west, gusting to about 35 miles per hour. i'll be back in a couple minutes with updates on the weather. i want to remind you we've got the fox 5 weather app. you can download this for free at the apple store or at the droid marketplace and you can look at the radar live 24 hours a day, putting in your zip code and you can see what's going on in your neighborhood. pretty cool stuff. all right, allison, tony, i'll toss it back upstairs to you guys. i'll be there in a minute. >> thanks, tucker. one person is in the hospital this morning after a carbon monoxide leak in northwest. 16 other people were treated at the scene. crews responded to bailding on 33rd street around 3:30 this morning. we're told the leak was coming from a hot water heater. the business has a business on a bottom floor and apartments on the upper level. we are just finding out about an arrest this morning of a woman suspected using kids to dupe an 84-year-old woman into clearing out her bank account earlier this month. we told you about this story. here's the latest now, prince george's county police tell us linda mccorckle was arrested by u.s. marshals in new york. she is accused of robbing a langely park woman after asking her to cash a check to help with her three small children. detectives found her by using bank surveillance video and then they got a tip from crime solvers. prince george's county now, police are working to retrieve a body out of a well there. it is a very dangerous recovery process. now, they found the remains in a well off old fort road in fort washington yesterday after getting an anonymous tip. authorities say it could take several days, though, to remove that body. it is at least 30 feet down and we're told there are some concerns about the stability of that well. it may have to be reenforced before a person can go down that well. a homicide investigation under way after a teenager is stabbed to death. police say the 19-year-old man stumbled into the kennedy rec center on seventh street in northwest last night before collapsing. officers are still looking for a suspect and a motive, but think it may be related to an earlier robbery that happened in that same area. today we will learn the fate of the woman convicted in the lulu lemon murder case. brittany norwood is expected in court for her sentencing hearing. it's almost certain she'll get life in prison, but the question is whether it will be with or without parole. norwood was convicted of first- degree murder last year after brutally beating and killing her coworker jana murray. >> i don't know how much she's thought about what she did. she can probably say, you know, i'm really sorry, but, it's really hard to do -- undo what you did when you took someone's life and you took it -- wasn't like you hit her one time and ran away. i don't find that -- that would be unsettling to me if she was walking free after 25 years. >> in the meantime, norwood's family is asking the judge to give her a chance for parole. today's hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:30 this afternoon. a former prince george's county jail guard is due in a new york city court this morning. anthony macintosh was arrested there in connection with the death of a prisoner in prince george's county in 2008. he's accused of failing to call for medical assistance after he reported finding ronnie white unconscious. he's also charged with federal civil rights violations and falsifying records. the coroner later said white was strangled to death, but no one has been charged with white's murder. sentencing is set for april for antonio martinez. he pleaded guilty yesterday to trying to set off a phoney car bomb outside the armed forces recruiting center in cattensville. a sting operation caught martinez in 2010. two prince george's county delegates have introduced legislation to close a senate loophole that allows convicted felons to stay in office until they go to prison. case in point, leslie johnson. after she worked out a plea deal last year, she wanted to stay on the council until she was sentenced. eventually johnson did resign her seat after public outcry. one day after telling congress that arlington national cemetery lost $12 million, officials now say the money has been accounted for. they told a senate hearing wednesday the funds were missing on wednesday. in a statement released yesterday, arlington officials said the figure was based on a report released in september and that the money has since been found. the pentagon is laying out its plan to cut $295 billion out of its budget over the next five years. the army and marines will lose 100,000 troops, the navy will retire some cruisers but keep 11 aircraft carriers. the emphasis now will be on smaller, special operations forces like the navy seals and unmanned drones. in the race for the white house, rick santorum is headed home. he's still in the race, but says he'd rather spend his saturday sitting at his kitchen table doing his taxes than campaigning in a state where the race for the nomination has effectably become a two-man fight. he, of course, is referring to newt gingrich and mitt romney. two along with rick santorum and ron paul battled it out for the final time before next week's florida primary. fox' doug luzader has more on last night's debate from capitol hill. reporter: the stakes in florida are huge and this is coming down to a two-man race there. >> this is a nonsense question. [ applause ] reporter: newt gingrich did what he