soulful jazzy funky music laurie and i go way back >> you have been talking about her i have never heard her sing before. >> she is a beautiful woman. >> she is. and beautiful inside but that has nothing to do with her performance today. but she is near and dear to my own heart and we will talk later. >> tucker barnes also near and dear to my heart we don't go all the way back but we go back. >> we go way back at this point alison. >> this morning alone. >> absolutely right. feels like years and years, look at your fog forecast, still a dense fog advisory, i got it to north and west, looks good thank you to the map, actually filled in an hour ago, as out towards montgomery county howard county, anne arundel, maryland, still under fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. this morning, louden county fairfax county virginia, you too. visibility a quarter mile or less in many spots, once you get rid of the fog, nice day

beautiful day high temperatures back into the 50s. well into the 50s. 55 for a daytime high. 43 washington, 48 naval air station, 52 ocean city temperatures are going to be warm era lot more sunshine. sentinel satellite, half clearing taking place, just got to lose the fog and a beautiful afternoon before you get out and enjoy. 5 day forecast, 55 today and maybe some rain here by thursday. all right more details on the forecast in just a minute want to remind you, sign up for free for the fox 5 weather ap you can get that at the apple store or if you got a droid at the marketplace we got a lot of features with it getting good reviews it is free sign up for that and get your latest weather forecast tony back to you. all right tucker thank you last night's republican debate candidates attacked each other ahead of 2 florida primary, -- of the florida primary.

mitt romney came out swinging against the former house speaker he claims he worked as a lobbiest for medicare. >> you have congressmen who say you came and lobbied them with regards to medicare part d at the same time your center was taking in contributions. >> you just jumped a long way over here friend. >> another area of influence. >> no, let me be very clear, because i understand your technique which you used on mccain and used on huckabee, you use consistently, okay so it is unforchow nates will not going to work well -- unfortunate it will not work well, the american people see through it. there is one more debate before the florida primary january 31st. >> illinois senator, mark kirk recovering from a stroke doctors who operated on him say he should regain mental abilities but could be partially paralyzed on his left side won't know about that for some time they performed brain surgery on the 52-year-old

sunday, his office says it will remain open during his recovery. prince georges county police investigating a murder suicide, that happened last night in laurel maryland where officers were called to a home on bramble court police found the bodies of adam and his ex- girlfriend, it appears he shot beard before killing himself, the couple dated for about 3 years they have a child together. hearing for the man who shot president ronald regan expected to last the rest of the week he is asking for longer visits with his mother in virginia in hopes of transitioning out of a mental institution. yesterday a secret service agent testified he visited a bookstore and became fixated on books about presidential assassinations. u.s. marine sergeant will be sentenced this morning in

california, after pleading guilty to dereliction of duty. the 31-year-old was originally charged with killing 24 unarmed iraqi is he villains during a raid -- is he villains during a raid in 2005. yesterday he pled guilty to the lesser charge overdear election of duty which carries -- of dereliction of duty which carries a maximum of 3 months in prison. cia officer from arlington facing 30 years in prison. he leaked the names of covert officers to report uhs and identified one -- reporters and identified one as taking part in the water boarding of an al qaeda operative. his client will plead not guilty. police won't be able the put a gps on vehicles without a warrant. that is the new ruling from the

supreme court the high court agreed with the federal appeals court which over turned dc night club owner antoine jones, drug conspiracy conviction. police did not have a warrant when they installed gps on his vehicle to track his movements for a month. >> dc leaders are trying to stop an arizona congressman from taking away a war memorial. it was dedicated to those who died in a war. arizona republicans want to federalize this memorial. we have seen that it is a move that has congressional delicate, eleanor holmes norton furious. >> we have not served, in every war the nation has fought without a vote, only to have congress steal the memorial, meant for men, who paid for the war in taxes and in sacrifice without a vote.

