the course of the day. usually the opposite. today they will be in the early part of the morning and it is possible we have seen our high for today. let's look at what is going on out there. hd radar there is some precipitation across the region not so much right in washington dc itself but outside the city. pretty good amount of rainfall, south and west, southeast, across eastern maryland fredericks burg seeing a couple spots, heavy rain, manassas, chesapeake beach, st. mary's city it is not raining in baltimore, frederick, lees burg, northeast dc either. all right temperatures around the region, currently at 47 degrees, in washington, 45 now in gaithersburg, 48 quantico, 50s off to the east those will drop down as well. as the morning and indeed as the day progresses there is a wide look. pittsburgh 34 degrees detroit

29. that is the cold air that is headed this way. >> your forecast today looks like this, early morning -- early clouds, not just early morning through the morning hours, some scattered showers, maybe a couple snow showers off to the north and west, then partial clearing this afternoon temperatures falling during the day, most of the day will be in the 40s. we will tell you more about the forecast tonight and coming days in just a bit. hey julie. >> all right tony, slow go south, 270, on the shoulder expect to find delays as you work your way southbound from at least i-70, meanwhile travelling northbound i- 5 prince william -- i-95 prince william parkway, heavy volume no incidents to report, duke street to seminary road outer loop that too is below speed leaveling 95 college park headed to -- leaving 95 college park headed toward silver

spring. >> accident activity east capitol street, delays forming inbound 50, bw parkway, headed into the northeast, eastbound stretch of the dulles toll road up the right side that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. we could see traffic snarls in the district today complements of occupy dc protestors plan to march to the key bridge to mark the 2 month anniversary of the movement this is one in a series of events planned across the country. more on our top story from mcfehr son square. good morning we have a tent city here in mcpherson square. hard to believe it has been two months now since this occupy anniversary. occupy wall street new york they are saying this will be a day of action and celebration. in new york the plan is for the occupy wall street movement to march to the new york stock exchange and shut it down this comes just a day after they had

a clash with police when police in riot gear took over the park through the protestors out, allowed them back in minus their tents and sleeping bags. however protestors say it doesn't matter what action the police took their movement is big than a park. it is a day of international action >> i am really excited for the hopeful shut down of wall street itself. >> this is an opportunity today, tomorrow, and for days to come that larger and many ways of a different modality and we can in some way go into different ways of behaving that are more successful. >> you can see we still have tents in our city quite a few of them covering every squarism of mcpherson square. i just got off the phone with james adams, with the our dc movement not to be confused

with the occupy dc movement. he said the march to key bridge is part of a national day of action his group organized they are being joined by the occupy dc group this is important in speaking with james adams this morning he said his group our dc is not planning to interfere with traffic on the key bridge but rather have a protest on the periphery and make their point about wanting more jobs in this country however they do not have a connection or affiliation with occupy dc. i will hash this out in the next hour and let you know what is going to happen. with a big stream of people heading down to the key bridge, it is likely to draw attention from commuters and thus cause problems more in the 8:00 a.m. hour. i am stacy cohen back to you. >> thank you other news the man suspected of shooting at the white house waiting to go in front of a judge in pennsylvania this afternoon.

21-year-old oscar ortega hernandez was arrested at a hotel in pennsylvania. he is accused of firing shots from constitution avenue, friday night that hit a window on the third floor of the white house, outside the obama family residence. he may have had a hate red for washington and the president. new this morning a plane headed to our area delayed in palm beach florida because of a suspicious substance. that flight grounded, passengers evacuated, crews did a sweep the substance was safe the delayed flight came home last night. president obama arrived in indonesia in the last hour he is there for summit of asian countries last night he addressed parliament saying the united states is a pacific power and we are here to stay and they will expand their influence into the asia pacific region where china is the most

powerful country. china's maritime disputes with other asian countries tops today's agenda. the energy secretary will be in the hot seat on capitol hill, facing tough questions on the bankrupt solar energy company, that cost tax payers, $500 million. the white house role is under the microscope. >> reporter: the point man on this will be on capitol hill to find out why solindra got so much tax payer backing. shedding sunlight on solindra congress wants to know why the defunct solar panel manufacturer got so much help from federal loans. the nobel winning physicist who heads the u.s. department of energy. >> certainly if there are lots of people telling him don't go through with this we need to know why this happened any

ways. >> reporter: hugh is expected to defend the loan guarantee in prepared remarks he shields the white house saying the final decisions on solindra were mine i made them with the best interest of the taxpayer in mind. >> this is an effort by republicans to create a political story out of something that is not providing them with what they want. but political considerations are at the heart of the solindra investigation for a time the company was a poster child for the president's green energy push. adds the company began to fail in 2010 a chief investor suggested the white house was intervening in a layoff announcement. they did push very hard for us to hold our announcement of the consolidation to employees and vendors to november 3rd oddly they didn't give a reason for

that date. november 3rd was the day after the mid-term elections. that was foxes doug luzader reporting. >> in the ongoing up rising in syria a stunning move by the arab league to kick syria out of the regional organization and they are threatening sanctions if they don't stop killing protestors. the un is considering a resolution condemning the killings, yesterday army defectors launched several attacks around the country including a military intelligence base in the capitol. in the race for the white house newt gingrich is gaining momentum topping the latest fox news poll at 37% he is in a tie with mitt romney getting 22%. herman cain falling back, down 9 points from the 24% he had in the last survey. a verdict for those

arrested last spring protesting for autonomy in district of columbia including mayor vince grey, six people found guilty of blocking a city street and not leaving when ordered to. a judge fined them up to $200 at the end of a two day trial some are continuing to fight for dc state hood and angry at congress for trying to ban them there using their own money for abortions for low income women. >> they mean a lot to us we are singled out as the only jurisdiction that can't spend its own local funds the way it wants to. >> city leaders are rejecting a plan to give the district more control over the budget because of the abortion ban. >> nearly a decade passed since jerry sandusky was allegedly spotted behaving inappropriately with an under aged boy while an assistant football coach claims to have reported the incident police

