nuclear regulatory commission and government accountability office, the one that does those great investigations that cause a lot of jaw dropping around town. fdic ranking first, for the first time ever, nuclear regulatory commission, ranking second, among smaller agencies, surface transportation board deals with highways, defense nuclear facilities board a new entrant into the survey i never heard of them before but they are doing well and federal mediation and conciliation services that deals with issues among federal workers themselves. >> what do you think this is based on they were not number one last year, how much do you thing the economy and that sort of thing is playing into this and why are they ranked number one compared to others. >> survey was taken by 276,000 federal employees across the country in april and may it asked questions how well do you thing your top bosses at the

agency are performing is your job matching up with the mission of the agency, pay and bonuses are you working in a family friendly culture is there a good work life balance for whatever reason fdic ranks at the top the leadership of the agency is getting good scores, if you thing about the last few years with financial regulation, fdic has been in the middle of it and as bosses there said yesterday we have a clear mission we know what we are supposed to be doing that rubs off on workers in a good way. >> why have some of them slipped do we think? some i think ranked a little higher i believe was the national archives higher than it used to be nuclear regulatory commission. >> nuclear regulatory commission was first last three times and sunk a little bit the big reason is because of pay they have a lot of people there obama administration overall is trying to put a clamp down on year end bonuses, trying to show we are cutting back and so we are not going to reward workers as much that is upsetting people at the nrc year end bonuses can be a big

deal national archives ranked last among big agencies they sank to the bottom part of the reason they say over there we are in the midst of a big reorganization any time they start overhauling any organization, uncertain tapety give us a few years we hope numbers -- uncertainty, give us a few years we hope numbers will turn around. >> let's talk about administrators do they take a step back and look at this and say we need to pay attention or wave their hand and say oh, well. >> this is increasingly being taken seriously by agencies you will see a lot of press releases among departments, out thing their performance ahead of the nrc, look he was in india yesterday called me from india to defend the fact the agency had slipped a spot they use this as a recruiting tool when out there looking for new workers they use it as a bragging right, up on the hill when they are trying to get more money for their budget it is taken seriously this is an administration that has really

looked at these numbers and said if you are not doing well you need to fix it. >> some people will want to know, any of them hiring fdic anybody. >> sure all of them are hiring at one time or another, they are in the midst of a two year pay freeze some of these places because they are anticipating budget cuts they are offering buy outs, laying off people were maybe just using attrition but in many places yes, they are hiring and if you are qualified you could find yourself a pretty good job. >> get your resume out there. ed o'keefe federal eye reporter, washington post thanks for coming in. 12 minutes past the hour a local teacher arrested accused of coming to class drunk more on that when we check out other stories making headlines. >> police say ms 13 gang has long been responsible for violent crime now branching out into under age prostitution. we will look at this problem when we come back stay with us ♪

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a teacher was arrested for drinking on the job that teacher has now resigned. he taught physics at a middle school in south riding, some teachers reported smelling alcohol on his breath monday he is charged with being drunk in public he tested above the legal limit in virginia. a rash of armed robberies, southwest dc has police on alert there have been four hold ups in the last ten days near the national mall, and national ballpark, each time it was after dark and there were three to five robbers. >> debate continues in montgomery county over a possible teen curfew a public hearing held last night with opinions mixed. some says the unconstitutional. council will vote on that december 1st. all right time now, 8:17 a.m., time to check with tucker barnes, rainy forecast but maybe we can get something to brighten our day >> i think tucker has just the ticket for us. >> you got it let's get to it

time now for our my first photo of the day this is 4-year-old fourjay. >> what does her shirt say? >> is that apple? apple bottoms. >> hi cutie. >> cute as can be. >> did you used to wear your hair in braids like this. >> i did i had the pony tails off to the side and really long hair and you know the boys would pull it at school and i would get really mad hopefully she doesn't have that problem. >> got any photos of that. >> not to share. >> hey, you are going to need to bring your rain boots, and your slicker, it will be raining all day long. >> sentinel radar, showers breaking out across the area, inside the belt way, dealing with rain and now we are seeing some pretty good, pretty steady rain developing off to the

south and southwest, that is where the heaviest rain has been all morning long, annapolis, southern maryland south central virginia, look at what is going on out to the west a lot of rain out there, and maybe a few thunderstorms, too, as you watch an area of low pressure, right along at that frontal boundary, last couple days, rain with us today, falling temperatures, this afternoon as winds shift out of the north, guess what, cold air, starting tomorrow our high temperatures will struggle into the upper 40s, low 50s. much cooler air on the way. right now 57 washington, 55 leonard town, 54 frederick, highs later today, low 60s maybe 62 degrees, and then cooler air gets in here tonight. detroit is 46, check out chicago, 34, our overnight lows, by friday morning and saturday morning, i think most of the area will be at or below freezing coldest air of the season, going to arrive starting later tonight.

