♪ straight ahead, holiday packages up in flames. new this morning, a friend rick ups plant catches fire along with several trucks in its neat. so will it mean delays for holiday shoppers? we'll have live report. plus, president trump reversing course. the commander in chief now throwing his full support hyped em balanced alabama senate candidate roy moore. meanwhile democrats now split over whether to out of the one of their own. we'll have the latest in the morning briefing. to release or not to release dashboard camera video of a u.s. park police shootinged dead

i'm bob barnard. the fbi is on the case this morning. and later, a holiday war warning. online bots buying up this year's hottest toys. then selling them for major mark ups. what you need to know before you go shopping on the secondary mark. good day at 9a starts now. ♪ >> let's get it started. good day d.c. it is 9:00 o'clock on this tuesday dice fifth. i can't get over those people buying up the toys and trying to make a profit. really? >> i'm not surprised but i'm disheartened i guess is what i'm saying. >> but it's capitalism. >> i know. >> at its finest and there it is. >> this is a mess that we as a society create by allowing them to buy something that cost maybe if it costs 100 buck they go on and sell it out. >> i have this problem with concert tickets. >> right. >> things are sold out. go on the secondary market and

>> right. >> it is the model they just got smart now they're using it. >> right. >> if people don't pay for it it doesn't map happen. >> member cabbage patch dolls. >> they buy them up. look at this one on e-bay. >> a thousand dollars. >> how do you sleep at night you people. >> it was worth it though. >> they sleep on nice king bed they bought with that money. >> 9:02 is the time. also ahead this morning scary remain of brutality of football. steelers ryan going down after a her hit to the head. and he grabbed his back. eventually got carted off the field. we'll have update on his condition coming up little bit later on. all right. first though at 9:00, we have to talk about the weather. because enjoy it while it lasts we've been saying this this is the biggest build up to the season of winter. today will be the last of the mild temps before arctic blast moves in. for details catherine roth is here with a first check on the forecast. hey, caitlin. sometimes we see these coming. these things coming from far

them up. right. we know this is really going happen this time. so we're talking about it for days and days. >> but you are right. good morning to you all. we do have some colder air on the way but first we've got spring like afternoon mild out there now. we'll see temperatures in the 60s later today. showers will be moving in probably more late day early evening and then there will be a period of some steady rain late on tonight. we're beginning our tuesday morning december the fifth at 50 degrees. pretty impressive upper 40s elsewhere. and it is very mild but it's also kind of foggy in spots. reduced visibility up and down 95 along 270 you are traveling towards frederick and locally low lying pocks of fog. it's pretty cloudy. cold front approaching. showers across the midwest into parts of pennsylvania as we zoom in extreme western maryland hagerstown towards cumberland noon west virginia you probably seeing light rain or drizzle not out of the question for us to see some drizzle ourselves.

the showers arrive later in the afternoon. pretty light. there's that period of steady rain between seven and 10:00 p.m. and then we'll clear thing out. we'll start off with some sunshine on wednesday morning. so 63 degrees. rain comes in tonight. colder temperatures in that seven day forecast. i'll show that to you coming at 9:30. back to you guys on the couch. >> caitlin, thank you. breaking news that you saw first right here on fox5. about 40 minutes ago d.c. police chief peter newsham confirming news here to us at fox5 that the police involved shooting death of terrence sterling the chief says use of force review board has determine that the shooting was the shooting was unjus unjustified. that means the officer involved brian trainer has been issued a notice that recommends he should be fired. trainer can either accept the recommendation or ask for hearing. trainer showed sterling unarm after chase in december back in september of 2006 here in dc his body camera was not on. a grand jury chose not to indict him. breaking news at

chief newsham saying the officer involved in terrence sterling case will be in essence fired from his job. >> discipline. >> as a result of the shooting of the unarmed man back in september of 2016. >> all right. 90:00 is the time. major push this morning to release dash cam video of the deadly shooting of a man by u.s. park police officer. now the incident happened in northern virginia last month. now the family of the man is demanding answers. fox5's bob barnard live outside police headquarters in fairfax county this morning. bob? >> reporter: hey, wisdom. bay shard day john's family says he was shot three times in the head by us park police last month. he's, he was 25 years old a twenty two 2010 graduate of langley high school in mclean, virginia, vcu graduate. he was an accountant with his family's accounting firm. he was shot dead inside his car november 17th. this was friday night around 7:40 p.m. after a chase involving a u.s. park police

from fairfax county police. this ended up on fort hunt road in alexandria. park police say that mr. gay scharr was involved in hit-and-run crash on gw parkway and wouldn't stop for them when they tried to pull him over. the shooting was captured on dashboard camera video by one of the fairfax county police cruisers. that video has been turned over to the fbi. the chief here in fairfax county ed wrestler wants to release the video but says he's holding back for now. it's a crucial piece of evidence for the fbi to conduct a thor roy investigation f i release that video right now, i could bias the out come of the investigation and hinder the legal process. >> the family says it's too distraught to speak on camera but did issue to us this statement. the reason for the murder of our son has yet to be determine. though no reasoning could

the one or more park police officers involved in this unthinkable act and again they say their son was shot three times in the head. they say he was a peaceful person. he was unarmed, and oh and that friday night last month, was no threat to the community. guys? >> a lot of questions there. bob barnard, thank you. first at 9:00 this morning. a potential holiday nightmare at a ups facility in frederick. a fire breaking out overnight damaged several trucks, packages parts of the plant. fox5's melanie alnwick was first on the scene this morning and joins us now live with more on this investigation and what it could mean for anyone who might have holiday gifts going through that facility. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning, allison. you can still smell the fire in the air here that smell of melted metal and plastic and ash. right here on the building is where that trailer structure that temporary

then swing over here, you can see another temporary structure like it, and then behind that's where they moved all of the burned out trucks just take look at how hot that fire must have been. look at the damage on all of those trucks. ten completely destroyed now let's show you the pictures from frederick county fire and re rescue. the flames just shooting into the air balls of fire when they got on to the scene here. this was about 11:40 last night and then when they finally got here, really just moments later, they were able to put it out quickly. i'm told that most of the employees that were here at the tote time were in the front of the building so it might have taken a few minutes before anyone walk back through here and noticed the flames shooting through the building. fortunately they have a pretty robust sprinkler system. inside the main building and that prevented that fire from epidemic spreading further into the facility. no injuries. that's the good news. and they are able to continue operations as much as normal today. a

of a hold up because they're not able to process as many packages as they had been with that one temporary building now destroyed as well. i'm sure everyone wants to know, what got damaged in terms of the packages. hard to say exactly how many at this point. ups says it is able to go ahead don tracking because every time a package comes through if you kind of look there you can see how those packages kind of come through these conveyor belts and the temporary buildings they get loaded on to the trucks. so ups is able to get a sense of what came through here and they are in the process of making lists of all of those packages and then notifying the shipper so yes, indeed, there will be some holiday packages perhaps and some other necessities there won't make it to their destinations but on my estimates it's probably just a few hun hundred. live here in frederick, melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> but if you're one of the hundred. >> right. >> thanks, mel. appreciate the update. let's go ahead at and check the morning briefing.

cases in the us supreme court. first new developments on president trump's travel ban. supreme court letting his administration fully enforce the ban. the travel ban applies to people from 66 mostly muslim countries. however they're ruling on the ban is not finalized. challenges to the policy are currently making their way through federal courts. but in the meantime justices say the policy can take full effect. meanwhile high profile court case gets underway today. five years ago colorado baker rue fused to make a wedding bake tore same sex couple. that couple took legal action. now the case will be in the supreme court today. the case is drawing backers on both sides to washington. people have been camped out to the sidewalk outside the supreme court hoping to be there for what is expected to be a landmark case. the verdict will likely set a precedent on religious freedoms and anti discrimination laws. president donald trump reversing course this morning and officially heading into roy moore's corner. he offered a full endorse many of the he will

senate candidate online and sent his party scrambling. >> at the same time democrats are split over move to out of the one much their own. but john conyers could beat them to the punch with a possible announcement today. while moore and conyers have little in common they're both causing big headaches for the respective parties. >> president trump wouldn't say anything about roy moore as he returned to the white house last night. but he did offer a twitter endorsement for the em balanced alabama senate candidate whose been accused of sexual harassment and in some instances assaults of teenaged girls. moore says he even got a phone call from trump. all of this scrambles the deck for republican leaders in congress who had called on moore to drop out of the race. but for the white house, moore's potential vote in the senate over women's women's any other concerns. and democratic leaders are having their own issues g due process. >> due process. >> due process. >> a rally for john conyers. supporters for the michigan congressman out in force in detroit.

