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>> a hugh jackman swagger. >> it's cool. definitely jacket weather out there, we have temperatures in the upper 40s in some spots. 50s here in town, and it will be 70 here later this afternoon. let's get started with the satellite radar that's currently out there. 58 as mentioned at reagan national. humidity is not too bad, 53%. it's breezy as well today, wind out of the west at 7 miles per hour. the reason why, big upper level low, you can see it there. look at that spinning across the great lakes, and not expecting showers here today, but we will see some of the cloudiness spill across the mountains. probably a partly cloudy afternoon, and these cool temperatures are expected to stick around for a couple of days with highs only expected to be 70 or so. there's your forecast, early sun, and the afternoon clouds will move in cool and breezy, highs about 5 degrees below where they should be, 70 degrees in washington. upper 60s if you're outside the beltway. we will have more details on the forecast and the next time it will rain coming up. >> thank you, tucker. a big week head for president obama. he will attend several meetings over the next two days to discuss troop levels in afghanistan. >> then he will focus on the 2016 olympics and make a trip to push for chicago's bid for the olympic games. today, the president will meet with nato secreta general at the white house, the likely topic of discussion, troop levels in afghanistan. the secretary general has said that things will have to change in afghanistan in order for the u.s. and her allies to succeed there. the president's top general in afghanistan says he needs 40,000 more troops, the president and vice-president will meet this afternoon with secretary of defense robert gates. the white house says the president is scheduled to meet with his national security team on afghanistan tomorrow. president obama is also about to wield his power of persuasion. >> the president and first lady will fly to denmark thursday in an effort to help land the 2016 olympics in chicago. fox 5 has more on the obama's push for the olympic games. >> reporter: it has come down to this. chicago is the finalist to host the 2016 olympics along with tokyo, madrid, and rio. the president decided to push for his adopted hometown in person, but not everybody is behind the timing of the trip. president obama is setting his sights on gold. earlier this month, the president made his argument. >> chicago is ready. the american people are ready. we want these games. [ applause ] we want them. >> reporter: this marks the first time an american president has actually appeared in person before the ioc for an olympics event. >> there's a tangible economic benefit to those games being here, and the president wants to help out america's bid. >> reporter: some critics ask why is the president leaving the country with pressing issues like iran, afghanistan, and healthcare? >> the president believes healthcare is in better shape. i believe he felt strongly and personally that he should go and make the case for the united states,and that's what he's going to do. >> reporter: chicago is facing tough competition from ma tried, tokyo, and rio. he sent a letter promising a spectacular olympic experience for one and all. >> obviously to have president obama there is wonderful, but the fact that he and the first lady will be there together is phenomenal. we think that's a great thing for us. >> reporter: president obama's not going to be the only world leader lobbying for the 2016 olympics. the brazilian president will be there, the king juan carlos of spain, and the spanish prime minister are boasting of madrid, and the japanese prime minister will be there making the case for tokyo. iran's energy, banking, and telecommunications sectors could be the targets of new international sanctions because of this. in a provocative move, the iranian government defied a world firing missiles. the u.s. meets with iran on thursday and threatens more sanctions. the man authorities believe was plotsing a terror attack on new york city is expected in court today. 24-year-old najibullah zazi will go before a judge in u.s. district court in brooklyn to answer federal terror charges. in the meantime, the fbi has identified possible accomplices. three new yorkers are accused of helping zazi buy bomb making chemicals from a beauty supply store in colorado. he has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. a shooting in a quiet community has left some people rattled. officers responded to a call of a suspicious person in a home. the suspect got stuck, and officers say the man lunged at them and they shot him. he remains in critical condition it morning. jim graham is being looked at as part of a federal probe after his chief of staff was wus busted on bribery charges. prosecutors are not saying whether graham is the target, but they a trying to determine whether the alleged corruption went above his chief of staff. the chief of staff is accused of accepting $1500 in cash in favor of legislation. metro is beefing up security, putting millions of dollars in federal funding into surveillance cameras, and for the first time some will be placed inside rail cars. sarah is live in due dupon circle with more. >> reporter: this is something they are talking about putting out systemwide, we're talking about buses we could see the cameras that they can monitor in realtime, and they are getting close to $28 million from the department of homeland security in order to do this. metro is saying it will basically be used to monitor criminal activity, also be able to take a look at crowd control when there are things that are going down. most of the efforts will go toward putting cameras on the buses in some ventilation shafts in station entrances and on the platforms. it's only 7 million at this point that will go towards cameras in the rail cars. the cameras will be used for crowd control, but the department of homeland security hopes it will also prevent any possible terrorist attacks from being planned. other cities such as new york, los angeles, chicago, atlanta, and boston, they have already been looking at doing the same thing. and we have talked with metro riders this morning, and some actual say they are all for it. >> i feel more comfortable watching thing from afar and keeping me abreast, keeping law enforcement abreast of what happened. if it's the middle of the night or during the day, i'm okay with it. >> reporter: the american civil liberties union says it is concerned about what the footage could be used for andhey fear there could be invasion of privacy issues that could come about from this. as for when and where the cameras are going to go, it's still unclear at this point. metro says it's a pilot program so it's still in the works. tony, back to you. >> sarah, thank you very much. yesterday, we talked to triple a about the dangers of distracted driving. in this hour, we have the new numbers showing there's even less room for error in construction zones. a new study found nearly one in four drivers on the beltway read or wrote text messages while behind the wheel in work zones. knows people are 20 times as likely to have an accident or a near miss. with so much construction out there, virginia officials want to get the word out. >> driving in a work zone and texting? just don't do it. our plea to motorists is to recognize the increased danger that is in work zones. slow down. and add extra distance between yourself and the next vehicle. >> it's against the law to text while driving in virginia and d.c. be reminded of that, and a texting ban goes into effect in maryland thursday. now to the race for virginia governor, this morning, democratic candidate cree deeds is announcing the endorsement of former governor lynn holton. he served from 1970 to 1974, and bob mcdonald got the endorse of the fraternal order of police and the nra earlier this month. coming up, an inspirational story, four siblings lose their parents and learn to rely on each other. two of them wrote a book about the experience. plus, she was missing for nine months, taken from her family. now, elizabeth smart is heading to court. we will tell you why. keep it right here, it's 9:09.  well, they have the big house, fancy cars, two movie ar handsome parents, and then in a flash it was all gone. the welsh family imploded in the 1980s with a car crash, cancer, and a mysterious death. how the family's four children thrived is the topic of this new book, the kids are all right. i'll say good morning to you. >> good morning. >> these are things that most of us never have to deal with, and especially when you're on a different stage or you enjoy an amount of celebrity, people expect they are fine, and they are going to be great. can you tell us about your journey. >> leading up to now? >> writing this book. >> liz started working on this book i would say 15 years ago now? she is a reporter, we're both reporters now. and it took her a while to sort of nail it. and it really came together when we decided to do it together asco authors, and then decided to bring our other siblings on board to write the book as well. we're all extremely close, and it was an easy collaboration. >> it's really a triump, though, considering the heartbreak you went through. if you can tell us what you did have to survive. >> well, i think the doubl whammy of our experience, our father died in a car accident in 1983, and then our mother was diagnosed with cancer a month later. and it's true, our mother was a famous soap opera actress, and we lived in a fancy house. and on of being widows, our left her $1.1 million in debt. our mother had to go back to work at the same time that she was battling cancer, and ur family, which was, i think, looked at as a sort of fairy tale, four kids, beautiful mother, handsome father. >> beautiful kids. >> so when our mother died three and a half years later, i don't think she ever really faced the fact that she was dying. so she didn't figure out a way for us to all stay together, and that was the real tragedy, that the four of us got split up. i at the time was 16, but diana was only 8. my older sister amanda and my younger brother dan, we were old enough to fend for ourselves within our families, but diana was left behind in bedford with a family that thought it was better she become a part of her family and they cut her off from our family. for five years, we had little contact with diana, but we never forgot about that. and that's what the book is about, how we found one another again after those years. >> and that must have been really hard for you. first of all, you're the youngest, and then all of a sudden, where did my big brothers and sisters go? not to mention, having lost your parents, do you feel that you're still working through any resentment because of that? >> no, definitely not. and i think you know, when we were all reunited, it was so