there are 499 names of dc residents engraved in that memorial, 26,000 residents served in world war 1. president barack obama will address the nation tonight it is his third state to have union speech and the white house says he will talk about his economic plans. >> fox 5s. lauren demarco is live on capital hill with our preview good morning lauren. >> good morning to you too. earlier you were talking about the debate it is an election year and this is expected to be a very ambitious state of the union, the president will focus on the economy, particularly on the economic issue and economic fairness for the middle class he says that he will be the one to deliver that. not clear whether the president will actually reference gop candidates by name but the speech is a major opportunity for him to outline vision for a second term we can expect to hear him push his blueprint for

the economy, higher taxes on the wealthy propose ways to make college more affordable offer steps to tackle the housing crisis and help u.s. manufactures expand hiring. >> that is rebuilding an economy where hard work pays off and responsibility is rewarded and an america where everybody gets a fair shot. >> 3.2 million private sector jobs created over the 2 months, -- over 22 months steady economic growth. >> mixed signals about whether voters are feeling better now compared to the last state of the union last january, 37% of the public expressed satisfaction with how things were going in a country that dropped back to 24% october but now back up to 10 points to 34% in the latest fox poll. still that means today, 65% of americans, are not satisfied which is up 4 points from a year ago the president will address joint session of congress and millions of

americans on television tonight at 9:00 p.m., live at the cap 258, lauren demarco, -- capital, lauren demarco, fox 5 news. >> you can watch the state of the union address, tonight on fox 5 live at 9:00 p.m. we will also be streaming live, on myfoxdc.com. making headlines, joe pas burial, penn state honouring long term coach joe paterno as students called him joe pa, a public viewing this afternoon, his family will hold a private funeral followed by a procession through the campus and another viewing on thursday the 85-year-old died of lung cancer sunday he won more college football games than any other coach in history. divers have discovered another body, submerged in the capsized cruise ship off the coast of italy bringing up the death toll to 16 now. rescue crews will continue searching for the 16 people

still missing blasting small holes into the luxury liner in the meantime preliminary work is under way to pump out the half million gallons of fuel from that ship before it spills into the seas off tuscany. clean up efforts begin in the south after extreme weather rips through that region. in alabama, two people were killed 100 others hurt after tornadoes roared across the state yesterday the storm flattened houses knocked down trees and peeled off roofs, the storm system stretched from the great lakes to gulf of mexico reports of tornados in arkansas and elsewhere across the south. >> the tennessee woman who sent her adopted son back to russia, now she is facing a lawsuit by the adoption agency. she put the 7-year-old on a plane to moscow in 2010 with a note saying she didn't want him any more and that he had psychological problems she was never charged criminally but the adoption agency filed suit

as we said asking for child support. according to irs federal workers owe a billion dollars in back taxes coming up i will sit down with ed o'keefe about what the government can do to get that money. >> mitt romney releases his tax returns, we will take a look at that after the break. before we head to break take a look at this, a rock slide, buries a car in san francisco, it happened at a condo complex, there is a fence to prevent such incidents but it wasn't strong enough to hold the boulders, residents fear the hill isn't stable. i would say that. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain.

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newt gingrich's finances making headlines this morning in last night's debate in florida, romney brought up his opponents past dealings with

freddie mac. claiming he lobbied for freddie mac. a consulting firm founded by gingrich received $300,000 in fees by freddie mac for consulting and related services in 2006. >> mitt romney released his tax returns this move comes after much criticism from his opponents. romney made more than $21 million in 2010 most of that from investments he gave nearly $3 million to charity and the mormon church, those donations helped cut his tax rate to 14% the presidential hopeful paid $3 million in federal taxes in 2010, his campaign released highlights to the wall street journal and washington post ahead of plans to publicly release documents today. now in the meantime many of the thousands of people who owe the government delinquent taxes should not be difficult to find they work for the government, government agencies, post office, members of congress.

