mitt romney. let's lookout side as we start to get daylight on this thursday morning, january 12th, 2012, the rain has moved out and we will get the fog out and should be a pretty decent day glad you are with us i am steve chenevey. >> i am alison seymour. it did come down throughout the region overnight and left a wet mess in some places, this is video from south capital street, malcolm x avenue, southeast, for some time, flood water forced people from out of the under pass. all areas reopened just before 7:00 a.m. >> let's check with tony to see if we have gotten through this rain now and moving on tony. >> reporter: good morning for the most part we have. the rain has pulled out of the region. we have some lingering rain in northeastern portions of maryland. might be another shower or two that comes through. it doesn't seem likely but

there could be one or two. take a look at viper. as across the region we do have a fair amount of cloud cover also fog but there is your rain, it is moving well up, to the north and east across new york city right now getting some heavy rain in northern portions of new jersey, snow across much of new england but we've got rain moving out of maryland as we speak, so, we will see improving conditions through the morning and day. all right temperatures, area airports, milder than it has been, 46 regan national, 42 dulles, 48 bwi marshall, plenty of clouds around there may be some sun here and there looking for highs to range from the mid- 50s to our north, 55 frederick, to upper 50s. 58 degrees, low 60s to our south, 62 in frederiksburg that is a look at what is happening with weather now an update on traffic for that we go to julie right. >> all right tony, serious tie

ups on the top stretch of the belt way outer loop approaching 355 where i had the accident activity callers tell me only one lane to the left is getting by. outer loop of the belt way, before you commit to 270, at 355 only one left lane is getting by. it is bumper to bumper slow as you work your way around from college park. wall to wall traffic, as tony was doing weather i saw another fire truck and police officer heading around this outer loop to assist. big delays on the outer loop slowing from i-95, your average speed here down to 20 miles for hour as you travel in towards 270, that is a check of your on time traffic. our big story new video on the web that has the marine corp. in damage control mode. >> it allegedly shows marines desecrating the dead. stacey good morning. >> united states marine corps

is wasting no time, responding to this incredible video it hit the internet tuesday night. we have blurred out a large part because of content. four men appear to be marines in combat gear they are urinating on what appears to be the corpses of taliban fighters they are clearly aware a camera is rolling. one checks to make sure the act is being recorded. another looks down at the corps and says have a good day buddy. the marines say this is not indicative of the characters of the marines they are promising a swift investigation. council on islamic relations is expressing outrage in a letter sent to the defense secretary and declare the actions

desecration of the dead and violation of international law. back to you. thank you stacey. >> some other top stories, family and friends will gather to repel member a -- remember a maryland soldier killed in afghanistan. the 30-year-old was hit by a roadside bomb last month, now he will be buried tomorrow at arlington national cemetery. >> possible break in the case in two armed robberies in maryland. police looking for a man that used a credit card at a cvs stolen two hours earlier, at a home in bethesda. the masked man forced his way into the house, sexually assaulted the house keeper, tied up the owner and her teenaged son. >> i hope the police gets some good tips if anybody can help out that would be awesome.

>> i think montgomery county has a good police force but everybody has to look after themselves and their neighbors. take another look at the man. if you recognize him, give police a call. residents of washington's ward 5 neighbourhood facing their fair share of problems with local leaders these days prosecutors now charging the former chairman of the ward, with fraud. william shelton misused $28,000 of city funds, officials subpoenaed bank records after he failed to turn in his quarterly spending report. >> the auditor did that, in this case and discovered there were a number of expenditures, mainly debit card transactions, that were not appropriate. allegedly shelton used an ant debit card to access money for personal spending, charges against him come days afterward

5 councilmember harry thomas junior pleaded guilty to embezzlement, speaking of harry thomas junior, the dc council wants to know why there is no government oversight to stop him from stealing. they will decide next week if hearings will be held. dc leaders postponing a trip to new hampshire where they plan to seek support in a push for state hood. a snow storm forced them to cancel all business. florida presidential primary is on voting is already under way even though the sunshine state doesn't hold the primary until the end of the month. mitt romney will attend a rally in west palm beach. ron paul is reaching out there as well. they expect one third of gop

ballots in florida to be cast early. first candidates have to get through south carolina. doug luzader has the latest there. >> reporter: the contest in south carolina is a week and a half away and may be a last stand for some of these republican candidates. mitt romney, still basking in the glow of his 2 and 0 record, hoping south carolina makes three >> he is leading us down a path to become like greece or italy. >> reporter: but while romney's focus is exclusively on the president other republicans are still trying to chip away at romney. >> south carolina, needs a president and i want you to pick me. >> reporter: rick perry, john huntsman, rick santorum all have to do well in south carolina, so does newt gingrich running tough new ads against romney. >> massachusetts moderate mitt

romney he can't be trusted. >> reporter: while polls show romney is in the lead in south carolina, this isn't new hampshire that can be a problem for ron paul too. in 2008 more than two thirds of south carolina republican voters identified themselves as conservative but 60% considered themselves evangelical christians a tough crowd for romney and then you have president obama, whose white house forum on jobs yesterday looks suspiciously like a campaign event including supporters happy to use the podium to bash romney in his days as a venture capitalist. >> if you look at what he has done versus what mr. romney did this president will win that argument. >> he hopes to he will have plenty of money to continue attacks. last night president obama was in chicago to attend three fundraisers in washington doug luzader, fox news. >> metro general manager will

present to the board of directors today. metro says it needs the money to rebuild its system which had been neglected for years and help pay for hiring of more than 1,000 workers. 9 minutes past the hour, still ahead a winter storm system spawning possible tornadoes, we will take a look at the damage next. a new report, disturbing new report out of north korea, this was the scene in the days and weeks after their leader passed away crying and wailing in public next why some are being punished. two years later, millions of dollars in aid and international effort. we are going to have an update how haiti is coping today, two year anniversary of the devastating earthquake. as we take you to the break, a live lookout side, look at the latest weather and

