that is starting to warm things up a little bit. with us early this tuesday morning i am steve chenevey. i am alison seymour let's get the latest on our weather forecast from mr. tony perkens. thank you alison. and steve. good morning everybody yeah, it is cold out put the coat on you will need it. temps 20s and 30s early this morning, improving conditions later today. let's show you temperatures if you don't believe me, 33 degrees in the nations capitol, 25 baltimore, 24 dulles, 25 winchester ocean city 28 degrees here is a look at the sentinel satellite not much to see, a couple clouds here and there but for the most part skies are clear off to the east that is where you see a little bit of cloud cover not only are skies clear but will be for the bulk of the day today. here is your planner lots of sunshine today temperatures a little milder than yesterday,

and with dry conditions across the region look for a high, 50 degrees, more details on the forecast coming up shortly right now we get you an update on traffic with julie wright. good morning to you sir we are checking out that drive courtesy of the crew in sky fox for those travelling southbound on 95, not an easy commute delays from 198, trying to merge on to the outer loop of the belt way, it will remain slow as you work your way around from route 1 college park accident activity after georgia at the mormon temple has been cleared over. other side of town travelling inbound from the west, we have delays travelling in from fair oaks, down to 33 miles per hour towards the capitol belt way we check out delays from gainsville you are about 15 miles for hour trying to make your way in towards manassas.

virginia, montana, stay to the left to get by here. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. today's big story, jerry sandusky an hour away from coming face to face with half of his accusers the attorney for the former penn state assistant coach said he welcomes today's preliminary hearing on more than 50 counts of child sex abuse involving 10 boys. the accusers allege they were assaulted in showers, lockers or his home. he continues to defend himself against the charges. >> struggles with the idea he loves kids but when he says that people can interpret that as sexual connotation. his attorneys will likely focus on reports of inconsistency. that report claims a close

family friend of mcquery claims he did not actually see sandusky assaulting that particular child he only heard what he calls sex noises coming from the showers. vote on capitol hill, republicans ready to push a bill through the house of representatives to continue a cut. it forces work to begin on the key stone oil pipeline from canada to the gulf. president obama has promised to veto it. some of the top stories this morning a police involved shooting in the district the suspect has since died. >> officers say he was firing off a gun into homes and an apartment complex. live in the northeast stacy good morning. >> reporter: good morning police will still remain on the

scene, 12 hours after this incident started trying to continue their investigation of this man firing a gun throughout this neighbourhood we are in the 5300 block clay terrace, northeast washington it started around 7:00 p.m. last night neighbors began the call the police because there was a person walking through the neighbourhood with a weapon firing indy scrim inaptly at homes, randomly people were frightened -- indy crim inaptly at homes, randomly people were frightened. they think in all there were as many as 30 gunshots. during the course of officers arriving on scene, the gunman continued to fire, officers gave commands for the gunman to drop the gun he did not the officers fired their weapons at the suspect and he went down. they immediately went to where the suspect was, and began to

administer cpr. he was in bad shape when i got on scene. >> the suspect did die he has not been identified to us pending notification of next of kin now that it is daylight police will scour the area and look for additional evidence we still have no motive for this shoots. back to you. all right stacy thank you. meantime the search cob tin yous -- continues for the people responsible in a deadly shooting a man was seen on camera, three men were seen leaving the scene. it was the 9th homicide in fairfax county this year. new charges in a year old hit and run. a judge is ruling prosecutors can retrial a case after they forgot to file other charges. prosecutors are filing charges

of voluntary manslaughter against the 31-year-old that killed a 24-year-old in october of last year. hunt still on for the thieves that ripped off an organization meant to help those in need. burglars broke into habitat for humanity's restar over the weekened. they sell second hand items to raise money for projects thieves got away with the cash register, the safe and $10,000 in cash andings pensive tools. shock just -- and expensive tools. >> shock just total shock unbelievable some body would break into an organization we are out trying to help people. we are definitely going to carry on the christmas spirit. that is what god brought us here to do. >> investigators are trying to figure out if this is connected to other burglaries in that area. >> police in college park are looking for these suspects believed to be in connection with an armed robbery sunday

night a university of maryland student walking back to his apartment was held up at gun point surveillance pictures later showed men using the victim's credit card at a convenience store. four demonstrators with occupy dc are on a hunger strike and shea they won't stop until congress gives -- and they say they won't stop until congress gives full voting rights. yesterday they tried to meet the senate majority leader. police in riot gear in baltimore removed occupiers from downtown. they were denied a request to continue their protest in the plaza city police moved in around 3:30 a.m. in what we are told was a peaceful raid. the race for the gop presidential nomination is becoming what republicans were trying to avoid a flurry of negative ads.

as doug luzader reports, romney and gingrich have been sharpening their knives. the fear for republicans is that as this heats up they are providing for fodder for democrats next year. >> the only man who can send barack obama back to illinois. >> mitt romney pulling out the big guns last night campaigning with popular new jersey governor chris christy. right now he needs all the help he can get these two poll averages side by side show exactly what he faces in iowa on the left newt gingrich has a big 13 point lead over romney in new hampshire on the right, romney has the lead but it may be shrinking the tone for both candidates is turning negative romney said gingrich should return consulting fees from freddie mac. >> well, i sure do. he was in a debate saying politicians who took money from freddie mac and fannie mae should go to jail.

>> governor romney would like to give back all the money he has earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees over his years of being i would be glad to then listen to him. >> reporter: that attack on his business dealings is exactly what democrats have been lobbing at romney for years and raises questions about gingrich. >> when newt gingrich feels threatened or up staged he reaches for whatever weapon comes to hand and starts swinging but his numbers still look good even though he admits the romney campaign is better organized and has deeper pockets. thanks. listen before you get to work you might want to drop your kids off at day care or preschool. a new report out raises safety concerns about head start facilities including some in the nations capitol more just ahead. >> ahead making headlines tragedy at a military base out west as two helicopters collide. some of you are postponing christmas until long after

december 25th live lookout side on this tuesday morning the latest weather from tony and julie has your traffic all coming up next. 9 minutes after the hour now 

