we're going to kick things off this hour with our tony perkins. rentwood giant northeast. tony, how's it going? the bins look like they're getting pretty full. hey, tony. hello. reporter: hi there, how are you? >> good. reporter: there's a lot going on out here. sorry about that. come on over, ma'am. we are here in brentwood, as you guys said, and we've got a lot going on for stuff a truck 2011. take a look at the baskets here. we've had so many donations this morning. this is great and the more that comes, we'll

tony perkins who has good news on tap for us. >> i do? >> well, tucker gave it away so i'm cheating. >> no, that's okay. it will be a mild day today. it is amazing how different it feels. we are in the 40s instead of the 30s. that is a big difference. it feels mild right now. not a bad start to the day. we'll have nice temperatures but we could see a little rainfall later on. let's take a look at hd radar. no rain in the area as of yet. we will get some showers. that will be during the afternoon and into the evening. that rain is still quite a ways away across northwestern portions of pennsylvania, portions of ohio back into kentucky, places like that. at -- it is aligned with a cold front that will be coming through our area. right now, we are in the 40s. 45 in washington. 46 at dulles airport. 46 in baltimore. fredericksburg is at 45 degrees. at patuxent naval air station, it is 48.

she is in for tony perkins as they get ready for stuff a truck. it will be a cold one. >> temperatures in the 20s and 30s. reality of december, folks. let's take a look at our maps and show you where things are headed. we have had no clouds. we have a ridge of high pressure in

first, tony perkins has the floor. >> thank you very much.eally a lot to tell you about as far as the weather goes. we'll show what you is going on out there. a quiet start to the day. cold start to the day. we have a few clouds out there. no precipitation nor do we really expect any today. i will mention this though. to our north, northern maryland, southern pennsylvania, along the mason- dixon line, could see some snow showers up there later on today. maybe a few sprinkles and some snow showers. we don't expect anything here in our area. there is your big picture of what is happening in the eastern u.s. current conditions being reported at reagan national airport, 33 degrees. relative humidity only 59%. your winds are out of the west at five miles per hour. so much calmer than they were yesterday. the forecast for today, partial sunshine this morning. more clouds building in in the latter part of the day. a cool day. highs only in the mid-40s. we'll have more details on that forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> meanwhi

tony perkins to talk about our weather. >> nice day.n today, we'll become more mild than we were yesterday. 20s and 30s across the region. here in the district, we are at 33. we remain at 33 degrees. quantico, virginia, 30 degrees right now. down in fredericksburg, it is 28 degrees. dulles is at 24. winchester is at 25 degrees. pittsburgh, 25. it is just cold all across the mid-atlantic. beckly, west virginia, a relatively mild 44 degrees. we would take that. that is not bad. let's show you how things are going to be shaping up for today. want to show you the surface map. we'll see a good a sunshine. not much in the waive cloud cover out there today. high pressure rally continues to dominate. it did yesterday. it will today. it will tomorrow as well. chilly conditions this morning but we'll be a little bit more mild this afternoon with that sunshine. so the forecast for today, let's put that in motion. there you go. there is the big h and there is your warming trend for the next couple of days. your frost for today, mostly sunny skies,

tony perkins certainly knows that. he is out in brentwood. >> it is my home away from home every stuff a truck. this is where you am at brentwood at the giant store just outside the giant food store where we are hosting stuff a truck 2011. everything being set up as we speak. the trucks are here awaiting your donation. we have the baskets being set up as well. wpgc is also here. cbs radio being one of the co- sponsors. fox 5 a co-sponsor. happy to do it once again this year. we are looking for your nonperishable footed items, toiletries and the like -- food items, toiletries and the like. we'll take money donation, cash, checks, all of that throughout the course of the day today from now until 11:00 at night the going to be going on all day long. we always get a great response here at brentwood. we are looking for it again. please stop by on your way to work. you can pick up some specials in giant throughout the course of the morning. we'll be right back. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will return. >>> another sign t

