offends in gunfire. why investigators decided to storm an under ground bunker to rescue a five year old boy. >> and later when earning the top rank is no honor, dc gets high marks for gridlock hz and the worst could be yet to come. we'll tell you why. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. >> this is fox 5 morning news. guess what? no snow this morning. no need to worry about anything like that. there's a look at your sky. cold start to the day for this tuesday february 5th. good morning i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. and we are going to check in on the party in charm city in just a second. a few school delays to pass along as another clipper system moves through the region. allegany and garret schools are on delay.

grant, hampshire, hardy. >> our top story the superbowl celebrations in baltimore. victory parade gets underway in a little more than three hours. make their way to m and t stadium. and tucker barnes is right in the middle of it all with a look at all the excitement and your tuesday forecast. hey, tucker. >> reporter: good morning, tony. a lot of excitement. fans starting to show up. the big parade starts here at baltimore city hall at 10:45. expecting a few words from mayor, perhaps the coach and a few players. and that's going to wind down out to m and t stadium. everybody here thrilled about the raven's victory. the whole city has been in purple for the past couple weeks. i don't know if you can see it or not, all the buildings still in purple. and with the sun coming up we're going to lose the purple. we're expecting a sea of purple as

thousands of people descend upon baltimore to celebrate the raven's big victory. going to be talking to fans who have gotten here early. let's do weather for you real quick. allison mentioned the clipper system. not much in the way at all. couple flurries overnight. got nice and cold overnight. we're waking up with a lot of clouds. partial clearing down in the immediate washington area. should be a decent day and a little warmer than yesterday. right now it's just 34 at reagan national. 32 in baltimore. 33 out at dulles. looking at satellite radar , cloudiness to start your day. partial sunshine later this afternoon and temperatures in the mid 40s. let me mention another clipper comes through. another round of just a couple flurries and snow showers. not expecting any accumulation. get ready to enjoy a warmer day. highs in the mid 40s.

if you are coming down to the parade, lots of layers. nice and cold. all right. that's the latest from downtown baltimore. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. >> now let's get over to julie wright. might want to stay away from baltimore. later should be better for all of us. >> a lot of those closures are going to be put into place. 395 pratt street. if you do have to make a trip into baltimore and wear your purple. on the roads we have the crew in sky fox. 95 coming southbound leaving baltimore headed out towards the capitol beltway your lanes are open. now they are back. we have that heavy volume headed out towards the beltway. no issues reported. this is going to be 95 in the area of college park. lanes are open on the outer loop over towards georgia avenue. let's continue with

your maps and show you what's happening out here on the highway. from the beltway to the naval research lab and the 11th street bridge. problem with the railroad crossing gates, stuck on the down side on the northbound side of 5. blocked at pica drive before you reach 301. alternating you by one direction at a time. quickly show you what else is happening. northbound i 95 happened on the left side of the road. expect delays leaving dale city. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you, julie. happening today dc mayor vincent gray delivers his third annual state of the district address. he'll use the platform to call for pay raises for city workers and new funding for the capitol's affordable housing programs. days after the city revealed sitting on a $400 million

surplus. virginia's general assembly takes up two transit bills. one would ban texting while driving. the other the governor's transportation funding package. yesterday the state senate made major changes. the updated bill would add a 5.5% sales tax to gasoline and eliminate a 17 cent gasoline tax and scrap the governor's sales tax increase. >> in alabama community can breath a sigh of relief after a week long stand off comes to an end. a five year old boy is reunited with his family and his captor is dead. sarah simmons is back. >> good morning. officials say they raided the bunker where 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes was

holding the boy after negotiations deteriorated. dykes was killed. but officers have not said if he was killed or killed himself. the boy is said to be doing well. officials say his safety always remained top priority. >> i have visited with ethan. he is doing fine. he's laughing, joking, playing, eating. things that you would expect a normal 5 to 6 year old young man to do. >> let me explain something to you about this little boy. very special child. he's been through a lot. he's endured a lot. by the grace of god, he's okay. >> ethan turns 6 years old tomorrow and dykes took the boy off of his school bus after killing the driver.

that driver 66-year-old charles poland junior has been hailed a hero. officials remain tight lip about other details in this case. >> thank you. new this tuesday morning at 7:06 congressman announced the first bipartisan bill. want to make gun trafficking a federal crime. people who illegally buy guns for someone else. announce the new legislation at a press conference this afternoon. in the meantime, president obama admits getting an assault weapons ban through congress will be tough. officers in uniform in minneapolis the president says there is a growing consensus for universal

background checks. went there to build support for his proposals. it was an attempt to run around opponents like the nra by taking his message directly to the people. >> allison, accused killer george zimmermann heads back to court today in florida and comes on a painful day for trayvon martin's parents. today he would have turned 18 years old. they need still more time to prepare because prosecutors have been slow to turn over evidence. prosecutors want the request denied. zimmermann maintains his innocence saying he shot martin on self defense. >> now to a fox 5 traffic watch. the dc region has the distinction of having the worst traffic congestion in the

neighborhood. >> fox 5's melanie alnwick is live along i 270 with the details of a new study. good morning, melanie. >> reporter: good morning, tony. all of this is coming out of the texas a&m transportation institute. they do the report every single year. dc has continued to rank number one. i want to look on the positive side of this. traffic hasn't gotten any worse. and delays for drivers during peak rush hour are better than they were in 2005, 2007, 2006. all the way back to 2002. we are burning less fuel. there are good things in this report but because of the recession, that's why we had a lot of drop off. as the economy recovers, the congestion and all those things are going to come back as well. here are the numbers. 67 hours,

