plans as the focus shifts to south carolina. live in new hampshire with the latest. >> big day for lawmakers in richmond and annapolis. preview of what's in store. plus one of the world's most infamous prisons opened ten years ago today, setting off a decade of controversy. where things stand now at the u.s. military facility for terror suspects at guantanamo bay. 7:00 a.m. isn't that a pretty start to the day. a little bit of sunrise on this wednesday morning january 11th, 2012, 1/1/1 on your calendar do you like that. >> i like that. i am steve chenevey. >> i am alison seymour. looks nice now but you will need rain gear later today. >> yes, in all likelihood you

will need rain gear tonight if you are going to be out and about. decent sunrise as skies do continue to cloud up. let's look at hd radar quickly precipitation area of low pressure off to the south and west that will make its way in here we will get rain in the dc area around the noon hour, a little bit after that. there is thunderstorm activity moving across portions of theunited states, regan national, 33 degrees, relative humidity, 83% breeze out of the north and east rain developing during the afternoon that will last through the night time hours as well. cooler today, highs mid-40s. that is a look at what is happening with weather. hey, julie. all right on the roads very much a busy drive the top stretch of the belt way below speed, as expected leaving 95 over towards georgia avenue. down to 18 miles per hour, on the westbound commute.

29 behaving nicely, slow going as you approach university boulevard. no problems to report, on 50 of the parkway you will find the inner loop of the belt way from the springfield inner change almost an hour commute at this time lanes are open but definitely slow going. 66 tied up as you guys travel inbound leaving fair oaks towards the belt way. live camera shot of the belt way, colesville road lanes open no incidents to report. i-95, virginia, leaving the prince william parkway, headed for the occoquan. mitt romney won approval of voters in new hampshire but the rest of the field and constant changing of position that is gaining attention. jennifer good morning. >> reporter: good morning steve. big night for mitt romney here no question. solid victory for him and historic one too. he is the first republican to

win back to back iowa and new hampshire since 1976. >> this is huge. what a victory. >> reporter: mitt romney's decisive win has established him as the man to beat for the republican nomination. many new hampshire voters say the former governor is a good fit for commander and chief. >> ron paul landed in second place. >> we are dangerous to the status quo [ cheering ] >> reporter: some analysts suggest the number two spot could mean little down the line. >> he is not necessarily a candidate a threat to romney in the way huntsman, santorum or gingrich could have been. huntsman rounds out the top three. >> i say third place is a ticket to ride ladies and gentlemen. hello south carolina. >> reporter: while rick

santorum has found himself in another virtual tie this time he is be theling -- battling it out with gingrich for the fourth spot. >> we can win this race. [ applause ] >> reporter: now mitt romney says last night was for celebrating today is about getting back to work all candidates are headed -- in south carolina in fact they have full days of events leading up to the big primary in 10 days. i am jennifer davis, fox news. >> thanks so much. 7:04 a.m. while gop candidates move on the south carolina the president is returning to chicago today to raise campaign cash he will speak at university of illinois, chicago and attend a pair of fundraisers, democrats say they need to keep the funds coming to compete with republicans leading outside groups. >> big day in local politics

general assemblies in maryland and virginia head back to do the people's work. stacey cohan is breaking down top issues facing lawmakers. >> good morning alison the neighboring states may start their legislative session on the very same day but there are big differences on their agendas in maryland, lawmakers are tasked with budget cutting. o'malley wants to increase spending on school construction and tons portation projects . -- transportation projects. options for raising revenue include hiking the gas tax by nearly 16¢s to 38s o'malley wants to trouble the monthly flush tax to $5 a month that would pay for sewer system upgrades, lawmakers might consider expanding gambling. meanwhile all the talk in virginia is about the huge gains made by the gop republicans control 68 out of 100 house seats and half of the

40 senate seats republicans are expected to push a conservative agenda which would include more restrictions on abortions in the common wealth tighter controls on immigrants and loosening of state laws on gun ownership. bob mcdonald is urging virginia lawmakers to play nice in a speech tonight he will give his job creation initiative as well as addressing traffic concerns and how to shore up the common wealth retirement system a lot ahead for both states back to you. thank you stacey. checking other top stories this morning a man awaiting trial in the deaths of a mother and her daughter has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for dozens of other crimes including armed home invasions and burglaries in prince georges county over a ten year period. jason scott expected to go on trial for murder charges in october. back the court for a

maryland soldier charged with attempting to join a terror group in somalia. the 24-year-old of laurel made his first court appearance monday and will return today for a detention hearing he is accused of leaving the united states for somalia in december with the intention of providing material support to al-shebab the fbi stopped him in kenya that was not the correct video but he does face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. an emotional home coming for a fallen soldier from frederick county maryland, killed in afghanistan. his remains due to arrive in woodsboro today, from dover airforce base his family will hold a viewing tonight. funeral service tomorrow he died last month after his truck was had the by an ied his daughters, laid a wreath while he joined the army.

it has been ten years since the nation as been detaining terror suspects in guantanamo bay. >> it is an anniversary that will be protested around the world. >> ten years ago today the first captives in the war on terror arrived at guantanamo bay from afghanistan. president obama promised to close the facility but a deadline set for the white house to do that came and went two years ago. george bush endorsed closing before he left office but congress and the courts kept the doors open and 170 prisoners there. no detainee has left in over a year,. what the obama administration tried to do was go person to person through each one of the files to decide whether to try them, release them or transfer them or whether they want to open up

this category of indefinite detention that is what they decided to do. in essence once you open up the category of indefinite detention you can never get rid of guantanamo. >> now closing guantanamo bay and sending terror suspects to the u.s. for trial was met with resistance from the public and congress. so people who say they master minded the 9/11 attack remain. he is expected to be arraigned there later on this year the anniversary has already been marked with protests. this was a scene outside the white house yesterday. a march by amnesty international could impact traffic on pennsylvania and constitution avenue and down near the supreme court 10:00 a.m. this morning until 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. prisoners at guantanamo bay plan to mark the day with sit ins and hunger strikes according to a lawyer who represents seven inmates there. coming up 10 minutes past

7. still ahead a big boost in medical treatment for injured war veterans thanks to the first lady. >> drivers with handicapped stickers no longer will be getting free parking in the district. next. things starting to look up for the washington wizards. if you consider one win looking up yes, they are. highlights from last night's game pgh >> as we take you to break a live lookout side the latest weather and traffic, from tony and julie coming up next, 7:10 a.m., 33 degrees out there thanks, mom.

