but flashback to 2007. how the students and the university responded. and the sentencing of leslie johnson. we'll find out how much time she faces behind bars, if any. phony perkins is standing right about with the weather. >> it's friday. >> it's good. we've got fine conditions. i thought. >> yeah, it's cold but you saw the shot, the live shot.

it's pretty out there. currently, 35 degrees here in washington, 28 in baltimore. 27 degrees in virginia. ocean city, it's 27 degrees. here is a look at the satellite. things look good. there are some clouds on the horizon as you have seen. i do think we'll get only clouds in here late in the afternoon or during evening hours but for the bulk the day, forecast. when i say warm, no. but warmer, 51 degrees for your high in town. that's a good at the weather. now let's get an update on traffic with julie wright. >> drive down north bound on i- 95, working your way northbound heading up towards the capital beltway, that's where we have the accident activity tying up the right side of the highway.

north bound on 95 right at the decision point to go to tysons are right at the outer loop of the beltway or going to virginia, that's where you have the gridlock. we'll take you inside. as you continue to work your way northbound on i-95, it is at a crawl out of woodbridge. now, making your way all the way to the beltway and heading toward the wilson bridge, this is where we have some problem. accident activity on telegraph road he is blocking your lane. average speed at van dorn street, 35 miles per hour as you head towards the bridge. that's a look at your fox 5. a somber scene at virginia tech as students gathered to

remember the officer skilled. about 150 people came together to honor the fallen officer and comfort each other. another vigil is planned today within minutes of the officer being gunned down, the campus was put on lockdown. bob has the latest now. good morning, bob. >> good morning, allison and steve. >> we still don't know what was behind this shooting, this deadly shooting, whether the gunman and the officer maybe knew each other, whether it was completely random. the gunman's identity has not been released. we don't know the motive. however, police late last night did identify the police officer, derek crouse, an army veteran, married, the father of five chirp children and step -- five children and step children.

he was shot and within minutes, alerts went out. the bizarre thing, a half hour later, there was the report of another person shot dead which turned out to be the gunman. within hours, the campus was on lockdown. nobody knew what was going on. the report was that a gunman was on the loose, two people were dead, including a police officer, a very terrifying time here. late yesterday, unfortunate police officials described a little bit about what happened in terms of the shooting which came during a traffic stop and involved not the person who was stopped in the car but another person who came upon the scene. here is what they said. >> 12:30 p.m., virginia tech plays received a first call advising they had witnessed a subject approach the officer

and fire a weapon at the officer and then leave the scene. >> he just fell out towards the ground and i saw his face. >> a very traumatic experience for that young freshman. according to virginia state police who are heading up the investigation, there was a dashboard camera in the officer's car that captured an image of the gunman. he was dressed in a certain way that was put out in an alert. the reason, i believe, there was a four-hour delay between the time the second victim was found and the word came out at that that was, in fact, the gunman was the fact that he had changed his clothes. virginia police say they found a back pack on campus late in the afternoon with the clothes matching the one that wins had told police about and also seen on the dashboard camera. ballistic tests overnight do

match the gun found with the second person as the gun that was used to kill the police officer. no classes today, no final exams today. they have been postponed until tomorrow. >> we'll check in with bob later again. thanks, bob. >> we are hering not just from bob but we'll update the latest online in myfoxdc.com. virginia state trooper expecting to make a full recovery after being shot on the side of the road. he is recuperating from surgery on his leg. the trooper stopped to pick up a pedestrian walking daunte interstate. there was a struggle and both he and the suspect fired shots. the suspect was also hit with a

bullet. he is listed in critical condition. today is sentencing day for a councilwoman for her role in a corruption scheme. >> reporter: leslie johnson is not here yet. the hearing is not scheduled until 10:30. she will find out how much she will get. the federal government is asking for 12 years. but her attorney is asking for probation. leslie johnson was got with her husband at that sentencing.

she was now famous with that infamous wire tap as she was stuffing $80,000 in her pa and stuffing the money in her toilet as the fbi closed in on her home. the process can take a few hours. again, that hearing is scheduled to start at 10:30 this morning. it would be expected that leslie johnson would likely show up an hour to 30 minutes ahead of that time and go into the courtroom. it's unclear if her husband, jack johnson, will be here with us. as i mentioned, she was not here when he was sentenced earlier this week. >> thank you, sherrie. police in prince george's county are asking for your help in finding this missing 12-year-

old boy. he was last seen at walking middle school. he might not have gone back home of a being disciplined at home. he is described as a black male, brown eyes, 4'9", 85 pounds an anne arundel county teacher is accused of having sexual contact with three of his students. 29-year-old jeffrey sears, jr. had sex with the girls between november of 2009 and this year. investigators say that the incident took place on and off the campus of glen burnie high school. he is charged with multiple counts including sexual abuse of a minor. school officials removed his-of- him from the classroom. more evidence that newt

gingrich has solidified his hold on the gop nomination. >> the republicans were absolutely terrified and some made jokes about how the democrats are going to win. this is a real, real problem. >> the candidates only have two more debates before the iowa caucuses and one of them will be held in iowa. >> as for today, while most candidates are busy with voting, begin imrich has a book signing just a few blocks from the u.s. capitol a show down in richmond later today as virginia democrats try to stop republicans from taking control of the virginia senate. democrats are trying to stop republicans. they are split 20-20 in the

senate, but the lieutenant governor will be casting the tee siding vote. the democrats have filed suit. coming up for the first time, we hear from the wife of accused penn state coach jerry sandusky, what she says about accusations that her husband sexually abused young boys. and the redskins sizing up the patriots. this just in. they are good. ood. as we take you to break, a live look outside. we have the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie. that's next. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying?

