chenevey >> i am sarah simmons in for alison seymour. >> let's find out what is happening in the world of weather. both of you and all our viewers as well we will get some rainfall moving into the region we should sea some good rain across -- see some good rain across the washington area. temperatures at area airports, off to a cool start, temperatures 40s. 42 regan national, 40 dulles, 40 bw i marshall here is a look at satellite radar composite much in the way of cloud cover a couple light showers moving into the region, primarily off to the west and south and west of the city but the real bulk of the rain still a ways away associated with this low pressure system that is going to make its way up the coast and bring us period of moderate rainfall during the course of today. we expect to get an inch of

rain or sox in the washington area before it is all over. so get ready it will be here later on this morning and then through the afternoon your forecast looks like this we want plenty of clouds, rain developing light winds high only 46 degrees. i say only but that is a seasonal temperature that is a look what is happening with weather gwen will take over in a couple minutes. hey, lauren. first, lighter volume than typical morning rush, good news rain has not begun yet today nice dry commute at this point let's take a lookout there, dealing with an accident, northbound 95, near mixing bowl it is in the the median travelling is not impacted flashing lights a distraction something to lookout for. we did have reports of slow traffic northbound 5 heading across the occoquan. not too slow.

pretty smooth trip at this point i-95, 395 looks great from the belt way across the 14th street bridge. belt way incident free as you travel 66 inbound disabled vehicle on the right shoulder near 123, fair oaks to 70 no accidents or incidents to report for you. outer loop to the left of your screen a bit of volume other than that you should be in pretty good shape. top story this hour, al qaeda taking responsibility for the deadly attacks in iraq that killed near hi 70 people last week. online, al qaeda in iraq claimed to have carried out the coordinated bombings in iraq. it comes as iraq seems to be inching toward collapse. the prime minister has arrested the vice president for running

a death squad. final frenzied push, a lot have not made up their minds yet, so iowa is anyone's guess. sherry. >> for months republican voters have cycled through countless front runners now the iowa caucuses are weeks away, it is decision time. ron paul and mitt romney are neck and neck with half of voters still undecided there may still be some surprises. >> i am going to do something to government, make it simpler will, smaller, smarter. >> reporter: in a flurry of new ads and last minute stops, republican field of last minute candidates is working at a feverish pace. >> that is the reason i called for a part-time congress. >> reporter: ron paul and mitt romney are in a statistical

tie, newt gingrich dropped, rick perry is competing with bachmann and santorum for the an gel call vote. can paul expand the base to over take one of them. >> reporter: gingrich who vows after romney on economic issues and calling him a massachusetts moderate. former pennsylvania senator, rick santorum has visited all 99 counties but not spent any time in the spotlight his prospects appear to be brightening but he is trying to manage expectations. >> when you sit last, if you can do better than that, it is good. now ron paul appears to have the most momentum at the moment but faces questions about a controversial news letter with anti semitic and anti gay comments paul says he didn't write it and disavows the message. president obama's jobs

approval rating is on the rise according to the latest gallup tracking poll, 47% of americans approve of the president's job performance. 45% say they disprove. this is the first time since the summer the approval ratings are in positive territory. investigators are calling a house fire in frederick maryland suspicious flames first reported at the home in the 3800 block of sugar loaf parkway 10:30 p.m. last night firefighters were able to keep it contained to two garages, it is considered suspicious at this point fortunately no body hurt. >> howard county investigators trying to pinpoint the cause of a motel fire. flames were first reported at white oak motel in oakridge. by the time the firefighters got there the second floor was engulfed all customers evacuated on their own. the cause again still under

investigation. police arrested a man accused of murdering two people and abducting a toddler in richmond. clemens was taken into custody late yesterday afternoon accused in the christmas eve murder of two people. he broke into the home, murdered the two people then stole an suv with a 2-year-old in the backseat the toddler was not hurt and is now back with his family. >> e motional plea for witnesses to come forward and help solve a christmas day murder. 23-year-old quentin perry junior was shot and killed walking near an austin hill apartment complex he was on the way home from the store after picking up items for his two daughters. >> last thing i said to him when he left i said i love you brother be safe. >> anyone with information should give prince georges county police a call. >> search continues for a

disabled maryland man now missing 11 days the 33-year-old left on a train he thought was headed from dc to alabama but never made it and no one has seen him since. >> mitchell smith is blind, has been missing for 10 days now and his family is plenty worried. >> you know, he is not knowing anything. he want to know where, what if he is okay. and as i say, that is what is so surprising to me, if he is okay why hasn't he called. >> relatives dropped him off at union station the evening of december 16th he had a ticket to birmingham a route he had taken many times before they turned him over to amtrak red caps who usual lies sort him to the train >> he has to haveassistance and get off the train he has to have assistance. we assumed it was amtrak who helped him on and off. >> that evening something went

wrong he wound up on a train headed to new orleans instead a virginia woman who was a passenger on the train tells fox 5 she heard amtrak employees tell him he could get off in charlotte and wait several hours for the next train to birmingham then she watched them help him off the train at the charlotte stop. now a charlotte police detective is investigating another new lead >> he said that in the confusion, he said i want to go back to washington and amtrak is supposed to have put him back on the train to come here. >> it has been 10 days christmas has come and gone and the 33-year-old is still missing his family wants answers. >> we have a human being missing who is dependent on help from others so that is a little disturbing i understand it is the holidays but that does concern me as well. >> i am ross slater, fox 5 news. >> family is hoping investigators can get surveillance footage that might

help explain what happened so far they have been told all that has been delayed pause of the holidays >> chef >> -- because of the holidays. 7:08 a.m. from deadly tornadoes and wild fires to major snow storms mother nature delivered a blow this past year. a look back at the wild weather. >> it looks nice and dry but it will change. another look at your forecast and on time traffic when fox morning news comes back

from the bedroom you could see the fire and that work me right up. and it was absolutely terrifying. we got out of there as quickly as we could. i'm watching the house burn up and i'm sitting there saying, there goes everything. these days you don't have to lose your house in a fire to know what it's like to be left on the edge in the cold. the shelter gave us a place to stay. and citizens energy helped the shelter with heat. i'm excited to finally have a place of my own. citizens energy is helping us with the oil. citizens energy was created to help the forgotten ones keep warm.

we asked the big oil companies and oil producing nations to help. only citgo and the people of venezuela said yes. and this year, in spite of soaring fuel prices, congress cut home heating assistance nearly in half. while people need help more than ever. for the last seven years, citgo has helped families and homeless shelters in good times and in bad. thanks joe and thanks citgo. so if you need help staying warm this winter give me a call because no one should be left out in the cold.

