a closer look as fox 5 morning news continues right now. let's look at the national cathedral, beautiful sunrise on this monday morning, 30 degrees, regan airport, very cold out there, bundle up. we are glad you are with us i am steve shown bee. >> i am al -- shown surrey. >> i am alison seymour. >> good morning, man, a cold start to the day temps in the 20s and much of the region we are 30 degrees here in washington as steve mentioned a moment ago let's look at your weather headlines for the day. temperatures on the rise low 40s yesterday we will make it to mid-and upper 40s today. high pressure in control, calm conditions for us across the region we will see a good amount of sunshine although if you are off to the south and east of washington you will see a fair amount of cloud cover through the day today.

next chance of rain holds off until thursday. temperatures around the region, 30 degrees washington, let's see if we have an update, 29. all right we just dropped off. 29 degrees here in washington. so we are all cold. 28 quantico, 23 baltimore, 21 dulles airport, fredericks burg, 27 degrees. satellite radar composite some clouds across the sky, making for a pretty sunrise. there are clouds they will break up we will get a good amount of sunshine in here for the course of the day. looking for highs into the mid- and upper 40s, high in town probably around 47, 48 degrees something like that. that is a look at what is happening with weather now a look at this mornings rush hour traffic hey julie. >> all right. 95 but a mess this morning accident number one occurred before you reach the exit there in quantico, now the crew in

sky fox headed back on 95, back down towards the prince william parkway. as you can see this stretch of northbound i-95, headed towards newing on the, heavy, slow and steady well below speed but sky fox is in route we have another accident reported northbound i- 95, near the prince william parkway we will keep you posted what they find there in our next report. a lot of people using route 1 as the alternative not only will it be heavy and steady expect delays north of the occoquan, 395 lanes now open earlier incident before shillington now cleared towards the 14th street bridge. eastbound 66, towards the car rest area, centerville, more as you continue in towards the

capitol belt way northbound toward the gw parkway. coming southbound lanes are temporarily blocked accident activity, over turned vehicle closes the southbound stretch of the george washington parkway. canal road open for business if you thing of that as the alternate route. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. an amazing story out of the philippines where a teenager from lynchburg virginia was kidnapped five months ago by suspected islamic militants. >> over the weekend that 14- year-old boy managed to escape like a story out of the movies,. >> i can tell you a lot of things that i only know he is a hero. >> reporter: 14-year-old kevin eric lundsman has quite a sisterry to tell. >> it wasn't -- story to tell. >> it was not easy. >> reporter: his mother and

cousin were vacationing with relatives in the philippines when kidnapped the captors were holding them for ransom the boy's mother was freed in october, cousin the following month the teen tricked his captors telling them he was going to bathe by the river and ran for his life. >> he ran two days through the jungle. >> reporter: he followed the river down a mountain until villagers found him the next day the boy's father is relieved to hear news of his safety. >> i am just so happy no body in the world has any idea how i feel. >> reporter: he has been flown to manila and is with u.s. officials he is expected to be reunited with his family soon. kidnap for ransom is common in southern philippines, no word if any ransom was paid in new york, fox news. officials in philippines say while walking for two days in the jungle, the teen ate

candies, and coconuts he got by climbing trees. a key witness in the penn state child sex abuse scandal is expected to testify during a preliminary hearing tomorrow. there are more doubts what he saw back in 2002. some of these details of this report are disturbing if there are young kids watching you might want to get them out of the room now. stacy cohen is here with new developments in the case. jerry sandusky will face his accusers tomorrow in a pennsylvania courtroom. five of his alleged victims are expected to testify and also former assistant coach mike mcquery. he told the grand jury that in 2002 he saw a young boy being sexually assaulted by jerry sandusky in a penn state locker room shower but the patriot news is reporting a different version of that story the newspaper quotes a source who

says he came home after the incident telling his father and a family friend he heard sex sounds saw a young boy peak out of the shower and a male arm grabbing the boy and pulling him out of view minutes later he saw sandusky leaving in a towel. the friend said he asked mcquery three times if he saw anything, and he said each time he said no. because of that they urged him to contact joe paterno, and not police. joe paterno is recovering from a fractured pelvis he suffered at his house saturday night and being treated for illness. thank you. a funeral service to be held today for the virginia

tech officer killed on campus last week officer crust was gunned down by ross ashley, it lead to a 4 hour lock down on campus. the burial service will follow. in an interview kraus's family talked about what an amazing person he was. >> he was an amazing father to his son dustin and his son just completely idolized him and he was a very good step father to the other boys in the family. >> really, you know, to see his picture on tv you feel so proud of him, and everything he accomplished. he leaves behind his wife tina and 16-year-old son doesnd and four step -- dustin and four step sons. >> hearing from the family of the gunman in an unsigned statement the family offered its condolences and prayers to

the kraus family and said there would be no more statements. police do not have a motive for the shooting. >> university of maryland police are investigating an armed robbery a student was walking to his apartment when two men came up to him holding a silver handgun and demanded property the student co- operated suspects ran off and the student was not hurt. >> white house where later on this morning the president will sit down with iraq's prime minister as they meet to discuss the next steps in their relationship. all u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq in three weeks marking the end of a 9 year war. manuel noriega is back in panama this morning he arrived in france escorted by a security team to panama city's prison he is now beginning to serve three, 20 year sentences for killing political rivals in

the 1980s. the first caucus and run for the white house three weeks from tomorrow newt gingrich is solidifying his lead in key states. the latest poll has support for gingrich soaring in south carolina and florida where primaries are just over a month away he maintains the lead in iowa with a caucus set for january 3rd. he took a lot of heat in the debate over the weekend in iowa though, but the buzz this morning is all about a $10,000 bet mitt romney challenged rick perry to. >> i am just saying you are for individual mandates my friend. >> rick, $10,000, $10,000 bet. >> i am not in the betting business. >> okay >> i wrote a book. >> i've got the book. >> mitt romney accused of being

out of touch for suggesting such a lofty bet $10,000 but he is not backing away from the comment his wife joe said he is not a good gambler any way. 10 minutes after 7, coming up a look at other stories making headlines including more on how montgomery county police want to prevent more of those flash mob robberies. dave ross joins us, we look at yesterday's loss. more after the break [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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take a look at stories making headlines, 7:13 a.m., frightening sunday for a dc neighbourhood after a routine traffic stop turned into a car chase after park police tried to pull over a driver.

