region. raindrops as well on this monday morning. glad you're with us and hope your work week is off to a good start. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm alison seymour. hello, friend. >> happy monday. >> to you as well. let's get the latest on the weather from tony perkins. good morning, sir. >> good morning to you and everybody. you saw the live shot, fog is the main culprit this morning causing problems as far as our weather goes. let's take a look at ppening. we can show you where we have the most dense fog. it is getting closer to the district. we have fog in the washington area, including reagan international airport. the most dense is to our north and north and west. cumberland, maryland, very dense fog there. more dense fog to the north near frederick, maryland, places like that. westminster and to our north and west in leesburg. problem spots there. we'll continue to deal with this through the early morning hours, as it will take a while

for all of this to burn off. let's look at the radar. we had rain showers overnight, but not now. it's pushed off to the east. i would not rule out another shower or two popping up here or there. i think for the most part we're done. main event will hold off until foam. cloudy skies today. morning fog. a shower or two here or there. highs in the mid-and upper 50s. 55 in frederick. 59 in fredericksburg. 58 in downtown d.c. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. now let's go to julie wright. good morning to you, sir. very much a busy commute. traveling north of town, accident activity with police on the scene. northbound on the bw parkway at powder mill road. southbound 95 coming out of laurel, 212, and the beltway

below speed headed towards 270, 28 minute commute. southbound 270, average speed out of german town is 27 miles per hour, working in towards rockdale. along 270, leaving clarksburg in all of that fog headed south. no incidents to report now if you are traveling northbound on i-95 from woodbridge. eastbound 66 approaching business 234 had reports of a stalled car blocking the center of the roadway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. developing this morning, a terror plot thwarted in the big apple. police say this man planned to target soldiers and marines returning from war. investigators say pimentel planned to blow up police stations and post offices.

he's been under investigation for two years. he was not part of any terror cell. >> the suspect was a so-called lone wolf, motivated by his own resentment of the presence of american troops in iraq and afghanistan, as well as inspired by al-qaida propaganda. >> he was arraigned last night and denied bail. he faces life in prison if convicted. other big story this morning, the showdown over cutting the deficit. the debt super committee is about out of time. >> if there is no 11th hour deal, they may admit defeat today. let's get the latest from stacy cohen today. a hard pill to swallow. >> reporter: it is. after all the optimism, the hope would be they would be able to accomplish what congress was not able to accomplish. doesn't look like that's happening and we expect them to

call it quits today. the national debt doesn't rest for a second, climbing past $15 trillion past week. but the congressional subcommittee is about to call it quits. six republicans, six democrats who couldn't agree on either spending cuts or tax hikes that would do nothing more than slow down this clock slightly. >> little hard for us to negotiate with them when they're still negotiating with themselves. >> we didn't come here to do another tax cut to the wealthiest people while we're asking fixed income seniors to ante up more. >> reporter: congress set up the super committee to come up with about a trillion dollars in reductions over a decade. otherwise, automatic cuts kick in, half of them targeting the pentagon. any initial hopes have been dashed. by and large, republicans want spending cuts. democrats want tax hikes. for all the pandering on both sides over the automatic cuts,

there is still some question about whether any of them will come to pass. >> they will be presented in the lame duck session next december following the election. and we will not have the cuts that everyone talks about being so draconian to the pentagon or elsewhere. >> reporter: that may be. but the markets are the thing to watch today. investors are worried that congress can't stomach even a tiny slowdown in run-away overspending. the automatic cuts are set to take place in 2013. they would be spread equally through domestic spending and domestic programs and the pentagon. there is some political wrangling already if they can slow or stall the cuts, particularly those geared towards defense. president obama and leaders said over the summer if there was failure on part of the super committee those cuts

would remain in place. stacey cohan, back to you. investigators say frederick scott was one of three men who got into a night in a club back in march. one of the men was shot and killed. scott and another man were charged. november10th, scott posted a $75,000 property bond and was set free. until the error was discovered. >> seems to be a clerical error, possibly through the court system. appears to be no fault of the department of corrections. they were just following the paperwork that was sent over from the courts, allowing him to post the bond. >> police say it's rare that somebody charged with first degree murder is ever allowed bond. the state's attorney now investigating how this happened. detectives are on the lookout for a second robbery suspect accused of preying on college students.

this is surveillance video. police say they robbed three george washington university students and a university of maryland student last week. one has already been arrested and charged. dramatic video of a fire in sterling, virginia, hitting an apartment complex there. it broke out about 7:30 sun morning. two people were taken to a hospital nearby. more than two dozen residents were displaced. the fire was deemed an accident, caused about $2 million in damage. today d.c.'s mayor will announce another big shakeup in his staff. it's reported he'll bring on a new communicates director and new director of staff. being moved out of the mayor's office is linda horton hoy, who will work at the health

department. many of the candidates attended a thanksgiving family forum over the weekend. they were cheered, there were tears. here's newt gingrich talking about occupy wall street, cain kids talking about kids and rick perry joking with ron paul about his most famous moment. >> that is a pretty good symptom of how much the left has collapsed as a moral system in this country, and why you need to reassert something as simple as saying to them, go get a job right after you take a bath. [applause] >> i didn't believe that i was home enough when my kids were growing up. >> we don't need the department of education, we need those things taken care of at the state level. >> and the energy department, too. >> mitt romney did not attend because he was in new hampshire campaigning. romney opened a new headquarters, though, in des moines.

president obama back at the white house now, after nine days in the asian pacific. the president was at an economic conference negotiating trade agreements. on tap for today, the president plans to sign a bill into law that helps veterans find work. tonight he and the first lady will celebrate country music as part of their performance at the white house series. speaking of the first lady -- >> first lady of the united states, michelle obama and dr. jill biden as they deliver the most famous words -- >> the white house down playing reports there were lots of loud boos heard as the first lady and dr. biden took to the microphone. they say it was a chaotic crowd and there was all sorts of noise going on. mrs.obama and mrs. biden were there to honor military troops and their families. earlier the pair received a standing ovation at the predriver's race meeting. classes in syria reach new

heights. overseas the situation tense in cairo, as protestors and police clash for a third straight day. we'll update this situation as well. for the first time since 1998, after the overtime loss to the cowboys yesterday, they did something they haven't done in more than a decade. we'll talk about it with dave ross after the break. this is tucker barnes' theme song, isn't it? >> i think so. he's starting to move. >> he can help it. we're going to get the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie, maybe dancing from tucker? ♪ i've got the moves ♪