tony perkins. >> you're there 6:00 a.m..m. >> i'm there through the show. >> rumor has it that julie might meet you. >> and she will be out towards the end of the show. wpgc broadcasts from there. >> not to take anything away from the other locations. if you happen to be near brentwood or you can get this, stop on out. >> we want the nonperishable food items and cash. sometimes people, they don't have a chance and they bring checks or cash. we take that as well. >> by we, we mean thed for bank. >> don't give it to tony. >> i'll put it in a box. i'll take a small percentage. that is not true. >> just kidding. >> take a look at the sent fell radar and here we go. >> this is nothing to see on the sentinel radar. it will be dry today. if you have stuff to do outdoors, i know a lot of folk are still putting up their lights. today is a fine day for it. it will be cool but okay. temperatures right now, 38 degrees in the district. 40 down at quantico. 32 in gaithersburg. 42 in annapolis. dulles airport is at 45 degrees. sunshine to

let's say good morning to tony perkins. did i hear you say 60s? yeah, we'll be back to the 60s. we'll have a lot of cloud cover out there for today so we'll enjoy the temperatures at least. let's look at the current temperatures around the region as we get off if a cool to cold start this morning. at reagan national airport, it is currently 42 degrees. dulles at 43 degrees. -- we get off to a cool to cold start this morning. plenty of cloud cover out there. we'll see lots of clouds around. today, in addition to that, we do have fog that has developed in portions of the viewing area off to the east and to the north and east. dense fog advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. i'll show you those areas in just a little bit. your day planner for today, we'll be looking for cloudy skies. i think the rain holds off until late tonight, overnight probably into tomorrow morning and we're looking for highs ranging from the upper 50s into the low 60s. i'll have more about all of that coming up in just a little bit. >> let's check in with julie wright and get the latest on our traffic out there.

i'm tony perkins in for somebody this morning. no earthquake there, just the camera shaking. let's take a quick look at the weather, show you what is happening out there. a cold start to the day. yesterday, our highs only in the low 40s. 43degrees was the high yesterday at reagan national airport. dulles international airport, 42 degrees was your high. at bwi marshall, it was also 43 degrees. we'll do largely the same. here is a look at the satellite- radar. this morning, skies are mostly clear. things look pretty good. there is cold air in place and from the 20s into the 30s this morning. very cold start to the day. right now, it is 32 degrees at reagan national airport. 20 at dulles and 24 at bwi marshall. we are getting set for a very cold day today. your forecast for today, sunny skies. chilly, high about 47 degrees for your high today. we'll have more on all of that coming up in just a little bit. >>> right now, some of our top stories this morning, a suspect is in custody a routine traffic stop turns into a why would police chase. park police tried making the stop yeste

. >>> first, we'll check in with tony perkins for your holiday weekend forecast. before we get to that, find out what to expect weather-wise when we ring in 2012. 12. stay with us.  [ female announcer ] the healing power of touch can be even more powerful, with precise pain relieving heat patch. it blocks pain signals for deep relief precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. nyqui tylenol: me, too. and cougnasal congestion.ers? nyquil:what? tissue box (whispering): he said nasal congestion... nyquil: i heard him. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. >>> we're taking a live look at the lincoln memorial this morning and it will feel a little cold out there. it is in the 30s right now in some areas. but 37 out there right now, i guess. >> yep. >> still kind of cold. >> yes, it is. >> but it will warm up. >> yes, it is. yesterday, our high was 44 and that is our average high for the die. that is right where we should be. this weekend, we'll do even bet

can drop off nonperrishable food items, there they are, for the capital area food bank. >> our tony perkins is standing by with the food bank ceo live from the brentwood giant. tony, good morning. reporter: thank you, allison. good morning to you, good morning, sarah. that would be lynn brantley joins us again right now to talk a little bit about how things are going and how significant the need is this year. it's the 10th year for this event which is marvelous. you all do amazing work. >> you make it possible. reporter: well, thank you very much. we're very happy to be partners with you all. we talked earlier, and the numbers are -- they're staggering, you know, in this day and age, some 641,000 people just in this area at risk of hunger everyday. >> that's right. one in two children in the district of colombia, over 200,000 children in the metro area that are living close or in poverty, so we have our work cut out for us. i mean, the economy has hit people and families, middle class families and working poor so hard. so what you're doing is just incredible. reporter: there are obviously a

tony perkins is on that. we'll be right back. 

