in the weather center. >> you got it alison we have this winter event on the way not a major tomorrow but enough snow to cause some travel problems later today, light accumulations by that afternoon rush hour let's get to it let me show you the latest look at our radar you can see it moving in from the west, not here yet, snow showers you see north towards baltimore not touching the ground yet, it will arrive late morning and early afternoon, watching out to the west you will get it by late morning around the immediate watching on the area, by early afternoon we will see snow showers move on in. winter weather advisory and give you an update off to the north and west, winter weather advisory goes into effect between 10 and 12 noon and this is where the heaviest know will be and that being said it will not be terribly heavy, maybe an inch here montgomery county louden, maybe an inch plus as you get up towards the border with pennsylvania amount will be slightly higher, frederick

and a few isolated spots southeast, you too will see snow you could get light accumulations it will mix for a time with rain, and that will pull down total accumulations temperatures they will be another big story 38 washington expecting temperatures to start falling as the column of snow starts to fall it will cool the air by late afternoon temperatures low to mid-30s once you hit that freezing mark you will be off and running we could get accumulating snow on the roadways by late afternoon cloudy skies, snow rain mix arriving late afternoon total accumulations, trace and 3 inches and high temperature of 40 degrees. alison back to you upstairs. >> thanks tucker. an upset in last night's republican contest, dark horse candidate rick santorum has beaten mitt romney in all three races. >> numbers in colorado show he

beat romney 30 to 45% even though romney won that state three years ago in minnesota, romney came in third after ron paul santorum won with 45% of the vote there in missouri's primary, he beat romney 55 to 25%. but all of last night's races were nonbinding that means santorum will not pick up delegates just yet. tonight was not just a victory for us, but tonight was a victory for the voices of our party, conservatives and tea party people who are out there every single day in the vineyards building the conservative movement in the country, building the base of the republican party and building the voice for freedom in the land. thank you. this week early voting started in ohio's primary which runs until super tuesday in march there is a week long caucus in maine the next big con it'ses are in 3 weeks when arizona and michigan hold

primaries february 28th. some of our other top stories a hospital employee convicted of killing his supervisor is waiting to hear his fate, keith little is expected to be sentenced in montgomery county circuit court he stabbed his boss to death new years day 2011 at suburban hospital, bethesda after getting a bad performance review. >> opening statements will begin in george hughly's murder trial the former university of virginia lacrosse player is accused of killing his ex- girlfriend yeardly love. live from charlotte'sville with the latest good morning paul. >> reporter: good morning alison the common wealth attorney here in charlotte still has never spoken about this case but this morning once this jury is enpanelled we will finally hear the evidence against george hughly. and opening statements are expected we also expect to hear now what is going to be his

defense. the prosecution believes that this was first degree prince edward island meditated -- first degree, premeditated murder in 2010 he kicked in the bedroom door of his ex- girlfriend's bedroom, and assaulted her they believe this was a robbery and burglary breaking and entering he is accused of those crimes as well taking her computer and throwing it in the trash defense believes yeardly love, died another way and they are going to call six doctors in this case including a cardiac specialist and a neurosurgeon they believe atterol and alcohol played arole in her death. there is a pool of 28, they finally got to that pool last night 20 past 6:00 p.m. and then each side gets to strike a number of these people from that pool of jurors so they can get down to a panel of 12 and three alternates we

expect that to take 45 minutes, opening statements maybe about 10, maybe a little bit after that. >> all right i know you want to get back in there paul we appreciate you joining us this morning paul will be providing updates from charlottesville for the duration of this trial for the latest go to myfoxdc.com look for the story link on the hot topics bar. if you drive in this area, you have probably seen speed cameras on the roadways that is leaving some local residents mad today a group is taking action. lauren demarco is live with the latest lauren. >> good morning alison well, yeah, we are live here 1900 block branch avenue southeast washington there are some demonstrators gathered here today, they are really upset about the speed camera that is here over my shoulder it effects the northbound lanes of branch avenue as you travel through this areaplaced right at the bottom of a hill that is

what they are complaining about folks are being unfairly ticketed they are asking drivers to stop ticketing commuters here and they were concerned it is targeting elderly people in the area we have some folks respond on facebook agreeing with that saying they are being charged too much across the city, at these locations let's look at the numbers fines for speeding in dc are based on number of miles for hour over the posted speed limit if you were driving 1 to 10 miles an hour over the limit you would be fined $75, most of the speed cameras only register a violation once you are around 5 to 10 miles over the limit many people are receiving fines of $125 up, a recent report by the daily caller found city brought in more than $12 million in profit, from speed cameras in 2011 we spoke to some of the demonstrators here today including reverend bennett who stands to run for dc council here in ward 7.

