wisconsin avenue between bradley and willard, only the right leap getting through. we have more problems to report. this is going to be a portion of 16th street near 410, the east-west highway with the vehicle overturned on its side. northbound 16th street headed back up towards the beltway. the right lane remains closed off at the scene of this crash. we'll continue northbound now i- 95, we are in the hov lanes. northbound i-59 well below speed out of stafford leaving aquia harbor headed up towards 234 dumfries. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. . >>> checking our top stories now, classes resume this morning for students and teachers of sandy hook elementary school less than three weeks after the deadly shooting there. signs of school colors line the road leading to the new school just down the road from the shooting scene in the town of monroe where classes will be held. last night, parents were invited to an open house of the new cool which will be renamed sandy hook elementary. >> the bridge county police department is stepping up efforts to

avenue and dorsett. 355 in each direction traveling between willard avenue and dorsett.this will impact the commute for those headed southbound headed out from nih. plan the trip accordingly. this will hurt you traveling southbound along 355. man on using connecticut avenue, maybe even using the beltway over to river road headed into d.c. wisconsin avenue down to one right lane getting by southbound as well as northbound. for those traveling along the outer loop of the beltway at new hampshire avenue, we had a stalled vehicle reported along the right side of the roadway. notice the express lanes northbound 95 north of lorton, very slow headed up to the franconia springfield parkway, incident there tying up the shoulder. shoulder. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. . >> thank you. >>> the parents of the duchess of cambridge are cashing in on kate's pregnancy. they own a party supply company you may have heard before and are now featuring royal themed baby shower items on their web site. britain's daily mail newspaper is reporting that the middletons ar

this is tying up 355 between bradley boulevard and willard avenue.raffic is able to squeeze by to the right both southbound and northbound on 355 wisconsin avenue but this will tieen your commute for those traveling from the capital beltway headed southbound through bethesda. you may want to think about alternate routes which include connecticut avenue. 395 still in good shape in both ine headed north from duke street up to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> justin bieber is speaking out about the tram you can death of a photographer hit by a car and killed after taking pictures of the singer's sports car. >> the pop star says he hopes new laws can prevent similar tragedies. >> reporter: justin bieber no, sir stranger to head lines. this time it is not for his hairstyle, music or love life. a photographer has died after trying to capture an image of the pop star. chris garrrow was struck and killed by a vehicle along a los angeles highway on tuesday after snapping photographs of a white

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way downtown. 37 points for willard.n to a 4-point lead and warriors holding off 103-97. >> 49ers host the green bay packers kind of unusual. colin kaepernick grew up rooting for the packers. rojers was a big 49er fan. kap was born in milwaukee. his extended family lived in new london, wisconsin. kaepernicks they love the packers but they are pulling for the red and gold. >> but family comes first. there is no way i'm conflicted. i know who i want to win. >> larry: remember the 2005 draft, rejers will never forget that day, they picked alex smith. rough start to this season. combination of those factors allowed the niners to finish half a game ahead of green bay and that is part of the reason why san francisco has home field for this game. >> it will be fun with a few baseball games growing up and saw a game when i was in college. it's got a lot of tradition. it will be loud and great environment. >> larry: secondly round of the sony open rainbow good shot of the day. second shot, 155 yards out. three bounces and it is g

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right now at willard avenue in chevy chase.he right lane gets by so they are making some progress. no issues on 270. in fact, let's take a live look here at route 109. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:24. mike and andrea? >> thanks, monika. >>> rg3 is talking about how his coaches helped push him into some early success in the n.f.l. >> and speaking of a successful n.f.l. career, ray lewis says whatever the ravens do in the playoffs, he's calling it quits. that's coming up in sports. >> but before we head to break, let's take a look at the question of the morning. most women say this is the number one reason they don't exercise. is it a, they don't like to get sweaty, b, it takes too long to see any kind of results, or c, they're worried about messing up their hair? >> tony king wrote on our facebook fan page, b, taking too long to see results. too often they feel something should happen right away and when it doesn't, they get discouraged and they don't try as hard. >> i think it's hair. i don't know. what do you guys think

