tony and allison? >> doug, thank you very much. >>> now to the area flooding from all of this rain we had yesterday. it is worst in maryland. schools are closed in st. mary's county because of the flooding overnight. water is covering roads in the center of great mills and school buses couldn't make their rounds. also, in st. mary's county, water rose so fast that officials were worried about the water flowing over the dam. they were ready for mass evacuation there. the water was rising a foot an hour. at the height of this, last night. but now it has leveled off. authorities are watching it closely. no evacuations ordered there. >>> the foggy weather is creating a tough day on the roads and on the rails. vre stations are seeing weather-related delays and cancellations. traffic is far from easing. sherry lee joins us at north quaker lane with more. sherry? >> allison, it has been one of those no-win situations for commuters all morning long. traffic here along 395 is finally starting to move. but it ha

allison and steve, back to you. >> tony, thanks. rain may have long stopped where you live but for some this morning, there has been real concern and trouble in the wake of the massive rainstorm. >> down in st. mary's county, schools are closed because the buses couldn't make it through to their routes. and a real scare this morning. concerning the dam down there. the st. mary's lake. joining us on the phone is dave. dave, i'll tell you what. we thought we had it bad until we started here and what you're dealing with in st. mary's county. what's going on? >> it has been a pretty active night for us. i got called about 1:30 and department of natural resources who monitors the water level at st. mary's lake and the dam said they were at about 66 feet. they had been recording rises of about a foot per hour. according to the emergency action plan that the department of natural resources puts together for the dam, we have certain thresholds and we were at an emergency level 2. since then, about 2:00, certainly our rains had stopped down

good morning. >> reporter: and i'm getting crafty, allison. the finest stuff around and remember our pottery? let's see what it looks like. we're live in morning in gaithersburg and they're set and ready for the sugar loaf arts and crafts festival. that is one of many wonderful one-of-a-kind things to see here and we'll tell you about it live later in the show. >> i love the colors, that is cool. >> you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? no, no. you gave him fiber. no she didn't. this tastes way too good to be fiber. they're delicious crunchy clusters with sweet honey and half a day's worth of fiber. you care about my fiber? not really. i care about your fiber too. i have for a while. ok, carl. why don't you care about her fiber? hey carl. [ male announcer ] fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. is lucky to be alive thanks to his cell phone and he was shot. this happened at a building where he's the new superintendent. the police believe the previous superintendent shot him but the motive is not c

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. well what we are expecting here at about 10:30 this morning at the mayflower is a show of unit. the presumptive mayor elect vincent gray is expected to have a news conference standing alongside mayor fenty and school chancellor michelle rhee. we've been told that the decision for michelle rhee to step down was a phytyl decision between herself and gray, that they made in recent days and weeks during telephone calls that they thought it would be best for the students and teachers and everybody for her to leave now rather than to go later. now this all of course begs the question of where michelle rhee will go and who will replace her. according to sources, she is going to be replaced in the interim by her deputy chancellor, her number two person, kiah henderson. as for michelle rhee's plans, it's unclear whether she'll announce what she'll do today. she's established herself on the national stage as a school reform superstar. you can just look at all of the attention she's been getting

allison and tony, back to you upstairs. >>> our big story this monday morning, a devastating accident in rockville under investigation this morning. two men struck and killed while trying to cross rockville pike. >> that happens to be one of the county's rather so-called hot spots where officials are concentrating on safety upgrades. sarah simmons joins us live from the scene now. sarah? >> reporter: well tony and allison, this is rockville pike and marinelli road where the accident occurred yesterday morning just after 3:00 a.m. as you mentioned, police say the driver they believe is -- they suspected alcohol was a factor in that crash and he has been arrested. of course not charged right now. the two men that did die, adam hasin ski and rory white rod were crossing when the accident occurred and were hit by that car. now at this point, it's still unclear whether or not those two pedestrians were in the crosswalk, whether or not the driver was at fault here. that is something they're going to be investigating. but obviously this is' very dangerous intersection of road and that's why

. >> allison, back to you. >>> thank you. the chandra levy murder investigation has been going on for years now. we know one way police were trying to get a confession out of the suspect. by mail. we will explain that. >>> and holly has a special guest with us. >> our special guest is derek thomas. our gardening guru. he is the man with the plan when it comes to decorating in the fall for your outdoor living space. he will show us how live later. >>> thank you, holly. here is a look at the trivia question. paul newman took an ad in the newspaper to apologize for which movie when the film was shown on tv in 1966.    e >>> two washington d.c. schools and two suspicious packages in two days. police believe one of the packages has a texas connection. a letter containing a white powder was sent to bancroft elementary and another showed up at adams elementary. the letters were harmless in the end. letter sent to bancroft elementary may be linked to other letters sent to texas schools. >>> how do yo

