field this sunday in pittsburgh. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. >> this is fox 5 morning news. >> there's your look at the morning traffic and weather situation. we've had some big traffic problems this morning. weather no problem. good morning everybody. i'm tony perkins. >> i thought there was more. >> happy you are with us. >> and i forget the date. good morning. >> good morning. good morning to you as well. >> at least he knows his name. >> all right. let's do the weather. very nice day. very pleasant conditions. temperature wise we have clouds working through. with highs near 80 we're not complaining. 59 degrees. bw marshal 55.

these temperatures should jump quickly and well into the comfortable range. upper level disturbance bringing us cloud cover. partly to mostly cloudy start to your day. along with it, the risk of a light shower or light sprinkle. the best cha our viewers out to the west. we should be partly sunny this afternoon. our temperatures will top out near 80 later today. there's your day planner for today. partly sunny conditions. enjoy another warm one. we have cooler air on the way. details on that in just a minute. i want to go back to alison at the desk. >> tucker, thanks. >> we have been following a traffic alert all morning. late night accident on i 95 north and staff order virginia led to hours long gridlocked overnight. spilled fuel on the highway around 11:30 p.m.

the vehicles were cleared a few hours later but tookto clean up the fuel. after the sand trucks were late getting to the scene. 95 north was completely closed for quite a while. let's check in with julie for the latest. what a mess. >> i know. it has not been easy. northbound on 95 let's get to the crew. gridlocked traffic leaving route 3. the big sign that says central park that's where you are hitting the back up. past the 138 mile marker. according to cdot the crew to mop up all of the fuel problems there. we had problems over on the shoulder. come back to retrieve all of that sand after our morning drive. northbound remains slow and you are back into a back up as you continue northbound. all right.

we'll take it back inside . not only do you see all of those brake lights but again the pace remains slow. 395 lanes are open. no problems to report there at this time. traveling on the other side of town southbound on the bw parkway accident at 197. south on i 95 at 212 accident moving over to westbound 4 approaching the beltway dealing with water main break heads up towards 495. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> a developing story out of fairfax county this morning where a search for a serial groper continues. >> the attacks are getting more dangerous. approached in broad day light while pushing a stroller. melanie is live with the latest on this investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there has been an attack of this nature almost every week since september 7th.

police do classify them as sexual assaults. and most were in the springfield area but now it appears the suspect may have moved on as well. police are comparing those victim descriptions of the suspect. in several cases he was wearing a t-shirt blue jeans and a red baseball cap. this assault took place between september 7th and october 2nd. three of the victims were teenage girls. one just 15 years old. many walking in presidential areas. in falls church the latest happened on friday evening. it was 4:20 at the afternoon at south maple avenue and gibson street. a woman pushing a baby comes another target. >> the suspect walked up behind her. she was distracted talking on her cell phone. walked up behind her grabbed her groped her aggressively and he did not stop.

he did not let go of her until she yelled. she started screaming trying to get the attention of people. >> reporter: according to witnesses more on the suspect now. he is five foot six to five foot eight. hispanic with medium to dark complex and short hair. also described him as skinny. also wore a short neatly trimmed beard but police think that may have been shaved off. some of the victims came forward after police were canvassing neighborhoods. so they are asking people to share this story and if anyone else has had something like this happen to them they want to hear from them. >> thank you very much. and some other top stories. a woman accused of going on a high speed ride is now charged with first degree assault and reckless endan angela

crashed into a number of cars outside a medical center. a civilian officer opened fire and hit the windshield. she screamed and acted strangely when she was arrested. she is a licensed nurses aid. >> today marks 10 years since the dc snipers were arrested. a man saw them sleeping in their car and called police. 10 people were killed. three others hurt during the three week shooting spree. they were eventually convinced. mohammed was convicted in 2009. in a case that's getting a lot of attention the u.s. court of appeals is set to hear the virginia prisoner who wants the state to pay for a sex change operation. a three judge panel is schedule today hear the case later this morning in richmond. a lower court ruled the state was treating her gender identity disorder.

but the lawyers say doctors not judges should decide if surgery is appropriate. >> turning now to the race for the white house. both president obama and mitt romney are racking up frequent flyer miles. both will make the hard push. the president heads to richmond for a rally tomorrow. and sunday romney has three in the state. joins us live from capitol hill with more. doug good morning. >> reporter: good morning. unless you live in one of those handful of swing states, you are not going to see these guys in person as the campaign travel reaches a fever pitch. we can add another 5,000 milester today as president obama travels back and forth actually spending the night on board.

mitt romney isn't far behind after rallies yesterday. >> what you are seeing from the obama campaign is an incredibly shrinking campaign. the president is out of ideas andre going to make sure he's out of office. >> give him the edge nationally. tracking poll puts it at 5 points. the swing states get more complicated. may come down to ohio. the president was in dayton yesterday. >> we know we're not where we need to be. but we've made real progress. we have to build on that progress. we can't go back to what got us into this mess. we need to move forward with what is getting us out of this mess. and that's why i'm running for a second term. >> the obama campaign is hoping a new 20 page booklet will help close the deal detailing a clear

second term agenda. for both candidates it may be a question of hustle over the next 13 days. neither of them will sit still for long. >> reporter: they can't sit still because they physically have a lot of ground to cover. this is the state of play nationally. the yellow states are states they see as tossups and you see it goes from nevada out west to new hampshire out east. and virginia. and this is the way you can map out their travel over the next 13 days. >> busy busy. thank you. mitt romney's son had apologized to president obama saying he was attempted to quote, take a swing at him. he made a remark at a radio interview. he was answering a question about how he felt watching the president aggressively criticize his father. >> a candidate is getting

