will love the 50s tomorrow weekend looks fine particularly saturday our next storm looks like it will move in next week and at this point we don't think it will be the frozen variety. we will see. 34 degrees washington, 30 both dulles and in baltimore, frederiksburg 32 degrees, hagerstown 30 degrees, those temperatures much better than yesterday morning. forecast today, we have morning clouds we will see a lot of sunshine. hook for your highs low to mid- 40s. 43 german town. 44 washington, 46 frederiksburg all. that is the latest on weather julie wright joins us with an update on this mornings traffic. >> we got to say hello to someone real quick real fast. >> who is that? >> our friends in river dale at the pizza oven they watch our show all the time they said to tell everybody hello. i said i would give them a shout out. >> hi there pizza oven. >> not that i eat there often

or anything. >> i smell a free pizza coming your way. >> if only. on the roads now, say good morning to our friends in sky fox checking out the drive on 66 it is quite complicated a multivehicle accident before you reach 234, off the road to the shoulder still slow when you roll out of manassas. fair lakes fair oaks, headed eastbound towards vienna. wall to wall traffic as you continue inbound towards the belt way. more slow traffic all this out on 66 had towards 495, thanks chopper brad. crash east 50. louden county parkway v dot are on the scene at that location. 395 slowing as you work your way north of duke street headed out towards seminary road no incidents just volume delays, traffic once again crossing the 14th street bridge, outer loop, below speed, 40 miles an hour find southbound 270, not looking bad

in german town. lanes are open headed south to middle brook road. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. our big story, president obama will today mark a major turning point with a visit to the pentagon. >> he will join top defense officials in announcing billions in spending cuts along with troop reductions. good morning this is happening later on this morning president obama will make a rare appearance in pentagon briefing room. here is what they will do, outline a new framework that focuses on shifting wars in the middle east and the wake of 9/11 to keeping the u.s. in a more dominant role in asia pacific region where china is rapidly building up capabilities. how to do that in the wake of spending cuts is the big question. the pentagon budget is set to

be around $266 million, $43 billion less than last year and 47 billion less than the president recommended. pentagon officials are charged with finding a half trillion dollars in cuts over the next 10 years that came out of the congressional budget show down that happened this last summer. some of those are coming from drawbacks in weapons buying and likely delay in purchase of aircraft but cut backs in personnel the size of the army will be reduced by 45,000 troops in the next five years and marines will be reduced by as many as 20,000 then, there is that always touchy issue of military pay and benefits obama administration is expected to form a commission to study scaling back retirement benefits including a delay in when retired military can get their exceptions and a cut in how much they -- pensions and a cut in how much they get. there is talk about getting military retirees to pay more for their health care.

there is a lot here that will have an impact on the dc area, just the vast contracting industry that employs so many people in this region. >> no doubt emotions will run high on this one sarah thanks so much. in the race to the white house another crucial test will come tuesday, with iowa in the rear-view mirror, gop candidates set their sights on new hampshire. ' wants didn't tell us who the nominee will be but had a stay on who it won't be. >> when you woke up yesterday there were seven major gop candidates, for president but today, there are only six. >> last night the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice and so i have decided to stand aside. with that congress woman michelle bachmann was the first

casualty of the iowa can you curses, tuesday's sixth place -- caucuses, tuesday's sixth place finisher said she hopes they will rally around the republican nominee. we must do so united. >> rick perry finished fifth in iowa but yesterday decided while jogging there is a way forward for his campaign tweeting this picture saying the next leg of the marathon is the palmetto state here we come south carolina. meanwhile rick santorum is trying to present himself as the most conservative, romney alternative and said he raised almost a million dollars in one day following his surprise second place finish in iowa. 50% of all the money we raised today, we raised today. earlier in the day in new hampshire the man who beat santorum, mitt romney unvailed

an important endorsement the 2008 gop nominee, senator mccain. >> that is to make sure we make mitt romney the next president of the united states of america and new hampshire, and new hampshire is the state that will catapult him on to victory in a short period of time. a sufficient folk tracking poll has romney with a commanding 43% support new hampshire 29 points ahead of the rest of the field in washington peter doocey fox news. >> three other presidential candidates are joining rick for reichel lunging virginia's law -- call lanelinging virginia's law -- challenging virginias law on ballots. the federal judge in richmond is letting gingrich, hunts man and santorum join the suit too. he says 400 signatures from each congressional district is unconstitutional.

among our other top stories, harry thomas could be out at dc council there are multiple reports he is negotiating a plea deal. stacy cohen has the latest details from the wilson building. good morning. >> reporter: good morning council had quite a bit of work to do yesterday, they had several votes on ethic legislation, harry thomas was a no show that may be because he is negotiating a plea deal that could include resignation from city council. thomas has been talking with prosecutors by several sources here about negotiating this deal he is currently under investigation for $300,000 that the city said, he used instead of using for sports programs for kids he used for his own personal gain including purchasing a luxury suv and taking lavish trips the news of this possible stepping down from his job coming a month after the fbi and irs raided his home in northeast

washington. makes sense, that someone in mr. thomas' condition would be negotiating at this point for simple reason when you reach a civil settlement with the city where you basically admit you should not have taken the money at that point when the money is that big, $300,000 k inevitably, the federal government is going to have to look that the and treat it as a criminal matter it is simply too much money. in july, thomas did reach an agreement on civil action taken against him in regards to that money he did not admit wrong doing but agreed to pay it back in six installments of $50,000. last week he missed his second payment of $50,000. coming up in the 8:00 a.m. hour council chair kwame brown will be on fox morning news, we will discuss what is happening with councilmember harry thomas. thanks also speaking of council news marion barry filed a run for his third term as

ward 8 councilmember. he turned in the necessary signatures to qualify yesterday he sayings he wants to continue his -- he wants to quote continue his ministry of helping people. a fire in northwest dc sent a firefighter to the hospital. the old curtis chevrolet building is located in the 5900 block georgia avenue it is vacant but served as former dc mayor adrian fen tee's headquarters. >> dc police hope that this composite sketch will identify a man who kidnapped a woman, a man jumped in her car and ordered her to drive to another location he sex julyly assaulted her and then ran off. she said he had a southern

accent. a man facing child abuse charges after he left his children in a car while he went shopping a 5 month old baby and 4-year-old were spotted in a car at wal-mart it was 24 degrees outside at the time the father was gone 20 minutes the children were released to their mother a short time later. >> police in middle town are investigating the shooting of a 7 month old golden retriever she went missing yesterday morning after searching their land her owners found heidi dead, shot three times just 300- yards from their home. if she had been hit by a car or sick i could understand it this is beyond my comprehension. it is totally beyond my comprehension someone could do this. >> so far police don't have any suspects we are told the remains will be taken to a special forensic veterinarian in baltimore today for further investigation. >> 10 minutes past the hour

still ahead a bold move by occupy dc protestors in their attempt to stay camped out indefinitely. >> drivers until the district not happy with pay by phone parking meters kinks in the system may be costing motorists big time. >> playgrounds getting a bad rap in a new study why new modernized ones could contribute to childhood obesity. >> as we take you to break, a live lookout side the latest weather and traffic, coming to you from tony and julie coming your way next 7:11 a.m. right now ♪