seems to do best at these debates, firing back at the moderators, but he also had to fend off an increasingly aggressive mitt romney who he has accused of being anti-immigrant in a state where immigration is a primary issue. >> i think you should apologize for it, and i think you should recognize that having differences of opinions on issues does not justify labeling people with highly- charged epithets. reporter: gingrich stood by the attack and in a state with home foreclosures, he hit romney on his investment of fannie mae and freddie mac. >> maybe governor romney in the spirit of openness should tell us how much money he's made off how many households that have been foreclosed by his investments. but let's be clear about that. >> have you checked your own investments? you also have investments in mutual funds that also invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. reporter: it was rick santorum, though, who finally had enough. >> can we set aside that newt was a member of congress and used the skills that he developed as a member of congress to go out and advise companies, and that's not the worst thing in the world, and that mitt romney is a wealthy guy because he worked hard and he's going out and working hard and you guys should leave that alone and focus on the issues. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: ron paul, in the meantime, suggested another competition when he was asked about his age. >> i'm willing to challenge any of these gentlemen up here to a 25-mile bike ride anytime of the day in the heat of texas. reporter: and that leads to the other factor last night, the crowd. after a debate earlier this week where audience members were told to be quiet, last night they were anything but. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. president barack obama will give a speech at the university of michigan this morning on making college more affordable for all americans. this afternoon he heads to cambridge, maryland to attend the house democratic issues conference. the stop comes after a busy day in nevada and colorado where he pushed his plan for energy reform. hillary clinton is playing down expectations that she will stick around even if president obama wins his reelection bid. the secretary of state says that she wants to step off the "high wire of american politics" and is ready for a rest after two decades in public life. she has been first lady, a senator from new york, presidential candidate and the top u.s. diplomat now. coming up, should d.c. become a state? the mayor and several councilmembers think so. >> today they are pushing for statehood once again and matt acklin is traveling with them to new hampshire. he's going to join us on the phone. plus: >> as joe would say, sit down now, sit down. >> an emotional memorial service to remember legendary football coach joe paterno. hear from his son and former players when we come back. welcome back. it's 9:12 now. the company that runs the costa concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground in italy this month is offering passengers compensation for their lost baggage and psychological trauma. those who suffered no physical harm can still collect $14,000. they will also be reimbursed for the full cost of the trip and any medical expenses they incurred. the company is a unit of the world's biggest cruise operator carnival. in a nearly 2 1/2-hour service, members of the penn state community, former players and family all spoke about the man they lovingly knew as joe pa. thousands of people packed into a penn state arena to bid one final good-bye to the former coach who put the university on the map. fox' colleen wolf was there. reporter: it was a celebration of life, a tribute to a man so profoundly loved by those who knew him as their hero, mentor, football coach and father. >> here i was in an early morning 36, 37 years later in a room alone with him once more. he had no more advice to give, but all i wanted was for one more word. reporter: so many here today would like to hear that same thing, one last word from joe pa. >> as joe would say, sit down now, sit down. reporter: a player from each of the five decades of paterno's coaching career shared stories and some of their fondest memories of the man they called coach. >> he was quoted as saying that the name on the front of the jersey is more important than the name on the back. i always found that one a little bit odd because we never had anything on the front of our jerseys either. reporter: it wasn't just paterno's witty sense of humor that attracted so many followers, it was his unrelenting will to push others to reach their potential. >> coach paterno actually told me one day that he thought i would probably be a pro bowl running back or facebook. three hours later i got off a plane to hawaii because i'd been vote today my first pro bowl. reporter: but joe pa's legacy is that beyond the football field because of the sheer number of hearts he's touched. >> rest in peace, coach. we'll take it from here. >> and that was colleen wolf who was reporting that. in the meantime, d.c. leaders are on their way to new hampshire this morning, hoping to rally support for d.c. statehood. >> mayor vincent gray along with several councilmembers will meet with new hampshire lawmakers to explain why d.c. should become the 51st state. fox 5's matt acklin is traveling with the delegation. he joins us live on the phone this morning. good morning, matt. reporter: hey, good