we have a look. >> the new congress gets down to work. there are a lot of firsts among this group of lawmakers. how different are they than the last congress, and can they make a difference in getting things done? fox5 morning news at 7 :00 starts right now. there's your live look outside. clearer skies than i think we've seen during the last couple of days. cold once again for this friday, january 4th, 2013. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm alison seymour. happy you're with us on this festive friday. firing up the fans for the first time in more than a decade, playoff football is back in the d.c. region. >> we're a little more than two days away from kickoff and the redskins have been hard at work getting ready for seattle. we'll check in with dave ross in a little bit for a closer look at how the team is preparing for wildcard weekend. for fans of the skins, we have more than a few reasons to

stick around. later we'll take you out to the fox 5 tailgate, yes, we're having a tailgate party, featuring the first ladies of football and food from famous dave's. also next hour, we're checking out the hottest burgundy and gold fan gear, and at 9:00, hoggette mikey t will help us get geared up for the game. >> you have to stick around. our tucker barnes joins us with a look at the weather. give us a nice one. we'll be outside half of the day. >> defense cold out there -- it was cold out there. have a jacket. otherwise, lots of sunshine. quiet weather pattern. sunny afternoon. bit of a breeze, temperatures in the low 40s. reagan national featuring a temperature of, of, 33 degrees. yeah, 33 now at reagan national. overnight we bounced down to the upper 20s at reagan national. it's cold area-wide. dulles 26 and bwi marshall 30

degrees. looking at the satellite radar, one on the two clouds. bit of a cloud deck off to the north and west. saw that in the live shot. like yesterday and the day before, plenty of sunshine. high pressure building in from the south and west will keep us high and dry for the next few days. expect lots of sunshine. let me mention again the breezes will be out of the west today at 10 to 15. even with high temperatures in the low 40s it will feel a little cooler than that. will feel like january, even with the sunshine. here's your forecast, and nice looking friday. high temperatures about 41 degrees at 5:00 p.m. we'll have all the details on the weekend forecast and we'll take a sneak peek at the redskins football forecast as well coming up in a couple of minutes. let's do traffic first, and get the latest from julie wright. good morning. >> tucker, been busy in virginia. accident activity at gideon drive. remains of the incident over to the shoulder, so lanes are open. northbound i-95, backup leaving

route one at woodbridge up to 495, the springfield interchange. heavy volume northbound coming across the aqua con. right side of the highway blocked off. fire truck has left the scene. causing backups on the southbound stretch. outer loop of the beltway, no issues now. delays farming past university boulevard to colesville road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the labor department's december unemployment report drops in about 90 minutes and economists are optimistic. likely 550,000 jobs were added last months -- 155,000 jobs added. down to business, today the house and senate will likely vote on a nearly $10 billion

superstorm sandy relief bill. house speaker john boehner scheduled the vote amid intense criticism after adjourning the last session without one. a larger vote on sandy is set for next week. the house will come to order. >> new lawmakers took the oath of office yesterday, marking the start of the most diverse congressional class in history. it includes the first hindu congresswoman, and first openly bisexual members. despite grumbling in his own party, republican john boehner was elected to a two-year term as house speaker. u.s. troops are now at the

turkey/syria border. defense secretary signed the orders along with $500 million in aid to the more than 150,000 syrian refugees who have fled into turkey and jordan. the u.n. estimates more than 60,000 people have died since the uprising nearly two years ago. back here at home, u.s. lawmakers have accused the cia of lying to the makers of the movie "zero dark 30". according to the movie, harsh interrogating techniques were crucial. but a senate investigation says such methods produce no useful intelligence. there will be a special visit visitor for the sandy hook elementary school. gabby giffords will visit the

families today. the former arizona congresswoman will attend a meeting in newtown. the plan is for her to meet at a private home with families of the 20 children killed last month. yesterday was the first day back for the surviving students, but at a school in a neighboring town of monroe. new this morning, two women from upper marlboro are dead, along with a woman from new york. they were victims of a car crash wednesday in jamaica. two other people in the car were hurt along with several people on the bus the car collided with. police are still investigating what caused this accident. funeral services today for a prince william county police officer killed earlier this week. officer chris young will be laid to rest at 10:00 there morning at hilton memorial chapel in woodbridge. he died when his motorcycle hit a van monday afternoon. sentencing day for a former

fbi agent convicted of killing a teenager in a drunk driving crash. adrian johnson faces up to 13 years in prison. authorities say he was drunk and speeding when he smashed into other car driven by lawrence garner, junior. garner died in the crash. a passenger in garner's car was seriously hurt. lawyers for johnson claim the crash was unavoidable. northern virginia where a once convicted killer is still in jail. >> this after a last minute decision to keep him alive after a decision from an appeals court. lauren, good morning. >> >> good morning. a lot of back and forth over the fate of 31-year-old justin wolf, much of it coming down to the wire. he was convicted in 2001 and facing death penalty for his part in arranging the murder of his marijuana supplier. the case was overturned in 2011

by a judge who claimed prosecutors withheld crucial information and co-ersed testimony from a key witness. the judge ordered prosecutors to retry wolfe in 120 days or release him. last week the judge ruled prosecutors did not meet that deadline. he ordered wolf released by 5:00 p.m. yesterday. about an hour before that, the fourth circuit court of appeals halted the order. this morning wolfe is in jail. his lawyers remain optimistic and says wolfe does as well. >> he was also not totally surprised. so we had prepared him for this. we believe judge jackson's order was correct and we're confident that that ultimately will be the decision of the court of appeals as well. >> the victim of this 10-year- old murder was 21-year-old danny patrole, junior. he was shot outside his town house in 2001. the men convicted of pulling

the twiring testified as part of a plea deal. the victim's father says he believes wolfe played a part in the killing of his son. he says, i feel sorry for justin's mother, but at the same time we misdanny every day and justice needs to prevail. petrole says he doesn't condone the actions of his son 10 years ago, but feels in time he would have taken a different path. allison, tony? lauren, thank you. >> we are less than three weeks away now from president obama's second inauguration. you can already commemorate the occasion. some of the items on sale from the souvenir store. head to head showdown between two of the top ranked rookie quarterbacks. good morning, dave. >> you are right.

rg3 versus rw1. redskins versus seahawks. first playoff game in the dmv in well over a decade. we're getting fired up for some football, allison. >> yes, we are, dave. first, though, lessons learned, how these two teens ended up stranded in the middle of a semi frozen lake. >> and as we head to the break, here's a live look outside. not bad. we're going to get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie in a few moments. ten minutes after 7:00. we'll be right back. share everything.

