news at 7 starts now if you are not looking at your tv screen look now. beautiful picture, sunrise on what is supposed to be a beautiful day tuesday, january 31st, one month pretty much done good morning i am tony perkens. >> i am sarah tim monos in for alison seymour for the day. >> crazy but if i recall correctly we began the month in the 50s or 60s i mean -- >> let's just stick with it. >> hi tucker. >> hey, sarah good morning you said it right we have a warm temperature to expect, mid-60s for afternoon highs, springtime arriving 2 months early seems this year. as kids are headed out the door, you will need a jacket generally 30s if you are outside the belt way frederiksburg, 45 degrees, 40

washington you can see lots of 30s off to the north and west, 36 dulles and 39 hagerstown and win chester. should be a bright and sunny day a few clouds passing through but generally we should be dry for our tuesday winds have shifted out of the south and west and that will allow this warm, unseasonably warm air to arrive later today as we have been talking about our high temperatures later expected to be, 20 to 25 degrees above normal get a chance get out and enjoy the afternoon. here is your forecast today, lots of sunshine warm temperatures high temperatures in the mid-60s. maybe 65, 66 degrees, by 3:00 p.m. then we will start to fall back late this afternoon. more details on the forecast coming up in a couple minutes we are expecting plenty of warm temperatures and then we are going to have a cool down with high temperatures only in the upper 40s to 50, by the weekend details on that coming up. traffic, good morning julie.

>> good morning tucker travelling southbound, 270, lanes open as you work your way south leaving german town it is starting to slow, south of father hurly boulevard no problems reported just volume delays on the other side of town lanes are open if you are continuing your trip along the outer loop of the belt way, approaching 95, college park we had a stalled car in the way that has since cleared southbound, accident activity after 198, in play tieing up the left side of the highway, that average speed down to 22 miles an hour that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie thank you the big story the occupy dc movement police warn protestors they would begin enforcing a no sleeping in the parks ban. how did the first night go. stacey cohan is live with more. stacey good morning. >> good morning to you, a stroll through occupy dc at the

mcher son square location, re-- mcpherson square location, shows an encampment despite warnings by park police they will be evicted or arrested the process is complicated, tents may remain in place but free of any gear that would allow folks to sleep here overnight that is the no camping rule yesterday folks did roll up sleeping bags put away somethings but walking through this morning i spoke to many folks who said they were up all night several people did believe and abide by the no camping regulation however one young man told me he was frustrated he sees this as a larger issue of the right to sleep. there is a no reason homeless people across the country, and not even enough jobs to go around, human beings any where, protesting or not, should be disturbed in a public park which is a public space

for the people for sleeping. >> i think a lot of people are aware of the new laws and so they are being cautious not to sleep in their tents but they are definitely, out spoken in the fact that, that is sort of a messed up policy they don't like it but are abiding by it as far as i can tell. >> as a symbol, to their objection over this new policy you can see that large tent of dreams that has been draped over the statue of general james mcpherson you can see him poking out of the top of the tent that was erected yesterday. park police have walked through but made no arrests just cursory inspections at this point we are in a holding pattern to see if or when park police decide to enforce these regulations they in fact will not give us any firm time as to when evictions may start but say they have already done some inspections of the work here at the occupy encampment in mcpherson square and apparently

taking similar action in freedom plaza. reposhing live, i am stacey -- reporting live i am stacey cohan. in maryland senators will hear arguments on legalizing gay marriage. opponents rallied in front of the state house last night governor o'malley is expected to testify he introduced legislation earlier this month and says it offers additional protection to religious institutions that do not support same sex unions the senate passed a similar bill last year but it stalled in the house. the florida fry mare is under way roughly 15% of republicans have cast their ballots while there are four names to choose from, only two are fighting for votes will the sunshine state really determine the front runner? good morning jennifer. good morning sarah, polls are just opening across the state at this very moment and stakes are high for these two

men, really running neck and neck here in florida. at this point, mitt romney does look like he is the front runner gingrich says he is not giving up the fight. >> i am beginning to feel we might win >> i think we absolutely can. florida is a winner take all state, ron paul and rick santorum are looking ahead leaving newt gingrich and mitt romney to battle it out for florida votes. >> if i am president of the united states i will stop all obama era regulations make sure any of those that kill jobs we limb nate and get america back to work. gingrich telling supporters why he is better suited to defeat president obama than mitt romney. >> we tried running a moderate in 1996 and lost we tried running a moderate in 2008 and lost, i don't see how a massachusetts liberal, is going to do better. >> romney takes a slightly different approach trying to rally supporters by song ♪ oh,

beautiful fore spacious skies for amber waves of grey ♪ >> no matter the tactic, both have big plans for their first days in office. >> i will ask congress to stay in session. i will ask them to repeal obama care,. >> repeal oxly. >> i will put a halt to obama care and lower our tax rate for people in the middle income category >> floridians seem captivated by this contest more than 600,000 have taken part in early voting and they are expecting a record setting 2 million people to vote today. i am jennifer davis fox news. >> all right so the question is, if gingrich does not win in this, do we expect him to continue on our drop out of this? he says he will continue on, that he plans to go all the way to the convention here in tampa in the summer. if you look at the math you need 1,144 delegates to secure the nomination only 10% will have been given out after

tonight, so it could be a long road to that convention. >> all right certainly could be jennifer davis thank you so much in florida for us orning. >> meanwhile, president obama is focussing on the economy with a stop at the james lee community center in falls church he is also expected to drop by the washington auto show going on he is going to use it as a backdrop to talk about his decision to rescue general motors and chrysler along with his administration's e efforts to boost fuel efficiency standards. i have known lenny for many years but never known him to be associated with bad people. that is alexandria mayor, bill yule a long time friend of lenny harris his body was found at the bottom of a well last week the medical examiner ruled he was shot to death he was last seen alive september 21st back when he disappeared police released surveillance video of

someone using his atm card. there is a $38,000 reward for information leading to his killer. >> new details emerging about a horrific head on collision in anne arundel county this weekend police say a chrysler see bring with three teens inside collided with a bmw on route 50 driven by 55-year-old terry davis. all four were killed. several people made frantic 911 calls minutes beforehand warning about a car driving on the wrong side of the road. davis' mother is demanding answers from police. some people said they called the cops and said they were going, the girls were going on the wrong side of the road, why wouldn't the cops stop them before they get terry. police are waiting for toxicology results to determine if the teen driver was drinking investigators also found a small amount of marijuana in their car. another university of maryland student has become the victim of a crime.

this is video if you look here at the suspect, the victim says he came up from behind as she talked on her cell phone near the library sunday night and stole the phone right out of her hand then ran away. now late last week another female student was assaulted as she tried to get into herres dense hall neither suspect has been caught. 7:10 a.m., right now still ahead what local students are doing to keep you safe behind the wheel >> district housing agency under fire why city officials are calling for a fraud investigation. moving on, it took top honors at the solar decathlon just a few months ago, now, this water shed is leaving the university of maryland where it is headed to coming up next. and as we head to break, a live lookout side at some of the traffic 395, at duke street, sky conditions look good the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie, coming up next stay with us, 7:10 a.m. . welcome to carmax.