police went after him, the suspect crashed then bursting into a home. swat teams and hostage negotiators spent two hours, getting nearly a dozen people out of the home. a gymnastics coach acquitted ten years ago on sex charges in virginia facing new allegations, 33-year-old maurice was charged with 8 counts of taking indecent liberties with two teenage girls between 2007 and 2010 and is being held without bail. lawmakers in maryland are cracking down on so called flash mobs the press conference is scheduled today to introduce the flash mob theft act of 2012 it will be held outside a german town 7/11 targeted by a flash mob in august. it will make multiple thefts made by multiple people at one time, one crime. 7:15 a.m.

a look at the forecast chilly start to the workweek. >> yep but seasonable temperatures later today, a cool day for sure but a tad warmer than it was yesterday. >> nice. >> yep we start by talking about yesterday let me show you the highs we reached on sunday. afternoon. regan national made it up to 43 degrees, same temperature bwi marshall, 43 degrees, dulles only got up to 42 degrees and we will do better than that today. here is a look at current temperatures around the region we have dropped off 29 degrees here in washington salisbury, maryland, 30 degrees, quantico, virginia, 28, dulles, airport, 21 degrees frederick maryland, 18 degrees right now, here is a look at satellite radar there are clouds a lot of sunshine but some clouds featured through the day, best chance of cloudiness is off to our south and east, parts of southern maryland, southeastern virginia could see pretty good cloud cover later today your day

today, mostly sunny skies a cool one but seasonable highs into the upper 40s today, we are looking for a high around 47 degrees, in town. that is a look at the weather gwen has your next weather forecast coming up in a little bit. >> thanks tony. >> let's check with julie right and find out what is happening on the roads. >> good morning we are starting off behind me look at the commute on the outer loop of the belt way which remains heavy and slow, trying to get past university boulevard. the crew in sky fox we will take their wide feed we have had three separate accidents the first near the exit, at the harbour the second in newington and the third popped up on us towards the prince william parkway all have been cleared to the shoulder so lanes are open but the traffic volume remeans heavy, slow and steady headed northbound up towards the capitol belt way. if you are travelling elsewhere you will find the gw parkway

this incident has cleared lanes are open once again. out of green belt, southbound bw parkway stacking up average speed powder mill road 23 miles per hour headed into northeast washington southbound kennel worth avenue, down to 18 miles an hour that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you 7:17 a.m. all right time to break down yesterday's loss dave ross to play monday morning quarterback looked good for awhile. >> a lot of positives to take from that loss yesterday, normally you can't do that so much, 7 point loss to the patriots what we saw yesterday was the best play calling game by kyle shanahan a lot of people have been critics of his but yesterday he really got it done i want to take a look at one play in particular the brandon banks play but there are subtleties, it was the second play of the 2nd quarter they had plenty of time to draw this up he drew it up to perfection there is banks

throwing it up moss gave the skins the first lead pulling behind 13-3. 14:49 first play of the 2nd quarter when you watch the replays you will see here, he will give it back there, and banks being left handed there is grossman blocking you got to get a block he locked carter he doesn't get -- blocked carter if he doesn't get that block the left throwing banks can't throw a couple things in that play was well designed not like he just said draw it up and see what happens they had it planned out. >> who do you think throwing some trivia out there, who do you thing was the smallest guy to ever throw a touchdown. >> if i played me. >> you might be there with brandon. >> yeah, it has got to be brandon banks. >> at 5'5". >> i think they list him at 5'8" if he is 5'8" i am 6'2" i am not. >> there was another good day

for roy, we have found, in the last three weeks he is emerging, how about red skins trivia here. >> ready. >> he is the first red skins rookie running back to run for 100-yards or more in three consecutive games >> congratulations. >> this guy, we have seen him i like the vision there. >> i like the way he plays. >> you are trying to find positives but i think this is clearly a positive here, 26 carries too you know he can carry the mail for the whole sunday's not like you got to shut him down he is not a scat back. not a change of pace back. >> biggest positive they put points on the board and that many well above their seasonable average. >> they gave up 34 points it is tom brady. >> what you would expect. >> i don't want to hammer the defense too badly but offence even against the jets put up 23 they are starting to put up 20,

25 points. >> if you ask tom brady maybe that isn't enough. >> he was hot this is my favorite part of the game we will break down what happened here, patriots going down for the dagger touchdown tom brady in the red zone, josh wilson gets his first pitch that is not supposed to happen in the red zone, so, you take a look and josh wilson will do a little fedex leap we will talk about that later on this morning watch brady, don't relist he says hey your uggs are too expensive no, they are well priced shoes well, i am not paying that much for those shoes fine. >> he is going nuts his hair is out of place he is disheveled it is just not happening. >> i think he is probably more upset he made a bad throw on the play before that. >> it wasn't his fault it was the offensive coordinators fault tom brady doesn't make a mistake. >> apparently he made two in a

row. >> not true to the rumour the offensive coordinator was fired 30 seconds after that clip. >> we all know with certain athletes they will get their way. >> after the game brady gets up there they ask him he goes well, you know i should get yelled at you know kind of sheepish grin i should get yelled at when i throw an interception. >> when you win it is competitive when you lose it is selfish that is the difference yesterday it was competitive. >> what i love about that the most is the fact the red skins got him rattled enough to go off how many times you see tom brady rattled. >> never before. >> he was worried they were going to lose the game. >> yeah, and they are 10 and 3. >> good for him to get fired up. >> you get fired up tom brady >> i am going to get some uggs. >> next week. >> does alison like the uggs? >> on her i don't know about

tom brady. >> can he pull it off? >> i kind of like it see i am unpredictable you never know which way i am going to go. 7:21 a.m., chilly monday morning up next why you might want to avoid fedex and the post office today or be like everybody else and you are trying to go there. then later a look at how all those holiday decorations could be dangerous for your four legged friends stay with us fox 5 morning news will be right back the droid razr by motorola.

