imagine how much that's worth. he's hanging onto it. >> wow. coming up, a maryland teenager and another person left paralyzed at a shooting at a halloween house party. this morning we're learning more details on the search for suspects and why police are all too familiar with this house where the victims were gunned down. and also ahead, the white house claims that the stimulus bill has helped hundreds of thousands of jobs and more are on the way but is this a sign the economy is bouncing back? we'll break down the numbers with help from the wall street journal. plus the last full day of campaigning are here and we're counting down the hours until election day. latest numbers on the virginia governor's race that has national implications. fox 5 morning news starts right now. glad you're with us. it is november 2nd on this monday morning. glad you're along for the ride today. we have three more hours to go. it is 51 degrees and good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. we'll have more on th weather coming up in just a moment. but looking ahead this morning, much more on the election tomorrow in virginia. ahead at 7:00 we talk with harry sev ugan. and commercials for for your gold but is it a safe way to cash in? we'll get filled in on whether that's a good investment for you. and now to the all- important workweek weather with tony perkins. >> good morning. we have cool conditions around the area this morning. but i'm going to call ld condit we do have temperatures in the 40s, but in town we're in the 50s. we'll start with our hd radar. we have been monitoring shower this is morning and we continue to watch them across the chesapeake bay. there has not been much movement in the morning. to the north of washington what you're seeing there is moisture in the atmosphere, some mist, and maybe even fog here or there, but for the most part a few light rain showers south and east of the district and in eastern maryland as well. right now reagan national reporting a temperature of 51 degrees as we go to the graphics. you can see those temperatures are in the 50s. 51 degrees. relative humidity 61%, winds out of the north at 9 miles per hour. here is your day planner for today, mostly cloudy skies with the possibility of the sun peeking through here and there. the best chance of that is to the west. high today only 58 degrees. we'll have more details on the forecast in just a bit. right now let's turn our attention to traffic. julie. we do have our hands full south on 270 from hyattstown toward the truck scales and from germantown to rockville. american legion bridge so far so good. good shot on the inner loop and outer loop. from the right to the left, that's the outer loop into montgomery county. inner loop around the curve north of the potomac toward 270. again lanes are open and you're flowing freely doing the double nickel in each direction. 95 jammed up toward 650 new hampshire avenue. it's still slow from stewart lane toward white oak. more slow traffic approaching university boulevard toward the beltway. meanwhile 395 north of duke street, heavy, slow and steady, delays beginning at the beltway and slowing again at the 14th street bridge. an accident northbound 110 at the pentagon, stay to the left to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the race for governor in virginia coming to a head. the polls open at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow and that's less than 24 hours from now. >> and the candidates will make a last-minute push for residents to get out and push. one of the candidates will campaign in an hour. >> bob mcdonnell is set to attend a rally this morning at 7:45. creigh deeds is expected to make a stop later on this evening here in alexandria as well. both of them are really on a whirlwind tour at this point, making a last-minute push to get out the vote. in the meantime, though, some latest poll numbers are giving us more insight into the race showing bob mcdonnell pulling out with a 12 point lead over creigh deeds. now both of them are in a last- minute push. mcdonnell will be in prince william county and make a stop at the end of the day in virginia beach. deeds is going to be campaigning with governor tim kaine, the current governor, around virginia today, making stops in roanoke, charlotte and richmond. but both candidate have been watching these polls but they feel the poll numbers don't matter. >> they really don't. it's made us feel encouraged that we've been up, but that's only giving us the feeling we're on the right track. >> it's overrated. we don't have that much time left and i'm confident if we get the vote out we'll win. >> reporter: now the entire country is watching this race and the governor's race in new jersey, many feeling that this could be a litmus test for people to determine whether or not the president has been doing a good job as well as the congress. sarah simmons, fox 5 news. back to you. >> now virginia is not the only state with key elections. also a tight governor's race in new jersey where john corzine is facing off against republican and independent candidates there. and there is drama in upstate new york where the republican candidate dropped out of the race and endorsed her opponent. keep it here for complete coverage tomorrow along with the virginia's governor race. we'll follow results in the commonwealth for attorney general and the house of delegates and several other local races in virginia and maryland. polls up at 6:00 a.m. in virginia and at seven a.m. in maryland. new this morning, karzai will remain president of afghanistan. one day after his opponent abdullah dropped out of the race. fraud marred the first election. the united states promises to work with karzai and the president of the united nations made a visit to talk with both men. and a bombing has killed 30 people, a few miles from islamabad as many people waiting outside of the national bank on pay day to collect their salaries. in the meantime as violence escalates the united nations is stopping long-term development work near the afghan border citing security concerns. and uncertainty for businesses across the country including thretail industry ahead of the holiday shopping season because cit group filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday. this company provides credit to thousands of small and mid size businesses. analysts warn the case would add to the instability of the retail sector. cit says they will continue to provide funds through the transition. we ae learning more detates about a -- details about a halloween party where one victim was shot and killed and another who might never walk again. >> the shooting happened at a home in clerksville that police say is no stranger to trouble. trisha thompson with the story. >> reporter: howard county police say there were well over 100 people inside this $1.5 million clarksville home when someone opened fire. >> he was the life of the party. he didn't have a bad bone in his body at all. >> reporter: tony brice says his son was excited to go to a halloween party in howard county. >> he was working hard at giant food store as a cashier preparing himself to go to college in january, going into criminal justice. >> reporter: howard county police say brice was found shot to death in the driveway. >> what we believe right now is that some sort of an argument or altercation broke out inside of the residence. as a result of that altercation, two people were shot. >> reporter: police found nathaniel quick of columbia shot in the basement. >> he's paralyzed. >> reporter: quick's grandparents spoke with investigators saying they've been told their grandson will never walk again. >> he was shot in the back. >> reporter: wristbands litter the yard and police are trying to determine if people paid to party in a residence that has had trouble before. >> it is our understanding that the homeowner rented out the house for the purpose of having this party and we believe this is not the first time that occurred we were called to the same location in june for a similar type of incident. >> report: a neighbor heard the gunfire fr across the street. >> i think i heard the -- thug thug thug. >> reporter: they say the party was made of most college age students. >> i ran out the back. >> reporter: police say though it was a halloween party, most people did not wear costumes. but with so many in atent -- in attendance, they