i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. we have tony perkins with the forecast. >>> the weekend looks calm and comfortable. very nice. we will show you in a bit. let's star off with the satellite/radar. we -- let's start off with the satellite/radar. we have a mix of clouds this morning. the nor'easter that brought us over 1" of rain is now moving across new england. we are seeing some of the cloud cover. we will get a bit of breeziness from the system as well. we have clouds across western maryland. none of those have made it in this morning. we think in the afternoon, we will have a chance of a shower or two popping up. temperatures are cool out. 51 degrees out in washington. 46 in baltimore. 47 at dulles. the forecast for today showing partly sunny and breezy. winds gusting up to 20-30 miles an hour later. stray showers are possible. the high of 66 degrees. we will have more coming >>> 66 '66 is a very good year for me. and hopefully my parents. >>> let's go out on the roads with julie. >> it is busy out there. we have t

julie, i know you're reaching for it and allison is too. >>> i was thinking, thank you allison because i need a little bit of sunshine. >> this is like on full blast, this jacket, but it's for you, julie. >> i like it. >> i do too. thank you. and it goes great with her personality. >>> on the roads we could use cheering up. it's been rough for those on new york avenue as you approach new jersey and first street in northwest. that's where we had the accident blocking this intersection along new york avenue at new jersey. they are in the process of sweeping up the debris and getting everything out of the roadway. confining the accident on new jersey avenue. now it appears some traffic was able to squeeze by single file to the left. outbound new york avenue your lanes remain open. bening to 8th and rhode island to get you through northeast washington options. southbound bw at 450 below speed. outer loop slowing 95 past colesville and around to georgia avenue. 270 still busy on the top side leaving 70 to 109 and delays from germantown to the split. 66 slow going out of manassas. in centrev

good morning, i'm allison seymour. and i don't think i said that. >> we know who you are. >> people know by now. >> if you don't know me by now -- >> great song. >> yeah. >> good morning to you allison and steve chenevey and everybody. we have fine weather conditions on the way. we get off to a cool start but wait until you see what we have in store. let's start with the satellite radar composite. showing you no precipitation this morning. the precip is done. it's out of here. we did get some rain showers overnight and frankly about four hours ago i encountered misty conditions. but right now we're left with clouds streaming through. that is about it. the rain has pushed off to the north and east and we're going to see more improvement as the day progresses. current temperature, still cool. 52 degrees in the capital, 50 in baltimore, 53 in fredericksberg. and dulles is at 47 degrees. but check out the forecast for today. mostly sunny skies, downright breezy at times. those winds could gust up to 30 miles per hour. but

. >> and i'm allison payne. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america. so far halfway through the rescue operation has gone without a hitch. but still a long way to go. omar regatta is the 17th and latest miner to be lifted out of the shaft. he and his 32 fellow miners have been stuck more than 2,000 feet underground since august 5. that's when 140 million tons of rock collapsed around them. they survived 17 days before people even knew they were still alive. rescuers thought they wouldn't be able to get them out until december. but the delicate drilling process went more quickly than expected. the miners are being pulled up in a capsule through a shaft not much wider than a manhole cover. the first miner emerged just after midnight chile time and they have been coming out every 40 minutes. so far they all appear to be in good physical health and no one has required any special medical treatment. no one has survived trapped underground longer than these 33 miners. >>> people in

. >> i'm allison seymour. i'm ready for that. >> i think we all are after the rain over the weekend. to turn the page and look forward to the rest of the week. >> tony, good morning. >> well and i promise, and it's not a good thing for a weather man to make a promise, but i promise after today the rest of the week will be nicer, more sunshine and pleasant temperatures as well, definitely. we'll start with radar. there are a couple of little sprinkles showing up, primarily out to the west. a couple of dots on the radar. that's it. nothing significant. you saw the live shot there. we have a mix of clouds and sun so for the most part things are fine but a couple of showers here and there. they are light in nature. current conditions being reported at reagan national. temperature of 54 degrees, humidity is down a little bit, 69%, winds have shifted out of the west at 7 miles per hour. your day planner for today, fairly cloudy. i think there will be some sun as we're seeing right now. sunrise officially in eight mi

thanks, allison. a new poll in the california governor's race shows democrat jerry brown has opened up a lead over republican meg whitman with just 12 days to go to election day. last month public policy institute of california poll showed brown in a virtual tie with whitman. but now brown has an 8 point lead. 44% for him. 36 for whitman. support among latinos is being credited for brown's lead. the race in the u.s. senate has also tightened. boxer's lead was 7 points. it's now 5. 43% for boxer, 38 for fiorina. >>> prop 19 is losing support. the ballot measure would legalize marijuana if approved. the public policy institute of california found 44% in favor of prop 19 down from 52% in september. 49% say they now oppose it. >>> it's 6:21. let's head to sal. >> good morning. you know this morning we're getting more and more people on the road. but it's happening gradually. this is just the way we want it to get on the road westbound 24 certainly more people and every time i've come to this shot you see