. >> willard doing a lot whaft u.s. department of education will require schools to do. if a student with a disability not meet standards of the team, the school must provide another option. in november, willard received a award from tash. saying it will do what title 9 did for women. as seen in pictures they have year found activities for kids. >> just was because have you a disability doesn't mean you can't compete. it doesn't mean that you can't be a part of the team. >> peter strauss. >> a lot of kids with disabilities have no muscle tone, finding physical expression is important for them. >> school districts that have seen cuts inside and outside of the classroom worry about what it will take to comply the san francisco school district says it needs time to analyze whether this changes anything. many schools have to cut some men's teams in order to pay for womens teams. this may have a similar impact on both men's and womens' sports. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 5:00 a report card you won't want your parents to see this, shows how california teachers are doing

or if there's something else for a child that needs something , that needs to be put in place. >> willard is already doing what a lot of the u.s. department of education will require all schools to do. if a student with a disability cannot meet the standards of skill or ability of that team, the school must provide another option like creating another team. in november willard received an award from an organization promoting equality for people with disabilities. >> supporters say this will do for students with disabilities what title 9 did for women. >> this woman is with support for families with disabilities. a san francisco-based organization. as seen in these pictures, they also have year-round activities for kids. >> just because you have a disability doesn't mean that you can't compete. it doesn't mean that you can't be part of a team. >> peter coaches the san francisco's little league baseball challenger division for kids with disabilities. >> a lot of kids with disabilities have low muscle tone, so finding physical expression is particularly important for them. >> but school dist

there's something else for a child that needs something that's correct needs to be put in place. >> willardady doing what a lot of the u.s. department of education will require all schools to do. if a student with a disability cannot meet the standards of skill or ability of that team, they must provide another option like creating another team n november willard received an award from an organization promoting equality for people with disabilities. >> they say this will do for students with disabilities what title 9 did for women. >> a san francisco based organization. they have year-round abc news tests for kids. >> just because you have a disability doesn't mean that you can't compete. it doesn't mean that you can't be part of a team. >> peter coaches the san francisco's little league baseball challenger division for kids with disabilities. >> a lot of kids with disact have low muscle tone so finding physical impression is particularly important for them. >> but school districts of that seen tremendous cuts inside and outside the classroom worry about what it will take to comply. lyanne

willard? first of all, as mentioned in my previous work. it will take time. before we can come up with the new set of policies regarding our new policy about wake of our experiences. and actually only two reactors now in operation in japan. and we have had political transition in recent weeks, and -- coming in, and take a look at the new policy. so it's not -- [inaudible] indefinitely but for the specific questions, there are two aspects. one is we are going to have regarding about the solution of policy. we have a more rigorous independent assessment of the location of the policy. so if any location is has had the experience of being struck by the natural disaster, that would be element would be looked at closely. the other political factor, if given the idea is prone to disaster, i think say it would be more difficult for the -- public on the lo caution of nuclear reactors. so that is my observation. >> mr. willard? >> i think that was well stated. essentially if you have an area that is fro

. >> willard is doing a lot of what the department of education will now require all schools to do.f a student with a disability cannot meet the standards of skill or ability of that team, the school must provide another option like creating another team. in november, willard receives an award from an organization promoting equality for people with disabilities. >> supporters say this will do for students with disabilities what title 9 did for women. >> and this woman is for support with families with disability as san francisco-based organization. they have a year-round activity for kids. >> just because you have a disability, doesn't mean you can't compete. it doesn't mean that you can't be part of a team. >> the coach of the san francisco little league baseball challenger division for kids with disabilities. >> lot of kids with disability have no muscle tone so finding physical expression is particularly important for them. >> school districts that have seen tremendous cuts inside and outside the classroom worry about what it will take to comply. >> beautiful blue sky on that day

heights the southbound direction was now they're allowing get by eachne to way between bradley and willard. we will watch that closely for you. carter is on the way there. volume, so no delays if you are headed out the door anytime soon. for at leastood the next half-hour. upying to wrap construction on the virginia beltway. towards route 7 had one lane by in the overnight hours. back to you. >> thank you. another developing story on this morning regarding some terrible situations in india regarding cold temperatures. >> let's check in with jummy olabanji. >> what we have learned is more than 100 people have died of exposure in the northern part of india. we will pull up a map so we can show you where it's happening. .long the border of nepal in that province, at least 114 died. have 23 within the past couple hours. many of these victims are people impoverished villages. they have been found in the because the weather is so cold. the weather department says in that state but temperatures 7 degrees below normal. toot of people are not used these cold temperatures and n several deaths. be wa