in the u.s. house shouldn't resign despite numerous allegations of sexual misc misconduct. >> there should be no resignation. >> conyers has been hospitalized and may announce his future plans later today. >> but another accuser stepped forward saying conyers slid his hand up her skirt while in church. >> congressman congers should resign. >> all of this has put house minority leader nancy pelosi in an awkward spot. she and other party leaders want conyers out now. >> according to the new york times, john conyers will announce he will not run for another term this morning. but the bottom line is, john conyers refuses to step down and if roy moore is elected to the senate, neither party will have many palatable options to dole with them. stay tune. it's like we're in a state where nothing matters any more. >> nothing is shocking. >> or nothing makes sense. >> nor nothing makes sense. >> okay. as we have seen during the past year, the press play as

house. it never has that been more true than of course during water gate. well now the story of late washington post editor ben bradley is being told in a new hbo documentary called "the newspaper man" this morning his wife and son join us live to tell us all about it. >> first, though, $34 for a ride on i-66 inside the beltway. somebody likely paid it yesterday. erin como will break it all down for us. she'll take look at the numbers from yesterday's first day of those new tolls when we come back. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ this year, start a new holiday tradition... delicious recipes made with nutella! the holidays never tasted this good. discover holiday recipes at nutella.com.

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new cinnamon frosted flakes are finally here. sweet cinnamon and the frosted crunch you love. well? tastes like victory t. tastes like victory. they're great! some people are confused about this about one person when they get in the lane what they're supposed to do versus two people want time. it's a lot going on here when you have the e-z pass. >> we'll get to the statistics on prices for the first day we'll break out all the rules for e-z pass. a lot of people are interested about this and talking about the impact of these toll lanes to so how many people are using them and how much they cost. ultimately is it up -- is it worth ponying up that extra cash just to

taking a look at how it all went down on the first day. so yesterday according to the website that track the toll information roughly 11,000 vehicles merged on to the lanes eked from the dulles connector road. the lanes run between 495 and rosslyn give solo drivers the option to pay to drive the stretch of hov lanes. 86% of the drivers were equipped with e-z pass or eez pass flex. you are required to have ez pass or e-z pass flex to travel. so great job to everybody who followed those instructions. average speeds clocked in about 57 miles per hour. and that's 20 miles per hour faster than last year this time. now, prices for the nearly 20 every ten mill strip ranged yesterday from $4.50 at 5:36am to $34.50 at 8:36. over to $34. fortunately for that price only lasted about six minutes that's because toll prices do update every sick minutes. they fluctuate a lot. the price indicates the road is getting full so as traffic gets more couldn't jeffed the system

officials say the goal is to help manage the number of vehicles getting on the road and encourage them to get off the road if it's get to go couldn't jeffed and bottlenecking the price indicates the road is getting full again and the traffic is more couldn't jeffed as the system raises the toll price they want to manage those number of vehicles. meanwhile, uri minded to plan ahead and know your travel options download the 66 express lanes mobile app i've downloaded that i've been monitoring prices for people and sweeting them out remember police looking for drivers not abiding by the roles. as we take a look at the tweet right now as we end the morning rush you're up to 39 miles an hour average. and they're letting people know that at 5:30am you have to have an ez pass flex in the hov la lanes. twitch it to hov flex in order to travel there with two people or more and you still can travel for free. you have to set it to the original ez pass setting in you're traveling alone. there's a lot to take in there. i think a lot of people are confused because hov used to just be free for everyone. now you have to have the e-z pa

>> here's my question. can you just if you always have someone in the car can you leave it on fleck the whole time. >> you can leave it on flex. >> because that whole switch over thing it's like the onus is on you and you're following directions of having more than one person in your car. >> exactly. somebody actually tweeted me and said do you think people are upset now because they used to kind of get around the hov rules and travel single on the road but now that you have to have that e-z pass to travel, they're going to be pulling a lot more people over and it's a more noticeable rule that you have to >> is the e-z pass flex different than the regular e-z pass? >> it is different but i believe right now -- >> because i have the regular ez pass. i don't know how -- >> you need flex. >> there's no button for me to turn on. >> the rules are you're supposed to turn it ton you're in the car by yourself. >> you have to get new one? >> if i'm on that road and i'm in the car by myself then veiled to have a flex, not the -- no there is no button. >> you have to have the flex if you have more than one person. >> correct. >> you need the flex for hov. >> if you're on -- in the car by yourself

to regular e-z pass. >> there is no set fog regular e-z pass. >> you're fine. just regular ez pass. >> you have to hit a button if it's two people in the car? >> correct. >> see. it's hov flex. you have to hit to flex if you're traveling with more than two people. >> separate button -- separate pass if it's two people. >> that's why people were frustrate. >> quick question this just meant to dough couldn't jest i-66, right. >> correct. also give single vehicles the option to travel if they want to. but let me just tell you since i posted it was up to about $40 at one point this morning because congestion was so bad, i've gotten dozens of tweets of people arguing over whether it's price gouging whether this a bad idea. >> you don't have to get on it. >> people could travel hov normally but now this is giving you the option before they cep it to 50, wilson boulevard, all those alt nats in arlington. >> there's a lot to sort out. as you can see from this discussion clearly confusion continues. hopefully we'll get through it. >> side note wisdom give really good question. i'm going to find out if you can use traditional e-z pass if you're

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>> latest op that deadly wildfire burning in southern california this morning. officials say at least one person has died in a car accident while trying to evacuate. thousands of others were also forced to evacuate from their homes including students at a local college in venture what county. so far more than 10,000 acres have burn. back here at home the principal of ballou high school reassign after a troubling report about student graduation rates. the bombshell report says many of the students in the 2017 class were not eligible to graduate. but they were given diplomas any way. d.c. public schools reassigned the principal her name

dr. receives. while it investigates. willie jackson the current principle at temple ups high school in northeast will serve as acting. (at ballou. president donald trump if anything facing major backlash after down sizing a couple of monuments in utah. yesterday in utah, the president said he would shrink the 1.35 million-acre bears hairs national monument by 85%. think land here as opposed to traditional monument we see here in d.c. also planning to shrink the grand staircase monument by half. the president says the downsizing is needed to protect ststates from medicinal over reach. rural areas are in support of the changes but coalition of native american tribes say the land needs to remap protected they're planning to fight the president's plan. facebook is rolling a new app out called messenger kids. the free messaging app is for children that want to chat with their parents because don't all children want to do that on facebook

approved boy their parents. it's designed for kids aged six to 12. kids have to get parent's permission to use the app. finally, have you mastered the invisible box challenge? is it this? like what we used to do gang. >> not this one. >> watch this. >> this is cool. >> it's taken the internet by storm. check it out this high school cheerleader arielle oliver out of texas to perform this trick to perfect. okay. so let's see how it does. it involves stepping into or on to an invisible box with 1 foot and then leaping over it with another foot. wis, if you have bad knees do not try this. >> no, i'm good. >> everybody is take to go social media to put their best foot forward witness invisible box challenge. >> i don't know about this one. >> look at it though. >> that looks little shady dee. >> the couch one was cool. >> that's good. >> you got to do the act -- that was bad. let's see how the done. >> she was really good

