biggest supporters to lunch. beautiful start to this friday and what a nice day it should be today it is the sixth day of to 12. good morning. >> it does look quite optimistic. >> quite nice. can't wait for it later today. >> tony perkins joins us now. it's going to get nicer. >> we have that to look forward to. it is going to be a pleasant day, starting our day in the 20s and 30s. you expect it because i'm telling you about it but you will get a surprise, temperatures in the 50s in earlyy january. that's going to be a nice surprise. dulles airport at 39. baltimore, 29 degrees there. here is a look at the satellite radar composite. we do have cloud cover over us. it's kind of right here over

the washington baltimore region down into fredericksburg, eastern maryland, places like that. most of the rest of the area, part to the north and out to the west and further down to the south, we are cloud free. we will see a lot of sunshine for the bulk of the day today but some morning clouds. forecast eventually becoming mostly sunny. temperatures, oh, 15 degrees or so above normal. look for a high today of about 58 in washington, 61 in fredericksburg. germantown, 56 for the high today. more details in the forecast coming up in just a little bit. let's get updated on traffic for that. let's go to julie wright. >> all right. good morning, sir. 66, we have a fender bender down in fair oaks. the beltway inner loop slowing between braddock road and 66. traffic remains heavy and slow out towards sell flairy road. traffic will slow again briefly

on the 14th street bridge. not a bad commute at all as you work your way out of falls road. expect delays leaving the inner loop out to georgia avenue. this morning's big story, of course, the resignation of d.c. council member harry thomas, jr. he resigned after the feds filed papers charging him with felony. he could do jail time for stealing government money and filing false tax returns. he is due in federal court in just a few hours. >> that's where we find fox 5's sherrie li. >> reporter: ultimately, harry thomas, jr. bows to the pressure when he resigned late last night from his ward 5 council seat. today, he says he will be taking responsibility for his crime in federal court. the feds say he stole $350,000 in city funds bound for youth sport program and failed to

report those on his taxes. in a statement issued through his lawyer, thomas says, i will plead guilty to committing two federal crimes. i am resigning my position as a member of the council effective immediately. i made very serious mistakes. i take full responsibility for my actions. i am truly sorry. the announce. drew mixed reaction in his district ward 5. >> this is not the time to crucify him, to be thankful for the contributions he has made and to support him and his family. >> i'm disappoint because i knew his father. so, to me, it's like putting a blemish on something that was so good. he was going in that direction, but i guess he just got caught up in whatever he got caught up with. >> thomas is accused of using

that money for his own personal luxuries, including an suv and a motorcycle. a special election will now be held to fill his seat in ward 5. else due in court at 11:15 this morning. they'll hold a plea hearing and it is very likely he is face prison time the latest here in federal court. joining us now is jacob frankel, white collar crime specialist, formerly a federal prosecutor. let's start with what sherrie ended on, possible sentencing. i know that's kind of putting the card before the horse. but there is report that harry thomas thought and told friends, probably two years, three years. >> there are two sets of calculations. one, what is the law saying is the maximum sentencing but then there is something called the

federal sentencing guidelines which is a guide for judges on how time pose the sentences, the amount of financial losses involved. actually back on the envelope calculation last night. the sentencing range, as i calculated 21 to 27 months. the judge go down there from or from there because he follows the statute itself but the bottom line is, you know, no matter where the judge wants to come out, i think there is a recognition, when you have a public official who has steered to his own benefit public funds and failed to file taxes, i think the most significant of the three charges is the underpayment of $280,000. that's really kicking the numbers up in terms of guideline calculations. he has to go to jail. >> the statement -- i don't know if you had a chance to read it. his statement, there was no defense. he says he made a mistake.

he didn't try to say, i'm being unfairly accused here. what did you think about that? >> i mean, i think what we are getting is that movement from, you know, back at the time of the civil investigation and the civil case to i'm going to fight all charges to sort of this notion that in order to bring that calculation down, to the guidelines that we were talking about, there is an acceptance of responsibility. you think what really hurts the most here, i think for citizens, for those who watch the process is almost a sense of entitlement but a violation of the public trust. last year, we are talking about jack johnson, now councilman thomas. the greater washington area wants to get beyond the politicians who are sort of out themselves and let the prosecutors take care of them and get down to the business of running the counties or the

district. >> he heads to court today. expected to enter a plea? >> yeah. and telegraphing, that the document is consented to inform by the defendant and the defense. today will be the guilty plea, somewhere from 60 to 90 days out will be the sentencing. >> mr. frenkel, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> steve, over to you. of course, we're going to have complete coverage. you can read the court documents online including thomas' entire statement. a northern virginia woman could get up to 35 years when she is sentenced for murdering her two-year-old grand daughter. that woman tossed that child

off a six-level walkway in tysons corner. the defense tried to pass her as insane but the jurors didn't buy that. >> loundoun county school official are looking into the case of six middle school students who were apparently drinking before the start of the school day. this happened at lundsford middle school i chan tillly. students saw some of their peers drinking and reported it.

later, one of the student who drank went to the school nurse feeling sick. controversy over the state where the gop just left. >> it takes the republican party of iowa two weeks to certify all of tuesday's caucus votes, but, now, some local station are reporting that the count might not have been right and that's something that rick santorum wants you to know about. they are reporting, they're going to be certifying them. there was one county where there was county that was a 21- vote difference in my favor and there is another county where there was a 20-vote difference in of romney. there will be challenges >> reporter: even iowa is still on our mind, new hampshire is on our calendars for this

tuesday and that's where jon huntsman has beat out mitt romney for the ten course. of the boston globe. the newspaper's credentials matched anyone of those in the field and he is the best prepared to be president. there is something happening in this state, i'm tell you right now. you have the chance to change the course of this nation's future. >> huntsman is currently fourth in new hampshire. his 7% support is trumped by romney's 41% in the latest suffolk 7 news trackingology. this as romney splits time between new hampshire and south carolina and focusing his fire on the president instead of his gop rival. >> i think this president believes in something that some call crony capitalism. >> reporter: romney will split his time once again between south carolina where he trails former house speaker newt gingrich and new hampshire where he is the prohibitive faith. peter doesey, fox news. president obama will hit the town for a special lunch.