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making headlines this morning today as we head overseas, king john ill's body will be on kim jong il's body will be lying in state permanently the north will set up portraiting of a smiling kim and build quote unquote towers of his immortality across the country. reports some citizens are being sent to labor camps because they did not mourn his death enough. >> >> nike is paying up, big time to workers in indonesia for

unpaid overtime a trade union representing 4500 workers from a plant that makes sneakers accused the sportswear giant of failing to pay nearly $600,000 in the last few years nike agreed to a $1 million settlement. wide path of destruction left behind by a possible tornado in western north carolina, strong winds ripped several houses and nearly wiped out a mobile home park emergency crews had to rescue several people who got trapped in the rubble, a team will be dispatched today to see if in fact a tornado touched down. you don't hear a lot of tornados in january. >> no, you do not this storm system, the rain that we had part of the same system obviously, we did not get severe weather or anything like that here but it is producing considerable rain in the northeast now, heavy rain across new jersey, new york that area, could be delays if you are travelling, to that part of the world today,

meanwhile for us, tucker and i just stepped outside and. >> nice. >> yeah, we like to take a little break and the skies are clearing. >> okay. >> so looks pretty good. >> do you like sunrises and long walks in the parking lot together? >> well, don't give out all our personal business. there is some sunshine it is not completely clearing but there is some breaks. >> i learned a little something about myself yesterday i think i would prefer snow in the same amount as rain. i would prefer snow over rain. >> because it is cold. >> rite it was messy. it was awful -- right it was messy, it was awful. >> at least with snow when it hits my skin, it will be chilly, the rain is just nasty. >> i understand that. >> i learned something about myself yesterday. >> let me show you the bus stop forecast as you get the kids rschool. mild temperatures i would say

primarily 40s. 40 to 47 degrees cloudy skies, as you saw, sunrise at 7:26 a.m., you will see a little out there. current temperatures across the united states here, 46 degrees now, 45 raleigh, 38 boston, 37 row chester up that way where -- row chester up that way where you are more likely to have snow. i have been showing you this map it is okay across the country, not now, super cold bismark north dakota, 1 degree, 5 degrees peer south dakota, 11 degrees minneapolis, omaha, 13 denver, there is bitterly cold air. it is headed this way. here is your big storm system moving across the northeast, snowfalling right now over across the midwest, and the upper midwest and a few more rain showers still in west virginia, but they break up before they get here, here is your 5 day forecast, high today, 58 degrees, i couldn't remember for a second, 58

degrees here in town i think some of our viewers will be low 60s down to our south. tomorrow high 40, then over the weekened, highs only in the 30s. >> we will see rain overnight tonight could see snow mixed in with that toward the morning hours and a clipper system saturday night. thanks tony. you all right with that? >> i am good i was looking for the holiday monday. >> that's right. >> 40 degrees. >> could be worse. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> thanks for the reminder now it doesn't feel is bad it is friday eve it is a long weekend. >> are you off monday? >> yes. it is time to put my woohoo on. >> very good. >> or your day of service. >> that's true. >> just joking. >> alison, that was a buzz kill. >> just joking. >> all right. on the roads this morning, we have had our share of problems,

if you want to say good news, then i have it for you crash on the outer loop of the belt way, 355 has been cleared to the shoulder with the good comes the bad. this is the outer loop commute, average speed 8 miles for hour as you try to work your way past, headed around the 355, so literally the crawl is on, for those travelling westbound trying to get through silver spring and back over towards bethesda, find southbound, washington parkway, it is flowing out of laurel. down to 25 miles aen hour inner loop of the belt way, virginia, braddock road no incidents to report, a 12 minute commute as you travel north wrapping it up northbound stretch of 395, earlier problems this morning before and after duke street all cleared bumper to bumper traffic leaving the belt way, north of landmark, traffic flows again coming across the 14th street bridge that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you today marks two

years since the devastating earthquake in haiti still the country remains in shambles. >> aiynsley ear hart takes a close look at the rebuilding efforts and where things stand today. two years after the anniversary up to a half million people are living in camps in haiti. >> january 12th, 2010, haiti devastated by a massive magnitude 7 earthquake the severe tremor left 250,000 people dead and more than 1 million others homeless. the country is still trying to rebuild many say not enough is being done. >> i've lived here since january 2010. since we have been here no one has come to talk to us, no one has come to discuss what can be done to help us. >> in the capital port-au- prince the area remains filled with rubble, still to this day, hundreds of thousands remain homeless and living in tent camps. >> i see no difference we have the same problems nothing has changed. >> billions have been raised in

the days since the quake to aid in recovery but one major problem remains the issue of homelessness. >> red cross has been working to help camps, help families leave the camps they are in, and move to a more sustainable solution. >> haiti's foreign affairs minister says the government is once again kalong the international aid community for hell -- calling on the international aid community for help. we are trying to build low cost housing for our people. >> in addition to the recovery efforts the cholera epidemic is a major crisis more than 7,000 people have died since the outbreak and health experts warn, those numbers could rise during the next rainy season due to start in may. in new york, aiynsley earhart, fox news. >> right after the disaster in actee there was a major call for charity -- there was a major call for charitable donations, a new study surveyed

people who sent text donations to help haiti and found 80% did not denate money through any other means other than texting, three quarters were first time mobile donors as well the survey found the majority contributed to a more recent disaster effort via text as well. >> time now 7:21 a.m. on this thursday morning, if you pay so will i. that is the message from warren buffet to congressional republicans. >> plus, are things looking up for the housing market? next a look at new foreclosure numbers released this morning. >> something sure to get your heart pumping this morning a nice little light exercise session, flipping around, trapeze swinging. annie will show us how to fly litter on you don't want to miss it, it is 7:21 a.m. 

