we're keeping an eye on a line of strong storms moving into our area as fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. there you go. there's a look at the sky this morning. in some places looking rather ominous. we've got clouds, we've got some rain, we got a lot to tell you about, that's for sure. it is friday, january 27th. good morning, everybody. i'm tony perkins. >> i'm allison seymour. we should have cued up that scary music from the weather guy. that is pretty serious looking. tucker barnes joining us now. tucker, what are we waiting for? >> we're waiting for showers and thunderstorms possibly, allison as we watch this front move in from the west. let's get right to it, hd radar because that will show you where the activity is strongest here. it's been redeveloping here just to the north of washington. and i want you to notice we've got more showers and perhaps more this morning developing south and west of d.c., south and west of fredricksburg,

we'll watch those carefully over the next couple of hours. you sour it on the -- saw it on the live shot, clouds increasing and some rain bands getting ready to move through. i just got a statement from the national weather service that we can expect winds gusting to 50 miles an hour with these bameds of rain as they approach the western edge there of the beltway and particularly that band that's west of clarksburg in urbana. you can see all that very heavy rain. again, we've got showers, possibility of some thunderstorms and winds gusting to 50 miles per hour as these storms race off to the east at about 50 miles per hour. so bottom line, expect some very heavy rain in your early morning forecast and then things should start to dry out later this afternoon. temperatures, these are amazing, reagan national 54 degrees. look at fredricksburg, 64 at this hour. that's the fuel for these storms this morning, 42 in hagerstown, cooler and dryer air will be working in later today. so enjoy the 60 degrees, that won't last long.

early rain, could be a thunderstorm, sunshine returns this afternoon, becoming windy and cooler, and, again, temperatures will be falling into the low 50s here by sunset tonight. more details on the weather in just a minute. we'll take another look at the radar. let's go to traffic and julie has your latest. reporter: tucker, we've got problems on the roads right now. a lot of folks waking up in the dark due to a power failure. a lot of our friends in silver spring are in the dark, at coldsville and 410, also georgia avenue and spring street, traffic lights that are dark, people waking up in the dark there as well as 16th street along 410. if you come up to an intersection where lights are not working, treat it as a four- way shot. this is a live shot of 66. look at that rain coming down. tucker was just talking about that. again, if you're traveling eastbound, you'll find lanes are open, but slow business 234 to 7100 and fair oaks in pretty much all the way toward the capitol beltway. incident free. 270 coming into clarksburg,

lanes open. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> julie, thank you very much. new this morning, 17 people are treated for carbon monoxide exposure. this happened on 33rd street in georgetown down near m street. crews got on the scene around 3:30 this morning, but it took a few hours to determine that the leak was coming from a defective hot water heater. it was in a building that has a business on the bottom and amounts on the upper floors. most of the patients were treated on the scene and released. one was taken to the hospital. other stories topping the news today, it is sentencing day for the woman convicted in the lieu lieu lemon murder case. it's almost certain she will get life in prison. the question is will it be with or without parole. norwood was convicted of first- degree murder last year after brutally beating and killing

her coworker, jana murray. due in a new york city courtroom this morning, a former prince george's county jail guard, anthony macintosh was arrested there in connection with the death of a prisoner in hyattsville in 2008. he's accused of failing to call for medical assistance after he reported finding ronnie white unconscious. he's charged with federal civil rights violations and falsifying records. the coroner later said white was strangled to death, but no one has been charged with his murder. prince george's county police are working to retrieve a body from a well. it's a dangerous process and it could take several days to remove those remains. >> police first responded tofort road in fort washington yesterday after a fox 5 tip. stacey cohen joins us now. stacey, what's going on? reporter: this is an interesting story and an interesting scene you have out here. there's this body at the bottom of the well. they're calling it a death investigation at this point

because at this point they don't know what they are dealing with. it is on an abandoned property that sits a bit off of old fort road, difficult to see from the roadway. the anonymous call came in to police in the afternoon, a camera was lowered into the well once they arrived to confirm that there was indeed something at the bottom of the well. now, neighbors have said that this is a remote location and they speculate that anyone who may have put a body down this well had to know where to go. >> i drive by, i've seen the house sitting there, but i've never seen anybody go in and out of there, i've never seen any activity over there. >> this is a vacant home. the well is not far from the home, so there is the concern about shoring up the well properly in case of collapse. reporter: alexandria police were also on the scene. they were wondering whether or not this is connected to the disappearance of 53-year-old lenny harris. he has been missing since september 21th. the alexandria man's car was found here in fort washington

and surveillance cameras both in alexandria and prince george's county -- or alexandria caught him using -- somebody using harris' credit card after failing to use it here in prince george's county. now, back live you can see about how far down the road this property line begins. those are police cars out there, and if you go inland about 100 yards or more, that is where the scene is. it was all lit up in the dark of night, but they aren't working on it at this moment. we do have some pretty heavy rain clouds heading this way and perhaps that would impede any efforts to shore up this well and remove the body. again, this is going to be quite lengthy operation out here. reporting live, i'm stacey cohen, back to you. >> stacey, thanks very much. meanwhile, a homicide investigation is under way in the district after a teenager is stabbed to death. police say the 19-year-old man stumbled into the kennedy recreation center on seventh street northwest last night before collapsing. officers are still looking for a suspect and a motive, but they think it may be related to an earlier robbery that happened in the same area.

a slerve alert in fact in dutchess county. police are ask -- in anne arundel county county, police are asking to locate cynthia beusy. she was last seen leaving her home in crofton, maryland yesterday in a chevrolet venture with virginia vanity tags that say granny c. ms. beusy has alzheimer's and family members say she may be attempting to locate a prior residence in the madison, virginia area. if you have any information, please contact authorities. rick santorum is headed home. he's still in the race, but he says he'd rather spend his saturday night at his kitchen table doing his taxes than campaigning in a state where it has become a two-man fight. he is, of course, referring to newt gingrich and mitt romney there. those two and ron paul battled it out before next week's florida primary. for more on the latest with last night's debate, doug

luzader joins us live. doug, good morning. reporter: good morning. the stakes in florida are obviously huge and this is coming down to a two-man race. >> this is a nonsense question. [ applause ] reporter: newt gingrich did what he seems to do best at these debates, firing back at the moderators, but he also had to fend off an increasingly aggressive mitt romney who he's accused of being anti-immigrant in a state where immigration is a primary issue. >> i think you should apologize for it and i think you should recognize that having differences of opinions on issues does not justify labeling people with highly charged epithets. reporter: gingrich today by the attack and with a -- in a state with rising home foreclosures, he hit romney on his investment with freddie mac and fannie mae. >> maybe in the spirit of openness, the governor should tell us how much money he's made on how many households that have been foreclosed by his investments. >> have you checked your own investments? you also have investments and mutual funds that also invest

in freddie mac and fannie mae. [ applause ] reporter: it was rick santorum, though, who finally had enough. >> can we set aside that newt was a member of congress and used the skills that he developed as a member of congress to go out and advise companies and that's not the worst thing in the world, and that mitt romney is a wealthy guy because he's worked hard and you guys leave that alone and focus on the issues. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: ron paul, in the meantime, suggested another competition when he was asked about his age. >> i'm willing to challenge any of these gentlemen up here to a 25-mile bike ride anytime of the day in the heat of texas. reporter: and that leads to really the other big factor last night which was the crowd. after a debate earlier this wh told to just sit there and be quiet, last night they were anything but. allison. >> doug luzader for us live. thank you, doug. paying no attention to the debate, secretary of state hillary clinton says that she is ready for a break and will

not continue in public office even if president obama wins reelection. she says that she wants to step off the "high wire of american politics" and told workers at the state department yesterday that she is ready for a rest. on tap for president barack obama today, he starts this morning with a speech at the university of michigan on making college more affordable for all americans. then this afternoon he'll attend a democratic conference in cambridge, maryland, and tonight the president is set to speak at a campaign event at the mandarin oriental hotel in the direct. it is 7:10 right now on a friday morning. new technology being offered by twitter is raising free speech concerns. we're going to tell you what all the fuss is about. that's next. and some relief for the survivors of that capsized cruise ship off the coast of italy. how they are being compensated for the tragedy. and the pentagon takes the first major step towards shrinking its budget. still ahead a closer look at what is on the chopping block. and as we head to the

break, here's a live look outside. i think this is the beltway here. we've got the latest on your traffic and your weather, lots going on in both worlds. stay with us, that's coming up with tucker and julie. we'll be back with more fox 5 morning news. it's 7:11. 

