today. after a cold start expecting temperatures in the 50s. kick it on with your headline, 50s for today and the new year's weekend. well into the 50s both saturday and sunday and if you got plans new year's eve, conditions should be just fine with overnight lows in the upper 30s and low 40s. let's do temperatures right now at reagan national, 37, cold out there, bring along a jacket, 31 in baltimore and at dulles, 32 in fredericksburg. looking at your satellite radar, cloud cover, kind of a repeat performance of yesterday. we will be partly sunny today but should be dry and again with winds out of the south here we are going to warm things up into the low 50s for afternoon highs, so this forecast generally a good one. partial sunshine, warmer temperatures than yesterday when we hit 44, 52 today and even warmer saturday and sunday. i'll have details on that coming up in just a few minutes. tas it back to you. >> thanks. new this morning, a stabbing outside a d.c. nightclub. this happened outside of mood lounge in the 1300 block of 9th street northwest overnight.

police confirmed two men were stabbed, one in the stomach, the other stabbed in the back. there is no word this morning on their condition. d.c. mayor vince gray and police chief cathy lanier holding a news conference today to call attention to the city's homicide rate. currently 108 homicides in 2011. if that holds, it would be the lowest since the early 1960s. now, that's a major improvement over the 479 homicides recorded back in 1991 when the city was in the midst of a crack epidemic. mayor gray attributes the decline in part to community policing and strong neighborhood leadership. investigators are looking into whether speed played a factor in a deadly accident on the beltway. kevin hinnant, jr. of lower maryland was killed when he crashed his motorcycle on the outer loop near colesville road in silver spring. witnesses say hinnant lost control and hit a guardrail. blamed in that will be -- lanes in that area were shut down but since reopened. a grand jury indicted the

maryland man accused of murdering his wife and son. he's accused of stabbing jane mcqueen to death in her germantown apartment in october then taking her 11-year-old son william to a wooded area and beating him to death. lopez is set to be arraigned january 6th. there's a possible break in the case of a missing lineman from maryland. mitchell smith left union station december 16th headed to birmingham, alabama but never made it. his family says amtrak told them that smith took a train to newark, new jersey where he checked into a hospital on the 17th and checked out on the 18th. no word why he went to the hospital. as of now, smith is still missing. we are just days away from the first votes in the republican presidential race and there has been yet another lead change in iowa. >> this morning mitt romney has taken the lead over ron paul and the new numbers show a

surprising surge from another g.o.p. candidate. fox 5's sherri ly is live in the newsroom with the latest on this race to the white house. >> reporter: it's not a huge surprise to see lott edging -- mitt romney edging ahead in the polls but a few weeks ago rick santorum's name was hardly mentioned now among the top contenders. new polls show him climbing into third. his visits to all 91 iowa counties now appears to be paying off. it comes at the expense, though of newt gingrich who has fallen into fourth despite being about even in national polls with mitt romney. leading up to the iowa caucuses romney appears to be making his move, now the front runner. earlier in the week ron paul appeared to be the man to beat but has now slipped to second and in the ever changing iowa landscape, it's still anyone's race to win. >> i think people know me pretty well because i ran four years ago, and they want to make sure that whoever we nominate can actually beat barack obama. >> considering that i'm 20 points ahead in some of the

states it would be fairly foolish for me not to stay in the race. it is a long way from here to picking a nominee. >> i've always said that people of iowa are going to give me the spark and that's what i believe is happening right now. >> michele bachmann's campaign has imploded. she is pulling dead last and she has lost her iowa chairman to ron paul's campaign. meanwhile paul's brief spotlight as the front runner has made him a target. yesterday "occupy" protesters showed up at paul's iowa headquarters. four protesters arrested. so things are certainly heating up on the campaign trail there with days to go, who knows if that lead in iowa will change again. tony. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, a lawsuit has been filed to get newt gingrich's name on the ballot for the commonwealth's march primary. attorney and tea party activist jonathan mosely filed the suit yesterday. virginia requires 10,000 signatures from registered voters for a candidate's name to be placed on the ballot. gingrich believes some false signatures were submitted on