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been a happy holiday season for internet retailers online sales have increased 15% this year according to a virginia

research firm you can expect more revenue today it is green monday traditionally one of the biggest online spending days of the year. with all that online shopping, the gifts have to get delivered some how well, that is where fedex comes in today is projected to be the company's busiest day of the year they are expecting to deliver 17 million shipments almost double what they deliver on a normal day. the company added thousands of seasonal position to help handle the high volume of goods. time now 7:26 a.m. on monday morning if you are just waking up you will want to stay tuned when we come back another look at today's top story. also we will check with doug luzader he is examining the latest gop numbers. >> we would love for you to be a part of our holiday tradition here at fox 5 as we decorate our christmas tree with ornaments you donate the tree and decorations will be donated to a worthy charity in the

region. send your ornaments to the address on the screen. pgh >> special thanks this morning to gl audrey of northwest dc for sending us these four beautiful firs. we will be right back 

want to check our top stories 7:30 a.m. a 14-year-old boy right there that young man from lynchburg virginia, held in captivity in the philippines for 5 months tricked his kidnappers and was able to get away. his family said the boy earned the captors trust and then tricked them telling them he was going to wash by aerifier and ran for his life he -- by a river and he ran for his life. the u.s. ambassador says he will be reunited with his family soon. >> president barack obama is meeting with the prime minister of iraq at the white house this morning they are expected to discuss the future of the u.s. iraqi relationship as the last of american con bat troops leafy -- combat troops leave. president obama and first family celebrating the holiday

season with stars the obama family along with -- well, the obama couple and his daughters, attended the 30th annual christmas in washington concert last night it included singing of christmas carolls and the entire show hosted by conan o'bryan. also good morning, anybody still around in the city. >> what a treat for the girls, victoria justice, justin bieber. >> exciting. >> a little perk. >> hi. >> good morning. >> chilly out there. >> nippy out there for sure and we've got that december chill as i call it in the air just a little reminder of the season ladies and gentlemen and how much we have been spoiled recently with all the mild weather. temperatures are going to climb just a little bit into the course of the week don't get too excited we are not doing any major 70s but we will creep into the 350s for you -- 50s for you not all bad you will get a change from the real cold

conditions high pressure in control that has been dominating our weather pattern and what is bringing us sunshine today just a few clouds especially to the southeast overall not bad changes later in the week looks like thursday we have a chance of seeing a few showers or so before then things are really really nice. ridge of high pressure, a few high clouds across the area, not a whole lot happening in terms of the cloud department you will have a very pleasant day, very very cool out there, bundle up 29, national airport, 21 gaithersburg, 19 degrees at manassas, 27 frederiksburg look at martins burg and frederick, 18 degrees, as we take a trip up the mid-atlantic, 31 degrees boston, new york at 34 to the south 33 degrees for raleigh, you can see the whole mid- atlantic is really into that pattern because of the jet stream look how far south it is really allowing all this cold influx of air move in across our area, i want to tell you

this is extended across the northern plains as well we are not alone with chilly conditions excuse me so across just about all this area temperatures that will be mainly into the 40s we will see some 30s into areas more to the west however. for today mostly sunny skies, chilly day 47 degrees you do want to make sure you have a nice warm jacket heading out to catch up with any of that shopping at all. for tonight dipping down to the 20s. 29 city, mid-to low 20s in the burbs. light winds mainly clear skies a lot of radiational cooling it will be chilly. gradually start to climb into the 50s not bad for thursday 57 degrees looks like a 30% chance of showers by thursday night, then a ridge of high pressure builds in, 54 friday a few clouds lingering around let's check with julie wright and see how our commuters are doing.

>> it is the season we are talking water main break that is where we find the crew in sky fox in montgomery county, over near bells mill road that is where we have the roadway completely blocked between bells mill and scotland we have a will the of mud coming across the -- we have a lot of mud coming across the highway if this is your typical drive into work it is not the case this morning temperatures well below freezing anticipate icy conditions as well because of this water main break. shut down because of this water main break we had reports one car slid off the road as a result of this and wound up in a ditch we do have this portion blocked off until further notice clean up needs to be done and then absorbent that will have to be spread on the highway before we can open this stretch of the road. back inside, outer loop of the belt way, below speed, 95 around georgia avenue all lanes open travelling southbound bw parkway, slowing leaving powder

mill road, also 212 headed for the belt way this happens to be the outer loop ramp from telegraph road, southbound 95, lanes here open, southbound 270, leaving rockville heavy volume headed out towards the lane divide. newt gingrich is on a roll the former speaker of the house building on his lead but president obama is proving he will be a tough adversary. the latest polling numbers. >> reporter: well, republicans are still fighting amongst themselves president obama has been campaigning and the playing field for 2012 is changing fast. >> release the elves. come on guys. >> reporter: for president obama, christmas may be coming early. while republicans have been bashing him on the campaign trail he has been blaming them for the country's problems look at his poll numbers in two important states florida, a state that can swing the

overall election obama beats gingrich by 12 points mitt romney by 7, in south carolina, a reliable republican bull work, the president prevails over both gingrich and romney. >> the only reason you didn't become a career politician you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> reporter: gingrich had a strong showing needling romney as he continues this surge but despite strong debate performances it is widely believed the white house would rather face gingrich. >> he is an expert debater he surged in the polls because he is good he said he is going to trail barack obama around the country and challenge him everywhere i don't think they take him lightly they just prefer him over romney. >> at the same time there is growing unease among republicans about the possibility of nominating gingrich but his numbers may be surging at exactly the right

time in washington doug luzader fox news. occupy dc protestors have been at mcfehr son square and freedom plaza for several months now are they getting their message across or wearing out their welcome do they plan to spend christmas here and the rest of the cold winter. robert mccartney metro columnist with the washington post. good to see you. >> hey, alison. having written about this, extensively in your sunday article let me ask you what is your overall impression. >> well, i think the protestors have certainly gotten a lot of attention and i think they have -- they not only here in washington but around the country have helped raise attention and interest in the issue of income and equality i think they have established this idea pretty clearly in the public's mind that this is the 99% versus the 1% to some extent that is something that has a lot of appeal. they have had some success

there but they have certainly worn out their welcome in a lot of places, in other cities actually more than washington they seem to be more tolerated here by the authorities certainly than they are in other cities but there are signs it is getting tenser here. i will say they have done a good job getting that message out each and everyone of us is familiar with that 1% versus 99% my question to you what is the end game here will it be a bill of rights for the 99%s what is the end game. >> two end games in terms of do they have a specific set of proposals, to help the 99% or reduce the influence of the 1%, no. the occupy protestors at mcfehr son square issued a list of complaints it took them a month to come up with it they have these general assemblies they did come up with a list of complaints it was short, light on specific proposals for what

to do. the ones at freedom plaza, pennsylvania avenue, by the white house they have got a much more specific and detailed set of proposals you know, with details about what to do about tax policy and income distribution and things like that. but there is no sort of you know, single cockment or single deck -- document or single declaration that sums this up it is still broad, fuzzy of course some of the union groups that are sympathetic to their goals want to basically re- elect barack obama and elect democrats to the congress, the occupy protestors differ on that most of them are skeptical of traditional electoral politics some do want to help get democrats elected. >> you are writing about it we report on it but who is listening? >> i think a lot of people are listening. >> you can make change? make something really happen?