7:14. making headlines today, d.c. leaders are on their way to new hampshire this morning hoping to rally support for d.c. statehood. mayor vincent gray along with several councilmembers will meet with new hampshire lawmakers to explain why d.c. should become the 51st state. they're asking the lawmakers to pass a resolution supporting this cause. fox 5's matt acklin is traveling with the delegation and we will talk with him live in our 9:00 hour. the company that runs the costa concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground in italy this month is offering

passengers compensation for their lost baggage and psychological trauma. those who suffered no physical harm can still collect $14,000. they will also be reimbursed for the full cost of the trip and any medical expenses they incurred. the company is a unit of the world's biggest cruise operator carnival. twitter can now censor tbeets on a country- -- tweets on a country-by-country basis. if it erases a tweet in the u.s., it can still be elsewhere. this is to ensure individual messages remain available to as many people as possible. but it's likely to raise concerns that twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening. they say it is not. >> twitter today, facebook the next day and then google is in that now. >> i know i want a few people whose twitter i want to be censored because they pump them out pretty much all day long. >> you're talking about julie, right? >> pretty much. >> i can't keep up with her. >> you can barely keep up with

the weather. >> oh, man. >> yeah, a lot of weather going on. let's go right to hd radar because we've got a line of very strong rain showers approaching the district right now. this is on the northwest side of the beltway. in fact, i think julie will probably have some camera shots for you. but that is extremely heavy rain on the northwest side of the beltway, stretching up into montgomery county. and let me let you know here the national weather service has just issued a special marine warning for the tidal potomac, key bridge to indianhead maryland. their basic message is stay off the water until 8:30. we've got the storms coming through with winds likely to gust to about 40 to 50 miles per hour as all this pushes to the east. you're headed out on the water or thinking about it, give it a little time here, 8:30 or 9:00. they're mentioning in particular the woodrow wilson bridge, national and key bridge is the areas where we're likely to see winds gusting to 40 to 50 miles per hour. you see the rain continuing. i want you to notice to the

south and west, probably can't see it, down towards culpepper, more showers and thunderstorms redeveloping along this cooler line of air. and these will likely make it through southern reaches of our viewing area, so southern maryland, you've been spared so far, much of prince george's county, anne arundel county, you're not done with this yet. this has all got to get through the immediate mid-atlantic before we can call it quit with this system. the bigger picture with the cold front pressing east as we speak. that cooler and dryer air will come flying in on brisk northwest winds later today. so morning showers, you'll probably see some afternoon sunshine, but it will be very windy and the temperature will be dropping with winds gusting to about 35 miles per hour later today. check out these temperatures, 60s right now. 64 degrees in fredricksburg, froar at the navel air station, we're 54 here in town. that's why we're getting the severe weather around here. it's all that fuel with the warm temperatures. not usually in the 60s in january. there's your forecast, temperatures falling this afternoon, nice weekend and cooler by sunday an monday,

highs back where they should be in the low 40s. we'll give you details here in just a minute. i'm getting them every couple minutes. >> a lot of people heading to the bus stop right now. >> yeah, they might want to wait a few minutes off to the north and west or be prepared for some brief heavy downpours. >> thanks. in the meantime, let's see how all of this is affecting the ride into work. here's julie wright with that. hey, julie. reporter: all right, guys, very busy, a lot of folks hitting me up on twitter tells me -- telling me it's literally a downpour where they're traveling. this is southbound 270. we showed you the camera shot a few moments ago out of clarksburg, here we are out of germantown, bumper-to-bumper traffic leaving father hurly boulevard, past mva, pretty much toward the lane divide before the pace improves. traveling southbound on 355 headed out towards wealther -- walter reed, alta vista, one lane of traffic getting by. on the other side of town, live shot of traffic coming in through centreville and the

rain drops again, eastbound traffic congested, leaving smas from 7100 and fair oaks on into the beltway. don't forget the power outage in downtown silver spring, affecting the traffic lights but not limited to coldsville and georgia avenue at spring street. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> julie, thank you very much. today is the last day for d.c.'s ticket amnesty program. it allows drivers to pay outstanding tickets without any additional penalties for anyone who received a parking or driving violation in the district prior to january 1st, 2010. the tickets can be paid online, by phone or in person. so far the program has collected over $3 million in back payments. the district is in the running to be the first in the nation to allow government- sponsored online gambling. however, the city council is bitterly twieded on how or even if the -- divided on how or even if the program should be in place. lottery officials says online gaming could happen within 30 days, but councilmember jack

evans who is considering a bill to repeal this law says he's not concerned if there's a delay or if the district is the first. nevada has said they plan to offer online poker by the end of the year. after a decade of wars, the pentagon is cutting a half trillion from its budget over the next 10 years. >> the specifics of this were just announced. as fox 5's jennifer griffin explains, all branches of the military will be affected. reporter: at the pentagon there were winners and losers, no branch of the armed services went untouched as the defense chief announced $259 billion in cuts over the next five years. >> this is going to be tough. reporter: toughest perhaps on the ground forces, the army and marines which are slated to lose 100,000 troops. the army will shrink to 490,000 troops down from the current 562,000. the marines will shrink by 20,000. the new emphasis will be on smaller, more nimble special operations forces like the navy

seals who carried out the bin laden raid and a daring hostage rescue in somalia this week as the president and defense department prepared to announce the new cuts. >> every administration since the fall of the berlin wall has been trying to cut heavy forces. should we ever face a conventional enemy again, and we will, the chances are very high that we'll march off to war with a force that isn't heavy enough to fight land combat. reporter: the defense secretary acknowledged the risks. >> obviously it will be a smaller force and when you have a smaller force, there are risks associated with that in terms of our capability to respond. reporter: the pentagon will spend 30% more on unmanned drones, but it will cut the global hawk, the air force's only long-range unmanned spy pleap, the kind of surveillance the pentagon might need as the focus shifts to asia. purchase of the f-35 fighter jet, the most expensive procurement program in pentagon history will be slowed but not eliminated. the navy will retire some

cruisers but keep 11 aircraft carriers. the secretary announced further cuts involving base closures to be overseen by congress. military personnel costs have grown by nearly 90% since 9/11. the pentagon plans to cap salary raises in 2015 and to have working age retirees begin paying higher healthcare premiums. but for those currently serving, the secretary said their overall benefits will be grandfathered in. jennifer griffin, fox news. another company that got a big loan from the energy department files for bankruptcy. we've got the details next. and arizona's governor shares more about what some call a heated exchange with the president. and before you agree to work some more overtime, you'll want to consider your mental health. what new research shows about overtime and depression. and some big trucks are roaring in to town. our annie yu is live at the verizon center ahead of this weekend's monster jam show. we'll be right back, 7:22. 