his behalf. the attorney is taking issue with how virginia's republican party determined gingrich did not have enough valid signatures. mitt romney and ron paul are the only names currently eligible for the virginia primary ballot. rick perry is continuing his legal battle to get his name included. and the virginia republican party is putting a loyalty oath into play. before voters can cast their ballots in the primary, they can be asked to sign a piece of paper saying they will vote for the republican nominee in november. that's allowed under a voting reform bill passed in 1999. republican delegate bob marshall of manassas is challenging the measure. under state law virginia voters do not have to register in support of a specific party. d.c. will have to shell out big bucks. the order stems from the historic handgun ban case. a judge ruled the city to pay more than $1 million in attorneys' fees and expenses to dick heller. he sued the district in 2003 over the ban on handgun

ownership. that was ultimately overturned by the u.s. supreme court in 2008. heller says he was surprised by the amount. he had been asking for over $3 million. more delays at ground zero. >> an underground 911 museum will not open as planned. marian rafferty has details. >> reporter: new york mayor michael bloomberg delivering the bad news, an underground 9/11 museum will not open as planned in 2012. the national september 11th memorial and museum foundation has been fighting with the port authority of new york and new jersey. at issue, who is responsible for paying millions of dollars in costs related to the project. >> i'm sure we are going to work out something with the port authority. they have got a difficult budget situation. i'm sympathetic to that. >> reporter: despite the setback, tourists from around the world and all 50 states have made the memorial a regular stop on their visits to the big apple. >> 1 million people, 1 million visitors from all around the world have come to this site

and the idea that 1 million people have come here, have set foot on this ground, a place that they have not been able to stand in 10 years makes all the work that's gone into building this very special place worth it. >> the site draws about 10,000 visitors a day. at this rate the memorial is on track to match or exceed the amount of people who visit the statue of liberty and empire state building each year. all visitors to the 9/11 memorial must reserve free tickets in advance and pass through a security screening. in new york, marian rafferty, fox news. federal prosecutors reportedly preparing to file the first criminal charges against bp in connection to that massive gulf oil spill. the "wall street journal" reports prosecutors are considering whether bp engineers lied to federal regulators about the risks of drilling at the well. a conviction could mean five years in prison. a couple things to watch out for come this new year, a heads up for drivers on the dulles toll road. starting sunday rates go up by 25 cents at the main toll plaza

to $1.50. rates will, however, remain the same on offramps at 75 cents also shopping bags in maryland going to cost you. stores in montgomery county will charge a 5 cents tax on both paper and plastic bags. a security upgrade for several bridges in maryland. the $11 million project will focus on five state owned toll bridges including the bay bridge. slated improvements include cameras, sensors to spot stopped vehicles and new lighting. the baltimore sun reports the project is part of a homeland security plan developed by governor martin o'malley's administration. aaa out with its list of best and worst in transportation for 2011. making the best list, emergency legislation that ended arrests in the district for expired tags. also new safety laws in maryland, a drop in distracted drivers on the beltway, the opening of the icc and progress on construction projects. making the worst list, record high gas prices, the highest number of hit-and-run crashes

in the nation, the january winter storm that stranded commuters, transportation funding dead lock and controversy over speed cameras in maryland. protesters took the world by storm. >> and severe weather ripped through the united states. we are taking a look back at the year that was. that's coming up next. first, check out the kilauea col vein -- volcano. it's erupting on hawaii's big highland. this is the first time since 2007 that lava is entering the ocean within the park. time now is 9:09. we will be right back. 

2011 is coming to a close and it was quite an eventful 12 months. >> it sure was. from the so-called arab spring to the end of the war in iraq,

shepard smith takes a look back. back. >> reporter: 2011 began like any other year, hope for a better year ahead and of course resolutions. but just days into 2011, chaos and unspeakable violence erupted at a grocery store parking lot in arizona. gun fire interrupted a political event near tucson, a gunman shot congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head, he wounded eight others, six killed. amazingly giffords survived the assassination attempt and made a return to washington a few months later. a wave of unrest across the middle east in northern africa, citizens toppled long time leaders in tunisia and egypt but it was the dangerous moammar gadhafi who put up the biggest fight. his 40 year rein of terror came to a gruesome end when fighters killed him in his hometown in october. the arab spring as it became known stretched into summer and fall with deadly protests persisting in syria and yemen.

