afternoon should be pleasant, sunshine expected, highs of 50s or so. take a look at the numbers, regan national, hanging out in 30s. 33 downtown washington, 20s and teens off to the north and west, 25 dulles, 22 hagerstown, freezing mark ocean city, 32 degrees, 20 frederiksburg. another chilly start, temperatures generally below freezing early morning hours. no cloud cover in sight. clear conditions breaking out should be bright and sunny throughout the day more sunshine than yesterday, a few clouds went through from time to time, today bright sunshine warmer, highs yesterday, mid- 40s today top out 50 but should be a dry afternoon for you relatively mild for this time of year. more details on the forecast alison in just a minute i will toss it back to you. thanks tucker penn state sex scandal jerry sandusky just

waived this mornings hearing the disgraced former assistant coach for penn state appeared in court to see if the mat earn should go -- matter should go to trial. he waived the preliminary hearing, good morning paul. >> reporter: good morning tony and alison. stunning turn of events here in bellefonte pennsylvania. i had just sat down inside the over flow courtroom that was just over here on the corner in the courthouse an next an area they had set aside -- annex an area they had set aside as i sat down, the judge walked in said are there any preliminary mappers to discuss. -- matters to discuss. sandusky's attorney walked up to the bench and it only took a second they came and sat down and the judge said mr. sandusky has agreed to waive his

preliminary hearing a groan went up inside the over flow courtroom everyone knew there would be no testimony at all. in fact we learned from one of the torns of the victims, they knew about this last night witnesses were never brought here to the courthouse. let's play a little bit of a remark from the senior deputy attorney general who came outside and spoke to the media, explaining what this means for his case. >> helps prosecution in a lot of ways, and, frankly, in addition to the technical prosecution in the case, again, i want to emphasize, what it would mean for victims in terms of not creating a second record because one already exists from the grand jury proceeding and

not having to go through the pain and suffering that is brought by a case like this, i think, is an important factor to consider. all right well, once again, breaking news, this morning, where jerry sandusky waived his right to the preliminary hearing, i think we have paul back with us now who can tell us a little bit more about what is going on in pennsylvania. paul. all right tony, lost that shot for just a second. we did hear from michael bonnie the defense attorney for victim number one he came out and said victim number one was very very nervous about having to testify but ready to testify, they had gotten an indication last night, that this preliminary hearing was going to be waived so he was never brought to the courthouse. now just a few minutes after sandusky indicated to the judge he wanted to waive the hearing he left through the back of the courthouse let's play that

right now. >> stay the course, we will waive the opportunity to present our side. >> why not. >> tell me why you didn't do a preliminary hearing. i will come back and answer your questions. >> mr. sandusky, are you looking forward to facing your accusers. >> the answer is yes [ yelling in the background ] >> this preliminary hearing was going the take all day today here in bellefonte we were expecting as many as 11 witnesses to testify including possibly mike mcqueary, he was the penn state graduate student who said he saw, jerry sandusky

engaged in sexual behaviour with a very young boy in a locker room on the penn state campus back in 2002 but he has been placed on administrative leave since the grand jury testimony came out because many in the public were angered by what he had to say they didn't believe he had done enough at that time to actually stop what he believed was the abuse of course we all know, the cards began to fall after that, joe paterno, the penn state football coach, head coach he was fired, the school president lost his job two others in the school administration are facing purgery charges, because of what mike mcqueary had to say. perhaps he had gotten the word as well we don't see him here today, that he was not going to have to testify we were all here and ready to listen at this hearing today expected to take all day long. it will not be held now.

jerry sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing back to you. >> paul can i ask a quick question what are we to make of this. we heard one of sandusky's attorneys saying we weren't ready to present our case today. theoretically they should have been ready we knew that the state was coming. is this just because maybe they didn't want to hear all of that at this time? or -- what do we make from this. >> some of the speculation on the part of sandusky's attorney was that he wanted to hear this testimony, lock it in, under oath, so he would know exactly what he was going to be up against when they go to trial. the fact they suddenly decided they didn't want to do that, is surprising, and is confusing. now, he did say to the media as he left the courthouse he will explain it we will have to wait and hear what he had to say, michael bonnie the defense attorney for one of the victims, victim number one said

