hi, tony. >> good morning to you. temperatures not chilly, i'm going to say cold as temperatures are in the 30s. winds are blowing strongly and that's giving us wind chills in the 20s. actual air temperature in d.c. is 36 degrees, baltimore is at 35 degrees, dulles international airport 34 degrees, 37 in fredricksburg. ocean city is at 39 degrees, that's a cold start to the day. here's a look at the satellite and radar composite. here's the good news, the precipitation is out of here, it it was a fast-moving storm, dumping record amounts of rain at the area airports and pretty good snows out in extreme western maryland and portions of west virginia, but here nothing in the way of snow. we do have some high standing water in parts of the area. julie will tell but that shortly. but the has moved out of -- the precipitation has moved out of here. the forecast looks like this, mostly sunny skies, rather breezy with gusty winds this morning but those winds will die down as the day progresses. high today only about 46 degrees. we'll have more details on the forecast coming up in a little

bit. allison and steve, back to you. >> tony, thanks. we didn't get a lot of snow right here in the immediate region, but the snow certainly causing problems this morning. >> fox 5's stacey cohan is in upper marlboro this morning where streets are closed. good morning, stacey. reporter: good morning. i am telling you, people, when a sign says road closed, please don't go around it. we had a whole bunch of cars sitting here, turning around, making new turns, people are still trying to come in here to access this and they're being turned back by road crews. so you cannot access route 4 pennsylvania avenue via water street coming through upper marlboro. you also cannot access marlboro from pennsylvania avenue. this is not a thru road this, is a mini river. actually in daylight we can see there's an incredible amount of water down there. so crews are doing their best to block off the road and to dissuade traffic from coming down here. we did have a problem as daylight broke and rush hour

kicked in for people going through the road closure signs and cut through. i don't know if you saw that spray that car kicked up turning into the entrance to the courthouse, but there is quite a bit of standing water. there are ways around. you can get to the courthouse via 301 or route 202 or conversely if you're coming from this part of upper marlboro and trying to get pennsylvania avenue, you can take 301. it'll take you a few extra minutes, but, hey, unless you have a boat you can't get around here. the bus is managed to slip around to the courthouse to maintain their current track, but that is about it. so road closed on water in the street in front of prince george's county courthouse there, is a sign, please believe it, you're not going to get through. reporting live, stacey cohan, back to you. >> stacey, thanks so much. our top story this morning, police arrested a 17- year-old, charged her as an adult -- before we do that,late get to julie wright and take a look at traffic. reporter: when you come up to these closure points, that's

why they're there, they're there to assist you. attempting to drive through the means, probably somebody is going to have to rescue cue. if you come up to an intersection that is closed or see the standing water, do not make an attempt to travel through it. instead turn around, there are alternatives. if you're traveling up in montgomery county, this is where we have the crash reportedly involving a ng a southbound 270 a little bit below speed at father hurly boulevard, you're down to about 25 miles per hour. no incidents to report right now at the wilson bridge, traffic flowing freely there. brake lights to accompany the commute up to sem nair road. you'll find noand new york avenue lanes open. a little slow getting through the traffic lights leading northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. now we get to our top stories, julie, thank you. police arrest a 17-year-old and charge her as an adult in

connection with a stabbing. police say the girl stabbed another teen on tuesday between girls from montgomery, blair and kennedy high school. it actually happened outside northwood high school after a boys' basketball game. no students from northwood were involved. the victim is expected to survive the search continues for a bank robbery who was wearing a superhero mask. surveillance images images show the person dressed in a spiderman-like mask robbing the bbt bank in fort -- on fort washington. the spiedy bandit got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and took off in a dark-colored pacifica. more trouble for the mortuary at dover air force base. it seems a lot more of remains of american soldiers were dumped in a virginia landfill than the military first admitted. our sarah simmons is back in studio with more. reporter: allison, this morning the "washington post" reports that the remains of 274 troops were sent to the

landfill in king george county. the investigation into mishandled remains began back in may of 2010. it also found the air force lost body parts of two servicemembers in 2009 which included ankle and tissue fragments found in one case the marine's arm was removed without the family's permission. as for the body parts dumped in a landfill, the bodies of the families had asked the military to dispose of the body respectfully and with dignity. so far two civilian supervisors at the air force's morgue at dover have been reassigned to other jobs. since 2001 the mortuary has handled the remains of more than 6300 troops. steve. >> sarah, thank you. new this morning russia's prime minister is blaming hillary clinton for election protests in russia. vladimir putin pute is accusing the secretary of state of encouraging and supporting the

daily demonstrations against vote rigging in sunday's election. she is calling for an investigation into the claims of election fraud. she's not the only one, former leader mick hail gore be chef says the new elections should be held. an american citizen is spending the next 2 1/2 years in prison in thailand accused of insulting the king. a thai court sentenced 25-year- old joe gordon who was born in thailand for defaming thailand's royal family. he translated parts of a biography about the king which was banned in thailand. his lawyer plans to ask for a royal pardon. another big story, a showdown brewing on capitol hill, both congress and the white house trying to break a deadlock over extending a payroll tax cut with the end of the year rapidly reporting. >> as doug luzader reports, christmas vacations are hanging in the balance. reporter: the talks continue both at the white house and here at congress, but this could come right down to the wire. the christmas cheer may be

brightening the nation's capital, but it only goes so far when it comes to taxes. republicans in the house are meeting today to figure out where to go next, democratic leaders will huddle at the white house to do the same thing. and from the president a warning shot. >> if the payroll tax cut is attached to a whole bunch of exrainious issues, it's not something that i'm going to accept. reporter: the tax cut has been pushing more money into all of our wallets since it was first passed as part of a white house stimulus plan. it expires at the end of the year. one problem with extending it, that tax is supposed to fund social security. >> the concern about the payroll tax cut is this, is that we're taking money out of the social security trust fund. we have a trust fund that we all know is going broke. real work needs to be done to preserve the social security trust fund. reporter: and even democratic plans to raise taxes on the wealthy to offset the tax cut don't replace the lost social security funds and republicans

are having trouble coming up with their own plan to slash spending. but christmas may help focus minds here. members of congress want to go home, president obama wants to go back to hawaii, a trip that may now be in jeopardy. and the president is planning to leave for hawaii next week to start a 17-day vacation. it's looking more and more likely that he's going to have to push that back. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky behind bars this morning. he was arrested on new sex abuse charges and apparently could not post the $250 cash bail. two new accusers told a grand jury that they met sandusky through the second mile charity. one says he was molested two times in the basement of the home. if dus ds does make bail, -- sandusky does make bail, he'll be under house arrest. according to the d.a.

bernie fine cannot be prosecuted for allegations that he sexually abused two boys back in the 1980s because the statute of limitations has run out. federal authorities, however, are now looking into the accusations made by a third accuser. fine denies the ealses. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is headed to prison for up to 14 years. he was convicted on several corruption charges. one of those crimes was trying to sell president barack obama's old senate seat. blagojevich turns 55 saturday and under federal guidelines, the 14-year sentence means he'll serve at least 12 years behind bars. he spoke out after the sentencing but declined to answer any questions. >> this is a time to fight through adversity, this is the time for me to be strong for my children, be strong for patti and this is also a time for patti and me to get home so we can explain to our kids, our babies amy and annie, what happened, what all this means and where we're going from here. >> blagojevich is now the second governor in a row to go

to prison. he could end up in the same facility as former governor george ryan who's also serving time for corruption. 7:10 right now on a thursday morning. still ahead, occupy d.c. protestors back at it again. this was the scene during a massive protest on k street yesterday. we're going to have the latest on how that ended and details about what a few demonstrators have planned for today. plus mitt romney taking aim at his biggest competitor in a new ad claiming he can do something newt gingrich cannot. we'll take a closer look at that next. as we take you to the break, a live look outside, a look at the latest weather and traffic. that's coming up from tony and julie. 7:11 now. now. just a second. just, just one second.