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making headlines a startling now death toll out officiary top human rights official at the un says more than 5,000 people have died in the country's crackdown on a 9 month old up rising. it is believed 300 children are among the dead and thousands of people have been detained. the council was last briefed on the situation in august at that time the death toll stood at 2,000. deadly helicopter crash in washington state killed four

soldiers the aircraft crashed at joint base lewis mccord near tacoma. the crash involved two 058 choppers. >> lowes is facing backlash after it pulled ads from all american muslim. thousands of fans have cited an online petition. science world is abuzz today, waiting for word about the origin of the universe. sound heavy? it is researchers in europe working to find what is known in the physics world as higgs boson will reveal their findings this morning. they are trying to recreate conditions, that are to have

existed after the big bang. the goal is to explain how everything gained its mass. >> just a little thing like that. we will turn that over to tony perkens. >> i think i heard you to say higgs boson. >> yes, we believe i have a physicist coming in later on to talk about it. >> the god particle. >> yeah, that is what they refer to it as i have been doing my prep work for that interview, can i say that so far, i don't understand one word of the material. >> your head is probably about ready to employee up. >> yeah. >> i guess we are -- blow up. yeah i guess we are not meant to understand our origin. >> again, we always wonder why the sky is blue tony explained that for us yesterday >> anything with god in it will probably be a little lofty. >> well, we will see what we can do. i can do this for you let's look at some maps temperatures across the country not just here but across the country. here in dc 31 degrees, we've

cooled off a little bit. buffalo new york 27 degrees, wilmington, 41 degrees in ohio, cincinnati, 29 degrees, check it out these are not the coldest temperatures we have seen on this map. 43 little rock, 56 new orleans. denver, they are chilling off what are they doing? cooling down. >> thank you. 18 degrees. i am the one doing the physics interview. 18 degrees denver, 28 salt lake city. rainfall middle of the country making its way east ward that will take its time to get here we think some of it will that won't be until thursday. a dry day today enjoy a dry day tomorrow as well here is your 5 day forecast today we are looking for a high about 50 degrees. that is a couple degrees above normal. 52 tomorrow thursday we cloud up, gets milder 58 we do get rainfall. we could see a few rain showers

friday and saturday, on sunday, highs will be in the mid-40s we cool off again for next weekend. >> tony, i don't think -- we are going to have to change that friday forecast. it is a big shopping day people will be out there rain will complicate it. >> you will be indoors >> i got to get there. >> for friday, the chance of rain is slight, primarily to our south. >> okay. >> or do your shopping earlier. >> no, no, no. >> all right julie wright what is going on in your world. it is a man thing they don't understand the experience of going to the mall. >> who would want to go on the busiest day of the year. >> this chick. i just love it i am one of the ones who stand out in lonesome do the whole thing. >> i don't like -- out in line and do the whole thing. >> i don't like it. >> i love it. b w parkway, delays, north and southbound. check this ride out southbound 98 on the brakes to the right that is the trip headed down

toward it is capitol belt way 198 out of laurel. typical slow down here on the southbound side, a little unusual the northbound side no reports of any incidents as you work your way northbound out of laurel. again we are below speed on the northbound side of the highway, slow go southbound on the bw parkway leaving 198 towards 197. we will update the ride coming in from the west. delays leaving fair lakes and fair oaks between 28 and 19 miles an hour leaving 7150 fair oaks we have that slow down coming in out of gainsville. it is improving out of gainsville. 65 miles per hour slow here in manassas expect delays at that location. inbound stretch of the dulles toll road tieing up the center of the roadway heads upcoming in from wolf trap, the accident activity out bound on new york avenue against the rush hour flow you will find we do have the right lane blocked as you travel back towards 50 and the

wash way that is a check of your fox 5 on time -- parkway that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. a federal judge will hear whether the government is violating the constitution. yesterday they announced they would block over the counter sales of the morning after pill. some government funded child care programs are under the microscope for safety violations. a federal auditor found the violations at over 100 head start centers across the nation. hey, maureen. hi alison and steve. the report is due out today inspector general, health and human services department they examined 175 head start facilities it compiled audits from 7 states may 2009 to october 2010 while the review was just a fraction of 1600

head start grantees it raises red flags about the safety of children in such programs. out of 24 examined, 21 did not fully comply to conduct criminal and other background checks. 90% of the facilities had toxic chemicals and cleaning supplies accessible to children. other concerns included a machete left near an outdoor play area, a center in the district with expired formula in their refrigerator. they are suggested on site monitoring and reviewing so yes, sir tiff policy changes head start is federally -- so yes, sir tiff policy changes, head start is federally funded. >> thank you. it is right now, 20 minutes past 7, up next why it will

look a lot more like christmas in january for some folks. >> plus big name celebritys in haiti lending a hand two years after a devastating earthquake rock that impoverished nation. more on their mission coming up. later on a great event for kids, including big kids like annie this morning live at the morrison house restaurant in alexandria to explain what story time tea with mrs. b is about and how you can join in on all the fun 

7:24 a.m. on this date, december 12th, way back in 1636 the national guard was born. the governor of virginia is recognizing the guard's 375th birthday. governor mcdonald who serves as commander in chief will present a certificate of recognition

for the guard later today. even though they traditionally started in massachusetts the tradition dates back to 1607. appears martin o'malley's trip to india was successful. he says nearly $60 million in business deals were signed during the recent trade mission and deals worth millions more are in the works. it included stops in mumbai and new delhi. later today we will hear if the federal reserve will raise rates any time soon. most economists do not thing this will be any major announcements but the fed will fine tune its strategy for communicating future changes in interest rates. doing so would help as sure investors rates will not rise before a specific time. according to deloits annual

survey, people are postponing christmas. after christmas retailers can overhung discounts some americans are -- offer huge discounts, some americans are waiting, 65% of people surveyed plan to do the bulk of their christmas shopping after new year. the preliminary hearing in the penn state case is about to begin in an hour. >> paul wagner is at the course house in pennsylvania we will check with him live in just a few minutes. >> as we head to break let's take another lookout side there is the wilson bridge in the background. starting to see daylight and a little bit of sunshine, 7:26 a.m. on this tuesday morning. back after this  [ male announcer ] this...is the network --

