unvail a spending plan that stands to -- governor will unvail a spending plan that stands to have a huge impact on you. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts now. straight up 7:00 a.m., a beautiful shot there, of the horizon, as we get close to sunrise, windy conditions this morning, skies are pretty for this wednesday, january 18th, good morning i am tony perkens in for steve chenevey. >> i am alison seymour. there are two school delays both in western maryland. garrett county schools on two- hour delay and mountain ridge district allegheny county on a two-hour delay. all right let's find out what is going on as far as weather. good morning tucker. >> good morning windy, much colder conditions expected for your wednesday, as we watch high pressure build in from the

west, should be sunny cold temperatures here to stay for next couple day, let's kick it off, regan national 44 degrees, temperature has been falling likely to be upper 30s and low 40s later this afternoon. humidity 43%, winds out of the north and west, 15, gusting at times, 25, 30 miles an hour so very blustery conditions not going to be like yesterday when we had temperatures upper 50s. low 60s. our frontal system, sliding off the coast and now we are dealing with a little lake- effect snow off portions of pennsylvania, a few snow showers slipping into northwest maryland and northern virginia, it is possible there could be a few flakes, particularly north and west, but then just sunshine and cold, temperatures as i mentioned, falling into the upper 30s by late this afternoon. here is your forecast, chilly, breezy, temperatures 47 degrees at 4:00 p.m.

a couple chances for a few more snow showers in the 5 day details coming up. julie wright has your latest. on the roads find your lanes are open check out the ride off the suit land parkway headed towards south capital street, heavy, slow and steady, no problems into northeast washington, new york avenue lanes are open as well as you continue in bound toward the third street tunnel. out to the roads accident activity headed up towards the capital belt way, now we find the crash tieing up the right side of the highway, heads up headed towards 495, wilson bridge traffic running smoothly, in bound, 66 slow stuff headed in towards centerville average speed fair oaks down to 28 miles an hour. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie thank you. check of this mornings top stories we begin on capital hill with republican lead house, it is set to vote on a

measure whether to raise the nations debt ceiling, the proposal, lots of borrowing cap increase of $1.2 trillion the debt ceiling is automatically raised. 15 days after the president notifies lawmakers, they are close to the current $15 trillion cap unless congress says no. >> secret service says someone tossed a smoke bomb on to the lawn of the white house officers dispersed the crowd removed the device the president and first lady were at a nearby restaurant celebrating the first lady's birthday. there no arrests but earlier in the day u.s. capital police arrested four protestors, during an occupy congress rally. some protestors became unruly, standing up to officers, tearing down barricades. >> this is symbolism. this right here is their way of symbolizing they have a hold of

us, their chains of corruption are holding us down. we are taking that apart. we don't care if we all die. organizers had out thed occupy congress as the largest occupy gathering but it came short. 85% of americans, disprove of the job congress is doing. the other big stories we are following the death toll now stands at 11 following the cruise ship accident off the coast of italy. >> search operations at the ship have been suspended meantime we are hearing recordings of audio transmissions between the coast guard and ship's captain. stacey cohan is tracking the latest good morning. >> these are just incredible alison and tony. the costa concordia had 3500 people onboard, 11 now reason firmed dead, 20 still missing and this as a shift in search

causes the ship to lift, forcing rescuers to temporarily abandon their search. >> reporter: rescuers suspended the search of the capsized cruise ship off the coast of tuscany. firefighters searched the above water portion but found nothing. tuesday, crews found 4 men, 5 women. >> to keep looking for people. in the same area where we found the 5 people today is the place where it is more possible to find other people. >> reporter: among the missing, a minnesota couple, in a blog posting family members say they have received no word on the couple the captain who allegedly abandoned the crippled cruise liner will be released from jail and placed under house arrest. his defense lawyer said they turned down prosecutors request to keep him in jail. the captain was on a lifeboat,

refusing to return to the vessel. >> you go up then, you and your second. >> commander i want to go onboard but there is other rescuers and it is stopped waiting, there, no, i called the other rescuers. >> it has been an hour, since you have been telling me the same thing now go onboard, go onboard. the 52-year-old italian captain could face up to 12 years in prison on the single charge of abandoning ship. >> thank you. meantime police awaiting autopsy results on the newborn baby who died last sunday night after she was found left in the freezing cold investigators are asking for your help finding the person who abandoned that baby girl. a neighbor found her on a front porch of a home in northeast dc if you have any information dc police urge you contact them at the numbers that will be on your screen you can text in to

40 -- excuse me, 50411 or call (202)727-9099. district police also need your help tracking down two bank robbery suspects seen here the men on the right accused of a robbery last friday alabama avenue, southeast, the man on the left accused of a robbery september 16th, 1800 block i street northwest. alison, the hunt is on for a couple accused of leaving dozens of dead animals inside a maryland town house. the bodies of 40 animals were found in the house in columbia, dead birds, rabbits, cats and a snake were inside the house. some were stuffed inside a freezer. police say the animals were abandoned there with no food, water or heat a neighbor says a woman who lived at the house told her she was affiliated with an animal rescue group called the bailey foundation. >> she said oh, well, i want to

move to a family home because the neighbor keeps complaining about my parrot. i could hear it when i walked the dog as far as i knew they only had two dogs and a parrot. there was 19 in the freezer, 21 other dead animals throughout the house. fox 5 e-mailed and called the bailey foundation so far we have not received a response. animal control removed four live animals all of them, are said to be in bad shape. police in the district shot and killed a german shepherd after it attacked several people 6:00 p.m. last night 14th street, northwest the dog bit one person, she was taken to hospital as a precaution, that dog also went after the responding officer police are now talking to the owner, about this incident. mitt romney is changing course and now appears willing to release his tax returns he said he will probably release

them in april. the presidential front runner admitted he pays the lower rate of 15% because most of his income comes from investments the white house press secretary said his father may have been the first presidential candidate to release his returns. very standard tradition, and obviously we thing it is a good tradition and that is why then senator obama released his tax records i think it was a tradition initiated by then presidential candidate george romney in 1968 who released 12 years of tax records in 68. fox business reports that romney is worth as much as $250 million. and we can soon see president obama's first tv commercial for the 2012 election associated press is reporting obama campaign requested advertising rates in 14 key states, the list includes virginia, florida, ohio, pennsylvania, so far no word on when those tv ads will

hit the airways. >> federal appeals court rejected governor perry's bid to be placed onegin yeah's presidential -- on virginia's presidential primary ballot. mitt romney and ron paul were the only names on the primary ballot in that state. meantime some marylanders could face a tax increase in an effort to curb a $1 billion budget short fall. governor o'malley releasing his spending plan today. individuals who earn more than $100,000 couples making more than $150,000 would be limited to smaller exceptions and would face caps on personal deductions the governor plans to propose higher fees on most water and sewer bills and is backing a measure to promote offshore wind development and that would with increase electric rates. all right, it is now 10 minutes after 7:00 a.m. the calm before the storm. the pacific northwest preparing

to get socked by mother nature again details coming up next. google blacks out its logo, wikipedia shutting down today, all in protest to a bill, in capital hill. >> fight to legalize medical marijuana gets a boost. coming up shocking statistics involving states where it is legal. >> as you take the break, a live lookout side, look at the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie coming up next. 7:11 a.m. ♪ ♪