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making headlines, we start overseas, where the arab spring

syria, protests for and against the regime of president assad over the weekend, turning into a civil war. to egypt now, protestors clashing with riot police. they are not happy at the slow pace of reform, more than six months after they toppled mubarak. more than 20 demonstrators have been killed since saturday and a thousand hurt. military rulers vaguely said they will hold on to power until after presidential elections late next year or early 2013. closer to home, two campus police officers at the university of california davis on administrative leave. they were caught on tape pepper spraying peaceful protestors. today the chancellor of the school plans to meet with

protestors amid calls for her resignation. 7:15. i said offcamera i'm loving your tie today. >> thank you. supporting the team. it's been a rough year, we know that. went out to the game yesterday. took my son. it was a great game. it would have been, obviously would have been great if they had won. but a great game. they showed a lot of effort. grossman had his best game i think this year, maybe after the giants' game. it was fun. and the atmosphere was electric. >> you could hear the cheering on tv. >> last week didn't feel like dallas week and all of a sudden it did sunday. it was great. >> maybe it was that you were there? >> no. i'm sure it was not. >> okay. just saying, maybe. >> lots of fun. let's talk about what's going on out there. our temperatures in the 50s. not bad at all. rather mild. right now we're at 56 degrees, which is our average high for this date i believe.

yeah. take a look, a lot of variety in the temperatures. 62 down in atlanta. 44 in st. louis. 21degrees in omaha. 29 in denver. more rain falling this morning in los angeles, where it's currently 46 degrees. let's take a look at that, nothing happening. no rain. now having said that, it's pretty moist out there. lots of humidity. it is foggy and we have misty conditions and of course, the road spray. but it's not raining now. see that rain across tennessee and kentucky? that's headed our way. that will bring us rain overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. tomorrow will be a wet day. five-day forecast, high today, about 58 degrees. lots of clouds around. couple of showers here and there. tomorrow rainy day. you'll need the rain jacket and umbrella. wednesday, still not the prettiest of days. 63. lots of clouds. rain in the first half of the day. thanksgiving looks to be cool,

but okay. 54degrees. friday i think is nice. sunny and 61. not bad at all. that's a look at the weather. more coming up in a little bit. tony, thanks. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> hi, guys. a lot of bumper-to-bumper traffic unfortunately making your commute along the southbound stretch coming in out of laurel, average speed down to 18 miles per hour. southbound 95 gridlocked from college park, excuse me, from laurel headed to college park. they're checking for the crash along 32 between 198 and 295. southbound along 270 gridlocked with delays out of german town. average speed down to 26 miles per hour, making your way in towards rockdale. outer loop of the beltway below speed headed towards georgia avenue. eastbound 66 a tough go. delays in towards centreville. fairfax city, north street tied up between lee highway and

university due to a crash. not busy in woodbridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. no doubt about it, despite the outcome, it was a thriller yesterday. dave ross back to talk a little football. >> we talked to allison, and it's like as a redskins fan, i know it's tough. even tony summed it up pretty well. it was an exciting day. probably for the first time since week one. >> i think at this point of this season you're looking for whatever positives you can find. >> absolutely. and there were a lot of positives. obviously, the effort they showed, which i a lot of people were wondering if there was going to be that effort. there are a lot of momentum shifters in this game. in the 1st quarter, not a good start for the burgandy and gold. first drive of the game for the redskins, and run two reverses

which go nowhere. 3rd down play. grossman finds davis, and davis trying to reach out and he fumbles, and you go oh no. what happens on the ensuing drive? romo, 3rd down, finds bryant, he's a beast. in, 7-0 like that. they make it 10-0 and i think everybody thought, including tony perkins this was going to be a blowout. but it was not. the redskins had a momentum shifter, his name was brandon banks. we've been waiting for this guy all year to show up. he showed up yesterday. first big play he made. i know tony was going crazy when this happened. reverse skate and get to the outside and 32 yards later, second longest punt return of the year for brandon and that led to this, grossman before the end of the first half, not settling for three, they're being aggressive. gaffney, touchdown, redskins take the lead at the half.

and all of a sudden you go, whoa, 10-0, 14-10, redskins, wow! to the 3rd quarter now. banks heard from again. in the 3rd, redskins leading 14- 10. watch him do it again. we've been waiting and waiting and waiting for big plays from this guy. here they are. when you get him in the open field, anybody more exciting to watch? the punter does a nice job of getting him out. here's where the momentum shifts again. that looks like it's going to be a golden scoring opportunity at 14-10. gano, 49 yards, and what do you know, slides out to the right. instead of being up by two possessions, only up by the one score. and only took one play in the 4th quarter to switch the momentum, tied at 17. romo watching, spin around, the

longest touchdown of whitten's pretty good career at this point. 59yards to the house. 24-17. we know the redskins tied it up and we know what happened in overtime. it was a really interesting game of momentum shifts in each quarter as we just showed you. it was very exciting to watch. you sit there and you didn't expect an exciting game, because the redskins hadn't scored seemed like more than 10 points in the past six weeks and they put up 24, which is the most they've scored all year. 28 against the giants, but seven of that was on an interception return. >> i didn't get a chance to watch the first half. i turned it on, 17-10 redskins, hey! >> how did this happen? i think a lot of people thought that. down 10-0, you thought it would be a blowout. so it's good to see they're still fighting. no quitting, those guys out there. >> six weeks left. >> let's hope they keep it up. >> hope so, dave. thank you. >> sure. relief is on the way for commuters in maryland. i am getting a call.

about the redskins i'm sure. coming up, the project slated to open tomorrow. and some retailers want you to turn to your cell phone instead. how appropriate. plus, a local dance company has a lot to be thankful for this year. >> holly in ashburn getting a lesson in hip-hop. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if i'm going to learn hip-hop, this is the place to do it. we're live in morning at studio bleu dance studio in ashburn. they have been ranked the third best studio in the nation, and they happen to be in our area. how you can sign up for a class and what you'll learn, live later, on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ♪

7:26 now on fox 5 morning news. more disturbing findings about health care workers in maryland. the washington examiner reports state health officials revoked 157 nursing assistant certificates. that was taken after it was learned a state employee signed off on medical documents for people who didn't meet minimum standards. that employee has been fired. today in virginia, mothers against drunk driving will release a report that rates the nation and each state on initiatives to counter this issue. nearly 900 people were killed by drunk drivers nationally between thanksgiving and new year's day in 2009. official ribbon cutting ceremony is being held today. both sections of the icc will be free to ride until december 6th. the 18-mile highway will

connect i-270 gaithersburg to -- time is running out for the debt super committee. a closer look at any progress. the best in the best in the music industry turned out for the american music awards last night. hot shell ray took home new artist of the year. we're going to look at the night's other big winners after the break. as we head to the break, a live look outside now. we'll get the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie. still foggy out there, d.c. >> ♪ tonight, tonight ♪    ç