criticism for comments he made about abortion during a tv debate. life is a gift from god even if it's the result of rape. >> i struggled with it myself but came to realize life is that gift from god and even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> the romney campaign put out a statement saying governor romney disagrees with the comments and pointed out they do not reflect romney's views. >> new this morning, pope benedict has named new cardinals. james michael harvey. he was ordained back in the 1970s. in charge of running the household since 1998. you see him pictures here with the holy father. the others come from nigeria the philippines

lebanon, columbia and india. it is now 7:10 on a wednesday morning. and tropical storm sandy gaining strength as it barrels towards jamaica. update on its path next. >> and call for new procedures in the wake of meningitis out break. what was found at the sight of where the tainted steroids originated. >> the world series gets underway tonight. see who has the edge. we're going to talk about it. the tigers or the giants. coming off a series. >> as we head to the break, here's a live look outside. the latest weather and traffic coming up in just a few moments. right now 7:11. #3w4r57

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a little further down the road. maybe a play on our weather here. more details coming up in just a minute. let's do local weather. nice day shaping up. beautiful. upper 70s yesterday. right there once again with highs expected to be 80 around here. yesterday fredericksburg got up to 84. possible we can do it again. 59 in washington. you can see the midatlantic nice and mild. 56 down into the carolinas. 65 to start the morning. temperatures a little on the warm side even for the start of your day. should be a nice day. cloud cover working through at the moment. a few light sprinkles. much of that is not going to touch the ground. it will be a partly sunny day. yesterday we had a mix of clouds and sun. with temperatures unseasonably

warm, no complaining later this afternoon. 7 day. 80s this afternoon. record high for the day is 84. i don't think we'll get there but we'll be close. and also want you to focus on the cool down for the end of the weekend. pretty strong cold front saturday night. sunday daytime high 62. by monday and tuesday, highs in the 50s. in pittsburgh this weekend it is going to be on the chilly side. >> how about i trade degrees today, shove it to next week. would that be cool? 70 and 60 next week. >> we'll work it out. >> good compromise right? >> i'm not sure that works but okay. let's go to julie and find out what's happening with the traffic. >> let me tell you guys this i have tried to negotiate with mother nature. it ain't happening. not a pretty good negotiator. >> don't get her mad. >> two things i have not been able to accomplish change in

the weather and getting my pumpkin pie from tony. >> it's sad. >> i told you the other day you were going to give me that pie. >> yeah you said in the face. northbound i 95 what a doozy this has been. north of 3 north of central park is where you are hitting the pack up. 17 and out towards the 138. all lanes now open. traffic is still very much a slow go this morning. a lot of bailout traffic over on route 1. you are also wall to wall traffic headed northbound. the second accident occurred here, that has cleared. lanes are open the remains of the accident. back up towards the parkway. and 395 traffic will slow as you continue to duke street and the 14th street bridge. the crash was reported near 197. traffic slows again as you

make your way headed out towards 410. southbound i 95 the crash we had here has been moved out to the shoulder. westbound 4 they are still dealing with utility work. left lane is closed. big delays coming in. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. thank you. time for this morning 's sports breakfast. dave ross is here with a look. first redskins talk. >> you know we go redskins first? one because the nats aren't playing. but two, people were talking about sunday's game in pittsburgh. it's funny because i don't recall ten years ago, five years ago two years ago people talking about a game on sunday. they are excited to see what rgiii can do. hate to route for injuries. troy will not be playing for the steelers. he is the long hair and one of

the best safeties. he's out on sunday. >> will his hair be playing? >> it will not. he's got a pretty good main himself. the new red skin's tight end. we don't know how much run chris will get come sunday but watch for 82. four catches, 76 yards. what i like, again there's the hair. like that? it flows. i'm open. first down move the chains and get hot chocolate after the game. i think logan will be the guy. should get time as long as he's ready to go. i was out last night at the georgetown water front. i see council man vincent orange. sean springs of the washington redskins and

charlie. and we start talking about what this town would have been like this week today had the nats been in the world series. >> today would have been opening day. >> here we are talking with pretty prominent sports people and talking about rgiii and the nats. people are buzzing and what could have been. sadly it is game one of the world series. i hope it doesn't rain out there in san francisco. they have a closure named surgio romo. the giants have saved off elimination. the reason why i'm peaking the tigers is two fold. justin is the best pitcher. miguel cabrera. he won the triple crown, led the league

with 330 average, 44 home runs and 139 rbis. first guy to win the triple since 1967. we're talking about something that hasn't happened in 45 years. so the tigers have a big two. the giants are the little engine that could. they are pretty good but had the fewest home run in all of the major leagues. >> doesn't seem fafrment >> right. >> so if the nats had won, probably could have gotten past the giants. >> the national league won it. matt cane was the winning pitcher for the giants to win the all star game and they have home field advantage. >> all right. dave ross. >> maybe next year. >> talk to you later on. coming up a possible solution to ease traffic, lower pollution and prevent accidents.

a car that drives itself. what the dc council is doing to bring this new technology to the nation's capital. >> details about this weekend's love ball benefiting dogs in need of a forever home. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. this is a great photo. we want to thank everyone who has been sending in pictures of the fall scenes out there. this is shane enjoying the leaves in maryland. a lot of dogs love the leaves. they like jumping in. >> we used to love that as

kids. >> used to be good fun. we want to thank -- i'm not sure if this is correct. should it be edith or edit? i'm guessing this is edith. we want to see your pictures. send them to myweatherphoto@gmail.com. >> you have to love the colors this time of year. yesterday perfect for going out for a nice walk. send us your pictures. things are going to fall apart into the weekend. maybe fall a lot apart. depends. >> better than last october. we had that snowstorm . >> true. >> i remember it. >> last weekend of october we had basically our only snow event of the year. >> temperatures, we're a little cool here to start the day.