say they have no record of that report. >> reporter: 2002 when penn state football coach says he witnessed jerry sandusky raping a young boy in a school locker room authorities charged sandusky with a crime november 5th. now many are wondering why it took nearly 10 years for that to happen. >> i believe the office of the attorney general did everything they could and moved this case along as quickly as we could with resources available. >> reporter: a number of people have been fired or stepped down from the university for not doing enough to stop sandusky. mcquery counters the claim saying 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 official at the university in charge of police. but penn state's campus police as well as the state college police department say that never happened. coach joe paterno is among

those fired. >> answers on why paterno was fired the justification for that, and then, i would like to have him rehired. >> meanwhile a new judge assigned to handle the case against sandusky after it came to light the previous one had a conflict of interest. sandusky is expected to appear at a preliminary hearing, december 7th, the court will determine if there is enough evidence to move forward with this case. in new york, fox news. thank you so much 11 minutes past the hour up next a look at other stories making headlines including tough storms in the south. >> then we will introduce you to daniel the miracle dog find out how he got that new tight spotlight a new home ahead on fox 5 morning news, stay with us. 7:11 a.m.  hey, what are you drinkin'? dunkin' iced. the biggest iced coffee i can get. iced coffee helps me keep up. i love iced coffee.

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15 minutes past the hour. down south a violent storm system tore through the region. >> it produced several possible tornadoes, it left buildings and homes in shambles and blamed for four deaths and dozens of injuries. possible tornadoes reported in north carolina, louisiana, mississippi and georgia >> chef it was terrifying to be lifted up in the air very scary, worried about everybody in the house. not sure where they are and how they are doing, you just have to wait until it's out. >> thousands of people are still without power as you can imagine because of the scores of threes that fell on power lines. all right tough situation there. here we are just dealing with a cold -- well, we have the rain getting out of the way a little cold spell coming through. >> definitely colder temperatures on the way, they are moving in as we speak we still have rain showers to deal with. we will see rain through the morning hours and then get it

out of here let's start with the bus stop forecast. cool temperatures across the region, 40s. off to the east, 50s. showers occurring, sunrise, 6:53 a.m., look at the satellite radar, u.s. temperatures, 40 -- actually, 47 degrees, this one just takes a little while to update, 47 washington, temperatures off to the north and west, 20s. 30s. teens, 19 degrees minneapolis, 14 south dakota, bismark 9 degrees. >> ouch. >> it will not get that cold here. >> that would be quite unusual. >> i want to see more enthusiasm. >> yeah, 40s. >> rain showers across the eastern united states, mid- atlantic another period of rain to get through.

frozen precipitation, west virginia some of it snow, some of it mixed frozen variety as they like to call it, and we will continue to deal with this rain but some viewers to the north and west you may see snow showers this morning here is your 5 day forecast, high today, we probably have seen it, our temperatures will federal through the day into the 40s. low 40s by later this afternoon rain should wrap up around noon or so, something like that. tomorrow chilly, 49, saturday not a bad day, cool, sunday, warmer or more mild i will say with clouds building in maybe showers late in the day. monday a few showers come through. that is a look at weather more coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you tony. >> my pleasure. hi jewels. i have been hopping since we started the show at 4:30 a.m., another crash to report the flat bed truck on the scene of the crash, 108, traffic trying to go northbound being diverted around the scene of this crash.

flat bed trucks, traffic being detoured through the parking lot and eastbound side in other wards it is a mess until they clean this up. new hampshire and 108, new hampshire at valley brook authorities have been sent to check on as well. shady grove at midtown, lanes are open no problems to report headed from the metro to 270, and 270 is on the brakes, headed for the lane divide accident activity the crash inbound, dulles toll road cleared expect delays coming eastbound 28 and eastbound on the green way, louden county parkway, follow police direction in order to get by there. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> he cheated death in an alabama gas chamber now the miracle dog, so to speak, named daniel, settling in with a new family in new jersey.

>> his story could prompt a new law. >> reporter: looking at daniel, a beagle mix, now, it is hard to imagine he survived a gas chamber but he did. you see he was left in an alabama animal shelter a few days later he and other dogs were supposed to be put down only some how, daniel lived. >> when the door was opened he was alive, and wagging his tail and the operator didn't have the heart to put him back in apparently thought he might pass away during the night because of ingesting the gas but next morning he was still a happy, healthy dog. >> sit. stay. >> reporter: after his or deal the shelter decided that daniel could be adopted out nuttily new jersey dog trainer, joe and his family brought him home. >> a lesson to teach all of us humans he is one happy go lucky guy. >> daniel found us more than we found him. >> reporter: daniel has been checked by the vet and he doesn't appear to have any ill health effects from his experience as you can see, he

is enjoying himself in fact he is somewhat of a celebrity inspiring a new law in pennsylvania to help protect other dogs. >> he is a happy, healthy young dog. >> reporter: each state has a different way of euthanizing dogs left at the pound or shelter many animal lovers want to get rid of the gas chamber method all together they don't daniel's law passed in pennsylvania, advocates will have this spunky beagle mix to thank for it. daniel was named by animal control in alabama after the biblical figure that survived the lions den. >> holiday shopping about to get under way 1407ing for the kids -- shopping for the kids, you will want to keep an eye out for hidden dangers. >> live at the gay lord national resort for a look at

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this holiday season. fox 5 news. the cpsc says 180,000 kids were hurt badly enough to be treated at an er last year, nonmotorized scooters and riding toys associated with many of those. if you are just waking up if you want to stay tuned we will run down top stories for you. >> we are less than a week away from the debt reduction super committee's deadline how is it going. we will check with one of the 12 members, maryland representative chris van holland is in studio. stay with us now 7:26 a.m. ♪