the president will go to a d.c. restaurant with the winner of a contest. elvisity the new offices of the consumer protection bureau. time right noise 7:11. change coming for some illegal immigrants in the united states. we'll explain next. and a new study examining the brain finds memory loss happening 20 years sooner than first thought wizards still looking for the elusive first win of the season. dave ross back with more on that. and a look ahead of the first weekend of the nfl playoffs. and as we take you to the break, a live look outside. we'll get the latest in weather and traffic from tony and julie. that's coming up next. it's the perfect time to find great deals

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. south america where von der sloot goes on trial for the murder of a woman. van der sloot long suspected of killing natalee holloway is charged with killing michele torres. the white house is announcing changes to the rules for illegal. the obama administration is waiving the required wait time. it usually takes three to ten years for immigrants to qualify for legal status but under the new rules, they don't have to if they can show that a spouse or parent would suffer without them thousands of items from the titanic ocean liner valued at nearly $190 million. the catch he is that somebody has to buy the whole lot.

one buyer has to buy everything and make it available for public viewing. a pair of binoculars and gold coins are among the items. coming up quickly on 100 years. >> looks like they want to get everything out together so that it's not -- i mean it makes sense but it's almost cost pro hi byative. >> there are only going to be a couple -- >> $189 million. that's a lot. >> only a couple of bidders, you know, museums or collections. >> i never got up to the one in philadelphia. >> once you buy it, maybe years down the road, you can sell it off. >> you have to be able to boy it. >> yes, of course. >> it's prohibitive. >> yes. >> yes. >> i have good news. first, the bus stop forecast because i know you are always concerned about the kids making sure that they are dressed appropriately. did you dress them warmly? >> well, i was looking at

later. >> you can't do that. >> i know. they peel the jacket off, stuff it in their back pack. >> these are the early temperatures, 20s into the 30s. that's where we are this morning. we don't have sunny skies. we have cloudy skies right now. as the day progresses, we will see milder temperatures but it is cold. 37 degrees now in washington. 36 in raleigh, north carolina. as we show you the rest of the country it's just quiet and mild. yesterday, there were records high set all across the country. these are not bad temperatures for early january. 34 degrees in omaha. pierre, south dakota, we like to talk about them because they are usually so cold but they are the same temperatures as us right now, 37 degrees. here is a look at the national satellite radar. again, things are quiet, only in northern michigan there is a little pit of precipitation and down around the houston air ya, a little bit of storm niels

storminess there. highs in the 50s, a pleasant day t tomorrow, a few more clouds tomorrow and particularly tomorrow night as the frontal boundary comes through. 57 tomorrow. sunday not bad, 48 degrees, above normal. monday, rain showers, tuesday still mild at 50 degrees. that's a look the weather. more coming up. >> that's better than earlier this week. >> yes, it is. >> thanks, tony. >> yep. >> let's check out with julie and check traffic. >> on the beltway, typical slowdowns, headed around georgia avenue. traveling southbound along 270, heads up. near 124, montgomery village avenue, we'll keep you posted on what they find in our next report. out to the west for those traveling inbound along 66, the out bound activity cleared.

lanes here open. you will also finds if you are traveling north bound on 395, you are doing that bumper to bumper thing leaving duke street to seminary road. >> julie, thank you very much. it is -- well, what do we have, 7:18 right now? >> you completely caught me off guard. because she asked me about the wizards and she wants to know what's going on with the wizards? that's a hard question to answer. >> everybody just wants a little win. >> don't say what i said yesterday. you tonight remember? >> okay, good. >> i suggested a different name for the wizards. >> yes, we did. >> we are not going to say that to the viewing public. what we will do is talk about the 0-6 start. it is, sadly, a franchise worse. we went down to practice after

the shellacking in orlando. they called a player-only meeting that lasted two hours. to a man, they said that's something that had to be done. there is andre blatche who has been under the microscope. he had some issues with the head coach of a game 1. maurice evans called this meeting and he explained why. >> everyone has to earn playing time here. we have to be real with ourselves, you know. you just don't-- sense of entitlement that's here sometimes, i've never seen before. >> we had a good talk. we all said our piece. hopefully, all the guys took it in, and didn't take it to be sensitive. everything that was said yesterday was something that needed to be said and needs to be done. >> here is the thing with andre. people asked, do you buy into

it? do you think he has turned corner? is he maturing? when you hear him speak and you are there in person, you look like, it seems like he can get it. he gets it on that day. let's see if he can carry it over into the game. you can speak all you want to say, and say whatever you want to say but unless you carry it on the court, that's just speak. let's see them against the knicks right now. nobody feels good down at the verizon center how about those washington redskins. they have the six overall pick. can you get landry jones? no, can't get him because he is going back to oklahoma. this guy was projected to be the third quarterback allegedly taken in this draft.

this is no longer an option. they liked this kid a lot last year as a junior -- excuse me, as a sophomore. now he will go back as a senior. he has broken all the records that needed to be broken. >> he was the third quarterback behind matt barkley who goes back to school, too. >> yes. barkley and landry jones next year will compete for one and two. >> exactly. >> the $60 million question, what dot redskins do? >> i think again you're going to hear a whole bunch of different options between now and then. if you can trade up to that 2 spot, which is where you have to be to get rg 3, you take a shot. >> might not work out. >> might not work out. you might salvage the future and give up two number 1s and people cringe. but this guy could be the deal. for a quarterback, this is a quarterback-driven league, you have to go get it. >> a lot of competition in that spot. >> coming up at 9:00, lorenzo

of the redskins will join us. >> fantastic. >> he will talk about some of the things that went wrong and some of the things that can go right. we'll talk about the playoffs if we can't be in it. >> right. coming up, signs of an improving job market. we'll look into that. and are you worried about getting audited by the irs this tax season? we'll tell you who is more likely to be put under that microscope and we are talking about the fine arts andantique at the washington winter show. annie yu has the tickets. we'll check in with her. 