we believe this is a dangerous place to cross because of the traffic but we believe there needs to be a much more comprehensive study on that. >> i want them the slow down but i can tell you how they can do it here on this street what they did on my street which is put a light. >> well, we also talked to a neighbourhood commissioner for this area of ward 7 she says they did try to get a traffic light here the speed camera was all they were able to do i can tell you guys, and i think one issue is that when folks first get their first ticket it is because the speed camera was just put up and they will get one and possibly more tickets before they even realize it was a speed camera and they violated the limit and all of a sudden they have this wrack up of tickets, again supporters say hey, you just need to slow down if you don't want to pay these are for safety, the city

insists they are for safety and not a cash cow not for monetary gain i am sure it is a story you will continue to follow if you like you can weigh in on our facebook page as well tony back to you. after months of nonconfrontation, police enforced a camping ban there have been clashes and there will be more on the way. joining us now audrey whalen, they have been spending a lot of time down there. good to have you here. confrontation that happened, i guess over the weekend you were there, 3:00 a.m. when the police came in tell us a little bit about what was going on and what that was like. >> sure well, i was there at 3:00 a.m. in the morning police came in 5:40 a.m. and it was a little scary honestly coming out of the darkness like these mounted police and for the most part, they set up barricades and

began moving tents out, it wasn't very confrontational then around 5:00 a.m. as protestors got moved out of the park entirely there was a big scrum on k street and people running, riot shields, things getting thrown. >> were you scared by all this? >> you know, it is kind of what happens when you cover occupy dc, some times it gets crazy. >> let's talk about the status of the movement now, now that we have had this kind of clean out that has gone on and new rules being enforced, what do you thing the status, how did the occupiers feel at this point. >> i think they are a little shell shocked honestly right now it has been a little quiet on campus just because everyone is trying to figure out what to do they have been having discussions about where the movement is going forward frankly a lot of occupy movements have been evicted they say it was a good thing it

allowed them to focus on protesting issues and getting on the streets as opposed to defending camp. they are talking about protesting foreclosures, starting general assembly meetings for people to talk about their concerns in the community that sort of thing. >> speaking of that we've got the big cpac meeting tomorrow a conservative political action conference that will be going on and there has been talk they may try to disrupt, that meeting, have you heard much about that. >> yes, as i reported in the examiner today, there is definitely plans to not necessarily disrupt but divert attention they are partnering with a lot of labor unions who are planning to be there i am not entirely sure on the details occupy doesn't generally talk about what they plan to do but they will be there and loud. >> once they started enforcing the no camping thing, where -- you know people they can't sleep there, any more, they are

there some times during the day where are they going now at night? >> a lot of them are staying with friends you know people who live in the city and coming to occupy or kind of opening their houses to people who don't have any where else to go churches have taken a lot of people in, i know up on thomas circle, they are holding a lot of occupiers stuff like their tents, some people are just sitting on the streets some people -- >> so at this point what you believe is that it is kind of a refocussing now on planning what is going to come next for them. >> definitely. it is a transition period for them it is going to be a little hard to figure out what to do next but they have been talking about it they have a plan they know this will be a long term movement. >> we will see what happens tomorrow with the meetings going on audrey whalen a writer for washington examiner has more about all this in today's edition of the paper alison. >> thank you coming up a big shake up at the susan g komen

for the cure foundation following outrage over the organizations decision to cut funding, to planned parenthood. >> students at one university are getting unique access to the morning after pill. >> a lot of people asking where is our money a fox 5 follow up on a story about folks who thing they have had some of their tax money taken from them by that comright back l an ordinary breakfast pastry

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there is a shake up at susan g komen for the cure organization. the former vice president for public policy is resigning she says she stands by the decision for komen to cut ties with planned parenthood komen reversed that decision last week. making other headlines this morning the catholic archbishop who overseas the military is criticizing president obama's mandate for all insurance plans to cover birth control.

