>> is that outside wisconsin avenue outside our station? >> no, it's not. >> i don't know what's going on there. >> i do. i have actually done a mini version of that dance. >> have you really? >> yes. >> tucker barnes, we have all been there. we'll tell you more about that story but looks like he is trying to walk across the street in the crosswalk. >> i can't see anything, allison. >> all i hear is music in my head all the time. let's get to the satellite picture for you. it is going to be a beautiful friday, beautiful start to the week, temperatures will be trending well above normal and we are expecting highs, believe it or not, for some of us, in the sixties. there is the cloud cover across parts of the area here but most of the region, it's just sunshine now and should be a bright and sunny day. will be some high cloudiness from time to time. temperatures expected to be as much as 15 to 20 degrees above yesterday. should be a nice day. 39 in washington, 46 in

quantityco. temperatures will be off and running shortly. 46 in annapolis and 30 in frederick. here is the forecast for today. lots of sunshine. just plain warmth afternoon, 5 your daytime high. back to you, tony. tick, thank you very much. this morning's big story is also making national headlines. d c council member harris thomas, jr. has resigned. >> he is due in federal court late they are morning to face charges of stealing government money and filing false tax returns. we get more now from sherri ly from outside the federal court. >> reporter: the resignation came under mounting pressure he was charged with two felonies yesterday and in just about two hours, he will plead guilty. in a statement announcing his

resignation, he apologized. ize the feds say he stole $350,000 in grant money. yesterday, he was charged in what's called a criminal information signaling a plea: >> the information has been filed in lieu of an indictment and that means that harry thomas has waived his right to a grand jury indictment and has agreed to plead guilty to the counts that are in the information. this means that the deal is done. >> i would like to pass a message to harry thomas, jr.'s, his wife, his mom. >> thomas will likely face prison time and has reportedly told friends he expects to be sentenced to two three years. in the meantime, a special election will be held to fill

his council seat. that hearing is scheduled for 11:15 this morning. and the u.s. attorney will be holding a press conference at 2:00 to discuss this case. joining us now is matt auckland. what can we expect in court? >> reporter: that is when the plea agreement comes, as you were saying, last night. we heard that he will plead guilty to these two charges, one of them involving the money that apparently was taken from the district of columbia, $350,000 use for youth. the other has to do with false tax returns. the money that harry thomas made over the years, inchewedding some of the money that he's accused of taking was

not reported. that's a felony charge. >> reporter: and technically, he could stay in office until his conviction which would be confirmed at his sentencing. but he did finally quit under mounting pressure. what has been the reaction from the mayor, from the council? >> the reaction has change add pit. as you know, for quite a while, it was david cattania who first called for thomas to resigned. that came almost immediately after the settlement. thomas agreed to pay that $300,000 and a few other council members. yesterday, the mayor finally came forward and said that he believes that thomas should step down. kwame brown last night also announced that he expected thomas to resign and then got a letter. i also have been hearing that council member brown has not received an official letter from council member thomas which would signify his resignation from his council seat. >> real quick, that special

election is going to cost the city a pretty penny. >> it is been be expensive. i was talking to the election board and they say a minimum of $300,000 to hold the special election in ward 5 alone. ooh >> reporter: thanks a lot. matt. you will be in court again today and we will have the news for you as it happens as he max that plea. we will be bringing it to you here on fox 5. that's the latest from the federal courthouse. back to you. >> thank you very much. in other news this morning, police in montgomery county need your help finding a missing 14-year-old boy. take a look at the picture on your screen. anthony alexander escobar was last seen near brochard road. he has the name johanna tattooed on his neck and a tear drop tattoo on his finger. carmen de la rosa was found