ed o'keefe at the washington post you wrote about this, i mean 98,000 federal postal and congressional workers to the tune of over or more than $1 billion is what they owe. >> light put it in context americans owe -- right, put it in context, americans owe, $14 billion the irs doesn't break out how many bankers, school teachers, accountants they only look at federal employees, there is no law that says you have to pay your taxes if you are collecting a federal pay check. they say it should at least be watched. >> don't we all have to pay >> we do and irs does technically have to enforce the laws but they say look we don't have enough money or man power to knock on the door. post revealed this comes from the irs says this is just a break down tell us the progression of this report. >> sure irs compiles this every year and sends it to heads of agencies across the city so

they know, 2, 3, 4% of workers are not paying up they leave it to agencies to decide what to do about it. there is no law that says if you are collecting federal pay check you have to pay federal taxes there are proposals in house and senate but they are sitting in a committee waiting to be considered. >> that is amazing. >> look at everything else, waiting to be considers, the law would say if you are proven to be essentially ignoring tax laws you would be fired if you have some extreme financial hardships maybe one of your kids got sick and you have to throw all your money at that, middle of a divorce your house is being foreclosed, you should be allowed to keep working. the irs can come after all of us why aren't these checks then just garnished? like they would be for the rest of us. >> that is another proposal out there and that could very well happen any way if the irs went after their money but you know

it is not being done now again the irs says look we would love to track down everyone, our enforcement budget gets cut we can't hire more workers to track this stuff down and it can be complicated to track. this is a good start we know there is about 90,000 folks out there who aren't paying 1.03 billion in taxes in 2010 and it is up to agencies and government and congress to sort this out. >> let's talk about congress congressional staffers account for $10.6 million of taxes. >> that climbed from $1 million since 2009, 18,000 people who work for congress and about 4% of them roughly, are not paying up. you look over at the white house executive office of the president includes west wing, office of the management and budget and a few other small offices, you've got $850,000 owed there by 36 people, that is down in number of people up in overall tax from 2009. >> you found, in your piece

civilian workers with the defense department were the worst defenders does this have anything to do with maybe they are not around they are deployed? >> certainly those would probably be good reasons given but the big reason first of all is pentagon employees more people than anyone else, their percentages would be higher and you look at military, considerable amount of tax there among active and retored. so could be just -- retired, so could be just an issue with troops there. >> i was speaking of people in the military behind on their taxes for a reason. >> administration or congress is anyone looking to crackdown on this in real time. >> like i said you have two republican proposals, the house version has been pushed by the committee, you know this is one of dozens of proposals that are out there that we deal with

government waste, abuse that in this environment you would think would have support and move and score points for lawmakers we are working on cutting back on this stuff it is unacceptable. we will see what happens, add it to the laundry list. >> out rage factor is high on this one. >> certainly. >> ed o'keefe, federal i reporter thank you so much tony over to you. all right thanks both of you why experts predict another big earthquake will hit japan and when they think it will hit that is coming up in just a hitle bit. >> -- a little bit. >> inside look at john f kennedy's presidency what he would say about the day that will become his funeral day. >> annie. >> good morning tony the inspiring musical thatcelebrates the life of fela is in town, it kicks off thursday here for just four days total of six performances you want to hurry up and get your tickets coming up talking to one of the cast members who plays the best friend of fela

and he will tap for us back in a moment. tony. thank you annie. first here is today's trivia question, how many eyes do most starfish have? two, five, seven, or ten. >> why would a starfish need ten eyes? >> i don't know >> patrick starfish has two eyes if we go by him. >> that is all we need >> answer later but if you want to guess now head to our facebook page myfoxdc.com back after the break. 9:20 a.m. 9:20 a.m. 

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>> more than 80 dolphins found stranded on cape cod. this is an active time of year for the animals to come ashore but experts say they are baffled by the sudden influx most of the dolphins died unfortunately two dozen were released back into the ocean more than 300 volunteers helped

scientist remove the dolphinthursday them back to health. >> bad news for japan, a new study, warns tokyo has a 70% chance of being hit, by magnitude 7 earthquake within four years. seismologists studied activity in the region following last year's disaster that left near hi 20,000 people dead or missing they found a number of moderate earthquakes in tokyo increased seven fold in six months following last year's magnitude nine earthquake. >> john f kennedy, presidential library is releasing privately recorded meetings and phone calls from the final life of his life 45 hours of tape include talks about vietnam, space race and relation s with the soviet union. in scheduling discussion, 3 days before his assassination, president kennedy early comments on the day -- early comments on what would become the day of his funeral, saying quote monday, well, that is a tough day. shuttle discovery is