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targeted shiite neighbourhoods,. one police officer has died, five others still recovering after being shot while serving a drug related search warrant in utah. witnesses heard three quick pops followed by a 2 to 3 minute pause and a whole lot of gunfire the suspect was injured and taken into custody. it is cat season this year you will have two extra days to file. days are due april 17th because the 15th falls on a sunday and the following day is emancipation day. by law dc holidays effect tax deadlines the way federal holidays do. the irs expects more than 144 million individual tax returns filed this year. score board lit up in college bowl action west virginia all over clemson,

final score 70-33 mountain ears scored a record, 19 points first half alone including a 99- yard fumble recovery that is a lot of points up on the board. >> what was the score again? >> 70 points west virginia. >> wow. >> 70-33. is there defense any more in college football. >> the way these bowl games have gone it is tough to tell >> as a graduate student of the fine university of south carolina, i say beat clemson every day. >> you are not a fan. >> i am okay. >> what? you went to -- >> graduate school university south carolina. mighty gators versus the clemson tigers we will always root against clemson. >> with a was your masters degree in? >> that was the dumb part. this. >> well, it got you here. >> no, it didn't do you have a masters? >> no. >> exactly. i didn't have to get one. >> he didn't have to finish

high school. >> i am glad i went but not necessary for this field if you are out there looking to be in this field. >> different time. all right let's take a look at what is going on. >> you are right it was a different time. >> at least you didn't have to pay for it. >> you didn't? >> no, i got a free ride. >> then you have to take advantage of it. >> see worked out well. >> learn so much here >> you didn't know that? read my bio it is interesting you can find it at myfoxdc.com [ laughter ] my many accolades will be listed there too. fine. >> >> sunny skies, we will have sunny skies, temperatures raising from the 20s to low 30s sunrise 7:27 a.m., here is your national map in case you are travelling 34 degrees right now, washington, oh, let's see boston, 26, rochester, 32 degrees, st. louis 38, alison spent some time there. >> yes, that's right. >> albuquerque, 31, san francisco, 46, los angeles 65

degrees. >> pleasant. >> yeah. >> national satellite radar, again, another -- it is wintertime, and look at this map. nothing going on, a couple little showers in southeastern virginia, and in portland oregon we've got rain the rest of the country quiet. high of 44 degrees, it will be rather breezy tomorrow, 54 yeah, saturday 55, sunday and monday back into the 40s chance of rain showers on monday. you took the rain out of this weekend. >> took it out of sunday put it on monday. >> looks like a great weekend let's say good morning to julie wright. >> hey, you guys busy ride out to thwest multivehicle accident, 66, manassas the crew in sky fox is hovering above this crash. eastbound 60 you will find all lanes are currently closed,

eastbound 50. traffic being diverted off here. all right chopper brad as you come inbound, come further from the louden county parkway a lot of activity responding to the scene of this crash no details available at this time, exactly what happened but what we know traffic inbound on 50 headed towards dc is now diverted off at the louden county parkway there is a substantial delay backing up your commute no problems to report route 7 no trouble spots there, we see traffic making that u turn if you will out of this bumper to bumper traffic and trying to find another direction into work again 50 backed up for a mile or so headed in towards the louden county parkway. we will update the ride, 395, duke street lanes are open better than usual as you travel past landmark headed up to seminary road no problems on the outer loop making your way from 95 around the very gentleman avenue. that is a check of your -- georgia avenue, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic.

>> five months in still problems with dcs pay by phone parking meter system. one woman has receipts proving she got two $25 tickets, for meters that did not expire. with park mobile you don't get a receipt it is sent by e-mail or text on your phone. >> obviously they are not including in the tag number to see if park by phone has been used i think the district employees monitoring them may not be familiar with the system. >> v dot released a statement saying it could be a case of human error and will require more training to correct. park mobile customers can print a receipt from their account to submit as evidence. after you got the ticket. development on the alexandria water front sparking debate amongst local residence. the group gathered last night

at the restaurant in dell ray to discuss who would be best for the community, david speck says some people believe a large development opportunity can really help the city economically another group wants no development at all and of course there are people in the middle. >> i think anyone could look at the waterfront and say this is an under utilized resource so the real issue is what is the most effective way to utilize it, that benefits the most people, in this community, on a long temple basis. -- term basis. >> speck says there is a lot of demand on alexandria resources but increase in revenue might help boost that. they are asking the government to stop evicting them afraid the u.s. park police could seize their tents, they claim police have taken their property without notice and have not given them the chance to get items back.

well, want you to look at this a robbery caught on tape in manassas. surveillance cameras spot the suspect buying surgical masks at cvs tuesday night 2 minutes later he was caught on camera, using the same mask to rob the walgreens across the street the suspect got away with some pills. 22 minutes past 7, summer may still be months away president obama is helping kids land seasonal jobs. >> questions this morning about playgrounds and how much good they are doing for your child's health. almost that time of year to cash in on a 3 hour meal at a great price in the district. there is annie amongst the chefs gathering all the information you need to know before you head out for restaurant week we will check with her in a little bit 

other studies suggest a new cause behind childhood obesity, boring playgrounds, research which ares at cincinnati children's hospital conducted focus groups while high slides and rough surfaces many adults grew up with, increased injury those kept kids on the playgrounds longer. soft areas, and low slides are some times easy for kids to conquer when kids succeed at these tasks they lose interest in continuing to play. >> according to the cdc one in every 30 babies born in the united states is a twin that is a big increase over the last 30 years when only one in 53 newborns was a twin experts say medical treatments proceed yours that help infertile couples may be behind the increase. >> it is only january the white house is announcing its summer initiative, according to president barack obama, it is looking to boost job

possibilities for young people, the white house is teaming up with the private sector now has promises for almost 180,000 youth employment opportunities for next summer. the program will be announced later today. it is around the corner summer time. >> that is what some people are wishing. >> i counted the days yesterday until summer vacation. 7:27 a.m., up next republican presidential hopefuls move on the new hampshire today, bob cusack has the latest from the campaign trail we will talk to bob after the break. >> as we head to the break a live lookout side, getting daylight out there, the latest weather and traffic coming up tony and jew leaf next 7:27 a.m.   -- julie next 7:27 a.m.  it's my coffee when i want it.