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are be a slutsly untrue. donna sandusky denied that she was home during one of the attacks and did not do anything to stop it. jerry sandusky has been charged with two more abuses and he is now under house arrest after posting bail new video of robert levinson who has vanished in iran. the video was sent to his family in florida. the u.s. government did not want it released saying it would jeopardize he was to bring him home. these efforts have stalled and his wife is releasing it along with an appeal to the kidnappers. a midnight deadline has come and gone for occupy boston protesters to leave their encampment but they stayed and so far, police have not moved in. throughout the night, they chanted "we are the 99%" and

they even had a live band. >> was that judge brown who was there. >> jay zee. >> yes. who was there? maybe it was a big band. you know it, you just came in. it's cold outside. >> oh, yeah, it is cold outside. >> it will be cold through the morning hours, a little bit more mild than yesterday. take a look at the temperatures not just here but around the country, in case you are traveling this weekend or today or whatever. 35 degrees right now in washington. >> yes, i'm sorry. 33 in raleigh. cincinnati. 28. let's see. i try to do some nfl cities because dave ross came up to the decks. >> st. louis, 33 degrees. >> dallas 28. >> did you pick the winner? >> denver. >> there you go. tebow. >> denver 12. that's the number of passes he

throws in the game. >> it's 12 now but tebow will bring it to 30. >> las -- no team there. san francisco, 43. >> the 49ers. >> one good team out of the bunch. >> here is a look at the satellite radar composite. we've got some cloud cover in the nation's mid section. >> what is that? did you fall? >> okay. >> no. >> we'll take that. [ laughter ]. >> that's definitely good. >> he is talking to me. >> i'm not sure who he was looking at. all right. did not mean to do that. that's just the way it sounded. >> here is the five-day forecast. 51 degrees for your high today. totally cool this weekend. >> you have about three hours left before you can take a nap.

>> also on the show, you can't get away with it. normally, people just ignore it. >> we won't do that. >> oh, thanks a lot. >> well, thanks, tony. checking with julie wright. this morning here in virginia, tack a look at sky fox north bound i-95 as they continue to who have over the accident scene. the accident activity is right here the exit to go north on tysons corner. that's what's blocking the ramp as you try to choose which way to go. this accident scene is going to impact the drie. it is two lanes to the left getting by the decision point to exit on to the inner loop of the beltway to take you on to tysons corner. we have big delays heading northbound from at least dale city heading up north towards the accident scene. thinks north bound new hampshire avenue at piney branch. northbound lanes are currently

closed with this wreck. fire rescuers are on the scene. outer loop of the beltway, accident activity still in place, as you try to work your way toward the west coast. that's a check at the fox 5 on time traffic. talking about the nfl team, the nfl city, you have a cold weather team coming into d.c we didn't get to forecast. >> i know you -- >> you're going to see -- the one sure hall of fame quarterback who is actual hi playing this year. >> who? >> tom brady is in town son sunday peyton manning may be coming next. >> that's another story for

another day. tom brady was here and all he did was torch the redskins. they had randy moss back then. tom brady accounted for five touchdowns by himself, three in the air and two with his legs. it's hard to run now in those ug boots that he now promotes. do you know that? >> no. >> they are a very, very football club. i don't see a scenario where the redskins come out on top on isn't day. i hope i'm wrong. we'll have a former redskin coming in the next hour, trying to going out how to do it on the defensive side of the ball because he is a defensive player. brady does not turn the ball very on. somehow, some way, rex is going to have to have a great game. i'm really stretching here to try toying out a way that the redskins can win the game. >> all right. let's stop that. and try to see that we have

another slug fest tomorrow. >> tomorrow night. >> right here at the convention center. >> it's here. we have been talking about it for so long. >> we had those belts right here. there is lamont. he says that the belts are going to stay right here. they are tired of watching what they eat. they get to weigh in today at 3:00. the three belts are on the line and after that, go time tomorrow night. i talked to the trainer of lamont peterson. he says the reason why he is going to win is because of where he comes from. you know, he was found abandoned on the streets of southeast washing tonight no average person will go through what he does. nobody can hit as hard with the

right. >> i know. it's your man. ed ed >> how did he remember that? >> to come to his gym. >> i mean, he just brought it up. he said waiting for you guys to come to the gym. >> one round. >> i don't know. he is bigger than i am. i don't know what weight class we would have to fight in here. >> we would all get crushed. >> i can't believe that he would remember that. he wants you to come to the gym. >> if lamont wins the belt, we should do it. >> i just want you to know that

right off the bat. >> very -- he is a very smart man. >> coming up at 9:15, we have oscar de la hoya. he won ten world titles. we have him on the set right here. >> it's going to be fun. >> tu. you are a good man. >> we look forward to oscar de la hoya. coming up, a warning from the pentagon about what you may hear this weekend also, new evidence on how stress plays a role in whether a woman gives birth to a boy or a girl and food decore for the holiday. we are at 17899 northwest. >> and we'll get tips on making a gingerbread house which she is decorating right now.  to make a commitment

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a shot of the pentagon this weekend. don't be alarmed, it's just a drill. officials will test a new gunshot detection system. shots are fired anywhere near the pentagon. authorities say they will restrict public access around at yair. sunday between 6:00 a.m. and noon. turns out stress may have a lot to do with the odds of delivering a baby boy. scientists study pregnant women following the 2005 earthquake in chile. they checked birth certificates for all chilean babies for the two years after. the more stressed the woman was, the less likely she was likely to give birth to a baby boy. >> it's certainly stressing out at the white house and on capitol hill.