march 11th a massive earthquake shook japan. the magnitude 8.9 quake unleashed a devastating tsunami and triggered a meltdown at this power plant. a stormy spring in the u.s., meteorologists said there were more than 750 tornados in april alone, hundreds of people were killed. but the hardest hit city was joplin, missouri, a powerful ef5 tornado left 157 people dead, making the joplin twitter the deadliest in decades. a new era of british royalty began when prince william and his blushing bride kate swapped vows. may 1st, a dramatic late night announcement from the commander in chief, a team led by navy seals swooped into this compound in pakistan where they said they found osama bin laden, the seals reportedly shot him in the face and defense officials say the world's most wanted man was

later buried at sea. uncle sam maxed out his credit cards. lawmakers spent much of the summer fighting before ultimately increasing the government's ability to borrow more money. who is in and who is out? >> i'm running for president of the united states. >> as a candidate for president of the united states. >> i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> i am suspending my presidential campaign. >> race for the white house began to take shape. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> a jury acquitted casey anthony of charges she killed her 2-year-old daughter caylee. >> what about caylee? >> who killed caylee. >> one juror said it was a horrible decision to make but that there was reasonable doubt. >> lift-off. >> shuttle atlantis recorder into space -- roared into space. it was her last flight and the last for the 30-year-old shuttle program. a historic hurricane made landfall in north carolina. irene didn't stop there.

it went from d.c. to maine, up the eastern seaboard. [ singing ] >> september the 11th, the nation marked 10 years since the worst terror attack on u.s. soil. a new memorial opened in the footprints of the twin towers and another in shanksville, pennsylvania. >> true legacy of 9/11 is that our spirit is mightier, the bonds that unite us are thicker and the resolve is firmer from the millions of time and concrete that make up the memorial behind us. >> "occupy wall street" started as a single protest in downtown new york and it exploded into a global movement. >> we got -- >> the 99 percenters as they call themselves lashed out at the wealthy 1%. >> the most amazing iphone ever. >> apple unveiled its latest

gadget in early fall, but the news was quickly overshadowed by the death of the company's iconic cofounder, steve jobs. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant conrad robert murray guilty. >> two years after michael jackson died, jurors convicted his personal physician of involuntary manslaughter. weeks later a judge sentenced him, four years in prison. after eight years and thousands of casualties, the white house ordered virtually all troops out of iraq. >> it's good to know that i'm a part of history and it's good to know that i'm leaving iraq a more stable country. >> mid-december the death of yet another tyrant, north korean state television reported the dear leader kill jong-il died -- kim jong-il died of a massive heart attack. now we look ahead to next year. 2012 begins with a flurry of caucuses and primaries as politics returns to the

spotlight for november's presidential election. plus the pentagon expected to start winding down the decade long war in afghanistan and fox news will be covering it all as it happens. in new york, i'm shepard smith, fox news. coming up, preparations underway for the big bash. >> yep. we are going to take you to times square where test confetti drops are taking place. if you want to stay close to home, our annie yu has you covered. hey, annie. >> reporter: hey. new york city drops that one ball. here in old town alexandria on saturday they are dropping 6000 along with a laser show and you can come out and be a part of it. i've already got my ticket. we are going to tell you how you can get yours. barb here with let's make a face has been out here this entire morning giving kids a makeover. we are going to talk more about that and how you can be a part of this coming up on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. 

if you have plans to go out this holiday weekend, please do not drink and drive. to keep you safe, washington's regional alcohol program will once again sponsor the sober ride program. you can get a free cab ride home. the program covers cab rights that cost up to $30. it's offered between 10:00 p.m. saturday night and 6:00 a.m. sunday morning. call 1-800-200-taxi. axi. across the country people will be celebrating the new year. >> and while many people will stay close to home, tourists from around the world will crowd times square to watch the big crystal ball drop. fox's julie chang shows us the preparations for this year's big bash. >> happy new year. >> and all that jazz. >> reporter: jazzing up the times square, bags of confetti. this has new year's eve organizers conducted their confetti air worthy test this afternoon. >> confest -- confetti, festive

