proceeds went to american foundation for aids research. i like to sing all the parts of the song. >> yes >> tucker did you enjoy this one? you are not moving at all. >> i am moving. >> you are like a robot. >> you can't tell. >> kicked off our newscast with a song like that, i kind of like that. >> different. >> it is a little different if you are out and about, windy conditions, blustery, colder for you, today, as our temperatures are going to be in upper 30s low 40s bring along a jacket as you one out the door let's kick it off with a look at numbers, regan national, 41 degrees, 50 when i got here earlier this morning which can out your winds north and west, 14 gusting over 30 to 35 miles per hour still very blustery, gusty out there, and got a few snow showers off to our north and west, all right there is your sentinel radar i want to point out snow showers sneaking

across maryland, pennsylvania boarder up towards hagerstown and caroll county. you could see enough snow showers enough to whiten the grass in a few places, we should be in for sunshine during the course of the day and colder temperatures as mentioned upper 30s low 40s. here is your forecast today, generally sunny windy at times highs upper 30s. low 40s a new more snow showers or snowflakes, five day, we will have details in just a minute alison, tony back to you. >> keep dancing. meantime we will take a look at today's big story a live look from italy the death toll stands at 11 following the cruise ship accident off the us the can coast. >> -- tuscan coast. >> search operations have been suspended over safety concerns. meantime we are hearing audio

recordings between the coast guard and ship's captain. stacey. >> it is a vibrant exchange if you have a chance to listen to the entire recording i recommend it. first let's recap, the costa concordia had 4300 people onboard when it slammed into a reef friday. now 11 confirmed dead more than 20 still missing, this is as a shift in surf causes the ship to lift forcing rescuers to temporarily abandon their search. >> rescuers, suspended the search of the capsized cruise ship. firefighters searched part of the ship above water but found none of the 20 passengers and crew still missing, crews recovered five bodies the vessel. >> we want to keep looking for people, in the same area where we found the five people today is the place where, more possible we find other people. >> among the missing a

minnesota coupling, gerry and barbara in a blog posting, family say they have received no word on the couple. the captain will be released from jail and placed under house arrest his defense lawyer says a judge turned down prosecutors request to keep him in jail. >> audio recordings show the captain on a lifeboat at the time resisting orders to return to the vessel they have been translated from their original italian. >> the boat you go up then you and your second go onboard is that clear. >> there are other rescuers, stopped and waiting there, no, i called the otaries cures. >> it is an hour you are telling me the same thing now go onboard go onboard. >> the 52-year-old italian captain was arrested for manslaughter abandoning ship and causing a ship to wreck he could face 12 years in prison on a single charge of abandoning ship if you want to hear more of what that conversation entailed we have it transcribed on our website

translated from italian to english see it at myfoxdc.com. really something to hear. >> it is. really an aggressive exchange between the coast guard and the captain. >> thank you stacey. on to some of our top stories, out of our area secret service says someone tossed a smoke bomb on to the north lawn of the white house during an occupy protest last night. secret service dispursed the crowd and removed the device, president and first lady were out at the time celebrating mrs. obama's birthday there were no injuries, no arrests in the smoke bomb incident. earlier in the day, they arrested protestors during an occupy congress rally. the house is set to vote on a measure on the nations debt ceiling the proposal expected to pass locks a boar ring cap -- borrowing cap increase of $1.2 trillion. the debt ceiling is automatically raised, after

they notify lawmakers the government is close to the cap unless congress says no. maryland governor martin o'malley expect ted to propose tax increases end kid julys that earned more than -- individuals that earned more than $100,000, would face caps on personal deductions, they plan higher fees on water and sewer bills and a measure to promote offshore wind. the man charged in the deadly drunk driving crash that killed an 8-year-old alexandria boy sits behind bars he lived in an apartment community next to the victim and his mother. fox 5s. bob barner spoke with the family. >> he was very very good. >> maria says she will never

forget her 8-year-old grandson brian the pizza loving third grader was run over and killed by an allegedly drunk driver sunday afternoon while walking with his mother on this foot path along duke street near interstate 395. they were on their way to nearby landmark mall, to play video games. 31-year-old maria, was seriously injured in the collision. >> she says he has already had surgery to repair two broken legs and fractured pelvis she knows brian is gone but cries for her son to come home. >> this is the mug shot of 22- year-old victor aldona charged with dii manslaughter and driving without a license his facebook page laced with profanities shows him posing with a liquor bottle here, posing with a small keg of beer