♪ and the american music award goes to, our girl, taylor swift. [applause] >> or as we like to say, shocker. >> okay. >> she's winning everything. >> didn't she win cma? >> yeah. she thinks it's a big surprise. >> it's her second art of the year award. she won favorite country album. >> he thought lady antebellum was kelly clarkson. >> no.

they won. nicki minaj won, maroon 5 won. she got three. winners, winners, all around. >> she won for best wigs. >> yeah. >> she tanked taylor swift with the first award. do you know why? did swift write any of her -- >> i don't know. >> interesting pairing. >> interesting to look out. >> that was the big doings last night. >> i missed it. >> chris brown had -- >> you were at the redskins game. >> the traffic wasn't that bad. all the hoopla after the game. got to get ready for work. >> i was saying chris brown had a good performance. it's hard for me to really -- and i asked the question, does he come close to michael jackson in dancing? i think he might come a little close to him. >> really? >> i think so. i'll have to watch him more closely. >> i think he did. i think so. michael was so natural. but, you know, just something to ponder. >> i think something like that,

you have to have michael jackson and everybody else. >> you see michael jackson and you're like, never mind. i forgot. fun show. we're going to start with the bus stop forecast. we'll show you what we expect to see -- what we are seeing this morning. not expect. here's what's happening right now. cloudy skies. mild temperatures. temps between 50 and 55 degrees or maybe between 50 and 56 degrees. sunrise occurred at 6:58 this morning. let's take a look at our sentinel radar. no rainfall. oh, a couple of blips showing up right there. don't know if that's anything. can't rule out another shower or two popping up. most of the rain, it's pushed out of here. delaware seeing a little bit of rain. most is gone. could see another shower or two this morning and maybe later today. frankly, only about 20% chance of that at this point. here's a look at the temperatures across the region.

as i said, between 50 and 56, 57 degrees or so. 56 in baltimore. 56 here. 53 at dulles airport. 55 fredericksburg. the forecast for today, cloudy skies. maybe a couple of showers here and there. we've got the fog this morning. 58degrees for your high today. we're close to that now. no big changes in our temperatures. for tonight, more clouds. more significant rainfall develops overnight and into the day tomorrow. overnight low 50. again, no huge range in temperatures for today or tonight. tomorrow, rain. 57 for your high. you'll need protective gear tomorrow with the rain that will be falling. continuing showers on wednesday. thanksgiving looks pretty good. cool, 54 degrees. but a fair amount of sunshine. friday, mostly sunny and 61 for your high. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. now let's get more on the

traffic with julie wright. have you seen an j.lo in a fiat on stage? >> product placement. >> i want to see dancing and she drives out on stage. what's this all about? here we go on the roads now, lanes are open, no accidents to report. this is the inner loop of the beltway headed out towards 66. heavy volume. no accidents or incidents. same for the outer loop, leaving springs field, telegraph road. volume is heavy and slow in the direction of the wilson bridge. we have problems to report, coming inbound on route 50, leaving the beltway, about 21 minutes. no incidents, just volume. again, the same for those to the west on 66. volume delay coming from

manassas. earlier crash we reported east has been cleared. we have the problem in fairfax, westbound north street blocked off between old lee highway and university for trash cleanup. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. unable and ununwilling to compromise, appears the bipartisan super committee will admit failure today. joining us is bob cusack, managing editor of the hill. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's understand exactly the deadline. it was wednesday, but things need to be in place by today to make that happen by wednesday. >> that's right. the deadline is wednesday. but the law says the congressional budget office must offer a score of the plan, but if there's no -- 48 hours before, that is today. if they don't have anything later today, that means they have no plan, no need for a score, it's all done. one possible end to this is

that the republicans and democrats offer competing plans and they vote and they would get voted down, 6-6. this is a very partisan super committee now. they were hand picked by the leaders. a lot of people saw the handwriting on the wall. this thing is going to fail, and probably drop congress' approval rating to lower than 9%. it's a real tough day, i think, for the members of the super committee. >> i mean, if this thing does fail, it seems like such a colossal failure. >> yeah. >> i'll just say, this group that was thought to be able to work together couldn't even come up with something. >> yeah. >> it's a microcosm of what we're seeing in congress, though. >> it is. remember all the members were picked by leaders of congress. so these are party loyalists. these aren't the gang of six centerrists.

they have leadership aspirations and weren't able to get on the same page. republicans wouldn't break away from the tax -- >> these would kick in, if this does not pass, 2013. talking about across the board cuts? what are we looking at? >> it's really unclear exactly, because there are some members saying, we are going to head off the cuts for the defense department, or homeland security. and there are hundreds of billions of dollars that would get cut from defense or homeland security. that's going to be a fight, honestly, between the chairman of the armed services committee and the homeland security committee. now, there are cuts to medicare, but they're not structural cuts. they're across the board, 2%. mostly would affect providers and not beneficiaries. but you know, the lobbying industry is a winner here. they'll be lobbying all throughout 2012 to make sure

these cuts don't happen in 2013. and watch the credit rating agencies. they could down grade the u.s. once again and that would be disastrous for the markets. >> what does that mean for wall street? >> i think it will be a tough day on wall street. unpredictable. but the timing of when they said, hey, we don't reach a deal will be telling, because will they announce it while the markets are open? regardless, the markets are going to take a tumble. but there are these automatic cuts. that was built into the process. honestly, last week i was on capitol hill, it was a lack of urgency. usually when there's a big high profile show down, there's a lot of intensity. that was lacking. >> why do you think that's the case? when you talked about the fact it fails and people come in, pick up the pieces on what they want to see still funded, do you think that had anything to do with it, or we're cynical as a nation now and think, as i do, having heard you say that, that maybe that was the plan, let it fail and we'll clean up

the mess? >> both parties are seeking a political advantage. they think they can change the electoral landscape of 2012. they're thinking politically. president obama is a winner of this. he's been running against, politically he is, running against the do nothing congress. i think there was too much politics and not enough policy. and you did have this automatic trigger cut. so they could say, well, maybe the credit rating agencies won't down grade us because we will be cutting $1.2 trillion, even if we do nothing. >> so much more to talk about. i had all these notes, bob, but this deadline today seems to be taking over in the political world. >> yes. >> we appreciate you coming in and talking about it today. steve, over to you. 7:40 now on this monday morning. still ahead, why you might want to consider shopping on your cell phone on friday instead of going to the stores. those stores getting ready for a mad rush of shoppers and some employees are fighting back, upset about opening extra early, like thursday. we'll explain.