good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you. the latest f.b.i. sting operation to disrupt an alleged terror plot targeting the united states. federal agents posed as islamic radicals and met with the suspect for months to allegedly hatch this scheme. now the suspect did surveillance of the d.c. metro system, he also suggested places to put explosives. prosecutors say his goal was to target metro stations near the pentagon during rush hour to maximize military casualties. local muslim leaders say there is some controversy about whether he initiated the plot or whether law enforcement floated the idea to him. the indictment against him makes clear he was determined to carry out an attack. it's a surprise to his neighbors in suburban virginia where he lived in a townhouse with his wife and young son. other recent plots against the u.s. by accused lone wolf terrorists include attempts to blow up time square with a car bomb, bomb dallas skyscraper and bomb federal buildings in springfield, illinois. last year more than 60 u.s. citizens have been arres

sarah good morning. >> reporter: it certainly is, allison.ockville pike and marinelli road next to the metro stop. this is where the two men were trying to cross early yesterday morning when police say a driver, who is suspected of driving drunk, hit them with a car. this occurred at about 3:30, a little after 3:00 yesterday morning. adam hasinski and rory white croft were crossing the street while hit. the driver of the car did get out of the car after the accident but for some reason got back into the heavily damaged vehicle and drove a block away where someone convinced him to walk back to the scene. now there were two witnesses who did make it across safely right before the accident. they described what they heard and what they saw. >> we heard a huge crash and we thought -- at first i thought it was a gunshot and we heard brakes screech and then heard a crash and someone was laying on the horn. >> reporter: now so far the driver has not been charged in this accident. this is something they are still investigating right now, whether or no

allison and tony here. and it's raining outside. >> it is now?> yeah. >> well tucker barnes is in the weather center and has a look at how long the rain will stick around. >> most of the day. in fact it's pouring outside right now outside at northwest washington. and going to be a soaking rain all day. you can see the dark reds and ye

. >>> and i'm allison burns in washington, d.c. where we are tracking new reports that the taliban is involved in preliminary truce talks in afghanistan. . >>> good morning. it's 5:11. san mateo bridge traffic moving along well. we'll tell you more straight ahead. >>> more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel to nato in afghanistan were set on fire in another attack in afghanistan. thinks the 6th attack on convoys taking supplies to afghanistan since pakistan left a key area. the pakistani government shut down the crossing after a nato helicopter attack in the border area killed troops. >>> the washington post reports that talks aimed at ending the war are underway in afghanistan between the afghan government and the taliban. allison burns has more on the reaction to these reports. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. this has been the bloodiest year in the nine-year afghan war and now there is new optimism about the possibility of truce talks with the taliban. >> we had enemy pinned down here in the south. >> reporter: while u.s

allison, how about you? >> i'd go too.ew playground that will serve 60 kids in southeast d.c. is being built now. and holly morris is there to help out at the big kaboom build. >> what a great event this is. you can feel the giving spirit and the excitement of the kids as they are excited to have the playground come to fruition. here is the plan of what it will look like come the end of the day. and look at that stretch and as i slowly pull it away let me show you already. what a different a few hours make. it's coming together here in southeast. this is something that takes a lot of people coming together to pull it off. kraft foods and shire. and evan is the associate project manner. man -- manager. and i see you doing all of the work. >> so you have something for us to do? >> absolutely. we have to get our sliding poll in order. >> because every good playground needs a sliding pole. >> so we take our trusty and very cautious blade. and we're just going to cut it out. >> as you do that, explain how this is organized. may

allison seymour, fox 5 news. >>> a traffic alert. if you use the orange and blue lines, be prepared for delays this weekend and shutting down farragut west and mcpherson square metro stops for repair and workers are installing a new track switch starting at 10 tonight. and service resuming on tuesday morning. monday's a holiday. for some and not for us. >> i know. >> we'll be here. >> and we want to you join us. >> and based on the forecast, maybe we would not like that. >> it's going to be a beautiful weekend and monday, we could play game with some rain. >> okay. >> and there could be rain going and that looks look it's a soccer game, right? and that is nice. that is amazing. you're in great shape if playing soccer. my hat hat is off to you and reagan, 79; dills, 76. dry as a bone and the dew points in the 40s and we'll cool off and pretty sure we're going up and over ate, 81 for d.c. and on sunday, cooler and a backdoor front might drop to 78 or so and warming in on monday. a slight chance of rain and not a great enough chance tha

