good morning to you. good morning everybody, rain showers this morning take the umbrella with you. it is not pouring rain but there are scattered showers. take a look let's start with showing you our first map there you go you can see the shower activity now. we have been seeing mostly light and moderate rain it does look like maybe there are areas of heavy rain, spilling in down to the south well off to the west and west earn maryland, garrett county, places like that pushing into pennsylvania, maybe a little activity down to the south we watched that move and it is dissipating. more of the same. here is a look at temperatures across the region, 65 degrees now in washington, 63 baltimore, dulles airport 63 degrees, ocean city, 66 winchester, 59. forecast today, plenty of clouds across the region, periods of rain today, a little breezy this morning and a coastal flood advisory in effect for parts of the area until 11:00 a.m. this morning look for highs mid- and upper 60s that is the latest on today's forecast now the latest on the roadways here is julie wright. all right tony first of all if we are going to talk about the trains due to a fatal accident involving a freight train, mark brunswick line suspended service, metro is honouring those tickets this morning. lower 14th, accident activity, was the left side of the road now most of the activity confined to the right lane only on the southbound side, headed out towards the 14th street bridge. southbound, 29, university boulevard accident activity reported here just before the belt way expect to be slow going if you travel in from white oak, eastbound 66 on the break. through centerville headed towards the belt way they are checking for a crash at that location keep in mind travelling southbound along bw parkway, inbound towards route 50, accident activity was the right side of the ramp lanes open on the northbound side, 295, kennel worth avenue, accident activity we mentioned earlier as you work your way inbound this morning along the douglas bridge have cleared that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. new this morning a deadly hit and run in beltsville a man was struck walking near montgomery road and baltimore avenue just before 11:30 p.m. last night he later died at hospital overnight a witness gave officers a description of the vehicle and driver. police did make an arrest. search for a missing silver springs teenager, the 18-year- old who was last seen at home, 8400 block, 11th avenue, 7:30 p.m. last night. family and police are concerned for his welfare he functions at the level of a 10-year-old he is believed to be on foot but is familiar with public transportation he was last seen wearing a yellow shirt carrying a backpack. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police. in the developing terror plot the united states indicated two iranians trying to kill saudi arabia's ambassador one as duo u.s. and iranian citizenship. >> they planned to employee him up at a favorite dc restaurant. lauren demarco is outside the saudi embassy. >> reporter: the state department issued a warnling for americans around -- warning for americans around the world to be on the lookout for possible terror activity. we are not going to war with iran any time soon but the obama administration is planning a global campaign to further isolate the islamic republic. a 56-year-old naturalized u.s. citizen was charged in federal court in new york tuesday with trying to hire a member of a mexican drug cartel to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the u.s. turns out the hired gun was an informant for dea. u.s. officials say the terror plot included blowing up a dc restaurant frequented by the ambassador and u.s. senators. u.s. officials say he confessed to the plot and blamed his cousin a general in the iranian military with ordering the hit. the alleged coconspirator is allegedly in iran and not captured. the complaint alleges this con spirit ski was indeed -- conspiracy was indeed sponsored by iran. >> it reads like the pages of a hollywood script the impact would have been very real and many lives lost. among the terror plot other per ported targets israeli embassy in washington and its ambassador. we posted the charges documents online if you are interested in reading further, head to myfoxdc.com. live in northwest outside the saudi arabian embassy, lauren demarco, fox 5 news. testimony continues in the trial of the man accused of trying to detonate a bomb in his underwear back in 2009. yesterday his tore tried to get the judge -- tried to get the judge to ban the word bomb or explosive. the judge denied the motion saying it made no sense. other top stories, prince georges county police crack two armed robbery cases, 30-year- old phillip flemming was arrested accused of attacking two women during two separate incidents as they walked through the suit land metro station over the last two weeks. one lady was groped and robbed the other sexually assaulted behind an abandoned building. a woman accused of stabbing a random customer if at a target store she ran to a nearby home depot police used a taser gun to make that arrest the same woman stabbed two people at a nordstrom store back in 2005 and recently released from a state psychiatric facility. police shut down a maryland restaurant days after violent attacks, officers found one person shot, three others stabbed outside the family restaurant and pub, temple hills early friday morning this is the second establishment closed under the recently passed, dan's hall bill prohibit -- dance hall bill, prohibiting businesses to act as dance halls. two people have been arrested. victory for occupy dc protestors, u.s. park police have granted them a permit to stay until the end of the year. the news came hours after several demonstrators were arrested after they refused to leave the senate park building dozens more gathered in the lobby with signs they are camping out to protest the war and corporate greed among other things. big republican debate in new hampshire. candidates focus on the economy and fixing the financial crisis. they sat face to face not standing at podiums they all blame the financial melt down on the federal government. you can trace it right back to the federal government because it was the federal government that demanded banks and mortgage companies lower platinum level listening standards to new lows. >> we shouldn't be asking what to do with the recession you can't cure the disease if you don't know the cause. one reason i think americans are so untrustworthy of what is going on in washington is because they never see a cut in spending. well, in the meantime, business man herman cain was a frequent target of fellow candidates last night over his nine, nine, nine, plan. two political strategists will be here later with their take on last night's debate. senate failed to move the president's jobs bill to the floor for debate. two democrats joined all 46 republicans in killing the $450 billion plan in a 50-49 vote leaders needed 60 votes to advance the bill. president has a busy schedule at the white house this morning mr. obama hosting the american latino heritage forum and due to speak 11:00 a.m., then the president sits down with the national association of evangelicals and meets with the defense secretary. 