could interview more than 100 people. fox 5 news. >> police are trying to speak with everyone who attended that party knowing that the smallest detail helps. a $5,000 reward is being offered in the case. and ford is reporting a $1 billion in the third quarter saying it will be solidly profitable in 2011. this comes after the cash for clunkers program. they cite cost cutting meures d market share gains for the impressive improvements. it's the small town that inspired mayberry. but investigates get a big break in a murder this 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adoption by all americans, over the next five years. the future is our business. at&t. your world delivered. welcome back. you're taking a look at the new uss new york sailing up the hudson river in new york city. and this of course is the u.s. ship that was forthed in part by steel that was taken from the world trade center. it's been -- it's about a four- day voyage to get to new york city. and as you can see there, going under the bridge and in thenew york area this morning. >> wow. that's powerful to see. i get chills when i see those big war ships. >> i wish we could get a closeup. they put the steel in the bow and they have writings to pay tribute to those who lost their lives on 9/11. so it's sailing up from virginia. >> we followed it when it was docked down in the norfolk area. so you saw the rain drops there. and i said if you had rain on halloween you would have a mini revolt. you have the whole outfit on. >> well as expected it would stop for a while, but we were fine. >> i suspect a lot of little alice coopers with that makeup running. >> you open up the door, hey, alice cooper? no. let's look at weather around the region and the country. right now in d.c., 51 degrees. look how cold it is up to the north and west. rochester 30 degrees, detroit, 36 and in cincinnati it's 36 degrees. milder air down to the south. and out to the west you'll find a mixed bag. it's cool in many parts of the country. now i said milder air down to the south, but temperatures are similar there. 45-degrees in atlanta. new orleans is 56. and out to the west where they've been cold, 38 in denver. that's actually a nice warmup from where they were friday morning at this time. here is a look at national satellite radar. now a couple of things. first of all, not a whole lot in the way of cloud cover. most of the cloud cover is either along the eastern seaboard, including here in d.c. or from the great lakes become into the northern plains. we are seeing some rainfall now across portions of the plains, including nebraska and into the chicagoland area. for us, we have a couple sprinkles here and there off to the south and east primarily centered around the chesapeake day. lot of clouds today. 58 degrees for the high. tomorrow 62 degrees. becoming breezy. a slight chance for a shower or two as a cold front comes through. that front will eventually drop our temperatures down. we'll see a lot of 30s around here tuesday night and into wednesday and then wednesday night into thursday. cool temperatures wednesday, thursday and friday. that's a look at the weather. we'll have more coming up in just a little bit. let's check in with julie wright with traffic. >> the pace is still slow as you travel southbound along 29 leaving stewart lane toward 650 new hampshire avenue. now top side of the beltway, outer loop, past university boulevard and toward 29. as you make your way around the curve, we do have reports of a stalled car tieing up the second lane to the left. the pace improves toward 270. if you're traveling in the district, inbound new york avenue past florida avenue and toward the third street tunnel no. problem leaving northeast to northwest. the pace is good here. you will find traffic slowing on 295 inbound across the 11th street bridge. south capital street slows on the ramp to the freeway. out of newington, all lanes are open but hitting the breaks at king street. northbound 395, incident ther with a car and a horse trailer. the two have become unhitched but the activity is to the shoulder which is causing brief rubbernecking delays. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. white house insiders say the country is on track for millions of new jobs by the end of the year. that confidence spurred by a report saying 650,000 jobs have already been retained or created due to the administration's economic stimulus plan. the question becomes is that optimism justified and is that showing we are back on firm ground. joining us now sarah murray with more on this. thanks for joining us. >> hanks for having me. >> so is this a true number, the 650,000? >> well it's talking about jobs created so that's a better indication than talking about jobs saved. it is not saying this is how many jobs we created by this construction plan and it's harder to say this is how many people who were laid off. >> that's tricky because that's the reasoning a lot of people say, well if we didn't do this it would have been worse and we could have lost more jobs. how hard is it to try to understand all of that in a legitimate way. >> it's very difficult and that's part of the reason we're seeing the conflicting reports coming out about whether the numbers are true and people saying they created twice as many jobs as they have. so i think the administration's is how do you actually measure the number in an affective and fairway. >> another question is that how much of this is actually paying off financially, will the stimulus pkage pay for itself? >> i don't think anyone has the answer to that. i know if you ask the obama administration they would say yes because the economy 3.5% in the third quarter so it's sort of starting to look like we're pulling out the woods but the unemployment rate is at 9% and we're expecting had to hit 9.8% when the report comes out on friday. so people are still feeling the pain. >> and not to mention the pain with the market activity not showing it's ready to push through. we hit 10,000 on the dow and things were sarting to look good but then friday everything fell apart. >> exactly. and the thing is that businesses are still really cautious right now. we had a story in the wall street journal about how their sitting on this mountain of cash and so it's not like they don't have the money to spend but they're not convinced we're in a sustainable recovery and you need to have that sort of confidence and optimism if you're going to start hiring people again. >> what do you think will be the catalyst to push us into the right discretion? >> it's really difficult to say. i think you'll have to still see improvements in a lot of the other indicator measures that we're looking at. manufacturing reports and home sales are coming out today so they'll have to see that people are continuing to purchase goods without the stimulus package, without things like cash for clunkers and see people are still buying homes, even when the $8,000 tax credit expires and if people see underlying demand outside of the stimulus packages they'll get more confident. >> let's talk about the job outlook because we mentioned despite the news that is coming out, we're still losing thousands of jobs. s is seasonal -- it's seasonal time, will we see some jobs. >> there are still some signs of people adding temporary workers. ups is planning on highing 50,000 temporary workers. that's a smaller number than in 2007 so i think that might be the kind of thing you'll see. people are still adding temporary workers for the holidays but fewer because they don't know if people will shop the way they used to. >> we seem to have so much discussion about whether these are true numbers out there or not. is there any real way to measure what is going on out there? >> there are a lot of different ways to measure, which i think you're getting at. we have reports coming out every day telling what is going on. but those reports aren't always indicative of what main street is feeling. at the end of the day, the thing that matters is the unemployment rept. if you lose your job, you're not spending money and if you think you're going to lose your job, you won't spend money. >> and the expectation. >> we're expected to lose another 150,000 jobs. >> thank you for joining us. allison, back to you. the push for same-sex marriage in the district gets a lot of attention today. and the phillies and yankees clash for the title, we are