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well, nothing says winter wear and dogs than running on the ice. racing around on a skating rink. some have better things to do some want to get to the prize the second annual pup sicles event in oklahoma. a lot of sniffing going on prizes for most creative, best holiday, cutest costume all

proceeds go to animal rescue foundation. they are little paws they get cold why can't they wear booties. >> perhaps they could. >> that is why they are running so fast. >> that would add to the costume. >> little zeke he would get icicles in his paws. as long as they are fine. that could turn into something different. >> that was cute. all right. let's see. >> where are your notes sir? normally you have all these notes here. >> by this time of the morning it is all right up here. >> all right. >> bring it on. tucker. >> where is tucker. what is the first map tuck? >> we are going to start with the high temperatures 46 degrees regan national airport, dulles got to 44, bwi marshall, 46 degrees for your high. all right let's look at current

temperatures around the region, it is cold outside folks what can i tell you temperatures ranging from the upper teens, 19 martins burg, 19 frederick to mid-20s, 25 gaithersburg, 24 baltimore to the 30s. 31 washington, 30 quantico, so pretty wide gap there but for everybody it certainly is cold winds are quiet that is good we don't have any significant wind chills. satellite radar composite for the region here you go mostly clear skies, pretty sunrise this morning, we will see a lot of sunshine during the course of the day today, cloud cover across southern and central portions of west virginia, clouds are breaking down there is your next weather maker this rainfall makes its way east ward and brings with it the chance of rain here on thursday, then a lesser chance on friday for some region's down to our south. keep you posted on that as the week goes by. for today, a simple forecast, lots of sunshine a little bit

more mild, this afternoon, looking for a high of 50 degrees then tonight, another cold one partly cloudy skies looking for an overnight low in town of 32, that means many of you will once again be in the 20s during the overnight hours. 5 day forecast tomorrow a little more improvement, high of 52 degrees under partly sunny skies, thursday clouds, mild, chance of showers thursday, slight chance of some afternoon or evening showers on friday primarily to our south. saturday back into the mid-40s we will be in the mid-40s sunday as well. >> that is a look at what is happening with the weather now to julie wright for another update on traffic. >> all right tony let's get out there on the roads if you are travelling in bound from the west not an easy commute on the dulles toll road this mornings accident toward the belt way tieing up the center of the roadway. we have delays coming in from hunter mill road. slow traffic on 66 as you work your way from centerville to the belt way expect that to

cost you 40 minutes worth of time. travelling on the belt way, braddock road. jimmy is checking on both sides of the belt way. we are getting mixed reports which loop this is on the belt way they are checking for an accident north and southbound side as you try to work your way out of annondale. we had an incident west virginia, montana. that has cleared as you work your way past. no problems here 395 across the 14th street bridge heavy, slow and steady same for 295. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. texting while driving and other distractions behind the wheel will be the focus at a national transportation safety board meeting today. they will take a closer look at the case of a 19-year-old police say caused a deadly highway pile up in missouri last year while texting. ntsb will determine the cause of the accident and could come

out with new recommendations on texting while driving. national media has descended on a small town courthouse in belfont pennsylvania. jerry sandusky will come face to face with some of his alleged victims. we will be joined for a couple minutes by paul, good morning i have covered many many preliminary hearings during my time, in pennsylvania, very few drew this much attention. tack about the crowd and the attention this case is getting. >> reporter: this entire downtown area here in bellfont has been shut down there is no traffic being allowed through here. we are expecting this hearing will take place 8:30 a.m. this morning, there are about 100 seats in the courthouse about 40 set aside for media and general public will get about 40 seats you have to be credentialed to get inside even

the general public. there was a lottery just to get a seat inside. there is an over flow room across the street for the news media and there are cameras inside the main courthouse, they will take the picture from inside the main courthouse and send it to the over flow room that is where reporters will be in there as well. about another 40 to 50 reporters that will be in the courthouse an next. we are expecting 8:30 a.m., the hearing to get under way this is a preliminary hearing jerry sandusky had the right, to waive this hearing but he wanted to face his accusers according to his lawyer. we do expect there will be a number of these young men, who have made these accusations to be escorted in through the back of the courthouse we don't expect these young men to be identified they may take the stand and they may not have to give their names at this point. let me also point out for people in the washington area, this is very unusual we normally don't see this, in preliminary hearings in the washington area where witnesses

are actually brought in to testify in a preliminary hearing we may see a police officer or two but generally you don't see the witnesses. >> interesting twist how they do things in pennsylvania with preliminary hearings the essential reason for it so that the judge, magistrate, district justice, would have the determination whether or not there will be enough evidence to send this case to trial. sounds like in this case it is sandusky's attorneys want this to happen to get a better idea what types of testimony they might hear from these witnesses to better set their defense when it goes to trial. >> reporter: that's right. sandusky's attorney has said he wants to lock in their testimony, he wants to hear what they have to say, that will then lead to his defense azure mentioned there is a bar that has -- defense as you mentioned, there is a bar that has to be set here. the judge has to hear enough evidence to say okay i have heard enough we will go to trial. there is a slim possibility

sandusky himself could take the stand we don't really expect that. i think the testimony a lot of people want to hear is from mike mcquery in the past couple days a story came out in the patriot news that said there was a third person at this meeting with him and his father, another man a doctor who said mike said he didn't see any actual sexual assault inside the showers that day and that is opposite of what mcquery said from that incident back in 2002 inside the football house, in state college. so, mcquery's testimony will be very interesting to hear what he has to say under oath in front of this judge. >> let me ask you real quick paul we are running short on time but mike mcquery, said as the state's store witness in this case, -- star witness in this case using their words not ours, but seems the alleged

victims, they will get the testify it seems a slam dunk they will get to send this case to trial but how much weight is on mcquery's testimony, and being the quote unquote star witness when so many others have come forward. >> he is the only one who claims to have either seen or heard, we will hear what he has to say, jerry sandusky engage in some kind of sexual activity with these young boys. opposite that, is the allegations from the young boys, so he is a secondary witness, if you will, that has come forward to say i saw this. so his testimony, is a very very important one. i know you will keep track of things there. continue your blogging and updating go get your seat we will talk with you soon. >> okay steve. >> paul wagner live in belfont pennsylvania. we are coming up on the 2 year anniversary of the haiti earthquake there is still so much more to do for that

