talk about a snub, tucker. iran's deputy armed forces head said, quote, our strategy is that if we feel our enemies want to endanger the national interest and want to decide to do that, we will act without waiting for their actions. that increasing tone will no doubt reinforce the view that iran is our biggest enemy. they found a record number of americans believe they are america's number one foe up from the previous year. china came in second followed by north korea. and brazil because of their aggressive dancing. anyway, while iran is becoming more belligerent, things are escalating in other corners of the globe. >> ambassador, you were just saying that dog and catistan will be the hot spot. >> i thought that was the national security council. >> you may be right. i know we are the first show on fox news to have you talk about iran. what is the latest statement from this country mean? >> well, i think he see the israelis are close to a decision. the middle east being a conspiracy theory capital, one of the t

>> all right in the meantime we want to head to tucker barnes, gwen is with us she is here in house this morning because we sent tucker out to dupont circle, with potomac phil a new feature for groundhog day. i think phil predicted six more weeks of winter is that right? >> sure, he saw his shadow earlier we have six more weeks of winter but, we didn't want pennsylvania to have all the fun we have our very first annual groundhog day here in washington dc i am being joined by aaron the organizer of the event down here in washington aaron thanks so much for inviting us down today tell me about what transpired earlier. >> thanks tucker, dupont festival organized today's events we brought potomac phil out and started with a rabbi giving us a blessing and then we carried into the national anthem, and then that quickly lead to the groundhog committee, top hats came over and talked to potomac phil and listened to what he had to say and it was basically, that we

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on board with his calls we've heard people say hey that's just crazy talk luckily author jeffrey tucker is here to break down how exactly the economy would work without a central bank very exciting let's get to today's capital account. so people are pretty optimistic about these new u.s. jobs numbers that came out showing unemployment tick down point two percentage points to eight point three percent lowest in three years but is even us president barack obama said these numbers will go up and down so i want to take a look at the bigger picture and some of the downside of this report lucky for you i got some numbers to throw up so the long term unemployed that's longer than six months was very little changed at five point five million this stunner for me that accounts for forty two point nine percent of the unemployed that's a big number now the number of people employed part time for economic reasons that was little change that's eight point two million now these are people who were working part time not because they want to take some time off but because their hours have been cut back

we'll do traffic and julie wright has it. >> all right, tucker barnes. we have several delays in gallows road and arlington boulevard. traffic flowing freely on the inner and outer loop as you travel between tie sons and 270. no problem to report right now. overnight construction westbound 26 west of the beltway now cleared. taking you back inside, the updated ride, still in good shape, headed over towards 270. infound new york avenue, working your way past capital street, not too bus yes of a moment so far. that's a check at the tunnel. that's a look at the fox 5 ontime traffic. >>> we begin this hour with a plea for you to help find a missing 14-year-old girl and her young baby from montgomery county. take a look. the pictures are on your screen here. shanee cox and her baby, nevaeh. at the time that they went missing, the mother was wearing a blue cord, pink shirt, ripped jeans over legins. the baby had on a snow suit. shanee cox may be in need of medical atepg >>> d.c. police are searching for the suspect that left a man in critical condition. it hap

tucker barnes is here. >> sit time tucker? it's time. >> let's squash it. >> we made a bet friday morning in all honesty, you bowled me into the bet allison. >> perhaps. >> i would say that >> i wanted to know. >> you insisted on aamount. >> right >> i said don't give an amount >> it was kind of a big scale now i said if it is 2 inches or more, you win the bet if it is less than 2 inches, i win. so you know, it is a half inch to 2 inches, kind of a big thing here at regan national what happened. >> trace officially regan national, more impressive amounts to the south and west. >> we did have snow. >> parts had a nice coating of snow. but when all is said and done, i of course lost the bet. i was very hesitant i really want to be clear i was hesitant to give amounts. >> it is iffy. >> do you have my milky way. >> look at you. >> it is in your pocket >> i didn't know what that was >> i have here. >> you don't keep a candy bar in your pocket. >> i have a milky way for allison so i will be grateful at my loss and i want you to enj

