national. temperatures have been falling here let's show you slight radar. all that moisture is going to move overhead here starting later top, maybe 10:00 or 11 tonight. we're going to see a quick burst of some of the white stuff or know and then it looks like we transition into that wintry mix quite a bit. nothing here in the immediate washington area at the moment although these may expand further east. but that's a winter storm watch. our viewers in cumberland, martinningburg, under a winter storm wang. the concern here is ice. we can get accumulation of ice. that will be plenty to cause problems out there. here is the forecast for the day. afternoon clouds, chilly temperatures. high only 8. we'll look at the rest of the weekend in just a couple of minutes.

before i toss it up stairs, i want to mention the fox 5 weather app. it is free. sign up for it. you can get it at the apple store or marketplace for droid. get the very latest on our developing storm. we'll tweet, of course, with gary and sue later on that app. back to you, tony. >> new this morning, tragedy for u.s. marines in afghanistan. a top official says that six marines were killed in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. a statement from the taliban said it shot the chopper down but a top pentagon official said that there is no sign that it was shot dafghan soldier sho

killed four french soldiers forcing the president of france to suspend all training of afghan troops. and a former red tail flier jack warper will be laid to ressments he was the first black air traffic controller in memphis. the 128th wing from andrews air force base will honor the burial. and 50 of his family members will see the premiere of red tail, i was inspired by the tuskegee airmen a suspect is in custody after an overnight stop in alexandria. fairfax police attempted to pull over a car near telegraph road and kings highway. but the suspect took off. they followed the car to southwest d.c. where the

suspect ran out and jumped into a home. officers were able to and helped the second around 5:30. no word on the suspect's identity for what, if any, charges will be filed. >> tragedy in western maryland. a six-year-old girl died after being pulled from a burning home in cumberland. her mother and baby did get out okay but firefighters are still looking for a ten-year-old girl. one firefighter was treated for minor injuries. a disturbing story to tell you about right now. a d.c. mother accused of sexually abusing a boy who was staying at her house for a sleep over. police say that 32-year-old zekeiah gaskins gave the boy a glass of fruit drink mixed with vodka and forced him into her bedroom and forced her to touch her. police say that it happened ten

times over the course the night the search for the parent of a baby girl left on a porch continues. the baby girl was found and later died. neighbors hope that the parents will come forward and dot right thing. they hope to bring attention to the city's safe haven law. this was stems from a fire station where the little girl could have been dropped off no questions asked. in the race for the republican nomination, former massachusetts governor mitt romney got a big endorsement. virginia governor bob mcdonnell says that ellen course him. he is now stump for mitt romney in south carolina. you could tell from the tone of some of the cane date that the race is tightening. >> and then there were four.

can you barely hear mitt romney say that as thisbedate began. i know when it's time to make a strategic retreat. >> bat news for gingrich, too. his ex-wife accused him of once asking her for an open marriage so he could continue with an affair with callista. did he want to respond? >> no, but i will. i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. gingrich called the story false and the other three on stage chose not to pile on. the guy on the war path, last night, rick santorum slamming both gingrich and romney for once supporting health care reforms similar to president obama's. >> i've been fighting for health reform, private sector bottom up, the way america works best for 20 years while

these two guys were playing footies with the left. >> romney scolded the others for attacking his record as a vein tire capitalist. >> i don't recall a single day saying, oh, thank heaven washington there is for me. i said, please get out of my way, let me start a business and put americans to work. >> and that back to work theme carried through the night. >> most of the things that the federal government could do to get us back to work is get out of the way, i'd like to think. >> i have an offer to the parents of america. elect us be a your kids will be able to move out because they'll have work. >> that was a line that went overpretty well. some of the most recent polls out of south carolina show that newt gingrich now has a very narrow lead. in washington, doug luzzader, fox news. big day of protest planned in more than 100 cities. demonstrators say they will occupy the courts today to protest a land mark supreme court decision that removed most limit on corporate and

labor spending in federal elections. the group is called move to amend. it says that the protest will kick off petition drive to gain sport for an amendment to the constitution federal prosecutors in virginia shut down one of the world's largest file sharing sites, megauploads. the indictment accuses megauploads of costing at least 500 million-dollar in pirated movies. the company is based in hong kong but some of the servers were located in ashburn, virginia. workers at the transit agency stole thousands of dollars and used the money to buy lottery tickets this is horace mcdade, who