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southbound on wisconsin avenue in chevy chase, basically between willard avenue and wisconsin circle, this 8-inch water main break. wssc has been on the scene with their crews all night long trying to fix the problem. let's go to our live shot from sky 9 and show you what's going on now on the southbound side of wisconsin avenue. you can see crews are still on the scene. the right lane is getting through inside the beltway but expect delays coming through bethesda. a quick look at 66 on the inbound side on our maps. at route 15 in haymarket, there is an accident blocking a lane. beyond that you still seem to be okay through manassas and centreville. a quick look live one more time outside and here's what it looks like if you're planning to head inbound on 66 in from manassas. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> a huge smile in a prince william county court yesterday after a virginia judge ordered justin wolfe be released. he has spent a decade on death row convicted of masterminding a murder for hire. >> but he may be free

at the willard there is patriotism history and op ulence at at $1,100 a night.an, who traveled here wall -- all the way to germany -- >> yes, they rewarded me with the golden ticket. it's actually open seating. first come, first serve. got to get there early. >> a second inauguration for mr. obama -- >> i can't wait to see the president and hear what he has to say. >> but still special. >> this time it's a sense of community and camaraderie and celebrating what we want america to be. >> that last shot gives you a sense of what things will look like. crowds are expected to be slightly smaller this time around but enough to generate some $50 million in revenues for the city. and tonight is a good dress rehearsal. it is cold out here! >> cold indeed rich. thank you so much. also tonight listen to this. inauguration spectators may want to pass on that extra cup of coffee monday morning because many could face really long lines to gob to the restrooms. the committee says there will be 2,400 portable toilets on the parade routes and national mall and monuments but d.c

some high end hotels including willard intercontinental have rooms in high priced suites available. >the last event was a special event. historical event. we are not as busy as last time. we are still, very busy. right now we have rooms left this weekend. hopefully pro lly prior to mond be sold out. >> hoping that people come out here to see the dr. king memorial in the district and transcend to dollars and that can help their businesses. live in northwest d.c., shomari stone, news 4. >> for the next few days, d.c. police will have 6,000 extra officers to handle the inaugural crowd. all of them, men and women, of the national guard. they were sworn in today. and staff from 42 agencies will be operating the joint inaugural command center and they can monitor cameras from across the district. the coast guard is increasing security as well. a 30-mile no-fly zone in effect monday. so far no reports of any specific security threats. metro is preparing for inaugural crowd just as big as we saw in 2009. it will operate with 17 straight hours of rush hour service. but, be prepared. because, t

he had to come in through baltimore and hide at the willard. this president had to come in against mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, saying my number-one goal in life is to get rid of this president. >> and he failed. so i think it's different in some ways and not different in others. i think we are still going to see a very large portion of the republican caucus that believes deeply in what they believe in. that have districts at home that will support them very strongly against the president. but the question is on various issues, can the president put together 30, 40, 50 republicans and pass some of these things? as joe was saying, on immigration, he can do that. chris: for four years the republicans have painted him as a lefty, off in the poll. it seems to me right now, even thote's all temporal, that he's been able to identify the n.r.a. as the far right and to separate them. nerpped, the right is more out of step than he is -- in other words, the right is more out of step than he is. >> if you look at public opinion broadly, it seem

man: this 10-inch water main in willard park is 73 years old. man: at wssc, we're having a year of record -- a ramp up slope of water main breaks that soon is going to reach exponential. man: the damage has been done. and this is the culprit. brunhart: today, 25% of our 5,500 miles of underground water pipes has reached the end of useful life. by the year 2020, 85% will have reached the end of useful life. woman: what to do? wssc is working on that costly problem right now. brunhart: it's not only true here, but it's true throughout our nation. narrator: across the united states, cities and towns are facing the challenge of aging and outdated drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. it's a national problem. but it needs to be approached system by system. allbee: let's frame the systems in terms of the proper context. we have around 16,000 wastewater systems. we don't have a single wastewater system -- we have 16,000 of them. we have about 54,000 drinking water systems. narrator: issues facing new york city are very different fr