>> yes. nailed it. >> it's a awesome. >> i'm calling foul on all of these. >> really? >> i'm calling foul on everyone of them. fake video. >> look at it. i mean, try it. >> i want to try it are you now. >> but i have on heels. >> tell was, during the commercial break, try it and come back,. >> you want to try it. >> i think it helps when it's shot. i don't think -- >> we have camera we do this life tv every day. >> don't do it right now. >> i would look better on smart tv. >> don't do it now. >> we'll doing it coming up. >> i'm falling fake. >> i'm going to try it. >> fake. meanwhile my six-year-old doesn't need to be on facebook. >> right. >> hi, mom. i'm on facebook. he's a dc legend and last night he was the subject of a new hbo documentary detailing how he helped ends the presidency of richard nixon. the wife of ben brad loll join us live to talk about the newspaper man. >> first though feeling a little bit like christmas. caitlin is coming back with a look at the big changes

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♪ now i agree with it you wisdom. i think it's impossible to do. >> i didn't understand. >> what was it called invisible box challenge. >> this is it right here. >> you have to -- >> because your foot does not automatically stay flat for real. loo at that. >> try it allison. this is how it looked when i did it. >> go ahead. look. >> didn't even look -- [ laughter ] >> do you have on a skirt. >> oka

>> i tried to do it here. >> but if you tried it, look, for example if you tried it right here austin, if this was the invisible box right here. >> say it's a real box. >> if this was the invisible box much this is what they're doing. >> yeah. >> there is no invisible box. put right here and you see how it goes down automatically. >> bogus. >> i'm with you now. bogus. >> good day dee if you knowing the myths out there. >> fakes all of them. >> flag on the play. >> are you calling that fake news. >> i'm calling that fake videos. >> fake videos all of them. do it live. if you want to impress me. >> if sidney can't do it, then i don't think it can be done. >> i'm telling you. if she can do it uh-uh need to bring her in here and start making some money like the globetrotter. >> not limit her to maryland. >> absolutely. >> getting the good day sports report first up update on steelers tackle ryan shaye zero after a nazi hit last night. he's actually a linebacker he was injured in the first half of last night's game against the bengals in cincinnati

came after he collided with josh malone. pittsburgh post gazzette reports he has a spinal cord concussion. according to team officials he continues to improve and so far doesn't need surgery. after that hit he showed no movement in his lower body. trainers spent more than ten minutes trying to stabilize him. meanwhile the steelers went on to win that game 23-27th win in a row. >> hmm. >> a spinal cord concussion. >> i never heard that. >> i was thinking the exact same thing. >> i mean this is not necessarily common in football but it has happened before back in the '70's. jack tatum hit darrell stanley paralyzed him for the rest his life op a it when they collided. reggie brooks had a neck injury he couldn't play football. in college chuckie mullens university of mississippi had a neck injury and eventually died. this is the nature of the beast unfortunate until football. it's a very dangerous game. >> all right. okay. 9:32 is the time. let's check in with caitlin for

foggy out there. >> it's dense and made a tough commute into work. tough on the way home with showers moving in. it's foggy and cloudy and mild right now. waiting on this cold front which has some rain showers pretty far off towards our west although hagerstown seeing light rain moving through and other sections of he can treatment trt couple hours before we seizures here. it will be soggy into tonight. rain expected to night out ahead of this rain it is pretty mild. temperatures right now only 50 in washington up 40s to 50 degrees just about ever everywhere. we should hit 63 later on today. after the rain, though, comes the change in air masses. the cold or i should say jut the seasonal weather as we get into tomorrow and thursday. temperatures back around normal and then into the weekend after wednesday, thursday that's just kind of making us normal. that's when wee gel blow normal and be very chilly. 63 with evening rain today. mostly cloudy turning breezy and cooler tomorrow. chilly on thursday. but definitely feeling that coer

the weekend with lows in the 20s, highs only around 40. and could be cold enough looks like maybe some time saturday night sunday maybe sunday night that we could have some passing flurries just a few snow showers around the area that will be later on this weekend. guys. that's a look at your seven day. i'll send it back everyone on the couch. >> back over to you. >> to get the facts out and tell truth. >> to let the people know what went on at the most critical part of their history in the 20th century. >> ben's great memoir was public officials who lied. >> the role of the press in the water gate affair is being couldn't testified almost as hotly as the fate of richard nixon it. >> really was the washington post versus richard nixon. ♪ >> that was clip from hbo's the newspaper man. the life and times of ben bradley. the documentary is antoine minute look at the former executive editor of the washington post largely credited with taking down president nixon in 1974 after

water gate story exposing one of the largest political scandals in american history. the documentary aired last night exclusively on hbo and this morning, we are joined by long-time washington post journalist and the wife of ben bradley sally quinn. good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you. >> thank you so much for coming in. >> did you watch last night? >> no. i did not. i've seen it three times already. every time i see it it's even more emotional than the last time so i just -- i couldn't do it again. >> i can imagine. i can imagine. i've been reading a lot of reviews about it this morning. they've all been rave reviews. >> it real until brilliant is a word that's been used also de ja vu. >> y. >> has been a word that has been used. and the antidote to fake news was another phrase that i saw. talk a little bit about, um, how remarkable the timing is of this now? >> they were going to bring it out next spring and then after trump got elected

that this clearly was going to be an issue. the one thing that ben hated more than anything in the world was lying. he couldn't stand lying. and the beginning of the documentary starts out with him talking about people lying all the time, and in the washington post newsroom there's ben bradley conference room, on a huge wall right up aside that emblazoned in big letters is a quote from ben that says, "a lie no matter how bad is never as dangerous as -- the truth no matter how bad is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run". and i think that his whole attitude toward life was let's get to the truth, and i think that right now i mean we're seeing i think the washington post had something, l a story a couple weeks ago about how trump lies five and a half times a day and the people around him lie all the time. i mean it's constantly lying. and so i think that what's happening now in journalism

really out to get the truth and i think that this whole notion that trump is trying to build up that everybody is out to get him is not the issue. the issue is getting the story and ben used to say, as people say, how would he deal with the situation now, he would say, you know, this is great story and eighths great story. water gate was a great story. pentagon papers -- >> it's not personal. >> it's not personal. the idea is get the story, get it first because he was very competitive but get it right and i think today the post and the times and most news organ organizations are desperate to make sure that they don't make a mistake. we can't make a mistake. abc made mistake this past week and it really hurt all of us. i mean it really -- it was a stain on everyone's reputation because they'll grab on that and you zeo yeah, the fake news, and dishonest media and the lying press and worst of all enemies are the people and i think ben wo

about being called -- ben fought in world war ii. it was he was patriot. he was an american. for any of us to be called enemies of the people is offensive. >> it also that's obviously an over lying issue great discussions going on about. while this shows you the amazing journalist and man ben was it's very revealing. it also reveals his flaws, and it also speaks to the issue of women being treated in the work force in a way, um, we see some scenes there some of the things that ben did that wouldn't be allowed today. and we're seeing -- that has to be difficult for you to watch as well. >> well, i'm not sure what you're referring to. >> i mean he had, um, maybe flirtatious or, you know, talking about, um, help using their power in different ways and maybe just treating women more as objects. there's a whole section there even about, you know, his relationship with the cep dees wh

second wife as well and there was some questions about where he really blurred the lines. >> right. >> of, you know, friendship and journalism. all of that to say that it's a very true story that we see about this man who was great but also had his flaws. >> well, i think, um, actually i think the movie was pretty much of a valentine. but i think that during the kennedy administration they were -- jack and jackie and tony and ben were best friends and they were neighbors before they went to the white house kennedy always said you don't make new friends in the white house. and so there they were having dinner three times a week and ben and jack had a -- i mean they had an understanding. both of them knew that there was something in it for each one of them. you know, ben was getting great scoops all the time and jack was probably getting more favorable coverage. but, um, they had an agreement that ben was taking notes every single

and he said just don't print anything until ten years after i'm out of office and ben waited until ten years after he died before he wrote his book. but the other thing is, in washington, if you spend a lot of time here, certainly i have, you get older you start out with a group of friends. some of them i mean you're a journalist, some of your friends may well be working in government. suddenly, you know, your best friend is a senator or deputy secretary of state or even the president. and you're still best friends. and so there's always a fine line, and i think we all have to walk -- i don't know if single journalist who doesn't have a situation where they're friendly with some source, um, or some close friend becomes a source. so you always have to make that judgment. and in one case, ben printed something that jack didn't like, and he banished him from the white house for three months. it wasn't until tony and jackie got together and said, this is ridiculous and we miss each other, and let's get