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making headlines right now, begin overseas where the crisis in syria is intensifying activists assyrian troops are pushing further into the out skirts of damascus, previously held by rebel forces the offensive comes hours before key un talks over a draft revolution, demanding that president step down. hillary clinton will be on hand to lend support. it should be a busy day on capital hill congress is looking to turn around its low approval rating with a bill that shows some bipartisan ship it would make it clear insider trading laws apply to lawmakers, the house works on a more expansive version of the

bill this week. >> time 7:15 a.m., get a look at your weather and the thing is, it has been so warm, when we talk about how like in the 60s we are talking about today and how warm it has been the flowers are coming up >> i over seen them, crow curses, daffodils. i couldn't believe it when i walked around to the back of my house. >> you've got to photo. >> these are my crow curses coming up in my -- crow curses coming up in my backyard. >> did you plant those. >> no, they just happen to grow there i think the previous person put them there. sadly i didn't realize how bad the dirt and everything looked around these now y'all get to see my nasty looking backyard. you are seeing this all over the place. >> daffodils i have seen up already. >> i mean, you know, the good

news mother nature builds in safeguards for when the cold weather returns, it will be cool the next couple days stem per which you ares in the 60s very unusual to have temperatures 20 degrees above normal. >> you will see more coming up next couple days. >> and people walking down the street in a good mood. >> we will take that. >> we don't get that until springtime. >> usually we are trudging through the snow. hey, let's lookouts the bus stop forecast as we get into -- hey, let's look at the bus stop forecast, temperatures a few spots below freezing generally upper 30s to be honest we are well into the 40s south of the city, cool start to your day bring along a jacket later this afternoon as mentioned temperatures will be off and running sunrise, 7:16 a.m., this morning. i think it is as we speak. >> temperatures around the country, 40 washington notice off to our south and west, how warm it is already this morning, 62 degrees new orleans, 55 in little rock, 60

dallas we will tap into that warm air next couple days as it streams north and east on brisk southwest winds our temperatures will get a chance to jump as that area of right pressure, -- yesterday was a beautiful day but as that area of high pressure pushes off the coast, rain showers, possibility return tomorrow along with mild temperatures enjoy today, nicest day of the week as tony likes to say, there you go 66 today, wow. that is all i can say tomorrow warm, 67 then we cool it down closer to where we should be. >> all right. i still can't believe we are looking at those right now. still have february left just remember that. to julie and get the latest on traffic. i've got mine on now >> i bet you do. >> like your hot hot shorts. >> oh, my goodness tony perkens

sees y'all at the club one time and that is the story. >> you are right >> all right we are doing traffic now let's say good morning to the crew in sky fox they are looking over at the hot lane zone on the belt way, 66 as you work your way up the south side of town, brad dock is about the outer loop, no problems to report eastbound 66 to the top right side of your screen that is the traffic merging from vienna headed on to the belt way thank you chopper brad, nice shot there. heavy, slow and steady how she rolls. >> 50 fair oaks headed towards 123 remains heavy, slow and steady no accidents to report delays as you travel inbound accident still in play, southbound, washington parkway, after 198 left side of the belt way, blocked there outer loop slow as you leave route 1, 95

college park the average speed headed into silver springs. all right julie thank you monitoring metro this morning today is the last day you will be able to use both entrances at a busy red line station. a major esculator replacement project will close the south exit of dupont circle starting tomorrow it will remain closed through october metro says the existing esculators are among the least reliable of systems nearly 600 esculators they were originally installed in 1997. focus on young people behind the wheel in virginia starting this week nearly 3 dozen high schools in the state, are participating in a safe driving campaign. the goal is to raise awareness about seat belt use and dangers of drunk driving it is called buckle up, drive sober, statistics show the majority of teens killed were not wearing a seat belt and 427 teens have died in alcohol related crashes

in virginia, since 2000. >> great news during these tough economic times dc ended the fiscal year, 2011 with a $240 million budget surplus that money will be put into the city 's reserve fund mayor grey and others will travel to new york thursday to push the three credit rating agencies to upgrade the district's bond ratings, dc still faces potential budget short falls in 2013 because of federal cut backs. >> washington post reporting mayor grey will also ask the office of the inspector general to investigate a botched plan to renovate vacant apartment buildings the nonprofit group wanted to convert run down apartments in southeast in housing for at risk youth the department of housing gave the group more than $4 million, but some developers got involved and allegedly made off with some of the money. first phase was ensure that the the young people graduated from high school, gave them a safe haven, a place to go

>> we figure there is about $2 million, which can't be accounted for and there are other amounts which can be accounted for but are very questionable. director of the department of housing released a statement saying his agency launched an investigation at least one employee has already been fired. >> up next a break down how much federal workers really make and findings just might surprise you. >> is facebook really worth $100 billion? are they? why investors are drooling over the social networking site this morning. all things sugar and sweet for a good cause this morning the region's most talented pastry chefs join forces in the fight against animal cruelty. annie yu, we will check with her coming up in just a bit over 200,000 people are hospitalized every year

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welcome back facebook may be going public the company could file paper work for an initial public offering of stock as early as this week the move could raise $10 billion value the social network between 75 and $100 billion. shares of facebook are going to be highly coveted in the ipo realm and i think there will be worldwide demand for it. >> $10 billion ipo would put the internet giant in the top tier of american companies so, how can you get in on some of these investments? should you? scott talbert will have the answers for you in our 8:00 a.m. hour he is the i should say senior vice president of government affair for the financial services. >> it will be interesting for sure. >> here is a question you may have wondered about living here in the dc region who makes more, federal workers or private sector folk. >> new government study says

the all about the benefits wisdom martin is here to break it down whichever >> on average a federal worker earns 2% more than someone doing similar work in private sector but when you add in the government's generous pension and health benefits, federal workers make 16% more than private sector counter parts it also varies by what kind of job we areking about and education you have. let's look now new research from the congressional budget office shows federal workers with a high school diploma or less education earn $4 more an hour than private sector employees in similar jobs. now to the people with college degrees. government and private workers made about the same per hour, but when benefits were added in, compensation for federal workers went up $7 an hour, on average. now this is not the case for highly qualified workers with advanced degrees such as doctors and engineers those federal workers made 23% less

in private sector employees in private sector position but along with benefits and job security make up for the difference the new study comes as the house considers extending the federal pay freeze for another year. tony sarah back to you. >> speaks to why people still want to come here and work for the federal government. >> yeah especially the job security. >> good opportunities here. >> still ahead a big shake up involving foxes hit show the x factor. >> as if mitt romney isn't enough for newt gingrich to deal with a music company is going after the former house speaker >> as we head to break another live lookout side pictures are so pretty the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie coming up in a bit right now 7:27 a.m. we will be right back i can't stand these spots.