do you want to put your order in now, allison? >> yes. bring me two of everything. >>> well giving and rising star miguel is openle up for mary j. bridge tonight and for usher in december at the omg tour. this morning he stops by our studios to talk about his musical success and perform. i am so happy you are here. i love that production on the radio. >> thank you. >> and you're from and rund'll county so welcome back home. >> good to be here. >> and this track is a mix of everything that we have. it's like electric house and tell us how you came up with this song. >> the song was written by myself and being in the studio it was just to be honest in the moment of it all and this is what came out. >> and we should say you are a strong writer. this is no coincidence that you wrote for usher and that you need to be out on the road. what is your favorite thing to do? >> being an artist at this point has been so much about being on stage and being able to connect with the audience and i think at this point it's my favorite part to see how peop

and gurvir is there and joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning, tony and allison. theater behind me. the students do get to watch videos to learn about science and math. what a wonderful exhibit this is. this is actually an 18-wheeler. it you -- if you look this way, that stretches out into sort of like an accordion. it stretches out to 65 feet that you are looking at right now. so that becomes the mobile learning center. major pam ellison is behind all of this. what an exciting project and first stop belue high school. >> thank you very much for having us. this is exciting for us as we respond to the administration's call to action to education to innovate. we're hoping get the students engaged and excited about going into the stem feel, science and math. this has alternate energy sources. so we're excited to be here. we've been here for seven days and we're moving to atlanta after this. >> tell me what the students are working on that we're looking at? >> right now as they leave the theater they go to the hands on experience where each corner has an area. and wha

. >> reporter: allison actually put us on the trail, after giving me a tip about the problems she experiencedr bmw. >> and then decided that i had to do everything i can to get the cars off the road. >> reporter: acting on allison's tip, we contact ee eed plaintif lawyers across the country, who told us hundreds of lawsuits have been filed. >> you believe the country is trying to hush people up in these situations? >> i know they are. >> reporter: how? >> i've seen it. they make you sign a gag clause, nondisclosure clause and they won't negotiate that out, no matter what. >> reporter: in an online federal data base but found more owner complaints revealing that since late 2006, bmw and government safety regulators have been aware of hundreds of similar claims. what are the things you would deal with us on the road? >> when you're looking for pickup to get on the highway, you would lose acceleration. >> reporter: bmw says the problem is the fuel pump in the n-54 engine. when the pump fails, the car can suddenly go into a reduced power, or limp mode. though bmw prefers to call it safe mode. >>

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good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. the taliban in afghanistan is denying that there are reports this morning that very preliminary truce talks are underway. of course, you can't see any negotiating on the battlefield. nato tv is releasing this vivid front-line video of u.s. and afghan troops trying to take out taliban strongholds around kandahar. you can see the taliban is still putting up a fierce fight but the "washington post" says secret talks are starting to get underway between taliban representatives and the government of afghan president hamid karr -- karzai to end the war. >> we have seen high-level outreach by some members of the taliban to the afghan government. >> reporter: the obama administration has only very recently expressed an openness to negotiating to end the war. the timeline has u.s. troops beginning to leave afghanistan next year. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> bob woodward of the washington post says there's talk in the nation's capitol that secret

good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. i've been reading through the 9 page indictment against a virginia man and his alleged plot is chilling. target d.c. metro stations near the pentagon during rush hour to maximize military casualties. he videotaped and sketched out where to put the bombs. federal agents say they've been monitoring him and ultimately captured him in a sting operation posing as al qaeda operatives. he thought he was meeting about the plot when he was arrested. his neighbors in virginia say they are surprised saying he lived quietly in this townhouse with his wife and son. >> it's frightening. but now you feel safer. you know the f.b.i. can catch this guy before anything happens which is reassuring. >> reporter: other plots by lone wolf terrorists accused to blow up time square with a car bomb, bomb a dallas skyscraper and bomb federal buildings in springfield, illinois. the last two plots were also uncovered by f.b.i. sting operations. we'll take a closer look at how the sting operations work during my n

along with allison seymour, i'm steve chenevey. we take a look at live pictures from chile as they have just brought to surface the 9th of 33 miners. that's one of his loved ones. each miner allowed to have two loved ones to be the first they see. we believe this is mario gomez. he is the oldest miner that was trapped for some 33 days -- or one of the 33 men trapped. he is 63 years old. [ applause ] >> you see him giving the thumbs up. the flag of chile. we see the loved one there waiting. just a little bit more on this gentleman. we learned that a lesser to his wife was one of the first items coming out of the mine and it said they are all okay. now proof today they will be reunited today. >> when they first put that -- were able to reach them for the first time with that first shaft, he said put the letter in the mine and send it to his surface and it was to his wife and that was the first time the outside world realized they were okay. the personnel giving him a quick checkover. he's been in the mining business for 12 decades an