so mr jeffrey tucker mr whiskey and gunpowder are wild cats still as y.o.l.o. they once were you're not wild they're the indefensible making at least they're producing local problems that were solved locally and now we have national and international problems that are solved on the internet of the never solved so long and agree. to be far preferred and we have to look at what caused those banking things were at least they went bankrupt you know i mean this is part of the free market is that you not only make profits make losses too so we need a system of banks do can and do go belly up bankruptcy can be a sign of a healthy functioning progress in the economy but those wall down there are a lot of consequences where hurts but at least everyone think he'll when you're really sick sometimes you have to carry but at least if you have competition you have conned of working towards excellence in service of the customer you know over time the markets are never straight move forward all the time but you know the wall welcome back who's also very much influenced at the

we'll talk about weather because tucker barnes is here. >> we're so excited to get to talk to tucker. >> that is a real privilege. we've got showers moving through. just one or two right now but later today, the main event arrives that will provoid a good soaking round of rain here later today. >> a good soaking. it has been a while, hasn't it? >> we could use the rain. it has been rather dry. the flowers that are getting a head start, they need some rain showers and it looks like we've got some in the forecast. most of the shower activity we've got across the immediate washington area. you can see out into eastern kentucky, that is the actual front that will be moving in hater today. by 11:00, noon, 1:00, working west to east, the shower will start to move in. they will be with us new the evening commute. be ready for a period of rain. temperatures, not bad, 42 at reagan national. humidity, 73%. pressure is up. that will be falling a little bit today. cloudy skies, showers likely today. 51degrees your daytime high. more details on the forecast including an interesting weekend forecas

tucker barnes standing by in the weather center keeping an eye on rainmaking its way towards us hey tucker out to our west moving through

. >> time to get a check on our weather with tucker barnes. >> good morning. let's get to a quick look at the forecast. a couple of rain showers moving through at the moment. more showers this afternoon. so bottom line, lots of clouds in the forecast with rain showers particularly this afternoon. i think the evening commute will likely be a wet one. 42degrees at reagan national. wind are light out of the south at 10 to 15 miles per hour. here is your day planner for today. clouds will start your morning. showers move in this afternoon. high temperatures about 50 degrees. so once again, another mild afternoon. more details on that forecast. we'll look at more radar coming up in a few minutes. >>> a messy situation on interstate 95 through baltimore. the southbound lanes are shut down between the baltimore beltway and the fort mchenry tunnel. the problem here, a semi truck carrying ink flipped over. it leaked onto the overpass and below. >>> alexandria pair metic joshua weissman will be laid to rest -- paramedic joshua weissman will be laid to rest this afternoo

tucker will be back with more details what we can expect here. good morning, john.d morning, this is an angus angus, man! very tremendous! angus! dunkin's delicious new angus steak and egg sandwich makes any morning special. don't miss the delicious new angus steak and egg sandwich from dunkin' donuts. now with amazing tools like the hd station. share your pictures, stream hd videos and movies. all on your tv. or connect your 4g lte droid razr to the lapdock and unleash its massive computing power. even seamlessly video chat. all powered by the 4g lte droid razr. droid razr by motorola, just $199.99. and back for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >>> 7:45 a.m., tucker is here you have a lot to talk about. >>> right to it rain on the way, next hour or so rain wash across the area. rainy, thunderstorms around here later today best chance late this morning early afternoon again, might be one or two tonight. sentinel sat rad a warm front moving in at the moment, will bring us a period of rain showers, moderate rain moving through late t

>> tucker saying upper 60s.hat too. >> as long as he's saying upper 60s. >> our humidity up, 86%. >> i knew t my hair is the barometer for it. >> the wind is out of the south and west at eight. a little bit of shower activity off the coast east of owe help city. you can't see it here on this particular radar and a few more light showers out to the west. if you are watching now towards hagerstown, cumberland, you might be encountering another light shower. but here, closer to town, inside the beltway, i think we're generally done with the rain showers for this morning. partly sunny skies, unseasonably warm, our average daytime high is still in the upper 40s. it is 49 degrees. we'll be about 20 degrees above normal today. so enjoy your afternoon. should be dry. >> beautiful. thank you, tucker. >> let's talk to julie wright now. yesterday, when tucker was talking about all this good weather, you were aing there may be some possibility you have some sick days left but you're still here so that is good. you showed up

