>> are you giddy and excited, tucker? >> pretty much. you got it, allison. >> we can tell. >> i am excited. tony is absolutely right. we're talking winds, colder temperatures. we got something to talk about, and this entire month we haven't had a whole lot of weather to talk about. we're getting a bit of a break. let's get to it and show you what's going on. i will show you on the maps what we get to look forward to. the cold front came through during the overnight hours bringing with it a lot of very gusty winds and cooler temperatures. want to point out a feature to your south and west, down in tennessee, see the rain breaking out? that's an area of storminess that's going to pass just to our south later on this afternoon and tonight. after a little sunshine now, we're going to cloud right back up in no time at all and some showers are possible for some of our viewers here across the southern tier, southern maryland, portions of central virginia and southeast shore might get some rain showers later this afternoon. temperatures have been tumbling. 49 at reagan national, 45 at dulles. mix in these winds out of the north and west gusting to about 30 miles per hour and it feels

even colder than that, feels like 32 degrees right now at reagan national. there you go, wind speeds 17 miles per hour out at reagan national, 14 at the navel air station. forecast for today, little sunshine and the afternoon clouds move in. breezy, temperatures falling throughout the day. we did 61 overnight, we'll be in the 40s this afternoon. bring along a jacket when you head out the door. more details on the forecast, a look at the weekend, there might be a snowflake at some point this weekend. i'll have details coming up. tony, back to you. >> good tease, thank you, sir. in this morning's big story, there may finally be a deal on a massive $1 trillion spending bill. lawmakers say it avoids a government shutdown that's due to kick in at midnight tonight. we get the latest now from fox 5's sheri lee live on capitol hill. once again, sheri, they wait until the last minute. reporter: they are, tony. you know what? it feels like groundhog day all over again. i mean, how many times have we done this and it all seems to play out the exact same way. lawmakers right now have not given themselves a whole lot of time to get this deal done, but

they say they will get it done. the house is going to take up that compromise spending plan today, then it has to go to the senate and get passed there, all by midnight. the $1 trillion bipartisan funding deal comes after months of bickering. it would keep the federal government operating until next september, separately a deal on extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance is also in the works. but rather than a yearlong extension, a secondary plan calls for just two months. both sides are confident the compromise plan will pass, but it won't likely happen until the final hours. >> thrts' no reason the government -- there's no reason the government should shut down over this and i expect all of us to do what's necessary in order to do the people's business and make sure that it's done before the end of the year. we're confident and optimistic we'll be able to resolve both on a bipartisan basis. reporter: there is no deal on that payroll tax cut, 160 million americans will see their taxes go up on january

1st. the sticking point on extending those benefits is how to pay for it. so in order to look at that, a number of tax breaks are on the table, and that includes a subsidy for mass transit for commuters. metro is warning that if that happens, we could see thousands of workers abandon metro, head into their cars and that is only going to make the congestion around here even worse. that's the latest here on capitol hill. back to you. >> not what we want to hear. sheri, thanks very much. appreciate it. meanwhile, a defense spending bill is on its way to president obama's desk. the senate approved the measure following weeks of political wrangling over the handling of terror suspects. it also reflects a decision to get tougher on iran and tighten limits on u.s. overseas funding and spending. allison. well, tony, a few fireworks in iowa. the republican presidential candidates faced off last night in their final debate before

next month's first-in-the- nation nominating contest. doug luzader wraps up the action. reporter: newt gingrich walked into this debate as the frontrunner, but as we saw last night, iowa is still pretty much up for grabs. the debate stage itself shows how the race in iowa has changed. the former house speaker newt gingrich front and center, leading the polls and oftentimes last night taking heat for, among other things, his work for mortgage giant freddie mac. >> you don't need to be within the technical definition of being a lobbyist to still be influence pedaling with senior republicans in washington d.c. to get them to do your bidding. >> and then to go to work for them and get money from them, it literally is -- it's literally coming from the taxpayers. reporter: gingrich kept his cool. >> i sometimes get accused of using language that's too strong. so i've been standing here editing. [ laughter ] >> and i'm very concerned about

