in her sun room enjoying. you see julie on the flat screen. isn't that nice? you keep those snow picks coming at gmail.com. >> that's a great way to have your tv and also look outside. >> beautiful. i like that. >> tucker is here with us to tell us what's going on now. >> things winding down. still a few left over snow flurries and showers. anywhere between a half inch to an inch to the bonus here is southern maryland where they are reporting about 4 inches. all of it beautiful by the way. >> good. >> you okay allison? >> yeah. >> 20 at reagan national. it is quite cold out there. we should gradually see sunshine. as the system starts to push off, the winds are going to pick up and another blustery cold day around here.

day number three where temperatures failed to get out of the 20s. if the sun comes out and melts things up, anything that's liquid could refreeze quickly and things will get slippery. we haven't had to do the penguin walk in a couple years. you can see the snow showers out of here and quieter conditions. we have more snow on the way tomorrow. that storm system taking shape out towards chicago. i'll have more details on that. let's be concerned with today. 29 daytime high. still cold and breezy . winds north and west, 30. >> okay. i was distracted cause right in the middle tony goes like this to me but i didn't know what he wanted. sorry about that. >> you had some of my scripts. >> lighting up around here but some are still dealing with slick conditions on the roads. >> melanie alnwick is live outside now braving the winter weather as you've been reporting it's been getting better.

melanie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tony. yeah, i'm actually kind of surprised there's some little granular stuff still coming down. we've been out here over four hours now and we're still seeing it coming down. as you can see, we have a mom and a baby coming right here. can i talk to you real quick? >> my english not so good. >> how's the sidewalk? >> good. >> you enjoying the weather? >> yes. >> a lot of people out enjoying the weather. this is one of the things we're talking about. we have a baby stroller across the way some parts of the sidewalks have been treated. where they have been treated. they are great. just wet and not a lot of problems. but monitoring what's been going on out on the roadways. metro is reporting in northern virginia.

they are having some delays and having to reroute buses due to icy conditions. out in northern virginia and plan on taking a bus, might want to check ahead of time. you can check their twitter feet and online with them. also friends of mine posting on facebook saying some of their roads have not been treated as well. prince william county seeing pictures from there as well where some of those roads having too much of those situations where you might have one lane of the road that is clear and the other is not. so that's where we're getting traffic issues. single tractor thought you had a clear way and a pile of snow. for the most part here in northwest dc if you look out here at the dog park, boy, the animals sure are loving it out here this morning. i'm sure the kids are enjoying that

two hour delay. they are going to have to at some point get dressed and head out to school. the best i can say is it looks like this is going to stick around for a little while. if we do get that second round of snow or so we got a nice base here starting to pack up this weekend. >> sledding this weekend. all right. thank you so much. and remember you can track the weather where you live. share your snow photos and more with the fox 5 weather app. download it on droid, ipad, iphone. search for dc weather in the app store. >> the latest on traffic. there are problems out there. julie wright has that . >> problems and late delays. some of the school s in montgomery went on a two hour delay. rush hour is happening as we speak. i wanted to pul up one of the bridges for you. the bridges, ramps and overpasses freeze before

anything else. keep this in mind, right now dealing with wet pavement and heavy volume. southbound 270, this is one of the roads that's still finding a late delay out of german town out towards the split. a lot of kids got to sleep in but heading back out to school. accident activity 224, 225. eastbound 66 starting to thin out. looks better now headed in towards centerville with no issues reported. we have several of those roads that would carry you to beach drive between maryland line and beach drive. northbound 95 in virginia, very much a slow ride. again, hour and a half commute to the beltway. another 30 minutes you are sitting on the breaks northbound 395 between the beltway and 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you, julie. new unemployment numbers are out. and show the nation's job less

rate has dropped to a five year low. that is a hopeful sign for the job market. weekly unemployment applications fell by 5,000 to about 330,000. that's the fewest since january 2008. the overall job less rate is 7.8% right now in the united states. and the house passes a bill to let the government borrow enough money to keep it going for four months. the vote defuses a crisis that was looming next month and sets the stage for a debate in the spring over taxes, spending and the deficit. some republicans refused to vote for the measure but senate leader harry reed says the senate will move quickly to approve that legislation. our big story this morning, a ground breaking announcement from the pentagon allowing military women to fight on the front lines. the official announcement from defense secretary is expected today. the move overturns a two decade old rule banning women from