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7:30 a.m., as we check today's top stories, live pictures are new york right now. liberty square, occupy wall street and its sister protest around the country planning a series of protests to mark two months since the beginning of this movement, demonstrators plan to gather where they will march on the new york stock exchange then take to the new york subway system and then going to city hall and the brooklyn bridge. here in dc, protestors will march to the key bridge starting 2:30 p.m. than plan to be on the key

bridge during the rush hour commute. be aware of that if you are trying to head home this afternoon. >> we are learning more about the man suspected of shooting at the white house, 21-year-old oscar ortega hernandez reportedly a homeless man from idaho and had a problem with washington and the administration, president obama. he was arrested at a hotel in pennsylvania yesterday. a plane headed to our area got delayed in palm beach florida because of a suspicious substance, the flight was grounded and passengers evacuated crews did a sweep and deemed it safe and that flight flew back to baltimore, late last night. >> 47 degrees, thursday morning. >> is this our high point for the day. >> be honest with us. >> i think it is likely we've seen our high. >> close to it. >> overnight was 50, 51, yeah, and we might go back up another couple of degrees but generally

speaking, the trend today will be for those temperatures to drop off. >> yeah. not going to be a warm one certainly let's look at hd radar, want to tell you about the rain we are seeing rain showers across portions of the region this morning. here you go. right now i would says the less rain than what we saw earlier this morning primarily to our south although we are starting to get light rain showers coming through the district as well we have been largely rain free inside the belt way this morning but got it now there is your rainfall across manassas just to the west of -- sorry just to the north and east of culpepper fredericks burg a few spots of heavy rain, la play plata eastern, in terms of rainfall, here is the other thing you want to be aware of one of your weather headlines, maybe a midday snow shower i think primarily north and west

of the city can't rule it out if you see snow i want you to know you heard it here first. we have been seeing snow, off to the west, it is kind of dissipating somewhat, right now but there is more cold air working its way in certainly more precipitation some of that could change over to snow no significant accumulations or anything just snow showers. >> all right here is a look at temperatures across the region. 47 degrees district, 48 baltimore, 46 fredericks burg lower 40s out to the west and beyond that, temperatures 30s. remember that cold air worker its way in here forecast today, -- working its way in here forecast today, showers. some afternoon clearing there will be sunshine later on the day temperatures fall during the day, we have been at 50 earlier we will be in the 40s bulk to have day it gets cold, clear skies, 32 your overnight low intown some of you in the 20s, 5 day forecast, cool day

we don't get out of the 40s. saturday, 54. cool some clouds build in especially on sunday, could see some late showers, late in the day sunday, 64 for your high. 60 for your high with showers on monday. that is the latest on weather now here is julie wright with an update on traffic. >> all right tony taking a peek at the bw parkway that is where we had reports of an accident northbound side, 198, crew in sky fox hovering above the scene. coming southbound, bw parkway typical delays leaving 198, south of 197, powder mill road that is the left side of your screen southbound trip what is unusually slow is commute on the right side of your screen that is the northbound side of the bw parkway we had accident activity reported 198 as you can see the northbound side unusually slow headed from 197 up towards 198, again, i-95 could save you times the slowing out of laurel headed down towards beltsville and the belt way we will take it back

inside and update your ride elsewhere. making that trip inbound route 50 coming from the capitol belt way headed out, 24 minute commute all your lanes are open trying to head into northeast washington other side of town, accident eastbound, green way, louden county parkway tieing up the left side of the highway, toll road, on the brakes, average speed, 66 past fair oaks down to 18 miles per hour. not only do we have delays out of manassas but it is slow going other side of town busy with this accident activity eastbound 108 at new hampshire avenue. most of the intersection remains closed off with fire and rescue police are there to help you. northbound, 395, on the brakes leaving duke street traffic flows again across the 14th street bridge. >> thank you very much. count down is on, americans standing by waiting to see whether a deficit reduction agreement will be made by the super committee by next week's

deadline it seems democrats and republicans are far apart on a deal where does it currently stand. for answers, chris van holland, democrat on that super committee joins us this morning we do appreciate it we know you are busy. >> good to be with you. so, we all just want to know are we closer or close at all to this deficit reducing deal by next week. >> we are all very focused trying to get the job done. sunday night, monday, i was very hopeful we were coming together, democrats put an offer on the table, republican had we were working to bridge the differences between the two then of course yesterday, republican cochair went on television and said they were not moving off their original proposal, which does not meet the test of doing something for the economy and for jobs, and tackling the deficit in a balanced way meaning we have to make tough cuts but should also

close some corporate tax loopholes and ask the folks at the top to go back to paying what they were during the clinton administration. i am hopeful we can get things back on track we will have to see. we are certainly going to be standing by and we are ready to negotiate, 24/7. >> it will come back to that point and how close or far apart we are. since you did bring it up that television appearance front page of the post, talks about a possibly identity crisis with the republicans on the super committee, i want to talk about what it says in this article basically behind the scenes, some of the defenders of the tax breaks in place have said to their colleagues, maybe we can budge a bit maybe we can look at the tax code maybe we can raise taxes again in public the story seems different. >> this is the fundamental question whether at the end to have day republicans are willing to take that balanced approach by that i mean we have

to make very tough cuts and reforms, but also need to look at the revenue side of the equation that is what every other bipartisan group has done and what we've asked is that we sen shelly take that -- essentially take that same approach in our bipartisan group. there is this discussion going on within the republican party whether or not they are willing to do anything meaningful when it comes to the revenue side of the equation. and, you know, the next couple days, will determine the answer to that question >> again a very different story for the media. let's listen to what we are talking about this is a bit of the interview from republican congressman jeb henserling. >> with respect to my democratic colleagues i want to make it clear these are honourable people i believe they negotiated in good faith but what i have yet to see is a plan that fundamentally solves the problem even the president

said the major drivers of our debt are medicare, medicaid, health care nothing else comes close. >> yet behind closed doors asking his colleagues to take a look at tax breaks what is the story here. >> well, with respect to what my colleague said, he hasson gosh crated in good faith but -- he has negotiated in good faith but with respect to what he said democrats have put on the table, reforms that would make some reforms in medicare for example, deal with the so called eligible. people on medicare, medicaid, lots of conflicting incentives within the system my point is that reforms are necessary what we will not do, is end the medicare guarantee, which is what the republican budget called for essentially saying seniors, you no longer can be on medicare you have to go into the private health market by the way you have to eat huge

additional costs you will face. we are willing to reform the program not end the guarantee. with respect to revenue, this is an ongoing struggle, grover norquest has had almost every member of the republican party sign this, saying i won't raise revenue or taxes on anybody even if it is by closing corporate tax loopholes our view is that the commitment of members of congress, should be the pledge we have all taken, as constitution not this dog document they have sign -- document they have signed for this particular individual. >> if we do not reach this deal by next week what would happen then. >> bad news because it would send a signal that congress was unable the bridge these differences it is not clear what the reaction in the markets would be, because if we do not succeed, there will be these automatic cuts, that would also achieve savings of