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welcome back. making headlines a high level gathering slated today at the white house. nearly 15 senior, federal, state law enforcement officials

will discuss ways to combat, violent extremism and home grown terrorism part of a new homeland security report to better fight terrorism in communities around the country. >> you will soon be able to board a flight to cuba from one of our region's airports, starting march 21st flights will depart every day from 3:00 p.m. from baltimore washington international airport. it begins a week before pope benedict is scheduled to visit the nation. bwi is providing travel to cuba. service had been limited to three airports in miami, los angeles, and new york city. washington state is bracing for a snow storm meteorologists, call it the biggest in some years some areas could see 12 inches of new snow by tonight. several flights have been cancelled into and out of seattle and portland oregon. >> wow.

>> yeah, tucker barnes is here and can tell us more. >> winter storm warnings flying all over oregon, washington idaho we haven't had a lot of winter weather in the lower 48 so far this year, this will be a historic storm. >> it has been interesting we have had this off and an flirt with spring they are getting hit. >> particularly hard this week. let's get to the map. i put in the national map. hey, talk winds here locally they will be gusting to 30 at times 40 miles per hour that will be your big story around here windy and much colder as our frontal system moved through last night allowing colder air to work in off the great lakes. 44 washington check out the colder air, that will move in later tonight, 20s overnight. 21 detroit, 27 cincinnati and lots of cold air on the map for a change as you get out west. let's focus, well, out to the

pacific northwest seattle right now 29 degrees, and i am going to show you the satellite radar for the entire country notice the storm system is working inland they are starting to see the first initial bands of winter weather that will be with them for the next couple days when all is said and done, 5 to 10 inches of white stuff in the city of seattle very unusual. >> around here, we will be fine sunshine, just sort of cold temperatures in upper 30s low 40s we should be dry tonight and tomorrow maybe a few flurries, with a passing clipper system, that is the highlight for us. 41 today, 28 tonight, cold tonight we got to watch early saturday morning, wintery mix changing to rain. that one bares watching. >> you got something else. >> i want to mention the fox 5 weather ap, you can stay on the forecast, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week go to apples ap store or android market on your

smart phone and search dc weather it is free scan our qr code to link your phone to our weather ap. >> it is getting good reviews. >> great reviews, open to suggestions as promised we have been tweeting. >> i just tweeted a few minutes ago. >> julie wright, julie i don't know how you do it, i never read tweets until the last couple days i don't know how you do your tv reports, radio reports i know you are eating during the show and tweeting. how do you do it all. >> what you don't know is i am doing it while i am hula hooping through a flaming hoop. the next contract will have me doing it on one leg hopping up and down. >> you are a circus act >> my gosh. ringling brothers has nothing on me hon. inner loop of the belt way, headed out towards 66 seeing a slow down approaching bradock road, 66 eastbound, manassas. and find delays as you leave

7100 to 123 gain at the belt way a stretch of cold gosh again at the belt way -- again on the belt way, a stretch of slow traffic. land over road down to 28 miles an hour, south dakota avenue, northeast for the accident reported, northbound, route 5, crash in the far right lane that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks julie. don't be surprised when you try to log on to wikipedia this is what you get. they are down until midnight and several other websites are following suit part of a 24 hour black out to protest, online anti piracy legislation under consideration in congress. type internet piracy into wikipedia's search engine or any other phrase and this is what you will get a dark screen a virtual protest with sites like google joining in too.

google will work today but the company blocked out its own name it is all designed to get attention of congress and may be working. >> it is ironic a website supposedly provides accurate information is spreading miss information and promoting fear rather than fact. >> there are two bills in congress that try to crackdown on internet piracy especially when it comes to streaming movies the backers are content providers including news corporation which owns fox news saying it is necessary to stop foreign websites from rampantly stealing material. many website operators says the too broad and could be shut down for material they don't control. >> detrimental, to wikipedia, to free and open web. we want to make sure we send a message, potentially killing sopa sipa here in the united

states. >> balancing that free web with the rights of others is the trick and even when this black out ends the problem remains. again the black out of wikipedia is down until midnight it will be dark until then. other online resources sites have gone dark today, basically, showing their solidarity with what wikipedia is doing. this is what you will find when you log on to this. we talked about google let's look and see what google looks like again it is showing solidarity with wikipedia, see its google doodle section is covered in black. you can still search but basically they are taken their name out some of wikipedias backers are not happy saying the nonprofit should not be in the business of advocacy. they are trying to get this message sent to capital hill. wikipedia is urging users to

contact congress. >> technology writer haley will join us in our 9:00 a.m. hour and tell us how this effects all of us and really does toe know you don't -- tony, you don't realize how often you go to sites like wikipedia until it is not there. >> all right alison thank you very much. 42 degrees right now, one local county is taking action after an alarming new report about the dramatic increase in child abuse cases. and, not in my backyard a show down is brewing in ward 5, over the city's medical marijuana program, we will have that story next. >> also, annie yu exploring the ultimate open house she is live at the dulles expo center, with a preview of this weekend's all new home and remodeling show. later she will fill us in on the latest trends to spruce up your home. stay with us, it is 7:22 a.m.  ♪ that aroma calls to you