he is hoping this is a precursor to a plea deal. >> all right paul wagner reporting from pennsylvania thank you. >> thanks paul. in other news this morning, four army soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in washington state last night two choppers crashed at a base south of tacoma, it is not clear if they collided in mid-air or crashed separately they want down in a training area near the base the army is not releasing the names of four soldiers killed in the crash two other soldiers were injured. now on to top stories here in our area. a police involved shooting in dc officers shot and killed a man suspected of randomly shooting into homes along clay terrace in northeast. stacy cohen is live on the scene with the latest good morning. >> reporter: good morning the police have been out here ever since that shooting last night however i don't see any cadets

out here combing the scene yet. it was our interpretation they were waiting for daylight to do more investigation. it happened around 7:00 p.m. last night when a man firing shots started walking through the neighbourhood. he was firing randomly some times putting his gun away and bringing it back out again. dc police were called to the scene neighbors speculated he might be high on pcp or some other what lieu sew know generals, police responded when he refused to drop his weapon the police fired their weapon he was shot, cpr was performed on the scene he did not survive he was pronounced dead. police have not released his identity pending family notification. no one in the neighbourhood was hurt. reporting live, back to you. >> good news out of that story stacy thank you. alison police in college park are looking for theseus februarys, you can see them on your screen they are believed to be connected to -- for these

suspects, you can see them on your screen they are believed to be connected to a robbery. surveillance pictures captured later show three men using the victim's credit card at a convenience store. >> possible new charges in a year old hit and run case in the district. davidson was found guilty of dui and leaving the scene in june a judge is ruling prosecutors can retry the case after one admits they forgot to file manslaughter charges in the original inditement prosecutors want to file new charges against the 31-year-old for a crash that killed 24-year- old ryan, in october of last year. occupy dc protestors are on a hunger strike refusing all food until congress grants full representation to the nations capitol. protestors fighting for dc voting rights plan to gather today, at the office of the chairman that over sees the

district. now just a little outside of dc occupy protestors in baltimore facing police in riot gear, officers removed protestors, camped out at a downtown plaza very early this morning. well, news we have all been waiting for. >> really wow >> all our lives we should learn more about the origin of the universe today. scientists are making a big announcement as we speak about experiments performed at the large colider in europe. i lost myself. okay. >> just thinking about the e norty of it. >> thousands of -- e enormity of it. thousands of troops are headed home. we will talk with an expert about it. 

>> just four years ago there were 170,000 troops in iraq, it is down to 6,000 they are due to leave by the end of this month. president barack obama met with iraq's prime minister to talk with the future of iraq after the american presence is gone. one troubles issue is current unrest in syria. he wants him to step down but they predict civil war if that happens. joining us now is the director of critical threats project at american enterprise institute and expert on defense, military and iraq. fred welcome to the show. how did the meeting go yesterday with the iraqi prime minister and president barack obama. >> sounds like it went as we might have expected a general whitewash of the various problems that are confronting iraq, some pretty broad unsubstantiated statements and

how well things are going there. >> okay what would you like to see as someone who studied this part of the country and military. >> well, what i would like to see put in place has to be based on recognition there is serious problems including in the way the government has been managing its internal affairs and sectarianism threatening to unravel political stability in iraq. we need to support iraq militarily it is not able to defriend itself on the other hand we -- defend itself on the other hand we take to take an increasingly hard line to get him to stop taking action undermining peace and security in iraq. >> so, then, i would sense you don't agree with the entire pull out over u.s. troops in iraq. >> no, i thought that was a badly handled negotiation, bad decision it will have dire consequences for american national security the question is what do we do going forward now, i think the worst thing we can do in many respects is what

president obama did yesterday, declare blanket victory declare everything is okay because it supports the policy he prefers and really just turn a blind eye to the many many problems that remain and challenges that remain. >> this conflict seemed to be ongoing, nine years, what would the better course of action have been militarily speaking? >> well, no one imagines that when president bush signed the agreement that had us, all our forces out end of the year everyone expected that would be renegotiated, including the obama administration. they didn't think they would be able to defend themselves that we could leave and lose that leverage and not have any problems. it was a sudden decision that the president obama made to abandon negotiations i think negotiations themselves were not set up for success by this