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making headlines, three band members at florida a and m are under arrest accused in the beating of a woman during hazing rituals, police say the three hit band member brea hunters legs breaking her thigh

bone causing blood clots the beating came three weeks before a drum major at the school was killed, during a drum trip to orlando. hading was involved in that case. hunters may be to blame for shooting two middle school students in south texas. one boy is in critical condition, the other in stable condition awaiting x rays shots may have come from hunters on adjacent farm property three hunters were taken in for questioning but no immediate arrests. january 12th marks the three year anniversary of a devastating earthquake that marks haiti. >> foxes aiynsley ear hart has more. >> reporter: some notable names on hand in haiti lending efforts to make the impoverished country a better place. kim kardashian, minister lewis fair can, celebrity shift ron duprat and oprah winfrey to name a few. she plans to highlight the country on a new show airing on

her network. >> i have a new show on my network and this is a part of my next chapter, going around the world, seeing interesting, fascinating and in this case, very profound example of what can be done to make a difference in the world. >> actor sean penn has been a main stay in haiti. oprah's visit is significant. >> i think everybody that spends time in haiti knows how important it is, that the world see what is going on here. very exciting moment in the sense that, when oprah comes, other people trust it as something worth looking at. celebrity chef, ron duprat is aiming to start a culinary school he says tourism is vital. >> we are ready for hospitality. some people would disagree with me if we want to rebuild haiti

better and stronger we need the whole tourism to be number one priority. the haitian president says he hopes oprah will serve as a goodwill ambassador and help bring aid to the country. 7:45 a.m., back with us as we look at our forecast. all righty let's jump in, temperatures across the region. cold start to the day, i have been telling you that, temperatures primarily 20s and low 30s right now here in washington, we are at 31 degrees in the nations capitol, 30 quantico, let's see baltimore, 24 degrees, stevensville maryland, 24 degrees, manassas 21, culpepper 21 degrees at this hour. pull this out see what is going on across the eastern u.s. and northeast, as well as mid- atlantic, 33 new york city, boston 32 degrees, pittsburgh pa 28 degrees. baekly west virginia, not bad,

43 degrees. here is a look at the jet stream, lifting to the north, high pressure, continuing to dominate right here in the mid- atlantic and southeast, and that is going to allow, our weather conditions to remain, mild, and dry, and it will help take temperatures up into the mid-50s. the forecast for today and next five days, today, mostly sunny, high 50 degrees not a bad start to the day, 52, partly sunny skies, thursday a few showers possible during the daytime hours 58 degrees for your high under clouds, friday clouds maybe a shower or two to the south, saturday, partly sunny 45 for your daytime high. >> that is the latest on the weather now more on this mornings rush hour traffic here is julie wright. all right tony very much a busy commute as you guys try to work your way inbound on the dulles toll road accident activity before the belt way tieing up the road. delays inbound from hunter mill

road. also we found the accident outer loop of the belt way, braddock road, heads up leaving 66 down towards the springfield interchange. 295 headed into southeast. outer loop, below speed, forwards georgia avenue, heavy, slow and steady, southbound 95 on the breaks, 216 to the belt way, 270, lanes open grid locked 370 out towards the split that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right thank you so much. fox 5 christmas tree is starting to fill up with all your beautiful ornaments we thank you we want to highlight one this ornament here the blue one it is very pretty comes from the wedge wood society, of washington dc made in england at the pottery headquarters in the 1990s. >> all right right next door to

it, the snow man is courtesy of janice and her grandchildren they sent in the snow man ornament to help brighten the tree for the children. thank you janice and everybody who has been sending in ornaments. >> let's remind everybody when we are all done decking out this tree we will donate it ornaments and all to a worthy group in the dc area. >> it is tea time in alexandria >> annie yu has more on the children's themed event good morning. hello annie. >> hello alison. i am live here at the grill at morrison house old town alexandria you can tell this is a fun place for adults and children. good morning children. >> good morning. >> yes. we are having a lot of fun coming up, we will talk about the food that they offer here and variety of teas and dress up and all the fun activities for your little ones. good morning, sir. >> how do you do miss annie.

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only at safeway. ingredients for life. hey, are you looking for something neat to do with your little ones this weekend. >> especially well behaved ones perhaps. annie is at the grill in virginia. >> hi annie. >> reporter: i am trying to be on my best behaviour it is a little hard for me but i am

learning a lot out here we will talk about manners later right now i have chef stephanie geist joining me now. if you could just come on over here and show us the wonderful stuff you offer here at the grill at morrison house. >> absolutely. this set up here today is for children's tea which we are doing next saturday, we are doing a story time tea for christmas. >> every third saturday of the month. >> yes. >> okay. >> for the children we always do a selection of childhood favorites, ham and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, egg salad, house made scones for adults who come in and enjoy story time tea we have cucumber sandwiches, curry chicken salad, smoked salmon, house made turkey on biscuits and scones. >> for holidays are you doing anything special for that? special treats? >> we are going to be doing special dessert treats as well

as kind of a muse to start tea with. >> what is this here? >> gingerbread, sugar cookies, truffles,. >> mm. >> french macaroons, pepper mint brownies. >> excellent. as far as tea goes, how many varieties do you have? do children really enjoy the they? >> we have -- tea? >> we have six varieties as far as i have seen children have enjoyed the tea as well as hot sider and chocolate. what tea do they like most would you say? >> probably african nectar, very floral, citrusy. >> excellent thank you very much for taking time out. >> thank you for stopping by. >> over here i have my friend mrs. bee hello children. >> good morning. >> are we having fun today. >> yes. >> and learning a lot good morning. >> good morning. >> if you could just fill us in

every third saturday you have a fun activity for the children what can they expect. >> well, for story time tea this coming saturday the christmas tea and holiday tea we have place card christmas crackers which are fun has anyone tried a christmas cracker before? >> no. >> okay can you pull that end? pull. oh,. >> well, usually it pops but this is a christmas cracker inside it has a crown and this is a tradition from england they put the crown on and get a toy as well. we will have toys and place cards this is a craft we do. >> you were telling me earlier the history. >> these are beautiful, loves some kids made great designs already it smells -- the fragrance is just so intoxicating this is an old tradition, that goes back several hundred years, where, people would stuff this with

cloves, as you come into the house you smell a delightful smell of cloves and citrus just a great way to come in from the cold. we like to create some of these old traditions with the modern story time tea. you also can play dress up clearly the kids have been having a ball this morning, is this something -- part of the whole activity. >> absolutely a lot of kids come dressed in their finest it is a nice way to prepare for tea and thing about using good manners but we always have some sort of fun thing we can dress up in, fast they tores, we have the -- fastenators we have the stoles. it is really fun kids seem to enjoy everything if you want to come out and check this place out log on to our website myfoxdc.com you do have to make reservations. >> yes, of course. >> definitely check out myfoxdc.com for the link $28 for children's tickets $38 adults fun food, entertainment

and lots of laughs because part of manners is having fun. >> absolutely. >> back to you alison and steve. >> we expect big things out of you when you get back. next hour, as jerry sandusky gets set to face some of his accusers a legal expert joins us to tell us what to expect in the courtroom. after 8, how to make sure the hottest gifts of the season, make it under your holiday tree. a new site that tracks the toys that you want. last minute on one of those auction sites. stay with us [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever.

