just gorgeous. very nice start to the day. little cool out there. for this tuesday, october 16th, 2012. good morning everybody, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour, gin join this tuesday morning. -- thank you for joining us this morning news, tucker barnes also with us. >> high temperatures only in the mid 60s today and a little cooler than yesterday. you saw the live shot nice looking start to the morning, the sun gets up in about 18 mites here and it should be good looking day. let's kick it off a look at our radar picture, and satellite and radar and you can see that we have quieted down. okay go to this one. yep you can see the radar nice and quiet at the moment and overnight, we -- shower activity moved to the north and east and we've cleared out. again nice looking conditions to start the day. temperatures right now reagan national fallen back to 44 degrees, look at the cool

start. the kids definitely want a jacket as the temperatures are going to be slow to rebound here. in addition to cool temperatures expecting some breezes here out of the northwest at about 10 to 15. but still we're expecting a lot of sunshine. current temperature in winchester 48 degrees. culpeper has now fallen to 43 degrees. and in fredericksburg, 47. so temperatures overnightfalling way back. all right your forecast for today, we're looking at lots of sunshine. lower humidity. you know sort of a typical october day. with high temperatures topping out just about where they should be, a few degrees below seasonal average. 66 in washington. 64 in leonardtown and again it will be a little breezy out there. julie wright's got the traffic. yeah it is just a mouth this will morning. three separate accidents northbound along i-95. the crew in sky fox still with us hovering above accidents here in newington.

the fist crash at the prince william parkway, now in the main lanes before you commit to 287 left lane is blocked affidavit as well. overall traffic is backed up on northbound 95 making your way into newington. before 286 but that wreck was cleared. but overall wall to wall traffic leaving quantity key heading up into newington. a minor fender-bender that's been cleared over to the shoulder. all right inside so we can update the ri outer loop of the beltway now checking for a crash near georgia avenue. southbound 270. more delays now commuting to 14 montgomery village avenue. accident activity reported 117 at 124. follow police direction in order to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you julie. we begin this morning with the

race for the white house. tonight, the political world turns education focus to -- its focus to hempstead, new york for the second presidential debate. but before the candidates square off, president barack obama and mitt romney will be doing some last-minute debate preps. we have a okund o. >> reporter: the expectations have shifted heading into the debate. before the debate two weeks ago most people thought president obama would win. now according to this poll they're pretty evenly split heading into tonight. just as the finishing touches are made in the debate hall, and the camera angles all worked out, it may be hard to believe but this is a voting line in georgia. already. about three weeks before election day. >> we waited for about two and a half hours. >> reporter: estimates now that one-third of all voters will cast their votes before november 6th. which is why the president's campaign is trying to lock in support now. the first lady michelle obama holding up her absentee ballot.

>> today, i voted for my husband. >> reporter: if followers on both sides follow suit in the days to come that means that any little blip from tonight's debate or the one next week could have an immediate impact. president obama running through mock debates at this virginia resort. mitt romney and his debate team including his sparring partner rob portman spent most of the day hunkering down. >> how did it go senator? great. >> reporter: with questions coming from uncommitted voters. >> for challenger romney what's at stake is to continue the very strong performance he gave last full-time and keep the momentum -- time and keep the momentum that he has going on right now. the momentum is clearly swinging in romney's way, for obama this is a chance to stop romney. >> reporter: a lot may depend on the folks asking the questions tonight. here are the rules for the format. a group of unroadsed voters --

undecided voters, they are chosen by the gallup organization. the rules don't technically allow for that but it could happen. in washington, doug luzader, fox 5 morning news. >> use the hashtag fox 5 you decide to tweet your thoughts during tonight's debate. we'll be using some of your tweets for a new show we're debuting as election day approaches. fox 5 news edge you decide 2012 will focus on both local and national candidates and issues during the final two weeks of the campaign. it starts next monday at 6:30 p.m. right here on fox 5. arlen specter will be rebelled as a funeral service today. -- remembers as a funeral service today. specr passed away sunday, he was 782 years old -- 82 years old. president obama ordered flags to be flown at half staff at the white house and other

public buildings in his honor. george mcgovern is nearing the end of life. that's the word from his family who say he has moved into hospice care in south dakota. mcgovern lost the presidential race to richard nixon in an historic landslide in 1972. we're following breaking news from britain right now. there have been several arrests made at the hospital where a pakistani girl was brought for treatment after she was shot by the taliban. the 14-year-old was airlifted there yesterday. hospital officials say the people arrested today are claiming to be relatives of the girl. they say the situation is under control. a campus crime alert, new this morning, from prince george's county, university of maryland campus police sent out the alert after a robbery near campus last night. they say an armed system approached some students --

suspects approached some student just after 9:30. one victim had handed other the money then ran off when another student showed up. still no word on a motive or suspect in the shooting death of a teenager in hill crest heights, maryland. relatives tell fox 5 the victim answered a knock on the front door yesterday afternoon. an argument broke out and then a shot was fired. prince george's county police say the victim ran back into the house and told his grandmother that he had been shot. he later died at a hospital. good news from montana where two virginia hikers have been found alive. 32-year-old neal peckens and jasonizer both veterinarians -- hiser both veterinarians. frigid temperatures and deep snow made finding them very difficult. the mother tells us the news is nothing short a miracle.

-- of a miracle. to> and another big story y, the d.c. council will recommend a change to those controversial speed cameras. council member tommy wells will formally introduce legislation that would reduce the amount of the camera fines. >> right now speed camera tickets can be as much as $250. carol gray houston is live this morning with the details. some good news for motorists. >> reporter: hey good morning allison and good morning tony. truth be told the steep fines have become an irritant to d.c. motorists who feel they're more like revenue enhancers than safety features. take a look at the cameras down here if you can see them on 16th street near carter baron. they can sneak right up on you. the fines can range from $75 to $250. if you don't pay the ticket in 30 days those fines double. well the two d.c. council members mary share and tommy wells have been leading the charge to reduce the fines and

wells plans to introduce legislation to the full council today aimed at making some changes. we are going to be going to the council to find out for you exactly how much those changes -- those fines would go down. the red light cameras would not be the ones to change. it would be the speeding cameras and councilman tommy wells is hoping the move will eliminate the concern or the suspicion that d.c. only has those steep fines to mean more money for the city. allison and tony back into you. >> all right, thank you very much. >> thanks karen. it is 7:09 now. on this tuesday morning, still ahead a high ranking official takes responsibility for the deaths of four americans in an attack on the u.s. consulate building in lib california. >> and the white house is reportedly ready to strike back for the attack but there are a

few roadblocks in the way. we'll explain. >> plus, one of the biggest comebacks in nfl history. led by peyton manning. dave ross is back with another serving of sports breakfast. >> and as we take you to the break now, sure does look like a beautiful day. a live look outside, we'll check with the latest from tucker and julie when we come back after the break. 7:10. you.

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the fog of war, the confusion that you get in any kind of combat situation and remember this was an attack that went on for hours. i'm responsible for the state department, for the more than 60,000 people around the world. >> secretary of state hillary clinton taking the blame for the attacks on the american conditions wills in benghazi.