being assigned to combat units. military services have until january 2016 to adjust to the ruling or submit a reason as to why certain positions should not be offered to women. >> today john kerry will go before the senate foreign relations committee, first steps to the state department. outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton who is making headlines this morning after an emotional testimony. joining us now with more on the secretary's appearances. defense and foreign policy rider. he has more than 30 years covering the middle east and all the hot spots. talking about wars assassinations and diplomatic security. welcome to the broadcast. thanks for joining us. first, i hate to use that wordy motion al because the secretary happens to be a woman and that's the first thing that some might go to. you wouldn't use that word for a man. to be

quite frank she did let her emotions fly at one point getting very upset. when she had to stand there and receive the bodies. how would you characterize her appearance yesterday? >> she did get emotional because she knew chris stevens, the ambassador who got killed. he was quite an impressive diplomate. spoke fluent arabic. being a u.s. diplomate in hot zones involves danger. and there's a risk that one takes. probably no different than a foreign corespondent takes. if you are going to represent the united states in these countries you have to be there and on the ground. you can't do it from a far. and that's a point that

hillary clinton tried to make yesterday. i think the emotion you saw was the fact she knew the people who got killed. >> let's take a listen to just a little bit of that and you can hear what we were talking about. this is secretary clinton. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone. >> what difference does it make the information we had at first? bottom line is americans came home in body bags. how much does it matter what was known and the information that was given out in the days after the attack? >> well, you know, they did a review state department conducted its own independent review of what happened in

benghazi called the accountability review board. and they did a very exhaustive study of what happened. now, i can tell you that when these kind of incidents happen, it's very chaotic. there's a great fog of war to use a cliche. but what you have at least on capitol hill is a group of critics of secretary clinton trying to get very very black and white answers for a situation that is far from black and white. it's very mirky. my own feeling is that nothing new came out from that hearing. but what the constant attacks on hillary clinton from republicans tells me that republicans see her as a threat, political threat in 2016 and they are trying to bang up her image as much as they can going into that. and i'm sure

that the clip of hillary clinton saying what difference does it make where she gets angry at one of the republican senators will probably become part of a political ad. >> there's much to ask you. i'm trying to get to the bulk of this. secretary clinton said the state department is in the process of putting out or implementing 29 recommendations to make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen again. is there a way to protect people who take on jobs like this in foreign countries especially the middle east? >> at the end of the day, the security of any american diplomates in any country is the responsibility of the host country. now, what happened in libya was that there was no real government army to protect them. they were relying on a local militia. that was the best they could do.

american diplomacy involves risk. there will be conditions and recommendations to improve security. what you have to remember is the more a diplomate gets closed off behind security from the people they need to be talking to, the poorer job they are going to do as diplomates. >> senior editor national security at role call. come back and talk to us. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. coming up in just a little bit, need digital storage? how about using your dna. the unique discovery just ahead. and where they are not sitting too long is bad for your health. dave? >> i'm standing up, tony. so much to get to this morning. tails of catfishing and pick in multiple sports. why the afc title came cost tom brady serious cast.

more on the ravens as they prepare for the ultimate prize. fox 5 morning news continues in a moment. 

the win less caps, i hate it, hope three is the charm at the verizon center tonight. >> some red skin players are caught in a catfish ischemia. dave ross is back. >> good morning. allison, doesn't sound right . win less caps. we're hoping tonight we get off the shride. only a 48 game season. you don't want to start pressing but it is important to get that win. they did lose last night but it was close. 92-88 out there. much better basketball winning five of their last 8. that's been since john wall has been back. get the caps to ride the ship

stoon. we've been talking about manti te'o finding out his girlfriend was not real. having an online relationship. the redskins almost got caught up in this themselves. four of the players talking to a woman on twitter under the handle of red riding hood and come to find out she was not real. put up a picture of an adult entertainer on her twitter handle and began engaging these redskins online and talked about maybe meeting up. phillip daniels looks out for the current players caught this and said guys put it up in december and said this is not real. not who she thinks she says she is. stay away from this woman on twitter. this is a warning about social media. just be smart and realize what you are doing here. the redskins almost got caught up in this themselves. the ravens, let's talk about games that are actually going to happen here. can you believe the superbowl is next sunday? we're getting close.