>> let it go. >> jack forgave ben. so i think that it's a situation that is not rare in washington. much more common than most people know. >> we sure appreciate your time coming in this morning. the bar has been set very high. you can watch it, you can see it on hbo get it on demand called the newspaper man the life and times of ben brad lee and all of this before later this month the post comes out where tom hanks will be playing ben brad lee as well. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> really appreciate it. >> over to you guys. >> thank you very much. the season of giving is upon us. our next guest is all about giving back. coming up next singer kenny lattimore is back joining us live in the loft with more on the special charity event he's got coming up and how you, yes, you can get involved. hey! >> how are you? >> good to see you. ♪

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>> our next guest you know by the sound, right, i'm feeling it too. our neck guest he is smooth, he's soulful, he's sexy and oh my goodness he's so honest and down to earth. that's not all that grammy award nominated singer and song writer canny kenny lattimore has to offer. he's working to provide mentoring in arts education services to young people through his foundation the kenny lattimore foundation. he's hosting upcoming event to support the foundation's summer arts camp. but first he's joining us live in the loft to talk all about that. it's good to to have you back. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> i'm starting to think when

you are part of that. >> we had you last christmas. >> that's right. >> welcome back. this is home. it's all mixed in. >> i love it. now you are giving back, and it's just an extension of your heart. tell me about your foundation what you guys are doing. >> we've been putting together, um, the resources for a, washington i call a vocal camp but it really is more than that. it is run by a guy named nicholas cooper from the area as well, and is one of the biggest vocal coaches in the business, and we use the vocal camp to really get into the character building, and mentoring and educating kids about the entertainment industry and, um, you know really get into their lives because kids need great support. i think we're in an age now where celebrity is so blown up in their face. >> absolutely. >> they're so much concentration on how do i become a celebrity but we miss the real arts portion of it. we miss the person that the character building. >> i think that's important coming from you because people have seen you through the years and they know you're not, you know a flash in the pan artist. you've been there.

paid your dues. >> i appreciate that. >> you know the ins and outs of it. i think it makes a difference having someone like you there to tell him, hey, kid, look. >> thank you. >> i might make it look easy but it's not. >> it isn't. the good, bad and the ugly if you will. all the real stuff. that will just help to give them a good foundation so there's longevity if they want it. that there's other options to that everything is not about being in front of the camera. you know, although i've had, you know, the blessing of being in front of it but once they know the work, and the time, the, um, the challenges of even what celebrity sell really is. a lot kids don't understand what celebrity is. >> they don't. why was it important for you to do at this point in your life. >> it's something that i was -- deer to my heart ever since i was about 18. i was really -- i felt like god was calling me fathering in you will. any other fathering having kids. but really taking on that responsibility and i've had it in my heart for years because there's certain things i feel i had and other things i did not have the things i did not have i was

>> i want that be the segue to the album that you dropped. this is a personal album you're talking about your live in very personal way. >> thank you. >> talking about being open to love today. >> yeah. >> off song dedicated to your son so beautiful. >> thank you. >> talk about this new album and cathartic it was for you. >> the new album is vulnerable and it was really special for me to get back into a place of wholeness because i went through very public divorce and transition with my family, and to be in a position where love is okay again. i wanted vulnerability to be seen as a strength, as does decision as pop testified to just a weakness and this thing happened i'm a victim and i'm vulnerable but instead it's like, no, in order to have a successful relationship, and for me to approach it with openness and transparency i have to be vulnerable. >> you're work wig the producer who brings a fresh young sound to the mix

>> carl wesly. >> a different kenny lat tour. >> it has an '80s homage. >> i'm feeling that. >> thank you so much. carl wesley another mentoring project for meme i wanted to give the album to somebody that would bring that that freshness but who respected my legacy and he did just that. he was great with it. >> i want to come back to your fundraising and foundation. christmas concert on december 8. >> my gosh, can i say thank you for the dmv community because it is a collection of local artists and friends and people who are coming together. this is our first event i hope will become annual. >> tell me where it's at? are there tickets? can i still go? i hope it's not sold out. >> it is almost sold out. >> here it is. if you -- got your tickets now because it's just about sold out. kenny lattimore foundation.org and see your tickets information there. but, um, it is in the fort washington area. gosh, where is the -- >> listen -- harmony hall. >> harmony hall in fort washington. and i'm just so grateful because we're going to have a great evening. i'm going to be

local artists are going to be singing and giving and -- >> people can donate when they get there, too. >> they can donate as well. tax deductible to the kenny lattimore foundation. you'll see great things come out of the this organization. >> we see great things coming out from you and great music. >> thank you. >> you are home. >> yes. >> come back any time. [ laughter ] >> i know you're not performing this time. that's okay. we don't make our family work every time they come in. >> we debuted my push single here. do you it for me every time thank you. >> we love you. >> i love you back. >> happy holidays and all that good stuff. thank you. >> thanks ken feature thanks, mo. >> 9:49 right now. coming up the grammy nominee behind the song of the summer turned song of the year. depacito. song writer erica anterior will join us live in the loft with the inspiration and how she's helping to pay it forward in puerto rico this holiday season. >> you want me to sing it for you? >> no. >> here it comes. >> go, go g. >> depadepacito...

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>> when our next guest enter the the music world 25 years ago, she was just a baby. she was told a few times that her songs were two feminine. she testified the theory shortening her credit and having mensing the vocals and suddenly male musicians wanted her songs. people like louis fonzie, daddy yankee and most recently justin beiber wanted to get in on it. the panama native he can rah ender went to co write the mega hit of the summer the year whatever, despacito. the song that made all of us think that we could speak pan smish. the song broke the 100 record for weeks at number one for spanish language song. shattering people's attitudes towards latin music. now the song earned erika latin grammy and nomination for song of the year. the singer song writer and host was in town for a hope for the holidays fundraiser to raise money to buy gifts and toys for children in puerto rico and this weren't erika joins us live in the loft. you also got a ver

right. >> what an introduction. thank you. >> you're worth every word of it. the hispanic federation honoring you for your contributions to music and the arts. yes. >> welcome to d.c. >> i'm so thankful. i want to thank rodriguez for this. she brought me here. this is my first in washington, d.c. >> is that right. >> i loved it. i walk yesterday like you have to no idea. >> i can't walk today. >> where did you go? off the around the national mall. >> everywhere. the white house. >> yes. >> the mall of course. >> beautiful christmas tree. >> the jackson memorial. we went to the -- i'm sorry the washington memorial. >> right. >> the lincoln memorial. >> i won't test you on where you went. i'm happy you're having a good time. >> thank. >> you it's the least we could do for the song of the summer. we were all singing your song. are you surprised it took off the way it did. >> i'm so grateful this has been an mazing ride. i've been working for 25 years now. >> right. >> and had very important moments through my career throughout my career but this one opened the whole world and i think that

involves us as writers or performers what really matters here is victory for the latin community. >> yes. >> win and outside the us. >> okay. so the song that had quite an evolution. but take me back to the roots of it. you and -- >> it became a snowball. >> right. how does it even work? i read that louis fonzie came and he said i have this word despacito. >> you build it out. tell us about that. did you know it was a hit? >> well, we've been friends for at least ten years and we have written songs together even singles, radio singles, and then he goes like erika, ooh want to start writing for my new cd. why don't you come over? i went to his house. around 2:00 p.m. we started chatting and around 3:00 p.m. he tells me, what should we do? i go, like, okay, i have this from this producer. what do you think? he goes i have this word in my mind since this morning and it sings to me the first line of chorus. despacito

puerto rico. >> i can translate that's all a hit. do you get mad when people botch the lyric. >> we started right after that. >> do you get mad when people botched the lyrics. >> no. a lot of lyrics botching is going on. >> as long as they're not being aggressive i think it's okay. i was telling him at least you know how to rhyme with ito. that's what matters. what i care the whole world is singing and dancing in spanish that's a great victory for all of us. >> tell me why. why is that important? >> why is it important we're embracing this difference genre of music? >> because the world has to get united. i mean we're part of a same home called planet earth and we don't get that, you know. i think that we shouldn't have any barriers, any, you know, boundaries. we have to just be one race which is human race and try to embrace everything. >> righ. >> and try to support everything. so and it's amazing because this is a country where i mean everyone's dreams come true and i came here because o