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i don't know how big of a soccer fan you are watch carefully here an maizing goal, that is former u.s. team goalie, tim howard scoring a goal entire length of the field. english premier league look at his reaction. just another day. fantastic, it was very windy apparently, and misjudged by

the other goal keeper. >> unbelievable. >> went straight over his head. >> what could he do? >> that is not it make an effort but it got over his head perfect shot went right in the goal. >> it doesn't happen often especially premier league. very cool. >> windy here today >> it will be not right now later on today we will get winds gusty at times. >> crazy wind. >> not crazy wind but gusty wind you know. >> a little sun stable. >> yeah, a little more -- yeah. there is a threshold. >> i just want to know what we are dealing with. >> not crazy wind today. let me show you your highs yesterday only in the 30s. 35 degrees was your high at regan national airport, dulles made it up to 33 bwi marshall only got to 31 degrees yesterday. current temperatures are these temperatures your highs yesterday, 34 degrees here in

washington dulles at 30, bwi marshall is at 30 degrees, 32 quantico, manassas, 27, gaithersburg 28 and our friends in leonard town at 3 degrees this hour -- 32 degrees this hour. temperatures consistent across the area if this is where we are starting we will be in great company later on highs moving to the 40s where they should be satellite radar composite let's look, yesterday, last night, overnight nurlies here and there officially a trace -- flurries here and there officially a trace amount of snow all of that has dissipated we have some cloud but that cloud cover breaking up, off into the western skies that will make its way east ward, i see a good amount of sunshine during the course of the day today, after morning cloud. still the forecast today reads like this. plenty of sunshine a little warmer, you know, almost 10 degrees warmer we will take that, breezec conditions as i mentioned, 44 your high winds

could gust up to 25 miles per hour tonight winds die down, it will be seasonably cold, partly cloudy skies, overnight lows, winds shift out of the south your five day forecast, looks good tomorrow, how about a high of 54 degrees under sunny skies, saturday, mild, 55 degrees, add a few clouds for saturday, a few more clouds for sunday, partly sunny 47, monday a lot of cloud cover, 45 with a few showers passing through, during the course of the day. that is a look at what is happen being the weather now more on this mornings rush hour traffic julie. the crew in sky fox joining us above the scene of an accident closed 50 each direction out of the louden county parkway we find a medevac helicopter on the scene of this accident activity. right now the roadway is shut down in each direction no one is getting by at this time. meanwhile if you are travelling along the inbound side you are going to find all traffic diverted off at the louden

county parkway, expect extensive delays, not bad at this point eastbound is the in bound direction for our morning drive eastbound route 50 expect traffic to be jammed up headed over towards the closure at the louden county parkway. could save you time if you want to use that as an alternative route. travelling the inner loop in virginia, bradock road headed to 66, below speed an 11 minute commute right now on the outer loop of the belt way, 95 to georgia avenue is where you flow. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks julie it appear it is big story going into new hampshire, is rick santorum. he almost edged out mitt romney in iowa, in came down to 8 votes and now many voters are looking at this and questioning his record for the first time joining us to discuss the latest on the campaign trail is

the managing editor of the hill. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> it is not too late to tell you that. >> no, we can do that for at least another week. earlier a reporter said they don't choose who the nominee is or weed them out fascinating watching the caucuses go down. >> definitely it win knows the fields you have to do at least, decently, michelle bachmann, won the straw poll in august months later she finished dispointing sixth she is out rick forry on the edge he is going to -- perry on the edge he is going to play in south carolina, not out yet. some people thing it is a matter of time. >> dispointing for newt gingrich. >> what happened? which he which he he got attacked and it got in his head a little bit he has been complaining about the super pack, mitt romney's staff and campaign has gone after him and

clearly, it resonated some of those attacks resonated and a lot of newt gingrich's old colleagues in the house came out against him, very strongly, newt gingrich could make a come back in south carolina, odds are against him. the big story is rick santorum, you are watching the national news shows all of a sudden feature reports are on, rick santorum we are talking about who this person is. he is no stranger he has been in the political scene for awhile how far do you expect this rising star to go? >> i think he could go fairly far he is being a little under estimated by the media right now he is a former member of the house former member of senate leadership his record will be attacked one of the things from the right he will be attacked on is he likes ear marks he brought a lot home to pennsylvania, also, government spending when he was in congress, also voted to expand medicare to add a drug benefit, conservatives did not like that. he said, that was a mistake,

but a lot of people are going to be talking about far as gene elections, could he go head to head with president obama? well, some of his position are a bit extreme democrats say whether it is on birth control or he rallied to try to save the life of terry shivo many years back. from the right he is a social conservative and fiscal conservative does he have the money to beat mitt romney, that remains to be scene. >> it was painted as a bit of an upset there were only 8 votes, separating these two candidates do you think rick santorum went in strong with an idea he was going to do well there or was he surprised. >> he must have been somewhat surprised we all were he went from back of the pack mid- december to almost winning this thing, but, he peaked at the right time, politics is about peaking at the right time he did so. mitt romney did twin state he is not in bad shape he is going

to win new hampshire but the question is what happens from that point on south carolina, florida can mitt romney get above 25, 30% in those states if it is rick santorum versus mitt romney, a lot of conservatives don't like romney will they get behind rick. >> what does, romney has have to do distance himself in these next con it'ses coming up? who does he have to appeal to here? >> somewhat the base he has to make some inroads and make the convincing case he can beat president obama he has been steady throughout, able to take some punches, beginning to take more punches but when he is one on one with anybody, whether it is tim polenti, rick perry, newt gingrich he has come out on top he hasn't gone toe to toe with santorum yet but it is unfolding nicely for romney but questions linger about his candidacy. >> yesterday he got a big boost from senator mccain. >> i think so it was something

in the works for awhile we reported that a month ago, mccain was thinking about and probably going to endorse him. well, i think the establishment getting behind him does help him. mccain is the love in new hampshire does it help with the republican base? i don't think so. it was never fond of john mccain does it give a boost? absolutely. >> as you said one thing is sure, we will continue to follow this up to the very end this will not end any time soon. bob cusack is managing editor with the hill thanks bob. 7:40 a.m., on thursday morning still ahead virginia's wine country getting major recognition. first though, time for our my fox half off deal of the day skin beauty lounge dc offering its skin classic facial for $52 off after the $105 price tag, includes a purifying clean, light extraction and refreshing mask head to myfoxdc.com look