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welcome back. 7:13. scary moments for two teenagers in arizona. emergency officials say they tried to cross what they thought was a frozen lake on wednesday. halfway across, the ice cracked. the pair clung to a dead tree for two hours while a third friend still on dry land called

for help. firefighter crawled out on the ice with a rope attached to a boat to help bring the pair to safety. >> my goodness. >> which gives us reason to say, as we say every year -- >> don't do it. >> don't step out there. you don't know how thick it is. you just don't know. >> i noticed just yesterday, with the recent cold temperatures that we're starting to get a little bit of ice on some of the ponds. >> but hasn't been that cold for that long. >> yeah. particularly around here. >> does it ever get that cold around here? >> there are occassional winters it gets cold enough where it's safe. but it's occassional in this area. >> just don't do it. >> yeah. those of you that were around in 1977, remember winner? >> sure, yep. i mean, i read about it in history books. >> people were driving across the chesapeake -- >> i was too young to remember that. >> okay, me, too. >> i trust you. >> let's get to the weather. allison-- >> i was not 10 years old yet. i was like nine. i don't remember. >> you shouldn't. temperature now at reagan

national, 33. >> when you're young you don't have to worry about things like that. just our parents. >> i was into it. >> you were? >> big time. i thought it was incredible. obviously i was on a different track. 14 in chicago. seattle 39 degrees this morning. 39 in seattle. they've got some rain and mountain snow out there. let's see if we can find any warm temperatures. you have to get down to florida. that's about it. there's a lot of cold air. >> all right, let's go. >> i'm sure you can get on the bus and head down there for the weekend. we're going to be fine around here today. highs in the low 40s. bit of a breeze out of the west at 10 to 15 will lock in that chill for the day. cold again tonight. tomorrow looks good. weak cold front will push into the area sunday. that will give us cloud cover. right now we're not thinking precip with it. mid-40s, likely a sprinkle and probably cloud cover for the

day sunday, with afternoon sunshine developing. most of the country quiet. storm-free here to kick off the new year. accu weather seven-day forecast, low 40s next couple of days. mid-40s sunday. warming trend, low to mid-50s around here on wednesday and thursday. january thaw on the horizon. >> all right. >> i'll wait for that. thanks, tuck. >> also waiting, our lady of traffic, julie wright. >> the first lady of traffic. >> first lady of traffic, yeah. >> thank you. be warned, tucker gave me grief for not wearing the burgundy and gold. i love you in green. >> i love green on fridays. >> i know your royalties aren't with the redskins. >> you have on burgundy. >> looks like brown to me. >> look at the monitor. >> okay. >> here's what where we have delays out of germantown. no problems reported now along

this stretch. just volume delays. accident activity new hampshire, lanes cleared. slow 95 headed towards the beltway. lanes open eastbound on 66 as you head eastbound from fair oaks, volume. slow leaving woodbridge continuing to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. is it time, is it time to talk about the redskins? >> yes it is. dave ross is here. >> are you excited? >> very excited. >> pumped? >> very pumped. to me, this game is almost unpredictable. because it really is almost the redskins playing the redskins. >> yeah, it is. from the west coast, the bizarro world. the similarities are striking. it's quite an honor on two teams. fletcher is the defensive

player of the month in the nfc. impressive. >> excellent. >> russell wilson, the offensive player of the month for seattle. not rookie of the month. offensive player of the month. >> wow. >> this is the type of challenge that the redskins are facing with this kid. remember, he was a third round pick out of wisconsin. played one year there. the head coach of the seahawks, they brought in matt flynn for a boat load of money to be their quarterback. this guy outperformed flynn in training camp as a rookie. do you know how hard that is for the head coach to turn the wheels over. rg3 came in here and not a lot of competition. this guy fought for a job, and tied manning for 26 touchdowns passes for the most ever by a rookie quarterback. >> look at him. >> the redskins' defense know this will be a challenge. >> one of the best quarterbacks in the league to me. able to turn around that team, similar to our quarterback, and

they have a similar scheme. he's almost just like rg3. athletic, get outside the pocket. >> he's a great creator, magician, especially outside of the pocket and find guys open and hit guys down the field and using his quickness to do that. we have to do a great job of keeping him in the pocket, crowd him best we can and get him on the ground we have an opportunity and not give him a second chance. >> i know you love the way they called him a magician. >> magical. >> we have a pretty good quarterback here as well. rg3, he's been taking the league by storm as well. maybe the odds on favorite to be rookie of the year. going with wilson. battle there. 815 rushing yards, nfl record for a rookie quarterback. the compliments and the kudos go on and on and on. we caught up with gary clark, tony, i know you love him. >> really? >> and asked him about the swag that rg3 has got.

>> he just has a whole different vibe about himself. like, he really does -- he reminds me of lebron james when he first came to the nba. automatically he kind of took the league by storm, the profession by storm. and same with rg3. he's a very focused young man whose goal driven. very goal driven. you have to love that. >> cool to see gary clark. >> yeah. >> playoff special here. 4:00, the boys from los angeles take over. and kickoff at 4:30. and hopefully we'll be talking about the win with the postgame show. it's a full day on fox 5. lose the remote in the couch. you have a good excuse to do so. >> yeah.

>> going to be busy. but have your smartphone because you have to tweet. >> this game will come down to defense. >> who are you, wisdom martin? >> i was a little more specific than wisdom, yeah. >> he's much more general. >> all right, dave, thank you. >> thanks, dave. ravens fans, we have not forgotten you. big game in baltimore. baltimore will host, talk about rookies, they have to face andrew luck and the colts on sunday at 1:00. win or lose, it will be an emotional moment for fans. the game will likely be the last home appearance for linebacker ray lewis. big deal. 7:21 now. it is a friday morning. coming up next, souvenirs from the president's second inaugural. we're going to take a look at what's for sale. >> the top two wheel drivers descend on the district. holly is live at the international motor show at the d.c. convention center with a look at what to expect.

this is a big deal, too.      

medical marijuana almost a reality in the district, 15 years after voters first approved of the legal sale of it. four medical marijuana dispensaries are open, are to open in d.c., but not everyone will be available to buy it legally. users can purchase medical marijuana only if they actually live in the district, have a doctor's note, and are suffering from either glaucoma, hiv, aids, cancer or multiple sclerosis. parents of students at one school demanded action last night at a meeting. they have six portable classrooms and two more on the way. it has 285 more students than

it can handle. parents want school lines to be redrawn, but the superintendent says that will take some time. the 57th presidential inauguration is almost upon us. and the inaugural committee is launching its collection to celebrate. the retail outlet has all kinds of memorabilia available. there are mugs, lapel pins, champagne flutes and t-shirts for sale. could the changing congress make a change in the way things work or business as usual? >> a cold start to our weekend. another check on the forecast, including what to expect if you're heading out to fed ex field sunday. >> as we head to the break, here's a live look outside. hey, you've heard of wearing your heart on your sleeve? how about your team spirit on your fingertips? d.c. native pepper cox has been

growing her fingernails for 11 years. every football season all 97 inches of them are painted burgundy and gold. wow. okay. >> my goodness! >> how do you do anything? >> that's team spirit. >> it's 7:27. you're watching fox 5 morning news.     initiated.