not appearing to be zany. [ laughter ] reporter: for his part, former governor mitt romney held steady too. >> this is president obama we've got to be talking about. he has unvealed himself as a president that's not the right person to lead this country. [ applause ] reporter: he didn't directly attack gingrich, perhaps counting on the former speaker's recent surge to end on its own, but others here can't afford to wait much longer. while jon huntsman may be able to count on a stronger showing later in the new hampshire primary, ron paul, rick santorum, michele bachmann and rick perry need iowa badly, with perry looking for an nfl inprirration. >> let me tell ya, i hope i am the timtebow of the iowa caucuses. reporter: this is shaping up to be quite a horse race and not just for the republican nomination. a new ap poll out this morning shows that the president's chances of reelection are at about 50%. in washington, doug luzader,

fox news. the alleged white house shooter will head to court again today. a federal judge wants to hear more about the mental health status of oscar ramero ortega hernandez to make sure he is competent to stand trial. he is the man accused of using an assault rifle to fire at the white house in november. ortega hernandez was in court on wednesday when the judge scheduled the new hearing. he is charged with attempting to assassinate the president. also due in court, the man accused of giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website wikileaks. sky fox flying over some protesters supporting private first class bradley manning outside the military hearing in fort meade, maryland. the pretrial hearing is to decide if manning should be court martialed. now, if this case does go to trial and he is convicted, he could face life in prison. and in britain this morning, the man accused of actually leaking the -- leaking the documents, julian asaj was just granted an on his extradition

to sweden. two former penn state officials face a preliminary hearing involving those child sex abuse allegations against jerry sandusky. former vice president gary schultz and athletic director tim curley are charged with lying to a grand jury and failing to report the allegations to police back in 2002. mike mcqueary testified that he told schultz and curley that he witnessed sandusky raping a young boy in the shower inside a penn state football facility. but schultz and curley both told the grand jury that no such detail was ever offered. it's sentencing day for barry bonds. the home run king was convicted of obstruction of justice for trying to mislead a federal grand jury investigating sports doping. bonds could get anything from probation to 21 months in prison. now to some actual sports. >> yeah. >> the burgundy and gold, the skins pulled off a week one win against the new york giants. oh, it was wonderful. do you remember that, tony? >> what hope we had. it was great.

since then, of course, things have gone rather downhill. how are they looking for this matchup with the g-men and does it matter? dave ross is here with a little friday football forecasting. >> normally, tony, i like to walk around with the junior welterweight champion, but you're stuck with me now. i'm not as intimidating. >> can i tell you what i don't like? >> yeah. >> i don't like the spoiler talk unless it's about the dallas cowboys. >> but, tony, that's what we're reduced to. this is what it is. as they say, it is what it is. because, yeah, the giants are stuck -- well, not stuck, they're tied for first place. they've lost four in a row and then they got a big win last sunday night at dallas, so i guess if they beat the giants they could be helping out the cowboys, so i don't know how you like that if you think of it that way, right? but that's what it boils down to at this point. you can't spell elites without eli. >> how many times have you used that? >> third time today i've used

that. >> i only get one of them, tony. let me wear it out. i am beating that horse. >> i like it. >> last sunday night in big d and, tony, they were down by 15 -- actually, down by 12 with just over three minutes to go in the game and ended up winning by three. so this is why we have eli and all that stuff. but he is a great 4th quarter quarterback. he's kind of like -- if it wasn't for tim tebow, we might be talking about eli and his 4th quarter comebacks. he's pumped life into the big blue. this will be a tough game for the redskins by any stretch of the imagination, but now they have everything to play for. >> it's interesting, despite being tied for first place in the division, they're kind of under the radar right now. >> they are. the sad thing is when rex grossman said they could win the division, if you told me the leaders were tied at 7-6, you could have won this division. it was there to be had. we'll find out on sunday. roy halu has run for three

straid 100-yard games. the rookie out of nebraska has been everything you want in a fourth-round pick and more. so, look, do they have a lot to play for? not on paper. they do have pride, this team does not quit. that's how i judge things at this time of the year, tony. certainly halu has been a bright spot in this whole mess. >> very good. play a tough game but loose so you don't help the cowboys. >> and get a better job position. >> thank you. we appreciate it. allison. >> thanks, guys. coming up a confirmed case of menin jiets at a local school. what university officials will tell us about that. plus the new safety measures one local county is using to monitor students. and the the first bipartisan plan to privatize medicare. coming up we will talk with a "washington post" reporter who will break it all down for us. it's 10 minutes after 9:00 now. yeah, i'm married. does it matter?