. >> i'm allison payne. >>> wgn's nancy loo is live in crown point, indiana where authorities have just wrapped up a news conference. >> reporter: well, allison and steve, hundreds of tips have been called in since tuesday's deadly shooting spree but none have panned out so a short time ago authorities released a new sketch of the killer they are looking for. the revised sketch is based on information from witnesses and one of the victims, the lake and will county sheriffs are earn urging anyone with information to contact them immediately. authorities believe he is a man in his 40s driving a light colored chevy cheyenne pick up truck with indiana plates which was last seen on tuesday in lowell soon after the shootings of three men in illinois and indiana. one victim was killed. two others hospitalized. police are hoping someone will be able to identify the killer. and we heard from will county sheriff roy dominguez urging people to hopefully be able to recognize that suspect from the sketch. and so they will know who they are looking for at least. bailed on evidence from the two shooti

i'm allison burns in washington d.c. coming up i'll show you why banks are facing unprecedented pressure to halt foreclosures. >>> look at 237. traffic flowing well. much more on your tuesday morning commute coming up in traffic. >>> good morning to you. welcome back. time now 5:14. word california will be joining dozens of other states in giant investigation into whether banks violated foreclosure laws. allison burns is live with that story. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. first let me tell tell you why this is such a big deal. banks seized foreclosed homes last month than at any other time in american history. now those banks are facing new scrutiny for faulty paperwork. employees signing affidavits without reading them. 40 states are expected to announce a nationwide investigation as early as today. the ceo of bank of america tells us his company is halting all foreclosure proceedings in the meantime to "clear the air." >> it's difficult for the homeowner. it's difficult for we as a servicer and colleagues in

ktvu's allison burns joins us from our washington d.c. newsroom with how hill responded when she got that call. guilty or good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you. anita hill thought it was a prank. she called the police at the university where she works. they called the f.b.i. as you mentioned it has been nearly 20 years since the spectacle here on capitol hill surrounding the clarence thomas confirmation hearings. thomas called the proceedings a high-tech lynching as hill detailed graphic instances of harassment. just last weekend hill received a voice mail at her work from virginia thomas asking her to consider an apology and to pray about it. late yesterday mrs. thomas released a statement. it says "i did place a call to mishill at her office extending an olive branch in hopes we could get past what happened so long ago." now anita hill has told reporters she has no intention of apologizing. i'm going to try to find out if clarence thomas knew his wife was placing this call and have more for you in my next update in abo

ktvu's allison burn s is live in our washington d.c. newsroom tracking the results. >>> good morning to you, kraig. that's right. early voting is underway. you might be surprised at who's got the biggest voter turn out. now 36 states and the district of columbia has some form of early voting. democrats are so far casting the most pre-election day ballots. but republican turn out is up over the 2008 elections. we saw senate majority leader harry reed in a tough race in nevada cast his ballot this week. other voters are mailing them in. in california about 600,000 ballots have already been cast. political analysts say the surge in early voting from democrats shows they're not going to just hand over congress to republicans even though most predictions have the gop at least taking over the house. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the california governor's race shows democrat jerry brown opened up a lead over meg whitman with 12 days to go to election day. last month's policy of institute poll show

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. >> and i'm allison seymour. almost 50-degree. >> cooler in places to the west. tough to deal with. >> tony perkins is here with more on this day. it's going to get better, right, tony? >> certainly. not that much better. we'll getting off to a cool start. we'll see temperatures warmer than what they were yesterday morning but still cool air in place for us for today. let's take a look at the current temperatures this morning. 51 currently in washington. 51 at annapolis. gaithersburg at 48. quantico 44. the cool spot is manassas at 41 degrees. it was 39 there not too long ago. i won't even say cool. downright cold toward manassas. here is a look at the satellite radar composite for the eastern u.s. we are seeing a mix of clouds and clear skies during the morning hours. and i think we'll see a fair amount of sunshine during the morning but then more clouds that you see out to the west will build in later on today. we believe that precipitation stays out of the area for the most part. so the forecast for today, another cool one. we'll see our highs into the upper 5

become i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour.e have a look at our forecast. >>> gorgeous yesterday. more clouds in the forecast today but we'll keep the mild temperatures around not only today but for much of the week. we'll be threatening the 80- degree mark around here on wednesday. we can't complain about the rain on the way. it will be scattered. much of the day should be clear. maybe a thunderstorm later on today. so bring along an umbrella just in case in the afternoon hours, we have a good chance to see afternoon showers. temperatures are mild. 61 at reagan national. a lot of 60s out there. 62 in fredericksberg. cooler to the north and west. winchester and hagerstown currently 58 degrees. our afternoon high temperatures again today will once again move into the 70s and average high in the 60s. mostly cloudy and mild. scattered showers and thunderstorms a possibility a little later this afternoon with winds out of the south at 10-15 miles per hour. i'll have the details on the five-day forecast coming up in a minute. >> tuc