guilty of first degree murder in november. she is expected to get 35 years in prison. a five-year-old child left alone on a school bus in fred prick. the frederick post reports that the driver failed to check his pus after making the last drop on tuesday. the five-year-old fell asleep during the trip from her daycare center. when she woke up, she was not at the school. the bus was parked outside of the driver's home. the drive eventually took her to school. loundoun county officials are investigating the case of six middle stage students who were apparently drunk before the start of the school day. a student saw one of their classmates dripping on the bus and reported it to administrator. one of the students who had opinion drinking went to the school nurse. eventually, all the students

came forward. officials are not taking disciplinary action right away. >> a lot of people say zero tolerance and there is no zero tolerance. if you do a, we are not going to automatically do b. thinks the sheriff department's jurisdiction. is there a help? we have treatment? do you need counseling? >> we don't throw students away. this is a one-time mistake. if this is a one-time mistake, we want to correct it. the student were in various stages of intoxication but none of them needed serious medical attention. while the gop candidates gear up for back-to-back debates in new hampshire weekend, a vote counting controversy has erupted in the state they just left. the iowa gop is scrambling. fox's peter doocey has more on what this all means and what

this means on the campaign trail. >> reporter: it takes two weeks for the republican party to certify all the votes but some are reporting that the count might not have been right and that's something that rick santorum wants you to know about. >> they're going to shall reporting them -- they're going to be reporting them, they're going to be certifying them. there was a county where there was a 21-vote mistake in my favor and another county where there was a 20-vote reporting mistake in romney's favor. >> santorum says. >> there will be changes >> reporter: even though iowa is still on our minds, new hampshire is on our calendars for this tuesday and that's where jon huntsman has beat out mitt romney for the endorsement of the boston globe. the newspaper says his credentials match those of any- up in the field and he is the best prepared to be president. >> there is something happening

in this state, i'm telling you right now but you have a chance to make it happen. you have a chance to change the course of this nation's future. >> huntsman is currently fourth in new hampshire. his 7% support is trunked by romney's 41% in the latest suffolk 7 news tracking poll. this as romney has been splitting time between new hampshire and south carolina and focusing his fire on the president instead of the gop rival. >> this president believes in something that some call crony capitalism. romney will split his time between aisle where he trails former house speaker newt gingrich and new hampshire where he is the prohibitive favorite. the new jobs numbers from december are just in and a burst of hiring has pushed the unemployment rate down. the jobless rate fell from 8.6 to 8.5% this morning now at the lowest level in almost three years and giving a boost to the economy at the end of 2012.

employers added 2,200,000 jobs last months. the unemployment rate has now dropped for four straight months. pope benedict xvi is naming 22 new cardinal it is, including an archbishop from maryland. edwin f. o'brien who was paul more's archbishop was named to the college of card nawstles today. owe brian is 72 years old and will serve as an advisor to the pope. he will be eligible to vote in papal elections until he is 80 years old. the vatican will hold a new meeting with the pope next months when the pope will elevate o'brien and others to this new level. coming up, how to address your kids' needs and how to still have time for your significant other. >> that ace very good one, very important. and a dog believed to be killed in an avalanche is reiew neated with his family. we have a lot of these good

animal stories this week. >> we do. >> it's coming up on 91:11. we'll be right back.   2 

it's friday, time for ask allison. we are on to something good. >> what happened to our graphic? >> a viewer was kind enough to write in this question. on. here is the actual question. n. >> let me just say this. first of all. viewer, thank you so much for writing in and kudos to you for even knowing that this might be an issue and raising it early. you already won as far as i'm

concerned, but joining us now this morning to talk about an obstacle that a whole lots of us encounters ace carrie majorca for an organize called the paraphernalia encouragement program. thank you for coming in today. >> talk about it a little bit. it's an incredible resource that we are lucky and unique to have in this area because it's not common around the country to have a center like this. it's been around for 30 years . it's nonprofit and the mission is to develop stronger, encouraging families and they do that through a series of classes and they have a noted series author talk and they give community talk at schools and local programs. they have a variety of ways to support the community. >> often, it is said, when you leave the hospital, nobody gives you a manual that gives you what to do after this little baby is walking and talking about. >> first dealing with the kids and the different stages and also keeping her marriage fresh

