. >> here at the national aquarium in baltimore, an exciting transformation has taken place. sea creatures that have been here for years were carefully transported to safety. then the aquarium was drained and a coral reef was created. add 250,000 gallons of salt water, exotic sea life from halfway around the world, some really cool lighting, and what do you get? the amazing blacktip reef -- a unique museum experience. with 65 different underwater species, it's as close as you can get to seeing a south pacific coral reef without going to the south pacific. >> coral reefs are like the cities of the ocean. it's an ecosystem that's all balanced. >> to re-create that balanced ecosystem, all the sea life was carefully selected. the only thing that's not really from the pacific is the coral. it had to be man-made. >> coral is actually a living animal. it looks like rock. and it's related to jellyfish, and it actually forms a limestone cavity around itself, so it's basically like the outer edge of the coral is living and building on the limestone skeletons of its ancestors. and the co

we have the national aquarium. the reed park zoo, the bronx zoo. this is one of my favorite with the two cubs. but it might be cheating. that is two cute not just one. jonathan: that is a contest that is fun to watch play out. michelle: look at the hashtag. jonathan: ahh. michelle: you could never pick a winner. y'all dump competition -- alison: a dump competition. jonathan: speaking of winners, doug hill! doug: the temperatures got close to 60 degrees. we had a second mild day. the temperatures are falling. winds are a tree was down. likely due to the winds gusting 40 miles per hour. it's tangled up with the power lines, too. give an extra heads up. the ground is soft after the rain. with the gusty winds, it doesn't take much to break down branches. that is the story. the winds will hang with us through the evening. wind advisory is up through 7:00. take a look at the weather computer. you can see by the image, you don't get a sevens of the wind in alexandria at bell haven country club. live imagery. you see the bright blue skies. temperatures are

the smithsonian national zoo and virginia aquarium tweeting back and forth, each picture cuter from the next, not to be out oh didn't, other zoos across it's country jumped on and including our own philadelphia zoo tweeting a picture of its baby gorilla, a mommy born late last summer along with two words, mike drop. started late last week. zoos are still tweeting #cute animal tweet-off that, sis a battle that is bringing smiles. >>> military veterans made incredible sacrifices making sure we have a safe place. though we can never thank them enough, one program is trying to give them everything they need >> offers opportunities to go to school, job training and so much more than that. fox's trace galler has more from the sierra mountains in california >> he said going at the mountains is going home, sitting, considering home is why these wounded warriors fought >> just the tran quicklity of it. you look around and there's nothing to think of other than a giant post card. >>> donnie morris served several tours in iraq and afghanistan injuring his back suffering ptsd, repaying his sacrific

national zoo tweeted out a picture of its new baby seal.eal. they anouned his birth on yesterday. then a twitter user challenged a virginia aquariumo come up with something cuter than that little l guy. in the background. otters always win for me. the national zoo then responded with this sweat photo photo. >> this is really cute. the twitter war wasn't over.over other dos jumped on the band wagon. the baby panda right there.and >> this is a cute i.a i. and then the bronx zoo got in on the action with two tiger cubs playing together. >> not as cute as the panda.anda > we're going to go to brody's hometown of miami. >> miami added a photo of a baby deer with its mall. > sweat, not -- >> almost sweat enough to go clubbing on south beach. > almost. only brody. i could have snapped this picture on 28. > anyway, we don't know who you guys think is the cutest, but bt certainly i'm voting for thehe animals at the national zoo. >> i'm going for arrangatang. > i'm always team otter. nobody is team osprey. >> talk amongst yourselves,yo itself morning crew gets back at 4. 25 tomorrow morning for a wedding. announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey

and it started with a national zoo tweeting a picture of a gray seal pup. since then the virginia aquarium zoo atlanta and the bronx zoo all joined in the competition. id judge of who is cuter but i nominate doug hi cute is. alison: he's cute. doug: i'm also on loan from the baltimore zoo. we thank them for the curators to let me come down and do this. alison: very nace -- nice of them. maureen: you're cute. doug: thank you. all right. thank you. let's get started here with the weekend forecast. we will start that off with a look at the numbers and compare it to average for this time in january. 45 and 40 the actual high and low. 44 and 29 are the average high or low. nowhere near the record. if i had to pick one to beat, i'd pick that one but not anytime soon. temperatures are where they should be at the end of january at 6:00. up every -- upper 30's to 40's. there is not a lot of spread. mainly because of the cloud cover. from richard reeve's live shot you saw over his shoulder ground with the clouds. it's 6are seeing the daylight getting longer so it won't be long before you can see the

so it started with this from the national zu talking about a new gray seal pup born on january 21st. >> yeah. >> well, the virginia aquariumided all right. we'll see you and raise you an otter and an osprey. then followed up saying don't worry, we're still here when they didn't hear from the national zoo again. so not to be outdone, the national zoo responded with bam, oldie but goodie. adorable baby tigers. and this w on for a very lo very long time because. >> it's adorable. >> you can't get enough of adorable animals and who can really. >> yeah. many zoos are like it's been broughten. >> zoos and aquariums are trying to get involved cutest seahorse ever. >> yes. next a cute tortoise. >>> next to an interesting -- i like turtles. an interesting feat. there's a milk crate challenge. i guess it's a thing. and this kid is owning that challenge i would say at this point. so okay. i should point out first he's harnessed in but he was able to climb atop a 16-foot tower of 20 milk crates before reaching out and grabbing a bar suspended from the ceiling there. the child in the video secured in the harness as i said, but steadily