allison seymour, fox 5 news. >>> a reminder if you're riding metro this columbus day weekend. there will be work on the blue and orange line. for farragut west and mcpherson stations will be closed and there -- it won't be effected, though. and for more, we have a link at www.myfoxdc.com. >>> when state budgets go bust and nobody wants higher taxes, how do you make ends meet? the answer is advertising in some states. jonathan serry shows us how it's working and what the dangers are. >> reporter: when the recession threatened the popular highway emergency assistance program, the georgia department of transportation looked beyond the conventional sources of revenue. >> the mother of convention -- invention. if we're not broke, we're as close as we have to get to it and we have to find ways to maximize our resources. >> reporter: now, the hero units carry state farm logos bringing $1.7 million a year and covering georgia's share of the federally-subsidized program. they cover similar efforts in pennsylvania and colorado. and stat governments are looking to the private second on -

. >> i'm allison seymour. the opening ceremony is getting underway here and we salute all of those taking part for this worthy cause. >> and what a great morning. >> as you pointed out for the walkers, not a bad thing and with cool mornings and comfortable days. a nice series of days on tap for you. this is a look at the current conditions reported. 54 degrees and 80% humidity, winds are calm and the barometric pressure is on the rise, 30.05 and rising. the satellite radar composite, there is nothing to see. we're cloud free and that is the way it looks here and precipitation free, of course and this finally pulled away. there are lingering clouds over northern new england and that is it. the day planner for today, a glorious day and lots of sunshine. the temperatures above normal. look for a high in the mid-70s and not a bad day at all. we'll look at the forecast coming up in just a bit and now light get an update on traffic. >> reporter: i'm still stinging from the last break we did. >> we love you. >> it's

good morning, allison. >> reporter: that is right.we are learning harry wittington was possibly closer to death and his injuries more dire than anyone knew after he was shot by dick cheney five years ago. the 82-year-old texas lawyer did an extensive interview with the washington post. he already reported he had a mild heart attack, but is also revealing he had a collapsed lung and underwent invasive surgery after the accident and the rifle shot just barely missed his corotid artery. >> thankfully harry wittington is on the meant and doing very well. >> reporter: as for whether vice president dick cheney personally apologized, wittington won't say. he said they were only acquaintances at the time and exchanged a few christmas cards since then. for now, live in d.c., allison burns, ktvu fox 2 morning news. >>> we have to talk about the commute. big problem to be concerned about on the san mateyo bridge. >> reporter: that is right. we will be talking about this all morning long. the san mateyo bridge. try to avoid it if you need to go w

allison seymour, position 5 news. >>> still a lot more for you. up next, president obama's big challenge to our nation's colleges. >>> a northern virginia college's connection to a big summit at the white house. i'm tom fitzgerald. we'll have the story coming up. >>> welcome back on this wednesday morning as we get a look at traffic moving out there. we are finding out that the school day for students in the district could be extended soon. a councilmember just introduced legislation that would extend the school day by a half hour. she tells fox 5 that will be up to the schools to decide how to spend that extra time. >> it will be up today chancellor and the school authorities to decide. i broached the subject with some parents and they have no end of ideas. some people want foreign languages. some people want more art. there are a whole host of the possibilities butt idea is that there would be more time for instruction and the time in instruction is of itself important. >> the councilmember's proposal to extend the school day would not apply to

allison, good morning. >> good morning, david. you might barely remember the name harry witting on the. he was in the news for just a few days and the butt of late night jokes after being shot in a late night hunting accident by dick cheney. now he is releasing new details about what happened on that february day. we are learns his injuries were worse than first reported, had an collapsed lung and went for exploratory surgery. they were not hunting buddy,, but acquaintances that met a few times. he says the hunting party was pushing the limits of safety, it is unclear if the vice president was wearing his eyeglasses or if he had been drinking. as for whether vice president cheney personally apologized to harry wittington, i will have more on that in the next hour. >>> 5:15 is the time right now. tara is by the san mateyo bridge. this is a big issue this morning. >> reporter: yes. we have a lane closure due to a crack the engineers found yesterday while doing a routine inspection. the crack is live on the westbound side, on the rig

fox's allison seymour has more. >> reporter: in this facebook using smartphone-wielding world we're allof now, you had to know someone would whip up a virtual drink that you could really drink. >> random with people showing me the phone saying i get a free drink for a dollar. >> reporter: meet bar tab, friend sending friends drinks through facebook and a cell phone. >> this is awesome, when you send a virtual drink to redeem it, who wouldn't rather have a drink than a cartoon shot glass or whatever they give out? >> reporter: another place of where offline social lives emerging with the online world. coupons meet up and now drinks. >> and with that bar tab app, you pick a place and a drink they offer and in a matter of seconds, your friend has a drink on the phone they can use. >> reporter: the drinks are cheap costing $1 a piece. for now, the service is only up on the coast and in san francisco, new york, los angeles. more cities are coming. the real treasure here may be the data. the application gathers all kinds of information on who is and valuable information for bars and liquor co