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european leaders agree to an iranian oil embargo. the europeans are discussing more saxes as iran continues -- sanctions as iran continues its illicit program. leaders are talking about a ban on iranian oil imports and will make a final decision when they meet again end of the month. all right a little closer to home down south an investigation under way in texas after an 8th grader is shot and killed by police. officers were called to the school after witnesses saw the 15-year-old with what looked to be a handgun in the hallway police say they called for the student to drop the weapon instead he pointed it at them the weapon was a pellet gun the two officers involved are on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. in detroit, on new years eve, an ambulance gets struck with gunshots, ringing out all around this morning, we are hearing a recording made by a

paramedic from inside the broken down ambulance. >> new years eve in detroit shots fired everywhere, no units available, trucks breaking down. we're stuck. tonight we've had numerous shootings with people waiting on ambulances they ended up transporting themselves we've had baby in cardiac arrest who have waited on an ambulance long distance to respond, units travelling 15, 20 miles to respond, and here we sit guns ablazing and the city is burning and no body cares. >> paramedics waited for an hour for a tow truck to arrive. all right, we will switch to better things how about the super bowl are you ready to put your money down? aaron rogergreen bay packers will repeat as super bowl

champions they are the favorite. broncotebow are the long shots, long odds should attract tebow plans looking for a pay off. the big game will be february 5th. >> my money is on madonna. >> madonna. >> the half time show. >> i guarantee she will be there. >> that's right. guaranteed win. >> tebow, does well when it is that kind of situation but i don't think that is a crazy bet. >> it will be tough. yeah. speaking of super bowl, i was just telling tucker this, we red skins fans can celebrate the 20th anniversary this year of our last appearance in super bowl. 20 years. >> time flies. >> time flies, no, drags on. >> season by season. >> you know you are not going to be on the top forever i never would have thought 20 years plus? >> especially after a good run that lead up to that. >> yeah, all right. any way, let's look at

temperatures. >> tony gets frustrated this time of year every year. >> i do i love the playoffs i wish we were in it. >> give it time my friend. >> i have been, 20 years. it will not be another 20. >> let's take it. >> he is being a wise guy. >> you've got the wizards. >> that could be 20 years. >> wise guy. temperatures, across the area, yeah, 34 degrees now in washington, 32 quantico, 28 gaithersburg, 34 stevensville in dulles airport, 30 degrees right now, hey, here is a look all across the mid-atlantic and northeast cold, you know what, i will take these temperatures compared to single digits and teens this is okay, this is seasonable, this is what you would expect take a look at future cast those of you wondering and asking, hey, any snow on the way? anything happening? no. this is this afternoon clear skies, sunshine, we have even done with snow flurries at this

point, by tomorrow morning a few clouds coming through, during the overnight hours, tomorrow looks to be a good day as well high temperatures -- sorry skies clear and i will mention your high temperatures, tomorrow in the 50s. your five day forecast, today, 44 for your high, rather breezy, later on, but not crazy, friday, 54 for your high, saturday 55, sunday we've moved the chance of rain out of sunday by monday, popular demand temperatures return to the 40s. there you go no snow on the horizon. >> no body likes rain sunday. >> no. >> thanks tony. hi jewels. >> they don't like rain sunday they don't like snow monday just saying. >> you are right about that. all right on the roads this morning we've had a serious crash medevac helicopter come and gone from the scene, eastbound 50, louden county parkway. traffic diverted off route 50, virginia, the accident occurred further east at south riding

now you will find traffic eastbound on route 50, squeezing by to the right this is a change and improvement for motorists stuck out to the west on route 50. gain, coming inbound, one right lane open, out bound on 50 all your lanes open but there will be an investigation, coming eastbound route 50 there is the option gum spring road headed out towards bradock but some traffic getting by eastbound 50, past the louden county parkway, taking it back inside, travelling the outer loop, 12 miles an hour, making its way past georgia, randolph road at old columbia pike for the accident reported montgomery county. not bad here in german town as you work your way south of middle brook road. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. bragging rights for virginia, one of the top ten wine travel destinations in 2012 the list is in the february issue of wine enthusiast magazine one of

three destinations in the u.s. and the only location on the east coast. vir jane yeah is the country's fifth -- virginia is the country's fifth largest wine producer. >> good news exciting for our area. >> dcs finallest restaurants are getting ready for restaurant week. what did you find annie. hi good morning, we are going to taste some delicious dishes this morning from area restaurants participating in dc restaurant week it is going down january 9th, so we are going to give you a sneak peek to all the menus and specials going on and we are here live in northwest dc and also have chefs joining us. so stay with us on fox 5 morning news   did you have

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all right, the appetite ready to go it will not be long before restaurant week kicks off january 9th is the target date. >> annie is cooking with three of the participating chefs this morning and is in northwest dc. good morning. >> reporter: good morning alison and steve. so basically, here is how it works you have over 200 restaurants participating and you can find that list at myfoxdc.com. these restaurants are offering specials and they are three course meals for lunches and dinners lunches cost $20.12 dippers $35.12 again you can find that information on our website joining me now is lynn bro the president of the restaurant association, metropolitan washington. that is quite the title you will tell us more about the week. tell us about restaurant week for those who are unfamiliar. >> just the hottest ticket this town. people love restaurant week this is our 20th we started

after 9/11 in 2001 chefs go all out and prepare incredible meals at incredible prices, appetizers, entrees, desserts, delicious foods and people just love to go out for restaurant week and enjoy. >> it is an amazing deal. >> it is. >> we are talking about the finest restaurants in dc, encouraging people to go out and enjoy these wonderful deals. now what is your best advice on navigating because there is a lot participating. and more joining online. you can go online and we update the list constantly a lot of the hottest restaurants in town are sold out, if you go early for dinner or later for lunch et cetera, you can take your time a little better. >> okay good i want to ask you quickly do you have any incite on any new trends going on in the nations capital foodways. a lot of new york restaurants are coming here, restaurants from philadelphia,

ramen noodles, casual dining fine dining, casual food prices, there is a lot of exciting things coming on in dc. >> people still love their restaurants joining me over here thank you lynn, is jamie, good morning how are you.ood yo >> good good what are you cooking up today. >> today a shanghai style braised short rib. >> why don't you just go ahead and cook there. i got to ask you, do you guys -- do chefs like restaurant week. >> for the most part i think so, you know, it is a fun way to get the word out to the masses, and it is a little tough on the kitchen but we have a good time. >> yeah, it really invites people to come and try your stuff. >> we get to show case -- i like to put our nicest dishes on restaurant week, trying to give people an idea,. >> so what are you doing there? adding fresh ingredients. >> this is some onion and

carrots, cellly, tomato, -- celery, tomato. >> this is one of the main dishes people can try. >> this is one of them we are also doing a potato, and crispy tofu, with a honey ginger sauce, hot and sour soup, we are doing spicy noodles,. >> so it is not fullmenu. >> four appetizers and desserts. >> that is a great selection if you want to find out more log on to myfoxdc.com find the links to all the restaurants we feature today and the restaurant association back to you in studio. >> thanks. trying to make our mark now see how many we can hit next week. >> you do this maybe i will par tick. it is exciting and -- partake

it is exciting. >> i will go to lunch. >> that works. >> coming up next hour dc council chair, kwame brown >> you want me to pay. >> for you my friend i will tony is on his own. >> dc council chair, kwame brown joins us live with new initiative it is city will work on in 2012. >> is your child over weight? a new ad campaign blaming obesity on parents but some says the going too far the fox medical team has more on this heated debate coming up at 8:30