10 minutes past the hour we know who will headline this weekend's dedication of the martin luther king memorial details still ahead. he coined the phrase, gay is good a well known gay activist has died we will talk with the president to have human rights campaign about his life. ship in new zealand in big trouble look at this the ship has been slowly sinking since it ran aground earlier this month now new concerns as containers fall off, something else is falling into the water as well. as we take you to break live lookout side weather and traffic from tony and julie, 7:10 a.m., stay with us in one day, i could have three 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university. deadly bombings in iraq, 23 people are dead more than 20 injured. hurricane holva. it is spelled jova, no body is helping me up here. so hurricane jova has made land fall in mexican state of -- in the mexico area as a category 2 storm should have read the script. it is expected to weaken as it moves inland but still up to 20 inches of rain could fall. i am trying to be as nondescript as possible. there is a big ship and things are falling off it things are going from bad to worth for the ship stuck off the coast of new zealand in addition to cargo containers, the size of semi trucking falling into the water it is leaking oil now about 70 of those big containers have fallen over board, the ship has a large crack on one side that is causing it to list to the side, and take on water. there is also some of those containers, just a handful of them carrying some type of hazardous material so far those have not fallen into the water could be a huge mess. >> some footage you can see the crack it is amazing the whole ship there, looks like it is going to break-in half. >> terrible and it is hurricane jova. >> i did not know i have not focused on that. >> yes, in the mexican state of jalisco. >> tony threw you under the bus. >> no, how can i help. >> i prefer you not. >> can be the say something i don't know -- can't say something i don't know. >> that's right. happening across our area. perhaps if it was a hurricane. >> it is not effecting us. tony is like it is a pacific hurricane. >> you know i got to focus on what i can focus on. a look at hd radar, this image looks better than what we have seen earlier there are a few showers out there not a lot going on at this moment during the course of the day this will change, just as it has changed all morning long, we will see periods of rain coming through right now not too bad your bus stop forecast as you get the kids ready for school cloudy skies, showers likely temperatures 60s. sunrise this morning occurred 2 minutes ago i bet you didn't see it. your 5 day forecast high 67 degrees we are going to see more rain showers during the course of the day tomorrow rain showers and cloudiness, cloudy skies maybe some sun in the latter part of the day friday, early showers, 72 and weekend looks good, saturday, sunday, good amount of sunshine, highs around 70. we will have more details on all that coming up in a bit. >> thanks tony. >> let's check with julie and get a look at traffic. >> all right a lot to see on the roads this morning, 236 at hummer road authorities checking for a crash there. travelling northbound 7100 at 66 axe department activity blocking the left side of the highway, southbound they are checking for an accident there. eastbound 66 v dot moving the camera around, reports accident activity eastbound, at the 123, nutly. so far nothing has popped up on our screen travelling on the other side of town, inbound new york avenue on the brakes, and then pretty much you are on and off the brakes, 4th street headed out toward it is 3rd street tunnel. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. well known pioneer in the gay rights movement has died. he launched some of the first protests by gays and lesbians in front of the white house in 1965 his family says he died of natural causes he was 86 now the president of the human rights campaign released this statement last night, it says frank led an extraordinary life, marked by heroic act simple. from his early days fighting institutionalized discrimination in the federal work force he taught us gay is good. joe joins us now with more reaction and reflection. nice to see you. in fact, he came up with the phrase, gay is good back in the time when a lot of people didn't think that was true. >> true. true. yeah, you know he was a harvard educated, phd in as electron my worked in -- astronomy and worked in the u.s. army map office and was fired for being gay he lunched a one man crusade to right that injustice here we are so many years later, accomplished so much but standing on his shoulders. in fact i was reading he thought it was ironic the same government who let him go all those years ago honors and holds him up and sees what a pioneer he is. absolutely on the day that the president signed the bill to repeal don't ask don't tell frank was right in the front row in a seat reserved for him i notice you showed earlier footage of the president signing the executive order that extended benefits for lgbt federal workers frank was by his side when he signed that order as well. >> for those not familiar with his life's work can you tell us about his characters? how hard he fought the fought. >> harder than anyone i know he really taught all of us that the greatest tool, greatest resource we have in terms of moving the hearts and minds of the american people is to live our lives out and open and proud and celebrate who we are, tell the stories of our lives, to stand tall and to make sure that people know us for who we are, and in that, people come to understand the circumstances of our lives and as you said, in -- as you mentioned the phrase, gay is good, that we not just be tolerated but come to embrace the diverse fabric that is america. >> divine plan he died on national coming out day. >> appropriate. >> he might be happy with that timing. i saw him last week at the hue happen rights campaign annual -- human rights campaign annual dipper where the president spoke he was right there among other trail blazers. >> what an honor the president of the human rights campaign yesterday we had a representative talking about the significance of national coming out day. let's talk about the headlines going into a political year about things the community would like to see changed or maybe put on the forefront perhaps. >> it is interesting as most people know we are moving in the direction of full marriage equality, state by state across this country and yet, as we reflect on frank and his act simple and hero imp and the fact he was fired all those years ago simply for being gay it is important to remember in 29 states across this country it is legal to be fired from your job for being gay or lesbian we have a lot more work to do in these elections we want to hold on to as many supportive elected officials as we have and perhaps add to those ranks to continue the work frank spear headed so many years ago. the president of the human rights campaign thank you so much. >> thank you. >> steve over to you. >> something you might take foregranted at your office could go away this week. also looning more who will take part -- learning more who will take part in this weekend's dedication of the martin luther king junior memorial on the mall. louden county gearing up for fall colors, holly is there we will catch up with her later as well , you're always looking ahead... to what's next... to what's possible confident... that taking action now, is the way to create... a better 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from the federal government. last -- hell from the federal government. bob mcdonald is asking the president to visit mineral virginia to see the damage himself. mcdonald said uninsured property estimates exceed $15 million in the rural community. we now who will be the headliners at the sunday dedication of martin luther king junior me moral. president obama, reverend jesse jackson and members of the king family journalist dan rather will speak and aretha franklin will headline. the original date postponed due to hurricane irene. eight republican presidential candidates hit the podium to sit around the table with one another but it was not exactly a friendly chat. who came away with a good showing? we will debate the debate coming up. as we take you to break, yeah, not as pretty as it was a couple days ago that is still a nice live lookout side the latest weather see what you are up against today and traffic from tony and julie coming up next i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i 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got a few rain showers out there, not a lot right now frankly you saw the live shot moments ago, not a bad start to the day >> i would agree with you. >> thank you take a look we will show you what is going on start with sentinel radar, with this you can see scattered showers here and there areas in green you know how it works by now, seeing showers across eastern maryland and also seeing showers off to our west not much happening around the washington area currently, regan