. >> i'm allison payne. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america. wgn's muriel clair is live in joliet with more on the developing story. >> reporter: the two state manhunt ongoing since tuesday ended this morning with the arrest of 37-year-old brian dorian. acting on a tip, police armed with a search warrant took 37- year-old dorian into custody at a house in lynnwood where he was staying. dorian is wanted in a fatal shooting of alonso near beecher, illinois. he is suspected of wounding a 19-year-old man in the same area and shooting a farmers near lowell, indiana. investigators say that before shooting his victims, the gunman asked one of them about honey bees and another about construction materials. we have learned that brian dorian is a lynnwood police officer. he is on leave. a news conference is expected to take place later this afternoon and at that time we will learn more about it and learn more about the motive and about his state of being. i'm live in joliet, mu

. >> i'm allison payne. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america. wgn's judy wang is live on the near west side with our top story. first rally took place here with members of pipe fitter local 977 cheering him on with the race between pat quinn and bill brady getting tight, heavyweights are coming to help. >>> with polls showing the governor's race a dead heat, pat quinn says he knows he must fight for every vote. he promoting himself as the job governor. >> i am the jobs governor. we have been able to help people get back to work. i'm running against someone who wants to throw thousands of people out of work. senator brady is bad for working people and that's our message today. >> reporter: quinn kicked off his back to work tour at a near west side union hall. appearing in a series of rallies in search cities to fire up the troops and remind supporters to show up at the polls. quinn is trying to win a full term after taking over for rod blagojevich. >> this is a real bat

. >> reporter: good morning, gurvir and allison. the students are expected to be in court later today. both students at georgetown university and another man who was visited here at the university. they are accused of manufacturing the drug called dmt inside of a dorm room here on campus. now this happened early saturday morning. over the weekend campus police got a call from someone who said there was a strange smell coming from inside one of the dorm rooms. when investigators got here they say police found hot plates and several chemicals and even a air ventilation system on the 9th floor of harvin hall. officials thought they were dealing with a meth lab and that's why students were ordered to evacuate but once they got inside they were able to do tests and reveal it was not meth but a dangerous hallucinogenic called dmp. students here are surprised to hear about this going on on campus. >> i don't think anyone has really heard of dmt. and even when it was thought of a meth lab, everyone couldn't believe it was a freshman dorm an

allison and tony, back to you. >>> we continue to follow a developing story out of chile this morning. 33 miners who have been trapped underground since early august are now just hours away from being pulled to the surface. >> rescue crews are expected to start pulling the miners up at 11:00 tonight eastern time. as steve heriggan reports, hundreds have turned out for the event. >> reporter: these are tense hours leading up to the planned rescue expected to begin early wednesday morning. after laying steel reinforcement inside the escape tunnel, crews sent the cap you'll so almost where the miners are trapped. video cameras record the successful dry-run. >> there was no stone that was liberated during the process so we are pretty sure that the cage will behave properly. >> reporter: the men will wear high-tech sun glasses to shield their eyes from the light, compression clothing to combat blood clots and hypertension and they can communicate via a bluetooth video during the half mile ride through the tunnel. the loved ones can hardly wait. >> right now our emotions are happiness. we a

the white house chief of staff, is expected to officially resigned allison now to run for chicago mayornt obama azteca good news conference for 11:00 a.m. and is being called a personnel announcement. he's expected to go to chicago as soon as this weekend. >>> president obama is trying to reenergize the youth vote for the midterm election. the democratic national committee fundraiser last night, he said if democrats can afford to let republicans take control of congress in november. >> we cannot sit this alex. we cannot let this country fall backwards. the the stakes are too high. we have to move this country forward for your future. >> that event took place at constitution hall in downtown d.c. it included a hilltop concert as well. hop concert. >>> martin o'malley and bob ehrlich will have their first debate on october 11 at a baltimore tv station. both candidates are looking forward to the debate. >>> one of america's most infamous suits is part of a local exhibits. the clothing worn by o.j. simpson go on display at the newseum. part of an exhibit called " crimes and scandals." it al

