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good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> and campbell elementary in arlington county will be closed today. and let's send things over to tony perkins with our forecast. >> good morning, everybody. we have drizzly conditions across much of the area. at the least you're seeing mist out there. there are showers but they are right now quite a ways away from the washington area. maybe a little shower activity near front royal but nothing in the district except for drizzle and mist. so it is definitely a moist start to the day. let's take a look at our temperatures. it's a cool start to the day as well. we're primarily in the 40s, although down to the south we're in the 50s. 50 in culpeper. here it is 46. 41 in gaithersburg. baltimore 42 degrees and cambridge, maryland, at 41 degrees. and you can see that across the eastern u.s., quite a variety of temperatures. binghamton, new york, 28 degrees. there is snow falling in new england this morning. and cape hatteras, 62 degrees. so not bad at all. the forecast for today, a lot of clouds. we'll have periods of rain and showers and then maybe this afternoon some thunderstorms, some of which could be strong. look for a high in d.c. today in the upper 50s and down to the south into the 60s. that's a look at the weather. now another check on this morning's rush hour traffic from julie wright. a couple of things have popped up on us on the roads. on the outer loop from springfield in the direction of the wilson bridge, accident right here along the right side of the road. they are in the process of moving it. it is behind the overhead sign but they are in the process of moving it to the right shoulder. until that happens, big delays from van dorn over to eisenhower past the scene. then as you can see, the pace improves headed for the wilson bridge. but it's bunched up as you travel from van dorn headed toward eisenhower. authorities are now checking for the crash mid span on the 14th street bridge. so again a lot of the activity behind the overhead sign but wall to wall traffic on the 14th street bridge out of virginia headed into d.c. lanes are open inbound new york avenue, northeast to northwest. they turned the camera around but accident at connecticut avenue at beech drive. follow directions to get through there. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. in libya now, gadhafi makes his first appearance in a week. he stood on a balcony of the same compound hit by a cruise missile on sunday telling the crowd his forces will win. and a few hours later the air strikes started. anti-aircraft fire lit up the night sky for a fourth night in a row. the libian leader is promising to beat the u.s. and coalition forces. >> let's get the latest first on what is happening from fox's doug luzader on the hill. >> reporter: the white house is now desperate to hand off control of the libian operation, just as gadhafi is vowing to fight back. another night of anti-aircraft tracers streaking into the skies over the libian capital of tripoli. the shots may not have found their targets but gadhafi, who made a television appearance from his compound, said he will prevail. >> i'm standing over here to fight, to fight them. i am here. i am here, i am here. >> reporter: but gadhafi or members of his inner circle may be looking for an exit plan. at least that's what hillary clinton told diane sawyer. >> some of it we think is exploring. what are my options, where could i do and what could i do and we would encourage that. >> reporter: and they are expanding the no-fly zone over libya but there is still fighting on the ground. a hospital in rebel held benghazi treats the casualties and a reminder of the risks for coalition forces. the wreckage of a u.s. f-15 fighter jet that crashed because of a likely malfunction and both men were rescued. the president said he wants the u.s. to back away from a leadership role but it's not clear how that vacuum will be filled or what will happen if gadhafi remains in power. >> we have a long-range policy of making sure that gadhafi is no longer blocking the legitimate aspirations of the libian people but that is not necessarily going to be accomplished by military means. >> reporter: and the president will eventually face a congress today that is skeptical about u.s. involvement in libya and the escalating costs associated with it. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. well it is no longer blocking the legit mass aspirations of the libian people but not going to be accomplished by military means alone. that is the word from the united states government. right now a lot of people are wondering what will happen after or if gadhafi is removed from power. to talk about the possibilities is national correspondent -- security correspondent jj green with wtop radio. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we're talking about life after gadhafi and we've seen him front and center talking to his people again. what does this statement mean, especially from the same place that was hit from the air strikes. >> gadhafi is a known entity. he took power over 40 years ago in that country and perhaps had every intention of being one of the leaders to restore libya and parts of the area world to -- the arab world, and he's been involved in terrorism, the black market and the crackdowns that taken the lives of many, many people since then. this is gadhafi saying i'm still here, you're going to have to deal with me, i'm going to go out on my terms, if i go out. and that's what that says, for him to come there and make that statement in the same place. >> what is the reality here? we're hearing mixed messages. we've heard the president saying we're not going after gadhafi. we're not trying to go after him as a target. is that necessarily true? and if that is true, how will he be removed if he does not get hit in these air strikes? >> i don't know that that's true. because what we are hearing is that the only way to deal with this situation is to remove gadhafi somehow and that's just a polite way of saying essentially he has to be killed or captured and that's a unfortunate situation. but the long and short of where we are right now is you have a disagreement internationally about what to do about this situation and there are many experts who are viewing this and saying the more we spend time diggerring about what to do, the more critical the situation gets to be. i would imagine at some point someone is going to perhaps get ahead of the game and by that i mean the coalition and make an executive decision on what to do with reference to gadhafi. >> who could be his successor? and i use that word lightly because you don't want the same type of personality in that power of position. but as the world watching, could they come off gadhafi? >> yes, they are. because one of the problems facing libya and the rest of the world is the fact that you have a lot of people in line to essentially replace gadhafi, but in the process of doing that, there will probably be some divisions. there may be some score settling, revenge, a lot of strikes and trying to work their way through a process of leading that country. you have to remember, gadhafi, as bad as he was, was a big fire wall between the u.s., the west and a lot of bad people. and so the question is, whoever they are, what will their views be, how will they approach the west and what are their concerns and interest? there are 30 people that are part of a transitional council that are supposed to be the leaders of whatever it is that will take place after gadhafi. but we'll have to see. we'll have to wait for a while to see how these folks, if this indeed is what happened, how they are inonlined by people -- they are inonlined from people around them. >> and we've heard from some of the terror groups and where are they in all of this? >> hanging back, waiting to see what kind of options they have. al-qaeda and osama bin laden had said a long time ago their purpose was to topple governments friendly to the west and to essentially cause an economic burden for the west. especially the united states. those things, whether clairvoyance or coincidence have happened. so they're going to wait and see what their options are. one of the things they don't want to do is get ahead of themselves and call themselves the new defacto leaders because there is no evidence to suggest any of the protestors are interested in any of the groups, including the al-qaeda. >> wtop's jj green, love to see you. thank you very much. steve, over to you. the latest on what is happening in japan now. people in tokyo being warned not to give water to babies. a radio active dio dine was found in the tap water. here we are banning imports of milk and produce from the region. at the nuclear plant, black smoke was seen rising from the plant. nearly 14,000 are still missing and the number of deaths is expected to go up. we've seen the dramatic pictures showing the destruction left behind in japan and seen the global community come together to help the victims. coming up at 8:00 we'll get a live update from one group helping in japan right now. there are still plenty of opportunities to help the people of japan. we have links to several charity organizations on our website, myfoxdc.com. it is just about 7:11 on a wednesday morning in a normally quiet maryland community is shaken after two murders in less than a week. and now police say they could be connected. the latest on a new piece of evidence coming up. and also monitoring metro this morning and we know what caused a dangerous situation on an escalator at the foggy bottom metro stop. details ahead. and a live look outside as we take you to break. we'll get the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie. that's next. h ouut i never wear the same thing twice. not together, anyway. i'm in t.j.maxx every week. i used to think it was old school, but it's not. i get this season's designer clothes that i absolutely need... and i still get to eat. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. that's right. i'm a maxxinista. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. >> 7:15 now. and look at that. more fog coming in. a low cloud cover on this wednesday morning. it's march 23rd. you might have a few rain drops out there this morning as well. is that going to pick up throughout the morning? >> the fog or the rain? >> the rain. >> we're seeing another band developing off to the west. and i do want to mention the fog is lowering and visibility now down to 6 miles at reagan national. so definitely impacting things there. let's take a look at the satellite radar and we'll show you that we have another little band of rain getting organized out to the west and wants to makes it way through here. we'll see it right here. we'll put it in motion. most of the area right now seeing some light rain or drizzle or mist or fog and there are your showers off to the west. they'll be moving eastward. so again, as i've been saying all morning, throughout the course of the morning and throughout the course of the day, periods of shower activity, and rain and maybe even thunderstorms later today. we pull this out, a lot in the way of cloud cover so today would be a cloudy day with the mist and all of that going on this morning. out to the west, there is more rain to come, associated with a frontal boundary that will makes it way through here later on in the day. current temperatures around the region, 46 degrees in d.c. 47 at dulles. a cooler 42 in baltimore and 43 in red oric. check out wilmingtonton delaware, 48 degrees. and south of the warm front 50 degrees in fredericksberg. forecast for today and the next five days, high today in town about 58. warmer down to the south in the 60s. showers and thunderstorms. some of the thunderstorms could be strong later on today. tomorrow the cooldown begins. 49 for your high, 48 on friday. mostly sunny and breezy. saturday and sunday, both days in the mid to upper 40s with a chance of rain showers each day. that's the latest. >> okay, you're a nice person. >> thank you. i know. >> tough to get past that 44 for a high on sunday. julie wright, can you believe that? >> no. >> he's a nice guy, julie. >> i'm trying the best i can. >> try harder. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> you spoil me and give me a couple of days where you can run outside and now i have to hit the treadmill again because it's cold. maybe if i learn to run outside and i'll run faster, to get back inside and warm up. here you go. this is route 5, allentown road, checking for the crash at this location. early they are morning problems but all of that is cleared. but road 5 allentown road checking for this accident activity. and this crash on the outer loop of the beltway in the direction of the wilson bridge. it's the accident activity right here at eisenhower that was tieing up the two right lanes. now most of the activity confined to the shoulder. big delays in springfield toward eisenhower before the pace improves. then it's better toward the wilson bridge but that's going to stall your drive if you are traveling on the beltway, outer loop in the direction of the wilson bridge. 395 delays from the beltway up across the 14th street bridge. just behind the overhead sign we have the accident tieing up the second lane from the left. again, delays beginning back at the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. we continue to monitor metro for you with a close eye on escalators that are broken. right now 500 of the transit agencies 588 escalators are working. however 88 are still under repair. 15% of metro escalators are not in service for today's commute. we know what caused a wild ride for escalator passengers at the foggy bottom metro station last month. a safety report said a on the became lodged into a plate and that took out several steps leaving a 3-foot hole. metro fixed it but a board member said there are still unanswered questions. there are shocking revelations in a new metro safety report. >> a panel said rule-breaking train operators are to blame for several recent crashes. these are the low-speed variety. sarah simmons joins us with more. >> reporter: metro oversight agency said the collisions over the past couple of months happened because operators did not comply with speed and safe driving rules. according to the report, train operators were traveling less than 15 miles per hour but did not reduce speed in certain areas, such as coming upon turns or a slower speed was required. they were also not stopping at regular intervals to look around and look at their surroundings which is also required by metro rules. and in turn the rains ran into other trains or into doors. no one was hurt during the crashes but there was damage done to some of the rail cars. the oversight committee said that metro is making positive progress by carrying out safety recommendations and training employees on new safety rules. now the safety report is set to be presented tomorrow to a metro board of directors safety committee. the oversight committee will begin inspections this week. it has recommended that metro strengthen its enforcement of rail yard speed and driving restrictions. so they'll address that tomorrow. >> sarah, thank you so much. and you can help us monitor metro. if you spot a safety concern, trouble on the tracks or problems with a metro bus, e- mail us your story, your pictures or video. send them to fox5metro@gmail.com. another big story we're following this morning, two murders just days apart in a quiet montgomery county neighborhood. >> today we could learn if the crimes are connected. both murders took place in olney, maryland. one on olney mill road, the other a mile and a half away on north high street. and sherry ly is live at montgomery county headquarters with the latest now. sherry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. bullets taken from the victims and shell casings found near the bodies are being tested and the results are due back today to answer the question whether these two murders are related. they are the first murders in olney since 2008 and police could not ignore the similarity. initially police believe this man committed suicide, but an autopsy showed he was murder. and then monday punyasara gedara was killed. he was walking home from work when he was gunned down in broad daylight. investigators are looking for an older model beige toyota camry spotted leaving the scene of the crime. police have not connected the two cases but are looking at the possibility the two men were shot a few days apart, a few miles apart and police have to motive. >> we're looking at the possibility of the two cases being relate and we're doing forensic analysis of the shell casings that we've been able to collect. >> things keep getting worse and worse. the more that you hear, the more concern that you have. >> reporter: police are stepping up patrols in the area. both men were foreign-born. and although police are not saying this, some people in the community are now growing concerned these could be hate crimes. that's the latest in rockville. back to you. it is now 22 minutes past the hour. a new poll is showing just how frustrated d.c. residents are with elected leaders and we'll talk about that ahead. and also just ahead, this morning d.c. students aren't just building a house, they are building on their future. we'll check back in with holly who is with students from the academy of construction and design at cardozo high school. that is coming up. it is 7:22. just about 3 months now into the new administration in the district and leaders in d.c. not winning high praise from voters. >> a new clairis poll out today shows ratings for gray and brown are more negative than positive. 31% of d.c. residents approve of the job of mayor gray and 40% disapprove. the marks came when people asked whether he's appointing the right people to city jobs and living up to a high standard of ethics. and council chair brown has 27% approval rating compared to 43% who don't approve of the job he's doing. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty the first republican to show serious intent on the a white house run. he set up a exploratory committee with more big names sure to join him sooner rather than later. we'll look at the lineup for the 2012 hopefuls coming up next. and taking a look outside. it's wet out there. we'll get the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie. that's coming up next. it is 7:26. coming up on 7:30 now. that's a little better view, tony, rather than what we saw earlier with fog. still a lot of fog, but all is not lost this morning. >> it looks lost in that shot. that's a little frightening. >> you see it moving through. the -- the sun is burning through in some places. we have the fog, mist, showers here and there and a little bit of everything out there. we'll start by showing you the satellite radar to show you where the precipitation is at this hour as it continues to push through the area. many of you are not seeing real rain but are getting drizzle or the fog and we're seeing light shower activity just off to the west from just to the west of washington and down to the north and west of fredericksberg. we'll put it in motion and there you go. there is some of the shower activity there. that's moving through. a little blip up near baltimore as well. across the eastern united states, still a lot of moisture out there, relative humidity high across the mid-atlantic this morning. plenty in the way of cloud cover. and then more rain showers aassociated with a cold front that will makes it way through here and drop temperatures off for the remainder of the week. and we're going to be sitting in cool weather for a while once we get through today. now as far as the storm activity, we could see some showers later. in fact we'll see some periods of rain and showers during the day. could see some thunderstorms in the afternoon and in the evening. right now we are officially at a slight risk for severe weather later on today across the washington area and portions of the mid-atlantic. temperatures look like this: 46 degrees is your current temperature in d.c., 47 at dulles, 42 in baltimore. cooler to the north and warmer to the south. fredericksberg is at 50 degrees at this hour. forecast for washington for today, mostly cloudy and cooler. yesterday we were at 62, today 58 in town and lower 50s, to our north and 60s down to the south. showers and thunderstorms are possible. then for tonight, rain continues. we could see a few more thunderstorms during the evening hours under overcast skies. overnight low 41 degrees. your five-day forecast, cool tomorrow, early showers give way to partial sunshine. 49 degrees for the high tomorrow. temperatures well below normal, about 10 degrees below normal. mostly sunny, breezy on friday. over the weekend, a chance of rain each day. i can't rule out snow showers here and there saturday night and into sunday. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. now let's find out what is happening with traffic. for that we go to julie wright. slow going. that's what is happening on the roads this morning. just enough of the wet stuff to keep the wipers on full blast. have your head lights on so we can see you. across the inbound 14th street bridge, that's where we had the accident tieing up the second lane from the left as you work out of virginia headed mid span across the bridge and over to the southwest, southeast free way. and one long continuous line of traffic working across the river and head over toward the exit for 12th street and toward south capital street and the douglas bridge. 295, traffic slowing at suitland parkway. delays headed for the 11th street bridge. and slow down to the sousa. accident on the outer loop at eisenhower. move to the shoulder where lanes are open but delays beginning at springfield interchange and into the direction of the wilson bridge. wrapping it up in montgomery talking about the fog, tony was pointing out pictures there, it's lifting briefly now or better, i should say, here in montgomery county. a live shot of traffic coming southbound leaving germantown from father hurley. pace improving here but slowing toward mva and rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. gadhafi making his first appearance in a week saying that his forces will win. now this comes as coalition forces continue to attack targets. president obama cut short his trip to latin america to return to washington as the u.s. concentrated on operation odyssey dawn. one of the things we're talking about this morning, as usual joined by peter fenn, and back for the first time in months, jim innocenzi back from cruising around the world. i hope you had safe travels. welcome back. >> thank you. glad to be back. glad that my staff could give me an update on what is going on in the world. but it seems like nothing has changed. nothing ever changes. >> what happened is he left and we had all of the earthquakes and tsunamis. we're calling him tsunami jim now. >> i know you had your blackberry going off, keeping in touch with what is going on here. and the big development now in the last couple of days is what is happening in libya. and of course some people are questioning the u.s. involvement and the extent of it. peter, i'll give you first crack at this as far as what is happening now and what the president has decided to do with the u.s. forces in libya. warranted, too much, not enough, what is the thought process here? >> this ought to be good. you've been away. >> i think this clearly was getting the crisis staged there. you had the arab league coming out, unified, saying something had to be done. you had nato group coming out and the united resolution which is a strong resolution. the problem you've got, steve, there is that stuff on the ground changes by the day as we know. this was turning into a slaughter. gadhafi, we've been questioning this guy's sanity for 40 years. and when he turned on his own people, i think the world said, okay something has to be done. now the question is what happens next? you knock out his planes and airfields and go for his tanks, you've got a pretty strong force with all of the countries involved but what is the except of the involvement? there will not be american boots in the sands of libya, and that is clear. and this president and president sarkozy and others are going to have to figure out where we go from here. and what is really happening inside? is gadhafi and his sons and the generals saying we're going to pull back and leave, or are they going to stay and try to fight it out? >> jim, i know you've been waiting for a month to talk to your buddy peter. what is your thoughts on this? >> from the australian perspective since that's where i was last, what is going on? what is going on? what is the mission here? why do we need to be here? humanitarian reasons? there is a half a dozen countries that need humanitarian help starting with sudan. what do we need libya for? reagan tried to take them out with one air strike and came close. there doesn't seem to be any clarity of why we're here. i understand the french, i understand the brits, the italians, they are natural resources down there that they rely on and also have a refugee problem. so that part i understand. but why are we doing this. there seems to be confusion. i think the president needs to explain himself more than he already has. >> i think that will happen. there will be more clarity to where we are going. but it's strange because some folks say, we should have gotten in right away and some folks say we shouldn't, we shouldn't be going in now. and i think back about 15 years and when all of this was happening with bosnia, we had the generals, the tv commentators, folks were going oh, we shouldn't be in bosnia and doing this and it worked out all right. and with most of this stuff, success has a thousand fathers: we'll see what happens. >> but bosnia is a heck of a lot different. we don't know who the rebels are and what will happen. if you look at the worst case scenario is this is summer camp for the terrorists. >> you're right. >> let's look at another part of this and, jim, this is something you pointed out, the president was awarded a nobel peace price, should this change? >> what, are they going to take this back? they gave it to him because he was the first african-american president. what did he do to -- clearly now he's -- it's a mess, is all i can tell you. and it looks like amateur hour, frankly. the ozzies would tell you that, ip can tell you that, peter. >> well he knocked out the airfields and planes, i wouldn't call it amateur hour there. and one of the points about this is, this is pushed by our countries, it was pushed by the united nations and by nato. as you said, the french and the italians and the british are in there. >> i want to talk about what is happening here in this country, 2012, talk about the presidential election that's coming up and i want to talk about that. jim, have you weigh in on the republicans now that we have tim pawlenty saying he will go forth with this. and why is chris christie getting so much attention that everybody wants to meet with him as far as leading the people that are leading republican candidates. why does he have so much power? >> because of the way he's run the state of new jersey. the fact that he's actually said things that everybody has thought about saying but nobody has come out and said it. we have a deficit, we have problems. we're not going to raise taxes, we'll cut the size of the government. that's the mantra right now nationally. and so if there is a laboratory and peter will agree with me on this point, you look at what the governors do and that's an indication of what you can do on a federal level and he's doing a great job of it. >> and we mentioned tim pawlenty we're expecting to hear from haley barber, expecting to hear from newt gingrich and mitt romney for 2012. who would be the leading candidate right now? >> i would say romney, followed by gingrich and barber, maybe pawlenty. romney because he ran before. he has an organization and he can raise money, probably sitting there raising a boat load of money right now. so i think at this point romney is a front-runner but not convincing front-runner. there is a a lot of people out there. >> who is the biggest threat to the president right now? >> vince daniel. but he may not run. >> is this just based on what we saw in his speeches? >> i think his speeches are good and he talked about being a governor and he has a track record much bigger than chris christie and pawlenty's track record is shaky in minnesota. but he's a guy that has a good sense of humor, but i'm not sure he'll run. pawlenty is the guy i would watch. the rest of these guys have -- newt gingrich, give me a break. not a chance. gone, bye-bye. haley, i love him, but you're running as a lobbyist, i think that won't sell. >> and we'll have a lot to talk about and even espn is talking about james carveo and what he told the nfl execs saying that the republican party's presidential candidates are as weak as the nfc west division of the nfl to when the ram's general manager got upset and made clear he didn't appreciate that. >> what knucklehead invited him. >> we'll talk about that next week. jim, glad you had safe travels in your globe trotting and we'll see you next week. allison, back over to you. >> nice to see the team back. it's 46 degrees at 7:41. in the 8:00 hour, we'll get the latest on the efforts to help victims in japan when we talk with a group doing just that right now. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy low-fat yogurt mcdonald's strawberry-banana and wild berry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ ♪ who is that guy? that is kevin. where in the world is kevin? he's in rio. elevon us live later in morning from -- he'll join us live from rio de janeiro, brazil. he's there to cover the premier of the new movie rio. >> kevin emailed us these picture this is morning. he is visiting the christ the redeemer statue on the left and last night on the red carpet wearing his famous purple shirt, he'll join us at 11:30 live from rio. he tweeted this morning he was hanging out with ann hatha weigh -- anne hathaway and others last night. >> that's great. hey, can i do a quick shoutout, my grandmother is 95 years old today. [ applause ] >> wonderful. happy birthday to you, i spent every summer down there with them in charleston. she's dear to me. so happy birthday. >> that's good to hear. >> maybe we live to be that long. >> absolutely. we have a now rain showers out there. got some fog out there, so not the prettiest morning. let's look at hd radar and we'll show you how things are developing across its region. mainly light activity. got a fair amount of cloud cover, obviously, and the fog and the mist, pardon me, some spots getting drizzle or very light precipitation here and there. all right, let's go to the future cast and we'll try to show you what we think will happen during the course of the day. there you are, a lot of clouds. breaks in the precipitation here and there. i think more persistent rain will come through later on today. this afternoon and evening could see some heavy rain and some thunderstorms come through as well. still cloudy overnight and then maybe a couple of showers early tomorrow before things begin to clear out. so the forecast for the next five days looks like this: today will be the last really mild day, yesterday was 62, today 58 60s down to the south. showers and thunderstorms possible during the course of day today. maybe early showers. high only 49 degrees. 48 on friday. back to 49 on saturday with showers. and then on sunday, mid-40s and i think we're going to be cool for an extended period of time. we'll see below normal temperatures once we get through today. there you go. >> doesn't grandma deserve better than that? >> she does. is she down in the south? >> she's here with us. >> very good, sir. let's look at traffic with julie wright. >> grandma is 95. how awesome is that? >> that's the best. >> well happy birthday. >> thank you, julie. but i'll tell her. she's probably watching. >> you mean grandma is not watching? that's the advantage of being 95. you get to sleep in. on the roads, nebraska avenue with a crash reported there. and eisenhower accident, off to the shoulder. but again it's 95 toward the wilson bridge and the pace improves after eisenhower. outer loop of the beltway below speed. 95 college park toward colesville, pace improving west of georgia. 95 and 295 on the brakes out of laurel. 50 traffic slows at 410 and again at cheverly leaving northeast. and suit band parkway around south capital street and to the douglas bridge, slow but no accidents to report. 395 still a slow go from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. a group of students in d.c. not just building a house, forming a foundation of skills that will last a lifetime. >> holly is with students from the academy of instruction and design at cord he'so senior high school. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. located to the classroom. it's on 13th street northwest where we are live and they are learning. future homeowners that will have a home that is built entirely by students. they call it build a house, build a future. and we'll tell you what that means live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. i'm not just looking for deals, i'm looking for the hottest fashion. i get a lot of ideas just walking around the city. it's like a fashion show out there. then, i negotiate directly with designers... so you get the savings. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. students in the academy of construction and design at cord oso high school are constructing a single-family home. >> holly is at the construction site in northwest to learn more about the build a house, build a future project. i love that title, holly. good morning. >> reporter: this is so great. this is the essence of hands on in terms of learning and definitely takes us outside of the traditional classroom. i want to introduce you to shelley green because she is the academy manager and she is on sight and looking fabulous in your hard hat. >> good morning. >> reporter: and this is an amazing thing. >> it really is. i'm just so still overwhelmed when i come out here. this project has been five years in the making. the d.c. students foundation along with dcps have been working on this for five years to make this happen and finally here we are. >> reporter: and you can hear it is happening. the work is going on. let's climb on up in here ourselves and as we do this, tell me how this works how the students are chosen, how the program is really set up? >> all righty, safety first always. the students apply to be part of the construction academy at cardozo. >> reporter: is this something they can only do in their senior year? >> no. they come to cardozo to be a part of this in the 9th grade year. >> reporter: so it is a full high school thing? >> it is. we have students who come specifically for this academy. and once they are accepted, they come in and they choose the trade they want. currently we're teaching carpentry, electrical and plumbing. we do have hvac, which is heating, ventilation and air- conditioning and masonry. it is a wonderful one of a kind program and as you can see, we're building a house. >> reporter: literally they are building a house. and as they are learning the trades, they get certified to go on after they graduate. >> absolutely. two-thirds go off to college and they are studying construction trade there's like we have architects, electrical and mechanical engineers. and then we have students who want to go right into the trades to start their career after high school. our companies, and we have 11 of them, that form the d.c. students trade foundation and hire our students right out of high school and they then become full-fledged employees and then apprentices to finish what they started with us. but they do leave us with certification. >> reporter: and the other key thing here is whether they go on to college or go directly into the work force, you have a 90% graduation rate. >> i absolutely do. and we are so proud of that. >> reporter: as you should be. tell me about how their day works, how the whole program goes on day in and day out? >> well with this house being a new thing, the first of its kind in the district. >> we're still feeling our way. but the way the day works is the students come in and board a van at 8:50 and they come up here to the site and they immediately start to work. and they work up until 12:30 and at 12:30 they come back, they grab lunch and they go on with the rest of their day. we have a second shift that comes out at 12:30. >> reporter: and does the afternoon? >> and does the afternoon. >> reporter: and had a happens in winter? are there things they can build at the school? >> we did some work out here on the site during the winter, but some of the walls that we're looking at, as a matter of -- as a matter of fact, the framing was done in cardozo at our lab. and we had one of our professionals, and i don't see him, he's on-site somewhere, they actually took the plans and revised them so that we could do it modulely. and so we were able to build the smaller walls instead of the great big ones and then put them up here. >> reporter: and eventually this will be a 2,000 square- feet home. >> absolutely. >> reporter: how many bedrooms? >> it's three. two upstairs and one in the basement. >> reporter: m myfoxdc.c om is our website to find out more about the academy of construction and design. coming up in the next hour, we'll continue to construct ourselves. we'll see how this house is coming together, how they were able to get this lot and what the neighborhood says. >> holly, thank you very much. it's been 30 years, one week from now. the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on ronald reagan. there were firsthand accounts of tense moments that followed from everybody to the secret service to the doctors who worked on the president that -- on that day. the author will join us -- join us in the next hour so stick around for that. the disaster in japan prompts a warning for parents there. don't let your babies drink tap water. and the united states starts banning some food from being imported from japan. the latest developments ahead this hour. two murders in olney in just three days. montgomery county police could determine today if the cases are connected. we're live are the latest. and the author of raw hade down joins us with the shalling that nearly killed ronald reagan almost 30 years ago. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. and classes are canceled today at arlington schools with a sewage problem. so closed at campbell elementary school. and we'll say good morning to tony perkins. >> thank you for not doing any weird segway. rainy conditions across portions of the air why and we'll continue to see rain across the area today. let's look at hd radar and show you what is happening out there. a couple of areas, not much, showing up on hd radar. we do have reports of mist and we have reports of fog as well. now, let's take a look at the current conditions being reported at reagan national airport. right now it is 46 degrees. relative humidity 86%. winds out of the east at 6 miles per hour. five-day forecast looks like this: high today about 58 degrees in town, warmer down to the south, periods of rain, could see some thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. and then after today we really cool off with highs only in the 40s. overnight lows back down to the 30s beginning tomorrow night. we'll have more details on all of that coming up in just a little bit. >> tony, thank you. let's check with julie and get a look at traffic now. hi, julie. >> i have a lot to show you so let's get to it. top side of the outer loop, delays, 95 around to georgia avenue. no surprise here. below speed past colesville road toward 270. 270 still tied up leaving germantown. middlebrook road toward the lane divide, all lanes are open but a slow roll there. connecticut avenue, nebraska avenue, accident activity here to follow police direction to get through. one right lane blocked on eastbound side of nebraska avenue. suitland toward south capital street and the douglas bridge, traffic slow-rolling across the anacostia. no change on 395, delays begin back on 95 out of woodbridge at this point so over a 17-mile backup leaving the prince william parkway headed for the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. to our top story now. montgomery county police say we could learn as soon as today if two murder cases in olney are related. the first happened on friday on olney mill road. the second was on monday, a mile and a half away, on north high street. our sherry ly is live at montgomery county police headquarters with more details now. sherry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. the two murders share a number of similarities but it's the forensic evidence which is being tested, the results due back today, which should tell us for sure if those murders are connected or just a grim coincidence. the first murder happened on friday. 81-year-old nazirra acmed was found dead shot in his home. and a few days later punyasara gedara was shot and killed in broad daylight. they are the first murders in olney since 2008. police are looking at the possibility they are connect ford a number of reasons. they were both shot, murdered only a few mile as part and a few day as part. police initially believed the first victim committed suicide but an autopsy showed he was murdered. they are looking for a toyota camry spotted leaving the scene of the second murder. gedara was gunned down walking home from work. >> it was a little bit after 4:15 and i just opened up the window and i heard four loud pops. shortly thereafter i heard someone screaming down toward the dead end at that point i came out on my stoop and there was a lot of people congregating at that point. >> reporter: both men were also foreign-born and some people in the community are concerned this could be a hate crime. police have not said that is a motive. in fact they have not mentioned any motive in this case so far. for now, officers are stepping up patrols in the area. we're told that bullets recovered from the victim and shell casings found near the bodies are being tested. those results again due back today and they should be able to provide a positive link if there is one. that's the latest here in rockville. allison, back to you. >> sherry ly, live for us. thank you. steve? more air strikes as operation odyssey dawn continues in libya. a few hours before the air strikes the libian leader appeared on television promising victory before a crowd of supporters. anti-aircraft fire lit up the night. yesterday this fighter jet crashed not far from the capital of benghazi. both men are okay. hillary clinton was asked by diane sawyer how long the operation will last? >> well it happen by saturday? >> well it will be days. whether it's by saturday or not depends upon the evaluation made by our military commanders, along with our allies and partners. i hope we'll be sooner instead of later. >> we are getting reports of worsening conditions in the third largest city this morning. people in the coastal city of misrata say shelling and sniper attacks are unrelenting. a doctor there said the number of dead too many for his hospital to handle. now to the japan disaster. there have been several new developments while you slept. officials in tokyo are warning people not to give tap water to infants as radio active iodine was found to be twice the recommended limit. the u.s. food and drug administration is banning milk and vegetables because of the fear. and black smoke is seen coming from reactor number three, prompting new evacuation for the work-- workers there. and the death toll stands at over 9,000 and over 14,000 are still missing. and a massive relief effort to help the hundreds of thousands homeless. joining us any by skype is ken issacs from the disaster assistance response team leader in sendai japan and corrina peterson, media relations and former fox 5er. it is good to see you and good to see you, ken, as well. let me ask you, first, where are you? because this in itself is an interesting story. >> go ahead? >> well right now we're in sendai city, not too far away from much of the hardest hit tsunami areas. >> and ken, you are in an abandoned home? that is where you are staying? >> yes, that is true. but we learned today the homeowner and family are coming back tomorrow so we'll be homeless tomorrow. we have to find another place in a city that is overrun by displaced people. so it's just another level of complexity that we're dealing with. >> indeed it is. but you have come armed with goods. in fact 93 tons of relief supplies. what have you brought with you from north carolina? >> so basically we came over on a -- i came over on a 747 cargo plane filled with that 93 tons of relief supplies that's included buckets, hygiene kits, soap razors, toothbrush, toothpaste, blastic sheeting for shelters and lots and lots of blankets as it's pretty cold here. >> ken, where are you again is sendai city. we've heard a lot about sendai because that is where the destruction was as far as the tsunami is concerned. if you can just begin to tell us you hinted at it, tell us the conditions when you landed and what you saw? >> well, from the time that you land, the city is a bit of a ghost town. the gas stations are closed. but yet you'll find long lines miles long and see hundreds of people standing outside of the few stores that are open. as you move more towards the coast you see just devastation. it looks like the whole world was put into a bleepedder and -- blender and poured out on the ground where the wave came in. we were at sendai airport today, and there is progress, the runway is open, but there is a tremendous amount of debris and garbage. we went and looked at homes today, and you see a few homes that are standing. everything between them is gone. and that looks good for those few homes until you realize that the wave came over the top of those houses and they were fully submerged. i can't imagine what they are like on the inside. but all of the images and the fearfulness of those images, it's times ten when you see it real. >> and karina, i was reading the information hat you passed along to us here, and interested to find out that there is another group of people who are still waiting for help. and you might get some u.s. military help as far as trying to get goods to them. can you tell us about the people on that island there? >> you know, we've been hearing all sorts of things about what needs are still out there, and we have heard about people that may or may not have gotten help, but that's up for all of us here on the ground to decide where in fact those people that may have not been reached yet and filling those needs as best as we can. just the areas that we're going to today, we're talking to the people there and we're asking them, as we're giving them the blankets and things that we brought, we've asked what else do you need? what can we get you? what are your biggest needs? and so we'll try to fill those as we see them. >> well we wish you the best of luck. stay safe. karina recently left a reporter job to work with samaritan's purse and do this good work and we hope to see you soon. and ken issacs, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. 