national not reporting rain at the hour. district, belt way, nothing here, a few showers across chesapeake bay east of maryland and seeing rain this morning around the front royal and points south ward as well. let's pull this out, this will be a day long event, as we will continue to see areas of rain push through, got an area of low pressure bringing a lot of precipitation to the eastern united states ohio where we will see areas of heavy rain, ohio, west virginia, in the mountains of virginia where the heaviest rainfall will be from this system and down to our south, more of this in as the morning and day progresses. >> let me show you a surface map, i mentioned low pressure, going to move along a frontal boundary pretty much a stationary front out to our east as it does it brings us reinforcing rains to our region the other thing it does do is bring us breezy conditions winds out of the east, 15, 16 miles an hour be aware of that and partially because of that a coastal flood advisory in effect for parts of the region. >> forecast washington for today, cloudy skies, rain showers likely, 67 degrees for your high today, tonight more clouds, more rain showers maybe a thunder storm or two, overnight low 61 in town, 5 day forecast tomorrow clouds, 74 degrees a few more showers maybe an early shower on friday and weekend looks good saturday and sunday, highs upper 60s to around 70 mostly sunny skies. that is a look at what is happening with weather now to julie wright and get an update on traffic. >> all right tony want to say thanks to everybody hitting me up on twitter and rico forgiving me a heads up on the mornings drive. let's get to the maps, we will start showing you what is happening here top of the belt way outer loop, route 1 college park, georgia avenue a 25 minute ride for those coming southbound 270, you can see nothing but brake lights nothing but red on the map coming from erbana to montrose road an hour and twenty minute commute, you will find in virginia accident activity northbound 7100 as you travel under 66 that is what is tieing up the left side of the roadway. that accident we mentioned before eastbound 66 pulled over to the shoulder before 23, at nutly street. julie thank you very much eight leading gop candidates trying to out do one another this time in new hampshire. for me ditails let's -- details, let's debate it. jim and also peter is away we are happy to welcome david brown welcome jim always a pleasure to see you what did you think last night jim who stood out? >> i thought romney stood out, gingrich, in the huntsman but cain stood out. >> you've named ever one but rick santorum. >> okay so rick santorum said some nice things too if you look at them it was a great debate to watch i like the format they sat around the table. when they are sitting close to each other they don't call each other as many names, you have an intelligent discussion and i thought it was a pretty good debate if you watched it. it was bloomberg tv on the channel list, couldn't find that, but i thought it was a good format and good debate hope we see more of those. >> david what are your thoughts when you look at all these gop candidates together, civilly or not what did you thing about what you saw last night. >> i thought romney ran away with it and perry just reminded me of bush another textbook -- he butchered words a couple times. i think it is similar, republicans going through, it is similar to what the democrats did in 2004 where no body inspired debate so we went with the safe guy kerry. all right jim you got to get your guys to step it up and find some body to inspire. is there anybody in the gop field that can be as inspiring? >> everybody does at certain times, you know, michelle bachmann was inspiring and she crashed and burned and perry was inspiring and he crashed and burned, the thing about perry everybody is saying well, it is done he has $17 million in the bank an ability to raise money any time you have an ability to raise money you can do somethings, herman cane is inspiring, newt can be inspiring. >> if you can take gingrich's brain and put it in bachmann. right and perry's leadership of the state of texas. >> yes, perry's leadership of the state of texas and make romney governor of texas instead of massachusetts. >> except for the obama care thing. >> what is the bigger challenge for president obama in 2012, will it be whoever emerges from the field of gop candidates? >> it will be -- >> or whitman. >> i think it will be a weak challenger, you may end up with with republicans don't have a nominee that excites anyone but they want to win. obama will have to get those people to register, to come out again. that is a challenge a lot of them that was the first time they cared about anything. i don't thing they are as inspired right now we will see what happens. >> you know, i think you are seeing that with the president the president is going back to the basics, he is going to college towns going to places where he feels he needs to get people enthused again it is a heck of a challenge especially when there isn't any perception or reality of fixing the problems we have now. >> do you think jim, does herman cain have a shot at this? last night he was tested the more attention he gets the more scrutiny he will be under. >> if he can raise money yes. the big question always is money in these things because especially, you have a compressed calendar now talking end of december you know, january, february, march and a lot of states come into play quickly you can't build on momentum and hope the money comes in the money has to come in now that is why perry is a legitimate contender. >> if you look at average polls, romney is on top 22% of support cain at 15%, perry slipped down to 14.7 we will ' where things go after that -- see where things go after that. let's tack about the alleged terror plot and get your take on what you thing the administration's response should be to this alleged attempted assassination or plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador here in dc. >> i am no expert on foreign policy, but i think that they have to be careful, you don't want the rile iran. i don't think it is a good idea i think they have to take it slowly and figure it out an emotional response will be a very bad thing. what do you think? i guess when they do something like iran has done here, i think we have to rethink our whole policy, like david i am not an expert in foreign policy but i do know politically, when they do something like this on -- they planned on killing an ambassador here in the united states, in the capitol and they don't care whether or not civilians are hurt we need a tougher stand that is easy for me to say but i think the president needs to have to show a little more leadership. >> also they have got to get other nations, in the world behind them. they have to. >> no question. the president needs to address it a little bit. >> before we wrap things up capitol hill the jobs bill which never got the full debate in the senate, david what is your take on this? what can be done i guess seems like this roadblock between what the president wants to do and what at least the senate is blocking him from doing seems to grow >> all policy. i mean there were certain senators, three or fourer if they were not up for re- election they would have passed it. they are democrats too. that is why it didn't pass. they have to be able to say look i am breaking from the president. it is not an election year yet but election is starting. >> david is right it is all politics the president is now blaming the republicans, democrats control the senate. 