more than a week's vacation, that's what dc area drivers lost sitting in traffic. the cost calculated $1,398 per commuter. 4th year in the rho-d c has claimed top congestion. just in front of los angeles, san francisco, new york and boston. all of those a couple hours difference per year. congested 85% of the time. also this year the transportation institute added how much you need to pad your commute if you have to be somewhere on time all the time hchlt and they say in congested area like this we rank number one seems like our traffic tie ups seem to be really bad. rely ability is so bad, they are saying three hours is what

somebody would have to give themselves. i think perhaps maybe we call the boss and tell him we're going to be late. >> i think that's a good idea. >> at least sometimes. >> still ahead at 7:00, cyber security. we haven't talked about this in a while. it's wearing its hat again in light of recent high profile technology attacks. sit down with a local it tech. >> plus, a shocking crime spree caught on camera. we'll show you how thieves were able to make off with tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry all in broad day light. >> tell me about this guy ray lewis. what's his deal? >> well, half the time i don't know. >> all right. the superbowl mvp sits down with david letterman.

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is nfl playbook is much easier than people make it out to be. >> is it really? >> yeah, come on. >> now, you know, you're hurting yourself a little in the contract negotiations. >> very funny. >> raven's quarterback joe flacco tour included a stop on david letterman's couch. he and the host played pitch and pass on the show's stage. >> now, if dave had not caught that would have hit an audience member in the face. >> was it a commercial? >> yeah. came hours after a

trip to disney world. before today's parade down the streets in baltimore. >> dave ross is here with reports the team lost the lombardi trophy. what? >> it's not like the stanley cup where it's engraved a new winner and one trophy that gets passed around. god forbid they lost the trophy. probably get another one. the ravens have three. those are three that stay at red skin's park. we'll get to that story. but this has been a story book year for joe flacco who was an unrestricted free agent and for ray lewis who is done and has retired. what a way to go out for ray. think of this: 17 year career. we know about the lowest of the lows. he's going to be a first ballot hall of

famer. just one of the best linebackers to ever go out. when he made his announcement, ravens didn't lose again. i don't know if that's could incidental. i think that plays into it. >> speaking of joe flacco and being an unrestricted free agent. >> that's his agent next to him. >> joe said he was working on one hour of sleep and saw going to letter man. your life changes instantly. go from being joe fako to being an elite quarterback. >> and i guess you can spell an elite quarterback without eli. >> eli has two of those. >> here's the trophy. joe had it here and they had post game party. john harbaugh overheard

saying where's the trophy. they were trying to get it back to the owner. everybody relax. they did find it . there's a story out there somewhere. we don't know who grabbed that trophy. people were joking beyonce. maybe she got it. she was in that owner's box as well. >> the stadium people had to put out a statement saying the blackout was not because of beyonce's show. people were tweeting about that. >> the superbowl was not the highest rated superbowl of all time. the last two years set through records. came in third but 110 million people watched. >> that's interesting. >> pretty good number. just not as good as it was. >> ratings were down all across the board for football this year. >> talk to you again in a little bit. >> tucker barnes. >> head on up the road and check in with tucker barnes. you have to be in hog heaven

today. >> reporter: exactly, allison. maybe purple heaven. very exciting this morning as we're getting ready to celebrate the raven's big parade up here. starts at 10:45. open to the public. going to march down out to m and t stadium. lots of layers. we've been watching the fans start to arrive and we have a super fan right here. this is charlie sanchez. >> how's it going? >> good. check this out. he's also a fox 5 fan. >> of course. always. >> where do you live? >> maryland. >> all your friends are red skin's fans? >> redskins and ravens. >>ll me about your love for the ravens. >> i go to the signings. i go to the games every year and the superbowl win is just amazing. it's so surreal. i can't

believe we won and very grateful to live in maryland. >> you must have been nervous during the game. >> of course. i almost had a heart attack. >> charlie's got a plan here. the players are going to arrive at 10:45. what's your plan? >> i'm going to stick with the bus. stay as close to the bus as possible. >> you are going to run along the players? >> correct. i'm going to do my best. >> he got up at 3:00 and been here since 4:30. before we do it back, do the score. do it. there it is. we have our first official squirrel dance. we have to do that to stay warm. it's cold out here. temperatures in the 30s. you've been drinking a lot of 30s. mid 40s. that was great. excellent dancer. back

to you guys. >> are you going to do any weather? >> oh. i did weather didn't i? >> very good. >> didn't you hear that. i said it was cold out here. that's it for it . >> thanks, tucker. >> temperatures in the 40s. more weather in a minute . >> okay. >> that's funny. >> it's different when you are out in the field. >> let's head over to julie wright and see what's going on in the warm studio. >> as long as he didn't do more dancing. >> that we don't want to see. >> north on 295, 12 miles an hour to the enbound 11th street bridge. heads up accident outbound. leaving the freeway the crash sits in the left lane. southeast headed outbound. finding problems here the railroad crossing gates are stuck in the down position leonard town road pica drive at 301. quick peak in virginia,

northbound on i 95 the crash occurred here in lorton. delays out of dale city. eastbound on the toll road before you reach route 7. the two center lanes are now closed. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. thank you much. coming up next, a smash and grab in the middle of a northern virginia mall. we'll show you more of the dramatic surveillance video. ance video. >> and later, a 100 meter run in the record books. holly is live at the national geographic society with a group of local kids staying healthy and lending a hand all for a great cause. and they have a chance to go down in history. tell you all about it. 7:22. we'll be right back. 