checking out the baltimore roots of one of the greatest ball players of all 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unfolding in cleveland. police found the bodies of six women decomposing inside the home of a registered sex offender. officers made the arrest this week after arresting anthony sowell. the women were all murdered and have not been identified. families are missing loved ones have been gathering outside of his home all weekend talking with investigators. a man accused of killing four people in north carolina has been arrested in martinsville, virginia. people say markos chavez gonzales shoot in mount airy yesterday and was found early this morning at a hotel. officials say it's not likely they'll find survivors of a military aircraft craft. a coast guard plane and military helicopter crashed. nine people were killed. they were on a training exercise. and today's top stories, getting the latest weather and traffic. less than 24 hours for polls open in virginia. why has it been an uphill battle and what does it say for the president. we'll talk with a democratic national committee member when we come back. stick around. it's now 7:27. ♪ ♪ (announcer) pillsbury bakes up bigger than the leading store brand. by any measure, you'll love them. look for bigger biscuits, cinnamon rolls and crescents from pillsbury. shop with your giant card card and save on thousands of deals. like pepsi 2 liter assorted flavors, 10 for $10, rinaldi pasta sauce, 10 for $10, and other weekly special and real deal savings. enjoy more savings. only with your giant card. tightening your purse strings? shop with your giant card card and save on thousands of deals. like dial soap, 8 pack, $3.99, dunkin donuts bagged coffee, now $6.99, and other real deal savings and weekly specials. enjoy more savings. only with your giant card. our top story this monday morning, a halloween house party turns into a crime seen in howard county. someone opened fire at a home in clarksville saturday night. one person died, another will likely never walk again. police say about 100 people gathered inside a home for a halloween party. they believe someone knows what took place. aaron brice was shot and killed in the driveway. another hearing for the d.c. city council as they consider same-sex marriages at the wilson building in northwest. they scheduled this hearing because the response to a hearing last week was so lodge that more than 100 people turned up to speak. more than 200 people are expected to speak today. 51-degrees to start off our monday morning. >> we've been stuck at 51 degrees for the last few hours. the clouds, we have cloud cover so temperatures not moving up or down much. in fact they won't change a whole lot today. i think we'll get into the mid to upper 50s but that's about it for much of the area. let's look at the bus stop forecast as you get the kids ready for school. it is a cool start. temperatures in the 50s, in the 40s in some parts of the area. sunrise was at 6:37 this morning once we return to standard time. current temperatures around the region, take a look, 51 in d.c. as i've been saying. 46 in gaithersburg. no big changes here. 46 in culpeper. baltimore is at 48. annapolis is at 52 degrees at this hour. a look at the satellite radar, we'll show you that across the area we do have some clouds. there are some low clouds out there that aren't being picked up very well by the satellite imagery but you can see the high clouds out there. you can also see some precipitation along the eastern shore moving into new york city and in new york and across long island. that's associated with a low pressure system slowly making it's way up the coast. forecast for us for today looks like this: lots of clouds around, cool temperatures, high today in town about 58 degrees. out to the west you are likely to get more sunshine and your high could be 61, maybe 62 degrees. something like that. tonight cool and cloudy. overnight low in town 44 degrees and that means some of you will see your overnight lows in the upper 30s tonight to be ready f that. five-day forecast, tomorrow 62 degrees, that's our normal high for this time of year. a little more sunshine tomorrow than today. it becomes breezy later in the day. and then very cold or cool to cold overnight tuesday into wednesday. overnight wednesday and thursday and into friday. daytime highs only in the 50s. that's the latest on the forecast. now let's get the latest on the traffic from julie wright. you had right. it is cold. >> especially what we're considering what we're used to. >> and can i put a push out to the people that making -- the people that making, can you make them in high heels. so out of frederick, the pace is improving. typical volume delays and then in urbana heading to the truck sales. germantown past mva. on the 28, checking for a stalled car down towards falls road and that explains why traffic volume is heavy here in rockville. outer loop tied ep between 95 and georgia. stewart lanes are open but a backup toward new hampshire avenue. out of manassas, not a bad trip between the two 234 interchanges, delays from nutley street to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. it is the last full day on the campaign trail and the caidates, despite this video, have a lot to stay. they are stomping hard if virginia. creigh deeds and bob mcdonnell will both make stops in northern virginia today, but is the lead mcdonnell has too hard for deeds. joining us today, the press secretary for the democrat national committee. harry, good morning. we're seeing double-digit lead in poll numbers for bob mcdonnell. in your estimation, why are we seeing such strong numbers coming out for republicans? >> i think historically we've seen that commonwealth has not voted the same way as the year before in the presidential election, but i think he numbers will get closer, our get out the vote operation is very strong in virginia and we're creating enthusiasm. the president was down last week and i think folks are starting to tune in and tune in late but they're getting there but i think we'll see strong turnout and it will be closer than people think. >> speaking of president obama being with creigh deeds this was something that we saw maybe a little later than some thought might be wise. but we did see the president coming out for deeds. do you think that this is going to help for the last-minute push or might this hurt a bit in the state of virginia? >> well i think the president's incredibly popular in virginia, as he is throughout the country. and so certainly i thinit will help. i think we've seen creigh deeds embrace the president and especially in the last few weeks and i think we're going to generate that sort of enthusiasm that we need on election day. but certainly i think folks in virginia and throughout the rest of the country still have a great deal of fondness for the president and still believe in his agenda for change and they're seeing that play out in washington and i think that will translate here in virginia and new jersey and up in new york 23 where we have another very close election. >> want to talk about that too. let me ask you though, mr. deeds was here last week and said that hey, i like being the underdog, i never win or -- i usually come from behind to win. how much of that is putting on a brave face for the folks that are supporting him and how much is that true? how much do the poll numbers count? >> as we know, virginia hasn't gone the same way as the presidential election in over a quarter of a century so certainly we knew we would be an underdog coming into this. bob mcdonnell has won statewide already and has a lot of recognition and national republicans are pouring money into this race. with that said, we know creigh deeds is offering a viable, real transportation plan, is offering a common sense solution that will move the state forward in a pragmatic way while bob mcdonnell has offered a different way that is more based on idealology. so we think we'll do very well in new jersey and new york as well. >> bob mcdonnell hit on that word nobody wants to hear right now, taxes and it sort of reverb rated with the voters, many of them hurting because of where our economy is. how smart of that was -- was that of a move in your opinion for mcdonnell to do. he targeted on creigh deeds saying i'm going to be realistic, we might have to raise taxes to get this through. >> and