-- consulate in benghazi. republicans are charging there's a cover-up about the true cause of the attacks that left ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. secretary clinton says the state department, not the white house, is in charge of security. meantime, the united states is reportedly ready to strike back at al-qaeda for the consulate attack on 9/11. white house sources say the main problems are finding a target and dealing with any political fallout overseas and any military strike in response to the libya assault may be seen as a political move so close to the november election. 7:14 now. tucker barnes rejoins us with another look at today's weather. man, yesterday? that -- where i was at least, that rain you know it was a little misty then all of a sudden boom. it really came down for a few minutes. >> where i was it was just a big scary looking dark clouds. >> ominous? you get thunderstorms? >> no. >> a couple of flashes of lightning out there yesterday as well. all of it's cleared the coast and we're in for cooler weather today with lots of sunshine and

a nice midweek pattern. >> honestly i'd prefer cooler sunshine as opposed to no sun. >> put your order in. straight to the forecast, 50s right now in washington. 54 degrees. lots of 40s and kids haven't headed out the door yet to school. want to bring a jacket because even with sunshine later this afternoon we're going to feel gist a little cool with temperatures in the mid 60s and a breeze out of the north and west. 40 chicago this morning. no extreme cold, remember the last couple of mornings temperatures have been below freezing across the northern tier of the country. not the case today. fargo 355 at this hour. all right looking at the radar nice and quiet. rain showers from yesterday out of here. off to the north and east. and much quieter weather pattern setting up a cold front again, clearing the area here and high pressure is going to build in from the west. so sunshine back in your forecast for your tuesday. honestly wednesday and thursday look great too with a bit of a warming trend in the mid 60s today. near 70 by tomorrow. there's your accuweather seven

day, we'll be cool tonight and overnight lows even here in the city will be low 40s and probably low 40s north and west. maybe 70 wednesday and thursday and maybe some showers out of friday. >> man -- tomorrow and the next day beautiful. >> perfect. >> i love it. >> yeah. >> thanks tuck. all right let's go to julie wright now hey julie. >> i to talk about what's not happening on the roads. been quite busy and still have delays southbound 270, coming in from buck keystown to father hurley boulevard. about a 45 minute commute that's with all the lanes open. in gaithersburg 117 and 124 that's the boulevard for the latest crash. we have accident activity to report, nature boy hit me up on twitter at the julie wright says there's a crash on the right side of the highway. we still have delays and accident clean-up northbound on i-95 with three separate accidents this morning. the first at the prince william parkway. another crash before you reach 286 the fairfax county parkway and a crash involving a

motorcyclist in the hov lanes in newington. all of the activity now cleared but again heavy volume out of quantico pretty much extends to the springfield interchange before you shake loose. 395 was having some complications as well. that's been cleared over to the shoulder. i spoke with my girls at ddot, all of them nicole and angie, they tell me all lanes are now open if you are traveling eastbound on the freeway coming inbound on the sue s bridge. 95 once you commit to it real slow to the 11th street bridge. outer loop remains congested. inner loop of the beltway not so busy yet to greenbelt. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you julie. it is time for the morning's sports breakfast. the man himself is here. dave ross back with some redskins news and the monday night game? >> absolutely. get to that in a minute. i normally stay up, and i went you know i'm going to bed. it's 24-0. >> i saw a couple of minutes i

said this just looks sloppy. >> of course it wasn't over. you know, we were always talking about robert griffin iii and rightfully so because he another big ball game again on sunday. the 76-yard touchdown run just electrifying the fedex faithful and i think the whole city in whole, we have the talk about the defense a little bit too. they really stepped up especially in the first half when the offense was sputtering and lorenzo pander, there he is -- alexander, there he is, the one man gang. that's the twitter handle because he does it all. we always think of him as a demon on special teams, which he is, every time you see somebody tackle. you see number 97 flying in the picture, took 27 snaps at linebacker, had a sack and a half. four tackles and of course got the big fumble that set up the touchdown on the next play. he got a game ball. he's a captain. >> i understand my role on the team is to be a special teams

demon and to be a captain and you know fill in on defense when need be and just take advantage of the opportunities. it made me a different player, quicker and more dynamic and i think the coach utilized the history today and pass rushing. you know it was a great feeling to go out there and finally contribute on a defense to the win. >> it's what he does. like i always said if you have 52 more of lorenzo alexanders you won't lose many games if in. he's going to join us at 8:15 via skype of course. i'm going to check with my wife, you mind if i skype. i think he's got some baby duties. it's cool for lorenzo to join us. >> a big game on sunday. >> going up to new york to take on the defending new york giants. last knight the chargers and pour -- night the chargers and their powder blues. 24-0 and the powder blues on monday night. chargers don't lose right? >> right. >> wrong. here comes the broncos, peyton

manning and company. phillip rivers accounted for six turnovers by himself. there he is, robert griffin iii, a rookie, has had four turnovers all year. he had six in a game and they give up 35 straight points and peyton manning hopefully that comeback for denver. and it's just you look at -- you look around the league and you two man, rg3, when you compare it to guys like -- peyton mannings and rivers, he's really up there. upper echelon. nlcs last night here on fox 5. matt holliday letting the ball go through his legs off the bat of that guy scutaro and they would be involved in a different play that's got people buzzing today. s that, is this a dirty play? scutaro is very key to the giants. he's playing shortstop here gets taken out by holliday. you'll see it again and he's writhing in pain,going to have an mri today. on his hip. holliday for his account said look i'm just trying to break up the double play.

the giants had a different take on it. he slid well past the bag. and you wonder if there will be some retaliation tomorrow night on fox 5 for game three when they go back to st. louis. very dirty play especially in the playoffs don't like to see it. but it happens. >> especially when it results in injury. i expect there will be retaliation. >> lorenzo at 8:15 and then in the 9:00 hour a little moderation with wisdom martin and i in the spirit of the debate tonight. >> absolutely, look forward toyota. >> there are no politics in sports. okay and i don't like that powder blue outfit. >> do not. >> no. >> me neither. >> looks like high school. >> i'm kind of with you yeah. still ahead a warning from animal control in parts of prince george's county. we've got the detailsen -- on that. >> and competitive and focused. the little terrier that could. jack russell terriers always steal the show and holly is learning all about this little breed and the weekend's big event. we're going to check back in

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welcome back. 7:25. the future of pot smokes is on the docket in -- smoking is on the docket in a d.c. courtroom today. advocates for getting the government to drop its classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical value claim they'll present scientific evidence today that proves marijuana's therapeutic value. three states, colorado, oregon and washington will vote next month on whether to legalize pot for recreational use. alert for residents in bowie, maryland after two reports of fox attacks. they happened in the meadow brook neighborhood just behind bowie high school. the youngest victim just 4 years old. he was attacked while playing in his backyard. several hours later a woman was

attacked outside her home. both are being treated for possible rabies infections. montel williams is in town today. cooking for more than 1,000 wounded warriors at walter reed. the former talk show host regularly visits injured troops but doesn't usually publicize the events. he's teaming up this time with the hyatt regency in bethesda be will cook lunch for 1200 wounded sole yores and their families today. >> very cool. still ahead, from the green to the turf. golfing great phil mickelson makes an appearance on monday night football to help kids in need. >> plus at the debate tonight candidates will have a little more flexibility the town hall -- flexibility with the town hall format. a preview you next. >> a live look outside as we head to break. ♪ oh yes. good day with some sunshine. cooler temperatures this morning. there's your live look. we'll have weather and traffic from tucker and julie in just a