morning, allison and tony. just arrived at the statehouse here in concord, new hampshire. we left bwi airport with the mayor, a couple of councilmembers, chairman brown, david katannia, vincent orange and marry chay all a part of the delegation. they're expected to testify here in concord around 10:30 this morning, and as you were saying, they're here to support a house resolution brought up in committee here to basically make the district of colombia the 51st state. they are hoping that the committee listens to their testimony, the mayor is expected to testify, chairman brown, several others, and then it will go to the committee here and hopefully on to the full house hear in new hampshire to pass that resolution in the future. >> the delegation seem optimistic now? goodness knows this push has been on for quite some time. do they feel like this grassroots push, if you will, going to these states will really help this time? reporter: yeah, allison. that's exactly what they're looking to do. first here in new hampshire, and then the move is to basically take this message of taxation without representation to the american people. they're coming here to new hampshire, there's a plan to go to tallahassee, florida and then also to the capitol in tennessee, nashville there to get the word out that the folks who live in the district of colombia, 600,000 people don't have true representation in congress, don't have two senators, don't have a congressional member, we have a delegate, but not a congressional member and that's what they're here fighting for is the move to make d.c. the 51st state. >> and is this something -- you mentioned tallahassee, florida, is this something that they're going to have to go to all 50 states to do? reporter: well, that's what they're trying to do, tony. they've actually sent simple resolutions like the one that is being looked at here in new hampshire to all states across the union, asking the legislature there to bring it up and pass resolution supporting this. now, many of the councilmembers and folks who live in d.c. have here in new hampshire. councilmember david katannia has a house member by the name of cindy rosenwald. she brought up this measure here today in committee and that's the plan, to get friends that are in other states to bring it up in front of house committees and basically pass this, and get it out to the public so people know that there's an issue in d.c. and the thought is if most americans realize that the district of colombia residents don't have equal voting rights, then maybe they'll support this and one day d.c. could become the 51st state. >> it's my understanding this has to be ratified by each of the states and that's the issue. so the cause is going right there to these different states. matt, is there a sense that there'll be a resolution? will they leave knowing that they have at least new hampshire's support in their push for statehood, do you know that yet? >> reporter: at this point i believe that the committee could consider it, not sure if it'll be a full vote in committee today. basically today is the hearing, and then it would be voted on by the committee and then the full house. they have a huge house here, 400 house members from across new hampshire. this issue did come up four years ago and there wasn't a quorum, not enough people were able to come here to the state house to vote on it, lawmakers because of bad weather. it was a snowstorm, so it didn't pass at this point. the hope is four years later this issue will pass here in new hampshire. the only trouble, though, allison is that the house is currently controlled by the republicans in new hampshire before it was controlled by the democrats. so that might cause an issue. >> matt acklin reporting for us from new hampshire this morning with the mayor's delegation pressing for statehood. thank you, matt, good to hear from you. we appreciate it. reporter: hey, guys, we'll have a complete report at 5:00 and then also on myfoxdc.com throughout the day. >> look forward to it. stay safe out there on the road, matt. coming up, how someone missed out on a $7 million lottery jackpot. plus you could soon have to pay more to ride metro. first, though, if you're looking for a fun time this weekend, our annie yu might have the answer for you. annie. reporter: hey, allison. earlier you mentioned how impressive this arena has transformed and it sure it. there is more than 5 tons of dirt on this floor here and they actually have to clear it out by sunday because of the wizards game monday night. and out of the six competing cars, i think i found my favorite car. it's the monster mud. isn't that darling? it has ears and everything and the front of it is a little doggy's face. it's very cute. coming up we're going to talk to a local guy who started his own team and it is called the illuminator, so you don't want to go anywhere. stay with us. >> my question is how is annie not getting dirty? i've done that before. >> i checked out the booth. here is today's trivia question, how did bono, the lead singer of you2 get his name, it galic for paul which is his real name, the name of a pharmacy near his home, the title of an original song or is it his childhood nickname? answer is coming up later. but if you want to take a guess now, head it our facebook page. it's in the 60s right now. >> that's crazy. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. 