>> can an agreement on the payroll tax cut be reached before the end of the year and really before congress and the president wants to leave town. this could affect anybody who has a job and gets a paycheck. we'll get a reality check coming up. as we go to break right now, we have the weather and traffic coming up. 

rachel dough, the semifinalist. >> tough for little rachel. 13 years old voted off last night and ened up in tears. the judgments deadlocked so america had the say. third week in a row that buck was in the bottom two and two webs in a row that he survived: that's going to be a controversial one. >> you saw her crying. she had the deadlock and had the public vote and i don't think her heart was in there? i don't understand it. >> everybody is complaining about her but if she voted --

>> she didn't really vote. it was a reluctant vote. okay. i vote you off. i think that she thought -- >> they are judges. she picked one and people were not happy. >> she voted for both because she company want to vote against. she was devastated. didn't speak at all after wards. >> you are saying she left it up to the public? >> definitely. it's a show, they are all going to be successful. they are all going to move one. >> it's tough: it's tougher when you are that young age. >> she'll look back and see the success that she had and she'll get probably -- not sympathy but get some attention because of it. >> she sang that etta james song at the end. >> if you can do that at 13 years old, you're going to be

successful. >> i have to jump into the weather. 40 degrees in annapolis, a little bit of warm air coming off the water. 28 at dulles airport. here is the sentinel satellite radar. we're going to have a lot of sunshine today. some of this cloud cover does not make it way into here until late this afternoon or during the evening hours. today, mostly sunny skies, a little warmer, look for highs about 51 degrees. tonight, partly cloudy, chilly overnight, 36 degrees for the overnight low. five-day forecast, weekend is cool, highs in the 40s. cold at night, monday and tuesday, more of the same. that's what's happening with the weather. let's get more on traffic with julie wright. sky fox still above the scene. thinks northbound i-95. the right side of this ramp still blocked off with this multi-vehicle accident. two lanes to the left. big delays as you guys travel

north bound now out of dale city headed towards the spring field interchange. we'll take you back inside, update the right elsewhere. traveling on the beltway outer loop headed toward the telegraph road, that's where you have the delays. average speed, van dorn street now down to about 13 miles per hour. we do have a problem to report if you are traveling toward maryland. that's where you have the accident activity and that's what's tying down the stretch. thinks the southbound stretch new hampshire avenue, blocked before piney branch. coming northbound, we have fire and rescue equipment coming. that's a look at the check 5 ontime traffic. >> all right. it is a little bit like that movie ground hog day. that's how it feels. last week, senate republicans knocked down a plan to extend

the federal payroll. coming here is richard cohen. welcome to the studio. great to be here. >> this payroll deadline is coming fast. >> it's real. >> congress said they are not going to leave town and even work through the holidays until this issue is resolved. in other word, that the payroll tax cut will expire by the end of this year or three weeks from now unless congress acts and if congress does not act, then we'll all have the pleasure of a tax increase starting january 1. not many people want to have a tax increase. there is a lot of pressure on congress to take care of this problem. the president himself has said that he is not going on his vacation to hawaii unless this

isresolved. >> a off lot of things have not been resolved. it's been a tough year. with the republicans running the house and the democrats running the senate, they have been struggling to do anything. when the republicans took control of the house, they said they wanted to cut spending and they wanted to attack the deficit and we also know, in the last few weeks, congress had the super committee. that failed. so the record is not good for this congress, this session. the public is very unhappy. yet, there is pressure, big pressure to get this done. no wawnts to have a tax increase. >> we said it earlier, this affects every single person with a job and a paycheck. >> that's right. >> for the average person, average family, it's as much as $1000 per worker for the year.

you probably didn't know you had that 1000-dollar pay cut this year. >> you will feel it later if you get. >> about the vacation, much has been said about the president's vacations. he just happened to be from hawaii, one of other most beautiful state, but is the perception also there that this is a bad time for president obama to go on an extended vacation? >> as you say, that's where he has spent the area where he grew up where he is taking his family to hawaii every year, every christmas holiday time. there is the assumption he has been planning to go this time. but after the white house announced a week or two ago that he would be going, the president subsequently said that he is not going unless and until this issue is resolved, even though, frankly, he is not

a big part of the discussion. he does have the veto pen because there are some steps that the republicans in the house are saying they would take some steps. the president said that would force him to veto the bill. we'll see. in any case, he has said he is not going to hawaii until this is finished. >> let's switch gears and talk about the latest poll coming out from fox news national poll showing that newt gingrich is 13 points ahead of mitt romney, head and shoulders above everybody else. what can you say about the staying power of newt gingrich? >> it's amazing. newt gingrich is the latest republican to emerge as the challenger to mitt romney. we have seen others who have come, whether it's governor perry of texas or herman cain

or michele bachmann. each have emerged to take on romney. gingrich in the final month before the iowa caucus which is january 3rd, gingrich appears to be in pretty good shape but who knows because it's become completely unpredictable. from a congressional washington perspective, it's interesting because he is a former speaker of the house. a lot of people that we called back in 1990s, he was a pretty controversial figure. so we'll see. >> we are out of town. i was going to ask you one question covering the hill. have you ever seen as crazy as what we are seeing right now? >> never seen it that keeps us on roll. >> yes. allegation of an attack on

a hotel maid cost him his job. but now new questions about whether this was set up. up. how are you dog, it's specialist nolan from afghanistan. i want to say hello to my family in washington t c. hope you have happy holidays. 

headlines today, we begin overseas in india where a hospital fire has killed 70 patients, more than 70. a medical staff accused of abandoning them as the building burped. officials say that many victims died of smoke inhalation. police filed a case against the hospital for violating safety procedures and is now working to cancel its license. >> new surveillance video from

the hotel where former imf head dominique strauss kahn was staying. you see him leaving the hotel. and at one point, the woman who filed the charges looks like she was acting out the assault. there is a secret santa in north carolina. someone dropped off a diamond ring in one of the kettles. the ring with an aprayal note attached listing it as $1500. >> very nice gift. fantastic. but there is a story behind that one, though. >> i'm sure it is. >> not a pleasant one. >> somebody is not happy. >> that's right. >> let's take a look at what's happening with our temperatures. dave ross showed me the tape of

the last. >> we rolled it back. >> i said something -- nothing vulgar but i said something -- >> i didn't mean to say it. i really didn't mean it. i don't know why that came out. i apologize. i do apologize. >> okay. >> i'll try to work. >> i don't think of either of you that way. >> let's take a look at the temperatures across the region. 36 degrees right now in washington 28 in baltimore, 28 in dallas, 27 ocean city. most temperatures are in the 30s right now. it's cold out there. that cold front is going to be coming through. today, we are okay. a little milder but tomorrow, cooler for both saturday and sunday, reinforcing cold air works its way in here. check out out, five-day forecast about 51 degrees. saturday and sunday -- where are you going? >> to talk to julie.