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4:30. employers added some numbers. still a solid finish to 2011. even a better outlook for the new year. the economy is expected to create 175,000 jobs each month millionaires may have more run-ins with the irs than those who are not high earners. new figures show that 12% of people making more than $1 million were audited last year. 12%. that's up from 8% in 2010. in the meantime, the irs only audited 1% of people make under $200,000. the growing rate among the wealthy is to show that the tax code is properly enforced. they say they have nothing to do with the president's proposal to raise taxes amongst the wealthy. >> a little comfort knowing that we won't be audited. >> sad. >> yes. nasa has questions for the

commander of apoll quo 13 ghnchts and people trying to derail mitt romney's campaign. and here is the traffic near duke street. near 395. a lot of brake lights. 

sure don't see this every day. a farm in california celebrating a rare birthday set of quadruplets cows or kastles. two of them are from a term twins. odds of them coming out all females and all alive 1 in 179 million. which is the same price that you can get the titanic auction for. 179 million. >> how big does that cow have to be to be carrying four calves? >> excuse me. >> pretty big. >> only time you can get away saying that. >> i don't know, tony. >> you have to look into your

heffer research? >> i had to censor myself. >> that's a fair question. >> sure is. >> let's take a look out there i cannot have a serious conversation with these two. >> can we do it? no. >> no. i don't know why i have to apologize: yesterday was fantastic. 50 degrees yesterday at reagan national airport. dulles, 47. bwi marshal, 56 degrees. we're going to do better than these temperatures today. how about that? 37 degrees still in washington. gaithersburg, a cold 30 degrees. dulles airport at 37. fredericksburg, 43 degrees. that's going to be the trend today, fredericksburg warmer than washing tonight fredericksburg can get into the low 60s rather easily today. we to have clouds over us this morning. officially reagan national, for

example, is reporting overcast skies and you can see it right there, but there is plenty of clear skies off to the north and west and to the south as well and as the day develops, we'll see the clouds break out, push out. a little bit of this cloud cover will push in but good amount of sunshine for us today the forecast is mostly sunny, very mild. highs unseasonably warm into the upper 50s and low 60s for some of you today. not bad at all. average high, 43 degrees. tonight, clear skies. it will be cold to cool. five-day forecast, the warming trend continues to. 57 degrees. they cold front comes through. right now, we think it will be dry but partly sunny on sunday. 48 degrees. some showers on monday, back up to 50 on tuesday, and then we'll cool off again and get some rain here next week. that's what's happening with the weather. let's get an update on traffic

with julie wright. >> i can't hear you. they clicked the but the top and i could not hear you. >> i was talking to you. >> that's what happens when you are talking, right? all right. here we go. let's take this one to the crew on sky fox. into my neck of the woods in v. a., montgomery ville annual avenue, there is a long exit there, you can swing wide in order to get by and work your way towards montgomery village avenue. that's unusual backup for some friday light. that's what i like to call it. unfortunately, some stop and go south. north bound, all lanes are open. you are doing the double neck all the way into frederick. we'll update the right on the other side of the town. we have a change in the construction pattern. again, today, we do have an accident that's popped up, tying up the left side of the

highway. expect delays northbound as you try to work your way into washington. as you travel between aneighbor daily and merrifield, average down to 36. that's a check of the fox 5 ontime traffic. since 1984, only two candidates have won both iet with a caucuses and the new hampshire primary. mitt romney is trying to be the third as we look into tuesday. the remaining gop candidates are looking to get more support. >> we have iowa in the rearview mirror. >> can mitt romney be the third person to do this since 1984 and win both? >> yes, and he will. it's just now an expectation game for dpoch nor romney to say how much he will win. if he wins by anything more than a double digit, it will be

a win to south carolina with momentum. if it's less than 10 point, he can say, hey, i still won but there is an under current of conservative republican unrest and unwilling to embrace romney. after south carolina comes florida and then super tuesday later on. he is still much more prepared to run a national campaign, the cost, the organization. you have to consider mitt romney the prohibitive favorite. >> some of that conservative support could go to rick santorum after that strong showing in iowa. how much does he have to gain in new hampshire. >> i think rick santorum has a very easy course in new hampshire. he comes at four points. if he finishes at 20 points, which is possible, in the later polls, he is at 11 or 12. he can say, hey, i trpled my

support. what new hampshire is going to determine is the viability if there is any left of newt gingrich and if jon huntsman made -- had an insight insight analytical. >> even with the boston globe endorsement in that's the largest read newspaper in that part of north america, i still don't think that jon huntsman will gain more than 10%. >> still looking like he is about fourth. >> if he ends up no better than that, is he done? >> yes, i think he is. >> rick perry did not get out and newt gingrich is taking or trying to take governor romney to the wood sheds. it divides all the conservative votes. mitt romney is only endangered by a single opposition. that won't be in new hampshire

and in south carolina. >> michele bachmann did get out of a iowa you had an interesting article about some of her contributions, though, that may help one of the front runners here? i wrote that in two stages the first stage was while she just failed because michele bachmann is a historic figure. the only one to win the ames poll and finish not first or second but last. she knocked tim pawlenti out of the race by winning the straw poll. that helped one person more than anything else and that's mitt romney. on the fox debate in sioux city, she bore in on newt gingrich on his freddie mac consulting with a tenacity and directness that turned campaign in iowa. she lost, lost spectacularly, underpurchased but in two significant ways, she made a real it difference. >> no big push by the romney

campaign. >> the first thing out of the romney campaign, she was a great candidate and we'll miss her. >> i'm sure they will miss her. uls always going to see some support ofsurprise. in new hampshire, one thing that newt gingrich might be able to play into. the eun on leader in manchester is the state's most important newspaper. has been the most important voice for conversatism in new hampshire. if newt gingrich fails spectacularly in new hampshire, the paper knows that its voice will diminish greatly. if he comes in a strong third, that would -- to me, that would fall in the surprise category and something worth watching as he heads to south carolina. >> thanks for joining us. >> al? >> 37 degrees at 7:39 on a