$1.2 trillion, now, no body should want to do it that way because they are across the board cuts, arbitrary, it should be done in a rational way, through negotiations of this committee but that would be the result those cuts would begin to take place in january of 2013. but we remain working hard, we are still working hard the try to avoid that consequence. >> is there a middle ground? might this be pushed? are you saying by at that deadline if it is not reached -- >> this is a hard deadline, wednesday november 23rd, we are going to have to work all weekend to try to bridge these differences, we are hoping our colleagues have not walked away from the table by the comment, the other day saying they weren't going to budge, off this original proposal, that did not meet the test of balance and did not do anything with respect to jobs and economy. >> chris van holland of maryland and the super committee, we will be covering this thanks for being here

today. >> steve over to you. >> 7:41 a.m. as we continue on thursday morning we will check other stories making headlines including new video what is being called one of the most elaborate card cheating scams to hit a casino. if your weekend plans involve metro more on busy stops that will be shut down starting tomorrow night. stay with us for updates starting at 7:41 a.m. ♪

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what you are watching here is one of the most elaborate card cheating scams to hit a casino. that person there talking surveillance just released by investigators in san diego. here is how it work it is black jack dealer was in on the scam pretending to shuffle the cards but really keeping them in the same order the man you saw smoking there was watching the deal and talking into a hidden microphone to a guy outside at a computer keeping track to have deck the guy told the smoker how to signal to the black jack players they won $7 million, from 25 casinos before they were busted 30 people were

involved in this major scam, most of them have already entered guilty pleas. that is why they have all those cameras in the casino >> i understand the temptation but you know, it is like when people rob banks. >> why would you think you would get away with it. >> you are going the a place with the most protection. casinos -- >> just like an oceans 11 thing if you know what is going on, it makes it a bigger thing to try to pull it off. more of a challenge. >> their problem was you know what they did it too long you know. >> greedy. >> yep. >> couple million and get out. >> not that we condone it. >> we do not condone that you should never do that. >> win honest. >> that's right. >> let's take a look at what is going on out there, start with hd radar, we have rain showers,. >> if i am going to rob a casino. >> what i said was get in get out. no, do not rob anything folks.

>> please don't. >> do not misunderstand what we are saying. >> we are saying. >> hd radar, rain showers across the region, frankly, not as much as what we had a short time ago. still more precipitation, during the morning hours, we will get relief later. let's look at future cast and show you, what we thing will happen today based on some model projections, heidi klum came by and said this is what is going to happen. rain showers, let's put it in motion, look at that, look there, what do you see? >> snow. >> snow, about 1:00 p.m. >> the white? >> the white some snow up around baltimore, north of here and west, late morning early afternoon possibility that is why we are mentioning it don't want you to get crazy about it or anything all this starts to clear out by late this afternoon, evening and sets us up for a quieter day tomorrow still a chilly day. overnight we clear out, there

you go. cold temperatures your 5 day high today, oh, we probably have seen it temperatures will primarily be in the 40s and those will be falling overnight freezing, 32, some of you in the 20s tomorrow a cool day highs only in the 40s. that is the latest on weather more coming up in a little bit. >> thank you tony. >> remember be cool, stay in school. stay smart stay honest listen to your parents. >> some body trying to make good. hi julie. >> you are about 20 years too late on that one >> for you, yeah [ laughter ] >> we can save the rest julie. >> my mama is watching us online shaking her head going tony where were you. all right here you go. on the roads right now a live shot new hampshire and 108 they just loaded this one vehicle on to the roll back police are there to help you by. the outer loop of the belt way is slowing, 95 to georgia avenue. out to the roads travelling

inbound on the dulles toll road, towards hunter mill accident on the green way, louden county parkway block the highway. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. 7:48 a.m., a tradition for many washington families. >> yes, it is. an ice display at gaylord resort. they are always great. >> good morning this has quickly just four short years, become a must see we are live at the gaylord's national harbour, even ice characterses are excited it is set to open today but not before we get a sneak peek. why merry madagascar is indeed the coolest way to celebrate christmas live next on fox 5 morning news stay with us introducing htc rezound.

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7:52 a.m. right now this morning holly has no choice but to keep cool. >> she is at the gay lord national resort, at national harbour getting a sneak peek at their ice walk through indoor attraction. >> good morning this is what it would look like if i was part of the attraction. frozen in ice. but alas, i am not, i am just enjoying the ice show spectacular, that they are always able to come up with here this year is no exception you are not going to be disappointed it is merry madagascar if you are acquainted with that, and your kids love it, you will love being a part of this. it is always great to see amy, the public relations person for christmas on the potomac if you thing about it in just four years it has become one of the holiday events for families to see. >> absolutely hot hot hot we

had over 250,000 people come to see this last year with our new theme, dream works, we are expecting even more it will be so popular. >> yeah, but inside it is cold cold cold. right? constant 9 degrees in here. >> yes. >> let's talk about the theme this year, it is really fun tells a story. >> yes we have a new partnership with dream works animation our theme this year is ice featuring dream works, merry madagascar based on the madagascar movie and it is a holiday television special that tells the story of our famous madagascar charactershow they helped santa claus, save christmas. >> the story line is that santa crash lands on to the island of madagascar gets a bump on his head, can't deliver the presents around the world to all the boys and girls so the madagascar characterses have to fly santa's slay around the world with the penguins at the help and deliver the presents. >> when you start to break it down by the numbers, it becomes

even more impressive we are talking what, 2 million pounds of ice? >> 2 million pounds of ice over 5,000 individual blocks were used in construction of this attraction. >> everything you see is carved out of ice literally started just as a lock. >> yes the blocks are -- block. >> yes, the blocks are sent to us in huge 400-pound blocks and ice carvers use their tools, chain saws, hisles et cetera, stack them -- stack the blocks on top of each other they are stuck together using ice water, and then they start carving with thearchies sells and tools to -- with their hisles and tools to create these. >> the ice carvers all come from a little town in china. >> yes, they do. one of the world's top ice festivals in china, many people in north america are not aware of this but people in asia and that part of the world, recognize the harbin ice carvers as best in the world