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been more than 4 million bank repossessions in the last five years. high profile billion air putting his money where his mouth is he says he is willing to match any contributions to reduce the debt made by republican members of congress. buffet was criticized by the gop calling on congress to imcrease taxes on the mega rich -- increase taxes on the mega rich like himself. big winners from last night's people's choice awards. we are talking politics with congress woman donna edwards. as we head to break let's head back outside and take a look at the national cathedral, folk out there, be aware of that and temperatures very mild right now, 45 degrees regan national airport we will check with tony and julie for weather and traffic up next ♪

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honored in five categories, sounds like she should have showed upment including favorite female artist. >> okay i didn't think anyone ever missed an awards show in hollywood. harry potter followed behind perry with four wins. >> everybody is looking sharp, good, there is dougi houser. >> do they even advertise that show any more. >> you said it was on yesterday. >> yeah, but -- >> i love those awards shows. >> morgan freeman what do you thing of that? >> ah. [ laughter ] he is not my fave. he is the same in every movie to me. he is a very good voice over guy i loved him in the electric company. >> that goes way back. >> i am sure he would be proud to hear that was the highlight. shaw shank redemption.

the people liked morgan freeman that is what matters. >> let's look at what is going on temperatures, around the region, fairly mild out i just stepped outside, 45 degrees, dropped down a little bit, 45 degrees, 41 degrees at dulles airport, baltimore, 46, winchester is at 37 now you want to know where we are headed with our temperatures? well, i am going to step out of the way temperature trend our average highs this time of year, 43 degrees, today, well above it, 58 degrees, some of you will get into the low 60s today but then, we get the cold air in here and it sticks with us tomorrow high only 40, over the weekend highs will only be in the 30s let's look at satellite radar composite for the region. pretty big storm system, moving out, it has moved out of our area in fact now impacting the northeast, we have rain areas of heavy rain and precipitation

in northern new england we are watching another batch of showers west virginia as you can see that rain is dissipating as it makes its way east, northeast, out to the west, snow, very cold frontal boundary, temperatures drop off significantly behind that front that is the front that will come through here and give us colder air for tomorrow and especially for the weekend. so the forecast today looks like this, lots of clouds around some sun breaking through here and there mild this afternoon 58 in town some of you to our south will get into the 60s. tonight temperatures drop off, we will see showers, could mix with or change to snow the best chance of that north and west of the city where you can get a dusting on the ground by tomorrow morning 35 degrees for your overnight low in town, then your five day forecast tomorrow as we said high only 40 degrees, breezy i think tomorrow and again some of that snow north and west of the city could be on the ground tomorrow morning saturday cold, 36, sunday cold 38 chance of

another clipper coming through saturday night into sunday, monday, we are still cold, or cool i will say with a high only 40 degrees. that is what is happening with weather now to julie and get an update on traffic. >> it has not been easy for folks out here on the belt way this morning the good news accident which caused all of this mess has cleared outer loop of the belt way, 355. you are inching along on the top side of the belt way headed westbound to 355 the earlier accident, finally clear that had caused this delay. travelling southbound, out of laurel, trying to merge on to the belt way and head west, braddock road an 18 minute ride all your lanes here are open if you are travelling northbound, 395, leaving duke street accident activity out on the roadway moved over to the shoulder our lanes are open once again no problems to report on the inner loop of the belt way but it too is slowing

headed up towards 66 that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. the next session of congress starts next week state representatives have already begun working on priorities for 2012 including donna edwards, she joins us to talk about issues to work on this year. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> you have been itching to get back to work >> i really have it is extraordinary in january, because of the way the new republican majority is run, congress, we are actually working 5 days out of the month of january and we have a lot of work to do i am ready to get back just like everybody was after the new year. >> how tough is it when you only have five days in session to get back in the swing of things and refocused for 2012. >> well, it doesn't matter if it will be tough we have a lot of work to do. the tax cuts, for the middle

class, unemployment compensation, medicare doctor reimbursement all those things expire february 29th if you add to that the president's holiday comes in february, we don't have a lot of time to get really big things done, that will carry us through the end of the year and it is important for people especially those going to work every day. >> we ended 2011 with a payroll tax cut extension probably the biggest thing we got the most attention end of 2011 we will have to address that end of 2012. >> the fix we did end of 2011 before we left on holiday expires february 29th, so that means between now and february 29th, we've got to extend that for the remander of the year. it is actually really important for the stability of the economy people understanding what their check is going to look like in the next month, if we get that done now, not extend it through the end of the year and get it out of all the politics and then we need

to move on to somethings that are really big like creating lots of jobs in the economy. our economy is recovering we saw new unemployment numbers, it is really great, housing starts up and those sort of things but we need to get people back to work the best way you do that is make the investment we need to in our transportation. >> so if you want to talk about that we can lead into what you see as a priority for 2012. both in what you would want to see that can best help the people in maryland but i guess, priority in dealing with the other side, trying to get congress to work the other side. >> historically, transportation has been one of those things republicans and democrats, work on together, i mean, you know if you have a bridge that is falling apart no one says oh, that is a republican bridge or democratic bridge we have $2 trillion worth of infrastructure deficit around the region. there is the markers, the

transportation around the belt way, repairing roads, water main systems, a lot of infrastructure needs and the states are really struggling and need a federal partner. getting that done should be something that should be easy and i hope that we can accomplish it because maryland for example our general assembly just started in maryland, and the governor and our leaders need to know what the federal commitment will be so they can match that with our statement. >> do you make new years resolutions as an elected official. >> i always do i like to have personal goals but i like to try to meet them too. one of those goals really is try to work as well as we can across the aisle even in a tough political environment, the job creation i have been really supportive of doing things like expanding research and development we have been hearing how many companies want to bring jobs back to the united states one of the ways to do that is enhancing

domestic manufacturing credit so we can start manufacturing in this country those are things we should be able to find common ground on between democrats and republicans we will fight out the political battles i am interested in doing that i want democrats to retain the house that would be the best thing for the country i am excited to work on those too. >> for you i am sure another goal would be to make sure you continue to represent the people of maryland you have a challenge coming up this year as well as your colleagues. >> i did i have a primary election coming up april 3rd, personally in my race, 4th congressional district our district has been changed because of redistricting i am getting to know the people of anne arundel county and prince georges county to run for elections i think most people have heard that one of my primary challengers dropped out of the race, quit the race, former state's attorney, glen ivy it still means i have a primary election get to know

the voters i will win my race but my real goal is to work with democrats in congress, i cochair our red to blue program our signature program to get the house back for democrats i will work for democrats all across this country so we can have a democratic controlled house and keep the senate, win the white house and get somethings done for the american people. >> when you go back in session if you were the number one person in the entire house and say this is what we are going to do first what would be it. expend the payroll tax cut for middle class americans people need the money they can take that money and put it right into the economy then we will see a jump start in our economy number too. we have to make sure our medicare doctors are paid so seniordisabled can go to doctors and not worry about payments and unemployment compensation people want to work but can't work we want to make sure they have unemployment compensation until

we create jobs. >> appreciate your time happy 2012. alison back to you. 7:39 a.m., 45 degrees on this thursday morning. controversy brewing in mississippi, over several pardons made by the former governor. >> is it the beginning of the end for the dot com era why some people thing so. >> a look at today's my fox half off deal save up to 74% on work out classes at row da movements, tacoma parks maryland. find out more about this deal, go to our website myfoxdc.com look for the my fox half off on the right side of the home page. 7:40 a.m. we will be right back 