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making headlines, two men who ran in the philadelphia marathon over the weekend collapsed and died over apparent heart attacks. police say a 40-year-old man collapsed and a 21-year-old man collapsed at the finish. university officials at oklahoma state will examine the school's travel policy in the wake of a plane crash that killed the women's basketball coach and assistant coach and two others. the coaches were on their way to little rock to watch recruits play in a game. incredible video. a massive chunk of a los angeles street and the coastal bluff it sat on crumbled into the pacific ocean. week storms that dumped heavy rain caused the landslide. geologists had been watching the area since sections of the land began to shift, so the road was already closed. no one was hurt and no property

damaged. >> there's nature at its finest and most destructive at the same time. >> incredible. >> yep. >> what's happening here? that last shot we had from tower cam, fog was sticking around. i just stepped outside and our towers outside the studios, and you can see that fog. yeah, look at that. that's a great shot, though. great shot. if you're trying drive and get around, it's problematic. it's mainly been off to our north, northeast and northwest. it's starting to get in here as well and will take some time to die off. great picture. really captures it. this is another image of the fog. it's getting closer to d.c. it's in d.c. now, it's just not thick enough yet it's being picked up by this radar image. but everything else here is where you see dense fog, the deep orange color, where we

have the most dense fog. along interstate 81, places like that. let's go to sentinel radar, a couple of blips show up now, i've mentioned. can't rule out a shower or two popping up. maybe a couple of spots of a brief spit of rain. that's about it. we can see more of that during the morning and indeed during the day. for the most part i think we're done with the rain. show you the satellite radar. lots of clouds and more rain to the west and that will make its way in here. tonight, steady rainfall for overnight, and into tomorrow. five-day forecast, high today, about 56 degrees. 58degrees, i'm sorry. 56 is the normal high. clouds, maybe a couple of showers. tomorrow, rain during the day. wednesday some day in the first half of the day. thanksgiving looks cool, but decent. friday looks really decent. 61degrees. now we think saturday and the bulk of sunday will be nice as well for your holiday weekend. >> look at the holiday. nice looking. >> not too bad.

>> thanks, tony. let's check in with julie who has traffic for us. hi, julie. >> not looking forward to that rainy commute. wednesday a big holiday get away. we're anticipating a lot of people taking off tuesday afternoon as well. we're starting to see that traffic pattern continue now over the last couple of years, people taking off out of town. so plan accordingly. lanes open inbound on new york avenue. delays coming in from manassas to the beltway. in fairfax, the accident activity westbound on north street, between old lee highway and university. van dorn towards telegraph road, earlier incident cleared. problems new hampshire, north

of 29 for the crash. westbound i-70 at 29 for another wreck reported. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. of course, stores are planning to open early on black friday. some even opening their doors thanksgiving day. at least one worker of target isn't taking it. anthony hardwick started an online petition asking target to save thanksgiving. almost 200,000 people have signed on to the petition. he says he's just asking for one day to be with his family. online retailers planning an assault on people battling the black friday frenzy. web sites will be sending out sale offers to mobile devices to shoppers as they stand in line. some retailers fighting back by not displaying bar scans on some items so they can't be scanned. our holly morris is wearing her dancing shoes today. >> sure is. she's danced her way out to ashburn, where she's learning a

thing or two about hip-hop this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. think about all the dance studios in our area and think about all the dance studios in the nation, and you'll be amazed when i tell you the dance studio we are at this morning has recently been africaed number three in the nation. we are live this morning at studio bleu dance center in ashburn. we're going to show you firsthand why they won this coveted award coming up on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. thanks, holly. let's say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. today is her birthday and her husband campaigned hard for her to be fan of the day. we are happy to show your lovely picture. happy birthday to you. if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day, find us on facebook, by searching for fox5 morning news, no space between fox and the number 5. then post a comment under the birthday woman's photo today.

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the studio bleu dance center in ashburn ranked third dance studio in the entire united states. >> what a huge honor. holly is there this morning to feature some of their talented dancers. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's hard to feature them all. there's so much talent in this room. that's the challenge we're having this morning. we're having a lot of fun. talk about energy, they've got it here. to give you an idea of the magnitude of this operation, they have about 2100 students. they offer over 300 classes a week. the students range in age from 2 to adults. the person overseeing it all is kimberly, the owner and director. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: you all are serious about dance. >> we are. we like to work hard and play hard. >> reporter: good for you.

obviously you're being acknowledged for that. how did a studio in ashburn be ranked third in the nation and who is giving you that? >> the federation of dance competition oversees studios across the country who participate in competitions throughout the season and they monitor the competitions, dances, and there's points associated with that. we were not ranked at all previous year. >> reporter: went from nothing to three? >> we went from nothing to three. >> reporter: how were you notified? >> we were at a world dance championship in dallas, texas in august and they were calling out the top 10 and we were excited to hear some of our dance friends around the country and it got to number three, and they called studio bleu and my reaction was did they just call studio bleu? >> reporter: are they talking about us? >> i had no idea. to answer your question, i think i'm more proud of the kids' work ethic and how hard they work and how great they

are with everyone in the community. >> reporter: you received a studio excellence award. >> we did. we received it in august. i'm sorry, july, in d.c. that was given to only "x" number of -- >> reporter: banner year. you also have some dancers that are in new york now gearing up for the macy's day parade? >> we do. we have dancers rehearsing right now and they represent the state of virginia and they will be performing live at 9:00 a.m. in heralds square in new york city. >> reporter: very exciting! i watch the parade every year. i will be looking for them. >> thank you. >> reporter: now i'm looking for this group. got your practice in? ready to go? all right. i want you to get in position, and without further adieu, let me hand it over to the senior hip-hop group from studio bleu, exclamation!

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♪ >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to studio bleu's web site if you want to find out more about what they do here, and how you can sign up for a dance class. we've done hip-hop this hour. it's not the only thing they've been recognized for. coming up, we're going to check out their tap dance program. now this is the way to start a monday. actually, i think maybe they're working off my turkey and pie for me earlier in the week. >> all preventive, that's all. >> they look good. >> holly, thank you. speaking of thanksgiving, the key ingredient this thanksgiving is good safety. next hour before you gobble up that food, we're going to fill you in on mistakes that could make you sick. you might recognize him from the dark knight or harry potter series, jfk, gary oldman

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they're calling him a lone wolf. new york city police arresting a man they say was ready to blow up bombs targeting police, post offices and the military. thanksgiving three days away. it doesn't matter if you've cooked turkey for decades or this is your first time, you'll want to stay tuned. ahead, a look how to safely prepare and cook that bird. good advice there. and we're going to talk with an actor certainly at the top of his craft. gary oldman will stop by and we'll chat with him. he has a new movie out, sounds really good. it's called "tinker, tailor, soldier, spy," based best selling novels from back in the '70s. good british spy stuff they're trying to bring back. sounds fascinating. d.c. we love a good spy story. >> we do. >> glad you're with us. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm alison seymour. we say good morning to our dear friend, tony perkins. we love him, if it's rainy and bad or sunny and beautiful. not if it's snowing. >> i know that.