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it is a big day for former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky he will be in court as some accusers deliver graphic and emotional testimony. more on what to expect. plus we will check out the push to extend the payroll tax cut how it could be bad news for federal workers. it is one of this year's most popular christmas gifts and it is tough to find in stores.

we will check out a website that helps you track down things like the leap frog leap pad and other hot holiday gifts and see if it works or not. >> thanks for being with us early on tuesday morning i am steve chenevey >> i am alison seymour chilly start but it will get better today. >> yes you have been listening closely. >> i always do. >> very good we will see milder temperatures today. i wouldn't say dramatically milder but you will feel it, you will be able to sense it instead of mid-40s we go for 50 degrees. let's look at what is going on out there with temperatures, right here in our fox studios it is 30 degrees we have a new weather reporting station here at fox. 30 degrees northwest washington, 31 elsewhere in the district, 24 dulles airport, 24 baltimore. >> what is it at dover. >> not reporting right now. thanks for asking about that one. >> frederick then. >> well, frederick [ laughter ] >> all right let's move along. >> fun on a tuesday.

>> your sentinel radar, things are quiet across the region. nothing in the way of precipitation norwill we today, tonight or tomorrow. next chance of rain is thursday. your day planner today, lots of sunshine, we will see temperatures a little bit more mild, we will go with an above normal temperature of 50 degrees, here, in dc. that is a look at what is happening with weather more coming up in a little bit let me get on dover and frederick >> i kid because i care tony. >> let's check on traffic. >> that is really throwing a curve ball how about miami. i will go 56 right now. >> really? >> guessing. >> oh. >> tucker says 71. >> i am in love with tucker right now. more so miami actually. on the roads, your lanes are open travelling the inner loop, it is a slow roll leaving brad dock. we had two right lanes blocked

off because of an earlier incident. travelling out of land over, a 22 minute ride, lanes open top stretch of the belt way you are below speed leaving 95 around georgia avenue. southbound 270, no incidents to report leaving shady grove road towards the split. not only is it heavy and slow, duke up to king, but leaving the pentagon over the potomac. new this morning police in riot gear removed occupy protestors from a downtown baltimore plaza. demonstrators have been camped out for months. city officials recently denied their request for a permit to continue their protest in the plaza. city police moved in 3:30 a.m. in what we are told was a peaceful raid. >> overnight, word that four army soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash on the west coast. two choppers went down south of tacoma washington it is not clear if they collided in mid-

air or crashed separately. an army spokesperson said the accident happened at a training area, at joint base lewis mccord and an investigation is under way this morning. dc police take down a man suspected of randomly shooting into homes. this happened clay terrace northeast dc last night. the suspect has since died stacy. >> reporter: good morning the police are still out here, more than 12 hours following this shooting. a man apparently was walking around the housing project in clay terrace firing shots, witnesses say he had a gun he would pull out the gun and begin shooting then once again conceal the weapon. begin firing more. apparently he fired in the direction of some of the homes no body that we know of was injured in this shooting. however dc police arrived on the scene they got called he was maybe on pcp because of his

erratic behaviour. they warned him to put down the weapon he did not. they shot him cpr was performed on scene but he did die. some witnesses say as many as 30 shots were fired from that weapon. police have identified him but his name has not been released pending family notification. stacy cohen back to you. >> thanks very much. alison. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky heads to court today. his lawyer said the excoach is eager to face his accusers as many as 10 young men could publicly testify today. he is being accused of more than 50 counts of child sex abuse. joining this morning with more on what we could here is an attorney. good to see you joseph. >> thanks for having me back. >> preliminary hearing what does that entail for jerry sandusky.

>> it is a proceedier, where by prosecution will have to convince a judge that the prosecution has sufficient evidence to link, sandusky, to the commission of a crime. if a judge is convinced then the judge will hold the case over and set a day for trial. >> expected -- we are expected to hear from mike mcquery he was the assistant coach the one who came out with the initial -- the first person to visit as key witness in this who said he witnessed some activity between jerry sandusky and a young child. we might hear from these accusers seems like a pretty good case might be set up. >> it does. if you look at the grand jury report, that lays out the evidence that likely will be presented at the preliminary hearing that probably will be sufficient for the judge to say yes, i think sandusky is linked to the commission of a crime and there should be a trial. we could expect to hear, from some of the victim's themselves we might hear from mcquery although he is a secondary

witness, if you would, that would provide some coobserving ration to the direct testimony of the victims of the offensive sandusky conduct as alleged. >> he said he is looking forward to this today, perhaps to hear what his accusers are saying to maintain his innocence or what have you. should we believe he is looking forward to this day? at the very least very emotional. >> you are looking forward to it in a sense you want to put the prosecution to its test you want to be able to be in a position to gauge just what and how strong the prosecution's evidence is you want to be able to confront your accusers, you want to be able to nail them down lock them into a particular point of view or particular story. a preliminary hearing provides a unique opportunity, for a defendant for a person that has been accused of a crime, to question, the witnesses because in a criminal case unlike a

civil case, there is not typically an opportunity to engage in that fact finding before trial so it is typically in a criminal case you get to trial, you have a general sense of what the witness is going to testify to but don't get to confront them question them cross-examine them or put them to the test. here, the defense, sandusky's team will have an opportunity to do just that. >> do we expect sandusky to take the stand? >> i wouldn't expect he would do that, it is not necessary. really, i think it is more locking in the prosecutions case and gauging just how strong of a defense that you have, and what you need to overcome charges. >> what would be next after this the judge would then have to decide if this goes forward. that is what we can expect next. >> the judge will decide is there enough evidence to have this case set down for trial there will be a trial.