mine came true. so it's amazing that you can come from anywhere in the world and talking about latin america and come here and make history altogether. >> this is going to sound very america centric if you will. but when a song like this goes from spanish speaking and it's a latin song to american lyrics then you have justin beiber on this pop star. what does that say to you? because i'm going to say oh, man that means you really made it but that's very narrow way of thinking. but what do you think about it? >> this is a confirmation of music being universal. of being able to, you know, mark people's lives. when i write, i write a song thinking i mean in a very responsible way thinking i'm writing someone else's sound track. that's how i see it. boomy music has power, you know torque mark your live to cure whatever you're feeling or to make you happy. >> right. so, um, i'm really just grateful for everything that has happened and justin beiber decided to sing the majority of the song in

so that's such an honor for all of you. >> i got to till it does open up doors beyond music i had the honor of going puerto rico before the storm hit and when you saw daddy yankee's star there on down at the beach, i'm like i know who that is. and it's because of your song. that's amazing. >> thank you. >> welcome back to d.c. erika ender enjoy more of your day before you fly off to the west coast or miami. enjoy your stay. >> we're going to rio de jan janiero. >> i'm going to samba for a bit. >> take us with you. >> thank you so much. >> we'll be available after good day. >> which is coming up next. the 10a. stay with us. >> can we talk to her some more. >> she's so delightful. >> i'm going over there right now. i love you, droolius caesar, but sometimes you stink.

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♪ the must see moments only on good day at 10a. >> the red hot topics we're t talking about billy bush continues to speak out. more fall out in the firing of matt lauer. plus, switch tees are not happy with kim k. >> also at 10a from the wrestling ring to reality t haven't v and now the good day loft. attorney diva cameron is live in the loft. >> you know her from her legendary rolls in er and the movie lincoln. but acting is not gloria ruben's only passion. music is, too and she will perform for us live. >> okay. dc, let's do this. in three, two, one. roll it. the 10a starts right now. ♪ >> don't make any big decisions. why caitlin? >> mercury is retrograde. >> you only cure for that

>> cocktails. >> cocktails. i mean of course. how else can you quiet your brain when it's all crazy. >> so nobody makes better cocktails than jessica at hang's they're doing a whole -- here's my cup put in some liquor in it. >> because mercury is retr retrograde. we'll going to imbibe. >> i'll leave these two in the cafe and move on over here. i have to say -- do you know what it means for mercury to be in retrograde. >> no idea. mercury is going backwards. mercury going around the sun. >> what does it mean. >> mayhem. >> all your whatever is off so you shouldn't make any big decisions. >> what's different than that than any other day? >> for you probably not. >> i'm just saying. >> on this shift. >> i can think of couple days the mercury is off here on good day

>> i beg your pardon. >> day dc because there was a super moon? what if there's a super moon and mercury is in retrograde. >> i'm clutching my pearls. this is well-oiled machine right here. >> i didn't say it wasn't a well-oiled machine. >> we're in the in retrograde. >> mercury and blue moons everywhere. >> we're a grade. >> and days that end in y. >> hey, good morning to you. >> good to see you. >> we lost? >> allison -- she'll be back. >> she's worried about mercury being retrograde. >> i'm not sure i can be a part of this show. we want to check in with erin como she's back with what's making headlines this morning. erin. >> let's start with breaking news you heard first right here on fox5 this morning. use of force review board determined the police involved shooting death of terrence sterling was unjustified. dc police chief peter newsham confirm the news on fox5 at 8:0d brian trainer has been issued a notice that recommends he should be fired. trainer can either septemb

recommendation or ask for a hearing. trainer shot sterling who was unarmed after a chase in dc in september of 2016. his body camera was not on. a grand jury chose not to indict him. next up, the latest on two lawmakers caught up in a sexual misconduct scandal. about face the republican national committee has re-established support for alabama senate candidate roy moore. rnc initially cut ties over the sexual misconduct allegations. president trump tweeted support for moore. congressman john canners is expected to announce he won't seek re-election sometime today. lawmakers within his own party pressuring conyers to step down because of sexual harassment allegations that were alleged against him conyers family says he's retiring for health reasons. massive wildfire it's burning out of control in southern california right now. nearly 8,000 homes have been evacuated in ventura county. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour are helping fuel the flames. the fire is also being flamed for at

person died in a car accident while trying to escape. lawmakers calling for investigation after cyber scalpers are suspected of buying holiday toys and selling them for higher prices on other web sites. they're called toy bots and us senator charles schumer calling on retailers to crack down on the grinch bots that are spoiling the holidays. the bots scoop up poll lore toys online and sell them on third party sites like e bay or amazon for marked up price. >> another twitter challenge this one kind of little bit wrong. depends which way was look eight. university of alabama student kelsey hall tweeted this picture out. saying she would wear christmas tree costume to all of her classes for the rest of the the semester if she was retweeted 1,000 times. now, of course, she far surpassed that goal getting nearly 15 thus san retweets. that was just in three days. she's holding up her end of the bargain. she says even though she thought it would be ear

happy to spread holiday cheer on campus. you see her holding hands with someone taking a little stroll. i think we need to do our own little twitter challenge. should tucker barnes, mike thomas, wisdom dress up in an outfit. >> erin how long have you known him. >> you know good and well i'm not putting on outfit based on something that happened on twitter. >> mercury is in retrograde. i thought we might get you. >> you shouldn't do it. >> erin, leave it alone. he hasn't had his snickers yet. [ laughter ] >> thanks, erin. 10:07 it's time to check what's tenning this morning. >> first up after a long break from the spotlight, former today show host -- co-host billy bush resurfaced on the late show with steven kell bert his first tv appearance appearance in more than a year. bush recently wrote a new york times op ed titled, yes, donald trump, you said that. as a response to reports by times that sources said the president has privately questioned whether the tape is ac

bush said the reports of mr. trump's denial infuriated him. >> we've got powerful people being held accountable now and sometimes there's anonymous sources all of these women came out with their names and told their detailed accounts. so when he said this, it infuriated me on the personal front and then i ended up googling and i read an article with all of these women's accounts because when that article first came out, it was 13 days after i had been fired. so i was in my own personal shock, fight or flight um, and so i never really read it all the way, as i read these, i said, 20 women don't get together and say, hey, you know what would be really fun let's take down a powerful guy together. ha, ha. no, they don't. i said uri opening wounds on them, too. enough is enough. stop playing around with the -- [ applause ] >> people's lives. >> that upset me. >> bush also said he would also like to say that that's not him

but says quote you don't get to say that. that is your voice. i was there and you were will. very brave. the backlash is real. i think it's brave and i think it adds a voice that, um, adds another voice to the chorus saying that why would somebody come and say this it's not comfortable. you can face repercussions. you'll be ridiculed. you stand to lose your job or what have you. >> demonized. >> all of that. >> i also -- there is little part of me, though, i agree with everything you said but there's a little part of me, too, like, i don't like billy bush coming out and him being the victim n now. because i don't feel sorry for him. >> i understand that. >> because he was complicit and he was a part of it and he was every bit a part of that whole culture and no now all of a sudden being hey, you guys, you can't -- there's a little bit of that that turns me off. >> right. >> all right. >> okay. that's just me. >> the year end lists are pouring out and twitter is out with its most

liked tweets of 2017. can you guess a they are? >> no question. the 45th president of united states enjoys twitter he actually didn't make the cut, though. so who the heck did? former president barack obama. three time. about the most retweeted year of the year was 17-year-old from nevada who asked wendy's how many retweets he would need for a year of free chicken mcnu mcnuggets. they responded 18 million brand total just over 3.6 million. second on the list was president obama, 1.7 million and rounding out the top three most tweets penn state relief effort for the victim of the hurricane harvey. ariana grande, lebron james and linkin park. >> president trump not making the cut. he's like -- >> i find that weird. i'm surprised. >> i do too. >> those numbers are huge. >> retweets generally what maybe it has to be like one of those emotion thinks it has to elicit, fear, anger. >> right. >> love. >> i