wall street reacting? congress reacting? >> well, i think the white house reacted to some extent the president's speech last week in kansas where he emphasized pop list themes and need to reduce income and equality i think that was a result in part as the increased attention to this issue, that has been raised by the occupy protestors i think the occupy protest has sort of nudged the political discourse a bit to the left much as the tea party up rising, if you will, nudged it to the right, a couple years ago. and it sort of changed the discourse a little bit. i think there is a lot of people who are tired out of them, camping out in public places, especially the businesses nearby the business community is increasingly unhappy especially about the ones in mcfehr son square i think there is concerns about law breaking to the extent they

are not orderly civil disobedience actions but blocking traffic throwing things in the street that sort of thing there is concern about that but on the left at least among the unions, among groups that advocate for liberal change they are very excited by this energy and enthusiasm and publicity, frankly, publicity generated by these groups and want to capitalize them. >> i was going to ask about the civil disobedience we have seen an up tick in arrest and that goes a long way getting attention. it cuts both ways last week we saw by far, the highest number of arrests in washington, that we've seen more than 100 arrests, mostly -- almost all of them were from the mcpherson square, the dc based protestors were from

mcpherson square which is more confrontational than those at freedom plaza. some were planned arrests, typical of the civil rights movement, martin luther king but a lot of them, most of them were people who just really wanted to have a confrontation with police and they threw things in the street, newspaper boxes and trash cans in the street to block traffic they also refused to let the park police take down a wooden structure that they were trying to erect in mcpherson square basically, the policy of the authorities is you can have tents but can't build anything wooden. >> all right. well, read more about this, in bob's article in the washington post. which ran yesterday. >> which ran on sunday thanks bob. >> good to be here. 7:42 a.m., up next a look at other top stories including a new report about the future health of some of the tiniest

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7:46 a.m., 29 degrees let's look at stories making headlines this monday morning. still no sign of that wsoc worker missing 9 days, charles duct's family not giving up hope hundreds of family and friends gathered at the banks of the reservoir holding a

vigil for him. dc police need your help to find this missing woman whose picture is on your screen now she is 68-year-old florence ann dillon now she was last seen saturday in northeast at that time she was wearing a black hat and blue coat and blue pants. new medical report, shows seriously premature babies, that grow up healthy are the exception, not the rule according to the report in pediatrics online the tiniest babies some weighing under 1 pound, face very long odds of merely surviving while there are some success stories, doctors don't want those to raise any false hopes. >> goodness. >> very long road ahead. that is one tiny little sweet baby. >> so cute. 7:48 a.m., chilly gwen. >> yes, just a reminder of where we are in december, so, let's take a look at what is going on outside, ridge of high pressure in control that will

help give us lots of sunshine however, there will be a few clouds, not a lot most of the clouds to the southeast of us, here is a look at our current temperatures at our airport, 29 national airport, 21 dulles and 23 degrees bwi bundle up if you are heading out we will warm up today, a little warmer than yesterday but it is a very very chilly start, and neighbourhood temperatures for you, we've got 19 degrees manassas, 18 frederick, cumberland, also only a very chilly 19 degrees same at winchester, martins burg 18 degrees, 21 gaithersburg, 27 frederiksburg you can see we are off to that chilly start we spoke about. here is a look at your day planner, sunny skies, clouds definitely chilly as we look by midday 43 degrees, 4:00 p.m. hour, 46, don't be fooled by the sunshine our high is only forecast to be around 47 degrees it will be a lot colder

to our western burbs be prepared for that the week is looking good changes later observing in the week i will -- later on in the week i will speak to that later. >> thank you. let's check with julie right hi. all right you guys busy ride on the roads 95 and 295 both slowing as you work your way in from laurel towards the belt way but problems travelling along here, authorities are checking for the scene of an accident and southbound 270 grid locked out of german tape approaching shady grove road, 21 miles per hour. outer loop of the belt way remains below speed university boulevard headed towards jr. gentleman avenue, travel -- georgia avenue, travelling 395, trying to cross over the pot mock, southbound gw parkway, westbound 66 at sick more accident activity blocking the left lane. all right thank you very

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all right welcome back now 7:53 a.m., my clock reading skills, my clock is like a centimetre high, 7:53 a.m., holiday is a festive time for us and pets but a lot of distractions so it could be easy to overlook potential dangers. annie yu joins us with a local vet to talk about those dangers good morning. >> good morning that's right you have family and friends coming and going decorations up it can really be a crazy time

we have dr. ashley hughes from friendship hospital for animals joining us to give us the inside so scoop. good morning. >> let's slide right in we want everybody to have a happy and healthy holiday season what are somethings people should be aware of. >> there are a lot of holiday dangers out there, the christmas tree and holiday decorations are a big one, um, dog hair probably for me. tinsel is a big thing cats love to eat tinsel. >> very shiny. >> yeah, tinsel and ribbon can be dangerous on presents, 'cause a linear foreign body if that happens to your kitty or dogs too, it is a surgical emergency. if they do digest it how soon is that reaction. >> well, you want the look for signs of lethargy, vomiting anything that shows they are

not feeling well it can pass it is not a guarantee it will happen but there is a high likelihood it could cause serious problems. >> moving on to candles and lighting. >> yeah, that is a fire hazard waiting to happen with wagging tails my cats love to sit and push things over the edge so with a lit candle that could be dangerous they have battery lit candles that are a good idea. with lighting i would thing the electrical cords if you have a chewer then that can cause e electrical shock be careful with that and food there is going to be food everywhere, so what are somethings. >> yeah, chocolate everyone knows about chocolate milk chocolate is not as dangerous as baking chocolate so that is something to keep in mind and then raisins and grapecurrents, oat meal cookies, fruit cake, that can be toxic to dogs and cats another thing to keep in mind is fatty meals and bones everyone wants to give them a

treat for the holidays >> i am guilty >> it can cause some pretty intense gastro intestinal upsets. if you want to give them a treat stick to vegetables, chicken, turkey something not high in fat. >> lastly we have toxic holiday plants very important we have things lying around. >> poinsettias are not super toxic your dog or cat has to eat a lot to cause a problem. amaryllis, mistletoe, american is not as bad as european, lilies are the biggest ones for cats i don't know why cats are obsessed with eating lilies but they are and they are very very bad for them. aspca, animal pow season control has a great -- poison control has a great website. >> we will link this on our website myfoxdc.com. >> thank you. 7:56 a.m. right now on this monday morning i am worried about that