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since the november strike mistakenly killed pakistani troops. tuesday's strike killed four militants, there had been no promise by the u.s. government no drone operations would be avoided. in iran a professor who worked at a key nuclear facility was killed in a bomb attack, two people in a motorcycle attached two bombs on to the scientists car killing him and wounding two others the incident resembled other scientist killings around iran part of a controversial nuclear program. washington wizards in the win column for the first time in season congratulations to the wizards, lewis and young each with 15 points, coming off the bench to help the team to a 98 preponderance 73 win over the raptors this comes over the worst story in franchise history they were left on the bench to start the game, came in, perhaps inspired a bit and the team won.

congrats. this you gouache >> manuel done. >> congratulations. national weather service issued a winter weather advisory. i was showing you areas to the west where they are getting a wintery mix. out to our west, south and west, augusta, rocking ham, western high land county, places like that virginia, wanesboro, places like that and it is in effect until 10:00 a.m. not in our immediate viewing area but there are icy spots as i mentioned a short time ago. for us let's look at what is happening i will give you the bus stop forecast as you get the kids ready for school this morning. it will be cold, it is cold, temps in 20s and 30s mostly cloudy skies have developed after seeing a fair amount of clear sky, clouds moved in, cold start to the day, dry start to the day, rain works its way in later sunrise 7:26 a.m., here is a look at

temperatures 34 degrees now in the district milder air down to our south. raleigh south carolina, cincinnati ohio, 40 degrees at this hour travelling across the country, temperatures about where you would expect them to be for this time of year, cold air across the mountain states, into the west, northern tier and then more to the south atlanta 58, miami 68, new orleans at 50 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the sat rad that is more interesting to look at as you see this storm system, making its way across the eastern united states, most states in the eastern third of the country will feel effects of the system at one time or another. either they felt it, are feeling it now or will get it during the next couple days, it is a big storm system mainly producing rain and heavy rain. storm activity in the south where it is cold enough particularly in some valleys it is a frozen mix of freezing

rain and sleet, west virginia, western virginia, western maryland as well. afternoon, 46 degrees, rain tonight into tomorrow, more rain tomorrow night into friday, could see some snow mixed in with that or could change over to snow for a brief period early friday morning and colder air is here for the weekend. that is a look at weather more coming up in just a little bit. >> we look forward to that thank you. >> let's check with julie wright. hi julie. >> we've had some problems here and there for the most part lanes are open trip southbound 270 is where we find our friends in sky fox, show us what you've got southbound out of german town it is not that bad this happens to be the live shot south of 118, no incidents to report nice easy commute so far this morning as you travel out of german town, gaithersburg. 35 a as well -- 355 as well.

northbound i-95 had problems near the prince william parkway, again this morning with the tractor trailer that struck the jersey wall all activity confined to the should we are have lanes open but a slow go on the northbound side as you work your way from dale city we have reports of slow traffic on route one as well as if you travel across the the occoquan all lanes are open. coming inbound along new york avenue no incidents to report at this time. you will find both inbound 50 as well as the bw parkway, headed into northeast. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks julie. a noelani is in the works to improve bus service to the new mark center in alexandria the idea is to add more buses to routes between the west falls and center. the board is expected to approve the plan this week. >> no more free parking when it comes to disabled drivers, the

change in response to the abuse of the plaque card. people who are disabled will have to pay for parking. >> with these new red top meters we will be providing reserved parking for person's with disabilities. the new meters with the red stops give those who park there double the time than a normal meter they are expected to be operational next month. >> gay and lesbian couples who tied the knot in the district could soon have an easier time untieing the knot. dc council is looking at a bill to allow gay couples to divorce even if they no longer live in the nations capital. currently, one member of the couple has to live in the district for six months before divorce proceedings can begin. dc council chair brown, making sure, ward 5 residents will know they are represented.

harry thomas junior stepped down last week after pleading guilty to more than $350,000 of city money. residents seem very excited they had a contact point for legislative issues, we went overall the legislation introduced by the former councilmember to make sure that stuff stays on track we talked about education and middle school plan making sure all the educational initiatives stay on track. a special election will be done to replace thomas junior. they received his letter yesterday. turns out binge drinking is at a higher rate than previously thought we will look at numbers when it comes to binge drinking. >> going under the knife any time soon. if you want to ensure your surgery is a success why you might want to check out the age of your surgeon. and veterans telling their

stories the nationwide tour of the telling project makes a stop in frederick maryland. our annie yu is backstage with a preview. we will check with annie later 

a new study shows binge drinking on the rise. according to the cdc college age drinkers down an average of nine drinks when they get drunk overall 1 in 6 adults surveyed said they had an episode of binge drinking in the previous month. more common for those ages 18 to 34 the report is based on telephone surveys of 450,000 adults. college bound students in fairfax county getting a warning about the dangers of drinking too much on campus. a forum tonight at mcclay high school will feature a documentary and panel discussion the county's attorney and police chief will be on hand as well as an

emergency room doctor and a father of a student who died drinking at a college party. a new study high lighting the safest surgeons french researchers focused on thyroid surgery patients faired better when their surgeon had been out of school between 5 and 20 years the possibility of permanent complications increased when surgeons had been practicing more than 20 years unknown factors may have explained the variation, and complication rates and they are urging further research to better define this link. hundreds of medical schools around the country will start training doctors to better street veterans, suffering from mental illness, michelle obama will make the announcement today. it will help future doctors learn to help military personnel with post traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. it is part of the first lady's joining forces campaign to do more to support military

families. bizarre rescue in florida how a dog ended up in the middle of the gulf of mexico. >> republican presidential candidate heads south. while mitt romney is flying high with two wins, south carolina is shaping up to be a bit of a dog fight. >> in depth look at the race to the white house coming your way next. >> as we go to break let's take a live lookout side, we will get the latest weather and traffic information coming up from tony perkens, julie wright next  [ sue ] wow!