warmup quickly. cloud cover out there as well. there will be sunshine as well today. i'll show you satellite here in a second. not terribly cool overnight. off we go here. a little cooler north and west. 50 in frederick. let's do the satellite radar together. cloud cover. couple light sprinkles out there to the west. if you are our viewers out to the west. west virginia western maryland you have best chance of a sprinkle. we can't rule it out here in the metro area. possible you could see a light sprinkle or shower as this energy works on through. showers back into west virginia. and eventually i think we'll see some sunshine. start the day cloudy but eventually partly sunny. and unseasonably warm. high temperature yesterday was 78. we're thinking right there again today, upper 70s, maybe low 80s. record high is 84.

i don't think we'll be that warm. here's tropical storm sandy . you can see it around the center of circulation. it's looking more impressive. there's jamaica right there. it will strike jamaica later today. likely as a hurricane. hurricane warnings. and across cuba it will go. and park itself somewhere east of florida as we get into the weekend. and we're not sure where it will track. there's some indications it could get pulled up towards the midatlantic. still a lot of question marks. now tropical storm watches for southeast miami and the florida keys. 80 partly sunny skies. winds out of the north. later tonight and next couple days on the wild side. 75 tomorrow. then we start the cool down. friday clouds around with a sprinkle. 72. and the bottom drops out towards the weekend.

sunday's daytime high 62. and low 50s monday and tuesday with showers around. chilly temperatures on the way early next week. let's do traffic and get the latest from julie. >> good morning to you tucker. busy out here on the highways. north of town. crash southbound on the bw parkway. you'll find the lanes are open. that right lane still squeezing by as you work your way southbound. heavy volume to accompany this drive leaving 198. the crash we had southbound 95 has cleared. work with me if you can. i have slow traffic on the southbound side but traffic on the northbound side as well. slow going to and from laurel. taking it back inside the ride coming eastbound off the dallas toll road. inbound. average speed about 19

miles an hour coming in from fair oaks. trouble spots eastbound on the toll road. northbound i 95 still slow to recover. big delays headed northbound continuing up toward 6:30. delays continue. ebony hit me up on twitter. we had two major accidents this morning. both have cleared but traffic remains gridlocked. 395 delays heading slow. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. thank you very much. less than two weeks until election day and the obama and romney camps are out with new ads. joining us now for our weekly political round table is jim. good to see you. >> you bet. >> we welcome chuck rocha at the center for national policy.

welcome. let's talk about the debate on monday night. your overall impressions and who you think won and does it matter who won? chuck, i'll start with you. >> i think a lot of people tuned in and i think it does matter. there's a small group of people who is making up their minds. small group of people want to hear what their ideas are. and national policy is one of those threats they want to hear about. even though we find the economic issues are driving. having foreign affairs and upheaval is making a difference. and people want to know where the candidates stand on those issues. >> to that extent i agree with chuck. debates do matter. this one doesn't matter as much. it's really about job s and the economy. who won, who lost? flip a coin. i'll say romney did okay. he'll say obama killed him. the bottom line is you lose debates, you don't win.

in this case no one lost. we move on. focus is back on the economy back on jobs. and that's where we'll see that. >> let's talk about the ads i mentioned. new ads as there always thereafter the debate. i want to show romney's ad. it's called the apology tour and this comes from something he said in the debate. >> the president became with an apology tour to going to nations and criticizing america. i think they look at that and saw weakness. went to the middle east and egypt and turkey and iraq. and skipped israel. you said america had dictated other nations. mr. president america has not dictated to other nations. >> jim, let's start with you. what is romney trying to achieve here and whether or not you think it's an affective ad? >> this was one of the best lines coming out of the debate.

they wanted to highlight a little bit. this ad is running heavily in florida. florida is still a swing state that we're going to be campaigning an awful lot. what you see in most campaigns now is sometimes there isn't an overall advertising strategy. whatever is in the news today. something happens today, something breaks differently. you might see the obama campaign and romney campaign do a commercial just trying to catch up to the news cycle. to that extent you'll see this ad for a couple more days. they'll pull it off and put something else on. >> with the ad running strongly and the illusion to israel could that create a problem for the president? >> i don't think so. if you are the average verizon worker you are worried about your job being out sourced or off shored. the rising cost of your food. you are worried about the common

economic issues people have to deal with. i don't feel like a line from a debate is going to move you to or fo from a candidate. but those everyday struggles making sure you can support your family and a good paying job are what's driving this. >> you provided a segue as we go to the latest obama campaign ad which is about determination to make people's lives better. let's take a look at that. >> there's just no quit in america. you are seeing that right now. over 5 million new jobs. exports up 41%. home values rising. our auto industry, back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet. but we've made real progress. and the last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years. >> chuck, let's ask you about this. we're not there yet. that's what jumps out at me. i think people understand

that concept but is it enough? i mean, are people -- is it fair for people to look at this and go we're not there yet but it's been four years? >> this is president obama making closing argument. people are already voting and voting early in states across the country. we have come out of the hole. are we where we need to be? that's his whole closing argument. is we were going down the cliff and pulling yourself out of the mess. the closing argument will be do you feel like we have gotten as far as do you think we should have gotten? vote for me if you don't think so. >> i love you put it in those terms. you can picture it in the courtroom. that's the defense closing argument. is it an effective one? what does romney have to do?