much thought into it. it's twitter. >> no. >> it's twitter. >> twitter is now live. >> it might no the not -- >> i thought twitter was dying. >> it's like nazareth. >> didn't they say that. >> raised from the dead. >> still a bunch of crazy possible out there doing a bunch of crazy stuff on twitter. unfiltered. making up names. it's twitter. >> i think it's become more important since the president is using it it might not be official record but, yeah. >> keep in tune given what's happening with some of the recent tweets i mean legal scholars are saying kit be admissible in court. you never know. twitter is changing the dynamics how we talk. what we do. how we do it. >> it's different when you're a political figure as opposed to isn't joe out there telling us good day dc stinks. >> we did not like that one. [ laughter ] >> final the at 10:11 the grammys may have snubbed ed sheeran but he is clapping back as the most streamed artist of the year on s spotify. ♪

sheeran has been streamed 6.3 billion times making him the most streamed artist of 2017. i do love the year end lists his song shape of you the most streamed song of the year and his new album divide topped the list for the move streamed al album. sheeran got two grammy nods last week but got left off the major categories. album, song and record of the year. also on spotify list of artists drake, dizzy was the second most streamed artist and rihanna. remember when they dated for two minutes? i was so hopeful. >> any way, rihanna took the title of most streamed female artist followed by taylor swift, for the first time latin song was named the second and most streamed of the year. can you guess what it is. >> everybody now now. >> despacito! >> that's enough. that's enough. >> justin beiber remix is number two followed by the original at number three. >> all right. >> i'm surprised that wasn't number one, though. >> okay. >> ten toll 12:00. former pro less

soon now a contestant on mtv's the challenge. she's live in the loft. we'll sit down with arian andrews coming up next. >> new details about the vibe inside the today show since matt lauer's dramatic exit. another round in the kim k tailor swift feud and ellen channeling oprah when tiffany haddish stopped by to talk. we'll show you what happened when we check the good day celebrity dish next. ♪

time for the good day celebrity dish. and that means on a tuesday -- >> we might have guest stopping by. >> i wonder who that might be? >> who is it, wiz? >> that would be sarah frasier. what's going on sarah frasier. >> hi holly. >> how you doing. >> hi wis. good to see you. >> we've got full plate for celebrity dish. >> i'm ready for this. >> we'll start with the today show. actually topping our celebrity dish today. source inside told us weekly that every since matt lauer was fired there's been a really terrible fight. insider said that savannah guthrie is devastated as she and matt were really close the news of his firing came as a surprise to many of his co-worker. they knew matt was flirty and playful and may have had relationships over the years, but what they knew of those relationships what they were consensual and weren't

a second source said, when staffers were informed of the news anchors termination the mood at studio 1a in new york city became solemn. execs treated it as if matt had died. it was very somber. the usual editorial meetings had that about 30 people or so were now 200 people because execs were addressing the situation with everyone. they were transparent and opened the floor to questions. i wish you can have seen wisdom's eye brows while you were reading that because when you said the line about oh, his co-workers had no idea. wisdom was like um-hmm. >> and i think that sums it up. >> i kind of put this story in the same category as billy bush category. matt lauer and whatever. they don't get to be the victim now. you know what i 1980's not i'm sorry. there were real women with -- >> absolutely. >> they are the ones that need to be in the forefront. >> the interesting -- >> i don't feel bad. >> i don't either. >> not about matt lauer were about the mood in the building because this guy had been there for 20 years i'm sure s

some people respected him. >> i'm sure they did. >> i'm sure the mood and vibe is completely different now. i'm sure they're down if you weren't involved in any of this, if you didn't known about this or how he was and now all of a sudden one day he's gone just like that, i'm sure you're in a not so nice mood. you may miss him. >> it affects their livelihoods. >> sure it does. >> who knows what happens in the future that show ratings. >> it's a different chem tree for sure. >> i just think he can't we can lose sight of the real victims in these stories. >> let's talk about house of cards because house of cards is returning for a sixth season without kevin spacey netflix show the show will go into production next year with robin right in the lead character the strestreaming service said the season will include eight episodes and bring closure for fans of the show. it will also reemploy the 2,000 people who work on that show netflix suspend production of the show in late october after the first allegations of sexual misconduct against kevin spacey surfaced. actor anthonyap

initial allegations saying spacy made unwanted move on him in his new york apartment in 1986. others have come forward after that. so yeah. >> great. i think that's good news. >> i liked claire underwood better as a character. >> these people get to go back to work. these 2000 sand people get to go back to work which is very important for them. >> absolutely. >> all right. let's talk about kim kardashian because on monday, kim k, kim kardashian west, shared an instagram vote photo of her taking a picture at the 2016 famous exhibit. >> i love this. >> featured the wax figure of her naked husband kanye west and also in that pick which are was naked taylor swift. that whole big thing with the fake,. >> kick her when she's down. >> yeah. kardashian's caption she captioned the photo famous. there's a back story here. swift fans did not think this was just a harmless throw back to peace of art. in fact it did not take long for the swift tees to take action seeing the throw back as a shade move. they fled flooded kardashian west comment section w

mice emojis. >> come on people. >> other posted emojis of snakes to represent swift and explained in the comments that snakes east rats. now, just a little back story here. kim k used the snake emoji during her 2,016 food when she shared a video of swift and her husband discussing lyrics for his song famous where he talk about making tailor swift fa famous. >> hey i remember. >> swift turned that emoji into an actual dim symbol for her latest album which was reputation. >> i love it. >> you love it. >> i think it's great drama. i mean look -- >> this was documentary on this. i mean come on. >> that to give you the back story. you understand snakes, rats, kim k. you have to understand the whole thing. >> drama is good for business. these guys are kings and queens queens i think us hysterical. >> they know how to keep themselves in the news. feud with everybody. putting snakes up, rats emojis. >> let's them in the celebrity dish. >> i thought it was great. finally, tiffany haddish appearan o

certainly a memorable one. yesterday the girls trip star popped by ellen's talk show and discussed her very inspiring rise to fame. now, prior to her day starring in summer blockbusters haddish was trying to make it through the foster care system and even combated homelessness. but even with her new found fame and fortune, haddish refuses to spend lavishly. so ellen did this. [ applause ] >> okay. i want to you see what i got for you. look out. this is outside waiting for you right now. >> shut up! [ applause ] >> we're renning it for a week. then -- [ laughter ] >> all right. if you'll just -- >> if you'll just sign here. >> okay. >> sign there and there. >> all right. >> sign here. here. >> nobody ever gave me a car before. >> that's hilarious. they said that's

of helen i think she may be channeling steve jobs right there. don't you think? >> oh, lord. >> i know. please tell me ellen actually gave her the car. it's not a rental for a week? >> i think it might be a rental for the week. >> yeah. >> but any way super fun. >> look at this. look at this. look, look. >> get one of those. tesla. >> actually there's oprah in the back. >> you've got a car, you've got a car. >> seeing ellen dressed like she looks like steve jobs. [ laughter ] >> that's what i meant. >> whoo! >> you guys are quick. >> have you seen that movie. >> no. >> i'm dying to see it. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's the dish girls. >> she's very inspiring. >> 10:22. >> waying to ellen. >> we got to get on that show. 10:22 time. singer and actress gloria ruben live right here in the loft. >> force check out some out of this world cocktails inspired bio, no, i

retrograde. >> any way, caitlin and erin are going to be in the kitchen learning all about these drinks and get us through this period. we'll check with them next. >> when is it over is what i need to know? ♪