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back now on fox 5 morning news, lots of people are sporting redskins jerseys these days. but what about hats? well, check out this fan's hat collection. cool. this is donald sprigs. he says he changes hats every time the redskins score. wow. shows your skins spirit. e-mail pictures or videos at redskins wttg.com. >> that's probably one of his superstitions. >> last night to show you how high the passion is, i'm walking my dog before bed. two guys pass me, wearing redskins stuff. i'm like, go redskins, and they go crazy. then they go, they look at me and go, that dog is a redskins fan, right? >> wow. you keep moving fast. yes, he is. >> i'm like, yes he is. >> get the dog a jersey or

something. >> have to get him colors. >> that's cute. >> let's do weather of the cold out. walking the dog this morning, temperatures back into the teens south and west of town. got lots of 20s out there. like the last couple mornings feels like january. 23 in salisbury. fredericksburg, you're 22. more clearing overnight to the south, and temperatures really able to fall off. manassas, culpeper, 18. 33 in washington. north and west more cloud cover. still below freezing. but temperatures in the low 30s. hagerstown, 33 and frederick 32. cloud deck north and west to start the day. big map, sorry about that. but locally here, we should be fine. what will be happening, see that cloud deck into pennsylvania. we should scour out the clouds quickly here. high pressure, look how quiet is, most of the country very quiet. high pressure to our south and to our west will continue to build in today. we are going to have bit of a breeze with sunshine.

winds out of the west and low 40s, a cool afternoon. not expecting much tomorrow. sunday, weak cold front dropping from the north and west. that will bring us cloud cover during the day sunday. going out to the game or barbecuing in the back yard, some clouds around during the afternoon sunday. but we should right now, looks like we'll be cool and dry with a high temperature in the mid- 40s. falling back to 40 by the end of the game sunday night. again, no real big weather concerns here by sunday. 42 today. sunshine, cool breeze. winds out of the west 10 to 15. 29 tonight. clear skies and cold overnight. winds out of the west 5 to 10. accuweather seven-day forecast, next couple of days, things couldn't be better for early january. in fact, nice dry streak continues here for early 2013. nice warmup by wednesday and thursday of next week. back in the 50s. we could use rain. looks like we'll get some, rain the of next week. maybe thursday night, friday. julie has your traffic and the latest on the roads.

good morning. >> wazers are checking in this morning. don't forget, it is a free app on your mobile phone. southbound 95, object in the roadway here. heads up, leaving 216 toward the capitol beltway. stalled car in the roadway, it's cleared to the shoulder. now debris in the road as well. overall, delays from 216 southbound on i-95. bwi parkway a better ride. heavy volume traveling along 355 in bethesda. volume delays only, no accidents reported. inner loop of the beltway starting to slow baldly from 295 towards the wilson bridge. reports of a stalled vehicle in the local lanes tying up the left lane. be careful out of oxon hill to alexandria. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you so much, julie. just talking to our guest before we meet him officially,

as the new house convenes, is it the same old house? the 113th congress has been sworn in to start a new session. that happened yesterday. as we told you at the top of the hour, despite a big shift in the demographics, there are big similarities to past sessions. joining us with more about the new congress is mike lilith, congressional reporter with the hill. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with that, the news is it does look different. looks more inclusive. let's talk about that first. pretty interesting. >> pretty interesting. and what you saw yesterday, of course, the democrats love to make this an enormous deal. they always say, the democratic caucus looks like america. yesterday you had nancy pelosi, a big photo shoot on the steps with all the women for the first time it is a majority/my

majority caucus and you'll hear that said over and over, the implication being the republicans do not look like america, the democrats do. and we are more inclusive, we are on your side. >> still, even within that, divided some way. making no judgments there. still divided. so can anything get done? the same block is in place, essentially, with the republican party and the democratic party. what can we expect to get done this time around? >> right. the more things change, the more they stay the same. you have john boehner and the republicans controlling the house. the senate controlled by democrats and of course obama in the white house. those dynamics are the same. and i think there's some sort of sense that we got over the fiscal cliff, and that everything, you know, that was the toughest thing we've got. not even close. enormous battles coming up. if you enjoy watching a lot of tension, a lot of partisan fighting, get ready. it's coming. >> that has not changed. yesterday we also saw the

leadership, though, remained the same with john boehner being reelected. first, let me ask you, was there any surprise to that? did anyone think that would be an upset in this stage of the game? >> no surprise. everyone thought john boehner would keep the gavel. two years ago, the vote was unanimous for him. this time it was not. 12 defections. some of those were expected. some of them were not. there was still -- he had some cushion there. there was no real threat to his speakership, mostly because there wasn't anybody who could have stepped up and won the support boehner has. that being said, the fiscal cliff, he has had a nightmare of a month, or couple of months. go back to the election, he was predicting wins, they lost seats. he had to walk away from the table from president obama, with president obama, on a big grand bargain, because his caucus wouldn't back it. went to plan b, caucus wouldn't back that. walked away from the table again. obama gets tax hikes on the rich at the rate the president

wanted, something boehner never wanted to support and had to. and the hurricane sandy debacle. all back to back things, all made him look very bad. and the defections i think were a result of that and not a surprise. >> let's look at nancy pelosi. she seems to be gaining in strength. how big of a threat is that to republican leadership? is that the natural balance of power or something different here? >> it's the natural balance of power. little bit difference. you mentioned the votes against nancy pelosi two years ago. 20 democrats who did not voice support for her. this time the number was five. so she's consolidated power a little bit. and that can be significant on certain votes. but for the most part, the dynamics in the house are the same, meaning it's a very unusual dynamic in which the minority party, meaning nancy pelosi and the democrats have leverage, because boehner hasn't been able to rally his troops behind the major bills, all the stuff that makes

government run, debt ceiling bill, needed nancy pelosi's help. that dynamic doesn't change. she'll still have leverage and boehner is in a tough spot. >> you mentioned it, mike, but moving forward we saw jim moran on the house floor really impassioned about the challenges that the country still faces. how does boehner in your opinion, how does he try to, i don't know, embrace some of the defectors? does he need to do that? how tough will this road be for him and the nation, as far as trying to get the big issues resolved? >> the big question for boehner, he broke a rule on a fiscal cliff vote, and the rule was, i don't mind getting some democratic support to get the bills over the finish line. but i want a majority of the republicans to support me. that didn't happen in the fiscal cliff deal. almost two-thirds of the republicans voted against boehner. it took 170 democrats to get

that across the finish line. that being said, most of those democrats who voted -- most of the republicans, i'm sorry, who voted against the fiscal cliff deal also voted for boehner for speaker. and i think you know, they did so with the idea he's not going to bring up bills like that again in this new congress. if he does, you're going to see a revolt bigger than you saw with just the 12. that being said, boehner las also said i'm not negotiating with obamney more. no more one-on-one talks about obama. i think the dynamic this time around is reid and mcconnell in the senate, the two senate leaders, will start the negotiations, whereas over the past two years it's been obama and boehner starting the negotiations. i think the obama/boehner stuff is probably done. start in the senate, you'll see a lot of vice president joe biden coming in. he's secured a lot of deals in the past, a lot of the big ones. so, and again, there's big ones coming up. debt ceiling, federal spending, sequester. you thought it was over, it's not over. >> this head of hair will be

completely gray. so will yours, i'm sure. >> so will mine. >> any rising stars in this new congress? >> sure. everyone always talks about who will be the next, who is going to replace boehner. nobody wants his job. eric cantor. who wants his job? nobody. yes, there are rising stars, but nobody wants that job yet. >> mike, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> tony, over to you. thank you both. still ahead this hour, proposal worthy of the stars. it's 7:40. we'll be right back. 

