let's let you know we have some cold conditions across the area. it will be nice and cool out there with very breezy conditions expected throughout the day. a few clouds streaming through here to start the day and we should be mostly sunny this afternoon. let's take a look at these temperatures. it is cool. 54 in washington. 48 in frederick. 47 in baltimore. 44 at patuxent naval air station. 43 in ocean city. our high temperature yesterday was close to 70. today, low 60s. 62 and that might be a little ambitious. bring along a jacket. it will feel cool with winds gusting out of the north and west to about 25 miles per hour. great-looking forecast this weekend. wait until you see what we have in store. back to you. a former local college football star is in the hospital after being shot two times inside his bowie home. former georgetown player charles smith is in critical but stable condition. authorities continue to look for a suspect this morning. we are told they are look into what could be a gambling ledger that was found inside the house. possible charges this morning against the driver of an suv that hit and killed two maryland highway workers. the two men had just mowed the grass of a median on route 228 in charles county. police think the driver of the suv may have fallen asleep at the wheel. no charges have been filed yet but are pending. early voting begins in maryland today and that is for those looking to get a jump on the november 2nd general election. early voting centers will be open from today until next thursday except on sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for details, there is a link on myfoxdc.com. just look under the web links. former president bill clinton is showing his support for maryland gubernatorial candidate martin o'malley. here is fox 5's roby chavez. >> i love coming to maryland. >> reporter: riding a wave of popularity and after making nearly 100 campaign stops for 65 candidates, it was time for former president bill clinton to arrive in maryland to rally for governor martin o'malley and democrats. >> we have to do something about the long-term debt in washington. if you look at what has happened in maryland and this election, it is amazing. if ever there were a tale of two governors, this is it. >> reporter: clinton was two hours late to federal hill in baltimore but the party faithful waited it out. the popular former president told the crowd maryland is in good hands. >> your state, our state, maryland has had the best year of new job creation that wave had since the year 000. >> reporter: governor o'malley is in a tight race with former governor bob ehrlich. today, a podium of candidates told the faithful they must vote. >> at a time when people's faith in their public institutions has never been lower, your ability to determine the outcome of this election has never been higher. this election could be determined by one or two votes either way. we need you to get out the vote. >> reporter: roby chavez, fox 5 news. >> be sure to stay tuned to fox 5 morning news today. governor martin o'malley will join us live in the studio for a full half hour to let voters know where he stands on all of the issues. it starts at 9:00 this morning. his republican opponent, bob ehrlich, joined us live wednesday morning. you can find that they have on myfoxdc.com. another biggest joining us later on this morning, cardinal designate cardinal wuerl sits down with us for his first interview since being appointed by the pope. fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. good morning. we take a live look over washington, d.c. this morning. may seem a little chilly where you are but it will warm up pretty good today. i'm sarah simmons in for gurvir dhindsa. let's get a check of the weather again with tucker barnes. some places, it was 40s, 50s, but it will look nice i think later on today. >> it will be sunny but cool. >> but still, 62 is not too bad. >> when you factor in a wind out of the north and west, it will feel chilly. i suggest a map today. it will be a beautiful weekend. i think where you're going with this is you want to talk about the weekend. >> i do. >> 54 degrees at reagan national. it will be breezy around here. you are talking about winds out of the north and northwest at 5 miles per hour and temperatures in the 50s, that is a cool start. bring along a jacket. not much of anything happening. our satellite-radar indicating relatively quiet conditions. we to have a few clouds streaming in from northern maryland. it will be mostly sunny today. all in all, a good-being look friday and a great-looking weekend. our conditions will only get better and better from here so enjoy the day. highs later today only in the low 60s. it will be breeze question at times. it will feel just a little cooler than our forecast high temperature of 62. >> remember the jacket. now, to a traffic alert for commuters in virginia. i-95 and the roads around the national museum of the marine corps in triangle may be slow going this morning. prince william county police are continuing their investigation into a weekend shooting. they are searching for bullets because someone fired several rounds at that building early sunday morning damaging part of t police are comparing notes looking into shots fired at the pentagon tuesday morning. now, to get the latest on the traffic with julie, let's head over to julie wright. >> good morning to you. we are starting off with some trouble spots especially in virginia with southbound i-95 now being shut down south of 610 aquia harbor and the exit for gar onaville. route one will be your alternative route head out towards courthouse road. if you are traveling on 95 northbound through woodbridge, lanes