we know there is a major transportation proem here in virginia and throughout the state. and what the washington post has said and others have said is that we need a real plan, creigh deeds is offering a real plan, that is sensible and leaves option on the table. bob mcdonnell is offering what we see a lot of election years which is saying one thing and that isn't necessarily realistic and won't necessarily translate in nonelection years. and we can't afford any more of that and i think creigh deeds is offering a realistic solution. >> let's talk about the other races. it's tight between corzine and christie and then drama in upstate new york when the republican drops ott of the race and throws her support behind her former challenger who happens to be a democrat. why do you think it's close in new jersey? >> again in new jersey we have a very competitive environment. any incumbent governor, whether it's senator corzine or the democrat party here in virginia is going to face a tough time in a recession. that said, governor corzine has a record of achievement in new jersey and he's moving the state forward and i think he's in a very strong position going into election day. up in new york what we've seen is in a district that hasn't voted for a democratic congressman since benjamin harrison was president in the late 18 hundreds and has 45,000 republican voter registration edge, the democratic candidate is still a very viable strong position going into election day and i think th says something about the relative health of the republican party. on wednesday when we wake up wednesday morning, it will be one year since the election of 2008 and that entire year the republican party continues to do all of this soul searching whether they will be the party of the right or a more central pragmatic party and we're seeing the idealogical end of the republican party, sarah palin, glenn beck, they are winning out. that's what we're seeing take place up in new jersey, that's what we're seeing take place up in new york. >> thank you so much. dnc national press secretary. michael steel will join us and we'll ask him about that. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. time is coming up on 7:40. halloween is over. time to get ready for the christmas tree lighting. and a new push to keep kids saferom riding in a car. how something in plain view could put your child at risk. we're back after this. no more waiting in line, hoping get tickets for the national christmas tree lighting. now you have to do it online. the lottery opens at one minute after midnight wednesday and runs through 11:59 on friday. nearly 10,000 tickets are available. it is its first time tickets are available online. >> wow! we like it. >> i think there is something said for the people who are dedicated enough to get there early and know they'll get the ticket rather than the lottery. but i'm sure there are people that can't make it either, so give them a chance. >> we'll see how it goes. >> i didn't answer your question. >> spoken like a true objective news person. >> we'll be reporting on it i'm sure. not much different to tell you. the same story as it has been all morning long. temperatures still 51 degrees. i'll show you what is going on across the region. >> is that normal? >> 51 is fairly normal. i would say so. 51 here, 51 in richmond. out to the west temperatures drop off sharply. pittsburgh 34. in binghamton, 31, beckley, west virginia, 23 degrees there and 28 in columbus, ohio. here is a look at what is happening. high pressure out there, clear skies so the temperatures have dropped off quite a bit. the clouds have protected us somewhat. that area of low prsure pushing off and taking rainfall with it. but we do have a lingering shower across the chesapeake bay and in eastern and southern portions of maryland this morning. here is your forecast for washington for today. 58 degrees for the high. mostly cloudy skies with some sunshine out to the west. tomorrow, more sun than we've seen recently. 62 degrees. cold front comes through and drops our temperatures, partly sunny skies and highs only in the 50s. >> if you looked at it it would look like it's sunny and warm. >> no that just happens to be the size of the sun we have right now. >> the clouds are feeling inferior right now. i like tomorrow though. let's check in with julie wright she's always seeing that big sun out there somewhere. >> i said yesterday to tony, wow, that's a big sun. >> it has grown. it's a technical matter. >> but i like it like that. >> i know. >> now if we could turn the temperatures around instead of being 58, be 85. only in my world, right. here we are live south bound 270, leaving shady grove from rockville toward the split. the lanes are open southbound 270 still congested on the top side for those out of frederick as you merge on from 70 to head south on 270, a mile of slow traffic. traffic slows 80 out of urbana and then pockets of congestion at 118 toward the split. no accidents eastbound on 66 from fair oaks. volume is heavy and slow to the beltway, the beltway inner loop in virginia slowing in separate stretches between annandale and merryfield. south dakota avenue is where brake lights begin on new york avenue to bladensberg road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. it's 7:46 right now. so the yankees one win away from what would be their 27th world series title. >> and whether o's fans want to admit it or not, they have a connection to yankees. holly, good morning. >> reporter: this is where the one, the only, babe ruth was born and we're live this morning at the babe ruth birthplace museum. of course babe ruth was the first home run king. but a-rod is not too far behind. we'll find some of the special memorabilia that you can only find here, including bats that require gloves to hold them and you'll get the details here on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. p and ripped into leftfield. alex rodriguez has delivered for new york. >> the yankees just one win awayrom their 27th world series title. alex rodriguez delivered the go- ahead hit. the commanding yankees 3-1 lead. our coverage starts tonight at 7:30 and you can watch it here on fox. now some of the greatest to play the game were the yankee pinstripes including the best player of all time. >> but did you know that the most famous banky was born in baltimore. holly knew it. good morning to you. >> reporter: i didn't know that a-rod was born here. oh, no, i thought you said the best looking playerf all time. no, we're talking about the best yankee of all time and you're right, i did know it. babe ruth was born here in baltimore. and if you have not come out to the birthplace museum then you are missing a true gem. and i'm joined by our curator, good morning to you. >> good morning, holly. >> is there an interest in peple coming to see babe ruth. >> yes. >> reporter: so talk about the history and why it's important to preserve. >> this is his grand parents home and he was born here. >> reporter: now is he the oldest or youngest. >> he had six siblings and he was the oldest. and he had one sister just passed away back in 1990 but he did have six siblings. but a lot of them died at child birth. >> reporter: much more difficult at that time. but how things are set up here, we came from a relatively good family. >> it was middle class. his mother was a cook in a saloon. >> reporter: and when did he take up baseball? >> when he went to st. mary's industrial school in baltimore city. >> reporter: and was a fan from the time he started? >> his brothers said he was. he was a pitcher and a catcher. this was restored in 1974 and opened to the public and this part was added in the 1970s and the museum is made up of four rowhouses and the one we left was the rowhouse he was born in. >> reporter: and we make our way into this area because babe ruth is known at the home run king and these are literally all of his home runs. >> he had 114 home runs and we mark each one of those with a picture, the date and the ballpark it as hit at. >> reporter: that's amazing. >> a lot of home runs. >> reporter: you might think greg and i are taking a mine class or about to hold something special which is -- >> a babe ruth bat. it was used back in 1927, the year he hit the 60 home runs. >> reporter: i guess i was expecting it to be heavier. >> well the average player today uses around a 32-ounce back so this is 10 