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playing out just like the plot of a movie a 14-year-old virginia boy kidnapped by militants overseas, out smarts them and is able to make a run for it but has to walk through the jungle for two days searching for help happened over the weekend to a teenager from lynchburg hear from his father ahead this hour. new details in the penn state scandal surrounding jerry sandusky former assistant coach mike mcquery's story has changed. four things you need to do before the end of december to maximize your tax savings good morning i am steve chenevey. >> i am tony perkens sitting in

for alison this hour sitting in for me is gwen. >> without the mustache. >> thank goodness that is a good thing. well, a chilly start to our morning as everybody has heard already. it is nippy bundle up if you are heading outlet's take a look at our maps and give you our story for the day ridge of high pressure in control, still seeing a few clouds sneaking into the picture, we will have mostly sunny skies today, it is not all bad. here is a look at current temperatures, 30 degrees national airport, 28 frederiksburg, baltimore 24 degrees, 19 winchester, 21 hagerstown cumberland, 19 degrees same at manassas. temperatures gradually starting to creep up. today, talking a few clouds mostly sunny skies expect to see highs into the mid- to upper 40s, we will have a few low 40s however, but overall not too bad of a day and as we move into the 5 day forecast we will gradually see temperatures

rise a little bit into the 50s. don't get excited no 70s to offer you but weather will be compatible forgetting out and getting all that holiday shopping done. >> very good not bad at all. let's check with julie. get a look at traffic. bumper to bumper that is the drive northbound along i-95 this morning we've got delays that continue to keep you on the brakes, leaving dale city across the occoquan. 395 traffic will then slow as you work your way from the belt way, with an earlier incident cleared we had reports of an incident on the freeway near the exit for the 3rd street tunnel. travelling up in gaithersburg area, reports of accident activity, near norbaek travelling southbound, through the lane divide average speed, shady grove road, 18 miles per hour the good news lanes here are open. reports of black ice be careful

travelling along 202 toward the belt way reports of accident activity that will tie up your drive westbound, 66, sycamore. stay to the right to get by that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks so much a boy from lynchburg virginia, free in the philippines after five months in captivity. >> last july, kevin, his mother and a cousin were kidnapped and held for ransom while vacationing with relatives kevin's mother was freed in october the cousin the following month but kevin, tricked his captors by telling them he was going to wash by a river and then taking off running, his father says he is thrilled at the news. >> it wasn't easy for me it was a tough time, tough 5 months he ran two days through the jungle i am just so happy no body in the world has any idea how i feel. >> the 14-year-old is with u.s. officials in the capital of manila and expected to be

reunited with his family soon. >> explosive new details in the penn state child sex abuse case reports of another version of a story of the alleged attack on a child by a key witness. jerry sandusky will be back in court tomorrow, some details may not be suitable for children. stacy. >> reporter: we have a lot to talk about jerry sandusky will face his accusers in a pennsylvania courtroom tomorrow morning five of his alleged victims are expected to testify also on the witness stand former assistant coach, mike mcquery his story may have changed he told the grand jury in 2002 he saw a young boy sexually assaulted by jerry sandusky in a penn state locker room shower but the patriot news quotes a source who says mcquery came home after the incident telling his father and a family friend he heard sex sounds saw a young boy peek out

of the shower, followed by a male arm grabbing the boy and pulling himout of view minutes later, he said he saw sandusky leaving in a towel. the friend asked mcquery three times if he had seen anything sexual he responded no each time because of query's friend urged him to contact joe paterno. the fall out from this scandal, the legendary coach is now recovering from a fractured pelvis he suffered in a fall at his home saturday night and he is under going treatment for lung cancer. paul wagner will be there providing updates throughout the day on fox 5 and myfoxdc.com. stacy thank you very much. in other news the virginia tech police officer killed on campus last week will be laid to rest the funeral service for

the officer will be held at 2:00 p.m. at virginia tech's coliseum, he will then be buried in blacksburg he leaves behind his wife tina, 16-year-old son dustin and four step sons. we are hearing from the family of suspected gunman ross ashley for the first time since the shooting in an unsigned statement, the family offered condolences and prayers to the kraus family and requested their privacy be respected and there be no more statements police still don't have a motive for the shooting. university of maryland police investigating an armed robbery that took place late last night a student walking into his apartment when two men came up to him they were holding a silver handgun and demanded property from the student the student co-operated the suspects ran off that student was not hurt. in a few hours president obama will sit down with the iraqi prime minister at the

white house, they will talk about security issues among other things, as the u.s. presence in iraq winds down all american combat troops are to be out of iraq by end of the month. manuel noriega arrived back home in his home country the first time he has returned home since u.s. forces removed him from office 22 years ago the 77- year-old was imimmediate rately taken to prison in panama city under tight security he is likely to spend the rest of his life there, serving 60 years for crimes committed during his rule. in the run for the white house now three weeks from tomorrow, newt gingrich solidifying his lead in key states, joining us now mike with the hill good to see you. >> thank you. >> what did you thing of the debate over the weekend. it is getting pretty personal we started off early debates we have these guys, you know, separating themselves

from president obama, republicans versus democrats now you have newt gingrich in the lead and these other guys are saying wait a minute we got to drag ourselves up to the top and they went after newton his infidelity he is on his third marriage that will hurt him with conservatives you are starting to see it get ugly. >> you would thing that would hurt with conservatives, so far the polls are saying otherwise the latest wrinkle in this gop field where we have seen so many peaks and valleys can newt gingrich stay on top? >> it will be tough to pull him down but it has been such a tough thing to and cap he doesn't -- handicap he doesn't look good on conservative values because of his third marriage he is more lenient. he didn't get a lot of press early staff quit a couple months ago here he is 20 points ahead, south carolina, florida, iowa. let's talk about the