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making headlines today mississippi judge put on hold the release of 21 inmates who received either full pardons or suspended sentencing from out going governor haley barber the state's attorney general says barber may have violated the constitution, at least four bar

donees convicted, -- pardon included convicted killers. natalee holloway is still at the center of a court hearing today an alabama judge will hear a request by her father to have her declared dead. van der sloot the main suspect in her disappearence pleaded guilty to killing a young woman in peru he said he beat and strangled stephanie flores last year when he found her looking at his computer reading files, about holloway. he will be sentenced tomorrow. a group on facebook is urging ma tell to make a barbie doll that helps kids suffering from cancer. they are pushing for the company to create a bald barbie, supporters believe this will help ease kid's minds about losing hair during chemo therapy if cancer barbie is created they want all proceeds to go to st. jude's children's

hospital. >> forget.com and.org and.net one day you may need to remember.pepsi,.coke or.fairfax county today the nonprofit organization which over sees naming conventions on the internet, will allow organizations to apply for any top level domain name they want. it will cost $185,000 to apply and those applying have to show they have money to back up their business and technical know how as well based on that we won't see.perkins, or.seymour. >> $185,000 to apply? >> mm-hmm. >> that seems very high. >> to weed out the dot perkins and dot barnes. everything dot com, dot net or dot organize to change that is costly or just a way to make money. >> that's it. hey, i will show you

temperatures and we will look at the future cast. okay. let's look at temperatures first now future cast i want to say this, we have done a good job this week capturing changes in our weather. right now, 45 degrees here in washington, 50 degrees right now in annapolis, not bad there, 52 salisbury, 43 manassas, dulles airport, frederick maryland, 39 degrees. here is future cast. the rain is capturing some of the clouds we have now. it is doing a good job it does show partial clearing more clouds coming through this is indicating off to the east there may be a fair amount of sunshine. that is a possibility. we will have to keep our eyes on that. rain tonight look at that rain snow line it is now drawing it much closer to, in fact it is drawing it inside the belt way to overnight tonight, we have been talking about chance for snow, rain changing to or mixing with snow, to our north and west this is indicating

that will happen but also indicating we could get a little rush of snow through here, very early tomorrow morning. so, that is something else we will keep our eyes on tomorrow then you will see clearing going on tomorrow during the day. here is your 5 day forecast, today, high 58 degrees in town, not bad at all, chance of precipitation, primarily rain could be snow mixed in with that or change over to snow from washington to points north and west, tomorrow 40 degrees, over the weekened, highs only in the 30s overnight lows 20s chance for a little clipper to come through, saturday night into sunday morning could bring a little more snow not a big deal that is the latest. >> thought there would be some sort of quiz or something. >> no, i am just saying tomorrow morning could be interesting if we are getting snow here in washington. >> i forgot which part we were supposed to watch. >> future cast. >> the part with the snow coming through washington you guys. julie, we were -- he said

pay attention and then we did and didn't seem like there was a lot -- >> 12 seconds and determined there was nothing of interest. >> we forgot which part we were to pay attention to. >> it was like an algebra equation to me. >> i am so offended, why am i even here. >> we like bright colors like what is behind julie right now. all right here we go, on the roads you will find, travelling around town, 395, 14th street bridge not an easy ride to get to, from the belt way, heavy, slow, steady notice the slow ride off the gw parkway you connect with the 14th street bridge. check for the crash northbound on the parkway north of memorial bridge keep your eyes peeled for that. on the other side of town it is a slow ride on the top stretch of the belt way, headed towards 355 the accident activity cleared down to 5 miles an hour university boulevard, headed west the pace has not improved

bumper to bumper slow, 295, headed south to belt way leaving you with one more crash, on route 4, at forestville road, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks julie. are you looking for something fun and exciting to do with the entire family, annie yu has just the thing. >> depends what kind of family you have annie will test it out for us she is at trapeze school, southeast dc. >> hi yes, what a way to start the morning, we have trapeze going on, oh, my gosh we are live here at trapeze school, dc. coming up instructors are at an elite level but teach beginners like you and me we will show you how coming up thanks annie. today's facebook fan of the day is lisa williams her uncle is blind but faithfully listens to

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i don't know how you feel about this but you go to the circus and see the people on the trapeze, honestly did you ever want to do that or just think i am going to leave it up to the experts. >> leave it up to the experts but i wonders about them. annie is showing us how much fun it can be if we can ever get her up there this morning the try it out. if not she will watch it and appreciate it for alison. >> here is annie in the trapeze school in washington dc.

over in southeast. good morning. >> reporter: yes, southeast next to nationals stadium it is a good location easy to access i have been to performance shows where i thought i want to do that and you sure can we are here at trapeze school, washington dc joining me now is one of the managers here, beth tell us about the classes offered here there is a lot going on. >> there is a lot going on primarily, we are flown for the flying trapeze. trapeze school new york. we have silks, you will see alexis performing behind you and balancing classes, trampoline classes, aerial and static trapeze, so a lot of variety of classes you can take. >> a lot of variety of classes now you are offering these classes called all day circus experience. >> absolutely do you want to runaway and join the circus for the day you come in have a full two hour flying trapeze get in small groups and rotate so you

get to try everythingle class we offer throughout the day. is that appropriate for people of all ages including young kids. >> on the 16th, martin luther king, you need a babysitter, we have one just for kids and an adult experience just in february. do you ever find it difficult to bring people here because i mean it can be intimidating the thought of it but then you are like man it looks like so much fun. >> we find people come for two reasons not actually hard to get them here once they get here our motto is forget fear worry about the addiction people get additioned quickly. they come for two -- addicted quickly. they come for two reasons, runaway and join the circus, a date, some people use it as a work out routine. what is your best advice for people interested in signing up? >> just sign up. we will teach you everything we