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back now with some alarming news from fairfax county officials say they've seen a significant increase in reports of child abuse following the scandal at penn state. last month child abuse squad received 39 reports twice as many as a year ago. today, detectives will discuss an issue in an online chat on the county's website, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. questions can be submitted now we will link you to more information. you will find that on our website myfoxdc.com. battle over the medical marijuana program in the district could be winding down. dc voters approved a referendum to make medical marijuana legal in 1998 after years of red tape the program is moving forward, but there is a hitch. ward 5 doesn't want to be home to where the marijuana is grown. yesterday, council members agreed to a compromise to limit number of growth sites in all wards, those who live in ward 5 will continue to fight. we are looking at our ward

getting better, moving forward, not being a dumping ground. >> advisory neighbourhood commissioners will hear from residents who live in the areas where marijuana will be grown and sold there will be a report to a committee and then sent to the full council. some believe medical marijuana could be distributed in dc by end of the year. a fight to legalize medical marijuana is linked to safer driving three researchers found the states that have legalized marijuana saw a nearly 9% drop in traffic deaths the report goes on to say alcohol consumption appears to play a key role apparently the number of young people drinking has decreased in states where medical marijuana is legal. 7:27 a.m., 42 degrees looks like boxing champ, lamont peterson is headed back to the ring for a rematch. details. a symbolic vote in the house involving president

obama's debt ceiling proposal, peter fenn and jim will join us to talk more about that and an update from the campaign trail. >> another live lookout side, windy conditions across the region, you can see the camera shaking the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie coming up next, 7:28 a.m. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪

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7:30 a.m. coming up 7:31 a.m., tucker barnes joins us again. >> cold and breezy, 39 miles per hour ocean city. >> yikes. >> cold air moving in across the eastern shore as we speak we will feel like winter today even with sunshine. >> okay. >> let's get right to the weather forecast. and your headline as i mentioned colder and breezy today, yeah, colder air here to say for the next couple days we will warm up as we get to the weekend certainly today it will feel cooler than yesterday when we had 60 ees last night 11:00 p.m., there is your wind gust, 25 washington, 22 in gaithersburg, 29 hagerstown. we had a frontal system come through during the late night hours winds have shifted out of the north and west and that opened up the gates for the cooler air to move on in.

we will be a lot chillier than yesterday as mentioned. temperature falling all morning. 42 washington lots of 30s north and west flurries near winchester and martins burg it is possible you will see a few more flurries, there will be a few flurries out to the west as that lake-effect snow machine kicks in 46 frederick, leonard town, cooling down 43 for you, 44 to the east in annapolis, here is your satellite radar, your frontal system off to our south and east a few left over showers, and that should generally be out of here there is that lake-effect snow machine kicking in with streamers into central pennsylvania and a few of those will be sneaking into our northwest communities but that will be about it, sunshine, blustery, chilly, highs upper 30s low 40s later this afternoon and cold one tonight overnight lows back into the 20s. 41 that will be your afternoon high temperature warmer than that but i think we will be in

the low 40s. mentioned winds north and west gusting to 30 later tonight winds lighten up clear skies, cold overnight, 28 city, teens and low 20s if you are outside the belt way, this will be a cold couple days, tomorrow, partly sunny, 42 could be a few snow showers, snowflakes with a clipper system. cold on friday, 38, got to watch out for the possibility of a wintery mix transitioning to rain on saturday, couple question marks, something to watch if you like winter weather warmer by sunday highs 50. let's go to traffic hey, julie. >> thanks for the tip on twitter about an extra can of hair spray. >> yeah, i know you need it. trying to help out. thanks tucker barnes. on the road, lanes open, travelling 395 northbound, leaving duke street, problems all morning long because of an accident. bumper to bumper slow leaving landmark, headed to king street again as you work your way

across the inbound, 14th street bridge. other side of town outer loop of the belt way, slowing, leaving van dooren headed toward telegraph road, no accident, wall to wall traffic. northbound i-95 remains below speed for those continuing to work their way out of wood bridge, coming out across the occoquan. problems to report travelling 295, you definitely are slowing here as you make your way across the inbound 11th street bridge. northbound, 5, accident remains far right lane outer loop commute leaving 95, to georgia avenue down to a 20 minute commute that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks julie. a big week in politics republican presidential candidates keeping busy in south carolina, ahead of saturday 's primary. on capital hill, congress starts a new session. joining us, democratic,

political strategist, peter fen and republican political strategist, jim. >> nice to see you. peter is back, you had quite the time overseas can you tell us about where you were >> i was in egypt working with a political parties over there alison quite an amazing experience sponsored by the american university of cairo and rockefeller brothers fund and five of us who teach at george washington and political consulting farms, when you do something like that these folks put their lives on the line every day when they get involved in politics it will take awhile but they are making the right move it is parties are coming together to have a constitution, to have a presidential election they just went through their particle meantry election and you know folks, there will be bumps in the road but, these are really committed wonderful people and it was a joy and honor to be

over there. >> democratic process in action. >> actually you know jim and i were talking about it i would like to see a bit more of that togetherness here in washington. >> perfect segway. right. >> and liberals, in cairo together maybe we can do something in washington. >> not a chance. >> all right well, let's [ overlapping voices ] >> let's talk about south carolina then. first debate, already happened next one coming up and then the primary let me ask you, jim, how does this field of contenders, what do they need to do before heading into saturday. >> anybody who watched the last debate, as you go through all these debates, this is 16 or 17,. >> a lot. >> candidates go up and down a little bit but there were 7 million people that watched it the other night. there was a big number and mitt romney had a bad debate which is surprising he has been running for 6 years now gone

through more than 17 debates, and he had a bad debate. tomorrow's debate will be the one that shows whether mitt romney, there is some -- a lot of rumbling he will be the nominee whether he -- if he continues to stumble it is a wide open race again the primary is on saturday than they go to florida. >> i want to agree with jim totally on how romney did in that debate he now had the worst press day of his life yesterday. with the follow up from the debate. >> exactly. >> but the trouble is, that these guys are all splitting the votes no one is going one on one with romney. so he could win this thing in south carolina, with 30% of the vote. >> no question. >> and you know, the difficulty is, if he keeps on winning and folks begin to drop and by the time you get to a one on one with romney, it is over. >> but you know --

>> we will see. >> look, this is up and down i think voters are still, trying to make up their minds. >> i think that's right. the other thing you have to understand at least from a republican side this year it is all proportional in terms of delegates he has won two primaries and probably got 12 delegates you need 1100 touring. if everyone drops out he is the nominee if people stay in for awhile and have the ability to raise money and get a message out it is not a lock for romney. >> there is a push now to release his tax returns what does this prove? does this prove something to the people who would vote to say what he is not paying his fair share? what does this do exactly, besides transparency. >> this is a problem first of all his answer to that question in debate was almost bizarre, are you going to aren't you i think i might most people do. >> flip flop on that one too. but again then yesterday, i don't know if this was pre-