you could say the force is strong with this couple. after six years of dating, star wars creator george lucas has asked his girlfriend for her hand in marriage. she is a chairman at dreamworks animation, and the president of a big investment firm. it will be the second marriage for the 68-year-old director.

>> you. i know melody from my time at "good morning america." she used to come in and give financial advice and all that kind of stuff. >> i think she does. maybe with that, though, i don't know. i didn't know she was with dreamworks, too. >> that's great. >> wow. >> he's got a great head of hair. >> he does. >> sure does. >> always had a great head of hair. >> looking more and more like an ewok. noticed that, too? >> no. >> that is actually true. [ laughter ] >> let's do weather. >> ewoks are cute. >> i know, they're adorable. >> anyway, congratulations to the lucky couple. >> 27 boston. 33this morning in washington. 14 in chicago. cold across the area. most of the region here in the teens and low 20s to start the day. definitely lots of layers. going to be a chilly day today, even with the sunshine, just like yesterday and the day before. highs in the low 40s. bit of a breeze as high

pressure builds in from the west. cool this afternoon. here's your weekend forecast. tomorrow looks good. lots of sunshine with cool temperatures. as we get into sunday, see the blue there to our north? that's a cold front which will slide into the area late saturday, early sunday. i don't think now it will give us precip. but it will likely bring clouds sunday. not going to be perfectly -- have overcasts sunday from time to time, and that will, you know, put a little bit of a damper, but otherwise good. low 50s wednesday and thursday. nice thaw. we need one. middle of next week. >> all right. sure, we'll take that. not too bad. >> thanks, tuck. george lucas is on the phone for you, by the way. >> i love george lucas. what a great man to give away all the money. >> i know it. >> i know. >> didn't give it all away. >> he's trying to rebound now. you're right, tuck. >> tap dance. >> do do do do do do! [ laughter ]

>> too funny. >> what you got for us? >> little bit of this and a little bit of that. we do have problems to report and now this clicker is not working. ever time i tease tucker the clicker doesn't work. accident activity northbound 295 before the 11th street bridge. over to the shoulder. traffic slow headed up towards the inbound 11th street bridge. pennsylvania avenue better ride for you. southbound 270, enjoy this ride. nice and easy leaving germantown. 395 to the 14th street bridge, easy trip across the potomac. had a fender-bender at duke street. it's over to the shoulder. coming out of oxon hill, leaving 295 heading into the local lanes, accident activity reported in the left lane, so be careful there. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you, julie. >> are you ready?

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>> if she's been a fan over two decades, i'm going to guess she's been a fan since she was 4. >> yeah, they very most. >> thank you, iris. get ready for bmw, harley- davidson, and more. the international motorcycle show, shows, is it more than one show? >> don't know. >> we'll find out. shows are rolling into town. >> it's a chance to see the best bikes and the best technical stunts you may ever see on just two wheels. holly is live at the convention center. is it more than one show? >> reporter: there's a greater show that encompasses all these little shows that will entertain you. does that make sense? >> yeah. >> sure. >> reporter: so kind of like my little show within fox 5 morning news show. got it? >> yeah. >> reporter: look, here is what we are talking about this morning. i know it's hard to top the excitement of the redskins and the playoffs. if anybody will give it a run for the money, it will be the progressive international

motorcycle show, and within that show, the street jam, which is where chris tice comes in. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: this is a lot at 7:52. >> we're used to getting up early. this is nothing for us. >> reporter: tell us about what you are offering here. >> we're the only national points championship series in the world for free style. we're going to bring out aaron in to show you. we're showing all the people here in washington, d.c. what we do and how they can come to our events and really participate and help support our sport. >> reporter: what's really cool about this, the street jam is that it has a huge wow factor, and you're also going to teach us a little something. >> yeah. we're going to start aaron now. we're going to teach you some of the most basic tricks. this is where you start when you're aspiring to be a street rider. going from across our surface. you can see how shiny our surface is. when we come to these places, it's really slippery. we have to do a lot of prep work. you see aaron standing up.

every time he goes back and forth he's doing something a little bit harder and harder. >> reporter: i do want to add that you talked about the surface. even though it looks like it's the convention center floor, it's different. kids, don't try this at home. >> exactly, don't try this at home either way. if you are, make sure your parents are at home. >> reporter: what else is aaron doing here? >> this time he comes in and he's up on that front tire. that's one of the most dangerous tricks. if things go bad, nowhere to go. eating a bunch of bike. >> reporter: he's showing off. >> he is. that's why we all ride motorcycles to show off a little bit, right? >> reporter: since you brought this up, how often does it go bad? >> you know, it doesn't go as bad as often as you think. when you're learning, you spend a lot of times throwing the bikes around. at this level, rarely do you see him go down. but the crashes are bigger. aaron is one of the the elite

athletes, so when he crashes, it's hard. >> reporter: he makes it look easy. >> he does. that's one of the things about our sport. our riders are so talented. they make it look easy. then you have guys that try to duplicate and get hurt. we're not saying don't try it. but aaron is decked out in safety gear. when he does go down, he's prepared for it. >> reporter: how young did you all start? >> we all started in our early 20s. some of our younger athletes in their teens. some guys that don't have driver's licenses out riding with us now. you can start anywhere. there's a lot of different mini bikes and avenues to get into riding free style. >> reporter: where do you begin something like this? anything special about the bike he's riding? >> the bikes are set up for us. things sticking up you wouldn't see on a stock street bike. extra brakes and things like. how are you doing, aaron? >> reporter: look who he is. you're impressive.