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making headlines today, at daylight recovery crews and investigators will head to the scene of a deadly chopper crash

in nevada. the helicopter was taking passengers on a luxury sunset tour of the las vegas strip and hoover dam when it crashed into a mountainside near lake meade. the pilot and four passengers were killed. some sad news to report out of japan, the world's oldest dog, according to the guinness world records has now died. he was just 4 months away from, get this, being 27 years old, she, 27 years old. now her owner says that the fluffy tan short-beda mix passed away monday after suddenly falling ill and refusing to eat. >> 26 years. unbelievable for a dog. wow! check this out, a tech- savvy pope benedict xvi flipping the switch on the world's largest christmas tree with just a tab of the tablet. the tree is on an italian mountainside and seems he prefers google's android system over apple's ipad. d. he turned the light with a

sony tablet s. >> how big of an endorsement then for android? >> that carries some weight, doesn't it? >> imagine if they ran with that. the pope says -- >> trusted by the vatican. >> i would advise them not to do that. >> little too commercial? >> geting into a little trouble. hey, it's cold outside, you know it, you want to dress your girls or your husband will dress your girls warmly this morning. >> yes. >> as we continue to see cold temperatures across the region. here is your bus stop forecast, mostly sunny. hey, sunrise just occurred two minutes ago, but cold and breezy, temperatures in the 30s, 30 to 35 degrees. there's some spots that are a little bit warmer than that, but by that i mean 38 or 39 degrees. take a look at the temperatures across the nation, we are currently at 36. look how much colder it is today in the mid-atlantic and in the northeast. boston 39, cincinnati 25, raleigh, north carolina 38

degrees and out in the nation's mid section 24 in wichita. omaha 18 degrees. albuquerque, new mexico, the great state of new mexico, 21 degrees in albuquerque right now. there's texas right next to it, dallas 31 degrees, los angeles is at 52. here's your satellite and radar for the nation. things pretty quiet today, i have to say not a whole lot going on, particularly in the eastern u.s. five-day forecast, high today only about 46 degrees, rather breezy but sunny. tomorrow not a bad day, 49 degrees, that's our average high, sunshine. and then cool to cold over the weekend, highs in the low and mid-40s, overnight lows in the 20s this weekend. so get ready for that. that's the latest on the weather. more coming up later. >> my goodness. it's here. >> yes, it is. >> tony, thank you. checking in with julie to find out what's happening on the roads, hey, julie. reporter: hey, guys. we started off really busy this morning. unfortunately not much has changed. let's get to it.

in the greenbelt this is accident number three for this morning's drive. this is on the outer loop on the baltimore/washington parkway, two left lanes getting by as you travel southbound 95 coming out of college park in greenbelt in the direction of landover. keep in mind on the utter loop it is slow around kennelworth avenue with an earlier accident cleared. in gaitersburg, muddy branch is shut down north of santa ana highway involving a pedestrian. average speed coming south on 270, as you can see definitely slow going on our maps, it's red. low speeds from germantown headed to the beltway. other side of town you're going to find that accident activity here at the b dub, two left lanes getting by. we're focused in here on the outer loop and that's going to bsh on the inhe. meanwhile the other side of town inbound along northbound 395 delays from duke street headed out towards sem nair road, that remains heavy and slow. had problems inbound new york avenue at fourth street northeast, the signal lights

were not working. they have been repaired. expect delays leaving blatensburg road, montana headed in northeast. that's a check of your fox on time traffic. three d.c. occupy protestors adding to the city's struggle to give voting rights to their cause. the residents say they are beginning a hunger strike today and they will refuse all food until congress and president obama take action to give the district full voting representation in congress and total control over its local budget and laws. this comes one day after more than 70 protestors were arrested in the district. some part of the occupy d.c. movement. first they formed a human chain on k street shutting down the area around mcpherson square. protestors also went to the white house and supreme court. some were arrested for refusing to leave the steps of the supreme court building. to the race for the white house now, republican mitt romney is hoping to get his frontrunner status back with a new ad that's starting to air in iowa. take a look. >> i think people understand that i'm a man of steadiness

and constancy. i don't think you're going to find somebody who has those same attributes as i do. i've been married for -- excuse me, 43 years. >> in the commercial, romney touted his long-term commits to his marriage, his church and his professional life. some analysts analysts see it as a direct jab to newt gingrich who has a large lead over him in the polls. we have not had a primary for the virginia senate race but already the favorites are going after each other. in the first debate yesterday, republican george allen and democrat tim cane clashed over whether to show respect for president obama. cane says he was for the likes of nancy pelosi. allen challenged kaine over whether he supported the president's policies which

allen argued have hurt virginia. time now 7:20 on a thursday morning. coming up next new hope for people living with breast cancer thanks to two new drugs. plus the nation's health secretary overrules her experts when it comes to the so-called morning after pill. still ahead, what this might mean for your children. and let's here hear it for the boys. our annie yu behind the scenes at the hit musical "jersey boys," making a tour stop here in d.c. later we're going to the national theater to meet the cast. e cast. 

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health and human services will not allow the plan b morning after pill to be sold on drug store shelves. the federal food and drug administration was ready to lift the age limit on the emergency contraception, meaning anybody would have been able to buy the pill without a prescription. but in a surprise move, the

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given with standard treatment. that's six months longer than those given with the usual treatment. another drug used in organ transplants, it's called infinitor, also kept cancer at check longer. new census data shows the income gap is widening between inner city blacks and whites. it seems more rich african- americans are leaving industrial cities for the suburbs and also moving to the south. the census numbers show a shift in traditional lines between rich and poor. it is 7:26 now. still ahead, we're closing in on another crucial congressional vote on the payroll tax. the latest on the debate coming up next. first, though, let's check out the my fox half off deal for today. it's 50% off one, three or six- month memberships to the arts dancia farm club. they go in search of locally- grown produce, meats, poultry, dairy and deliver what you want to your front door. they make it easy for you to be healthy. to get in on this deal, go to myfoxdc.com. look for half off on the right

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maryland impressing the judges last night on "the xfactor." very fancy. simon said he came back strong since last week when marcus was in the bottom two for the second time. marcus was here with sarah fraser right here at fox 5. find out the next to be eliminated at 8:00 right here on fox 5. let's hope it's not m >> fingers crossed. it is a big production. >> it makes them all look like superstars. >> can i make a correction? it's important because it's a my fox half off thing, but i hadn't seen that word and it looks like it could be something else, it looks like a organic, but it's a deal from the arbegan ica farm club. thank you very much, tony and all of you. please fore25 me. let's take a look at what's going out there with our weather conditions across the region. we have a cold start to the day. right now we are at 35 degrees

and i will tell you this, it feels like it's in the 20s out there because of the winds blowing around. so 35 is your actual air temperature, 34 at dulles airport, 34 in baltimore. ocean city is at 37 degrees at this hour and we've got 32 in winchester. now let's take a look at the wind chills because when you factor in those winds, they're generally blowing around 20 miles an hour. right now the wind chill in washington is 28 degrees, 26 in baltimore, 25 at dulles, even ocean city feels like it's 29 degrees out there. septemberinel satellite radar, here's what's fascinating about this picture, look how clear our skies are here in the washington area after seeing all that rain and precipitation yesterday and last night. it's all outta here. that storm system pulling out of the country as we speak. your forecast for washington for today, we're going to see mostly sunny skies, breezy at times, 46 degrees for your high