work with everyone at their level, our classes are all levels, so they have a variety,beginners are welcome. now, as far as booking goes, do you just log on and select a class? how does that work. >> go right on to our website, and then right there in the front it says sign up for a class and scroll through the classes most registration is online so you will access in real time what spots are available in class. >> cool now coming up i think i am going up, what do you think. >> you are. >> i think i am going upcoming up i am going to try trapezing. >> you can do it. >> yes, we are going to do it. back to you in studio. >> all right thank you very much. coming up next hour in addition to annie on top of the world, the state's attorney will be here, coming up in 15 minutes. after 8, two years ago

today a monster earthquake rocked haiti killing thousands and leaving more than a million people homeless. at 8:30 a.m. we will get an update on rebuilding efforts from the american red cross. stay with us we will be right back 

a dispushing video -- disturbing video showing men who appear to be marines, defiling corpses of taliban. frightening metro bus accident and near misses caught on camera. we are taking you behind the wheel. massive earthquake in haiti claimed more than 250,000 lives. what about the survivors left to deal with the aftermath? it has been two years now. we will head to the region for a live update on recovery efforts, good morning glad you are with us i am steve chenevey. i am alison seymour. we say good morning to our friend tony perkens the day does not include as much rain,

hopefully as yesterday. >> may i say because you always point this out the two of you, -- >> i cannot wait let's give this a preview. >> that will be fantastic. >> thank you. you both -- and you are right, in terms of the rain, it is out of here. >> bye bye. >> yep. you might see another sprinkle out to our west but that is not likely. let's look at viper, we will have mild temperatures today, pretty decent day. here we go your rain up in new york city, and new england they've got some snow across northern portions of new england, much of the northeast getting inundated with rain. we are done there was a little bit of rain in west virginia that seems to have evaporated and diminished. out west that snow, that cold front is headed here it will bring cold temperatures with it. a little bit of snow too. regan national airport current temperature, 45 degrees, relative humidity 86%, winds now out of the west at 7 miles

per hour plenty of clouds around, there will be partial sunshine at times highs today upper 50s. and for some of you, the low 60s. enjoy it, it is for one day, and then our temperatures drop significantly, i will tell you more about that coming up. >> not too shabby. >> thanks tony. >> i will check with julie. hi jewels. >> all right guys bumper to bumper traffic on the roadways we will show you where along the top stretch of the belt way coming around from 95, college park headed around towards your exit, for 270, at least an hour and ten minute drive, your average speed down, headed westbound 495, of course we have bumper to bumper traffic for your friends travelling southbound, 29, trying to merge on to the belt way, for those travelling southbound, 29 working their way from white oak headed down towards the

belt way, 7 miles an hour it is grid locked not only on the belt way but trying to get there as you travel north to south. inner loop of the belt way, travelling towards 66, you will find yourself on the brakes, all your lanes on the inner loop are open, 395, leaving the belt way headed up across the 14th street bridge an 8 minute commute that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. the big story this morning controversy surrounding the u.s. military. new video surfaced on the web that allegedly shows marines desecrating the bodies of enemy fighters, live in the newsroom with the video and reaction stacey good morning. >> this popped up on youtube tuesday night take a look you will see why it is sparking such a strong reaction across every branch of the military and now the pentagon is investigating. we have blurred out a large portion of video because of its content but you can see four marines or what appear to be

four marines urinating on what appear to be dead bodies of taliban fighters you hear one guy saying have a great day buddy and then you got it on video. pentagon officials are trying to confirm who these men are and to which unites they belong once they do they will assign an officer to investigate. the marine corps entered a statement saying actions portrayed are not indicative of the characters of our marines and our core, fox 5 spoke with retired general he says he believes it boils down to lack of discipline and leadership and says it risks undoing all the good u.s. forces have done. the fact is what they did is ugly, and just real wrong and i think it is undisciplined. 99.9% of the marines and soldiers on the ground over there, don't do things like that. the council on american

islamic relations is calling this an apparent desecration of the dead, and the general does agree it is likely a violation of the geneva convention the marine corps is promising swift action. back to you. stacey thank you. iran is calling on the united nations one day after the assassination of another iranian nuclear scientist. teheran appealed to the un secretary general to condemn in the strongest term these inhumane, terrorist acts and take effective steps towards elimination of terrorism and all of its forms and manifestations. a car bomb went off yesterday killing the scientist and his driver iran blames israeli agents backed by britain and the u.s. >> i want to categorically deny any united states involvement, in any kind of act of violence inside iran. >> now israel denied these accusations this is the fourth

assassination of a leading iranian nuclear scientist in two years and third using magnetic bombs attached to cars by motor sile cyclists. >> meantime iran -- motorcyclist. meantime iranian president denied heartless capital limp he says the -- he was expected to talk with fidel castro he is on a four country trip to highlight friendship with his latin american allies he travels to ecuador today. police in maryland need your help to find this man who may be behind two armed robberies, officers want to talk to him he was seen using a credit card at a cvs in dc yesterday afternoon, a card stolen hours earlier in bethesda. in that home invasion a masked man sexually assaulted a house

keeper then tied up the homeowner and teenage son and robbed them they believe the same suspect is behind an armed carjacking in wheaton. >> richard sarles will present fare increases to the metro board today. by an average of 5% a hike in parking rates, metro says it needs the money to rebuild its system, which has been neglected for yearpay for hiringover 1,000 employees. metro drivers crashing into cars, hitting people, running red lights see that on the drive cams attached to every bus. sherry lee takes a closer look. we have to warn you some of this is tough to watch. >> one of the most disturbing videos shows a metro bus going down the street, notice the other traffic stops but the bus keeps going and suddenly you see a man in the cross walk, get clipped. some how he walked away on another video the bus

approaches an suv at a stop sign rear ending it so hard it hits a school bus too. >> these are some of the hundreds of videos first obtained by wtop, buses hitting buses, running red lights, hitting other cars and near misses. they were captured by metro's drive cams every bus has one, metro says the operators in these videos have already faced disciplinary action if warranted drivers may be punished with a warning and suspension three times within a year you are fired some times it takes just one. >> in the event that the incident is agregious and you know, a huge mistake the action, disciplinary could be moved up faster and termination take place. >> these are the worst of the worst if you look at numbers metro says these types of collisions don't happen often. metro has more than 1200 buses on the road making more than 14,000 trips a day covering 50