or messy? >> i love messes, trust me. >> reporter: as long as you don't have to clean it up. >> reporter: what is your goal for 2012? >> wear my slippers or my hat or my slippers. >> high five. mom would be proud. >> reporter: today paper rain is just a tiny sample of what's to come new year's eve when the city plans to pour 1 ton of confetti onto the crossroads of the world while revelers shout. >> happy new year. >> reporter: and inside the times square visitors info center a wishing wall with thousands of resolutions, including those from robert deniro and mayor bloomberg. come the 31st these personalized notes will be mixed into the mega confetti stash and it will shower down on 1 million plus live viewers. >> the lights, the colors, the bling, the flashyness, the electricity. >> it's always a good time.

-- >> i'm sure you were there many times. >> yeah. it's a lot of fun. everyone should do it once. >> did you get to see the test confetti? >> i think i have seen the test confetti, which i don't understand why they have to do that. >> is there ever a year it didn't work? >> yes. coming up, a look back at the comedians who joined us on the show this year. there were many of them, they were a lot of fun. and first here is a live look outside. snow flurries yesterday in frederick. right now we don't see any flurries out there. it's nice and sunny as we take a look there looking at alexandria in the distance. tucker has the forecast when we come back. first here's the band warming up for their performance coming up in a little bit. stick with us. 9:24. 24. 

here we go. about a dozen words made this

year's list of banned words and phrases. this is the 37th annual end of the year list by michigan's lake superior university. they use the criteria of misuse, overuse and uselessness. this year's winners include baby bump, shared sacrifice, win the future, which i don't remember hearing that actually. >> neither do i. >> they also want to cast out "occupy," amazing, man cave and the new normal. >> without amazing, what would we call spiderman? >> i don't know. >> amazing spiderman. special. >> spidy. >> that won't work. >> this was started back in 1976 as a publicity stunt. i want to add one and i'm surprised it didn't get there a washington or pays attention to capitol hill would know this. kick the can down the road. can we find something else? lawmakers loved to say that this year.

kick the can down the road. every day i feel like i heard that. >> i heard the word chilling, chilling testimony or -- >> chilling -- oh, i thought you were talking about the weather. >> you do hear that a lot. >> yeah, yeah. >> i've never said the word chilling testimony, have i? >> i would like to get rid of the words tonight's republican debate. it seems like there were a thousand of them. >> there have been a lot this year. >> skip over a few of them. >> later today fine, nice and mild and a great looking weekend. it will be windy during the day tomorrow. generally speaking a great looking weekend. a little more sunshine than yesterday although intervals with clouds, a few showers later tonight. not going to rain all night. much of the area will remain

dry overnight but we will have a few showers around later this evening. weekend looks good, showers both saturday and sunday. overnight lows tomorrow night and early sunday morning, upper 30s, low 40s. much colder next week. if you're looking forward to old man winter and cold air, people love it, our high temperatures by -- i'm going to show it to you. high temperatures by tuesday much colder. 40 right now in the city, 37 in gaithersburg, overnight lows here off to the north and west below freezing and still below freezing in the mountains. martinsburg 31, hagerstown 31 and high temperatures later today in the low 50s so nice improvement over yesterday. yesterday we were in the mid- 40s. today about six, 8 degrees warmer than that on the southerly winds. here's your forecast map for today. satellite radar, cloud cover, you can see that working and the rain showers will hold off. a cold front getting in later today. well off to the west out towards illinois. that's going to move toward north and west and most of the energy will bypass us to the

northwest but still a few showers spill into the region later tonight and then behind it building in for the weekend, high pressure will build in and that will deliver a couple of very nice days for the end of the year here. 52 today, partly sunny skies, warmer temperatures this afternoon. winds out of the south at five to 10. not as cold tonight, could be a couple showers tonight. 41 your overnight low. good looking weekend forecast. high temperatures saturday and sunday in the mid-50s, and again, new year's eve, dry conditions expected, check out your cold monday 44, by tuesday, high temperatures in the low 30s with windy conditions. so it's going to feel like january by early next week. i'll toss it back to you. >> thank you very much. we have a great booking staff here at fox 5 morning news. they work hard all year long get us all the guests you see on the air and this year we had a great time with a lot of the comedians so as the year draws to a close we wanted to share a few of the comedians that we've had the opportunity to interview on the show this