are open and no incidents to report as you continue northbound out towards the occoquan and beyond out towards lorton. outer loop of the beltway looks pretty good leaving college park headed over towards 270. no incidents to report along 270 heading southbound to the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. now to our big story this morning. a former local college football star shot inside his own home and police are still looking for the suspect this morning. charles smith remains in the hospital in critical but stable condition. sherry ly is live outside the home with the latest details on this investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police are still keeping watch here on the home of charles smith where he was shot. the house is surrounded by police tape. it is still a crime scene as investigators hunt down would tried to kill him. neighbors heard the gunshots yesterday afternoon and called police. smith recently moved to the fairwood subdivision in bowie. when police arrived, they found smith had been shot twice. police say the suspect got away in a brown suv. smith plays for the hoyas in the late '80s and was a member of the 1988 olympic basketball team etch played for the boston celtics in 1989 and 1990 but his basketball career ended in 1992 when he was convicted in the hit and run death of two boston university students. main many of his neighbors had no idea he lived here until he was shot. >> that is crazy. i didn't think nothing would happen like that in this neighborhood. >> reporter: sources say smith may have been involve in gambling. he had worked the last four years at a mitchellville sports bar. management there said the shooting had nothing to do with them and had no comment. he remains at last word in critical but stable condition. that is the latest here in bowie. back to you. >> thank you. now, to our other story. the defense and prosecution will have a chance to pick through a pool of 41 potential jurors today in the murder trial of man charged with killing chandra levy. eventually, 12 jurors will be seated and four alternates. opening arguments are expected to begin on monday. prosecutors believe levy was attacked and killed in may of 2001 by ingmar guandique. maryland is considering charges against the driver who killed two highway workers. they say 28-year-old marlon lorenzo and eric alvarado were killed. >> the preliminary investigation indicates the driver may have fallen asleep when he left the roadway. he apparently works nights and may have fallen asleep. >> state police have not charged the 4-year-old driver but they say charges are pending. election day just 11 days away and today, early voting starts in maryland. early voting centered ered -- centers will be open from today to next thursday except for sunday. former president bill clinton hit the campaign trail in baltimore to show his support for democratic governor martin o'malley who is in the race for governor against republican bob ehrlich. >> what in the world do we even need to have a rally against -- when always a campaign against a governor who gave you the number one ranking in public schools two years in a row who, made maryland the number two state in the country according to the chamber of commerce in environment for small business and entrepreneurship. >> be sure to stay tuned to fox 5 morning news. governor martin o'malley will join us live in the studio for a full half hour to let us know where he stands on all of the issues. that starts at 9:00 a.m. his republican opponent joined us live wednesday morning. if you missedded that interview, you can find it live on myfoxdc.com. another biggest joining us later on this morning, cardinal designate donald wuerl sits down for his first investigate since being elevated by the pope. he will be live in our studios in the 7:00 a.m. hour. a massive medicare fraud bust. several people arrested in an alleged scam that cost taxpayers $200 million. another massive car recall. more than one million vehicles. we'll tell you if yours is on the list. we'll be right back. a d.c. woman is suing the city water department. peggy cooper cafritz tells fox 5 she is taking d.c. water to court after losing her home in a fire last year. she is seeking $30 million saying the lack of water helped flames spread quickly, causing her to lose everything. the general manager of d.c. water release a statement saying this: the confusion over don't ask, don't tell continues with the controversial law back in place this morning. the defense department declared it is once again the law after an appeals court temporarily blocked last month's ruling by a lower court that threw it out. a massive medicare fraud bust in south florida. four people are behind bars this morning. federal authorities have charged american therapeutics for scamming the government out of hundreds of of millions of dollars. authorities say the company preyed on patients with alzheimer's and severe dementia billing them about $200 million for services that were never delivered. >> we believe much, if not all of it, all of t may have been fraudulent. this represents the largest fraudulent billing scheme ever prosecuted by the strike force. >> prosecutors say american therapeutic and its sister companies were faking charts and submitting false claims. the companies were also accused of of paying owns of assisted living facilities to bring patients to mental health centers for therapy sessions that were never held. in our consumer alert, toyota recalling another million and a half cars. 740,000 of them are in the u.s. but it is not accelerator issues this time. now, the bern concern is ore brake fluid and fuel pump problems. toyota says the