>> i thought you were really upset? >> yes, we are. we are going to breakfast. >> slim fast. [ laughter ]. >> let's see what's happening with the weather. let's go to julie wright. >> you never worry why i'm never in the studio with you. now people are leaving you. >> i love all of you. >> and we love you, too, perk. taking a bird's eye view, northbound is very slow leaving dale city for the inner loop. this is about three lanes leaving tyson. we have another firetruck there, i should say and again a couple of cars. on i-95, working your way towards i-95. witness you commit to the outer loop of the beltway. the crash is thrill here at telegraph road.

again, the right side of the road is blocked. average speed is now down to about 13 miles per hour. big delays from springfield interchange once you get there in the direction of the which son bridge. taking you back inside, we do have an accident activity to report. along the right side of the screen, that's the bus that was involved in the crash. southbound lanes of the new hampshire still closed. north brown side getting by to the right. >> all right, julie, thank you so much. over here at the fox 5 christmas tree now, we would like to thank danielle for sending in this gorgeous ornament. that's the famous t c blogs tomorrow cherry tree. >> thinks the 2011 edition, just a beautiful ornament. thank you so very much. if you would like to help tech crate our fox 5 christmas tree, you can do so by sending your

ornament to the address you see on the screen, fox 5, 5151 wisconsin avenue northwest. >> well, while we leave tony in timeout in studio a, we head to annie. you look good, too. >> turks allison. coming up, we are doing what's right and going with dessert first. we'll have the sweet treats with our wonderful pastry chefs here. that's coming up in just a bit. 2. time to say good morning to the facebook fan of the day. today is jay mattingly. jay is a 911 dispatcher in mayor lane maryland and says -- in maryland and says that he relies on fox 5 day and night.

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can you bleaf we are just a little over two weeks away from christmas. two weeks. >> if you are getting in the spirit this morning at the 1789 restaurant. >> i can't handle what steve is trying to tell me but i can handle what you are trying to show me. go ahead >> allison, we already started and it's so much fun and therapeutic. i won't show it until later. i don't know about you but when i go to holiday party, i make a bee line for the desserts first. joining us now is mallory

staley: thanks for being here. >> thank you, thank you. >> i came down from new york and took this job. i took research about our clientele and history about the restaurant. i think it fits my style of dessert very well. i like to stick with the classic french. fresh is important, local, seasonal. that's what 1789 is all about. >> that's what the holiday is about, traditional dishes and desserts, right? >> yes. >> what are some things that you off here that are some ideas for people at home? well, we do takes, pies, apple pies. we do a little bit of twist, we do fried apple pie. >> that was one of our biggest

sellers. we had a a little bit more fancier stuff that may be a little more challenging at home but not too much. explain why this is because thinks your most popular dish. yes. this is the 1729 chocolate coin. this was our signature dessert that i created when i came here. it's a reese's peanut butter cup and a bar. >> any people can make a knockoff. >> absolutely. last time i made one of these was 15 yearsing a and it was a lot of fun. right now, it is a blast, too. >> yes. >> and i'm 29 years old, everybody. it has been a lot of fun. thinks my ginnier breath house. i had to get working on it.

i have the fox 5 right there rock. i didn't have room for the s: i have a real secret that people are not familiar. everyone knows that the gingerbread dough is going to spread. if you take it out of the owe very much, let it cool slightly but take a knife and trim it. when you go and fate it, it will fit. you have really nice slides that connect together. >> as soon as it get out of the oven, cut snit. >> yes, cut it. how do you keep it so -- it's got such support here. >> depending pond size of your gingerbread house, you may need some support in the middle. i use a kleenex box in the

middle of this gingerbread house. thinks your oil which is going to be your glue and staple. put pretzel hear and stick it on the kleenex box. and then you go to town. yes. >> this is our satellite dish. i'm very proud of that idea. and you have the smile. it's all smiles in the bidding the is that right? if you would like to check out some of these kid some of what they have to after here, check our website. coming up, a health washing. why you may want to think twice before eating and drinking too much. that's coming up in about 10 minutes. >> that's a real thing that

affect a lot of people big morning for football fans and boxing fans. dave ross is back with a special guest. next hour, former redskin will join us and then at 9:00, the golden boy himself, oscar de la hoya with be in studio. 

whreerng more about the virginia tech police officer who was gunned down yesterday on campus. he was an army veteran and a father of five. but investigators are still trying to figure out why the gunman shot him and then shot himself. jack johnson was sentenced to federal prison and now he will learn the fate of his wife who will be sentenced today holidays can be very a very stressful time. did you know it can also be

dangerous for your heart. we are talking about the eating and drinking. and we'll talk about staying healthy. >> glad you are with us on this friday morning. good morning. i'm steve shanoby. >> and i'm allison seymour aren't even though we do the countdown in august, it always feels like it's sneaking up on us. >> it's more than we do. >> good morning. >> good morning, and good morning. >> we're going to start with the sentinel satellite. we have a pretty start to the day, cold start to the day temperatures in the 20s and 30s you a cross the region. here is the sentinel stlie. not much to show you, folks. a couple of cloud here but our skies, certainly mostly sunny and we'll see a lot of sunshine through the day today so not bad at all. currently in the area airports, here is a look at the temperatures. yeah, it's chilly. 36 degrees at reagan national, 28 at both dulles and bwi