seven years ago today we watched horrific images watching people get swept away by the indonesian tsunami. today they are remembering the destruction it was triggered by an under water earthquake that

devastated part of 14 countries one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. hard to believe it has been seven years. folks across the country have plenty to deal with in 2011. a look at this year's wild weather stories. >> mother nature hitting the u.s. with plenty of surprises this year. from hurricanes to an unexpected nor'easter headlines in 2011 were filled with stories of wild weather and natural disasters. a busy year for firefighters in the west and southwest. triple digit temperatures and dry conditions sparking thousands of wild fires in texas the most devastating blaze in state history, destroyed over 30,000-acres. >> oh, no,. >> reporter: and a deadly year for tornadoes, dangerous twisters ripping across the south back in april reducing thousands of homes to rubble,

killing more than 300 people across seven states in alabama alone, more than 200 people were killed. >> oh,. >> reporter: then in may a powerful ef-5 tornado touching down in joplin missouri completely destroying a small town killing 150 people. in august, hurricane irene, slammed states all along the east coast. the storm destroying homes, flooding roads and knocking down power lines. irene also creating a messy situation in maryland. check out ocean city and this reporter completely covered in foam. in vermont a dam is compromised causing hundreds to leave their homes. insult added to injury for arizona as a giant dust storm and record breaking temperatures, swept across parts of the state in august, temperatures reaching a

sizzling 117 degrees. filthy clouds of fog known as a haboob leaving resident's lungs filled with dirt, debris. to the mighty mississippi cresting at levels not seen in decades. april showers leaving a massive path of destruction along mississippi, louisiana, tennessee for many residents it will be a long time before the floods of 2011 are a dissubstantiate memory. >> old man winter strike -- are a distant memory. >> old man winter striking with a angry fist, making it one of the biggest and worst winter storms since 1950s. windy city receiving the brunt of the storm with more than 20 inches of snow, making this the third largest snow storm on record to hit chicago. hundreds of thousands of people losing power, schools shutting

down, businesses closed. and an unusually powerful october nor'easter dumping heavy wet snow from maine to maryland. millions in new jersey, massachusetts, connecticut left with out power several days, blamed for three deaths including a 20-year-old man in massachusetts who was electrocuted and that was the year in wild weather. we can only hope old man winter goes a little easier on us, this year. in new york, janice seen, fox news. after seeing all that we are getting off easy lately. >> i'm telling you. >> even today a little rain is no big deal. >> wonderful weekend, lots of sunshine, mild conditions let's see where we stand today is a little more active than it has been, we've got rainfall coming through right now 42 degrees national airport, 39 gaithersburg, 40 baltimore, 43 to the south frederiksburg.

martins burg 39 degrees and dulles at 41. satellite radar composite showing you plenty of clouds lots of rainfall moving in towards our door step we will see that in the course of the late morning and early afternoon hours a wide swath of moisture moving its way up from the south on the backside of it, colder air, so areas along the allegheny front could see snow showers from it but elsewhere we are talking rain and it will stick around through the entire day into this evening before it starts to get out of the picture. >> for today then cloudy skyrain your day planner showing you by the time we hit midday we will be 46 degrees our daytime high going to be about 46. could get warmer with the cloud coverage in some area, overcast skies, light winds those will pick up tonight however they will be gusty any where from 20 to 25-mile an hour wind gusts rain will be out of here by the time we hit evening hours but sticking around for the evening commute. >> messy one. all right thanks gwen.

>> let's check with lauren hi lauren. >> good news morning commute not too messy we have the one incident we have been following i-95 virginia as you head northbound right near the mixing bowl let's take a live look from traffic land serious wreck there, fire truck at the scene everything is in the median for the most part, left shoulder there, looks like they are now blocking maybe the ramp to the outer loop. delays from before 7100 as you head northbound 66 slow traffic off and on from 50 fair oaks, but we did have a disabled vehicle, that has cleared out of the way still dealing with off and on the brakes there. lost our camera but things look great on the belt way no problems reported virginia or maryland. light delays off and on as you head past shady grove road other than that not much of an

issue. 95, bw parkway, running both directions between belt ways no problems route 50, john hanson highway. virginia drivers ticketed for driving without proof of insurance, may get out of that fine. several lawyers says the not illegal to not have proof of insurance in your vehicle. prince phillip p returned to the royal family's country estate after being hospitalized for a blocked coronary artery. he spent four nights in the hospital after complaining about chest pains. this is the most serious health care suffered by phillip who is known to be active and robust. pretty good for 90. >> it is actually. >> all right it is right now, 7:19 a.m. on tuesday. update on one of yesterday's top stories shooting of a soldier at his

own home coming party. also later if you are looking for new years eve plans we have something for you, live at the preview at the omni shore hotel 

the man accused of shooting and paralyzing a soldier at his home coming party is in custody. the 19-year-old turned himself in yesterday, he is accused of shooting christopher sullivan at friday night's party after getting into a fight over football with his younger brother soldier had been in kentucky recovering from injuries in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. police looking for three men suspected of holding up

three prince georges county businesses they robbed a burger king restaurant december 5th one of the men acted as a lookout the other two jumped over the counter and emptied the cash register one had a gun they believe the trio held up a wendy's last month and family dollar store last week. police say they have found the stolen van that belonged to the charity organization, treats for troops involved in a crash in the district four people ran out of the vehicle it was stolen from an arlington home last week. he started treats for troops a few years ago to make sure troops get something sweet once in awhile there were 50 pounds in the van at the times the not clear what they took from that van. >> no word on who won that $125 million power ball jackpot in maryland we know the winning ticket was sold at wesley's restaurant and liquor store on christmas eve an unidentified man called the ease tab

accomplishment on -- establishment christmas morning and asked for numbers and said he was the winner. >> he said i will be in, two days to see you. want everything to settle down a bit. >> it is a big win for wesley's the business gets 25,000 dollars for selling the winning ticket. by the way there is a mega millions drawing tonight. at last check the jackpot was $206 million steve. >> i have to try to work on that one. >> 7:25 a.m., there are only four days left on 2011, can you believe it, coming up next half hour we will take a look back at the year in politics and ahead at what we can expect in 2012. >> check out this sent to us from nasa, it shows the moon and venus. stay with us, fox 5 news will be right back ñ

time for a look at stories making headlines a deadly helicopter crash in florida, killed a doctor from mayor clinic along with two other people onboard they were headed to university of florida