administrations policy. we have gone off course in iraq the president has charted a new approach but has not outlined a new strategy. saying you are going to normalize it is not a way to establish this in iraq. they have never been able to understand america does have vital interests in iraq whether they like it or not. >> what does happen with our preseasons, our influence, you are saying i think that it is not that great in a time that we need it to be better. >> the problem we have, the shiite cleric waging war on us, within 72 hours he said he would consider the presence of american diplomats, an occupation. i understand american diplomats are no longer able to move

around iraq this is an entirely predictable problem we have not been tracking on the degree or the administration has not been tracking on the degree to which iran is playing for keeps in iraq their goal is to remove us from iraq entirely unless we admit this is something of a proxy struggle going on in iraq and start to play that and address what the iranians are doing and militia we are unlikely to have a lot of influence in iraq going forward, other than direct counter terrorism by which we mean al qaeda, as will be defined by the iraqi government and the real danger is that we will be drawn into being the hammer for a shiite sectarian approach. which we have seen before. we are out of time you had a short concise answer to what happens to the u.s. troops, off topic a little bit but they come home what is next? >> well, they will come home,

come to their garrisons some will ultimately be deployed to afghanistan the rest will go back the training and wait and see how severe cuts are in american military. director of critical threats projects, american institute. thanks for coming in. >> thank you very much. a program that provides early education to low income kids in the u.s. is facing allegations of several violations. we will break down what federal regulators uncovered straight ahead after the break. >> annie yu takes us behind the scenes of ebenezer scrooge that's right annie? >> that's right tony our tea party is over. but it is on to the theatre that is the great thing about old town alexandria there is so much to do here. we will be joined by the little theatre of alexandria they will show us a scene from their upcoming show, starting tonight

until sunday. back to you. ♪ [ music ] thank you annie. today's trivia question, what inspired john paul, george and rip go to call themselves the beatles? a they got the idea from the musical group the crickets. it came from john lennon's mothers maiden name, c, several -- >> wow. several members drove volkswagen beatles at the time the group was formed or d little richard suggested the name to them. fox 5 morning news is back after the break  hey guys, what can i get for you?

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contraceptive. the decision crushed the food and drug administrations effort to make the drug available to all teenagers without a prescription. an important story government funded child care programs are under the microscope for safety violations the review out by inspector general, health and human services department examined 175 head start facilities, they come pine audits from centers in seven states including district of columbia, may 2009 to october 2010 out of 24 grantees examined 21 did not comply fully with head start requirements to conduct criminal or other background checks. 90% of facilities had toxic chemicals and cleaning supplies accessible to children more than 70% had open or broken gates leading to parking lots, streets or unsupervised areas. other concerns were a machete left near an outdoor play area, and a center in the district

with expired infant formula in the refrigerator. they want on site monitoring to make sure all centers comply. head start is a federally funded program. well, alison mentioned it earlier this morning a big announcement from scientists in europe they say they are closer to locating a basic building block of the universe details coming up after the break. we continue to decorate the fox 5 christmas tree and have some special guests here to help us do it today. fox 5 morning news will be right back merry christmas kids this is mom and dad saying happy holidays, from anderson airforce base on guam. chelsea, cameron and greyson love you all  [ screaming ]

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welcome back 9:29 a.m. new this morning we are getting updates on what many are calling a major scientific discovery. one of two teams searching for a tiny particle believed to be the building block of the universe say they have narrowed the field where that particle might be. they is not actually found it the particle which is referred to as higgs boson only exists in theory but wharfies cysts -- what physicists use to explain why everything around us have mass. one team has not been able to find it they have narrowed it down, and they have narrowed it down to a cabinet in the kitchen, in the science laboratory. they are searching they thing it is in there.

>> i think it is a teeny tiny lego. >> anyone see horton hears a who. >> it all could be -- we could be -- everything we know could be a snow globe in some superior universe chef >> right they have said one theory is if we were created by a divine presence there is god we were created by god he was like this didn't work and then we just all go up like an experiment didn't go right. i would thing we would have been gone by now. >> maybe next year with the mayan calendar. >> i don't believe that. i truly do not understand the god particle thing. >> it is very come my kateed i would -- complicated i would go into it but it would take an hour. >> i wish i had that knowledge. >> after this show. maybe you should run a special on that. >> people would really watch that.