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charity by hitting a 100-yard shot from the end zone during laugh time of the chargers -- halftime of the chargers and broncos' game last night can he had to get -- and he had to get within five feet we believe of the hole at the other end of the football field. okay. he came kind of close. the san diego native used a wedge and ended up overshooting the hole. >> oh. >> however, mickelson still helped raise $50,000 for first book, is nonprofit organization that provides books for needy children. very cool. >> it is cool and it's cool to see him in a different -- >> yes. >> sports venue. >> yeah. >> he was amazing i saw him a little bit last night and he knows his football. he was ins and outs and scheming. it's incredible. >> he seems like a really nice guy. >> he does. >> can you imagine trying the hit that little ball? i would be terrified it would hit somebody in the face in the stands. >> i'm not a golfer so. >> you got a pretty wide swath. >> you think so? >> yeah. maybe they should hire him --

never mind. maybe his foot is good too. >> a kicker. >> we have a good kicker now. >> oh okay never mind. >> he kicked from 50 plus last night. >> we're back on track. right here weather back on track too. if you want the sunshine it's back in the forecast for today. in fact next several days we look great. weather pattern quieting down here for a few days. staying trial until friday that's the theme around here and just kind of nice middle of october weather expected. a though it will be on the -- although it will be a little bit on the cool side. 54 flight in washington. falling back into the40s across much of the area. leonard town now 46 degrees, 46 in culpeper. off to the north and west just locally here gaithersburg 48 degrees. so temperatures cooling down. winds will pick up a little bit. it won't be a terribly blustery day but some gusts to 15 miles per hour. and not again looking in the cool feel today with afternoon

highs only in the middle 6. current winds at about 7 here in washington. 12 in hagueers town. expected to pick up a little bit here especially the first half of the day. some breezes around for a time later today. lots of sunshine in your tuesday forecast. our rain showers from yesterday, well oftest north and east. there they go. slipping now north and east of boston. good news there a quick mover. as high pressure building in from the west, today a little on the cool side with the area of high pressure to the west. it will move overhead tonight and during the day tomorrow and get far enough east we get what we call the return flow. that means a bit of a warmup tomorrow. 66 today and winds north and west 10 to 15. there you go lots of sunshine. bring along a jacket. it will be breezy at times. that's going to feel cooler than the actual air temperature and certainly cool tonight. 47 the overnight low and wind north and west at 5. and should be looking at generally clear conditions overnight. wednesday, thursday, 70. sunshine. beautiful weather expected.

friday, could be some scattered showers. hoping to get it out of here just in time for the weekend. and all the outdoor plans pumpkin patch visits that kind of thing. temperatures in the 60s by saturday and sunday. all right, that's a lock at weather. now let's do traffic. julie has been busy. i don't know what julie wright has been doing. i'm not over here smithing a sweater. of course right to it a new crash headed in towards d.c.. just after i got off the phone with the ladies now we have a new crash to report. this is going to be northbound 295 approaching malcolm x. avenue. twitter is telling me that at least the left lane is blocked. a lot of folks on the julie wright. northbound 210 approaching 228 right side is closed off there because of that accident abletivity. 355 south of 121, now the pace is moving. it's a bit better here. 270 however still on the slow side from route 180 heading to 124 with a few becks along the

way. -- breaks along the way. we were kyle kendricking for a -- checking for a crash near georgia avenue. that's since cleared. also going to find northbound i- 95 on the recovery side still very much congested from cant quo heading up into -- quantico heading up into newington. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie, thank you very much. president barack obama and mitt romney meet up for their second debate tonight from hofstra university in new york. this one will be a town hall style debate. that format gives candidates chance to get more up close and each other if they so choose. the audience is made up of undecided voters. joining us now with a look at what's at stake is niles standage, staff writer with the hill. good to see you. >> my pleasure. >> i think the debate could be very, very interesting tonight. number one, because of the -- the change in format. we have this town hall style. which has been problematic for

some canal dates in the past. tell us -- candidates in the past. telling you a little bit about that. >> it's problematic because really in this kind of format candidates are not just judged on what they have to say. they have to really connect with the voters and connect with the people asking these questions. as you say tony there have been times in the past where that's been a problem for people. a very famous example in 1992. then president george h.w. bush was asked a question. while the woman was asking the question from the audience, he was looking at his watch and he sort of misunderstood the question. it was sort of a stiff response. bill clinton his challenger took a couple of steps forward toward the questioner. really seemed to sort of ohm fa these and really listen to her. -- empathize and really listen to her. those are the sort of situations that can be really meaningful. >> sometimes people say the media puts too much focus on

body language and that diamond of thing. this allows for much more of that interaction with each other and the audience and that type of thing as well. do you think both canal dates will try to take advantage -- candidates will try to take advantage of that? >> i think they will. i think it clearly is a format that allows a little bit more freedom through them and you want to appear natural. i have to say though in fairness to politicians, people in our business say things like you should appear natural and you should appear loose. we're talking about the audience of the order of 60 million people. the presidency of the united states on the line. you make a really bad mistake and it dogs you for the rest of your life. then people say you really shouldn't. just to chat to reporters, that's a pretty tall order. >> you're absolutely right. that's a good point. i want to talk about the voters. an interesting group tonight. they have pulled together undecided voters. tell me how the candidates may deal with that. because they don't really know what questions are going to be asked or anything like that. >> right, exactly.

now, obviously we can sort of predict with some confidence in blood terms what kind of subjects are going to come up. the economy and jobs is always certain to come up. but the fact that issues like that are so major does not necessarily mean that meaningful moments can't happen on other topics. for me during the vice presidential debate. the exchange about abortion was very interesting with vice president biden and congressman ryan. so those sort of moments can be really critical in a debate. and i think the both candidates will be trying to on one hand display obviously respect and empathy for the voters. but at the same time, they want to draw contrast between the other guy and so that's a difficult pivot to pull off in a way to be polite and respectful to the voters and then still effectively attack your opponent. >> most people would say that the president obama has a lot to -- to prove tonight. he did not perform well in the last debate by most accounts. but it seems to me he's an

interesting position because heads to be more aggressive -- he has to be more aggressive i guess, and more there as people are saying. but it seems to me he can't be you know meetly different from the way he was different -- completely different from the way he was last time because that looks strange. >> exactly because it then looks like you're overcompensating for what happened last time. the balance that he has to have to show fight. the fact that he wants the job. he didn't really seem all that passionate about his positions. i think you can be passionate without seeming aggressive, without seeming peevish towards your opponent. it's a difficult balance to strike but that's what he will be aiming for i would imagine. >> for mitt romney tonight, what's the goal? >> i think for mitt romney the goal is to obviously avoid any major mistake. to display the fact that he's not necessarily the stiff, awkward guy that he sometimes charactertured and to always keep proceeding with this appeal to independent voters. to voters who are not committed

republicans. he did that quite effectively in the first debate. and he will be wanting to build upon that this time around. >> all right, we will look and see what happens tonight. it will be at 9:00 this evening. we'll have it here of course. niles stannage with the hill newspaper, thanks for coming in we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. and explosion in the squirrel population in patches of the country could mean higher prices at the grocery store, why? we'll explain that. >> and elton john's campaign to fight aids gets some star power in new york city. more on the singer's annual event is coming up. >> but first some really big names on the show today. in the 8:00 hour smith and muse will be here. they are in town to perform a show of their well-known characters jay and silent bob. then in our 9:00 hour, famed jazz musician hugh masekala will be with us to talk about his career and he'll bench as

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7:42, an investigation is underway into what cause today virginia based naysy vips to collide -- navy ships to collide off the east coast over the weekend. the submarine and the uss manned are both back in port and divers are inspecting the ships to assess the damage. none of the 400 sailors on board was injured. have you noticed an unusual number of squirrels roaming around? >> i have. >> have you? well, if so you're not alone. an apple farmer in vermont says squirrels have destroyed about half of his crop. turns out squirrel populations are also up in other parts of the country due in part to last year's mild winter. amazon has announced that it will add 50,000 seasonal workers at order fulfillment centers around can ton tremendous and -- the country and they expect thousands of those it hires to stay on full- time. the company says its full-time employees make 30% more than traditional retail workers. well that's some great news.