we do have some favorite love songs. >> i can't wait to hear tucker's. >> tucker won't tell us his. >got to wait a little bit. it's memorable. i'm sure you're going to like it. guess what. we've got a few light showers and maybe a few light snow flurries in the forecast this morning. nothing we can't handle. >> right, on valentine's day. >> in some ways romantic. >> snow, inside, like sarah said, cuddling. so it's good. >> not good when you got to get up and go to work in the morning. >> you got to pay for the valentine's stuff. >> it is getting more and more expensive. >> i have noticed that. i'm he not a fan of increasing prices. >> a dozen roses is all of a sudden like $60 today. i could have had it for $12 last week. >> let me get right to the radar. got a couple of light showers, sprinkles maybe, a snow flurry off to the north and west. there you go. the bottom line is most of this is not touching the ground. i know it looks rather impresident-elect e. pressive but really, it is not as the atmosphere here in the -- the althougher part of the atmosphere very dry. it is possible th

juror tucker? >> today is warmer than yesterday. 24 hours ago, we were tolder than we are now. >> boy, this has been an interesting winter. >> wait until tomorrow. reagan national, 45 degrees. 37 in baltimore. 39 in winchester. let's see. ocean city, 41. remember yesterday, ocean city was in the mid-20s. temperatures later, low to mid- 50s. so we'll be comparable to yesterday but it should be a beautiful day. a few clouds moving through at the moment particularly south of city and one or two sprinkles out there. most of those have faded away. we should be looking at another bright and beautiful day. we will cloud up tonight and then things get more interesting tomorrow. more on that coming up. for today, high temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. just a beautiful afternoon here for february 7th. >> thank you so much, tucker. >> time now to check in with julie wright with a look at traffic. what's happening, julie? >> not a lot, wisdom. good morning to you, sir. we are looking pretty good as yo

. >> tucker barnes has a the latest details. >>> snow on the way not a major storm that said enough to cause problems particularly this afternoon for the evening rush hour that looks like prime time let's look at hd radar. and as we get into the morning hours here we should start to continue to cloud up and the snow will arrive by late morning early afternoon, so, you got seven more hours again we should have no issues with our morning commute by late afternoon we should have light moderate snow bands moving through the area. big change a winter weather advisory. let's move on issued for counties off to the north and west, and these go into effect 10:00 a.m. and 12 noon depending on which county you are living n but that is where the heaviest snow totals will be, across the immediate washington area, we are expecting a mix, transition to snow south and east mostly rain, lower eastern shore and off to the north and west this will mostly be a snow event for you total accumulations expect to be one, two, maybe three inches in a few spots well north and west of the city by late tonight ear

. >> tucker barnes joining us now. we need some deliciously warm weather for this leap year day >> i can guarantee mid-50s but i want to see your ritual dance. >> i have been working out this is special. >> every four years. >> tomorrow. >> right so we will think up something for you allison. >> to the forecast, looking fine, 41 regan national should be a nice day not as warm as yesterday. temperatures 10 degrees cooler for afternoon highs still lots of sunshine in your tuesday forecast, 29 hagerstown. 43 ocean city a bit of a breeze winds out of the north, north and west, gusting to 20 as our cold front continues to push south and east can't see the cold front came through dry during the overnight hours your satellite radar showing you look how quiet it is new york mid-atlantic to carolinas, generally looking at bright sunshine, late this afternoon clouds will increase a little bit up ahead of our next system cool, sunshine breezy at times high temperatures back where they should be low to mid-50s. >> more details on

tucker and i don't know. to this expert to try to get some of the questions answered and it found out what they are doing with the information that they're now collecting. we'll try to gather that information. >> it is all about the jet stream. the jet stream has locked the cold across portions of canada. just a few short releases of the cold energy into the lower 48. the snowpack is no what it should be for this time of year. not only in washington, but parts of the country, chicago, boston, had very low snow totals for the year. not many storms. there are indications here that, if you follow weather carefully, there will be a big area of high pressure that will build across the pacific states and western canada over the next week or so and that would be a pattern more conducive to cold if the washington area. there are indications we'll be colder for february and could be stormier as well. >> does it balance out. you have i warm day and you have the regular part of the month. does it balance out. >> i like