new developments in the harry tom has junior investigation. he is working on a plea deal that would involve his resignation. in 15 minutes, council chair kwame brown will join us in studio to talk about that investigation as well as other top initiatives on the docket this new year. >> i am steve chenevey. >> i am alison seymour. we will check out a new

campaign that addresses the issue of childhood obesity. >> video games that is what i like to do by myself i don't have to be around other kids. all they want to do is pick on me. the ad is aimed at parents of over weight kids in georgia, but many parents in dc, maryland and virginia can relate of course. more of these ads coming up and controversy surrounding their in your face message. >> coming up, we will talk about that. the forecast now, i don't know if there is controversy except we don't have any snow and it is already the wrapping up the first week of january >> i mentioned earlier this morning i am starting to hear from people saying where is the snow? we want snow. some people say i can do without it but a lot of people like the snow. we did have a trace amount of snow yesterday at regan national airport but just not enough for some folks let's look what is going on there. there is no snow on the horizon

temperatures are better than they have been, this morning, this map is showing 34 degrees, temps if the 30s. dulles airport, 30 -- sorry in baltimore and then again 35 dc. here is a look at seasonal radar, not much to see there were a couple snow flurries last night overnight as well, that has pretty much broken up as we get the clouds beginning to pull out of the area, precipitation of course goes with that, so it will be a dry day today windy day, and a cool day, seasonably cool, 44 degrees for your high today in the district 46 frederiksburg, winchester we are looking at 40 for a high those winds could gust up to 20 or 25 miles an hour later on so you want to be ready for that. more details coming up. all right let's check on traffic julie wright has that for us. >> all right you guys very busy from the west this morning we had that crash eastbound 50,

south riding east of the louden county parkway. when we left the scene one right lane was getting by, westbound everything is open new problem to report travelling out to the west off 66 grid locked traffic out of manassas past the virginia visitors center accident activity has traffic narrowed to one right lane only, only one right lane is getting by, eastbound 66 at the scene of the crash once you get past the accident scene traffic will flow after fair oaks headed toward vienna, no issues to report lanes open getting through the traffic lights, northeast to northwest, 295, where it merges the new lane configuration, another accident there this morning tieing up the left side of the road also keeping you guys on the brakes, 295 headed north of the belt way, 13 miles per hour headed northeast. thanks julie. new this morning explosions in iraq overnight killed nearly 60 people, bombings hit two shiite

neighbourhoods in baghdad claiming 27 lives in the last few minutes we are hearing of attacks on shiites in southern iraq killed 30 people bombings are inon the fying fears of religious fighting -- initiating fears of religious fighting. meantime locally a fire at a building in northwest dc sends afirefighter to the hospital with major injuries. no word what caused the fire. the old curtis chevrolet building is located 5900 block georgia avenue now vacant but it did serve as former dc mayor adrian fente's 2010 re-election headquarters. >> harry thomas could be out of a job he reportedly negotiating a plea deal with the feds accused of taking $300,000 in

money for personal use. >> well, this situation surrounding harry thomas has been on ongoing story for months yesterday the councilman did not show up here for work at the wilson building that may very well be because he is not planning on returning to work. sources inside the wilson building tell us he spoke to his staff last week and said it would be advised for them to start searching for other jobs as he may step down from his post as a city council member as part of a deal to settle the criminal investigation. you remember in july he settled the civil suit against him seeking $300,000 that city alleges he took from youth sport programs and used for his own personal purposes including buying a very fancy suv and some luxurious trips and various meals he had, now although thomas never admitted to wrong doing he did agree to pay back the money. >> apparently what the feds are looking at is that there was an

effort to launder this money, and hide it. there is a lot of complex emotions at a time like this, you know, but one thing i am absolutely certain of, is councilmember thomas is now going to do the right thing. he may not have done the right thing he may have done the very wrong thing but now, he will do the right thing by the people of the district of columbia. now as part of the agreement reached in july thomas was to pay the money back in six installments of $50,000 each the second was due december 31st that money apparently was never paid reporting live stacy cohen back to you. stacy, thanks, maryland state senator, mousse expected to amunicipal council his candidacy for u.s. senate he will make it official in upper marlboro tonight he would then take on a senator in the primary. the latest on the republican nomination for

president three candidates are joining rick perry in challenging virginia's ballot access law. perry filed a lawsuit after he failed to get the 10,000 signatures needed to get on the ballot now newt gingrich, hunts man and santorum are suing only romney and paul qualified for the march 6th ballot. now iowa caucuses are behind us candidates are setting their sights on new hampshire after rick santorum's surge into a tie with romney he is coming under the spotlight with some questioning his conservative policies, romney got an endorsement from mccain and michelle bachmann decided to with draw from the race after her poor showing in iowa this week. the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice and so i have decided to stand aside. make sure that we make mitt romney the next president of the united states of america

and new hampshire, and new hampshire is a state that will catapult him on to victory in a very short period of time. the country's first primary in new hampshire set for tuesday. president obama has two big things on his agenda today, before 11:00 a.m. he will become the first president to address the media from the press room at the pentagon announcing a new defense strategy announcing the biggest cuts in military budget since the cold war. the white house is announcing jobs programs for young people it has commitments from 180,000 opportunities from private businesses. the president was calling on congress to come back to washington and pass the payroll extension for good. when congress returns, i am going to urge them to extend this tax cut all the way through 2012 with no drama, no delay do the right thing, it is

a no brainer let's get it done let's pass tax cuts. >> both sides will return to negotiations for another show down over spending they will negotiate a full one year extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefit. >> a couple tickets from 8:09 a.m., 35 decision on this thursday morning coming up dc council chair kwame brown will join us in studio to discuss issues impacting this city. >> our video of the day not uncommon for cars to crash and land on their roof what you don't see often is a car that crashes and lands on some body else's roof like an apartment building. >> right you don't see that every day. >> stay with us 