today, winds will diminish as the day progresses. then for tonight clear skies, cold overnight, 34 degrees for your overnight low. five-day forecast, look for cool temperatures for the next several days. tomorrow not too bad, 49 degrees and sunny. over the weekend quite cool if you're heading out to the redskins game, put on a coat or a jacket, you'll need it. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. let's 2 to julie wright and find out what's happening in the world of traffic. reporter: big problems to report right now if you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway trying to work your way out of college park and greenbelt. here's the accident activity now confined to the shoulder. this is the inner loop of the beltway approaching the baltimore washington parkway. the lane are open, but anticipate a slow go from 95 college park towards the scene. the outer loop of the beltway this is where we had an accident at kennelworth. we have yet to recover. expect delays traveling from landover headed around in towards greenbelt. we'll continue inbound new york avenue. we had some problems early on with the traffic lights at

fourth street northeast. that has been repaired. you'll find slow traffic coming from west virginia montana headed northeast. duke street headed up towards sem nair road there, all lanes are only. 270 lanes are open there. an accident closes muddy back this one involving a pedestrian. average speed out of germantown out of father hurlee boulevard now down to 30 miles an hour. chaip bridge we have a crash, that's what's tying up the right side of the road inbound on the gw parkway. no problems to report on the clare a barton. no christmas break for congress until they approve an extension of the payroll tax holiday. now, that's the word from senate majority leader harry reid who is trying to ratchet up pressure on congressional republicans to accept tax hikes

on the richest americans. joining us this morning to talk about that and other political headlines, marty russo with russo capitol strategies. he's also a former democratic member of congress representing the great state of illinois. good to see you, marty. and also chris saxen, executive director of the virginia leadership institute and he served eight years in the virginia house of delegates and was the virginia state cochair of john mccain's 2008 presidential campaign. chris, welcome to the show. >> good morning, good to be with you. >> let's start with john mccain. some articles are calling him the possible kingmaker, expected to make an endorsement for one of these contenders. tell me what you think about that, chris. >> i wouldn't classify senator mccain as the king maker of this campaign. could he make a difference in, say, upstate, downstate south carolina politics in the primary, in new hampshire, absolutely. i think you're going to look at more of a mike huckabee, marco rubio as far as the base coming out, making a more dramatic impact on the election in

florida. as far as king maker, is it great to have that john mccain endorsement? absolutely. >> would you think that he would come out for mitt romney as a former rival? >> the rivalry back in '08 wasn't that intense. there was more of a huckabee rivalry with senator mccain. i would imagine from the days when speaker gingrich was in the house and senator mccain was in the senate, there might be more of a rivalry there, more of a personality difference there. so i would probably lean towards romney getting the endorsement, it definitely would help out the foreign policy as well. >> what do you think as far as the weight that john mccain carries now? >> he's a highly respected member of the u.s. senate. he's run for president, he knows the issues, he's been in the war zones so to speak, he's had to fight it. i agree with chris, i don't think he's the king maker, but certainly his endorsement would mean something. i think mitt romney has a serious problem in the states where he needs to win, he's now trailing in those key states.

he's way down in florida, he's way down in south carolina and so in the first four states, the only state he may pick up, chris, is probably going to be new hampshire and that's narrowing. so all of a sudden you have this huge momentum going and it's almost like what happened with barack obama and hillary. in the early stages the president was winning all those primaries. in the end she'd win the rest. by that time it was all over with. so it could be a significantly serious problem. i saw chris christie on tv this morning, and, boy, he came out really strong for romney. he's rolling a so-called icon of the republican party and he was pushing romney really hard but doesn't seem to be translating into the polls. but i'm not an expert on republican politics. my guy is uncontested right now. >> let me ask you, marty, as a former member of congress, newt gingrich, his frontrunner status now, how long do you think that will last?

is he a true contender for the white house? this is someone as an insider that i'm sure you know well. >> he got there in 1978 and i got there in 1974. newt's biggest problem is that you don't know what he's going to do tomorrow or the next minute or the next hour, and he's kind of volatile. i find it really interesting, chris, that the key 10 abilities in his takeover in 1994, none of them are form and they're pointing out, they, former house members are saying, look, we were there, we were with him, we were part of the revolution, but he blows up, he's not stable, and, you know, democrats just sit back and say we don't have to say anything because these republican members are just knocking him. but i think, you know, he's going to be -- he's in this thing. my good friend bob walker told me a long time ago, he said, marty, watch it, we're going to be coming up late, when we get close to iowa, we're going to start making a move.

bob was right. now is the time to peak. >> now is the time to peak. let me ask you, chris, when you served in the house of delegates, you served as chairman of the house cost- cutting caucus, a bipartisan group, imagine that, that works hard to find cost saving measures in government. so now we're looking at this payroll tax and we're looking at sort of a congress that's been deadlocked and in a fight with a lot of battling right now, seems not a lot of things are getting through. how hopeful are you that the votes on the hill will -- the folks on the hill will get something passed and that will satisfy the american people such as it is? actually, some action maybe and maybe that would satisfy the american people somehow. >> i think they'll get something done before christmas, i think everyone is committed getting something done. you can't go home empty handed during christmastime and have the narrative saying we didn't get the payroll tax extended, that's a bad nairive, especially with unemployment so high, when you had 300,000

people come off the payroll last month. times are still tough for people and saying we're going to increase your taxes, the payroll tax not being extended, that's a tough message to come home too, even though most people will be paying attention to holidays, it's still going to carry into the new year right as you're coming into those primaries, the iowa caucus is january 3rd. you have to be very mindful of that. marty and i were talking before we came on about how we got things done in virginia and how they got things done when he was in the congress and they seem to be able to kick the can down the road further and further and the can gets bigger and bigger. that's a bad narrativeitive for either party going into the 2012 cycle. >> i have to rely on your past experience with the debt super committee. you sat on a body similar to that, were you surprised? >> no, i wasn't surprised. things don't get done in washington. but was i surprised that senator warner took a forward

position in that? not at all because mark warner was a leader when it came to those issues in virginia. we had deadlines in virginia that were not extended. you had to get something done in virginia, that's our legacy, governing in virginia is our legacy, we're very proud of that. >> i'm a member of the coalition for a fiscally sound america which is a combination of about 50 to 60 former members of congress, democrats and republicans who are getting together, going around the country talking to the american people, explaining the seriousness of the debt and how important it is that we do a big deal, not a small deal. and i think the key is, just like your bipartisan committee puts something out, we're trying to do the same thing from the outside as former members saying, look, we've been there, we've seen it, we worked together. even if we didn't agree on a lot of things, america comes first. right now it's politics all the time. and, again, everybody agrees you ought to extend the payroll tax cut, i have my own problems with it because it affects social security. everybody on the hill, now it's a question of what do i stick

in the bill in order to get it? it's this brinksmanship that's frustrating the american people. i'd like to see one day where we say, oh, we agree, done. it would be shocking for the american people. >> american congress versus teachers, huh? >> no more kicking the can down the road. chris saxman and marty russo, hope to see you again. thanks for being here. dave, over to you. we are following breaking news from manassas. sky fox over this scene where a school bus caught on fire. you can see the damage. this is on butterfield street in manassas. the bus has sustained heavy damage. no injuries reported, however. right now it's unclear if there were any children on board that bus at the time or how that fire started. again, we don't know of anybody who was hurt. we'll bring you updates as we get them. former maryland governor bob ehrlich thinks he has a road map for america's future. his new book "turn the car around" is out this week. the former governor joins us in the studio in about 30 minutes. we'll talk to him. first let's take a look