another company goes down after receiving assistance from the federal government. the new york-based company inner one is filing for bankruptcy. it's the parent company of inner dell, an electric car battery maker that got $118 million grant from president obama's stimulus plan. inner one says it couldn't keep up with the competition out of china and other nations. the restructuring should not affect inner dell operations. arizona governor jan brewer claims she felt threatened by president obama during what she says was a heated exchange in phoenix. the governor tells fox' sean hannity that she invited him to lunch. >> i asked him to come and join me again at the border -- or come and join me at the border and that i would buy lunch, and he indicated at that point in

time that he was a little uncomfortable, unappreciative, if you will, of my book and the way that he was portrayed in it. >> president obama says the exchange was taken out of contebs and that he was -- context and that he was not tense. a health alert now for those who have been putting in the overtime. a new study out of europe found middle-aged government workers on the job 11 hours a day were more than twice as likely to develop depression compared to those who work an eight-hour day. the most susceptible were women, younger people and those not making a lot of money. and the findings remain consistent even after accounting for lifestyle factors such as unhealthy lifestyles, marital status and degree of job stress. it is now 7:27. metro is in more hot water after admitting to another mishap involving a rail car with an already bad reputation. and next a final push in florida for the

presidential candidates, an in- depth look at last night's debate and the heated exchanges between the two frontrunners. and as we head to the break, a live look outside. i gotta tell you, here at fox 5 in northwest washington, it is pouring rain right now, really coming down. you can see the skies are gray, some heavier rain coming through. we've got the latest on weather and traffic from tucker and julie coming up. do stay with us. 7:28 now. ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ let's go

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check this out, a living music legend will be visiting fox 5 today, roy aers is going to join us live in our 9:00 hour. he has several shows in town this week and i think he's going to be at blues alley. we'll talk with him about his career and the music that he's making now. it'll be interesting, during the 9:00 hour. 7:31. tucker barnes is right here and it's a good thing because it's coming down out there. >> i can hear it right outside the studio as we speak. >> the skies are opening uch. tbl very, very heavy rain now developing across the area. the good news is they are thin bands of rain, so they won't last very long. bad news is it's torrential and i'm sure it'll cause problems on the roadways as people head to work, kids to school, that sort of thing. good news is it's not winter weather. >> it could be thunder snow. >> it could be.

some people probably wish for that. kids don't want to go to school today. let's get right to the radar, i have it in close right across the district. another statement just put out by the national weather service warning that places like the white house will soon be impacted by some extremely heavy rain. and there's that heavy band of rain that we've been hearing here in northwest washington. the good news is it's pushing east about 50 miles per hour, so they're racing to the east, but if you're watching in southeast washington, down towards oxen hill, into prince george's county here, you too will shortly be getting some very heavy rain. and i want you to notice here on the north side of the beltway now up towards beltville and as you get up towards laurel and odenton, we've got extremely heavy rain right along that i-95 corridor and i'm sure that will cause some travel delays. julie will have more on that in a minute. off to the south and west now, we're getting redevelopment of these showers and thunderstorms. what's happening is the cooler air is trying to press into the area, and it's encountering some very warm, very moist air. temperatures right now in the mid-60s just to our south, and

that's just fuel for these storms and for these heavy downpours. cold air off to the north and west, cooler air off to the north and west, that will get in here shortly. so morning rain showers will be with us, as you can see, and then later today you'll probably see some sunshine break out, things will get very blustery, winds will be gusting to 35 miles per hour north and west and that cooler air starting to work in. by tonight it'll feel like a january night with temperatures falling back into the upper 20s and low 30s. i mentioned the fuel, the energy for our storms this morning, right now we're 55 degrees in washington. remember, our average daytime high this time of year is in the mid-40s, 44. check out fredricksburg, 66 degrees. are you kidding me? 63 in culpepper, 61 in manassas and just 40s here off to the north and west. so the battleground has really been set right across the immediate washington area here and i'm afraid we're going to be dodging a lot of rain drops and perhaps some additional thunderstorms here the next couple of hours. 60, that will be the daytime high, that will be in the next hour or so and then the temperatures will start to do one of those this afternoon,

nosedive this afternoon. afternoon windy and cooler with winds gusting out of the north and west to 35. cloudy skies, much colder tonight, 34 in the city, 20s off to the north and west. right now the weekend looks fantastic, mid-50s with plenty of sunshine tomorrow and then we'll get cooler. this is where we should be with sunday an monday's highs back in the 40s. that's the weather. let's do traffic. julie, sorry about all the rain. i'm sure it's not making your job any easier. reporter: it's not. everyone is tweeting wanting to know when and how long this rain will be last. i told them to tweet you at fox 5 weather. >> you're so sweet. reporter: on the roads right now, here we go, you're talking the wet pavement, we have accident activity southbound 355 here at alta vista, traffic is able to squeeze by to the left. that's why it's gridlocked from the beltway working your way southbound along 355. we also have delays if you are traveling along south capitol street, coming inbound suitland parkway and up across the douglas bridge, volume delays. this is a camera shot along 270 out of germantown. we had a big downpour that came through here not too long ago,

still fight to go get in on time, though delays out of germantown and out towards the lane divide. again, we had accident activity along 355, but a power outage in downtown silver spring, not only does that affect you waking up in the dark, but it also affects signal lights along coldsville avenue, 410. if you come up to an intersection where the lights are not working, you'll want to treat it as a four-way stop. activity on the ramp 14th avenue to head southbound on the beltway, the loop, follow police direction in order to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. another republican presidential debate in the books. it was the 19th faceoff between mitt romney, newt gingrich, rick santorum and ron paul. and for the two frontrunners, getting a little nasty out there over a number of issues, including gingrich's call to colonize the moon. joining us now john gizy, political editor at human

rights newspaper. >> events. >> human events newspaper. how could i make that mistake? let's talk about colonizing the moon first. >> sure. >> newt gingrich has said that he would like to see us on the moon, he would like to see us making trips to mars and he has a plan on funding this between private and business partnerships, what's going on? >> well, this is something that speaker gingrich has been in the forefront of for many years. his florida chairman, former state assemblyman said he would be the candidate most forceful and articulate on the space coast where cape canaveral is. it's not a new idea, the late governor walter hickel of alaska was a strong advocate of colonizing the moon. many politicians have regretted over the years that we've finally put john kennedy's vision of a mission to conquer

the stars and explore on hold and want to jump start it. so it's nothing new from speaker gingrich, frankly. >> used almost, though, like a weapon last night when they are coming out at each other, we're talking, of course, about mitt romney and newt gingrich. the whole debate, how did that play do you think in the minds of the voters? >> quite frankly, a lot of voters i talked to and not that few republicans, allison, are debated out. this is the 18th debate so far, the 18th televised encounter, and i think people are a little tired that issues are fading from the dialogue and it's more getting into invective and punching and counter purchging at this point. -- counter punching at this point. i know those who participate in the party activism and grassroots enjoy this kind of blood sport and my guess is that if you liked one candidate, you felt he won, if you liked another, you feel the opposite way. >> in fact, you spoke with

candidate mitt romney -- >> i did. >> you weren't surprised at this showing. >> no. he told me at noon just exactly what he was going to do and he made an honest reporter out of me. he said he would come out and particularly focus on newt gingrich's comments about him being anti-immigrant and his statement on univision that he voted for amnesty 20 to 25 times in the house of representatives, and he handled it very well. he did not seem mean spirited or insensitive in the way he dealt with it. but he came out of his corner as if he were smokin' joe fraser. >> rick santorum sort of trying to, for lack of a better word, trying to restore a little civility, if you will, saying let's come in and talk about these issues. does that help him at all or is he a factor at this point in this race? >> one of the things i find, and i do not like to do is discourage or editorially call upon a candidate to get out or even ask if someone's going to withdrawal. that's up to him or to her.

i talked to an assistant to senator santorum recently and a strong supporter of his campaign, and he said, no, he's going to stay in until the end. he beat newt gingrich in two of the three encounters, iowa and new hampshire, why shouldn't he stay in at this point. speaker gingrich told me in an interview that if perry and santorum got out of the race, he would be the beneficiary of their exit, but i don't believe senator santorum will leave and i don't believe ron paul will. >> in the remaining time we have left, let's talk about secretary of state hillary clinton, is this announcement that she is tired, if you will, of this political treadmill, does that come as a complete surprise, what do you think this is saying? >> well, the timing of it is a surprise, allison. i thought that secretary clinton would leave after the election no matter what the results were. she hinted at that. remember, the secretary of state is a great starring role, but it's not the final act.