hospital to pick up a heart for transplant when the chopper went down it can no longer be used in another transplant because its viability expired the patient who was waiting for it, continues to wait for another organ. utah woman used facebook, to get her and her 17 month old disabled son rescued after they were being held captive five days she hid in a closet with the laptop and posted she would be dead by morning if they were not rescued someone saw the post is called police they got to the home and arrest add 33- year-old man. >> looking for an easy way to get rid of your christmas tree. starting to day prince georges county residents can participate in a freery cycling program leave the undecorated tree at the curb on your normally scheduled collection day and someone will pick it up. the program will be going on until january 31st. or leave it until the end

of january i think is what we usually end up doing. >> today is last day of hanukkah. ♪ [ music ] >> they surprised shoppers in santa monica california with a flash mob on the third street promenade. they have performed twice at the white house. >> very nice a lot of fun. >> flash mobs are popular now. >> that is true. thankfully they were not guilty doing anything ill lee -- they were not doing anything illegal. >> changes ahead to prepare for exactly what you can expect, because today will be a different kind of day. plenty of sunshine, mild conditions for the holiday weekend so hopefully you were able to get out and make all your visits and enjoy it. this morning, temperature not

bad, 42 degrees this hour for national airport, 41 dulles, 40 degrees at baltimore, but clouds are in abundance everywhere and will continue to move in across the entire area ahead of a system that will bring rainfall plenty of that is across areas of the south and west of us we will see pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall throughout the course of the day as well. be prepared on the backside a lot of cooler air, areas along the allegheny front could see a snow shower or two. wet weather throughout the day by the time we get into late morning or afternoon hours, it will start to fill in and sticking around right through until the evening hours, we are not going to get much of a break this afternoon at all from it. a look at how much rain we anticipate. we are looking any where from a half inch to inch and a half overall. a little less than that to areas of the far southeast, here is future cast by the time we move into the afternoon hours it will be in full swing with heavy pockets of rainfall

across the region. once again keep the umbrella handy it will be around for your evening commute, around the 4, 5, 6:00 p.m. hour by the time we hit 7:00 p.m., it is all out of the way a ridge of high pressure will start to build in behind all this and that will set us up for drier air and sunshine with a few lingering clouds as we move into the later part of the week. a look at the 5 day forecast wet weather, gusty winds tonight as well winds are light this afternoon by tonight expecting them to pick up, 20 to 25 miles an hour that will be the same story wednesday that low pressure system pulls out and ridge of high pressure pulls in the pressure gradient between the two will be pretty tight we will see plenty of gusty winds not bad rest of the week wednesday to saturday, sun and clouds and slowly creep back to low 50s again by the end of the week. let's check now with lauren demarco. we do have the one trouble spot northbound 95 at the

mixing bowl just before the last hit we saw they had blocked off some of the lanes to head toward the hov exit for the outer loop let's take a live look and see what we've got going on now. looks like you are able the squeeze by, if you can still access the outer loop, far left there things are heavy and slow as you head northbound 95 approaching this accident activity, most part in the median you can see delays approaching the fairfax county parkway, slow traffic in the center of the screen to the left you have the hov lanes moving okay and southbound traffic no problems for you, 66 seeing heavy traffic, fair oaks towards 123, earlier disabled vehicle, your lane should be open at this point no problems to report on the belt way. nice easy trip through montgomery county. brief volume on the outer loop heading through silver spring. you are in good shape your lanes open inbound new york avenue, route 50 looks good as well. that is a check of your fox 5

on time traffic. >> thanks. calls continue for the release of a maryland man arrested in cuba he was arrested two years ago accused of being a spy. gross says he was part of a jewish outreach effort to provide internet service to the island. since his arrest his wife says he has lost 100 pounds and in severe pain from an untreated illness his daughter is recovering from breast cancer his 89-year-old mother is suffering from inoperable cancer his family wants him home. >> we've gotten word the cuban government is releasing 2900 prisoners and alan gross is not one of them we are standing as christians as jews and others, in solidarity to ask that the cuban government release alan gross and make him 2901 because injustice any where is injustice everywhere. >> the inner faith group plans to rally every monday at noon

until his release. we are going to ring in the new year this weekend of course joining us now as we take a look back at the old year 2011s biggest political headlines, political editor human events happy holidays. >> happy new year merry christmas. >> before we get to next year let's look back on last year what was the big political event headlines of 2011. >> in terms of american politics per se the presidential campaign started early, gets earlier and earlier every four years but on the other hand, all of the developments in american politics, were dwarfed by the clash on capitol hill between republicans and the house s the other end of pennsylvania avenue, president obama. and everything was transcended by the arab spring, when a fruit ped lar named mohammed, set himself on fire and took his own life, set off a fire that spread through the middle

east and changed the political development there forever. those dwarfed anything that would happen on the campaign trail and how the campaign trail moves up to top drawer. >> after that happened in 2011, as we get now close to the end of the year we don't seem to have settled much of that dispute between what is happening on capitol hill and the white house. >> it doesn't look that way and i think it is going to raise the debate to a very clear conflict over what role government should play in our lives what taxes will be like what the size of governments will be, and as negative and rank rows as the debate was it also set the stage for a very clear difference between the two major parties as they go to the polls in 2012. >> you mention the race for the white house we look at things on the republican side in 2011 we had a year of peaks and

valleys, candidates would emerge as a front runner and then falloff and then emerge as a front runner and then fall off a cliff. how did you find that compared to the past. >> not that much different to be honest with you, if you look at the democratic race, in 04, for example, there was a time when the national press and a lot of my colleagues thought general wesley clark was going to be the front runner, he did not even farewell in iowa and new hampshire. four years ago on the republican side, fred thompson was considered a top front runner and at one point lead all of the opponents he didn't do well when all the real voting came about. now newt gingrich had it for 73 days about as long as kim kardashians wedding. >> now we have to move forward into 2012 where eventually someone will be selected. we are close to iowa now what do you see happening. >> my goodness depends what

hour of the day it is. today it is just a little after 7:30 a.m., i would say that mitt romney and ron paul are fighting for the first place in iowa, and newt gingrich who had a lot of momentum has suffered some injury, shall we say, in the last week or so, but i think the big problem is less what he says, or any position he takes than the argument that he would admire namely, that he cannot organize, he does not have an infantry on the ground that is beginning to show in the hawk eye state. >> what do you think about what has been made in virginia and a lot of cam dates not getting on the -- candidates not getting on the primary ballot. >> you are referring to gingrich but also santorum who is a resident of the state and governor forry of texas. gain falls into that category