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we will talk with tucker in a bit.orning take a look at radar tony and alison you can see we have some showers continuing to move through across the area and some pockets of heavy rainfall as well and you take a look down

let's get to tucker and get the lathest on our weather. >> still some light showers, across the area we will get rid of those and once again, enjoy high temperatures upper 60s dare i say a few low 70s later this afternoon. if we can get any sunshine at all in here. another nice looking forecast as we get into wednesday. light shower activity south and east of the city across the south and eastern side of the belt way, anne arundel across the bay out towards stevensville and chester town. still be with us another hour then we should be rid of the showers eventually clouds should break up partial sunshine expected this afternoon. mild temperatures regan national, 50 degrees, yeah, 50 at regan national, 55 frederiksburg, we are starting off our morning with temperatures in the 50s. 56 hagerstown. 54 ocean city enjoy the afternoon should see some sunshine build in after morning clouds warm temperatures highs mid- to upper 50s and a few 70s late this afternoon cooler from here, let's get to traffic and julie has your latest. >>> travelling in virginia, working your way northbound along 3

tucker, thank you for being here. and thank you to being here.ing up, two prominent christian leaders, one evangelical and one catholic and they say our nation is on a downward spiral that only a spiritual renewal can stop. the authors of a dynamic new book called "indivisible" joins me next. stay with us. >> is our country losing the values that our (applause) >> in our countries is losing the values that our founding fathers, faith, family and freedom. and my next guests say we've got to restore them before it's too late. the they're the co-authors of a brand new book called "indivisible". james is the founder of outreach international and also a theologian. and i probably need to tell people i once worked as a director of communications doing radio and television stuff for james robinson when i was a very young man. >> everyone should appreciate how wl we trained you. >> mike: look where i am. one of these days i'll get it right. this book you've written, i did the forward on it and made a quote and i said this book could be a game changer for

. >> i am allison seymour i just got a glimpse for more on what we are in for and it is good news tucker barnes. >> what are you standing around. >> you put pressure on me i don't have what time sunrise was in front of me i have a lot of stuff on mardi gras. good morning i think sunrise was 6:56 a.m. should be a nice day, nice start clouds this afternoon it is cold. generally temperatures below freezing outside the belt way 35 washington 23 out of dulles, 23 ocean city, 21 harrison burg, plenty of chilly temperatures off to the west and south this morning, clouds out west, rain showers as well. stay north and west of us the cloud cover will start to move in later today partly sunny mostly cloudy afternoon, dry conditions temperatures 50s. won't be bad afternoon here is your forecast today look for those out of the south 15 to 20 miles per hour, 52 degrees. springtime temperatures on the way. stick around and see the 5 day. i will have details on that in just a minute, let's see if julie wright can deliver. >> i think so we are looking good on the roads, really just delays what we are tal

. >> first tucker is live at dupont circle you have been made an official part of this groundhog day hey, tucker congratulations. >> hey, tony thank you very much you got that right we had it all down here dupont circle our first annual washington dc groundhog day we got cookies, we've had music, did potomac phil see his shadow we will let you know after the break  >> this is quite a sight above manhattan last friday what looked to be three people flying in the air was a marketing campaign for the new movie chronicle about three high school student who learn they have super powers, thing modo developed remote controlled airplanes that looked like humans that is what you see flying in the air. very cool i know if i had seen that i would have thought what? what is that. that is cool. >> what is funny when you see them up close i saw them another picture of them up close they really don't look real at all but up in the air, just the way they are designed. >> what are they again tony? >> what are they? >> yeah. >> little models remote controlled planes made to look like people i w

now, it's time to check in with tucker barnes. he is running over here buzz he is getting the latest information. >> that is why you get paid the big bucks, you got able to to carry that. sorry, my maps weren't coming up. kids are going to want to bring along jackets this morning. >> you'll need it. >> a lot of freezing temperatures. baltimore, 32 now. winchester, 32. hair sopburg, 28 degrees. any other february 3rd, we'd be like this would be a warm-up. but now, this happens to feel cold. should be a beautiful morning. nice bright sunrise at about 7:15 this morning. we'll be in for a great looking day. i think we'll just have a cloud or two. our winds are out of the north and west now so that will lock in the cool for your afternoon. we should be bright and sunny today. the weekend looking a little iffy by late saturday and early sunday. for today, we'll worry about friday at 50 with turn. >> you can go running with julie wright. >> you had to bring that up. >> good morning to you. >> i keep waiting for her to join me. i do. i al