>> thank you very much. >> reporter: how did you get started? >> i actually got started riding a normal speed bike. a lot of my friends came from dirt bikes. i came from a normal suzuki. >> reporter: nothing about what you do is normal, aaron. >> it started normal. nobody jumps in and does this. it's a progressive thing. for fun, and a bad kid, and the more i did this, the more i realized there's a legitimate sport, a sanctioning body, and i had the opportunity to travel around the world. from there, i was hooked. >> reporter: what do you guys hope that people get out of your show? >> for me, personally, i hope that people realize that motorcycles can be for everyone. there are different genres and you can have fun indoors, outdoors, on the street. and shine light on our sport, and we're not hooligans, and this is a lot of none and professional. >> reporter: how is your mother's blood pressure?

>> high at times. >> my mom is actually on pills for her blood pressure. i feel terrible about that. i love you,. >> reporter: do you have a tattoo that says, i love mom. >> roses. i told her i love her. didn't put dad on there. >> reporter: he's putting that helmet back on. it's all about safety. the second thing i wanted to say, you're wonderful spokes people for your sport. you make a difference. >> this is really our first time doing this, the riding and speaking thing. >> reporter: oh, stop it! they're jokesters, too. how often do you do the shows? >> nine different times. don't worry, there's plenty of time from after our last show until the skins win on sunday. you'll have plenty of time. >> reporter: all right. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to the progressive international motorcycle show going on at the convention center. opens at 3:00 this afternoon. runs through sunday. we've got more redskins fun, including our tailgate coming

up after the break, so don't go anywhere.    

good morning to you. i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. we know it's not sunday yet. but the party has started. the fox 5 morning news tailgate is in full effect. we're going to have more on all of the festivities this morning. but first, for the first time, and i don't need to tell you this, but the first time in more than a decade playoff football is back in the d.c. region. >> we are a little more than two days away from kickoff. the redskins have been hard at work getting ready for the seattle seahawks. robert griffin iii and his teammates have their work cut out for them, thanks to another strong rookie quarterback, seattle quarterback russell wilson is the reining nfc offensive player of the month and has led the seahawks to an 11-win season. dave ross will join us live in a little bit for a closer look at that matchup. but first, how is it possible to stand here and not be enticed by the smell? >> oh, i'm enticed.

>> of those ribs. we have to get to tucker barnes first. he's got a look at your forecast. if you can manage it, tuck. >> it would be be a party if we -- wouldn't be a party if we didn't have barbecue, right? >> right. >> i have john cruthers with famous dave. what goes into game day? >> we start early in the morning. go down to fed ex. we're in the bud lite pavilion, and ultimate fan zone, where we serve food to the fans and we feed the players after every game. it's a full day party for us. >> wait a minute, you mentioned you feed the players? >> that's correct. >> who is the biggest eater? >> i was sworn to secrecy. true. >> okay. barbecue tips this morning? >> absolutely. >> will the first tip be don't barbecue when it's 27 degrees out? >> it's a little cold out here. my counterpart jim is over

there saucing our ribs. one of the key things is charring the membrane on the back side of it, so the membranes are releasing and loosening up that meat. then what you want to do, you want to sauce it up and let the sauce get caramelized on the top and bottom, so you get the flavor of the sauce as well. then you get to cut the ribs. we have finished ribs over here. be careful not to burn them. >> real quick, john, or maybe jim, this is jim lynch, by the way. a proper temperature? >> nice and hot. you want to char that membrane. famous dave believes that membrane has a ton of flavor. it's all about flame kissed. it adds another layer of flavor. >> did you hear that, allison? flame kissed. >> flame kissed. >> once it's done, what's next? >> come over here and you're going to cut it. you're looking, too, for the

pink smoke ring when you're spoking them, so you've gotten that flavor. >> do you have an example of that? >> it's one where you can probably see it here. you can see a little bit of the pink around the edge. we smoke it in the smoker long and got the rib up to the right temperature. cut them up. the key to tailgating really is making it easy. get as much done the night before, so you're really heating, cooking and serving at the stadium. honestly, the easiest way is call us and pick it up on the way down there. you can go ahead and cook your ribs and cut them up that way. >> what does game day look like for you? redskins fan? >> i am. >> i guess you're working. >> i will be. i'll be eating. we'll have pulled chicken. we're going to do it up right out there. >> who will win? >> the redskins. is there got a score? >> i'm going with 24-17. >> officially heard it here first, 24-17 redskins. we'll do weather quick, and we'll be joining you all morning. if you'll let me, i'm going to

eat your food. temperatures now in the low 30s in the city. 33degrees. much of the area in the teens and low 20s. sunny and beautiful today. obviously going to be quite cool. highs in the low 40s and a lot of wind later today as well. breezy conditions expected with winds out of the west 10 to 15. more details on the weekend forecast. we'll look at more maps coming up in a couple of minutes. that's the latest from out here where we're getting the party started. the fox 5 redskins party. tony and allison, i'm i tossing to you or julie? >> me. >> oh, sarah. >> save me a flame kissed rib. now let's check in with julie wright for a look at the traffic. >> what about my ribs? >> you and me both.

i'll get you some. >> eastbound 66 approaching the capitol beltway, tying up the second lane from the right. inner loop looks good now. not busy approaching colesville road. easy trip now leaving college park headed to the exit for 270. traffic flowing freely outer loop towards tysons. northbound on 295, this is where we had problems earlier that was due to an accident before the inbound 11th street bridge. cleared over to the shoulder. traffic slows a bit inbound across the anacostia. sarah, i'm going to go eat. news alert this morning, the unemployment report drops. experts say employers added about 155,000 jobs last month,

leaving the jobless rate unchanged at 7.7%. down to business for the 113th congress. today the house and senate will likely vote on a nearly $10 billion sandy relief bill. boehner faced criticism after adjourning the last session without one. the new lawmakers took the oath of office yesterday as well, marking the start of the most diverse congressional class in history. includes the first hindu congresswoman, first openly bisexual member from either chamber, and more women, black, and latino and asian lawmakers. party leadership will stay mostly the same. john boehner was reelected to a two-year term as house speaker. funeral services today for a prince william county police officer killed earlier this week. officer chris young will be laid to west at 10:00 at the

hilton memorial chapel in woodbridge. he died when his motorcycle hit a van monday afternoon. a u.s. senator from idaho is making an appearance in an alexandria courtroom this morning to answer drunk driving charges. police say he ran a red light and after pulling him over before christmas, they charged him with a misdemeanor for the dwi. the arrest stunned his colleagues. he has a squeaky clean image and a mormon. justin wolf was convicted for his part in the murder of a marijuana dealer. a retrial was ordered within four months or wolfe must be released. then last week, a judge ruled prosecutors did not meet that

deadline, and therefore wolfe must be released. yesterday the appeals court halted that order. that's our top stories from in here. back outside to tony and allison at our big tailgate party. leave me some. you're already diving into the ribs. >> sarah, i have your flame kissed rib. >> you know that's how i like it, tony. flame kissed is the only way to >> tony is happy. i'm not, because it's cold. wisdom, would you please help me out? thank you so much. now i'm ready. >> looks like jerome. we can't have a tailgate party without the first ladies of football. redskins cheerleaders, they'll be here with a little redskins history lesson. >> i love it. first, we're testing your redskins knowledge. check it out. who was the first washington redskin with more than 50 career interceptions? we're going to share the answer in about 15 minutes.