>> there you go. your five day forecast, 52 today, 51 tomorrow, 50 friday. okay let's look at weather let's do on time traffic julie. all right tucker here we go out on the roads, accident activity still in play, inner loop of the belt way as you approach alan town road two left lanes tied up scene of the crash expect delays, 202 westbound 50, accident activity, follow police direction as you get by inbound towards the capitol belt way, southbound 270, a tough go, delays, father hurly boulevard an hour commute average speed middle brook road 14 miles per hour as you head southbound towards the split. 395, not bad leaving duke street really socked in with delays, pentagon headed up toward it is 14th street bridge, 56, tough ride out of manassas and fair oaks toward it is belt way that is a check

of your fox 5 on time traffic. it is 8:20 a.m. ms 13 street gang usually known for involvement with violent crimes said to be branches into under age prostitution, after an arrest of a local member for running a ring involving a young girl concerns for this troubling trend is rising, joining us now to talk about the issue, linda smith, founder of shared hope international that works to rescue children trapped in prostitution and former member of congress good morning. >> good to be with you. tell us first of all details how this was involved a lot of people here in washington area may not realize this is happening in your backyard. >> there is quite a market around the united states and particularly in washington dc. middle school girls for sale and the gangs have stepped right in and looked at the market and said you know, most states we are not going to go to jail this one is a good one

the federal government entered this and prosecuted this case but in most parts of the united states there would not be a lot of pressure on the gangs for selling kids because there really isn't much focus. it is all such a troubling story, i don't know what part is more troubling the fact that these girls are lured into these gangs many times not knowing what they are getting themselves into or the fact they are able to continue without really being shut down that much. >> i think the amazing thing is that the gangs are very serious, but if you notice the transcript of that trial and you might have covered that already, this 12-year-old girl was taken to where men lined up to use her pretty common men she was delivered to people's homes, taken to hotels, and i think the bigger issue on this particular case is that none of these buyers went to jail too. so we can feel really sad and

bad and even happy that this pimp is going to jail but at the same time you have a very very brisk market for middle school girls and sex with them in the local men in washington dc virginia area and i think that is a very serious issue. these bad guys will always sell something, over and over again, and if there weren't buyers they wouldn't be selling them. >> without a doubt the penalty severe for the man who was the pimp of this young girl who as you mentioned was just 12 years old when she was brought into this, but, you are saying, there is more in addition to the folks, who were paying for these services, there is a lot more people it seems involved in this process not just here in washington but it is huge all over the country. >> it is we are coming out with a report on the laws in all 50 states and district of columbia, and it will show, what in the law allows these

kids to be sold to pretty common men without much resistance around the united states, we are grading each of the states it is called a protective innocence report card for each state and where i find that most of the states fall really short, is in penalties to buyers that is throughout the united states, so it will come out december 1st, and i think what you will find is that people are going to go you must be kidding, a 13- year-old kid, 12-year-old kid can be sold to common men they are called a john and not even arrested, they don't go to jail i just looked at one report card, comparing two states in another part of the country, oregon has a 7 day penalty for buying a child the first time washington 7 years, i guess where would you buy if you were the buyer, and didn't want to get in trouble. so, this would be a very

revealing study, you can take it and use it, and call for action where this wouldn't happen there shouldn't be men in our beautiful community, of washington dc or virginia, lining up for middle school girls for 15 minutes paying $40 for sex with that child,. it is quite disturbing, it is disturbing to see this is not a federal similarity across the board and as a former member of congress, should be there be a -- should there be a federal guideline in place but is it from not just the law enforcement status but federal law. >> the fbi has been amazing, ongoing after the traffickers they have some pretty tough penalties and yet, what we are finding is that they only can constitute a very small number of -- prosecute a really small number of the cases the people on the ground are your local

police, right. the real issue is definitely the state level, i was a state official and i was over children and family services, when i went back into washington state's law and looked at what i was addressing in senate, i found that washington state's law, this was two years ago, had holes in it big enough to drive a truckload of children through i didn't know, i realized that as i looked at the laws and i think most people don't realize that, john should never be used for a man who is shopping for kids, and a child, 13, 12 years old should never be called a prostitute, prostituted child maybe but not a prostitute when we change that at the state level we will change the laws and we will change the way things happen and your kids and mine are going to be safer in the united states. >> sadly more work to be done good to see you on top of it linda smith, former member of