51 is that the new 60. there is a lot of things going on right now the president a couple weeks ago said all or nothing on this stimulus package now they are talking about breaking it up. gain if you go back to the bigger picture where is the leadership and lack of leadership is where i think they are driving some of these numbers. think how exciting the next 12 months will be. thanks for joining us. to y 7:40 a.m., 65 degrees. japan wants you to come and visit up next we will tell you why and how to score a free flight to that country. at 8, what is the key to a long lasting marriage. the answer may be quite the wife's tale we will talk with the author of the secret lives of wives what it takes to stay married some of it unconventional. stick around [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this 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been to japan next. >> we should do the show from japan for a week. >> that would be great. online applications open next april. >> mark it down on your blackberry now. >> put it in your drawer. >> or iphone. or calendar. >> blackberry. still the choice of the federal government. for now. a little phone prize going on. so tony this is the day we knew would come. >> it is not bad. >> no. >> we've got some rain showers out there, we told you they were coming they are here we will have rain showers off and on throughout the day today. that is not a bad picture are the skies cloudy, yes but we have had a lot of sunshine. >> is it grey? >> sure. a little dreary of course. yes but all in all,. >> pretty good. >> yes, we are not giving away free airline tickets though. sentinel radar, yeah, okay there are rain showers and more on the way but we will get through this and then have a nice weekend the way things are looking. take a look at future cast here is what will happen today areas of green, move across the map, that is rainfall there is some more rain showers later on this afternoon not a lot of heavy rain mainly light to moderate rainfall for most of us a little more this evening, can't rule out a thunderstorm this evening lots of clouds around tomorrow more rain in the morning then we thing as the day progresses things will get better. so your 5 day looks like this rain today, 67, a few showers, 74, friday early shower or two, 72, and then check out saturday and sunday. highs upper 60s to around 70 degrees. dare i say fine weather for a professional football game on sunday. girl scouts encampment. >> that too. >> are they in the area or elsewhere? >> area. >> okay. >> so we are excited. >> it will be good weather a touch of fall not too chilly. >> bound to be wet from the rain. other than that they will be fine. >> thank you steve. i am playing up tony's theme hi jewels. >> hi you guys, let me get down on the road, start off talking about metro rail problems along metro's orange and blue lines, expect delays because of a switch malfunction at the rossland stop. anticipate that. southbound 270 making that trip, headed down towards the capitol belt way an hour and twenty minute ride with the lanes now open. we mentioned this earlier, want to keep you abreast of the situation, mark brunswick lines suspended service due to a fatal accident involving a pedestrian and freight train. metro will honor your tickets this morning eastbound 66 wrapping it up, accident activity, to the shoulder, nutly street expect delays coming from manassas. all right it is 7:47 a.m. right now fall is in the air in louden county where the leaves are changing, colors, we can enjoy it with a tour through country roads. >> our holly morris is live this morning good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you as you make your weekend plans you might want to consider this, it is time for the annual louden county farm color tour you get to go places you normally don't get to go you don't get to see this every day those are not just your normal cattle we will talk about that coming up. most importantly we will talk about why the county does this and what you can get out of it. all live next fox 5 morning news stay with us drinkin'?u i'm drinkin' dunkin'. coffee -- black, straight up. extra cream, three sugars. iced coffee french vanilla. for me. iced coffee with a turbo shot. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. drinkin' dunkin'. america runs on dunkin' coffee. the biggest iced coffee i can get. iced coffee helps me keep up. i love iced coffee. drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. drinkin' dunkin'. dunkin'... iced coffee. i run on dunkin' iced coffee. america runs on dunkin' coffee. holly is in upperville virginia. >> she is there to find out about the louden county farm color tour going on saturday and sunday. holly i am jealous you are making all the rounds to the beautiful country this week. i know. nothing beats a weekend in the country, right and it doesn't get any better when the colors are turning and you get access to places that you don't normally get to that really is the whole concept behind the louden county farm color tour it afacts 9,000 people each year, both saturday and sunday a self-guided driving tour, 50 different venues, as you make your schedule you have to stop here and where you are live. we are meeting up with sandy good to see you. >> how many years has it been now. >> too many we just keep getting younger. >> not enough. >> not enough we want to get the message out you do a lot of important good work here first and foremost why is it important for the county to have this here? >> agriculture is virginia's number one industry it is just good business sense agriculture has been regarded as a liability for a long time and that is not a very healthy way to look at it. then there is agriculture and then agriculture done the right way which is the mission here at air shire, the first certified humane organic farm in virginia for people who don't understand what that means can you explain that? >> this is traditional farming unless you regard the last 50 years of industrialized chemical agriculture as tradition the rest of human existence isn't. we have an integrated farm all kinds of animals lots of crops we raise and it is an integrated whole we put the land back better every year than we found it no chemical fertilizers, the the animals aren't fed growth hormones, anti biotics, everything is as it was in my grand fathers times the healthier every year for the food and for the people. >> do you find people are wanting that more, requesting it more, maybe because they are becoming more knowledgeable about it themselves? >> absolutely especially people your age having children you know you just -- i find there is a whole generational thing i don't have to convince you if it kills the bugs it is not doing you or your baby any good you know and it is just a much different level of consciousness and awareness, and it also splits in a funny way in that older people who are now having the health issues are coming back to food that is you know, not chemically dependent. >> tell me what we are looking at here some people might turn on the tv and go okay, cows. these are not just your normal cows. >> i hope not they are pretty different looking we leave the horns on our cow they were put their by god to protect their cavs this is an ancient breed and turns out to be unrelated to just about any other cattle in the world they are scottish high landers, used to foraging on the very very meagre tundra of the western high lands they are hardy, theftty, gentle -- thrifty and gentle and to my eye beautiful. >> they have great coats. >> bed head cows. >> i love it. just looks like you want to snuggle with them when people come out here for the tour and spend a little time here, on your property, what do you really hope they learn, walk away with, get out of their time spent here. >> you know i think it is just a terribly sad fact 6% of americans have been to a farm and i mean that is really why food has been in my view perverted the way it has been just to bring people back and show them this is the way to farm this is traditional agriculture this is a place that has a place for everybody you know i grew up, children worked, older people had a place on the farm older animals the cattle you are looking at here are easily 10, 1 years old. -- 12 years old and it is a way to sustain life and live in harmony with you know your surroundings, and to get a really good appreciation why the food is better we have traditional animals, not hybridized they cannot live without -- they can't live with the chemicals in industrialized agriculture this is how they live and how we need to live. >> thank you for opening your doors and letting us come out here early this morning and the public this weekend you will be here. >> absolutely i wouldn't miss it 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[ male