some do. we're fine with that. we won't see snow for a while. we are dealing with fog this morning. it's pretty dense in parts of the viewing area. we've been showing that to you through the morning and it will continue to be a factor for us through these early morning hours. meanwhile, this is a look at sentinel radar. nothing really to show you, except for a couple of blips popping up where there may be brief precipitation that's falling around the washington area, towards richmond as well. for the most part, we are dry. we have the fog, we have the mist, humidity. so we're not truly dry. we don't have much in the way of rainfall. current temperatures at the area airports, about where they typically are for this time of year. 50s now, it's 56 degrees at reagan national. 53 at dulles. 56 at bwi marshal. the forecast for today, plenty of clouds around, morning fog, couple of showers possible here and there. most of the day will be rain- free. 58degrees for your high. more details on the forecast, including a look ahead to thanksgiving coming up in a

couple of moments. thanks. check in with julie and get a look at traffic. >> check this camera out. this is coming in from german town this morning, traveling southbound along 270, into this fog now. tony has been talking about it. it looks good approaching, and about a half a mile south. after that, callers are hitting me up on twitter and calling me, telling me they're crawling along out of german town leaving 118 headed to the lane divide. that fog settling in this morning. allow extra time on the roads. we have problems reported, traveling northbound on the baltimore washington parkway. this is accident number two for this morning's drive. northbound on the parkway approaching powder mill road. that's where the check in for the crash, southbound delays beginning in laurel. 198, accident activity

traveling between 32 and bw parkway westbound. northbound of new hampshire, north of 25, follow police to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you so much. police, post offices, troops returning home from overseas, some of the targets police say a new york city man was trying to bomb. fox5's sarah simmons joins us with this top story. >> jose pimentel is behind bars facing serious charges. >> reporter: a new york city man has been arraigned on terrorism related charges. pimentel, a u.s. citizen is accused of a heinous bomb plot. >> pimentel talked about killing u.s. service men returning from iraq and afghanistan. particularly u.s. army and marine corps personnel. he talked about bombing post offices in and around

washington heights and police cars in new york city. >> reporter: authorities arrested pimentel, who they say is an al-qaida sympathizer saturday inside his apartment. police say he was putting a bomb together at the time. >> the nypd intense division did outstanding work in tracking this individual and containing the threat he posed to the city. this is another case where our precautions paid off. >> reporter: an attorney for pimentel disagreed. >> there is nothing sleeper or hidden about this whatsoever. it would not have required a very difficult investigation. if this is what we're coming up with, then we're not where we have to be. >> reporter: neighbors are taken aback by the news of the arrest. >> it's pretty surreal, actually. >> it's pretty frightening, this close to home. >> now the charges against

pimentel include first degree criminal possession of a weapon intended for terrorism. he faces life in prison if convicted. back to you. >> thank you. today is the deadline for the debt super committee to present their plan. but they failed to agree on a deal. let's head to stacey cohan who is outside the capitol. >> reporter: good morning, and the failure of them to make a deal is a very big deal here in washington. capitol hill of course had been hopeful this was the solution to the debt crisis that overtook the hill during the summer when congress was not able to reach an agreement. finally the super committee was established and now they have thrown their hands up, or so we are told. there had been talks and folks that thought perhaps there would be a way for them to eke out an agreement, but it seems at this point reality has begun to overtake hope. >> talks have taking place over

the weekend. they'll continue to take place. but the reality is, we need to come to an agreement. we have to get it drafted. it has it be estimated by the office by the end of monday. >> i think we're deep into the fourth quarter. but there's still time on the clock. i don't think any of us wants to let the time run out without trying everything possible to get there. >> reporter: the penalty for missing this is huge. automatic debt reduction kicks in to the tune of $1 trillion in cuts. those cuts will begin in 2013 and be spread between domestic programs and defense. there is last minute wrangle, thinking maybe they can forstall the cuts at the pentagon, but president obama and congressional leaders have said previously that isn't going to happen. stacey cohan, back to you. >> thank you very much. the death toll from violence clashes in egypt continues to rise. police are clashing with thousands of protestors for a third day in a row now. at least 35 people have been

killed. more than 1700 injured since saturday. demonstrators want military rulers to step down immediately, and transfer power to a civilian government. the military meantime said it may hand over power in a year or more. first round of elections begins next week. syria now, this morning no end to the violence there. the government staged more rallies over the weekend. protestors also rallied, calling for the president to go and now. syria has rejected the latest offer by the arab league to send in observers. the league is holding an emergency session later this week, as the country spirals into civil war. california university placed two officers on administrative leave for pepper spraying occupy protestors. here's amateur video showing one officer dousing demonstrators sitting on the ground. this is on the grounds of uc

davis friday. ten people arrested. the president of the campus system is appalled he says and there are calls for the chancellor to resign. 56 degrees on this monday morning. a big oops, a murder suspect in prince george's county free because of a clerical error. the search is on to find him. another week, another loss for the redskins. dave ross joins us to play monday morning quarterback as well. 8minutes after the hour.    

it is 11 after the hour now. let's look at some of the stories making headlines. a suspected murderer being asked to turn himself in. frederick scott was mistakenly set free on bond because of a clerical mistake by the court. scott is charged with first degree murder for the shooting death of a man at a club in edmondson maryland in march. investigators say the robberies of three george washington university students and of a university of maryland student are linked. this is video of a suspect, one

is already arrested. they're looking for the other man. fema officials going door to door in virginia, collecting information on property damage from the 5.8 earthquake in august that hit. so far, they have visited about a third of the homes there. officials estimate the damage will come in at about $80 million. it is 8:12 now. we are going to check in with mr. perkins for a look at our forecast. but, because the forecast is a little rainy and what are you looking for there, buddy? >> i can do it for you. >> there are cables and my foot got caught up. >> be careful. we don't want you to get ganoitis. >> nice! it's time for our first photo of the day. this is prince. got a little food on the chin there. he turns one year old tomorrow. >> a doll.