>> sure is. >> and it will make me buy more from amazon this holiday season. >> i actually plan on going on amazon today to find some stuff. >> and about the squirrel thing? it occurred to me yesterday as i'm walking into my home. where the four squirrels were just sitting right there. if they were ratst i'd be in a -- rats i'd be in a state of panic. the fluffy tails make all the difference. and the big eyes. >> they're harmless. >> rats? >> squirrels. >> that's what we're saying. >> okay. >> does he not understand? >> no. >> you said it was like a -- rat with a tail. >> there were like four squirrels right at the door. >> not right at the door. they were like -- i have a big tree here, they were right there. i know right? you got it! now i'm scared. thank you. >> definitely checking you out. >> now i'm afraid. all right. >> she's back we got to go climb the tree. all right -- >> look cute, wave the tail. >> temperatures -- if you're going to go out and count squirrels in the yard today we've got cool

temperatures out there. 54 right now in washington. once again columbus, ohio winning the cold sweepstakes, 34 out west and 33 in detroit this morning. cool air to the north and west. some low 40s around here later tonight and early tomorrow morning as we've got this cool weather patternsetting up for the tuesday. here's what's happening and high pressure building in behind the cold front should supply plenty of sunshine today. and a bit of a breeze here out of the north and west. and even with high temperatures expected to reach into the mid 60s, it's going to feel a little cooler than with the breezes out of the northwest. later tonight the area of high pressure moves overhead and that will give us a very cool overnight with temperatures back in the upper 30s and 40s. and then by tomorrow, we'll get what we call the return flow and that should deliver plenty of sunshine and some temperatures near 70. so nice looking forecast next couple of days, gets kind of typical october cool around here as we get into the next couple of days. okay. i guess we're not going to look at the seven day. >> that's what you were waiting on. >> counting on and looking at the seven day.

thanks for the heads-up on camera. >> thanks tuck. not you. >> not you. >> thanks tucker. here's a look at traffic with julie wright. hey julie. >> don't you love that? >> yeah. love it so much. >> especially on the delay over here in the traffic center and you're thinking you still have another six seconds and you get caught doing things you shouldn't be doing. on the roads this morning it's been very hectic and busy. northbound i-95 still gridlocked from dale city up to the capital beltway. and that's where i have lanes open at the 14th street bridge. some problems here traveling northbound on 355 approaching 121, this is where we're receiving word now of the accident possibly involving one overturned. two children may be flown out from the area but again sky fox has just taken off and hopefully live pictures at the top of the 8:00. but again northbound 353 before you reach 121. southbound at the moment traffic can get by but again

coming southbound out of frederick the better bet is to stick with 270. it's much better right now leaving i-70 continuing to route 80. you will be tapping the brakes south of 109 and then in the thick of it heading to the lane divide. but along this stretch the lanes are open. northbound 295 before the avenue two carpaleup again reported along the left side of the highway. follow police direction in order to get by. leaving 95 heads around to georgia avenue. inner loop of the beltway look at this very much below speed. university boulevard headed to college park. both the parkway and route 50 are jammed leaving river dale heading to the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. singer elton john sir elton john rolled out the red carpet last night in new york city for his 11th annual aids foundation benefit. it's called enduring vision. john remembered ryan white, he was a teenager you'll remember who deed back in 199 -- died back in 1990 after coming down with aids from a blood transfusion.

the guests included brooke shields and stevie nicks. it's raised $2 million for aids research rupaul. yeah, for the first time in five years, rolling stones fans have a chance to see the legendary band live starting next month in london. they will return to the stage to celebrate their 50th anniversary. they'll be in newark, new mexico at the prudential center in december. newark right now is the only u.s. stop the stones have announced. they're releasing a greatest hits collection next month which will also have two new songs and for anyone who's counting, mick jagger is now 69 years old. >> is this new -- is this when they announced it? that video? >> i don't know what is, is that recent video we're asking? we don't know. >> they look good. yenning all things considered -- i mean all things considered. hard living out there. >> all the things they've gone through over the last 50 years

it's amazing and good for them. it's a limited tour. two dates in london and two dates in jersey. talk they'll add chicago and l. a.. that might be it. >> okay. i love that. all right, still ahead, virginia gearing up for a big event. >> here's holly live with details about the international gold cup. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and you're right, it is a horse steeple chase race, but there's another animal competitions that a must see event. would you guys simmer down? we're trying to do tv here. they're like we don't care. it's the terrier races and we're having our own version this morning. plus we're going to give you all the information so you can come out and see the real deal yourself. all right all right, you're all getting -- it's live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ♪

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75th running of the international gold cup. >> but while the day is packed with plenty of horse races of course, one of the most popular races is all about those little jack russell terriers. fox 5's holly morris joins us now a preview. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and you know what? there's a lot that's fun about the gold cup. but probably the most entertaining is the terrier races. they are fiercely competitive. extremely exciting. and they last about five seconds, so ready? we're going to do one for you right now. and -- go ahead gus! they're off. and there they go up and over -- oh someone is off the course. who's going to win, who's going to win? he comes around, we're over! i told you i'm not even sure that was five seconds, nonetheless, it was a whole lot of fun and we're going to regroup and do another race, diane jones is the executive director of the virginia gold cup association that puts on the international gold cup which is a huge horse racing event. in the fall. good morning to you. mrs. diane. >> good morning holly.

>> it's fun to be out here. >> it's a great place to be. >> it is a great place to be. all right, dog owners back up this way, we're going to gear up for another race. as we do that diane let's talk about this year's international gold cup. what are people going to see? >> well -- >> hold on, we have to reset and get the tail back down. that's a key part of the race. that's gus, right there, he runs this whole -- you got it? it's gus bush, isn't that right? four bush is his last name. all right diane so let's talk about -- >> the gates open to the public at 10:00. we have prerace activities, which include terrier races at noon. a national exhibition out on the race course. hat contests. tailgate contests. and six -- six races which start at 1:30. >> now, when you talk about the international gold cups this one of the largest steeple chase events in the country

right? >> yes. we have -- the gentry riders from foreign countries that come from england, ireland, scotland and italy. >> i would love to say i'm hear hag you say but' -- hearing what you say but i see the other little racers here excited and ready to go. is it true that terrier racing actually started here at great meadows? >> no -- yes, before they came here first. >> so my -- owners are already running off again. so i guess we'll -- can you run as fast as them diane? >> no. [ laughter ] not today. >> all right, once they get set i think we're ready for another race. send them gus! now, do you only do this once come saturday? >> no, we have like -- we'll have heats on the flat and heats over jumps. >> wow, look at this. >> then the final heat. >> okay owners come back up here!

now, usually you have about 40,000 people that come out for the event right. >> exactly. we have about 40,000 people. typically we tell people harris teeter is a ticket outlet. they can purchase tickets there. they can go on the website. which is vagoldcup.com or they can call the office. >> myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the virginia gold cup association's website. it is the 75th running of the international gold cup. going on this saturday. come here, come here. i want to check in with my race owners real quickly. so how did you fare? >> i think he got the second today. so -- he did pretty good for not racing for a little bit. >> and somebody just won nationals right? tell me your name. >> came. >> and this is? >> angel. she just won the senior national championship. >> is this like a ringer for saturday? >> no, they're all good. >> not if any of these people have anything to do with it. all right gus how was that?

>> that was good, very good. >> how do they compare to the usual races you've been doing for 37 years? >> these are the best racing terriers in, many. >> right here, this saturday at great meadow in the plains. we're going to have more coming up from the international gold cup coming up in our next hour, we'll talk more horse racing. meanwhile we've got more news after the break. stay with us, you're watching fox 5. [ mitt romney ] look a at the evidence of the last four y years. we've got 23 million people out of workk or stopped looking for work. they're suffering in this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy's growing slow like this, when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone.