congress founder of shared hope international. >> if you are just waking up stay tuned we will break down our top stories coming up including more on the big story a bullet found ina window at the white house. >> live at verizon center where cirque du soleil's show gets under way. holly morris has a preview for us. that is not holly right? she is not doing that today 

taking a look at our top stories still no sign of the man suspected in friday's shooting on constitution avenue. investigators are now looking into whether two bullets found at the white house yesterday are linked to the case one hit a window at the white house but stopped by a bay lastic glass shield. secret service -- ballistic glass shield. secret service found a bullet outside as well. a man jumped into a car with a woman inside on october 27th, she screamed and jumped out, she wasn't hurt but, it is the same shopping center, where vanessa fam was last seen alive last summer after her car was seen on surveillance video, leaving that same parking lot of fairfax plaza. >> the man who says he saw

jerry sandusky assault a boy in a penn state locker room, is giving a different story. he said i made sure it was stopped when i left that locker room. he told the grand jury he left the locker room and phoned his dad after seeing the assault. up in new york city occupy wall street demonstrators are being allowed to return. they were forced out gain yesterday. >> the scene today, a little did i have aren't than it was -- different than it was before. >> crackdowns against the occupy wall street encampments have taken place at the sight where it all started new york city. they are creating a tent like city in an effort to raise awareness against what they call corporate greed now the scene is much different police moved in early tuesday morning forcing protestors out so crews can clean up. delighted to have some space to stretch out you couldn't squeeze a dime in here

before. >> protestors have been allowed to return but prohibited from setting up tents despite new rules some say they will carry on with their message. >> we will find a new place absolutely, this is going to come down to local communities, there needs to be central places for the movement, we can move into neighbourhoods all over the country all over the world. >> at least one demonstrator said it is time to move on. the occupation of the park served a good purpose at first got a lot of attention now it is time to turn a corner and become a national organized movement which is engaged with legislatures not just sitting if parks. a number of wall street protestors moved on to something called occupy the highway dozens have hit the road, walking from new york to washington dc they hope to arrive in washington by november 23rd. those protesting in dc

today getting wet out there. >> tough conditions to be outside all day expecting rain throughout the day maybe a thunderstorm later this afternoon. at times the rain will be heavy yeah, good soaking rain we haven't had in a couple weeks. >> cold weather on the way as well. gets interesting. radar, shower activity continues, really watching the radar here, really fill in the last couple hours you can see the heaviest rain generally just south and east of 95 here, 95 and there you go, right across 95, heaviest rain south and east and breaking out down towards la plata waldorf, southern maryland, pushing across charles county, calvert county, but you can see even here off to the north and west, you are not out of the woods plenty of clouds and you too will get more showers in the forecast today and perhaps a thunderstorm as well. let me open it up for you all because of a cold front that has been a slow mover there you

go. cold front slow mover area of low pressure developing along it. look at the rain we have off to our south and west, a wet one bring along a rain jacket, umbrella, it will be outdoors and i think you will need a jacket temperatures will be falling winds shift out of the north and that will allow cooler air to start filtering in. after 70s a few days ago, upper 60s highs today, low 60s temperatures start to fall later this afternoon 50s and 40s. all in all not a beautiful looking day although we could always use rain. temperatures, 57 regan national, 55 in gaithersburg. 57, winning number, area wide. leonard town, annapolis, baltimore, 57 degrees here is a look at your 5 day forecast, i maybe a thunderstorm later today tonight, temperatures fall back, mid-40s check out tomorrow's daytime high breezy as well. only 50 degrees, then overnight lows, friday morning and saturday morning in washington right about the freezing mark.

coldest air of the season here, lots of 20s area wide that is a look at weather sarah back to you. >> thank you later on today wal- mart will announce plans for six new stores for the district, two more than first thought. last year the discount chain said it would move into cities and urban areas, one area it is opening a box store, sky land town center southeast, a place district leaders have pushed for in the past. >> for many consumers black friday bargain hunting is as much a part of the thanksgiving holiday as turkey and dressing. >> there are big changes coming to predawn deals, steve joins us now live, steve, you say this year being an early bird is not early enough? how early do we have to do this. >> you will have to be a night owl this year anybody who has ever pulled an all night inner college gets the concept here some times it is easier to stay up late than wake up early is what consumers told retailers now in exchange they are