arlington county police are on the hunt for four men who pulled off a dramatic smash and grab at a northern virginia mall. happened in broad day

light. >> police say the suspects were in and out in under a minute. the suspects walked into zales jewelry store. demolished a display case and ran off with 27 diamond rings. a get away car was waiting in the parking garage. they are checking security cameras to see if they can get a better description in hopes it will lead to an arrest. >> they did conceal their identities by wearing hoods. i don't know if it's masked but they did conceal their faces. maybe through clothes, the public will be able to help in located these individuals. >> i assume it's a safe mall. hard to hear somebody robbing a store. hopefully they are caught. >> no employees were hurt. the rings are worth $128,000. >> still ahead in our next half

hour, the 21st century that almost anyone is vulnerable to. closer look at cyber attacks. >> a live look outside. there you go. more baltimore fans getting together in charm city waiting for that parade. we're going to talk to tucker barnes. he's there live and julie will give us a check on traffic. stay with us. 7:27. 

washington capitols welcomed toronto to the verizon center tonight. the second match up in less than a week. the last timecaps lost 3-2. but hopes to turn their season around. tonight the puck drops at 7:00. >> fans heading to tonight's game will walk away with a special gift. everyone will get a nicholaus baxtrom doll. still available when you get your tickets. is mine in there? i wanted them to be together. >> why is he a gnome? >> i don't gnome.

>> that's cute. they don't usually give out something this hefty. >> tickets are still available. >> very good. now, let's talk to tucker barnes. he is in baltimore where he is very excited because he gets to attend the big parade there. what's going on? >> reporter: i'm not the only one. they are expecting thousands of people. last week for the send off celebration. 7 and 10,000 people. starting to get fans showing up already this morning. you got to remember it's only 7:15 in the morning. we have friends from german town montgomery county. i got a question for you, isn't today a school day? >> uh, no. >> maybe we won't show faces here. >> residents of baltimore. >> we did it. we did it.

>> tell me how it feels to the city. you guys must be very proud. >> we knew we could do it. didn't give up. we had rough edges. we just never gave up. shout out to the baltimore ravens. >> do you have anything in your wardrobe that's not purple? >> everything's purple over here. >> purple and black. >> is today a workday? >> oh, yeah. i've been at work from 11 to 7 this morning. i got off today. shout out to the whole raven's team. thankful for you all you did for us. it was an amazing game and you guys showed no mercy. thank you ray lewis. thank you jacoby jones thank you all of the ravens. >> celebration just kicking off here. again, city hall. end up down at m and t bank.

give a raven's cheer and i'll do weather. we're going to do the weather and we'll be checking in with people all morning. love the purple shoes. all right. here's your forecast. temperatures cold. we're in the 30s. 34 degrees at reagan national in the low 30s. all the local area. looking at the satellite radar, a clipper system come through. did you see any snow last night? >> no. not here. >> not much happening. a couple flurries out there. clouds here to start the morning. i don't think that's going to dampen our day. should see some sunshine later today with temperatures in the mid 40s. here's your day planner. let me give you notice. we have another clipper tonight. a few more flurry ies or a snow shower. that's the latest from downtown baltimore. thank you all for joining me. and a lot of fun celebrating all morning right?

>> yeah! >> there you go, guys. >> that's so much fun. tucker, thank you so much . and hi to the raven's fans out there this morning. >> i'll tell them. >> let's go to julie. she has the latest on your ride into work. >> closers along camden street, lafayette, 395 just to name a few ask. so again, anticipate slower than usual volume as you head into baltimore. right now on the roads closer to dc, this is where we've got problems. down to 12 miles an hour headed for the 11th street bridge leaving the freeway. sits in the left lane. trouble with the railroad gates. approaching pica drive before 301. alternating you by under police direction. eastbound on the dulles toll road at route 7, five cars involved tying up the center of the roadway. quickly we'll pull up the cameras and

show you what else is happening. north on 395, delays headed up towards shirlington. southbound 270 still on the brakes headed for the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you so much. computer hackers are taking aim at american businesses. the federal government and to some extent, you. the u.s. department of energy twitter and the new york times, also the wall street journal. joining us with more on the cyber attacks and how to stop them is brian gunther. he is a partner with digital industry. that is an it firm in silver spring maryland right here at home. good morning. nice to see you this morning. >> thank you, allison. >> i made a point saying your company is right here at home. this thing though is worldwide. and that is indeed the threat to the computer. great thing and also be a gateway to bad things.

>> absolute absolutely. the internet is a resource to access just about anything in the world. however, we also provided gateway for the bad guys to come to us. >> does your business busy itself with these cases or do you come to the aid of companies? >> we are an information technology firm. digital industry. and our objective is to help businesses with their technology and help them work better. we have absolutely been asked to come in and assess security situations and referred to as hardening an infrastructure or technology for a company for some reason believes they are a threat or exposed. >> we should say brian is author of the book executive guide to technology. all had to learn this. we mentioned the companies or the in some cases twitter, the social media that

has been attacked if you will. new york times we're showing it there too. when a threat comes in, what would be the main purpose? what is the purpose of hacking into say the new york times. >> depends on the source of the hacking attempt. it's been known since 2008 there's a terminology that was coined called advanced persistent threat which is understood as being state sponsored sacking. if you have a state that is indulging in hacking of a resource other govern omits like the u.s. government. this becomes a big problem. resources are virtually limitless. they are trying to find out state secret hz and hack into companies trying to find out what they are doing. perhaps government contractors and if it's a company that's advanced trying to find intellectual property and get a competitive edge. >> we do know and it been