archbishop wrote to all military personnel saying the decision to force even catholic schools and hospitals to provide coverage was a blow to a freedom you have fought to defend and for which you have seen your buddies fall in battle end quote. the white house says it is trying to address these concerns but spokesman carney said the president is sticking with a policy of no reconsideration. >> it does, the president is committed to making sure that all women, have access to important preventative services. >> republican presidential candidates have decried the white house policy as an assault on religion and the catholic church. >> meantime a public college in pennsylvania wants students to have access to the morning after pill. students can get plan b from a vending machine, for $25. the machine also sells pregnancy tests and condoms, plan b is vailable without a prescription to anyone 17 or over but sold at pharmacies,

school health officials say they hope the vending machine will help young women feel less embarrassed about buying the pill. >> another county in our area is one step closer to a 5¢ bag tax prince georges county council, endorsed a bag tax to realm reduce trash and clean up -- reduce trash and clean up neighbourhoods it would give the county authority to impose the tax. dc and montgomery county maryland already have that 5¢ bag tax. >> key virginia senate committee unanimously endorsed a bill forcing online retailers to collect the same sales taxes that brick and mortar taxes collect the bill would close a loophole big internet merchants use to avoid collecting virginia's 5% tax it could boost the treasurery by hundreds of millions of dollars every year and level the playing field for traditional stores. >> we have an update on a tax scandal in the meantime fox 5 has been covering for a few

days many folks have been calling in complaining about money they say is missing from their refund checks. >> the company in question is called insubstantiate tax service this morning they have unhappy -- instant tax service this morning they have unhappy customers but some who say they are satisfied after our story aired. more on the latest on the story you saw first on fox. chef chef the numbers he -- the numbers he quoted me were over $1,000 difference from what irs told me my actual return was. >> when i go to pick up my check it is short and i am like this is not right and she said oh, irs is holding your money so i say okay well, i am going to call irs and see i call them they said no we sent them all the money paid out to you we held nothing back. >> reporter: that was monday night at instant tax services district heights location tuesday after seeing our story a crowd of clients went back to the store to check on their money we did too.

>> someone said you guys weren't giving refunds. >> reporter: one of the store managers said all the people who complained to fox 5 got some money back and penny said the owner called her personally to apologize, they blamed it on a technical error at the irs. >> all five clients have been rectified the last client just came in they have all been refunded for the money the irs had not returned fully >> we have been here over 10 years never had an issue. >> right. >> the irs says there was a delayer youing refunds for tax pay -- delay issuing refunds for tax payers who filed before january 26th many of them are not aware of the fees instant tax service is deducting from the refund. >> i saw a different number than what i was told so with the number she gave me that i would get back it was almost like $500 difference from that so i mean, the only thing i can do is just pray i get my money.

>> a lot of these customers told us they had taken advance loans from the company. >> the company says those loan amounts are deducted from the refund first then there are fees for tax preparation electronic filing, fast refunds and bank fees. so you got to read the fine print ask questions. >> mm-hmm. >> all right coming up a big discovery in antarctica what scientists found. >> dc building get a greater number of witnesses ski make over courtesy of donald -- glitsy make over courtesy of donald trump. some people may not know this the wine and food festival has spirits new spirits on the market coming up, we will show you some of the new ones on the market and some really fun ways you can make drinks from home hope you stay with us pgh we are doing a little

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>> an alarming new report suggests louisiana coast could be under water in less than 100 years the agency in charge of protecting the southern part of the state says a sinking coast could mean a higher sea level

they predict it could rise 3 feet by the year 2100. remarkable story a team of russian scientists have just drilled down to the biggest fresh water lake buried under antarctica and it has been hidden for millions of years under more than 2 miles of ice. the russians have been drilling for 2 decades to get to this prehistoric lake scientists around the world have been anxiously awaiting this moment, it could hold an undiscovered world of new life forms. one of the most sought after hotel development opportunities in the nation s now the deal is just about done the old post office building is well on the way to becoming part of donald trochee's hotel collection u.s. general services add -- hotel's collection they said the plan is to convert the building into a luxury hotel with 200 rooms, fancy restaurants, a spa, a

ballroom and meeting facilities, so what do people thing about this latest adventure. >> i think a storied building like this, government or quasi government with a post office, belongs to the people and shouldn't be sold to a private enterprise >> i just hope the public still has private access to use the building, whether for tours. >> when it comes to donald trump nothing surprises me. >> dsa and trump still have to work out some details especially on historic preservation requirements now the government will only move forward if there is a positive return for the taxpayer. interesting to see that, as a hotel. >> i got to say i don't mind it. i don't mind it. i think like the big beautiful hotels in new york city and that looks like that >> i love that building if they preserve the facade. >> definitely. >> we will be back in just a moment stay with us  the word is swapportunity.