announcer ] save 10% on your groceries when you get a flu shot. that should make you feel better already. safeway. ingredients for life. the state department is warning americans around the world following the disruption of an alleged terror attack. outrage growing as more and more gravers come forward saying they -- drivers come forward saying they have been arrested for driving with expired tags. the man in charge of dcs police union says the not a big deal and they have a job to do. thanks for being with us, i am steve chenevey. >> i am alison seymour. good morning to our friend, tony perkens. good morning. good to see everybody. we have rain showers across the area. will continue to see rain shower thus the day today. so take the umbrella with you here is a look at hd radar, not so much in the district, pardon me, we haven't had much in the district some across eastern maryland, out to the west. charlottesville seeing heavy sprain some of that looks like it is heading in our direction i don't know that it will hang together and remain heavy when it gets here but we will keep our eyes on that. current conditions reported regan national, 65 degrees, relative humidity dropped down 84% winds rather brisk out of the east, 13 miles per hour. forecast today, lots of clouds around, periods of rain, look for highs today only mid-and upper 60s we thing downtown 67 for your high today. that is a look at the weather more coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. all right let's check with julie wright and get a look at traffic. >> hi you guys a busy morning out on the highway, we will start off talking about the top stretch of the belt way, below speed, 95 georgia avenue, 95 on the brake, 195 out of laurel. no accidents volume delays, southbound 29, incident university boulevard, all that activity cleared, white oak headed out towards four corners, southbound 270, an hour and a half drive, headed toward the lane divide. 395 across the 14th street bridge no incidents to report delays from the belt way headed to king street and before the pentagon headed across the potomac. travelling between harpers ferry and martins burg, a fatal crash between a pedestrian and a freight train. we begin with developing story from overseas death toll is rising in iraq after a slew of bombings, targeting iraqi police in baghdad. 25 people are dead dozens more hurt at least two attacks involving suicide bombers, another was a car bomb and a fourth a roadside bomb. >> two iranians in charge of trying to assassinate saudi ambassador to the united states in his favorite dc restaurant it is also popular with congress members. good morning steve well, the state department has issued a warning to all americans to be on the lookout for terror activity. meanwhile u.s. officials say we are not going to war with iran any time soon but they are working with allies, launching a cam town to further isolate -- campaign to further isolate the republic. it reads like the pages of a hollywood script the impact would have been very real and many lives would have been lost. >> reporter: according to the 21 page complaint filed by the fbi, a u.s. citizen from corpus christi texas was contacted by his cousin a member of iran's revolutionary guard corps to plan the assassination. a naturalized united states citizen who holds an iranian passport and arrested last month in new york was accused of working with an arm of the iranian revolutionized corps targets the saudi ambassador to the united states. the plan was to assassinate the ambassador using an explosive device at a restaurant here in washington. the u.s. citizen tried to meet with members of what he thought was a drug cartel in mexico instead he was meeting a dea informant also part of the plot according to u.s. official sources an attack on the saudi embassy in washington and argentina as well as israel's embassy and ambassador to the united states. such a decision can only be made by them this is a daring decision, a pearl harbour, 9/11 type of decision. >> the accused traveled to iran and as down payment arranged for nearly $100,000 to be wired to an fbi account. >> since the defendant's arrest he confessed to his participation in the alleged plot as well as provided other valuable information about the iranian's role in it. congressman marco rubio sits on the house select intelligence committee. >> we shouldn't be surprised by it what we should be alarmed by, this is the same government, in addition to trying to kill two ambassadors in the united states is the same government trying to get a hold of a nuclear weapon. >> pentagon says it will not be conducting force in iran this is not a trip wire for military action. iran's president says this is a fabrication, a child's story, live in northwest, outside the saudi arabian embassy, lauren demarco fox 5 news. let's look at other top stories, the search is on for an 18-year-old from silver springs he was last seen at home in the 8400 block 11th avenue 7:30 p.m. last night family and police are concerned for his welfare as he functions at the level of a 10-year-old he was last seen wearing a yellow shirt carrying a backpack. an arrest made in frightening attacks near the suit land metro station. this morning fill limb flemming is in jail facing rape and robbery charges he assaulted two women on different occasions as they walked to the station early in the morning. >> prince georges county police arrest add driver believed to be behind a deadly hit and run in beltsville a man was struck before 11:30 p.m. last night and later died at the local hospital. police were able to make the arrest and find the car a short time later. yesterday a spokesman from triple-a joined the outrage as more drivers are coming forward outraged they are being arrested in dc for driving with expired tags. in most jurisdictions the most you will get us is a ticket. chris always good to see you. you guys have taken a lot of heat from this from a lot of people in fairness i have not heard complaints from anyone who puts on a bullet proof vest and badge and gone to work. what is your response to folks up in arms about this. >> i understand why they would be upset for instance senator web from virginia wrote a letter if he wants to govern the afars of the the district, i have the 7th police district in an costa we have had 54 homicides a year for 10 years on average an inrd inapt amount of violent crimes, crime in the city is up, where national crime is down if congress, house, senate want to become involved in dc law enforcement affairs, i welcome them. we have much bigger issues, we are down 400 police officers, come in, bring us resources and knowledge but i don't think this is where we start the fact certain people were arrested for this when hundreds are arrested throughout the past couple years all of a sudden this becomes a big story, i think it is not only troubling for the police officers but troubling for the registrants of district of columbia no one raised outrage when they were arrested adds for triple-a traffic fatalities are up 45% this year in district of columbia, we are down 400 police officers a nonfunctioning dui program. if triple-a are concerned about the safety and welfare of the residents of columbia, where have you been on that issue. traffic fatalities up almost 50% not a word from you. this is a few people well connected who were arrested for not obeying the law, this is the result. other states you get arrested for not paying parking tickets, for fishing illegally we don't do that in the district. talk chris about the reason for why it is important you make sure vehicles are registered and why it is important people follow this law. >> remember the district is unique we are not a state we don't have rights and capables and resources other states have so legislature i don't know the complete history, in the district, made a decision look, it is so harmful for us either for property damage or crime reasons, or simply traffic fatalities that if a vehicle does something to a resident or property in district of columbia, we have to know where that vehicle came from and be able to track it if we can't we don't have all the resources legislature made a decision to protect the residents of the district of