many secretaries have gone on to do other things. charles evans hughes, secretary of state in the 1920s went on to be chief justice, james burns was president trueman's secretary of state, went on to be governor of south carolina. i saw his law office in aiken county just last weekend, as a matter of fact. so she could do something else. my guess is that the world bank presidency comes up next year and president obama will get that appointment and it wouldn't surprise me if he named hillary clinton as president of the world bank. and quite frankly as an old world bank and international monetary fund correspondent, i look forward to her having joined press conferences with managing director christine lagard of the if. >> what's next for john gizy? >> event at humanevents.com we'll go to the sunshine state

of florida, particularly focusing on orlando which is a big base of republican support. what i might add is what newt gingrich will focus on very heavily in the twilight days of the campaign, governor romney will be in tampa, not that far away. they have a good highway system in florida, but we will be having the results from florida and it'll be interesting to watch. i'm not going to predict that. i'll predict the world bank, but not the florida primary. >> of course this is john gizy, political editor with human events newspaper and we will be right back. ♪

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welcome back to fox 5 morning news. man, i think that tells the story, but what i can't figure out is it coming or going because it looks like one or the other, right? >> it's doing a little bit of both. depends on where you are. coming and going. right, exactly. >> tucker barnes is here, he's got the latest on this weather. you can see the rain in the distance. lightning, did you see that? >> whoa! i just saw it. let's transition from that to -- good morning, everybody, right to the hd radar and show you what's taking place here. we've got some very heavy bands of rain moving through. in fact, just about 15 minutes

ago it was so loud here in northwest washington that we could hear it on the roof. but it's already pressing to the south and east. there you go, that's a live look, very heavy rain continues to fall across portions of washington now and you can see generally pushing into southeast d.c. and this will be shortly moving into prince george's county. i also want to mention just to the north and to the east of washington, up the 95 corridor and just east of the 95 corridor, college park, beltville, as you get up into laurel, you're still getting very heavy rain. the good news is it's only a few miles wide, so with it moving east about 50 miles per hour, you'll get a break shortly. but it's probably enough to cause some localized flooding on some of the roadways and certainly going to slow your commute. let's open up a little bit. we're not done with it yet. want to mention that our viewers off to the west and to the south are watching storms redevelop here. and i am seeing flashing. so that's indicating thunderstorm activity. if we could lose the fox 5 bug there real quick, thank you, down towards culpepper and manassas now, all of that pushing to the east and to the

north. viewers in southern maryland, you're next. you will too also get some pretty good showers and thunderstorms, and prince george's county, anne arundel county, up towards glenn burney, you'll gt some rain here as well. we're not done ler and dryer ai in behind this. temperatures, this is the fuel for our storm. 66 imreas right now in -- 66 degrees right now in fredricksburg, while we're in the 40s off to the north and west. fredricksburg is 41 degrees, that's amazing, 25-degree temperature difference between fredrick and fredricksburg, you don't see that very often. open it up for you a little bit, the colder air off to the north and west, columbus is 34, detroit 33 degrees. that colder air will start to work in later today on some very brisk winds. so it'll be gusty out there later today. even with sunshine this afternoon our winds will be gusting to about 35 miles per hour. nice weekend, cooler by sunday, monday. >> kids gotta hurry up to get to the bus stop. >> active morning. take the necessary precautions. >> i gotta call home right now. let's go to julie wright and find out what's going on on the roads, how this is affecting everything out there.

hey, july rhode julie. reporter: a lot going on. a portion of mid county road blocked off at midfield and washington grove because of a crash. we had the accident activity along southbound 355. southbound 270, no incidents to report, starten to loosen up just a bit leaving germantown, and then the crash here southbound 355 here at alta vista, that's still in play with only the left lane getting by. again, still coming southbound, trying to head out towards bethesda, you are in a backup traveling out of the capitol beltway. 359 from duke street and king and up across the 14th street bridge, definitely well below speed here at this point. we had accident reported along south side valley westbound, cannot head onto south lakes drive because of the crash. the inner loop of the beltway bogged down from braddock road to 66. it is a tough road out here. south capitol street headed inbound from the parkway to the douglas bridge, looking at rain drops, bumper-to-bumper slow working through the anacostia. we have one accident to report for those traveling eastbound on route 100 to i-95, the

roadway completely shut down on the eastbound side of route 100. westbound some traffic is able to get through. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> julie, thank you very much. monitoring metro this morning, metro admits to another safety slipup involving longer-than-normal trains. the system's deputy general manager admits that earlier this month a 10-car train was sent out on the tracks. the "washington post" reports it happened near the largo station. the system is only equipped to handle eight-car trains. this comes just a few days after metro announce thad it disciplined three employees for an incident involving a 10-car train in december. amazing machines at work, the world famous monster trucks have made their way back to d.c. >> and our own annie yu is revving up the engines this morning. annie. reporter: good morning, tony and allison. it's very loud here in the center right now. coming up we'll be talking to the driver of this car right here, that man. i couldn't even say car, it's a

monster truck. you don't want to go anywhere. i hope you guys stay with us. >> thanks, annie. we want to say good morning to kira, she is our facebook fan of the day and this is a photo of kira's great grandmother who turned 100 years old yesterday. congratulations. that is wonderful. if you'd like to be monday's fan of the day, find us on facebook by searching fox5 morning news. no space between the word fox and the number 5 and post a comment under kira's photo. 

the monsters on four wheels are back in town. >> the 2012 monster jam show kicks off tonight at the verizon center and that's where our annie yu is. good morning. reporter: good morning. guess where i'm sitting. i am sitting on the tire of the

batman. it is a beast, let me tell you. when this thing gets fired up, it is loud. i should have brought my ear plugs. i have my guest, the driver, norm niller over there. good morning, norm. >> good morning. reporter: how are you? >> i'm awesome. reporter: good. norm, you were a career police officer before becoming the driver of this monster. >> yeah. i am still a police officer during the week and on the weekends i'm driving a crime- fighting batman. reporter: tell us about this vehicle. >> it's a 10,000-pound monster truck, 15 horsepower and ready to thrill everybody that comes in here. reporter: how do you make that transition or get into something like this? >> well, it's just exciting. you're out there chasing bad guys or you're driving this, they're both the same excitement level. that's why i like to do it. reporter: are you sure you're excited right now? give me some more excitement, norm. when you are driving this bad boy, what is it like in there? i can't manslaughter. when you are doing the lap -- i can't imagine, when you are doing the laps -- >> it's not very loud inside, you have the helmet on and all

the safety stuff, so you can't really hear that kind of noise. you can feel the motor in that, but you can see everybody in the crowd, that's what gets you going and have a good time and, you know, get them on the edge of their seat. reporter: so during the show, you are driving over these cars, you're smashing through obstacles. >> yep. reporter: talk a little bit about that, about the course. >> we're drag racing here side by side. you know, you pull up next to somebody, you'll drag race when you get to a light and then we'll do wheelie contests and freestyle which everybody loves, and a fan favorite, the 30-year anniversary for grave digger here. reporter: how long have you been driving this car? >> this is my second year in batman. i've been driving monster trucks for 21 years. reporter: you've been driving some other cars too, right, not just this one? >> that is true. reporter: i just hit the ground. that's a high tire. how high is this? >> 56 inches tall. reporter: oh, my goodness. what goes into building something like this and maintaining it? >> a lot of work. i have a couple of crew guys,

fred, travis, shawn, they work on this thing all week long to keep it up so it performs very well on the weekends when it comes to the show. reporter: now, you're traveling all around the world, the country, what happens if this car breaks down? i mean, what do you do? >> my crew guy fred can fix anything. reporter: fred is the man. >> he can fix it on the spot and get it back out there. reporter: should have supplied me a ladder. you're going to get in here and give us a snippet of what it's like. hop on in there. good luck. >> thanks. reporter: we'll stand on the sidelines where it's safe. don't get me dirty, now. you're going to hear how loud this monster is in just a second. [ engine revving ] reporter: just imagine sitting here in the verizon center with your kids, they are going to love

it. so check our website, myfoxdc.com, the show kicks off tonight, the first show is at 7:30, so you have chances to come out here. log onto our website, tickets are $23. back to you in the studio. >> monster trucks! >> you know how i feel about all things batman. >> do you love that monster truck? >> yes. >> you don't feel in some way it's like -- >> no. it's cool. it's got the bat emblem, it's cool. coming up, one final push this weekend for the republican presidential candidates in florida ahead of tuesday's primary. coming up at 8:00, we'll check in with "fox news sunday" host chris wallace. it's a problem that affects up to 12 million children each year. we're talking about lice, finding and treating those little bugs can be stressful. the whole thing is just a mess. but it doesn't have to be that way. we are talking to the lice lady of potomac, yes, there is such a business, to help ease parent's concerns. it's terrible. >> something you don't want to