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[ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. an illinois teacher is getting ready to celebrate a big milestone, her 100th birthday. olivia neuby the wayer has been teaching for 37 years. she started in 1935. she looks great. now she works with a younger crowd, kindergarteners. despite her age, neuby the wayer has no plans of retiring anytime soon. >> my son keeps saying, mom, when are you going to quit. i said the lord will tell me when to quit. >> her mother lived to be 100, her grandmother 96 and two of her cousins made it to 101 years old. i'm tellin' ya, it has more to do with your genes than anything else. >> that might be the case, but i want to know her beauty cream, i want to know the vitamins she takes, what she eats and her living habits because she looks beautiful. >> she does. >> still teaching. >> that's unbelievable. >> kids keep you young. >> if you keep working. suppose you can't work anymore because you haven't maintained that. it's a roll of the dice. >> it is a roll of the dice. >> you do say the genes have a role to play. >> having lived a life that long has more to do with genes than anything you can do, working out, eating kale. >> kale chips? >> forget the kale chips. >> trying to justify your diet, tony? no. you want to take care of yourself, but if you want to live to be 100, the best chance is if you had relatives who did it. you should still, you know, behave in a responsible way. >> he said it. >> is that what he said? >> he said it. >> it took him five minutes to get there, but he said it. let's get to the live picture, want to start with that. guess what, the worst of the rain is over here in washington. we'll see gradually improving conditions here and i think gradually we'll see some breaks in the clouds and sunshine working in. that being said, it's going to be a cold -- well, not a cold, but a blustery arrive with the cooler air working in. it'll be cold by later tonight. lots of changes, lots to talk about in the forecast today. lots and lots. >> go for it. >> let's do it. let's kick it off with a look at hd radar and i want to show you here the worst of the shower activity, the heaviest of the showers now east of the city as mentioned. a live shot will give us clouds here, but as we zoom in a little bit, heavy rain now working east, east of the beltway at route 50, just east of crofton, got a pretty good -- we're -- hard to believe we are he talking about thunderstorm activity at the end of january, but we have been. i don't see any flashes at the moment, but earlier this produced some pretty good thunderstorms across the district. crawford now and mitchellville, this is all working towards annapolis, you'll be getting some more rain shortly as all of this starts to work on through. let me show you the bigger picture. again, this is a cold front believe it or not that's been mixing in with some very warm air. let's go on to our next map. thanks. there you go. you can see some snow starting to break out into ohio. so i think we're pretty much done with it. i think this is the back edge of the rain shield here. and now we're just going to see that cooler and dryer air really start to filter in. winds will be gusting to 35 miles per hour later today, possibly see another sprinkle or light shower, but generally the fireworks for the morning here, we'll be done as soon as we get that last band to cross the bay and get off the eastern seaboard. let's do temperatures and these have been all over the place this morning. we briefly bumped up to 61 at reagan national. we're now back down to 57, although i'm getting some other reports of 59. 68 degrees in fredricksburg this morning, 63 navel air station, incredible stuff. hagerstown spent most of the morning in the 30s, their temperature jumped 12 degrees in an hour. cooler and dryer air will be moving in from the north and west and we'll be back into a more winter-like pattern. that being said, nothing too extreme here the next couple of days. 60, we're doing it now. these temperatures will do one of those later this afternoon. early rain giving way to afternoon sun. windy, much cooler. there are your winds out of the north and west gusting to 35 miles per hour later today. so if you got a hat, be ready to hold on to it this afternoon. clear skies, much cooler overnight. heater will have to get turned back on, overnight lows in the upper 20s to low 30s out here, a lot of 20s north and west and there are your winds out of the west gust to go about 30. so still a little breezy here during the evening hours. weekend forecast, you know what? it's going to be a nice weekend. tomorrow 54 with sunshine and a lot less wind around here. tomorrow should feel pretty good. we get a reenforcing shot of some cool air late saturday and into sunday. there are temperatures back to where they should be. we haven't done that a whole lot this month. by sunday and monday highs only in the low- to mid-40s. that's your forecast. an update on weather in a couple of minutes. allison and tony, back to you guys. >> tucker thank you. it's friday, it's time for "ask allison." this morning's question deals with workplace bullying. here's what a viewer wrote in, i watch fox 5 every morning and i am dealing with a bully at work, another female, and i feel that i need to quit because of her. i can deal with people, i can ignore, i had confronted her a couple of times, but i am not a dominant personality. should i have to quit over this? i have already gone to my boss over this