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you didn't lose a dog did you? really unusual rescue in florida a kayaker was fishing near siesta key not far from st. petersburg florida when he spotted a dog swimming a half mile offshore. he did a little research it was a sad story a drunk driver struck and killed the dog's owner while the two were on a walk the dog got really scared and jumped into the gulf of mexico and started swimming away when he swam off to the kayaker the dog was injured had a few cuts and bruises but will be okay and police had a microchip so they were able to notify the victim's family the

dog is being treated but they will get him back to the woman's family >> my goodness the owner was killed by a -- that is a horrible story. >> walking on the beach the dog took off running and decided to swim. >> tragic story. >> fortunately the kayaker hauled him in and reunited him with family members. all right. >> hello good morning to both of you and everybody. we've got you know cool to cold conditions across the area you expect that it is january. rain showers later today. that is your weather headline. later on today, this afternoon we should get some precipitation, moving in, i will show you where it is right now, off to the south, and west, getting ever closer to the washington area, now, the leading edge of this system, is moving over some very cold air we've got icing going on out there, some sleet, some

freezing rain, there are advisories in effect for portions of eastern west virginia and western virginia. we have counties under our winter weather advisory until 10:00 a.m. this morning and some of this later will move into western portions of maryland too. here is the system it is a big one the northern edge you get the frozen precipitation off to the west you get heavy rain down to the south, we've seen thunderstorm activity, aligned with this system as well. it is a weather maker for us it will bring rain showers in here, later on today they will be with us through the afternoon into the night time hours as well. portions of western maryland will get some of that icing going on. you will have problems out there late today and tonight. all right let's look at temperatures across the region. 34 degrees here in washington annapolis 35, baltimore 31 frederick maryland, 23, cumberland 25 degrees,

manassas, 25 and 32 frederiksburg the forecast looks like this becoming cloudy rain likely this afternoon high 46 degrees, yesterday's high 54 degrees very pleasant day yesterday. i think the most pleasant day of this week then for tonight, rain continues, we can see some pretty good amounts of rain maybe up to an inch or so before this moves out cool overnight 42 degrees not a big change in your temperature for tonight. five day forecast tomorrow before a cold front comes through we warm up, as is often the case, 55 degrees mostly cloudy more precipitation into early friday again to the west that could be snow or sleet and freezing rain, western maryland again i think will be under the gun friday, rather blustery and cold, 39 degrees still cold this weekened highs only upper 30s to near 40. that is the latest on the weather now more on this mornings rush hour traffic with that we go to julie wright. >> all right tony problems again the morning southeast washington new crash to report at the end of the ramp from

1st, northbound on to 95 again remember there has been a change in the traffic pattern starting off the new year all traffic coming off howard road has to merge quickly to the left, to continue inbound that is somewhat of a change motorists are having difficulty with seems like every day this week we have had an accident same location. on the ramp, 295, stay to the left to get by that accident scene we were hoping to go live to sky fox. i do know they were over 95 coming from the icc headed southbound toward the belt way find all your lanes open if we have that shot we can take it no problems to report on the bw parkway clear out of laurel but you will find delays travelling southbound working your way in from green belt road, headed out towards 202. here we are live chopper jeremy showing you the commute, no problems to report from the icc headed towards the belt way, back inside inbound new york avenue, passing by north capital street heavy and steady

in towards the tunnel all lanes are open travelling northbound i-95 remains of the accident scene off to the shoulder. volume heavy, slow and steady headed across the occoquan. new crash reported 450 at the belt way, sky fox enroute live pictures in our next report. an easy victory for mitt romney last night here is how numbers came out the republican presidential candidate with 30% of the votes new hampshire followed by ron paul 33%, john hunts man, 17% for more on these results mean let's check with tim, peter is away this week we are happy to welcome back david brown welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> leet's talk what happened last night in new hampshire, we expected mitt romney to be at the top i am not sure what percentage you expected him to have but it is in line with what most people felt what about the rest of the field.

>> let's address the romney thing he was there six years the rest of the field some of them in the field made some mistakes rick santorum in particular thought he could compete, you cannot compete in seven days with a guy who has been running six years they know him he lives there all the rest of that stuff. his victory was fine i think what you are seeing now is a splinter of the anti romney crowd, i mean what did he get, 35, 37% of votes, 60 to 65% of republicans still don't like mitt romney, they are not really ready, no, i can't do that. i think that is his problem of going forward if they were to coalesce. if this was a head to head mitt romney against another republican, that is what you have to look at. if they coalesce. they will be behind one consensus conservative. >> what is your take especially in a state where president obama carried him in 2008. >> i agree with jim he should have done much better in

reality. you are right if you can coalesce on one person you would be done but it is not newt and it is not santorum, there is no body out there. the bad news for mitt romney is the excitement isn't there now how is he going to generate all that excitement come next october. >> but the interesting thing is, i think ultimately the republicans want to beat barack obama. and barack obama's numbers are not very good as my wife says an orange juice can could beat barack obama. >> do you agree with that? >> i don't know, end of the day, people have to vote. these tend to come down to women in their 30s and men in their 30s and 40s are undecided. not a lot of the older folks are voting, if you are voting in the primary you are done that is it. who can attract the last 2%, and who can get that last 2% to

swing their way. >> jim back to your wife's orange juice can. >> well, i mean, maybe it is the color of the orange juice maybe it is pulp or not pulp but i think dave is right it will be a close race in the general election and depends on intensity and that independent vote is swinging back and forth. >> huntsman and paul won the majority of the independents when you look at it. >> almost 40%. >> almost as close as 50% when final numbers came in. there were independents in this race and the independent vote went to paul a much more conservative choice in the long run the republican nominee may get that. >> i was meaning paul hunts man took almost 40% of the vote last night which is a huge chunk when you look at it. let's look at the other candidates that are here hunts man put all his apples in new hampshire does he have any hope