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making headlines today. a health alert involving your brain. research, new research suggests that its capacity for reasoning and memory skill can start deteriorating at age 45, my age. >> how old is that again? 45. previous research suggested that cognitive decline -- don't try to be funny, steve. >> took you a minute. >> cognitive decline does not

start until age 45. >> see if you believe this story a bizarre one out of australia all started when a man reported his car missing from a grocery store two weeks ago. car turns up recently in a closed garage in a home near the grocery store, surprised the homeowner. they called the comes after discovering the station wagon inside their closed garage. turns out the car's owner forgot to put the vehicle in park. the vehicle then rolled across the parking lot across the street, down the driveway, bumped under the semi-opened garage door and then the door closed. >> no way. is that possible? >> i'm wondering if it was really a grocery store. [ laughter ]. >> right. tick tock. two software developers in north dakota developed a winter

survival app. it can pinpoint a motorist's location, call 911, notify friends and monitor how long the gas will hold out. the app also potentially gives life saving reminders such as to stay in your vehicle and keep the tail pain clear of snow. >> that's great. >> that should come in handy. >> hate to be in that situation but any help with be appreciated. nowhere near any chance of snow today. we are going in the opposite direction? we are. it's going to be so pleasant. it's going to feel like spring time and may be confusing to some plants and insects and that kind of stuff. >> oh, insects? >> yeah, yeah. >> we'll see how the day will be. let's show you the temp trend. that's a good friend although for today and today, it's great but overall, that's a cooling trend. you see what i'm saying here. it starts high but goes down.

today, 58 degrees. all these temperature are above normal although we do cool off and then we go right back up again next tuesday. here is a look at the satellite radar. i just stepped outside our student -- studios, beautiful outsigh. some of those clouds are called alto cumulus. we're going to clear out and get a good amount of sunshine upper 50s to around 60. i would not be shocked if we got to 60. tomorrow, 57 degrees. a few more clouds. sunday, a little bit cooler, 48 degrees, chance of rain on monday. tuesday, 50 degrees for the high temperature. not a bad forecast. >> some of these bugs and insects can reemerge for one day. >> i'm shocked by that. a couple of days ago, we had a couple of warm days. i had flies. after the earth quake, i

had these huge horse flies. >> sometimes, they are released out of the ground: right. >> you are being funny but i'm being serious. >> that might be true. >> oh, okay. >> all right. that's probably true. >> i was not at the grocery store. get it? >> that's not a liquor store. he is 45. >> i had horse flies after the earthquake and you are 45. >> julie wright -- i don't need your pity. >> julie wright joins us with a look at the road. >> horse flies and insects, no worry. sausage and gravy, that's really sausage. >> you want to gross people out. >> exactly. tony eats hoho for breakfast. that does not matter to him. between annandale and merry fill, no accident, just volume. you're going to find yourself down to about 36 miles per

hour. we do have an update from had he toast blue line now single track for those commuting between van dorn and francona. i do know that for you traveling on the blue line from metro's blue line, they are single tracking between francona and van dorn. 121st street bridge, left side of the roadway blocked off there. expect delays from at least howard road fur traveling in bound the commander of the apollo 13 wants to sell a checked list from the doomed mission but nasa won't let him. he got $288,000 for it. nasa suspended the sale. the checklist included his handwritten calculations. only the space agency can authorize sales of things like that, nasa says the district's version of

antique road show? and annie is standing by with more details with this event which kicks off today. annie? >> it's going on all throughout the weekend. if you think you have an item that might be worth something, you definitely have to bring it down here because there are appraisals on site that will charm you just 10 there are which is a big bargain, folks, to appraise that item here at the washington winter show. coming up, we're going to talk to one of them. back to you. >> thanks, annie and time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day today. today, it is the lovely emmani grants. good morning to you, beautiful. hope you have a great day. happy birthday. if you want to be monday's fan of the day, find us by searching fox5morningnews. we'll be right back. 

more than 40 antique and fine arts dealers gather here in the nation's capital for the washington winter show. >> our annie yu is getting a preview before the big event kicks off today. she joins us from the captain arts center in northeast. good morning. >> good morning, allison and steve. this is one of the best and largest shows in the country and there are more than 40 dealers and we are talking about jewelry, furnishings, decore, paintings, even canes. there is something for everyone. joining me now is don creespo who is owner of the philadelphia shop. you have been doing this for 20 years. >> yes >> reporter: tell us about it. >> it's one of the best shows

in the country, has opinion going on for 20 years. this is a washington institution. >> parts of the proceeds do profit some local charities. tell us about your shop and some of the items that you are featuring. >> many dealers have a specialty and i'm just one specialty. i sell primarily art on paper. it's historical art. for instance, here, is a picture the united states capitol. this picture was done while the capitol was being constructed during the civil war. they were putting a new dome, putting extensions on the wings and senate and house. can, ten call 19th century arts convention, they had to put genre, people and horses in the back ground. this particular work is $3200 but at the same time, not shall is so very expensive.

this is a little 1850 view of the white house. the white house, can, is the theme of the show this year. this was done by an english artist. and it shows the white house with tiber creek in the foreground. of course, ti.ber creek became independence avenue. so they paved it over and cleaned it up. >> how much is that for? >> this is $90. >> that's a wide range of prices here. >> absolutely. >> in addition to all these wonderful things, you're going to offer us some appraisals? >> there is and appraisal clinic on saturday morning where people can come in. it's like the legendary antique road show where there will be some appraisers here sitting down. of course, most of the appraisers are dearlies. i'll be dog my specialty.

most will cost 10 krr. that's a bargain. >> yes. i charge $175 free. >> so this is free. >> $10 an item is a real bargain. >> and that goes on from 9:00 to 11:00 saturday only? >> yes. >> $10 per item. that's a really cool auction there. where do you find some of your items on the shop? >> well, they come every possible way you might imagine. i mean, i've been driving to work on saturday morning and buying something in a garage sale. people walk in the front door of the shop with something. i'll meet people here who say, i have some of these, this picture of my niagarra falls. well, not niagara falls but the statue of liberty. >> this kicks off today and

goes until sunday. tickets are $20. and there is free parking below the building. you can come back and come back again and see things all over because it's an amazing thing. there are three levels here of wonderful, wonderful rooms and there is something for everyone to enjoy. back to you inned studio. >> lots of things. and, of course, annie is in northwest washington. rats have invaded the occupy d.c. camp. and keeping up with that new year's resolution to lose weight with dietary supplements. how do you know which ones will benefit you the most? we will talk with a health expert about what to look for on the label. that's coming up in about 30 minutes. stay with us