>> if you're into astrology, who isn't -- >> i know. i'm into astrology. >> you know what it means

mercury in retrograde. earth is passing the smaller orbit around the sun. to fans of the horoscope it means life can feel backwards. >> i almost tripped walking into the studios. i'm definitely feeling the effects. final retrograde lasts until dee 22nd. things may seem chaotic throughout the holiday season. it should be calm start to the new year. if you need extra calming next few weeks hang's cocktail bar is here to help. jess joins us live. good morning, jess. >> hi, ladies. >> how are you. >> welcome. obviously things are crazy we need a cocktail to help calm us down. >> morning martinis in order, ladies. >> i like the sound of that. we'll start off today with 31 to 45% of people know astrology is real. so this is a play off of classic vesper martini garnishing just little bit different we start out little bit of para tease. this is death gin

notes really really well with our martin 19 salute owe licks vodka. >> there's a lot going on in there. >> a lot of extra yummy stuff. >> a few extra ingredients to pack the punch. >> it will be a hard time. >> okay. >> so we'll get things all worked out for you ladies. >> that sounds great. this is one of my favorite martinis because it's really really simple and the ingredients all come together very very well. so one of the finishing ingredients is a rosemary. you can make this at home. so basically what you do you take any high proof spirit usually i work with sad today or rum depending on the particular cocktail. >> vodka. >> this is going to work for y you. >> we take vodka and we take any fresh herb. >> yes. >> and we put rosemary in it and then from there you can spray this actually on top of cocktails. you can delead a little rosemary perfume. here. >> thanksgiving christmas fl flavor. >> okay. it just adds this really nice aromatic note to the martini kicks it up from being something super

herb base. enjoy that. you probably need it. it looks very festive and smells like the holidays this is great time to drink holidays outside of mercury and retrograde. we're spending a lot of times with our families we know we love and amazing. >> it can be stressful. >> good cocktail probably can't hur us right now. >> if you're not super excited about martinis i did want to bring something refreshing for you too. this is a play on a classic cobbler cocktail we're actually using little bit of miz cal this is miz cal one of my favorites too it has really nice smoke to it. sometimes this like petrale thing you get from miz cal much cooler than that. right behind it we're using sherri that's the sweetener for this cocktail. and some fresh lemon juice. super simple. >> as you're making this these cocktails become available at hang's star dag. >> starting today. through retrograde and then they'll go off the men

on after retrograde. >> retrograde is until when. >> the 23rd of december. >> you also have an advent calendar coming out for drinks. >> since the first of december what we've been doing every day release agnew cocktail through the advent cal length. we bill this cute little box and every day we release something exciting for you guys to drink and it's just really goofy fun way for to us interact during the holidays, and we really been having a lot of fun with it. going into our little moon glass here -- >> appropriate. >> and then we'll ice it up. >> make you can help me out with that. >> i'll garnish this and try a little sip for you. basil leaf. >> little bit of plum to pick up the sherri and then fresh or orange. >> okay. thank you. >> i'll try this. while we toss it back to you guys. >> hang's oyster derr bar cocktails mercury in retrograde. we all need help. >> this is spicy. i'll cheers to that. there's strong as they s

be. >> from the wrestling ring to mtv the challenge former total diva arian andrew will join us live in the loft with a look what's next for her career after the wwe. right now it's 10:30. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪♪

>> this will be conyers final two year term. he says he is endorsing his son to take his seat in congress. now conyers who was first elected in 1964 easily wouldn't re-elect last year and heavily democratic 13th district. the house ethics committee has been reviewing multiple harassment allegations against conyers but the big headline right now is that he has decided to retire. conyers will be stepping down of course we'll have more on this throughout date across all our social media platforms on the news this evening at 5:00. >> maureen let's head on over to you now. >> go

go. >> mtv reality hit the challenge a couple weeks ago host mike joined us live with the first look at the new season champs versus stars and this morning we're sitting down with one of those stars taking part. she's got some things in common with the miz. ariana andrews working on the next chapter of her career and that includes a passion for giving back. in fact if she wins the $150,000 prize on the challenge it's all going to charity black girls rock and this morning she joins us live in the loft with more on the show and what else she's working on. good morning to you beautiful. >> good morning. >> i love that you're a part of this but what made you want to be a part of this. when i found out i was about charity, i was like, you know what, i'm doing it. i mean philanthropy is always been something that i'm so big with. i've done a lot with the union rescue mission when i had a chance to, you know, explore and do more with it i was like, you know, i

want to do it for black girls rocks. i know how it is to be a black woman a male dominated industry. i wanted to say you know what, it doesn't matter where you come from, what your path when you're focused resilient and determined the sky has no limit. >> i'm always curious how does someone get into wwe fighting, you know, i'm looking at you i'm thinking do you not fit the profile of someone i'm looking at who should be in a ring. you're all types of fabulous. how does that happen? >> you know what, i've always loved sports and i've always loved entertaining and you kind of put the two together and it's just kind of like -- i don't know. it's like everything i kind of always dreamed of. >> but it's very physical. >> oh, goodness, yes. i have scars on my face when i've gotten stitches to prove it. >> yeah. >> i know a lot of girls will look at this saying i might want to do this or something i might be interested but there's a fear factor involved. someone out there saying watching i love were she's doing, i'd love to model myself after her what does it take to get to where you are today?

>> i think if anything it's more mental than physical. you know you have to have your mind in the right place because being in the entertainment business there's always going to be people trying to tear you down. >> yeah. >> you're not beautiful enough. you're not smart enough. not good enough and you have to know that you know what, no, i am. >> yes. >> i can do this and have like that mental stability just to love the skin you're in. >> right. >> embrace it. >> talk to me about mtv the challenge the champs versus stars. what's that like. >> girl. i thought wwe was a lot mentally the challenge is definitely a challenge. that's just to keep your mental stability, because you know these vets that have been doing this for such a long time, they know how to get under, you know, your skin. i mean just last, you know, week with to you can see him going at it with ct. you're letting him get the best of you. so it's definitely physical. >> it's a mental thing what i'm hearing. >> yes. it's very mental. for me i don't want t

much away but i feel like i was able to finally learn how to play the game a little bit. >> i always hear this when reality stars come on people who have done challenges like this. you have to be physical until shape but that mental aspect is such a huge part of what it takes to be in the game and moreover to win the game. >> yes. i feel like that's the entertainment business as a whole. because i do acting as well. it's definitely just, you know, having the right mindset because if you don't have a good team around you or have like that, you know, ability to stay focused you can get eaten alive so fast. >> if you win $150,000 it goes to black girls rock. what exactly is black girls rock. >> it's just pretty much encouraging you know, the black youth to be like you know what, the sky has no limits. like i said i chose that just because you know it wasn't easy for me being a black woman mail dominated industry and it's not just to say, upping, any other race, you know, it doesn't matter.

and for all young girls it's just again embracing the skin you're in. loving who you are and never taking no for an answer. >> absolutely. >> it's like i've had people tell me no my whole life or you won't do this for me personally i want to be the first black woman to break barriers after wwe. >> you mentioned acting. what's the next roll for you? >> well, i actually just filmed something about a few weeks ago. i can't say what it is yet. >> that's all right. >> i take it very seriously. i take class every thursday. and it's something that i've always loved doing. >> i love that. i love that. in the meantime we'll catch you on the challenge and mtv. let's put up that prompter just reminder when it's coming on here. all new episodes of challenge champs versus stars tonight at 10:00 on mtv. we had the miz on just a couple weeks ago. it was awesome as well. thank you both for sharing us with us and letting us know about the challenge and good >> thank you. >> looking forward to you winning and coming back and telling us all about it. >> girl -- >> you might have already wouldn't! >> i don't know.

i can't tell that. keeping my mouth closed. >> girlfriend secrets. it's okay. we'll dish while do you that. back to you. while you're dishing find out where that dress came from. >> right. >> super cute. >> she is queue g i'm serious. >> allison is going to get to the bottom of that. our next guest is an actress and a singer who returns to the d.c. tonight. right? for special event. tonight. okay. but first gloria ruben she's right there. she's going to join us-in the loft. she's got a special performance. we'll talk to her and we'll hear her come asking up next. ♪