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new england patriots and new york giants are getting ready for sunday's big game in indianapolis, today, a media circus will descend on lucas stadium, fans will attend media day but won't get to ask questions, 7300 fans have tickets and assigned seats nfl says it is an effort to bring fans closer to super bowl

experience the patriots kick things off first at 10:00 a.m. this morning. >> of course are you ready for super bowl xlvi? that is super bowl xlvi. >> yes, but in nfl tradition it is written in roman numerals it starletted with super bowl v, historian for the kansas city chiefs credits the idea to lamar hunts, the owner of the chiefs and god father of modern nfl he is credited with coming up with the super bowl name so the question why the roman numerals, the historian says the fancy numbering made the game seem more important doesn't it kind of? >> it wouldn't look nearly as good if it was super bowl xlvi with the number. the first couple were not even called super bowls just championship games they didn't have a name yet then he coined it. >> either way you are not going to be happy to watch it. >> well, i am always

entertained by super bowl i am a fan of football. >> so you have gotten over the bitterness of the ravens. >> i am not pleased with the outcome of that game still but i am happy about the weather forecast. >> looking good. >> hey, let's kick it off with your headlines today spring preview arriving two months early the bottom line we are going to cool down later this week it is not here to stay but we will have a taste of it for the afternoon and again tomorrow today will be absolutely brilliant we will have a lot of sunshine tomorrow a few showers return by afternoon that will put a damper on the warm temperatures just amazing around here next couple days 40 washington, still cool, cold off to the north and west, 32 for you in gaithersburg frederick hanging on to that 20. 28 for you, a little colder north and west temperatures already starting a nice rebound south and east, leonard town, 41 degrees, annapolis, 41 frederiksburg, 43. slow out of the south and west

will allow the atmosphere to warm quickly temperatures later today will be well into the mid- 60s for afternoon highs that is 20 to 25 degrees above normal, all right just a couple clouds for your sunrise we still have shoes in the live shot, but generally -- still have those in the live shot, but generally sunny that area of high pressure slipped off the coast and that is allowing a return flow winds out of the south and west, that will pump in unseasonably warm air. 66 today, lots of sunshine, our record high for the day 71 degrees, so we will get close but i think we will be short here later this afternoon winds out of the south and west, 5 to 10 mild conditions partly cloudy skies, 50. we will save on the heating for the next 24 to 48 hours, 67 tomorrow will cloud up late day showers back in the forecast by tomorrow afternoon and cooler temperatures for the end of the week, in fact, back in the upper 40s clouds around for the day saturday. all right that is a look at

weather let's do on time traffic and see if julie can deliver what i just delivered julie. >> free of charge i will do my best. southbound, bw parkway, 198 gone, average speed down into laurel, 12 miles an hour, other side of town here we go belt way leaving an non-dale, 38 miles per hour all your lanes are open. 395, as you continue across the inbound 14th street bridge again crossing the potomac, southbound 29 as you approach stuart lane, tieing up the left side of the roadway, slow down as you travel south. 95 college park headed around near georgia avenue gain as you approach the merge with 270 that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie making headlines today florida's governor is demanding answers following a deadly pile up that left 10 people dead. governor scott wants to know

why state highway patrol decided to reopen part of interstate 5, the road was closed more than 3 hours, after smoke from a nearby brush fire made it impossible to pass. they said the visibility was clear enough but deteriorated rapidly a richmond virgin with a man was among those killed. >> power failure causes a nuclear reactor plant in illinois to shut down operators had to release radio active steam to reduce pressure but levels are low and won't harm the community they are still investigating what caused the power outage. all right no more use of this song for newt gingrich he was getting a little inspiration from rocky last year at the c pack convention but may soon have to hang up the gloves the man who wrote the eye of the tiger wants gingrich to stop using it at campaign events a lawsuit filed monday claims he has been using the song since 2009 without

permission of frank sullivan who had the song copyrighted in 1982 along with another composer. some big changes coming to the x factor. >> host steve jones and judge nicole she zinger won't be back and there are reports, paula abdul is leaving with them simon cowell wants to take the show in a new direction. jones said it is a shame he won't return. big shake up there. >> i am not surprised. >> it is the episode both michael jackson fans and gleeks have been waiting for glee pays tribute to the king of pop members of the cast will sing ten classic michael jackson songs including smooth criminal, black and white and scream, to name a few the show airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. here on fox 5. i know some of them said, some of the actors they will have moves similar to michael jackson but cannot do the exact ones so it will be kind of.

>> exactly no body can compare. >> 7:36 a.m. coming up next occupy dc organizer talks with our stacey cohan about the planned crackdown by park police. quiet night last night what do protestors expect going forward. we will get some insight coming up. first time for our my fox dc half off deal. >> your first words of the day? >> is that what it is called >> my fox half off see it is written wrong. this one will put a smile on your face up to 70% off from the comedy zone dc in crystal city, they show case some of the nations top comics and variety acts $39 buys you one pack of 4 tickets and a parking pass just go to our website click on the my fox half off link. stay with us we will be back 

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welcome back 7:40 a.m., let's head back out to mcpherson square where u.s.

park police are quietly enforcing a no camping rule where occupy protestors have been demonstrating for months. >> what is next for that movement stacey cohan with us once again joined by anthony who has been a protestor since last fall. >> hi well, park police have wandered through this encampment and the one at freedom plaza there has been some movement but many occupiers that have remained in place. an though think is one of them you are over at the freedom plaza occupy camp tell me what is happening there. >> a lot of our people have been up holding a vigil in our community camp last night in preparations for the park police to show up some time overnight hours. they never showed up. you said you slept there last night. >> yes we have a community tent i slept in the community tent. some people have left what are your thoughts on this no camping rule and need to leave at this point at least to

abandon the sleeping in the park portion of the protest. >> i believe we have a 24 hour vigil if you happen to fall asleep during the vigil i am not going any where that is why i am still here. i do think that if you are not prepared for the winter you are going to freeze. i think that is what the park services are trying to enforce the cold weather is here they don't want to see anybody end up in the hospital or dead. >> so are the park police your enemy in this? >> no, they are actually helping us in this they are coming through every so many hours making sure people are awake, making sure people aren't freezing, and they have been doing that for some weeks now. so what about the desire then to disobey these rules knowing that at some point it is incumbent upon law enforcement to enforce them at some point is it okay to say we will continue our protest but abide by the rules and no longer sleep here >> i am an occupier i always will be one from when i first

came in very early october until this movement ends with a permit without a permit, park police, state police, our encampment isn't going any where by force or by choice. but when does it end? what ends it? what is the end game? >> the end game is having our country no longer in distress. >> that is a fairly open ended argument you must admit that could mean indefinitely do you see why some people, businesses, parks may say that is not okay to stay here indefinitely? >> some people do say that, indefinitely but we have a very large number of supporters who want us to be here as long as it takes, if it wasn't for those supporters standing behind us, we wouldn't be here today. >> there have been clashes around the country, a handful here but for the most part it has been relatively peaceful if the police come in and say you must leave you must remove your