emptive or whatever but because he is so wealthy and makes so much money on his capital gains his effective tax rate is 15% well, that is about what 35 to $50,000 a year people are paying their effective tax rate. second thing he said was oh, i made a little bit of money on speeches. a little bit of money, $375,000 >> isn't that the republican way jim? >> i think the problem is, he should have layed out his tax returns early on. this is a trap everyone does. i think the problem was, the way he handled it they had to know this was coming and they didn't handle -- here are my tax returns i can make money so what but he just kind of backs off. >> because it speaks to the push, you would agree the party says, that the money maker -- top money makers there is no need the tax more because they are the ones creating jobs, it would seem to contradict what

they are saying i am just trying to understand it. >> it is not really the substance of it, it is really how you handle it >> i see. >> really how he has handled it he should have said yeah, i made a lot of money so what. >> you are absolutely right, it is how you handle it. but the other thing it plays into the notion, that this is unfair and unequal when you take his tax plan and his tax returns and put those together you say here is a guy who is going to give average americans $58 guys like him, are going to get over $100,000 tax break for millionaires and billionaires that plays into that 99%, 1% stuff and my sense of this campaign, i maybe dead wrong my sense of this campaign it will be about who stands up to the middle class. who is fighting for those folks, whose house is under water, having trouble paying their kid's college tuition who lost a job really squeezed and

boy, oh, boy it is hard to identify with mitt romney, both because of his tax plan and because of his -- >> nothing wrong with being rich peter. >> i am not arguing that but 15% tax bracket is pretty low. >> for a guy making that much money are you going to say we should raise taxes? >> that is the argument i was trying to get to. exactly. >> all right we got the leave it there, congress headed back to work, more things to talk about,. >> first day and a half [ overlapping voices ] we will see you next week. we hope to. jim and peter back over to you. thank you. it is now, 7:41 a.m., a country music star makes a big donation to a hospital but now wants his money back. we will explain why. and remember that controversial, boxing match, last month, new details this morning about an appeal involving the outcome. stay with us

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golden boy promotions, dropped its appeal with the international boxing federation of amir khans disputed loss to dcs lamont peterson and are focussing on a rematch. he is offering peter son a 50/50 split on the revenue, world boxing association which had a title belt on the line has ordered an immediate rematch. hmm. country music star, garth brooks suing an oklahoma hospital he claims he made a half million dollar donation to the hospital in yukon because he believed some part of the facility would be named after his late mother that never happened he wants the money returned the hospital said the donation was an unconditional gift and it has done nothing wrong. >> remember pacman on one of the very first gaming systems, atari. smithsonian american art museum is opening the first mayor exhibit, exploring art -- major

exhibit exploring art and evolution of video games. >> fantastic. >> it is. >> i would see that. >> i recently got an ap for my ipad which is all the old atari games. >> pong? >> doesn't go back as far as pong but as steroids remember asteroids. >> yeah, my brother and i had an atari gaming system we loved it. when you see the games now my goodness it is amazing. >> funny. >> all right. >> i like pacman and miss pacman. >> yes. >> to the weather forecast more on video games coming up. cold temperatures, blustery conditions i will show you the wind chill map because air temperatures in low 40s winds out of the north and west gusting to 25, that is what it feels like for you outside. kids headed to the bus stop, on the streets later today, you will be encountering very cold conditions feels like 34 washington 27 frederick, 23 win

chester, even ocean city your air temperature was in the 50s now feels like 37 for you. colder air moving in. future cast don't have a lot to show you, lake-effect snow machine kicking into gear there, good for the ski resorts. should be mostly sunny by the afternoon. a few flurries just off to our north and west this morning but we will be cold tonight, tomorrow's forecast, cloud up late tomorrow afternoon a few flurries, maybe a snow shower late tomorrow and tomorrow night as we have another clipper system locking the cold for us on friday. cold today, breezy conditions, a few flurries tomorrow got to watch saturday morning, wintery mix changing to rain that will be interesting, 50 by sunday. >> all right. is saturday morning. >> yeah. >> people still have places to go. >> thank you. >> to julie wright and find out what is happening on the roadways. >> well, we have slow downs if you are travelling south 270,

out of german town pretty much down towards the lane divide, accident activity 117, north of 124 as you work your way pest chevys now looks like they have turned the camera around again, it was on the northbound side blocking the left lane across from chevy. not much of a delay, most traffic is coming out of german town. >> heavy volume on this outer loop all lanes are open just heavy and slow, traffic 395, below speed, leaving the belt way headed towards king street top stretch, below speed, southbound bw parkway accident activity in the left lane. >> julie thanks. >> are you looking to freshen up your home. >> annie yu is standing by with this year's newest trends for the home. >> hey, good morning tony and alison if you are on a mission to make your dream home or make your home the best personal space one can have, stay tuned

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>> well, people are still -- a lot of people are still staying in their house they have two kinds of projects, project that is are must do and wish list projects, so this is a place to find those ideas and inspirations for different rooms in the house. >> what are some companies or things people can expect to see when they come out here. >> consumers can expect to see replacement windows, kitchens, baths, remodeling services for decks and basements, any room you know in the house they can speak to design and build companies, companies that sell doors and gutters, siding, roofing, anything for projects for the home. >> right. and some of these shows there is always the big attraction right the ones that kind of make you go wow or you are just standing in awe what is after this show. >> something called the living fountain which will be here all three days and it is an

experience for people, that again is inspirational and it is set to music and it is a woman that turns herself into a mountain with water jets and it is just you know something to stop and wonder as people shop and compare and stay at the show. >> that just seems like a big -- very fun to look at. now, obviously this is brand new to the area was there a great need or demand for something like this? >> there is a need to produce the show early, in the year. it is a great jump start to spring projects, and there is also -- it is a perfect time of year to discover new products, and services. >> right. >> and what do people need to know if they want to come out? >> well, the show opens friday, friday january 20th, 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., sunday 10 to 6, buy tickets online at home and remodeling show.com and save

$3. >> great we will link that information to our website, myfoxdc.com coming up we are talking to someone who has the hot new products out there, we are talking about the three latest and greatest things don't want to go any where back to you in studio. >> what would they be? you have to stick around. >> okay. >> thanks annie. >> coming up during the next hour tips to a worry free year when it comes to your bank account. what you can do today to make sure you are financially organized all yearlong. >> action-packed haywire hits theaters friday. kevin mccarthy sits down with the star of the movie, antonio banders are in 25 minutes 