had a scheme going with this man. metro ceo said that he was disgusted. >> the betrayal of our costs and the thousands of honest employees here. as a result of, this i ordered that forensic accountant from deloitte & touche join the investigation to look at the existing systems, control systems for the revenue system and to determine what more improvements have to be made to improve security so this does not happen again. >> according to a court affidavit, the scheme works like this. mcdade and heal were assigned to what's called emergency in which a metro employee and metro police would work together. they would work a machine. according to the affidavit, the fbi received a tip that a metro police officer was using bags

of coins to perform virginia scratchoff lottery tickets worth thousands of dollars. and he was doing it a lot. in october, the affidavit said that heal spent more than $13,000 on lottery tickets at one store near his wood bridge home. in november, he spent over 7000- dollar. and just about the same amount in december. the affidavit says that the two would stop at an overpass near a hotel in alexandria and hide bags of coins in the underbrush. they would then come back later in their personal cars and remove the cash. police were able to track their movements using gps devices attached to their cars. according to the affidavit, heal had unexplained cash deposits in excess of 150,000- dollar: they detrade their colleague. >> court documents reveal that

ultimately, officer heal won more than 62,000-dollar playing the lottery and would often show up in uniform as many as five nights a week to buy hundreds of scratchoff tickets. coming up, a new movie is coming to d.c it's called dark girl. >> and this movie is a series of interviews with dark skinned african american women where they talk about insecurities. we'll sit down and talk to the director about where the idea came for the movie and what it's like to pull these real raw emotions. 

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we have the filmmakers. both of these men share the role of director and producer for the movie and they join us. a fresh set of eyes on a problem unfortunately that has been with us since the bat old days. why have you chosen to take on this role? let me start with you, mr. duke. first of all, thank you very much for having us. based on what i have been through was a dark skinned young man many years ago and where i saw my sister and my niece, my children, at times go through it, unfortunately still going through it, and we wanted to create a dialogue and give them a voice and that's basically why we did it. >> and chan, when you decided to do this together, why did you not run screaming because this is so controversial, it's so real.

yet, so misunderstood. it was easy not to run away from it because him growing up in poe poughkeepsie, new york and me in west on, new jersey, hearing people whispering. and even from family members. i grew up with a complex of lack of self-esteem. when bill brought this project with me and say, let's do this together, i said i'm hon because i understood when it meant and what women must go through because it's ten times worse for women. i applaud both of you for giving voice to this topic and all of us, really. i'm not in that category, but as a person who would be characterized as a lighter skin, you still feel it and you still feel for your darker sisters out there who do have to go through this. i asked you earlier, i wonder,

i wonder how many anchor women are of darker hue, something that i'm very conscious of. some of the comments touching their emotional, just a couple of slips. here is one woman said. i thought it was dirt. i thought i would try to clean my color off. this one is the one that always gets you. you are cute for a dark girl. these are comments that are actually made. for those watching who don't understand it, don't think this is real, tell us about the emotion that was reveal with these women's interviews. a lot of emotions was thank you for giving us the voice. a lot of things that people hurt from inside, they don't speak about. this is an opportunity. we got everything from tears to cop fess about things. it's difficult to describe. >> you know, to add to what

bill is saying, when you see the movie, it's not a pity party. we have a mete physical, a spiritual side of it. we're going to take you on a journey when you see the movie. and we are doing part 2 for you, the yellow brick road, about light skinned women and about what they go through. >> and for sisters out there, who say, you have nothing to complain about, i am not going to comment on that but i am looking forward to this movie. you are taking to this about a different type of event. i sure hope you have brocked off a lot of time tonight to talk about it because you're going to get a heated discussion, i'm sure. tell us what you come out when you go to the warper theater tonight at 8:00 for, i assume, tickets are still available.