sleeping gear how do you expect that to play out? >> i expect them to remove my sleeping gear because i myself am not going to remove anything. >> can it be done peacefully? >> of course if they can go into one of my five tents over there people have been leaving and leaving their tents behind and giving them all to me they decide to go in there and remove the sleeping gear let them have it can i get more. >> what is next a march demonstration? >> yes, and also, we are going to be marchine capitol today for protests against isa. >> when is that later this afternoon? >> 10:30 a.m. >> this afternoon. >> this morning. >> very good thank you very much a lot on top for you we will follow this story both at freedom plaza and mcpherson square as you see some occupiers are staying, some going, marchs and protests, bottom line this isn't over folks. >> thank you overall you have

to admire the determination he was mentioning concerns about cold temperatures overnight they sleep out during those they have been there through it all >> they get a break for a couple days. >> you got that right, spring like temperatures for your tuesday and wednesday highs expected to be well into the 60s so cool start to your day should be a nice afternoon again and we are expecting dry conditions 40 washington, so cold, frederick reporting 28, to our south, frederiksburg, 45 and a lot of that has to do with your local weather conditions, temperatures have a chance to get a little colder, as the cold air drains into the valleys off to the west, 46 pittsburgh, 44 in columbus, and 51 cape hatteras. our winds have shifted south and south and west, area of high pressure that delivered a beautiful day yesterday will give us a great couple days tuesday and wednesday here as our winds are out of the south and west, highs mid-60s today and tomorrow, so temperatures

about 20 to 25 degrees above normal, for the next couple days enjoy. >> 5 day forecast plenty of sunshine just a great afternoon 66, not bad tonight 50 your overnight low 67 tomorrow gradual cool down highs upper 40s by saturday our average daytime high, 44 degrees for the last day in january, you get the idea we are obviously well above normal. >> all right. >> thank you sir. here is julie wright she loves the forecast let's see if she love it is drive in to work. we can't hear you julie. >> is your mic on? >> oh, boy, we can't hear you. >> well,. >> all right. >> we will check with her coming up. >> there was a joke there but i am not going to do it. yes, we do she has important things to tell us. >> too easy. >> we will try her again in a little bit. >> meantime when it comes to buying a new car who asks the

tougher questions men or women? >> lease trader.com survey finds more women are shopping for cars many asking more difficult questions than male shoppers women want to know about safety performance, incident history overall functionality men are more concerned about driving, engine performance, technology and minor safety features. ladies have done more research, and they are definitely more specific, they will ask about air bags, safety is a very important thing to the ladies a lot of the guys just want horse power and go chef. >> that doesn't surprise me. >> me either. >> the survey found most women prefer an suv over a truck it is more practical 67% of them want a vehicle inspection by a third party before they drive it off the lot. only 55% of men ask for a vehicle inspection. how is your horse power? >> mine is pretty good.

university of maryland says pepco is buying the solar home that won the school top honors in u.s. department of energy solar decathlon competition they will reportedly place maryland's entry, called water shed at one of its facilities where it will serve as a living classroom the winning home had to produce as much or more energy than it consumed water shed has solar panels, solar water heating system and sloping roof sections that funnel water to an artificial wetland. >> all right. >> great use of that. >> it is all that solar energy, we will have a lot of rays out there the day let's see if it will impact any drive into work it should make it better julie wright. >> i would think so we had problems earlier in the month with fog and wet pavement not the case today outer loop of the belt way, slow as you work in past university boulevard headed around toward georgia avenue, typical slow downs, southbound 270 on the brakes, leaving german town, rockville

out towards the split, heavy volume on the other side of town delays on the belt way as you continue up to an non-dale, 66 and then 395 there the belt way across the 14th street bridge. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right thanks julie it is that time of year again a night out with your four legged friend filled with glamour and delicious treats. >> annie yu joins us live to talk about this year's sugar and champagne affair. >> hey, tony and sarah that's right for 11 years washington humane society has been putting on this fun and very popular event, more than 50 restaurants are participating why we are live at equinox restaurant, northwest dc we will talk more about the event and cook up a little sweetness for you. hope you stay with us. pgh >> we want to say good morning to kelly anthony today our facebook fan of the day she

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washington humane societies 11th annual sugar and champagne affair is tomorrow evening. >> annie yu joins us live equinox restaurant, washington dc. >> this is an event that is perfect for foodies animal lovers and four legged friends you can get dolled up with your four legged friend and go out

and have food and drinks good news, tickets are sold out joining me now is jackie toppings from the humane society. before we talk about other ways to help, let's talk about this event for 11 years it has become a huge event you are already sold out. >> this is our 11th year every year the event seems to get bigger and better for the first time ever, we will be at the ronald regan building, tomorrow night we are excited we have 50 restaurants participating. how did this vision come to light? >> our long time supporters jeff pots and ellen grey started this ellen was a volunteer with us when she was in college and wanted to help animals as she has grown in her profession she has found a wonderful way to do that. >> that is wonderful to have the community come together and fight against animal cruelty. that is a wonderful thing it is very popular you sold out

yesterday. >> we did yes, over 650 people are going to be in attendance our biggest crowd ever, we are really excited but there is plenty of other ways for people to get involved. >> we are still looking for volunteers we have several volunteer slots open tomorrow night, tomorrow during the day, any time, anyone is interested in volunteering we have plenty of opportunities for that as well as adopting, fostering, donating there are plenty of ways to get involved learn more about that on our website. >> which we are linking to myfoxdc.com. >> throughout the year you can do these things to help but, what about, you know, coming out to the event, 100% of the proceeds go towards your shelter. >> right, 100% of the proceeds, benefit the critical programs and services sheltering, adoption, humane law enforcement, education just to name a few. >> this is truly an event that goes all to the animals and a really wonderful thing i hope

you all support it one of the fun things about the event you get to taste some sweetness why tom wellings executive pastry chef joins me now. what are you cooking up? > riotta a mixture ofricotta cheese, lemon zest, sugar, flour and lavender and we will just add the flour to the mixture. >> this is something y'all are serving tomorrow night. >> something we serve in the restaurant tomorrow night will be something a little different but kind of similar. >> what are you serving at the event. >> we are doing, some white chocolate mousse with citrus, and also a little yoghurt. >> okay. >> here we are going to do the same flavours but with some ricaotta. >> you are turning these into little balls and frying them.

>> yes, we will put them right in here. >> we will get to try these little guys i won't be able to try one for you on air, check our website myfoxdc.com for details how you can help this great cause back to you in studio. yummy. >> yes, looks good thanks. >> all right thinking about making a major investment perhaps buying a piece of facebook? next hour some advice you might want to consider before you get in over your head. financial expert joining us live in 15 minutes. >> ahead helping you keep new years resolutions, i think mine are all gone. >> all right. >> yeah. if you haven't given up on yours foxes medical team has details with us, stay with us i'm in a tricky situation here.