magical and great. it was like a fish being returned to water for me, i felt so at home immediately. but it was in writing the book that i realized they were all as lost and alone as i was, really though i didn't see them since i was with a family and i didn't get to see them together, i assumed they were all together off somewhere having fun and i was stuck back in bedford. >> that's a lot for a little girl. >> it was. >> it's a lot for an adult. why weren't you all able to stay together? >> well, our mother really didn't want to admit she was dying. and so she wasn't willing to parcel us out. she wasn't going to say you're going to take my kids because i'm going to die. when she was on her deathbed, she was trying everything. she had done the traditional stuff, and moved on to alternative methods like positive thinking. >> healers. it's amazing, i recently talked to my guardian, the woman i moved in with about that decision, and she said that my mother, the day they had to sign over the guardianship papers, my mother was so far gone to the cancer that my guardian, daisy stewart in the book, had to help her sign the paperwork. and she said that as a mother, she really understood that my mother couldn't face it, the fact that she was going to be leaving her children was more than she could handle. people are often asked us if that makes us angry, and it makes us love her all the more. it really does. that has been the big question about this book, why were you all separated? and i think really the answer is, we found each other again because our parents instilled in us such a sense of self and our sibling bonds were already set so kind of securely as young people before our family life exploded that that is a huge testament to not only our mother, but our father as well. >> as i feared, this segment has gone too quickly. when you pick up the book, what do you hope that readers finds? >> in a larger perspective, i hope that people take serious not separating siblings after being orphaned in the foster system. i think it's important that kids get to stay together. >> and i think the real take home is the sibling bonds are precious, and our family is such a sort of symbol of that. we love each other, and that to me is what the book is about, the celebration of siblings. >> i've just met you, and it definitely shows. thanks for spending some time with us. liz and diana welsh, the kids are all right. thank you. >> it's an amazing story. thank you for coming in. we turn our attention to the washington redskins now. the tampa bay bucaneers come to fedex field this weekend to take on the redskins, but following a loss to the lions, the skins are still searching for answers to a number of questions. you have players questioning the team's identity, others questioning the team's effort on the field. fans want to know where the defense w on sunday. and questions still remain about jason campbell's ability to get the team in the end zone. just three games into the season, can the team survive this adversity? >> i don't think that there's a worry that guys will splinter in the locker room and separate. we're a close team. the thing that we have to do is keep our enthusiasm up. we have to ep coming back and working hard. and you have to say, it's still -- it's week 4 right now. we're fine. we just have to figure out a way to win some football games right now and keep everybody up. >> we have to regroup as a team and come together and don't let this divide us. our big test now is how are we going to unce back and what are we going to back now? >> what are they going to become? >> this could be a defining moment for the team. we will see. >> hopefully they become winners. >> that's what we hope for. silence your cell phones. you hear it in some stores and al theaters across the country. what happens when you forget? how actor hugh jackman handled the situation during this play. plus, holly has exchanged her cell phone for a train whistle. >> reporter: well, it all had to do with a movie actor, as well. jim carey. we are living this morng at union station where disney's a christmas carol train has rolled into town all in preview of the movie coming out this november. coming up, we are going to take you behind the scenes and show you the state of the art movie making technology all set to the background of 18th century christmas carols. it's all coming up later. here's a look at today's trivia question. we will have the answer for you later in the show. but if you think you know, it head to our facebook page, give it a shot. >> i think i know. >> i have no clue. >> i think i know. more and more, the quality of our lives depends on our connections. access to high-speed internet, at home and on the go, is no longer a luxury. it's how our children access education. it's how we find jobs, discover information, and connect with family and friends. it's the spark that drives innovation, creates investment, and builds a stronger economy. to shape a better tomorrow, at&t is investing in america's future - working to create an internet that's smart, mobile and safe. last year at&t invested more than any other company in the u.s. and we're continuing to invest this year, to expand and enhance our wireless and wired networks. we support a national plan that ensures high speed internet access and enables adoption by all americans, over the next five years. adoption by all americans, over the next five years. the future is our business. at&t. your world delivered. we have