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an anonymous tip leads police to a well in prince george's county. inside that well they discover a body. but it could be quite some time before the body is recovered and then identified. we'll have that story. not everything so sunny in the sunshine state. the 19th gop presidential debate last night in florida was full of attacks. we have a wrapup for you. then president barack obama is now speaking out about what happened during this encounter with arizona's governor. you'll hear from him ahead this hour. good morning, everybody, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm allison seymour. it is friday morning, but it is a rough one out there weather wise. tucker barnes joins us with a look at this crazy rain we've been having. >> yeah, it's not winter

weather, but it's showers and thunderstorms. hard to believe that in january. >> spring. >> yeah, spring-like weather. it's something that's going to cause some problems, likely ponding on the roadways, we've had reports of winds gusting to 50 or 60 miles per hour. so it'll be with us here for a few more hours, not quite done with it yet. let's kick off hd radar, we've been talking it all morning, i'm just getting further updates and let you know that line of showers and thunderstorms now on the east side of the beltway and will be rolling out to route 50 here shortly. crofton you're next, annapolis i think in the next half hour, 45 minutes, you'll be getting some heavier rain, mitchellville and now back into the city, we're watching the redevelopment of more showers and some more downpours there on the western side of washington. so we're not done with this yet. let's open it up. we mentioned the other line of showers and thunderstorms -- no. let's go back to hd radar, please. thank you. south and west of the city down towards manassas, we mentioned a few communities, hay market,

bull run, centralville, you're in the line for more showers, more thunderstorms and, again, reports of winds gusting to 50 miles per hour with torrential downpours. so all of us here are going to be dealing with the potential for some heavy downpours for the next couple hours and thean we'll start to quiet things down. now we can do temperatures. reagan national now 56 degrees. look at dulles, 61. fredricksburg it is springtime for you, 66 degrees while we're in the 40s off to the north and west. hagerstown just 47 degrees. things are really upside down here this morning. cooler and dryer air working in this afternoon. you will see some sunshine, we'll get these showers and thunderstorms out of here this morning and then temperatures tumbling into the 50s, 40s and eventually upper 20s and 30s later tonight. so lots of changes. we'll have more details on the forecast in just a few minutes. >> wild ride. >> you got it. wild friday. we've got julie wright standing by. she's got the late z latest on this morning's traffic. reporter: a lot going on out there. that rain didn't help us out a bit on the roads. accident activity blocking the ramp from eastbound route 100

to southbound i95. this ramp remains closed off until further notice because of the activity. heavy volume coming in out of the bw parkway and route 50. we had malibu invitational that was closing a portion of mid county highway at washington grove. that accident has cleared. the trip south along 270, father hurly boulevard out to montrose road a good 30-minute commute with the lanes open. average speed on falls road down to 19 miles per hour. it gives you an idea you're crawling along headed southbound on 270 headed into rockville. the beltway, springfield, headed out toward 66, about a 20-minute ride right now. again, lanes are open on the west side of town, but definitely slow going with the average speed at braddock road down to 17 miles per hour. accident activity still in play. this is what's tying up our commute for motorists traveling along sunrise valley working out towards south lakes drive, this intersection remains closed off at this time with fire rescue teams responding to the scene. tucker was talking the commute, eastbound on route 50, you'll find lanes open, no problems to report in each direction between annapolis and buoy.

that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. new this morning, more deadly violence in iraq. at least 32 people were killed today when a suicide bomber blew up a car full of explosives. this happened in baghdad near a funeral procession. at least half of the victims were policemen who were guarding the march. at least 200 people have been kill inside a wave of attacks by insurgents since the start of the year. tony, to you. allison, the republican slug fest continues in florida with another debate. last night the four white house hopefuls sparred over immigration and the economy, and as fox' jonathan hunt explains, newt gingrich and mitt romney viciously attacked each other. reporter: just days ahead of the crucial florida primary, republican presidential candidates facing off on a debate stage, this time in jacksonville, their second debate of the week. as many polls show a close race between former house speaker newt gingrich and former

massachusetts governor mitt romney, the two clashing repeatedly. >> i think you should apologize for it and i think you should recognize that having differences of opinions on issues does not justify labeling people with highly charged epithets. >> i would say as much as governor romney doesn't particularly like my use of language, i found his use of language in his deliberate distortion equally offensive. reporter: former pennsylvania senator rick santorum and texas congressman ron paul trying hard to convince undecided voters. >> i believe as we need to reduce taxes. look, i'm honest. i don't reduce the top rate as much as these other folks do. i take the reagan approach. ronald reagan had a 28% top rate, if it was good enough for ronald reagan, it's good enough for me. reporter: the question is -- >> the question is what are we going to do about fannie mae and freddie mac. it should have been auctioned off right after the crash came. it would have been cleansed by now, it could have been sold. reporter: among the hot topics in florida, the economy and illegal immigration. >> you should control the border which i have pledged to do by january 1 of 2014.

you should fix legal immigration in terms of visas so people can come and go easily, more easily than doing it illegally. reporter: it's their last debate before the florida primary which is scheduled for tuesday. in new york, jonathan hunt, fox news. president barack obama is due to speak at the university of michigan this morning, but students need a ticket to attend that speech and dozens have been sleeping out all night in the freezing temperatures. they're waiting to hear the president speak about tuition costs. during tuesday's state of the union, he said he wanted to shift federal aid away from colleges that do not keep costs down. only 3,000 tickets are available for the speech. it's due to start just after 9:30. president obama is also setting the record straight about his conversation with arizona governor jan brewer. fox' ainsley erhart with more. reporter: the situation has been blown out of proportion. that's what president obama had to say about the interaction he had with arizona governor jan brewer when he arrived in her

state on wednesday. the president was there as part of a multi-state campaign swing promoting his economic policies. in an abc interview, mr. obama says the conversation was much more relaxed than perceived. >> you know, what i've discovered is that i think it's always good publicity for a republican in an argument with me, but this was really not a big deal. reporter: were you tense? >> you know, diane, i'm usually accused of not being tense enough, right? too relaxed. >> so you weren't? >> no. reporter: according to governor brewer, mr. obama was displeased of how she depicted him in her recently-published book, "scorpions for breakfast." it stemmed from a 2010 meeting they had at the white house. >> i believe what i wrote in the book to be factual and to be true. reporter: she goes on to say she felt a little dismayed by his reaction. >> i asked him to come and join me again at the border or come

and join me at the border and that i would buy lunch, and he indicated at that point in time that he was a little comfortable, a little unappreciative, if you will of my book in the way that he was portrayed in it. and i felt a little unnerved by the way that he spoke to me about it. reporter: in new york, ainsley erhardt, fox news. time now for a look at some of the other stories making headlines this morning. it's sentencing day for the woman convict inside the lulu lemon murder case. brittany norwood will be in court this afternoon. it's almost certain she will get life in prison. the question is whether that will be with or without parole. norwood was convicted of first- degree murder last year after brutally beating and killing her coworker. a homicide investigation is under way in the district after a teenager is stabbed to death. police say the 19-year-old man stumbled into the kennedy recreation center on seventh street northwest last night