tony perkins is with us as always with our forecast for today. >> hello there. we've got cool temperatures across the region this morning. temperatures raining from the upper 30s to the mid-40s. we'll have a cool day today, seasonable temperatures and we'll have rain. -- temperatures ranging from the upper 30s to the mid-40s. take the umbrella, take the rain slicker because we will see some rainfall across the area. do people still have rain slickers? >> i don't think so. >> i don't know. >> i don't know if they call them galoshes anymore. >> i didn't call them galoshes. >> i know but -- >> you just assumed i would say that. young whipper snappers. 42 at reagan national. 40 at dulles and 40 at bwi national. plenty of clouds around. some rainfall off to the south and west an as this morning progresses, it will get closer and close are and by late this morning, many of you will start to get rain showers moving in and there is a pretty good a precipitation out there so we're expecting to get probably an inch of rain or so. that is a good amount of rain in a relativ

tony perkins talking about a good day weather-wise.here but otherwise. >> we'll get some rain showers later on in the day. as far as our temperatures go, not a bad day at all. we'll start with the temperatures which feel pretty good this morning. i got to say it is in the 40s. it's big difference between 45 degrees and 32 degrees which we had in recent days. 45 now in washington. 49 in annapolis. not bad there. 43 in gaithersburg. manassas is at 45. winchester is at 45 and then salisbury, 49 degrees at this hour. so not a bad start to the day. there is our next weather maker. this frontal boundary, now, in advance of this front, we'll see our temperatures warm up. we'll be up to around 06 degrees today. some of you even warmer than that down to our south. a little bit breezy and then the front comes through, brings with it some ran showers and behind that front, cooler air will make its way in here for tomorrow and particularly for the weekend. for today though, here is what we're looking at. mostly cloudy skies. i do think there will

>> it's interesting, because tony perkins, obviously being a mormon is a problem for romney. it's not just his positions. there is that issue dogs him and it's funny because newt converted to catholicism. catholicism isn't totally popular with that right wing evangelical set. so newt might have picked the wrong christian religion there, but, you know, they're also going to have a hard time dealing with his marriages and his adultery and his do as i say, not as i do. >> joan walsh, mike papantonio, we'll follow the story. thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >>> next, scott walker says he's looking forward to a recall election because he gets to talk to voters. i'll help him get a head start by showing you what his policies have done to the state of wisconsin. [ male announcer ] when a moment suddenly turns romantic, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. even if it doesn't happen every day, you can be ready anytime the moment's right, because you take a clinically proven low-dose tablet every day. [

>> it's interesting, because tony perkins, obviously being a mormon is a problem for romney. him and it's funny because newt converted to catholicism. catholicism isn't totally popular with that right wing evangelical set. so newt might have picked the wrong christian religion there, but, you know, they're also going to have a hard time dealing with his marriages and his adultery and his do as i say, not as i do. >> joan walsh, mike papantonio, we'll follow the story. thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >>> next, scott walker says he's looking forward to a recall election because he gets to talk to voters. i'll help him get a head start by showing you what his policies have done to the state of wisconsin. ♪ it' s nice to be here ♪ ♪ it's nice to see you ♪ in my bed ♪ ♪ there are diamonds in her eyes ♪ ♪ ♪ and they sparkle in the night ♪ ♪ when the moment comes alive [ male announcer ] this is your moment. this is zales, the diamond store. take up to an extra 15 percent off storewide now through tuesday. >>> up next, wisconsinites are looking to recall governor scott

. >>> tony perkins has the latest on our weather. >> good morning. once again we've got a lot of clouds out there this morning but we are going to have a pretty decent day today as far as our temperatures go. partly sunny skies, plenty of clouds to go around now and we will see a good amount of cloud cover during the course of the day but partial sunshine, couple showers could develop overnight and move through the area, no big deal there. the weekend looks good with daytime highs in the 50s, but then things change next week and we are looking at daytime highs in the 30s by the middle of next week. so big differences. current temperatures around the region, we are at 38 degrees now, just gone up to 38 degrees here in washington, 30 in baltimore, 28 in manassas, 29 at dulles airport in leonard town 39 degrees and winchester 46. forecast for today, warmer than it was yesterday. looking for a high in the low 50s. we will have more details on that forecast coming up in just a little bit. tucker barnes will be back in a few moments. >>> right now let's ge