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>> next guest is an actress and singer loo credits span television, film, theater and music. she ban playing classical piano at the age of five. one of the biggest movement moments in her musical career was a as backup singer for tina turner. she has a solo record just for you. she's back in washington, d.c. for two shows at blues alley she's life right here in the loft to perform the song "get here". please welcome gloria reuben. take it away. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you can reach me by

you can reach me on an airplane, you can reach me with your mind ♪ >> ♪ you can reach me by caravan, across the desert like an arab man, i don't care how you get here, just get here if you can ♪ >> ♪ you can reach me by sailboat, climb a tree and swing rope to rope, take a shred and slide down slope into these arms of mine ♪ >> ♪ you can hop on a speedy cold, cross the border in a blaze of hope, i don't care how you get here, just get here if you can ♪ >> ♪ there are hills and mountains

something to get over, if i had my way, surely you would be closer, i need you closer ♪ >> ♪ you can wind surf into my life, take me up in a carpet ride, you can make it in a big balloon, better make it soon ♪ >> ♪ you can reach me by caravan, across the border like a desert man, i don't care how you get here, just get here if you can ♪ >> ♪ i don't care. i don't care just get here,

here, get here, i don't care how you get here, just get here if you can. ♪ >> i don't care how you get here, just get here if you can. [ applause ] gloria reuben ladies and gentlemen good to see you welcome back to the show. >> hi. >> we appreciate i always good to see you. >> thanks for having me. great to see you. >> love the song. >> it's beautiful song. >> why did you pick that song to do? >> because it's such beautiful tune. and brenda is amazing singer song writer mine shows tonight are about great ladies of song i'll do that tonight. numerous other fantastic songs. >> you are doing it tonight. >> put the information up on the screen. we won't run out of time. put all the information right there. people know where to

you so they can get there any way that they can. >> yes. any way they can. >> look, that's not all you've been doing. you're singing. >> yeah. >> but you're known for acting. >> yes. >> that's your, you know, what we know you for. >> yes, that's how i make my living. >> that's how you make your other living. >> girl got to pay the rent. >> pay your bills. you're on mr. robot. >> yes, i am. >> very successful show on usa i believe. >> that's right. >> tell us your about your character on mr. robot. >> i play a psychiatrist. it's perfect for me. i get in everybody's head.. >> there's lot of empty space in here. that's what i'm getting at. i didn't want to say it outloud. i'm just kidding. hardly. >> you're on mr. robot. you play a psychiatrist dealing with main character. >> yes. >> he's extra or. it's a fantastic, you know, obviously the relationship is professional but there's something in him that she sees that she -- she sticks with him amidst

situations. there's something deep within him that she's trying to tap into to get to the real him. >> that's not all you've been doing to pay the bills. >> no. >> you're on other show. break it right now because i don't know if people know about this. it's something that's about to come out. >> yes it's coming out next y year. 2018. i can't say exactly where. when new marvel show call cloak and dagger. >> you're going to be good guy or bad guy. i don't have a super power. >> i do in my life. >> i understand real life do you. >> just not on the show. >> tony stark doesn't have any super powers. iron man is just iron man he doesn't have super power. >> you are playing -- on this new show. >> yes, i am marvel show it will be action and adventure. >> that's right. >> and super powers and i play the mother of the young boy. >> okay. >> yes. >> who has some powers. >> i don't want to give it away. >> keep it secret. >> it's a balance, i signed a non disclosure thing. >> you don't want to give it all away outside ofox

>> there could be drone outside of my window if i say anything else. >> what else you working on? you're singing. doing acting. >> dude, i got to have a little break. >> you got to have a break. >> you sure. >> i think so. give me the christmas holidays at least. there's more music coming up next year. >> and more acting? >> yes. >> you have a lifestyle you're accustomed to. >> it's always creative thing. it's a lifestyle i built from the ground up. don't get me wrong wrong. i like being crea creatively, hn collect tick because it keeps me fresh. >> yes. >> it keeps me interested in what's going on. >> i tell the ladies all the time over here on the couch. >> seriously? >> dude. >> i don't know why i call you dude. >> i don't think you can afford me. >> oh! [ laughter ] >> on that note -- [ laughter ] >> what just happened over there. >> information right there on your screen.

gentlemen. back over to you. >> back over to your safe zone. >> come back to your safe zone. >> we'll take you back. come on. >> it's okay. >> that was a good line. >> yeah. >> oh, man. >> can i borrow that line. >> cut to break. cut to break. >> she saw that time piece you're wearing. >> which one? >> thank you. >> i'm shaking now. >> aww. >> you flustered our wisdom martin. i don't believe it. >> sounds so gorgeous. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> 10:49 right now. coming up holiday fashion for all sizes after the break the team and i don't want to say the name wrong i'll just wait. >> perfect picks for all those holiday parties looking fabulous. we'll be right back. pa

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♪ all righty. the second weekend of december will be here before you know it. which means another round of holiday parties that you have to go to and you have to look fabulous. so if you're looking for new and fabulous outfits for every occasion have no fear because eloquy is here. i did mean to crime that.

fashion forward retailer is specifically for sizes 14 to 28 and this morning creative director jodi arnold is here live in the loft to chat about their new holiday collection and much more. and you have a store in pentagon city a brick and mortar. how wonderful for our area. also online too because i know you'll love these fashions. good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> happy holidays to you. >> thank you. >> all righty. i'm excited to see these fashions. let's get to it tell me about the line first. what you have specifically for the holidays. >> so we always do a huge holiday collection it's been out since right before thanksgiving. just the plus size customer has not always had great options for going out, festive kind of wear. so that's what we are here for, and we have everything from coats, cocktail dresses, denim, whatever you're looking for. little bit more dressed up. >> beautiful. >> let's see what you brought in today. >> so here's danny, yes. >> hi danny. >> this outfit when you're lo looking to me

impression on the pants maybe this is for going to meet the in laws or your significant other's parents. i love this car coat traditional shape but with splash of fur at the cuff. so nice. >> that cuff. >> and danny you want to take off the, um, coat. pearls are everywhere this season. we've seen them on denim. sweaters, and then on this dress where you can dress it down with the booty or dress it up for a gala event. >> don't miss the pearl on the back. >> you can never have too much pearls. >> gorgeous. very classic even love that statement sleeve and everything. beautiful. >> the coat is 179. the flare sleeve dress is 129. the booty is 129 and the earrings are $22. >> okay. >> we run a lot of great deals at the store this week. >> right. >> 40% off two styles and 50% off if you buy shoes and accessories. >> okay. >> let's see the next look. >> thanks danny. >> hey, gorgeous. >> so this is viv see. doesn't she look gorgeous in this suit? we were thinking of this for an office party

choices. how do you festive and still professional at the same time? >> right. we love taking this feminine fabrication this brocade and putting night a structured suit on vivi. >> so classic. this could be the '60s. this could be -- clearly it's now. i love the back. the back -- >> stretch back. it's comfortable. little bit of the '80s and puff sleeve and roughly. the jack is 139.90. metallic pants are 94.90 and the earrings are 22.90. >> you can wear it splitly. >> exactly this is one of our best selling pants and solids. our katie pant, this fits just like the katie pants. >> our last look. >> so new year's eve might be the time for to you take little more fashion risk. so this is allison and she is in this lovely velvet dress that has these striped sequins. sequins are everywhere and our customer loves sequins we love that you're doing it vertical stripe. elongates

also is everywhere. doing combined together you can never have too much velvet. >> like on the pant how you don't have it, it's not overwhelming like you have the solid on the back and the arm. gorgeous. happy holidays to all of you. thank you very much. >> pentagon city and also online for some of the fashions that just scene today and jodi says the sales are to die for. >> all righty. back over to you on the couch. >> they look amazing. >> really cute. >> booty witness pearls. >> i love it. >> the coat. >> um-hmm. >> the coat. >> can never have too many pearls. that's like a life mantra. love it. >> you can leave that in the green room. >> never have enough. >> we know mercury is treat tree grade and explain the mishaps today. >> explains everything. >> why mother nature can't decide what she wants to be warm, cold. >> explain the next few week. rain late on this evening. umbrellas needed tonight maybe even for the commute home. it's mild turning cooler tomorrow. the chilly december like weather returns by thursday getting colder as we head into the weekend,

>> what? >> mercury is metro grade. >> way too good to say goodbye. >> we don't say goodbye.

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