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thanks to you the fox 5 christmas tree is really filling up with your ornaments. thank you, steve, santa. today we'd like to thank people over at the national children's center early intervention program. they sent us this ornament with their logo and on -- on one side and then on the other side

fox 5, so thank you very much. >> we like it. thank you so much. it's fantastic. the teachers in the e.i. program provide care for children with special needs. they tell us this ornament symbolizes the joy, love and care they give the children on an amazing basis. we hope it lifts spirits at this holiday. >> that's so nice. you still have time to be a tradition here at fox 5 to send your ornament. the address is on your screen. let's check in with tony and find out what's happening outside on this chilly thursday morning. tony. brrr. >> brrr is right. it's cold outside, folks. temperatures in the 30s, winds are whipping around so it feels even colder than that. let's check the current temperatures around the region. here in the district we remain at 35 degrees, all the areas in the 30s, 37 in quantico, 34 in baltimore, martinsburg, west virginia, our friends out there

33 degrees, leonardtown it's 34 degrees. at the freezing mark in some police places like in culpepper. let's take a look at futurecast, things are really going to be quiet for the next -- hey, where did futurecast go? here's the five-day forecast, high today about 46 degrees. it will be breezy. tomorrow 49, not bad. that's actually our average high for this time of year, 49 degrees. saturday sunday rather cool, highs only in the low- to mid- 40s and overnight temps in the 20s, 27 degrees sunday night into monday morning. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. now let's find out what's happening with traffic. for that we go to julie wright. hey, julie. reporter: tony, good morning to you, sir. it's been very busy, but for the most part traffic volume on 95 and 395 has been pretty typical for this hour, slowing out of woodbridge, duke street headed up towards seminary road and across the 14th street bridge. sky fox flew over an incident involving a bus and a bus fire down in prince william county.

this is going to be along butterfield road off of 66 near 234. this is where we find the bus fire. another car was involved in this incident. no word on any injuries at this point, but, again, there is a portion here butterfield that remains shut down south of 66 off of 234. do we have that camera shot, guys? can we pull that up from sky fox? i know they're over the scene there. but, again, some traffic is able to get by, but there is an ongoing investigation. we'll bring you more on that. there it is. some traffic able to get by here at the scene and, again, no word on the injuries at this point, but there was a bus involved in this incident that caught fire as well as another vehicle. now we'll take it back inside a the outer loop of the beltway. definitely below speed 95 around the georgia avenue. notice the inner loop and the unusual delay here, all of that is due to the accident we had mentioned earlier on the inner loop of the bwe parkway. that accident has cleared, but unfortunately traffic gridlocked out of silver spring headed towards greenbelt. expect a slow go out of laurel try to go exit onto the inner

loop as well. >> julie, thank you. now is your chance to catch an award-winning musical right here in the district. >> annie yu is standing by with the jersey boys. annie, good morning. reporter: good morning, steve and allison. that is right. we are live here at the national theater where the jersey boys are in town. and when i say we are get ago behind-the-scenes look, they don't mess around. they hooked me up with my own guitar. i am part of the show. not really. i'm just going to be chatting with them coming up in just a bit. but take a look at them. they are already warming up for us, we are going to have a one on one with them in just a s.e.c. ♪

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ashley, this is a photo of her 6 1/2-month-old daughter addison. look at those dimples. they are making me so happy today, thank you so much, mom and baby, for sending that picture in. they get up at 5:00 in the morning everyday, and they watch the show when it arrives at that time. if you'd like to be tomorrow's fan of the day, search us fox5 morning news and post a comment under ashley's photo of her sweet little baby. >> love the dimple, don't you? >> the baby is so sweet. you can see the award- winning hit movie "jersey boys" boys at the theater this morning. it'll be there through january 7th. >> annie yu is there to meet the boys behind the show. annie, good morning. reporter: good morning, allison and steve. we are here live at the national theater where, of course, we are getting a back stage all-access pass to "the jersey boys." i'm not going to talk anymore because here i have preston

boyd, john gardner, good morning to all of you. >> good morning. reporter: thank you very much. i know you had a late show last night so thank you for coming out this morning, looking beautiful. >> we just had an early show before this. reporter: so welcome to d.c. have you guys -- i know you've been really busy with the show, but have you guys been able to enjoy some of the stuff here? >> absolutely. this is a city that is a revisitation for me and i've had a lo of things too look forward to, restaurants, memorials and such. great city. reporter: i understand you guys got to meet kermit the frog because we did that earlier this week. >> highlight of my week. reporter: isn't that awesome, kermit the frog? let's talk about the storyline of "the jersey boys." talk more about -- i know it's based on the story of franky vale and the four seasons, but can you elaborate on that? >> it's a story of those four guys, they are blue collar guys who were sort of born on the wrong side of the tracks and they rise to fame. these are average guys who happened to write some killer

tunes over the course of decades and what happened to them when that happened. and then it kind of falls apart in the second act and then it all comes back together. it's a pretty cool story. reporter: john, talk a little bit about your character. >> well, my character is tommy devito and he's sort of the problem child of the group. the guy gets mixed up in the mob and has gambling problems, without giving away any part of the story, you know, he really kind of takes the group down the wrong path, and the whole piece is about watching this sort of path of redemption and fighting their way out of it. preston, speaking of problems, don't hold back, i can tell you're the problem child of the group, have there been any mishaps while you've been touring or here in d.c. with all the shows? >> funny stories or mishaps. we get the occasional rowdy audience member and we'll get random things shouted at us or

whistled on stage and, you know, we have to deal with it. we're professionals and put it into the work and try not to crack up on stage. >> he staged last week. right into the audience. >> first three rows in. reporter: we really gotta come out here and see this. john, you were talking earlier that men would really enjoy who normally don't enjoy musicals. >> yeah, we jokingly call it the show that husbands drag their wives too. honestly, i have a brother-in- law from jersey and this is like the singular musical that he loves. he says i don't like musicals, but i love "jersey boys." >> this music has stood the test of time and you hear franky valley's music all over the place and you come and see the show, you're, like, you know 80% of these songs. reporter: i'm an '80s baby and it's everywhere. this is one of those timeless songs, right? >> yeah. reporter: if you want to come out and enjoy the show, jersey

boys are here, tickets on sale between now and january 7th. they start at $36 and you can find all this information at myfoxdc.com. back to you, steve and allison. steve, i know you're loving that guitar. >> i'm a little jealous that you got that, annie. >> i want to hear your skills, though, when you get back here. >> annie, thanks. coming up in our 8:00 hour, former maryland governor bob ehrlich joins us in the studio to talk about his new book called "turn this car around." that's coming up in about 15 minutes. plus fighting breast cancer, new research shows there may be certain risk factors that women can control. we'll get some advice from fox' medical team and tell you about the findings. stay with us, we'll be right back. the droid razr by motorola.