. >>> appreciate it tucker new this morning there has been another robbery in northwest dc this happened 8:15 p.m. last night 22nd and s street kalarama area there are three suspects involved no weapon was used no one was hurt this is the latest in a slew of robberies that have taken place in affluent areas of the city the location between connecticut avenue and massachusetts avenue include some of dcs most expensive homes. >>> peeping tom arrest in maryland dominic spangler accused of taking photos of women in fitting rooms at the new goodwill store frederick police tracked him down, spangler is charged with assault for knocking down someone during his get away. >> sticker shock continues at the pump. >> pass prices 40¢ higher than this time last year the average price for a gallon of regular is 3.5 5. $3.76 dc, $3.61 maryland, 3.5 4 virginia. melanie alnwick is live with more in bethesda. what is driving this spike in prices? >> well, there is a number of factors tony here is the thing that seems incon grew wows, demand is at a 10 year low right now but then think about the economic pi

tucker barnes. >> cold.e away this weekend this was a coldest weekend we have had this was a wintery weekend, snow off and on. >> bitter cold. >> i was not far away and where i was, it was just as cold i was in new york city cold and windy there too. taste of winter we just haven't had a lot. >> reminded me i didn't miss it. >> i know. >> because i am one of those guys who has been saying we need some winter it is winter time i was at an event saturday, it was snowing, icy, accidents i was like my goodness this is ridiculous. >> all right. well, it is out of here. later today still cold right here at the moment let's go to the map. take over. >> i can take over. well, things are going to improve today here is a look at current temperatures around the region i haven't done this in a long time. >> benefits. >> keep going. >> 25 degrees washington 27 gaithersburg teens out there south and west, manassas, 16 degrees and there is the colder air off to the north and west, eventually that will -- will that get in h

to ask about that and speaking of one viewer responded to that saying as tucker puts it we're living in a very distorted world right now or is the prophet leonard cohen saying almost two decades ago things are going to slide slide in all directions won't be nothing you can measure anymore now i got a song for you since you brought up singing from jeffrey tucker himself take a listen. think of. the it's funny good of an army like these make. those rotors whole. go. oh money printing songs and on on this friday that was at a debate between jeffrey tucker and dean baker another one of our guests about the fed they were both on our show that week and we talked about the debate and so someone asked us where can we see the debate between tucker and baker now we were there we filmed it we played some sound bites but seeing as there's an appetite for more we're going to put together about fifteen minutes from the debate will put it on our you tube channel next week so look for it hopefully monday you can go to youtube dot com slash capital account if you don't know but you should know becaus

. >> i am alison seymour, tucker barnes always on his game good morning tuck. >> hey, alison we got most of the numbers right. there you go. it is cold outside to start your day in for a beautiful monday, high temperatures upper 40s. low 50s should be a great looking monday it is a cold start kids headed to the bus stop, walking to work be ready for a cold start generally in the 20s. 29 baltimore, 24 dulles, 28 frederiksburg. ocean city, 25 degrees. looking at our satellite picture we've got just a cloud or two out there as mentioned high pressure is building through we will be in for a nice day should be a diamond i want to mention well off to the north and west, a densing the advisory that will be in effect -- a dense fog advisory that will be in effect until this afternoon. we will top out to low 50s by 4:00 p.m. another dry day. nice looking forecast tomorrow and changes for wednesday. traffic and julie wright has your latest good morning julie. >> hey, good morning tucker right now we will say good morning to the crew in sky fox they are hovering above the belt way in virginia makin