let me not misspeak. yes. >> when you come out and see- girls, what's the format like? you get a front row seat with the two of you in. >> yes, we are going around the country. this is not just a movie but an event because we think that the topic is important to discuss. we go to every venue and we come out and welcome the audience. then the movie is show. after the credits come out, we spend at least a half hour. there are questions and comment, not all of them favorable. we want to create a dialogue because through dialogue, there is healing. my last question as you talk to dr. sherryl grill, the president of the black skies association, there is a headline, is there something that we can take and leave this interview with that perhaps is the beginning of a healing, that's what we should be doing? anything that she twist us that we can pass along right now if you don't see this movie here

in d.c.? >> one of the things that she says is that, until -- what is the exact line? until the lion has a what? >> oh, my god. until the lie onhas someone who writes for them, the homefully we are hoping to make the lion a hero. >> start a dialogue. >> that's where the healing begins. >> that's right. >> we open this up. we are not psychiatrists or socialologists. we are filmmakers. that's it. >> and we know the power of film. >> and the third if i am is, what is a man in. >> this is bill duke and this is bill chan. writers and directors of "dark girls". themont is tonight at the wanter theater. ticket are $35. i'm sure that's an evening you will not forget. thank you for being here with us. >> thank you for having us here. >> thank you all very, very

much. >> coming up, a baby is fighting cancer after it was passed on by her mother. doctors speak about this tragic case and how common it is, next and a new blood test may be able to predict if you will a major age milestone. we'll tell you how that works. first, let's check in with annie and these crazy magicians. >> great choice of words. we are here live at the arena stage where the elephant room magicians are in town tonight until february 26th. you're going to get an interesting show when you come out here. not just magic but also some comedy. it is truly an intertampa baying show. we'll tell you how you can come out and be part of all of this. >> thank you, annie first, here is today's trivia question. n.

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sad story out of arizona to share with you now. it shows you how rehelpless cancer can be. a former police officer thought that her batting with a melanoma was over but she was pregnant and she passed it on to her child. i wore, you know, like hats and so forth, but, you know, i didn't really wear sun screen, didn't think i really needed it. >> reporter: 33-year-old brianna cox didn't realize the danger of going into the sun without proper poe text and did not realize that skin cancer could spread to her unborn

child. >> on time i thought something no one noticed had bumps on until she was about two and a half months old. she brought her here. >> we had skip lesion, initial diagnosis was completely resected. no way to sort of know that she would have a disseminated relapse. >> reporter: doctors at phoenix children had never seen cancer spread from mother to child. it's rare but when it does happen, melanoma is the most common cancer to transfer. it's now spread through the baby's body. >> it's pretty much involving all her organs. it's in her brains, lung, live, abdomen. she has actually clinically done well in the accepts that sense that she has not had major symptoms from her

disease: both are taking experimental medication. the baby is responding well. mom is not. >> no regrets. she is a blessing from god. really is. beautiful baby. that is a sad story. >> i didn't know that that could happen. >> i either. do you think you could live to be 100 years old? now you can find out. possibly >> a new blood test can predict your chance of being 100 years old. scientists determined genetics play a much greater role in determining longevity than previously thought. the test's accuracy increased with the age of the participant 9:26. coming up, it is friday morning which moons that i will tackle a ask an allison question. >> this week's question deals

with date spots for disabled. and what firefighters found when they rushed into a fire. >> was it a painting squirrel? >> no, it was not. tucker has the forecast. when you first find out you have 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. we can erase breast cancer. (woman) 60 miles in 3 days. i can do that, we can do this. we can do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee, because everyone deserves a lifetime.

look at this video. firefighters respond to report of a cat on the roof, a tiger. the animal was perched. look, houston's bravest took him down. look at him battling with the firefighters. yeah, it was a toy. >> somebody is in trouble. >> would you be in trouble for that? >> yes. what's the charge? >> they are calling out the authority for something fake? >> no, no. people thought there was a tiger on that roof. >> who put the tiger on the roof. >> a prankster. >> and that prankster is in

trouble. my guess was college students. >> but what www.chargebe? >> thereisachargeforthat. markgardner,youknow,don'tyou? >> basically,itisafalse- -lookican't.com. many you can't just call 911. >> not my fault if you think it's real. >> it didn't look real to me. >> no response at all. i thought at first glance, it looked real. maybe fur driving by. >> i was looking to see if a legal expert was walking by. that's mark sergeant. >> he has experience with the law, but not the -- [ laughter ] i'm sorry. >> real person over there. >> before we do the weather forecast, we want to mention once again the fox 5 weather app. >> should not have said his last name. >> i know . >> you can get the weather app. >> mark, you are number 1, too. [ laughter ]. >> at the apple store.