of one night stand for position of front runner it reflects a fact that not any of these candidates have fought beyond these early stages of the campaign beyond iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and florida which rounds out january. it is like the line in the end of the candidates, robert red ford wins the election and says what do i do now. i don't think they ever thought about what they do if they win those first races. >> is it possible in an election year like 2012 to have any political story that will prompt the presidential election. >> certainly i think if congress were ever to agree with the president on a budget finally, that would be a very dramatic story. if we were to see a stable government, emerge in egypt or libya, that was able to hold on and reign successfully for a few months, that would be a

major story remember there are major elections going on in russia now, which is most interesting, in france, and all of those would have impact on the 21st century. >> you have a web series coming out, disney's america. >> i was waiting for you to ask. it will feature yours truly on the road in different places, commenting on american politics, it will be wheels up for des moines this week and following week, snows of new hampshire and eventually the other primary states. i will rely on the contacts ave states over the years i think it will be a different kind of report. i hope you do too. >> where do we go to find this. >> just go to human events.com or simply go to youtube/dizzi's

america. we will start watching as of next week. >> yes. >> thanks so much always a pleasure. >> okay happy new year. >> happy 2012. thank you both it is now 7:40 a.m. on tuesday, history was made last night in the nfl more on that when we check out some other stories making headlines this morning. we will see wet weather today gwen is back with a look at the forecast. a little bit of the sunrise right now, trust us clouds and rain moving in fox 5 morning news returns after this take the finish challenge.

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>> time for a look at stories making headlines, the new year may not ring in new jobs economists don't expect much change in unemployment numbers, according to an associated press survey, rates will be stuck at recession level even though the economy should pick up in 2012 it will remain as a rule herbal. -- vulnerable. the wizards set a 21 point lead in the first half things were looking great,

unfortunately in basketball they play two halves, nets won the second half. >> record setting night for saints quarterback, dru breeze. it gave him 5,087 passing yards for the year, breaking dan mareno's old mark in 1984. the saints clinched the a fc south title. >> great per poor fanses congratulations to the saint -- performances congratulations to the saints. >> we will have to worry about rain today, it will effect your commute by this evening prepare yourself ahead of time we are giving you fair warning. here is a look where things stand right now across our area. we will start off with temperatures i think. 42 degrees national airport, 44 annapolis, 43 frederiksburg to the south, to the north hagerstown. 39 degrees this hour, same martins burg and 32 dot west

for cumberland not a bad start to the day a lot of clouds i can't give you any sunshine to speak of today at all it will be overcast, throughout the entire daisy the rain now moving it way a little closer and by the time we hit late morning, early afternoon hours this is exactly what we will see, plenty of rainfall it is potent it has an awful lot of moisture with it on the backside cooler air kicking in around the allegheny front the blue ridge could see a few snow showers prepare yourself in terms of the wet weather for here, for the day. coastal flood advisory in effect, tuesday 3:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. wednesday winds will pick up tonight, they will be gusty this afternoon winds will be light, overcast rain, 46 degrees daytime high as i mention that rain is going to be sticking around through the day. it will be out of here by around maybe 7 or so. >> a rainstorm. >> have to deal with it for the evening commute so far the

morning looks food. >> at least we don't have to deal -- good. >> at least we don't have to deal with it on both ends, one incident. 95 northbound virginia, we have that accident the activity in the median. we have two left lanes blocked hov lanes heading towards the outer loop. you are able to get by. here is the belt way itself, no problems on that outer loop towards the wilson bridge, running well both directions no problems on the belt way, montgomery county. 66 running well, the only area where i saw some volume between manassas and centerville other than that, you are in good shape, 270, no problems out of frederick, rockville for the split. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. sarah. prince georges county executive looking at almost everything to raise new revenue and deal with a possible budget

short fall. he will consider supporting an increase in the state's gas tax and talk as well about bringing slot machine gambling to the county. >> we would like to say good morning to today's facebook fan of the day, carmen moore. today is carmen's birthday and she will definitely start her special day with fox 5, and wished us a wonderful day. well, the same to you carmen on your birthday. if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day post a comment. great photo. >> 7:48 a.m., believe it or not there are only four days left in 2011. >> today annie is giving us a look at one fun way the ring in the new year. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i am ready to ring in 2012 out here, travelling all around the world in one night is the theme for this year we have the prime time band playing in the background next some salsa dancing and caribbean flair

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the count down to ringing in the new year continues. >> annie yu giving a look at a new years eve party that plans to be an unforgettable night. your skills looking good out there. >> reporter: you know, normally i stay in for new years eve and watch television i know lame but this i may come out for. we are having so much fun out here how cool you can travel to 10 citys in one night without ever leaving the city here at

the omni, the ceo of things to do dc.com is here. >> good morning. >> reporter: we have kicked things off here i feel we are in a new years eve bash now tell us about the event. >> we have been doing it for years what i love about it, ten parties in one a celebration of many nations with a cirque touch. we have a euro room, bollly wood room live caribbean room, we have a salsa room, we have a live irish band in our dublin room. karaoke in our japan room and we have a spectacular, clowns, acrobats, aerial and ground. >> you really celebrate a nation. united states, vegas and times square, ireland, rio,

havana cuba, jamaica, japan, tokyo. >> if you want to come out here tell us about the options as far as packages go. >> well, come at 9:00 p.m. main ticket gala, food, buffet an open bar, 1:30 a.m., if you want to spend less money come after dinner 10:30 p.m., $130 price come at 7:00 p.m. for sit down dinner, waiter served, go straight to the party from there. >> each year this event sells out, so encourage people to come out and sign up soon. >> we have 1500 people so far we sell 2,000 plus tickets, buy them soon price is going up every night this week at 10:00 p.m. >> last year where was it held. the will lard, we have done the ritz carleton, four seasons, fairmont. hotels change some times every few years we love it here we might just stay here forever.