and exciting. you know, as exciting as marriage is as a certain point. let's talk first about the kids. how do they focus on each phase? three months is such a baby. >> she did bring in her husband in the heart of the question. one of the first things that we always have parents do when we come to the program is talk about how to come on one page. that's going to be owe effective for them. to the extend that they can read a book, have a plan for how they're going to move forward, that's going to give the kids a very consistent mess am. >> this viewer is doing everything right, so far. she just needs to know how to find a time, probably. >> that's a big part of it, too. another thing that they can do, once they are on one page is that they can become a real support for each other. they can even have kind of like code signals to say, i'm out of patience here.

i need you to step in because they're going to be on one page so that's going to be really helpful, too. in terps different developmental stages that her children at at at this point, she talks here about having one child in extreme independence. there is another term for that and we call this power struggle, very common issue for young kids and even colder kids, quite frankly teens. we talk about that one of the best ways -- there are so many tools. but one of the best tools that i can off here quickly is that she can get the three mondesi old all the way to the four- year-old involved in family task, family work. keeping them busy with stuff around the house is a lot better than having them struggle with their parent. her three mopped old is going to have to learn how to have a good 10 to 30 minutes of time doesn't tampa bay themselves whereas the one-year-old can help put away groceries and toys. the two-year-old can tart to

help to set table, learn how to bring the plates back. you have the four-year-old hemming you sort the laundry, making the bed when you have kids involved, they are so eager at this age to do that. they feel confident. they are cooperative. i think that's going to go a long way: how about the marriage? >> yeah, that's a good tierchlts i don't know how these parents have any time in the day to look at each other. they want to maintain a healthy relationship. any quick tip? >> find a way to get in a date night once a week. if they have friends, family, babysitters that can help them get out, that would be wonderful. in the event they can't do that, one advantage of having young kids is they go to bed early. you can have carpet picnic, have some time make sure they are taking that time to nurse the friendship, that relationship so they can fill their tanks and start back the

next day. >> i love everything you just said. pep, the parent encouragement program. if anybody needs help, the website is available. >> the website is pepparent.com. we have so many resources, classes in virginia and maryland and d.c. as well as if they come in, we have a full library of books and we can definite hi direct them in any direction they knee. we are a good support for the community. >> mainly, you don't feel alone, you know what i mean? >> absolutely. >> this is carrie majorca with the parent encouragement program. if you have any question you would like to ask me, send them to me. we talk about a lot of topics. we do this every friday morning right here on the 9:00 show. >> that was great. >> and also, too didn't want

tomb bears carrie but majorca was supposed to be in silver spring, in the coffee shop. busy lady don't fear another snowmaggeddon and some people in china are getting help from a make shift traffic cop. you don't want to miss this video. first, we want to check in with annie yu. oh, no, we won't check in with her. i'm getting mixed signals, sorry. >> work with us here. i'm over here. more than 40 dealers are going to be here at the washington antique shoa. you cannot only shop around but get some advice from interior designers. this beautiful mirror here costs $1500, right up myalley. but we're going to be talking about things that some area designers have picked out.

that's coming up on fox 5 morning news. 

welcome back. surviving the snow this winter just got easier if you have a smart phone. two developers created a survivor app. they help motorists prepare for winter driving and when things go badly. it can pin point a motorist location. call 911, notify friend and monitor how long the gas will hold out. the app gives life-saving reminders like to stay with your vehicle and keep the tail pipe clear of snow. good stuff. >> it is good stuff meet olay, the korgie who survived a deadly avalanche that took the life of one of his owners. the dog was with david

dilliard. david was killed and the family feared that the dog was also killed but, somehow, this pup made his way back to the motel where they were staying after tracking through some rough snowy terrain. the family, including the wife who also survived, is now reunited with that courageous pet. look at that. stale very sad story there. a finish man who has lived in china for the last couple of decades has an unusual approach to get drivers to stop for pedestrians. he uses tac chi to get drivers to stop. he hurries pedestrians across the street. he wants to create a fujo -- >> fuju -- tony does not know. the safest city in china. >> you asked me. >> i don't even no why i did that. >> i understand this guy. i've done it. can i show you the movement >> i do this. he crosswalk? i stand up and do a little --