ounces heavier than what they use today. >> reporter: he was a big guy. >> but he preferred a bigger bat as well. >> reporter: was there anything especially about his ing. >> he swung through. his eye coordination was documented many times and they hooked him up and they watched his eye coordination and he had great eye and motor skills coordination. >> reporter: how rare is it to have a babe ruth bat? >> well we have three different ones and this one came from the family. his wife and sister were still alive when the museum opened up and this was donated from the ruth family. >> reporter: and when we were standing over there, he was the original member of the 500 home run club. >> he was the run that started it. >> reporter: no asterisks by him. >> of course not. >> reporter: they were the real deal in terms of home runs. what do you think babe ruth would think of baseball today? >> he loved baseball. he enjoyed going out there and playing every day. it wasn't a job. he was having a great time. he loved the fans and the kids and liked being surrounded by the fans. >> reporter: what do you think about the new yankee stadium? >> he would probably like it. it looks like the old yankee stadium that he played in for him. >> reporter: a new challenge for him. >> and a bright field for him too. >> reporter: and you went up to the game last night? >> i was working a game. i went up to philadelphia. it was a good game. they went back and forth and phillies tied it up in the 8th and the yankees won. >> reporter: enough about the baseball. what i really want to talk about in the next hour is because greg had a cheese steak. so philly don't phillyed just yet. we'll have someone who will make us authentic philly cheese steaks. and if you want to come up and visit the birthplace museum of babe ruth, go to myfoxdc.com. we have a link to their website. they are open tuesdays through sundays. we have a whole lot more baseball fun coming up in our next couple of hours. back to you guys. >> holly, you realize you're killing our producer. not only did his phillies lose but you're teasing him with a cheese steak. >> reporter: it's a tough job but somebody has to do it. >> thank you, holly. coming up in the 8:00 hour. the danger your child may face every time they climb into the car. how your power windows may leave them at risk. plus a promising life cut short. a look back at the wife of university of maryland basketball star lynn bias. we'll talk about that after the hour. and we'll review tomorrow's elections with the chairman of the republican national committee michael steel, who is with us in studio. stay with us. we'll be right back. 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this race's national impact when we talk with the head of the republican national committee michael steel. and remembering the story of lynn bias. a new documentary looks back at memory of a basketball player. coming up, secret savings to keep your bank account feeling jolly for the holidays. trying to help you out this hour. once again, i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. as we're joining you in the 8:00 hour. the uss new york is making it's way into the new york harbor there and stopping now along the site of the world trade center and something really sort of significant here as on that ship, the uss new york, parts of the world trade center, the remnants of that, actually built into that structure so paying homage to those who lost their lives on 9/11. >> expecting any minute for the ship to deliver a 21-gun salute. it is now parked outside of ground zero and we'll keep an eye out for that. that is what is happening in new york. for here in washington, we turn to tony perkins. we'llstart with our weather and we'll start by taking a look at the satellite to show you the cloud covewe have out there. some low level clouds. fairly cloudy skys across the region. pretty good image there. out to the west, you have clearer skies, so some sunshine out there. we'd like to get some of that in d.c. and we might get a few rays, but for the most part, i think we'll see a lot of clouds today. currently reagan national, the temperature is 51 degrees as we go to the graphics. 51 degrees. relative humidity at 61%. winds out of the north at 9 miles per hour. your forecast foroday, a lot of clouds around. some more sunshine i think out to the west. cool temperatures though, high today only in the upper 50s. however out to the west, you could see 60-61 degrees or so because you'll get more sunshine there. we'll have more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> tony, thanks. >> let's turn to julie wright with a look at traffic on this monday morning. let's start off with 29 and the fact that its pretty much cleared out for those traveling southbound leaving stewart toward new hampshire avenue. and i mean the accident is gone. traffic volume is still heavy. southbound 95 slow out of laurel leaving 198 toward the capital beltway. outer loop remains slow, 95 toward to georgia avenue. live shot of southbound 270, still on the brakes out of gaithersburg toward rockville but all lanes are open. pace is good in each direction over at the american legion bridge. traveling eastbound 66, east of nutley street, unfortunately v- dot's camera blurry but this is the camera shot east of nutley merging on to 495. traffic volume slow up to duke street and again crossing the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. just one day left now in the virginia race for governor and voters head to the polls tomorrow. >> and the candidates plan to spend today trying to rally as many people as they can to come out and vote. and sarah simmons is live in alexandria where one of the candidates is already campaigning there this morning. airplan -- sarah good morning. >> reporter: bob mcdonnell is at a campaign rally that got under way 15 minutes ago here in alexandria at his headquarters here in alexandria any way. both candidates are in a whirlwind tour, a last-minute statewide push to get out the vote. when you look at the latest poll numbers you can see that republican bob mcdonnell is in a 12 point lead right now over democrat creigh deeds. now this is a slight increase from just last week when bob mcdonnell had an 11 point lead in the polls over deeds last week. both of them though are going to be appearing here in alexandria. as i said, mcdonnell appearing right now at a rally. he will also go through prince william county and end in virginia beach later on today and then creigh deeds, he will be out in alexandria, market square, at about 7:00 tonight with current governor tim kaine. he's also making stops in roanoke, charlottesville and richmond, virginia. both candidates spoke yesterday say talk -- talking about the last-minute push for a win. >> you can work hard for months and months, but it comes dwn to the get out for the vote record. >> we're working as hard as we can to reach out to new and old voters. >> reporter: and a lot of people are engaged in watching this race not just here in virginia but across the country. many people are looking at this as the possible litmus for the 2010 races and a possible factor f how the country believes president obama is doing in office. steve and allison, back to you. >> sarah, thank you. and virginia is not the only state with key elections that could have an impact on the national political scene. tight governor races in new jersey where john corzine is facing off against a democrat and independent candidate. and in new york a candidate dropped out of the race and endorsed her opponent. keep it here for complete coverage with the virginia race and the attorney general and house of delegates and other races. polls up in virginia at 6:00 a.m. and in maryland the polls open up at 7:00 a.m. we are back in new york city as the uss new york has stop add long side the world trade center site and we're expecting a 21 gun salute any moment. this is the new ship which was built with tons of steel from the world trade center. that is a small amount of the steel that goes into building a ship but that went into the bow of the ship which is to be commissioned on november 7th, will be the official time when this is commissioned. but it arrives in new york this morning. folk there's in new york are going to be able to welcome her. they were giving tours today as she continues to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11 and