a fox 5 followup this morning. the white supremist charged in a deadly attack at the holocaust museum is no longer in the d.c. area. a judge ordered he be moved to a prison hospital in north carolina for testing to see if he's fit to stand trial. the lawyer requested the test against his client's objecons. the 89-year-old is accused of opening fire at the holocaust museum in june killing a security officer. lawyers for director roman polanski filed a motion in a swiss court today asking he be released from custody. he was arrested over the weekend at a ilm festival in zurich three decades after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. he fled the united states to france back in 1978 and polanski is now resisting efforts to be extradited to the united states. earlier this morning, we spoke about the case with a professor at american university washington college of law. >> he can be pursued as a misdemeanor or a felony. the felony's maximum is 2 to 3 to 4 years. people i think rarely, and i don't think he will get the maximum in this case. will he do much time? time will tell, i suppose. >> shorter than 32 years on the run. >> certainly. >> authorities say the 76-year-old's arrest came about because they had advanced knowledge and opportunity. the u.s. marshal service denies any suggestion that law enforcement officials passed over similar opportunities in previous years. a federal judge says elizabeth smart will testify on thursday against the man who she says kidnapped her six years ago. smart was found living with brian mitchell and his estranged wife in a suburb of salt lake city nine months after she was abducted. prosecutors say smart's testimony is relevant. smart's family says she hopes she will finally be able to put the whole experience behind her. it's a debate that has been raging for years now, and it has recently been fueled by the threat of swine flu. should you have your children vaccinated for the h1n1 virus or any other illness for that matter? we have an expert to help sort out the facts. the stage play starring hugh ackman is bound to be a good show because daniel craig is in it too, but what happened when someone forgets to turn off their cell phone. reaction from the stage next. virginia is ing viral with swine flu videos. the commonwealth's health and education agencies have produced online videos to help inform parents and teachers to help prevent the spread of h1n1. the agencies are asking schools to post links to the vied yoss on their websites. it stresses the importance of students and employees to stay home until they are fever free. a swine flu vaccination is sparking its own controversial. here to help sort out some of the facts are barbara fisher. good morning, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about your organization first of all. you do not takea position on whether or not children or should not receive any particular vaccine. why not and what is the mission of the organization? >> our mission is that everyone should become an informed healthcare consumer, and we do not advocate vaccination or against it. we need to take responsibility for our health, and that means becoming informed about all risks, the risks and complications of infectious disease, and the risks and complications ofaccine and make an informed decision. >> what sorts of questions, because you know, this can be rather intimidating. you take your kid into the doctor, and what sort of questions should parents ask? >> you need to understand your medical history, your child's medical history, your family medical history. make sure your doctor is informed of that. you need to understand the complications of the infectious disease, but also do you have high risk factors in your family? this year, we have two vaccines, influence and some children are going to be recommended to get four shots of the vaccine this year. we have never done tha before. so it becomes very important. ask your doctor questions about the vaccine. there are manufacturers that giving product manufacturer inserts to the doctors. if you really want to be informed, read the inserts before you get the vaccine. >> from what you know, should parents have any significant concerns about the h1n1 vaccine? >> well, the h1n1 has only been tested for a few weeks on a few thousand healthy adults and children. so until it is used by millions of children and adults, we're not really going to understand totally the reaction profile of the vaccine. so it becomes really important to become informed. >> there will to the other -- in relation to the other vac convenes that all kids are supposed to go through during the early part of their life, can parents pick and choose the vaccines they want their kids to have? >> well, every state has mandates for vaccination. so it depends on what state you live in, it depends on what you are allowed exemptions to vaccination in your state, whether it's a medical, religious, or a conscientious belief exemption. so you need to know the laws in your state because some states are requiring a flu vaccine. so the healthcare workers in new york are being required to get this new h1n1 swine flu vaccine or they will lose their jobs. so there are mandates. it's becoming very controversial as we have more and more vaccines required, more people are saying, you know what? we need to have the right to informed consent. >> let me ask you a question, you can do research, and you can find out this particular vaccine could have this