moving forward? he is still only polling 2 or 3%. >> he has no money he has been running on fumes his dad has been financing his pack which is how he got to where he was. i would thing as we get to the south, florida isn't the south as we get to the south, it becomes a closed primary, only republican voters, hunts man numbers go down. >> he is romney night and can't really smile. who can smile. santorum looks creepy if he smiles the guy with the best smile is rick perry. who is the best smile on the democratic side? barack obama you got to smile >> we are basing it on smiles. >> jim you got to get your republican guys to boost up their smiles. >> forry didn't do well what is his future. >> south carolina looks more like texas, than new hampshire does. we made a decision early on we weren't going to go to new

hampshire, hey, six days isn't going to change the numbers against romney. >> if you are looking at this and trying to strategize for the entire country, just based on what republican voters nationwide are looking for do you put more stake into a more conservative south carolina than new hampshire. >> you do because you have to get base first then you go up to new hampshire the independent vote is always the last vote to come to you just as it is for a democrat you have to get the base excited, they were in 2010 i believe they will be back in 2012. >> who has the advantage in south carolina. >> it is a base vote, evangelical, heyy military presence, -- heavy military presence, rural presence. >> perry. if he could do it if he is going to come back that is it. south carolina. >> how much does it help for mitt romney, if it weren't for

the democrats, no body has dropped out of the race. >> that helps mitt romney, happy as can be and paul getting second are giddy and as long as everybody stays in romney is in great shape. >> i think that is right and democrats want this, you say the obama people gently prodding things they want to see romney, they want to see a protractive race for romney the more damage to become in terms of his image the easier he might be beeten in the fall. >> true but in some ways, this whole battle with newt and the capital stuff almost helps because he is dealing with it now and not october and all the spoofs comparing him to gordon greg cothey will happen now. >> -- gecko. >> he is a gecko. >> thanks good to see you once again jim always a pleasure alison back to you. all right 7:40 a.m., 34

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making headlines, penn state you versety president rodneyer -- university president will face agu this town hall meeting is the first of three scheduled this week. seems most everybody is having a hard time finding a

job but looks like teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 may be struggling the most the bureau of labor statistics says the unemployment rate of teens looking for% time jobs was -- part-time jobs was almost 25%. former nba star yao ming helped release six pandas into an enclosed forst it is part of a major program to release captive bred pandas they will live in a semi wild environment. they have been trying to replenish the population with animals bred in captivity. you never get tired of looking at the pandas. >> the cuteness is what the big head. >> big head and little eyes. >> mm-hmm. >> little teddy bears. >> right.

>> they don't look like they would hurt you. >> do not look at their claws. >> yeah, and they will hurt you. >> they are wild animals. >> no, they will. he would never hurt us. >> he is the worst. >> oh, boy. >> hd radar. >> do not talk about tai shon. >> you are going to get a call from gwen now. >> hd radar, this presip getting closer and closer just a short time ago . i mentioned charlottesville wasn't getting anything they are getting precipitation now. richmond coming your way, moving closer south virginia into central virginia the this will move into our region later on this -- today, late morning early afternoon hour, let's

look at future cast we will try to put time on this that is not a very good representation of right now but there you go this afternoon rain over spread, the region, most of it is light to moderate rainfall, western maryland getting maybe some sleet and freezing rain out there, this afternoon so you will have some problems scattered areas of heavy rain tonight, and up into baltimore right around the washington area, east earn shore places like that. thursday at noon looks like according to this model run we will have clearing going on but then another batch, getting closer and closer tucker, another batch of rain comes through thursday night into early friday morning again, some points out to the west will get some frozen precipitation out of this i think friday morning we will talk about problems in western maryland some western portions of virginia as well the question is how close does that get to us. we will wait and see. your five day forecast, today your high 46 degrees rain

develops tomorrow mild, 55 degrees bottom drops out tomorrow night as the cold front comes through friday blustery, cold, saturday and sunday quite cool temperatures only upper 30s to near 40 there you go. some changing weather conditions. unsettled weather enters this afternoon. >> nice use of future cast. midnight then 1:00 a.m. >> mm-hmm. >> that is what we do. >> right it will be cold for the weekend julie wright start bundling up now >> i know right i am not looking forward to that. the weekend not the cold. >> you will be fine. >> thanks tony. tony is like here is some hot chocolate, button up you will be fine. we had a crash on the ramp 450, sky fox through over that found nothing our lanes are now open once again. trouble along kennel worth avenue, north of 50 before the parkway, i do have a crash northbound side of the highway involving an over turned vehicle. coming inbound route 50 expect to find delays 410 out of river

dale, accident activity on the ramp 295 the right side of the highway average speed, 295 down to 13 miles an hour. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. a really special play and for and about our veterans coming to a theatre near you. >> annie takes a look from frederick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning steve and alison we are live at the fredericks art council in frederick maryland, where they are gearing up for a big performance this saturday, involving veterans and their personal stories called the telling project we are telling you all about it coming up in just a bit. i got to tell you about one of our infantry battallions . hello, progresso. it fits! fantastic!

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rivetting stories told on stage by real life heros that is what the telling project is all about. >> annie is hanging out with some of the veterans expected to perform this weekend. she joins us live from the cultural art center in frederick maryland. >> reporter: good morning alison and steve this is a neat program and provides opportunities for veterans to speak sought about their personal experiences and the communities to listen and gain some knowledge about what the military goes through and their families, joining me now to tell us more about it, aaron buyers one of the organizers of the program the veteran program. it is a really unique program tell us a little bit about it. >> veteran artists program helps veterans who are also artists connect with the mainstream art community. many of these veterans had to give up their hobby their

profession of art before they went into the military because it was just not a really conducive environment for them to practice their art work when they get out of the military it gives them a platform to get back into that art community, we do a lot of networking and collaboration with other organizations. >> right and you are also one of the participants or performers is what you guys are called, tell us about your background your military background. >> i served in the army for seven years as a medic i did a 15 month deployment to iraq in 2006 and 2007 and essentially i got transferred here to fort dee trick that is where i separated from the military after my service was up. >> a lot goes into this a lot of local vets get involved there are partnering agent is hes talk about that. >> veteran artists program, right now we are collaborating with our sister organization, a

veteran run service organization that participates in community events right now we are doing a yearlong project called operation oliver, which veteran artist program is collaborating we've done two murals so far in the neighbourhood of al very, ball more -- roll very baltimore city and they are doing a city clean up, they are trying to bring people back into the area of oliver by renovating homes, and empty spaces, turning them into garden areas and places for kids to play. >> very cool today we are in for a special snippet of the performance why don't you just take it away and we will take a listen. >> i was in baghdad at camp striker we ran the troop medical clinic there, that is the tmc december they sent me on the r and r i was about the third round of people that went that is my two weeks at home.