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but there are other tricks out there, like eating with your nondominant hand. fox medical team joins us with more on that coming up at 8:30 a.m. >> i have heard about this before i am tony perkens. >> looking forward to learning about that i am wisdom martin alison has the day off. >> we hope she feels better, those watching yesterday know she wasn't well. >> good morning gentlemen. nice forecast maybe eat lunch outdoors temperatures mid- 50s. plenty comfortable nice couple days in the forecast. >> nothing to complain about. >> not in the weather department. that's right. current temperatures regan national, it is cool out there headed out right now, wear a jacket it is going to be another hour or two to warm things up we should be off and running shortly 40 washington regan national, 45 frederiksburg and let's see, 41 at last look in winchester again, expecting a nice warm up temperatures should quickly

jump, cloud deck, working through, that is the warmer air starting to move in and once that gets east of us we should deal with or look at mostly sunny afternoon and again winds have shifted out of the south and west that will allow unseasonable warm air, 20 to 25 degrees above normal, lots of sunshine unseasonably warm i give you permission to go out and enjoy it, 66 degrees tony does too. i love these days you are right everybody goes out for lunch and eats outside. >> everybody is in a good mood. >> thank you sir. >> all right. >> so is julie wright we believe about the weather can't tell you about the traffic. >> definitely big smile on my face to see all three of you and temperatures like this. looking forward to it on the roads stop and go slow, especially virginia, inner loop of the belt way, average speed, 22 miles per hour check out the ride 395 as you work your way northbound leaving the belt way headed out toward it is 14th

street bridge, 30 minute commute, and then we've got delays out to the west on 66 delays leaving manassas, 35 minute commute coming inbound. northbound, traffic does slow, eastern avenue, southbound lanes out towards howard road, 295, leaving the belt way, now you are down to 19 miles per hour at malcolm x lady hit me up on twitter says inbound across the bridge key bridge, car stuck middle of the roadway. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie thank you a big turn out expected for today's presidential primary in florida voting started an hour ago, mitt romney is ahead in the polls newt gingrich promises a fight. doug luzader has more on the florida primary. this is a gingrich romney match up and both of these guys are pulling out all the stops. ♪ from sea to shining sea

♪ >> the song rings true that is what the florida contest has become a coast to coast race look at the mitt romney itinerary yesterday, three stops around the statant gingrich's schedule was busier as he tries to hundred his number -- turn his numbers around. >> we have a challenge to go out and make sure every conservative knows the only effective vote to stop romney is a vote for me. >> he will need everyone of those votes this recent poll out of florida shows romney has a 14 point lead. >> we are going to take back the white house. >> while the race may be tightening as polls open, romney and his backers are massively out spending the gingrich team on tv ads almost 5:1 on the stump romney doesn't let up ridiculing gingrich's idea to colonize the moon. >> the idea of the moon as the 51st state is not what would come to my mind as a campaign basis, for here in florida. >> ron paul meantime has moved

on heading west to colorado, for next week's contest there. >> rick santorum spent yesterday in missouri he told bill o'riley last night this will be a long fight >> i do believe this is an episode of survivor we hang in there this race will come back to us just at the right time. >> to that point romney win today in florida, even with their winner take all allocation of delegates may not be enough to sew up the nomination in washington doug luzader, fox news. now to the developing story in mcpherson square and freedom plaza park police are cracking down on a law that says people cannot sleep in tents in the park occupy protestors vow they will sleep in shifts. stacey cohan is live at mcpherson square with an update. good morning stacey. >> reporter: good morning we were out here yesterday we have been out here today in fact i have visited this occupy encampment and the one in freedom plaza since this began last fall here at mcpherson

square is similar to the last three months folks have their tents pitched the tents are empty on some parts, and occupied on other parts they are unclear as to how many people have vacated this camp to comply with the new no camping rule, technically they are supposed to be permitted to have tents up but they are supposed to be devoid of any sleeping equipment, food, kitchen equipment it would be a symbol of their protest not a place to sustain life here at mcpherson square instead of sleeping several occupiers decided to stay up all night. >> if they are going to push us out we are going to make it their while. if they can show me where in the first amendment it says can't sleep then i will agree with that. similar tactics employed at the freedom plaza location r they were holding an all night

vigil, so as long as they did not sleep occupiers believe they were comply being the letter of the law. police can come through and confiscate any sleeping equipment or anything that looks like they may be occupying this space, sleeping, eating, living here that has not happened it is not to say it will not happen there is also a giant blue tent that has been thrown up over the statue of general mcpherson so they have certainly adorned the statue, and made it clear, they have no plans on leaving this space, we will see what happens in the days ahead. reporting live i am stacey cohan back to you. >> thanks for that report. in other new this is morning, jack johnson will be able to walk free for another two weeks the former prince georges county executive was supposed to turn himself in friday but the federal bureau of prisons has not finalized plans where to send him a u.s. district judge granted the delay giving him until february 18th before heading to jail he pled guilty last year to extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.

now 8:07 a.m., 40 degrees outside on this tuesday, up next, we are monitoring metro find out which metro esculators are broken more than they are working. >> a closer look at facebook's move to become a public company and whether or not you can cash in on this deal or whether or not you should stay with us we will have that and more in a little bit 8:08 a.m. so, this is delicious

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metro esculators are breaking down and out of service. in some cases they are broken more often than not. stunning numbers just how bad they are. fox 5s. sherry lee investigates. >> reporter: with all the creeking, grinding, and squealing, it is no wonder many of metro's esculators are on their last legs. >> so did we get ripped off when we bought esculators?

>> they could use some work. >> reporter: some work how about a lot. >> there are some esculators that are bad. >> reporter: bad could be an under statement when you find out 10 worst esculators in metro's systems work on average less than half the time. when you look at metro's esculators today what do you see? >> danger. >> reporter: robert bonner spent 20 years working as a former contractor on metro's esculators before the transit agency brought it in-house. >> right now some are like a 20- year-old car, and they have all kinds of mileage on them you can put band aids on them every now and then you just have to bite the bullet and buy a brand new car. >> reporter: between january and may last year here is a sampling how the worst of the worst performed, starting tent on the list an esculator at glen mount, one at columbia

heightyou street they work be-- you yew street work 60% of the time,. some of it is the age of the equipment, some of it is how the equipment is taken care of and there is a lot of immediate issues that need to be taken care of. >> very frustrating from the stand point of esculator technicians to you know, make a repair on an esculator to have it break down within a day or two some times shorter than that. >> metro's chronic esculator problems go back more than a decade the agency admits preventative maintenance wasn't done. >> this is some wing we are see -- something we are seeing across the country. >> reporter: a lack of investment by transit systems including metro is troubling. >> we do like building new things, cutting rick bonnes in front of new -- ribbons in front of new things, you have to make sure maintenance is