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yesterday's wet weather one for the record books. more than three inches of rain makes it the wettest december day in history and even though the rain has stopped today, the problems still linger. they are fighting for america in afghanistan, but some military members say they are cold and they are hungry. we'll show you how the loved ones of a local fallen marine are making sure those on the front lines are being taken

care of. former maryland governor bob ehrlich out with a new book, it's called "turn this car around," it's the republican politician taking on issues like race, jason and unemployment. he joins us in the studio coming up in a couple of minutes. thanks for being with us on this thursday morning. we want to tell you about some school delays this morning, some due to high water, others due to snow in maryland. charles county and garrett county schools are delayed two hours. in virginia shenandoah county schools are delayed two hours, and in west virginia the union educational complex in grant county is on a two-hour delay today. you can always see the latest delays as they come in on myfoxdc.com. tony is with us once again with a look at our forecast. the rain stopped, still cold out there, though. >> still cold. rain is way outta here. it was a fast mover. we got record amounts of rain yesterday. now we're dealing with the cold temperatures. and they're going to be here for a little while, much colder now. let's take a look at those temperatures and we can show you that we're in the 30s right

now in washington. we have 35 degrees, dulles airport is at 34, winchester, virginia 32, baltimore is at 34 and in ocean city it's 37 degrees right now. so, yeah, a cold start. now, it's windy, winds are blowing around, gusting up to 20 miles an hour or so. so we've got wind chills in the 20s. it feels like 28 in d.c., feels like 25 at dulles and in baltimore feels like 26 degrees. bundle up this morning. here we go. here's a look at the sentinel radar, and as you can see all the rain we had yesterday has pulled out. in fact, that rain is now in maine, that's how fast the system has moved. we are left with mostly clear skies and dry conditions and we expect it to be dry for the next few days, really, the way things are shaping up. your day planner for today, a cold one, breezy. it'll be more windy in the early part of the day than in the latter part of the day. highs today only in the mid- 40s. we'll have more details on this forecast coming up in just a little bit. let's take a look at some

of the residue left overfrom the snow left over last night in parts of western maryland. we'll take a live look at the snow-covered ground in grantsville, maryland, it's off 68 west of the appropriately named fossburg. you can see the snow covering the interstate. in d.c., it's not snow, but rain causing the problems. yesterday's wet weather brought down this tree on lawyers road in vienna, virginia early this morning. you can see it brought down power lines with it. right now lawyers road is closed east of hunter mill. and there are also problems in maryland to tell you about, stacey cohan joins us with a look at conditions in upper marlboro on another appropriately named street, water street. good morning. reporter: you got it, allison. water street it is. water street it has been many times before. i've had a lot of folks stopping by this morning telling me it always floods here. well, it flooded again last night. take a look behind me and you can see really in the bright light of day exactly how much water is across this roadway. if you are trying to access

upper marlboro or the courthouse, you cannot do that via pennsylvania avenue. have to do that through 301. that is very loud state highway truck coming through, so excuse me. we do have a lot of state highway trucks down here. we had problems earlier with people circumventing the road closed sign, perhaps the message was received because it appears that those cars are now turning around. but once again, you cannot access this. you may see that car coming out, that is the entrance to the courthouse. if you come around the courthouse and access it through the other side, you can come out through that entrance. also the bus that runs here in prince george's county, it is simply called the bus. that has been running. but i spoke to a gentleman earlier today who said something i hadn't even thought about. he said i can't get to work. i said what do you mean you can't get to work. he said he takes the bus here and walks across that bridge to where he works, and, well, i just didn't have a solution for

him. he said it's too cold to swim and i agree. so if you're walking, you may be out of luck, driving, there's a way around, there's always a way around, right, julie wright? reporter: we try. we definitely try. that's a shame, you want to get to work, you can't because, obviously, like you said, the bridge is shut down. what is one to do? unfortunately that's what's tying up our commute at water street along route 4. other parts of town looking a little bit better with the exception of this commute here. this is going to be your inbound commute. this is going to be westbound on 50 approaching rawl boulevard. this is where we have traffic diverted into the right lane in order to get by. again, westbound 50 head inside through annapolis, trying to get past rawl boulevard, you want to stay to the right in order to work your way around this accident scene. this is the top stretch of the beltway, inner loop on the brakes headed around to the bw parkway, wreck clearing there. meanwhile, if you are traveling on the other side of town, this is what you're in for, a slow

go southbound on the gw parkway. the accident activity which popped up at 123 has left one car off the road into the grass, another car in the median. again, this is what's tying up the right side with fire and rescue units slowing down your rollup on the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. new this morning prince william county schools going to have to find an alternative mode of transportation for some students. check it out. sky fox over a burned out school bus on butterfield street in manassas. the fire department said it was a good samaritan who saw the smoke and the fire coming from the engine and alerted the driver. well, there were some students on that bus, five of them. they were able to get all the students off safely before the flames spread. no word on what caused the fire. nobody was hurt, fortunately. we just don't know fi time which -- at this time which school the bus was headed to. a di morning on the mishandled remains at dover air force base. the "washington post" is reporting the air force dumped more ashes of fallen troops than they first admitted and they dumped them in a virginia

landfill. the post says the air force knowses of at least 274 troops whose partial remains were dumped between 2004 and 2008. the office of special council found parts of unidentified remains in that landfill in king george county stemming from an investigation that start inside may of 2010. they are cold and hungry, but they don't dare speak out. we're not talking about the homeless in our communities, we're talking about the american troops in the war zone. soldiers in afghanistan putting food and blankets on their christmas wish lists. fox 5's bob barner has more. reporter: at the manassas office of teller williams real estate, the mother, sister and girlfriend of a northern virginia soldier killed in afghanistan three months ago are collecting christmas donations. they'll be sending to doug green's platoon, still in the war zone. >> when we created the douglas green foundation, we knew that he, of course, always wanted to serve, and we knew that we wanted to continue his legacy and start helping the soldiers.

reporter: but not just with stocking stuffers. they say some of our troops are begging for blankets and food. >> it's just heartbreaking to know that these guys are freezing and they're hungry and no one is doing anything about it, so we are. reporter: doug green was stationed at an isolated outpost working 16-hour days, often eating just one mre a day. he was the unit's communications chief, able to skype with his girlfriend alisha swanstrom. >> just that look in his eyes was a game changer for me and seeing him eat a tuna packet and that's all he had, that just broke my heart. so after doug died, i adopted a soldier because i really -- you know, i realized there are other guys out there who are enduring the same situation and i wanted to help out in any way that i could and a bunch of our friends adopted soldiers and the guy who i adopted, he's, like, i'm freezing at night, can you please send me a blanket, it's getting really cold here. >> some of these guys are at the very forefront of the war. there's nothing there. reporter: we spoke to marty

horn via skype from his home in indiana. he runs anysoldier.com, a website allowing troops to replace requests for anything they need. yes, some ask for food, others want blankets. >> not everybody has barracks, not everybody goes home at night. unless you've been there, it's hard to explain. war is not a fun place. reporter: but specialist green's sister crise says the pentagon should be doing more. >> don't even admit it. just start sending stuff over there. i don't care if you even -- nobody has to know about it, as long as they are getting fed and staying warm and they are getting the comfort that they need for what they're doing over there, that's all that matters. reporter: bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> if you would like to adopt a soldier, we set up a link to the website anysoldier.com on our website. go to myfoxdc.com and click on web links. you'll find it there. former maryland governor bob ehrlich is out with a new

book. it's called "turn this car around." it's action with republican politician taking on issues like race, education and unemployment. bob ehrlich will join us in studio when we come back. we want you to help us out and be part of our holiday tradition and help us decorate the fox 5 christmas tree. you can send the ornaments to the address on your screen, 5151 wisconsin avenue northwest, washington d.c.20016. want to thank jackie of laurel maryland for this beautiful ornament. she made it herself. thanks, jackie. we'll send this ornament along with the tree and the rest of the decorations to a worthy group here in the d.c. region just before christmas. stay with us. much more coming up. it's now 8:10. 0. 