the ravens have played their best football. how about these numbers? 8 touchdowns, zero picks in three wins as they get ready for san francisco. the 49ers have been instilled in early four and a half point favorite. and you have on beautiful purple today and still not getting all the respect they may deserve. how about tom brady in this game last sunday not wearing uggs but cleats here. he goes high on ed reed. they have deemed it to be intentional if you look where the foot placement is. >> look at the eye contact. he's been fined 10,000 $10,000. he talked to ed reed. they are cool as ed reed said. >> things happen in the heat of

the moment. speaking of kicking, we talked about this a couple hours ago. here's the story over chelsea football. wanted to get the ball and he kicks him. >> that's a punk move. >> it really is. they take their football seriously over there. you see the 17-year-old ball boy in pain. given a red card for this and receive a minimum of a three game match suspension for violent misconduct. no legal proceedings any further than this. not face any fines or anything thereof. made the great point a couple hours ago. this is you and i you would be facing something else. got away with it being in a sport he's going to have to miss three matches. >> thank you, dave. >> you are what you eat. and that food you are putting in your body may be a fraud.

plus, the research you need to do before buying a used car. >> we'll be right back. it is 9:20 right now. [ regina ] i got it when we could download an hd movie

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relies on something called terror hurtz waves. the tests are only in the preliminary stages. officers are getting the device any time soon. they must have it if they are testing it. >> well, you know the saying you are what you eat right? if it's true, some of us may be having an identity crisis. a new study by a non-profit group shows a significant jump in the number of foot fraud cases. defines the term as miss labeling products. research shows 60% increase from last year. the latest list shows the most wrongly labeled goods include olive oil, milk, saffron, honey, coffee and tea. most of the fraud comes with manufacturers adding fillers or clouding agencies to make product appear fresher than it is. >> you know what i hate about

that? >> no wonder we're an obese nation. >> and we the consumer have to be vigilant about everyone cause everyone is trying to cheat us. sick of it. >> sick of it too. 9:24. still ahead . nature's snow balls. don't want to get into a fight with this phenomenon. >> we all know smoking is bad. but when you quit , a big impact on the rest of your life. >> and our next segment may inspire you to get up and move around a bit. people are affected by what's known at sitting disease. >> there are some things you can do to ward off the effects. dr. ray solano joins us after the break. we'll be right back. 9:25. alright let's break it down.

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dramatic video out of chicago. this morning firefighters are back on the scene after a warehouse fire. in this video, you can see the water used to put out the flame turned to ice.

and now in cases. prompted the largest fire department response in years. >> that is really something. >> take a look at this. i never heard of this before. that's not it. that's for later. we probably don't have the video now. do we have the video? if not, i won't do the story. here we go. look at these. they are called snow rollers. they've been spotted in parts of vermont. wind picks the snow up and continues to roll down slopes until the end can't move them any more. some are small but others measures 2 to 4 feet in diameter. >> comnonthe midwest. you got to have snow depth . >> icy? >> we're not going to get that today around here. >> just snowy. >> it's snow. >> just like the lunar landscape.