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a virginia woman started off the new year with a close call a few minutes after midnight a bullet ripped through heroine doe and into

her bedroom -- window and into her bedroom. >> reporter: she thought she was going to have a safe and quiet new years eve at her home she was in bed watching tv waiting for midnight. >> i had gone to a church program earlier if the day, tired, came up here, by 11:00 p.m., layed in the bed here. >> she fell asleep with the tv on just after midnight she woke up to the sound of a loud boom. >> you thing what was that? was i dreaming. >> reporter: this was something far >> i felt a little blood on my elbow and thought why is my elbow bleeding. this was like glass i looked back on the bed where did this glass come from i looked at this window and i pulled up the blind and it was clear to me that was a gunshot. some type of gunshot through my window. >> reporter: angela called the sheriff's office. investigators said it looked like the shots came from someone celebrating the new year. >> indications are it could

have been a celebratory shot. people need to understand when they shoot, the bullet will come down somewhere >> it came through there, chipped off the bed post what got my heart when the police officer reached in the bed, and pulled up the bullet, that was essentially maybe like 4 inches from where i was laying at. >> reporter: angela says she is glad and lucky to be alive. she has a message for people who think shooting a gun into the air to bring in the new year is a good idea. >> i am just hoping people would just reel hi realize that this is a pretty dangerous thing because you know i could have certainly been hit as you can see where that hole is, and where i was. >> reporter: wisdom martin fox 5 news. >> she is lucky according to police it is illegal to shoot a gun within a certain distance of a subdivision and shooting into a dwelling is a felony and

mishandling a firearm a misdemeanour. how about this video a wild ride for a man in california, police in fresno trying to figure out how his car ended up on the roof of an apartment building the family who live in the apartment are okay they called in a specialist with a large crane to get the car off the building investigators thing he missed a sharp turn, hit large rocked and launched into the air are we looking at this? >> yeah pretty high up there. >> the driver stole the car and is facing several charges including hit and run. >> some how -- >> and that. >> bizarre story. out on the west coast. 8:15 a.m., nothing bizarre about our forecast. >> normal warmer. >> let's look for the good the sweetness the warmth. >> cuteness. >> hi tony. >> hello there. yes we have what alison calls the cuteness factor of the day official name is my first 5 photo. >> see why i call it that. >> very cute.

who has not done this. >> this is dakota she is 5 years old, making brownies, and that is the best part of making brownies. >> just the best part. some say okay it has a raw egg in it don't eat it i say,. >> really? >> yeah, but we grew up eating it. >> yeah. >> i have never heard that. >> yeah. >> it is all mixed in with the chocolate. >> dakota is enjoying it. >> i bet the brownies came out too. >> you know they did they got a little love in there now >> i assume her parents sent it in we love it if you want to send your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings, all right here we go, temperatures around the region 35 degrees, now, here in washington that is not so bad, 27 up in boston, 20 cincinnati, 37 wilmington, let's broaden this, chicago 30 degrees quiet most of the country seasonably

cold i would say, wichita, denver, 43 degrees, miami, 42 so they are warmer than i think they were yesterday at this time. no, it was 42 yesterday at this time i just remembered. a lock at the satellite photograph for the nation, quiet, no storminess we had a little precipitation on the east coast, now we have a little presip in southeastern virginia and a little presip along the northwest coast there, in washington state and oregon that is about it. so forecast today and the next 5 days high, 44 degrees, under mostly sunny skies breezy, and those winds could be gusty this afternoon, tomorrow 54 degrees, we will take it 55 saturday. it will be a nice weekend we cool off sunday, 47 above normal, maybe rain showers monday. tucker barnes will be up in a couple moment s with the latest on traffic, sorry with more on weather now with the latest on

traffic, here is julie wright. wait a minute something happen i don't know about. >> no. >> but i can do the weather because it is always nice and sunny in my world. >> well, yes, your world is different from the rest of us. >> there is rainbows and unicorns. >> yeah. >> come visit any time. all right, here you go, if you are travelling into southeast washington, not an easy commute, i've had a bunch of callers and people hitting me up on twitter since they made that lane configuration, that changed 295, and howard bridge we have seen different action dents on several days here the latest crash occurred 295 before the 11th street bridge it is now gone and the speed is improving north of the belt way, leaving 295 headed up north of the belt way headed up to what was our accident scene. out to the west, 66, not only is congested as you leave vienna, down to 44 miles an hour we had that earlier

accident as you travel inbound approaching virginia visitors center. on the brake side of manassas. that is a check of your fox a on time traffic. >> thanks very much. we are five days into the new year dc leaders setting goals for 2012 this morning dc council chairman kwame brown joins us to talk about the past year, new year and fate of councilman harry thomas. happy new year. >> happy new year to both of you >> i know a lot of goals are set, a lot of things you are working on over shadowed by harry thomas what are you hearing as far as plans to reach a plea deal or step down from council. >> i haven't heard anything at all as a matter of fact i have heard what is reported on the news itself i have been so focused making sure we get off 2012 and continue the work we were able to accomplish in 2011, continue to keep the city moving forward. >> sit distracting having the weigh over the other work you are trying to get done.

>> clearly it is always a distraction the key is make sure the residents know we are out here working every single day for them deleverring better city services you know the polls indicated 18,000 new residents moved to the district of columbia we have the hottest real estate and residential property in the area a savings account others dream of having in terms of we are putting money in our savings account but more importantly the hottest school reform they continue to take place that is what we want to continue to focus on educating young folks getting them high school ready, college ready and more importantly residence back the work. >> one more question relates to councilman thomas, something else you mention, being there for residents of the city if he does step down what happens for the people in ward 5? how do you make sure they are taken care of >> this body always stepped up to the table when a seat was vacant whether it was then mayor fente the ward 4 representative or chairman grey

the ward 7 representative and any time there was a special election clearly we stepped up to the table to make sure residents see this is vacant and get to services they need and continue to make things happen for special election. >> till have to mention, -- still have to mention whether councilman thomas, investigating yourself and the mayor how do you convince residents of dc this is the best decision for them. >> things we have accomplished as a city is phenomenal when you look at what we have accomplished things i mentioned earlier, 18,000 residents moving and calling this city their home clearly we would like for these distractions to be put to bed and move forward, that is what i would like to do. we will continue to get our message out to communicating things we are doing that are good that are benefiting that residence for the short term and long term. >> heat's talk about the money that -- let's tuck about the money the bank account had a

surplus. what do you want to do with the money now, put it towards a projected deficit for the next fiscal year 2013, spend it what is the best use. >> let's keep in mind once again when you have a good leadership moving this city forward this is the second or third time there has been a surplus that is saying we are doing the right things to make sure the city is prospering we have a $42 million surplus the cfo indicated of course i would like to see it all go, to rebuilding our reserve that is one of the promises we made to wall street clearly i look forward the working with the executive to make sure some of that money stays in our savings account and not get spent. >> you made a big push yesterday, you were talking about this as well you would like to see young people here in dc at least make an attempt at higher education. >> every child deserves the option to go to college. i have been a true fighter as you well know i have been on this show talking about constructionings high school,

hospitality high, as well as construction academy for those who want to trade-in a skill we want the make sure they are ready for work but we have to improve our graduation rates i am going to work as hard as i can to show every child is high school ready and every child is high school, college ready every child that wants to go to college should have an opportunity to. my bill requires you to fill out an application for college interesting, to me, the top schools in our city we talk about top of the list require their students to fill out a college application to go to college you have to take the sat my bill says we are going to raise the bar for our students i believe our students can learn i believe our students can go to college if they want to it is time for the adults to get out of the way and raise the bar for our students. >> try to cover as much as we can a delegation heading up to new hampshire to lobby for bc state hood success how do you make that happen? >> i want to commend