columbia. now i think there is a fair argument should it be -- should there be better public knowledge about this, sure but again it is very difficult when you have people not paid attention to the registration laws in their state or the district, for 90 plus states that is a quarter of a year. let me ask you this question the law had been amended there is a grace period for people it is my understanding this will not be an arrestable offence unless this was expired by more than a month. >> yeah, the department gives a 30 day -- we have an internal order out saying in the first 30 days you will get a ticket rather than arrest. >> the mayor, because mayor vince grey weighed in on this and it is my understanding he told the police chief and department and those in charge, to have some discretion in this matter and it is my understanding that discretion could involve other options such as a citation, et cetera, may we see more of that in future because of this? >> mayor grey, with all his problems i don't know why he would thing it would be appropriate to weigh into a law enforcement issue. i am not sure he is much of a source we in law enforcement want to hear from. that will be the chief's decision if the statute allows for that discretion that will be -- as the chief says we will make it 60 days, we will make it 60 days but again i would caution play your grey from weighing in on law enforcement issues considering his reputation. but it is the law. >> that's right. >> we appreciate you being with us. bottom line alison check the tags. go out there, check your tags make sure they are up-to-date. >> thanks steve. 8:12 a.m., coming up next weather guys back with a look at our wet wednesday forecast julie is keeping an eye on how the rain is impacting your ride this morning. >> then, half of all marriages ends in divorce it is nice to get advice from those in a successful marriage that is the idea behind the book secret lives of wives, more than 200 women were interviewed what it takes to live happily ever after the author joins us with more on what she discovered stay with us, 8:12 a.m. i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. time for a little bonus. i am looking at cuteness time tonnen perkens we need -- tony perkens we need cuteness. where is my first five photo of the day. take a look, look at that. >> oh. >> a cutie this is jack. >> adorable. >> jack just turned 1 year old and he celebrated with a trip to the pumpkin patch. >> that is the best. >> really good looks like they put him to work there. >> he is like help me. he is so cute. >> he really is. >> baby blues. >> i bet he enjoyed the day there don't know if he went on hayrides or anything hope you enjoyed it jack and hope you enjoy your first halloween that should be good. thanks for sending the photo in if you want to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. here is a look at temperatures around the region they have not changed much, 65 degrees in the district, 62 baltimore, 62 dulles, fredericks burg 66 degrees, winchester, 69, ocean city 66. here is a at the sat rad, oh, just the rad. we have rain showers moving through, more rain showers today heavy rain south and west, headed in the direction of the washington area, particularly the counties to the west we will keep an eye on that but some of you may see heavy rain shortly, five day forecast, clouds, periods of rain high 67, tomorrow a few showers under mostly cloudy skies, 74, friday early showers, early clouds, give way to i think more sunshine in the latter part of the day, 72 and weekened looks good, temps upper 60s to around 70, a good amount of sunshine. that is a look at what is happening with weather now to julie wright to find out what is happening with traffic. are they here yet? are they here yet? >> boys to men? >> yes. >> no, but their people are here setting up, starting the process. >> i just want to hear them do that ♪ [ music ] just one time. >> i will see if we can get them to do that. >> okay just for me. all right here we go on the roads now, 395 coming across the 14th street bridge delays on the belt way, seminary road, pentagon crossing over the potomac no incidents to report. all lanes open there. 66, having a tough go delays out of ma that sis, centerville -- manassas, to centerville. van dooren to telegraph road, delays on the top side. 95 and 295, out of laurel headed to the belt way wrapping it up 270 an hours drive out of german town headed for the lane divide, again, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. for the book the secret lives of wives, author iris interviewed more than 200 women, married 17 to 70 years, about what they said it took to live happily ever after. she will give tips on what it takes to maintain this. >> here is the book. this lady has an apple in her hand. >> there is no bite out of the the apple. >> i like that. >> secret lives of wives there is sex in here and a couple is he luscious stories out of the 200 plus women i interviewed but really the central secret to staying married forever and the happiest women i interviewed have a sense of purpose and passion and self- esteem and many arteries of life outside of their partnership. in other words they don't expect their husband or partner to make them happy. >> we have a rule in our house i have three little girls, we say did some body hurt my feelings, no body can do something to you or take anything away from you or add to you but you live in this harmony knowing you have to be 100% a complete person. >> what a great great great lesson to give your children. you know we turn within for power and strength, so i did interview 200 women and they are a mosaic of stories everything from christians, jews, evangelicals, muslim in an arranged marriage, black, white, asian, rich, poor from every single state you know every single region of the country and although they are varied in backgrounds and experiences there was a central theme. >> i was going to ask what is that. >> well, this is so glib but there are three gs. guts, girlfriends and gonads. >> okay. >> it takes great tenacity to go the distance i always tell -- i am a journalism professor at american university young women come to me a lot and say i am dating someone how do i know if it is the right person well, first of all, sexual and emotional chemistry is key you know, you feel connected at the level of soul. that is one of the central secrets these women in this book all really felt with their mates that you are home you are home you can eat and maybe have spinach on your teeth and that person will tell you, but yourself with them when you say i do it doesn't mean i might. it means i will. >> so you are in it. >> you are not in it. >> we were talking earlier i want to get to girlfriends and gonads. but we were talking earlier, people want to put this in a headline you have things that say don't be surprised to find out your neighbor might be having lunch with an old boyfriend every now and then or stealing a kiss but you are not condoning at all stepping outside of your marriage. what i am doing as a journalist not a psychologist, is presenting you with a mosaic of stories of women who have managed to stay married yes, there is a woman in there in her 70s who makes out with her high school boyfriend in his red cadillac, every few weeks and has been married for 44 years. yes, there is a swinging couple and yes, there is one woman who is having an adulterous affair but most of these women realize, happily ever after in marriage doesn't mean someone else makes you happy. that is the guts part. girlfriends -- >> right i have these two girlfriends and we take our little weekend trips, vegas was the last one. >> okay so girlfriends, we all as sisters, in this, need a soul circle of women with whom to drink, travel and vent. i can't tell you some marriages need to end i really want to say that i am not a proponent of everybody staying in an awful, abusive, abandoned, adulterous marriage but you would be so surprised how many women i interview that say i am bored my husband is doughy and watches hockey 11 months out of the year. my husband is not doughy but has never missed a hockey game on television. if you are bored with your relationship what are you doing in