year. comedian david alan grier. you were nearby, maryland eastern shore. were you made an honorary doctor? >> yes. i don't want to pull rank but i should have been known as dr. david alan grier. >> you deserve that now. >> there's another david alan grier here who was born in detroit, we are born on the same day a year earlier his father's name is william, my father's name is william and they had an office in the same building. >> what? >> yes. >> are you kidding me? >> he's at math professor and we became friends and so we may do something. >> i was just about -- see, now you say that we may do something, i thought it was a bright idea. this sounds like a reality show. >> oh, no, definitely not at all, brother. i'm a doctor. i have a ph.d. reality show? >> i forgot. >> he's black, he's white. no. we are trying to bring it up. >> our next guest really doesn't need an introduction,

funny man pauly shore has been -- hey, what are you doing? >> we've got to do that trick. hook me up. i love you. i love you. >> you are incredible, polly, a man of many talents, polly shore is here. >> i like to put all different types of things into my show too because they have the kung- fu show, i have the kung-fu show and then i tell the jokes too. >> elvis would sing and do a few karate moves. >> karate kid, man, that was president. >> jb smooth, how much of leon is you? >> you know what? i claim the ruckus to a certain degree but i am no way, shape or form as for the ruckus as -- [ laughter ] >> i will take 30% of the ruckus and be happy to fulfill

the rest of my life but that guy is loaded with ruckus and he calls it out, bringing the ruckus. he's bringing the ruckus, which it's hard. i wouldn't be able to carry that much ruckus around. that means you got to get an extra bag and you know airlines they charge you extra for the ruckus. too much trouble. extra bag of ruckus. >> comedian charles fleischer, he wants water. >> i don't want it but i wanted to give you water. if things go wrong, i'll throw it in your face. >> wow, i better be cool. >> hey, man, i throw this water on your face. why? because i'm insane. you called me insane. that's no way to treat me with a yellow tie. you have a yellow tie and call me insane. yellow attracts bowlic energy. >> brolick energy? >> you don't remember that either? >> you're a hand someman --

handsome man,. >> you're a people of many men: i'm a big beatles fan. >> more than here. >> that's very good. john lennon's apology. >> he has another claim to fame. he may be the only top comedian now working whose background includes working on the stealth bomber. >> we've got herman cain. we have to enjoy that because we don't have him much longer and herman cain has proven to america that it must be really easy to run a pizza chain. it's got to be simple if herman did it, you know there's no difficulty there. and america has drawn the line. america has a moral compass and we will not tolerate cheating on your mistress. that's where we draw the line and say all right, enough is enough, herman, stop it. >> you know what? actually when you think about it, that's kind of the message

we got from tiger woods as well. >> well, tiger won again which is a fantastic thing and oddly enough his wife called him and said where's that money? >> richard lewis. >> so much horror going on around the world and our economy and you go and speaking of hard, this funny man is -- >> coming up next. >> it is important to be. you know, i like be a comic now more than ever. >> well. >> people have -- everyone has their stuff personally and what's going on, you know, in the country and in the world and it's good to hear people laugh and it's -- >> we need you. >> all sneed januarys feel this -- comedians feel this way. even though they steal most of my stuff, i don't care. >> we have entertained a lot on this show. >> a lot of great folks on the show this year. appreciate that. coming up virginia residents are questioning officials about the making of a new show. why they are concerned. >> and an extraordinary bad luck streak for a tennessee man. why he is out of his home for the second time in as many

years. stay with us. we will have that story and more. it's 9:36. 