10 minutes past the hour on this wednesday morning. local schools in the news today for everything from grate- fixing allegations to disciplinary actions. we'll talk about those stories when we come back. and then it is a bush era law that will soon take more money out of your pocket but now lawmakers are trying to repeal it. coming up we'll tell you why light bulbs are sparking controversy on capitol hill. 8:10 now. smthmethd voumaus 8:14 now as we check stories making headlines this morning. the d.c. elementary students who took cocaine to class is allowed to go home with his mom. he was in foster care. four students from the elementary school were taken to the hospital after sniffing or swallowing cocaine. more trouble for mckinley tech high school. this time the principal david pinder is accused of tampering with grades. he did not release a comment but a spokesperson for d.c. public schools say thele graces are part of an ongoing -- the allegations are part of an on going investigation. and the feds are looking into how grant money was used by the school. and in fairfax county, a woodson high school students suicide sparks the debate about the zero tolerance policy at fairfax county schools. parents believe the discipline process is confusing and contradictory. the superintendent admits there are things that clearly need to be changed. just a couple of ticks away from 8:15 now. and it's the sunshiny, warm part of the morning. >> without sunshine and warmth, we need it. >> we do need it. so we're happy to have it for you. it is time for the my first 5 photo of the day. we've had some cute ones this week and the trend continues. >> oh, my goodness. >> is that a lemon? >> that is a lemon. >> when life hands you lemons, don't make lemonade, just shove them into your mouth. parker doesn't seem to be suffering ill-effects. >> parker likes it. >> he's got a couple of teethes. i was saying if it's just the gums maybe it feels good. can i just say that that baby is so cute. >> yeah. >> that's a sweet old baby face. >> a sweet shot. very cute. thank you for sending that in. if you want to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. here is a look at temperatures across the region. right now it's 45 degrees here in the district. 45 in annapolis. dulles airport is at 46. and baltimore is 43. fredericksberg is 49. culpeper is 50 for a current temperature. here is a look at the future cast. what we expect to see -- oh got to pull this out first. look at the north. new york 35 degrees and ding hamton, 27 degrees. cape hatteras 60 degrees. a couple of fronts dividing this up. here is a look at the future- cast. plenty of clouds. more periods of precipitation moving through here and there, particularly later this afternoon and into the nighttime hours when we see more rain showers and some areas of heavy rain and possible thunderstorms. you can see according to future- cast, that will occur from the evening hours until the night- time hours. and then into tomorrow morning, a couple of showers here and there and then gradual clearing through the day tomorrow. here is a look at the five-day forecast. our average high for today is 58 degrees. that's where we think we'll get for d.c. to our south, i think you'll be in the 60s down to the south. and some you to the north in the low to mid-50s. so it really varies. don't be surprised if a thunderstorm or two is strong. that's a look at the weather. now let's find out what is happening with traffic and for that we go to julie wright. no accidents reported right now if you are traveling down south of the wilson bridge. all lanes are open. suitland parkway still tied up across the doug loss bridge and up toward -- douglas bridge and toward the free way. nebraska avenue still have the lane blocked off there. outer loop is slow, 95 past colesville road around to georgia avenue, 270 congested out of germantown headed for the lane divide. 95 and 295 slow out of laurel headed southbound with all lanes open. accident along great seneca highway tieing up a lane and that has cleared and lanes are open between germantown and gaithersburg. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. a law passed when george w. bush was still president will mean the end of the incandescent light bulb if congress does not repeal it. as molly henenberg reports, the law banning the light bulb is sparking a debate over the role of the government. >> reporter: is this about to go the way of this? some republicans on capitol hill hope not. they want to overturn legislation passed in 2007 and signed by president bush requiring all 100 wattin can descent light one bs to be -- to be energy efficient. and manufacturers have stopped making the traditional bulbs. senators say it's insulting for the government to tell consumers what they can buy. >> you don't care about my choices or the consumer, frankly. you raise the cost of all of the items with all of your rules and notions that you know what is best for me. >> reporter: the cost will be higher. a 100 watt bulb cost 60 cents. a fluorescent light bulb costs $3.40. but since the cfl's can last longer, industry regulations say this will benefit consumers. >> operating cost over time is cheaper and you're keeping money in your pocket. they will still be able to buy incandescent technology, not the same of today's technology, but more efficient. and it will result in lower energy costs. >> reporter: president obama has praised companies that are developing more environmentally friendly lighting technology. >> model of the future right here. this is how we'll win the future. >> reporter: and one of the house gop opponents say families don't want to pay more for light. >> it's not necessary and we don't think it makes any economic sense at all. >> reporter: martin said cfl's pose a health risk because they contain a small amount of mercury. if one breaks the environmental protection agency has a list of clean-up instructions, including get people and pets out of the room, get people out of the room, shut off the heating or air-conditioning. put debris and clean-up materials outside in a trash con taper and the list goes on. you can still find the traditional bulbs on some store shelves for now. the last plant that made them in the u.s. moved it's light bulb operation to china in september. in washington, molly henenberg, fox fuse. on this wednesday morning, up next we're continuing to monitor metro and recent crashes. then later we'll check back in with holly who is hanging out at the cardozo senior high school with students who are building a home as part of their studies. stay with us. we continue to monitor metro for you the we now know what caused a wild ride for passengers on an escalator at the foggy bottom station last month. a new safety report said an object became lodged under the top plate of the escalator. that plate broke and took out several steps, leaving a 3-foot hole. no one was hurt. metro did fix the escalator but one board member said there are still unanswered questions. >> what this doesn't say, and what i would like to know, is if someone made a mistake that did some work and did they leave some tools behind, like what is this object? >> metro would not talk with us about the report or the foggy bottom incident. it does say the escalator shut down as designed which probably prevented injuries. and a new safety report said rule-breaking train prittors are to blame -- operators are to blame for low- speed crashes in rail yards. the committee found that operators did not follow speed and safe driving rules. in turn the trains ran into other trains or into shop doors. now no one was hurt in any of the crashes. the agency said they will begin inspection this is week and present a safety report tomorrow to a metro board of directors safety committee. and we need your help to continue to monitor metro. if you see rules being broken on a bus or train, send us an e- mail with your comments, your pictures or video. the address is fox5metro@gmail.com. it's 8:25 on this wednesday morning. coming up next, other stories making headlines, including an update on the 51 dogs found in a pasadena home that most likely now have new homes. >> 51 new homes for those 51 dog. and then the author of raw hide down joins us with the shooting that nearly killed president ronald reagan 30 years ago. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. lou n wa 8:28 now at 45 degrees. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines. sources say there could be even more victims of the east coast rapist out there. they say aaron thomas add pitted to investigators that he was sexually assaulting women as far back as 1991. six years earlier than the first case that he is tied to by dna. dna evidence has tied him to a total of 17 attacks. three of them in virginia. police searching for a missing college student from frederick, maryland. 