>> oh, okay. >> it's not peaceful like tac chi but it's like, what have you been doing? >> i've seen you in the crosswalk, sir. you have been some gestures, too. i'm not the only one. that's only a joke. coming up, controversy over a nasa checklist. fascinating story. before we do that, let's head over to dave ross. >> i would like to see more tai chi from allison. >> we have a special treat. one of the redskins captain, lorenzo alexander is here. and would lorenzo like to see this guy, robert griffin iii like to see this guy wearing the burgundy and gold? 

jrntlez welcome back. nasa is questioning the right of the commander of apollo xiii to sell his checklist. it includes handwritten calculations by the commander that were crucial in guiding apollo xiii back to earth after it had problems. commander james lavelle put it up for auction and got $388,000 for it. nasa has stopped the sale. robert lavelle may not have the right to sell it. nasa says only the space agency itself can authorize the sales of these types of artifacts. >> i'm not spliced. >> i'm not but it's fascinating because if he has had this in his possession all these years and decides i'm going to sell it. >> perhaps they thought he shredded it. i feel like it is government property. >> it is government property. >> i'm just asking. >> like when a satellite -- yeah, what a satellite falls apart and falls to earth, you

can't keep anything behind. >> it is his intellectual property, i guess is the argument. >> it certainly is a historic artifact. >> i'm not surprised. but it's good to know it fetched a pretty penny. $388,000. mr. barnes, what do you have for us today? >> perfect forecast here today. tonight will be fine. i don't think you will want to be dining outdoors tonight but that's the idea, maybe out to lunch, you can get a little picnic. >> a picnic or just outside. outside. >> thanks, allison, getting nick call on me. >> we have a redskin guest standing by. >> that's right. we would rather hear from the redskin. >> if you want to have a picnic outside in fredericksburg, you will be able to shortly. temperatures will be in the low 50s, colonial beach,

fredericksburg, central virginia, into the low 60s. even here in washington, in the upper 50s. 39 in baltimore, 43 in winchester. let's do a temperature trend and this time around, the trend is favorable for us as we are expecting high temperatures about 15 degrees. 58 today. 57 tomorrow. we're going to get a weak cold front through here late and then the cooldown begins sunday. >> thinks a nice looking forecast. a little pit of cloudiness at the moment especially off to the east. we should see more and more sunshine. perfectly sunny days. our next weather features a cold front out towards chicago that had come in here dry. i showed you the temperatures

on the temperature trend cool down a little bit. there you go, sunshine, unseasonably warm, enjoy, beautiful afternoon. winds out of the south and west out of five to ten miles per hour. clear and cool overnight. temperatures will be close to freezing tomorrow morning fur off to the north and west. there is a great looking five- day forecast. back near 50 on tuesday. >> that's a look at the forecast. now pack to dave and my favorite redskin. dave? >> yeah, he is a cal guy, just like you. no woulder you like him so much. we are just talking to lorenzo alexander who just finished his sixth year with the redskins, an alternate in the pro bowl. good to have you with us. >> hey: it's been an

interesting year, 5-11, not where you guys wanted to be. you guys still feel you are not as far away as the record indicates. we have ated a few new pieces, stephen boykin, leonard hankerson, jenkins as well. hopefully we get people back from injuries. we have guys from free agency and new guys. now we have to put it together and be more consistent. you see how we played well against the giants and show up against another team and it's lackluster. we have the talent and the steam but we have to put it together. >> i dug up some old footage of lorenzo when you used to wear number 79. you were playing some offense and defense, they had you all over the place, right? >> yes. >> now, you are still backing up as a back liner. >> i was with a about 300 pounds.