>> i don't know it is an effective one. there are a lot of people that are still unhappy. chuck is right. if you are happy with what's going on, that will be the romney argument. if you are happy where you are today, vote for the president. but if you want a change, if you want something different after four years of trying to fix this mess, the light at the end of the tunnel really isn't sunshine but the train, vote for mitt romney. that's what you are going to see. >> we're almost out of time. one or two word answers. virginia, you feel like it's going towards romney. >> yes, it is. a little bit of separation. if the numbers are like this next week there's a separation of virginia. >> chuck, can the president afford to lose? >> yes, we can. as long as we carry ohio and wisconsin. the best news is tim cane is doing well. >> thank you both for being here. we'll see you next week.

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making headlines a remarkable story. a pair pa leej eijkman stranded is -- parapalegic man stranded. it took him three days to do it. the 49-year-old said he was dumped off in the desert after he refused to share his alcohol with them. >> speaking of being stranded an 82-year-old man stuck in his truck waited three days before calling 911 for help. >> the snow chains on the truck

fell off stranding the man and his two dogs on an isolated road three miles from his house. when a reporter asked why he didn't call, he said why get excited? i'm out in a nice beautiful place. i love it. he says he only called for help after he got uncomfortable. ate peanuts and drank rock star energy drink and watched deer. >> what did the dogs eat? >> i'm sure he shared some of the peanuts. >> you think he did? >> i don't know. that's a different generation. what is he 82? different generation. i'm comfortable. they'll find me. you know. i like it. >> it's a weird story tony. if we're honest. >> easy going. he's not in a hurry. >> it's a good ending. that's what i like about it.

>> let me do the weather. and i'll save this awkwardness. 59 at regan national . 61 at pittsburgh. richmond 53. we're cool but not terribly cold and going to warmup here quickly. although this cloud cover is going to hold things back just a little bit. clouds to start your day and eventually turn partly sunny. future cast in motion. we have a few sprinkles out to the west. that will stick with us early. midday, we should see sunshine breaking out. a mix of clouds and sun today with mild temperatures. warm temperatures. highs later today back up near 80 once again. enjoy one more very warm day. mild conditions thursday. friday we start the cool down and look out by the end of the weekend, high temperatures will only top out in the low 60s and low 50s next week. halloween, a week from today.

>> that always happens. >> that's why you have to incorporate a coat. like last year i was little ed. he wore my fake fur. >> i thought you were worried about the kids. >> spider man with a coat on. let's go to julie with a look at traffic. >> on time traffic brought to you by >> that surprised me too. >> all right. on the roads right now, here is our latest incident northbound i 95. accident number 3 popped up us on. crash here tying up the two right lanes. heads up headed north making your way up towards this accident scene. this is in the traffic that remains gridlocked. we have accident activity to report on the toll road. 4 to 5 vehicles involved. eastbound 66 remains down to 19 miles an hour. the crash before hunter mill is still tying up

the left lane. delays coming in from 286. inbound on the toll road. the delay from springfield continuing up. gw parkway will slow. authorities checking for the crash there. this happens to be southbound. that's the check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. still ahead calling all animal lovers. >> holley has what's going on. >> reporter: good i am an animal lover. we are live this morning at the humane society. this is thelma and louise. we are debunking the myths of pitt bulls. why one of these lovely pets might be perfect for your

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well they are sometimes regarded as deadly, often misunderstood. pitt bulls get a bad rap. >> there's one local organization that wants to debunk the myths arounding a cute and loveable breed. more on all of this from rockville. >> reporter: it is a tough sell when you are talking about it. but when you look at these faces how can you resist? they got their special collars on for us. and we are live in the humane society. julianna is joining me. they like it when

you nuzzle with them. pitt bulls are a hard sell. there are a lot out there that doesn't make them look good. >> right. we like to judge our dogs on the way they act and they are amazing dogs, really. we get to know all of our adoptable animal and we put out the animals we think are going to be great in the community. >> that is one good thing if you come to someplace like the humane society they are not going to place a dog in a family that's not going to be good. when you are talking about this breed in general a lot of times people say it's genetic. they are killer dogs. all they know to do is dog fight. and that is not true. >> could not be farther from the truth. these dogs are like any other dogs. they have their own individual personalities and own characteristics. you can judge them based on what you

know. you have to look at dogs no matter what breed as individual dog. >> we're going to let them who are up for adoption. would they be good to be adopted as a pair? >> they would love to be adopted as a pair. >> we're going to send them off. and we have other pictures of pitt bulls. and i want to continue to talk about the breed. when we talk about the breed, when you are talking about the dog fighting which they are associated with, that's something they have been taught to do right? >> right. and that's a very rare circumstance. these dogs are everyday dogs with everyday owners. the dog fighting doesn't happen as much as people think. the dogs are just normal family pets. >> you hear people say that a pitt bull bite. he bites and jaw locks and can't let go. >> that's not true. they have the same

characteristics as any other dog. some are more playful. but just like any other dog. >> i also read is one of the myths that people say pitt bulls don't feel pain. >> not true. they are still a dog and an animal. they are just like everything else. people think they are these different dogs. >> and a lot of that was brought on to justify dog fighting. so we have another one here. this is angel. and we should say they are like wrestling these dogs. they are puppy. they have a lot of spirit. angel is wearing her dress. we want to make sure we talk about pitt bull awareness but not this weekend but next weekend. >> the love ball. you are allowed to bring your dogs. and angel is getting ready for the love ball. >> i'm going to be dressed up as well. i'm mcing.

it is a week from this saturday. tickets are available. and really important fundraiser. we have a link to theirs if you want to get tickets. more about the love ball coming up and why adopting a senior pet is a good idea. more news traffic and weather right after the break. you are watching fox 5 morning news. stay with us.