tony perkins, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> all right, don.tony's piece at cnn.com/beliefs, cnn.com/beliefs, and if you would like to join the conversation you can leave a comment for him. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. >>> take a look at stories making news later on today at 11:00 a.m. eastern, pittsburgh. attorneys representing bernie fine of sexually assaulting him as a child speak to the media. >>> at 1:30 eastern in suburban atlanta, the man accused of killing a georgia girl is set to show up in court. >>> the latest motions in california's proposition eight hearings. >>> we're following lots of developments in the next hour. let's check in with mr. mark preston. >> hey, don, there's new evidence that newt gingrich is more than just the flavor of the month. in his race for the republican pres

in a cnn blog, family research council president tony perkins said it is clear in the gospel parables that jesus supported the free market system. >>> with the presidential primary season getting ever closer, republican hopefuls continue their outreach to faith-based voters. all of the gop candidates, except ron paul, addressed a meeting of the republican jewish coalition in washington wednesday. one-by-one, they affirmed their strong support for israel. although jews traditionally vote strongly democratic, some in the jewish community have been unhappy with president obama's policies toward israel. the candidates are competing for evangelical votes as well. rick perry generated controversy with a new ad in iowa touting his christian faith. he vowed to end what he called "obama's war on religion." >>> faith-groups had divided reactions to the obama administration's new directive promoting gay rights around the world. a memo from the president ordered u.s. diplomats abroad to "promote and protect" the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals. secretary of state h

we say good morning to our friend tony perkins.kend. >> yes, i do, and we'll talk about that in just a little bit. i'll tell you this much, for the weekend it's going to be cooler than what we've had the last few days. i'll start by showing you hd radar, not because we are tracking any rain, although there is rain on the radar, but not here around the washington area. it's off to the south and west. some of that rain is going to cross portions of our viewing area south of district. that would be late this afternoon or this evening. let's -- there's your cold front, it's coming through right now. here's a look at temperatures around the region, currently 50 degrees here in washington. that's likely to change during the next couple of moments, 49 in baltimore, 47 at dulles airport, ocean city still at a mild 58 degree. winds are blowing about 13 miles per hour, but look at dulles airport, sustained winds at 25 miles an hour. so a very breezy start to the day. we've had wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour, so it's going to be quite the

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a little warmer though, tony perkins, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning to you.checking your weather notes. >> i was righting down the dates that the heats are going -- i was writing down the dates that the heat are going to be here against the wizards. >> like groundhog day. >> more of the same. today, we'll see

everybody except tony perkins. >> how could that be? coming up in just a little bit, we have today's forecast. it's cold start to the day. dress warmly, folks. julie wright is here to tell us what is happening on the area roadways. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. l an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. >>> welcome back. we'll take a look outside this morning. it is cold out there. temperatures in the 20s in most places. a little extra chill to get your week started on this monday morning. >> so enjoy! >> yeah, cold start to the day but we'll see seasonable temperatures today. our average high for this time of year

let's say hello to tony perkins now. >> we've got a nice weekend on tap do start our 2012. we will see milder temperatures over the course of the weekend with highs in the 50s. so not bad at all. take a look at what is happening right now. current temperature here in washington is 37 degrees. we are at 28 degrees at dulles airport. 2 in baltimore. a little bit warmer off to the south and east. 42 in ocean city. here is a look at the satellite composite for the region. it is kind of a mixed bag this morning. some clouds, we'll see some sunshine later on and then during the course of the day, we'll see some more clouds build in i think again during the afternoon hours. but some sun, some clouds mixed. not too bad though. temperatures across the region for today looking for highs into the low 50s. we'll call it 51 in chantilly. 50 in baltimore. 52 in the district for your high today. not bad at all. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. i like seeing mild on the map. thank you, tony. >> let's say hello to lauren demarco with a look at the traffic jie. ni

that is the incredibly interesting segment where tony perkins and i put our famously large heads togetherestions weather-related or otherwise. tony could not join us this morning. he is a little under the weather. >> no pun intended. >> get it? i'm good. we have a special guest today. we're very excited about this. this is greg redfern from nasa also known as our sky guy and he is here to talk about effect happening in the sky and the big meteor shower. thank you for joining us. >> always a pleasure. >> we'll be talking about things handing in the skies over the next month or so. let's kick it off with the meteor shower. big bust? >> yeah, the clouds won. we were supposed to eif it had been clear up to about 80 appear hour. -- we were supposed to see if it had been clear up to about 80 an hour. before we went on air, there were weren't any reports from other areas that may have been clear. with the weather, i think the clouds win this year but it is a spectacular shower and we can loss look forward to next year. >> is it just once a year? >> for the geminids. >> if we get some break, it i