councilmember brown and councilmember david katanye the mayor is going up this time not just the legislative branch but the mayor going with us, we will go up to pitch to new hampshire a friend of the district of columbia and introduce a resolution allowing -- supporting district of columbia, becoming the 51st state that is not just something we want to start in new hampshire but go to other states, getting the word out ifs time to have representation here in district of columbia. >> before we let you go you talk about things you were able to accomplish last year if you can prioritize it what is first on agenda. >> keep this city fiscally responsible and making sure we rebuild a fund balance here continue education reform, education is the way out of poverty we can't talk about poverty if people aren't educated we can't talk about getting them a job if they don't have training you can't be train first-degree you don't

know how the read, write, add, subtract. it goes hand in hand in terms of lifting residents out of poverty but make sure our neighbourhoods develop in a way we move this city forward we will spend an incredible amount of time raising the expectation of our students and parents. >> happy new year. >> happy new year good to be here. it is now 8:25 a.m. thursday morning over weight kids this is a touchy subject and a new ad campaign is addressing the problem but it is in your face message, for parents coming under fire a closer look when we come back pgh >> then a little later, we are live with a look at deals you can cash in on during dc restaurant week. fox 5 morning news will be right back. 35 degrees out there 

35 degrees 8:28 a.m., the man you see here behind bars charged with -- charged with child abuse for leaving his children in the car while he shopped someone spotted the children in a parks lot in wal- mart. they found a 5 month old and a

4-year-old. the father was gone 20 minutes. robbery manassas played out on not one but two surveillance videos, camera one the suspect buying surgical masks at a cvs later camera two, the man wearing the masks on a camera on a walgreens pharmacy across the street. the bandage bandit wore a disguise as well. big waves drawing big crowds in hawaii, they come to marvel at the huge wave on oahu's famous north shore these are the biggest waves of the winter season some get up to 30 feet, beach goers are warned to stay out of the water surfers have been waiting months for these waves i don't think there is any way they would stay out of the water when those waves showed up. >> that is what they are waiting for. >> no way i would get in >> i know >> wasn't there a 90-foot wave

someone captured. >> thursday. >> ouch. >> that is 30 feet. >> you ever seen a 30-foot wave? >> no. >> amazing you wouldn't want to go near it. >> right i would rather stay on the shore. >> you are a surfer. >> a really good surfer. >> a 3-foot wave is enough for me. >> me too. >> those are fun at the water park. >> just joking. at the water park too. okay, so here is the forecast, bright and sunny, a whole lot, the last few days a little warmer by a little warmer we mean seasonal, right, mild tomorrow, temperatures back in the 50s and the weekend looking fine, weekend should be fine our next storm system rather dry next week or two. storm next week a pretty good sized storm but a lot of question marks with it how much cold air will be around that kind of thing it might be a

rain maker for us. here we go 35 regan national that is a lot warmer than yesterday, and a little more comfortable, 30 right now gaithersburg, 32 in leonard town, 35 annapolis, 34 win chester and 25, cold spot in culpepper, frederick we are not getting a reading from you. we are just not getting a reading your site is down. satellite radar off to the south and east, light snow showers enough to coat the ground if some spots out to the west, clear skies that will build through next couple days with winds out ott south and west, -- out to the south and west, temperatures should warm afternoon, mostly sunny nice and mild, friday and saturday, weak cold front comes through saturday night it will bring cooler temperatures for the end of the weekend. that is a look at the weather forecast, alison i will throw

it over to you. >> stop sugar coating your child's weight problem is the message of a new get tough ad campaign aimed at parents of over weight kids take a look. >> mom, why am i fat? >> ads do give you chills, check out that statistic too that ought to let you know how big the problem is. 75% of georgia parents with over weight kid don't recognize the problem the same can be said for parents in dc, maryland and virginia. this campaign is being criticized a bit too. seth galvin joins us now this is serious stuff beth good morning. >> it really is good morning alison and you know children's

health care atlanta launched a campaign this summer called strong for life and it put up billboards and started running these black and white ads all over the television in this area. this week, the criticism has started building for some reason with critics coming out hitting hard one saying this campaign is horrible, children's health care says it is trying to with this campaign break through some of the denial parents feel about their weight you talked about that 75%, statistic that is kind of scary but i think the problem is, parents may see another child who is over weight and recognize the problem but when they see it in their own child and seeing that child day today they may not recognize they are struggling with their weight. these ads are trying to shock or be a wake up call to parents to take another look at their kids. >> this is a series of ads so we will check out another one now. >> okay. being big runs in our family as her mom i never

noticed her eating differently than the rest of us. she likes junk food what kid doesn't. when the doctor said she had type 2 diabetes i never thought what we eat made her sick i just always thought she was thick like her mama. >> all right so, you talked a little bit what is the main criticism of these ads. >> the criticism is that it is restigmatizing kids already stigmatized because of their weight. they are saying yes, the problem is graphic these kids are struggling but you are not giving parents the resource to help their kids in its defense children's said it started the strong for life program it has camps going involving parents and kids and trying to reach out to kid s with wellness clinics and help these children who are obese get control of their health but critics say parents need resources, more than anything, they need to know there are solutions out

there and they need to have access to those solutions. want to check out another one now beth hold on. >> i don't like going to school because all the other kids pick on me. it hurts my feelings. why does the hospital feel like it needs to take this step? >> i think the hospital feels like it needs to be drastic because the problem is so huge we are talking about 30% of americans that are now over weight that is a third of kids going to school struggling with their weight we are seeing it in younger kids the problem is if younger children begin to grow older and are over weight they are likely, probably have an 80% chance of not breaking out of that cycle of growing up and becoming over weight adults and having all the health problems that come with that it is a serious issue, the question about this whole campaign is whether it is really doing enough to help

parents battle this problem, and it is not going to be just the parents who need to help solve this problem alison. >> it is hard to see them in this rapid succession but it is getting the message home let's check out one more ad out of georgia. >> >> my doctor says i have something called hyper tension. i'm really scared. >> so these kids featured in the ads you mentioned the criticism was what are you doing for them are they getting help with their weight these kids we are seeing. >> yes these are real kids they are from georgia they are -- they were offered enrolment in the strong for life programs to get help but i mean when we talk about kids across the country it will take more than just programs like this it will take getting pediatricians onboard, community groups onboard because parents and families and kids need much more support than they are getting to help battle their weight because we are not making some you know, we need to make success in a lot of areas. >> beth galvin what an eye

opening campaign, i would be interested to see if it catches steam and becomes more of a national drive but thank you so much. >> thank you. >> all right. >> coming up next we will head into the smart phone zone for more on probably the hottest rumour of the new year, apples ipad 3. >> i thought the hotst rumour was that you might be tieing the knot. >> come on where did you hear that? you just started that now. see what i have to deal with? >> happy 2012 

one of the hottest items under the christmas tree in 2011 tablet. >> yep so just how big of a boost were they to the tech world for more on that and the latest on ipad 3 rumors already we head to the smart phone zone to check in with lauren demarco. >> that is how it goes very fast in the tech world.