possible effect. how does a parent accurately assess what the risk is of not giving your child a certain vaccine? >> well, again, it's about becoming educated. not all the diseases are the same, and not all vaccines are the same. chicken pox is not small pox, and hepatitis b is not polio, and we say that because there are different risks for different people for different diseases. one size does not fit all, and that's why you need to become an informed healthcare consumer. >> you got started in this because your oldest son i believe had an adverse reaction to a dpt vaccine in the 1980s. are vaccines generally safer now than they were back then? >> it depends on the vaccine, and our organization is advocating for high standards for safety of vaccines. we think the standards should be raised, and think that's why you really need to get a lot of information before you take the step to get vaccinated. >> all right. very good. barbara fisher with the national vaccines infection center. it was 58 degrees at9:00. >> we're slowly climbing. i hope the girls were prepared. >> yes, jackets and layers. >> jackets and layers are back, and in the forecast today, it's going to be fall-like out there all afternoon, our high temperatures will be in the upper 60s to about 70 degrees or so. the forecast is going to be fairly steady. we will take a look at our current temperature, 59 degrees right now at reagan national. our winds are out of the west at 7 miles per hour. 58 in baltimore. you can still see 60s here to south, and that is starting the gradual warmup. and down in ocean city, maryld, 68 degrees, so again, a little bit warmer there to the south. looking at t forecast for this afternoon, right now, we look fine. we have a few clouds overnight and over through the washington area at this hour. as we get into the afternoon, you can key seer lurking off to the north -- see here lurking off to the north and west, more gray, and the rain showers will st to the north and west. we are not expecting rain, but more clouds as we get into the afternoon. and it wilbe cool with the breezes, and the winds will be out of the north and west for the next couple of days. temperatures are going to be well below average, particularly at night, where we will be back into the upper 40s to about 50 or so. cool start, and just a couple clds in the forecast this morning, we will see a few more clouds this afternoon. this is going to be a weak cold front, but it will stay to the north and bring showers to northern pennsylvania and new york. very quiet weather here for the next coupled, although it will be on the cool side. early sun, afternoon clouds in the forecast, and cool, and a breeze at times with winds at 10 do 15 miles per hour. look at that, overnight, 52 in town. back to the 40s to the north and west. tomorrow and thursday's highs will only be in the 60s. 68 tomorrow. 67 on thursday. our next chance is for showers on saturday. probably won't rain all day, but we will fine-tune the forecast as we get closer. if you're going to the concert tonight, it should be cool. bring a jacket. >> yeah, wear your u-2 jacket. listen, we all know this. many of us know this. if you go to the show sometimes and people don't know it. it is common courtesy to turn off your cell phone in a theater. and what happened when you don't and you're attending a play starring hugh jackman. take a look. >> all the time -- [ cell phone ringing ] do you want to get that? do you want to get it? grab it i don't care. grab your phone. doesn't matter. >> that's a little uncomfortable. >> it is, because it jars you out of the moment. >> what's interesting is he stayed in character. >> yeah, okay. >> i thought he might turn into a wolferine right there. > yeah. >> they are clapping, so i guess he turned it off. how embarrassing for that person. >> with that pause, did the person actually answer the phone? >> what would you do at that point? i wouldn't take it out of my pocket so you couldn't tell it was me. >> that's crazy. >> all right. >> and actually, later on, another cell phone went off. can you believe that? daniel craig had to deal with that. >> what did he do? did he rip his shirt down and run down the beach and say i'm bond? >> no, no. >> can i just say something real quickly. ten years for me today at fox 5. >> it is allison's 10th anniversary. [ applause ] >> when i got here, i got married, had my three girls, i met you, you, tucker, and all my fine friends, so i have grown up here. i was just an innocent young thing. >> and you don't look a day older. >> than what? >> than ten years ago. >> thank you. thank you. 10 years today. thank you. coming up next... >> i'll be getting a cake for myself later. >> it's an odd set up for fedex field. what the spaceship set up is for, what you want to prepare for next. >> i think you know what it's for. >> first, another look at our trivia question now. >> i want to guess right on and off. >> if you think you know the answer, you can wait until later, or if you're online, go to our facebook, take a guess, and get it right and we might ve you a shoutout at the end of the show. i'll do the shoutout. ohh... how many friends does a person need, sharon ? 