>> i think the theme is so awesome right now we have the prime time band playing we will just tell them to take it away guys. ♪ [ music ] ♪ tonight, i want all of you tonight, give me everything tonight, for all we know we might not get tomorrow, let's do it tonight ♪ ♪ [ music ] ♪ [ music ] come out and hear prime

time live log on to myfoxdc.com this is on new years eve, 9 to 2:00 a.m. here, it is $189 per person but there are multiple packages to choose from and they sell out every year. get your tickets asap. back to you steve and sarah. >> we can see why annie. well, tuesday morning after 8:00 a.m. we will look back at stories that effected your hard earned money. 25-year-old jamie bell is the voice of tin tin. he says it was a role he dreamed about as a child he sat down with kevin mccarthy, we will take a look at that in our next hour. time 7:56 a.m. 

al qaeda in iraq claimingresponsibility for a wave of attacks that killed nearly 70 people. >> one week to go until the iowa caucus there is still no clear front runner in the gop

race. a closer look coming up. 25-year-old jamie bell, that gentleman there, the voice of tin tin in the new steven spielberg film it was a role he dreamed about as a child he sat down with kevin mccarthy we will share that in a few minutes. >> i am steve chenevey. >> i am tony perkens in for alison seymour. straight up 8:00 a.m., gwen is here with details on rainy weather. >> definitely keep your umbrella handy we have a real soaker pushing in to our region. we are dealing with clouds not bad to a start to the day. 42 degrees national airport been that for the last couple hours, 41 dulles, 40 degrees bwi and here is a look at the cloud coverage across the area, that is going to continue to thicken into the course of the day wet weather will gradually move in even more we will have widespread rainfall and pockets of heavy to moderate rainfall

as well be prepared as we head through on the backside cooler air along the blue ridge allegheny front, they can even see snow showers we are talking mainly a rain event here is a look at numbers, half inch to an inch and a half of rainfall is possible to southeast, less than half an inch is anticipated. so for today cloudy skies, plenty of wet weather it will stick around right through until the early part of the evening hours before it is all said and done by midday 46 degrees and by 4:00 p.m., the same thing t winds will pick up into the -- the winds will pick up into the course of tonight. i am showing you temperatures once again, no more clicking. over clicking. >> you can do the whole thing over. >> gluesy winds tonight. hang -- gusty winds tonight hang on to your hat. rush hour pretty much over, late volume on all of our major

arteries, a few accidents to talk about, northbound, st. stevens church road montgomery county, east of montgomery village. we have been dealing with a police investigation as well. all of that shouldn't cause you too much of a headache we have that nice light volume out there. let's look at the roadways as you travel the belt way nice easy trip around college park past new hampshire avenue, outer loop, heading away from us into silver spring, bethesda nothing to worry about at this point, american legion bridge wide open, prince georges county past route 50, inner and outer loops running at speed no delays to report across the wilson bridge. 95 northbound we have been dealing with a wreck at the mixing bowl, still activity in the median delays are gone. 95 also running well, across the occoquan, 395, no problems

on the belt way, past duke street, nice open reed to the 14th street bridge. we will head back over to steve. all right thank you very much let's head over, a claim of responsibility for a series of deadly bombings in iraq that killed 70 people. al qaeda in iraq said it was the group behind the coordinated blasts thursday. in an online statement the islamic state of iraq says the attacks were meant to support sunis in prison it came one week after the u.s. pulled out of iraq. steve the first contest for the 2012 republican presidential nomination is a week away. candidates are now gearing up for their first big electoral test of the season. for more on who if anybody is leading in iowa we turn to fox 5s. sherry lee. >> well, tony, ron paul and mitt romney are neck and neck in this roller coaster year

that has seen front runners come and go, many voters remain undecided since the iowa caucuses are typically decided by a very small number of people this could get interesting. >> ron paul is considers a serious threat to win iowa, the vote is organized and energized just over 22%, paul leads romney with 21% in an average of polls taken before christmas. perry is gaining, at 12%. after a one day christmas break, romney and perry both launched new ads. >> it is imperative for america to stop spending more money than we take in. if washington is the problem why trust a congressman to fix it. >> reporter: they use commercials, cables, social media and more debates than more and did far less meet and greet with iowa and new

hampshire voters, the 2008 caucus winner, mike huckabee had a mailing list he went town to town recruiting home schoolers, and christian youth groups. >> i would probably say mitt romney will end up winning it today now i think again, ron paul because of his organization and that is where mitt is really at a disadvantage he doesn't have the devotion if the weather is good, mitt romney is in better shape if the weather is bad and it is real tough to get out, ron paul will win. rick santorum, who promised to run a traditional caucus campaign has worked hardest, for several weeks as gingrich has fallen and people have neared their final decision santorum has gotten new buzz. still in the field of 7 only two are being organized to compete nationwide, romney and paul only they submitted the

required 10,000 ballots sufficient to qualify for the virginia ballot, on super tuesday in march, the rest didn't qualify and won't be on virginia's ballot,. when we talk about how many are undecided in iowa here are what the polls are saying more than half of caucus goers have not made up their mind on a candidate now that ron paul is a front runner he is facing more scrutiny. all right thank you very much. >> president barack obama is getting a boost in his approval ratings the latest gallup poll shows 47% approve of the way he is doing his job 45% do not approve of the president's job performance it is the first time since summer numbers are in positive territory. new this morning investigators are trying to determine what caused a house fire in frederick maryland the

flames first reported last night 10:30 p.m. sugar loaf parkway firefighters were able to keep it contained to two garages but it is suspicious. no one was hurt. >> still waiting on word on what sparked a fire in a motel in howard county. 6100 block washington boulevard, in elk ridge by the time firefighters arrived the second floor was fully engulfed all customers got out on their own it took crews 15 minutes to get the fire under control. the cause still under investigation. >> police have arrested a man accused of murdering two people and abducting a toddler in richmond. he was taken into custody at a home in richmond late yesterday afternoon accused in the christmas eve murders of edward boemer and robin, he broke into the home murdered two people and stole an suv with a 2-year- old in the backseat the toddler was not hurt and is back with his family. local family asking any

potential witnesses to come far ward and help solve a christmas day murder. 23-year-old quentin perry junior was shot and killed walking near an austin hill apartment complex south view drive 11:00 a.m. sunday morning the dc resident was on his way home from the store after picking up items for his two daughters. last thing i said to him, when he left, i said i love you, brother, be safe. >> anyone with information should give prince georges county police a call. all right 8 minutes past the hour on this tuesday morning when we come back we will look at the biggest stories that effected your hard earned money. >> everything is dry now we will see wet weather later today, gwen is back with a look at the forecast when fox 5 morning news returns it is 8:08 a.m. 