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harry thomas, jr. for stealing city funds and filing false tax returns many of us are vowing to get healthy. should you spend money on die rid supplements? do they really work? >> coming up at 9:00, redskins linebacker joins us to talk about the redskins' end of the season and look forward to next year. he will be with us in studio talking with dave ross. good morning, happy friday. also coming up in the 9:00 hour, r&b singer and actor tanya blunt will join us in studio live. she has a brand new album coming out later this month as well as two shows next week. we'll talk to her and see what she's up to. she will perform for us, too. >> lots of good stuff coming up today and it's going to be a good day. >> sure is. we're going to see the high temperatures today into the upper 50s, low 60s is for some of the viewers. it's going to be a nice day

today and tomorrow with unusually warmer air in place. let's take a look at some of the satellite images. there are some clouds out there this morning but actually made for a very nice sunrise. can you see how the clouds are breaking up as we speak, pushing out of here. we will see mostly sunny skies through the bulk of the day today. i expect a few clouds to come through from the north and west but mostly sunny skies. 37 degrees. relative humidity at 73%. winds are out of the south at six miles per hour. forecast for today, good amount of sunshine. mild air. average high will be in the low 40s today will be in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. not bad at all. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you, sir. >> uh-huh. >> let's check with julie. >> we were told earlier, made aware of, i should say, that a person has been struck at the

van dorn station affecting the metro's blue and he will yellow line. there will be single tracking. there will be investigation. there is a report that a person has been struck at the van dorn station and this will affect your commute on metro's blue line. other side of town still bogged down headed for the inbound 11th street bridge. that's because of an accident. average speed down to about 11 miles per hour. 395 on the brakes, hitting duke street. lanes are open but all the way into king street bft pace improves only to slow again on the 14th street bridge groo july, thank you jrchlt now to the criminal charges against d.c. council member harry thomas, jr. thomas resigned last night. now, he could be facing jail time. >> in a few hours, thomas is

expected to plead guilty to stealing more than $350,000 in government fun. for the charges against the former councilman, we turn to sherrie ly. >> reporter: harry thomas, jr. is expected to plead guilty. never before has a council member been forced to resign. a criminal information has been filed. thomas reportedly told friend he expects to spend two to three years in prison. the fed say he stole $350,000 in funds ear marked for youth sports program in the city and failed to report it on his taxes. in a statement to his lawyer, he said i will plead guilty to committing two federal crimes. i will resign my position on the council effective immediately. i take full responsibility for my actions. i am truly sorry. reaction from fellow council

members came swift. >> very difficult day. very difficult day for the government, for the council, i'm sure for the thomas family, for the residents of ward 5. >> i'm extremely sad and actually devastated by this turn of events because even though i had asked for council member thomas to resign months ago when he agreed to pay back the money that he took, i have this feeling now because the reality is crashing in on me that there is no explanation. >> thomas is accused of using that money for his own permanent luxuries, including an suv and a motorcycle. that plea hearing is scheduled for 11:15 this morning, just about three hours from now. matt ackland is here now with more on what's going to happen. you have been covering this from the start.

what can we expect? >> as you said, we found out that this plea agreement was going to be made in court today. we are not sure what will happen first. the last couple of days, the talk at city hall was that we would probably hair about a resignation first but, as you know, that didn't happen. what came first were the federal charges. then we found out about this plea agreement through electronic reports here at the courthouse and then came the resignation last night around 8:00. just a simple statement. >> let me ask you about this resignation because for a year since sort of these allegations first surfaced, he always said, i didn't do anything wrong. he agreed to this payment plan to pay the money back and initially when the charges came out, he didn't resign. he only did that later in the evening. why then? >> i think the pressure has been building. i know i covered this story early on. i remember interviewing mr. thomas about this, this team thomas issue and this money. he denied it. he said this did not happen.

he said, i did not take that money. he came on the fox 5 evening news at 10:00, talked to shaun yancy and said the same thing. then we heard about the settlement, the 3300 thawed that he agreed to pay back to the city. he missed a payment. that didn't happen. and then come the federal charges today the pressure has been building for sure. >> now, he is going to plead guilty. you will be in court today? >> yes. >> that special election is expected to cost the city at least $3,300,000. that's the latest here in the federal courthouse. back to you. >> thank you. let's take a check at the top stories. a northern virginia woman could get up to 35 years when she is sentenced to killing her granddaughter. her lawyer tried to prove she was insane at the time but the jury rejected that argument n a

videotaped confession, she told police that she killed that little girl to get back a at her son-in-law for getting her daughter pregnant before they were married. loundoun county officials are investigating the case of six middle school who were apparently drunk. a student saw one of their classmates drinking on the bus and reported it to administrators. later, one the kids who had been drinking allegedly wept to the school nurse feeling sifnlgt eventually, all the others came forward, too. montgomery county police is asking for your help finding this teen who has been missing. he has a tattoo of the name joe joanna on his neck and a tear

drop tattoo on his index finger. our weather is warming up but soon enough, it will get dangerously cold once again. the d.c. director of health will talk to us about keeping people safe vote first new hampshire are gearing up -- voters in new hampshire are gearing up for the vote on tuesday. plop  people keep asking me if that lady in the viva commercial

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8:12 right now. no warmup factor needed today. let's go straight to cuteness. >> tony presents the cuteness factor. steve, i think you're going to like this one. time for the my five photo of the day. >> why would you say that? >> yeah. >> obviously, tucker didn't pick this one. no, not a steelers fan, being a ravens fan. >> and kaitlyn is as well. he is adorable. isn't he cute? >> he is so yummy. >> we thought we would show

this to you sin the redskins are ton. >> do you notice how big of a smile you geyou go to the playoffs? >> i know. i know. >> tucker and steve, you boys calm down. >> kaelen was born in d.c. but his mom is from pittsburgh so, yes, he is a steelers fan. >> all right. >> he is adorable. if you want to accepted us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com. it's still 37 right now. but that will change, have no fear. 40 in cincinnati. across the country, temperatures are, i would say, relatively mild across the country. we have highs -- not highs but current temperatures in the 40s, check out international falls. we are used to saying they are like 9 degrees that time of the year. 43 degrees right now.