>> yeah. not. >> the weather forecast. here on planet earth we have temperatures washington area, upper 30s. 39 right now, at regan national, 39 annapolis, temperatures warming up quite nicely overnight teen20s. frederick 18 degrees, just a couple hours ago now you are 32 nice warm up for you let's see we will in regard town, 39 degrees, 34 -- leonard town, 39 degrees. mid- to upper 40s. later this afternoon we will top out 50 or so. it should be a beautiful afternoon more sunshine expected than yesterday, as we are not dealing with a whole lot we have cloud cover. sentinel sat rad again very quiet, clear skies, parked across the mid-atlantic. out to the west an area of storminess this will come marching in here later tomorrow, bring us more cloud covers eventually rain showers

i think the showers will hold off until about thursday next couple days temperatures will trend above normal as mentioned by thursday upper 50s. 50 degrees, not going to feel a whole lot like christmas around here for the next couple days although we will have chilly overnight temperatures next couple mornings. here is the reason why the jet stream retreated to the north here. we will take it while we can high pressure will keep us nice and dry next couple days highs expected to be 50 today and mid- 50s around here by wednesday, thursday and friday. all right. forecast your day get out and enjoy lots of sunshine. winds nice and light out of the north and west high temperature a few degrees above normal, cold tonight overnight low freezing in the city again, generally clear skies out there, plenty of radiational cooling 20s outside the belt way, partly cloudy cold night 5 day forecast more clouds tomorrow, partly sunny 52 your

daytime high showers get in here on thursday, 58, one or two more friday cool it down for the weekend. that is where we should be mid- 40s. we will do that with sunshine saturday. >> all right that is a look at your weather forecast. alison over to you. >> thank you time now for our fox 5 friend segment each week day in december leading up to christmas we are featuring different charityfoundation that is support a good cause. joining us this morning, liam and julie volunteers at humane society charles county thanks for being here who do you have with you. >> mouse. she is about 8 weeks old, available for adoption and julie has ... >> beautiful. >> okay. i just have to do this at first i thought that was a part of mouse's little collar and i was going to be like you guys are too cute. >> no,. i love it too. can you tell me about the work the humane society does it is not just adoption.

>> definitely we have low cost vaccine clinics, low cost neuter services, fantastic humane education department that reaches out to the community, we go to schools and can do programs anything from bears to basic pet care my favorite is jeepers creepers. >> the need, all year round it is so great i know for humane society tell us if anyone is watching they want to get involved what could charles county humane society use. >> volunteers we always need people, foster homes for kittens and dogs, people to help us clean, to help us go to adoption events and find them homes. >> right how is the shelter now? how many animals do you have? is it over loaded? >> we can hold 80 cats we have 80 cages, of course in each cage there is usually litters of kittens we house about 30 dogs. >> is it easier this time of year or harder? we have said never ever give a pet as a gift but i am just wondering this time of year do people come in and open up their homes to animals

>> they do. they do. and you know, people get them this time of year all the time. i wouldn't recommend getting one for your uncle who doesn't know he is getting a kitten but if you are going to get one for your daughter you know you are taking care of it that is different. >> sure. if you go on the website. we could learn more about charms county but -- charles county but will we see adoptable pets. >> yes. >> open up your home if you can tell us about this guy you brought for the tree. >> he is a look alike of the bank that we have around town. so should you choose to donate, should you see one of those, goes to us. >> who is doing all that delicious purring. >> right here >> my goodness i am going to place this on the tree. i will ask either one of you -- where do you ing up? >> okay. >> out of cat reach. if you ladies wouldn't mind giving one more plea to those

watching, to say what you need >> we could definitely right now use kitten and puppy chow and non-clumping cat litter. >> non-clumping. bring it out to the shelter. >> absolutely all donations are tax deductible. >> excellent this is the charles county humane society leah and julie and our other new friends here mouse and. >> kashi. >> so fancy like the cereal. the cereal that is good for you just like opening up your home to animals thanks for coming and putting an ornament on our tree. cute kittens there and christmas tree is looking pretty good too. >> virginia's first lady helping spread holiday cheer to u.s. service members. then a close call for one christmas tradition in costa mesa california but the city stepped in to save the day. the full story on the other side of the break ♪[ music ]

first another look at today's trivia question answer coming up fox 5 morning news back right after the break ♪ making your way in the world today ♪