>> you can stick your hand through them. for those of you who can appreciate winter weather, beautiful. >> it is. >> we all can. when i walked out of the house this morning, it was like pretty. you go right back to when you were 10 years old. >> when snow is falling how quiet it is. >> why is that? i'm going to send it in. >> i don't know the answer but we can research it. ask tony and tucker. >> you'll go right to the head of the line. you've got contacts. anywhere between -- here's the deal. locally an inch or two. as we get down into southern maryland, widespread reports of four inches and more than four inches across parts of valvarc county. tony is about to smile. >> i almost walked into your shot. >> would have been better had

you walked right through. here you go. snow still falling and locally very light across portions of the southern viewing area. and things winding down here shortly. let's get to the totals. and anywhere between an inch to two inches locally here and the grandest stuff highest snow totals to the south. bwi marhsall two inches. dulles 1.8 inches. leonard town 4 inches. very light and powdery . not much moisture content in the snow. honestly, take a broom to it. and just kind of pushes away. here are your temperatures. 19 in washington. in the wake of this system here, our weak alberta clipper. winds out of the north and west and cold temperatures. highs will only be in the upper 20s. remember that later this afternoon. some of the snow gets a chance to melt off.

it will likely or possibly refreeze later this afternoon and tonight. these temperatures are not going to warmup a whole lot. 20 in quantico. enough to sled down here the rest of us touch and go whether or not you are going to be able to find a good hill. satellite radar, that's the left overs and we should gradually clear out. will be cold with highs once again not getting out of the 20s. upper 20s for daytime highs. tonight and tomorrow clouds move back in tonight and another little clipper system approaches during the afternoon tomorrow, that's going to tap southern stream moisture and give us another go around here with a couple inches of snow possible. not going to be a major storm but tomorrow daytime temperatures only in the low 30s and bring moisture in. we could see a couple more inches of snow tomorrow afternoon. the timing on it still 24 hours away or so. the timing tomorrow afternoon. the evening rush hour tricky

with snow falling. partly sunny and cold and breezy today. winds north and west at about 30. 22 tonight becoming cloudy. should be dry for your morning commute tomorrow. that snow will move back in tomorrow afternoon and get out of here tomorrow night. right now the weekend forecast looks sunny with temperatures in the mid 30s and wouldn't you know it, as it's typical around here, a big warmup back into the 50s by the middle of next week. if you don't like the winter weather, hang in there. that's weather, allison, back to you. >> thank you, tucker. a new study in today's journal of medicine says people who smoke cut their life span short by at least ten years. females who light up now die a similar rate as men. the risk of dying is 25 times higherfor women. here's the good news, kicking the habit before the age of 40 reduces the risk of death by about 90%. tony, down to you in the news room. >> thank you very much. even if you are

energetic, sitting 7 plus hours at work is common for many of us. new research shows sitting for long hours is killing us with obesity, heart disease and diabetes. not to mention it causes our backs to hurt. hip pain and cause nerve damage. dr. ray solano joins me now to explain what's going on with this. good morning, doctor. you are demonstrating what we're talking about here. sitting disease. >> right. >> that's a new term. i've not heard it before. sitting too long. can it lead to a disease or just a term? >> it's a medical term applied to those conditions. if you have sitting disease, it's basically your metabolism slowing down. your body goes into a state of hyper nation so to speak. and overtime that can lead to those health concerns. >> a lot of people have no choice. they have jobs where

they are sitting at a desk all day long. what do you need to be looking for and doing to help maximize your health? >> absolutely. the best thing you can do is to make sure your workstation is adjustable to you. don't adjust to your workstation. in regards to a chair, i'll demonstrate. what you want to do is make sure it's adjustable. adjustable height and armrest. and lumbar or lower back support. when you are sitting, make sure you are 90 degrees bent the knees and elbows. another very important point is make sure feet are flat on the floor. and you have those 90 degree bends, you are less likely to strain your back which overtime can lead to back pain. >> what about working with a

computer? most of us have computers at our desk. does that have to be situated in such a way? i know about the keyboard issues. tell me about looking at the computer. >> the keyboard should be at level with your forearms. when you are sitting at your desk, your chair should be at an appropriate level so eyes are at the top of the screen. you don't want to be too high because overtime that can develop neck strain and shoulder pain. eyes level with the top of your screen. most importantly, get up out of your chair every 30 minutes. >> why don't you get up and we can talk about that and maybe stretching a little and all that kind of thing? >> when you are standing, that's the beauty of standing. not only promote good posture but have the ability to stretch more and move around more. >> with that movement you have

more blood flow. a lot of times i've talked to patients and they say it's not normal for your joints to snap crackle and pop when you get up? >> no, when you are up moving around, things are more lubricated. >> this particular desk we have here for a certain reason but it's a desk where we stand to do reports. standing workstations, good idea? >> it's a great idea. they are starting to become more and more popular. when you are standing, you can keep your elbows at a 90 degree angle. you are going to be more productive when you are standing. you have more ability to want to stretch, move around. it stimulates the brain. increases blood flow. >> i would imagine the thing to remember is what you hear about on a long plane trip, get up every now and then.