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a lot of love in times square take a look at the bottom of your screen. that has a heart inside and starts to beat when someone touches it if you hold hands or kiss the sculpture will glow brighter and beat faster. cool. >> that makes folks happy there in times square. >> i am going to check it out >> all right what is going on? it is like coming. >> great outside you can feel it, it is on its way as i mentioned last hour i have been tweeting with some of our viewers and just here is a more nicki 12 to 14 inches we are not getting anything close to that, she says she wants known. >> i might be with her. >> all over the place bottom line this not be a major storm this will be enough snow to cause major travel difficulties. >> it is never fun to drive in

it fun to sled, but not fun to drive in, we all know around washington a little goes a long ways. >> please got to take a child to ballet at 5:30. >> you might want to recheck that one. give you an update the snow and or mix should arrive here, by early afternoon late morning early afternoon the timing on this one you got a few more hours, start rain snow mix southeast of the city we have been fine tuning that one during the course of the day looks like generally snow washington north and west, yeah, definitely going to impact the evening commute prime time for this particular event will be between 3 this afternoon and 8 tonight be ready for that, and light accumulations maybe an inch here in the metro area, south and east, a little more by a little more i mean maybe 2 inches, maybe an isolated spot, 3 inches well north and west of the city. all right temperatures critical, 39 at regan national, frederick 32 degrees, 33 martins burg what happens when

the snow starts that cools the column of air temperatures will get a chance to fall back quickly and thinking is now with the cold temperatures overnight if you are north and west of the 95 corridor it will generally be just snow for you south and east, quantico 42 upper 30s annapolis leonard town 37. it is moving on in again not a major snow but we haven't had anything to talk about for a couple weeks it will go down as our biggest storm of the month so far, and there you go sliding through here shortly, again, you want to time it i think any time after 11, 12, we will start to see it moving in i will show you a future cast in just a second winter weather advisory once again not here in washington just off to the north montgomery county, howard county maryland, louden county, winter weather advisory and again heaviest snow will be off to the north and west here, later today. future cast, 1:00 p.m., notice it is starting to move in light

flurries by the belt way by 2, 3, moving in 6:00 p.m. tonight this is why we are concerned about the commute looks like we have snow area wide rain snow line setting up south and east and could have light accumulations here particularly north and west of the city, sticks around until 11:00 p.m. tonight sunshine for tomorrow morning but to be honest tomorrow morning could be tricky temperatures will generally be upper 20s low 30s. 40 your daytime high temperature one of those back in the mid-30s snow rain mix likely by afternoon total accumulations, 3 inches snow showers early partly cloudy overnight freezing temperatures and a quick look at the 5 day sunshine tomorrow afternoon, 45 decision get it out of here, arctic front for the weekend daytime highs 30s saturday and sunday that is weather alison tony back to you. >> thank you very much coming up checking the latest hollywood headlines with tmz

including russell brand saying he doesn't want any of katy perry's money. why some contestants were not prepared we will be right back  -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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russell brand doesn't want any of katy perry's money. >> i do. >> is demi moore is apparently not in rehab. >> a check of our latest hollywood headlines with dax holt good morning. >> good morning how are you guys. >> you know we have to pump it up we love seeing you on wednesdays. >> i like that. >> so let's talk about russell brand you know i think it is a class move tell us details of this one he is leaving millions on the table. >> millions and millions well, here is the deal there was no preup in between katy perry and russell brand they were married for a year in that year she

made over $40 million, so technically by law russell should be able to walk away from this marriage with half which would be 20 million he is saying no, he doesn't want the money, they want to be friends in future and he goes you know what, i have my own money i don't need hers so let her keep her 40 million i am going to walk away with what i came into the marriage and what i made during the marriage and that is it final there is not going to be any fighting over the money which is nice to hear i feel in hollywood we are always hearing nasty divorce people wanting the other person's cash preup ins are set up they are trying to get them wiped away it is unbelieve this be nice to hear for a change. >> that being said russell is not hurting for cash is he? >> no, he is not hurting for cash he just clearly did not make as much as katy perry in the last year she is you know, so far, on a different level when it comes to making money,

with crazy success. >> so, demi moore, she is or isn't in rehab? >> well, she is not in lodge rehab there was a lot of stories going around saying she was at cirq rehab in utah. lyndsey lohan went there, brook muler is there right now charlie sheen's ex, but we are hearing she is not there contrary to what a lot of people are saying we don't know where she is at she hasn't come out since everything went down with that 911 call and her going to the hospital no one has seen her she hasn't surfaced i would hope they is in some kind of rehab facility we just know she is not at that one. >> do we know anything about zach effron? >> what part? >> i don't know that demi was purr sighing him? >> -- pursuing him? >> i have no idea.