21-year-old george delanie was last seen at his off campus apartment in rochester, new york more than a week ago. he told his roommates would be right back and nobody has seen him since. anybody with information is asked to call police. and here is good news for you. each of the 51 dogs rescued from inside a maryland home have been adopted by new families. animal control officers seized the dogs from a couple in anne arundel county on monday morning after a tip from a neighborhood. yesterday hundreds of people lined up at the shelter looking to don't the pups. officials say all of the dogs are in good condition and none appear to be abused but the couple will likely face a fine. and i was looking in that line to see if you saw my husband because we were trying to get one of those puppies. >> any luck? >> no. they had to turn people away. at one point, outside of anne arundel animal control there were 70 some odd people outside and they only had 51 dogs to start and there were already people inside and they came out and said we have more people than dogs at this point. >> i'm sorry, you didn't get one. but it's great that the response was good for those that need homes. >> it's fantastic. so that's the power of putting the word out there. >> there will be more chances of course. >> but i'm glad those dogs are in safe homes. >> good story. some rain in the forecast. later today, really tonight, is when the main event will get here. if you are out walking the dog, just cloudy and cooler temperatures than what we've had. >> no rain is needed for the dogs. >> well that's a fashion thing. >> cooler temperatures are a trend the next few days. >> you've got that. in fact, in the weekend it will be down right chilly. highs only in the low 40s. 45 right now at reagan national. here is the deal with temperatures today. a frontal sim em in the air -- system in the area and sunshine down in southern maryland, patuxent naval air station. and off to the north and north and east, no luck for you. much cooler forecast in places like baltimore, struggling to 50 and frederick in the low 50s and cut to down in the middle in washington. upper 50s and cooler than what we had around here the last couple of days. satellite radar, a little light shower activity moving through this morning and just clouds rights now and that's why i mentioned that most of the day should be dry. as we get into the late afternoon and particularly during the evening hours, cold front off to the west here will start to roll in and that will bring us a chance of showers and perhaps some strong thunderstorms. in fact we have a slight risk here of some severe weather later this afternoon. so be ready for the possibilities of good thunderstorms late today and tonight. 58 your daytime hig mostly cloudy and cooler. showers and thunderstorms are a possibility. again, better chance later this afternoon and tonight. over cast with showers ending overnight. 41 the overnight low. and here comes the cold air as steve mentioned. and it's here to stay. and 48 on friday and the weekend -- julie wright will not like that forecast. mid-40s by sunday with the possibility of a little snow around here on saturday night into early sunday morning. that will do it for me. enough with the weather. steve, over to you. so many people have very vivid memories of the day president ronald reagan was shot. one week from today it will be 30 years. what they may not realize is how close the president came to dying after being shot. award winning washington post reporter dell better quinton talked with the people there, including the secret service agent who insisted on taking him to the hospital instead of the white house. and insiders helped paint a portrait of the day the president was shot and there is a new book called raw hide down. and dale joins us to talk about this. thank you for being here. and let's talk about the title. raw hide was the secret service code name for ronald reagan. where did it come from? >> it was from the 1976 campaign when a military officer was going through a list of possible call signs for ronald reagan because every president gets a secret service code names and they didn't have encrypted stuff and so they came up with raw hide. he had a ranch and loved cutting wood on the rank and he was the image of a rancher. the most famous photo in the 1980 campaign was with him in the cowboy hat and he likes that image. >> what made you -- of course a reporter with washington post, what made you focus on this particular story? >> it's an interesting story. i cover the federal courthouse and john hinckley had hearings there and i covered a couple of hearings as he asked for more freedom from the hospital and a few days later an fbi official called me into the office and they wanted me to do something about ethiopian taxi cabs and he pulled something out of his desk drawer and it was a gun. i didn't expect to get a gun in the fbi office and he said that's hinckley's gun. >> and i said what is this historic artifact doing in your desk draw and i went to a library and didn't find a single book on this day since something on the 25th amendment and another on his trial and i started digging and talked to jerry parks and once you talk to the guys, after 125 interviews, thousands of pages of records, you realize this story has been incomplete for 30 years and this is the perfect time to tell it because i was able to merge all of the oral interviews, all of the great memories with a documentary record that only became available because i got it through the freedom information act and tieing those two together before a lot of the guys that can't get thetories and they won't have talked 10 or 20 years ago. >> jerry park, there when this happened, there as a secret service agent. and the book is fascinating and getting great reviews. and when we talk about jerry parr and the shooting itself. the president's condition at the time was not known. how close were we to losing president reagan? >> he came within an inch of dying. the bullet lodged into his heart and lost more than half of his blood. the whole process is one big surprise. i kept coming up with surprise after surprise which is how you want to approach stories as a journalist and author. you want to have an open mind and it constantly surprised me. jerry parr, he is walking out of the hilton with ronald reagan, gunfire erupts, six bullets in 1.7 seconds. the first one hit james brady and then the d.c. police officer, the way to reagan is clear but jerry parr is shoving reagan toward the limousine. the fourth shot is high. the fourth shot hit tim mccarthy and secret service takes a bullet for the president. the fifth one hits the window of the limousine and the next one hit the crack of the driveway. later they realized it ricochets off the side of the car and hit reagan right here in the side. they landed in a heap and they take off. reagan seemed okay. on the raid yeah jerry parr said raw hide is okay but as they keep going reagan goes to the hospital and they save his life. they divert to george washington hospital and it wasn't a true trauma center until 1979. so they had two collision of forces. stepped up training acting quickly and improved trauma care when he got there. >> and real quick, while we had the time to do it. he gets to the hospital and you had mentioned in the book that some doctors said if he had shown up five minutes later it could have been a completely different situation. the other thing is the legend that the president had been joking in the hospital, which may have led others to think maybe his condition wasn't quite so bad. >> another surprise in the book, ronald reagan gets up on an elbow and takes off the oxygen mask and he tested that line and looked up to jerry parr and said they are all republicans and he looked down and said, uh-huh, not funny. >> so like a true comedian he wanted to find an audience. >> if you know ronald reagan, constant entertainer. >> you saw the notes that he passed in. >> i did and it was a chilling experience written by a u.s. president after he had a bullet removed an inch from his heart and the notes he wrote to the nurses. at one point i interviewed a 31- year-old surgicalin turn who held his beating hart in his hand. think about that for a moment. >> how did we learn how secret service handles things on that day aand how we deal with emergencies when it comes to the president. >> things did change after this. they keep the president further away from the public. you go through magnetometers. they confiscated guns from old ladies from the south in their purses. they didn't realize that they would never go in unscreened, that kind of stuff really changed after it. >> if you had to pick one moment from all of the research that you did as far as something surprising that you learned as to going through this, you can narrow it down to something? >> the whole experience was one big surprise. i really benefited from everyone in the story. i went home and wrote notes and took diary entries and at the end of the book ronald reagan is in the intensive care unit and his aids come in and he said it it appears -- it appears the guy came from a good family that shot you. and he said i was hoping it was kgb. and the nurse went home and wrote down what he said and it was documented. >> the book is fascinating called raw hide down. it went on sale last week and it's available tonight. and you're talking about it tonight down at the museum. and there is still an opportunity for folks to come down. >> anyone can come. there is still tickets available. >> this is at 7:30 and this is at the museum tonight. and i believe jerry parr will be there and the man who inserted the chest tube that allowed the blood to drain from his chest tube will be there. >> thank you very much. to find out more about the book, find it online at myfoxdc.com. we'll put a link up there. >> that's amazing. thank you so much. it is 8:39 right now. 45 degrees on this wednesday morning. and wal-mart will be bringing another store to the washington area. where? we'll tell you when we come back. and be with us in the next hour when kevin mccarthy joins us from rio de janeiro, brazil. he was at the world premier of the film called rio and we'll find out about it and how beautiful rio is this time of year. we'll be right back. wal-mart is coming to tyson corner. the company is the first to plan to announce a store on the extension to dulles. construction could start this summer and should be finished by 2013. wal-mart said the store will be smaller than the supercenters and will focus more on groceries and fresh food. if you're looking for work, check out our job shop. open daily. today's job of the day is with the special olympics organization. looking for an executive assistant to help get ready for the world games. both the summer and winter games. if you would like more information on this particular job or many others in our job shop, just go to myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop tab right at the top of the home page. 8:43 now. on this wednesday porn -- okay, perhaps you've seen this, the buy-back guarantees being offered on electronics. >> but the question is are they worth your money? we'll have that answer when we come back. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we are getting answers in terms of home building this morning as we are learning how to build a house from high 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[ male announcer ] the simple joy of a frappé. ♪ ♪ i never wear the same thing twice. not together, anyway. i'm in t.j.maxx every week. i get this season's designer clothes and i still get to eat. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. we have a metro alert to pass along to you. there is no green line service right now between the anacostia and l'enfant plaza stations due to a leaking pipe of some sort. shuttle bus service will be set up between those stations. again, no green line service between anacostia and l'enfant plaza. we're going to get a lesson today in home building. >> fox 5's holly morris joins us live with students in the academy of construction and design from cardozo high school. holly, good morning. >> reporter: they are learning lessons that will provide them a real bonafide future. there is a lot going on here. we're having a good time on the construction site. the kids are busy, busy, busy and we are busy learning how this works. shelley green is the pannager of the academy and joins me again. so when we were talking last time, you said this is a labor of love, it took five years to make this happen and how did you eventually get this piece of property and then get all of the tools and everything that really build a house? it takes a lot to build a house? >> it does. and like i said earlier, this a joint partnership to support this academy. these 11 companies, they really give us the equipment that we need, the supplies that we need and dcps made sure we had a facility at cardozo. and so the d.c. construction trades foundation made this happen. >> reporter: and then you literally went door to door to talk to the neighbors. >> we did. >> reporter: how do the neighbors feel about this? >> they are excited. as i explained to you earlier, sometimes we have not such a great idea about young people. and so this is actually changing a perception of what our young people are doing. they see that our young people are doing something fantastic. they are building a house. i mean these kids are building a house. >> reporter: talk about a project that you can come back and visit forever. you can bring your kids by here and say, hey, i built that house. >> absolutely. >> reporter: and avon, who has been working hard this morning, has been given the task of building a house and teaching me something. how are you doing? >> i'm doing fine. >> reporter: what year are you? >> 11th. >> reporter: so you are a junior? >> no. i'm a senior. >> reporter: and let's get the hang of it. you're going to give me the tricks of the trade, right? >> here you go. >> reporter: my suggestion would be you don't hold it because it will be your finger i hit. so tell me what you like about this? >> everything. i like working with my hands. and this is an opportunity to get something in my life. >> reporter: and what do you think your plan will be after you graduate, since you're a senior, remember that? >> i'm going to do this. >> reporter: you're going to do this? any tricks of the trade in terms of keeping the nail straight because mine is slanting. >> then knock it this way. >> reporter: knock it this way? all right. there. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to cardozo high school website to find out more about the academy of construction. and as you'll see, they have me hammering a piece of wood that will not affect the house at all. that's okay. we're going to continue to talk to more of the students coming up in our next hour as we build a house, they build a future. and this is what else i learned from tavon, to be cool i need to wear my hard hat like that. >> i was thinking they would keep you there until the house is done. once you start a job you have to finish it. >> extra hand. every time you buy something with technology, the newer model comes out next week and some stores offering a buy- back to swap out your gear for new gear. and is that guarantee worth the investment up present? steve novello joins us with the latest. and i've been seeing best buy and others coming out with this now and i'm wondering, is it worth it? it doesn't look like it to me. you dug beneath to see the details. do you think this is a good deal. >> you and i are on the same page. this is the most ridiculous thing. why would you pay for the right to sell your own stuff. the idea sounds great and the marketing is great, your future- proofing your purchase and getting a guaranteed buy back price. the more expensive the item, the more expensive to lock in the price. and you can do it for anything, tv's, laptops and cell phones, but i wouldn't pay a penny to lock in a price for any of it. >> that's good advice. money saving right there. so the concept behind this is you buy a new tv and you're going to a pay some price to say at some point i can return this and get money back. give us examples of how much we pay upfront and how much we get back? >> in general you'll get about 60% of retail back in the first six months. you keep it up to two years, you can get 2% back. but something like best buy, it comes back to you in the form of a store credit. and when i walk into the store with a credit this big and suddenly i'm making a purchase this big. and now i'm spending extra money in the store, suddenly i'm blowing my budget altogether. >> and it sounds like that's the appeal for the store, to get you in there in the first place. >> well to get you in in the first place. and i think people are being under paid for electronics. consumers don't realize stores don't give programs that don't make them money, and two there is a huge secondary market for used electronics. we'll take the iphone 4 for example. one of the night things about the program is you do get based on full retail value not the incentive sale price. so even though you paid $200 for a 6 gig iphone 4 you're getting paid based on $600. so you bring it back in the first six months and you get $300 back from best buy. did you remember it costs you $60 to get into the program and so now you have a $240 best buy gift card. you could go to a third party website like gazelle.com where they give you cash for your used electronics. the price for the same product today, $281p you can lock in the price for 31 days for free. it's cash and they pay for the shipping and send you a box. so not only are you getting flexible money in the form of cash but getting more money and you didn't have to pay anything upfront. >> sounds like a no-brainer. and i know you deal with the products and the deals and duds, and as far as service, i'm guessing this is a dud. >> thumbs down. there are so many other ways to do it. if you don't want to deal with e-bay and craig's list and people coming over to your home, i get it. but you can still use a third party site to make as much money if not more. >> steve, thank you very much. i think you just saved some people some money. >> i like how he put it in plain terms we can understand and at the end, thumbs down. well for babies to be given a pacifier -- let me start over here. is it a problem when your child is older and they are still sucking their thumb. >> like how old? >> we're talking about after 3 or so. okay. so is there a reason to be concerned. pacifiers anonymous have a 12 step program for giving it up for good. a lot of folks interested in that. 5 minutes before 9:00. we'll be right back. coming up on 9:00. that will do it for thur hour of fox 5 morning news. one more hour to go. tony is back joining allison to take us up until 10:00. here is a look at stories we're following for the 9:00 hour of fox 5 morning news. the earth is moving again in japan. another strong aftershock rocks the country. this is new warnings as issued about tap water. and if you have a child, you know the pacifier or thumb can be a hard habit to break. we have the author of a new book that offers tips on how to break your little one of that habit. we'll also talk to a mom who has tried the tips. and our movie reviewer kevin mccarthy going international, baby. he is in rio de janeiro, brazil. it is all for a new animated film called rio. he will join us live later to talk about the film and the premier and how fabulous he is feeling because he is in rio de janeiro. >> and he's there for a few days. >> that is so nice. >> very good. i imagine it's warm down there. tucker barnes, not so warm here. welcome back. >> thank you very much, tony. we have cooler temperatures outside. just a few showers moving through during the overnight hours. and if you hang in there, might even be a few peeks of s

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