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only...if you vote for him. ♪ ♪ this is fox 5 morning news. >> straight ahead at 8:00 round the clock campaigns. candidates hit the road hard with 13 days left. >> plus, on high alert in springfield after a serial sex assault suspect strikes again. we're going to have a live report. >> and later, paying off a playoff bet. the painful reminder of an epic melt down. you'll see it today. good morning, everybody. i'm tony perkins. >> glad you are with us. say good morning to our friend tucker. >> thank you. are you going to see me? here we are. i want to hear about this melt down bet. >> we'll tell you. >> all right. stay tuned. locally, weather looks great

. upper 70 to 80 for daytime highs. nice day to get out and enjoy the leaves. into the weekend we may lose them. one or two sprinkles out there early today. much of this is not touching the ground. we have cloud cover over the area. partly sunny day and once again warm with temperatures upper 70s and low 80s. should be a decent day for us. temperature at regan national is in the low 60s. 56 bwi marshal. temperatures about 12 to 15 above normal later today. by 5:00 p.m. 79. great looking wednesday. decent end to the week and things really cool down. details on that in just a minute. >> okay. again, this morning our third accident has popped up

on us northbound along i 95. the accident activity tying up the two right lanes. traffic remains unusually slow. and now from dale city to this accident scene. traffic will slow again as you travel north headed out towards 395 headed out toward king straight and inbound on the 14th street bridge. accident activity slowing down your ride. 4 to 5 vehicles involved in that crash. delays eastbound down to 19 miles an hour as you continue inbound towards 123. big delays from 28 inbound headed for the capital beltway. you are also going to find slow leaving springfield. all of the lanes here are open. southbound once you get here, both the parkway and 50 are tied up and southbound 270 wall to wall traffic.

that's the check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks julie. 13 days until election day. for both candidates that means round the clock campaigning. today will be the busiest day of the election series for president obama. cover more than 5000 miles in the next 24 hours beginning the day in washington and flying to ohio colorado california and nevada. the battleground states with appearances scheduled in nevada and ohio. the polls show the two candidates running dead even. the winner could all come down to this final fever pitch. >> what you are seeing from the obama campaign is an incredibly shrinking campaign. the president is out of ideas. he's out of excuses. and november you are going to make sure he's out of office. >> we know we're not where we need to be. not here, not anywhere. we've made real

progress. we've got to build on that progress. we need to move forward. and that's why i'm running for a second term as the president of the united states. >> mitt romney's schedule includes a series of stops in battleground virginia. nominee in richmond and virginia beach. then president obama will be back thursday. in the meantime as part of his outreach the president has a new interview in rolling stone. he'll sit jay leno and featured in an mtv interview set to air on friday. >> this morning the romney campaign is distance itself from a controversial comment made by a republican in indiana. take a listen. >> i struggled with it myself but life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible

situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> after that comment, richard tried to clarify saying that god does not want rape and that he was by no means suggesting that. the romney campaign put out a statement saying governor romney disagrees with his original comments and do not reflect romney's views. but democrats are trying to tie him to murdock because he has endorsed him. >> threatening to reveal his own october surprise. trump says he will make a big announcement on facebook and twitter page today at noon. the business mobile has given few hints as to what it will be. speaking of all things politics, don't forget to tune in to our new election special. fox 5 news edge you decide 2012 will focus on local and national candidates and issues in the run up to election day. every night at 6:30 right here on fox 5.

>> police in fairfax county continue to search for a serial groper after they say he struck again. >> police believe the latest case is connected to several other groping cases that happened last month. melanie is live with the details. >> reporter: good morning tony. we are live here along south maple avenue and this is pretty residential. news has made women thinking twice about walking by themselves. there have been six other incidents where women have been groped that have been reported. most of those were in the springfield area. police are comparing suspect descriptions. hispanic with a medium to dark complex with short hair and skinny. he was wearing a t-shirt. red baseball cap and jeans including

during last friday's attack. it was 4:20 in the afternoon near the intersection of south maple avenue and gibson street. a woman pushing a baby in a stroller becomes a creep. she's talking on her cell phone. then a man runs up from behinds her and gropes her. she finally manages to scream for help and the man runs away. the springfield assaults took place between september 7th and october 2nd. three of the victims were teenage girls as young as 15. all grabbed from behind. many taking place as the women walkingough residential areas. police are again comparing schedules and seeing if they think these are connected. they believe they are. they are reminding people to be aware of their surroundings. make sure they are aware of what's going on around them and asking that any possible other victims talk to them and come forward. back to

you. >> thank you. and new this morning, a woman faces first degree assault and reckless driving charges. it all started when angela was spotted speeding down interstate 66. later she rammed a vehicle outside walter reed and tried to run down a security guard. that guard opened fire. but she drove away. police finally arrested her near white flint mall. no word on what led to this rampage. also new this morning a man is recovering after being shot and hit by a car. the man was in a fight last night that ended with him being shot in the parking lot in woodbridge. as he tried to walk away, he was hit by a vehicle that then left the scene. investigators don't think the shooting and the hit and run are related. the man was flown to the hospital. his condition is not known at this time. >> the front edge of tropical

storm sandy is moving closer to jamaica pelting the island with heavy rain and winds. and growing stronger as it moves toward the main land. forecasters say the storm could reach hurricane status as it crosses the island. that creates the possibility of flash flooding and mud slides. sandy is the 18th named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. free speech or a fireable offense? still ahead, we are looking at whether talking politics at work is politically correct. >> getting ready for the fall classic. preview of game one of the world series. it is 8:09. we'll be right back .