marshall. so bundle up. day planner for the day, sunshine. we'll see slightly warmer temperatures than we saw yesterday. yesterday, mid-40s, yesterday, right around mid-40s, clouds start to build in late afternoon and during evening hours but we will remain dry. that's a look at the weather. more coming up in just a little bit. >> we appreciate it, tony, thank you. >> yep. >> let's check in with julie and a look at traffic. hey, julie. >> no rest for the weary fur traveling northbound on i-95. the better use is that the accident activity has cleared northbound i-95 as you work your way toward the exit. up fortunately, we still have bumper to bumper traffic. looking to the left of the screen, that's the traffic trying to exit

on to telegraph road. fur traveling, that is slow trying to go through that accident scene. once you get past, that you are home free. 395 looking better by contrast. on the other side of the towrntion you're going to find delays if you are traveling downtown leaving northeast to northwest. there was shock yesterday on the campus of virginia tech. two people dead almost five years after the deadliest shooting on campus in american history. >> police are trying to figure out what happened. bob is live with the very latest. bob, good morning. >> good morning to you, allison and steve. the very latest, hopefully, will be coming later today. the name of the gunman. finding out whether he was a stiew.d whether he was a grown adult.

did he have any kind of prior connection to the officer who was shot dead here on campus yesterday afternoon? the man who was killed yesterday was 39-year-old derek crouse, veteran of the army, father of five, married. he was in a parking lot here, had pulled over a car when virginia state police who were heading up the investigation said that a man walked up and opened fire on officer crouse who was sitting in his car. the unfortunate put out the alert within six minutes tell faculty, staff and students that had been a shooting on campus. a half hour later, police found a man dead of a gunshot wound. for four hours, the thinking was that there was a gunman on the loose who had shot two

people. it was not until four hours later that the authority gave the all-clear, telling everyone that they believe that the second victim was actually the gunman. it has turned out that they did find a weapon that overnight was matched with the police officer. there was a stand down and a great deal of relief but also sadness because the officer was murdered. last night on campus, near the memorial to the 2007 massacre here at virginia tech, there was a vigil. many student, about 150 or so students. and the overall thinking was that the university got high marks for getting the alerts out every half hour, letting everybody know that there was a shooting incident and programs the gun man was on the loose for as long as four hours which turned out not to be true. high marks for university official, some of whom were actually in washington yesterday.

they were in the nation's capital appealing a $55,000 fine issued by the u.s. department of education for the unfortunate's initial response to the shooting in april of 2007. steve and allison, 32 people were shot death. that case was the shooter himself here. >> scary the way that things were playing out yesterday, bob. thank you very much. a virginia state trooper is recuperating from surgery this morning after being shot on the side of the road. now, this happened yesterday afternoon on i-95 south and caroline county. police say that the treerp stopped to pick up a pedestrian walking daunte interstate. there was a struggle and both he and the suspect fired shots. the officer is identified as m. h. hammer. the suspect was also shot. he is listed in critical condition. don't be alarmed if you hear gunshots at the pentagon this weekend.

sunday between 6:00 a.m. and noon, officials will test a gunshot detection system. the system will sent out an alert if a gunshot is near the pentagon. it is sentencing day for leslie johnson. she will be sentenced today for her role in her husband's corruption scheme. >> reporter: allison, leslie job son is due in court by 10:30 this morning for her sentencing. both the prosecution and the defense attorney will get a chance to make their arguments and they it will be up to the judge -- and then it will be up to the judge to decide what, if any, time, she will get behind bars. the former pounce prince george's county council member

will be sentenced. jack johnson was sentenced to more than seven years in prison earlier this week. during the 8-year corruption scheme, he took up to a million dollars in bribes. his wife, and newly elected councilwoman at the time is now infamous for stuffing $80,000 in her bra and then stuffing a bribe check into her toilet all heard during a wire tap. what do you want me to do with this money. put it in your pantis and walk out of the house. >> leslie johnson did not appear in court earlier this week when her had you was sentenced. according to a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors are calling for the higher end of the sentencing guideline saying that the wire tap phone call shows that johnson did not object to her husband's request and that his sentencing, johnson claims that his wife,

leslie johnson, who had no part in his bribery scheme and had no idea what was going on. that's the latest here in greenbelt. back to you. >> thank you, sherry. 9 minutes past the hour here. the number of cardiac deaths, higher on christmas day than any other day of the year. >> that's a terrible statistic. >> the second highest is the day of a christmas, december 26th. the third day, new year's day. tips on keeping your heart healthy during the often stressful holiday season. let's take a look at the annual hanukkah tradition at the white house. last night honored it the festival of lights. here is the president and first lady fold by the vice president and mrs. biden. iden. 

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season, we would love for you to be part of the holiday tradition here at fox 5. you can sends ornaments to the actress on your screen, fox 5, 5151 wisconsin avenue, washington, d.c., 20016. we cannot return them but we donate them to a worthy cause. this one is courtesy of charlene light. she sent us a lot of ornaments, including a box full of white house christmas ornaments, very collectible here. we'll be doing that very soon. some problems that can occur over the holidays could involve a little too much celebrate can. food-caused health issues. our next guest joins us now.