>> i am aiynsley ear hart in new york i will explain coming up. we are giving you now a live look from italy where the search for 22 people still missing, in this cruise liner

has been suspended. >> investigation under way after a smoke bomb was thrown at the white house yesterday the secret service, says occupy dc protestors are behind it i am sarah simmons in for steve chenevey >> i am alison seymour before we get to weather and traffic there are two delays to pass along western maryland, garrett county schools on a 2 hour delay and mountain ridge district allegheny county on a 2 hour delay. >> tucker barnes joins us now. >> it is dicey, the ice. >> lake-effect snow and conditions of the actual air temperature below freezing. >> rain and snow yesterday. around here just blustery and cold high temperatures pretty much looking at them, low 40s upper 30s. earlier when i arrived at work it was still in the 50s. you can get an idea, temperatures have been falling there is the reason why your winds, north and west, 17 miles

per hour, gusts, 25, 30, 35 miles per hour a few spots blustery day and pressure on the rise, 29.97 inches, sentinel radar we mention the shower activity, that is our frontal system then lake-effect snow, kicking in, off to the north and west it is possible if you are watching in the community here, off to the north and west you could see a few snow showers, flurries not going to amount to much but might see them rolling across your sky in the next few hours. >> generally sunny, breezy, cold, temperatures upper 30s. 41 washington, martins burg, cold tonight and more interesting 5 day than we have had recently. intriguing thank you. >> let's check with julie wright and get the latest on traffic how are things looking. >> very slow right now unfortunately we have bumper to bumper drive shaping up on the outer loop of the belt way, leaving van dooren headed in the direction of telegraph

road. lanes are open, here is that sunshine tucker was talking about. sets you back as you work your way inbound, leaving northeast to northwest, all lanes are open and continue out towards the 3rd street tunnel, leaving east earn avenue, headed out towards burrows, trouble, on the southbound washington highway, as you work your way in from laurel, southbound, 270, coming out of gaithersburg heavy and slow average speed, 370, down to 23 miles an hour. thanks julie. check it out wikipedia gone dark just one of the popular websites shutting down today to protest online anti piracy legislation under consideration by congress google is still up and running but making its position known with that big old black bar over its logo. aiynsley ear hart has more. >> reporter: the online encyclopedia, wikipedia has gone dark the website with a number of others have shut down

for a 24 hour period in protest of proposed anti piracy legislation. the stop online piracy act and protect intellectual properties act are aimed to crackdown on products overseas. >> it is detrimental to the free and open web and detrimental to wikipedia we want to send a message. >> reporter: supporters say there is a need for this type of legislation >> the problem of online piracy today is huge, it is immense and amounts to $100 billion a year. >> sopa is an attempt to solve a problem, that is a real problem that theft of american intellectual property basically sold via internet. >> reporter: the bill paves the way for authorities to shut down websites accused of online piracy. >> the big guys, google, twitter, yahoo! they are really concerned because they feel like this is

going to impact negatively impact their business. >> reporter: just how severe of an impact will it be? >> if something like this gets passed it creates a dynamic a power that it really does cut to the fabric of the internet we just don't know the consequences of saying you have to block sites. >> reporter: white house plans to get involved obama administration pledged to work with congress to battle piracy and counterfeiting defending free expression, privacy and innovation on the internet in new york aiynsley ear hart fox news. in italy teams suspended search operations at the site of the cruise ship grounded off the tuscan coast meantime the death toll is up to 11 after 5 more bodies were pulled from the ship. we are hearing recordings of audio transmission between the ship's captain and coast guard. >> well, changes in surf that have caused this cruise ship to

shift and rescuers have suspended the search on the costa concordia. it is difficult news for families of more than 20 family members who remain missing. yesterday, they pulled five bodies out of the submerged vessels they were all wearing life vests the ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of tuscany, over the weekend, the ship's captain has been arrested after he allegedly abandoned ship he is currently on house arrest recently released audio recordings of conversations between the captain and italian coast guard show the captain refusing to leave his lifeboat and return to the sinking vessel. >> you go up then you and your second go onboard now is that clear. >> commander i want to go onboard but simply the other boat here there are other rescuers and stopped and waiting there, no, i called the other rescuers. >> it is an hour you are telling me the same thing now go onboard. >> there is a great deal more

to that conversation it is lengthy and heated the coast guard official is ordering him to return to the boat repeateifto read the full transcript of those audio recordings visit myfoxdc.com we have it on our home page. alison sarah back to you. >> stacey, thank you. >> now big stories we are following here at home secret service says someone threw a smoke bomb on to the north lawn of the white house during an occupy gathering last night. the obamas were not at home at the time officials say there were no injuries, no arrests and the smoke bomb incident earlier in the day u.s. capital police arrested four protestors during an occupy congress rally. >> man accused of trying to kill president barack obama, by firing top a dozen shots at the white house is facing even more charges a federal grand jury, indited, him on trying to

assassinate the president along with 16 other charges including assaulting federal officers with a deadly weapon. his lawyer says his client will enter not guilty pleas across the board. several bullets hit the white house november 11th the president not at home at the time. >> police in the district were forced to shoot and kill a german shepherd after it attacked some people, 6:00 p.m. last night, 14th street forth west the dog bit one person, she was taken to hospital as a precaution, the dog also went after the responding officer. police are now talking to the owner about the incident. disturbing discovery dozens of dead animals found in a town house in maryland no sign of the couple that had been renting that home. fox 5s. audrey barnes has more. >> reporter: the online encyclopedia, wikipedia has gone dark the website along with a number of others have shut down for a 24 hour period. >> all right clearly that was the wrong story hopefully we

will get that for you in just a minute. all right. >> time now, 8:07 a.m. wednesday morning president lady out for a special birthday dinner last night where they dined when we come back. >> we will check with steve, to get tips on how to get financial freedom in this new year stay with us we will be right back ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ let's go

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charges dropped against everyone involved in the 2011 incident in which metro police were taped, slamming a man in a wheelchair to the ground. aclu is filing a lawsuit against metro police on behalf of a witness arrested at the time. they say officers violated their clients freedom of expression arresting him after speaking up about the roughness. ahead, metro will be doing track work on the red, orange and blue lines through friday,

expect delays, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. trains will single trek it on the blue line and orange line. president obama took the first lady out for a little birthday dinner last night the first couple went to blt steak in northwest dc just a few blocks from the white house joined by the senior advisor and a few close friends mrs. obama turned 48 years old. she doesn't look it at all. >> that is great. >> what is not great is our weather. >> cold. >> and the problem tucker is we get spoiled by these 50-degree daythe very next day it is like windy and 40. >> i mentioned earlier we were talking about it, much earlier this morning flowers are starting to come up in some spots. >> now they are back. >> now they are back. >> very cold temperatures on the way, before we talk weather, let's talk about warm up factor. >> check it out buddy. >> look at him he looks dapper.