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not many places have white christmases including up north

in wisconsin. these folks are in the complaining they are getting work done. taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather for this time of year, builders are preparing roofs and siding on houses something they usually don't get to do until spring. farm crews are clearing brush and cutting down trees getting a head start on spring cleaning, temperatures milwaukee, pushing 40 degrees. >> for december leading into january that is good might as well get it done. >> gwen is here she has a look at the latest forecast, we've got rain coming on the way before we get to that gwen you have other duties. >> very important duty i only entrust it to people who really would carry this role well you know that right tony. >> i do. >> okay. touche. we know it is time for our cuteness factor our first five photo of the day, take a look at this little cutie, little leo isn't he adorable, we are still showing those cute

christmas pictures to everybody this picture came with a caption that said, it is a warm christmas for santa in the metro area. >> like a christmas present. >> look at him he is so cute with his little santa hat on he looks like he is at the age where he had fun with that christmas three. >> wonder if he got a shirt for christmas. >> maybe. >> he is so sweet. well, we want to tell you, the please send us your child's picture we would love to see your first 5 little one and our cuteness factor of the day go to myfoxdc.com click on mornlings, i am -- mornings i am sure little leo got everything he asked for for christmas i am sure he was one of santa's favorites. here is look at temperatures, 43 degrees national airport, 41 manassas, 40 baltimore, 42 degrees at dulles and 39 degrees hagerstown, 32 cumberland. we are looking at clouding moving in all this morning

ahead of a system that will bring us widespread rainfall you can see it edging its way through. light but leavier pockets of rainfall we expect before it is all said and done a wide swath of moisture that will move in across the region. it will stick around through until the early part of the evenings, it will impact your evening commute around the 4, 5:00 p.m. hour as well winds will pick up tonight fairly strong and gusty coastal flood in effect, until 1:00 a.m. wednesday. so be aware of that, tides expected to be above average. here is a look at your 5 day forecast rain today gusty winds tonight lingering through to wednesday, dry day wednesday but winds will be pretty brisk temperatures creep into the low 50s by the end of the week mixture of sun and clouds right through to the rest of the week. keep the umbrella handy let's check with lauren demarco >> chef >> hey, gwen we have an accident reported in virginia, wood bridge area, northbound

route 1 furnace road watch out for that, otherwise we are looking good, let's take a live look i-95, we had the accident at the mixing bowl, contained to the median and delays have eased out so you are in very good shape as you head northbound out of wood bridge through springfield approaching the belt way. no problems to report belt way itself virginia, 395 looks good from the mixing bowl past the pentagon, towards the 14th street bridge. 66 dealing with delays, hopefully leaving fair oaks towards 123, that is cleared out you are in good shape montgomery county, watch for accident activity there. otherwise really no issues to report that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. heads up for drivers virginia it will cost you more to drive on the dulles toll road rates go up, 25%, to the

main toll plaza, to $1.50. it will help pay for the dulles corridor metro rail project. >> starting sunday you will want to take your own bags in montgomery county. stores will be required to charge you 5¢ for plastic bags the only one that does not cost is bulk items like fresh produce and doggy bags from restaurants and those for prescriptions. only four more days left in the year we thought we would take time to look back at 2011. joining us now robert long the managing editor of kiplinger.com. a lot happened this year, generally speaking my sense of things is that the general consumer didn't come out ahead this year. there were cases where the consumers did win as you know, we create lists this time of year this is what we do we

capture the big event for the year. we are all ability personal finance our list is the biggest finance story of the r those that hit us in the pocketbook for better and worse. we hope our viewers is readers will learn from the mistakes of the past and see opportunities to prosper. >> we should point out online and in the magazine you do have strategies for making 2012 better but let's talk about what happened this year i guess the big story was the stock market and volatility >> . >> it is the big story. the risks and opportunities associated with market volatility are far greater than a few dollars in bank fees we will tack about far greater than a few hundred dollars savings on a drop in technology prices people made mistakes in response to the market volatility in 2011 that are really costing them a year or two years or more in retirement these are big mistakes. let's talk about what happened

in 2011 we saw 29 days, where the closing gain or loss, was 2% or more. usually we see five of those. 29 of those days just through november 2011 we are still counting, and when you put that into context per se, near retiree, pay a million dollars in their nest egg 2% loss in the day is $20,000, 4%, $40,000. you put those days together you can understand how panicked people are. people are still scarred, if you will, since 2008 afraid of seeing that big loss 30% or more. when they start to see 5 or 10% losses, that is when the panic comes in they are really just locking in losses at that point, smarter buyers are coming in and profiting. so generally, i mean you know, obviously depends on the individual but generally speaking better to just stay

in, rather than sell off and panic. >> yeah, you don't want to lock in losses and panic sell. we at kiplinger do a buy and hold, what we try to tell people to do in volatile markets ignore the market ignore the ticker symbols focus on the fundamentals of your portfolio if you have good investments you like stick with them if they are producing more risk than you are comfortable with, that is when you get rid of them if you are comfortable with a 10% loss let it stand. >> you mentioned banking fees this is a story where consumers seemingly won. >> i can speak to this personally my backlash against big banks started a year ago in 2010 i guess i am ahead of the curve but my wife and i were noticing a sudden increase in fees, disinterested customer service we switched i had been with my old bank 20 years switched to a local bank in

virginia, don't pay fees at atms get a friendly greeting when we come to the branch no regrets whatsoever n. 2011, i think everybody started taking it personally when bank of america and a lot of the big banks started imposing the debit card fee, fees just to get access to your own money. and you did one of the best things we can all do take your business elsewhere let them know why >> this year marked well, the year before but this year really, you saw it at christmas time the tablet wars for a product that wasn't even here three years ago extraordinary what has happened. >> another case that is good, another case where we as consumers are indeed winning, it is the same story we are seeing with big technology, big screen tvs coming down in price, 2010 we had the ipad coming out with a price tag of $500. i bought my wife an ipad for christmas, in 2010 this year what i am seeing is amazon's

kindle fire coming out at $199 a lot of people were supposed to get that for christmas this year. if you can hold out longer 2012 the price will come down again. >> let's talk about something a big problem for people, tuition costs they just continue to go up and up and up. >> one of the deeper and more meaningful conversations we have in our editorial meetings is the question is college really still worth it. a fair question given the soaring cost. i've got numbers here, $17,000 average price tag for an in state student at a public school. private colleges talking about $38,000, those numbers are up 6%, just over 2,000, and we are shouldering -- students are shouldering a tonne of student loan debt as they enter a tough economy i think it forced students and parents to rethink

that tradition of college experience they are looking at community colleges now to start out they are looking at in state schools, public schools, and really, making sure they make a smart decision, with their major making sure they are not spending a fortune on a college degree that will not lead to the job process. >> it is unfortunate, increases and cost for college are starting to price -- not starting been going on for awhile but pricing people out of that. interesting we will have to have you back some other time i like that topic, is college worth it, that is a big question. >> we still think it can be, we have to make a smart choice. >> robert long with the managing editor of kiplingers. steve back to you. >> 8:22 a.m., tuesday morning. 25-year-old jamie bell is the voice of tin tin in the new steven spielberg film. it was a role he dreamed about as a child. the actor sat down with kevin

mccarthy. >> if you are still looking for new years eve plans we have a preview of fun you can find at theomni hotel in the district stay with us over 200,000 people are hospitalized every year