debates we had the latest one over the weekend, some are saying we are having too many debates are with having too many or is this a necessary part of the process >> you always want to get these guys out there, what they think where they stand and as the thing evolves you want everybody to have a voice, no, no such thing. when it comes to this point when we are watching these debates and see a number of them are people looking at this still to try to find the best candidate or are people saying like how some of you are watching a nascar race we are just looking for someone to crash. >> there are a lot of undecided they are talking about issues a lot of things are coming up people didn't know about in the past a lot of policy issues are coming up and current events, payroll tax where do guys stand on that. that is important, so no, we are not just waiting for crash and burn we are having a decent policy debate. >> people were watching the debate over the weekend the most watched so far as far as

televised debates nearly 8 million people were watching donald trump puts himself in the process at some point not doing well with plans for his debate is he helping this process or muddying things up. >> he wants to keep his name in the headlines but when only two out of seven contenders have agreed to his debate, he is not being as influential as he things or wants to be and he is taking himself out of it. >> do you see it as a two man race right now between gingrich and romney. >> i do. and anything -- i will not make any predictions we have seen cain rise and fall and romney but there is a long way to go. there are three weeks before iowa. maybe two debates before iowa. >> video of mitt romney proposing his wager which some people thing may have put him out of touch with the average american. what does it take for either one of them to not just get on

top but have that staying power to stay on top. >> for a guy like romney he will have to not do that again the perception is he is out of touch something like that reinforces that he come out a couple weeks ago and said i am unemployed as well when you are worth a couple hundred million dollars and a couple million people unemployed i feel your pain argument doesn't work. newt gingrich. >> he has to keep doing what he is doing interesting thing came out of saturday, not just the accusations against him but the way he handled it he said he was very humble and that is not something you hear very often, describing newt gingrich he usually thinks he is the smartest guy in the debate this time around he said listen i make mistakes i have admitted them publicly, taken them before god and it is up to the voters. thanks for joining us mike with the hill. tony. thank you.

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isfacing new allegations he is charged with 8 felony counts of taking indecent liberties with two teenaged girls between 2007 and 2010 he is being held without bail. maryland lawmakers will introduce a new bill designed to crackdown on flash mob robberies, it would make multiple acts of theft committed by multiple people in unison, one crime essentially they would add up the total of all property value taken and that would determine whether these people are charged with felonies or misdemeanours. >> gwen is here this morning to tell us what is happen being the weather but, -- happening with the weather but are you aware you have another responsibility. >> extremely aware i know the importance of this moment. it is huge and it is because we have our my first 5 so let's take a look. here is our photo of the day. how cute is this, now this is

earl and shawn they have been watching some classic christmas movies recently like how the grinch stole christmas and rudolph the red nosed reindeer and charlie brown christmas take a look they have the cute little hats on sipping away, got their snow men stockings and ready for christmas no question about it. >> great smiles. >> award winning smiles you can tell they are happy the new season is here we want to invite you to send us your child's picture as well go to myfoxdc.com, and click on mornings and, just show us how your young ones are preparing for the holiday season. how cute is this. absolutely adorable. happy holidays to earl and shawn. today is a cool day skies showing a few clouds we have a ridge of high pressure in control across the area, temperature wise it is chilly, 22 degrees dulles and 24

degrees this hour at baltimore. so for today, a little warmer than yesterday, mostly sunny clouds as i mention a few clouds not much to be actually dampening the spirits of the season, chilly day, light easterly wind, 5 miles per hour and our 5 day forecast we will show you later on a few changes temperatures, good news will be gradually climbing julie let's check on you and see how things are going. slowly unfortunately a lot of bumper to bumper traffic to deal with, first off let's knock out a couple problems not only do we have black ice 202 at the belt way but accident activity new hampshire avenue, rock creek church road reports of the accident eastbound, near the 3rd street tunnel. out bound, 66 working past sycamore we have a crash left side of the roadway blocked off there. and east, slow going from

manassas, a 43 minute commute at this time inner loop of the belt way, bogged down leaving the robinson terminal headed up towards 66. all right julie thank you very much. listen up between running to the mall, running interference with feuding family memberkeeping track of holiday parties there is one more thing to add to your december agenda you may improve your finances taking the time to make a few financial decisions before the end of the year. joining us now, bill smithmanaging director of c business mhm. >> thanks for having me tony. >> you guys narrowed this down to four things to be aware of generally speaking before we get to four tips, i think most of us thing in terms of okay, after the holidays, then i got to focus, because you got the april deadline to file your taxes and all that but there are several things we should do before december 31st. >> well, it is very difficult to change your position after the end of the year there are only a few things you can do

after year end that will effect your tax filings, now but there are lots of options of things you still might have time to do to improve your tax position now is really the time, to go talk to your tax professional, sit down before year end see if there are some moves you can make that will help you. >> let's talk about those first thing you mentioned, take advantage of tax relief meaning. >> well, there are a lot of provisions, that unless congress acts before year end, will expire they are part of the extension of the bush tax cuts, and they already -- there are somethings that are going to exspire the amt extension set to change dramatically things to do for energy efficient improvements to the home, where you get a tax credit everybody's situation is different a lot of things are set to expire on december 31st if you don't take advantage now

they are lost forever. >> you talk about getting your gains in order, capitol gains and any moneys you may have made during the year. >> you want to check your portfolio sitting in a position you have capital losses during the year see if you have any capital gains position and close those out because your capital losses can only be deducted up to $3,000 against ordinary income against capital gains you can deduct them completely you don't want to be stuck with unused losses that carry forward you want to use them this year the flip side if you have capital gains position you might want to sell the stock you have in lost position but then you can't repurchase that 30 days before or after so that the irs realizes you really closed your position there. >> all right. so a little confusing but i think i follow what you are saying. next one you wanted to talk

about involves, keeping an eye on lawmakers now, is there -- this congress can't get much done any way is there anything they might do between now and the 31st. >> they are still debating the employment tax break that we have in 2011 where our employment taxes are 2% less than they have been there is talk about extending that provision but i am reminded of when my son was young and he asked me about what i did and he said dad can you explain the income tax to me i said i think that explains it there where you have asked the question. we don't know what they are going to do all we know is that there is uncertainty good time to sit down with your tax professional and see how the changes might apply to your personal situation. >> finally estate planning. good point before the end of the year you want to make sure if you are in a position to do so you take advantage of gifting you can give up to $13,000 or if you are married

up to $26,000 to your children, to an unlimited number of people, if it is your grandchildren et cetera, without any gift or estate tax consequences the gift and estate tax currently have a $5 million exception and that is going to exspire after 2t to lo position, make sure you do gifting you could gift on december 31st again on january 1 if you wanted to, but if you don't get your gifts in before december p 1st you lose -- december 31st you lose that pension this year. bill smith with c business mhm thank you for the advice. thank you. tony thank you very much 8:23 a.m. on this monday morning up next dave ross back with us to play monday morning quarterback after yet another devastating loss at feddics field yesterday. pick us up. good morning steve christmas is less than two weeks away make sure when you