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♪ hail to the redskins ♪ welcome back, everybody, from the redskinnettes to the first ladies of football,ed redskins cheerleaders are the longest running team in the nfl. they're back with us, because who cannot celebrate this incredible time in redskins history? let me say good morning to all of you. good morning. >> good morning. i'm madison. i am a rookie on the team. >> welcome. >> i'm ashley. this is my fourth season. >> i'm tiana. my second year on the squad. >> i'm stephanie. i'm a rookie and originally from richmond, virginia.

>> everybody is here now. i've heard some rookies. the great thing about this squad, this is everybody's first time in this position. got to be exciting. >> super exciting. we've been working hard for this game. >> are there new routines, new uniforms? what's new? >> right now for the playoffs we do have all new routines, so you'll get to see something new. our uniforms, we do have from last year. but they're still gorgeous and very warm. >> that's good. and how do you stay warm? it's what i've always wanted to know. or is that too high secret? >> we always stay warm, and even if we're not, we look like we are. >> we want to show you some of the uniforms back in the history of this squad. check it out. they don't look like what you're acustommed to today, perhaps. this looked like something i wore in high school, really. i'm not sure what year this is from. this is one rendition of the

outfit. let's look at another one. okay. that looks maybe like a basketball squad. next one. that looks like more modern times there. i love that pose. the last one, last but not least. wow. who is a rookie? i have to ask, what do you think about that look now? >> i think it's super cute. of course, i love our current looks. i think all the uniforms are beautiful. every time i see them, an alumni, during our homecoming, a wonderful time. >> good answer, i agree with you. we're going to join you guys later, and you're going to do a routine, right? clearly, you cannot turn away from fox 5 morning news. all redskins, all the time. in the meantime, back inside with tony, perhaps the biggest fan on the morning team. >> thank you allison and the

first ladies of football look lovely. now tucker, put the ribs down. it's time for you to do weather, and my first 5. >> i'll have to wait to eat a little bit, tony. >> you got a lot of ribs. >> yeah, i scored. my first 5 photo of the day. i'll share one with you. good morning. hello to one of our newest redskins fans. yep. one of our littlest ones. 9-month-old chase christian smallwood. >> adorable. >> what do you think? >> used to be clinton portis. who is 26 now? we'll find out. >> his parents tell us he enjoys watching fox 5 morning news and that his -- he enjoys watching while his mom is getting ready for work every morning. >> he's very cute. you asked me to do research, i'm doing research. >> is that what you're doing? i need you to comment on how cute he is. >> very cute and welcoming.

>> we talked about this the other day. all the new redskins fans, they know nothing but winning. >> isn't that nice? >> they don't know the years of anguish like you. >> that's great. >> keep the jersey on. we need you to bring them good luck sunday and help bring home the victory. to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. chase, i got to do some weather. it's cold out there. you'll want to put pants on this morning, because temperatures now, not wearing pants at this point, julie. 32 in annapolis. 18 manassas. 19 culpeper. mostly sunny skies. should be a mostly sunny day. few clouds, particularly up towards southern pennsylvania. high pressure to our west will dominate things around here, like a big lineman the next couple of days. highs this afternoon, low 40s. dry conditions right through the weekend. into the middle of next week.

a nice warming trend. by next wednesday and thursday, high temperatures back into the low 50s. yeah, low 50s. that's a look at weather. let's do traffic and get the latest from julie wright. i've got ribs over here. >> the longest weather report ever. i just want a rib and he's talking forever. talking about the game, i do want you to know i am supporting you guys who are going. the gates open four hours, parking gates open four hours ahead of the game and stadium gates two hours ahead of the game. here come my ribs. yummy. traffic first. westbound 214, central avenue before of the beltway, the crash. eastbound 66, crash is before the beltway. that's what was tying up the second lane from the right and slowing you down. you guys did that on purpose. that was a nice redskins logo there. you missed that. second lane on the blocked.

drive safe and have a great weekend. congress avoids the fiscal cliff temporarily, and a lot of new members on capitol hill. john roberts is sitting in for chris wallace and joins me live from atlanta for a preview of the show sunday. good morning, john, good to see you. >> good morning to you, tony. what do you think of 2013 so far in congress? i think it's only going to get worse. >> yeah. it's starting out on a positive note, but that's because they've only been sworn in so far. let's see where it goes from here. >> yeah. when you have votes after midnight on new year's day, and now talk of, you know, new didn't like the fiscal cliff that we just about went over, wait until you see the other ones that are still looming at the end of february you have the debt ceiling. this sequester kicks back in the beginning of march. there's a bill to fund the federal government coming up at the end of march. i think this is really going to provide some fertile ground for

a lot of very, very difficult fights on capitol hill. and after what happened on the fiscal cliff with the one-on- one negotiations between vice president biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, you have to wonder how is congress going to negotiate? everything has been thrown on its head there in washington. how we proceed from here will be interesting to watch. >> you have key players to come in and talk about that, correct? >> we do. jim jordan on the republican side will join us. he of course voted against this bill. didn't think it was the right thing to do. chris van holland, on the budget committee for the democratic side will join us to talk about what happens now. obviously they've done the revenue side of this. much to the chagrin of many republicans. it's why we saw descenters in the boehner vote yesterday for speaker of the house. this idea of spending.

nothing was done to create jobs or rein in spending. that argument lies ahead. what about the shape of the republican party as we look toward 2016? a brand-new senator from texas, ted cruz, who got into office with a lot of tea party support will be joining us to talk about his prescription for the republican party going forward. if you want a preview, check out today's "washington post," because he's written about it. >> i think the big questions, aside from what will they get done, if anything, during this session, it really is all about the republicans and how does john boehner manage that gang and what do they do if they want to retain possession of the house two years from now and looking to the next presidential race. >> he said republican leadership was effectively neutered by this deal that was made. what kind of power are they going to have. will rogers said i belong to no

organized party, i'm a democrat. that could be applied to republicans as well. so many factions fighting for so many different things. what's the bottom line for the american public? will anything of importance get done this year? i think it's no coincidence that the 113th congress is in the year 2013. i don't know how that bodes for the future. >> we'll cross our fingers. john, good to have you on the show this morning. look forward to seeing you sun morning. thank you, sir. you can catch fox news sunday 9:00 right after fox 5 morning news. it's 8:22 now. it's a friday morning. coming up later, dressing the part. a closer look at the season's most in demand burgundy and gold gear. and we're answering redskins trivia. plus, holly morris is live at the d.c. convention center with a look at some one of a kind bikes and how you can catch them in action. ♪