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♪ sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ ♪ you want to be where you can see ♪ ♪ our troubles are all the same ♪ ♪ you want to go where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ i think -- >> this is a live shot from pennsylvania, where one of the attorneys for jerry sandusky is talking, about the fact that mr. sandusky waived his right to preliminary hearing earlier today. came as a surprise people were gathered there although some of the attorneys knew this would happen last night.

but he is explaining why they did that, he has been talking for a little while now we are streaming this live on our website myfoxdc.com if you want to check in and follow that. most wonderful time of the year, may come a little late that is according to deloitts annual holiday survey. many americans are postponing christmas to save money. after christmas retailers can offer huge discounts up to 75%. with the weak economy some americans are waiting to take advantage of the sale. 6% more than 5,000 people surveyed said they plan to do the bulk of their christmas shopping after new years. and virginia's first lady is spreading cheer this holiday season she is heading to pack bundles of home baked cookies to give to single soldiers her way of bringing the taste of home to those staying on base during christmas time. theory 1,000 single soldiers

live at the base. >> we now know where julie wright will spend her afternoon. >> way to go julie. way to go. tens of thousands of people show up in a house in southern california, it is called snoopy's house the house went into foreclosure last year, the town stepped in it is more than a house for snoopy the christmas display is full of characterses from the peanuts cartoon made famous by charles schultz, 80,000 people a year come by the bus load, for cider, pictures with santa, more than 200 feet of displays. wow. >> going to go all out. >> man that is a lot. >> all right. >> i love this time of year. >> this holiday season an international charity has a great way for you to help people in need.

you can give a goat. that's right. the animal can provide a source of nutrition and income more on that straight ahead on fox 5 morning news. then the little theatre of alexandria ringing in the holiday season with the return of ebenezer scrooge, annie yu is behind the scenes,. >> a child came to my office last night singing christmas carolls. i should have given something that's all. >> fox 5. brought to you by safeway during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers help you rise to every occasion. ♪ from delectable to amazing. there are over 20 affordable safeway select appetizers ♪ to make all of your gatherings just as merry as can be. ♪ only at safeway. ingredients for life.

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we are following breaking new, sky fox is live, have to have the prompter please. live over this scene in gaithersburg, washington grove lane and mid-county highway in gaithersburg where there is a rescue going on trying to reach a person in a trench we know that a ride on bus was involved in this incident investigators are not sure where the person

knocked the -- whether the bus knocked the person into the trench or they jumped in to avoid the bus the person's injuries are serious but not life threatening, a trench rescue in gaithersburg if we get more information we will bring it to you. according to world vision economical tough times or economic tough times are making americans more generous. a survey they commissioned found people are more likely to give a charitable gift as a holiday present. >> man do we have a gift idea for you. min diof world vision joins us to talk about the survey and gift giving options to help others. really help others good morning. >> happy holidays. >> we have to explain the goat i want to ask about world vision let's talk about gore true the goat. she is a 4 -- gertrude. >> she is a 4-year-old goat world vision christmas

catalogue has untraditional gifts in there these are some of the most life changing gifts you can buy during the holiday season. you are talking about the survey what we found 51% of americans are considering giving to a charitable organization rather than a traditional christmas gift. this is a great christmas gift idea the most popular in the gift catalogue. >> chickens too. >> that's right she runs $75 i know that is a little steep during these economic times, but there are quite a few gifts under $30 also in the gift catalogue go online, world vision gifts.org, chickens, cows, pigs all kinds of things. >> you says the a little steep depends on the means you have when you thing about what happens, with this goat, $75, it is extraordinary, what happens when a poor family gets

a goat or two chickens. >> i spent last december going to see different families, recipients of these goats a family in an impoverished community somewhere maybe in africa will get a goat and basically it helps sustain them and their family it can produce milk, yoghurt all kinds of products but gertrude just had four babies six months ago they continue to reproduce a lot of times people in communities will donate their extra goats to other neighbors it is not a one time gift that is extremely powerful and impactful but keeps reproducing over and over again making such a difference in families all over the world. >> i was reading, a couple stories at world vision that they shared about how far a gift like this does go. can you tell us one of them, real life story about someone who benefited. >> one of my favorite stories elvis a 12-year-old boy i met last year in tanzania.