getting ready to head to dc. the air and space museum will welcome it into the museum. there will be a fly over above the nations capital and formal welcome ceremony before it heads to its final destination. that is cool stuff. >> i love that. >> coming up nominees for this year's oscar awards are in. i will chat with kevin mccarthy about which ones were surprising and which were right on. >> chances are you know a few folks who are not always very nice maybe you dealt with some of them in the city. find out which city has the rudest people and find out how washington ranked. >> who cares. >> on that note. [ laughter ] >> on that note today, national complement day, we have been sharing complements that you've posted on our facebook and twitter accounts, zoe's mommy wrote on twitter my daughter, miss zoe is the most beautiful,

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america's rudest cities, washington dc is up there. readers voted new york city into the top spot. i think that is reflective they don't even think about it. miami came in second, washington dc third. >> boo. >> los angeles rounded out the top four even those who didn't vote seemed to agree. >> you think new york is a rude city? >> absolutely. why is that? >> traffic, people, everything. >> i have to say this new york is better than it used to be. >> i think so. >> now smaller cities like new orleans and charleston made top five list for friendliest in the country.

>> well, could that be because of the pacing. >> yes. >> and the climate is beautiful. >> we are really a southern city. >> we are a slow southern -- not really. >> tucker? >> i have think we are doing complimentary day today we are not even near that list. >> okay very good. >> yeah. >> nicely spoken. alison. >> tucker has to bailout on so many things. rude or not. >> i don't think we are a very rude city. >> we are east coast we are not too mellow but we are not rude. >> we got things to do and places to go. >> not a whole lot of time for you. >> that is my take too. >> but we are good people. >> we are in the midst of a solar storm. >> rebel martha solar flair. all -- remember that solar flair. we talked about 9:00 a.m. we are going to be bombarded by the solar radiation.

>> i don't need to worry about that. >> it is 9:30 a.m., you are still there. >> with a if i go outside. >> you might be vapourized. >> like the mummy in one movie, when he turns to sand. great. >> here is my take i think you will be okay. thank mother earth she has a nice protective shield for us. >> thank you mother earth. >> yep, interesting it will continue later today you may have problems with your phones, radio. >> that is it. >> static on there. >> okay. >> very good. >> thanks. >> if you disappear i will report that to your kids. >> let's get right to the forecast. fog we've had all morning long, generally out of here, north and west even a half hour ago we had dark reds indicating dense fog that is starting to lighten up, visibility still improving fog hanging tough north and west washington and the belt way, we have a dense

fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. generally speaking, things are immoving once you go to the fog it will be -- improving once you go to the fog it will be good. 45 regan national, 46 quantico, overnight temperatures good 15 degrees warmer than the morning before, 45 now leonard town and 48 annapolis, again nice start to the day, fog gets out of here sunshine builds n nice westerly wind and that will deliver, sunshine warmer temperatures, you know, unseasonably warm really, for the end of january, there is your satellite radar clearing starting to take place, once we get the clouds out of here we will look at partly to mostly sunny afternoon gain a nice forecast high pressure, builds n from the west. there you go. early fog and clouds get it out of here that area of high pressure looks ominous but will deliver nice pressure. sunshine, cool tonight, then a cool day tomorrow, but plenty of sun for our wednesday as well. all right dense fog advisory

continues for a half hour early clouds afternoon sun mild temperatures 55 degrees picnic weather in january, winds out of the west, 5 to 10. 34, 20s north and west of the city later tonight. we will be cold in spots, and there you go, partly sunny, 46 tomorrow showers back in the forecast, rainy around here thursday, and early friday, right now saturday, dry, temperatures mid- to upper 40s. tony and alison back to you. >> thank you very much. 2012 oscar nominations were announced less than an hour ago. kevin mccarthy joins us live on the phone to talk about the nominees you there? >> how you doing buddy. >> good to talk to you man. let's jump in, best picture what were the not -- who are the nominees? how many did they do? >> well, this year they did nine. i don't understand why they are doing the weird number of nine oscars are just trying to pull like a weird one on us last year ten nominations, war