written that say china is looking at our american business too. for the purpose of this segment, i know i have been hacked. and wondered, what are you getting? my contact list or irritating those people. beyond that under a personal level what do we have to fear? >> it's a great comparison. if you look at businesses and governments, they are being hacked for different reasons. typically, it's not a directed threat at you generally speaking. and usually those threats don't come from institutions. in some cases china and other countries. when you are hacked, it's probably part of a greater approach when you may have been affected with a virus that tries to exploit your personal information and steal your identity. >> that can be of course a real issue. how do we protect ourselves? >> the best protection is shut your computer off. i joke of

course. >> what? going crazy now. >> seriously, the reality is this: we have to weigh security for use ability. if you are security conscious, you are going to take every step possible in installing multiple protections. firewalls. updated antivirus software and technology and security audits. for most of us, this is not going to happen with an individual at home. this is generally more applies to companies. be vigilant. be careful. be extremely careful what you click on in your e-mail. you may get an e-mail that appears legitimate. and wow check this out. very short but do yourself a favor. does it say it goes to usa today.com or some strange web site? >> seems a few years back it would be the threat. you need to change your passwords or what

have you. generally speaking, should you always if you don't do the hover, should you just call the company that is supposedly contacting you for personal information? >> absolutely. always air on the side of august. should be cognizant of the fact people are trying to get you information. trying to get you do things through e-mail or calling you. heard of various reports getting calls at home we're from tech support we need information from you. a lot of people will give information away over the phone. >> and that is the new threat. >> absolutely. >> brian is a partner of digital industry and executive guide to technology. thanks for coming in today. >> reply pleasure. thank you. >> we will be right back. ey-cheddar-bacon in the afternoon, or a tuna salad when the job is done,

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new jersey governor chris christie. despite being the butt of dozens of jokes, he laughed. >> i've made jokes about you not just one or two not just on going here or there. but -- >> i didn't know this was going to be this long. >> his weight is fair game for late night comedians. he even gave an example of one of the jokes he liked. >> celebrity birthday today, chris christie turned 50. blew out the candles on his cake and wished for another cake. >> he's a good sport. >> it's always great when you

see the politicians and the others make their appearances on these shows. humanizes them. >> and at the end of the day they have to be charismatic. when you see them come out and poke a little fun, that's great. >> good stuff. someone that we poke fun at quite a bit but he's a good sport, tucker barnes is very happily in baltimore this morning with raven's fans. >> happy weather guy day. >> reporter: thank you very much allison. apparently julie is working on baking me a cake. hopefully we get that before the end of the show. up here in baltimore, big celebration set to take place at 10:45 this morning with the raven's superbowl victory on sunday, planning a big parade. the mayor is going to say some words. and the parade gets going. all the way down at m and t stadium.

so we're getting a lot of cheering. fans are starting to show up and thousands and thousands of people here. let's do weather and a lot of clouds to start the day. cold temperatures. they seem like they are here to stay. right now at reagan national , 34. 32 up here in baltimore this morning. and just 28 out in hagerstown. satellite radar, cloud cover to start your day. we'll turn sunny this afternoon and warmer. high temperatures in the mid 40s. you'll need the layers this morning but later this afternoon warmer than it's been with temperatures in the mid 40s. here's your accu weather 7 day forecast. doing fine the next couple days. we got to be concerned about a period possibility of freezing rain and let me mention a few flurries with another clipper. all right. that's the latest from baltimore. we'll be here all morning long and the parade starts at 10:45. i will talk to

you in just a little bit. >> thank you, sir. cold but looks like fun. 7:46 now. turn our attention to julie wright. >> he wants me to bake him a cake? >> you can't bake? >> um, okay. >> maybe buy him a cake. >> i work so hard, all my culinary skills went into baking that pie last time around. all right. on the roads, eastbound on the toll road, five car pile up tying up the center lanes. eastbound on the dulles toll roads. 66 a better ride although it's slow. 286 in towards 123. northbound 295 lanes are open. down to 16 miles an hour. outbound the crash still sits there in the left lane leaving you in the back up from southeast. pop up the cameras and show you what else is happening. colsville road on the north side of the

circle. traffic accident here. some traffic is able to get through. 395 north at duke street below speed crossing over the inbound bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you, julie. 7:48 now. coming up next. a pair of world record attempts in progress. good morning, holly. >> good morning to you. me and my record setters are getting stretched as we speak. how are we feeling team? >> good! >> we are live where two world records set to be broken today. the first one, the most people to run 100 meters. do you think we can do it? we'll tell you all about it next. stay with us. run in place. get warmed up. go. yeah. there you go.

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the headquarters at national geographic kids is all a buzz today. teams of young people are geared up to break not one but two world records. >> imagine that. holly joins us live with more now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if we're lucky the first one will be broken within the next four minutes. we are talking about a record setting day here and the people helping to make it all happen, rachel, she is the editor and the person verifying mike who is the world record adjudicator. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. this first record is the most number of people to run 100 meters in 24 hours. >> just so people understand, it can't all happen in a day. this is a process. >> yes. it's a 24 hour process. people ran 100 meters all over the world. from indiana to south africa, send in their documentation and mike today is going to let us know if

we had enough runners. >> we're waiting for verification. >> so ours happened at the marine corp marathon. >> yes. we had 2600 kids running fun run back in october running 100 meters to try and set this record. >> in terms of records, is this a run of the mill record, is this a crazy record? >> the amount of just coordination and effort put in. around the world, it's not easy to coordinate people from different countries to do anything together. >> it's a lot easier with facebook. >> get them running and going and for 24 hours and the number of people necessary, it was definitely an amazing attempt. >> i didn't get to be a part of it in october. so hold your breath. we'll see if we broke the record. i'm going to check in with people who were there. runners, come on over here hchlt tell me your name. >> jason. >> kai.