before collapsing. officers are still looking for a suspect and a motive, but they think it may be related to an earlier knifepoint robbery that happened in the same area. a suspect is under arrest this morning after a traffic stop turned violent in northeast washington. police say an officer pulled over a car with two men inside. they ran when the officer approached. during the chase, one of the suspects started fighting with the officer. the officer opened fire, wounding the suspect. that suspect has been treated and released into police custody. police are working to retrieve a body out of a well and it is a dangerous recovery process. they found the remains in a well off old fort road in fort washington yesterday after getting an anonymous tip. authorities say it could take several days to remove the body. it is at least 30 feet down. we're told there are some concerns about the stability of that well and it may have to be reenforced before a person can go down. it's coming up on 8:10

this morning. coming up next we're going to include or tell you more about what happened in georgetown overnight that prompted a bunch of evacuations. and it's an uncomfortable and really itchy subject impacting somewhere between six -- sorry about this, somewhere between six and 12 million american children a year. we're talking about head lice, of course. a local woman has come up with an organic, nontoxic way to battle the bugs. we're going to talk to her coming up in our next half hour. parents, listen up for that one. it's 8:10 right now. 

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time right now 8:13. it is a friday morning. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines now, 17 people treated for carbon monoxide exposure. this happened on 33rd street in georgetown down near m street. crews got on the scene around 3:30 this morning, but it took a few hours to determine that the leak was coming from a defective hot water heater. it was in a building that has a business on a bottom and apartments on the upper floors. most of the patients were treated on the scene and released.

one, though, was taken to the hospital. a silver alert is in effect in anne arundel county this morning. 81-year-old cynthia busey was last seen leaving her home in crofton, maryland yesterday in a white 1997 chevrolet venture, virginia vanity tags granny c. see that on the bottom there. ms. busey has alzheimer's and family members say she may be attempting to locate a prior residence in the madison, virginia area. if you have any information, please contact police. and a final farewell to a legendary college football coach. 12,000 people packed into an arena at penn state in honor of joe paterno yesterday. family and friends along with former students and football players shared stories about the man they called joepa. it wrapped up three days of remembrance ceremonies on the campus. paterno who was 85 years old died of lung cancer last sunday. and look at that turnout. that's impressive.

it is now 8:15 and it's time to turn our attention to tucker barnes. he's got a lot to tell us about. before the weather, though -- >> the cuteness factor. we need it today. kind of uncute out there weather wise. >> you got it, allison. my first 5 photo of the day. let's get cute, everybody. this is 3-year-old zion. >> that's what i would say. >> how beautiful is she? >> good morning, zion. >> look at that outfit. >> she looks good. >> these kids are so well dressed. >> stylin'. >> that's quite the outfit. >> i think i was in underreroos when i was 3 and 4. let's talk about zion. her family says she loves to sing and, get this, boss her little brother around. >> well, that's her job. just doing her job. hi a little brother, that's what we do. >> really. you bossed your little brother

around too? >> yes. >> i didn't know that was protocol. >> oh, yeah, we must. it makes them tougher. >> and you get better at it later in life, right, allison? >> oh, yeah, we pay for it later in life. >> no. >> oh, i gotcha, for when we have a husband. >> i hope you have a wonderful day, you're very cute, great smile. looks like that outfit will keep you nice and warm for later today when temperatures cool down. to send your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. lots of weather to talk about, rain continues to fall. now we're on the north side of the beltway, rain showers picking up in intensity and off to the east now out towards crofton and buoy, verna park getting good rain. we'll open this up a little bit and off to the south and west, see that line down towards manassas? that's some thunderstorm activity with winds gusting to about 40 to 50 miles per hour. so got to just kind of withstand the weather here for the next few hours and things will quiet down later this morning and early this

afternoon. let me also mention viewers in southern maryland, down toward st. mary's city, you're now seeing heavy rain as well. that will continue to fill in here over the next couple of hours and all of this pressing east. annapolis, you're about to get some very heavy rain. temperatures, this is fueling our big weather event this morning, 55 in washington, but 66 degrees in fredricksburg, 61 in manassas and dulles. we've got warm air trying to kind of poke north and east with our cold front and that's, again, our fuel for that storminess. here is your forecast for today, temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s early. they'll be falling this afternoon. it will get very blustery with winds out of the north and west gusting to about 35. so you'll see some afternoon sunshine, but temperatures will be falling. right now the weekend looks great, 54 on saturday and dry, 45, temperatures back near normal by sunday and monday. hey. i've been trying to keep up with the tweets and thank you everybody who's been tweeting with me, our fox 5 weather app, let me recommend that. this is a picture in from our friend d.j. and he's got a picture there i

think it's on the beltway of a roll cloud as the storm approaches. that's pretty cool. he got a picture of the severe weather as it was moving on through. that's a look at weather. thanks again for the picture, d.j. and we'll send it off to julie wright who should be very impressed that we're tweeting pictures now. reporter: i am and i forwarded that to you. i know rico, yeah, from magic 102.3. thanks, rico. >> we appreciate it. reporter: on the roads right now, we're bumper-to-bumper slow, we've got a lot going on along 270, a new accident popped up on us, traveling southbound approaching 109, you lose the left lane here because of accident activity. a little further south you're going to find yourself on the brakes, father hurly boulevard headed out towards montrose road, about a 30 minute commute right now. average speed on falls road down to 14 miles per hours. outer loop of the beltway college park, average speed at university boulevard down to 13 miles per hour. accident activity northbound 95 at 212 now off the road to the shoulder. inner loop of the beltway, leaving 95 headed up towards 66, heavy, slow and steady, 34

minutes that commute up the west side with your average speed here at braddock road now down to 13 miles per hour. still congested, that commute inbound suitland parkway, south capitol street, headed for the douglas bridge, lanes here are open. you're still going to find yourself on the brakes as you travel inbound on route 50 leaving 410 out of riverdale headed in towards northeast. happy to say the earlier crash reported eastbound 9500 has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> julie, thank you very much. the republican presidential candidates go negative in florida as the campaigns pull out all the stops to win what could be the most important primary yet. chris wallace will talk to newt gingrich on this week's "fox news sunday." chris joins us now live from capitol hill with a preview. good morning, chris. man! the fireworks last night, it's getting pretty intense between these guys now. >> yeah, particularly between romney and gingrich. it is indeed. and there are a couple of points here, tony, and good morning to you, one is this is the 19th debate, it's crazy

that they've had this many debates. they know everything that the other one is saying, they've really talkd about all the substantive issues, there aren't that many differences on the big issues between them, so it's really come down to personalities and statements and records in the past, and they really go at it. i must say with all of the intensity of obama and clinton four years ago, and maybe even more than that because it seems to be less about issues and kind of personal and kind of mean. i will tell you having talked to some top white house officials this week because of the state of the union address, they're just lovin' it. you know, they just think this is great, let's continue, let's have another 10 debates and let these guys go at it for another few months. >> it makes the debates more entertaining to watch, but they're not necessarily more informative and you do wonder, and maybe mr. gingrich will talk about this, you know, are they starting to do some real damage to each other in terms of what the populace thinks? >> that's right. and as i say, you know, you

would say at a certain point, gee, they should talk about the big issues, not about mitt romney's bank account or what newt gingrich did for freddie mac, whether it was a consultant or a lobbyist or whatever, but the fact is they have talked and talked. i was part of four of the debates, about job creation, foreign policy and immigration policy, so this is kind of all that's left. and they just tear at each other. >> you mentioned the state of the union, obviously one of the big things to come out of that, the president with his proposals to raise taxes on the rich and all of that. are you going to be talking that as well? >> with paul ryan, yes. we'll have the chairman of the house budget committee, republican paul ryan, kind of the intellectual leader of congressional republicans and we'll talk to him, tony, about the obama agenda, the republican agenda, what the republican budget is going to be. and the big question which i guess a lot of people are asking, will anything get done in washington this year or is

it just all going to be politics. >> we hope something gets done, but we'll see. chris wallace, good to talk to you as always and we will see you on sunday. great guest lineup you have this sunday. of course, everyone, you can catch "fox news sunday" at 9:00 right after fox 5 morning news. time right now is 8:22. it's a friday morning, and weather, maintenance problems, those are some of the most common problems that flights are delayed, right? >> yeah. but yesterday a flight took off four hours late thanks to a cat. we'll have more on that when we come back. then a little later we're live at the 2012 monster jam, and one of the drivers is from maryland. we're going to talk to him cour next half hour. i can't stand these spots.