cars involved are the 2005 and 2006 avalon, the 2004 through 2006 non- hybrid highlander and the electric us rx 330. also on the list, the 2006 lexus gs 300, is 250 and is 350 vehicles. still ahead, a diet staple for many families and is it healthy for you? we're talking about fresh potatoes. >> i even eat a baked potato without anything on it. >> but now there is a debate over potatoes. they are being permanently pulled off the menu for one government program. we'll explain coming up. and do you remember this? back-to-back blast mother nature last winter. what is in store for this winter in the forecast is out and we'll tell you if you can expect piles of snow. pressure is on, tucker. >> cool start to the day. i can tell you that. bring along a jacket. we'll have breezy conditions and highs only in the low 60s. i'll have all the detail on your forecast. julie wright will be in with a look at your on-time traffic. it is coming up in just a couple of minutes. ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ look, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? eating right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. good morning. this is a view of the washington monument. chilly if you are waking up. >> nice shot though. >> we just love to look at it. >> you can see from that shot that it is clear. no fog this morning. >> that's good. we had it yesterday. >> and it is cool. temperature are in the 40s and 50s and it is breezy. >> then, it will feel colder than it's been all week probably. >> you're absolutely right. it is going to feel colder. 70 was the high them yesterday at reagan national. not going to be quite as warm today. it will be a nice day. it will be sunny and bright out there but with winds still gusting up to about 25 miles per hour and high temperatures only about 60 or so, it will feel all ofly cool for our friday. 54 right now out at reagan national. 48 the winning number in many spots. gaithersburg, frederick, dulles, manassas, all 48, quantico, 44. look at this, 43 in culpeper. a cool afternoon and a coal one tonight before we get a nice warm-up this weekend. the winds are still out of the northwest. these are sustained winds about 1 miles per hour here in washington. 15 out in winchester. it will be breezy around here again today. we'll see gusts up to about 25 miles per hour so be ready for a cool one. you can see the motion here in the atmosphere is out of the north and west. we have that frontal system come through. the cloud cover and the showers should stay to our north today. we will be mostly sunny. out to the west, out into the ohio valley, not much of anything happening. high pressure out here dominating the weather. that high pressure is going to keep us cool today. as we get into the weekend, it will park itself out to the east. we will have several beautiful days around here with high temperatures starting tomorrow in the 70s right through the middle of next week. we are looking if a nice warming trend as we get into the weekend -- we are looking for a nice warming trend as we get into the weekend. maybe coat weather tonight. 44 in town. lots of 30s tonight. could be some frost off to the north and west. weekend looks fantastic. 71 tomorrow. a few more clouds on sunday. how about mid-70s monday and tuesday with a few scattered showers. a good-looking forecast into early next week. julie wright has the latest on the traffic now. >> let's start off with some good news. the accident i mentioned in the last report about southbound 95 being closed at 610, the wreck has been cleared so better news there. again this morning, overnight construction at southbound kenilworth avenue at burrows. that is tying up the left side of the roadway there. no delay at this time. definitely something we're watching out for. lanes are open along new york avenue leaving northeast to northwest. light traffic volume as you continue through the rockville interchanges headed for the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. metro officials are already starting to think about the first big snowfall. last winter's snowstorm cost the transit agency nearly $22 million for clean-up in lost revenue. it took days to restore service. yesterday, metro got its snow equipment ready staying it will begin deploying it to stations in the coming weeks. they will lease bobcats to clear the snow. 70 new snow blowers are on order. >> one of worst snowstorms to ever hit the region hit us pretty hard, affected our customers a lot. we want to be more prepared than we were last year. >> top priority will be to keep the yellow line bridge over the potomac river open. it is a vital connection between virginia, maryland and the district. last winter brought us an unusual amount of snow. back-to-back snowstorms, in fact. so what are the chances that we'll see it again this year? noaa is out with its winter forecast and fox 5's sue palka shows us what we can expect. >> reporter: i bet there is a lot more interest in noaa's winter prediction record following last winter and we've had the hottest summer and a really busy hurricane season. the winter outlook is out an we know there is one defining climate characteristic that is going to rule the winter this year and it is called la nina. that is the opposite of last year's phenomenon. this year, waters are cooler than normal and this is what the effect will be on the united states during the winter months of december, january and february. a lot different looking. a huge swath of the lower half of nation above normal and well above normal. here in washington, it looks like we will be near our normal temperatures. the cooler air all in the pacific northwest this year. take a look at what the precipitation