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it is 8:27 a.m. dave ross back to join us for monday morning quarterback. i know you are a big fan of the tom brady footwear i got you something for your pooch. oh,. we got the puggs. i appreciate it steve. good for annie yu. >> we will leave that there for mr. brady. >> he would have liked that, we thought we would see greatness. >> he had a bad game not to take anything away from the red skins defense you could tell brady was frustrated. >> they put up 50. the way the offence moves up and down the field they did a pretty good job i am sure they will tell you today i am going out there in a couple hours hey, it wasn't good enough they are not into the moral victory

but defense played well, as well as you can do for 34 points and i thought the offence, it was one of their better games again, only 27 points but should have been more the reason why the key play at the end of the game driving for the time score, santana moss this is a touchdown watch him closely they call him for offensive pass interference on that. are you kidding me it is a terrible call moss couldn't believe it after the game he said he put his hands on me all i am doing is getting separation because he grabbed me first. that play happens every time in the nfl you can't call that and of course after that play here comes this, where santana could not hold on to it, that is the ball in the air. a bizarre ending to this game but this play should never have happened, people have been talking about the officiating it was terrible on both sides i thought the it's london

fletcher against -- the hit on london fletcher against tom brady. >> terrible play as well. >> officials have to find a better way to regulate this game too many times we have four or five plays in a game that can ultimately decide a game let the players play, enough ticky tack stuff last time i checked it is tackle football let them play it that way. >> i couldn't agree. >> must be the uggs we are agrees on. >> no quarterback would wear a squirt and uggs at the same time. >> tom brady would. dante stallworth played well, here is a guy basically on a street four weeks ago and he showed he can be a wide receiver, good play, 96-yards on the day they have had a lot of injuries and bodies that have come and gone. i think he has proven he is

serviceable not dynamic but 17- 0 these are big plays momentum shifters in the game the final, this next play was a huge 3rd and 8. should have lead ultimately to the game tieing. >> shout out to number 88. >> david ander son guess what we will look at him and others in our fedex touchdown celebration. >> is that a new thing? >> well, jabar is going to get called out for this one he will try to do the lambeau leap in fedex someone has to catch you lookout below there he goes. >> that was a flop. >> here goes brandon banks, watch santana he is smarter he has been around feddics. >> -- fedex. >> he almost goes in but fans catch him. >> here is your new guy.

>> he gets blocked up. is also he set it up told the fans i am coming so i guess you got to give the best props to santana moss. david gets a 7 and gaffney a 2. >> i don't think david expected to be catching that ball. >> no, he set it up but jabar i hope he is okay. >> great effort someone has to get the ball rolling. >> looked like he dropped 20 feet below. >> he came back strong. >> we will talk to him today i will keep the uggs thank you very much i think they actually fit >> i figured they were about your size. i knew that was coming just a lay up form. >> you know gaffney is going to get ribbed. >> he is. >> not his fault the fans should have caught him. >> they weren't expecting him. >> i will talk to him in two hours if he is okay i will talk to him in two hours that looked quite painful. >> appreciate it. >> all that and that body slam stuff, alison and i do that

when we get a bargain at the store. >> we have to get some video of that. >> i don't understand men's sports at all. >> cool day out there today, cool yesterday, perfect for fall weather today will be cool as well, a little warmer so, you know, temperatures are going to give us a little bit of a break the week ahead temps will rise a bit and heading to the 50s. so, not bad at all, across the area, so here is a look now at our satellite radar composite we have a ridge of high pressure building in that has been our weather maker and dominant feature over the course of the last few days it will continue to do that right through into tuesday we are left with a few clouds mostly sunny skies, any shopping to do, today will be a great day to try to get some of it done. 23 degrees, gaithersburg, 30 national airport, 36 degrees annapolis, 24 baltimore, look at the teens, 18 martins burg,

19 cumberland, 19 manassas and 22 at dulles we have a system that will come in later in the week looks like thursday we could see a chance of a shower probably into the late night hours in the meantime dry and chilly, just a few clouds, this ridge will stay intact and try to slide out next 24 hours or so. chilly and sunny by midday, 43 degrees, 46 for the 4:00 p.m. hour our high today expected to be at least 47 degrees not all bad and here we go, slowly climbing into the 50s. 57 degrees under mostly cloudy skies on thursday. not bad wet weather looks like it will kick into thursday night gets out of the way just in time to start the weekend a mixture of sun and clouds for friday and head to 54 degrees. let's check in with julie right now and see how things are happening. sorry i am getting ahead of myself, steve back to you. >> that's all right gwen, let's

check out our job shop. today's job of the day, with aerospace corporation in chantilly looking for a senior safety engineer, go to myfoxdc.com click on the job shop tab top of the home page. >> later this morning, dc mayor vince grey, announcing the one city one hire campaign to reach thousands out of work in dc the mayor along with head of department employment services launching the second phase of the initiative at the martin luther king memorial library on g street 11:30 a.m. this morning. >> sonar a happy holiday season for -- so far a happy holiday season for internet retailers according to a virginia research firm, people have spent billions online during the november, december shopping season expect more revenue today, today is so called green monday, tray decision fallly one of the biggest online

spending days of -- traditionally one of the biggest online spending days of the year. with all that online shopping gifts have to be delivered, that is where fedex comes in today is predicted to be their busiest day of the year expecting to deliver 17 million shipments, the company has added thousands of seasonal position to help handle the high volume of goods. >> time now, 8:35 a.m. on monday morning up next today's fox 5 friend. then coming up, during the 9:00 a.m. hour, platinum selling, r&b artist, carl thomas performs live a brand new cd out too. stay with us, 8:35 a.m. state farm. this is jessica.