his blood alcohol sunday was .15 nearly twice the legal limit. four or five months he was a nice guy, he always on time, well, he never have any problem with us. >> he worked the front counter at this kfc on little river turnpike not far from the crash scene his manager, anna hernandez wiping away tears after telling us he most certainly knew maria chavez a regular customer who worked as a house keeper at days inn, next door. >> so sad, 8 years old kid i have one kid the same age i was like oh, my god. convicted sex offender accused of three violent home invasions in montgomery and prince georges county has been ordered held without bond prosecutors say kevin ray confessed to forcing his way into homes at gun point robbing

raping and sexually assaulting several victims over a four day period he was arrested in north carolina last weekend. >> hunt is on for a cup ail caused of -- a couple accused of leaving dozens of dead animals in a maryland town house. the bodies of 40 animals were found inside a town house. some were stuffed inside a freezer, police say the animals were abandoned with no food, no water no heat a woman who lived at the house told her she was affiliated with an animal rescue group called the bailey foundation >> she said oh, 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 two dogs and a parrot. >> there was 19 in freezer and 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 said to be in bad shape. >> dc police trying to track down these two men, wanted in two separate bank robberies in the district the man on the right accused in a robbery last friday on alabama avenue, southeast, the man on the left accused of a robbery september 16th, 1800 block i street, northwest, if you have seen either man you are asked to call dc police. the man accused of trying to kill president obama firing up to a dozen shots at the white house has been indited. oscar, hernandez was indicted for trying to assassinate the president. his lawyer says his client will enter not guilty pleas to all charges several bullets hit the white house november 11th last year, president obama was not home at the time. we are one step closer to finding out who will fill,

harry thomas junior's vacant, ward 5 seat. a special election will take place may 15th. potential candidates will have to get signatures from 500 registered voters who live in ward 5 before their name can be placed on the ballot. >> charges filed against another man involved in the harry thomas junior scandal. the criminal complaint alleged he failed to report thomas' felony crimes that he stole more than $300,000 in city funds for his own personal use a hearing has been set for 9:15 a.m. this morning his attorney says his client is working on a plea deal. >> it appears mitt romney is having a change of heart so to speak and now willing to release his tax returns, romney says he will probably release his tax records in april. the republican presidential front runner admitted he pays the lower tax rate of 15% because most of his income comes from investments, mitt romney is worth as much as $250 million. virginians have a new

option if they plan to file their taxes online the state department of taxation is offering free fileable forms for income tax returns, as part of its free file program launched last year. now the new forms are online versions of virginia's 760 return. most people will be able to complete the form by computer and file for free electronically. big black out on the internet today >> wikipedia among several sites going dark to protest anti piracy bills, coming up i will chat with haley sukiyama about the protest and why other sites are not happy with it and what this all means for you. first i want to remind you, you can have the fox 5 forecast at your finger tips any time download our new free weather ap, from the apple or android market. or you can click on myfoxdc.com to scan our qr code to link you

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if you are one of the millions of people who use wikipedia you might have come across this message. in fact you did. imagine a world without free knowledge, wikipedia along with hundreds of other websites have shut down, for 24 hours, as a protest against legislation designed to stop online piracy. this morning, haley sukiyama joins us to talk about the stop online piracy act. thanks for joining us good to see you, first, if you can, summarize what do these bills do and how are they different from the digital millennium copyright act, congress passed in 1998. >> sure these are aimed mainly

add foreign websites that post copyrighted material in the u.s. what people are worried about with these bills as opposed to digital millennium copyright act, they will be held accountable for people use this for their sites if you are wikipedia and someone links to a site that uses pirated material they will be held accountable for having a link to that site. >> so wikipedia could be held accountable for someone else possibly linking them to something else. >> right that is what they are worried about or that they will have to police every single link that comes through their site now people who have written these bills says that is not the case but wikipedia and these other firms are worried the language is vague enough they may be held accountable. >> the writers of the bills said that is not our intent but i guess wikipedia and others are saying that might not be your intent but could happen based on how these bills are now written. >> right they would like to see a little more specific language