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straight ahead at 8:00, round two tonight president obama and mitt romney face-off in the second of three debates. we'll go live to long island for a preview. plus, paying less for speeding tickets in the district? why some members of the city council want to put the brakes on the soaring fines. and later, filmmaker kevin smith and actor jason mewes bring their jay and silent bob studio to silver spring. but thirst a look at what -- first a look at what to expect. they're actually here and the show is tonight at the fillmore in silver spring and we'll talk to them. should be crazy.

>> i love that. >> good morning everybody, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. hey tucker barnes. >> we've got the cooler temperatures and work their way in overnight. and it will be nice day today. sunny and bright but a little on the cool side with highs in the mid 60s. >> okay. >> all right. pattern is next couple of days is a nice one. >> definitely a light jack wet a bit of a breeze -- jacket with a bit of ha breeze too. the look at the satellite and radar and kick off the forecast. nice and quiet and shower activity can cloud cover from yesterday. -- and cloud cover from yesterday pushing to the east and the north and you can see that we don't have a whole lot to discuss here on the morning picture. so should be bright sunshine throughout the day. you saw if you were watching us a few minutes on the live shot a lot of sunshine out to the west. nice and dry for you today too. not expecting any raws. it's cool -- rain showers. it's cool out there. 48. nice looking october afternoon with highs expected to top out in the mid 60s. it will be a little breezy when we mention again the pleases

north and -- breezes north and west at about 10 to 15. as allison said a light jacket is probably the order of the day. . all right guys we have a serious crash which is occurred along 355 south of 121 in clarksburg. jeremy just arriveddal scene here and there's a multiple vehicles involved in the accident. one of which was overturned. we're finding is fire and rescue on the scene and again the vehicles overturned on its side and you're going to find the delays are still stacking up as you can continue northbound. as you've coming southbound you will find the lanes are open but nobody is getting by or at this point they've temporarily blocked the shot on the southbound side of the highway as well. again traveling between clarksburg and 109. commit to 270 work around this time. southbound 270 a slow start as you continue from urbanna to 109 but at least here the lanes are open. again we were told that a

helicopter was en route can we're not sure if that's still the case or not. but 3551 shut down in each direction south of 121. we've also got problems with a major tie-up to report right here on croftton along southbound 3 at 450. possibly a car fire. and southbound the left lane remains closed. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie. thanks, getting ready for a rematch of sorts tonight, president obama and republican rival mitt romney take the stage at hofstra university. it is the second presidential debate. the two candidates will field questions from uncommitted voters and the audience during the town hall style forum. cnn's candy crowley will be the moderator tonight. they have spent the last few days cramming and tonight the pressure is on. the president some say to deliver a better performance. his advisers say he is ready. for a look at what to expect we turn to peter barnes from the fox business network live on

long island this morning. good morning peter. >> good to see you allison. listen they play a little basketball here on this sports complex here at hofstra university. and president obama as you know likes to play basketball. he wants to score a few points against governor romney tonight. in this debate. but as you pointed out this is going to be different from the first debate. this is going to be a town hall forum. about 80 undecided voters from here in nassau county, long island, will be sitting in a circle inside of the arena. the two candidates will be on stools and as a result because the questions will these voter priority for both the president and gov northerly romney is to -- governor romney is to answer their questions. it may actually limit their opportunities to attack each other. could be tricky for both the governor and president obama to score points against each other. we may not see very many zingers tonight to be honest. allison? >> peter just quickly, what

might the audience means focus on -- members focus on? the top three topics? >> obviously the economy is the number one issue for the voters. but interestingly enough, the median income of a voter here in nassau county, long island is about $90,000 a year. this is a very wealthy suburb of new york. and that median income is way above the average for most americans and way above the average for regular undecided voters in other parts of the country. so the questions may tend to focus on tax policy for example, because higher taxes might have a bigger impact on the voters here in nassau county. allison? >> thank you peter very much. in advance of the second presidential debate. thank you sir. two other quick notes, both from battleground virginia. today gop running mate paul ryan will rally voters in lynchburg and fredericksburg.

mitt romney will be back 2349 commonwealth tomorrow with -- in the commonwealth tomorrow with chesapeake and leesburg stops planned. there's news in the senate race in virginia. today the "washington post" wrote a strong endorsement of tim kaine on the editorial page. it said quote cain is a better choice by leaps and bounds than republican george allen. the paper cited the hyperbole given by allen and that it was vague. and checking today's other top stories, today members of the d.c. city council will likely announce recommendations to lower speeding ticket fines in the district. right now fines vary depending on the number of miles over the speed limit. they can be as much as $250 but also double if not paid within 30 days, council members tommy wells and mary cheh organized a special task force to look into

the fines, virginia and maryland average about $40 a ticket. still no word on a motive nor a suspect in the shooting death of a teenager in prince george's county. this happened monday afternoon in hillcrest heights. the teenager's family -- his family tells fox 5 the victim answered a knock on his front door. then began arguing with whomever was there. moments later shots were fired and police say the victim ran back into the house and told his grandmother that he had been shot. he later died at the hospital. there is relief for two virginia families whose loved ones had gone missing while hiking in montana. yesterday, rescue crews found neal peckens and jason hisen safe. the two veterinarians disappeared last week after hiking at glacier national park. they'd fallen down a ravine, rationed their remaining food and drinks and used their gear to survive the freezing weather. taking the fall for a diplomatic security continue verysy. still ahead at 8:00 -- controversy.

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welcome back. more developments in the pakistani girl targeted by the taliban. the british hospital where she's being treated says two people were arrested this morning. but police in birmingham will only say they are questioning those people. so some -- it's a little bit unclearabout what's happening there. the taliban promised to kill her if she survived. malala yousufzai was targeted because of her calls for girls to be educated. in the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, secretary of state hillary clinton is now taking responsibility for security. as the american consulate and all other embassies arnold the world. congressional hearings last week revealed the state

department rejected requests for increased security in benghazi. four americans died in the september 11th attacks including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. secretary clinton is currently on a trip to peru and says that diplomatic security is her responsibility and not that of the white house. >> responsible for the state department. for the more than 60 tow people around the world -- 60,000 people around the world. the decisions about security assets are made by security professionals. but we're going to review everything to make sure that we're doing what needs to be done in an increasingly risky environment around the world. >> during the vice presidential debate last week you remember joe biden says he was never told that the consulate requested more security. all right, allison, thank you very much. it's 12 minutes after 8:00 now. time to turn our attention to tucker barnes who'll tell us what we've got in store for today. but first before that, you have another responsibility mr. barnes. >> thank you tony. i do. time now for my first 5 photo

of the day. our favorite time of they, check out everybody -- day, check out everybody this is little ryan. >> another pumpkin picture. >> doing the patch pictures. yeah. ryan is 19 months old. and this was on a recent trip to the pumpkin patch at -- i want to get the farm right. laura lynn farms in woodbine, maryland. i can't quite see the hat. >> oh, yeah. steelers hat. >> are you sure that's a steelers hat? >> yes, sir. >> i think so. yeah. >> that's okay. all right ryan we're going to hold -- >> the steeler fan is in the house and he says it is. >> i can't imagine such a cute face would be wearing a steelers cat. >> host adorable. steeler fan you're adorable. >> he's so cute. >> yes he is. >> i love the little mini pumpkin there. that's perfect. all right ryan we love the picture, thanks for sending it in. go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings to send your picture in. to the weather forecast, 53 right now in washington. 53 in boston.