then she'll leave new york on november 12th and then it's time to get to work. again the ship sailed up from virginia. >> thank you so much, steve. a look at morning's other top stories. a halloween 'party turned into a crime scene in howard county. someone opens fire on a home in clarksville. about hundred people were at the home. bullets hit aaron brice in the driveway and his father said he was looking forward to this party after a long workweek. >> he was working hard as a giant food store as a career, preparing himself to go to college in january, going into criminal justice. >> howard county police say the homeowner rented out the house for a party. and in june police arrived at that house after a party broke out there. a university of maryland woman was raped when she was sleeping and a man assaulted her. she screamed and he ran off. no arrest have been made. he was expected to have a great procareer but two days after being drafted by the celtics in 1986, he was dead. >> now a new documentary looked back at the life of len bias. we'll talk to the director. stay with us. it is hard to believe that it has been more than 20 years since the tragic death of len bias. just two days after being selected by the celtics in the 1986 draft, he was gone after what should have been the start of a huge career. a documentary called without bias is being featured in an espn film series and kurt frazier joins us. first of all, congratulations as being directed as one of the 30 top directors on espn. tell us how that came together. >> actually my production ani went out of sun dance and the film wasn't completed at the moment. but we took advantage of the opportunity to campaign the area and to create a serious buzz about the film and we actually just had a couple of meetings with executives and we sat down and they explained to me that they were doing like a 30 for 30 series, like 30 top directors and they've been following my work for a while and they would like this to be a part of it. >> and you're in some pretty good company for having their work shown on espn. we'll talk about this later. it will be shown tomorrow night so folks can watch tomorrow night. talk about the documentary itself. why did you put it together the way you did. >> growing up i remember the actual story and i remember the impact it had on my community and the impact it had on me personally. his death to me was something that no one really expected or even knewhat had transpired and i actually wanted to tell the story of who len bias was and what took place in his life. >> do you think that -- i think anybody around here at the time or a sports fan at the time seemed to have the same question, and maybe this is why it has lived up to what it has today. is it simply the question of never knowing what the potential could have been? >> i mean the greatest story for len bias is he was a sure thing. and the what-if falls into place, where he played against michael jordan as well and they were great rivalries in college and even michael jordan will say personally, his greatest rivalry in college was len bias but never had nim in the pros so it became the greatest what- if. if he would have had six rings? >> so many people wondering what the potential could have been. and also because of how this happened, it opened eyes. before we talk about that, i want to show a little bit from the documentary. let's take a look and what we're seeing here is part of the reaction as to what happened on that morning of june 19th, 1986. [ inaudible ] >> i seen him lean over on the bed and then lay back on the bed. the changed in the room. it blew everybody's enjoyment and it blew everybody's celebration and now all of the energy and attention started transforming into a tragedy, it stted ansforming into len bias what, is going on. what is wrong with him? why is he having seizures? and the energy and the mood and the tone changed. i mean just swiftly. >> atome point i wanted help and the person i could think of was my mother because my sister who had seizures and i figures there was some connection there. there is this healthy, strong len bias an worked -- we worked out together. >> and i think that's the most important thing. hlthy and strong len bias. >> yes. and also the individuals that knew him and also everyone that was playing with len bias at the moment, when len bias actually died, they were scrutinized by opportunities of playing notice nba because they -- the nba and also other entities looked at everyone that played with him as though they were problem kids as well and the ripple affects and drug laws that came into affect also. >> which was huge. if you had to tell people that weren't around 23 years ago why they should watch this tomorrow night, what uld you tell them? >> this is the greatest what-if story. and if you actually look at the situation with michael jordan and having six rings, if len bias played in the nba, would that story actually occur? >> or how many would len bias have? we don't know what would happen. and that's probably what it is. kurt frazier, congratulations. maybe more down the road. >> we're in the production of the motion picture as well. that's slated for two years from now. >> just the beginning. >> exactly. >> congratulations. if you want to check it out for yourself it's part of the 30 of the 30 series from espn. we'll send it over now to allison and tony. >> thanks, steve. >> i can't wait to watch it. i remember that morning as well. shocking. absolutely shocking. we'll change the tenure now. before we get to the weather, we want to show you the my first 5 photo of the day. this will cheer you up. >> is this young you? >> it could be. his name is anthony. he's dressed for his first halloween. tigger. absolutely adorable. i bet he had a good halloween. we appreciate that. to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. our temperature remains at 51 degrees. we also have cold air across much of the country. in detroit right now it's 38. they've gone up a couple. cincinnati is at 36 degrees. cool to cold air everywhere. denver is at 35 right now and little rock arkansas, is 46 degrees. dallas is a cool 50. and in bismarck, north dakota, 31 degrees. you don't want to be there right now. here is a look at the satellite radar for the nation. a couple of things going on. the lower two-thirds of the nation for the most part cloud- free. we have clouds across the eastern seaboard, including over the washington skies. out to our west, we have clearing conditions. western maryland, west virginia, places like that, things look good out there. there are more clouds pushing in from the great lakes region and plains where we see some rain falling as well so we'll keep our eyes open for that. forecast for today and the next five days. high today of about 58 degrees. tomorrow more sunshine than we'll see today, 62-degrees. wednesday, thursday, friday partly sunny skies but cooler temperatures, highs only in the 50s. overnight lows in the 30s. that's a look at the weather. now let's get n update on traffic with julie wright. tony, taking the trip south along 270 as you approach the lane divide in that six-lane stretch we're receiving word of an accident. so south of montrose but before you reach old georgetown toward the inner loop of the beltway, accident activity reported just south of this curve. and we see that traffic remains slow in the main line ' s try to work over to old 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to try to spend when we have the money? >> typically holiday sales starts right after halloween and into november and december. and you really start seeing the big shopping periods around thanksgiving up to christmas. >> you compiled a whole lift of ways to help out our viewers in ways to get through this holiday season. let's go through a fewof those. you're saying make a budget. how should we go about doing it? >> you need to take a few moments to make a budget and the sooner the better. back in august, we'll get to this, christmas gift card programs started up back in august and people should start making their budgets and set a spending limit or ceiling cap on how much to spend. >> if we wait until the last minute, we'll hurt ourselves as far as how much we'll end up spending. and you're talking about using things like christmas clubs and layaways and these things were around a long time ago but now they're coming back. >> and