there are some other proposals out there, how best to deal with online piracy, most people agree it is a problem. >> from a practical stand point, for me and millions of us that log on every day some home pages aol. comcast, x finty you go it has news items, maybe you see a clip from jimmy kim mel, something some body sent in, would these bills impact that? >> um, it depends where those groups are getting their clips from. generally speaking you know, a lot of networks, they post clips of their shows for public consumption but if you are looking at a news aggregate tore that is where you run into problems with maybe these clips are not exactly above. some of these companies protesting the bills say the bills threaten, in fact, free speech are they likely to win

on that argument? do they threaten free speech? >> that is up for a lot of debate as well, they are basically, their argument is that if you can take down a site based on some copyrighted material, claim that you may be limiting free express because of views expressed in that material, that is for legal scholars to discuss. we know that you know, piracy on internet does exist people upload copyright material they shouldn't upload how big a problem is this? do we know? are there accurate figures to gauge how much money movie studios and the like lose. >> they estimate they lose over $100 million a year, it is difficult to track down because of the piracy sites being so scattered it is difficult to say how many people are looking at content they shouldn't be

looking at but can be a sizable number. >> you say bills are aimed at foreign companies that are doing this, so, does that mean american companies would be out of the loop on this? they don't have to worry about it or do they still have concerns. >> their concerns are from groups like wikipedia, that because the way, that this bill would be policed is to look at search engines, or internet service providers say you are providing a link to this website you need to shut that down to prevent traffic from going there. >> what do we thing is likely to happen on the hill? i know one bill has already been approved, what do we thing is going to happen now? >> well, they will resume mark up on the piracy act, that is the bill on the house probably in february and then, senate bill as you say, is moving closer on january 24th, scheduled. there will be a lot of debate there has already been

amendments floating around out there, some measures that have been really controversial, have been stripped from some of these bills a lot of debate going forward, we will just kind of have to see what happens. >> i know you will stay on top of it we will do the same. thank you for joining us this morning, and making it more understandable. speaking of all of this that brings us to today's trivia question according to its website which you can't check right now, wikipedia has additions in how many languages? 237, 265, 270, 283? the answer coming up later if you want to guess now head to our facebook page which is up. >> coming up more flights coming to bwi marshall where you will soon be able to escape to. homeless teenager is making huge strides against all odds,

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service the cuba. >> tomorrow edgar alan poe fans will mark his birthday at his grave but one mystery may be no more. get it like never more. okay. for decades on poes birthday a mysterious visitor would leave three roses and con yak on his grave it is believed he passed the tradition down in his family or her family but the mysterious visitor has not shown up for the last two years in a row. fans say this year may be their last vigil. >> hard work paying off for one young girl living in a homeless shelter we introduced you to samantha last week she is a science super star in the running to win $100,000 in the national science competition now she is heading to the nations capital new york representative, steve israel invited her to be his plus one at the president's state of the union address. he things her presence will

have an important influence on those attending the address. that is awesome. >> mm-hmm. >> a big snow storm will likely make history seattle washington. you won't believe what your phone may be able to tell about your personality. we will explain the surprising connection. paula dean makes a big announcement she is diabetic but one celebrity chef says it is a big scam. we are sitting down with tmz after the break whatcha lookin' for hon? ah, these new jeans i want. i've been looking everywhere. new blue jeans? oh, don't be crazy, ve got tons of blue jeans. new blue jeans? oh, ank! frank! get my jean bin, sie wants my jeans. jeans. no she doesn't. here we go. nice and loose. ohhh. those are loose, but i actually just ordered three pairs of this kind.

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if you are an iphone and ipad user, a new study says your the most optimistic about your future, calm and social. >> what about us. >> android users, you are generally optimistic and active. you are i am not sure about tucker. where as blackberry gadget

owners are the most negative. >> is that fair? >> well,. >> of course they are negative it doesn't work they are being left behind. >> and what about me? >> it is a business issue. >> i have an old phone not a smart phone. >> you are the only one left with a flip phone. >> it is a flip phone and basic phone. >> yeah. >> it is fine for me. >> tony was excited the other day alison because he realized his phone took a picture. >> i knew it. >> can it record too. >> like video. >> i think it can. >> that is all we need. >> makes an awesome phone call. >> a what? >> oh, all right. >> yeah. >> i am practical. >> you do get addicted if you don't have it you can do without it you already have an e-mail account. >> once you get it people can't stop looking at it. >> i don't do that. >> weather. >> windy, cold water want to mention, we were -- weather, want to mention we were talking about seattle. >> i have a story coming up.