>> okay. all right dax holt thank you so much have a great day. >> bye guys. tucker where did you -- >> i read -- >> you were reading magazines at the check out again. >> sorry i have a little extra time on my hands. >> tony you can't read everything at safeway or giant. >> i doubt that is true he is super young. >> we hope not. >> american idol auditions are over now this week those holding the coveted golden ticket are heading to hollywood competing takes a lot of mental and physical preparation some contestants cracked under pressure others got seriously sick during the big week suffering from viruses and dee hydration so who makes it -- yeah, there is one -- these are people falling out, my goodness. who makes it one step closer to their dream? find out tonight, american idol airs at 8:00 p.m. on fox 5. coming up couples and finances, the best way to share your money and protect it,

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are you looking to improve your marriage? try a date night university of virginia study finds relationships benefit when couples regularly arrange one on one time couples who devote time to one another at least once a week are more likely to experience high quality relationships, the director of the study says it is an important reminder. >> valentines day around the corner while you and your sweet heart may be on the same page

when it comes to remans where are you both when it comes to finances, steve is live in dallas this morning good morning steve. >> good morning alison. >> yes, you say money talk has to happen right now. >> yeah, absolutely. not only for folks who have never had the money talk before ballet's for those of us who kindover think -- before but also for those us who kind of thing we have to. you folks need to be on the same page with your partner when it comes to money how it is managed how each of you contribute come up with a plan that puts everyone on the same page and then take immediate action to execute that plan don't let it hang out there flopping in the breeze you don't want to have to bring up the money talk twice because you never finished it the first time. >> okay : that is the hard part how do you make the plan to merge your money or keep separate accounts, what do you

suggest? >> yeah, absolutely we have a lot of folks valentines day couples will be moving in together, i am a big fan of both i think you should have separate accounts and joint account separate ones first look you need bills in your own name you need to have your own bank account, if in the event of death or divorce, you want to make sure you have some financial history attributed just to you and you alone now let's talk about the joint account here is the bottom line 64% of couples according to a survey by smart money magazine when they move in together or get married 64% of us throw all our money into one joint account now when you consider that 50% of marriages end in divorce and the number one reason is money, maybe 64% of us putting everything in a joint account isn't such a good idea here is my plan put your money into a joint account but the key here is the money that you contribute to that account must be ear marked before it

ever gets deposited so you know ahead of time this joint account of money will be used only for maybe it is the mortgage or future family vacation or taxes or you know insurance, whatever the case is, if you know what the money is being spent on before you put it in, you never have to argue about where that money goes if you diffuse the money bomb it will never go off. >> here is a big one though how about when you start off with one person in the relationship making a whole lot more than the other person how you know do you both put in the same amount in the joint account? >> yeah, it is easier than a lot of folks thing viewers ask me this all the time friends ask me this here is what i have found the work the best all right first thing you need to figure out how much money each of you are bringing what is your net income maybe one partner makes $5,000 a year one brings $3,000 a month to the table so your monthly income is $8,000 between the two of you then let's look at that joint

account, the things we are going to fund together, in our example here, we've come up with $2,000 in joint expenses, that is 25% of your total net household monthly income this is the key number here folks you take 25% of $5,000.25% of $3,000 that way you are each contributing different dollar amounts based on how much money you earn but yet the same percentage to come up at a fully funded account different amounts of money with equal contributions so you have some kind of financial equality. >> steve you are a genius. i am serious that is awesome that is a big sticking point in a lot of couples i know i love it. and i appreciate your art work on the white board. >> high love it. >> you got it. >> that is perfect. >> good stuff all right. >> this morning our own annie yu has been getting a smoke peek at the big wine and food