go to the apple store and put in fox 5. that's how i did it, go to the marketplace with your droid. >> droid users know what that is. got it. >> if you have a flip tone like tony, you can't get that app. >> you can get it from the ipad, too. >> we are struggling with temperatures. temperatures are kind of stuck. i just looked here in northwest washington, we are at 30 degrees. that's a chilly day. >> 30 degrees or 35? >> 30 at our station, tony, here in northwest washington. reagan national. 35. winchester, going to you, you are 20 degrees. lots of cool air, cold air for all intense and purposes came rushing in. now we are looking at the next storm system.

a few more peaks of sunshine. mostly cloudy, i think, mid- to late afternoon for us. next storm system coming here together in two parts. this area of winter and then that rain activity to the south. this will roll right along a front tall system. we're going to be dealing with a second round of winter weather. this one will be more impressive than the flurries that we had out there. let's time it out for you. here we are at 9:00. clouds will increase this afternoon. mostly cloudy and here we are at midnight. looks like we're going to get a quick burst of snow. and then that ugly transition. look at what happens. off to the north and west, stayed sleet and freezing rain. it's possible, in fact likely in some spots that we're going to get a pretty good ice accumulation. could be a quarter inch of ice. that will not make for a pretty

sight. we should warm the atmosphere just enough. get that go cold air out, this time of the year, can be very difficult for storms to do. we'll keep our fingers crossed. 38 your daytime high after morning sunshine, afternoon clouds. they will lower and thicken. it's going to be cold today. storm watch north and west. cloudy skies, snow, transitioning to sleet. we are likely to get some light icing conditions, even inside the beltway during the overnight hour. so if you're going to be out and about, be prepared for this one a little later tonight. there we go, back into the 50s by monday and tuesday. we should get it out of here by late morning. that's a look at the forecast. back to you guys at the desk. ♪ tell me something good >> it's friday. this one comes from a woman who has been in a very, very long

term relationship. i'm talking about decades here. the couple has been physically active but, now, they are going through a rather big transition and she is asking for some help. here is what she writes. tes. well, what an interesting question. thanks so much for writing in. first off, i hope that your boyfriend has -- forgive me if this is already happening but i want to make sure has a handicap placard that will make parking near venues. have you considered using a rental wheelchair, to different places, a whole new world will be opened up to you that way. i understand that's a little

touchy. perhaps he does not want to go to the wheelchair if he is using a cane. that could be a pride issue. this leads to my last little tip before we talk about some places. the nature of your relationship really changed. now you are not married but it might not hurt with a counselor to talk about dealing with this phase of your life. not preaching here. tours of the various monument, the smithsonian, you can park right there and they have wheelchairs for you and all the smithsonian museum offer free wheelchairs. there are plenty of permit only parking right there. so don't rule that out. don't rule out getting in that wheelchair and continuing to live and see things. also, you said you go to the movies a little bit. don't rule out the movies. that's the wonderment of the movies. there is something always different. taking in a movie that you would not normally see. go to the art theater, the arty

movies and see one of those. challenge yourself in that way. concert, live venue. some of the best seats are wheelchair accessible. we are looking at a theater at arena stage. so walking with a cane should not be a hassle. how about a cooking class or art class. and that ceramic place, all fired up, accessible to folks who need to get in and out, move a little slower. you can bring your own food and wine while having dinner, painting or doing their pottery. if you know it, it's really fun. and take in a comedy show. you just sit there, nobody knows you have that cane. you sit there and taking in a show. >> and you said you like to go to different places to eat. how about making it more of a

challenge, take a global tour of food. indian one week. have you tried ethiopian food? we all love italian. and check into a hotel for a weekend, a real staycation. let somebody else wait on you. and don't forget the things i said first. go to woot abilitytrip.com. search for washington, d.c. attractions and all that of course, that's going to be on our website, myfoxdc.com. >> that might be the best answer you have ever given. come on, tony. >> i'm serious. it was thorough. as you were saying these things i was thinking, that's right. really? >> yes. for a while, my wife broke her ankle last year, was in a wheelchair. a lot of places, if you call in advance and explain what the situation is, they'll work it out. they will work it out for you so you have a shorter distance to walk or what have you.