as we take a look at the sat rad, not much going on across the country as far as sky conditions. there is some rain around houston, texas. little bit of rain in northern michigan. other than that, quiet, clear if you are traveling across the country. you won't encounter much in the way of any real weather. upper 50s to around 60s. 58 in the district. good amount of snipe. tomorrow, another great day. 57 degrees. sunday, not bad, cooler but 48 is above normal. monday, we have clouds. tuesday, mild again, back up to 50 degrees. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. tucker barnes is here. he will tell you what is going on with the weather next go around. here is julie. >> you're going to find traffic volume moving at speed right now as you continue to and from

the wilson bridge. top side of the beltway looks good as you travel from 95 to university boulevard. now, we do have reports that a person has been struck along metro's blue line at the van dorn station. as a result, metro is single track between francona and van dorn. if that's the way that you are traveling usually, well, do expect some delays. and accident on the 11th street bridge inbound. expect delays starting at malcolm x. the biggest newspaper in massachusetts is snubbing its former governor, governor romney and now throwing its support behind jon huntsman. it's the second time that the

paper has endorsed a romney opponent. huntsman is counting on a strong finish to stay in the race. fox news correspondent mary ann riafferty. >> after a strong performance in iowa, rick santorum continues to make gains in national polls. despite that, many suggest that mitt romney already have new hampshire won. recent approval rating has him 20 to 30 percentage points. >> in new hampshire as opposed to iowa, mitt romney has dominated all year long. this is his backyard, his homefield. >> i think mitt romney will win but i don't think it will be by the 20 or 30 points that he has right now. >> some suggest that even if romney does come in first, it's whomever places second that many are concerned about. if someone comes in strong second place, then it's a perceived victory and will build huge moment yum for that candidate. that's really second place which becomes the goldmedal in

new hampshire. >> rick santorum may come in second but after a poor showing in a town hall meeting, that may not be the case. the rest of the candidates are crisscrossing the state trying to garner support for many of the undecided voters. >> i don't think there is a lot of decisions as yet. it's those independent voters in the state that are likely to shake things up. >> independents will look for someone from the outside, outside of politics. >> the new hampshire primary will take place next tuesday. this weekend, fox news sunday is taking it show on the road. chris wallace will take his show on the road. good morning. >> getting ready for your big road trip. a lot of business to be done in the meantime. lets' talk not just about the republican who are going to be duke it out and up for votes but let's talk about the democrats and their response to what's going on? >> we're going to be getting a

little bit of a head start. we're going to the chairman of the republican party and the chairman of the democrat party. the reap canals are raring to go at barack obama and vice versa. ron paul, we'll have an exclusive interview with him as well. >> what is it that makes ron paul so interesting and continues to dwayne so much attention this far along in the process? >> so many of these other guys are using -- i can say guys because michele bachmann has dropped out. many of these guys are using poll-tested, very carefully tested ideas. ron paul, like him or hate him, you know, who would sit there

and say, well, i don't think we need a wash on drugs or if iran wants to buld a nuclear weapon, threat right. many independents are flocking to him. he finished a little bit disappointing for him but still a solid third, got twice as many votes as newt gingrich. you have to take him seriously. he will do well in north carolina where you have a young people, so democrats and independents may come in and vote for ron paul. >> a lot of young people getting behind him just like a lot of young people got behind the person sitting in the white house right now. as far as with a we'll see tuesday, let's talk quickly about rick santorum. people said he was the big winner in iowa even though he did not finish first. what does he have to do to keep the momentum. >> he has to finish a strong second. it's a bridge too far to expect

that he will win, given that romney had the huge rege and the television commercials. he has to pass paul and probably get, you know, around 20% of the vote. if he were able to do that and really cut into romney's lead, then i think going into south carolina, he becomes a very intriguing kaind day you have to remember, though, there are a lot of people who have won and done very well in iowa, a state with it own eccentricities, a lot ofey of evanligical. crisswalleas, thank you. frigid water, always a concern for health officials who work with the homeless. this year, the potential problems are multiplied by the number of occupy d.c. pro

terses also exposed to the elements on a daily, sometimes nightly basis. here to show how the district and federal agencies monitor is dr. mohammed atria, director of the department of health. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> let's start with the report that your department was doing an inspection of some sort. that's not really the case? >> no, not really >> we are talking about the occupy d.c. kitchen. we have been monitoring both sides, mcpherson square and the frea.com plaza, both sites, for many months. we have been working with these folks to teach them how to cook right in the right way, how to store food in the right way and also trying to provide information about communicable diseases and how to stay healthy, how to protect themselves again fence the bad weather. men tall hem people have been

working with them, social services people, have been working with them. more recently, homeless people joined in. now, you find the combination of these two groups in both places. we are always prepared to deal with the homeless population. we know how many people there are, where they are, how to find them in case weather goes really bad. but for the occupy d.c., we don't have any information about those folks. so what i decided to do is to do a comprehensive assessment so we can look at everything in both places and that's what's going on right now. >> we have two separate issues here. we had reported on a rodent problem because of the food that's out there and the people that are out there and any trash that might be accumulating. it's womanner to have had but the colder temperature, these folks are exposed to the elements >> let's start with any sort of

sanitary issue or rodent problems. free tomorrow plaza checked out teen as far as kitchen. it's mcpherson square that you continue it monitor. it's problems in both places but mcpherson square is the worst of both cases. when you have food left out, you know, there are row debts. there are morrow dents in mcpherson square than there normally would be. the food is not kept in a secure place and people are eating at all hours of the night and so they throw the food away and that's what attracts these rodents. the big issue, really, in both of those places is our concern about hypothermia. >> let's talk about that because in both the homeless population and the protesters, they are out there to the. what is the city doing?