dr. warren baity, board certified cardiologist and is here to talk to us about the holidays. happy holidays. >> happy holidays to you, too. >> we may not realize the startling statistics when it comes to heart health. >> you hit the nail on the head. the greatest number of heart attacks occur right between the winter holidays between christmas and new year and we try it figure out why that is. there are several things. one of the most important is actually stress. people do get stressed over the holiday. you have family visiting, getting ready for the holidays, preparing meals, buying presents and that combined with too much eating, too much drinking, over exertion. you may be wishing for a white christmas but if tony gives us that wet snow, you per not go out and shovel. and people don't want to ruin

the holidays and their friend and they wait a little too long to get in the doctor. >> does the cold weather play a role in this at all? >> that's another good point. cold weather does increase the work of the heart but interestingly, heart attacks occur in warm weather as well. but the picture of the man with a cigarette sticking out of his house, shoveling the snow, absolutely, those things predispose you to that. >> what do you do for your heart, body and miewnd? >> people do feel stress and it's not uncommon. fur feeling stress, take a timeout, maybe lay down for a few minute, get away from your family for an hour. if you feel your heart rate increase, get a

headache, slow down. and don't drink alcohol. there is a condition known as holiday heart syndrome where your heart goes into a faster rim simply because you are drinking too much alcohol. >> is that something that goes away or is that something that goes away after the season? >> if you do notice your heart is going fast on regular and having any dizziness, then you should seek medical attention right away. after a few minute, stop drinking but talk to your doctor about it. >> and that's what i want to ask you. a lot of type, we might feel some type of symptom, how do we know if there really is something dang rust for the heart or maybe it's just take a breather for a few minutes and relax and this will get better. that goes back to the regular morning symptoms of heart attacks and heart pain. if you are having heaviness, pressure, squeezing in the

chest, radiating to the neck, the arms, the jaw, break out in a cold sweat, feel short of breath with simple exhaustion, you need to seek medical attention right away. if you feel stressed, maybe overdid it, take something. one thing that i like to mention to allison, women have as much heart disease if not more than men. more women die of heart attacks than men. >> this is kind of amplified if you already have a condition perhaps with the holiday. the holiday heart syndrome where the heart becomes fast and irregular, that with be one of the symptoms an of of an underlying heart condition. heart attack is a siler end killer. that's why we say know your numbers. we are on a big downer here for the holidays but the point is that we want to make sure that

everybody enjoys the holidays and beyond. >> absolutely is. >> and if you have a problem, get in. you'll ruin your holidays more by waiting. >> dr. levy, thank you. the fox news presidential debate takes place this sunday. we go one on one with the front runner who many don't think he has a real shot at winning the iowa caucus. chris walls were joins us. how important is this key bait? >> it's pretty important. obviously, depend on how it goes. but it's the last chance to make an impression on the voters in a big public setting with all the other candidates on the stage before the caucuses which are three weeks from tuesday. it's going to be very important. we're going to have the fox debate, as you say, next thursday on the fox news channel with all the candidates there. has been a lot of talk about the donnell trump debate but only one candidate has agreed to that one.

this is really the last opportunity for all the candidates to make an impression on statewide and nationwide tv, not just in iowa but, of course, across the nation. >> fox news just coming out with the national poll showing that newt gingrich is head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. what do you make of this, chris? >> i don't know what to make, honestly. it's clear that he got a lot of support from herman cain and what he has done, newt has done very well in the debates which stress how important they can be. the question is, we have seen some other peernlings bachmann, cain, rick perry, come and go. can newt sustain it? he is different because he has been a national figure for, what, 15 years or so. so, you know, he is much more known commodity but he has, like all these candidates, some strengths and weaknesses. it will be interesting to see whether he can stay on that front slot as the otheranti-

romney candidates have. no romney is taking him seriously because he has started to go after gingrich and one of the things that he will do is he's going to do a sunday show, not this sunday but next sup day we have the first sunday show interview in two years this next sunday. >> and then you have rick perry on as you continue. >> he is a very interesting case. he obviously was the leader when he came in in august. he did poorly in these debates. but as they say in texas, he is dog hold 'em in iowa he has spent millions. he realizes he has to win iowa or his candidacy may be dead. we'll talk to him on sunday. we'll look forward to that, chris. thank you so much, chris v a good weekend. thanks, allison. thanks to you. it is 8:00 it 20 right --

8:20 right now. time to look at the forecast. this was a window scraping morning for me. i don't know if it was for you. >> it was. >> what i'm finding interesting is that i'm dodging those big piles of leaves because they have not been picked up and they are icy. so that's a convergence of seasons. >> absolutely right. we had frost in part of the area this morning. now we are getting worth of some patchy terms fog. we are talking about allegheny county, couple better land, haggerstown, some fog. not here but there has been some report of frost by some people. cold start to the day. before we get to, that time for the my fox 5 photo of the day. these are the before and after picture. look at that head of hair. >> got to love it. >> he still got it. >> and look at those eyes, those big eyes. this is riley before and after

his hair was braided. he is saying, where it the hair go? >> he loves the braid. >> he does. >> he is a gorge just little boy. what a great head of hair. you look fantastic. hope you have a happy holiday, merry christmas. thanks for sending the photos, to his parents, i assume. let's take a look at what's going on out there. 37 here in the nation's capital. milder down to our south, 45 degrees in cape hatteras and we'll purity button and get this thing going. across the mid-part of the united states, 30 degrees in wichita. 17 in lincoln, nebraska. 0 in fargo, north dakota. very cold air in place across the country. here is a look satellite radar composite. we do have some cloud cove right across the plain states

into the midwest, great lakes region. no cloud here but i do think that some of those cloud will infiltrate our area late in the day maybe during late in the day and evening hours. forecast for today and the next five days. today, not bad. 51 degrees for your high. then we get cooler again for the weekend into monday. highs only in the mid-40s. that's a little bit below normal. overnight lows in the 20s, 30s in parts of the area. tuesday, we mild up again if i can put it that way. let me just look ahead to the rest of that week. it's going to be chilly straight through the rest of next week as well. that's a look at what's happening in the weather. tucker barnes is in with the forecast. let's go to julie wright right now. we are getting word from v vdot of an accident. still having trouble removing

the tractor trailer here. right side of the road is still blocked. in fact, as you were traveling the outer loop, you are down to about 39 miles per hour here on van dorn street. traveling north on i-95, this is the traffic trying to get past newington. the good news, if you will, is that the stent activity before the beltway has cleared. but all of this slow traffic carries toward telegraph road. the next camera will pop up in prince george's county county. we have reports of an accident blocking the ramp on piney branch road. that's a check of the fox 5 ontime traffic monitoring metro this morning. a heads up for anybody planning on taking a train this weekend. you are looking at delays on the red line, blue line and orange line. on the blue line, single track