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alert customs agents in russia catch radioactive material headed for iran. russian agents at moscow's international airport say they seized 18 pieces of radioactive metal after it set off a radiation alarm. the radioactive material reportedly contains sodium 22, a radioactive isotope that can only be made in a nuclear reactor. russian prosecutors are now launching an investigation into the incident. the fairfax county school board voted last night to approve indoor surveillance cameras in public high schools. principals can install them in cafeterias, hallways and other gathering spaces, but only after getting community support. fairfax officials estimate it will cost more than $800,000 to put in the system plus another $100,000 a year in maintenance fees. health concerns at the george washington university where a case of men jietsz has been confirmed. it could be fatal if not treated early. the university says the

infected person lives off campus, but they are not saying whether it's a student or staff or faculty member. about 35 people who have come in close contact with the infected person have been notified. allison. it's being called a political breakthrough, a new medicare bill that comes from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. and joining us now to discuss the two parties working together on this issue is "washington post" congressional reporter feliciasonmaz. good morning to you. >> hi, allison, good to be with you. >> i gotta tell you, felicia, even a deal reached by a republican and a democrat right now is news in itself. >> absolutely. and while this wasn't coming quite to the high stakes of a government shutdown in the works, it's definitely a big deal. on capitol hill these kinds of compromises are really pretty rare and essentially what this plan would do -- it was put out there yesterday by a republican in the house, paul ryan and a democrat in the senate, ron widen. it would take the existing medicare system and it would also take parts of the plan that the congressman ryan introduced in the house which

passed overwhelmingly with republican support earlier this year and basically leave traditional medicare as is, but also include a system in which future seniors would be allowed to basically shop around for private insurance. you've seen the reaction from democrats right now has been not very positive to this. >> right. >> the white house came out yesterday and basically excoriated this plan and on the other side you're seeing republicans praising it, saying that it is a breakthrough. and i think that basically shows you where this stands politically. >> the white house indeed having harsh words for it, just as the plan would end medicaid -- medicare as we know it and it would cause the healthcare program for seniors to "wither on the vine." strong words. >> yes. and the reason for that is because going into this 2012 election year, one of the biggest arguments that democrats have been using against republicans, especially in congressional races is that they -- most of them in the house have supported this plan

by paul ryan. and as you mentioned, they've said that this ryan plan would end medicare as we know it. that's a matter of speaking because any changes that you would make to it would end the plan as it currently is. but most -- you know, politics aside, most people agree that the program as it is right now is unsustainable and the previous debt reduction talks that have happened several times throughout this year in the super committee and during the debt ceiling talks in the summer, in each of those times medicare reform has come up, and as we've seen those talks, none of them were successful in really reaching a grand bargain, part of that is because democrats were not willing to give up medicare as an issue. and so this development right now would seem to give republicans a break in congressional races going forward this year which is why you're seeing the white house and some other democratic groups coming out pretty strongly against it. >> big gop debate last night. mitt romney, of course, there in iowa, and a lot of folks are

saying this is very close to his proposed medicare plan. >> yes, absolutely. and some are saying this is in essence paul ryan giving mitt romney a break because by reaching out across the aisle and finding a democrat who's able to agree with part of this plan, that's essentially giving romney a little bit of a boost in some of these states. but, of course, it remains to be seen how democrats respond to that. and judging from the way that they've so quickly and so vocally come out against this so far, it seems that they are not going to be too on board with this this year. >> so what's next? >> well, both the numbers who introduced us yesterday say they don't have any immediate plans to produce legislation and that's a real important point here. while it was a big breakthrough for them to actually begin talking about this and to come together publicly, there won't be any real bill on this until at least the 2013 when the 113th congress comes in in

2013, this is according to paul ryan. so in the meantime the most important impact that this is going to have is really in more of a political way and less in a policy standpoint. but it has already changing the conversation a little bit on medicare and may well continue to throughout the next year. >> we will be following exactly where this plan goes. felicia sawmaz, "washington post" congressional reporter spending some time with us this morning. we do appreciate it. >> thank you so much. coming up today is the day for "ask allison." >> have you seen that walgreen's commercial that has the twins on it and they're, like, i had this first? there they are. so a viewer wants to know is it a screen effect because they look so much alike or are they really twins? the answer is coming up. also there's annie. she is with the cast of "billy