>> reinvent yourself. find ways to incorporate movement in your day. all of that counteracts prolonged sitting. prolong sitting is more than 4 hours of sitting. so yeah, get up and move. >> that's a lot of stuff. thank you very much. we'll keep all the tips at myfoxdc.com. stay with us. more straight ahead. we'll be right back. 

cracking open the buzz bin with the answer to a question many have been asking for months. turns out an american idol contestant is behind the tension caught on tape between nicki and mariah. and the whole panel with exception of keith urban. nicki said mariah and randy were pushing too hard to sing country music. summer did make it through to the next round. the auditions continue tonight at 8:00.

it gave me an opportunity to see how cute her boots were. >> and a sweet sign of admiration for lady gaga. it is a life sized lady gaga cake. oh, my goodness. it was made by a baker in phoenix arizona in honor of her performance. the master mind says it took two weeks. it weighs 180 pounds. the hardest part was designing the singer's face. job well done. >> well done, yes. >> don't let the cold weather bring you down. up next, holly joins derek thomas for fun ideas on how you can stay entertained while hanging out outside. >> plus, how fast can you run? one man's attempt to run from one subway stop to another before the train leaves. find out if he makes it next in our talkers of the day. ♪

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all right. 9:46. talkers of the day . wisdom and sarah have joined us. you've been downstairs looking through things and you found talkers. >> yes, how about this. we're working very hard . how about this for strange. this is a magnetic code meets computer. you like that. still into it? >> i don't understand. >> let me break it down for you. let me clarify. allow me to po ntificate. a report released online says that there's possibility that you can store your dna, they can store information on your dna. about the size of your pinky. all this information into dna about the size of your pinky. and it will store all this information. historical information. >> put it inside our bodies?

>> like in your dna. >> yes. >> store information in this. it sounds bizarre. like a hard drive and put this information in your dna. now, i don't know what happens to it once it gets in there. at one point they can extract this information. use it for medical records or things like that. it sounds weird. >> so kind of like you've got information stored. >> somewhere in you. >> what kind of information? >> like medical information. >> like a chip on a dog. >> information like that. you can't pull from it . >> maybe like in a hospital they can scan it. >> that's so like cia like or something. >> it sounds weird. makes you nervous. >> not sure if you presented it well but. this is one i'm going to read up more on after the show. >> and then wisdom martin, why

don't you -- >> all right. see if i can explain it clearly. my talker is about the subway. depending on traffic at times, you feel like you could run to work faster than hopping into your car. well, a french man decided to test that idea proving he can run a race run and race the subway and win. this is on the french subway. this is video of it right here. a camera crew taped the whole thing. a racer wearing a helmet cam ran from one stop going up the stairs and through the streets to the next station that was on there. he was delayed a little bit. we'll watch this for a little bit. at some point he does get delayed trying to get through the turn style. you got to swipe through. he can't get through but he still made it on the same thing. he got there and got on to the train. >> that is cool. that is a great little experiment.

>> it is. there he is running across the street. what's amazing to me is that you think we're supposed to be able to move around so quickly and he beats this train. >> that's just one stop, how close is it? what's the ultimate and how tired is it going to be. as opposed to sitting on the train. >> here he is. he's stuck. he can't get through. >> he's not proposing people do this. >> and he beat the train. >> and there he gets back on. >> i will bet there's certain stops in the metro system you could do that. obviously, you are not going to do it. >> the other people are like what's going on henry? >> that's right. >> hundred ree flash whatever you want to call him. whatever his name is.