million miles a year >> i think this is a rare example, we have many clips that indicate and show where operators have done the right thing to avoid an accident, pedestrian walking out into the street double parked cars u turns. >> imagine if you were onboard, the bus driver appears to misjudge the speed of an on coming car, one anyone tut the bus is turning the next -- turning the next you are hit. sherry lee fox 5 news. metro says as far as riders, only two people per one million passengers are hurt on the buses themselves. in some cases the video can be used to teach better driving habits. another scandal for washington's ward 5 neighbourhood, federal prosecutors charges the ward's former chairman of the advisory neighbourhood commission with fraud. william shelton is accused of using an ant debit card to access city funds for personal spending they say he misused $28,000. speaking of ward 5 and

former councilman harry thomas junior, the dc council wants to know why there was no government oversight to stop him from stealing. jim graham said he is reviewing a thousand audit documents from the corporation and will decide next week if hearings will be held. thomas resigned from council last week after he was charged with embezzling $353,000 through the city's children and youth investment trust corporation. >> dc leaders postponing a trip to new hampshire an expected snow storm caused lawmakers there to cancel all business. vince grey along with several council members were set to testify in favour of a resolution that expresses support to make dc the 51st state. >> coming up on this thursday morning, up next angela, the state's attorney for prince georges county joins us to lay out her lawen forcement

priorities. >> international auto show under way in the motor city. we will look at some of the latest models going green now. we will be right back 8:10 a.m. 

>> a new report shows building a purple line on metro will effect more than 340 property owners the project will require condemning 31 homes, 43 businesses hundreds of other yards and pieces of land in montgomery and prince georges county. construction is expected to begin in 2015 at earliest it is estimated to cost $1.9 billion. all right general manager, richard sarles was in talking about that that is a big priority we will see that and report on that. meantime we are looking at weather and cuteness factor of the day. >> a big priority of ours. >> every day. >> and we will now, it is time for my first 5 photo of 's chec

>> oh, no. >> this is elijah, 7 months old, enjoying some squash is what he was eating but his parents got creative with the photo shopping here they say he looks just like his favorite characters, winnie the pooh. >> adorable. >> so cute. >> what a clever idea. >> it is. >> that is very cute. >> so sweet. >> he is making winnie the pooh proud. >> yummy. >> i like it. >> thanks for sending us a picture of elijah he is adorable if you want to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. >> let's look at temperatures not just here but around the country we've dropped off now to 44 degrees, colder up to the north, boston at 38 degrees down to our south, blooming on the 49, there is that cold front look what happens behind the front temperatures drop off significantly right now, in st. louis, 19 degrees, chicago, 34,

lincoln nebraska, 13 degrees, 13 denver, that cold air will make its way east ward as it does it will moderate a little bit but still much colder here for the next couple days after we get through today the national map shows you the big storm system that came through dumping a half inch at regan national up to midnight last night and then more after the midnight hour it is now impacting the northeast, with some areas of heavy rain areas of frozen precipitation again you see the cold front out to our west, there is snow along that front. 5 day forecast looks like this today, mostly cloudy, some sun here and there high of 58 degrees, not bad, some of you may get into the low 60s today, overnight more rain and maybe that rain will mix with our change to -- or change to snow particularly north and west of the city. could happen here in washington as well. tomorrow morning i don't expect a big event but could be snowing tomorrow morning that will make the commute interesting. tomorrow's high 40, over the

weekened your highs only in the 30s by the time we get to monday we are still struggling to get to 40 degrees. tucker barnes will be up in just a little bit with the latest weather now to julie wright. >> might see some flakes, might see me on a plane to miami. >> just for a few flakes >> i don't like it >> tough it out >> i am a wimpy kid. >> all right on the roads this morning, it has been a tough drive unfortunately a lot of folks have been stuck dealing with this mess. 395, across the 14th street bridge crawling from the belt way across the potomac, headed over to the southeast, southwest freeway. 295 on the brakes, as you travel past the nrl again with a slow down, 11th street bridge. manassas, well below speed. more traffic leaving fair oaks continuing in toward the

capital belt way the top stretch started our commute on the wrong foot so to speak the accident 355 long gone but average speed down to 8 miles an hour leaving route 1 headed around toward the rockville pike delays coming southbound on 95, leaving 212, down to 30 miles an hour for those travelling southbound, 29, 7 miles an hour. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> julie thanks new session of the maryland general assembly just convened lawmakers can expect ambitious set of law enforcement proposals, rangingto tougher crimes. good morning happy new year. >> good morning happy new year. >> let's talk about where prince georges county is in relation to last year this time the county is doing rolely well. >> we -- really well. >> we are off to a better start last year we experienced 12 homicides, one per day, we are

at one this year, one is too many as well but we are satisfied we are headed in the right direction. >> we are checking in with local leaders of different jurisdictions to see what are the priorities for this new year you set out a comprehensive list for things you would like to get done. let's talk about the big picture first what are they hoping to do. >> we have a very aggressive agenda we want to address many of the crime trends we saw last year and really propose legislation, support legislation, you think will help us have a decline in crime. there are a number of areas, always a concern to us. handguns you have seen handguns in the hands of mentally ill individuals and seen an upward trend we would like to address as well as quality of life crimes and we have an opportunity to do that through some of our legislation as well. >> do you get a sense lawmakers

are on the same page trying to get to some of these issues. >> absolutely part of what i am excited about this year i think we will present a united front, in annapolis we are clear about what the priorities are including the budget i think the budget is tops on everybody's list we must bring back to prince georges county enough to accomplish a public safety objective, education is always a priority i met with many legislators yesterday and everybody is fired up and ready to represent. >> you must have gotten a sneak peek at my notes that was my next question. does the office hamper efforts some times how frustrating is that? >> absolutely this is our chief frustration we do not have the number of prosecutors we need we don't have as well the money we need to pay prosecutors to retain them that is always a priority for us. we have 80 prosecutors handling 40,000 cases per year,.