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passengers on an air canada flight experienced a four-hour delay yesterday, all thanks to a pet cat. the animal ran into the cockpit after escaping from his carrier during boarding. the airline staff chased after him, eventually finding the scared pet hiding in an inaccessible area of wiring. >> some people tried to catch him up front in first class, and then he took off into the cockpit and nestled down. >> he went underneath the captain's feet. >> you know she got some looks from the other passengers as they were getting off. passengers had to get off the plane while technicians took pieces apart to retrieve the cat. he is now safely back with his owner. >> you know she did. >> yeah. well, it's an uncomfortable subject to say the very least, but it impacts somewhere between 6 and 12 million american children each and every year. we're talking about head lice.

>> a local woman has come up with an organic nontoxic way to battle those bugs. we're going to talk to her coming up in our next half hour. it's something that all of you should listen to. then storms rolling through the d.c. area. look at that picture. tucker will be back with a look at our forecast where we stand now. and a reminder to you, you can track the weather anytime with a new fox 5 weather app, just go to the app store or the android market on your smart phone and search for d.c. weather. you can also text fox 5 weather to 29473. we'll be right back. 8:27 now. people! look at you!

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unconscious in a prince george's jail cell. he's charged with not calling an ambulance and lying. no word yet on a court date in maryland. the man who shot at the pentagon, u.s. marine corps museum and other military installation pleads guilty and now prosecutors have released this video showing one of the actual shootings. they say that 23-year-old jonathan maluku used a home video camera to record one of his assaults. as part of his plea deal, he will get 25 years in prison. we're finding out the details of the pentagon budget cuts, the military is chopping half a trillion dollars over the next decade. that means 100,000 troops will be lost, mostly in the army. the pentagon chief leon panetta admits there are risks but says the u.s. can still respond to any threat. and when we say loss, we mean the numbers will be reduced. 8:31 now. >> tucker barnes back with us. >> it's been a busy morning.

i'm excited about it until it arrives and then i can't keep up with it. we've got lots of thunderstorms. it's crazy, we talk about thunderstorms. >> whoa! did you hear that? that's crazy. i don't know if our viewers can hear it, but just as you said that, a huge rumble of thunder right here. >> amazing. >> you've got some kind of power. >> is tim tebow coming in this morning? >> i don't know. let's just get ready just in case. >> tim tebow. hey, there's a live shot. >> get ready. >> we've got showers and obviously thunderstorms -- >> 61 degrees, huh? >> i was going to mention the temperature, we've jumped six degrees in the past 45 minutes. >> oh, my goodness! this is crazy. >> the weather will be a little crazy here for the next few hours and, again, we've got the potential for more thunderstorms and along with that just a deluge of rain, very heavy rain, likely to see ponding on the roadways and winds gusting to maybe 50 miles an hour, already reports of that, particularly south and west of the city down towards culpepper. let's go to the radar and let me give you a live look here

and that thunder we just heard off to the north and west is likely that particular cell there just off to our north and west, and you can see here, we're starting to get some indications of flashing, that's thunder and lightning embed inside our storms. you see to the west of franconia and alexandria we're getting some shower and thunderstorm activity. this is going to come through the district in the next 45 minutes. be prepared for severe weather with winds gusting to 40, maybe 50 miles per hour and locally very heavy rainfall just for a short period of time here as this all pushes east. eventually we are going to quiet down. let's open up the hd radar just a little bit and show you what's going on off to our south and to our west, as we open that up, open that up, karen. all right, you're not going to do it for me. there you go, off to the south and west, most of the rain shower activity. here we go with the cooler and dryer air working in from the northwest a little later this morning. we'll see some sunshine this afternoon, so it will quiet down. once we get through these thunderstorms to the east of us, we will quiet down, but it's going to get windy around

here with winds gusting to 35 to 40 miles per hour today. fredricksburg 68 degrees, 61 in washington. hagerstown, you've jumped about 12 degrees in the past hour, 49 for you. warm front try to go bounce through the area, but a lot of cool and dry air off to the north and west. the battleground is right across the washington area as we speak. once we get it east of us, things will quiet down later today. again, blustery and cold tonight with temperatures falling into the 20s and lower 30s. there's your weekend forecast. going to be nice and quiet around here with temperatures, highs back where they should be about 42 by sunday and monday. that's the weather forecast. allison, tony, i'll give you guys updates as necessary. back to you. >> thank you very much. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, an estimated six to 12 million lice infestations happen each year in the united states among children 3 to 11 years old. now, since treating lice is not an easy task, one local mom has opened her own facility to battle this bug. and lauren saltzberg who calls

herself the potomac lice lady joins us to talk about lice, prevention and treatment. i am so happy to talk to you and to know that you are taking this on. good morning to you. >> good morning, allison. how are you? >> i'm doing well, thank you. we said it right there, you're a local mom, so let me just ask you, how did you decide to get into the lice business? >> well, i've always been the go-to mom. everyone has come to me to do their knit picking, and so i decided it's a gruesome job and somebody's gotta do it. >> just until this very moment i didn't realize that's probably where that phrase even came from, knit picking. nit you're talking about -- is it the egg or the actual little bug, what is a nit? >> that's a great question. actually, the nit is the actual egg and it is something that is so very hard to pick out. it is often confused with dandruf and that is why it often goes undetected and parents who have never seen

lice before have a very, very hard time detecting it. the nit is the egg, it is not the bug. >> lauren, i'm sitting here scratching because this is something that just gets under our skin and makes us very uncomfortable to even talk about. but, again, you are addressing this head on. let me ask you about -- before we talk about how to do this at home, let me ask you about your business because a lot of people just don't know how to do this. you're located now in potomac, but you're still busy, you're opening up another facility, is that right? >> well, i actually started off as a mobile facility. i was going from home to home treating and nit picking, as you say, but i became so busy that i decided to fill the niche that was so badly needed that i did open up this salon that i'm standing in right now. so families who are not comfortable treating it themselves come to me, and i spend that tedious task here in my facility, combing out their hair and treating it with the products that i've made myself. >> let's talk about those. you treat this with all-natural

products, you do not treat this with pesticides because a lot of the products on the market now, you can't even really pronounce half of the ingredients with them. that's correct. i found just with my experience that a lot of the over-the- counter products don't seem to work, the lice has become immune and resistent just like we've become immune and resistant to a lot of antibiotics. so i've created my own products that i've developed with some arom therapies in california. they're all natural, safe to use, and i found out that the lice don't like these products and the lice -- it makes it easier for the lice to just come out of the hair and it makes it easier to comb out and i use a very good nit comb. and, honestly, according to the national iculous association, there's nothing better and more effective to use than a good lice comb.