>> that's very cool. i like that. all right. >> she had video aid. i didn't have video aid. >> that's true. >> whatever excuse you want. >> good stories nonetheless. like them both. thank you both. now, holly is in studio b this morning with one of our favs, derek thomas over there with how to help out your these. >> good morning. >> we don't care about the plants during the cold temperatures. derek and i are giving you reasons to stay inside. we're talking about things you can do because your kids might want to go out. and it is too cold for them to be out. this is a fun family project. >> it's a great project and like we were talking about, could always gift the plant afterwards or a great way to teach your child how to nurture this plant. what you want to do is start out with smaller plants. and when you are picking out the plants, these plants were available at a local

garden center. they were about $2.50 a plant. you want to pick out plants that have different textures and colors. that's going to make the best arrangements. you are making a miniature plant arrangement. sort of like what you'd see at the florist for $100. you can do for about $30. you are saving mula. >> i've got my gloves on. >> you want to start with the stones. put the stones in the base of the planter. that's going to give you additional drainage or like this planter i have here had no drainage at all. i put a little bit more. >> is it about an inch or so deep? >> about an inch or so you can put in there. and what you want to start doing is picking out the plants. pick out any of the three of the four there. and i'm going to use all four of mine. >> because he's always got to show me up. >> oh, no. come on now.

look, the circle of my bowl is bigger. >> i got it. you said start with the small ones right? >> yeah. start with the smaller ones and pop in the bigger ones for height and contrast in texture. and this one here is going to give a little bit of trailing. it's a vine type plant. then start with a soil less mixture and fill in around the plant. and go ahead and fill that all in there. >> i am making a huge mess and you are totally fine over there. >> the kids will like the mess. put down craft paper to help prevent the mess. i have decorative river stone here. i'm going to put these down around the planter and put some around yours. push the soil in there.

and put the decorative stones there. if you've got a boy that's got marbles, you can pop marbles in there. whatever you want to as a decorative element in the base. base sure it's something that is going to be resistant to the water and there you have a really great dish garden. these are going to last for a long time. you can have the kids take care of them themselves and teach them about nurture. or it will be a great plant for them is gift to a teacher. it's a really fun project for a weekend like this. >> so here is the big question: if you gift it , do you allow that person to think you spend $100 or do you tell them you made it? >> i'm going to let you spin that. >> if you tell them they made it, obviously any gift made has

a better. >> i think that's worth more than spending the $100. >> absolutely. don't you also think during this time of year when there's not a lot living out there, it's nice to deal with something that is alive. >> giving a living gift is a great thing. that's a great way to remember when you are bringing these home, make sure it's covered. even a little bit of time outside in this frigid air can give it burn. if you are gifting it, take a big trash bag to cover it over. what that will do is keep the air around it warm while you are transporting it from the car and to its ultimate destination. these are going to have to be watered about once a week. with this one here a little bit less. it has no drainage. this one here has the drainage. but about once a week is a good, you know guide mark.

>> low maintenance too. >> okay. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to derek's web site. and on twitter@thomasgarden glooetguy. [ male announcer ] when your business is powered by verizon,

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file this one under yikes. >> news out of south africa that 15,000 deadly crocodiles escaped. the owner says he was forced to open the gates because of a storm surge from heavy flooding. a few thousand have been captured but most are still on the loose. one wound up in a school playground 75 miles away. how did it get there? animal experts are warning people to stay in doors. some of the crocodiles have been seen boarding airports to the united states. >> that is a horrifying story,

tony. >> and that last part is not true. >> check out stylish benny. our pet of the day. his owner says he is 7 years old. he looks adorable. he doesn't mind getting dressed up. he might need a little extra layer or two this week. big thanks to mary for sharing this photo. send your pet pix to petpix@wttg.com. >> he looked good. >> all right. we have video of -- this is my favorite of kids sledding checking it out. >> great. >> how long have they been waiting for this? >> out of triangle, virginia. nice video from sherry and i want to thank her and again, looks like fun. we're going to get our whole morning team and have