. >> tucker barnes is standing by with the latest on this workweek weather good morning tuck. >> good morning. going to be a beautiful day off to a cool start temperatures upper 20s, low 30s later this afternoon bright sunshine featuring temperatures as mentioned 60 degrees for daytime highs, 10 degrees above normal, 37 now washington, 31 out at dulles, let's see ocean city 39 degrees, fredericksburg, 34. looking -- check out how quiet it is not much to show you a few clouds off to the north and west very weak cold front will get here late this afternoon tonight, should pass through dry and then, we will have more nice weather tomorrow up ahead of that front, nice mild temperatures expected plenty of sunshine enjoy your afternoon, there it goes high temperatures 59 degrees, 4:00 p.m. more details on the forecast look at the rest of the workweek in a minute, traffic and julie has your latest. >> good morning to you tucker barnes, right now travelling inbound along new york avenue the incident we had after the north capital street all that activity cleared lanes open once again traffic

we'll check in with tucker to see how long it will stick around. i'm sarah simmons. i'm wisdom martin. >> tucker barnes will tell us how long the rain will stick around. terday and today we'll be in the 50s. cooler temperatures on the way as well. back to hd radar. shower activity now across much of the area particularly washington, points south and that will sort of be the axis where the rain is heaviest this morning. if you are watching well off to the north and west, you are dealing with morning cloud cover. moving right across the at the moment. reston, alexandria, la plata, waldorf, getting some light shower activity. reagan national now, 51 degrees. 51 at reagan national. we are cooling off. humidity, 86%. we'll break out into sunshine by this afternoon. the rain will be over by mid- to late morning. high temperatures later today, still on the mild side. mid-50s for afternoon highs. not too bad. weather looks interesting as we get to the weekend. >> thank you. >>> police are searching for a man who walked into a d.c. school and sexually assaulted a student. thi

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cue all the screaming girls. >> and wisdom. >> come on, tucker! come on!ng. >> it will be great. we're glad to have him. >> we're very excited. >> looking forward to some nice temperatures in our forecast. >> in the five-day forecast. today will be pleasant but as we get into the middle and end of the week, we'll be right back into the 60s. no sign of winter. >> still. >> still no signs of winter. i want to mention the snow accumulation because many of our viewers, if you are in southern maryland, across central, southern virginia, you are watching down towards colonial beach or fredericksburg, they got some snow. and then it got impressive as we got south and west of the city as well. it was a close call. we have nothing to shovel here when all is said and done. >> that is the good thing to remember. easier on our backs. >> exactly. >> i'm trying to spare everybody. there we go. here is your snow totals at charlottesville. about five inches. the five inches of snow in charlottesville and mount vernon, about a half inch. stanton, 5 inches. these totals --

we're hoping that tucker can get the weather taken care of down there in daytona today. was down there last week by the way. down in this area. it was beautiful all week. and then it rained all day and guess what, for the first time in 54 years, it was postponed. will you watch the left turns? >> no. i will probably be asleep at noon. >> you don't want to see danica patrick. >> i would rather watch this. >> if the rain persists, that is what you'll be doing. what do you think about this deal for the nationals. they paid a whole lot of money to keep ryan zimmerman in for years to come. $a $100 million extension. that is wisdom martin money. >> it's close. not quite wisdom martin money but it's close. >> do you like the deal or are you worried -- i mean i guess he is the second highest paid third baseman behind alec rodriguez so you are assuming he will be a present imral all- star. >> i can never fault the player for getting what he can get. -- you are assuming he will be a perennial all-star. >> let's toss it back over to sarah. >> thank you. >>> it is hollywood's bigges

tucker barnes will talk about that. i'm giving it away. >> i like to see you do your thing. >> good morning. i'm wisdom martin. >> i like how he is celebrating the weekend there are. >> never too early to celebrate the weekend. -- i like how he is celebrating the weekend. >> we've got rain showers moving through during the overnight hours. not a lot of rain, just a couple of light showers. still talking about a fantastic day, upper 60s, low 70s across the region. get out and enjoy the day. let's do the radar. shower activity now limited to areas out to our west. check out these mild temperatures. 51 in washington. 49 in fredericksburg. 49 in ocean city. 43 in winchester. hard to believe that just a couple of mornings ago, we were waking up with temperatures in the 20s. there is your sentinel radar. that first band of showers you see offshore east of ocean city. we've got another little band out into west virginia. most of the rain will dissipate. but it is possible we could have another shower or two early. the warm tem