matter. the situation is leaving me emotionally damaged. now, i must admit when i first got this question i was just very surprised that this would go on -- i actually reached back out this viewer and i asked what kind of bullying is this, is this person stealing your ideas, are they undercutting you with the boss. this other woman was actually engaging in physical bullying with this woman at her job, they have a situation where sometimes -- they worked at a veterinarian clinic, there would be hair on the floor after grooming. this woman would walk through the hair and say oops, sorry, that kind of thing. so i was very emotionally disturbed by this. and i wanted to get an expert to help answer this because i wanted to make sure i gave this person the correct advice. so joining us now all the way from san diego, california is katherine matice, she is the president of civility partners and operator of the website noworkplacebullies.com. katherine, good morning. >> good morning. >> i was so surprised this goes on, but this goes on a lot. >> it does. you know, the research -- there's research from all around the world, there's research from here in the united states that says that about 30% even all the way up to 50% of people do report that point in their working life. so adults do definitely bully each other. >> wow! this case this woman said at time that she would get files snatched out of her hands, she would be bumped into the file cabinet and just get, oh, excuse me for an answer. she went to her boss she says three times. her boss did nothing about it. is that common? >> yes, it is, absolutely common, unfortunately. i think because workplace bullying is sort of a new idea in the business world and also because workplace bullying is absolutely very legal at this point that a lot of times managers aren't really sure what to do with the information, they're not really sure how to handle it versus if someone goes to their manager and says i'm being sexually harassed, you know, the manager knows to turn to page 50 in the corporate policy, here's what i'm supposed to do to handle that. but when somebody is feeling kind of manipulated or abused the way that this person is, a lot of the time managers are left sort of not really sure how to handle it, and unfortunately it means that a lot of managers don't do anything. >> in fact, civility partners, your organization that you are president of says 62% of bosses behave in this way, they just don't know what to do. something that struck me as so startling, katherine, is is when you say that bullying is not illegal and that i think is a big huge point of it. but putting your hands on somebody really is or should be, so what can people do, including this viewer, what should they do if someone is harassing them at work? >> yeah. in this case i'm surprised if there's physical touching, then that's definitely crossing the line into being illegal, absolutely. it sounds like this viewer is already working on trying to be assertive, but i just wanted to give a tip there on how to be assertive with your voice. there's sort of three steps. the first step is to validate what the person is saying about you or what they're doing, and i'm not saying you have to agree with them, but you want to validate. the second step is to state what your problem is with their behavior and the third step is to say the solution. so for example, if you say i understand you think i did this wrong, but the way that you're treating me is unprofessional. in the future i need you to be less aggressive with me. that would be an example of those three steps. and also a very important part of being assertive is your body language. so when we're feeling bullies or picked on or uncomfortable, we tend to sort of cave in a little bit, maybe cross our arms or shoulders kind of come together, maybe we're looking down, you know, toes pointed in. so you want to be aware of your body language. stand up straight, shoulders out, look the person in the eye, toes pointed forward, hands down at your side, that kind of body language will show i'm not going to let you treat me this way. so being aware of your communication is one of the first steps. in talking to the boss, it sounds like the viewer has done that as well, but i think sometimes when people who feel bullied go to their boss, they tend to focus on themselves, you know, i feel a certain way, i'm unhappy, i'm emotional about this, and unfortunately it makes the target be seen as the weak link there. so, really you want to make sure that you're focusing on the bully's behavior and document all of the behavior before you go into your manager. so, you know, every time one of these incidents happens, write it down in a journal, the date it happened, what was said, who saw, any of those kind of things that you can, and also any tangible evidence if there's e-mails or things that you can print out and bring to your managers, that would be great too. so when you're talking to managers, you really want to make a business case for why the behavior needs to be addressed, just like you would in any other conversation with your manager. so if you can do that, that's going to be important. katherine, wonderful advice. we do have to end it there. katherine matice, the president of the civil partners and operator of the website noworkplacebullies.com. thanks for joining us. tony, on the website it says take care of yourself. if you've done all the things this viewer did, then you should consider