will be between foggy bottom and arl top cemetery. orange line, you will share between foggy bottom and -- baseachely if you're going to take metro this weekend, expect some delays. most drivers have been there. you see that parallel parking spot? not quite sure if your car is going to fit. you try to measure up. >> check out what one driver in new york did. all caught on security cam amount he was able to squeeze into a spot just an inch back and forth. >> questioning -- yeah, that's good. >> this is -- hours later, he was able to get in there. he was able to successfully pull out of that tight spot. >> it didn't take him ten hours to park. he got out the same way he did. >> neither the other car

changed. he is pushing that minivan pretty good. looks like that alarm watts was going. >> he certainly locked his car. >> hard to find a parking spot. >> i tell you what? >> new york city? >> free parking is never a fun thing. >> 8:26 right now. friday morning. let's take a look at the weekend. up next, we'll introduce you to two montgomery county high schoolers who happened to be's fox 5 friends and we are getting into the holiday spirit at the 1789 restaurant. annie, what's that? >> allison and steve, let me ask you something. are you guy the going to have one much these at the dinner party? this is a $700 trufl imported from italy. and border collies are very important for theessments dogs are very important. we're talk to the executive chef coming up. he's going to give us some secrets and tricks to preparing

your holiday meal next on fox 5 morning news. 

allegations of child sex

abuse by jerry sandusky now raising questions about his wife. one of the abused children said that his wife was at home. his wife hoped jerry sandusky post the $250,000 needed. and an anne arundel high school teacher is charged with having sex with three students. he is charged with sexual abuse of a minor, assault, sexual solicitation and other offenses. police in prince george's county are asking for your help in locating a boy who has been missing from a prince george's

county county school. he has opinion disciplined at school and did not go home after. >> hope they find him. yes, certainly. 30s here in washington but hang in there. later this afternoon, we'll be on the peeled side, 50 or so. >> that sounds better. >> the weekend will be great, too. >> perfect. >> not a bad forecast for december. >> all right. i don't know what i'm taking off with. >> i could not -- oh, temperatures now, max hd. >> you are calling it out, allison? >> this is what do you call? >> this is the temperature map, the max 2 system. >> 33 in quantico, something else for about an hour. that will start to gradually warm up the atmosphere for you. 29 in manassas. 27 in frederick. much of the area here in the

low to mid-20s. pushing warmer temperature off the bay. yesterday, mid-40s. highs of 45 here in washington. maybe 50 to 51, a little warmer with the southerly breeze. lots of snipe start your day. later this afternoon, some of the cloud cover associated with the cold front getting here. we'll have some lit dash day clouds. not expecting any precipitation here. rain or snow will fall apart before it get here. this will reinforce the cool for the weekend. here is another look at the surface map and we'll watch that system move on through. we will be on the chilly side overnight. highs tomorrow and sunday will only be in the low to mid-40s. so that include temperature for the weekend. should be great if you are headed to the army-navy football game or redskins football game on saturday and sunday. 51 today, cool tonight.

we'll go with chilly this weekend with overnight lows saturday and sunday morning below freezing and then a gradual warm up in the 50s. notice the next five days, we are nice and try. >> that's it for weather. i assume i'm tossing to steve and allison but i don't know where they went. >> we are near the holiday tree, tucker barnes. >> you know the old saying, when the door closes, go find an open window? that's what our next guest did when they tried to do a great deed trying to raise money for school girls in afghanistan. >> joining us now are walt whitman high school. this outfit? >> this happened coins depthly that we were dressed the same. >> tell us about your mission. we were inspired by martinson's effort and his evident to

building schools in afghanistan and showing how girls in afghanistan were treated. we created the afghanistan school project. permanently, my own grandparents in andrea had that project. >> what have you learned through the process and how will you move on to move people. i think that getting your points across and straight and to the point has opinion very, very helpful. you have to go directly to the source and that's when i cop tacked my family friends who is a former ambassador of azerbaijan. we contacted the embassy there and that's how we were able to get this started. that will hopeful hi start in

the spring. >> you ladies have been working overtime. what's the goal to see your mission go all the way through? >> definitely, we need support. we need to make this issue more public. we need people to understand what actually is going on in afghanistan. they don't have the education that we are blessed with here at walt whitman in bethesda. we need to let people know here what is going on, what's happening. that's our main goal, our mission this year. >> if folks want to help out, is there a way to do that? >> yes, in terms of school, we hope to meet with other clubs and integrate different people in the school. my parent and my sisters are really helpful. they have willing to take me places. it's really great. we have great support. they are all pitching for a great cause. but the club that you are in, you helped to found that three cups of tea club which led to

-- >> the afghanistan school project, yes. >> both ladies brought in an orange. and we would love to see you place it on our treatment hopefully this will help young people enjoy the holidays before. >> what did you bring? >> a little snowman. >> you can place that >> and ashley, brought. yes, my mother gave this to me actually. that's pretty tree. >> hope it looks pretty on your tree. we'll put some more information on your good effort on myfoxdc.com as well. appreciate you being here as well. keep up the great work. >> thank you very much. >> always good to see the great effort out there, especially from young folks. >> absolutely we have a lot more coming up. one of the most popular movies from the eighties could soon have a sequel. it's timeless. >> the music is a big hit so you probably know it already. ñ

if you are looking for work, don't foregoat check out our job shop. today's job of the day kaiser permanente looking for an advice nurse. if you would like more on this job and many others, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop tab at the top of the home pain. allison, here you go. tom cruise may be getting back in the cockpit. >> great. not for mission impossible pause that's almost out in theaters now. but for top gun. this is my second faith movie. >> after officer and a gentleman? >> that's right. he is talking to director tony scott about a plot line. he says, we are working on it. top gun was a huge hit. i mean, huge, back in 1986,

getting four oscar nods. and then the song ♪ take my breath away ♪ >> we heard the other version. >> he is teaching young guns this time around. he has to be the instructor. he can't have the same love interest and all that anymore. it has to be different. >> i understand. >> i have seen the film. >> 8:41 right now on this friday morning. fixing the same holiday meal year after year? >> you are in luck. we are live at the 1789 restaurant where the executive chef is ready to show us how to prepare his signature lamb dish. we'll take a break now. it's 8:41. :41. >> i would like to say hoppy