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8:13, 36 degrees. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines this thursday morning. sandusky in jail this morning, the former penn state assistant football coach arrested yesterday on new child abuse

charges. the latest charges against sandusky come after two additional accusers testified in front of a grand jury. sandusky could not post the $250,000 bail. the 67-year-old ex-coach now faces more than 50 counts of child sexual abuse. the latest in another sex abuse scandal, it is case closed at least for syracuse assistant basketball coach bernie fine. according to the district attorney fine cannot be prosecuted for allegations that he sexually abused two boys in the 1980s because the statute of limitations has run out. federal authorities, however, are investigating accusations made by a third accuser. fine denies the allegations. police arrested a 17-year- old for stabbing another teen at a montgomery county high school. brianna funez is being charged as an adult. police say it happened during an argument from girls between montgomery blair and kennedy high school outside a boys' basketball game at northwood high in silver springs tuesday. the victim is expected to survive.

a new federal study found d.c. public schools have the largest achievement gap between black and white students among major urban school systems in the nation, as well as the widest achievement gap between whites and hispanic students. the study is based on reading and math exams taken by fourth to eighth graders. just about 8:15 now. it's time for a look at the weather, and, boy, could we use a warmup today. >> boy, we sure could. let's see if tony can help us out in that department. tony. >> i certainly will. we've got for you now the my first 5 photo of the day and this morning our photo is of michaela. her family has titled this photo santa is it really you. >> oh, my goodness. >> that is adorable. >> that is so precious. >> it looks straight out of a magazine, doesn't it? >> i'm sorry, i'm just kind of staring at it. >> it's beautiful. >> it looks like an old

magazine ad or something like that. makayla is adorable. thank you for sending us that photo. that's one of the more unique ones we've gotten. >> creative. >> if you'd like to send your child's picture, go to myfoxdc and click on mornings. let's take a tour around the country, it's cold across america this morning, 36 degrees here, 33 in buffalo, cincinnati is at 27 degrees. that cold air has infiltrated the eastern united states now. we'll pull this out, in the nation's mid section, it's cold there too, wichita, kansas 27 degrees, 15 degrees in lincoln, nebraska. albuquerque at 20, boise, idaho 16. look at great falls montana, five degrees there right now. and dallas 30 degrees. i mean, you know, there's a lot of cold air in place as we transition into december and the christmas holiday season. satellite and radar for the nation, not particularly active. some cloud cover across the plains and into the upper midwest, but here we've got

mostly clear skies, some clouds up to our north, but that system continues to pull out. it'll take the remainder of the clouds with it. the five-day forecast, high today only about 46 degrees under sunny skies, rather breezy. in fact, i'll say gusty this morning, and then breezy later on. tomorrow not a bad day, 49 degrees, that's our average high. chilly over the weekend with highs only in the low- to mid- 40s. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. coming up in about 15 minutes tucker barnes will be here with your next forecast. julie wright joins us now with a look at traffic. julie. reporter: all right, tony. if you're on the roads this morning, it is still a tough go for everybody working their way inbound along route 50. the accident activity occurred west of rawl boulevard and that's where we have traffic dwindling down now. only the right lane is able to get by. as you guys travel westbound, that's inbound on route 50 coming off of the bay bridge heading inbound towards annapolis, delays back towards baydale drive. extensive delays headed westbound and only the right lane is about to get through. a lot of equipment remains on

the scene here at this location. u.s. 50 at rowe boulevard, only the right lane scoots by. earlier accident gw parkway has cleared. former mairmd governor robert ehrlich is out with a new book now, urging the american public to make a real change and offers insightful suggestions to help resolve many of the issues in america. joining us now to talk more about it is bob ehrlich. always good to see you. thanks for stopping in this morning. let's talk first about the title "turn this car around," a road map to restoring america, complete wt red, white and blue colors on the title. >> great christmas gift, by the way. >> i'm sure it is, just came out this week. >> it's about the culture and about the economy and observations i've had in public life.

it's not a memoir, it's not an autobiography. it's a road map. it's not meant for maryland consumption, it's meant for national consumption and so it's been pretty well reviewed so far. rudy giuliani a great friend wrote the forward and we did actually a book signing with him in manhattan the other night. >> great. before we get into the book let's talk about what you said about the national consumption, is bob ehrlich ready for national consumption now? are you looking for bigger and better things now? >> this book is meant to increase my platform nationally, sure. i want to have a voice not just in my party, but in my country. it's really the right time. >> why the decision to put it out -- you say it's not a memoir. you do include some parts of your personal life in here, your upbringing but you're focused on, would it be correct to say, your vision of public politics and your hope of where they go or where we get back to? >> my vision of politics in the context of where i would like our country to go, our cultural values, our economic system

and, by the way, some of the negative elements out there with regard to where i think the country neetdz to go and how to to deal with it and also what language to do. i did draw my experience from the private sector, in the legislature, in congress and as governor. it's not just a maryland book, it's meant for national consumption. >> we've seen changes, specifically in congress, i think, with the republican party and the makeup of the republican party. how do you view that now and how the pieces all fit together and work together? >> by and large there's a movement, whether it's tea party or this libertarian influence, it's really about paying your bills and living within your means and i think regardless of how you feel about the tea party, the candidates, what happened in delaware, whatever, this charge to get government back to a sense of fiscal sanity which i hope both parties adopt soon, it's essential. so i think by and large not only within the party but within the country it's a

positive path. >> you're not afraid to shy from some of the controversy. you have chapters, when you talk about race relations, class envy, multi-culturallism. >> exactly. you start out talking about the race issue with comments you made about the former lieutenant governor. >> yeah. did drives me crazy. i saw t.j. watts in congress go through the same thing, intellectual conservative african-americans, elected african-americans with a right-of-center bent just being impeached as a function of their race and their party and discredited as a function of their race and their party. we have an african-american president. we've gotten over that hump, but this last hump is equally important in my view, and so to have sort of two classes where a black caucus, for example, will allow a liberal democrat to say or do whatever they want to do, but a mike steele is automatically on probation because he's conservative and black is wrong and we have to get over over that. >> you're not shying away from that, you're not shying away from the media. >> i love you guys, by the way.

>> as problems exist and the media has certainly changed from when you were in congress because now wt blogs and everything else that's out there. >> here's what's not changed, when i open up the front page of a newspaper, i expect news. when i open the back page of a newspaper, i expect editorial opinion. i think the reader, the general public still has a right to believe that the people who put that people together can distinguish between the two. opinion in the back, news in the front, don't comingle. >> did you put any -- was any of the intention here to perhaps explain some of the things you were not able to explain because maybe you thought they got distorted by the media or weren't picked up or maybe you weren't read correctly? not really. i think some of it was pretty instructive, though, and not just for me, but for the country. as i said, this is not a memoir, this is not my story about maryland, this is a collection of anecdotes, chapters with regards to where i want the country to go. >> you come right out in the

introduction of the book, the first thing you say is you gotta deal with the good and the bad and one of the tough things for you to swallow was losing as an incumbent governor. >> sure. with a high approval rating. >> what do you take away from not just your successes, but the failures you've had? >> public life, it's great. government is a great job and leaving congress was a tough call, but the ability to lead is rare in life and i think, again, bringing this back now to the presidential campaign, leadership, the ability to tell everybody where the next generation of jobs is coming from is going to define the contours of this presidential race, whether president obama or mitt romney, whoever captures that message is going to win the election. >> i don't mean to tarnish the release of the book, but on the same day the release of this book, your long-time aide was found guilty of dealing. what's your response to that? >> he's a friend. he's my friend and you don't leave your friends in difficult situations. so i had a statement to put

out, obviously. i was hoping that jerry -- the jury would come out with a different verdict. your friends are your friends. that's one of the great moral lessons in this book and in life is when your friends have a tough patch, you stay by your friends or you're not a friend, you're a rental. >> right now you're friends with mitt romney, you're a romney guy. is there talk about being a vice presidential candidate? >> i am a romney guy, he's a good guy. by the way, i also came into congress with newt, vi a great respect for newt, his leadership ability, intellect, everybody sees that, but as far as what the country needs right now, i think romney is the right guy in the right place at the right time. the management skills he brings i think are extraordinary, the olympics and governor of massachusetts, private sector success. this is what the country is looking for, a leader/manager and i believe mitt romney has it. >> i think when -- [ inaudible ] >> we're on tv now. let us know when you make your

decision. the book is calledthis car around," former governor bob ehrlich, thanks, bob. >> good to see you. >> allison. 8:24. new research shows the things women can do to decrease their chances of developing breast cancer. the fox medical team will join us with more when we come back. annie, good morning. reporter: hey, good morning, allison, i have to admit the upcoming segment is my favorite. we are going behind the scenes with the jersey gals of the show and take a look at this cute little dress, this is a bubble dress that francine wears and we're going to hang out with these ladies coming up in just a sec. ñ