now i'm real slim at about 260. >> there is the real lorenzo now, slipped down version. >> you also got the walter peyton award that we gave you for being the good guy. what does it mean for you when you are recognized by your peers? >> you know, it's humbling. you recognize that god blessed me with a great platform, with a great family and to be able to give back to the community, that's great. i grew up poor. now that i made it and have a good family and i haveexcess, why not give it out to people who are in need. >> need more lorenzo alexander. that's as ample as that. >> talking about the draft, you are not mike shanahan or bruce allen but it's fun to speculate. everybody is clamoring about a quarterback, you know that rex grossman may not be here. and when you see a guy like

robert griffin iii? >> yes. definitely. he is a guy who has the it fact to. he is athletic, big, strong arm. i hit it the most important part of all is he is very educated, smart guy. you hear him talk on tv, he is very ma temperature he is be a good person to get here pause he will be able to transition well and deal wall the pressures from the media and fan base. >> he can handle it. >> he can handle it. >> he is a very mature kid. you can hear it when he speaks and he has a good foundation with his family. >> i'm with you. i would love to see rg iii here. >> and talking about the nfl playoffs, you will see the game here on fox. >> as long as eli continues to play like that and they have people who can take the ball,

you know, getting cut backs, getting osi guy i know your boy aaron is a cal guy. so, do you route for him. right. we came out playing tocialghts two years in cal. he is phenomenal. he is having an m.v.p. year. he has phenomenal weapons on offense. tim tebow, as a guy in this league, a defensive player, do you look at him and say, is this a gimmick? >> he is a quarterback that has what it factor. he is able to rally the team, motivate the fans and make people around him better. he is not the prototypical quarterback. but who cares? he is getting w's. >> lorenzo will help the redskins get more w's next year. >> we're going to go bowling, senior bowling skills. >> be ready >> i'm just saying, tony and

allison. thank you very much. fox morning news continues in a moment. 

if have you a chevy volt, the company wants you to take it back to your dealer for some safety repairs. the electric car's battery caught fire. dealers will add steel around the patries. both gm and federal safety agencies say that the cars are safe and no fires have been reported after road crashes. well, don't expect to see the area's newest millionaire out on the shopping spree. warner ashbie bought the raffle. he works as a chauffeur and plans to stay on the job at least for now: i have no definitely plan right now. i'm just going to be talking to my financial advisors and we'll see what happens. maybe i can turn it into two or

three millions. who knows in. >> the owner of the 7-eleven that sold that ticket also received 70 million-dollar. >> his name already sound like a millionaire. he may have been before. >> i love that. this is the unveiling of the butter sculpture at the am farm show. you can take a look here. thinks elaborate. it weighs almost 12,000 pounds, all made of butter. it was unveiled last night in harris burg. it marks the 4h education program teaching young people about animal care. it depicts the child, booze, the queen giving him a ribbon.

once you put it on the internet, it will never be tank down. a french company released and online ad. you see it to the left, four children with their arms wrpped around each other. now just off to the right of that picture of the kids is a naked man leisurely walking on the beach. the photo was on a website for a mail order company. the company has apologized and have removed the photo from their site but it's already popped up on other sites. >> i don't understand how you miss that. >> how do you miss that? >> you can easily crop it out? >> don't people usually when you are placing that, you look at a picture through lenses. i love it. fantastic. >> what's that? that's a naked man. >> no good. washington native and r&b artist will talk about her upcoming album and perform a

song and where can you find antiques and by art and help local charities? annie yu takes us to the washington annual show when we