out to the west, no extreme cold. the last couple of mornings temperatures have been in the 20s across the northern plains. not the case today. r5 1 fargo and international falls 47 degrees. so nothing too extreme out there. all right, our forecast getting better. sunshine back in the forecast and you know what? it will be a bright and beautiful day. it will be a little cool. winds will be out of the north and west at about 10 to 15 but with lots of sunshine you should feel pretty good for you. still bring a look at jacket cool this afternoon and quite cool overnight with overnight lows falling into the 40s. but no rain expected today. in fact next couple of days nice dry pattern setting up. 66 today and breezy conditions and then on wednesday and thursday look great with highs about 70. get a little rain here friday and hopefully out of here in time for the weekend. i know we have a lot ovenable and soccer, flag -- of football and soccer and flag football. that's a look at weather. julie got busy. it's very busy. it feels like we hit the ground running this morning.

a very serious crash which is occurred late in our rush hour. this happens to be 355 at the little seneca parkway. south of 121 in clarksburg. we had the crash involving the overturned vehicle. the vehicle is overturned on its side it looks like we have everything back up on its wheels but again northbound on 355, no one is able to get by at the scene at this time but we see they have a rollback there on the scene. coming southbound we do know of delays that are gridlocked from clarksburg heading into the accident scene. the roadway is blocked off in each direction. your better bet would be to stick with 270. use that as your work arch. again 355 south of 121 shut down each way because of accident activity involving what was an overturned vehicle now back up on its wheels. more problems unfortunately. in crofton southbound 3 at 450 is where we have the accident activity again an overturned vehicle involved in this crash. some traffic is able to get by under police direction. clean-up continues on the crash

northbound 295 here at malcolm x. avenue. left side of the roadway blocked. big delays leaving the beltway up to the scene. hunter mills tying up the left lane. a big backup leaving 28. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks julie. the redskins have the day off after sunday's big win but back to work tomorrow get ready for the first division test. >> the team has not played any of the nfc rivals yet six weeks into the sun. that changes -- season. that changes sunday when they take on the new york giants in new york. dave ross joins us now with a look at what to expect. >> what a way to get a test right? let's take on the big bad giants, they are the defending world champions and just destroyed frank san francisco on sunday. -- san francisco on sunday. a really good test for the redskins to figure out where we are. >> can i say one thing? we beat the giants twice last year on their way to the super bowl. >> yes, absolutely right. let's make it three in a row. what do you think about that? guys can help make that happen

as the man on twitter known as the one man gang. here to join us via skype talking all things redskins, one of the team captains, lorenzo commandser, zo how -- alexander, zo how are you doing this morning? >> great. >> how does this work during the season? >> i never have a day off. about an hour from now i have to take the kids to school. i'm always working. >> we always talk about you on special teams and you know one of my friends says every time i see a tackle i always see 97 flying into your screen. on special teams. but on sunday though you suited up at line backer and played 27 snaps. one and a half sacks, four tackles for a loss and recovered a fumble. are you itching for more playing time at linebacker too? >> most definitely. i know my role on the team is to of course be the special teams captain and be dominant on the special teams part of the field. but also you know anytime i have app opportunity to go in there on defense and make an impact and along with perry

riley and bowen. just myself. leonard fletcher all the guys allow me to go out this and play hard and make some plays. it was a great experience and especially getting the win at home last week. >> talk about defense because i feel -- i kind of felt like you guys really held it together when the offense struggled together. three field goals to a manageable game at 9-0. then just exploded with the turnovers that you got and williams as well. can this defense be a big play defense? i know it gives up some yards and some points. can you make some plays? >> yeah, i think we made a big play defense all year. i think we scored four times on defense, had several turnovers. the biggest thing was just giving up the big play. as long as we don't give up the big play, see the results. the vikings only had nine points after you know being in the red zone three times. and that's what we're capable of you know and some of the great teams in the past, new orleans statements, the green bay packers gave up a lot of yards and they had big time turnovers and they helped the team win the super bowl. >> i have to ask you about robert griffin iii's run. and of course -- the leap --

the fedex leap. what is it when you see the guy show his heels it's field and up -- to the field and up field for 76 yards? amaze even you? >> yeah, it was crazy. a phenomenal play. i was looking at facebook last night and somebody got a great picture of me and williams on the sideline kind of rewatching that run. and it was just -- it's awesome to finally have a guy like that on our side that can open it up and make big plays at great times so we can win. it was just great. he's a great guy. very hullable and hard worker and it's definitely paying off for him on the field. >> you're also a hard worker and also very humble. but we went bowling in the off- season. i don't know if you want to tell people how it turned out but we're going to have a rematch lorenzo -- yeah, i'm just saying that i thought you were a better bowler than maybe you are. you're going to have a bowling for charity event coming up in november. you want to tell the people about it? >> it's november 5th, you can

go to bowlingaces.eventbright.com to buy your tickets if you want to become a sponsor. but all the readers to leaders program. i partnered up with three elementary schools in the d.c., virginia and maryland area with their fifth grade classes and they're going to be reading a book by ben carson. just to help them educate themselves and we'll be reading other books and i also spoke to people that are successful. taking trips down to capitol hill and going to the hospital and bringing the people into the schools as well. jus want to really support the next generation and make them successful so they can come back and do the same thing i'm doing now. but yes come out and bowl with us. it's going to be a great time. a lot of the teammates in the house. also, you know dave i can get after him a little bit. also issued a challenge to him. put his team together yet. >> i'm working on -- my team. >> if anybody in the studio

right now going to come out with you? are they that -- are they ready? i'll ask tony per kins if he wants to come out and roll with me zo. >> we have to go to break here, you're busy. inseason for you, don't use it as an excuse for losing again. but thank you so much for coming on lorenzo. i'll see you in the locker room. >> i appreciate it. >> you got it. love the one man gang. we'll be back with more fox 5 morning news in a moment. >> you're a brave man. maryland schools are number one in america because

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[ bell dinging ] it was a solid start to the week for wall street. stock prices rose after a stronger than expected retail sale report. the dow jones ended the day up 95 points closing at 13,424. that is the biggest gain in a month. meanwhile, more good news from the government. today, the social security administration will announce an increase in monthly payments for more than 56 million recipients. the cost of living increase will be tied to a government inflation measure. also out today. analysts expect the small hike somewhere between 1% and 2%. still it's a hike. we like that. the d.c. economy is held steady throughout the recession. give or take. some people are hurting. >> as a matter of fact, georgetown's restaurant business seems to be taking a hit. according to the washingtonian,

me and you is the latest establishment to go under. the m street eatery closed its doors for good this past weekend after ten years in business. some other closings this year include pop parazzo on union avenue. the guards, uno chicago grill, and fino italian restaurant on massachusetts street. both sit row nell and la mad line in the hotel closed because of flood damage. still ahead why the cafeteria could be even worse for your health than you thought. >> okay. dr. mike from the fox medical team joins us live with some of the side effects of the high sugar and salt daily diet. >> blue then it's time to -- plus when it's time to throw away some of the old prescriptions, it's 8:25. we'll be right back. 