when i came back from my r and r they said as of friday we are no longer going to be running the tmc this other medical battallion was coming in they split us medics up and sent us out to combat out posts and patrol bases i got attached to an infantry battallion we were 20 miles south of baghdad, they needed female medics there to be part of a female engagement team. they would take us out there, and we would go in and detain the females while they would do the raids and detain the males whenever they needed one of us they would just come get one of us. >> the telling project is this saturday, tickets are $20 here at the cultural art center log on to our website myfoxdc.com for all details. >> thank you 7:56 a.m. coming up next hour dcs school chancellor, joins us live she will be talking about a new

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wednesday morning. first we want to mention ferry farm elementary school is closed, there is no heat in the building. angelina jolie hops the whole hot factor in dc the last 24 hours or so. >> coupled by brad pitt. >> but they are leaving now it looks like things are cooling down and the marine is going the come in. >> maybe we can entice them to hang around. >> yeah. >> as always we extend the open invitation if they would like to stop by the studios, come talk about whatever you would like to talk about. >> let's take a look at temperatures across the region. currently 34 degrees at regan national airport, 26 dulles, 31 bwi winchester 28 degrees ocean city 26, so cold start to the day it will be a cool day today. take a look at sentinel radar there is some rain out there, off to the south and west, it is moving in our direction, it

will be infiltrating the mid- atlantic and northeast during the course of the day. get ready for that take your umbrella with you you won't need it this morning but later on icing conditions going on in portions of the west, leading edge of that precipitation, freezing rain and sleet, a winter weather advisory in effect for portions of west virginia and western virginia as well. forecast today lots of clouds around rain develops during the afternoon hours look for a high of 46 degrees, today, tomorrow more mild a lot of clouds precipitation tomorrow night there is your cold, cool weekened. more details on that coming up in just a little bit. >> all right tony thank you very much. >> hi jewels. >> all right guys we have a lot going on late in our rush hour this includes the belt way slowing near andrews and arena drive headed out towards 202. this one involves an over turned vehicle on the belt way no problems to report headed

for the wilson bridge. accident activity northbound before you reach the belt way, heads up fire and rescue units responding, still doing southeast, 295, headed towards the belt way, inbound 11th street bridge outer loop of the belt way, remains slow, 95 headed past coalville road virginia, 395, north of duke street headed out towards king street that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie thank you results are in, mitt romney has won the new hampshire primary, doug luzader has more from capital hill this morning. polls leading up to new hampshire turned out to be pretty accurate mitt romney won and did it by a wide margin. the night we made history. >> reporter: mitt romney did last night what he didn't do four years ago he locked in nearly 40% of new hampshire republican voters in a crowded

primary field. ron paul came in distant but strong second. there is no way they are going to stop the momentum we have started. >> reporter: but john huntsman needed the momentum he was banking everything on new hampshire and came in third. newt gingrich's increasingly negative campaign never got traction and rick santorum fresh off a near victory in iowa came up short but perry had a dispointing night at 1% he has already moved on to the next con it's south carolina already bashing romney for his time as a venture capitalist >> i know the difference between venture capital and bolger capital limp. >> romney savours back to back wins in iowa and new hampshire something a non-incouple want hasn't done since 19 -- incouple want hasn't done since 1976. president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. in the last few days we have

seen desperate republicans join forces with him. [ booing crowd ] >> as far as the next con it's goes, mitt romney -- contest goes mitt romney is in the lead in south carolina it will be a much tougher playing field than new hampshire. in washington doug luzader, fox news. new legislative session begins in maryland and virginia there is a slew of top issues on the docket. hi stacey. >> hey, a slew indeed neighboring states start their legislative session on the same day there are big differences on their agendas, maryland lawmakers are tasked with budget cutting while governor o'malley wants to increase spending on school construction and transportation projects the law makers must find some way to close a $1 billion budget short fall in the state's $14 billion operating budget, options include micking the gas tax by 16¢s a gallon to 38s, o'malley wants to double the

monthly flush tax to $5 a month to pay for sewer system upgrades and lawmakers may consider gambling in that state. republicans control 68 out of 100 house seats in virginia, they are expected to push a conservative agenda in the general assembly which could include more restrictions on abortions in the common wealth and tighter controls on immigrants and loosening of state laws on gun ownership in maryland, governor o'malley would like to legalize same-sex marriage a lot to do that gets started today. back to you. in the district, council chair kwame brown is talking to residents of ward five making sure they are still represented even though their councilmember resigned. harry thomas junior stepped down last week after pleading guilty to embezzling more than $350,000 of city money. >> residents seem very excited they had a contact point for

legislative issues we went overall the legislation introduced by the former councilmember to make sure that stuff stays on track we talked about education and the middle school plan making sure all the educational initiatives stay on track. chairman brown himself is under investigation over $200,000 in campaign funds that wound up at a firm controlled by his brother in 2008, but he has not been charged with any crime. dc board of elections officially received a written letter of resignation from harry thomas junior, legally clearing the way for the election may 15th to replace him the ward 5 democrat stepped down last week after pleading guilty to embezzling $350,000 in government funds. it may become easier for gay and lesbian couples to divorce. the dc council is considering legislation that would allow couples to get married in the district get divorced even if they no longer live in the nations capital under current law one member of the couple has to live if dc for six

months before divorce proceedings can begin. >> convicted burglar who broke into dozens of homes in prince georges county will spend his life behind bars. a federal judge sentenced jason scott to 100 years in prison he is also a suspect in a high profile murder case. >> sort of like on guard until 4 or 5:00 a.m. my husband is up at 6 someone is always up and moving at my house so i will sleep mostly throughout the day but, my husband will sleep at night so, it is a terrible way to live. i know. but right now, that is the way i have to live. jason scott created a tremendous amount of fear and agony in this county, what is represented today is that this man will never again threaten prince georges county because of the men and women of this police department, men and women of atf, u.s. attorney and states attorney office that we can say that and that is what is important.