i drove through bumpy roads for hours on end to try to find this community, the story was supposed to be about how his family received chickens we get to this community he comes out speaking perfect english which is strange, gertrude is trying to eat the ornaments. he was able to speak english because of the chickens. i pushed the family why does it matter he speaks english. he will get a good job, he is teaching his neighbourhood friends they will all be able to get good quality jobs. chickens, produce eggs the family can eat, sell extra eggs, chickens can -- it is amazing even the goats, the manure provides fertilization. >> you have done your homework.

>> my favorite gift is gift of child sponsorship it is $35 a month i sponsored my first child last year in ghana, his name is alfred, an 8-year-old boy every month i give $35 to help him and his community,. for me such a small gift from you but so huge for him, mindy what an inspiring message maybe we will give a goat could we give a goat. >> i would love to do that. >> we have more information about this, world vision.org the website but go to myfoxdc.com we will hook you up, or link you to their website you can get more information. thank you for coming in, and gertrude we will get you something to eat. >> what do they eat. >> i don't know. >> she was eyeballing the tree. >> thank you. >> merry christmas. >> the little theatre of alexandria is ringing in the holiday season with the classic

story of ebenezer scrooge. annie is getting a sneak peek. >> reporter: good morning tony and alison. so we are still here at the grill at morrison house here in historic old town one of the greatest things about this area, is that there is so much to do including visiting the little theatre of alexandria they join me now rachel alberts good morning. tell us about the neater and history it was founded in 19 -- theatre and history it was founded in 1934. >> yes, one of the oldst still in operation community theaters in country we are fortunate we have our own space we can have a long season, seven plays plus a christmas show every year. >> tell us about the christmas show this year what is the show and how can people come out and watch. >> christmas caroll which we do every year one thing little theatre does is we have different directors you may see the same script every year but it will be a little different

we just added another performance sunday. >> good. >> because we are almost sold out you can still get some tickets at our website. what does it take for the theatre to sort of pull this production together you are doing shows throughout the year. >> we are we have a huge pool of volunteers we use almost 100 each show it takes for cast and crew. we do all our costumes, build our own sets. >> costumes are made there tell us about the lady who makes them. >> annie broom all of us -- she is an award winning -- she is a watch nominee, costumer she has costumed these 31 characterses, and i think four or five costumes each many of them and done a spectacular job. >> i would agree costumes are spectacular we will see a little scene of christmas caroll can you set it up for us. >> yes, this is a scene where we have boy scrooge, scrooge as

a young child and his little and we have adult scrooge travelling with the ghost of christmas past and she, is showing scrooge the scene from his childhood. >> okay why don't we let them take it away. the school is not quite deserted a solitary child neglected by his friends is left there still >> i know it. poor boy. i wish -- but it is too late now. >> what is the matter? >> nothing, a child came to my office last evening singing christmas carolls i should have given something that's all. >> ebenezer, oh, dear fan. >> dear dear brother i have come to bring you home. >> home home home. home. home. >> home? >> a christmas caroll is playing at little theatre of alexandria, tickets are just $15 log on to myfoxdc.com it will be a spectacular show here

in alexandria. >> that i was going -- >> good little actors. >> we have a final check of weather coming up after the break plus answer to today's trivia question the question is what inspired john, paul, george and rip go to call themselves the beatles [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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that gives it away there, for those who asked no, i did not choose today's trivia question but i do like it. what inspired john, paul, ringo and george to call themselves the beatles, they got the idea from the group, buddy holly and the crickets. they liked the kind of play on the term you know, it is an insect name but crickets chirp

and sing and they liked beatles and got the idea, let's sell it as beat a little play on the term there. and came up with beatles. that is neat too. >> very. this is buddy holly and the crickets you are hearing, words of love and a song the beatles themselves later covered. >> what else? >> at one point they were the silver beatlethe quarry men the first name of the group, john and his group, paul, george and ringo joined. >> i thought you were going to say there was a june bug. >> no. >> june bug mania,. >> this were rock queries. >> should be nice next couple days well above normal, few showers thursday and friday, cool down for saturday not really feeling like christmas a