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tony on the finger snap. >> oh, yeah. >> it's friday, that means it is time for "ask allison." i love this question, it's really different and it's near and dear to my heart and i'm going to tell you why. this one comes from marsha. camera one on me, please. she asks -- or on the graphic, maybe. who are the adocial 77-year-old twins during the walgreen's -- the adorable 77-year-old twins during the walgreen's flu shot commercial? they are so cute, they have the same wrinkles. are they really twins or is it some kind of double screen shot? hey, marsha, good morning, thanks for writing in. happy holidays. this is a really fun question.

first of all, anyone who knows me, tony, i'm going to need you to back me up, knows i love me a good commercial. >> absolutely right >> so i enjoyed looking into this one for you. it had caught my attention too in the past. this is the walgreen's ad that marsha is talking about. and if you haven't seen it, take a look. >> this is not a prescription. this is he'dth and ellen. >> i was the first born. >> i got married first. >> i had children first. >> i'm the first to get this haircut. >> i was the if irs to get a flu shot. >> you're making a point -- you made an appointment yet? >> i don't need one. i strolled right in and got my flu shot. >> here's the deal, marsha, let me tell ya, they are two different women. i can tell you this is no tv trick to bring them there and in that commercial, you will notice at the beginning they were edit and ellen. they are 77 years old in real life and it is a hit with consumers. news of these two is all over

the internet. one even said move over, betty white, there's a new senior sensation in town, you know, times two. they are indeed all that. they really make that commercial sing. their real names are frances and iris and they are identical twins from new york city, washington heights to be exact. they were your typical grandmothers before trying out for the commercial and one says that the other one saw it and they both drove to it, they're widows now, they both drove. one had to pay $29 for the ad. you can tell they really have a fun time in real life. family says the sisters constantly bicker, all in love, trading one liners leaving everyone who meets them laughing. tony, another thing that's really sweet, they say the best thing about being a twin is always having a best friend. >> you had commented on them before how cute they are. they really are. it's great to know the inside story about that. >> that they exist. iris and frances. >> and they go back and forth and bicker with each other.

>> they just had their birthday and they wore matching burberry shirts with a necklace and the other had an eye on. >> maybe they'll pop up in other commercials. >> i wouldn't doubt it. >> great. good stuff. >> if you have a question you would like answered, send it to me, head to myfoxdc.com, click on the morning tab for a link to "ask allison." this is a day we were hoping would not come. marcus canty who's been a guest on our show, he sang a swan song last night on "the x factor." he is the latest contestant to be booted off the show. we'll hear some of his comments. when you head out, hey, head out in style this holiday season. how you can get the latest runway trend on the cheap. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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this is not the last time he will speak. >> sadly, it is the last time we're going to see marcus on "the x factor." last night america voted off marcus canty, the buoy, maryland native. he left on a high note, acknowledging how amazing it was to be on the show. and no tears. >> you would think, you know, coming this far and not winning, obviously [ inaudible ] they made me famous. [ inaudible ] i've had so much fun. i've loved every moment of this show. >> very gracious. the final three will compete for the $5 million prize starting next wednesday night

right here on my fox 5. i think that's your winner right there. >> i think so too. and, marcus, we said it earlier, we will hear from him again, great attitude about losing, very positive. i shouldn't say losing, but being voted off last night, very positive attitude. it's great. >> just a nice guy. remember he came in here a few weeks ago. >> really nice. >> we're rooting for him. >> we'll have him on again. >> it's interesting because it's now josh who has that great power voice, more of a stylist, like not really a vocalist necessarily, but he's got style. >> yes. >> he's his own artist. >> i like him. >> now i have an ideas -- i have a viewer friend who's a very close viewer of the show. he says all the voters are women, are girls and women and so that's -- >> what does that mean, though? >> even the -- the guy is going to win even if melanie has the best voice. >> i don't know about that either because it's not like