following this, hearing, there may be opportunity to try to get the case resolved in some fashion. depending on the evidence presented and strength of defense but it moves to trial there will be a trial date and that will be the end date of this type of case. >> we will of course follow it we hope to see you again analyzing what is going on in the courtroom. thank you. >> thank you very much. we asked you told us, it seems like the leap frog is a hard to find item. steve is over in studio b with more on perhaps how to find it. >> if it is on your christmas list or not alison or the girls, but it is tough to track down coming up we will check out a website that promises to help you find this year's hottest gifts. we will see if it works. >> we want to thank everybody who sent in all these great ornaments we will donate the whole tree to a local charity next week one viewer who wanted

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welcome back. 8:13 a.m. right now. excuse me. >> you all right? >> cracker in my throat. >> that's all right. checking with tony see if he has good news for us today. >> do you need a drink? >> oh, is that product placement? >> yes. >> amazing how that happens chef >> i do. >> it was a prop. >> if a case just happens to show up at the door. before we get to weather it is time for my first 5 photo of the day. >> bring it on. >> oh,. >> some body is smiling in the

picture. >> santa is happy not braelin. she turns 22 months old today she did not enjoy her first visit with santa claus most children don't. >> it is scary. >> who is this big guy what is he ho ho hoing about the big white beard red jacket it is scary at first it gets better. >> if she is still really cute in that photo i hate that she is scared >> i feel bad for her. >> great picture of santa though. >> he is like hey, shoot me. >> is he conscious of the fact that he is terrorizing this child. >> at this point in the day he was probably like next. >> wow, happy holidays tony [ laughter ] >> not the santa i know. braelyn you are a cutie pie. >> she is it will be better next year. send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. temperatures around the nation hey, we will check out that

miami temperature who was asking about miami. >> julie. >> 33 degrees, we can't see miami on this map. however i do know it is 74 degrees in miami right now. 64 in tampa, 46 nashville, dallas 52, lincoln nebraska, 32 degrees. detroit, not detroit denver 17 degrees at this hour so there you go. cool to mild across the country let's look at the national map satellite radar composite rain showers falling across missouri into illinois moving towards the mississippi river valley, rain showers off to the west and oklahoma, and kansas, places like that. this actual system could bring us some rain but not until thursday don't worry about it today or tomorrow your 5 day forecast, high 50 degrees we will take it a couple degrees above normal a lot of sunshine tomorrow 52 degrees, some sun on thursday a few showers

possible, cloudy skies, 58, friday, still in the 50s but we do cool off for the weekend highs in the mid-40s that is a look at what is happening with weather now let's find out what is happening with traffic julie, miami 74 degrees right now that is not bad. >> i was just writing an addendum to my list for santa, one way ticket to miami. >> that would be a great gift for you. >> tucker said he might give you that gift >> i bet he would. >> i hear they pay in sunshine in the 305. >> that might be about it. >> yeah, it is different from here in what way? here we go on the roads this morning, you are going to find, travelling 395, from the pentagon across the inbound 14th street bridge, heyy, slow, steady, outer -- heavy, slow, steady, outer loop, a little bit of room as you travel out towards rockville, all your lanes are open. meanwhile travelling along the

inner loop, to 66th, 395 from the belt way headed up and across the inbound 14th street bridge. here all lanes are open 66 from the west leaving manassas to the belt way, 55 minute drive lanes here are open no problems to report minor fender bender, kennel worth avenue 17 minutes worth of time. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you very much. yesterday on our facebook fan page we asked our viewers which gifts they were having a really hard time trying to track down this holiday season. a bunch of viewers said they were looking for a leap frog leap pad and they are sold out in many stores. there is a website called track a toy.com and it tracks availability of this year's most wanted toys and electronics for you the site is free the use. use them to track a specific toy you are searching for it is sponsored by more than 20 large retailers including target, wal-

mart, toys r us. joining us with more. brandon, good morning. >> good morning thank you very having me. >> tell us how this works the idea for it and how consumers can take advantage of it. >> track a toy.com tracks most popular toys, video games, electronics and more go to the website sign up, as soon as your favorite products come online e-mails you and lets you know as soon as they are in stock you can go to the website and track it from your browser, most popular toys including the leap pad, comes in stock it will let you know. >> how about folks that want to suggest a toy for you to track you have a lot on here not just toys but electronics, ipads. >> we have new products on a daily basis on the right-hand side they go to suggestion box click that tell us what they want to track we usually add it the same day if not sooner. >> what are most people

tracking this year? the main ones obviously the leap pad comes in pink and also green, the other ones are la laloopsy, holly sleigh bells she is a wal-mart exclusive, figit friends, angry birds knock on wood game and farmville plush. >> i am looking through the website when you talk about something like the leap pad which is listed as out of stock on a lot of the main retailers but you can get the e-mails if it does come into stock what are the chances that happens between now and the holidays. >> yesterday, leap frog.com had a bunch of bundles that included software and accessories they had a bunch available in stock. track a toy will threat you know when those are in -- will let you know when those are in stock as well. i wouldn't worry too much at this point as long as you sign

up for e-mail aall rights you will almost guaranteed see something. it will be in a bundle format. it will be difficult to get it in solo but it is better than secondary market like ebay. >> you are buying extra goods. >> yes, cheaper than going secondary market and you get more for your money. >> is that a good investment for people to do that a lot of people turn to the auction sites to pick something up if it is in demand. >> if you want this tomorrow you will have to go secondary market, but in a few days you will most likely find it. >> people who want to wait until after christmas will there be new stock then? >> yeah, the more limited edition and collectors editions items are not usually ail vailable after christmas but items -- available after christmas but items like this are usually available before. for folks who just can't

wait and are going to keep hitting the refresh button on your website, how often do you update the toys. some of the feeds, data feeds update every 2 minutes some longer, so leap frog leap pad every 5 minutes you will see something, yesterday the bundles were in stock on leap frog.com you will see more bundles. if it is in stock on the green bar it takes you to the retailers website. >> to the product page. >> thanks good luck with the venture this season and happy holidays. >> thank you, you as well. >> brandon ceo of track a toy.com. i wonder how much he would let that leap frog go for. >> maybe he will put it on his site. >> okay. >> you want it. >> we can e-mail him. >> you want it >> i don't but i have friends who do. >> check and sign up for the e- mails. >> that is a great site. >> tuesday morning, big

mortgage lenders are giving a holiday gift to struggling homeowners, more on that when we come back. >> next half hour we will check with annie yu at the grill at morrison house kids cannot only sign up for a story time tea but learn manners. no elbows on the table. >> love it. >> just in time for holiday dinners too. fox 5 morning news will be right back [ female announcer ] morore people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom.