thanks, tucker.ow, with ear buds that people use for ipods, it typically -- that is not reallet reason. here is the reason. the question, does it matter? yeah, it does, depending on how close attention you pay to listening to music or watching a movie wearing headphones. like on your big screen tv at home. your ears do not process sound differently from ear to ear. what it is is that -- and headphones became in vogue when stereo systems became popular in the 50s and 60s. when artists record their music, they record it in a particular stereo spectrum or even sometimes -- we'll, we'll talk stereo because that what is headphones deal with. for example, if you go for a condition cert and you see a symphony orchestra, a symphony orchestra is set up a certain way, the same time, double bases to the left and the string section to the left. the way that music is recorded and then mixed for stereo is to duplicate the sound spectrum where those instruments would be so you hear it that way in your ears inform y

tucker barnes joining us. i had a little preview, tucker. i need more details. >> are you referring to the sunshine and temperatures in the 50s later today? good weather today. >> i'm talk about today. >> i'm talking about snow disaster on sunday. >> we're going to talk about that later. that's not going to be a disaster, allison, don't panic. we're going to talk about the advisory in effect here in the district and areas to the south and easement just be ready. the fog should burn off quickly. let's be concerned about today first, beautiful afternoon and bright sunshine. there is the sat rad. still leftover clouds from the rain yesterday. that will be getting out of here and we're going to talk about a much, much brighter day. winds out of the west. 41 in washington, 38 in baltimore. 43 in winchester. lot of sunshine, mild breezy, high temperature, 53 degrees. in a couple of minutes, we'll focus on that weekend forecast and the possibility of a winter storm. allison, we'll toss it back to you. >> thanks, tucker. now to a traffic alert. a de

good luck, tucker barnes. you can do it. >> i need advice.now what i'm doing. >> not just compression shorts. wear something over that. outer loop. beltway here at colesville road, traffic definitely below speed as you work your way west of new hampshire avenue headed in towards silver spring. the lanes are open. no problems to report right now southbound along 270 coming in out of germantown headed out towards the lane divide. if you are making your trip along 66, we have delays leaving fair oaks headed inbound towards 123 and brief delays at the beltway. northbound i-95 at dale city down to 45 miles per hour. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we continue to follow a developing story. a deadly school shooting in ohio. the suspected gunman attends a nearby school for at-risk students. >> the family identified him as t. j. lane. their lawyer described him as fairly quiet and good kid with pretty impressive grades. witnesses say the shooter and to target some students sitting together in the school cafeteria. a 16-year-old boy w

. >> i am alison seymour let's get the definitive word here is tucker barnes. good morning. >> good morning. should be gorgeous out there this afternoon as we expect high temperatures back into the mid-50s enjoy today because of clouds in the forecast maybe a little wintery mix tomorrow. current numbers, regan national, hanging out in the 40s. 44 degrees warmer than yesterday morning at this hour. 44 at the naval air station, 38 ocean city, off to the north and west hagerstown 38 degrees. all right looking at the satellite picture not a lot to talk about clouds moving through a sprinkle or two across the lower eastern shore, generally a bright and sunny day and dry for us on our tuesday as we've got high pressure that will keep things intact for one more day and as mentioned we've got changes for tomorrow. lots of sunshine high temperatures enjoy 8 to 10 degrees above normal, 53 washington 55 frederiksburg more details on the forecast in just a minute, and julie wright has your latest. >>> good morning to you sir we are checking out the drive northbound 395, as

i'd like to have former los alamos fire chief doug tucker and police chief wayne torpy to please stand. >> we became pretty close friends throughout the las conchos fire. it the community trusted you. they relied on your briefings and on the men and women you trained to handle a crisis of that magnitude. gentlemen, you made new mexico proud. thank you. today i believe that in front of us is an opportunity to make tomorrow better than today.

tucker tony says he is okay.. >> maybe he need as cute baby picture. >> that would be helpful. >> i can deliver tony. time for my first 5 photo of the day. >> what a sweetie. >> little valentines day cuteness 3 month old riley everybody as you can gather she is all dressed up for valentines day. >> how cute is she. >> know what her favorite hobbies are? according to family, loves snuggling with her blanket and chewing on fingers. >> beyond words. >> i know someone else who loves that too. >> chewing on fingers. >> and snuggling in her blanket. >> that is true don't know about the fingers park. >> you know it would make it all better if i could get one little smooch from that baby. >> look at the look on her face perfection. >> we will have to start bringing the my first 5 kids in. >> i know and i told my parents i know now why grandparents love their grand babies so much the baby phase goes so quickly then you get another chance you recognize it. that is my theory she is adorable. >> riley is perfect. to send us