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the fall classic kicks off tonight. the giants are hosting the tigers for game one of the world series. fans at the at&t park will be rocking like they did during the series against the cardinals. the giants had

just one day off. the tigers came in with five days of rest after eliminating the yankees. justin verlander will take the mound tonight. coverage begins at 8:00 right here on the my t fox 5. now i know the history. >> it is 8:13 now. let's go to tucker for weather and something to cheer you up this morning. >> let's do it. time now for my first 5 photo of the day. that's what we call it. today we say hello to two cuties. >> this is four year old cayelyn. and five year old

navaeha. absolutely adorable. >> 4 and 5 they are going to be really close. that's so cute. >> it's a great picture. >> look at those smiles. look at the poses . love it. they are sitting on the pumpkins. i don't know if i can sit on pumpkins. >> what would happen? >> i don't know. >> i want to know more about it. we love the picture. >> they are beautiful. >> gets you in the spirit for halloween. >> and pumpkin pie. >> click on mornings. i'm going to be singing baby face the rest of the day. >> think about those beautiful faces, you'll be okay. >> let's get to the forecast. expect mild across the midatlantic today. 61 in washington. 62 in detroit this morning. plenty of warm air here across the great lakes. going to be another beautiful afternoon temperature wise with highs in the upper 70s to low

80s. yesterday we hit 84. all right. satellite radar. clouds early. could be a sprinkle or two. could see green on your map. might be a sprinkle out there for a few of us. by the afternoon should turn partly sunny. temperatures running 10 12 degrees above normal can't complain near 80. record high for the day 84. we're flirting in record territory here. here's your 7 day forecast. notice the cool down thursday and friday we're fine. by the weekend temperatures fall off. by early next week high temperatures in the low 50s with showers around on monday. let's see some traffic and get the latest from julie. >> all right. still very much a busy ride northbound on i 95 this morning with a third accident of our morning drive cleared over to the right lane and the right shoulder. again roll backs here. one of the

vehicles already ready for transport. heavy volume continuing up toward the springfield inter change. right side as you make your way approach across 123. the crash we had at hunter mill has cleared delays. 66 remains slow. delays continue out towards 123. inter loop of the beltway you are below speed. gw parkway delays 123 out to the bridge. seeing distance between the cars south of 118. delays continue 370 headed out towards the lane divide. inner loop of the beltway. across the bridge there's an accident tying up the left lane. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks julie. the first amendment protects right to freedom of speech. just how far do those stretch when you are expressing political views at

work? talking politics at work can get you fired. but not all companies oppose a healthy debate. so should we partake in the conversation or do political discussions at the office become disruptive? joining us howard ross is the founder of cook ross a consulting firm. good morning. thanks for coming in . yours is one that deals with diversity issues in training. tell us about your organization. >> sure. what we do is work with organizations to create healthy workplaces. a lot of the work we do is around issues of diversity and inclusion. and that is not only in terms of dealing with problem issues so to speak but also for example helping healthcare professionals learn how to treat patients or getting the best out of their workforce. we do leadership work and team development work. >> so who better and you have been quoted in the baltimore sun. we thought it would be a great idea.

this seems like a charged political atmosphere right now. and it's come up. do you talk politics at work? some things you shouldn't talk about. is there a golden rule as far as office discussions? >> the interesting thing you said something about healthy. that's the operative word. we have a tendency to look for responses all or nothing sponsz. this is an area where it's a lot of nuance. organizations and workplace where people have robust conversations about almost all kinds of issues and do it in a constructive way. and other organizations that knowing somebody supports somebody else can create problems. the challenges we try to find rules to resolve these issues. this is the problem with political correctness in general. well intended notion. the notion we tell people they can't say things that maybe it will be safer. but the problem is we see it leads to very reactive kinds of circumstances and mostly suffocates the

conversation about things that are important to talk about. >> ideally you should be able to have a healthy conversation regardless of where you are is that your position then? >> i think what we need to realize is it's not easy for people to deal with challenging issues. instead of taking the time to help create a climate where we can have constructive dialogue, what we do is try to create rules. and the problem particularly now-a-days in an era of social media when everybody is friending with their facebook pages and people at work and the same facebook pages have their political views on them, by saying we're not going to talk about it at work, doesn't mean there's not tension there. and there's one aspect of that which is the whole first amendment issue. free speech. but there's another important aspect from a work stand point and that is what makes for healthy productive workers. we have to pretend we're something

we're not, when i'm going to let's say if i'm working on a campaign, i'm going to work on a campaign at night and my co-worker says what are you doing tonight and i have to say -- how actively engaged? >> this is the article we were talking about. you are quoted as saying there's more danger associated with those differences than ever before and the danger can lead to being left out of the office click or more serious consequences like getting fired. is there a point you say i'm not going to deal with this? i'll deal with it outside. why are we so charged right now? >> i'm not going to make a statement about the greatest in history cause i haven't lived that long. in my lifetime i can never remember a time it was difficult to talk about politics. in those days we had -- we didn't have this notion we

were so divided. that does create a problem. it's more than in the workplace. we all see it and obviously a lot has to do with segmentation of the media and not looking at abc and cbs. some of us watch fox and some watch ms nbc. and it gets fed by social media or the bloggers, it reaffirms our point of view. responsible citizens even having strong points of view and just to be transparent i support the president and a strong position about that. but i consciously watch other stations on the news that don't. and i consciously read blogs. a year or two ago i was finding myself be so reactive that i was becoming somebody i didn't like. and i think citizens we have to take responsibility ourselves for doing that. in the workplace, the same is true around race or gender or sexual

orientation that we can do a service not only to our employees, and a healthy workplace but to our democracy if we can do things that encourage people to learn how to dialogue with each other. >> civilly that's a whole other interview. we appreciate you being here. founding and chief learning officer. tony, over to you. interesting stuff. >> it is 22 minutes after 8:00 on this wednesday morning. coming up next apple's pocket sized tablet still carries a sizable price tag. what makes the mini different from competitors. later, dinner dancing, dogs and cats. a preview of the love ball and why animal lovers won't want to miss it. we'll be right back. t ba