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arlington to honor the more than 4,000 americans be died in iraq. -- americans who died in iraq. a survey from last january found there are over 67,000 homeless vets down by 12% from the year before. some of the drop is from a federal voucher program that subsidizes housing costs for vets. >> big mortgage lenders are getting into the holiday spirit putting a halt on foreclosures until after the new year government sponsored lenders, will not evict struggling homeowners during the christmas season in a statement fannie mae said families may stay from december 19th through january 2nd. wells fargo and chase are also promising to suspend foreclosures until 2012. 8:26 a.m. on tuesday morning, next a look at the new list of the most dangerous cities in america. >> push to extend the payroll tax cut how it could be bad

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it is now 8:30 a.m. on a tuesday morning let's look at stories making headlines now. a judge in the district is letting prosecutors retry a hit and run from last year. one prosecutor admits they forgot to file manslaughter charges against the woman found guilty of dui and leaving the scene after a 24-year-old killed in the dupont circle accident last year. mint michigan holds the title of the most dangerous -- flint michigan holds the title of the most dangerous city in america. the safest city in america, by the way, fisher indiana. big named celebrities in haiti lending a hand on the two year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that

rocked that impoverished nation. among them, kim kardashian andoprah winfrey. she is standing with sean penn she plans to highlight the country on a new show, airing on her network. haiti's president says he hopes she will serve as goodwill ambassador and bring aid. kim doesn't want attention for going down there. why would she want attention. >> right maybe she is trying to do a little good >> she doesn't like the cameras. >> maybe she is trying to reshape her image. >> maybe so. >> you were saying sean penn is there. >> he lives down there, fully committed the trying to help. >> man i love people who do good i do. mm-hmm. >> if i had a million dollars and didn't have to be somewhere that is what i would do. >> it has already been two years i am with you feels like yesterday. >> the weather forecast real quick easy one today cold right now temperatures next hour or

two, hanging out upper 20s low 30s but, soon we should be enjoying bright sunshine i think more sunshine than yesterday. still cold, 33 washington overnight, thank you very much, overnight 20s. 29. 33 annapolis, 30 leonard town, 19 degrees in fredericks, 28 winchester again, should be a pretty nice day yesterday our daytime high was 46 today we are thinking 50. bright sunshine expected you can see the clear skies across the mid-atlantic. storminess will bring clouds tomorrow and warm temperatures and rain by thursday as long as the jet stream stays in its current pattern. we just don't have a whole lot in the making here as temperatures trend above normal for the next several days, the

jet stream is lifting north that will deliver several days during the middle of the week, mid- to upper 50s. by thursday, a few of us will be flirting with 60s. yeah, not bad here at all. there is your 5 day forecast, 50 this afternoon lots of sunshine. clouds and showers in the forecast by thursday maybe a few more showers on friday, right now saturday, looks dry and cooler, high temperatures mid-40s. that is a look at the forecast i will have more coming up in just a couple minutes. the push to extend the payroll tax cut making headlines while it means more money and millions of pay checks, could be bad news for federal workers let's find out why. ed good morning. >> good to see you. >> what is on the table. >> well, we have a payroll tax extension to be voted on in the house likely today among other things it has a lot of different provisions republicans have wanted for

years regarding the federal work force. extend that two year cost of living pay freeze for another year you would actually average the retirements of newer federal workers over their highst five years compensation as opposed to highest three years which might reduce benefits overall and force all federal employees to pay a little more into their retirement and take the load off tax payers and federal government. >> sounds on the surface it might be good news for the government not so good news for all the federal workers living in washington. >> especially newer ones less than 5 years experience those hired beginning 2013 the idea is that they are respecting the fact there are retirees planning for 20, 30 years to retire newer ones will have to face a different calculation if thispasses. it is likely to get through the house if only because republican leaders will put something up that would

ultimately fail. a lot of provisions are in the senate a lot of democrats don't have a problem making federal adjustments for employees but this whole issue over the key stone pipeline that would run from canada town to texas, house republican proposal essentially makes that decision forces the president to sign off on it, sooner rather than later he would rather wait until after next year 's election. republicans argue it creates jobs, spurs economy why wouldn't you want to do that. if it does not go through, what happens then to these proposals? >> they keep coming up in different spending bills. it was proposed earlier this year, got kicked out of the 2012 budget it is in this again. frankly the thing to keep in mind if republicans do some how win the house and senate it is the type of thing that would probably happen very quickly after that and get passed in both chambers because there is

enough political will to make it happen. what you are seeing now is what federal workers would consider a more humane proposal it would effect newer workers as opposed to all workers republicans have been pushing for this since 2009 every time a new big spending bill comes up they put it in there. all those fiscal commissions have suggested a similar proposal. >> seems so long the government jobs or curby jobs, -- cushy jobs things have changed. public sector continues to cut jobs,. not to get too far ahead of ourselves but if republicans would gain control of house and senate loud would that change the federal work force. it would come pet a lot of -- compel a lot of people to retire if. there has been fear if many years a retirement tsunami or a

federal brain drain of people who hit those 25, 30 years gosh it is getting did i have result i might as well go. -- difficult i might as well go. that may happen no matter what, white house said we can't make too many or radical changes hundreds of thousands could head to the exit. >> do we get something done before the first of the year? >> yes, you have seen both sides say yes, we have had an agreement. republicans will make their attempt this week obviously it probably won't pass the senate they will come to an agreement not only will you get a payroll tax extension you will get a spending bill for the rest of fiscal 2012 we will have a budget pass for the rest of the fiscal year. they say they will work through the holidays that is a good deterrent to get things done. ed o'keefe always a pleasure.

we have late breaking developments in the preliminary hearing we told you about happening in pennsylvania, this of course the case of jerry sandusky, the former penn state assistant football coach he has now waived his preliminary hearing we reported he had expected the hearing or had welcomed the hearing expected to testify perhaps, the people who allege that jerry sandusky abused them as boys but again that whole preliminary hearing has been waived it happened right as court gathered 8:30 a.m., immediately we are told from the associated press the lawyers for sandusky called a side bar meeting and then in that waived his preliminary hearing that is a decision that moves this whole case towards trial and this child sex abuse allegations, paul wagner is there we will hear from him but i can tell you jerry sandusky

as he emerged from court he made a statement he spoke what he said was quote we are going to stay the course. next in this case comes that trial and that preliminary hearing has been waived in pennsylvania. more on that paul wagner hopefully we will check with him as the morning progresses time now 8:38 a.m. tuesday morning, up peck t new on more statistics -- up next, new more on statistics. sugar mamas are becoming more and more acceptable. first a holiday greeting from overseas ♪ [ music ] hi we are stationed in germany, saying a big hello and merry christmas to uncle bob. merry christmas.  captain, we have to keep going!