toy r us is a good example. they started a layaway program in mid-october and it's the big gift layaway program. and you can put products like bikes and out door recreation equipment, cribs, baby carriages on layaway and it's working out way. >> is there an advantage to that? because last year we saw cases where the supply was not as much in years past because they didn't expect to sell as much. so is this layaway something we can use now if we find something out there. >> oh, absolute. >> and put it on layaway? >> exactly. and it's very popular. not only at toys "r" us, but t.j. maxx, series and other places. >> and you mention eep track of your purchases. that goes without saying so we don't end up buying things multiple times. >> it happens when you're shopping online. when you shopping in july. >> and can i find where you put those gifts. i shopped for something and put it away. and you say pay in cash. >> it's a good idea to curb the credit card and you don't have to pay interest and it gets you into the thinking of mode of how much you're spending when you see you're green slipping away then it's time to cut back. >> and does th go with what you say to watch your balance. >> yes. and be proactive in managing credit card expenses. >> and you're talking about gift exchanges how is that something to keep an eye on. >> it's ideal because we have a tendency to want to shop for everybody that we know. and in the case of doing gift exchanges, it's a little bit easier. if you go on to doing secret santas if you will, they're great ways to cut back on costs. and one great site that does that is elfster.com and it keeps track of that. >> and any other websites we can use to make sure we get the best deals or coupons or anything like that? >> well if you're looking for coupons then retail mnot.com is a great site to get all sorts of coupons and codes, promotional codes for more than 40,000 retailers. >> and is there a way to find out the best deals out there in any one place? >> well if you go on our website, kiplinger.com, this story will be up on tomorrow's website. so we have all sorts of links to different retail sites, shop for me.com and zing sale.com. >> and we'll link you to those. and don't pay shipping. look for websites offering free shipping and they'll do it for the holidays because they want your sales. thanks for joining us. allison and tucker, back to you. >> it's almost time. >> i'm going to start early. >> right after this forecast i'll make a list. >> right after this forecast. clouds to start the day. a little bit of sunshine working in. it will be a little bet every than yesterday. still not where we want to be. as the cloud cover is holding tough. an area of low pressure is developing off the coast and you can see the cloud cover. that's a live shot of the cloud cover across the area. sunshine off to the north and west. if you're waking up in west virginia, western sections of maryland, it will be a bright, sunny day for you and that's the team around here. clouds to the east and a little bit of sun to the west during the course of the day. let's go to the bigger picture. satellite radar, we'll show you our storminess and rain showers up into southern new england and new york city rain and philadelphia will be dry later tonight. and we'll be dry around here today as we have high pressure off to the north and west that will nudge in here. so a mix of sun and clouds. a little more sunshine during the course of the afternoon and again we're expecting dry conditions for the start of our workweek. 51 right now at reagan national. look at the 40s. 46 if -- in gaithersburg. and martinsberg is 45 degrees. afternoon high temperatures only in the upper 50s. so a few degrees below where it should be this time of year. lots of clouds notice forecast and cool temperatures, highs in the upper 50s, we'll go 58 here in town. winds out of the north at 5-10 miles per hour. here is your five-day forecast. there is sunshine tomorrow. i think tomorrow will feel good, although a frontal system will come through during the course of the day. that will cool us off. by wednesday morning overnight lows about 40 in town and 30s for the suburbs. into the middle of the week, highs only in the mid-50s with sunshine by wednesday. and let's get on to traffic and ms. julie wright. traveling the top side of the beltway, the lanes are open right now with no accidents to report. southbound 270, found the crash again before you reach old georgetown road this. one involving a car into the guard rail. left side of the road blocked off there. heads up toward the inner loop. 270 slow toward the lane divide. inbound south capital street working up toward the m. street exit and toward the freeway. no incidents reported. new york avenue slowed from south dakota to bladensberg road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. so what will the political landscape look like come tomorrow night? last hour we spoke with the democrats, now we get the g.o.p. perspective. joining us this morning now, michael steel, the chairman of the republican national committee. thanks for joining us. i appreciate how you've lower your seat to accommodate for me. a appreciate that. let's get down to business. you were out campaigning with bob mcdonnell. what is the vibe out there when you hit the trail? >> it is amazing. last week we did ten events over two days from each one to the next, the crowds grew. you were going to the -- the cul ison we have people making phone calls and there would be 100 people there saying what can i do, how can i help. so the energy is certainly there on the ground. it has been there for sometime. i think it's reflected in the polls. as i told bob and all of the candidates running, bowling and kutchinely, you guys are ten points down but stay focused. new jersey, i was there the week before. there is a real energy for those looking to make a difference in this campaign one way or the other. they've identified what they like about these candidates and they're gravitating toward them. and hopefully that will translate to a win on tuesday. >> many have said and we see it in the polls, the two-digit lead that mcdonnell is enjoying right now. many have said that it is a way for the republicans to get energized to regroup after the elections in november. >> yeah, i think there is a a lot of truth to that. this process for me has been rather cathartic because i've had the opportunity to go around the country and listen to a wide array of opinions and views on what our problems are and what ills us and the one thing that came through, as long as we stay focused on what has defined us historically, what our principles are when it comes to the role of government, self-creation, empowerment, those resonate. and when you translate into the local economy and issues, it gives the voters a basis on which to judge your leadership. we've often failed if recent past in that whole judging the leadership thing. we've gotten better with these guys and i'm hoping to use them, use they're races and their strategies as a model for candidates that we're training for next year to go out and be competitive. >> what needs to happen now? both of the men, deeds and mcdonnell, they both say the polls -- it's a litmus test maybe but it only goes so far. what needs to happen in the final stretch, really the final hours? >> really, as i said at one point to the campaign, you turn this over to your grassroots and activists out there making the phone calls and generating the votes to get to the polls tomorrow. and then the candidates turn it over. you're done. you can't make any more pitches at this point because the voters are settled in their mind where they want to be and what they want to do. now it's a matter of turning on your machine to get that vote to the polls. now post the election, win or lose, there will be analysis for days and there will be a lot of talk about what this all means. i think the baseline of what this means is that there are two things going on both nationally and locally where the voters are saying, we've now begun to link the two. you don't have -- as we've had in the past, a separation where this is just local, oh, this is all federal, national stuff. now the link is between the two. i can't get the health care unless i have a job. and there are no jobs being created in this state. and so you see how that played out in new jersey, for example, which