>> first thing is to provide them with the information. we provide them with the information yesterday. not only as to hypothermia itself buff also when people try tie warm and they have these gas or oil heaters in their tent, they can get carbon monoxide poisoning. so we are working with them in case they are using those tools and make sure that they have enough blankets and enough stuff to protect against hypothermia. in the case something unexpectedly goes bad, then we just need to find a place for people to be evacuated to. >> okay. >> we have adequate shelter for the homeless people. we are trying to locate something for the occupy d.c. movement. we really need to know how many people there are that we need to make the arrangement for. that's what you are doing. >> all right. >> as far as the safety or the

health concern, you know, nobody likes to talk about rats but if it does get out of control, what will city do? >> we will work with the park service. this is park service land. >> this is the federal agency. >> we need to work with the federal agency to deal with this population to see with a we can do. but the concern is that when people are together, homeless people and the occupy d.c. people, you could spread communicable disease. could be as simple as spreading the flu to something as complicated as tuberculosis. many of these occupy people live with the homeless and then go live with their friends. >> dr. moment atria is the director of the d.c. department of health. thaption for coming in today. >> thank you. we are now six days into the new year and many americans

are vowing to get healthy. should you spend money on tightry supplements? and we are at a preview of the washington winter show featuring some fabulous antiques, arts and, as you can see, much more. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back.

penn state may have a new football coach. report are out that patriots defensive coordinator bill o'brien will be the new head coach. o'brien will stay with the patriots for the rest of the postseason. this weekend, metro riders should expect delays as work is done on all lines except the yellow line. red line, single tracking will take place between dupont circle and friendship heights

as well as takoma and forrest glenn. green line, single tracking will take place between georgia avenue and fort totten as well as between nailor road and branch avenue. well, all right. time is 8:30 now. a different story like, say, monday or tuesday this week. >> you got that right. we're going to right in the opposite direction. temperatures will be about 15 degrees where they should be. >> it's too cold. this is too warm. >> nobody is complaining about today's forecast because it's going to be beautiful this afternoon. high temperatures will be in the 50s later this afternoon. and well into the 50s. i think we'll be flirting with 60 degrees in part of the area. 35 now in baltimore. 41 for you at pa patuxent air

station. colonial beach, you guys might be in the 60s, possible, 62, 63 for daytime high. that gives you a sense of how warm the next couple of days will be. 57 tomorrow. nice start to the weekend. it will cool down as we get a cold front through here late saturday and early sunday and l to normal here by the end of the weekend. we should be dry here right through early next week. satellite. this is sentinel satellite radar. not a typical forecast here for the month of january as our temperatures are going to be trending, as mentioned, about 15 degrees above normal the next couple of days. fly day, saturday looks great. cooler on sunday. we will crowd up. chance for some rain. we have to watch the timing on that. if it gets in here early enough, gets cold enough. right now, rain back near 50 by tuesday. >> that's a look at the fooncht

allison, back to you. >> all right. thank you so much, tucker. well, with the binge diets starting the new year, that's what we normally do, right, dietary supplements are taken in large quantity, sometimes but which ones are safe. joining us to talk about supplements is anna schmidt renkert. good to see you. happy new year to you. >> thank you, allison. nice to be here today. >> could you tell us a little bit more about your organization, too? >> basically what we do is that we help people live safer. the way that we do that is we develop standards and we certify products in the areas of food, water, the environment and then consumer products, supplements that we wanted to talk about today. >> excellent. >> is there a difference, vitamins, supplements, is that interchangeable? >> vitamins, you know, we are used to taking a multivitamin.

nutritional supplement, maybe a bar that you eat, maybe a pro teen shake that you eat. we certify for both and develop the standard to cover both and develop the standards for athlete, pro athletes. >> might be the difference. >> right. >> they are kind of used one and the same. >> they are kind of the same. >> what did youy and what's the significance of reading labels and that kind of thing when you buy a product? >> i brought calm things to show you here. the best thing to do. >> bring them to your physician, make sure that they are not interfering with some of the medications that you taking >> we don't often do that >> no. they sell it, should be safe.

>> exactly. >> we develop a program because we wanted to make sure that sup. that we take, there is no unwanted supplements or your honor adult rated supplements. then there is also, let's say that you were planning on doing a marathon, your goal this year is to be fit, to do a marathon. so you decided to take -- tease are products from the vitamin shop that just came out. this is a multi vitamin and some powders that you could take to supplement. what these are for, we test them to make sure there is no banned substance in them. if you were a ncaa athlete, you would not test positive for a drug. >> got you. the best thing to do as a con tourmaliner is really look for the nsf mark. it's in different areas in each

of these products. this one is green here. thinks gold here. this one has it, you know, around the area here. >> okay. should we always look for that then? is nsf the primary body? >> they have developed the only american national standard for supplements so, yes, that's a real good thing to look for. >> we actually have a sport app that you can use on your iphone. we have n s f.org that people can go to for information. you can click on the consumer page and search for products. >> i love that. >> then you can take that list to the store and pick it up. >> we were showing a checklist of sorts of what to look for if the control room would not mind putting that back up again. we can see some. bullet points that you passed along. no sum is a cure all, understand how to properly store them, check with your physicians and supplements do not need approval from the f.d.a. that's where nsf comes? >> that's right. >> talk about storage, too.

how important is that in >> you probably don't want to store many of your supplements in the bathroom, for instance. >> where most of us probably do. >> yes, exactly. >> you don't want humidity to get in them. you want to make sure that the con tanks are closed well so nothing gets into there the important thing to look for is expiration date, just like on your milk. you don't want something that's not going to be effective for you. if it's six months old, it may be disintegrating. >> no point in taking it. >> right. >> thanks for coming in today. >> you're welcome. >> steve, over to you. aipght 36 right now. december's unemployment numbers just into the newsroom. more on that when ck. first, take a look at my fox half off deal. this is more than half off. $29 buys you a month classes. that is an 83% saving. to find out more about the deal, go to myfoxdc.com and look for my fox half off on the

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employers added 200,000 jobs last month and dropped the unemployment rate to 8.5%, the lowest in nearly three years. >> if you are looking for a job, check out our job online with the transportation federal kred outunion looking for a contact represent ti. the pay is between 27 and $31,000 a year. for more on this job and many others, go to my fox d.c..com. officials in texas say that squatter are trying tyke over homes worth thousands of dollars. they are trying to exploit a state law that allows them to claim houses if no one is on hand to stop them. they are going into houses. criminals broke into a half million dollars home while the owner was away having

chemotherapy. another home was broken into while a traveling nurse was working in another state. >> how anyone can think they can take a home for $16 and give grief to the homeowner after that is just amazing to us. that's astonishing. >> officials are looking into the cases to see if they are connected. the county clerks are no longer he shall crewing these documents. >> the washington winter show kicks off between antiques and fine arts from all over. >> this year, the theme is celebrating the white house. >> annie? >> allison and steve, we are here at the captain art center featuring the washington winter show. here, they have an amazing, amazing theme this year. it's all about the celebrating the house and we are getting a sneak peek of the treasures of the first family coming up after the break. mom. who are you calling "mom"?