>> his family was hoping his new redskins bib and hat would bring good luck to the burgandy and gold. >> it will bring good luck, you have to give it a little time. >> that's right. happy birthday to you. >> adorable. >> thanks for trying to bring good luck. hopefully it will work next time. go to myfoxdc.on mornings to send us your child's picture. hd radar, look at the fog. quite a bit of it out there. it's dense in places. no fog advisories as of this time. but still, you need to slow down your commute this morning, as it is pretty thick in parts of the area. not so much in washington. but we have our own fog that we are dealing with as well. here's a look at the sentinel radar. it will show you a couple of blips on the screen there. might be a shower or two popping up here or there, we mentioned earlier, for the most part, only 20% chance. widespread rain moving in tonight and tomorrow. this morning and today, couple of popup showers what we're

seeing now. there's our next rain maker, across the south, tennessee, kentucky, places like that. that rainfall moves in here tonight, brings us steady rain overnight and into and through the day tomorrow. five-day forecast, high today only about 58 degrees under cloudy skies. rain tonight. rain tomorrow all during the day. 57degrees. a wet one. wednesday some showers be particularly in the first half of the day. thanksgiving, partly to mostly sunny. high, 54, about where we should be for this time of year. friday, sunny and a high of 61. not bad at all. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. tucker barnes will be up in a little bit with more weather. right now we've got julie wright standing by with a look at traffic. julie-- what? >> i was going to say, but it's going to be chilly when you're standing out in the cold to go shopping friday morning. >> i won't be doing that. but it will be chilly friday morning when people are doing that, yes. >> unless they start thursday night at 10:00 or whatever

ridiculous time. that's crazy. what can do that? >> you can't. eat, sit back, watch football relax. >> it's why you wear the pants with the elastic in them. >> that's why you do that. >> oh, don't lie, you know you do, too. halfway through the game you're on the couch snoring. >> that's true. >> [ laughing ] here you go. southbound 270, coming in out of german town this morning, this is the drive into all that fog. it's kind of scary in some places because the fog is thick. allow extra time on the roads. be patient, because southbound 270 is gridlocked out of german town headed to rockville. ridge road at 355 where we have the accident activity. some people standing out here, waiting for assistance, tow truck and police officer probably to do paperwork. eastbound along ridge road at 355. other side of town, lanes open, but pace is slow outer loop leaving van dorn, headed for telegraph road. beltway to the 14th street bridge, about 17 minutes at

this point. no incidents eastbound on 66. lanes open, but slowing out of manassas to the beltway. it's certainly one of the best rivalries in the nfl, at least, you know, in theory. >> in theory. >> you know, redskins, cowboys, it was a slow build up to the game sunday. had excitement. >> sure did. kind of out of nowhere. i don't think any of us felt it was going to be that close. in rivalry games you never know. looking for a spark. when they were down 10-0, we got one from grossman. needed to make a play, and he makes a great one to david anderson. serve it up on a platedder. like that? >> i wasn't sure what it was. >> yeah. >> when you have to ask, kind of like explaining the punch line of a joke. >> continuing that drive.

>> nice play. >> that place was jumping yesterday once they got back into that ball game. good to see. what that seemed to do, elevated the play of the defense. i thought they really, especially in the first half, really got after romo in specifics. he's a tough guy to get to the ground. they got him down four times. first, kerrigan, staying after the play. sixth sac of the year, impressive. did a pretty good job early, and there's bowen getting that sac. watch fletcher. >> never stops. >> 16 tackles and a sac. each week the guy goes out there and as you can tell, he balls. it did not end well. >> no. >> we have to break down what happened. >> please do. >> this is on d'angelo hall.

and he has been saying it's on d'angelo hall. in overtime, 3rd and 15, got to get the cowboys off the field. romo makes a nice play. makes the wrong cut. hall gets over there. you can see the disgust on hall's face there. that led to this. this is bryant, 39 yards out, and this is your game winner. so we caught up with d-hall after the game and he explained it thusly. >> it's frustrating. you know, it's frustrating. but you know, i can't point a finger at anybody but myself. the way i'm playing right now, they need to go cut me, because i'm definitely not worth what i'm getting, so you know, it's frustrating. it's frustrating. hopefully they see something in me and they bring me back next year. but the way things going right now, i'm definitely not playing up to par. you know, when you paying a guy the kind of money i'm making, you know, you expect me to make

that play. and like i said, two times in a row, you know, is just -- i would cut myself if i was the front office. >> it's stunning to hear. obviously, we in the media like d-hall. he stands up and talks every week. yesterday after the game. he'll do it today, too, on a monday. they've lost six games in a row, and he's done it every week. >> first of all, they can't cut him. they would have no corner backs left. i hope he comes back and focusing and says it won't happen again. >> he had 11 tackles. hall was still out there making plays. he still was tackling. people say, he can't tackle -- >> i'm not going to make a judgment, but state the fact. let's go to 2009. at this point in the season, 11- 15, lame duck coach and on his

way out. shanahan at the same point is 9- 17. what happened? >> the numbers i think are misleading. zorn inherited a playoff team and self-instructed that team. shanahan inherited zorn's mess. i think it will longer for shanahan to clear up that two- year mess. when zorn took it over -- you're seeing the building blocks now with the picks we've talked about the last couple of weeks. i would be really, really surprised if they made a coaching change the end of this year. at least one more year for shanahan. i could be wrong, but i think he'll be around. >> i kind of agree with you. thanks. was she or wasn't she? there are reports the first lady may have been booed yesterday. the white house is down playing that. we'll let you decide next. then, later, we're live with an award winning dance studio and this hour we're looking at tap dance. stay with us. ♪

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the asian pacific. on tap today, he plans to sign a bill into law that helps veterans find work. tonight he and the first lady will celebrate country music at the white house. first lady of the united states, michelle obama and dr. jill biden. >> white house down playing reports there were lots of loud boos heard as the first lady and dr. biden were introduced. they say it was a chaotic crowd and there was all sorts of noise. the first lady and dr. biden were there to honor military troops and their families. earlier the pair received a standing ovation at the prerace driver's' meeting. we're going to check other stories making headlines, including more on the announcement expected in d.c. today with the debt super committee. he is an actor at the top of his craft. in our next half hour, gary oldman will join us live. he's stopping by to talk about one of his latest projects, it's called "tinker, tailor, soldier, spy."