allison and tony back to you. >> all right. there you go. >> very interesting. >> dunbar, one of the premier schools in d.c. back in the day, so it would be great to return to that. >> absolutely right. >>> how is it looking out there? >> not bad. we have a mix of clouds and sun this morning. temperatures in the 50s and 60s depending on where you are. later on could see some showers come through. 64 degrees is your current temperature in washington. new york city 62. boston is at 51. in norfolk, it is 63 degrees. raleigh north carolina is 57 degrees. here is a look at the surface map for today. one more warm day in where we'll see our highs in the 80s. low 80s as opposed to the mid and upper 80s like yesterday. then a frontal system will come through. as it does, it will trigger a few showers, maybe a thunderstorm this afternoon and this evening. it will definitely usher in cooler air. we won't feel it today but by late tonight and tomorrow, we'll start to feel that. here is your five-day forecast. high today about 81 degrees.

this is bill allison, editorial director of "the sunlight foundation."ision barack obama attacked in his state of the union message and the justices reacted visibly. basically they said that corporations, labor unions, organizations, have free reign to spends as much money as they want and reporting restrictions are very much not included in that either. so it really -- citizens united opened this wide up. >> bill allison, you've been tracking campaign spending. how does this cycle compare to what we saw before when it comes to transparency? >> we're in much worse shape than we were before. about 160 some groups running these types of ads. there were about 80 in 2006 cycle, altogether. and we're still not at the end. groups are popping up even today. >> if people running are funding these, if he want to stay in the shadows is there any way to find out who they'll really are? >> it's really difficult. all they have to file are very minimal information about them. the name of the treasure or a custodian of records and these folks can be working for pr firm

. >> i'm allison payne.e welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america. julian crews has been following the story since it first broke. julian joins us live from the -- with the latest. >> reporter: more questions than answers in this early morning attack. riverdale police have yet to comment or release details on exactly what happened here. it's not clear if the murdered man was deliberately targeted or simply the random victim of and ent crime friends family converge on the crime scene near 144 street and clark and south suburban riverdale. the place where melvin burnside lived for decades in this quiet and well tended residential neighborhood. >> he was nice to everybody. he gave everybody anything they asked for. i don't know who would want to hurt my dad. >> neighbors heard a single gunshot close to 2:30 this morning. initial reports were the intruder forced his way through burnside's front door. relatives say the 54-year-old was also robbed. >> you know, you can't be safe in

. >> i'm allison payne. >>> first northern illinois university is a campus on edge today. investigators are trying to figure out if human remains found near the campus of those of a missing freshman with so many unanswered questions students are fearing for their safety. >>> julian crews is live in de kalb with the latest on that case. >> reporter: good afternoon. there are unconfirmed reports that the body may have been discovered well before saturday when police made their public announcement that human remains had been found. a press conference set to happen this afternoon could shed more light on the investigation. in the mean time over the weekend the missing girl's family talked publicly about their pain. >> it's not what we hoped, obviously. the family would like to say that there is nothing at this point that can bring tony back to us. the most question hope for is answers. >> reporter: as a family waits to get answers, traffic into the residence dorms on the niu campus is being controlled by 24 hour access cards. police with high visibility on campus trying to mak

i'm allison sterling. trial is under way for a suspect in one of our area's most high-profile murder cases. it has been 10 years since chandra levy disappeared. courtney has the latest from d.c. superior court. the >> right now, the prosecution is presenting their case, calling witnesses. we understand their two primary witnesses in the cavs case to my two women you were violently attacked by the defendant, anbar guandique, while they were jogging in the park ride around the time of chandra levy's disappearance. guandique is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for those attacks. the first on may 14, just two weeks after chandra levy disappeared, guandique stopped, chase, and at night. attacked a woman. she scratched his mouth and he did her hand and she continued fighting and was finally able to get away. months later in july, the same thing happened to another woman. she fought him off and he ultimately ran away. both women were able to identify 29-year-old ingmar guandique as the attacker. he was

good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. the chief of am track police assures me the increased security at train stations has nothing to do with the heightened terror threat in europe. i talked to chief john o'connor who says train stations across the country will see a security surge through next week. it's part of an annual security exercise called operation rail safe. chief o'connor says while there's no knowledge of an immediate threat, his biggest concern is a high profile coordinated terror attack like those that have targeted mass transit and other public places overseas. >> with concern about london or madrid-type of attack, it's an open system. we are vulnerable. but we are working with a number of agencies across the united states to reduce that vulnerability. >> reporter: if you're taking am track over the next few weeks you're likely to see more bomb sniffing dogs and s.w.a.t. teams. and air marbles will be riding the rails. reporting live from washington d.c., ktvu channel 2 news. >>> republican who is running f