>> reporter: jason thomas scott was convicted last summer by a federal grand jury of committing 29 residential burglaries, one commercial and nine home invasions all but one occurring in prince georges county according to the sentencing memorandum he was a prolific burglar who stayed busy for a decade before caught. he carried a handgun, wore a holster during crimes using an ear piece lo listen to police scanners, scott researched his targets using a data base he had access to at ups where he worked part-time addresses in upper marlboro and buoy his mo was to arrive at night usually while occupants were home, cut phone lines, break windows or doors to get in during the burglary of a maryland gun store he took sniper rifles, semi automatic handguns silencers and one machine gun he sold or can want for himself. in at least two home invasions he beat victims in one he forced a 17-year-old girl to

strip, fondled her and took photographs. scott has been indited for murders of delore and ebony dewit and suspected of killing karen and marissa lofton killings known as the mother daughter murders. he is expected to go on trial in fall. >> the of scott's accomplices in burglary cases have also been sentenced to prison time. >> police in montgomery county arrested this man for two attempted burglaries, in bethesda, both in broad daylight. 46-year-old william westerly fled from the scene after being confronted by homeowners. they are looking into his possible involvement in other parts of the county. >> 8:10 a.m.ings wednesday morning, dc public schools unvailed a new tool to help parents make informed choices about their kid's education. >> called school score cards it is an online score card that

has information about ogress, s computer, dcs chancellor will join us, next. >> when fox 5 morning news returns stay with us 

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this morning if you live in that area, you will see the flight soon, you can check out the mission via web cast on nasa's website. >> cool. >> it is cool to see a rocket take off. >> i have yet to experience that. >> well, i would thing it would be cool if i were able to experience it. >> one day we got to do the florida thing but then -- >> once they get the space program working again. >> can the public go to wallace island. >> you can go you probably can't get on -- >> you can get closer. >> yeah. >> wallace island steve. >> you better leave now. >> well, not for this one perhaps one in the future. >> i got you. >> okay. >> take a look at what is going on -- no, wait first. >> cuteness. the cuteness factor of the day my first 5 photo of the day, do you see what is going on here this is claire >> my goodness. >> claire got her first -- she

looks so happy, this is her first ever baby doll for christmas. >> so cute. >> that is on old school baby doll. >> it is. >> yeah. >> hand me down baby doll maybe. >> that is really -- >> can we look at claire's face. >> she is like thanks mom this is the best present ever thanks dad and santa. >> that is so cute. >> christmas with the kids is wonderful the baby doll is almost as big as she is but we are told she loves playing with it. i love to see that. >> honestly i have never seen a baby that small with a baby doll that is so cute. >> i agree. love it if you want to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. temperatures around the nation, 34 degrees in the nations capital, 37 cincinnati, 55 degrees in wilmington much more mild air to the south.

atlanta, 57 degrees, 53 nashville, that is where they are getting pretty good rainfall as well. that precipitation is headed our way cold out in the western half of the nation temperatures very much in the 20s. with a is that great falls montana, 2 degrees there. here is a look at the national map satellite radar all the action is in the east. big storm system that produced ever thing from snow storms, to windy conditions to thunderstorms and areas of heavy rain, that is pushing into the mid-atlantic region we will get the rain in this region now out to the west portions of west virginia, western maryland, western portions of the common wealth, you will get icing in fact, winter weather advisory expanded now, to include a couple additional counties not in our viewing area but to our west until 10:00 a.m. this morning. forecast today cloudy skies rain arrives by this afternoon 46 degrees for your high today. that is a look at what is happening with weather.

tucker barnes is standing by. he will have your next forecast. julie wright has our update on traffic julie. >> all right tony, coming in on the gw parkway, delays from 123 making your way past that, all the way out towards the key bridge all lanes are open. 395, still tied up with delays as you travel north of duke street, inbound north street bridge. top part of the belt way congested as well, 95 past coalsville road the west side of town not only do we find an hour commute leaving the springfield inner change but delays coming across the american legion bridge due to a crash now moved over to the shoulder. and of course the crash reported northbound, 5, before the belt way that is where we found fire and rescue heading in that direction the belt way itself running smoothly between andrews and the wilson bridge. >> julie thanks, dc public schools just released a new school score card to help

parents make informed choices about their child's education. this morning we are pleased to have the chancellor with us in studio to talk about the score cards and data that will now be available. good morning good to see you. pretty big announcement, this speaks volumes as far as transparency goes, talk about the school score card. >> we think it is important for parents to have all the information they need about the school to make a good decision score cards are important for three reasons, one, more information than ever before, two more holistic information not just about test scores but about school safety, retention of highly effective teachers, about parent satisfaction that information helps parents make better choices. i think the third reason that they are important is because there are lots of schools that are on the rise in dc and there are gems people are overlooking, that now parents

actually can choose from, because they know about these. we are looking at what parents will see when they log on and get their school and also, miss henderson was telling me they went home in backpacks too so a paper copy is home with students in the district, it is hard to read but goes through as you mentioned, things like student performance, academic enrichment but talks about wellness and fitness it is truly comprehensive can you go into more detail what parents will see. >> sure parents make choices about schools not just based on test scores, they want to know whether their kids are in a safe and nurturing environment, they want to know whether schools are progressing they want to know, all kinds of things that haven't previously been available, and this is our attempt to provide parents for example as they go into the out of boundary lottery at the end of this month, with real information, they can actually compare schools next to each

other along a number of indicators that is with a our parents asked for, that is what we are going to deliver. >> you have to choose between different schools. i was reading about shepherd with their early language program. >> absolutely. >> because of the information sent over. >> =ly miller in ward seven has a -- kelly miller in ward seven has a visual arts honor program. columbia heights, when you thing of our top performling high schools in the city, -- performing high schools in the city that is not one that you thing think of. >> i like the option that looks at family and community engagement and satisfaction you will get the real deal there. >> absolutely we do a city wide satisfaction survey you will see for your school whether parents feel they are being engaged whether the community is satisfied with the quality of the school. the ones that went home now