. 8:28, 36 degrees on this thursday morning. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines now. at daylight recovery crews and investigators will head to the scene of a deadly helicopter crash in nevada. the chopper was taking passengers on a luxury sunset tour of the las vegas strip and hoover dam when it crashed into a mountainside near lake meade. now, the pilot and four passengers were killed.

a masked hero, superhero wanted for doing unhero-like things. surveillance images showed a person dressed like spiderman robbing the bb and t bank on livingston road in fort washington. police say the suspect passed a note to a teller demanding money and showed a gun. the spiderman bandit got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. an american citizen will spend the next 2 1/2 years in a thailand prison. the 55-year-old was born in thailand and was charged with insulting the king and sentenced for defaming thailand's royal family. now the man translated parts of a biography about the king which is banned in that country. his lawyer plans to ask for a royal pardon. right now tucker barnes is back with us with a look at the forecast. you were drawing a card explaining about the cold temperatures out there. >> you got it. look out the window this morning. >> for the snow?

we were just swamped with rain. i think they forgot about the possibility of snow. >> i had trouble seeing beyond the flooded back yard. >> it was pouring yesterday. >> none of that today. in fact, we're going to have much quieter weather right through the next several days we will be dry, but we will be cold today. there will be some winds and temperatures now in the 30s and it feels like 20s. >> i would rather have dry and cold, tucker, i'll be honest. >> really? it was exciting yesterday, a good storm, allison. you got to work in the weather department. 36 in washington right now, 34 in fredricksburg, no problems with today's forecast, but it is going to be chilly. look at winchester and hagerstown, the actual air temperature at 32. winds gusting from the west and northwest at 25. here's the wind chill, yeah, the wind chill is back, it's december. feels like 28 in washington, 22 in winchester and hagerstown, you get the idea, 26 at the

naval air station. it's going to feel a lot cooler than what we've had around here for the last couple days. here's the good news, the storminess outta here, now north and east of boston, just racing off to the north and east and dragging with it the cloud cover. so lots of sunshine today. you can see we don't have a lot to offer in the way of cloud cover. should be a mostly sunny day today, again, just kind of breezy out there this morning and then seasonally cooler around here for the next couple of days, although it will be cold tonight. check out your five-day forecast. this is cold, particularly this weekend. 46 today, breezy conditions, should be a mostly sunny day today. quick warmup tomorrow ahead of a cold front, 49, and right now you got outdoor plans this weekend, well, you'll need a coat so it should be fine, saturday and sunday temperatures in the low- to mid- 40s. redskins game chilly sunday afternoon, but it should be dry, 43. check out your overnight lows saturday and sunday morning, in the 20s, even here in the city, so the coldest air of the season gets in here this

season. that's a quick look at the forecast. more details coming up. allison, we'll toss it over to you. >> with some really important information, tucker, thank you. when it comes to breast cancer there are risk factors that we cannot control like our age or our genetics. but a new report by the institute of medicine shows there may be certain risk factors that we can control. now, this is the first major study to zero in on environmental risk factors for breast cancer. the fox medical team's beth galvin joins us now to talk about this new report. what did researchers find? >> good morning, allison. i think they found a lot of information that women have really been hungry for because they don't want to just accept the fact they may have a one in eight chance of developing cancer, breast cancer over their lifetime. they want to do something about it. and this, allison, is really the first time the scientific community has come out and said, yes, there are some things that you can do, some lifestyle changes that you can control to lower your risk of breast cancer. >> what are some of these environmental cancer risk

factors, beth? >> there were six of them that they pointed out, six main ones. and these are two well respected groups, the institute of medicine and susan g. komen for the cure looking at the available research that's out there. what they found is six recommendations, one, they want you to avoid unnecessary medical radiation, those are scans, ct scans, x-rays, things that you may not need. they also said steer clear of hormonal -- menopausal, hormonal replacement therapy. women they say need to talk to their doctors about whether that's really necessary and try to avoid it if they can, and they made some lifestyle recommendations like quick smokes, limit your alcohol to one or two drinks a week, stay active and try to maintain a healthy weight. and, really, in that case, allison, they were saying try to avoid that gradually weight gain as you move into your middle-aged years because that gradually increases your

estrogen production and that can be linked to breast cancer and raise your risk for breast cancer. one more thing that was really interesting, allison is what they didn't find as far as risk factors. they looked at other potential risk factors like pollution, bpa, the km you find in plastic bottles, additives in cosmetics, supplements and things like that and said the scientific jury is still out on those risk factors as far as how much of a part they actually play in raising your risk of breast cancer. allison. >> it's so important. i know you talked to some of these researchers. i'd like to know what you thought of these findings. >> i think that they are very excited about them because they feel like this is the first step. i mean, this is the first time we're actually having -- looking at the hard evidence and saying, yes, there are things out there in the environment around us that may play a part in risk factors, aside from your genetics or your rates going up as you get older, they're saying, you know, here are a few initial things, we don't have all of the hard science, there's still a lot of questions out there, but at least, allison, it's

giving women some sort of road map in regards to pay attention to these risk factors. >> real things we can do. beth, thank you so much, very valuable information. >> thank you. >> steve, over to you. >> allison, thanks very much. we just got more weekly jobless claims into the newsroom. we'll let you know if it is good news or bad new when is we come back. first, though, here is today's "my fox half off deal." it is 50% off, either one, three or six-month memberships to the arganica farm club. they go out in search of locally-grown produce, meats, poultry and dairy and deliver what you want to your door. if you'd like to get in on this deal, go to myfoxdc.com. you can learn more of it there, you can see the half off on the right side of the home page. 8:35. back with more after this. in more ways than ever.

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good news about the economy, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest lowest levels in nine months, evidence that the job market is improving. the unemployment department says it dropped to a seasonally- adjusted 183,000. if you're looking for work, check out the "job shop." today's job of the day is with the epilepsy foundation, looking for a director of information services. for more on this job and others, go to myfoxdc.com and check on the job shop tab on the top of the home page. migration being link today a growing income gap. new census data shows the move of african-americans out of industrial cities is widening the income gap between whites and inner city blacks who stay behind. the typical white person last year earned more than 1.7 times higher than blacks and that's the widest ratio since the '90s. there was also a rise in the number of low income black households earning less than

$15,000 a year the last decade. it is about 8:40 on this thursday morning. the broadway hit "jersey boys" playing at the national theater. coming up we are meeting that jersey girls with help from our good friend annie yu. first, though, a special holiday greeting. i'm math stewart in korea. i want to say hi to my wife and daughters, they're in springfield, virginia. girls, i miss you and love you. see you soon.  