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. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.

it was a gloomy tuesday on wall street. a series of weak sales report ended down 243 points. >> here's good financial news for somebody apple's new thinner lighter version of the ipad made public debut yesterday. >> while everything about it is smaller the price tag is still

pretty big compared to other tablets of the same size. the screen on the ipad is about two thirds the size of the full size mode at about 8 inches. also about half the weight. but carries $329 price tag. the kindle fire starts at $159 and the barnes and noble nook and nexus 7 start at $199. preorders begin on friday. >> it may not be the official start of the holiday shopping season but smart stoppers time to plan. >> still ahead, how you can save big by having the sales and deals delivered to you. it's 8:26. you are watching fox 5 morning news.

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making headlines at 8:29 here at home and around the

world. an israeli airstrike killed four in a sharp escalation of violence. they were about to fire more rockets in israel. almost 70 were fired in the last 24 hours. one killed an israeli soldier yesterday. responsibled with airstrikes four times and promising more if the rocket attacks don't stop. >> in california, beaches are still closed after yesterday's deadly shark attack. a friend who witnessed the attack says the victim was an experienced surfer. the man died from a large bite wound but so far not said what kind of shark was involved. >> and closer to home begun a close confidential held by the chief office. the washington post is reporting the office has a deadline of november 2nd. the

office is under fire for suspicion of withholding audits critical to the tax office. >> and this week, we're taking a look at your fall photos as the leaves change. here's another one we received. oh, that's beautiful. >> i don't know where it is and i don't know who sent it but we thank you for the picture. it's absolutely beautiful. >> the picture says it all. >> if you want to send your photo to my weather photo here's what you do. my weather photo@gmail.com. >> today is a perfect day to get out there and get more pictures. temperatures near 80s. nice day to go for a long walk. >> i look forward to the new pictures. >> let's do temperatures. overnight we fell back in the cool range to start your day. it's not terribly cold. with a quick warmup in store, by midday here should feel good.

61 in washington. 61 in anapolis. and leonard town 55. you can see temperature s not terribly cold. it is cool here in spots with places like frederick this the low 50s. here's what we have to look forward to to wednesday. cloud cover this hour and one or two sprinkles overnight. not going to amount to much here. could see another sprinkle or two during the first half of the day. upper level disturbance coming through. during the afternoon hours start to see clearing. should be a partly sunny afternoon. and unseasonably mild with temperatures with our winds here out of south and west. and temperatures approaching 80 later today. this is tropical storm sandy waiting for an update. that's jamaica right there. they've got a hurricane warning for jamaica. sure enough sandy is going to cross over the island and cuba as it pushes off to the north and

east. and park itself out here. we'll have to watch this track carefully. we don't have a sense of where it will go after day five. i want to mention real quick, that's tropical storm tony. first time we've ever had a tony. we've reached t before but never tony. there's your accu weather 7 day. big cool down for the end of the weekend. 62 on sunday. low 50s. make sure your jackets are out this week. tony, over to you. >> thank you very much. he's the guy who always gets the deals and the best part is telling someone else all about it. steve joins us live from dallas with a look at the money saving apps that he never goes shopping without. tell us all about it. and good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. these apps are essential but no reason why you can't

start using them today. here's the best part. every single one of them 100% free. start with my favorite one. i use this every time i walk into a store. sometimes even i forget the coupons but i never forget my phone. uses gps technology to track the stores in your area and deliver coupons for those stores to your smart phone. listed to see if it's listed that day. you click on the coupon and you start saving instantly. the savings are substantial. $25 off. 50% off. $10 off. coupons that you can actually use. the cashier just scans your phone or types in the coupon code and you save. >> that is cool. i like that. >> knowing what to buy and when. >> we saw this yesterday when apple took everybody by surprise by saying good-bye to the newly

released ipad 3. check out an app called decide. not only do they give you reviews of products but will track manufacturer's model updates and let you know if a manufacturer is about to release a new model. they should say you should wait. and also track pricing for products and will be able to tell you within a percentage whether a price is really rock bottom. if they say it will drop, it likely will and tell you to wait. very cool. >> what's your other way to price compare? >> i'll tell you this we see bar code scanner apps. the one that i use is red laser. here's why. i like red laser because not only does it work well but gives you a couple different options. it will price compare what you are looking at to online pricing. if you find a deal that's good enough you click the buy it now button and

process your transaction, it's done. the other thing is give you local options as well. so you can ask it to tell you which local stores have a really good deal. if you find one you like you click on turn by turn navigation directions and guide you to that store where you find the best deal. the other one is amazon. we heard last week best buy announced online price matching. best buy in particular, you are going to need a reputable online merchant. they are not going to price match every mom and pop shop. amazon is a good way to get a baseline comparison. and be able to say to the folks here's a reputable company. we want to take a look at this price. can you in fact match it? each app is free. links to all of them on your station web site and all at the app store.