just as much priority as building new. >> we are in a hole where there is a whole backlog of maintenance work that needs to be done and frankly it will take time to get out of that hole. >> reporter: all 10 of the worst esculators are among 94 due to the replaced over the next six years as pressure builds on the system to move more people in coming years it is critical the system functions. a big part of that, esculators. >> clearly something most riders experience every day when one is not working it certainly impacts the trip. >> life span of esculators should be 25 to 30 years but on some of the last stations built on the green line such as georgia avenue, metro chose a cheaper brand, they are more than 10 years old and already, need replacement. >> people are looking at the dollar value, when they put those out to bid for the price, the quality, and the price, fit metro's budget. >> as a practical matter they have not performed to standards

we would expect. >> reporter: metro is now equipping all 588 of its esculators with an onboard computer and sensors that are tied to a central monitoring system tells real time when an esculator goes down by june every esculator should be on the system. >> it will allow us to respond faster when one goes out of service. >> reporter: if you look at metro's bottom five esculators those mechanics will stay busy an esculator at huntington, bethesda, friendship heights works between 44 and 45% of the time out of service an average of 3 out of 5 days. >> i have the little metro ap it will tell you all the esculators down, it is a long list. >> reporter: hard to believe it could get worse we haven't revealed the two esculators that break down most. >> sherry lee fox 5 news. now many of the issues raised by the former esculator contractor in our story are being addressed by metro they

are replacing the worst esculators and bringing contractors back to maintain esculators on part of the orange line. ahead, a look at the two worstest can you ray tores in the system. >> good story >> yes. >> 8:16 a.m. we turn to tucker barnes not just for a look at the weather you didn't get to have this,. >> yeah, my first time. >> wow. >> cuteness factor of the day. >> good morning down the business time for our my first 5 photo of the day and wisdom i will give you the honors. >> let's see, i don't know what to say. >> what's going on there. >> wisdom let me explain this is thomas showling off his bed head thomas turns 1-year-old on friday, so he has a big birthday coming up. all right wisdom take it away.

i am trying to come up with a word to describe it. >> that is one of those photos it is cute, wonderful when he is a teenager he will hate them breaking this out. >> he is headed to the prom mom will pull his picture out. >> it may work in his favour ladies may think he was really cute >> i personally like that look early in the mornling. >> you frequently have that look. >> he is a cute boy. thomas we love the picture very very happy birthday, 1 is a great birthday. to send your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. >> all right thomas when you get up and out the door you will be in for a spring preview. yeah, temperatures will jump all the way to 60s that is about 20 degrees above normal believe it or not, for afternoon highs. washington 43 degrees, low 30s bring along a jacket as you head out the door we should

have a great warm up later today we have a lot of warm air off to the south and west, dallas, 60 degrees, little rock 55 degrees. 50 nashville winds out of the south and west we will be able to tap into that warm air and warm up our atmosphere here mid- atlantic just a nice looking forecast, plenty of sunshine a cloud deck working through at the moment that is the leading edge of this warmer air, it should be a dry afternoon for us and again a lot of sunshine bigger picture, a couple showers to our south and west and a few of those will sneak in here tomorrow today will be the nicest day of the week even tomorrow our high temperatures will once again be well into the 60s your five day forecast, 66 degrees this afternoon yes, 66, 50 overnight, 678 tomorrow then -- 67 tomorrow then we start a gradual cool down highs by saturday upper 40s cooler air on the way after a nice warm up. that is a look at the forecast traffic and julie wright has got your latest. >> all right tucker making the trip around town you will find

lanes are open inbound across the key bridge, accident activity cleared, working your way into georgetown no incidents to report travelling 395, on the brakes from the belt way, up and across the 14th street bridge a 35 minute commute trying to work your way across the potomac on the other side of town you will find lanes are open top stretch of the belt way, 95 college park and georgia avenue now authorities are checking for a crash bw parkway near 197 looking on the parkway itself and 197 getting to the parkway heads upcoming in out of laurel southbound 95, congested down towards the belt way commute inbound 66 out of manassas to the belt way, 37 minute ride, lanes are open inner loop closed from brad dock road and on 295 latest on the belt way headed up and across the inbound 11th street bridge. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie thank you. >> facebook could be filing papers with the fec as early as

this week to take the company public it is a move that investorbrokers both like. but if you are lookin to get a piece your portfolio has to be up to par. fox business network tells us why. >> reporter: facebook could be updating its status, to public, and wall street is chomping at the bit. >> we don't know the price or demand for it but you know what, facebook has got a great model very different than others would i sell it not a chance in the world. >> reporter: the offering could raise $10 billion value the social met work between 75 and $100 billion. it could be the biggest ipo since google. >> i think shares of facebook are going to be highly coveted in the ipo realm and i think there is going to be worldwide demand. >> reporter: $10 billion ipo would put the internet giant in the top tier of american companies right behind visa, general motors and a t and t wireless and would make founder

mark suker burg a man it is nearly 20 years after aol went public some think this ipo could lead to another boom in technology. >> amazing what has happened in the last 20 years facebook is built on that, tremendous success i remember first meeting mark zucker burg he first learned to program by hacking into the aol system. the law stopping most occasional investors shelling out. >> unless you have $1 million of net worth or more, an accredited investor and have a pre-existing relationship with the firm you cannot buy anipo. >> morgan stanley, and sacks jockeying. in new york, fox business. >> very interesting all right joining us now with more on this move is scott talbot senior vice president of

government affairs for financial services round table thanks for coming in that last pint she made there, you know joe blow the average investor can't get in on this, i didn't know that. that rule applies to all ipos >> it is designed to acquire only those investor who is have the where with all to survive risks with an ipo. since it is an unproven entity. >> after that. >> next day the average american, average investor will be able to get in. >> generally speaking for facebook whenever it goes public is it a good investment for the average american? >> generally speaking, the excitement around an ipo will push stock price higher than its worth, but in a day or two it will settle down to normal so wait a couple days. >> is it reasonable to thing facebook is worth between 75 and $100 billion. >> it is difficult to know we don't know what the finances of the company are. we only have estimates one

value of going public we will get a full picture of their financials and evaluate the stock as an investment. >> theoretically we don't know if facebook is solvent. >> it is i am sure but. >> yeah. >> but once we have all their financials then investors can take a real look at the value of the company. >> generally speaking we want to talk about what the average investor should thing about you see this and get all excited, but generally speaking the average investor what are somethings we should take into consideration when you hear news like this and thinking about investing. >> first of all determine your risk profile each person has a different amount of risk tolerance they are willing to accept, yours and mine is different. determine what your risk is the test is can you invest and sleep at night if you are staying awake, worrying about your money you are taking too much risk. >> good. next determine your profile, are you 3 years old like my daughter lauren or a little older like my parents

that will help determine which products you should invest in the younger you are the more stocks the older the more bonds, but also determine your retirement goals my daughter is saving for college my parents trying to retire that will determine your investment mix the more you need the money sooner, bonds are better options the less you need the money or longer you can wait to take your money outings stocks are a better bet. >> is your 3-year-old a smart investor. >> she is she invests in hershey. well, invest in what you know. >> exactly. >> any other tips you have, you are talking about utilize tax advantage programs. >> yes if you work some place that has a 401 k take advantagings has tax advantages, money is deferred, usually get a match, ira defer taxes or 529 plan to save for my daughters college allows you for it to be tax free. >> you say one of the things we should not do is try and time the market.