your own life your battery pack is inside you. >> what is gonads. >> well, i really thing it is important to be sexually attracted to the person you are going to marry once you share inlaws, a mortgage and surly teenagers it is relaxing to hop in the hay and just maybe your problems go away at least for 11 minutes [ laughter ] >> 11 wow you are in a successful marriage. [ laughter ] >> just joking, we have these eight talking tips i would urge you to pick up the book the secret lives of wives one of them it is okay to have secrets, hang out with your outrageous girlfriends pick up the book tonight at politics and pros. 7:00 p.m., connecticut avenue northwest when you meet iris and check out the book the secret lives of wives we just had so much more to talk about but now, we got to get the book to find out what else is in it. steve over to you. >> yeah, mark i will have her call you back. not happy alison not happy at all. 8:24 a.m. on wednesday morning bank of america angered many customers when they announced they would charge debit card users, $5 a month now looks like several other banks will follow suit. the benefits of banking at a credit union but there are a lot of misconceptions out there. we will try to break through those and get a break down when we come back. next, a lot of the fun you can have checking out the animals, hi there the little guy is not so happy. well, we will try to put a smile on that face as we look at fall foilage this weekend too in louden county. coming up my theory is that there's a force field of happiness around aruba. obviously, if you take a boat out, the further you go, then surely the happiness will stop. there must be a limit somewhere ! everyone still happy, yeah ? 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is that possible, how are relations going to go between united states and iran. >> we are guard to your latter question this makes relations with the united states and iran more tricky than they were before. obviously, we were in a state of high hostility this only ups the ante and the state department is thinking through strategies of implementing more sanctions, fortunately for the united states, arab countries are very much supportive of the united states action, obviously, saudi arabia is a very important country in the middle east and very important in its relation to the united states if for no other reason, oil production but more than that it has been friendly to the united states. as to the person who remains in iran i would be very surprised, obviously in pakistan we used drone missiles or yemen we used drone missiles to go after enemies with some success i would be surprised if the united states would reach cheat up to that level but -- ratchet up to that level but as long as he remains in iran he is a threat to the united states. one of the more fascinating aspects to this to me at least here you have these people who have ties to revolutionary guard in iran but they are trying to hire drug cartel members in mexico to come to dc to commit this act of terrorism is that common for this out sourcing of criminal activity? >> well, i would says the not common but completely understandable. mexico is in a state of complete disarray right now with the drug cartel, there is a lot of lawlessness there, they were trying to place an in between agent that would create deniability of the iranian government. it might have been quite clever to get mexicans to do this, iran if they chose could deny it or have it carried out by what they thought were highly professional individuals. there is nothing in the background of the iranian, u.s. citizens to indicate he would have the ability to pull this off on his own. we will have the charging documents at myfoxdc.com. okay nice mellow 65 degrees on this wednesday morning. >> yeah, temperatures aren't bad rain on the way a few showers overnight, more steady rain around here later this afternoon as we watch more of it develop off to the south and west. >> how do you like me invading your space? >> i love it. >> excellent. >> here is a live shot, cloud cover here, at this time, we have had overnight shower activity that will continue off and on throughout the day really as we continue to watch the system develop off the coast and slide to the north and to the east. here is a live look, we are taking a look at sentinel radar for you and again, cloud cover inside the belt way and across the immediate washington area. off to the west and south and west, underneath down towards charlotteville steady round of showers, developing and all that pushing off to the north and northeast. bring along an umbrella, be ready for showers during the day. whole look at sentinel sat rad, heaviest day, mountains down to the west periods of rain moving through as we watch an area of low pressure ride up along the coast alison mentioned temperatures mid-60s later this afternoon when you check in temperatures mid-60s. there is the rain redeveloping down towards charlottesville moving in later. all right temperatures right now at regan national, 64 degrees, 67 this morning quantico, good morning 50s off to the north and west hagerstown, 69 and 65 in annapolis, look at the five day forecast, plenty of showers, linger into the night time hours, tomorrow morning and then get a few peeks of sun tomorrow afternoon could be another round of showers early friday, cold front, right now the weekend looks great upper 60s near 70 on sunday. that is the weather steve and alison back to you at the desk. news of new banking fees has a lot of people asking about the next move for your money. >> just ahead, danny reid, good morning if you are watching, thank you for talking about these credit unions, steve joins us, live, steve says it is time to do what he does consider a credit union. >> danny is right there is a lot of misconceptions by consumers when it comes to credit unions some how a lot of people thing these have something to do with credit or poor credit nothing further from the truth full service financial institutions federally backed by the ncua national credit union administration, like the fdic for banks they do loans, i've got my mortgage at a credit union, banking regular accounts checking and savings the difference in terms of how much money you are going to spend and where the profits go to. what is the difference between a bank and credit union. >> good question a few things one, let's point it out credit unions didn't take tarp money they didn't have to here is why credit unions are not-for- profit organizations a bank is for profit they pay their board of directors really the decisions the board of directors make are really based on how much money can we make. go to a credit union we are talking about a not-for-profit organization with a board of directors all volunteer based. money that comes in profits that come in, go right back out, to members in the form of lower fees, higher dividends, better interest rates, or in terms of just enhancing service credit union provides. who is join? that might be a big stumbling block people might not know who can join a credit union. >> a lot of people thing i have to be a teacher, belong to pilots union. not the case a community credit union mine you walk in, open up an account you are a member. a lot of people thing what about the convenience factor where are they located i will tell you this, thing of how many times you actually walk into your branch location, for your local bank, right. i know when i was banking at a traditional bank i never went to the branch. but the folks at the credit union say we want the make this convenient for people they have a shared branching system, 46,000 across the country walk into anyone of them you can do your transactions on behalf of your own credit union. a lot of them belong to a co-op as well. 46,000 atm locations if you want to figure out where a local credit union is in your neighbourhood, we have a link on your website a smarter choice.org. >> we do appreciate it. >> good to see you guys. >> steve helping us out this morning. credit union is great, take out a mortgage or car loan. >> i think i am about to have two as well and i wouldn't be surprised if those two become one soon. 8:38 a.m. right now wednesday morning some lucky customers got their apple 4 s shipments a few days early. they have their phones not coming out until friday. >> pretty cool surprise. >> we will get their reviews when they come back. stay with us for that and more big! big. big, big. big big big big? 