any of these guys are hunky. >> no. right, they're not hunks. >> we gotta go. >> i'm going to disagree. >> who's going to win, melanie? >> melanie. >> i have one improvement for that show next year. get rid of that milk toast host. >> which one? >> oh, the host. no personality. >> nobody likes nicole, that's the other thing i heard. let's get to a temperature. at reagan national our temperatures are falling, yep, they're falling overnight. >> fallin', fallin', fallin'. >> yep, cold air on the way. as tony said a couple of hours ago, it's not on the way, it's here. we have wind and 40s, combination for a cool winter day. 38 now in washington, temperature falling areawide, leonardtown last hour you were 55, you're now 50. so your temperature has fallen five degrees in the past hour. 49 in annapolis. we're flirting with the 30s in hagerstown. hard to believe we were 60 degrees, when i got to work this morning, very early, it was 61 degrees at reagan

national, so, again, temperature falling. you got the gusty winds out of the west and north and west and it'll feel like 30s this afternoon. wind gusting to 24 in washington, 36 in quantico, 24 in manassas, so we'll continue to have very breezy conditions for the next several hours, and then things should start to improve gradually as far as later this afternoon. that's our next area of storminess. that's going to slide to our south, but the clouds will quickly increase around here later today. so we will be in for a mostly cloudy day. let me show you futurecast. we'll put it into motion, light showers fredricksburg, points south later this afternoon and this evening. kickoff saturday on a bright note with sunshine. late in the day and at night we're going to cloud up tomorrow night. and futurecast suggesting we could get a few flurries around here or light snow showers early sunday morning, possibility. i don't think most of us will see much of anything. but at least the possibility early sunday morning. there's your forecast. forget 61, temperatures falling, breezy conditions and lots of clouds this afternoon. those winds will continue to gust out of the north and west,

gusting to about 30 miles per hour. mostly cloudy, could be a shower later this evening. best chance south and cold. 34 your overnight low. here is your five-day forecast. generally the weekend going to be just fine, sunshine saturday and sunday. there are your clouds in between with the possibility of a flurry or a snow shower early sunday morning. this is where temperatures should be, overnight lows near freezing. so it will be much cooler as we get into the weekend. that's a look at weather. allison, i'm tossing it over to you. i'm smelling food. are we cooking over there? >> we are cooking, but we're cooking as far as what we're wearing fashion wise. that's later. but right now we're talking faevery occasion this holiday season, wearing the very latest runway trends. the best part it's affordable, it's easy. it's the one-stop shop for dressing and spanx too. really? once you're done with all that, you pop it in the mailbox. it's that simple. joining us now with more information and with looks on how you can look great for your christmas party this morning is

lauren rothman, style ambassador with rent the runway. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> i've only seen you with holly. i think you were with paul one time before, but i trust your fashion sense. >> thank you. i'm excited. >> i'm excited too. let me just tell you that i have often said in this facebook age, it's hard to wear the same thing to an important gala twice. >> once you're photographed. >> that's it. >> that's it. rent the runway helps you out. tell me how it works. >> so what it is, it's really couture without the expense. this is the netflix of fashion. for example, a lot of my clients are really planning their wardrobes up to six months in advance. i can go online, select items for a lot of my clients who are out there on a book tour, who are out there on television and they have a special event. >> i love it. >> you select your dress and you're going to get a backup dress as well as two sizes in your dress. >> i love that. >> i actually looked on the

site too, just for future reference, i can tell you it's up-to-the-minute gorgeous styles. >> you can be contemporary, there are things currently out there. the hottest designers are sharing their stuff to be rented. >> i love it. sadly now we've talked so much we don't have a lot of time. we want to see an example of what we rent. >> what i wanted to profile here. here we've got monica. isn't this stunning and very reminiscent of michelle obama. i love this as an inaugural look. this is great for black tie which we know in d.c. is nonstop year round. so this holiday if you've got a holiday black tie gala, this is a great dress to wear. this is badly admonishka, you can actually buy this for $725, but you can rent it on rent the runway for $100. isn't that amazing? >> beautiful. >> it's stunning. great look. >> you look gorgeous. >> and accessories, of course,

and foundation pieces of any woman's wardrobe can be rented. >> next. >> here we have another beautiful monica, and she is in mille and what i love about this, $695, you can rent it for $100, and look at that statement. isn't that stunning? >> i'm in love. >> ericson beman, $48. you can rent this for $45. the great thing is you've got the rental for four days. >> that's something you could totally rewear. >> i love this kennedy center honors. this was a great look. we had this a few days ago. so perfect. flirting, fun and flawless. and here we've got mary. bombshell. new year's eve -- >> a head turner. so easy to want to go out there for a fun night on the town. this retails for $1,280.