is one of coursine's -- corzine's problem. and the biggest problem is no jobs and it translates into that. and there will be analysis so see whether there is a trend going into next year or whether there will be the traditional separation between a local issue and versus a national issue. >> race is tighter though in new jersey. what do you think is the difference between the two states as far as virginia and new jersey? >> on its face, virginia was red, using the old terminology, but now more purple. new jersey has always been blue. a solid blue state. we win there every 15 or 20 years and this may be our cycle and i think that's one of it. but the key thing for me that is significant about new jersey is how our candidate, chris christie has translated so well, been able to go into trenton and newark and elsewhere and jersey city and be competitive to make this a horse race between him and the governor. it says a lot about the mindset of the voters and his ability to take the issues and bring us closer to home. >> i have to ask you, we're out of time, but how big of a backlash against the democrats in power, both in the white house and in congress is this race in virginia? >> i think there is some there, absolutely. and the fa that the administration came out and tried to distance itself from deeds in an unseemly way says it all for people. >> michael steel, chairman of the republican national committee. thank you very much. >> thank you. look forwd to coming back. >> back to you. the potential deadly risk for 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>> well absolutely. you and millions of other people have experiencing those same type of problems. we're at a situation now with every car that has a different setup, some windows have an express up feature, some do not. some have auto reverse and that's what we're trying to get, that all of the vehicle have that auto reverse feature. you can imagine in your same situation when the window went up and hit her neck, it would have went down immediately. >> wouldn't it be wonderful. >> and that is technology that's been around for years and years. and all we're asking is that we have that on every power window. >> and we don't have time to get into the work that y've fought for for our safety. but getting trapped into a trunk, making sure your gear doesn't work unless you're in a braking position. how did you get involved in this move or push? >> my husband and i were kidnapped and locked in the trunk of our car and all of this happened when we had no idea what happened to our 9- month-old babey. but to make a long story short, i said this is crazy. you shouldn't be able to lock someone in their own trunk. and we went on and collected data and were able to get a federal regulation. but now any vehicle that is 2002 or newer has a glow in the dark trunk reless or just kids playing hide and seek, there is an immediate way out. >> and that's the good work you're doing. thank you for that. today you're having a press conference. what do you hope to accomplish and who will be there? >> well we hope to accomplish the fact that people will want and demand that we have this safer technology on our vehicles. represented jan chickowski will be there and she was a responsible of the bill we had passed. we have joan claybrook who spent a tremendous amount of safety on vehicles. pediatric doctor, a lot of people coming together because they understand that the force of a power withino is very dangerous and even lethal. >> my goodness. my question though is, i drive an older car, what can we do? is there anything that people watching can do to not only just be more aware of this or to prevent a tragedy, possibly? >> well i would say, to be hyper vigilant. part of it is understanding this is an issue. people find out about these dangers when something terrible has happened understand how your power window system works. when you have kids, always push that lock out button to make sure that no one except for the driver is in control and have a system in your car to say all clear before you put the windows up and hope the kids are listening and hope they won't defy logic. but power winds are exciting. up and down, it's just like a toy. so we want people to understand these dangers and do whatever you can to protect your condition -- your children but we feel technology is what is needed. it's available and not very expensive and think of how many deaths and injuries we can save. >> definitely. kids in cars.org, founder and president, thank you for being with us. good ck today on your press conference. >> a appreciate that. thank you very much. >> back over to you. this morning holly is learning about the birthplace of babe ruth in baltimore. good morning. >> reporter: i have a new goal for you, steve. >> what's that. >> you want your last name to become an adjective. like ryuji an. denoting aig supreme or insurmountable level, surpassing all over. so when you become like that, you become great. and when the yankries are playing, they are great. and we are here with the curator and he's the only stadium named after him. >> he has the house that ruth built. and they had enough money fr him. >> reporter: because so many people wanted to come see him. and let's at talk about world series. because there is the famous cold shot. >> was the third game of the world series with the cubs and the count was 2-2 and he pointed to centerfield and said he was going to hit the home run to centerfield and he did. >> reporter: and you have some memorabilia. >> a souvenir bat and a baseball autographed by the 1932 yankees and a commemorative watch from the world seare that's was given to babe ruth as well. some people will debate whether he called it. the yankees at the time said he called the shot and if you were a cubs player you say no he wasn't, he was pointing to the pitcher. >> reporter: we are current world series memorabilia. that's because greg was up at the game last night. >> i went up to the stadium last night. >> reporter: and if you're vending up there, you had to partake in a philly cheese steak. >> i did. and they are good. >> so you can be our taste tester because we have mamood chen owe and you do the al deal. >> yes. and that's the famous philly cheese steak. and i brought for you the two most famous style philly cheese steaks. we have the original philly, basically thinly sliced steak with cheese whiz on top, fried onions. and what we have here next to it is the famous great ste. again, philly sliced steak, prova loan cheese and mayonnaise. >> reporter: so where did the philly cheese steak come from, the original recipe. >> everybody says back in the early '30s, a vendor for a hot dog stand decided let's do something different and he came up with this thinly sliced steak. he grilld it on the grill with some onions, put it o a bun and was lucky enough to sell it to a cab driver for a nickel and this is when the whole thing started. >> reporter: and the rest is history. and so i know it's a debate whether it's provolone cheese or cheese whiz. >> we at great steak serve both. but where ever you go, nationwide you'll find it made with cheese whit, provolone cheese, ou na it, you can find it. >> reporter: greg, you were at the ballpark last night. and how do they serve it up? >> with cheese whiz. >> reporter: and that's all you need. the onion and the cheese whiz. not that i would turn the other one down. >> it's looking good. >> they both are pretty good. >> reporter: this is the breakft of champions. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the great steak company and also -- put a little extra cheese whiz on there. that is good. and we also have a link to the babe ruth birthplace museum. we'll talk more about the history of where we're at this morning coming up in our next hour. and guess what? my beloved producer, i'm bringing these both back to you. tell him i'm bringing them both back. >> he said he'll give you an extra minute tomorrow. >> very good. >> he didn't really say that. coming up, hundredsf voices to be heard at d.c.'s city hall. >> we'll check in with gurvir live at the wilson building where the next step on the road to same-sex marriage is being take mean and one of the thee automakers posts a profit. that coming up new at 9:00. ♪ ♪ warm pillsbury cookies made with gooey hersheys mini-kisses. spontanious joy may occur. coming up on 9:00. another hour to go. so let's turn