>> yeah, this is important if you are watching a stock price every 20 minutes checking online to see where the price is and you are worried try and relax and not do that focus on long term check every couple days, see where it is going it is good to watch the market for general trends but don't sit and try to time it at the last second get in get out don't be a day trader. are we seeing less than that? for awhile day trading was the rage has that died out. >> there are those who can make the money to make money doing day trading but the average investor, should foe cans on the long term. >> in the long run the stock market will bare itself out. good information as far as facebook goes we will see coming days or whenever they may file the papers now but might not go public for a couple months. >> probably not until may, and a couple days after it goes public the average investor will be able to purchase shares. >> scott talbot senior vice

president of financial services round table i will write down hershey. sure. >> wisdom back to you. >> thank you it is now 8:25 a.m., 43 degrees outside on tuesday morning up next check in with the fox medical team to see how eating with your nondominant hand can help you lose weight. then later, live with a preview of the big sugar and champagne affair raising money for the washington humane society stay with us we will be right back . guys....

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taking a look at stories making headlines, another university of maryland student has become the victim of a crime, this is video of the suspect, the victim says he came up from behind as she talked on her cell phone, near the library sunday night and stole the phone out of her hand he then ran away. late last week another female student was assaulted as she tried to get into her residence neither suspect has been caught. police pull out the pepper spray to break up a fight at university of richmond it was between students at university of richmond and virginia union university it broke out after an event for college students early saturday morning and

ended with several arrests, one man was treated for exemployee jury to pepper stray >> -- exposure to pepper spray. >> search is on for two missing teenagers from rockville. both live in the 14000 block latakia place both last seen saturday anyone with information should give montgomery county police a call. well, did you feel shaking around 6:30 p.m. last night? 5 months after last year's east coast earthquake we are getting after shocks last night was oneover the strongest so far, a mag any constitute of 3.2, it hit 6:39 p.m. the epicenterrer was 5 miles south of louisa virginia >> i didn't feel it. >> i don't think i did. >> i was knocked out at that point. >> i was listening to loud music. there may have been rumbling but thought it was my speakers. >> what kind of music

>> just music. >> okay. [ laughter ] we are not going down that road. >> okay. >> check this out while we are dealing with or enjoying some balmy temperatures in alaska, fort yukon alaska, minus 62 degrees night before last. >> wow. >> how is that for cold. that was the air temperature. >> minus 62. >> alaska is having its third or fourth coldest went inner history. >> rough in alaska. >> while we have been enjoying an unseasonably warm winter parts of the world, been -- >> time to move out if you are living there minus 62, time to go. >> chilly temperatures. >> around here, 60s as well but the other direction highs mid- 60s here later this afternoon. 43 right now, in town here regan national, 38 quantico, 46 degrees in frederiksburg and we are warming up frederick, now 32, 30s here north and west bring along a jacket a deck of

clouds working through. and that will temporarily hold these temperatures back we will be in for a nice warm up your temperature trend, that is a trend that i think most people will cheer about, 66 today [ applause ] >> i want to take credit for this but can't. 67 tomorrow there we go upper 40s to 50 by friday we are going to cool down average daytime high 44 degrees last day of january. the cloud deck filtered sunshine for the next hour or two and should break out mostly sunny skies as winds have shifted out of the south and west. remember the area of high pressure yesterday, that slipped off the coast and will allow the winds we will be off and running into the very nice category for the next couple days, 66 today, should be mostly sunny this afternoon, more clouds tomorrow, late day shower, 67 then we start the cool down highs by saturday in the upper 40s and by the way, winter lovers there are

indications next week will be more seasonal or colder don't get used to spring like temperatures for too long. i will toss it over to wisdom. all right thanks tucker eat less exercise more, this is make it or break it time for those new years resolutions but before you give up, there are some simple steps that can help you stay on track. fox medical team's doctor joins us live, dr. joe good morning to you. >> good morning wisdom yeah, and all this is based on popcorn we looked at two different studythese studies, these were college students what they did was put them in a movie theatre and looked for habitual or automatic eating they ate 7 day old stale popcorn because they were in such a habit of just watching the movie and eating. so what the research which ares then did was took them and put them in another room took them out of the movie theatre and they realized they broke that habit it became intentional and

they didn't eat the stale popcorn they said okay we are going to put you back in the movie theatre and ask you to eat instead of eating with your right hand, if you are right hand dominant eat with your left hand they found that also broke the habit and i thought that was very pertinent with super bowl sunday coming up a lot of people sit in front of that tv screen and eat and eat you can down a bag of chips in minutes. >> did they say why the left hand, if you are right handed was any different? >> well, what they believe is that we have automatic tracks in our brain causes habitual eating, so if you just change up a little bit you break the habit, and you become less automatic and more intentional, when you are intentional you are processing that information and more aware of what you are doing. so look if people are trying to lose this weight and they need advice, some direction to go in, what can you say to them to get them started kind of get the ball rolling. well, there is a lot of easy tips they can do we all

know about this but water, no calories great for you if you drink water it will fill you up, drink that often. the other thing too, try smaller plates, easy thing, easy change to do just get away from those big giant dinner plates try salad plates instead and then chew your food well, thing about what you are eating don't go into that automatic mode because those automatic modes you can down a lot of calories in a short period of time >> i am hearing about new research in regards to fight against alzheimers what do you know about that. >> yes, this is coming out of uc san diego they have taken skin cells, they have reprogrammed the stem cells and grown out alzheimers brain cells, they took three patients that had different types of alzheimers and now they can watch what the cells are doing, they are hoping that will lead them to maybe the fight against it trying to prevent it from forming in the first place, developing new drugs and

understanding 2 disease better -- the disease better because we can't look at those things in a human being obviously we can do brain biopsies look at autopsies this is allowing them to see human cells in a culture and trying to figure out what is happening. >> thank you that is good news right there. thank you for joining us. absolutely. >> tony over to you. 8:36 a.m., 43 degrees who makes more federal or private sector workers the answer when we 8:00 back stay with us   -- when we come back stay with us  never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other,

and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. (woman) i'll never stop walking, not till we find a cure. (woman) and it has to end, but it starts with us. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. it is the most rewarding experience i have ever had in my entire life. we can do this. you can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime.

welcome back, 8:39 a.m., dc mayor vincente grey will ask the inspector general's office to look into a botched plan to convert run down apartments into housing for at risk youth the department of housing gave

the group more than $4 million but some developers got involved and allegedly made off with some of the money. first phase was ensure the young people graduated from high school, gave them a safe haven a place to go >> we figure there is about $2 million, which can't be accounted for and there are other amounts which can be accounted for but are very questionable. >> the director of the department of housing released a statele saying his agency has -- statement saying his agency has launched an investigation. >> it is a good time to be a federal employee a new government study says the average worker earns 2% more than a private sector worker in a comparable profession. once pension and health benefits are factored in that number jumps to 16% total compensation this study comes as republican leaders plan to vote this week to extend the current pay freeze on federal workers. >> looking for work don't

forget to check out our job shop our job of the day is with the als association in rockville, looking for a part- time data base associate for more on this job and others go to myfoxdc.com. all right. it is now 43 degrees outside 8:41 a.m. on tuesday morning, sugar and champagne sounds good right about now >> it does but even better when it benefits a good cause like washington humane society hey, annie. >> good morning tony and wisdom. the campaign is going into its 11th year, they also work all year round, raising awareness and educating kids and acalls how to be compassionate to our animals coming up we will talk to a few humane officers about all the good work they do including rider, he has an excellent story we will tell you coming up after the break. stay with us fox 5 morning news ?