that is why we bring them to us they create an amazing city out of ice there, every single year, 300-acres in size this is a small representation of what they create there. really they do this in a relatively short amount of time like 30 days. >> they come, they arrive mid- october and take 30 days to build and hand carve our attraction for us. >> they just finished yesterday. >> and as if a couple slides were not enough last year, now you have expanded. >> we have our slide room, it is bigger than ever before this year we have five ice slides, they are longer, wider and one slide in the center where you slide through a tunnel and madagascar characterses are flying santa's sleigh over the top of you. >> let's make sure people are prepared when they come you provide parkas they have the blue gaylord parkas but you

suggest, scarves, mittens. >> once you get here you can stay as long as you want. dress warmly we encourage people to buy tickets in advance especially if you are coming on the weekend. myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to theirs it opens today. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow, friday you know us we always get in early, it opens tomorrow runs through january 8th if you are wondering why amy and i are not riding the slide? because she too is having a baby. about the same time. must be something in the ice. any way back to you we will talk more about it next hour. >> congratulations in advance to both of you, fantastic. >> i went out there last year. 7:57 a.m., stress often blamed for cauhair and stomach problems. >> yes. i can attest to that. >> could it also be giving us heart disease, fox medical team takes a closer look next hour.

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today marks two months since the beginning of the occupy protest, demonstrators are planning on taking action that could disrupt your commute home from work. >> new details about the man suspected of firing off shots towards the white house and what may have been his motive behind the alleged attack. >> stress is often blamed for causing things like grey hair and stomach problems, could stress also give us heart disease. the fox medical team takes a closer look. glad you are with us early on this thursday morning i am steve chenevey >> i am alison seymour and looking very forward to that report. >> yes and no. >> stress is a contributing factor to so much. >> including when you don't have good weather. >> you have to roll with the

punches, with the weather. >> prepare in advance. >> take that one off the list. >> often we can't do much about anything. >> that is where the stress comes from. we will talk about it later. let's look hd radar, rain falling don't get stress d about it. it's okay alison this too shall pass. >> as long as it is not snow. >> not right now. yeah, not snow. some of you though, i am -- you know some viewers are going to see snow showers that will be the case. right now rain, around the dc area, particularly, southern portions of the city off to the east just out to the west as well all this continuing to push north and east, not as many people are seeing rain as we are seeing it an hour ago but still some of you are. waldorf, alexandria, eastern maryland, places like that getting rain showers mostly light to moderate rain. >> here is a look at temperatures now, story with the temps is this, they will fall during the course of the

day as opposed to go up, as they usually do. today they fall, right now 47 degrees, 48 baltimore, 46 degrees at dulles airport, there may be you know, we may go up a degree or two during the next couple hours the general trend will be for those temps to fall, chilly day showers during the first half snow showers for some of you especially north and west of the city, i won't even say highs temperatures today, 40s. and falling. that is a look at weather more coming up in just a little bit. >> and hello, more cooler temperatures. >> an active weather day. >> all right let's check with julie wright and get a look at traffic. >> you guys it has been busy on the roads this mornings commute, no exception eastbound on the green way, still dealing with accident activity, that will slow your roll. eastbound 66 average speed, 17 miles per hour, fair oaks, accident activity to report,

before you reach kilometre an hour by the kirby -- before you reach kirby road. accident activity south capitol, malcolm x cleared in the process of cleaning up remains of this accident, along new hampshire, 108th, traffic able to get by each direction that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. it is a big day of protests occupy wall street protestors are commemorating the two month anniversary of the movement with a series of events happening across the nation. here is a live look where it all started in new york city protestors gathered this morning to march on the new york stock exchange before the opening bell this afternoon they will head to the subway system before marching to the brooklyn bridge and city hall several protest groups are stepping things up in the district, stacy cohappen is live at mcpherson square. >> we have a lot going on in

our city to talk about today now a compendium of groups are planning for a march on the key bridge i am at the occupy dc movement let's look inside the camp as we walk through, the tents were mostly still closed folks still sleeping at this early hour they have a media tent, within this city that has been erected in mcpherson square but they were not awake yet. i can tell you what we have seen on their website they will join a march to the key bridge this morning. and that is -- i mean this afternoon it will be around 2:30 p.m. some time between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., they are not the only group, apparently another group called this is our dc, is going to be joining the march, move on.org we are told may also be there and so, all that to say, it is going to be a very difficult time for commuters now although the group our dc told me it is not their intention to block the bridge, with the plethora of people, heading down there, it

is likely it will snarl traffic, certainly hear from mcpherson square. we are talking about a large number of people that could potentially walk through the streets and blocking traffic it is a heads up for all afternoon in this area and certainly on the key bridge we are told the key bridge is one of several aging bridges that is being targeted for demonstration across the country, to point out the failing and sagging infrastructure that we are here in the united states, it will be a day of action and a day of celebration, according to the occupy movement reporting live stacy cohen back the you. thank you. a man authorities say shot at the white house could face charges of trying to assassinate the president this man, 21-year-old oscar ortega hernandez is waiting to go in front of a judge in pennsylvania. he was arrested at a hotel in pennsylvania yesterday after police found receipts from that hotel in his car.

he is accused of firing shots from constitution avenue, friday night that hit a window outside of the obama family resident the president and first lady were in california at the time of the shooting. he may have had a hate red for washington and the president. new this morning a plane headed to our area, delayed in palm beach florida because of a suspicious substance. the flight was grounded, passengers evacuated yesterday afternoon crews did a sweep and the substance turned out safe the delayed flight ended up flying out last night president barack obama continues his asia pacific tour he is now in indonesia, the president is there for a series of summits, east asian nations the first is the asian summit where the president will meet later, -- leaders of ten other countries, they are discussing recent flair ups in the south china sea and other issues that threaten economic and regional

security this is the president's final stop on his 9 day trip. to syria, the government is carrying out sweeping raids and arrested people in hamas. today's raids come as pressure mounts on the president to stop a brutal crackdown on protestors that killed almost 4,000. the arab league put syria out of the organization and is threatening economic sanctions if they do not stop within two days. newt gingrich surged in the race for the republican presidential nomination he leads with 23% edging out romney holding steady at 22%, herman cain gets 15% down from 24 last month. ron paul comes in just ahead of rick perry. >> we have a verdict for those arrested last spring including the mayor of dc six people found guilty yesterday of blocking a city street and not leaving when ordered to do so.