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8:28. making headlines in the day ahead a public tribute to the

woodson holstein your found dead a week after he disappeared -- high school senior found dead week after he disappeared. this morning they will hold a memorial pass in annandale. also today, mourners will gather in pennsylvania to ember specter. flaks at the white house -- flaks at the white house will also fly at half staff in his honor. he died sunday. in maryland the chief diversity officer will speak out about the controversy that forced her from her job. the school placed angela mccaskill on leave last week. her attorney said she only signed the petition because she wants the issue settled by quote the democratic process. finally the detroit tigers will try to extend their lead when they host the new york yankees for a game three of the alcs. right now the tigers lead this

series 2-0. sorry got my sports owl mixed up. >> quite all right. >> all righty. yankees going to have some trouble now. >> yeah. >> jeter out. >> i think verlander is pitching tonight too. >> okay. >> he's like the best pitcher on the tigers. >> okay. >> that will be tough. >> you want to yankees to lose -- the yankees to lose right? >> they knocked out my team so yes. >> in full disclosure. >> obviously never unbiased in my sports, the temperatures and nice and cool start to the day. upper 40s and low 50s. 53 in washington right now. going to be a nice day. it's beautiful outside right now but it is cool. definitely jacket weather here as we're expecting temperatures to stay on the cool side later this afternoon. mid 60s so it will be fine but a bit of a breeze expected out of the north and west as well. we're back to 46 in frederick and 48 fredericksburg. you bet the idea here, temperatures on the cool side overnight as the cooler air was able to work in from the north and west behind the cold front. all right winds not much of a

factor at the moment and never blustery today but it will be breezy at times. so just another reason you might want to bring a jacket here as you head out the door as we're expecting the cooler pool of air to sit across the region for the next few days. we're done with the cold front. out of here up to boat on the and it's a quick mover. high pressure out to the west building. today nice and sunny with highs in the mid 60s and then a warming trend into tomorrow. with highs expected to be back up near 70. 66 your high today. winds 10 to 15 out of the north and west. dry tuesday for you not expecting rain showers today and tonight and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. cool tonight with overnight lows back in the 40s. wednesday can thursday look close to -- and thursday look close to perfect. a few scattered showers on friday. highs back in the 60s for the weekend. allison we'll toss it back over to you.

tucker, thank you kindly. in health news now the number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak continues the climb. and -- to climb. and officials have tied the outbreak of a rare fungal meningitis to steroid shots for back pain. fox medical teams doctor mike joins us live from philadelphia with an important update. good morning to you first of all. sir, and what's the latest on this meningitis outbreak? >> reporter: hello allison. basically, there's a couple of new items that people need to be aware of. there are now some reports that some medications used in heart surgery that were -- produced in that implicated compounding pharmacy in new england may have been tainted as well. and this is of concern to the feds because it could now open up yet other people to the risk of infection. it doesn't stop there. there are also some concerns

that an eye medication, a solution applied to the eye again manufactured by this particular compounding pharmacy, may also put people at risk. so these are the new developments and it really, really allison is a nightmare from hell. this whole thing is a disaster. it really is. >> okay. the take home message quickly dr. mike there, is it somewhere u.s. to look out for the -- just the look out for the pharmacy? what do we need to be aware of? >> i think if you were in any way given a product made by the company, someone will be reaching out to you believe me. but, if you've had any concerns, if you have any symptoms, check with your doctor. headache, fever, anything. check with your doctor. >> okay, moving on now, new evidence dr. mike showing high fat, high sugar and salt intakes creating a ticking time bomb of health concerns even in younger people right? can you explain the cafeteria diet and why so bad for us? >> well, allison basically

there's nothing new in the study other than the fact they took rats and they fed them the cafeteria diet. that's high fat, high salt, and high cholesterol. and sugar. and basically after only two months, these rats were having significant health problems. what does that mean for people? we're going to start seeing strokes and heart attacks in middle-aged people because they eat this kind of stuff and this is the first generation, allison, that's not going to live as long as their parents. >> all right. that's -- really depressing. and the last couple of seconds we have, we talked about the prescription drugs lasting longer than maybe we thought? are we talking 30 years longer? tell us about this one dr. mike. >> reporter: very quickly. great study. they took some expired medications that were still in their bottles unopened. these were in hospitals. even after 40 years, and they found that most of them were

still effective and had active ingredients that would be effective to treat a number of illnesses. so this could save millions, even billions of dollars if we look at how long a medication can last in a sealed bottle. people should not trust, however, if the bottle was opened and left in their bathroom. for a couple of years. don't do it. this could cause -- really lead to a lot of savings especially in this era of health care dollars being tight. >> i don't think that's a message the pharmaceuticals really want to hear but it is good news for us. dr. mike, from d.c. we love you. have a great day. >> caller: love you. love you allison. love you. >> tony over to you. >> all right. >> don't try to understand it. >> i will not. it's a beautiful relationship. >> thank you. yes, okay. still ahead at 8:00, speaking of beautiful relationships, jay and silent bob get old. the men behind the wildly popular podcasts and the big screen character adaptations bring the comedy act right here

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ricky gervais' reign at the "golden globes" over. >> yeah. next year's 70th annual ceremony will instead go to two funny ladies, tina fey and amy poler will take over hosting duties, it will be the first time working side by side since the movie "baby momma." first working together at "saturday night live." they have a long history together. >> he broke several records with his 24-mile space sky dive. now we're getting the view of what it looked like from felix baumgartner's point of view. >> this is the camera view from baumgartner's astronaut-like suit as he plunged nine minutes, about half of it free

falling at a top speed of 834 miles per hour. he ended up landing safely in new mexico really sweet landing there. the new records include highest free fall, fastest free fall, and highest manned balloon flight. awesome. 8:40 right now. it's a tuesday morning, up next stars of screen hit the stage in silver spring. first though the men behind movies like "clerks." join us live in studio. >> then, a day at the races with holly morris. hey holly. >> reporter: hey good morning, and you know what? i'm trading in my microphone i'm becoming an outwriter. do i look the part? i have the outfit i have the horse, actually we're learning about everything that has to do with the 75th running of the international gold cup at great meadow the plains where we are live this morning. the trainer happens to be the same person and he's going to join us. we're going to learn the ins and outs of what you need to know. it's all next on fox 5 morning news.

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movies "clerks" and "mall rats" but best known as jay and silent bob. the real names of course kevin smith and jason mewes. they will be live at the fillmore silver spring tonight. bringing their famous podcast to the stage. the show is jay and silent bob get old. first, they join us here in studio. kevin smith and jason mewes. this is very exciting. >> thank you. >> to have you here, jason, good to see you. >> nobody generally lets us on tv. >> especially this early. the first thing they told us, you cannot curse. which i'm okay with but this guy immediately had to shut out of a bunch of synaptes in his head. -- sin autopsies in -- synapses in his head. >> jason, i've seen you guys interviewed all over the place and you do comic-con and the podcast and all that kind of stuff and you say whatever you want to say. is it hard to kind of edit for

you know morning television? >> no, not really. i mean -- i do get concerned while i'm in the middle of a you know, an answer like this. that i might slip. but that's why i sort of -- slowly comes out so i can think about it before i say it. >> right. right. there's no filter on this one. >> like most of us have a filter we think it and then it hits the filter before it comes out. with him it goes from brain to mouth and that's -- problematic from time to time. >> right. right. >> well, try to let him talk more so i don't have to worry about cursing. you know immingle if i'm sitting up here -- i mean if i'm sitting up here i'll be like yeah. >> we switched roles. obviously jay he becomes violent bob. >> that's right. but my suspicion is it's one of the things that endears you to your audience. you're very real and it seems like even the characters you play are very reallottable to a lot of folks and we get the impression this is you. >> the characters in the movies -- they fell no love

with the characters -- in love with the characters and we use the names to perform as ourselves. the show itself jay and silent bob get old is like an intervention podcast. a hard time with the heroin and oxycontin and stuff. we use the podcast to gather together and have kind of like a meeting if you will. it's like the most entertaining aa or na meeting you'll see in your life. every week we gatt they are front of people. oddly enough in a bar where there's booze. then we put the podcast out in the world so there's accountability. at this point, the people will be like dough oohing man -- how you doing man? it kind of keeps him on the straight and narrow. we had no idea the debate was on tuesday. >> oh that's right. >> i wanted to watch the debate myself but you can tune in and watch the debate. and watch two guys who will say anything to get elected. or you can come watch us, two guys that will say anything to get laid. far more entertaining. [ laughter ] >> that is right. >> far more. >> you can have the debate on behind you and react to that if you want to with the podcast.