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>> that is a good question they did over a million preorders but there will be folks lined up friday morning. >> we will have a camera i am sure. >> we will talk about that friday morning. on this wednesday morning though, if you are raising kids in the city or burbs there is a good chance they only see cowpigs and horses on tv. >> right now we will show you in person i mean on tv. holly. >> reporter: good morning guys, painting pumpkins in a pretty setting do you thing your kids would like to do that? is well, if there is any indication i think they might and they can do it this weekend in louden county where we are live, air shire farm, one stop on the louden family farm color tour what it is and why your family is going to want to be a part of it live next fox 5 morning news stay with us ab >> listen if you are looking for a great way to enjoy fall weather holly has ideas for you. >> she is out in louden county today where their annual farm tour is going on this weekend. holly good morning. good morning holly. >> well, the kids are having a good time. see if they can track down holly. >> okay we will try to get holly on the other side of the break stay with us. time now 8:47 a.m. complete this merger, and present to the board, sink your teeth into some big n' toasty if you understand. good. you've got spunk. a big day calls for the big n' toasty. wrap your hands around fried eggs, cherrywood smoked bacon, and cheese on texas toast. america runs on dunkin'. now let's check with holly this louden county today. good morning. >> good morning we are here today in upperville, hill shire farm one of the stops on the louden county farm color tour this saturday and sunday there are 50 places you can stop on the self-guided drive tour 24 of those are farms and many of those farms are not generally open to the public this is a wonderful opportunity not only for you to see beautiful places but also see some beautiful country and envelop yourself in the colors that are just starting to turn here. there really is something to do for the entire family so it won't take a lot of convincing to get everyone out here this is susie, she is here and? charge of kids activities. >> we are painting pumpkins. >> tell me a little bit about what is going to go on this weekend. >> all the animals will be on display and you will come into the farm on a hay wagon ride. >> fun. >> we are encouraging kids to pick up a map they can visit all the animal stationreceive a stamp and when they end up in the kids activity area, we will have hay maze, apple bobbing, play some games, paint pumpkins, get their face painted and check in there and we will have a special treat for them if they have gone through and learned about all the animals we have here on display. >> a little incentive i like that. okay so in terms of the painting the pumpkins everybody gets to paint a pumpkin. >> they will. >> there will be enough pumpkins. >> there will be. they will get a ticket that gives them their free pumpkin to paint and take with them. >> let me check with a few of these picassos here tell me your name. >> keiffer. >> tell me about your pumpkin. >> i am making like a flower theme and it's just a bunch of dots and it's really fun to do. >> you look very relaxed here just i like this, sitting position you have here. very good. you want to go see some animals? cool. let me check in with one more, my purple pumpkin painter what is your name. >> my name is max. >> what are you thinking of here? >> a witches hat for halloween, bring it is style to it. >> what does that have to do with purple? >> you know, um, i have -- i used to have like a witches doll and it had a purple hat. >> now it makes sense i got it. you want to see some animals. >> all right come on guys the big thing they want you to do is experience farm life here. dave stevens is going to take us over to some special animals you guys ready to go? let's go. we are going to look at a pig and some of her pig lets and several turkeys today. >> so what is special about these pig lets and ell, they ar humane and certified organic and we let them grow up and act like pigs are supposed to. >> my gosh looks like it is breakfast time in there. >> it is. every man for himself in there. >> and so this weekend you are also going to serve up some certified organic and certified humane snacks i hate to say that around live animals. >> yeah. we won't tell them but this is the beginning to the other end and there will be hamburgers, hot dogs all kinds of snacks, organic food available as well as preserves and cider and jam and apples and things from other farms, our neighbors. >> good eating. literally. in every sense of the word. >> anybody have a quick question for dave about the pigs? oh, i see they are all pig experts. >> everybody knows everything about pigs and your kids will too once they come out and take part in the louden county farm color tour going on this saturday and sunday, 10 to 4. myfoxdc.com our website you can have a list of all the different places, that you can go around and visit, coming up in our next hour you can't be here and not visit the shire horses we will do just that. do you guys know everything there is to know about shire horses too? excuse me why are they even here. >> they are there to meet you i am sure and take part in the farm. >> 8:55 a.m., tony is up after the break he will join alison to take us up to 10:00 a.m. >> some talented young men are going to pay a visit to the fox 5 studios, yep, boys to men will be here and perform a single from their new cd. we will see you on the other side of the break for a great vacation you can't beat mississippi. sure you can, it's called louisiana. hang on, florida's where folk's want to be. that's only until they get a taste of alabama hospitality. we can't agree on which state's best, but we can agree on one thing, wherever you vacation in the gulf, you'll have a great time. great seafood, beautiful beaches and fun for the whole family. we've got intimate bed and breakfast right on the water. cafe's with views of the gulf. go blue water fishing, ride a kayak, or just enjoy the world's best weather and soak up the world's best sun. we've gone all out to make this year the best ever. and we are 100% open for business. you mean 100% open for fun. here in the best part of the gulf. louisiana, florida, alabama, mississippi. this could go on for a while. tutututututure, you're always looking ahead... to what's next... to what's possible confident... that taking action now, is the way to create... a better tomorrow. that's why we're announcing, that with the planned merger with t-mobile, at&t will begin bringing five thousand jobs to america from overseas. we will invest eight billion dollars more... and deploy the next generation of wireless broadband to nearly everyone in america. this investment will create as many as ninety-six thousand american jobs. here at at&t, we believe in the future. we're not hesitating. we're investing in america now. why? well, we know it's good business. because america... has always been... and always will be... a smart investment. at&t. welcome back, here is a look at stories we are following for you this hour. a plot to assassinate an ambassador the plan to bomb a dc restaurant to kill saudi arabia's ambassador to theunited states more on this incident. plus one town taking a controversial step when it comes to domestic abuse. why they are taking steps to not make it a crime details about this are coming out a little later. we are excited about this one, boys to men here in studios this morning they will talk about their new album, that is coming out. do we say cd now. album, cd, download >> it is all honouring their 20 years in the business. the guys will perform for us too. you don't want to miss that. >> we are showing old video, they are a trio now great guys happy to have them here. this package is coming out, a two cd set we will talk about what is