horse, artist, money ball, midnight in paris, the help, hugo and a big surprise for extremely loud and incredibly close a movie i reviewed this past friday a very very tough movie i am surprised it got nominated for best picture people have been split saying it is manipulative. but i don't understand why they couldn't just add one more nomination and throw warrior or a movie like drive there were so many great films this year but i was so happy to see wood dialan's midnight in paris, one of the best films of 2011 everybody should rent that film if you get a chance it will blow your mind. tree of life is a movie that split a lot of people as well. so it is an interesting list this year i thought 2011 was a great year for movies, i don't necessarily agree with every nomination but i just don't understand why they have to do one more. why nine >> can i tell you my choice, i would put in bridesmaids it wouldn't win but i would

nominate it, it was one of the funniest movies of the year they don't always do well with comedy >> i think you can agree with me on this, comedy is harder to do than drama. i think making people laugh, i completely agree on bridesmaids which was why it was a huge huge deal melissa mccarthy got a best supporting actress nomination i am very excited about because i have been sitting here all last week talking about how out of touch the oscars are. i still think they are out of touch but when you see something like that occur it brings faith back into the oscars i am excited about that but i do agree, bridesmaids is worthy of a best picture nomination, solely based on the fact that it makes you laugh for two hours straight it is very rare, very hard,. >> i want to go through some other nominees before we run out of time first, hugo, got 11 nominations and the artist got ten the artist, is very good but i don't know how many people will see it. best director, can you tell us

who was nominated? >> well, i am excited to see scorsese getting a nomination like you said, hugo got 11 nominations, number one movie of 2011, i am so happy, it beat out the artist for 10 nominations, woody alan midnight in paris. this guy he is making a 2011 silent black and white film, that is a very baring thing but i felt it did nothing new for cinema which is why i am hoping it does not win best picture nomination but oscars always go for that typical oscar movie like last year with the kings speech no btalking about the kings speech any more that is a forgotten film. oscars need to go for movies like drive and hugo i think are much better. terrence malik for tree of life, alexandre payne for descendents, and steve spielberg for war horse. i want to go quickly to

best actor. >> you know best actor this is an interesting category, i had to say my favorite actor of all time got his first oscar nomination, ever, today, gary oldman i cannot tell you how excited i was, i was not a fan of tinker taylor, soldier spy but seeing him nominated made me happy he should have been nominated years ago for the professional, dracula but you have george clooney, brad pitt, an interesting category. >> i am shocked -- we are out of time. let's go through the best actress list and then the others we will put on our website myfoxdc.com best actress. >> glen close, viola davis, ronny mara michelle williams i think it will go to michelle williams for my week with marilyn.

roony mara deserves a nomination for girl with the dragon tattoo. >> thank you >> biggest upset of the year no nomination for andy circus who played the lead ape in rise of the planet of the apes the biggest upset i have heard in my life he deserves an academy award it was amazing. >> a lot of people were pulling for him. thank you. yep. >> kevin mccarthy >> i thought for a moment he was getting the oscar wrap up music when it was playing in the background. what are we doing? >> well, that is how they do it. >> great insight. starbucks is offering something new to residents in a few states. we will tell you what that is next plus. biggest i have ever seen. >> virginia man makes a big catch find out which record he beat when we come back pgh >> another look at today's trivia question.

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>> annie yu is at the warner theatre this morning to tell us more about the show, which is produced by jay z and will and jada pinkett smith. >> by day she teaches mu vick to dozens of high school -- music to dozens of high school students in the district this is what she does after work her real job. we will introduce you to laurie williams a local jazz performer plus she will sing for us coming right back  oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave.