we are windy, upper 50s. 60 degrees last night 11:00 p.m. now falling through the low 40s and we will be in 30s late this afternoon and colder tonight. >> look at the camera shake. >> there is a live shot, i guess looking at 270 and you can see cloud cover there on the horizon there are a few snowflakes that is what i want to kick it off with max hd radar because, there have been one or two snow showers, enough to coat the ground across, the northern portions of maryland, and they are not terribly impressive but, if you see a snow flurry or shower don't be shocked, north and west of frederick we are getting snow shower activity earlier we had snow showers, win chester, martins burg. >> winds, big story they will be with us throughout the day 36-mile per hour wind gusts dulles, 28 washington, 24 annapolis, 25 baltimore you get the idea, blustery day even

though actual air temperatures will hang hang out. upper 30s -- hang out, upper 30s. low 40s. bundle up if you are out and about because, you mix some of those with air temperatures, it will feel fairly cold. >> 42 now washington 37 in gaithersburg, hagerstown actual air temperature 31 degrees, temperature falling for the past several hours, southern maryland down to 41 degrees, in leonard town. frontal system out of here dragging in the cold and dry air from north and west they have a lake-effect snow machine kick back in. the lakes are frozen. bands of snow to our north one or two flurries could get into our northern and western communities later this afternoon generally sunny and cold here for the next day or so, maybe a few flurries with a weak clipper system, late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. 41 degrees, breezy, colder winds north and west, gusting, 35 miles an hour clear tonight cold overnight 28, your overnight low that is actual

air temperature teens and low 20s. cold night tomorrow, 42 partly sunny, cloud up second half of the day a few snow showers, that clipper system and another possibility of a wintery mix here late friday, early saturday, that storm is yet to develop possible it could be cold enough at the onset we could start off with wintery mix. good? >> good. >> tony back to you. >> thank you tucker here is what you were mentioning a few moments ago seattle is known for its rain today residents will have to deal with harsher weather the city is expecting a significant snow storm up to 5 to 10 inches by the time it all wraps up. some schools have pre-emptively closed and the city's mayor is purging residents to stay off the roads, seattle owns relatively few snowplows and divers are relatively inexperienced with winter driving conditions.

>> who would be a better choice to elizabeth taylor, lyndsey lohan or megan fox. the movie will be based mostly on taylor's romance with actor richard burton. the producer plans to begin shooting this summer and his choice of star will be made soon. >> can i vote on that? >> i would take fox over lohan. >> i would as well. >> okay. meantime paula dean, sad announcement she announced she is diabetic and the response she received not so sweet from everybody. >> for that, and other hollywood headlines it is wednesday we will check with dax holt up early just to talk to us about all things hollywood. what's up dax. >> good morning how are you? >> doing good. let's start off talking about you know paula dean makes this announcement you would thing people would be onboard sympathetic, tell us what is going on.

>> yeah, definitely not anthony bordene from kitchen confidential he famously attacked her many times saying the food she cooks is awful for america, everyone praises her for these fatty, and sugary foods and then she comes out and announces she is diabetic he went on twitter and kissed her is said look i am going -- dissed her and said look i am going to get into the leg breaking business so i can sell crutches he is going what the heck you were cooking with all this awful food now you have diabetes and are trying to profit off diabetes what are you doing woman he is upset about it but you know, i guess she trying to make the best of a bad situation. >> to her credit i think i read that she said there are some genetic factors at play and other issues too, so very interesting. >> the food probably doesn't help when you cook with a stick of butter. >> probably doesn't help and

she is a smoker too but we will see how this plays out. >> dax let's get to it. looks like you just woke up. >> where is everybody. >> yeah, dax still dark there? >> we are not used to seeing the tmz newsroom so empty. >> well, they will start piling in, in a couple seconds. dax, tell us about dion sanders in a bitter break up with his wife. >> actually it turned really bad we knew they were going through this divorce but living under the same roof, she kept saying everything is good with us we are making it peaceful then his soon to be ex-wife has basically filed this document with the court, and it is terrible she is calling him a narcissistic, bully, he was a cheater he is a bad dad, and on and on and on. you have to read it we have it on the website at the end she goes i want this preup in thrown out so i can get a lions