>> christine. >> raquel. >> what was it like to run last october? >> it was pretty good. we ran, some kid fell. i almost tripped on him. so i stopped and tried to pick him up. >> look at you. good samaritan. what was it like to be part of a world record? >> well, i liked it. >> you think it's cool to go in the history books as a runner? >> yeah. >> what was your favorite part? >> running in the line. >> did you get tired? >> yeah. >> are you ready to run this morning? >> i'm very ready today. >> do you have any tips? >> no. >> just run fast. here's the deal. lucky for us, miles from the marine corp marathon is our turn around point. we're going to run 100 meters. and we're going to see if we set the

record. ready? set? let's go. run to miles and back. back. the old lady can't beat you. turn around. let's go back. run, run, run. mom and dad are cheering us on. come on. run. run. run. >> we break the make believe ribbon. and now, let's bring it in tight. hold our hands together. did we break the record? give us the announcement? >> took almost 6 months of counting but 30,914 you guys did it. a new world record. congratulations. >> we set the record. we set the record . he said he was ready to run today.

and he was not. take a look at that. rachel, come on over here. let me ask you this real quickly. you already have five . now you have six. how does it feel? >> i'm so excited. kids and families around the world doing this great thing. really fun to stay active and healthy. super easy. and now our 6th world record, makes it all the more exciting. >> talk about that in your next hour. back to you. are you guys tired ? >> yes. >> me too. back to you. >> thank you , everybody. >> love the excitement. still ahead in our next half hour, we all know watching too much tv isn't good for you but could be having side affects for men below the belt. check in with the fox medical team. >> law makers get ready to debate gun control legislation.

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allegany and garret school s are under a two hour delay. >> so no snow here or in baltimore. in baltimore, just a few hours before the superbowl champs will enjoy a parade down the streets. the raven's fans are beginning to arrive already this morning. hey, tucker. >> reporter: hey , tony. raining purple around here. the whole city is in purple. people pouring in getting ready for the celebration that starts at 10:45 here. officially here. we're going to hear from the may her and the coach. and then of course the parade and eventually end. we have to talk to a few of the fans here. in just a couple minutes. there you go. let's do weather.

and guess what? cold temperatures. 35 degrees. i can't feel my toes. 35 at reagan national. 34 out at dulles. and 32 in baltimore. here's your satellite radar . we got clouds to start the day. we're going to see -- >> clouds are purple. >> sunshine this afternoon, highs in the mid 40s. here's your day planner and again, could be flurries tonight. not a big deal. baltimore, washington, maryland. just a couple flurries later tonight. that's the latest tony and allison. anybody else want to cheer? there we go. i can't hear you but we're having a good time. everybody getting very excited. back to you. >> i'm happy for baltimore. >> me too. >> it's a great little city. all these great neighborhood s and different places. >> i remember 21 years ago now the redskins got to experience

that. great day when you get the parade. >> let's check in with julie wright for a look at your on time traffic. >> on time traffic brought to you by toyota. >> a number of closures expected because of that parade. 395 will be shut down at 10:00 this morning. utah street, commerce, camden just to name a few. additional delays this morning. inner loop of the beltway close to home headed for the wilson bridge. stalled car reported in your way. let's pop up the maps and show you what else is happening out here. big tie ups eastbound on the dulles toll road. five car pile up before you reach route 7. only the right lane is getting by with tie ups leaving the parkway. still down to 16 miles an hour. the accident was outbound on the bridge. let's continue with the cameras and show you what else is happening out here. clean up continues in

colsville road. some traffic on the northbound side is able to get by. southbound doesn't look too bad but very busy. route 1 around the georgia avenue and 395 delays from the beltway. gw parkway on the brakes from 123 out towards the key bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you so much, julie. the dc region is once again tops when it comes to the worst traffic congestion. >> melanie alnwick is live along i 270 with the details of the new study. i have to say i like how you put a positive spin on it earlier. >> reporter: that's the kind of person i am. have everybody start out their day in a better direction. you can see here the traffic along i 270 right here, pretty much how it usually goes. starting to slow down just a little bit. you are right, according to the texas a&m

traffic institute, we ranked number one in the congestion, the traffic delays. here's a bit of interesting perspective. that was for congestion all the way around the clock. when it comes to just peak congestion, we actually came in at number four. still in the top five, still pretty bad. but we are trying to look for bright threads we could pull out of there. also, it's not getting terribly better. also not getting worse. we're going to talk with lawn anderson. >> we're number one and we're not talking about ravens. we're talking about traffic. and that's not good news for motorists. >> there are some things it's not getting appreciably worse. >> that's the really good news. our 67 hours of

projected delay for motorists is a little less than it was several years ago. so we've made slight improvements and when you look across the river at the things virginia is doing, i think there's more hope. right now working on express lanes on i 95. when those connect to the capitol beltway express lanes over to springfield, we might see us lose that number one status. i think there's that possibility. for now, we hav bad news for motorists. once again, worst congestion. so not only are we the capitol of political gridlock. we're the capitol of traffic gridlock. >> what are some of the things we can do? >> well, i think obviously the further away you get from peak travel, the better it is. so if you are someone who can have flex hours and get in later or work earlier those kinds of

things help. what we really need to do is figure out ways to better fund transportation in maryland and virginia. we're hoping maybe this year, wake up and say we need to do something about transportation. virginia is on it. they've got $14 billion worth of projects on the way. >> always excited to talk about traffic issues. and yes, it is on top of the legislatures in virginia and maryland and hopefully in the future we can knock that ranking down. back to you guys. >> this is one time where we don't care to be number one. >> a news alert out of montgomery county to tell you about. police in tacoma park need help finding a 12-year-old boy. he was last seen around 7:20 last night. he left his father a note telling him he was running away. and could be found at the library. he's three feet tall, 100 pounds and a scar on his stomach and left