are ones available last year 2010/2011 as the school progressed and grows, they are updated. >> we will keep the data updated in real time each year, and we feel like that is what parents deserve in order to make a decision >> i know when i was looking at schools in different neighbourhoods you can go online and see, what neighbourhood school your child should go to and there are maybe some people will say well, maybe i can find this information out but what do you say to those people who say that. >> previously, you could have found some of this information but couldn't find something as robust and holistic as the score card and couldn't find it in a fore mat that was easy to be able to compare schools. right now playing devil's advocate there are going to be schools that perhaps don't present as well that will be in black and white as well how do you prepare to deal with what will be there in front of parents. >> we know we have struggling

schools our family and community members know which schools are struggling by laying this information out we are aware what the problems are. my challenge to the community this is where we need you to throw in and help us. >> right. the whole -- this whole presentation or this whole you know score card to the public says we know that you are the first teacher talking to the parents, we know you are the first teacher to that there is a way to get involved, in this information can you tell us about that for parents watching. >> sure a lot of times parents say to us i want to help but don't know how. so at the end of each score card we lay out options, ways to contact the school suggestions around being a volunteer suggestions around having conversations with your kids about what they learn at school so at least you can click on and find some different opportunities to be involved. >> these went home in backpacks this week but they are always available online. >> always available online.

i will tell you what this is. dcps.dc.government/profiles why not just link it to myfoxdc.com. school score cards should have gone home with your kids this week. thank you so much. >> thank you alison. 8:24 a.m., angelina jolie and brad pitt spending the night her in the district. will thomas got to talk with angelina about her upcoming movie she wrote, directed and stars in,. later on we will go live tfreddic ricks cultural -- fredericks cultural arts center, taking real military veterans and turning their stories into veterans. coming up stay with us 

stories making headlines bizarre story out of dulles never know what you will find when you work customs. this time, a drug bust, 61-year- old man from ghana, admitted to swallowing a pound of heroin stuffed in condoms, last week. street value more than $30,000. police in stafford county, are looking for some church

thieves, they've hit twice this month already three churches hit so far the most recent attack happened yesterday morning, the pastor says someone stole a valuable safe that stored almost $9,000 worth of valuable gift cards for the needy. >> d dot says widespread abuse of people using disabled plaque cards to park for free as long as they wanted as a result the city will roll out new red meters for disabled drivers only next month. california driver lucky to be alive this morning. >> he was exiting highway 99 bakersfield when he saw something headed toward his car then all of a sudden he couldn't see anything. he pulled over and discovered a pipe smashed through the windshield. >> i was in shock at first, and all i could stare at after my car stopped was the bottom of

the pipe. >> police estimate the pipe went through the windshield more than 65 miles an hour. they are not sure where it came from luckily the driver only suffered some scratches minor injuries from swallowing some of the glass. long time ago at a golf course i was going to work 5:00 a.m. in the morning interstate highway half asleep driving there the truck in front of me ran over a two by four it went whizzing by my car, just the shock of that you don't realize how fast. >> did you do one of these. >> you don't have time. >> just your luck. >> saw this huge piece of wood flying past. scary stuff. >> you are okay he is okay. >> unbelievable. it did? >> terrible. >> it is i hate to think about that. hey, weather wise, slowing things down on the belt way later today. pretty good rains moving in start midday and be with us for the evening through the

overnight hours. >> yuck. >> yeah. >> not great. >> yeah, but we can always use some rain and for those people that don't want the frozen variety we are not having much of that up today either. not all bad news sentinel radar rain showers off to the south and west and mixing here during the early morning hours well off to the south and west close as charlottesville headed out into the mountains of west virginia, winter weather advisoriesings give you a heads up about that. otherwise just a rainy day clouds quickly moving in rain will be here before long by early afternoon rain showers start to move in as we deal with this area of storminess surging up ahead of the rain showers, warmer air temperatures will hang on in the mid-40s afternoon highs we are just not going to get cold enough to change this over to anything frozen you can see we've got widespread rain in fact, thunderstorms down toward atlanta and this whole mess will pass through here later this afternoon and tonight before we can quiet things down tomorrow for a time but by late

in the day tomorrow cold front will get in here, that will indicate more showers late thursday and we could see that quickly transition to snow late thursday night, early friday before that system winds down. so interesting here in the weather department. right now 34 washington 34 winning number in gaithersburg. 20s here off to the west, culpepper 28 degrees, 27 manassas, 32 frederiksburg we should warm up upper 30s low 40s it will be just liquid here your 5 day forecast, 46 this afternoon afternoon rain continues through the evening rush hour right into the late night hours tonight, should be out of here by early tomorrow, clouds tomorrow peaks of sun rain changing to a little snow late thursday early friday right now cold front saturday, maybe a clipper here saturday night and sunday. all right. that is a look at weather alison, and steve back to you. >> thank you tuck era traffic alert be prepared for road closures around the supreme court today there is an am

messy international march happening 10:00 a.m., until 3:00 p.m., d dot says it will impact pennsylvania avenue, northwest from 15th street northwest, constitution avenue to 1st street northeast and 1st street northeast to the supreme court. actress angelina jolie is in town for the dc premier of her movie in the land of blood and honey she is not just starring in the film this is her first attempt at directing and writing as well. will thomas sat down with the stars of the film to talk about this heavy subject matter >> i wanted to do a story on bosnia i felt a responsibility to learn more. >> am i a prisoner? >> you are not a prisoner if you want to be here. >> we should be experimenting. >> angelina jolie didn't just

want to learn about the bosnian war she wanted to teach the world what happened. >> was there one particular moment that made it click i need to create a project and tell this story >> i had a script i wrote really as a meditation for myself i was never planning on showing anybody it was sitting on my debting and brad read it one day and said -- desk and brad read it one day and said you know honey it is really not that bad. >> not bad. ♪ [ music ] >> in the land of blood and honey is already a golden globe nominee, for the best foreign language film, writer director jolie, shot the film with a cast of serbs. bosnian serbsment bosnian muslims and croatian muslims. >> the story very personal for them. >> sniper shots, even though we were not soldiers or anything, it was a battlefield we

couldn't go out. then there is the issue of promoting the movie jolie with brad pitt, walking the red carpet at the washington dc premier at the u.s. holocaust historical museum tuesday night and in getting the word out, the actress is embracing the web, like it or not. >> do you embrace the social network sites. >> no, none of that, i just go on to check news and write things occasionally but no, i never use -- i had to do a skype interview for the first time the other day. >> a new world. >> all new and strange. in the land of blood and honey opens friday e street cinema you may have noticed brad pitt walking with a cane he sustained an injury on the slopes with his daughter vivienne. but he was okay and his daughter wasn't hurt.