'cause i'm thinking 90,000 is 90,000 too many. i can't imagine having too many friends, lewis. oh i can. i open the door to my apartment and 90,000 friends jump out from behind a futon screaming "surprise, happy birthday !" i would be in seventh heaven. i'd be in emergency cardiac surgery. you know a real friend would be giving me mouth-to-mouth resuscitation right now. parentheses have a place but not on your face. smooth those lines away for up to a year with juvéderm®. juvéderm® is a smooth injectable gel your doctor uses to smooth out wrinkles like those lines on the sides of your nose and mouth instantly. side effects... usually mild to moderate included temporary injection site reactions like redness, pain, firmness, swelling or bumps. smooth, natural. everyone will notice t no one will know. ask your doctor about juvéderm®. there's nothing more important than our health. so when it comes to health reform, we need a solution that works for all of us. now the president and congress have a plan that combines the best ideas, from democrats and republicans, business owners and workers, doctors, nurses and patients. a plan that keeps bureaucrats out of your health care you choose your own doctor, make your own desions, and you can't be denied coverage for a pre-existing condition. that's reform we can all feel good about. all right. in case you raent heard, there's a big event going on at fedex field tonight. it looks like aliens have taken up residence there. it's the stage for tonight's u-2 concert. get this, it's a 164 feet tall, it has a huge video screen, and it only costs $40 million. and u-2 has three of them because it takes so long to set them up and take them down, they need to rotate them through different cities on the tour. parking lots open at noon for tonight's concert to help to avoid the traffic tiups. concert begins at 7:00, and metro will be open later to accommodate the crowds. for the best way to get around, log on to www.myfoxdc.com and click on the traffic tab. >> are you going? >> i am not going. i can't do it. it's a weeknight, i have to work in the morning. can't do it. here's a look at some of the new music dropping in stores today, alice in chains has a new album, and barbara stris sand is back, and mariah carey releases memoirs of a perfect angel. and monday officers versus aliens, and it has been 70 years since the release of the wizard of oz. you can celebrate with the 70th anniversary dvd. it has loads of extras and extra disks, and it looks better than it has ever looked, i'm told. or you can catch jennifer aniston in management. you can see that, too, if you want. >> i've never even heard of that movie. we often hear about organizations helping soldiers returning from war in afghanistan and iraq. but one organization is working to make sure women affected by the taliban and other extreme groups like that get help as well. we will have more on the help they offer and how you can get in on helping. and as we told you earlier, holly is getting ready for christmas. what trains have to do with it. coming up next. keep it here. we'll be right back. more and more, the quality of our lives depends on our connections. access to high-speed internet, at home and on the go, is no longer a luxury. it's how our children access education. it's how we find jobs, discover information, and connect with family and friends. it's the spark that drives innovation, creates investment, and builds a stronger economy. to shape a better tomorrow, at&t is investing in america's future - working to create an internet that's smart, mobile and safe. last year at&t invested more than any other company in the u.s. and we're continuing to invest this year, to expand and enhance our wireless and wired networks. we support a national plan that ensures high speed internet access and enables adoption by all americans, over the next five years. adoption by all americans, over the next five years. the future is our business. at&t. your world delivered. as coalition troops in afghanistan continue to fight the taliban, an organization here in our area is reaching out to help afghan women threatened by the taliban and other ultraconservative groups. it's a project of madre, that is an international women's human rights organization, and this morning jan nickelson joins us to talk more about the project. jan, good morning. >> good morning. >> and we know in span spanish language, madre means mother, and we are talking about issues that face women globally, and you are talking about the plight of afghan women. tell us first of all what the women in this country have to deal with with groups like the taliban. >> women in afghanistan, our position is that the women in afghanistan are living in the most dangerous country for women of all. there are so many things that they face in terms of violence at home and women who dare to speak out for human rights for such things as education for girls, for the fact that there's a very high illiteracy rate among women, 87%, a high rate of delt during childbirth, and many things they face. women who dare to inteek out are actually often killed. they are targeted by extremist groups, and so i should actually say i am a contributor to madre and helping to do a fund raiser for them and not on the staff of madre. but they have helped women in various countries around the world, and they established the afghan women's survival fund to help women in the sense of an underground railroad to help them be able to find safety, to be able to escape. >> that is a major problem, helping to get out of that situation. women often have nowhere to go and no one to help them do that. >> exactly. they generally have no money of their own, and they are not able to leave home without a male relative. so to escape is often impossible. this