alcohol regulators in virginia say the tv show moon shiners is misleading viewers. viewers have been contacting them about the commonwealth allowing illegal booze manufacturers. the discovery channel series depict people who brew their own moon shine. they say no liquor is being produced and the department would not have participated in filming had they known how it would have been portrayed. a streak of bad luck for a homeowner in tennessee, doug received a call on christmas eve that a vehicle smashed through his house. a neighbor told police he was working on his van's brakes when the car drifted away. but this isn't the first time doug's home has been hit. two years ago construction truck ran into the house while doug was home from iraq for his son's birth. the family spent months in a hotel and doug says he expects

reconstruction to take just as long this time around. we are sorry to hear that. >> bad luck. >> very bad luck. still ahead, you don't have to leave the house tomorrow night to ring in the new year right. >> you can join rodney carrington for american country new year's eve life and he's going to -- live and he's going to join us next with a preview of what's in store. and annie yu is in alexandria this morning, where the whole family can have fun tomorrow night. we are going to show you how coming up. it is now 9:41. that's coming up. 

welcome back. if you're looking for something fun to do with the entire family this saturday to ring in the new year, our annie yu has you covered. >> she joins us now from the torpedo factory in alexandria, virginia where they are getting all set for this weekend. annie, hi. >> reporter: hi, sarah and

tony. i don't know if i'm ready to say goodbye to 2011. it was a wonderful, wonderful year. but, you know, if you are looking for something fun to do to ring in 2012, you've got to come down here tomorrow here at the torpedo factory in old town, alexandria, they are putting together their 16th -- >> 17th. >> reporter: 17th already. it started in 1994. you are right. ann joins me now, the executive director and the mayor of the city. good morning to the both of you. happy holidays, happy new year, all that good stuff. >> constitute for coming. >> reporter: thank you for having us out here. tell us about the event and what people with expect. >> you can expect to find entertainment for every age group and anybody, we've got art stuff going on here at the torpedo factory in the afternoon, got a scavenger hunt in the afternoon, all evening we've got storytelling, face painting, we've got great musical acts, get your dancing shoes and come to old town. >> reporter: and mayor, for those who are coming out tomorrow, i mean, there's just

so much to see and so much to get to. what's your best advice? >> well i would suggest that they take metro to get here because we are right -- everything is along the king street corridor and we've had the trollies running up and down king street, the free toll liz and park -- trollies, and parking limited but a beautiful day the entire day, weatherwise, warm temperatures, sunny. even at night just before midnight, the temperature is going to be almost 40 degrees, so i think that people can just come out, have fun, walk and again use our parking garages if they drive but more particularly use metro because it's accessible. >> reporter: yeah and of course we've had a lot of fun out here. we have the little kids, the face painting, teddy the clown and professor art safari and you can come out here and meet all of them tomorrow and before we let you go, everyone, let's wish the viewers at home a happy new year, everybody. >> reporter: best wishes in 2012 and keira moran, our young 16-year-old singer, songwriter

from the area, you can check at kevler. take a listen. [ singing ] ♪[ music ] >> reporter: if you want to come out tomorrow, tickets are just $20 and children 12 and under are free. that is an amazing deal. there are over 100 musical acts sprinkled throughout old town and you don't want to miss the magic show and all the fun activities for the kids. back to you, sarah. >> all right, annie. thank you. you. >> sounds like it will be a lot of fun. you can ring in 2012 with the american country new year's eve

life show that's airing right here on fox 5 tomorrow evening. this morning rodney carrington, the host of the show, joins us to talk about the new year's eve celebration. good morning, rodney. >> good morning. >> tell me a little bit. you know, for some people out there that maybe don't know, you gained your exposure through the bob and tom radio show, very, very funny. how clean do you have to keep it this year for this big show? >> well, you know, i mean, that's not really -- that's not an issue. we are live, we are in vegas, you know, by the pool. we are outside by the pool. they won't let us come in this year. they are putting us outside, so the -- i'm not -- we have got a lot of exciting things. i think fox is going country, is kind of setting them apart from what the other networks are doing and giving people an altern for this new year's eve. >> tell us what we can expect. >> new year's eve itself is kind of a -- we do, we got toby

keith, we've got ely young band, we got lauren elena from "american idol" and joe nichols. there's going to be a lot. my coastmy cohost are rick harrison and columnly -- chumley. >> what else can we expect? you and toby keith have worked together before, you co wrote, were in a movie together. how much fun is that going to be getting back together with him? >> well, you know, i mean, toby, he's always a lot of fun. he's got that new song out red solo cup which is kind of like a nursery rhyme for adults. it never leaves your head, that song. and, you know, i did a movie with toby keith and me and him standing next to each other, i look like his 4-year-old. i almost feel like he should be pushing me in a swing somewhere.