>> cool. >> he looks extremely cool. time for my first 5 photo of the day everybody this is 2- year-old zay. >> looks like a model. >> as a matter of fact he does look like a model. >> tucker you need his tie. >> i think you need the shades. >> that too. >> he is pulling them off. >> and he is color coordinated looking great. >> love it. >> so cute. >> adorable tucker. >> yeah, he is definitely adorable. kind of reminds me of jay z i don't know why. >> because the name jay and zay. >> he is much more handsome than jay z. >> you take it up with beyonce now. >> go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings, you will definitely be a model if you are not already. all right let's kick off the weather forecast wind speeds and sustained winds now,

14 miles per hour washington 14 gaithersburg when you mix in gusts they have been gusting 25 to 30 all morning, town 40 some spots, blustery conditions the theme as we have a cold northwest wind which will hold our air temperatures into the upper 30s. low 40s. mix in the winds and will feel colder than that. your wind chill temperatures, always fun to bring out this map feels like 20s. 27 gaithersburg, 24 hagerstown you get the idea, 36 leonard town it will be a more january like day than yesterday when our high temperature reached 60 degrees last night close to midnight. shower activity out of here lake-effect snow machine kicking into high gear, cold one for us chilly this afternoon overnight lows 20s. generally dry this afternoon could be a few flurries in the forecast maybe a snow shower tomorrow afternoon. in the 5 day another possibility wintery weather

early saturday morning, we get a storm system approaching from the west and might have enough cold air locked in place, that can start a wintery mix. high temperatures by sunday, 50 degrees. all right let's do traffic julie what is going on. a lot happening southbound, bw parkway, grid lock approaching 197, we had accident activity tieing up the left of the roadway. >> belt way to king street, crossing over the potomac, 295 down to 17 miles an hour. 11th street bridge. route to 395, eastern to burrows, approaching the 11th street bridge. 95 around georgia avenue here all lanes are open again with the outer loop commute, heavy, slow and steady headed for the toll road that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you more now on that disturbing discovery inside a maryland town home. audrey barnes has the story

now. >> disgusted. >> reporter: that is how a lot of people living near this town house are feeling after a gruesome discovery there. 19 dead animals stuck in a freezer, and 21 other dead animals, including birds, rabbits, cats and a snake, in cages and loose inside this house. the renters were nowhere to be found. >> there were two dogs apparently they did come back i think 6 to 8 weeks ago and did take the dogs and i think they just left the rest of them. >> reporter: police say the water and electricity has been cut off and the animals were abandoned with no food, water or heat. the property manager called police after noticing a foul odour coming from the place. >> i couldn't sleep last night really. it was just really disturbing. >> darlene who rescued both of her dogs said she often talked with the woman now accused of unspeakable treatment of animals she told her she was

affiliated with an animal rescue group but running into troubles over it. >> she said oh, well, yeah, i want to move to a single family home the neighbor keeps complaining about my parrot. as far as i knew they only had the two dogs and a parrot there was 19 in the freezer and 21 other dead animals throughout the house. >> model of the bailey foundation, rescue group for exotic birds neighbors say the woman claimed to work for, is it is our goal to always have room for one more bird in need. >> very sad. very sad. >> audrey barnes, fox 5 news. now, fox 5 e-mailed and called the bailey foundation, so far we have not received a response, animal control did remove four live animals but they are not doing well. there is a big job fair happening, today, for veterans the va is holding at the vent as part of first lady michelle obama's joining forces initiative all to improve support for members of the

military and families, today's job fair features on site interviews and on the spot hiring opportunities, metro, department of homeland security microsoft and more going on now until 7:00 p.m. this evening, there is more information on our website myfoxdc.com under web links. while on the web, you should check out our job shop, our job of the day, flagship rehabilitation. it has locations all over washington and baltimore looking for an occupational therapist, for more on this job and many others, go to myfoxdc.com click on the job shop tab find it on the top of our home page. >> imagine a life of worry free organization, and financial freedom. apparently you can have it starting today >> i dream about it all the time. >> steve is fresh from vacation, we have missed you and steve joins us now. steve you say the money management plan starts right

now where do we start? >> all right here we go guys, ready? my plan has three pieces to it i want you to plan for what you want protect what you have and have a place to put it all. very simple i just got back from an incredible trip to australia, the best part about it is i returned with zero vacation debt and that is because when i decided i wanted to go two years ago i didn't buy a plane ticket i opened up a savings account instead and started saving for my trip that is my challenge to our viewers this morning what do you want maybe it is a holiday spending account, a down payment on a car, vacation of a lifetime whatever it is, the savings plan starts today, i want you to contact your bank and open up a savings account and have money automatically drafted from your primary checking account into that savings account every time you get that way you don't ever miss the money and most important i want you to make sure that savings account is not linked to your atm card that way you are not tempted to spend the

money. >> just australia or hawaii too? where you been? >> no kidding. >> we may have made a quick stop in hawaii on the way there. >> other than rubbing in our face it is fact you just got back from vacation, step two is about protecting what you have. >> yeah, absolutely right. we just came off the season of giving during the holidays, it was also the season of getting for a lot of us it is time to update or maybe start your home inventory. take a look very easy take an hour on a saturday go around your home photograph the things that are in it, make a nice ledger and then i want you to take it and e-mail it to yourself, right. don't keep it in a drawer right because god forbid you have a fire or flood you will want an undestroyed copy. the deal is this, when most of us never plan for an emergency if there is one, this way you have a nice detailed list of all of the things in your home that you have been paying to protect. >> okay so sounds like all of this needs to be done in a

really simple way. that is the key right. >> yes, simple organization is key here is how i do it. we will talk about this you will says the so overwhelming takes 5 minutes to set up. here is my big book i get one every single year, a plain binder, 3 ring, i have all my bills and documents inside it this book saves me money because if there is ever a dispute about a bill or late payment, i've got all the information that i need do it electronically if you prefer the other thing i like to do, i hate the junk drawer in the kitchen i have a spot for things if you create a place you are more likely to put your documents in a destination this is my file for my electronics i have all my manuals inside staple receipts that way if it comes time for warranty work i have all the information i need to cash in on those free services 5 minutes to set up stick with it i promise you won't regret it. >> steve what do you do in your

free time. >> what free time. >> i go to australia. >> there you go. >> steve, out of dallas thank you so much >> that segment showed me how ill prepared and unorganized i am. >> see that big binder. >> i know. >> you get the sense steve was doing that since he was 3 years old >> mom, put it in the binder love it though good advice. >> time 8:22 a.m. >> seattle is known for its rain today they are seeing snow and they are seeing lots of it. more on that when we come back. >> later, live at the home and remodeling show, that gets under way friday. today you can get early ideas how to spruce up your home. stay with us, how far in advance do you have to save for that i wonder ♪ this isn't working. what? i'm not double-jointed. the first rule of roll cover is you gotta keep the cottonelle within arm's reach.