leaving because they're not required to help you. and i am sad to say that just yesterday this viewer did contact me and said that she did quit. she just couldn't deal with it. in this economy, i'm so sad that you had to do that, but hopefully this will all help someone else out there and all that information will be on our website, myfoxdc.com. if you have a question, you can send it to me. you can get to the link by going to myfoxdc.com. we'll be right back. 9:43. the first starbucks ever on the east coast is looking for a new home. this starbucks on wisconsin avenue in northwest opened 19 years ago. >> what? >> yeah. the property owner is revamping the shopping center so the store is going to lose what's been its home since 1993. >> the original one on the east coast, that's great. get ready to find some new content on top video sites. >> they are known for passing along other videos, but now youtube, netflix and hulu plan to roll out original programming. you'll be able to watch documentaries, reality shows and scripted series. now, the quality won't be as good as what you see on tv, but production companies hope that that will change over the next few years. bear with it. >> it's like we but the that in there. twitter can now censor tweets on a country-by-country basis. for example, if the company erases a tweet here in the u.s., it can still be seen elsewhere. the company sees it as a way to ensure individual messages remain available to as many people as possible. but the flexibility is likely to raise fears that twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening. we have to mention roy aers was supposed to be on the show this morning. we promoted it last night and early this morning. unfortunately he canceled that appearance, so no roy ayers on the show. our apologies about that. coming up, sarah simmons sits down with movie reviewer kevin ma mccarthy with a look at the latest releases. and big trucks take over the verizon center this weekend for monster jam. our annie yu takes us there after the break. 9:44. here's a friendly reminder. it's your last chance to get verizon's reliable high speed internet and phone for small business for only $84.99 a month. call 1.866.solutions now or visit verizon.com/solutions. only $84.99 for high-speed internet and phone. plus your choice of either no annual contract or a two year price guarantee. call 1.866.solutions or visit verizon.com/solutions today. hurry -- this offer won't last long. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 welcome back. we're getting breaking news of a school bus crash in prince george's county county. this just happened at 9:00. several cars are reported in the accident at richie marlboro road. 22 students were on the bus and police say they are all okay. >> they were, though, taken to the hospital to be checked out as a precaution. they are now going to be released to their parents. besides the kids on the bus, six others were hurt, one was trapped and had to be cut out of the vehicle at the accident scene. >> we'll get you more information about that as it becomes available. it will certainly be on myfoxdc.com throughout the course of the day. meenlt, it is friday, -- in the meantime, it is friday, sarah simmons sat down with our movie reviewer kevin mccarthy. >> get ready for nail-biting moments at the movies this weekend, kevin joins us now. >> how are you doing, sarah? >> good to. >> glad to be here >> these two movies look like they could be nail biters. they had me kind of, like, worried about even seeing them, actually. but "the gray," you actually liked this one. >> i loved this film. normally january is a bad time for movies, but lia neison, i loved him in "taken" and "unknown." he works for an oil drilling team out in alaska, their plane goes down in the middle of the wilderness, right in the middle of a wolf den and they have to basically survive while out there against the weather and against these wolfs. and it's a film about survival, the meaning of life and the struggle that we go through -- that they go through during these sequences. great things about this movie is joe carnahan, the director actually put the actors in the element. they're actually shooting these scenes in 40-degree below weather. neeson told me that there was a point where his brain would freeze up and he couldn't get his dialogue out. there was very little acting. >> it was dangerous cold. >> can you imagine? i also think the fact that he actually put in minimal fgi, almost like a christopher nolan film where you use very little cgi,ed wolfs are anamatronnics. i will say this, this film contains easily, hands down, the most gut-wrenching, intense, breathtaking plane crash i've seen in a film to date. >> realistic? >> realistic beyond belief. i was blown back in my chair, sitting there going, oh, my gosh, what just happened. and then the scene that happened after this is another intense scene, that's all in the first 15, 20 minutes of the movie. so you are locked in, liam neison is awesome. it's a very deep philosophical film as well. the trailers give it a misleading run. it makes it look almost like a "taken" style of movie in the snow. it does have those "taken" elements but not a straight up action movie. it has a very deep philosophical meaning to. four out of five. i highly recommend it. stay through the credits, see the gray, liam neison is awesome. >> let's talk about "man on a ledge." this one, just the title right there makes me think