share of the money and wants to live in the big old mansion they have in texas together. she is asking for the world and calling him the worst person on the entire planet i hope they no longer live under the same roof this would be awful >> unfortunate they seemed happy for a long time. >> bruno mars he seems to be turning his life around in a positive way. >> yeah, well, you remember that cocaine bust in 2010 in vegas at the hard rock it is like it never existed at this point he did all his community service hours, did more than required by this judge did all of his classes, and so yesterday, he showed up to court and the judge said all right you are good to go. your criminal record has been exsponged. >> good for him. >> better than making pretty music -- better to be back making pretty music. >> maybe lyndsey lohan could learn a thing or two from bruno. tony over to you. >> yep she could use help.

it is back, coming up 11th season of american idol, begins tonight. first up for auditions, georgia. sarah simmons back after the break with the judges reaction to their first stop. according to its website, wikipedia has editions in how many languages, 237, 265, 270, 283. the answer coming up later if you want to guess now head to our facebook page we will be back, 9:38 a.m. 

i've been waiting >> i know you have been. >> x factor was good don't get me wrong but i have been waiting for this. exciting night for american

idol fans, the music competition show is back. >> season 11 starts tonight with the first round of auditions. >> sarah is back with what you can expect from the two night premier event. >> i just want to see what the judges are going to say. 'tween tyler. >> that will be interesting. >> tonight steven tyler, that will be interesting. they are impressed with the level of talent they are seeing in atlanta ♪ [ music ] >> no superstition in savannah georgia, the first stop for idol season 11 and judges are impressed with what they have seen so far. >> amazing talent. best talent probably better than last year. >> like last year i knew v1 now there is v 10 so just different level of human being this year ♪ [ music ] >> as usual expect those wild, weird, slightly off key auditions but the early rounds

are a time for judges to identify contestants with real talent. >> we have so many amazing people and i think it is funny, there is people that we thought were going to be -- you thing they are going right to the top and then half way through they putter out and then people you are like oh, they are good they are amazing that is what the journey is ♪ [ music ] >> savannah didn't dispoint. >> what was interesting about savannah, we put more people through than ever put through with any city ever,. >> there is a lot of good singers out there. >> savannah was on fir >> ♪ [ music ] >> all right american idol kicks off tonight here on fox 2 hour season premier starts 8:00 p.m., now i think tony and i

will set our dvrs you will stay up to watch we want the whole you know she bang tomorrow. >> i can't help it. >> maybe we will see that. >> a few others in there thank you sarah. >> coming up if you are looking for a change in your home, our annie yu is going to take us to the home and remodeling show. >> plus magnificent creatures but the lion pride at national zoo will soon be separated. we will speak with one of the lion keepers to find out why. right now 9:44 a.m., we will be right back  when you first find out you hahave breast cancer, you feel like you're in a nightmare. when i was diagnosed, i felt very out of control and a victim of the disease. (woman) helpless but never hopeless. (woman) this is something we can do. (man) we can walk. (woman) 60 miles.

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resource. >> home and remodeling show is brand new, coming to dulles expo center friday. >> annie yu is checking out the inspirations to improve your home. >> hey, alison this is a really great place one stop shop to get ideas and inspiration, more than 200 businesses in the area will be out here for you and they even have an exit for the latest trends and here joining me now is bill, mull holland, executive vice president, you will be out here with a special presentation. >> yes sunday, 11:00 a.m. talking about design trends for 2012. >> why don't you talk about it. >> there is a couple things we are seeing, kitchens and baths are popular projects, in kitchens it is all about transitional style. incorporating traditional elements in a more modern way, just about any housing type you see painted cabinets, some times we mix in stained cabinetry as well, doors with

glass in them, just pretty features like that but in a more contemporary way, and bathroom, we are seeing lots of people in older homes have tiny tiles or tiles 4 by 4 trend is definitely larger format, 12 by 12 or some times changing it to a 12 by 24. >> quite large. >> yeah, and very cool looking less grout get to show off more tile often tiles will have some texture to it almost like a paint brush has been struck across it or a lineny fabric on it. screened porches are back for awhile it was all about decks in this area it is hot and humid in summer it is nice to have shade. >> great option. >> and bugs that sort of stuff so we are seeing screened porches make a real come back and they are coming back in a nicely finished way almost like an extension of the house, so often times it is off a kitchen, dining room, living room so you want it to be a nice space, we are seeing more