more than 40 reputable antique and art dealers are in down for the big washington show this year. >> this morning, annie yu is learning more about the show and what it has to offer. she joins us now from the arts and cat center from the university in northwest d.c good morning, annie. >> there are so many neat things that see here. we are talking about so many dealers, ranging in jewelry, paintings, books, and furniture. and you're going to get into en

gauging with some expert. good morning, john. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. you are look very nice today. thank you. >> you picked up some key pieces. these are a pair of georgian arm chairs. >> they are beautiful. some people think of paint as a second class citizen. never think of that sometimes, the wood is easier to carve and get more details. same thing. these are could have had in a silk. you would think that is delicate to use but these can be recould have had in a heavy linen and be done in one of those new indoor outdoor fabrics that resist soil and staining so they can be used in many ways. they will be great to an instant hall. you can use those to soften a dining room so you would see some upholstery in color.

>> how much does this thing go for? >> these are 2750 the pair. >> i can tell you that if you went to buy a pair of chairs like this of equal quality and detail, and they are still being made, you would be paying a great deal more because now they are paying health benefits and insurance to everyone. the labor costs have gone up considerably >> let's talk over here because you picked up a couple of things for us. now we are getting a little more casual. thinks the late xviii and early xix accept toury. these are what you would sit in chairs to watch tv. >> i wonder why they don't make chairs like these anymore. >> tears great. covered in leather. they could be easily could have had in fabric as well. it would be perfectly suitable that way. that makes them light and airy looking in the room and, yet,

this is an extremely comfortable chair. >> when people come out, they will be able to en beige in some talks. >> i will be doing one on on saturday. we will do a walk through, show them various things, probably these chairs and the one i just saw. i will be taking them to show them what i think are beautiful pieces. >> i know you have a special piece in the back. it is a table. our viewers at home can see it now. it's in the back. tell me why you picked this one out. >> this is a late xviii century painted. i would not be hesitating to use this as a bar table. it has multiple uses. it is italian. i like italian furniture, well, continental furnish tour, not

as heavy as french and english furniture. >> log on to our website. back to you in the studio. >> thank you so much r&b singer and washington native tanya blount will be here. she joins us now this morning to talk about her music and perform for us as well. we are thrilled to have you here. >> i am thrilled to be here. actually, this is my hometown. i was born and raised. this is exciting. we have had the privilege of hearing the band all morning long warming up and everything. this band is fantastic. you can play anything. can you introduce them. >> thinks my husband, mike ivory, one of the song writers for my new project. this is yan. this is ameche. ashley, kevin ryan hoist an artist on my record label and this is jasmine.

>> fantastic. >> we were like, is this the right waned? tell bus the new album. >> this is called the return of the sparrow and i want to say hello to all the sparrows, that's what i call my supporters. this is just great. >> you know, we are all familiar with your music. we're going to get the same rich sort of r&b feel to it. i like to call it a fusion of rock and r&b. >> you are working on some other project. are you working on a reality show? >> i'm. >> we just shot an it sewed for reality show. it's going to be on viral reality tv show. we are using a lot of outlets that independent artists are out. i love it when independents are good. >> what are you going to do for us?

>> we're going to do "i am love" ". she's going to be in blues alley on tuesday. >> yes. >> here is many love. ♪ here we are in the place where time stands still for us. ♪ ♪ you are shivering and together, we can bring back what the world has said is gone ♪ ♪ you are an inspiration ♪ i am motivated ♪ what was once so missed can come alive ♪ ♪ could this be the night

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thanks to tanya blount and time to say good morning to our facebook fab of the day, emani grant. she just turned 12 years old. happy birthday. if you want to be fan of the day, find us on facebook for fox5 morning news. post a comment under her cute little photo v a food weekend. >> she is adorable. >> a beautiful day. what a nice looking forecast. highs in the upper 50s. yeah, upper 50s. if you are in central virginia, colonial beach, you might be in the 60s. tomorrow, we'll cool it down. maybe some more showers in the forecast for monday and then we'll be more seasonal next week. en croix the next couple of