. >>> let's check in with tony perkins and find out more what we can expect on this

let's say hello to tony perkins and get the latest on the weather. i hope you had a decent weekend. >> we'll have a lot of clouds around but temperatures will be comfortable. i don't think we'll have precipitation during the day. enjoy that. take a look at what is happening right now with the current conditions being reported at reagan national airport. right now, we have a temperature of 42 degrees at reagan national. relative humidity is at 92%. winds are out of the southwest at five miles per hour so no significant winds there. the barometric pressure has been on the rise but that will change later on today. a lot of cloud cover out there. we have some cheering skies in portions of west virginia so maybe some of that will work its way in here. but for the most part, we'll see a lot of clouds hanging around. off to the north and west, that rainfall eventually moves in here. i don't think that gets in here until very late tonight during the overnight hours. now, we do have to mention there is a dense fog advisory in effect for some counties to our e

tony perkins is here as well as we are flirting with the freezing mark this morning. >> sure are. temperatures-- and some folks are below freezing this morning. temperatures in much of the area here in the 20s. here in the district in the low 30s. let's take a look at what is going. on won't be as windy though so that's nice. here is a look at the satellite and we can show you there is not much happening in the region. a few clouds here and there. i think we'll see more clouds come through as the day progresses. all right. let's take a look at the temperatures. here we go, 33 degrees in washington. it is only 25 at dulles airport. and 26 degrees at bwi marshall. the forecast for today, some sunshine this morning. more clouds as the day progresses. a cooler day. highs in the mid-40s as opposed to the upper 40s and low 50s where we were in parts of the area yesterday. so look for 46 for your high downtown. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with liberal for a look at the roads. >> good morning. rough start to the morning in

. >> let's check in with tony perkins for a look at that forecast. >> yes, indeed. cold, cold, cold, cold. that is what you need to know. i will say this. today, it will be -- i won't call it mild. it will be seasonable with highs in the upper 40s. we're in that time year now and it is mid-december so here we go. let's take a look at the current temperatures at the area airports. right now, it is 30 degrees. dulles, 21 degrees right now at dulles airport out in sterling. very cold. bwi marshall, 23 degrees there. so absolutely need the coats this morning. dress the kids warmly. here is a look at your satellite-radar. there are some clouds out there. we'll see a fair amount of sunshine during the course of the day today. although areas to our south and east will continue to see i think a fair amount of cloud cover for your day today. so the planner looks like this. we'll call it mostly sunny right around the washington area. more clouds off to the south and east including across the skies of southern maryland. a chilly but seasonable day today. highs in the mid- and

little windy out there this morning if you haven't note id already and a little bit cool too, tony perkins>> those winds are blowing around at about 20 miles per hour so dim a windy start to the day. winds will diminish as the day progresses but it will be cool all day long definitely. cold start today. let's start by talking about the rain. want to show you the rainfall totals at the airports yesterday. look at that. just over 3 inches at reagan national. man, it was really coming down. dulles airport, just over 2 inches. and bwi marshall, just over 2 1/3 inches. all of these set new records for the date. that is how much rain we got yesterday. that is just at the airports. we saw equally high rainfall amounts across most of the region. now, take a look at this morning. skies have cleared out. a couple of clouds but for the most part, skies have cleared out with clouds building in out to the west. there is your storm system that yesterday brought all the rain, brought some snow to some areas to the north and west of the city as predicted. it is now up in upper new england and pulling out