looks like for us. a lot of times, it doesn't show too much of a tilt to the odds in terms of the precipitation. we expect to see just about normal precipitation this year. it will be wetter than normal in the pacific northwest where it will be cooler and a lot drier across the south. that tells us something really huge. that dry southern storm track, exactly the opposite of last year when we had storm after storm coming out of the southern branch of the jet stream bringing us huge rounds of precipitation. it looks like the jet stream pat were will take most of the storms you up through the tennessee valley. that means more of a wintry mix. the last several times we have had la nina winters. the most recent one was 2007- 2008 and we only had 4.9 inches of snow. there be can exceptions. check out 1999 to 2000, a little below average at 15.4 and the blizzard of '96. that is why we have such a big record there of 46 inches back in 1995-96. in general, a la nina winter for d.c. typically means it is a little bit warmer and the snow is a little bit below average to close to average. that is about 17 to 26 inches for this area. we'll keep our fingers crossed for you snow lovers. >> thank you. potatoes are a diet staple for many families but they are permanently off the menu for one government program. there are extra vouchers given to women, infants and children. now, fda says the money can't be used to buy appreciate foe participate owes. melanie alnwick explains the potato ban. >> reporter: what piece of produce has vitamin c, fiber, no fat or cholesterol and more potassium than a banana. look no further than the lowly potato. >> i even eat a baked potato without anything on it. >> reporter: spuds are getting kicked to the curb by one federal agencies. recent changes say the money can be used for any fresh fruit or veggie except white potatoes. >> it sends an incredibly negative message about the nutrition value of potatoes. >> reporter: we are not talking about potato chips or french fries, just the raw version. they say many other foods on the wic list have more fat, calories an sodium than potatoes and potatoes are all pretty cheap. >> i think a lot of people are scratching their head and wondering why that this would be occurring. >> reporter: a usda spokesperson told me potatoes are nutritious. it is just that americans already eat a lot of them. wic would rather have moms focus them gem on buying orange or green leafy vegetables that we don't eat enough of. the agency is also looking to limit potatoes served in school lunches. >> so we'll take the number one source of potassium in the child's diet in a form that is incredibly economical and that children will eat. we don't think it makes sense. >> reporter: some consume ares are concerned about carbohydrates. >> in cases of excess intake, actually fosters diabetes. >> reporter: others worry that a ban in one program could spread to more and this food fight is far from over. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >> the public commentary for the rule change is now over and the usda about is to make the potato ban final. a long-time news analyst fired over some controversial comments. >> he went on to say that rosss the line and i said what line is that. and she went on to somehow suggest i had made a bigoted statement. >> still head, the statement that got juan williams fired. we'll hear from both sides of the issue. but next, 3-d movies are all the rage but are they harmful to your health? we'll tell what you has some people complaining. you are watching fox 5 morning news. man: empty nest? new kitchen, new us? woman: who are we? chic, modern, daring dinner-party hosts. that sounds dangerous, maybe we're more the traditional sunday brunch set? i'll expect slippers and a cocktail to be ready when i get home from work. point taken. how about... peaceful, quiet cottage in the country folk? now that's us. spend over 2500 dollars on a new kitchen and save 40 percent on custom countertops until november 28th at ikea. the life improvement store. to sports now, the phillies stay ago life in the baseball playoffs. game five of the national league championship series here on fox. phillies win 4-6789 headed back to philadelphia for game six 3:30 saturday afternoon on fox. now to hockey. alex ovechkin and the caps had to play without their star defender, mike green, last night. he is nursing an injury. they lost to the bruins 4-1. now to this morning's health alert. it is supposed to make going to the movies more realistic and thrilling but not everyone is jazzed by b. 3-d deck knowledge. if you don't love the need experience, there could be a medical explanation. christine divine splainsz. >> that is clear right now -- explains. >> that is year right now. >> films from each camera are layered which is why need images look blurry when seen with the naked eye. >> the goggles are allowing you to fuse the images into one. >> reporter: if you don't enjoy need movies, there could be a medical explanation. the doctor says watching them requires your eyes to be nearly perfectly aligned. >> you have to strain to keep your eyes focusing together and not everybody has equal focusing mechanism that keeps their eyes aligned. >> reporter: some people have to work to see in need. >> it happens unconsciously but you might get a little bit of a headache. now, put the glasses on and see if you think you could grab the fly's wings. >> reporter: if 3-d movies give you headaches, an eye doctor can test you for that. failure to see need means either the eyes aren't tracking together or one eye isn't working at all. if this happens suddenly, see your doctor. it could be a symptom of a cataract. >> optic nerve damage s