a judge fined them up to $200 at the end of the two day trial some are continuing to fight for dc state hood and also upset with congress trying to ban the district from using its own money to pay for abortions of low income women. >> we would have to pass over our most vulnerable women. we are singled out as the only jurisdiction that can't spend -- jurisdiction that can't spend its own funds the way it wants to. it is 8:08 a.m., 47 degrees on this thursday morning before we know it winter weather will be here for good, and now there is a plan in place to prevent another here we go with the name, car mageddon. >> a new home security system set up, you can arm or disarm, with a touch of your smart

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let's look at stories making headlines this thursday morning at 12 minutes after the hour. a new judge has been assigned to penn state child sex abuse case after a previous judge had a conflict of interest. accused former coach, jerry sandusky, pennsylvania lawmakers say they will consider a commission to look at state law in the wake of this scandal that could require mandatory reporting of suspected abuse. >> a straight a student at howard university, banned from the university for a fight with her roommate last month she grabbed hot water and threw it on her roommate in self- defense. jefferies is the only one arrested and the only one charged she claims she fought back after being bullied and then attacked or after she had been bullied and attacked. >> several storms ripped across

the southeast wednesday killing at least five people injuring dozens more. suspected tornadoes, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, south carolina. thousands remain without power. >> remember last year when the snow came down fast and furious middle of the afternoon, if you don't remember the specific date, january 26th. >> ouch, roads so bad drivers abandoned their cars leaving hundreds of vehicles all over the region especially in montgomery county. phil andrews explained the proposal. >> reporter: so what is your county's plan of action to prevent this. this is a regional plan that would address the region as response to the january 26th snow storm that caused so much havoc to commuters throughout the area. it hit montgomery county hard.

council government appointed a committee to develop recommendations to make sure we don't have a repeat of what happened that day. now he also says a plan would be helpful in case of a terror attack. are you flying out of regan national this weekend? don't plan on taking metro, crystal city, regan national, broaddock road stations will be closed 10:00 p.m. friday night until 5:00 a.m. monday. it is necessary for major repairs and upgrades going to the airport from downtown tc there will be a nonstop shuttle bus from metro center the regan national airport. shuttle buses will be running between all the closed stations. >> 15 minutes past 8. we need a warm up factor today. >> i have missed it. tony. >> here it is, time for the my first 5 photo of the day,. >> oh. >> nice. >> you picked this one for you tony. >> this is funny.

this is -- how would you t. >> andres. >> you see what he did. >> yeah. >> doing what kids do. >> that is what kids do. that's right and some grown ups. >> please if you are one -- >> don't send those photos. >> it is cute when you are little like this. >> and it is a great photo,. >> classic. >> he is a kid again i love the use of black and white >> again, he is having a good time, thanks for sending it in this is a first. >> you picked a winner with this one. >> if you want to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. all right here we go. take a look at the radar image for this morning, and you can see, we've had some rain showers moving through, continue the see some of that activity, not everybody is getting rain but the rain is scattered across portions of the viewing area, more precipitation to get through this would be an event, off to the west, snowfalling.

temperatures right now, 47 degrees, in the district, 50 in annapolis, still a couple spots holding on, 50, manassas, 46, frederick maryland, 43 winchester virginia, 43 degrees. much colder air off to the north and west, temperatures in the 30s. 34 degrees right now, in pittsburgh, 34 west virginia. 5 day forecast, temperatures will fall through the day into the 40s. we are probably done with 50, probably the 40s and low 40s late this afternoon showers continue through the morning some of you could see scattered snow showers today. tomorrow chilly, 49, saturday not bad, sunday clouds build in, late day evening shower, late showers 60 degrees that is a look at what is happening with weather, now the julie to get an update on traffic. >> don't forget pumpkin pie on the line for sunday's game. >> i will go with that.

red skins win, you make me -- or bring me pumpkin pie,. steve would agree you do not want me to make you anything. >> just buy it for me please. >> we want my kitchen to stay intact. montgomery fire has enough to deal without me adding to it. on the roads, lanes open, travelling the belt way, to and from the wilson bridge serious crash, involving a person on a moped closes temple hill road, alan road and kirby roads this a fatal accident that remain under investigation until further notice. meanwhile travelling inbud, bw parkway 198 down to route 50, 40 minute commute all lanes open. heavy volume, american legion bridge no accidents just volume delays, southbound 270, headed out towards the lane divide. no problems on the belt way as you travel between college park

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detectors, dogs don't trip it. >> alarm.com security system and ap has come in handy a number of times. most recently when there was a violent crime in the neighbourhood and his wife and daughter were home alone. >> she was able to bring up her phone and alarm the house just to make herself feel safe right from upstairs didn't have to wake the baby and do anything just used her phone and it was alarmed she told me to call her on the way home and turn it off when she pulled in. >> the system tipped them off their dog sitter wasn't living up to his part of the bargain while they were away on vacation. >> hard for him to watch the animals when doors were not open in three or four days. >> you can monitor what is going on 24/7, any where with an internet connection. along with security, you can remotely turn lights off and on or control heat and air conditioning, warm things up from your phone just before you walk in the door alarm.com

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>> if you use alarm.com you will pay for those services but the ap itself is free available for iphone, android, blackberry users and eric was telling me if you are moving you can take all of that stuff with you and reinstall it in your new home so you don't lose out if you decide to move locations we have all the information on myfoxdc.com look under the morning tab for the smart phone zone. >> good to know. >> okay. >> 8:21 a.m. thursday morning illegal jewellery operation, busted in prince georges county we have more on that when we come back. >> a little later live at the gaylord national resort for a look at this year's ice display, called merry madagascar. stay with us coming up 

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>> washington wizards star, john wall talking about a deadly shooting that happened tuesday night while he was at a new york city night club. he was not injured he since tweeted he did not see anything it happened at the juliette supper club, chelsea neighbourhood manhattan one person was killed, two injured a number of celebrities and athletes were there at the

time. >> an illegal jewellery operation broken up in prince georges county lots of gold worth more than $100,000 seized in a sting operation. now investigators believe this may be just the tip of the iceberg. after shutting down an illegal jewellery operation officers from prince georges county police department special enforcement division sort through more than $100,000 in jewellery most of it gold and likely stolen. >> two gold rings, clear stones. >> investigators say part of the operation was run out of this international market in river dale inside at a kiosk is where police first approached one of the operators. >> we sent in an under cover operator she displayed the gold, portrayed it to be stolen and they bought it without hesitation, without asking for identification and gave us some more information which lead us to a home.