. >> willard scott had a first lady kiss him on the cheek, too. >> we'll see. you'll get there.e" for now, one day you'll be talking to the vice president. the frequently off-script biden didn't fail to deliver yesterday. during a toast at the inaugural reception, everyone thought the vice president was playing tribute to his boss, the commander in chief, but it turned out to be a surprise toast for none other than senator chuck schumer instead. take a look. >> folks, i raise my glass to a man who never, never, never operates out of fear, only operates out of confidence, and i'm toasting you, chuck. >> oh. and a guy -- a guy who i plan on working with. you can't get rid of me, man. remember, i'm still part of the senate. god bless you, chuck. you've done a great job. lamar, you have as well. to chuck schumer. good to see you, pal. >> i'll toast to that, mr. chuck schumer. >> doesn't need a prompter. >> all right. now, all of his enthusiasm yesterday helped fuel speculation about a presidential run in 2016. just take a look at some of the recent headlines. i've got scarborough ov

no issues reported 355 south of bradley to willard.he water main break repairs are complete for now and the lanes are open. >>> the owner of the oil rig that sank in the gulf of mexico in 2010 leading to a missive leak is agreeing to pay a fine of $1.4 billion. eleven workers died in the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history when the platform exploded. the company transocean owned it. the settlement resolves all civil and criminal investigations. >>> new rules this morning for some illegal immigrants. the white house is easing visa requirements to hundreds of thousands who are trying to get a green card. you see, any illegal immigrant who is married to an american has a clean criminal record and can prove that any extended absence will cause problems for their american spouse will no longer have to leave the u.s. while applying to stay in the u.s. permanently. the new rule takes effect in march. march. >>> coming up next, he caused controversy back in the day with his swivelling hips and sexy style. >> but one school musical is prov

coolidge was sworn in in 1923 and had a second ceremony just a few blocks from the white house at the willard hotel. our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at presidential second terms. one of the issues remembered by ronald reagan was dealing with the soviet union. explain the political situation in washington, d.c. that he was facing. guest: people who think of the reagan second term within the broad definitions of the curse, they refer to it as [indiscernible]. tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons. reagan and his first term had spoken about the evil empire. he said later on the soviet leaders kept a dying on him. -- dying on him. one thing led to another. there had been no discernible progress. i do not think many people on january 20, 1981 would have anticipated ronald reagan's greatest historical accomplishment would be significant arms control. not just slowing the rate of increase in nuclear arms, but actually doing away with the whole class in what became known as the inf treaty. host: a speech in june of 1987 in berlin. [video clip] >> we welcom

a couple years back, our news division had what we thought was the bright idea to put willard scott ofa avenue to see if he could attract some of the luminaries on inauguration day. and it worked. one year, barbara bush came over at his camera location on live tv. the same thinking has gone into placing al roker with a live television camera across from the white house every inauguration day on pennsylvania avenue. only with increasing ferocity over the years, we have ladled on the pressure on al to get that first interview with the president and vice president. and here's how it played out on live television today. >> mr. president! mr. president! mr. president! how is it going! is the weather good? is it fantastic? mr. vice president! mr. vice president! hey, how are you doing? come on. >> they won't let me. >> they won't let you? yeah! all right! yes! yes! i'm done! >> a chance for al roker to feel good about himself for a change. he's been offered the job of starting white house correspondent. that's how it played out today on pennsylvania avenue. by the way, for a lot of you, we'r

tomita and willard would be good people to answer. does it make sense to rebuild power plants in communities in an area that has been destroyed by a tsunami? do you want to go first cracks mr. tomita? >> as i mentioned in my previous remarks, it can take time before we can come up with the new set of policies and combined experiences, and actually only two reactors, and we have had politico in the recent weeks we have a new government coming in taking and never look at the nuclear policy. so, it's for me to say this definite for the specific questions there are two aspects. one is we are going to have double regardless independent of the estimates of the location of the nuclear policy. so, if any location has had the experience of being struck by the natural disaster that would be, that element would be looked at very closely. the other thing is the political factor. if a given area is approved to disaster it would be more difficult on the location, so those are my observations. >> i think that was well stated. you have an area that i

but willard is in washington today. and he made some news. there's a big friday show coming, so stay with us. ♪ even this i can stand ♪ i want to keep you any way i can ♪ ♪ ain't too proud to beg, sweet darling ♪ ♪ don't leave me girl ♪ don't you go ♪ ain't to proud to please baby ♪ ♪ please don't leave me girl ♪ don't you go ♪ oh, oh, oh . >>> have you joined the "politics nation" conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. we asked our facebook fans to give advice to republicans on how they can stop being the stupid party, as bobby jindal suggested. sydney said it's time to care about others. dred says the gop needs to explain how their big business views can help the average man if they can. joy says start by helping the mirn people, which is what you were e lelected to do. we want to hear your advice, too. please head over to facebook and join "politics nation" and like us to follow the conversation that keeps going long after the show ends. i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words,