and virginia aquarium in norfolk tweeted, we'll see the national seal pup and raise it an otter ols pray com-- osprey combo. >> then the national zoo fired back with this endanger red. orangutan infant. others tweeted adorable pictures of their own. you can check out the entire twitter battle, the best of its kind. >> there's so much traction. i can't even pull up pete's twitter handle. so popular. >>> there's a meeting with theresa may. >> it was a woman with a box of m&ms on her head. >> as if things weren't uncomfortable enough, nerve- racking enough for theories -- theresa may. coming to see this billionaire property developer -- >> what is that? he has no clue what is going on. the sign says, black candy matters. so far, people can't seem to figure out what the woman woman's protest was about. but it was tasty, apparently. [ laughter ] >>> okay. anyone who is married will never forget the time they see their spouse on their wedding day. it's magical. >> it chokes you up. it does. >> what about this? a woman dressed up in a tr- -- t-rex costume. she shocks her husband to be. [ laught

om a twitter user from norfolkm nok challenged the aquarium toariumo come up with something cuter. they countered with on osprey.ne the nationalndwagon. atlanta tweeted a pic of a ted a piof babya panda. p bronx zoo got in on the actionec with this photo of two tiger tig cubs playing together.cubs stop the competition, it. >>> and miami zoo add thedd photo of a baby deer with itsy s mom, too. mom, pretty cute. one.'s a har >>> thanks for being with usankt everyone. fox5 local news at 6:00 starts right now.. >> ♪♪ >> this is fox5 local news ats o 6:00. >> we begin with the questionqut who system paying for that wall the the trump trump administration announced onenno of their proposal today.oposa thanks for joining us, i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm jim locate kay.>> tony has i the night off.nig the president says he wants toi add a 20 percent tariff ont tarn mexican imports.mexi he made the announcement afterut a gop retreat in philadelphia. protesters greeted the president as em stood firm on executive orders. fox's lauren blanchard startsla us offuren tonight. t >> reporter: candidateep donald trump has been promising to build a wa

it all started with this tweet yesterday from the national zoo showing off its newest sea lion pup. someone challenged the virginia aquarium an otter and osprey. from there the cutest contest was on and other zoos and aquariums got in on the fun using the #tweetoff. this began offering a high five and these goats sharing a smooch. >> you can never be too cute. >> how great to promote our and aquariums. >> i agree, norah. >> fios is not cable. we're wired differently. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's half a house. and even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons. because they have fios, their half house has full internet, with uploads as fast as downloads. don't pay for uploads that aren't up to speed. get 150 meg internet with equal uploads and downloads, tv and phone for only $79.99 per month online for one year. only from fios. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning" on this friday. coming up in this half hour, fans of the popular racehorse california chrome will

it all started with this tweet yesterday from the national zoo showing off its newest sea lion pup. someone challenged the virginia aquariumn otter and osprey. from there the cutest contest was on and other zoos and aquariums got in on the fun using the #tweetoff. this began offering a high five and these goats sharing a smooch. >> you can never be too cute. >> how great to promote our zoos and aquariums. >> i agree, >> cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good morning, i'm jan carabeo, the 2017 philadelphia auto show opens tomorrow morning at the convention center. you can see the latest models, concept cars, and even some of hollywood's most iconic vehicles, for many of the newest ones, first showing on the east coast. it is at the convention center at 11th and arch near the reading terminal market. auto show runs through february 5th. >> now to the eyewitness weather forecast with meteorologist, katie fehlinger. >> little breezy, jan, good morning, expecting that winds to continue to be a scene of our forecast, into the upcoming weekends. out to the live neighborhood network shots right now, not all visibility problems, but cer

aquarium. georgia came through. we see national zoo seal pup and raise you an otter/osprey combo.y. and miami's zoo posted this one. koala-ty stuff. a san francisco hedgehog. anybody? san diego's itty-bitty gecko. al, what say you? >> that's good. >> here you go. this is it. the world's smallest deer in queens. come on. >> it's a deer puppy. >> the maryland zoo, writing, twitter right now is ir-elephant. not sure what was better in this battle, the photos or the puns. come on, al. that's out of the al roker joke book. >> that's like a "west side story." get it? >> thanks, tamron. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. cking up for kyle. here you go. you wouldn't put up with part of a pizza. um. something wrong? so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? you want the whole thing? yes, yes! live whole. not part. aleve. the labrador retriever and the golden retriever are very di

it all started with this tweet yesterday from the national zoo showing off its newest sea lion pup. someone challenged the virginia aquariumter and osprey. from there the cutest contest was on and other zoos and aquariums got in on the fun using the #tweetoff. this began offering a high five and these goats sharing a smooch. >> you can never be too cute. >> how great to promote our zoos and aquariums. >> i agree, norah. >> expected to award two contracts today-- toelp install suicide prevention nets. art >>> good morning, it's 8:25. i'm michelle griego. the golden gate bridge district is expected to award two contracts today to help install suicide prevention nets. the work is expected to start this year and finish in 2021. >>> the "calexit" initiative for california's secession from the u.s. has just been cleared for signatures. supporters need nearly 600,000 names in 180 days for the initiative to make the ballot. >>> stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,,,,,,,, decide good morning. 8:27. let's start from worst traffic to best traffic. okay? starting in marin county we have a delay here on southbound