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welcome back. we continue or fox 5 friends as we continue to decorate our tree. executive director for dreams for kids for dc thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> tell us about dreams for kids. >> we work to empower at risk youths in the area,. you do it just in the city or out lying areas. >> headquarters are in chicago we work in the city, we have one two two adaptive sports clinics and month and have our annual holiday event clinic coming up next sunday we cater to 700 homeless, at risk, youth in the area, we bring them out for a day of hope and fun and they get a gift. >> come in here, this is ashuaa

how does he benefit. >> basically he gets to come out and have a whole day of fun, and usually, they get also paired up with a volunteer so they get to have friends of comradery they wouldn't normally have right? >> yes >> you stay here with us. you have an event coming up. >> next sunday, howard university we have amazing sponsors, like lock heed martin, compu gain, michael and son helping us out giving us an amazing day for our 700 at risk youth we give them each a gift and boston market will provide a meal that day they get activities, get to meet miss teen miss usa representatives. >> if folks want to help out how can they find out more.

>> they can go on our website www.dreams for kids.org/dc or just go on our dreams for kids catalogue all events are upcoming and all free. i know you brought your ornament we found you a hook. you can put that on the tree in the meantime the event on sunday will be howard university black burn center from 10 to 5, find out more information online, we will have link to your website and ours, glenda fu and the organizfor kids thanks. >> thank you so much. >> thank you very much as well and your mom for bringing you in this morning. tony back to you. great thank you very much. 8:41 a.m., 30 degrees on this monday morning more than half of all dog owners plan to binary pets a christmas present, annie yu joins us with a look at great gift ideas for your pets first a special

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all right just two weeks from christmas, while you are out shopping for your friends and family don't forget about the four legged members. >> yes, annie yu joins us with holiday gift ideas for your pet annie i see more and more of these in the stores and in the malls it is amazing. >> big business. >> it is a big business in fact according to american pet products association i know there is an association for everything, 53% of dog owners, 30% of cat owners plan to buy their pets a holiday gift we are hooking you up with a variety of things to do. and kyle butler meyers joins us from unleashed, how are you doing. >> good yourself? >> good you always bring us fun

and useful things why don't you just show us what you brought in. >> to start off our holiday outfits dress your pet up as santa claus or mrs. clause for our cat santa claus with a beard and little mouse. >> do cats like that stuff? >> some are more amenable to being dressed up some cats won't have it at all it can be hit or miss definitely. holiday dress this year girl dressed up for holiday party have her looking good, our uggs, shoes for your dog, great as it gets colder, snow hits the ground people putting out ice melt helps their feet. chew toys from planet dog these are great because they are very durable if you have a heavy chewer, they will last and also they smell like mint they help that. attractive as well. we've got our holiday sweaters,

snow man, christmas tree obviously and also, with the hood dis here we have the snow flake hood diand our cozy coat. now let me ask you, how do you measure your dog for that, get the right size. >> here is an example of our sizing guide, measure from the base of the neck to the tail and then buy the appropriate size based on that also measure the chest as well some dogs have bigger chests than others, also bring them into the store try it out. so you make sure you don't get the wrong size. >> just quickly, you have brought in a variety of products you are not being paid by anyone company you just believe in all this. >> actually a lot of the stuff on the table i have bought for amira antlers is one of her favorite chew toys, those are naturally shed antlers from deer. she had one for like three

months. >> liked it a lot. >> loves it. >> stockings, assorted toys, treats, door hanger definitely, one of my new favorite toys is a congress squeeze it is durable, even if you have a heavy chewer that may puncture this, it will still squeak. and then also, you know for holiday dinner, let your pet eat the same type of food you would eat. turduckin. >> these are useful and great toys if you don't have a pet to buy these wonderful things for you can help other pets in need how? >> we have our tree of hope fundraiser going on, if you come into the georgetown location we are giving proceeds to the washington league and washington humane society, we will make sure they can make

their budgets for the year. >> quickly, $1 go as long way you can get them a treat or a toy $5, feed an abandoned kitten for a week this is great so we will log all this information to our website, thank you kyle butler meyers. >> my pleasure. >> back to you in studio. >> good stuff thank you very much. >> all right, speaking of pets and animals new alvin and the chipmunks movie opens this friday, december 16th, there is something really fun on the movie website, you can munk yourself record your voice or type a message, that the characters says back chipmunk style we made it for tucker doesn't look like him but has his vocals. >> sounds just like him. just go to our website, myfoxdc.com to find out how to munk yourself, search the hot topics bar or mornings page while there enter to win

tickets to see alvin and the chipmunks, four winners will be chosen at random, monday through thursday starting monday december 19th must be 18 or older to enter and live in dc maryland or virginia, see the complete rules on our website myfoxdc.com. time now coming up, 10 minutes before 9:00 a.m. on this monday morning up next who is topping the list, of the hottest women of all time no, not tony perkens list more official. the the hottest of all time that would be a tough list. >> stay with us, fox 5 morning news will be with us in just a moment. >> it could go back to cleopatra days 

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if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook, searching fox 5 morning news, and post a comment under melissa's photo congrats to you. >> tony you are not going to agree with this. it will be right up your alley and you will rant right through the 9:00 a.m. hour in the search for the hot etc. woman of all time, -- hottest woman of all time she is an actress, director, producer but now, jennifer aniston can add one more thing to her resume. >> oh, come on. >> i told you. >> really. >> i told you. >> that's right jennifer can now say she is the most beautiful woman in history in a recent men's health.com poll she beat out every single famous woman past and present for title hottest woman of all time she is pretty. >> that has always been the knock on her she is the girl next door. >> aniston won because funny is sexy and she is funny. >> not that i wouldn't want to

live next door to her. >> of course. they went on to explain her down to earth personality and rocky love life help fans relate to her rounding out the list's top 5 hottest women to ever live, raquel welch, marilyn monroe, brittany spears. >> these are what readers picked. >> madonna. >> i don't know how old they were. >> her rival, angelina, joli ex- was number 10 on the list. >> perhaps -- jolie was number 10 on the list. hotness -- >> bare with me here. >> hotness also the brain. >> yeah. >> we will get dispute from alison coming up i am sure she will join us in a couple minutes. >> coming up next hour dr. oz will join us live he has done something no other man has done before he will tell us all

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good morning welcome back to fox 5 morning news in the 9:00 a.m. hour i am alison seymour. >> i am tony perkens new details in the penn state scandal it appears the former assistant coach's story has changed what could this mean for jerry sandusky as he prepares for a major court hearing. >> local teenager, kidnapped by islamic militants is now free. how he out the militants holding him captive. special guests joining us today, first of all dr. oz is the first man to ever grace the cover of oprah's magazine. but oprah is still on