>> that fine-toothed comb. if we're at home, here's the information for everybody. how do we treat and prevent our kids from getting lice? >> honestly, if you're at home and you suspect that your children have lice, the best thing for you to do is to treat sooner rather than later. you want to use a good comb, you know, like this comb and you want to comb, comb, comb, comb their hair, and i would recommend not using the over- the-counter products, but if you feel that is what you choose to do, then use the over- the-counter products, follow the directions correctly, but more importantly, buy a good lice comb and comb them. and if you're in doubt, you can see a professional like myself. but you just have to screen your kids, check them regularly and just comb, comb, comb because the most important thing is to get out all the nits and the eggs because if you don't get them out, they're going to keep coming back and the cycle will continue and continue. >> and they're sticky, it's really a mess.

all parents hate getting those letters coming home with the kids that there's been a case of lice in your school. we're going to link all this information to our website because, man, there's more to talk about, like how do you prevent it, don't share the hats, sleepovers, all these questions, so i'm going to have the viewers go to your website through our website, myfoxdc.com. lauren saltzberg is the founder of the potomac lice lady. >> yes. >> i'm glad you're around, lauren, let me just say this. i predict you will hire more people soon, but that's just my prediction. >> oh, absolutely. thank you. >> potomac lice lady, llc. >> you stole my line. it's great that she's doing that, and she's going to end up franchising. >> she must end up doing that. i read in her information that she's the daughter of a doctor and i'm sure that that helps, she's not squeamish about any of that stuff we don't want to do. it is 8:39. >> i'm still itchy. >> a rumble of thunder going on

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the world's premier monster truck series is in town tonight until sunday. >> fox 5's annie yu getting a -- preview of the big event and joins us live from the verizon center. i love how it's transformed to this event, annie. reporter: it's really impressive to see all the dirt here on the arena floor, it's exref. the show is celebrating its 30th anniversary of the grave digger legend. that's a big deal. joining me now is the driver, rod schmidt. good morning, rod. >> thank you very much. reporter: rod, you've been driving this bad boy for 10 years. >> i've been with team graveyard for 15 years. it's been a great, great adventure. everyday is new for us, we tribute to the fans, this is the year for the fans where we're driving the truck for the fans this year. it's actually a big deal. 30 years is quite the milestone. reporter: talk a little bit

about the history of the car, like how did it all start? >> it started 30 years ago, dennis anderson had a dream and he named the truck grave digger, just a bunch of junkyard parts, you know, i'm going to bury you with this truck and the name just evolved from a joke, so it's been a good -- reporter: what an honor, you've been driving for 10 years and now it's the 30th anniversary. what does this all mean for you? personally. >> it's a milestone, for the 20th anniversary, it was great, 30 is going to be even better. the world finals is coming up, the double-down package, 30 years, it's phenomenal. reporter: and you've traveled all around the world and performed in front of dr osh competed in front of 4 million fans a year, i mean, how do you build up that adrenaline rush before a big show? do you have any ritual that you do? >> no. just going out looking at the faps, watching the fans. fortunately we get to go late ner the freestyle and stuff like that, so we get to watch what the other trucks are

doing, we have to top that. that's our forte. we have to drive crazy. reporter: you have to talk like this. i'm going to jump in this bad boy, right, or attempt to? >> right. reporter: because we're going to show you how easy to get up in here. what's the technique? >> put your left foot there, put your right foot here and keep climbing. i think she's going to take my job. reporter: i don't know about all that. whoa! okay. wow. so the good news is there is a seat belt in here, that's always good, safety first. so what do we have when we get in here? what are these for? this is a little scary here. >> we have an on-board fire extinguisher. this one is for, like, if the driver were to get out and we have another one on the inside that's in cab if something were to happen. i could pull a switch and it would extinguish flames inside the cab. that's very rare. the seats are form fitted to the driver. reporter: because i can't even reach the pedals. >> that seat is a lot bigger than it would be for you, but

for somebody that's bigger than me like my crew guy, he has a tough time getting in there. reporter: is that why the steering wheel is hanging up. >> we take the steering wheel on and off to get into the truck. reporter: how fast will this go? >> las vegas we have an open stretch, about 70 miles an hour. reporter: and what is it really like when you're driving through? i mean, i can't even see over the dashboard. you obviously can, but what is it like for you when you're behind the wheel here? >> it's pure adrenaline, we have 60-second freestyle here so it will be 60 seconds of pure adrenaline, when we get out of the truck, the crowd just drives it. reporter: a lot of people on their feet and screaming. >> absolutely. you reporter: you can come out and be a part of the crowd here at the verizon center. the first show is tonight at 7:30. log onto our website, myfoxdc.com, we have a link to the verizon center here so you can get your tickets. back to you in the studio. >> thanks so much, annie. actress elizabeth banks

gained big screen recognition for her roles in "sea biscuit" and "spiderman." and on tv "scrubs" and "30 rock." >> she told kevin mccarthy when she's playing in a serious role like "man on a ledge," she likes to sneak in humor where she can. reporter: i think you are one of these great actresses where you have a great balance where you can be funny and very serious. you get both of those in this movie. you have that good balance. is that freeing as an actress? and which element is harder for you to be funny or to be serious? >> i'm addicted to making people laugh, very addictive. very fun. this was written as a pretty dramatic role and i'm just always looking for ways to inject a little humor into situations, i know audiences really appreciate it. for me it keeps it interesting everyday and it's hard to spend 50 days playing somebody with their heart wrapped in darkness, so i really enjoy sort of trying to find light

moments in everything. you know, i play an nypd negotiator in this movie and i spoke with a lot of negotiators before i started. they all kind of keep it light. they have to. they take it very personally, it's a very serious job, it's life or death, but because the stakes are so high, it almost requires that they joke around with each other. reporter: your character has this perception, everybody has this perception about her that she did lose that one person, they only focus on that one negative aspect of her career as opposed to looking at the good things. as an actress, when you first came to hollywood did you feel like people perceived you in some way, did you have to, like, prove you had the skills to do this? >> i do feel the similarity frankly is you're always judged by the very last thing you did. , so it's really hard especially nowadays to bring up history. it's like what just happened. reporter: let's say you are shooting a scene when you are in an emotional element. when that camera shuts off, are you able to turn back into yourself or do you have down time? >> it totally depends on the role.

every role is different. this character i was very -- i had a lot of fun with and ed burns plays my partner in this film and he is essentially a new york cop, his entire family is a new york cop. so he's so authentic and we did a lot of hanging out, and, you know, he's, like, yeah, i go to stakeouts, we hang out. we drink coffee, hang out in our uniforms, had our guns in our belts. it was about like we were cops, you know. >> and you can watch kevin's review of "man on a ledge" and the other movies in theaters this weekend coming up at 9:00. the actor best known as epstein on "welcome back kotter" has died. robert hedges played a jewish puerto rican student in the 1970s hit show. it was about a teacher that returns to an inner city school in new york. does anybody not know "welcome back kotter." hedges died at a hospital in new jersey thursday after undergoing cardiac arrest.

in addition to playing that sweat hog which is what the characters were, including john travolta, maybe you know that. he also starred in shows like "cagney and lacey" and "the drew carey show." hedges was 60 years old. that's sad. >> very sad. the king of pop is immortalized in a traditional hollywood way. michael jackson's family including his three children joined at the theater, the kids took turns using their dad's sequined gloves to leave impressions in the cement outside the theater. two of jackson's brothers along with his mother and smokey robinson and justin beiber. we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, kira. look at this photos, it's a photo of kira's great grandmother who turned 100 years old yesterday. congratulations on that milestone birthday. if you would like to be monday's fan of the day, do that by searching fox5 morning

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why they believe it could be connect today a missing pe case. and workplace bullying. we talk a lot about bullying on the playground, but this also happens in the workplace. unfortunately a lot of people experiencing it now. so what's the best way to handle it? i'll talk with an expert in today's "ask allison" segment, really important segment, i believe. first we want to turn to tucker barnes who's in the weather center. tucker, i'm looking at the radar right up here. this is a significant weather that is coming through. tell us about it. >> you got it right, tony. a deluge occurring right through the district as we speak. heavy rain, even some thunderstorm activity which continues here. good news it should generally be out of here shortly, but certainly going to be on ponding on the roadway as the rain is very heavy. there's max hd radar. notice the reds and yellows, that indicates rainfall approaching an impleg an hour in some spots. these storms are racing off to the east and northeast about 50 miles per hour.