no problems reported right now southbound along 270, tucker. a little bit of a slow downas you work your way in towards urbana. down to about 47 miles per hour leaving urbana towards 109. we are starting to slow as you travel southbound leaving frederick headed down into clarksburg. other side of town, lanes are open on eastbound 66 coming in from manassas headed inbound towards the capital beltway. no trouble spots to report but volume definitely increasing. northbound i-95 still quiet out of woodbridge headed for the occoquan. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> do you need a new refrigerator? how about a washer or dryer? you might think about shopping in maryland. all qualified energy star appliances will be exempt from sales tax in maryland this saturday,son and monday. to see a list of items eligible for this, go to myfoxdc.com and search under web links. >>> are you feeling rich? probably not after buying those appliances. but in some places, a new survey finds 10 of the 15 wealthiest counties in eric are right

. >> i would saithe but i am no tucker barnes. >> it looks folsom times it is not it is thursday february 9th, 2012 good morning i am tony perkens. >> i am alison seymour and we do have a school delay to pass along to you before we get to tucker barnes. page county virginia schools will open two hours late a two- hour delay for page county virginia school. >> tucker is here to update us on the improving weather conditions. >> should be beautiful you mentioned the full moon was february 7th but still nearly full beautiful too is the setting. sunrise should be beautiful highs later today, upper 40s there is your sentinel sat rad storminess out of here off to the north and east and just a few clouds left over as you start your morning but again we should see the sun build in later today with plenty of quiet for our thursday with warmer temperatures right now, chilly, 33 at regan national, let me mention those breezes out of the north and west, 10 miles per hour it will be breezy at times today as that snow continues to exit north and east just be ready for the breeze here otherwise good look

and tucker happens to have -- i shouldn't say happens to have.ing cake. >> smells good. >> smells very sweet. >> it looks like a huge doughnut. >> when you look closer, it does look like one. does it taste like one. >> it smells pretty good. >> this is not going to last very long here. >> no, it will last right to the end of the segment and we'll get to work on t. >> you want to start? >> before we start, let's mention what are you doing wearing the beads. i said share the beads. >> i thought i would put them on to look festive. >> do you want beads? >> sure. >> do i need to do thick they do in new orleans? >> no, that is a whole other tradition. -- do i need to do like they do in new orleans? >> no, that is a whole other tradition. >> that's right, you throw them. >> we bring this up because today is fat tuesday, obviously. we are not earning these beads. they are just giving them out. >> that is another tradition and another ask the weather guy jie. want to put it with the other purple ones. thank you. >> all right. let's get to it. >> get down

. >> you're like a couple of steps ahead of tucker. on the roads, you will find your lanes are open traveling eastbound 66 coming in from manassas. outer loop of the beltway, no problems reported here leaving colesville road headed around towards the exit for 270. southbound 29 good to go randolph road to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ic. >> thank you. >>> after a fierce war of words, mitt romney easily beat newt gingrich to win the florida primary with 98 precincts reporting. romney gets all of florida's 50 delegates. romney has now won two of the four contests held so far. gingrich has won victory. >> as this primary unfold, our opponents in another party have been watching and they like to comfort themselves with the thought that a competitive campaign will leave us divided and weak. but i've got news for them. a competitive primary does not divide us. it prepares us and we will win. >> we are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> ron pau

. >> good morning tucker barnes we have got slow traffic i will show you where travelling northbound 395, duke street to lanes open no accidents to report, 295 on the brakes leading the belt way headed towards southeast washington delays if you con tin your commute at the tunnel outer loop of the belt way, new hampshire avenue this delay will carry you in toward silver spring. southbound 270, delays out of german town and again at the lane divide. >>> all right thank you. there is a tentative agreement on extending the payroll tax cuts, lawmakers on capital hill to unvail the agreement today. good morning stacey. >> reporter: good morning tony it is nice to have good news for 160 million americans your pay check will not take a hit because after months of debate it appears, that there has been an agreement reached on the payroll tax cut. senate leaders have reached a tentative agreement on renewing the payroll tax cut. it will keep the average worker to keep $20 a week. a 2% cut in the payroll cut will be extended through the end of the year. >> there is concern we are talking about