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the man accused of shooting and paralyzing a soldier at his home coming party is in custody 19-year-old reuben ray turned himself in yesterday, he is accused of shooting christopher sullivan at friday night's party after getting into a fight over football with sullivan's younger brother soldier had been in kentucky recovering from injuries he got in a suicide bombing attack in afghanistan. >> police looking for three men suspected of holding up at least three prince georges county stores. they were caught robbing a burger king december 5th one man acted as a lookout as the other two jumped over the counter and emptied the crash register one had a gun -- cash register, one had what gun they believe they held up a wendy's last month and family dollar store last week if you recognize any of them, police want to hear from you. >> police found a stolen band that belongs to a charity organization, treats for troops it was involved in a crash in the district and four people

ran out of the vehicle. it was stolen from arlington last week. he started treat for troops last year to make sure the troops got something sweet while they were away. it is not clear what they took. 8:27 a.m. on tuesday morning divorce is tough and it can often turn ugly. collaborative divorce, is trying to make things easier we will take a closer look at that. we will see wet weather later today, probably not too long from now, gwen is back with a look at the forecast when fox 5 morning news returns do stay with us

as we check headlines a deadly crash in florida killed a doctor from the mayo clinic he was on a helicopter along with two others, they were headed to university of florida hospital to pick up a heart for a heart transplant when the chopper crashed into that

swampy area monday the heart can no longer be used by another transplant because its viability expired the patient who was to receive that heart now must wait for a new organ. ntsb is investigating the crash. remarkable story a utah woman used facebook to get herself and her 17 month old disabled son rescued after being held captive for five day it is woman hid in a closet with a laptop and posted she would quote be dead by morning, if they were not rescued. someone saw the post called police, eventually officers went to the home and arrest add 33-year-old man. >> looking for an easy way to get rid of your christmas tree, starting to day, if you are done with the holidays prince georges county residents can participate in a free recycling program leave your undecorated tree at the curb on your normally scheduled trash pick up day. or take that tree to one of many drop off locations around the county and do so up until

january 31st. maybe by that time it will start the feel like winter. >> maybe -- well, no, not really >> probably not but at that time i am sure there won't be much left of the tree to take outside. >> not in another month. >> it will dry up. >> you said january 31st sorry i thought you said december 31st. i am sick. >> 2011. >> it is okay. >> we don't want to relive some of those winters. >> focus on this. >> no winter effect today except it is a little cool outside rain headed our way, keep the umbrella handy let's start with temperatures they are not too bad into the 40s pretty much everywhere, 30s on the map here basically, we've got 40s, 43 degrees right now nash tall airport, -- national airport, 42 dulles, 39 gaithersburg same for hagerstown. 32 cumberland, temperatures not bad a little slightly warmer than it was yesterday this time

of the day here is what we are dealing with a system that will bring lots of myself your with it, -- moisture with it. by tonight, expect to see some really gusty winds out there widespread rainfall as well. it will start to move into the late morning hours linger through into the early part of the evening be prepared and keep your umbrella handy here is a look at the sat rad plenty of clouds, swath of wet weather pushing its way in. colder air on the backside areas along the blue ridge allegheny front could possibly see a little bit of light snow with it or even some snow showers elsewhere we are talking mainly rain and you can see where there are areas of heavy rainfall so that is what we are anticipating. here is a look at future cast for you you will have to deal wit during your evening commute, 4, 5:00 p.m. hour some of this will be heavy it is out of here by the time we head to the 7:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. hour you will be left with clouds behind it all a ridge of

high pressure going to build in and nice conditions rest of the week not bad at all any where from a half inch to inch and a half of rainfall what we are anticipating, overcast skies, light winds, 46 degrees, those winds however will be gusty as we move into tonight, stick around with the gusty winds wednesday, dry conditions, and a mixture of sun and clouds, right through until the end of the week, we creep into the 50s steve, tony back to you. >> thank you when it comes to divorce more than 40% of american couples end up that way have you heard about the term collaborative divorce. >> this is said to be a did i have aren't approach to what is often -- different approach to what is often a painful and combative process. alison recently sat down. >> reporter: you have been in family practice quite some time can you talk about what you see as trends right now.

>> yes, well, i have been practicing almost 30 yeardoing family law for 25 years and i have noticed a shift most people who come into my office want to resolve their cases amicably they want to resolve things things in a gentlemanner. >> can you tell us about it. >> collaborative law provides an opportunity for families going through divorce, to find an alternative approach, not adversarial they find shared solutions and it is a less painful process you have opportunity to invite -- it is a team approach to resolving divorce you have an opportunity to hire mental health professionals as divorce coaches or specialists who focus on parenting issues you

would hire neutral financial specialist, they gather information for both parties rather than both parties fighting and lawyers working together in a non-adversarial manner. you kind of hinted at it but where did this come from? was it a group of attorneys saying there is a better way to do this? disgruntled people going through divorce saying i wish i had these people in my corner. >> well, it came from a combination of those things it started maybe about 20 years ago in minnesota, but recently taken place all over the world and there is an organization called the national association of collaborative professionals that has gotten together and cot fied this. it is being introduced in the legislature in maryland next session already introduced in

legislature in dc to provide another method for parties going through divorce that is not based in court and in fact the judiciary of maryland is so excited they have under written the training for hundreds of attorneys and provided a grant, so it can be low bono and pro bono attorneys for those with lesser means to participate. >> there is five associations of collaborative professionals and you can find a list of them on dc metro collaborative.org they have all the professionals listed and what they do but it is catching on in my practice, it is probably a third to a half collaborative law and people are interested in it and i have had couples that have gone through this process where had they been in a court pros is it would have been a disaster for example perhaps infidelity, perhaps there has been money spent inappropriately and rather than taking depositions and going through credit card accounts we have had a financial person

gather information and find a shared solution that works for both people so they can move on in a healthier way i had a couple that went through a divorce no kids involved but they -- there was a lot of issues they had the opportunity to vent their frustrations by the time they got to the uncontested hearing i sent my associate she texted me, husband and wife are both here, they hugged each other and they had a business together they worked on together. divorce is painful, people want to resolve it amicably. there is a commitment to not going to court. it provides a way to do that. >> all right this is robin taub an attorney with collaborative divorce or practicing collaborative divorce. if you are interested go to the website myfoxdc.com this interview will be here and information on how to possibly

contact the firm if you are interested in proceeding with this difficult choice maybe it will be better at the end of the day. >> thank you for having me. >> alison thank you 8:38 a.m. this tuesday morning looks like many people got money or gift cards burning a hole in their pocket. >> check out this photo sent to us from nasa's greg, you can head his blogs on our website it shows the moon and venus if you look closely, his view makes it look like a full moon it is really a crescent moon. >> that is true. >> fox 5 morning news will be right back take the finish challenge.