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county, the culprit has not been caught. heidis law would serve as a deterrent. >> i am thrilled about the bill, selfishly because he is calling it heidi's law and i truly do feel it is a legacy of hope i will never have her back, but if it prevents or just discourages or people have to account for and you can find out what they have done, then i will feel like heidi is living on. >> if this bill becomes law humane society and pet stores could not sell a pet to a convicted abuser, maryland would become the first state in a country to establish an animal abuse registry. >> there is an event taking place tomorrow that honors local crusaders against animal cruelty. >> annie joins us live with a preview of the sugar and champagne affair from equinox in northwest. >> good morning wisdom and

tony, this event is really a cool event you get to get dolled up with your four legged friends and go out on the town and enjoy great food, drinks and just a really fun time all for a great cause fighting animal cruelty, in fact holly morris has been the mc for five years and won't be able to make it tomorrow night but will be honored with a humane hero award congratulations to holly, and with more information how they help animals all year round is michael, who is the humane officer at washington humane society and one of the educators there. good morning to all of you. of course we can't forget about rider he is such a good boy we will get to him in a sec. what is it like, you know to walk in your shoes for a day. give us a vision of what your day is like. >> one thing is great about this job every day is always different we are out in all parts of the community, the city, responding to any type of cruelty call that we get from any community member, and regarding any animal any type

of situation if there is ever a concern we go out and try to address. >> when you say any animal we are talking more than dogs and cats. >> i have had calls for dogs, cats, snakes, birds and one instance a fish which lead to a big big rescue operation. >> what is that all about. >> so basically someone, in meridian hill park on 16th street trying to beautify the park dumped a bunch of fish in one of the big pools you foe trying to make it -- you know trying to make it look nice all the fish spawned to well over a thousand fish, just regular goldfish and, you know the park service didn't really have a plan for them because they normally just drain the pool and the fish would just get sucked down the drain the community talked to us what i thought was going to be a one to two day operation ballooned into this big operation >> big production. >> but great to do we had everyone in humane society help out people in the community, and got a lot of great help putting all this together from

different organizations. >> thank you for all that you do. >> thank you. >> one of the important things, you go into schooltalk to kids about being kind to our animals. >> yes. >> so what do you do when you go into these schools. >> many students have different perceptions of different dogs including ryder they thing most dogs are canine police dogs are usually not pets so i teach them, to be nice to all animals including shepherds, wildlife animals. >> what is his story he is a sweet little guy >> i went to visit my grand mother in virginia and ryder was in her backyard playing with her dog she didn't know whose dog it was he kept coming back and forth i brought him back to dc and made him my pet he goes to school with me. >> you all do so much all year round but things regular citizens can do talk about ways we can take action. well, as far as students we always want students to call about things that they may see, trust you know tell a trusted

adult, tell a teacher, tell any adult they trust about anything that is going on with animals. >> again it is not just cats and dogs all animals we need to be kind to them, you know, the event tomorrow night is sold out but that is a good thing but you can also help the washington humane society, donating and volunteering log on to myfoxdc.com for all details back to you in studio. beautiful dog. >> it is a good looking dog. >> yeah. >> thanks annie. >> all right time to take a look at my fox half off deal from the comedy zone dc crystal city $39 gets you four tickets and a parking pass get in on this one go to myfoxdc.com look on the right side of the page. still 43 degrees, 8:49 a.m. a 4th grader saved his friend's life with something he learned in his health class. then a big shake up on the x factor, out of these five people which ones are not

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>> all right ladies listen up, a woman gives birth to a nearly 14-pound baby, and she does it naturally. meet baby asher he was born last thursday in des moines his mom was in labor 6 hours had no epidural she also decided against a cesarean delivery because she thought it wouldn't be good for her or the baby. asher is believed to be the biggest baby ever born at mercy hospital without the help of surgery. women here in the studio are reacting to that story. yeah, that is painful >> i don't even give birth and i am reacting wow. super mom she needs a cape. >> congratulations. >> all right let's talk about other children doing some big things quick thinking from a fourth grader in utah saved the life of his classmate and

friend last week. gary ander son was eating a piece of candy when it got lodged in his throat. carter saw his friend in trouble and sprang into action his mom said she didn't know he knew how to do the heimlich manoeuvre. >> he was purple so it was weird so i didn't know what to do and then i thought he was choking so i did the heimlich manoeuvre and it helped. >> i can't take any credit for that i probably would have panicked if it was me it is amazing he was able to react and do what needed to be done. >> felt really good and i thought he was a hero. >> all right turns out carter learned the heimlich manoeuvre in health class the school held a special ceremony to thank him. >> that is great. >> amazing what kids pick up on you thing they are not paying attention. >> better than us. >> better than we do. yes. >> good story. >> we want to say good morning to kelly anthony, she says she just downloaded the fox 5

weather ap and she loves it, she loves it so much that she has deleted all her other weather aps. we like that. that is great. >> that is good. >> if you would like to be -- she is our fan of the day obviously if you want to be tomorrow's fan sign up on facebook searching fox 5 morning news no space between fox and 5 and post a comment under kelly's lovely photo. all right two weeks until valentines day forget chocolate and a dinner out. next hour the frugal socialite will share ideas that will really surprise your sweet heart. >> super bowl snacks that taste good but won't pack on the pounds, folks from weight watchers are here to share recipes. all right we will have that for you when we come back map 

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warm out spring like temperatures how long will this great weather stick around we will find out our forecast straight ahead. >> it will be here today. >> primary day in florida, well, four names are on the ballot only two are fighting for votes the latest results. february is a time to score some really great deals, frugal socialite joins us later with tips on big sales, plus fantastic valentines day on a budget. don't let the food at super bowl parties intimidate you, a weight watchers leader is here we are going to learn healthy but yummy recipes, that won't pack on the pounds. 7 layer dip isn't good for you? >> probably not might want to cut that to three layers or so. all right let's check with tucker barnes to get the latest hi tucker >> hey, sarah i am deeply suspicious of this super bowl diet i will stay tuned. >> really? >> it is super bowl. i will ask