>> at this home on hamilton street there was a second part of the operation a workshop in the basement. >> it was apparent they are either melting it down, taking it apart, recon figuring it if you will without any identifying marks or identification you would not know where it came from it is melted quickly and almost instant cash. >> officers say when they raided that home wednesday morning they also found a fully stocked grocery store on the premises also being run illegally, investigators say it looked like the jewellery business was operating about a year and they suspect with the price of gold soaring these days there certainly may be others. >> they are getting a lot of cash for the gold we see, our reports, that are coming across our desk that a lot of jewellery is being stolen. investigators will go through the jewellery they confiscated trying to match it with any reported theft they are hoping to return some of it

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take a look at our top stories, occupy wall street and its sister protest around the country, planning a series of events today the mark the two month start of the movement. in new york they are going to wall street, subway system, brooklyn, city hall. here in dc several groups will march to key bridge this afternoon planning to get there 3:30 p.m. right before the evening rush. >> any questions remain about the motive in the background of a man suspected of firing shots at the white house last friday

night. 21-year-old hernandez is due in a federal court in pennsylvania today he was picked up by agents at a hotel wednesday after a four day search. he is reportedly a homeless man from idaho, and had some sort of problem, a beef, with both washington and president obama. >> scare for southwest airline passengers headed to baltimore from west palm beach florida, officials evacuated the plane after a suspicious substance was found crews did a sweep it turned out to be safe the flight did end up flying back to baltimore last night. tucker barnes up here with us now. cooler weather on the way as i mentioned earlier, eating season arrives this weekend. right through the weekend to the end of the year. you need the cooler weather the really eat properly. >> is that what it is. >> yeah. >> okay. >> well, we have to survive. >> well, it is easier to eat a lot more when it is colder out. we get into hibernating mode. >> something to look forward to. a good spin on the forecast

cooler around here later today, so cool, we could see a few snow showers. >> wow that is cool. >> yep. >> not going to stick don't be concerned if you do see a few later this afternoon but gives you an idea how cool the air is. temperatures well below freezing, max hd radar, still left over showers from yesterday, got this upper level piece of energy still got to get through here that will deliver more showers, cull pepper, fort royal pushing off to the east and north we are not done with it yet right now rain showers snow showers starting to break out to the mountains, well out to our west. the bigger picture, satellite radar, upper level low, rain is turning snow into portions of west virginia and computer model suggesting, as this gets across the mountains just enough cold air down at the surface some of this could fall north and west of the city as a few snow showers. bottom line this should all start to get out by later this

afternoon morning showers, snow halfs in the afternoon, clearing, high temperatures we've seen them 50 degrees. 40s for a good portion of the day, a good stiff wind out of the north it will feel colder than that. your 5 day yet, after i show you temperatures, 47 washington, 43 gaithersburg. 48 quantico, now i will show you the five day forecast, here we go later this afternoon temperature will be falling bottom out near freezing that will be our coldest night of the season, here in washington, tender vegetation, plants that kind of thing bring them in. very cold next couple days, 31 tomorrow night, weekend forecast dry, keeping our fingers crossed that red skins game stays dry, clouds move in sunday afternoon. alison over to you. weather is stressing me out. >> red skins stress us out too. we blame stress nor grey hair, stomach problems but it could

be giving us heart disease the fox medical team's beth galvin is here to talk about the relationship between our heart and minds. good morning. >> reporter: good morning alison when you talk to a lot of heart patients they are convinced that stress at last played some role in them getting sick but can it physically damage your heart that is something researchers are trying to figure out now. they are studying heart disease survivors to try to find out what role, if any, chronic stress played in their disease process. now we know for example, heart disease is linked to depression and people often experience depression after a heart crisis that can slow healing, raise their risk of having another bad heart event but there are questions about long term stress and its effects on the heart. we know when we have immediate like major stress that our body goes into a fight or flight mode our blood pressure goes up heart rate goes up but what

effect, chronic stress has isn't quite so clear, scientists are trying to figure out if longer term stress can cause some of those same physical changes in the heart, and alison, at this point research is so new we don't know yet if there is a link between heart disease and chronic stress or that being chronically stressed raises your risk of getting sick with heart disease. alison. >> how common is depression you mentioned it but depression with heart disease. >> it is extremely common usually in the aftermath of a heart event they thing 30% of people -- thing 30% of people who suffer a heart attack or something, have to go through bypass surgery experience major depression and that can set them back if healing and doing what they need to do. so something doctors are increasingly paying a lot of attention to and trying to screen. >> the million dollar question would be what can we do to

reduce stress. >> exercise is really critical, if you can get out and just walk or do something that is moderately stimulating for 30 minutes a day, that you enjoy, that can help a lot, there are also meditation and things like that but i think really being aware stress maybe involved in some of your situation it may be important to deal with, is really the first step but exercise can help a lot. beth galvin out of atlanta, fox medical team thanks so much. >> thank you very much. 8:36 a.m. on thursday morning, facebook still working to get to the bottom of all the spam flooding users pages you may have seen it on your page or others the latest when we come back first let's check out myfoxdc.com $9 gets you, two glasses of wine and a cheese platter at jackie's wine bar in rockville. saving you 57%. go to myfoxdc.com look for my fox half off right side of the home page we will be right back look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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film in the twilight series hits theatres there will be lines forming. >> this will be. >> all right people are excited about it. twihard fans across the nation lining up. still ahead, our movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy who deserves a line in his own right, will sit down with kristin stewart. >> another hot ticket to talk about, for a cool attraction we are live this morning at the gaylord hotel, nearby where ice and merry madagascar is getting ready to open its doors, it opens to the public tomorrow we are getting a first look inside today why you and your family will want to come here to get in the holiday spirit live next fox 5 morning news stay with us 