>> wow. >> and it is really, a struggle. >> all right let's talk you hit on some of those issues let's start with what you said domestic violence you are looking to put in place, something that has to do with strangulation tell me why. >> there is legislation to support a bill that would allow us to charge the more serious first degree assault charge in the case of strangulation what we have currently is inability in many cases to charge strangulation because injuries are not always apparent. we've seen these cases increase and we want to have an opportunity to file first degree assault charges in the case of strangulation, this bill was proposed last year we are going to be there again this year supporting it. >> you hit on it a little bit it is frightening to thing about handguns in the hands of the mentally ill you are tackling that. >> we saw a number of cases last year that were shocking we had mentally ill individuals, who had handguns, they called police officers to their homes

said i want to commit suicide police would respond the individual would come out and shoot into a public area. this of course posed a threat to the law enforcement officers who were there but caused loss of life for many of these individuals suffering with mental illness we want to do something about it. >> commission of a crime in front of a minor you are looking at. >> this is close to my heart this effects children what we are seeing is a number of individuals who are defendants in the course house now, charged and convicted of violent crimes including homicide all of them say you know what i also witnessed domestic violence as a child and this was you know, had a major impact on me. we are seeing a trend of individuals who witnessed violence and repeat it as adults they are twice as likely when you witness domestic violence to repeat it. you are a states attorney for prince georges county here

outlining initiatives of her office moving forward. >> steve over to you. >> virginia general assembly got under way yesterday, republicans passed new rules making it easier to tip committees in their favour. the governor passed a deciding vote that broke a partisan 20/20 tie. governor mcdonald outlined his $85 billion plan to increase funding for key state services as well. >> 8:23 a.m. on thursday morning up next we will head live to haiti, we will get an update on recovery efforts there, two years after the massive earthquake. >> later this hour we will take a look at a family friendly activity here in our area. now that is not our good friend annie yu word is she is heading up, up above to where they are actually doing the trapeze thing. she is starting that slow climb. when she gets to the top, we will check back in with her  beth!

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>> making headlines, kim jong il's body will be on permanent display in north korea. it will be laid in state memorial palace in the capital where his fathers body has been

embalmed since his death in 1994. there are reports some citizens are being sent the labor camps because they did not mourn his death enough. >> mississippi judge put on hold the release of 21 inmates with received either full pardons or suspended sentences from the out going governor. the state attorney general says barber may have violated the constitution. four of those pardons included convicted killer who is worked as inmate trustees at the governor's mansion. barber left office tuesday. >> more than six years after she disappeared in aruba, natalee holloway is at the center of a court hearing. an alabama judge will hear her request by her father -- hear a request by her father to have her declared death. >> van der sloot the main suspect has pleaded guilty to killing a young woman in peru he will be sentenced tomorrow. >> republican presidential candidates are focused on south carolina the state's primary election is a week from

saturday economy specifically jobs and national debt said to be the top issue for most voters, mitt romney is leading, comes with back to back wins iowa and new hampshire some pun dents believe at least one candidate will drop out after south carolina. the people's choice award, 38th annual. >> some winners took home multiple prizes, kinger katy perry and film -- singer katy perry and film harry potter and the deathly hallows part two. harry potter won four times the stars of the movie were not there either. morgan freeman was on hand to accept a big honor he became the first ever person to be crowned america's favorite movie icon . hank you very much represent something here is what i hope it is. for all of you kind enough to vote for me i hope i represent a working actor who is so

incredibly proud to be in this business, humbled and honored to be mentioned in the same company as my fellow nominees, and forever grateful, for this honor. thank you so much. that is a great honor for him but, not one but two biggest winnersover the night don't show up to the awards show you want to reevaluate the awards show. >> who could expect katy perry would be going through a difficult and public divorce. >> she could be comforted by friends. >> she wants time for herself i am not sure what happened to harry potter and his deathly hallows people. >> hollywood needs more awards shows. i think at least two or three a week would be good. >> i enjoy them. >> do you? is >> i do though i did not see that one last night >> okay well, i will put you in the same category as katy perry. >> you can probably get that on demand. >> i am not with that carrier.

>> you are not. >> no. >> okay. well, i will personally get you a copy. >> cool conditions at the moment, nice and mild, bottom line lots of clouds around and some more changes today, showers maybe, a few snow showers. >> okay. >> north and west. later tonight. real cold air on the way, that will get here tomorrow. >> most of the rain showers that we picked up pretty good rain, a few minutes ago a half inch regan national, picked up more most of the rain out of here at least temporarily. cloudy today and grey, we should be generally dry here for much of the day you can see we are not showing much here off my shoulder, new york, still getting showers, headed up 95, a few more showers for new york and boston look what happens when i open it up, big area low pressure off to the north and east cold front, you can clearly see that in the form of snow, out to the west, chicago, that has got to get

clear here. it will transition over to a period of snow on the backside of it there are indications, some of our computer models are suggesting this could turn to a brief period of snow. future cast just clouds this afternoon, sunshine as well 3:00 a.m., see that transition taking place, north and west, could be a dusting could be light accumulations if you are watching well out into west virginia and western maryland. 58 today enjoy the warm air, colder tomorrow breezy, highs 40. saturday and sunday, highs in the 30s not much of a rebound monday. it will feel like january around here later tonight and starting tomorrow that is a look at the forecast steve and alison back to you. >> thank you 8:31 a.m., today is the two year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in haiti that claimed more than 250,000 lives, more than 1 million people were left homeless the country is still

trying to rebuild two years later. let's head live to haiti and check with david with the american red cross. good morning. paint a picture for us two years later as to what you see in haiti. >> reporter: two years later we see dig progress, where 1 -- significant progress where 1.5 million people were living underneath tarps and tents today there are 500,000 people. while we are happy in progress of moving 1 million people out from underneath the camp we are focused on the half million people living in difficult circumstances. i know david that you have spent a lot of your time dealing with helping around the world, folks suffering from disease, et cetera that has been a big problem in haiti. what do you see as priority now moving forward, is it physical construction, continuing disease prevention that needs to get the attention where do you rank priorities? >> well, continuing the needs are great in a number of