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welcome back, 8:42 a.m., more people using the internet for shopping, it jumped 14.9% on christmas day this year over last year the number of people using mobile devices increased more than 100% according to the company. >> if you are looking for a job make sure to check out our job shop, we bring you jobs like this one, a benefit

administrator in manassas. now the benefits administrator would over see benefit programs for 913 employees in dc, and blue ridge region. if you would like to learn more do if to our website at myfoxdc.com look for the job shop tab. 8:43 a.m. on tuesday morning, believe it or not, count them down, just four days left in 2011. today fox 5s annie yu is giving us a look at one fun way to ring in the new year. oh, getting dance lessons annie. >> giving or getting them. >> reporter: tony this could be you. i am getting a lesson in salsa this morning you can too if you come out saturday for the big new years eve bash right david? >> absolutely. >> let's take it away. show me what you got.

oh. okay.

count down continues,

ringing in the new year. >> annie yu is getting a behind the scenes look at a new years eve bash that will take you around the world in one night. she joins us from the omni. in northwest. annie where are you? >> hey, that is me on the dance floor see how good i got? >> yeah, really good. >> that is me look how good i am. >> i am kidding. yeah, there are ten different rooms you can tour around the world in one night and that is really cool, i am just going to interrupt them for a sec i need my salsa time. david oh, hello. this is david norton everybody from the dance institute. david you want to show me a quick lesson. >> absolutely put you on this side this is the side you are used to so we are going to talk basic steps for ladies, start by stepping back on the right foot. ladies are always right. go forward with your left keep going like that, right foot

back, left foot forward, turn and right foot back. >> i have already mastered this. >> most important thing is don't look down. >> you are big on that. >> very important. >> when people come out saturday they can learn this from you >> we will be here giving little lessons throughout the night. we will kind of mingle to the crowd if they want to learn something, they can grab us i will be here with a few other dancers ands. >> we will be in the caribbean room. yes, alternating between the band and dj. >> well, speaking of the caribbean i have to feature the other islands there are so many. >> oh, my gosh. >> all right. >> he is really big on that. >> so here i have my dancing queen. look at this, holy cow. that looks amazing. so gail tell us about the experience that night and here

we have the oasis, caribbean dance playing as well. >> yep, well, that night we will show case costumes to have caribbean, bringing the life of the caribbean to dc. it is all about the yous yules here mainly will be this -- costumes here mainly will be these ones in particular they will be show cased at orlando's carnival next year but representing different features of the caribbean these represent the pride of barbados. then we also have the costumes that are sunrise and then we also have representative of those we do have in the caribbean, the black bird. silver and back when you do come saturday these are not the only costumes you will see. we will get everyone involved. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: you will get a feel of all the items.

>> there is a guarantee caribbean will be represented for sure. >> what is really the costumes are very colorful, is that all this. >> yes, caribbean life is considered a colorful lifestyle, we love color, that is our life you know, beauty, nature, a lot of these colors are reflected. >> everyone should come out and experience the caribbean and wonderful shows, this saturday, log on to our website, myfoxdc.com, we have information all the different packages available back to you in studio >> i love the steel drums. >> i love the sound of them and the fact there are so many things going on. >> movie tin tin uses a tonne of special effects real actors played the roles later animated. >> kevin mccarthy talked to actor jamie bell about his

portrayal of the reporter tin tin and how he got over his nervousness of working with steven spielberg. >> reporter: you are giving a full human performance and then seeing this rendered characters of what you have done how important is it for the audience to know that or just want people to be lost in the magic. >> just go in and enjoy the movie get swept up in a story, in a spielberg adventure i don't thing the way we did it mattered at all just whether you enjoy the experience of watching it if it moves you and takes you on a ride we really wanted to create a world where you know, the adventure was thick and stakes were high and you know, with steven spielberg he is always pushing the envelope of technology, the blend of all those things and such a great characters, is great. >> when you and andy are on the boat together and you guys are having fun what does that look

like onset? what are we seeing onset? >> the bulk -- it is kind of like a boat in a shape of a boat but not wooden it doesn't have all the intricacies what a real boat has. me and andy are in our suit and helmets with our cameras and stuff we are in a big grey room. you have to invent how cold it is you have to invent a little bit of motion with your body in terms of the swell of the water, actors usually rely on environment to inform performance but you have to become your own environment. which is the fun part it is so immersive you have to create all the time. >> you are onset with someone like steven spielberg is there more pressure for you as an actor do you feel this guy created some of the greatest films of all time. >> well, you always have to step up your game when you walk up to the set, you have to deliver, but you know, steven

spielberg had such a special lace in my heart -- place in my heart since i was a kid, for a long time i didn't think he was real i thought the guy was other worldly he was the guy who made dinosaurs live and i was like, how did he do that. so for me i was very humbled by the experience very grateful he entrusted me to play this role and it is intimidating at first but then, such a genuinely, down to earth man who drops his kids off at school and comes to set and has to leave early to pick them up that is who he is, >> i didn't realize they put all the suits on. >> andy circus was in rise of the planet of the apes. tomorrow kevin's interviews with jeremy irvine and emily

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9:00 a.m. on tuesday morning that will do it for this hour of fox 5 morning news, sarah is back to join tony to take you to 10:00 a.m. right now at 9, twas the night before christmas when a deer ran all through the house. >> coming up, we will take you inside just how much damage did this little encounter create. we will find out. >> then we are joined by the author of nora lee's adventures, how the planets are helping children recognize and build on their own strengths. >> christmas day, one green bay packers fan used more tickets to the game to get revenge on her boyfriend how. >> i have a feeling you will love that one. >> me too. let's say hello to gwen. how are things looking.

>> did she take him to the game in a storm or something maybe. weather. >> don't know. >> i doubt it. well, we are doing a little bit of a change in our weather department and weather forecast compared to what we had over the weekened mild is sunny mother nature dealing us wet weather let's look at our current temperatures across the area. currently 43 degrees national airport, humidity 65%, light southerly wind flow, clouds are abundant as rain starts to move in across the area from the west we will see some widespread rainfall before it is all said and done it will stick around to the early evening hours, definitely going to effect the evening commute tonight be aware of that winds light today, by tonight, those will turn gusty and a coastal flood advisory in effect as a result of areas you see there. this kicks in 3:00 p.m. today and in effect until 1:00 a.m. on wednesday morning. so for today then overcast skies, light winds, the wind