fund, the afghan women's survival fund helps to provide cell phones to people who are helping, it provides money and transportation and clothing and personal effects to help them get set up in another safer environment. >> hard to believe with all of the freedoms that we enjoy, that there would be some sisters still in the struggle around the world. let's talk about this, it's women to women, the silent auction, and the money is going to help raise funds for some of the things you just talked about. and it is happening sunday, november 1st. how can we all get involved if we're watching it and feel a connection with the cause? >> what you can do is go to your website and find out the details of how to make a donation. you can donate goods, services, for finances to help find this. it doesn't take very much money to go a long way in terms of funding things in afghanistan. and for the excellent auction, you may come also. it's from 12:00 to 4:00 on november 1st in arlington, virginia, and that information will be on your website. we invite people to come to the auction and make donations, and we also have a phone nber you can call, if you're not sure about a certain donation, run it by us, and we can help you with that. >> i would really urge you at home, if you do feel a connection with this, to go to our website, www.myfoxdc.com, and look at the good work that madre and the afghan woman's auction is doing. thank you so much for being with us here today. >> thank you. grab your whistle and your train conductor hat. holly is at a special train event at union station, and christmas is involved. holly, are you in the mood? >> reporter: i am in the mood, and i'm excited because this is really the car of the train i have been waiting to show you guys all morning along. we are here ats morning station because disney's a christmas carol train tour is making a stop here for the next few days. it's if you want to see movie magic, this is where you need to be. bob gold is with disney, and he joins me, and this is amazing. >> this is our mini sound stage. this is where it all takes place. the performance capture process takes place. the actors, the only makeup they ever have is they put markings on their face. and they wear an hd camera cap with four cams are a and a computer cp. they are capturing every portion of the acting process for them as they are going through the motions. they wear a bodysuit that has sensors on it, and they are picked up by 120 hd cameras with computer chips in them. and as you can see, this is a real acting job without makeup and costumes. >> it's amazing because if you think that being in an animated movie is just simply gog a voice over -- doing a voiceover, that's so wrong. it's a total performance. >> that's right. it's a hybrid. they go through the actual performance of acting out their pas and the different scenes and so forth. as you can see, we have pictures of jim carey, and colin first time in this. and they are going through the entire acting process of going through their scenes. >> it's amazing to me, those are all hd cameras, and it's capturing the different movements and expressions your face would make. >> absolutely, and in 3d. >> yes. and you were saying that jim carey plays seven different roles in the movie, and because there's no costume or makeup, you were able to titrate that down into shooting how many days? >> he did his entire performance in 22 days. >> 22 days. that's incredible. and then we come into this car here, and tell me what's going on? >> this is called mission control. once the actors go through their process of shooting the scenes, the computer chips are taken and downloaded into our happy holidays computers. and then our digital masters go through and actually layer the film. so this shows the film in various stages as they begin the layering process of adding the costumes, the facial expressions, facial hair, also any of the sets that you have seen before are all added into these particular scenes themselves. so it really is a slow process of taking the acting performance and narrowing it down into the various scenes while they layer it into a final scene. >> reporter: bob, did you so much for letting us get a sneak peek this morning. we appreciate it. i hope your christmas is merry. >> yours, too. >> reporter: www.myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the train tour website. it's absolutely free, come out and see it. it will be in baltimore over the weekend, and then of course, mark your calendar because november 6th is the big day when disney's a christmas carol comes out in the theaters. back to you guys. >> my kids have already told me that's when it comes out. holly, thanks. all right, well the answer to today's trivia question is next. don't go anywhere. . there's nothing more important than our health. so when it comes to health reform, we need a solution that works for all of us. now the president and congress have a plan that combines the best ideas, from democrats and republicans, business owners and workers, doctors, nurses and patients. a planhat keeps bureaucrats out of your health care you choose your own doctor, make your own decisions, and you can't be denied coverage for a pre-existing condition. that's reform we can all feel good about. here's the answer to today's trivia question. >> tucker. >> changing people's lives for the better, that's it. >> you just ran out of time for the weather:

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