opening up earlier this year than ever before. wal-mart and toys r us will have hours starting on thanksgiving day. toys r us 9:00 p.m. wal-mart's first round of sales will happen 10:00 p.m. target, macy's kohls, best buy opening at midnight instead of the usual 3, 4, 5:00 a.m. openings, retailers are opening consumers will have a little turkey take a little nap and start that shopping rush early. >> so we start the shopping rush early are we going to start the savings early as well steve. >> good question really what stores are now doing is staggering deals just because the store opens early doesn't mean all those great rock bottom door busters will be at that early hour. wal-mart will have their first round of sales 10:00 p.m., toys, games at midnight they will release deals on electronics and computers, 8:00 a.m. black friday morning will be the rest of their deals same with toys r us. 9:00 p.m. some sales will start some

other sales won't start until 5:00 a.m. black friday retailers are hoping you will come and make multiple visits to their stores during your shopping trips this year. >> now steve the question is how do you know these are really the best deals. >> you know really, one of the traditions this time of year has become finding those leaked ads, go to bf ads,.net or back friday, it is important to understand how much money you are going to save i can tell you for me i've got my eye on a big screen tv for holiday season, right already i know i am not even going to look at the black friday stuff i have seen the prices they are not as competitive for what i want than a regular retailer online, out of state not going to charge me sales tax and no shipping i will save money i have done my homework and get the sleep in late i don't have to worry about the sales because for my situation they are not worth it. >> wait until we get to that

day where we all have the family tradition of gathering around the computer getting online sales first of all. >> exactly. >> he did inspire me but i have to say i am going to do what i do best, wait for the very last minute >> i am on the same plain as you. >> 8:37 a.m. wednesday morning united states trying something did i have aren't when it comes to smoothing the road with pakistan. >> it involves hip hop more when we come back. time to check out today's my fox half off deal for just $29 get $192 worth of services from gilda's beauty, dunloring virginia head to myfoxdc.com look for my fox half off. we will be right back

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8:45 a.m., if you have gone to see a cirque du soleil show in washington recently you probably went under a big tent somewhere. >> probably. >> you can do so starting tonight but if you are looking for signature yellow and blue tent to find the show you are going to have to look elsewhere. >> kidam runs today through sunday at verizon center that is where we find holly morris. >> they are only having 8 performances open tonight runs through sunday and there are a lot of cirque du soleil shows out there, this is one that has

been in the repertory for like 15 years now, started in 96 but last year they decided to take it to arenas they are playing verizon center but it has that cirque du soleil intimate feel because they have fans formed this place, into their show palace, so they could show case the talent they have, talent like corey sylvester who happens to be getting a work out, already in this morning good morning to you. >> good morning how are you >> i understand you did this show under the big top and have experienced it in the arena setting as well so what is the difference for you? >> well, the major difference is size, amount of people that we can reach at the same time, the size of the reception, the audience. >> you can hear the people chanting corey now when they come out to the show, right? >> you can feel the wave of the audience just growing as it goes and echos throughout the entire arena and comes back to you and shakes you. >> and feel you too as a

performer. >> yep. >> and so your story i think is so great you actually saw, kidam, and just as a spectator. >> that's right i saw it, 1996, i took my dad to see the show as my birthday gift to him for my birthday and i saw this warrior up on stage moving this wheel around and it inspired me to want to run with it. >> okay now here is one thing i can go to a cirque du soleil show and go that is maizing i want to do that but me being able to do that is a different story that is a real testament to you. >> um, yeah, i mean that is a matter of training, like there is no secret other than you just have to work hard. >> if you want it you can get it. >> yeah. >> okay, so how do i get this whole german wheel thing and you are the human spoke can you explain it to me before you hop in there? >> yeah, it was -- it is originally created so someone

could roll down a hill and eventually became a sport in germany there are world championships now and now it is a circus apparatus >> i am happy to realize it is not a birthing wheel you were going to try to sell me on. are you ready to impress us? >> yeah. >> he is ready, got the ever last shirt on, gloves on corey sylvester in the german wheel. ♪ [ music ]

>> so here is what you need to know, the show opens tonight here at verizon center, eight performances only, myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to theirs, tickets are going fast but if you need a little more convincing, i told corey, corey, give me a big finish. get the people in warning on the to come out and see kidam while it is here only in verizon center are you ready? all right. big finish, corey sylvester. cast of kidam. ♪ [ music ] >> look mom, no hands. that is impressive. all right. guys i revised it, it is not a birthing wheel maybe this is what i need to use to get back in shape after i have the baby.

it will give me a strong core i think back to you in studio. can i tell you holly how much my house muscles ache watch -- how much my muscles ache watching him do that. >> and where is he teaching pilates. from amazing acrobats to animals. >> there is fred the cat, oh, he hears a phone ring, walks over to it watch him, and he answers it. >> come on now. >> this is the first time he has done it either, someone called the house instead of hello they got meow. >> he is the smartest cat in the world or hates the sound of the phone ringing. >> one or the other. >> my cats will do what they do

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