let's check in with tony perkins now for more. >> nice shot there. not a bad start to the day. temperatures in the 30s in parts of the viewing area, 40s elsewhere. we'll see decent temperatures today. i believe even warmer than we were yesterday so that is not too bad. let's take a look at the current temperatures around the region right now. it is 42 degrees here. we remain at 42 degrees. 39 up in gaithersburg. 45 in leonardtown. 37 in fredericksburg and in stevensville, maryland, it is 50 degrees right now. not bad there. dulles airport, 41. you can see the temperatures are cool for this morning. 50degrees in pittsburgh. off to the north and west, that is where the coal are air is behind a cold front that will work its way in here. chicago right now is at 36 degrees. it will take a while for that cold air to get here. we are talking later in the week. all right. they're mentioning a fog advisory in effect for some counties off to the east and south and east. there you go, counties in gray including st. mary's county and calvert county. fog advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. v

she is in for tony perkins with our weather. >> we have plenty of sunshine today. i don't think anybody will complain about that. a bit of a wet, cold rain yesterday but we are back on track as far as the sun is concerned. let's take a look at our current temperatures across the area at our three airports. not a bad start to the morning at all. let's see. we've got 44 degrees at national airport. 42 at dulles and 40 degrees at baltimore. temperatures were above seasonal yesterday. they will be pretty much on the mark today. fairly clear skies. a ridge of high pressure building in but take a look to the west, we've got snow showers there. there was a winter weather advisory in effect and that should have been canceled by now. it was supposed to end at 6:00. i don't think anything updating it at all. we are talking 2 to 4 inches is what they got. probably down to just flurries before the morning is over so not too much to be concerned with there. the winds are the main story for the day. right now, sustained winds from three to 26 miles per hour. 26-mile per hour win

. >>> tony perkins with us with a look at our forecast. >> hello there. not a bad day today. temperatures a little bit above normal. certainly above where we were yesterday. we topped out at 46-degree here in the district. and we'll add a few degrees to that today. >> like that. >> but not right now. current temperature, 32 degrees in washington. so, we're at the freezing mark here. it is pretty cold out there. 33 in annapolis. 30degrees in quantico. 25 in gaithersburg. 24 in baltimore. dulles is at 24 degrees. winchester, 23 degrees. so a cold start to the day. another morning where you will need the winter coat. let's take a look at the sat lighted radar composite for the region -- satellite raid or composite for the region. we have agot mostly clear skies across here. we will see a couple of clouds come through later on but for the most part, it will be sunny today. our next weather system well out to the west as a combination of two fronts will make their way through here for the middle part of the week. and the secondary front will bring some rain showers along with it.

i think we heard tony perkins before we went to break when you read the tease. no!em going to beat the giants. they were terrible. but let's get back to week one. the hot tub time machine. week one, tony, remember this? ryan kerrigan there. it is going tobacco great year! everybody is happy. everybody is wearing short sleeves. it's beautiful day at fedex field. >> it will be this way forever, dave. tell me things will never change. >> things have gone south in a hurry. 4-9, only winning three times since that day. >> here is the thing. back then -- now, you mentioned the giants have been slipping lately. good win last week. they have a quarterback who has come into his own. >> you can't spell elite without eli. >> how long did you work on that or did you steal? that? >> no, i have worked on that for months. this is in the house that jerry built. the cowboys had a 12-point lead. game over. joints are going to lose their fisk in a row. >> it is never game over. >> had they lost this game, they would have been down two to the cowboys with three to play. what do they do

we are going to check back in with tony perkins in a moment for more on the forecast that could haveof us seeing a little snow this evening and not so far from d.c. either. first a holiday greeting from some of our military overseas. >>> hi, we are the brights. stationed here in germany. we wanted to wish all of our friend asks family in northern virginia a merry christmas and happy holidays. >> merry christmas. merry christmas  ♪ i must have the wrong house. sister? we missed you. they waited up all night for you, you know. it's a long way from west africa. ahh...coffee. [ inhales deeply ] he's here. i brought you something. [ chuckles ] really? ♪ [ chuckles ] what are you doing? you're my present this year. ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ is folgers in your cup [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner, but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to protect our kids. [ baby coughing ] >>> o