arm. >> we have a fox follow up this morning. a five year old alabama boy is safe after being held hostage for a week. believing the child might be in danger. during the raid dykes was killed and the boy was rescued. not yet revealing whether it was law enforcement officials who shot him or if he took his own life. the little boy was reunited with his mom at an area hospital. >> i've been to the hospital and visited with ethan. he is doing fine. he's laughing, joking, playing, eating. things that you would expect a normal 5 to 6 year old young man to do. >> ethan and that's the only name we have for the child was initially grabbed off his school bus last tuesday after dykes shot and killed the bus driver.

police say the kidnapping was random. >> happening today on capitol hill, four congressman are announcing a new gun law. one scott rige l is a republican from southern virginia and another elijah cummings. also imposes new penalties for straw purchases. that's people who knowingly buy guns for criminals. >> giving the district speech tonight and expected to call more attention to housing programs. also wants pay raises for city workers. the city has a surplus of more than $400 million. he says that money will go into savings. >> mayor gray's speech is at 7:00 on i street. >> all right. it is 8:09. 34 die agrees out degrees out there.

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show. also talked about his desire to sign a new contract with the ravens and how he would like to be with the team for his entire career. good. >> interesting. interesting gtleman. >> yeah, he is. >> this morning, baltimore is getting ready to celebrate joe flacco and the nfl's ultimate prize. >> and tucker barnes is counting down to the start of the superbowl parade that will free celebration. good morning, tucker. >> reporter: hey, tony. yeah, the celebration kicks off here at 10:45 this morning. and i'm joined by a few of my friends here this morning. good morning, everybody. there you go. we've got fans from pennsylvania, we got friends from maryland. fans from washington. before we go on, we've got a picture of a very cute fan by the name of isaah.

this is my first 5 photo of the day. we can't see it. but he's a huge raven's fan. there you go. huge raven's fan. there you have it. i can't see you but i'm sure you are as cute as can be. i've got bob here. tell me about what it feels like to have the ravens as the superbowl champs. >> i saw the first game in 2000 and this is just as good. just as sweet and happy to be here. go ravens! >> what time is it? >> you guys got the latest. all right. i'm going to try to do weather although i can't hear myself talk here. what's the other song we sing? temperatures right now in

the 30s. lots of clouds out. should be some sunshine a little later today. with high temperatures in the mid 40s. i can't hear myself think. julie wright, if you are out there, take it from me. having a lot of fun. kicks off at 10:45. >> we are so glad tucker is not singing and the fans are. yeah, this is great. so happy for tucker. this is a wonderful day for him as well. cam do not street, baltimore all being shut down at 10:00 this morning for that parade. closer to home, we have our hands full. delays for that beginning back at the parkway. still finding delays off the inner loop in the back up. stalled car reported in the roadway down to 16 miles an hour. let's continue with the cameras. clearing up the

accident reported along colesville road. lanes are open once again. still on the slow side leaving the beltway and crossing over the 14th street bridge. mid county highway for the crash reported southbound continuously slowing out of gaithersburg out towards the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. wisdom, back to you. >> thank you very much. gun control is a hot button issue on capitol hill. but how personal does it get when it comes to members of congress and guns? usa today and dc bureau have asked how members about their own personal gun ownership. and joining us this morning is paul singer. congressional corespondent. what prompted this? i know there's talk about this gun debate. so that's probably what drove this. >> right. and we thought it

was worth asking a question as members are going to vote on gun control. how many of them actually own guns. it raises a question do they know what they are talking about. >> now, we're going to put up a graphic and show, this breaks down bipartisan. you have 119 in the gop. >> right. >> from your study hchlt and 46 democrats who admitted to this. there's no official data. you had to go around and ask. >> we asked them. >> are you surprised this broke down? >> i don't think we were surprised. i think we were surprised by how big the disparity was. 119 republicans saying they own guns. only 46 democrats saying they own guns. the next statistic which how few republicans would say no, i don't own a gun. much more likely to get an answer i don't want to talk to you than i don't have a gun. >> why do you think that is?

>> i don't know. i'd be giving you my opinion but my hypothesis would be they are not gun owners in a republican district that is gun friendly. that's only a guess. also, there are a lot of members who said security issue. i don't want to talk about my guns or don't want people coming to my house to rob me. >> this is a senate majority leader harry reed says he owns guns but wouldn't say what kind. his republican counterpart mitch mcconnell declined. pelosi said she did not own a gun. and john boehner's did not respond. >> what we found is gun ownership is very heavily represented. someone like harry reed coming from a gun culture

where everyone out there has guns. common for families to have guns. there is much more comfort with guns and much less of a partisan issue. everybody has guns in certain southern and rural communities. in the north, in new england we found fewer than a dozen guns north of maryland. >> and you are still working on this research. because, again, no official. you have to go up to them and ask them do they have a gun or not. you are still working on this and trying to work on your own personal data -- not your personal. but a database to compare what they are saying to what they vote on. >> we have online now a list of everyone who has answered and what they've said. and what we're hoping to be able to do is when members take votes on gun legislation, you'll be able to see whether or not there's a correlation between their vote and their own gun ownership. we honestly don't know. we'll find out. >> we've also seen these