festival -- sneak peek at the big wine and food festival that starts tomorrow. good morning annie. good morning tony yes, so it kicks off tomorrow and it goes on until sunday every day there is a new activity and so throughout the morning we have been dabbling if some of those we showed you the sommalier show down. some people don't thing about spirits when we talk about the wine and food festival, rachel, the mixologist here at jack rose dining good morning to you. >> good morning. >> very festive valentines day handkerchief around your neck. >> kind is not stupid. >> one -- cupid is not stupid is one of the events you are participating in. >> yes, from 7 to 10:00 a.m. mixology competition friendly, that we will be having a smack down and there are five of us competing against each other and hopefully, in a moment we

will make the cocktail hopefully i will win with. >> yes, i hope you win too you have been doing this over 10 years. >> correct. >> from what i am told you are quite the legend around dc. >> just because i am old. >> how did you get started. >> i needed to pay my rent, while going to school in san francisco but then i started reading books and you know, delving in further and further and speak out on it and loving it. >> that is really cool i reif she can -- i believe you. so go for it. >> we will have blue coat gin from philadelphia that will go in here, 2-ounces, then we have some lemon juice, about a half. >> lovely. >> you have it down. >> then an orange flavoured

will you your absolutely delicious. and then we will shake that up would you like to. >> sure is the mixologist competition timed and judges involved. >> there are judges involved people's choice vote. >> you are doing that better than a lot of people that start. >> i want to make sure all the liquor gets happy in there right. >> pop that off there. >> and then,. >> now what inspired you to make this drink. >> um, well, it is called la vie it is finished with sparkling gruner veltener. >> people can make this at home

you have another drink you wanted to make. >> i do. >> super super -- >> lovely my goodness can i take a sip. >> of course please please please. >> now something easy to do at home, you can use vodka, gin, rum, whatever you would like for this drink this is basically a drink created in the 80s by nick in london called a bramble super easy we will do it with gin again because we love this gin so much. >> are cow constantly coming up -- constantly coming up with new things at home. >> always experimenting. >> 30 seconds left here. >> yep lemon juice >> lemon juice gain >> simple syrup, crushed ice >> might take another sip of this. >> some ice. >> crushed ice and then we are going to drizzle -- >> so the cool thing is though every day there is a new activity and obviously on

friday but the sommalier is on thursday if you log on to myfoxdc.com you will see the website to the event and packages and all the pricing and everything so what is this called. >> the bramble. >> okay they are both buttebeautiful. >> thank you back to you. >> all right thank you much. >> thanks annie. >> tucker has more on winter weather heading our way in just a moment. >> plus we will answer today's trivia question. >> do you have a question you would like answered send it to me head to myfoxdc.com click on the morning tab for a link to ask alison and we do this segment on a variety of toppings on friday mornings -- topics on friday mornings, it is 9:53 a.m. we will be right back  the word is swapportunity.

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we want to say good morning to glynnis or facebook fan of the day. she is so pretty before her feet hit the floor she turns on fox 5 morning news if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day search us on fox 5 morning news and post a comment under her photo. theatre where president abraham lincoln was assassinated is set to open a new museum and education center across from the famous fords neater and next door to the row house where he died exhibits will look at the aftermath there is work space for teacherstudents it opens to public february 12th. >> wax figure of harriet tubman, descendents of tubman gathered for yesterday's unvailing she is known for

leading hundreds of slaves to freedom, by way of the under ground railroad. tubman worked for the union army as a spy during the civil war museum says it added her wax likeness in honor of black history month. wonderful. >> all right. >> let's answer the trivia question this morning we asked what trades person and abolitionist invented dry cleaning process in 1821 the answer, thomas l jennings now, thomas l generallings was an african american a freed black who operated a dry cleaning store in new york city he was granted a patent by the state of new york back on that date, basically lead to this and it was called dry scouring basically the same process no water and he was able though to do that, because he was free had he been enslaved it would

have been intellectual property of his owner that is how he got around that but it was controversial back in the day. >> very interesting cool. >> fascinating. >> i love history. >> some wintery weather. >> right to the radar and we've turned on the snow machine for the first time this year, there you go. >> hey. >> excited about that. starting to move in, front royal, win chester before long you will get snow showers and we will all get something here starting in about 12 noon by 12:01 p.m. we will see snow showers heaviest snow north and west of the city a winter weather advisory totals here in washington an inch north and west, could see 2 or maybe 3 inches in a few isolate d spots not a major storm but enough to cause slickness out there over the next 12 to 18 hours that was your 5 day forecast there is a live shot you can see what feels like snow outside. >> sure does. >> looks like snow. >> thanks. >> all right as always