. >> i thank both of you for being with us, dana milbank and tony perkins, we breesh it. >>> you'll see eric holder live in washington, d.c., gone before the house judiciary hearing in the department of justice about u.s. agents laundering mexican, sorry, he's been under attack for their fast and furious operations for smuggled guns into regions where they would likely end up in the hands of drug cartels. let's listen to the testimony. >> -- the exceptionally difficult challenge is that law enforcement agencies can confront working to disrupt illegal firearms. it appears to be a deeply flawed effort to respond to the challenges as we work to avoid future losses and further mistake it is is unfortunate some have used inflammatory and inappropriate rhetoric about one particular tragedy that occurred near the southwest border in an effort to score political points. nearly one yearning working to protect his fellow citizens, u.s. customs and border protection agent brian terry was vie rently murdered in arizona. we all should feel outrage about his death and as i have communicated directly

is that right, tony perkins? >> yes, it is.e to see areas of rain and heavy rain through the day. >> what a mess. >> we could have some flooding here and there. >> ill think after all day yesterday too. >> absolutely. let's go to hd radar. it is great to go from the live shot to the radar image. we'll show you any area we see here with yellow or orange, that is where the heaviest rain is right now. it is not like just one big blob of heavy rain. it is all across the region extending from delaware across eastern maryland, the chesapeake bay, prince george's county, into the district along the southern portions of the beltway and then back towards culpeper, some heavy rain. the rest of the area seeing mainly light to moderate rain but also factoring into this is some fog that we have in portions of the region. a lot of problems this morning. slow down your drive in. here is a look at the bus stop forecast as you are getting the kids ready for school. the kids will definitely need the rain coats, the rain boots, the umbrellas, all

. >> let's check in with tony perkins and get a look at our forecast. mild out there.atures. >> yes, it is. mild temperatures make for pleasant-feeling conditions out there, however, we do have some rain showers here and there across portions of the viewing area. good morning, everybody. let's take a look at sentinel radar and see what's happening as we do have a few showers here and there. you can see primarily up to the north is where the shower activity is now, some rain along 270, up towards baltimore, places like that and also out to the west. and we'll see some more rain showers move through here during the course of the day. current temperature, interesting, we apparently have just jumped up to 58 degrees. 58 degrees right now here in washington, 60 in baltimoe.

tony perkins is right, it is a great show, i plan to come out. you can find all of this information at myfoxdc.com. back to you in the studio. >> annie, thank you so much. what a fun morning. >>> tucker has a final check on the weather when we come back, plus we have the answer of today's trivia question, what was the score of the most lopsided game in nfl history, it happened at the 1940 championship game between the washington redskins and the chicago bears. >>> and speaking of questions, hey, it's thursday, tomorrow is friday and if you have a question you'd like answered, send it to me, head to myfoxdc.com, click on the morning tab for a link to ask allison. we do this friday mornings in the 9:00 hour of fox 5 morning news. answer questions on a variety of topics, but we love the family issue, relationship issues, we love to answer those, those are our favorite. again, we do it during this time on the show on fridays. we'll be right back. ♪ [ [ female announcer ] during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers he

yesterday tony perkins was here and told us he has reservations about newt gingrich yet he is doing veryiowa. why is he doing so well even with social conservatives who some would say perkins would say should have real doubts about his positions? >> i think if you look at our campaign, we've run a strong grass roots effortses and i know people talk about my social conservative views, if you followed me and i give credit to nbc, they've been great, out there on the ground and i've had following my town hall meetings. if you talk to folks following the town hall meetings, we talk about national security issues and getting the economy going and laying out a growth plan particularly for rural iowa and rural america with manufacturing sector of the economy. we've talked about all of those things. i think as a result what you're seeing in iowa, as people begin to make decisions as to who they seriously report, not just who the media is talking about, but when they measure up the candidates and decide who they are going to support, there's no question. we actually feel that it's coming our way.

but we went a little further and we talked about who would play it and tony perkins and he was a friend and he was such an ideal tapman and little by little we were making it and i was never happy or comfortable -- i was always worried. i never thought it would work. and many don't think it did work. it's a very mixed, strange movie. as the years go by, i like it more. i like the scary parts more than the funny parts because also that thing we talked about which is the good robert altman came along with mash, light on its feet, light, contemporary, just when we were hauling this thing around and it made us look like what we were, like a big thing. (laughing.) >> and there were these harder parts but as i was listening to it, i went back to see it and there was a moment where i can't -- anyway, buck and i decided that's the one we would go to see together with people and we had a wonderful time. i'm not mad. i like it. and it is as much as the poor thing could be as close to the book as a movie can be which is not all that good but we did our best. and i think it's okay. i think the joe