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welcome back. would you still like to see sunday's wildcard game in person? stub hub says there are more than 6300 tickets available. >> how much? >> they claim they range from $88 to $3,000, depending of

course on where you want to sit. ticketmaster says it has tickets available. it's lowest price online is $92. the highest price is $485. okay. >> for $3,000 on stub hub, he's have to be pretty good seats. >> sign me up! we've been testing your redskins knowledge all morning long, as we gear up for the playoff game. >> we asked who was the first washington redskin with more than 50 career interceptions. the answer is, darrell green. >> yeah. >> he retired with 54 interceptions, six he returned for touchdowns. there you go. >> these guys outside thought it would be sammy baugh. >> he has so many records. still ahead, redskins

history lesson, dave ross joins us live with a look at the burgundy and gold's post season past, prerg3. >> hard for me to remember prerg3. a look at the fox 5 tailgate. mikey d and original founder of the hoggettes. and we're going to check in with modells. they've arrived with the hottest skins gear. they must have restocked. they were out when i checked. and a special pregame performance from the redskins cheerleaders. 8:27. we'll be right back. share everything.

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awww! >> welcome back to fox 5 morning news. 8:30. lots of people are sporting redskins jerseys these days. so are their four legged friends. this was sent in by the zimmerman family. their dog is rocco.

they say he loves rg3. who doesn't? >> who doesn't? >> we're getting all kinds of pictures. we thank you for sending them in. you can up load your videos and pictures on our web page. look for the link under the sports tab or e-mail them to us at redskins@wttg.com. >> how this mind of mine works, i literally heard rocco saying, that's my dogs, when he watches the game. i need to get a checkup. >> that's funny. >> or something like that. the party is in null swing out front at the fox lot. it's been turned into the fox 5 tailgate. everybody is out there, except for us now. tucker is one of the many, wisdom and sarah out there, too, dave ross. let's check back in with tucker barnes, next to mikey t, good morning. >> thank you very much. i'm joined with mikey t, one of the original hogs, right? >> yes, sir. >> how far back do we go? >> 30 years.

1983. >> good year for the skins. >> excellent year and this has been excellent also. >> expecting good things when you got started this year? >> this year has been a surprise. we're very happy with this team. very happy with the team. >> and tell me about what your emotions were last week after the big win over the cowboys? >> man, any time you can beat the cowboys, and for the nfc championship, man, it's fabulous and of course, getting into the playoffs and there were a lot of great happy redskins fans. >> we have people who aren't 30 years old, who don't know much about the hogs. tell me history. >> the hogs were the offensive line for the redskins in 1983, we thought they ought to have their own cheerleading squad. we put together 11 guys and suited them up in traditional cheerleading outfits and have been going strong ever since. >> i love it. one of the great traditions of the nfl, isn't it?

>> thank you. i hope so. we have a lot of fun, and we help raise funds for children's charities throughout the year. we have a good time. >> if i remember, you have a pretty good appetite, don't you? >> absolutely. i'm happy you guys are providing breakfast this morning. >> do you have big game day traditions? >> well, we try and just man our posts, you know. because if you get into traditions, well, a tradition is to win, right? >> there you go. mikey t will be with us all morning. more redskins stuff coming up. it's cold out. >> a little bit. but you got warm food, baby. >> right. let's do temperatures. reagan national it's 33 degrees. we're in the low 30s locally at the area airports. both dulles and bwi marshall reporting temperature of 30 degrees. the forecast pretty straightforward. sunshine in northwest washington, as we look to the

day, lots of sun expected. will be on the cool side with highs in the low 40s. breeze will pick up here from time to time. breezy this afternoon. dry weather expected today. going to the game sunday, partly to mostly cloudy. temperatures in the mid-40s. mikey t and some of the guys here with famous dave telling me how cold it was friday night at the game. should be 10 to 15 degrees warmer this sunday than last sunday night. that's good news. that's a quick look at the forecast. more details for you guys coming up in a couple of minutes. back to you at the desk. thank you very much. the first ladies of football hanging out with us this hour. >> they have come inside, though, for a bit to hang out with dave ross and wisdom martin. hi, guys. >> hello. >> was too cold out there. >> yes. and this is hard hitting journalism. so you need help. you needed assistance. >> i had to bring in wisdom martin to help me out. when you think of first ladies of football, 50th anniversary of the first ladies. while the product on the field

has been much better, the product on the field for the ladies has always been top notch. >> been consistent the entire time. here they are. you can see for yourself. you can see. >> tianna, what year for you? >> second year. >> second year on the squad. coming up sunday, you have seattle in town for the big playoffs. do you do anything differently for the playoffs than regular season? >> we dance better, get in the way of the other team, and bring new routines to the field so you have something to watch. >> all right. you have the captain over there, right? ashley? we're going to ask you this question. as the captain, what exactly does that entail? >> it's a lot of hard work. a lot of extra work looking out for the girls and leading the line and a little bit more responsibility. but a lot more fun. and good times. >> wait a minute, i know it's going to be cold out there. >> no. >> you don't get cold? >> i don't get cold. >> really? >> honestly. >> you don't have cold gear? >> no. >> no cold gear on the field? >> i don't need cold gear.

as long as we keep the girls moving. >> it's all good? >> yeah. >> we have a captain here, but a rookie in the back. >> two rookies. >> madison, first. question for you. any rookie -- [inaudible] >> no, we love them so much. we appreciate them. we have nothing for love. >> don't have to buy the captain dinner? >> no, we love each other. >> rephrase the question. any rookie initiating going on? >> no. other than some great training and love. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> all there is to it. >> they do not mess around. >> when you come out to the game at fed ex field, you see these fine ladies behind us each sunday. it is the playoffs, and they say any extra things? >> new material and new pregame and new performances. new music. >> playoff material?

>> playoff material. >> this goes without saying, you're going to beat those seahawks. >> without saying. but we are. >> without further adieu, it's time for me and wisdom to accept aside and the first ladies of football are going to take it away with a little something something you'll see on the sidelines come sunday. take it away, hit the music, the first ladies of football, here they go. ♪ ♪ ♪

         

here we go. more redskins. time for our facebook fan of the day. today we say hello to iris mccarthy lewis. she says she's been a fan of fox 5 for more than two decades. how can that be, you are so young? she's all decked out in her burgundy and gold, ready for sunday's big game. >> all right. >> for your chance to be monday's fan of the day, go to our facebook page and post a comment under iris' picture.