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it's time for our facebook fan of the day. today we say hello to george harris. fox 5 has been part of his daily ritual for the last decade. thanks for always getting the day off to a great start. we thank you for watching. for your chance to be the fan log on to facebook page and leave a comment under george's picture. >> thanks. a brand new survey for the cost of higher education keeps on climbing. if you are researching college options for you or your child don't necessarily rule out schools that you consider too expensive. out with new ranking of the best values among private universities and colleges. senior associate editor for personal finance mark joins us live with the details. good to see you.

sometimes i stay awake at night thinking how am i going to educate these three children i have. but you are saying don't just look at that name you might associate with that high price tag. do your research. >> again. you don't have to lose sleep over this. this year's rankings it's actually quite affordable. and the big word is need based aid. a lot of schools are offering various aid. they are offering for families of up to $200,000. in the case of yale university which is the number one school they are offering aid to families of incomes as much as $200,000. >> because things have changed between the downturn. that money doesn't go as far as it used to. just to make it clear, we're talking about schools that might carry a $60,000 tuition

that you are saying are affordable. might be hard to digest that. you are going to explain that further. >> a lost of the schools and private schools do have total cost price tags of above $50,000. and in many cases, it's around 55 to $60,000 range. when you factor in need based aid, that price goes down lower. and we're talking about need based aid packages between 20 to $40,000. for example, in the case of yale it's $52,700 just in one year. if you factor in the average need based aid, that brings the cost down to less than $14,000. >> that's amazing. okay. how do we know about this? as a parent or someone out there looking to go back to school how do you know besides picking up the latest how do you know? >> you really do have to do your

research and visit the school's web sites and get a good understanding about their financial aid policies. they are pretty well laid out. on our list too which is out this morning we announced the top 100 private and top liberal art schools. >> how about schools in this area? >> a total of 10 in dc virginia and maryland areas. in dc itself georgetown university is number 17 on this year's list. and george washington university is number 49 with american university 10 places below that. >> george washington university if we can talk about that. that price tag, do you happen to know it? >> yeah the gw's total cost is $57,000. but if you take into account to need based aid that price goes down to $30,000. >> what's the big picture before we let you go, graduated

from yale or georgetown or george washington, what kind of weight does that carry and does that same weight mean the same as it did ten years ago? >> i think it does. there is pull when it comes to the private universities. when we come out with public rankings in a couple months we're also positioning that from the same point you can find really good values in public schools. private schools the names on a pull. they offer in terms of helping students find good jobs. a lot of liberal arts colleges makes every effort to help their students find a reasonable job out there. >> before we let you go the criteria used for this list can you tell us what that was? >> we focus on academics. a little less than half on cost. comes down to schools that are

competitive in terms of smart student body. high test scores, for example. competitive factors such as admission rates. a lot of schools that are very selective on admitting students that are not only smart but active in extracurricular activities. >> so the same rules apply. okay. mark is with the personal finance. >> it's online today. but this will appear in our december issue on news stands next month. >> perfect timing. thank you so much. tony, over to you. >> all right. thank you very much. november is adopt a senior pet month. this morning, we're learning all about the benefits of adding a mature pet to your household. holley has more from the humane society in rockville. >> reporter: hey, tony. i'm glad you said mature pet. there in lies the benefit of adopting a senior pet.

when things are more mature there's a lot of good that comes along with that. chris is the president and ceo. we are in the cat room here. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> when we talk about mature animals that is the plus. >> absolutely. they are not bouncing off the walls like kittens and puppies in terms of dog. you know what you are getting. when you meet the animal, you pretty much know a personality already as opposed to one that's still forming. you know if they pur or if they talk. with a young animal, you don't know how they'll mature. >> who would be the perfect person to adopt a senior pet? >> anyone. but certainly folks who can't handle or don't want the rambuncsiousness. if you

have a home that might get chewed on or scratched up. matured animals are calmer. they want to hang out with you as opposed to bounce off the walls. >> maybe that's older. maybe someone that has young kids that doesn't want the threat as long as they already know this animal works well with kids. it is harder to get older pets adopted. so you are holding amazon. she's been here over 100 days. >> yes. we want to find her a home. she's 11 years old which means she's got a lot more life in her. cats can live to be 20 years old. technically she's considered a mature animal. but as you can see she's in beautiful condition and very sweet. and we'll provide lots of companionship for someone.

>> being good in all situations i'm going to get amazon go along and come over here and introduce you to cathy alexander and lucky. because lucky you see is a dog that we're bringing in to the cat room. cathy, who is the web master here. she's also fostering lucky right now. tell me about lucky. >> lucky came to us because his owner got ill and couldn't care for him which is sad. lucky is deaf and the eye sight is going. but there's no issues with mobility. he's sweat and friendly. he gets along with the other dogs. gets along with cats. he wants a sofa to keep warm. >> now, when you adopt an older pet, there is a chance you are going to have to do house maintenance or maybe medication. >> and lucky does take daily pills and they are easy to give to him.

we use marsh mallows. he knows what time of day he gets them. he knows how many he's getting. >> so if awe adopt a senior pet they are going to let you know here what health issues are there, what you need to do. and the best thing to take them to your own vet? >> yes. when you find out they have specific ailment, your vet can guide you. look up resources on the internet. he has thyroid issues. he's going to take that pill everyday for the rest of his life. he has more energy now. >> if he's in your life, you are going to feel better. look at that face. >> he still needs to go out and take walks. >> there you go. it's a win-win.

november is adopt a senior pet month. but a week from this saturday is the love ball. if you come out to that, i'll be mcing it. and we're going to talk more about that coming up in our next hour. back to you in the studio. >> he's adorable. >> still ahead in our next hour mission transition. >> we will sit down with the organizers of one of the largest military job fairs and tell you how you can get involved. time is 8:55. fox 5 morning news continues after this.

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