and it can be yours for only $150. and look at those statement pieces. amazing. the colors just pick up. i mean, we've really gone glitter with this. we've got a nice statement necklace here, so, really, it's just amazing how easy this can be. $150. >> why didn't we come up with this idea? >> we look like celebrities >> last but not least. >> if you've got a bump. she is showing that off beautifully. it's a state dinner, again, new year's eve, a wedding, you can never go wrong with black. everyone is always looking for that little lbd. >> little black dress. >> >> the alberta, and, again, $795 and you're renting this for $100 and we've gotta take a

look at that clutch because that is a show stopper. that is judith lieber, so four celebrities out there, that's crazy. this is $2,000. >> unbelievable. >> retail. a little bit more, actually, and you can rent it for so much less. >> hold me, lauren. >> this can be yours, allison. rent the runway.com. >> this is lauren rothman, rent the runway style ambassador. i give it up to you. these styles are beautiful. ladies, you look great. we'll be right back. happy holidays. days. u paying more and more for cable

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shipping day. more than 2300 stores have agreed to waive shipping fees today, including nor dstrom, best buy and toys r us. tony was doing this. >> i was looking. >> see? that's what he was doing. distracts me sometimes. listen to this, adele's "rolling in the deep" -- >> award for most played on hot 99.5. >> "rolling in the deep" is rolling into history this morning. the british singer's hit song was the number one downloaded song this year. >> my goodness. more than 5 1/2 million copies were sold. we doubt any song will surpass that number before year's end. according to billboard, katy perry's e.t. comes in at number 10. >> that comes at lmfao's "party anthem." >> all adele seems to be played

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>> chef brian reef. good to see you. >> they do have a sponsorship agreement with whole foods. >> we love them. >> i got the e-mail with all the appearances you're making at whole foods. we'll talk about that. first let's talk about what you're making. it smells great. >> go ahead. >> i've got a couple different side dishes. one is called an apple chutney. this will go over the top of any kind of meat. we've even tried it on tofu. >> very, very versatile. anything on top of tofu. >> some gala apples. instead of a sweetener or anything else, we're using a guavy. >> it's healthy for you. >> it's not a processed sugar. >> thank you. and then we've got some flavoring in here with some cranberries and i've got a little heat with a certificateono pepper. that's going to add a little bit of spice to your meat. >> we'll have you put a little on some of these. >> what are these?

>> while brian is getting ready for the next one, these do a different take on dressing. it's a cornbread dressing, not a stuffing because i didn't put it inside the bird. we have onions, celery, dried cranberries, cornbread, a little bit of chicken stock, some herbs. you can see right now we're sautiing. everything thinks their crab cakes but they're not. we slightly brown them, put them in. they go wonderful with the apple chutney. once again a different holiday take on a salad. go with the fresh apple chutney. brian is showing you that, he presents that there. >> i will apologize because we're rushing you. >> that's all right. the other thing i do is everyone has green beans for the dinner, right? instead of throwing a can in the stove, you can add some things into it. so we have added some bacon, added some cashews, we got some different kinds of peppers in the bottom there and just kind of cook that all together. >> i'm not a green bean fan, but that smells good. >> it is very good. >> while he's doing that, the other vegetable that we're

talking about is right here, one of my favorite vegetables. >> squash. >> what kind of a squash? >> spaghetti. >> a lot of folks see it but don't know what it is. cut it in half. if you look here, we put some sherry, salt, pepper, a little bit of whole butter. once it's done, you flake it out, it looks like spaghetti. a little bit of chopped garlic. handle it just like spaghetti. a little chopped garlic in there, working, smelling, does it smell as good as bacon? >> and you don't have to use an italian accent when you do that. >> i'm good for homer simpson. a little chopped tomato, a little salt and pepper. >> i like that. now let me ask you just a quick question, does it come out like spaghetti? >> yes, as a matter of fact once you roast it because we rub it in oil, cut it in half, take the seeds out, put it in the oven and watch this. it flakes out, it comes out