congressional hearings, emotional testimony talking about these particular issues. will it get to a point where is there any middle ground? from what you've seen so far? >> it sounds like a middle ground is beginning to emerge that people think background checks should be better done and possibly done in more circumstances. that more gun sales have background checks. also you saw earlier you had a story about some democrats and republicans coming together there should be stronger penalties for buying a weapon you know is going to be used for a criminal purpose. these straw buyers. stuff like that you can see. there's going to be issues where you are not going to get an agreement. and part of that is a cultural issue. people who have lived in cities all of their lives and lived in washington d.c., don't have the familiarity and approach to guns as someone who grew up in rural

mississippi where there's guns everywhere. it's a different culture and unlikely to agree whether guns are a weapon of crime or simply something you have around the house. >> paul, thank you very much for coming in and talking with us. good luck on your research. thank you very much. tony and allison, back over to you. >> all right. interesting stuff. thank you much. >> 8:22 now. still ahead. ring robbers masked men steal thousands of dollars from a virginia jewelry store. see the video of the break in. >> it's a race to the finish. holly is smashing records this morning with national geographic kids. she'll explain their plan coming up. 8:22. 

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>> arlington county police are hoping surveillance video will help them find the four men who pulled off a smash and grab. walked in a zales jewelry store around 11:00 yesterday morning. they demolished a display case then ran off with 27 diamond rings. a get away car was waiting. no one was hurt. the rings were worth $128,000. >> people in favor of changing maryland's law as singling out pitt bulls as a dangerous breed will be rallying in annapolis today. a state senate committee is discussing a new bill. ease last year's ruling that held pitt bull owners and landlords to strict lie ability standards without previous evidence. try to prove that the dog was indeed not dangerous. it is 8:26 now on this

tuesday morning. coming up. adult vaccines. could you be over due for necessary shots? the fox medical team will answer that question. >> plus, we are live this morning. charm city counting town to the superbowl victory parade. get the forecast for the big party next. man, purple and black today. ack to here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios

♪ we are the champions ♪ >> sing it, tony. i was almost going to call you beyonce. >> that would not have been nice. >> they are the champions and baltimore maryland will be covered in confetti. in just two hours, a parade will begin with the lombardi trophy on display. >> tucker barnes is a fan and he's there this morning. man, the crowd is getting so thick

now. it's great to see. good morning, tuck. >> reporter: hey. i have about 100 of my best friends now. everybody is going crazy. we have people of all ages from all over the place. washington, baltimore. parts of pennsylvania. let me mention we have a few younger friends who are skipping out on a day of school. >> hi. >> some of us should be in school today. instead celebrating the victory parade. >> maybe. >> thank you. i have a couple ladies here who made it to the game. they actually were at the game. this is shannon, everybody. tell me about the ticket and the experience. >> we just pulled in literally right now. it was worth every penny. every hour in the car.

harbaugh brother bowl. it was fantastic. we have our beyonce single lady rings that were given out at half-time and we used them in the blackout. we had our light when it was dark. >> you were ready for the blackout. >> who knew? >> what was the party seen like? >> unbelievable. undescribable. absolute raven nation out in full force. it was fantastic. >> congratulations. do we have a raven's cheer. i want to hear a raven's cheer. what do we got? >> we are the champions. we are the champions. >> tony and allison, let me tell

you the weather forecast. cloudy skies. highs in the mid 40s later today. should be warmer than yesterday. and the 7 day forecast featuring temperatures in the #40z. that's the latest from here. >> go ravens! >> tony and allison, back to you guys. >> you probably can't hear us. they need a song . someone needs to write a song for them. thank you, sir. appreciate it. listen up. over the past couple months we've been talking about the importance of getting a flu shot. you are sick of it. but health experts say this is just the tip of the iceberg. quite a few of you aren't getting the necessary vaccines to protect against everyday diseases and it's a pretty big concern. the fox medical team's dr. joe is following this. she joins us live with more. good morning to you, doctor. tell us about this problem. what is the problem?

>> good morning. basically take care of our kids. put us on a schedule. but we as adults are just skipping important shots. not just on our health but also on our economy. we saw last year there were about 37,000 cases of pneumonia. there's a pneumonia shot out there. any adult who has a chronic illness. again, that's a shot -- seniors, caucasian seniors are not getting it. and people who have asthma or heart disease or lung disease. whooping cough, wow, numbers were as high or higher than they were in 1955. my goodness. we need to start definitely start vaccinating our pregnant women. talking about third try mefter the babies get very sick.

we saw about 18 deaths and half were in babies under the age of 3 months. that's another one on the list. hepatitis for healthcare providers and high risk activities or lifestyles. so there's a whole list there. really easy to find out what you need. go on the web site cdc.gov. and it will give you exactly what you need. >> how did it get this bad? and should doctors be reminding us about this? >> you know, they should but they don't always. and you know, your health department, now the pharmacies are able to give out a lot of these vaccines. vaccines are difficult to store. a lot of doctors don't do it. it's difficult. again, i think that we just need to think outside the box on this one. >> we teased this. i want to get to a second issue. of course many of us love to kickback, relax and watch television. there's a warning for the men. a new study finds that all that tv might have an

impact on your health below the belt. researchers say television viewing habits can cut sperm count in half. could this be a serious issue for couples trying to have children? >> it might be in the future. didn't cut them back enough to be infertile. but 44% reduction if they watch 20 or more hours per week. you saw the more active guys. these are healthy college students age 18 to 22. when they exercise 15 hours or more per week at a moderate level, the sperm counts went up by about 73%. there's lots of studies going on that's showing declines in sperm counts. up to 2% per year. we think studies in denmark and france and norway, here in the united states. again, not sure what all the causes are and that's what these researchers are trying to find out what exactly

is going on. >> and not just what we do. sitting versus running around . but also what we eat. >> another study seems to indicate higher fat foods may contribute. this was another study. again, young guys. and those who got more than 15% of their calories from saturated fat saw drops as well. another thing that was concerning was some researchers have looked under the sperm and saw other changes. the sperm has to be able to swim. has to have certain shape. all together when we're looking at all this, extremely important they look for ways or reasons why this is happening. but to certainly acknowledge it is happening. >> all right. fascinating stuff. dr. jo good to see you and talk to you. >> thank you. good to see you too. >> all right. >> 8:37. 35 degrees on this tuesday morning. and still ahead, saving money.

