in washington, jennifer davis, fox 5 news. >>> what a perfect fall day to be outside. >> gorgeous. did a little bike riding -- well, i didn't. i watched my son do a little bike riding outside today. >> the trees are gorgeous, even though some of the leaves are falling. >> the question is will it continue in to the weekend? >> you want me to give that up now. >> talk about tonight. >> what the heck. we don't want everyone to be on the edge of their seats. it will be great. it is six consecutive days of gorgeous and through the weekend we will start to get some changing happening but it will still be pretty nice. go to true view and show you what is happening. statement story this week. a big area of high pressure right here. it has stayed in place. it has been real persistent and it has been giving us very, very nice weather. now, you see the clouds out to the west. they welcome creeping up on us and looks like sunday we could see a couple of clouds. rain should be off to the west. 58 in the city. dulles 57. we manage in to the mid-60s pretty much everywhere today. here's the foreca

jennifer davis reports now from washington, d.c. >> reporter: outgoing speaker nancy pilosi will stay on as the party's leader. there will been great debate among the rank and file. but house democrats overwhelmingly chose her. despite her party's mid-term election losses. >> i am proud to be part of this leadership team. our consensus is that we go out there listening to the american people. >> reporter: pilosi didn't have everyone's support. 43 voted against her. >> she is the face that defeated us in this last election. and it seems to me that at some point in time you have to put your personal agenda and ambitions aside for the good of the country. >> reporter: there was no descents among house gop members who voted to make minority leader john baener the new house speaker. but the top republican isn't so happy about the democrats still in charge of this lame duck session. >> i would be remiss if i didn't discuss concern about the priorities on the other side of the aisles. >> reporter: it is time to tackle the issue of bush era tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year. >> we

jennifer davis has a political wrapup. >> that you take this -- >> reporter: chris koontz and joe manshin become the newest senators following the midterm election wins. the these two buck the trend because most newly congressional elected members arriving if the start of freshman orjenation are republicans. >> people want a different course for america. >> reporter: while new members get acclimated, democrats still have the majority. >> american voters sent us a message two tuesdays ago. the message is they want us to deliver. >> reporter: republicans off of midterm victories say they have a mandate from voters. >> let us put our democrat colleagues on notice. if you use this lame duck session to advance your big government agenda you will be ignoring the will of the american people. >> reporter: republicans backed by the tea party also pushed gop senators to vote on tuesday for a two-year moratorium on earmarks. often called pork spending. the senate republican leader said he is listening to voters, a long-time defender of earmarks says he will now support the ban. >> old habits aren't

jennifer davis reports now from washington, d.c. >> reporter: outgoing speaker nancy pilosi will stay on as the party's leader. there will been great debate among the rank and file. but house democrats overwhelmingly chose her. despite her party's mid-term election losses. >> i am proud to be part of this leadership team. our consensus is that we go out there listening to the american people. >> reporter: pilosi didn't have everyone's support. 43 voted against her. >> she is the face that defeated us in this last election. and it seems to me that at some point in time you have to put your personal agenda and ambitions aside for the good of the country. >> reporter: there was no descents among house gop members who voted to make minority leader john baener the new house speaker. but the top republican isn't so happy about the democrats still in charge of this lame duck session. >> i would be remiss if i didn't discuss concern about the priorities on the other side of the aisles. >> reporter: it is time to tackle the issue of bush era tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year. >> we

security scans facing >> those security scans at airports and pat downs that secondhand look now.3 jennifer davis tellssus about one group that will see immediate change and theeaction onn awmaker wants airports to take now. >> screening rocedures will change immediately for the according to the transportation security administrrtion. after complaining about the @%layssit was causing them. and raising health concerns about undergoing multiple scans a week. thhy will now be allowed to skip some physical security checks at airports. >> every single day, the men and women of ts and our intelligence community and dhs are trying to find the right balance. >> florida congressman john mikeka sent a etter to the head of tsa asking for the procedures to be reviewed for everyone else too. especially the more intrusive pat downs that he says are being done as a primary measure rather than secondary one as intended. >> it should be done on three limited basis. not a random basis, a targeted basis to those that pose threats. >> the head of the tta told congress this week that the security measures are not per

on capitol hill, jennifer davis, fox 5 news. >>> it was nice to see the sunshine and, boy, was it windy out there. >> and very windy. i lost power, did you? >> four different times. >> it's very tedious and annoying. >> yeah. >> and a lot of people. >> yeah. yeah. >> gary? are the winds dieing down tonight? >> they will. and after the sun is good and set, we cool off more and -- and with temperatures and version and won't be gusting over 30 miles an hour or 20 miles per hour and let's go and show you what is going on now. watching the clouds to the west. one storm system is out of here and notice the cloud cover is coming in to missouri. there is rain and there is some snow, too, into kansas and moving in our direction and this brings us more clouds to the west. and this is the forecast this evening, we're going to be breezy at 7:00 and temperatures falling down into the 40s. eventually the wind will silence down between 5 and 10 and looks good as we go to the weekend. the full forecast is coming up. >> thank you. >>> a suspected russian arms dealer wanted by the u.s. for more than a de

jennifer, usf vs. a sonoma state. and i know about ashley, with and one of block has served her well. and then at the hosting of uc davisthe photographer will be following jennifer all season. the giants, are going to play without abortion thorton. and new rule-and beginning with the st. louis blues. they're going to lose $77,000. and the raiders are on television for a home game on sunday. that is the first time since the opener from last season. the raiders, in kansas city. five-two, the raiders are 4-4. it has been several years since they had a chance, and to break a record and this season, those giants, and dole readers! >> and simply, to go out there and more importantly, what is at stake in the division in the first place. i'm going to go up and give them everything that i got. >> the world championships held their season conference today. the big news is that some of all--fazan deval--is requested to lose weight. >> and it was difficult of however, it is a classic case of tough love. he is not really have a chance unless he gets behind this. he has some work to do. he knows it and this is the major leagues in th