>> that's an interesting visual. rodney, tell me more about perhaps for yourself -- i would like to know if you have any new year's resolutions. >> new year's eve resolutions are always tough. i mean, they are hard -- it's not hard to make them. i think it's just hard to keep them. losing weight, you know, is, you know, if it's anything like last year, it lasts until about january the 4th and then i'm off and running again. >> that's a long time, january the 4th. >> i'm sorry? >> we have a little bit of a delay here. >> that's four days. >> i know. that's pretty good, actually. all right. rodney carrington is going to be on fox this new year's eve, new year's eve live, american country new year's eve live there in vegas. thanks so much for talking with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> very good. is that the pressing strings i'm hearing? music coming in. yep, we've got a local band

pressing strings. they are going to perform a song for us and talk about their new album in just moments. stay with us. we will be right back.  [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you. hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ louder ] hello? but we still need your signature. right now during sign then drive, it's never been easier to get the all-new passat, the 2012 motor trend car of the year, for practically just your signature. that's the power of german engineering. visit vwdealer.com.

here's a look at your five- day forecast, 52 this afternoon, partial sunshine, should be dry later today. can't rule out a few showers late tonight, but check out the weekend, saturday sunday, daytime -- sunday, daytime highs in the 50s. if you want cold, check out tuesday, 33 the daytime high. >> the cold weather bunnies. there you go. thanks, tucker. you can see the local band pressing strings in venues around our area and they are releasing a third album on january 7th. this morning they are talking to us about the music.

tony has got them over in studio b. >> we are happy to have them here, local guys made good, lead singer is jordon and pressing strings will be releasing that new album january seventh right? >> yes. the whiskey in annapolis, we are having a cd release party. >> excellent. and this is your third album? >> yes. >> the music business has gone through so many changes. is it tough putting out your own music now and getting it out to people? >> extremely tough. and nowadays you got to use different mediums to get it out there like for instance we -- with this album we funded it through kick starter.com. if you go to kick starter.com and search our name pressing strings you'll see it's community based funding, people donating who like the music and people recognize it's a tough business to be in, especially nowadays with all the changes that it's gone through, but stuff like that that helps us out a lot. >> for those who have not seen you yet, how do you

characterize your music? my understanding is you play a little bit of everything? >> it's everything, it's pretty much rhythm and blues, i call it. it's funky, blues, it's a lot of rhythmic, percussive. >> where are y'all from? >> we are from -- i'm from kind of all over but from annapolis. this guy over here is edgewater. this is josh. >> how are you doing? >> we are the two founding members of the band. this is bob novack on drums. >> hi, bob. >> mr. nick welker on base. >> excellent. what are you going to play for us today? >> a track called alien life. >> alien life? >> yes. >> coming from the new album. >> yes. >> available on january 7th. let's here it. this is expressing -- pressing strings. ngs. ♪[ music ]

>> ♪ high stepping ♪ and weight is falling ♪ falling ♪ like ashes in the sea ♪ sinking to the bottom ♪ within me ♪ alien life ♪ swimming with flashlights ♪ in their eyes ♪ trying now ♪ because you can't take it ♪ it's always cold ♪ in here ♪ they shine

♪ lay down with snakes ♪ fool ♪ because it ain't ♪ gonna work this time ♪ no, it ain't gonna ♪ work this time ♪[ music ] >> ♪ keep on falling ♪ falling ♪ like space ships ♪ in the sky ♪ sinking to the bottom ♪ when they die ♪ what is day without night ♪ what is wrong ♪ if it weren't for right ♪ close the door ♪ try it now "because you can't, can't take it ♪ ♪ it's always cold in here ♪ ♪ your eyes, they shine ♪ they shine ♪ lay down ♪ and play a fool

♪ because ♪ it ain't gonna work ♪ this time ♪ no, it ain't ♪ gonna work this time ♪[ music ] ♪[ music ] >> ♪ in the night ♪ as the ships go by ♪ quietly ♪ even it feels ♪ bad for your backbone [ singing ] >> ♪ it's always cold in here