." >> reporter: but still enough to fill hotels like the historic willard where steve blum says he has met seven presidents. >> "i got a fist bump from obama." >> reporter: and everyone has learned that the festivities are not really about any one person. >> "what we celebrate is that we have the greatest democracy on this planet and that we can have this transition of power, whether it be a second term or whatever, like no other country can." >> "you might not like the president, you might not like his politics, but he's the only one we have." >> reporter: theodore roosevelt, in 1905, was the first president to draw massive crowds. but, in 1945, franklin roosevelt called off the big party when world war two was raging. historian douglas brinkley. >> "but that was a very unique year, 1945, and most normal situations, even if we're in a recession or we're in a foreign war we still throw pretty big inaugurals." >> reporter: for maurice madden. it is mainly a big moment. >> "i do believe that if i'm blessed to live to be an old man, i'll be able to look back on all of this and say, you kn

water main break in the chevy chase area. , this is avenue ,ideo taken from overnight bradley and willard towards the friendship heights area. one right lane will get you by direction. they expect this to last through the rush hour. time.n extra back to you. >> thank you. 5:02. we want to get back to jummy desk.ji at alive -- the live desk. >> a fatal fire in baltimore. >> we can confirm that a second died as a result of this fire that happened around 11:30 last night. or call to this home that you in the 3000screen o terrace.ontebell the flames were so intense that thecrews had to back out of home until a second alarm was to get there and help out. one official got inside, they victim.e later on day either found a victim or one of the taken to thewas died.al not sure yet about the second victim. all, seven people lived in a home, including a pregnant woman. five people were able to escape, three taken to the hospital. getting reports that a police officers the basement of the home to help rescue one person. we're working with our fill it to get more information. we hope to have new video

mariel walters art willard taught spanish and french and is now suing the school district where she used is accusing its administrators of discriminating against her because of aerophobia she says she has a fear of young children. she says seven eighth graders at the middle schools her phobia and she was forced to retire a couple of years ago. this ought no spot at the grand canyon is causing a stir. the strength creatures are usually found in southeastern arizona, texas and mexico. does look as somehow made its way north of the colorado river over last summer. a group of rafters camping along the rivers saw him and took this bottle. park officials are deciding whether to added to the list of species of the park or ignore it as just another animal passing through. we will be right back. >> 6568 m and-fever is sweeping the bay area. fans have been coming out in droves as the book merchandize ahead of sunday's game against the atlanta falcons. 49ers quarterback collin kaepernick has without question been a fan favorite after leading the niners to a dominant playoff victory over the packers

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wisconsin avenue south of the beltway between bradley and willard avenue, the lanes are open. they made some repairs and opened up the lanes yesterday for the rush hour commute. top stretch of the beltway is in great shape. no problems to report between college park and bethesda. lanes are open each way at the wilson bridge. better news along route 5. we had a portion of that blocked off south of the beltway at allentown road. all of that has been reopened. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. affic. >>> now, to a big story we are following this morning, a virginia man who is set to be released from prison yesterday remains behind bars after a federal appeals court blocked his release. >> the court ruled that justin wolfe should stay in prison and ordered he receive a new hearing. wolfe was convicted in 2001 for his part in arranging the murder of his marijuana deerl. the case was overturned in 2011 by a district judge who claimed prince william county prosecutors withheld crucial information from defense lawyers. a retrial was then ordered by that judge within four m

in 20 years, you'll be on willard's smucker's jars. you look fantastic.e here. all right. let's check your weather. pick city today, utica, new york, news channel 2, a little utica club beer. a little cold for that. snow showers and jenny cream, remember that? afternoon temperatures, single digits below in northern new england. 80 in florida and 20s and 30s in the rockies where we have snow as this system gets together and makes its way across the country. until then, we're looking at lake-effect snow and windy conditions along the northeastern new england coast and morning snow leaving delmarva and atlantic states, >> good morning. c we have a nice coating of snow. everything should be tapering off this morning. mostly sunny this afternoon. >>> that's your latest weather. so nice of you to stay. >> i wouldn't miss spending time with you guys. >> taking one for the team. >>> coming up, the heavy toll it can take on a marriage when one partner is overweight and the other is not. we'll talk about it right after these messages. what's so special about mini b