how scary it was going to be because i'm afraid of heights. was it scary or was it anything? >> i still don't think sam worthington is a good leading man. ever since i saw him in "avatar," i just don't buy his issues. "ava dr. parikh tar," all that -- avatar" was a "dances with wolves." i don't feel engaged in his characters. his character in this film steps out on a ledge in new york city to gain attention from the workers and the police force to prove his innocence. he feels he was innocent of a crime he was convicted of. this is why he does this. there's a lot more going on behind the scenes. the brilliance behind the film is that it does hook you from the beginning and it does make you -- an entertaining aspect as an audience member, you want to know what's going to happen. the problem is the payoff isn't that great. so you're sitting there, you're entertained, but as you walk out of the theater, i'm not going to say anything or give anything away, but i think the ending was cheesy and i just don't buy him as an actor. >> what did you give it? 2 1/2, maybe five. if you want 0 see it, check the matinee. >> the cool thing is being out on the ledge. you got to do this yourself. >> i did. i was out in l.a. this is is 17 stories up in l.a. >> and that's your feet. >> those are my feet. i was live tweeting. i was live tweeting from the ledge. as you can see, there is a wire attached to me, there were two stuntmen, one of them does the stunt double for tom cruise and the other one does michael fastfender. check it out, you can follow me on twitter. i'll be live tweeting more stuff like that. >> i love that. you were sitting there tweeting like it was no big deal. you're not scared of height? >> i hang glided over rio last year. >> i'll let you tell me all about it. >> i will be with you, sarah. >> me too. >> following his tweets. 12 foot tall and 10,000- pound machines will bring you to your feet at the monster jam. >> the show is in town starting tonight until sunday. fox 5's annie yu is previewing the big event and joins us now from the verizon center. hey, annie. reporter: hey. so just in a matter of hours the verizon center is going to be jam packed with thousands of screaming fans up on their feet and excited for this big show, and some of them will be rooting for a local guy jay snyder who is the driver of the illuminator. good morning, jay. how are you? good morning. great to be here. great to see you. reporter: you too. thank you for coming out. jay, you are from bethesda, maryland. what's it like coming bag and performing in front of your hometown? >> i would like to say it's a dream come true, honestly. i didn't used to dream about it, but it really is a completion of a vision and a goal that we had ever since i was a kid to be in a monster truck show. so i'm really honored to be here and running with these guys from the monster jam grew, from grave digger, batman, it's really quite an honor to be here. reporter: now, you also -- when you're not driving this bad boy, you are running a full- time company, a lighting company. we do special event lighting for events throughout d.c., including concerts here in the verizon center, so it's a completely different role for me here driving a monster truck. reporter: yeah. and you're also unique because you started this yourself. you come into this as an independent driver. talk a little bit about that or explain that. >> well, it makes it a little bit more challenging to start your own team and we've been doing this for 10, 12 years with my crew, my brother, my family, and a lot of help, and we've got a lot of assistance from other people in the business, generally speaking everyone is really interested in helping people along, but it is tough to be an independent. it's expensive and just a lot of hard work. reporter: a lot of hard work, but you've got your son next to you helping you. it's a bonding experience. >> absolutely. my son is looking in to get into the driver's seat. he's 18 now, so technically he should be allowed to do it. this summer i think we'll have him out doing some shows. reporter: we can't let you go without firing up this bad boy. so go for it. >> you got it. reporter: whoa, that's loud. if you want to come out here and see jay and the other drivers, it's going down at the verizon center tonight until sunday. the first show is at 7:30 p.m. tickets are at $23 and the kid tickets are $11. stay with us on fox 5 morning news. we got a lot more for you coming up. ming up. . back now with the answer to today's trivia question. how did bono, the lead singer of you2 get his name. the answer from a hearing aid shop in dublin. it's an adaptation of a latin phrase meaning good voice. his friends came up with the name, but at the time they did not know what it meant. cool. i had no idea. tucker barnes. >> yes, sir. >> got some forecasting to do? >> oh, yeah, thank you. we're doing that right now. temperatures will be falling this afternoon, getting cold and blustery, winds out of the north and west to about 35 miles per hour. this weekend, tomorrow looks beautiful, sunshine, highs in the mid-50s. it will be cooler by sunday, monday. that's what it typically should be this time of the year with highs in the low- to mid-40s. we're generally done with the worst of the rain and thunderstorms now pushing east of the bay. we'll just quiet things down. just blustery and cold, cooler this afternoon. >> a lot has been made about one of our colleagues who isn't here anymore.