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>> it is a musical exploring the life of a legendary musician from nigeria. >> annie yu is backstage cast members and joins us from the warner theatre. >> annie. >> reporter: hello alison and tony. that's right it is just here for a limited time from

thursday to sunday, so you have four days to get your tickets, total of six performances over those four days this is a really inspiring story we have been out here all morning seeing them dance, sing, play music all kinds of things i can tell you you will be leaving the show dancing in your seat because there is viewer interaction audience interaction joining me now is jaylon lambert who plays best friend of fela. very important role you are with him on stage, tap dancing and without your tap shoes. >> exactly. >> talk about your role. >> my role is in collaboration with fela, its message in terms of fighting corruption, in nigeria and up lifting people's spirits through our culture in creating this town called afro beat in real life jk plays rhythm guitar he has asked me

to create rhythms with my feet that is what i do on stage and incorporate my whole body use all the training i have had over the years and here i am. so you have quite the impress sieve background. you are a graduate of juliard. >> yes. >> and tell us about yourself and what landed you this role here at fela. >> i am originally from miami florida, parents from haiti i went to juliard and also new york school of the arts as a high school student and then to juliard and i danced with the martha grant dance company, city center encores, four different one man shows and my agent called me is said you know, they are looking for a unique artist, that can do ballet modern, jazz, tap, african dance, sing and tell a story. >> multitalented. >> exactly. >> i walked in just did my thing. >> here you are. >> here i am. >> we can't let you go without sighing some of your dance -- seeing some of your dance moves

take it away for us. ♪ [ music ] if you would like to come out and check out the show, it is here starting thursday to sunday, warner theatre tickets start $45, log on to our website myfoxdc.com for all of the details back to you alison. >> all right annie thank you so much. jazz vocalist, laurie williams performing at blues alley this wednesday we are talking about tomorrow now when she isn't singing she is teaching atwoodrow wilson high

school. now she joins us to talk about her career spa what you have going on let's get this out of the way we go way back >> way back. >> teenagers >> i know. >> hampton,. >> we are sorority sisters. okay professional,. >> yes. >> now let's introduce the band what is really cool laurie you are like influencing these young minds as a teacher, that is the other part of you. >> i love it but do want to introduce the band. >> we have glen on key board, tray is he on saxophone, michael on bass and mark on drums and they are all educators as well. >> isn't this fantastic we want you to keep doing both these young people need you guys. let's talk about the performance what are people going to hear. >> songs from my cd healing within and new samples. when i was looking at the list of people you worked with, it is too long to go through you have been doing this for

yearyears let's talk about your influences. >> well, i love nancy wilson of course i love diana reeves and i mean i love a lot of jazz singers, bob my mcfarren i love the way he puts the music out. >> go to youtube to see her performing with bobby mcfarren >> you have an upcoming show. >> i am heading down to hampton to open up for johnny gill and phil perry. and then after that, mid- atlantic jazz festival. >> no stranger to the stage, talking about fela. >> i was doing shows as well fela is awesome. >> my goodness. >> i am very proud of myself. >> this is very hard. >> so today you are doing what? >> little sun flower which is on my cd. >> where can we get the cd. >> on my website www.lori

jazz.com. or amazon. all that is on myfoxdc.com. >> all right see you at the end of the show. >> thank you. >> lori williams ♪[ music ] 

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time for the answer to today's trivia question. we asked how many eyes do most starfish have. they have five arms. >> whatever they are called >> i am going to say five the answer is,. >> you are right.

>> five. >> common starfish have five arms, i guess that is what they are called each has a small eye spot at the end, which senses light, it does not provide images like we see them instead starfish use little tentacles on their arms to find their way along the ocean floor. mm. >> cool. >> very cool. >> yeah. >> tucker barnes. >> want to see something else cool? sunshine breaking out across the area. >> there you go. >> that is a really nice shot and you can see the fog is starting to burn off, and now we got bright sunshine and clear skies, that will move in overhead and we will be in for a gorgeous afternoon, let's check out the 5 day forecast 55 today. >> beautiful. >> beautiful. >> thank you. >> and rain returns by thursday next couple days very nice. >> thanks to lori williams, my good friend for coming in this is the cd healing within but check her out