>> johnson and johnson started removing two chemicals from its baby shampoo and other products in the u.s., this follows pressure by consumer and environmental groups to remove the toxins from personal care

products since 2009. they said they will remove thepreservatives within the next two years. toys are always at the top of kids holiday wish lists. >> even though there are new toy standards if place somethings parents should watch out for, small parts, that break off, of cheap toys that can become choking hazards, riding toys with protruding parts can cut a child and toys with long strings or loops can strangle a small child. >> we want you to put safety at the top of your shopping list, shall we say. most case as product is tested to see if rough play with the product, would it fall apart, with small -- will small parts detach,. experts say, follow the age guidelines on the labels, to keep your little ones safe this holiday season. >> gay lord's national ice attraction is opening in weekend. >> holly is getting a sneak peek. she is getting a first look at

their fun frozen winter wonderland. we were mentioning there are a lot more colors this year is that just us? >> reporter: well, they had a lot of color last year it was the grinch who stole christmas, the whole dr. sues theme but merry madagascar may have more color because it is tropical maybe they added a little extra but it doesn't feel tropical in here. it is 9 degrees keep that in mind when you come out to enjoy this. you will enjoy it when you are here. the ice show producer scott, they were noticing back at the station they thought it seemed more colorful this year. >> we did add quite a bit more color. >> reporter: see you guys were observing correctly. >> i remember last year dr. suess being colorful as well but i love it is yet another story. so let's talk how you start

with clear blocks of ice. the ice here is from three different ice factories around the states. they are frozen in the ice, 2 colors. -- the colors. it amazing me how opaque the colors are. maybe this is a silly question but is it normal food coloring? what do they use. >> we do use a food coloring, it is bio degradable so it can be you know people touch it, nothing to worry about it. >> so you can touch it. >> you are not supposed to but when they do touch it because we know people always want to know is that really ice? >> yeah, people are going to touch it which brings me to the fact that while you have the ice carvers here they worked for 30 days to make all this, it is a continual process throughout the whole show. >> it is there is maintenance needs to be done every day on this sort of attraction, especially of this magnitude

over 2 million pounds of ice in here. >> and so, i think i asked this last year because the ice sculptors come from harbin china and they thought dr. suess was a green monkey, do they know this story at all? >> a little bit they've got the plans and drawings and stuff in august, september they started preparing. >> yeah, so takes some time. so as we are watching one of the sculptors here at work how many different types of tools do they use. >> a lot of the guys make their own tools they are hand made tools and a lot of them we've got carvers, this is one of our master carvers, detailed carver he has been carving for 10 years, we've got some of the senior gentlemen doing it for 40 years. >> do they ever share their skills with people while here? do they do workshops? >> here we don't because we don't have the time. it is basically 12, 15 hours a

day while here but back in china they have apprenticeship programs the younger carvers learn from the older carvers that is the world's largest outdoor ice show there. >> what is the biggest challenge putting a show like this together. >> biggest challenge in a show like this, number one, maintaining your temperatures. >> how do they determine at 9 we couldn't kick it up to 19. >> yeah, 19. >> that is still below freezing. >> yeah, but there is a point they determine the ice starts to melt a little bit, and you loose color we try to keep that around, 9, 12 degrees and that is a good temperature for maintenance every morning and evening they spray water on here. just because of the air movement in here, because it tends to break down they are constantly maintaining. >> have you been a part of all the shows here. >> this is my first year, in washington i was at the gaylord palms last year in florida.

>> how does this one compare to the one in florida. >> all the shows are fantastic but this show here, this year partnering with dream works, and the gaylord coming together it is phenomenal so much more color and detail. >> should i be concerned you two are wearing helmets and i just have this on. >> no, we have very tall walls the guys work up high so there is ice falls down. >> thank you very much. myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to theirs if you want to find out more about ticket prices and times, ticket prices do vary according to whichever day you are here it opens officially to the public tomorrow runs through january 8th you have 52 days to come out and see, the cool event but there is a whole lot more even just the ice attraction we will talk about that next hour. back to you. so much more to talk about it is really grown every year

it has been there. >> very very visual. so are going to the movies tomorrow is the big day for fans of twilight saga by tomorrow we mean midnight tonight true twi hards will be at the theatre tonight. bella finally walks down the aisle with the vampire of her dreams. >> i wish i were in on it like a total culture i am missing out on right now. >> yes, you are. mccarthy talke kristin stewart about playing bella in four movies and how she emphasized with -- empathized with the characterses that she plays. >> reporter: is it a concern of yours once this comes to an end you separate yourself from that and people still see you as kristin stewart not bella. >> honestly i think it is probably the best -- if people that are huge fans of the series kind of can't

disassociate, it is the hugest complement there are certain -- i mean i can't really think of an example, so don't ask me, but i know that feeling, of being like that is i can't see them any other way and that is fine. i probably will -- even within making the series i have gotten to do really diverse things and whether you can stomach them or not, it is fine you know if you are a huge twilight fan i will remain bella. >> reporter: the fast paced vampire movement, robert can ever do i love that aspect hypothetically if you could take that aspect, and speed up any daily activity you do in your life what would it be. >> oh, man, hair and make up. i just sit there going crazy. i hate it. >> reporter: really. >> yeah, i know it sounds so meagre and petty but yeah, god, especially because like before you go onset, i mean all you want to do is sit -- it takes an hour or two before you can get to where you are going and

it is just so slow and monotonous like get away from me. >> reporter: you spend a lot of this movie in a pretty deeply emotional state when that camera shuts off do you turn back into yourself? >> i do try to lose myself but i also view my characters as someone else that i have a huge responsibility to, um, so some times they play -- some times i just can't stop thinking about doing it justice it is not like i go i am never effected by the emotions they are going through more like i feel for them you know what i mean i very rarely have played parts where they get into my own head in terms of what i can relate to in my life it is rare it is really more about feeling bad for someone or -- and not being able to stop thinking about how horrible it must be do you know what i mean. it does feel like someone else. >> there you go.

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