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people who are young who feel they have nowhere to turn we are here to help. >> if you have any information regarding this crime, police are urging you to contact the numbers on your screen. you can anonymously text 5041 or call ... to virginia the man charged in a deadly drunk driving will remain in jail. he hit the 8-year-old boy and his mother as they were walking down the street. brian hernandez chavez was killed his mother survived we learned aldona had been drinking several hours before the accident a judge ordered him held without bond. >> convicted sex offender, accused of three violent home invasions has been held without bond. kevin ray confessed to forcing his way into homes at gun point and robbing and raping and sexually assaulting several victims. this happened over a four day

period. foxs paul wagner has more. during a brief hearing inside district court in rockville, prosecutors laid out evidence against kevin ray adding details to a violent crime spree that kept county residents on edge for days. >> what is disturbing and outlined in open court, in each of these incidences and there are two here in montgomery county a third in prince georges county, there were children involved in these incidents, threats to kill not only the women who were the primary victims in these cases but also to kill their children. >> prosecutors say ray confronted a woman at gun point, holding an infant inside the garage of her wheaton home locking the two in the closet before stalling her car and getting away. in bethesda, he forced a 14- year-old boy to tie up his mother before forcing the house keeper into the bathroom where he sexually assaulted her. >> we are analyzing at this point in time whether or not

mandatory provisions, would make him eligible for a no parole sentence. >> investigators are still not sure if a second suspect was involved in the home invasion on barton road it is still under investigation. ray told police he began his spree after his partner was killed in the district >> it was indicated in open court that is a statement he made to officials here, when he was being questioned, that he was out there on his own his partner had been killed recently. >> he told police his partner was killed as they were robbing drug dealers in the district. a law enforcement source says it happened last month there is a warrant for ray's arrest in the 90s he was involved in a murder in prince georges county and spent time in prison for manslaughter. >> paul wagner, fox 5 news. kevin ray appeared in court via closed circuit television

from county jail he resisted arrest and was injured when officers tried to take him into custody. in a search of his home in temple hills, they found three guns, mask and wig and the ipod stolen from the 14-year-old boy in bethesda. it is 8:28 a.m., 42 degrees on wednesday morning stories making headlines, clean up is the order of the day after some powerful spring like storms spawned tornadoes in indiana,kentucky, mississippi, at least two people were hurt yesterday when a twister ripped through a mobile park. storms caused tornado sirens to blare in parts of st. louis missouri. >> snow shoer lost on a mountain in a blizzard is safe and sound the 66-year-old man fell down a slope during a group outing on mount rainier washington state saturday. the snow shoeing veteran said he burned leaves, clothes and money in his wallet in order

the keep warm. wow. >> well, the city of course much more accustomed to rain and snow but seattle is expecting a significant winter storm today the metropolitan area could see 5 to 10 inches by the time it wraps up. some schools have pre-emptively closed and the city's mayor is urging residents to stay off the roads seattle owns relatively few snowplows drivers are mostly inexperienced with the extreme conditions. >> historic storm possibly. >> really is this >> they don't get a lot of snow there surprisingly. >> why now? >> a lot of cold air all that cold air in alaska is pushing south in fact let's get right to hd radar i want to show you this winter storm this will be a big story next couple days not just the city of seattle, much of washington state oregon, idaho, get winter storm like conditions here you can see the snow moving in, seattle there, at the top of your screen portland getting the mix right now. so, big story again they are

not really prepared they are like we are around here they don't get a lot of major winter storms in pacific northwest. >> let's shift gears, the theme around here is cold and blustery, check out these winds gusting over 20 miles per hour, 23 now n washington earlier today wind gusts, here at regan national, 35 miles per hour, so very blustery overnight, you might have woke up overnight, heard those winds 30 frederick, 29 hagerstown. 23 winchester you get the idea northwest flow, winds really out of the northwest, racing at times today, and that will come and lock in the cold for us this afternoon high temperatures will struggle into -- we started the morning in 50s. struggle 40s and 50s mixing wind chill it will feel colder than that. sentinel sat rad, pushing off the southeast coast -- sentinel sat rad, that is pushing off the southeast coast most snow should stay north, central and

northern portions of pennsylvania, new york, one or two more flurries could slip across the mountains, communities off to the north and west hagerstown, cumberland, win chester you might get a few more snow showers. here in washington mostly sunny afternoon for us abegin, cold, -- again, cold, temperatures upper 30s. to 40. 41 this afternoon breezy conditions continue right through the afternoon commute, 28 tonight, we are going to be cold tonight that is actual air temperature teenlow 20s tomorrow morning if you are waking up by the belt way a couple snow showers, a weak clipper system could give us a few flurries or snow showers late in the day and another interesting weather feature early saturday morning possibility of a wintery mix before our storm system transitions to rain saturday. we will keep an eye on that one as well. that is a look at the weather forecast, sarah back to you. >> all right tucker thank you. >> despite being technically legal, medical marijuana still is not being distributed in the

district the problem the city does not know where it will be grown and sold. now one neighbourhood is concerned it is coming to their backyard. matt aclyn has more. for many sick people medical marijuana has proven to eliminate pain and suffering. in 1998 dc voters approved a referendum to make it legal after years of dealing with red tape the program is moving forward but there is a hitch, ward 5 doesn't want to be home to where the marijuana is grown. >> looking at our ward getting better, moving forward not being a dumping ground. >> when several council members held meetings following resignation of harry thomas last week they got an earful about all the proposed sites where medical marijuana will be grown. some say, ward 5, has enough on its plate. >> then when we look at it overall we have the problem of all the licenses, from the strip clubs coming from the

ballpark, want to locate in ward 5 no one is doing anything then when you look at the waste transfer stations, three of them, i mean that is a serious burden onward 5. >> tuesday councilmember orange, introduced emergency legislation to limit the number of cultivation sites in ward 5. a move some feared would delay the medical marijuana program. >> mr. chairman i heard concerns this would some how lead to greater crime et cetera i don't believe that it is true. >> in a compromise council members agreed to limit number of cultivation sites in all wards still, those who live in ward 5, say they will continue to fight. >> as i stated before we want none >> all right so what happens next? anc commissioners will hear from residents who live in areas where marijuana will be grown and sold there will be a report to committee, and then on to the full council some believe that marijuana, could be distributed in dc, by the end of the year.