elegant sophisticated finishes, maybe fans, you know, the roof is providing shade so really comfortable place to hang out. >> if you are thinking about selling your home, curb appeal is important. >> great point. >> that is another trend we are seeing, in 2012 with houses being so hard to sell and home values so critical, anything you can do to the front of the house is a really good investment and often times, for not a whole lot of money you can make a big impact you have the buyer coming in saying that is not the house. >> i am talking to the experts, we are talking about more than 200 businesses here, at your house and it kicks off friday goes until sunday tickets are $7 online save $3, $10 at the door children under 5 are free and there is plenty of parking

out here at the chantilly expo center. >> lots of parking, come out walk away with great ideas and inspiration. >> thank you very much. >> you are running out of time to see the lion pride, the staff has begun preparations for beginning to separate the 1.5-year-old males they call the magnificent 7. a lion keeper with the zoo joins us to talk about this upcoming change good morning. >> good morning thanks for having us. >> we want to set the record straight not all the lions are leaving the zoo just the bachelors tell us why. >> we don't have placement for the young males yet, but we are starting to see breeding related behave yours take place not -- behaviours take place not really concerned but we will have to worry about the young males trying to breed with the females and second we are starting to see one of our

adult females showing aggression toward the young males she is trying to tell them, it is time to move on. >> you are too young for me and i am spoken for so now what happens. >> we do a gradual separation process, we are going to start by separating out the young males overnight, so they get used to spending time without the females just the three of them are spending time together and then we will start separating them, completely from adult females in the yard after that and they will continue going out with the young femaledad and then eventually young males will be separated out as a bachelor group. >> this is how the animal kingdom works right? in fact, it gets even more -- what we would look at and say is brutal but the way things go they do need to separate the young lions from the older lions too. the males and males. >> that's right and then we are following a natural process, in the wild you would see the

young males move on they get some signals we are seeing now, from adults in the pride it is time to move on and often times young females would stay that is a process we will follow to begin with, so we are hoping, people get the chance to come and see these guys, while they are all together and come and observe how the behaviours change. >> will you try to keep these thee together. >> it would be great, it is possible they will get recommendations to go to facilities, they may break into two versus one or each get their own facility to go to. we are still waiting to find out, how they are going to break up and move before they do move though, we will prepare them for whatever group they leave in we will have them prepared ahead of time. >> how much longer do we have to see all the magnificent seven together. >> i would aim to get here in the next couple weeks we will start overnight separations by the end of this month at the latest, and then we will start

to slowly separate the moms, out front and the yard in february ware. it is funny how time flies those of us who have animals we know how quickly a puppy goes and looks like a regular adult dog seems yesterday these guys were these little cubs we were like they are so cute. >> yeah, they grow like weeds you know they are born and only 2 pounds and time flies by and here we are at 14 and 15 months and you know the young males are almost 300. >> wow okay. so. >> time flies and they grow. >> time does indeed fly you will deal with the separation anxiety and what will happen now the ones that remain before we let you go, it will just be a group of four then? >> so we will have, once we get them separated out males in a group of three with dad and four females together with both of their moms. >> just a couple weeks left. the lion keep we are the national zoo. thank you for joining us thanks

for that access how great to see them behind you. >> thank you. interesting. >> very interesting. >> and it is nice how they are keeping with what would normally happen as opposed to trying to force the situation. >> tucker has another set on the strong winds just ahead. >> we are going to answer today's trivia question stay with us we will be right back 

all right the answer to today's trivia question, wikipedia has editions in how many languages, 283. the website says it hosts 200 million articles, 208 million in english the website is down protesting the proposed anti piracy bill. >> i remember life before wikipedia, i survived.

>> remember those? >> my dad bought me a whole set. >> i loved encyclopedias. >> it was something. >> did take a lot of space though. >> five day forecast, live shot, and you know what, windy, high temperatures later today upper 30s low 40s. maybe a few flurries tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night and wintery mix saturday, full- timely getting more interesting as far -- finally getting more interesting as far as winter weather just cold this afternoon. >> have you told the fine folks about our fox 5 forecast. >> not in several hours. >> you can get it, free ap that is available, free weather ap, you can get it at the apple or android market, just click on myfoxdc.com scan our qr code, hold up your phone to it right now. >> it is free. >> also get it on our website. >> very good. >> there is