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this job and many others go to myfoxdc.com click on the job shop tab at the top of the home page. it is being called the death of the 1950s man. >> a new survey suggests it is more and more acceptable for women to be the main money maker. men's health magazine says 73% of men are okay with dating women who earn significantly more than they do, 45% of men are now very willing to stay at home if their wives earn more in fact 1 in 5 are already doing so the survey also found only 29% of men strongly agree it is okay for men to cry. >> well, they will have a lot of time by themselves to do that maybe no body else will know. up next today's fox 5 friends who actually have some four legged friends that need some help this holiday season. >> annie good morning. >> good morning alison and steve. take a look at this table over here wonderful children are showing you a number 2 smile,

one of three smiles you will learn here at the manner class with mrs. bee, our tea party is starting coming up. are we excited? let's all do our number three smile. back to you in studio. keep doing it. yes. oh, my goodness 

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are you. thank you for joining us for tea. >> you are welcome. >> i feel i have to be very proper this morning but i have learned a lot why don't we just go right in you don't just do this every third saturday you do private events as well. >> weekly manners classes every week where kids can come and test out their favorite every day -- favorite every day manners we work on body contact, eye contact. >> what is the youngest you have worked with. >> 2 years old the oldest was a 99-year-old's birthday we had and all of her great grandchildren. >> tea is for all ages. >> it is and with this age group today they get to imagine, and you know, really get into the whole dress up part of it. >> absolutely tea time is a perfect place to exercise our imaginations and bridge between old contemporary old manners and contemporary very traditional, such as when you sit down you put your napkin on your lap right away to engaging

in pleasant conversation, using smiles to engage people and make new friends. >> it is life long stuff you can take with you. one of the things i learned today you have to sit up properly. children sit up so what is something you emphasize during your lessons. >> really, no elbows on the table of course, learning to eat with our mouths closed. enrico she is looking at you. really eye contact and connecting with people and being able to savour a sweet, a treat in the afternoon it is not a full meal it is really just about capturing a few minutes with friends, enjoying some delicacies, the more son house does -- morrison house does a fabulous job with their teas, fabulous job with the food and staff is incredible. >> they are now show us how to properly pour a tea. >> absolutely when we get up we always put our napkin on our chair unless we are leeing the table for good. now with pouring tea i love to

hold the top of the lid and pour from the right-hand side making sure i don't get into your way and the lid doesn't come off into your tea. >> when i drink the tea should i put my pinky out? >> well, this is a little bit challenged in different schools of etiquette i like to put it out for young girls just in case a fairy decides to come to tea they have a place to land. >> that is when miss annie comes in and keeps it real. okay. yes, there are fairies children there are. yes. >> what is another thing you teach. >> well, what do i teach kids? what do you think? what is something i teach? >> you are supposed to instead of saying um what do you do. say yes. >> and you take a deep breath so the um doesn't come out. >> excellent. now enrico what have you learned in this class you can take away with you?

>> the smile. >> show us the number one smile. >> this is number one. this is number two this is number three. >> i think that is the children's favorite clearly you can come out and have a great time we have adults hereengaging with us, tickets are $28 kids, $38 adults you have to sign up mrs. bee does private events as well we will link all this information to our website, myfoxdc.com number three again. your favorite. >> back to you alison and steve. all right. >> that was too much i am sorry i was giving you number seven. >> number four from alison. >> give you a number seven. >> any way thanks annie. >> 8:51 a.m. now pgh >> she gets hit. >> yeah, then she goes no, why.

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than 21,000 drivers have been take into accounted in the past few months, more on dollars and so called cents. >> reporter: the work zone on 495, runs between just two exits, new hampshire avenue and university boulevard 234 drivers a day on average are ticketed for speeding through here. making it one of the more ticketed zones in the state. the speed limit is 55. >> that may be why you have so many tickets no one drives at speed limit. >> the top award goes to the work zone on i-95 north and south, 705 drivers a day on average nailed for speeding between i-695 and i-895 near baltimore safe zones program started in 2009 today there are 7 mobile cameras rotating in 10 active work zones drivers going 12 miles or more over the speed limit get clocked, 12 hours a

day, 7 days a week even if there are no workers present. triple-a mid-atlantic says the states program has been handled better than controversial county and city programs. >> some times camera systems themselves are not fair we have cameras situated on hills, we have cameras hidden behind objects and the guidelines say you shouldn't do that. >> on state highways, signs are large and plentiful. >> you were warned almost every inch of the way. >> reporter: there are flashing speed warnings just before the white jeep suv that houses the camera. the state and triple-a say drivers are getting the message with fewer tickets and fewer accidents, as time goes on. melanie, fox 5 news. coming up 9:00 a.m. right now that will do it for this hour, fox 5 morning news, tony is back to join alison. we start out with more breaking news. at 9, breaking news about former penn state assistant

football coach jerry sandusky he has waived his preliminary hearing on molestation charges and the case will go straight to trial a live report coming up. >> down to just 6,000 troops in iraq and they are due home in a matter of weeks president obama met with iraq's prime minister to talk about the future of the country. we will break it down with an it is the season of giving this year you can do something to really make a difference. >> did you know you can give a goat? the animal can provide a source of nutrition and income for families in need. the international charity world vision is getting help for those who need it most we will talk with them about what you can do. that is coming up in the meantime we want to head down stairs for a check in with weather good morning tuck. >> good morning alison, off to a cold start, temperatures mid- 20s. uppe