the luncheon was in the willard hotel -- >> willard. >> stephanie: anyway -- the lobby of that hotel to him oh my god in the history of -- that story was actually interesting and concise and there was a point. >> elevators in england are known as lifts, and this one is made by the shindler company, so they are known as the shindle's lift. >> stephanie: any way mom and the mooks, had so much pleasure in meeting rocky mountain mike et cetera, et cetera spending all evening with like-minded people, really refreshing. i came with old friends, but left with new ones. [ applause ] >> that was all there was to the letter and we played the love theme twice? >> stephanie: we got waylaid, and when i say we i mean me. my little wires are flapping around in chardonnay. [ electrical buzzing ] >> stephanie: by the way i wrote to congressman grayson to thank him, and i said you should party with us more often. and he wrote back and said oh if only every night. sigh. [ applause ] >> i would like to see him depate rand paul. >> stephanie: oh god. rand paul got caught in the same trap that romney did.

more of our conversation at 12:00 noon when al talks about the valuable advice he got from willard scottover broadcasting the weather for today, and he gives us his perspective on global warming. >>> president obama making full use of social media especially twitter, the white house has sent more than 3,000 tweets last year, and that's first among world leaders in the twitter universe. the latest tweets, the year in photos. the president and first lady embracing after news of his re-election. and this, president's remarks to the nation and this photo of president obama, elbow bumping a couple of government workers after speaking about the fiscal cliff negotiations. plenty more photos from 2012. that's for sure. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into hard-to-reach places without the hassle. so you can get unbelievable dust pickup in less time without missing a thing. i love that book. ca

willard edwards, observed alger hiss for an estimated 500 hours. in april of 1956, mr. edwards, my father, addressed a large audience of undergraduates at princeton, the evening before alger hiss was scheduled to speak at the university about u.s. foreign policy. alger hiss on foreign policy. here are some of the things edwards said to the assembled stewards, quote, you will be observing, as adroit and charming personality as i have witnessed in 30 years of experience, quote, you will find it difficult to believe that you are listening to a man convicted by a jury of willful perjury to conceal his role as a traitor and a spy. and alger hiss indignantly denied chambers's allegations that he was the communist, i have never witnessed a more convincing display of righteous laugh, and swore he never laid eyes and whitaker chambers. he blinked at a photograph of chambers. less than a month later, confronted with chambers' himself, was to confess that he had indeed known the man and knew him intimately and given him an automobile. out for his was not embarrassed. the picture o

. >> my mentor was willard scott.d not be doing what i am doing today if it were not for him. i first met him in washington, d.c., when i worked at the local fox station, it was metro media. he was at wrc and he basically took me under his wing. and i have been the beneficiary of his largesse ever since. >> yeah. he's a wonderful guy. and he i think you've carried on in that tradition in his spirit as well. you guys are fun to watch. >> the best personal professional bit of advice i ever got was from willard and it was two pieces of advice. one, always be yourself. you know, because that's all you got. and, two, never give up your day job, you know, because you can do other things, you know, but, you know, kind of the "today" show's your base. and it was a terrific base to have. >> yeah. but after 17 years and you probably get this question a lot, the moments that stand out for you? >> i really do think it's the team, you know? it's this group of people who i think are pretty good on our own, each one of us individual

. >> like my mentor, willard scott, he's afraid of speaking in public.e's one of the most famous weather people ever. you know, and you find ways to mask that pain, and for me it was food. >> you know, you've had issues with weight and then you've lost weight and regained weight. the name of the book is "never going back." how do you know that? what are you doing now that convinces you? >> i think -- look, i had the bypass. i lost almost 140 pounds. and then about 4 1/2 years ago my mom got sick. and i was driving back and forth to north shore long island jewish, exit 34 on the l.i.e. and i fell back into the same old habits. the trigger, the pain, the fear of losing my mother. and after she passed i thought, you know, i cannot do this again. i put 40 pounds back on. it just so happened a dear friend of ours, john harris, had lost weight doing this cleanse with a nutritionist, melissa bowman-lee out in chicago. i thought, you know what? i'm doing this. and your assistant brook has done this. >> yeah. >> and i thought, you know what? i met with her. and i