tablets were the gift of 2011 according to flurry analytics consumers activated 6 .8 million apple and android devices on christmas day alone and quickly put them to use when it comes to aps the week between christmas and new years was a record breaker, estimates worldwide more than a billion aps were downloaded. which country saw the most activity u.s., at the top with 500 million ap downloads during the last week of december a huge spike when you compare it to the rest of the month. china takes a distant second with 99 million we need to take in account a much smaller population there celebrates christmas, uk followed by canada, then france and germany as for which tablet everyone is buying, look at this little guy kindle fire according to amazon, kindle fire lead the kindle line, with record

breaking sales of 4 million devices over the holiday season one analyst says, the fire robbed apple of 1 million to 2 million ipad sales should apple be concerned? no. according to december report from research firm idc apple captured 62% of the worldwide tablet market in december, so, what is a couple million really. plus there are all the rumors about the ipad 3, there are reports ipad 3 could be arriving as early as february, there are also reports that it may be accompanied by a smaller ipad miniand i heard from a rather reliable source that last part is true, that along with the updated ipad apple will offer a smaller one that can be held with one hand just like the kindle fire i also heard there will be two front facing cameras so users can be in 3d for video calls like face time, now another big question everyone has been asking, will

ipad have theory, speculation online, probably not. finally will that new ipad come out for steve job's birthday, february 24th we don't know insiders are saying any time between february and april i can say this february 24th is my birthday so alison, steve if that is what happens you guys know what to get me. >> i thought you had all those toys already. >> not an ipad i have a kindle fire. >> well, we will pool our resources. >> 8:43 a.m. thank you lauren. coming up thursday morning we will check with annie for a look at deals you can cash in during dc restaurant week. >> stay with us, fox 5 morning news 8:00 a.m. will be right back

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next week is restaurant week here in the nations capital a great opportunity to check out local restaurants. >> i love it. >> we should do it, do it for lunch or dinner. >> okay i am going to do it this year remind me to. book in advance i tell you every year. >> fox 5s annie yu joins us with a preview of dc restaurant week i was telling steve i am going to do it i have never taken advantage of this. you are at a restaurant i want to visit we will team up and do it right this year. >> reporter: that is the way to do it get with friends or

coworkers and come out and enjoy more than 200 restaurants participating and they are offering three course lunches and dinners lunches are $20.12 dinners are $35.12 so it isamazing deal good morning how are you? >> good. >> ed, why don't you tell us what your restaurant is offering. >> we are offering it for two weeks this year, so we are doing for the first week six aps. six entrees for lunch and dinner choose from whatever you want but then we will do the restaurant week for another second week and you can come in and experience it the second week. >> that is good it starts on the 9th and goes for a week you are extending it until the 22nd some restaurants are doing that log on to myfoxdc.com to find out details there,. this is an oyster mushroom salad, it is versatile, so this

is a raw version of it, so we peel it down keep it in a little water just in vinegar and water so it doesn't change color. >> what does it taste like? >> light oyster flavour to it we use these nice yellow shard we get from blue moon in pennsylvania, that will go right in there. also quince like a savoury apple, you need to cook it so it is palatable we take this, roast it and then just peel this with a knife,. >> where would you get that? >> grocery store i have seen it in a bunch of stores just kind of looking for it most people walk by it. dice this, and these will go in here too. also, a little bit of peccareno goes in here we sauteed these oyster mushrooms they are warm they go right in. >> is that what this is here.

>> yes, those are raw ones. >> this gets dressed with a truffle vinaigrette. >> is this one of your popular dishes. >> yeah, we just put it on the menu a few weeks ago so yeah, one of the more popular ones. >> do you come up with the dishes and experiment. >> yeah, we will play with them put it together, change things and settle on what works the best we will put this on the plate. >> wow. >> looks so fancy. >> you got the raw -- which is the sea salt but we have three waves in this we have done the chips, this is salsa and we will put this right on the plate. >> what are these made out of? >> the same thing. >> can i taste it? >> sure. >> this just gets pulled across the plate. >> these are like potato chips. >> sort of like that. that is what they taste like. >> all the scrap from the quince we make a vinaigrette too this just gets

dotted on the plate. >> find this recipe on our website myfoxdc.com along with websites for all the restaurants participating today. coming up we are hanging out with the executive chef at kubra libre. >> all looks good thanks, 8:49 a.m., good news for concert goers, we will have that for you when we come back. pgh >> radio this is medic 9. >> medic 9. [ gunshots ] >> trapped in a broken down ambulance with the sound of gunfire all around them, coming up after 9 more from paramedics who needed rescuing themselves stay with us 

i hate to tell you this macy's announced it will close its store at laurel mall along with the blooming dale's at white flint they are closing the stores and seven others nationwide due to poor

performance. clearance sales will start sunday. they are planning to open five new macy's and one new blooming dale's over the next couple years. there may be trouble for best buy stores they have become less popular in recent years thanks to online deals just a few years ago forbes named it company of the year now it is predicting bankruptcy some time in the next few years in a statement the company says it plans to grow revenue through promotions expanding online and ensuring competitive prices. good news for want to be tailgaters, jiffy lube alive in virginia, lifted the tailgate ban it enacted last year the move was made after receiving numerous widespread complaints from customers this year they will allow grills to be back, tents and canopies forbidden and aggressive enforcement of open containers and under age

drinking. let's say good morning to today's facebook fan of the day chris lives in virginia but lives in maryland he always pays attention to julie's traffic report and julie says thanks chris appreciate it. if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day, search facebook and fox 5 news. couple minutes from 9:00 a.m. tony will be back after the break and join alison to take you up to 10. >> new at 9:00 a.m. hearing from casey anthony for the first time since she was akuwaited of killing her daughter -- acquitted of killing her daughter caylee ♪ ♪

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>> at 9 she's back it has been 6 months since casey anthony was acquitted of her daughters murder, this morning she is speaking out in her video diary what she has to say to those who watched her trial. >> plus a scary new years eve for a pair of paramedics in detroit. radio this is medic 9. >> medic 9. >> they were stranded and surrounded by gunfire, why they say the city is to blame. and a young artist's painting hangs in a large museum but it is how it got there that is gaining him worldwide recognition. >> yeah, we will show you the stunt and how curators honored him in a little bit. >> some times it pays off. >> maybe. >> tucker barnes joining us in the weather center, we will see a little bit warmer temperatures. >> you got it alison