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for everyone from college age to retirement years. taking an untraditional look at getting a degree, there's advice that could mean more money in your wallet. joining us to talk about it is editor of personal finance and a friend of the show. always good to see you. >> always good to see you too. >> a lot of us have 401 k plans. we put money in it and forget about it. what should we be doing? >> it is kind of good to at least get yourself going. you need props for that. once you get it going, most people start with a small percentage of contribution and you should look at that every year. do you want to bump it up? sometimes your employer will do 3%. and might want to keep bumping that up by one percentage point. that's one thing you should look at. look at your investments once a year. a lot of times now your employer

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at the other end you don't have to pay taxes in retirement exactly like an roth ira. you might want to take the hit now if you have the option within your 401 k plan or starting an roth ira plan. >> before we switch gears just a little bit, what are some of the biggest mistakes we're making? >> just not paying enough attention to it. it's a double edged sword. now that employers do this for you, put in an automatic contribution and automatic investment. it's easy in the sense people are in the plans who wouldn't have taken advantage of this before. you can get complaisant. my employer's taking it care of me. if you are young, you have a lot of years ahead of you. you should be taking slightly

riskier investments. >> trying to make ourselves more marketable. are there smart ways to do this as we're a little older? >> yes. you are trying to save for retirement. might want to be putting money into education for yourself or your kids. take great advantage of certificate programs that are offered perhaps through your community college or through companies. microsoft, for example, offers a certificate program that trains people in how to use microsoft software and things like that. makes you more marketable in your field or if you want to change fields. that's something people should be aware of. community college is a great resource. >> if we're educating a child or paying for education, maybe get a ba in three years and not four. >> about 50 schools now have three year degree programs and you can have it do it yourself. if your kids take enough advance

placement courses in high school, they can have enough to put toward their college requirements. i know several kids who actually could have gotten out in three years and took on double and even triple majors just so they could spend an extra year in school lchlt and make more of their education. but they could have gotten out in three years. and you can do that on your own. >> fantastic. janet said some of them. get a certificate, get an associate degree and get that ba. all that and much more on the cover story. i urge you to pick it up. this is janet, the editor in chief. tony, over to you. >> all right. thank you very much. it's a tall order for national geographic kids. folks over there are geared up to break not one but two world records. the one. holly morris joins us live with details on the next one. >> reporter: that's right.

we already had 30 ,914 people run 100 meters within 24 hours. who is counting? it's in the books and now nat-geo kids is moving on to a second. what are we doing now? we're busy today. >> i know. we're going to set the record for the most number of shoes collected for recycling. >> who comes up with that idea? >> gui ness helps us come up with the ideas. also like to have them have a second component where kids are doing something great for the earth. >> so it's not a record for records sake but a record with a purpose. >> absolutely. great way to show kids recycling is fun and important. >> did they have to all be tennis shoes? >> they had to be athletic

shoes. recycled into materials. >> how long did it take you to get the word out and collect the collecting going? >> we started collecting these in october toward the end of october hchlt and they've been coming in pretty much through the end of january. >> do you find people get excited? >> so excited. schools do drives. other people do neighborhood drives. they really just want to pull together. be a part of the world record and do something great. it's overwhelming when you look at it. so we've picked out a few special ones we thought would be fun to highlight. let's go down here. what are we starting with? >> this is the biggest shoe that came in. this is a size 15. >> there's my hand. size 15. that is crazy. >> i know. and right next to the smallest one. look at the baby one. >> that's so cute.

>> this is also purple and black. >> this is what we think is the dirtiest shoe. i don't know what this shoe has been through. >> i'm glad i'm stocked up. >> the most patriotic shoe. red, white and blue . >> how did you pick that one? no, i'm kidding. >> the most national geographic shoe. >> this is what all the staff members should wear. i'm saying right there. >> here's the brightest shoe. cover your eyes. and we had the cutest shoe. >> just in time for value valentine's day. >> you have some celebrity shoes. >> we had a lot of celebrities. >> did you contact them? >> we contacted them and told them we're trying to inspire kids. can you help us? and they really did respond. you give me a name.

>> we have danika patrick. >> i just saw her in a superbowl ad and i was like, i'm guessing this one. >> you are right. eli manning. >> what sues is that? >> 13. >> that's a big shoe. >> liam from one direction. >> i'm going to pass. >> okay. olympic gold medallist karl lewis. >> this one? >> no. >> that one. >> i'm surprised to see that. >> olympic swimmer amanda beards. >> that looks like a swimmer to

me. >> this one? >> yeah. >> cool young hip girl. >> and we have taylor swift. >> this is taylor swift. no? >> that's one direction. >> no way? and that's taylor swift. that does not look like taylor swift to me. >> where do we go from here? like we said in the last hour, this is a process. after we find out if we've set the record. going to box these shoes up and send them to a facility and grind them up and turn them into nike grind which is used to build material for athletic surfaces. >> myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link . have they set the record? the world record adjudicator is on site. more fox 5 morning news when we come back. stay with us. ♪

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