just like spaghetti. >> cool. i didn't know that. >> we treat it the exact same way. >> we're doing it very simply with whole butter but you could have put a marinea with it. >> i want to mention you guys have some appearances coming up at whole foods this sunday 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the whole foods on river road and then saturday, february 4th at the whole foods on leesburg pike but maybe we will see you here before then. merry christmas, happy holidays to both of you. thank you very much. >> god bless you. >> always a pleasure to have you here. >> that's it. we'll be back -- no. we're going to go out to annie yu who is with the billy elliot cast and annie is wearing a tutu with pants. haven't seen that before. annie, take it away. reporter: don't make fun. there is a reason for this, tony. i'm being joined here by ty. we've been hanging out all morning. he is actually one of five billies, right? >> yep. reporter: tell us why there are five billies for the show.

>> our role is very physically demanding, so we -- so we rotate and we share the role and we have two shows a week. reporter: so how do you know which week you're playing? is it all sort of organized and preplanned out? >> the rotation changes every week. reporter: i see. >> so they give us two weeks of our rotation so we know what nights we're on and what nights we're standby and stuff. reporter: earlier in the morning we learned you started dancing when you were 9, right? >> yep. reporter: and you're 13. >> correct. reporter: so what's your dancing background and what do you love most? >> i started when i was 9 with hip-hop classes, and then i decided to try -- like i ted tr stuff and then it just sort of went on from there and i just started dapsing. i really like all of them. i don't think i have a favorite yet. reporter: when you decided, okay, i'm going to audition for

"billy elliot" and you went to the whole audition thing. what was the process like? >> i went to an audition in toronto where i'm from, and it's an open audition, anybody could try out. and then i didn't get the callback the first time, and then the kids' casting director, nora brennan called me and said they're coming back to toronto and wanted me to come do the audition again. and so i went and i got the callback in new york and the rest is history. reporter: the rest is history. and what do you like to do for fun? you're still 13. >> yeah. well, i am 13. reporter: although he seems like he's 35. my goodness, he's so polished and poised. like that discipline. >> i like sort of relaxing and -- reporter: come on. don't hide it. >> i love spending time with the other kids. we have a cool cast. reporter: you love potato chips. >> i love potato chips. reporter: i like reduced fat,

he loves full fat. >> i love potato chips. reporter: let's explain to our friends at home why i'm wearing this tutu. >> well, because she's a balance erin a. -- ballerina. our company, even myself we put on tutus and do a number called "finale," it's like a celebration on stage with the company. reporter: tony was making fun of me for wearing this over my clothes but that's what you guys do. >> that's right. reporter: if you make fun of me, you make fun of the entire cast, tony, right? >> yes. reporter: so you're going to show me the classic billy jump. set this up a little bit. what's the meaning behind it? >> on our original billboard, it's a boy doing a jump and our arms go up like this, and then we just jump and we tuck our knees in. reporter: so are you ready to do it with me? >> i am ready. go! reporter: yay!

excellent, excellent. if you would like to come out and check out this award- winning musical "billy elliot," log on to our website, myfoxdc.com, we have tickets for $25 and it is going on until january 15th. do it again. ready? >> yes. reporter: go. yay. back to you in the studio. >> not bad. >> thanks, annie. >> and the tutu looks good. we'll have a final check of weather when we come back. plus we are decorating the fox 5 christmas tree once again. stay with us. we'll have another ornament for you. state farm. this is jessica.

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a look at your five-day forecast, hey, clouds are going to quickly increase this afternoon, much, much cooler. we'll have a lot of wind around and temperatures falling back into the 40s. in fact, we're in the 40s now. jacket weather, don't believe that 61.

generally the weekend looks nice. could be a snow shower late saturday night into early sunday morning, otherwise sunshine and cool weather saturday and sunday if you've got last minute shopping plans, that kind of thing and back into the 50s early next week. >> you smell like bacon, tucker. >> i just discovered bacon in the green beans. i want to show you this card here. we're going to hang another ornament. this is from the paskell jones family, sheri, wayne, christopher and dustin. it says tony parkins pointing up at that cute little kitty. i think they think of me as a cute little kitty. isn't that nice? >> very nice. >> the ornament is for the tree. well, that would be obvious. >> look at the packaging, though. they really do love you. look at that. >> thank you. that is very nice. it's a beautiful ornament, would you like to hang it? >> may i show it off? okay. there it is, gorgeous. here we go. putting it on the tree. right