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on the job shop tab top of our home page. >> everyone is having a hard time finding a job in the u.s. these days but looks like teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 are struggling the most the bureau of labor statistics says the unemployment rate among teens looking for part-time work was almost 25% last year because older people who need a pay check are taking jobs that are entry level position. it is one of the most popular breakfast cereals on the market, cheerios, but a new favour is causing parents to worry about -- flavour is causing parents to worry about deadly food allergies. >> reporter: have you checked the food aisle. >> it is in every child's little cup by any toddler that is what they are eating. >> reporter: now 11 varieties, fruity, honey nut, apple cinnamon, banana nut and chocolate. >> so sweet and crunchy. >> reporter: yes, kids of all

ages have been eating cheerios for generations. now general mills is offering new multi grain cheerios with peanut butter just 110 calories a bowl but it does have peanuts. >> as a parent it is just another thing i have to cross off the list of things i could give them. >> reporter: her two daughters have food allergies, her older child is allergic to peanuts. >> i just question why they want to bring in such an allergen to, you know, a cereal that has been fine. really. >> reporter: general mills proclaims, quoting a spokesperson, we can say with complete confidence multi grain peanut butter cheerios will not cross contaminate other cheerios varieties, it can be a matter of life and death, last week a 7-year-old girl in chesterfield county virginia, died from a suspected allergic reaction to a peanut, given to

herbie a friend at recess. dr. whiner is a bethesda pediatrician. >> that would be the most extreme type of allergic reaction your air way is effected your air way closes up throat can swell and make it hard to get air in and out and your body then subsequently can go into shock your blood pressure drops and that is when it becomes life threatening. >> reporter: general mills says it realizes allergies are a serious food safety issue adding, as always, we highly recommend that consumers consult the allergen listing and ingredient label on any product they may consume. bob barnard fox 5 news. next we will go out live to fredericks cultural art center. >> where a unique performance is gettingened way, annie. >> good morning alison. famous faces have performed here at the cultural arts center and now they are hosting a group of veterans sharing their personal stories, through a show called the telling

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first lady michelle obama is backing efforts to promote treatment of post traumatic stress disorder the program coordinates efforts to immove support for member offs military and their family. today she is said to announce a new initiative by more than 100 medical schools nationwide to improve the way future doctors are trained to treat the disorder. >> real life stories of area veterans, told on stage through a performance that is what the telling project is about. >> annie is with some of the veterans, she joins us from frederick maryland, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this show would not be possible without the help of the cultural arts center and the frederick arts council and joining me now is the director, sean butcher good morning. why was it so important for you all to get involved with the telling project. >> it is one of the many things

we host here we thought it was a really great program for the veterans to tell their stories and it is really not about the product, not about the performance it is about the process for them s that is what -- and that is what art can be about connecting to people, emotions this production and performance is actually about bridging people both obviously the cast with the audience but in this particular case with veterans and the community. >> right a lot of the cast members are local. >> yes, they are there is one frederick resident as well as from the baltimore washington dc area. >> is that important to you supporting local artists? >> yeah, our mission is support, advocate for local arts, it is a big business in frederick. we have a lot of beautiful things in this gallery talk about some of the artists featured here. >> we are inside the cultural art center, we have a theatre,

a black box teeter, event hall and gallery here and artists are rotating out all the time right now this show, up to the end of january has over 43 artists and 86 pieces of art work on display. >> wow and for sale, so what are somethings people can find when they come out here. >> we have everything from mixed media pieces to pottery, to jewellery, painting and photography. frederick is quite an arts destination we ranked number eight in terms of top small art cities in the country, people should come out and see us. as far as purchasing goes what is the range of price. >> some small pieces go for under $10 then art work over $2,000 there is something for everyone here, there is abstract art work as well as photographer and realism. >> there sure is mike is getting this picture with the red slash on the white canvas i said i could do that that cost $500.

>> it does there is something for everyone. >> does that money go to the artist or do proceeds help you here at the council. >> we take a commission, it is a win win artists benefit and we benefit. >> yeah, and as far as history goes because it is located downtown frederick maryland it is beautiful, talk a little bit about the history of this building and some famous faces that have walked through the doors. >> sure it is a former 5 and dime store dates back to 1926, our organization bought it, 1998, and transformed it into the cultural arts center one of three theaters within 50 feet of each other has quite a history but we hosted everything from shakespeare to improve comedy, we've hosted mike farrell from mash a little bit of everything. >> now you are hosting these wonderful group of veterans, called the telling project they will be here this saturday, tickets $20 at the cultural

arts center frederick maryland details on myfoxdc.com. back to you. all right annie thank you. alarming new study shows binge drinking is on the rise. according to the cdc college age drinkers down an average of 9 drinks when they get drunk overall, 1 in 6 surveyed had had an episode of brink drinking in the -- binge drinking in the previous month. it was based on telephone surveys, of 450,000 adults. students in fairfax county getting a warning about the dangers of drinking too much on campus a forum will feature a documentary and panel discussion the county's attorney and police chief will be on hand as well as an emergency room doctor and father of a student who died at a college party. a new study highlights the safest surgeons, french researchers focused on thyroid surgery patients faired better

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objectives. but it is important to emphasize our report is not a consensus report or alternate plan. the work group is making a number of recommendations a public hearing on the development issue will take mily wants a memorial honouring the 34th president redesigned they said the concept focuses too much on his humble kansas roots not enough on accomplishments during world war ii and time at the white house the eisenhower memorial commission plans to seek final approval of the design in march but didn't comment on the family's objections. time to say good morning to today's facebook fan of the day. the honor goes to sherry homes it is her birthday, happy birthday, she is a big fan of the show we appreciate that she says she especially enjoys tucker and julie in the the morning. >> i do as well. >> so do all of us. if you want to be tomorrow's

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