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>> modell's is with us. they're going to show us what's flying off the shelves. first let's check in with holly. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. do you know what's flying off the shelves in the motorcycle world? custom choppers. doesn't get much cooler than this. it's a big part of the motorcycle show going on at the d.c. convention center, where we are live. coming up next, we're going to tell you what you might want to have parked in your own garage and what it will cost you coming up next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.       (woman) 3 days of walking to give a break cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. whoo! you walk with friends, you meet new friends, and you keep those friendships. it was such a beautiful experience. (jessica lee) ♪ and it's beautiful

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look around and you're probably going to see a lot of burgundy and gold anywhere you go. i said it on the show, good morning, dan, dan is with modell's. he is the general manager. hello. >> how are you? >> doing good, thank you. i was in a store in bethesda. i couldn't find one nfl, like women's gear to wear. and i thought, how great is this? >> yeah. the merchandise is flying off

the shelves. can't keep it in stock. we do have everything you see here in stock. >> excuse me, as i go this way. >> we have garcon t-shirts, morris t-shirts and their jerseys coming in today. can't keep rg3, can't keep enough of his stuff on the shelves. a bunch of cool stuff. we have pennants, car flags, and gold coins with rg3's face on it. >> i'm enlisting your help, thank you so much, in showing what is hanging up. dan, could you tell me what that is? look at that baby jersey. >> i brought the smallest we have, which is a 2t. we have stuff for fans of all ages. start the kids off right there. >> i love it. >> and underarmor cold gear for the fans going to the game. you can stay warm with underarmor underneath. that stuff is available in all the stores. >> one of one more t-shirt. kind model to show off from

famous dave's. i like that. >> started getting that one in this week. twenty-five dollars basic tee, but has the black new don't want to wear burgundy and gold, little bit of an alternate there. >> because you're here, i would say it without you being here, i didn't see that shirt at all there at the store. you have to love the resurgence, and modell's feels like the home team, too. has to be cool for you. >> exciting. last time was 1999 for the championships. i was in high school. >> i was in high school in '83 when mike' t was talking about the hogettes, so talk about dating yourself. it's cool. when people come in, they're looking for things and they're trying to find whatever you have. what are you hearing? >> the customers have been great. coming in saying, wow, i don't see this stuff at any other store. modell's takes pride in being the first to have the cool

stuff. >> right. today my daughter is in second grade, and sporting this jersey because that's what we could afford. this stuff is pricey. the official jerseys. if you want to get your hands on an rg3 jersey, you're going to pay up. >> yeah. adults are $100, nike standard price. kids' on sale now. >> for the throwbacks? >> no, the newer nike ones. all kids' ten dollars off now. >> your slogan is got to go to mo's. i got to go to mo's. i'm going to throw your name around today. >> absolutely. >> who is the top selling jersey in your opinion and what boost have you seen? >> years past, chris couley, one of the staple guys. now it's rg3. he's number one for the entire

nfl. >> is that right? >> yeah. >> like peyton manning versus rg3. >> manning is number two now, and rg3 is number one. doing something right. >> thank you. i love it. i've seen a lot of the fathead gear, always so cool, too. this is a little fathead. if you don't want your whole wall taken up by it. cool stuff. tony, i know you see it around. but it's back and feels good to be in d.c. now. back to you. >> yes, indeed. i've got some of that gear, as you know, allison. >> do you have this? >> what are you holding up now? can we go back? yeah-- no, we don't have that. >> all right. i'm going to talk to dan about it for you. >> very good, thank you. bmws, harley-davidsons and

suzukis. you can find them at the motorcycle show this weekend. holly morris is at the washington convention center with a preview. hey, holly, or should i say, hey, harley. >> reporter: ha ha. this is one time you could call me a hog. if i owned a hog. i was thinking that we need a redskins custom bike. that's what we need on this friday morning as we head into the playoffs. i know the person that can help me find it. this is bob, good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> reporter: i'm doing very well. custom choppers are like the thing in the motorcycle world. >> absolutely. . some of the greatest custom bikes you'll see. >> reporter: one of the greater shows within the show. so many shows going on here.

>> absolutely. >> reporter: they really are one is more beautiful than the next. when did they take off? >> custom bike building as we know it started after world war ii when people came back from the war. it's progressed over the years and all the different classes we now feature. >> reporter: on average, what do people spend when they do a custom bike? >> now they have some classes where you can spend $5,000. then you have the traditional free style bikes and they can run from $50,000 to $150,000. >> reporter: who owns these bikes? >> there are some enthusiasts, car collectors, it's a similar genre with the cars. a lot of times in the motorcycle industry it's the builders and entuesdayists themselves. >> reporter: the enthusiasts are they doing the building, and i'm a victim of the reality tv show, shops like that? >> it's mostly the builders

that come here to show what their talents are and their latest bikes. a lot of the enthusiasts that come to the international motorcycle show will go and seek these builders out. that's what is nice about these shows. we put them together. it's a combination of builders and enthusiasts, a lot of times working together. >> reporter: we have a builder here with us. come over here. this is gio. we have two of his bikes here. good morning, sir. how did you get into the custom bike business? >> about 15 years ago. >> reporter: seems like there's more of a demand, right? >> this particular bike -- >> reporter: i like this bike is moving and no one is on it, what's going on? tell me about this. >> it allows you to put more weight on the bike, more comfortable ride. has a turbo on it. equivalent of like a mustang. >> reporter: wow.

i was reading that bikes, the engines are getting bigger and bikes heavier. why is that? it's cooler? >> no. heavier bikes more stability, more people are doing touring, husbands, wives, couples. packing things in the bags now and going on road trips, where before they were more of a street bike, daily rider. the motors are going bigger. >> reporter: i hear you. this is your other one, right? >> yeah. this is a harley. other was a yamaha. more low key. >> reporter: you consider this low key? i find that funny. >> lot of copper engraving. motor redone. little bit less than a turbo motor, but still, average small car would have. >> reporter: who comes in and buys these? >> our customer range is

everybody. >> reporter: really? >> blue collar worker to an athlete. it doesn't matter. it depends on how much of this they want. >> reporter: how much of this are you like, i'm really trying to make a high performance vehicle, and how much is, this is a piece of art? they really are. >> you're talking to the wrong person. we do rolling art. high performance goes into it. >> reporter: rolling art. >> these are daily riders. i drag raced the blue bike already. these are more our shop bikes. the performance is there, cosmetics is there. to me it has to be a total package. when guys come to us, they start at one end and find out they can ride user bikes. >> reporter: you are the total package, and this show is the total package. the show going on this weekend. opens at 3:00 this afternoon. you can get your tickets online and you get a price break. we'll have more motorcycles in our next hour. back to you in the studio. >> holly, thank you. we have a lot ahead on this

friday morning. coming up, redskins tailgating party. it's fully underway now. but there's lots more ahead. >> and a special edition of ask allison. of course we're talking redskins. we're learning how the quarterbacks communicate with the coaches before the big plays. stay with us. it's 8:55. initiated.

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good morning. i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. right now at 9:00, a former death row inmate hours away from freedom. back behind bars this morning. lauren demarco is live with why a federal appeals court revoked his release. >> plus, undeterred by the fiscal cliff fight, the new unemployment numbers are out and it shows some progress. we'll break down