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the washington winter show is a highly anticipated event, happens here in the nation's capital. the theme is extra special to the d.c. area. >> and it's getting a sneak peek from annie who joins us

now. >> reporter: last night, they had a preview event and more than 600 people showed up. that's an amazing number and they are expecting thousands this weekend. it kicks off today. to tell us all about it is amy vanzinger. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: tils about the theme. it's the white house. we are thrilled to have carolyn kennedy as the hop rarey chair. her mother founded the historical association. >> reporter: what day is carolyn coming out, ms. kenny? >> she is not. it's in recognition of her mother's great work. she will not be coming. we are open every day starting at 11:00, today. it's $20, general admissions. we have lots of events between now and sunday for people to come and see and learn, fun

things lectures, including a saturday lecture at 3:00 with roland mesny, the former white house pastry chef. he will be on stage with gail hattiesburg, the social secretary for president and mrs. reagan. >> what do people love most about this event? >> they love everything to see and do. last night was preview night. we are standing in the lone exhibit. then already events along with the 45 outstanding dealers from across the country and europe. so there's lots to see and do. >> speaking of this exhibit, i'm going to go chat with leslie crohn's, the curator of this exhibit. it's called treasures of the first family. >> talk to us about last night. what was it like? >> it was busy, fun, a lot of great interest in all of our

dealers and also the loan exhibit which is special and unique to the antique show. >> what makes it so unique? what are some specific items. right here, actually, we have a raincoat that belonged to mrs. eisenhower, dwight eisenhower's wife. on it are the vin yet that he had lived, including the white house >> yes, look at that. >> this is the actual height of mrs. eisenhower? >> yes, approximately. >> it comes with a rain hat. >> that's very cool. >> a very unique object. >> and, of course, there are so much. what are some other things. >> we have a plate over here, very unique from the kennedy administration. and as most presidents do have china services that are made, this one is unique in the fact that it's the only one that survived. one plate was made for the kennedys to try out to see if they would like it.

unfortunately, because of the untimely death of john f. kennedy, the whole service was not made. this is unique to the show. this is the first time it's been on public display. this loan exhibit kicks off today until sun day ticket prices are $20 and covers you for three days. pest part of it all, free parking. that's best part and very close to the metro as well annie yu, thank you so much. so, a couple of things going on in following a lot of money. the commander of the apollo xiii commission wants to challenge a checklist from the doomed mission. the problem is that nasa won't let him. he put it up for auction and got $288,000 but nasa suspended the sale asking if he has the right to do it. it includes calculations handwritten that he made to get

back. items from the sunken titanic, collection of hundreds of artifacts worth nearly 190 merchandise there ace legal catch here, though. a federal judge has ordered all the artifacts must be sold to one buyer who will maintain them and make them available for public view. fox's julie chang has a look at some of the treasures now. >> reporter: we are stealing into the past from portland china to precious jewelry. aboard the special preview of the special items from the titanic. >> there are more than 5500 such artifacts that started being recovered in 1987 things used by passengers in the first, second and third class. there are examples of the special service and cafi parrishian first class china as well as the second class dining plate and the third class cabin

saucers. >> reporter: 135 passengers died when the titanic sank. tonight, a rare glimpse. all the artifacts will request up for auction almost 150 years since that faithful day. >> the artifacts were retrieved from the debris field surrounding the actual ship. the ship itself remains untouched as a sacred item. >> all right. it's 8:50 right now on this friday morning. a maryland man starting off the year good. he just won the lottery. a lot of money, too. coming up after 9:00, i'll tackle an ask allison question. this week it's a lot of us have to wrestle with. >> should you be able to answer

that question in. >> i'm going to watch. >> i'm going to bring an expert in. >> you are the expert. >> no. 

time to say good morning to the facebook fan of the day. emani grant. good morning. sees in the 6th grade in palace deal middle school and just turned 12 years old. search for fox 5 morning news. post a comment under her photo really cute. >> she is. >> hopefully that's a good day in school today. that's a friday. >> usually a good day. >> a rockville man had a very good day. he is the newest millionaire in our area. >> he bought the million dollar ticket, steve, for the virginia lottery's new year raffle. >> try to let it soak in >> warner ashbie is a chauffeur. he's going to stay on the job for now and don't expect to hear about a wild shopping spree from this winner. >> i have no definite plans right now. i will be talking to my financial advisors and see what

happens. maybe i can turn it into 2 or 3 million-dollar. >> could you be that cool if you just had a check for a million dollar. >> i would be like this >> he was not the only one picking up a big check much the owner of the 7-eleven received $10,000 for selling the winning ticket. and the business will double or triple for that 7-eleven. >> that's a lucky store. >> you were you were really high there. >> yeah, exactly. >> you do it. >> you won the lottery, didn't you? >> yeah, you could tell. >> i would be excited if you won, too. >> thanks. tony will join us after the break and take it with allison to the next hour. and the pope has named 22 new cardinals and one of them from maryland and redskins lorenzo alexander is in the house talking about a new award he received from the nfl and talk about the playoffs and recap the last season. stay with us. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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good friday morning to you. i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm tony perkins. right now, former t c councilman harry thomas, jr. is due in court. >> and one of the the redskins captains will sit down with us, lorenzo alexander. >> he will sit down and talk about the season and the nfl draft and talk about this halfoff. and you may recognize her from the movie sister act 2. >> tanya blunt is here with us. she will talk about her new album and she's going to perform for us, too. thinks not a dance. coming up, find out why this man is risking his life to be a make shift traffic cop.