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two weeks now before christmas. that's so hard to believe. >> we have some pricey ideas. annie? >> allison and steve, i don't stress on my christmas dinner until the day before. for those you who want some tricks and secret, i have the map here, anthony lombardo here who has all the tricks for cooking to a pig crowd here. how are you? >> i'm messy. how are you? >> you're going to show us the really good dish of preparing the lamb. we're going to do citrus marinaded lamb, roasted nice and slow, great for a holiday

meal especially when you are cooking a family of 10 or 12. roast it. lamb is pretty traditional. lamb is very popular at this restaurant. >> what are some other popular dishes here? >> you know, the rack has opinion a staple for a while. we do whole lame be so we get the -- we do whole lamb so we get the whole animal from the shank, the rack to the leg which is what we are roasting right now and we also roast a shoulder. we put garlic, thyme and rosemary in a blender with some olive oil and orange juice which is going to add a little bit of acid. what are some other dishes that you guys offer here? >> like i said, lamb is a tradition, very popular here. we get all our lamb from virginia, and people lot of

lamb. we also have dishes like i'm doing pasta on the menu right now, trying to keep four or five seafood dishes on the menu. right now, we have $700 truffle dinner. >> which costs $700, everybody. came from italy. >> this is cab annual here? >> that's brussel sprouts. >> oh, okay. >> what's this? >> this is peckreito cheese. and then we have pine nuts. what kind of dressing is this in? this is a citrus vinegar. we are just rubbing our marinade on the lamb. >> yep, yep. >> a little pepper, fresh pepper. any secret or tricks for viewers at home who might be preparing lamb for the holiday? >> what i want to do, the

slower the better. you want to cook it to about medium. start at a high temperature so start it at around 400 degrees. you can even lose like, at home, you can use the broil feature on your oven and you want to brown outside. after that, turn the oven down to about 200 and let it cook nice and soft. >> and then we are sticking this in the bag. you want me to hold this for you? >> i'll hold this. >> thinks the lamb. >> how long? >> i'll put the juice in there. >> this us something that you could do the night before. >> and stick this in the fridge in. >> yeah, put it in the fridge. and then we have a beautiful lamb, right, ready to rock and roll? >> yes. >> and so are you guys open until christmas eve or open cramps day? what's the schedule. >> christmas eve, we are open during the night and then christmas day, we are closed. >> we're going to place this

and eat up, i guess. if you want to find more about the restaurant's menu, 1789 restaurant here, they are open on christmas eve and new year's eve. >> i swear we can smell it, apey. that looks so good 8:49 right now on this friday morning. it's the time of the year that people often reflect on what we are thankful for. >> coming up, meet one woman hoist thankful for a miracle. we'll be right back.  these sweet honey clustery things have fiber?

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talk about a miracle. back in october of 2009, we told you about an accident, a medical emergency that caused a woman who run her car off the road into a tree and yen upside down into a creek. >> that woman was pregnant. when paramedics arrived, she had no pulse at all. as fox 5's brett parker shows us, that was just the beginning of this story. >> how old are you today? >> two. >> not just awesome, amazing that jayden davis is here.

we were coming down the road on temple hills when a man was standing on the side of the road nonchalantly waving his arm. >> thinks what prince george's county county emergency workers saw. >> a man upside down. we pulled her out. she was not breathing. as we dragged her out of the water, we realized she is pregnant. >> she has no pulse but we had to keep things going to keep this baby alive. >> vanessa was the charge nurse on duty at southern maryland hospital center. >> it looked pretty scary, but, you know, we knew that we were going to save her >> reporter: you had no doubt? >> no doubt. >> reporter: how much of that do you remember? >> i don't remember any of it. i'm glad i don't remember any of it because that sound terrifying. >> reporter: she started working in the very same

emergency room that helped save her. >> i wept to work here. and they said, oh, my gosh, that's you? >> she is going through something that most people dream of never having to deal with but she's gone through it and is very humble about it and learned a lot from it. >> davis' car flipped over. it's not visible from up here along the road. whoever this stranger is who flagged down the paramedics absolutely saved her life. >> her mom went to the police department and worked effortlessly to find that guy or whoever it was. >> davis knows she is blessed. >> you want a bear hug? in chin top, maryland, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> that's a feel-good story. >> how precious is that? happy holidays to everyone involved. >> thanks to beth parker.

we get ready to welcome big names in our next hour. >> coming up, boxing great oscar de la hoya will be here and next hour, comedian alonzo boden. i hope he is not watching. >> oh, he is. >> we'll tell him. >> you know we'll do? he is going to be here to share a few laughs. >> i should know. he is a household name. >> it's 8:55. 

good morning, everybody. welcome to fox 5 morning news at the 9:00 hour. i am allison seymour >> and i'm tony perkins. >> there is a lot going on at this hour. the danger is over but tensions

are running high after another tragedy at virginia tech. we're going to head to the campus of blacksburg. >> and the day after her husband was sentenced to seven years behind bars, former prince george's county councilwoman is going to be sentenced today and dave ross is working overtime in two sports. he will be joined by chris de la hoya and former redskins linebacker chris wilson will join him live. >> we have a look at this weekend's weather. hey, tuck. >> it's going to be just fine for the redskins game and the army-navy game. we'll kick off with a nice looking friday. cold right now. 37 right now in washington, reagan t