emmy-winning actor harry morgan has died. morgan, of course, best known for his role as colonel potter on the long tv show "mash." the show went on to become one of tv's most successful prime time series, it earned morgan an emmy, but his show business included nine other tv series, some 50 films and years on the broadway stage. morgan's family tells the associated press that he died at his home in brentwood

yesterday after battling pneumonia. harry morgan was 96 years old. >> wow! what a life. >> left behind a lot of great shows, a lot of great stuff. members of the american pop group the four seasons sold some 175 million records worldwide before they were 30. that's not bad. >> pretty good, actually. now through january 7th, you can see their story told through the hit musical "jersey boys" it's at the national theater. guess what, our annie yu is there today. annie, good morning. reporter: hello, you guys. that's right, we are back stage right now. take a look around. we have all access to the back stage which is kind of dangerous, but the ladies are waiting for me with their wigs and costumes and shoes. and, allison, you would love it, it is gorgeous. but back here i wanted to show you real quickly, this is behind the stage, right? and this is the row, they have everything prepared. they have just seconds to change and i think the quickest change time so far was 15 seconds. so that is really quick. we're talking about real

professionals with some secrets and tricks, and if you join me over here, we have the ladies waiting for me. here we have lauren who plays little rain. good morning, ladies. >> hi. reporter: denise who plays francine, right? >> francine. reporter: and cara who plays mary delgado. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. reporter: looking beautiful as ever. >> so are you. reporter: thank you. explain to me where we are right now. >> we are stage left quick change booth for the ladies. reporter: what happens here? this is where we change half of our costumes, the other half are on the other side. we spend half of our show in this little tiny booth. reporter: these are your outfits and i see there's some labels here. you obviously have some help waiting for you when you just jump off stage. >> yes. we have dressers. reporter: so you run in here and each hook is very specific, each costume, your wig girl will be ready, your shoes are laid out. you still have to know where you're going, but it is nicely

organized. reporter: >> each girl will have two people working on her tawlt. reporter: cara tell me a little bit about your character and some of the fun she has. >> my main character -- we each play -- we have one main character and we play 54 different characters. so my main character is mary delgado and she's frankie valley's first wife. she's a tough little broad and i love her. some of her costumes, none of them are out right now which i'd love to show you, but she has her first meeting with her first date who is frankie which is this cute little pink dress that i loved a lot. and then she goes through a little rough period, and it's one of my quickest changes that i do, it starts changing on stage and i run around, put on a robe, grab a glass and come running back on stage. soas are two of my favorite ones for her. reporter: denise tell me real quickly, you guys have a lot of

shows, any mishaps back here you can share with us in crazy moments? >> no. not one. reporter: you're such a liar. >> my favorite story is actually on stage, like a lot of our costumes are really delicate and i had on spike heels and i was in this long read neglie and my heels were stabbing on my dress and i was, like, stuck. reporter: i heard there have been so far four broken heels since the show started. >> oh, yeah, we'll be walking and doing something and lose a shoe on stage. >> you have to leave it there. >> yeah. reporter: we're going to do some moves here because i want to learn some moves here. we're going to learn it here if that's okay. are you guys ready? >> yeah. reporter: what are we learning here, girls? >> we're learning a little bit of boyfriend's back, and it's a tough number and we have cutesy moves. you want to get your hips shaking and we'll flick our hands down your body.

hey la, hey la and then slide it across, my boyfriend's back. reporter: if you guys want to come out and see these ladies in action with their hips moving, who doesn't want to see that, go to myfoxdc.com, tickets are on sale now at $36 and they are here until january 7th. ready? >> hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back. reporter: i'll get it. >> that was so brave to do that, but, annie, looking good. it's great. i love the back stage pass to the show. entertainment weekly has named daniel radcliffe of entertainer of the year. >> really? interesting choice. >> he is best known for his roll as harry potter, perhaps only known for his role as harry potter >> i can't really link him to anything else. >> the editor of e.u. -- e.w., i'm sorry, e.u. is a band locally, says the 22-

year-old is the nicest guy with one of the brightest futures in hollywood. that's nice to know. right now radcliffe starring on broadway in "how to succeed in business without really trying." >> he moves on to something else. >> 22. >> it's going to be tough for him to break away from that, don't you think, because that's what he's been known for for so many years. >> what an empire, just 22 years old. >> i guess that's why you have such a bright future. up next, we'll meet today's fox 5 friend. first, though, we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, it is ashlee and this is a photo of ashlee's 6 1/2-month-old beautiful little dimpley daughter addison. i love that face. they get up at 5:00 in the morning everyday, they watch the show. if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day, find us on facebook by searching for fox 5 morning news, no space between fox and the number 5 and post a comment under ashlee's photo of her baby addison. we will be right back. i love the dress, i love the hat thing, i love the tights.

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time now to introduce you to today's fox 5 friend. each weekday in december leading up to christmas we're featuring different charities, different foundations that all support great causes. >> this morning katherine seibert is the executive director of ace band and katherine joins us. >> kathleen, i think. >> i'm sorry, kathleen, i'm so focused on your last name. >> no problem. >> i'm happy that you're here and the real work is getting the word out about your charity. can you tell us about it? >> exactly. ace ban stands for the arlington street people's assistance network and we work with the homeless on the streets in arlington and we provide emergency services, shelter, but most importantly housing. >> let's talk a little bit about that and let people at home know what the situation is like. a lot of people think of arlington and don't think so much of a homeless population, but there's hundreds of people in need, aren't there? >> that's right. we have close to 200 people, actually, living on the streets

of arlington. >> unbelievable. how can viewers get involved, how can we all help? >> we'd love for everyone to help. we'd love for you to go to our website at -- we'd like you to go to our website. there are lots of volunteer opportunities and we run a meal program everyday. that would be a great day to help. >> talk, kathleen, if you would for a minute about what you do at the -- at the shelter, what's available. this goes farther than people to get off the streets for a few hours. >> exactly. at the shoalter we obviously provide meals and showers and a warm place to sleep, but we also have a nurse practitioner on duty three nights a week so that they can provide nursing services, and we have case managers there, mental health therapists and so it's a whole wide range of services that are offered to the clients. >> you also try to get folks in those permanent homes. >> we certainly do. >> that's what we want for everybody, right? >> that is the most important thing that we do and we're so

excited because next week we have three clients who are actually signs leases and moving in before the holidays. >> that's got to be exciting. >> it is really exciting. yeah. we have over 21 people in housing right now and we've helped over 40 in the last three years. so it's just great. that's the best part. >> happy holidays for all of us. >> that's right. >> not just some of us. >> exactly. >> the website again. >> aspam.org. >> we'll link all that to our website at myfoxdc to make it easier. thank you, kathleen. happy holidays. >> thank you. we're so thrilled. >> we hope you can help out and check out all the other worthy organizations that are online as well. we thank kathleen and all the good folks at ace band to help us out this holiday season. tony will be here with allison in a couple of minutes to take you up to 10:00. you have a lot of stuff, don't you? >> we have the garden guy here setting up, some great holiday

decorating ideas you can do in your home that derek says is easy. >> right. >> we'll see. stay with us. ♪

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good morning. welcome back to fox 5 morning news, i'm tony perk jinx. >> i'm allison seymour. right now the sun is is out today but it comes after the wettest december day in d.c. history. this morning we're dealing with the aftermath of all that rain. fox 5 has what you need to know. then don't let the holiday shopping drain your bank account. there are plenty of tools that can help you get your finances in check. we're going to take an in-depth look at one popular website and app. plus: >> here's the deal, buddy and i are meant to be together and i'm here to get him back.

>> i'm pretty sure he's married. >> patty oswald costarring -- >> patton >> what is wrong with me with the names today? costarring with oscar winner char leez they areon in the new comedy "young adult." he sits down with our movie reviewer kevin mcí mccarthy. >> looks like a great movie. >> getting great buzz. >> is it a comedy or drama? >> i don't know. tucker barnes is downstairs in the weather center. a much calmer morning, but still really different weather conditions, right, tucker? >> you got it, tony. it's getting cold out there. it got cold overnight and it's going to be chilly around here later this afternoon, and even with bright sunshine we'll struggle into the 40s, that's it. you mix in the breezes and it'll feel like 30s for you much of the day. jacket weather here to stay as it's going to start feeling like december. let's get to it, take a look at the numbers and at reagan national right now currently in the 30s, 36 at reagan national, 35 in baltimore. freezing mark in hagerstown and