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56 degrees at 8:28. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines this morning. today d.c.'s mayor gray will announce another big shake up in his staff. it's reported he'll bring on a new communications director and new deputy chief of staff. actress mila kunis made good on her promise this weekend, attending the marine corps ball in north carolina. her date, sergeant scott moore. he asked her to be his date via a youtube video. where is tony when we need him for this story. >> exactly. a gaithersburg family has a lot to be thankful for. marine matthew rogers surprised

his mom and dad, returning home early from afghanistan. he thought the homecoming would be small with his family, but his sisters arranged a big party, complete with marching band. >> seems like a surprise somebody knew about and didn't keep a secret. >> we like it. tuck, welcome back. >> thank you. i get here at 4:25 in the morning. >> where were you? >> i've been over there all morning. fog is here to stay. clouds here to stay. rain showers i think are out of here. won't rain all day. gloomy and temperatures cooler than yesterday, too. fall-like feel. >> was nice yesterday. >> everybody is so focused on the holidays and shopping. won't notice the weather for a couple of days. sentinel radar, most of the shower activity out of here at the moment. we have one or two sprinkles here. here's the beltway and north and west over montgomery county, a sprinkle, one or two into portions of northeastern virginia and all that kind of

pushing to the east. you get the idea. not a lot happening. still a lot of clouds, problem with the fog, particularly north and west, where the fog in spots is dense. be ready for that. that will be slow to break up as the cloud cover and the light winds will hold that fog in place here for the time being. traveling most of the country, much of the country quiet. a lot of clouds across the rocky mountain states. frontal system came through overnight, a cold front, and low pressure will develop along that. the rain will return later tonight. i think tomorrow will be soggy if you're traveling across the mid-atlantic, and even wednesday showers back in the forecast before we clear it out of here for thanksgiving day. going to be a little unsettled around here the next couple of days, particularly tomorrow. a lot of rain in the forecast. 57 now in washington. check back in later today, i think our temperatures will be in the mid- to upper 50s. 59 fredericksburg. 52 winchester. lots of clouds, one or two showers, but i think we're done

with most of the rain, at least for the daytime hours. 58 the daytime hours. cooler than yesterday. rain redevelops overnight. overnight low, 50 degrees, with winds out of the east at 5 to 10 miles per hour. and your five-day forecast, here comes the turkey, rain tomorrow, showers wednesday. thursday looks great. sunshine, mid-50s. shopping friday, no problems with weather. 60degrees with sunshine. that's a look at weather. steve, over to you. tucker, thank you very much. the long awaited feature film version of the best novel, "tinker, tailor, soldier, spy" hits theaters next month. the international thriller set at the height of the cold war in the mid-20th century. a displaced british spy played by gary oldman. gary oldman joins us now, as does the film's director. so good to see you this

morning. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you volunteered, actually lobbied to direct this film, didn't you? why did you want to be a big part of this? >> well, it was, when i saw this as a kid on television, i loved it, even though i really didn't understand everything. but there was something mysterious and magnetic about it. and then in my early 20s, i read the books, so i was already a fan. >> when gary was cast, what was your reaction? >> well, it was a long struggle to find the right george smiley, took nearly six months. so it was a very relieving feeling. >> gary, let me ask you about george smiley. what's it like playing that character? >> it's a great opportunity. i mean, i've joked and said i've waited 30 years to play a part like this. absolute dream.

it makes a change to be the smartest man in the room. some of the characters i've played have not been very bright. >> you have had an interesting run of characters. talk about that a little bit. because you really, when people think about the characters you play and the roles you've played, villan, antagonist. these words seem to come to play. do you enjoy that? do you think it's a type cast role, or is this something you get into that type of character? >> there's an element of type casting to it, because you are somewhat at the mercy of the imagination of the people that are casting you. but i mean, i've played my share of those big physical characters, so it was nice to play -- it was nice to play george, because he's the -- the emotions are all inside. it's very contained and reined in. it's a sitting down part.

>> we love here in washington a good spy story. tell us a little bit about this, how this unfolds and what folks would expect to see if they come see this. >> well, i think you explained it very well. george, when we first meet george, he has been forced into retirement, and they discover there's a double working -- he's one of five at the very top of the secret service. so they recruit, they get me back into investigate and find the mole. >> let me ask you, thomas, about the process here, when you put this together and when you think about having to recreate this time period, what kind of challenges did you face there? because you filmed this in several locations across

europe. >> it's filmed in london and in budapest and instanbul. but 80% i would say is shot in london. we did this in old military barracks in northern london, which gave us a lot. because most of it was from the actual time. so that was a very important part of it. but it's fun to recreate a certain, a very specified era. >> sure. you did a lot of research, obviously, into spies and the list of spies. what was that like and what did you find when you dug a little bit deeper into real life situations? >> well, this thing with research can be so many things. i think a lot of people sort of hide behind research and say, oh, i read all these books about, you know, the cold war and the politics behind it and stuff. research can also be how do you

look when you're lying to someone, like these people have to do. and those things really interested me. >> gary, how do you prepare for a role like this, where are you aware, as you said, it's an intelligent role, but where your subtleties as an actor make a huge difference. >> to begin with, you have this fantastic source material. when you dig a bit deeper, what do you find? my homework, or my research, if you will, was this fabulous book. and we also had access to the man himself if we needed it. he was available to us. so i didn't really have to work very much outside the book and of course, i met and spoke with

john. so everything you kind of need to know about the clues to playing smiley are in that book. >> when we watch this film and see some of the intensity, we can know behind the scenes you were having a good time doing this? >> yeah, we did. >> yeah, we had some laughs. i mean, you get -- i mean, john hurt, who plays control, is a great -- not only a wonderful actor, but he's a great -- he has fantastic stories. and i'm sitting across mr. firth, oscar winner mr. firth. he's got a naughty twinkle in his eye. so you know, it is dark and austere, but we did -- he's a fun -- he's a funny guy. >> i could tell. i could tell already.

we're glad you guys enjoyed it and we're happy you made it so we can enjoy it as well. you have a special screening tonight. the film opens in december here in washington. we wish you the best and thank you for stopping in. >> thank you. >> it's been a pleasure. allison, back to you. thank you, steve. time is 8:38 on this monday morning. you could call it that black friday backlash. some target workers protesting, saying they don't want their holiday ruined so you can shop for your bargains. a closer look when we come back. [ screaming ]

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if you're looking for work, check out our job shop. today's job of the day, with quest diagnostics. go to myfoxdc.com, click on the job shop tab at the top of the home page. opening stores on thanksgiving might give stores a boost, but some employees aren't happy. >> one target employee started a petition. some workers are being asked to report at 11:00 p.m. for their 10-hour shift. >> the petition is not about me, you know.

it is about everybody that i work with, everybody that works in retail. this is just an opportunity for us, all of us, to stand up and say, leave us one day to spend with our family. there's always a little bit of concern, the running joke amongst my friends at work is that we're not going to get fired for the petition, i'll get fired for pushing carts with my shirt untucked. >> workers in our area agree and even shoppers tell us opening on thanksgiving is they say is ridiculous. okay. is it safe to start thawing your thanksgiving turkey now? >> what temperature should you cook the turkey? we're going to talk turkey when we come back. hear that, we're talking turkey. >> what's new? >> reporter: you're talking turkey, i'm talking tap dance this morning, as we are live at studio bleu dance center in ashburn, virginia.