>> this is why i love when you do that chime in. you make it better. thank you viewer. good luck, happy dating. 20 years. >> is there another ask allison question? i'm just asking. question you would tions, do like answered? send that one to me. we answer all types of questions. our producer when i said, do we have another ask allison question, she said, no. we might have a question about dating for 20 years. >> we'll be right back. 

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>> i wonder how she does that. >> winkleheimer is not a -- there ace shot of clock. >> salvador dali produce that had. coming up up, deangelo red man joins us live. he released his album last year. he will chat with us and perform prepared to be miss if i tied. apey yu hanging out in the elephant room to show you truly magic magic tricks. we'll see if she can do one of these tricks without blowing it. [ laughter ]. ]. 

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annie yu has been spending the morning with not one, but two, but three magicians from the elephant room. apey, tell these guys i think these guys are funny. i will come see the show. they are truly funny. we have been having a lot of fun off air. before we get into that, i want to talk about this set here >> it's called the elephant room. talk a little bit about it. this is the elephant room, very unexpected set, you think, for a magic show. thinks actually our kind of rec room where we develop magic. we thought, if we're going to do a show, let's bring the workshop eveningsly to the people, peel back the curtain. we just took out out of the ground, loaded in the back of the flatbed truck. by living in our environment, you get to see the magic. you get to see where we do it.

>> it's unique because we get the three of you. it's a mix of comedy and tricks. >> here is a solid ring. that's a steel ring and a cotton rope. hold that for a sec. a very simple premise here. all i have to do is tie the rope together and the object -- you can let go of that -- would be to let the ring off of the rope without on tying the knot. it's simple. you have too reach right through, pull this up like this. would you hold the ring for me. i'm not going to touch it. check it out. it melts like butter right through. >> like butter. that's awesome. >> that's the first half. if we take the knot, i can actually throw the ring. >> you hold the ring. another way to get the ring off the rope-did oh, i do have it. i brought those from home. i can actually create the illusion that this is two

pieces of rope that i cut. that's a good illusion but it's not. it actually looks like two equal pieces about the same size, right? >> no. >> i'm just kidding. would you blow on that for me? >> look. we have two equal pieces of rope. you can actually see it's one solid piece of rope. >> and that is a solid magic trick. >> i believe in magic. i put the ends in my pocket except for that one because the middle is in my pocket. i done understand that. >> that's so cool. thank you so much. that's a lot of fun. you can come out and check these guys out. tickets are $40. log on to my website for more details. back to you in the studio. >> oh, boy. >> i think you're going to be part of their show now, apeyable. >> right, right. fourth member. >> thank you very much you might recognize deangelo redman from the mtv show with p. diddy.

since then, he has released a couple of albums. you can see him perform at blues alley. very happy to have you here. a lot of folks will recognize you immediately from making the band. you were on the last season of the show. >> yes. >> what was that experience like? was it crazy? >> it was crazy while, at the same time, it was a great learning experience for me. i learned a lot of things, ran into a lot of professional people. it was the first time that i was around professional people. >> after, that you signed to bad boy, right? >> up until last year. you are not with them. you are shopping around? >> we have two office on the table. >> very good. you released an album last year and are you working on something new now? >> we are in the studio right now. >> i want to mention blues alley. you are going to be performing monday night, two shows. >> for those who are unfamiliar, tell us a little

bit about what they can expect to see? >> great music. i have a d.c. band, four incredible singers. >> live music. >> what are you going to do? >> i'm going to do hurricane produced by one of my best friends. >> there is, deangelo redman. m ♪ ♪one of these ♪ to me when i the strong

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time for the answer for today's trivia question. the and is paul mac cart people he used the pseudonym -- paul mccartney. he use that had pseudonym to record: did you ever that today? >> i did not submit that question. >> you knew the answer? >> i did know theance here >> crooked here. it's like wearing a tie today. you know how your eye is always -- >> want to thing deangelo redman. that was a great song. quick reminder, the fox 5 weather app, you can get that. 38 this afternoon. wintry mix tonight, 10:11, snow changing to sleet and freezing rain. worst will be north and west. we'll get it all out of here by tomorrow afternoon and temperature in the 50s by early next week. i'm getting lots of reports of clouds outside. >> all right. >> here is the quick reminder for the