in the district, fox 5 news. >> matt thank you. 8:34 a.m. on wednesday morning up next, more on where you will soon be able to check out an exhibit all about the art of video games. >> today the international boxing federation was planning to look at an appeal by amir khan after his loss to lamont peter son those plans are changed why when fox 5 morning news returns 

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coming to dulles expo center this friday. >> annie yu is checking out all the latest products, annie you teased us last hour with what is coming up hopefully we will learn what is hot. >> yes, sarah and alison listen up we have some products for you that will help you save money, energy and water that is why cj schneider joins me now. cj is the water heater specialist. what have you got for us. >> eternal condensing hybrid water heater this truly is endless hot water with zero pressure loss. 98% efficient if you have a 40 or 50-gallon water heater installed over a year, its around about costing you 55¢s on the dollar to heat your water with this it is about 8¢. what is the starting price for something like this. >> around about the starting out the door price will be about $2,500. >> not bad at all. definitely an enhancement but good investment and endless hot

water you can never go wrong with that. >> over here, the president of match by us. >> we have a product where we are taking crushed marble, mixed with resin, fusing images, natural stone we start with a blank panel, take the image of the stone, fuse it in and wind up with a nonporous, easy to clean surface and we can customize for people with their pictures, and photographs. >> this is cool talk about that because you can basically take any photo and penalize it. >> we can take any of digital image and fuse it into the tile. >> that is pretty neat. >> do it up to 5-foot by 8- foot. >> and then we have different color accents. stuff like that. >> how popular is that among your customers. >> well, a lot of people like the fact they can design their own accents, and pick the colors of the stones they want to use and build it and create it and penalize it for

themselves. >> do you feel like people really come to these shows and hit you up with information and you know your expertise? >> um, yeah, a lot of people come looking for new ideas, new products looking for low maintenance products that is the new thing that is what this is easy to clean, and maintain product. >> yeah, easy to clean, is granite top on the way out? are they still popular. >> everybody like it is look of granite. some people don't like the maintenance and that is where this comes in for tubs and shower surfaces. >> granite is still great for kitchen counter tops and stuff like that. >> thank you very much. >> all right, my window man. tom , what is so great about your windows? what makes it so unique. >> we are introducing the infinity, fiber glass windows, they are 8 times stronger than vinyl. >> pretty impressive. >> vinyl likes to bend and

give. >> this is not going to do that. >> did you give it the same pressure? >> sure did. >> one of the advantages is the narrow lines you can get, real fine details like traditional wood window and you also get typically 3 inches more glass than with the typical vinyl window >> see the difference in size you get more glass the look is nice overall , what are the options as far as colors go. >> all kinds of color option inside out and you can use ever wood interior if you want and accessorize your windows, satten nickel hard ware, light brass and best of all the window man is offering infinity from marvin, fiber glass window for the same price as our best vinyl window. >> thank you tom. >> come out check out all these hot new products on the market this friday, in town until

sunday, tickets $7 if you purchase online, you save $3 at the door it is $10. back to you. >> you have inspired us that is all we were sitting here talking about what we need to do to our homes. thanks annie. >> she is the queen of southern cuisine. known for her tasty but not always healthy dishes, paula dean is making headlines for another reason, the food network star says she has type 2 diabetes she is working with a drug maker to promote recipes and offer advice for diabetics, dean has kept her condition a secret for three years telling today show yesterday, that she needed to figure things out she says she is exercising regularly given up sweet tea and taking her medication. actresses megan fox and lyndsey lohan are both lobbying to play elizabeth taylor they are in talks to play the

legendary star, in an upcoming lifetime movie called elizabeth and richard a love story based mostly on taylors romance with actor richard burton the executive producer plans to make a decision soon. all right. >> okay. >> back to acting. time now 8:48 a.m. on the wednesday up next, kevin mccarthy goes one on one with antonio banders are. >> get your groove on for today's my fox half off deal, half off dj services, $99 buys you 2 hours, custom services or $299 buys you 3 hours, custom wedding services sarah. >> oh, i may have to get in on that. >> go to myfoxdc.com click on the my fox half off low doe for details we will be right back. 8:48 a.m. 

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betraying a cia operative. >> now kevin mccarthy discussed who might make a good sparring partner and co-star for sporano. >> we see how gina deals with the fight scenes they are amazing you look back on your career and all the characterses you played which one of your previous characterses would have had a better chance beating her in a fight >> i don't know because actually, actual characterses, they wouldn't be based so much in strength, they were based in ability and being flexible, i remember thinking that when we were conceiving the characters, i remember seeing actual heros that were, very solid, but they didn't move in the way that i conceived, they wouldn't move

the characters like a flamenco dancer almost like a ballerina, and so we create this kind of concept. i don't know, in one of those like zorro would have a chance, in a straight fight with a woman. >> it would be fun. it would be fun and funny >> puss in boots. >> puss in boots. actually, that is a characters. do you find it harder as an actor to be subtle or find it harder to be over the top. >> just depends on the characterses you are performing some times you feel like a characters should go over the top because his life is over the top and there is a way he behave. you see people you know, i have friend that is are over the top, and some of the characterses, for example, i practice, actually, under direction, to be very economical and austere in my

performance and then it pays off in the process, in this particular case i thought about the characters in a way too because he is a shadowy characters the shooting, give indications of what he is, he is the master mind of all this operation and people shouldn't expect he is just employed, and he is just in the back you know listening and stuff like that, but coming up a little bit, because it is just a little spot of him in the movie. >> little detail but at the end he comes out, you know, he just closes the knot oh, it is him. >> yeah. >> all right. i still thing it is a cat puss in boots and boots when i hear his voice. >> i thought who would be a good partner who could fight the -- >> that too. >> okay.

>> thanks kevin. >> stars keep on coming meantime kevin interviews sandra bullock from extremely loud and incredibly close. and he will talk with kate baeken sell friday morning. >> something you have to see soon at the national zoo before it all goes away the lion family. >> very soon three of the lions will be taken out of a pride at the zoo. more on why they have to break up this family in our next hour when we are live at the national zoo. time 8:55 a.m. we will be right back 

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is live with the frantic calls between the captain and coast guard immediately following that accident. >> certificate ping for answers online don't -- searching for answers online don't turn to wikipedia. the site with a message it won't be up for 15 hours part of a protest against piracy bills we will check with a technology reporter at washington post to see how this could effect you. >> changes coming to national zoo the young lions now weigh more than 200 pounds and they have to be separated from the pride. chat with the zoo and find out why. very intriguing how the animal kingdom works. >> we are also going to tell you how much longer you have to lions together. and we want to yes, we want to quickly mention on the day in 1986, this song, dionne