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turkey is a thanksgiving day tradition. but it's also a bird that most of us don't cook on a regular basis. so that is good reason to be extra careful about handling, baking and storing turkey safely. joining us now with tips, dr. elizabeth hagan, undersecretary at the usda. thank you for being here. it's true, we cook this bird maybe twice a year, max. and lots of things can go wrong, right? >> that's right. you're cooking for probably more people than you're used to. probably a more complicated affair than you're used to having in your home. it's easy to lose track of a couple of simple steps that can help keep your family safe. >> you put up -- there's a psa that's been put out talking about what exactly, the time that you need to cook the bird,

safely handling? >> we're on tv and radio and in print. the four key steps we talk about are clean, separate, cook, and chill. to clean, it's obvious, you want to have clean utensils, wash your hands and surfaces thoroughly and frequently. separating is important. it's separating raw meat and poultry from fruits and vegetables that won't be cooked. cook to a proper temperature. 165 the number to remember at thanksgiving. it's the safe temperature for poultry and also when reheating leftovers as well. chill is important. get leftovers in the refrigerator within two hours of serving them. >> how long can we eat the leftovers after thanksgiving? how many days? >> if refrigerated, three or

four days and reheat to 165 degrees. >> when we're cleaning our surfaces, i love bleach cleaner for everything. is that too strong? >> it's not necessary. a lot of people don't have those things in their kitchens and we recommend you use warm or hot soapy water and wash thoroughly. you can sanitize your cutting boards by putting a tablespoon of bleach in a gallon of water and use that to add that additional layer of safety. >> the question was, if we're buying fresh turkeys, not frozen, buy it now and how do we store it? and the second one, if we buy the frozen? >> the fresh, 48 hours before serving and no more than that. the frozen, you have to remember to start thawing it.

the safest is in your register. if you have a big bird, you need to start now. >> what about the stuffing issue? this is a big one. before it seemed like the stuffing was cooked in the bird, then later wisdom said, no, no, because we get contamination. what's the advice? >> you're right. we don't recommend stuffing the bird, only because it's a raw bird when you start and you're putting the food containing eggs and other raw ingredients inside. it's hard to get it to a safe temperature. if you are going to stuff the bird, use a meat thermometer and measure the temperature of the stuffing as well, a couple of places at 165. will take about 30 minutes longer to cook a stuffed bird. safest thing to do is bake it outside your bird. >> we were talking earlier and i said, my mother does ay there it easy. >> there's so much good information. the first thing you can do is

go to foodsafety.gov. we have an app called ask karen optimized for iphones and android users, where you can ask your questions. there are a lot of already answered questions, but you can ask your own question 24 hours a day. >> and dr. hagen says i can cook that bird. we'll see. we thank you for being here, the undersecretary for food safety at the usda. happy thanksgiving. >> thank you. jazz, hip-hop some of the dances you can learn at the nationally renowned studio bleu dance center. >> reporter: exactly, steve. the federation of dance competitions named it this year the third dance studio in all of the nation. they also received a studio excellence award, which only 13 studios across the nation were honored with. so obviously they know what they're doing here. we talked about hip-hop last

hour. this hour, as you can hear, we have moved on to tap dancing. they are so good in part because of the two gentlemen next to me. this is mark osbourne and justice inlewis. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. how are you? >> reporter: i'm doing very well. tell me about the tap program here. >> i started here about four years ago. and mark started here this year. we started taking it from the ground up, started building more kids, more programs. the kids have come in. they were very skeptical about tap at first, until we started introducing the different styles and techniques of tap. we started instituting more rhythm. musical theater tap as well. we have rhythm tap, musical theater and other styles as well. we've really built it up. >> reporter: you have several different levels, from amateur to a preprofessional company? >> we do.

we have rhythm and blue, which is our preprofessional company, and we have multiple levels for all ages. one great thing that separates this studio from i think a lot of others across the country, is the opportunity for outside choreographers and teachers to come in on a consistent basis. >> reporter: that's an amazing opportunity. it's one thing to talk to the teachers, which you guys are fabulous and wonderful dancers, which we've seen, but i want to see if i can get a couple tappers to come forward. quickly, this is what i want you to do, tell me your name, your age, and what dance means to you. >> kim ber, i'm 15, and i love to dance. >> zack, i'm 13, and pretty much it's my life. >> reporter: that wraps it up. >> i'm sarah, i'm 12 and i love expressing myself. >> reporter: it's a great way to express yourself, isn't it? don't i know you? >> i'm lou, 8 years old and it's fun. >> reporter: we've seen luke

before. he's a pretty good superstar. they are all superstars. without further adieu, let's hand it on over and do a little cosmic love? >> absolutely. >> reporter: all right. cosmic love from studio bleu here in ashburn, virginia.

♪ >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to studio bleu's web site if you want to find out more. they offer some 300 classes a week here. they have about 2100 students. also, if you're watching the macy's day parade thursday, there are a couple of students that aren't here because they are in new york now rehearsing. they were chosen to represent the state of virginia in the macy's day parade. you'll want to look for them from studio bleu. of course, we've done hip-hop, wei done tap. let's see, what else are they recognized in? oh, yeah, ballet. good thing we have another whole hour, so we can talk about their ballet program in the 9:00 hour. back to you. >> i have a feeling you still won't get through it all. thanks, holly. putting the finishing touches on your thanksgiving menu. >> just three days away. are you looking for something to spice up that traditional meal? we've got d.c.'s chef kuda

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coming up on 9:00 now. on this monday morning, that does it for this hour of fox 5 morning news. tony is back joining allison to take us up until 10:00. thank you very much. now at 9:00, authorities say they have foiled a terror plot in new york. the suspect being described as a lone wolf. what police say could have happened if he was able to carry out his plan. one of the most important tasks in america right now, but those selected for it are not able to get the job done. we're live with the latest on the debt super committee and how their actions could impact the economy. we're just a few days out now, are you ready? we're helping you spice up your thanksgiving dinner. d.c.'s chef huda has ideas for unique dishes you can add to

your traditional favorites. we're not saying throw out the traditional, add to it. >> i like the sound of some of these. >> jerk turkey. you're my jerk turkey. >> all right. there's no good segue here, so we'll go to tucker barnes. >> jerk turkey, it's hard to say. >> allison, are you done? >> i'm done. >> let's get to the forecast. i only have a minute. shower activity you might have heard overnight is out of here to the east. you can see it's slipping off the coast. generally speaking, it will be a cloudy day today. can't rule out the possibility of a few showers from time to time. much of today should be fine. more storminess out west that will ride along a frontal system. 57 now at reagan national. pretty much the high for today.