it sounds like -- a lot of fun. are you surprised that these characters have endured so much? >> yeah. oddly enough. they have kind of stuck around. i think that has everything to do with tim and his portrayal of the jay character which is kind of based on who he was when he was 16 years old. everybody from -- based on twitter and facebook and real life. everybody knows i know a guy gu even going back to '94. people were like i know dudes like that laying out in front of convenience stores. i know dudes like that who are practically married hetero life mates if you will. >> jay, let me ask you this. how much of you what you guys do is improv? a lot of it -- seems to be improv. maybe it's just because it's written so naturally or what have you. but how much of it is really just you guys improving? >> in the movies? >> in the movies or the podcast. >> it's podcast yeah it's all

stories of sort of the past 25 years of our friendship and working together and stuff. in the movies yeah i try to stick toll dialogue but also ad lib as much. but easy slaps it down. let me say this and this instead and they're like that's silly. >> don't express yourself before i express myself through you like a puppet. shut up and say my words. [ laughter ] >> so i try but -- >> one of those directors huh? >> oh lord. not an actor's director but -- >> are you retired? you said a couple of years ago. >> there's one more i'm going to make. one more film i want to direct that we take out in the theaters and stuff. it's called "hit somebody" and it's a hockey movie. and it's taking a while. but i want to do the other stuff. i've been film making for nearly 20 years, all the other things interest me more. honestly i want to jump around and become a jack of all trades, master of none. i was sitting here watching you guys do the news, i was like i want to do that. if they let me wear a hockey jersey i want to do the news.

>> you can do the weather at some point if you want to do that. >> i want to do the news. who wants the weather? all news! i see the weatherman over there. i want to do the main stuff. he gets invited over once every ten minutes. >> see, see? that's what's going on here. [ laughter ] want to ask you about season two comic book man. here's my thing with you guys. i appears that you -- it appears that you guys have glouten to do anything -- gotten to do anything that you wanted to do. but career wise you guy guys are getting to do whatever you want to do. >> anybody could do this man once you get your foot in the door. first you have some to do work, but in terms of being able to do anything you want to do, it's possible. a lot of people get wrapped into their roles. like when i told people i'm not going to direct anymore. that's what you do, you're a director. i was like i do a lot of things, that's the one thing i got paid the most to do in the last 20 years but life is so

short. i realized at that point we're all going to go out man. might as well take it all and try everything you remotely interested. in i grew up listening to howard stern in the morning going to psychological. all the podcasting -- school. all the podcasting we do comes from that. it was fun to listen to somebody who's being candid about his life. when question got older and suddenly the podcast technology democraties it had medium. we jumped in with both feet because that kind of thing is fun. anybody can do that. but you got a laptop? jack it open and start recording with your friends or your parents. >> that's where it is now. radio, tube, any corporate suits controlling it. podcasts that's the way to go. we got to wrap it there unfortunately, i wish we could talk much longer, kevin smith, jason mewes. jay and silent bob get old. it's tonight at the fillmore silver spring. 8:00 p.m. also check out season two of comic book men on amc and jason has a new movie coming out next

year called "nubes." do the news anytime you want. allison back to you. >> okay. just days away from 75th annual international gold cup race. it brings crowds from all over the area but what does it take to train a winning horse? fox 5's holly morris joins us live from the plains, virginia, holly good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you and say good morning to irish riddler and rob banner the president of great meadow. make me look good here, let's go. we are just checking out the course here for the international gold cup that's going to be going on this saturday. the 75th running of this wonderful event. i'm the outrider this morning. rob explain what that means. >> the outrider is here for the safety of the horse and rider. and when horses pull up, or they are off course, the outrider goes and brings them back to the safety of the trainer and the control of the

steward's stand. that's what the outrider does. >> reporter: also interviews the winner afterward right? >> exactly right. >> i'm made for the role. bull actually you know what? this course is made for steeple chase racing and you were just telling me this is one of the premiere courses. kind of give people an idea of how special this place is. >> it really truly is. for the last 25 years, it is been cultivated for the permanent home for the virginia gold cup races which includes the fall race this saturday. and the course has been meticulously maintained for those years. so that safety is paramount and that the footing is absolutely perfect. it's soft, to absorb concussion. and gives traction when they -- to prevent slipping. >> reporter: you know what? that's what the president of president of great meadow says. i wonder what a jockey or trainer would say? we happen to have one this morning. he's going to be riding up here in just a matter of moments. it's charlie mccan, he's a jockey and trainer for zula rode which will be competing on -- road which will be competing on saturday. i mean there are riders coming from around the world.

>> absolutely. it's -- it really is an international day of racing. but the class of racing is national class and you'll see some of the best steeple chasers in the country vie for the honors on -- at the winners' circle just steps away from here. we're standing right at the finish line. as a matter of fact here comes our horse. >> reporter: how about that for timing? there's charlie. charlie come back! charlie in the zone right. tell me what it takes to train for a race like this. >> it takes a great long while and it's done very carefully over months and months of preparation. it takes years in some cases with horses to make sure that on race day they're ready. >> reporter: uh-huh. so when it comes to actual race day what do jockeys need to do to kind cough make sure they're red -- of make sure they and the horses are ready? >> reporter: all the races are run under the sanction of the national steeple chase association and the riders are licensed. usually with their horses, they stay in close contact with them

at all times so they know their mounts really really well. >> reporter: hey charlie, how was it? >> good morning, very good. he's feeling good. >> reporter: how's -- feeling pretty good? now, is he going to race on saturday? >> he runs in the steeple time. >> reporter: now because there are six races on saturday. the international gold cup is the fifth race of the day. kind of tell me about your view of a steeple chase horse from a trainer and your view from a jockey. >> as -- as a jockey, you know, you need a horse that's very clever and smart. he really has no jump hack rot -- to jump accurate and there are two different types of horses, timber horses need to jump more off their hocks. and brush -- and steeple chase horses. >> reporter: a zula running face dust this morning? >> he's feeling good. >> he's ready to go come saturday. >> reporter: you need to be ready too. ebb web is our website.

-- myfoxdc.com is our website. the social event of the season. as well. gates open at 10:00. first race is at 1:30. don't forget the terrier races at noon. and then the gold cup itself is international gold cup is the fifth race on the card. coming up in the next hour we're going to talk more about the social side and all about tailgating, back to you. >> that's big. the social side. still ahead in the next hour, a tribute to the migrant workers in africa. courtesy of two time grammy award winner hugh masekela. >> believe it or not -- you know this he's toured the world with the biggest names in music. now this morning the composer joins us live in studio for a special performance. it is 8:55. we'll be back. ♪ maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states.

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two. both candidates making last- minute preps ahead of tonight's debate. coming up, sarah will be back in studio with a look at the president. how the president may switch things up this time. then, a different kind of debate over rg3's 76-yard touchdown run. yeah that's right. wisdom and dave ross go off the wall. you don't want to miss this. adhd awareness. this week is dedicate today helping the public -- dedicated to helping the public recognize signs of the disorder and how to help people. that's coming up at 9:30. and world-renowned south african artist hugh masekela is live in studio this morning. he's got a group with him that he's going to introduce us to. they're going to perform for us, even in town for the new project called "songs of migration." at 9:15 how people in his own country inspired the show now at the kennedy c