different areas we are very much focused open shelter getting those last -- focused on shelter getting those last 500,000 people into housing. there are 2,000 haitian construction workers, repairing homes, 200,000 people live in new homes because of the red cross effort to put people in safe conditions. >> one of the great things in hind sight if you have to look for the silver lining, that came out of this was the world's attention financially that was given to try to help out the folks in haiti a great deal of that went through the red cross. something close to a half billion dollars in donations how has that been used helped and how much more help is needed. well, very much the generosity of the american people and people in washington dc area, has been unbelievable, single largest response internationally for one country we have ever seen. we have been focussing on a

number of areas, getting people into housing, we have helped construct two new hospitals and are keeping two additional hospitals open, we are very much focused on getting people into jobs, and helping train them and helping provide micro finance loans and finally water and sanitation this is a country where unfortunately, it was desperately poor before the earthquake we saw well under half the people had access to clean water and sanitation. the red cross is bringing clean water to hundreds of thousands of people who did not enjoy that access if people want to learn more about our efforts what we are doing and our plans please i encourage them to go to red cross.org/haiti. >> how impar at no time is it for -- important is it for people to get updates two years later to realize the work is not all done this is not something we should forget about. that's right and recovery takes a long time in fact, what

takes decades to build and often seconds to destroy does not get rebuilt in a matter of months or even two years as we know from experience around the world including our own country recovery takes years and haiti is going to need our support for many years to come. >> we can still see physical scars in the video we are able to show this morning. one last question one of the things that changed in how we give because of haiti, with so many people who stepped up was the text donations through their cell phones text even $10 at a time how have we seen that movement change over the past two years. >> well, it really was an amazing response over $30 million came to us through $10 text messages we see similar donations following disasters, japan tsunami and even disasters that spring storms in our own country what is great about texting it introduces our youth to the benefits of philanthropy. >> we appreciate the insight from haiti, good to see so much

has been done in the last two years. steve in the meantime the red cross needs a whole lot of help here at home we are talking about a critical blood shortage impacting all blood types to find out where to donate blood call ... or go to red cross blood.org. the fox 5 job of the day straight ahead after the break. >> unforchow nately cancer is a -- unfortunately cancer is a battle many children face there is a push on facebook for a new toy to ease their minds about going through treatment this little girl is weighing in when fox 5 morning news continues it's your social network.

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back now with a look how the auto industry is going green electric cars join the landscape at detroit auto show. >> aimed to help the environment and ease the pain at the pump. aiynsley ear hart has more for us. >> reporter: international awe though show is under way in the motor city. automakers from around the world display new vehicles in grand fashion. >> ever one launching vehicles are doing it in a big way. a real excitement around launching new vehicles like we used to see every year. >> reporter: not just glits,

glamour, quick cars some green vehicles are taking center stage. ford motor companies unvailed a handful of new electric and partially electric cars. >> we will have a feature available you can set your destination and with that say is there a place for me to charge there or not if there isn't you can do a round trip back to home and it will tell you if you have energy to get there. >> reporter: general motors, bmw and audi are also showing off their electric vehicles the array of greener cars looks promising. >> definitely the wave of the future. got some problems but the wave of the future >> i think my kids will definitely see electric vehicles day today like the norm to have e will be trick vehicles. >> reporter: hybrids and -- electric vehicles. >> reporter: hybrids and electric cars made up 3% of those pir purchased last year, president obama's administration, is committed to getting as many as a million hybrids and electric cars on the road for 2015.

flying trapeze, trampoline, acrobatics all fun stuff the entire family can do or not do or watch or take part in. the best part is especially in the cold weather, it is indoors. >> annie is at trapeze school southeast this morning, this actually isn't annie's first time flying high. this was annie on the bar a few months ago. >> she didn't know we had a picture. >> looking nervous. >> scared. >> how you feeling now? >> reporter: hopefully i won't make that face again. but i have to be honest when you are climbing up this ladder here and stepping on this ledge, the nerves are coming back but my advice to you if you come out, they have you harnessed in you just got to go when they say go or hep go the longer you wait the harder it gets, joining me now one of the instructors here at trapeze school new york washington dc

she has done a great job calming my nerves. a student in 2006 when we were first based in baltimore much like yourself i started with a big fear of heights. >> now you are instructing and so calm and you are like it's okay how did you overcome that >> i believe for folks who come with a desire and just really love what is happening that feeling of overcoming your fears is part of what makes it compelling. >> i was going to say when you are on the ground and looking up it doesn't look that high you feel i can do this it is easy but when you climb up, you are looking down i know you are holding me it is scary. >> a real moment of trust for strangers taking care of you and yourself and your body but after the first few swings folks often find a place where things slow down and settle down and gets more and more fun. >> for people who come up for the first times the not uncommon to be nervous or do you get excitement. >> we get the whole range kids and adults everyone has a different level of comfort coming into it what we

discovered if you have desire it doesn't matter if you are afraid we can work with you and help you do stuff you have probably never done before. >> here is my day two here at trapeze school the first time i made a horribly scary face but what do we have going on now. >> we are just going to talk you through your take off let's put your left hand in position, palm up in the arch. beautiful step your toes to the edge. >> the part i don't like. >> here is the part you really don't like push your hips way forward. >> accentuates. >> all right. >> turn your hand there you go push your belly toward the bar. >> you've got me >> i've got you great position annie, moving nothing else put your left hand on the bar >> you got me. >> really good. >> beautiful. >> stand nice and tall, all right. straight arms for me. >> okay. >> on ready you are going to bend your knees, take a small

hop forward listen to key step's instructions. >> ready. >> hep. >> go forward on hep annie, ready hep. >> oh, my gosh. [ [inaudible] instructions ] >> okay got it. all right. okay so if you want to sign up, experience this for yourself log on the to myfoxdc.com the classes book out really quick so you got to log on today back to you in studio. >> good practice run annie. >> you made that look really easy annie. >> that is what i am saying if you look at it it looks super easy but alison you are coming out here with me once you go up there sister it is really nerve

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all right good morning i am tony perkens. >> i am alison seymour. at 9, indecent behaviour how united states officials are referring to this video of four u.s. marines this morning live with the investigation to find out if it is real and who is responsible. >> more unsettling video from behind the wheels of metro buses. >> cameras designed to cut down on dangerous driving find out what happened to the drivers responsible. plus, you will want to stick around for this. this morning, the band is going to perform a song for us ahead of their new cd