five students disappear from the d.c. area. >> their fami alerts authorities to possible terror ties. this morning, those five are under arrest. president obama will be ward the -- awarded the nobel peace prize. how the white house says he will handle criticism that he is accepting this prize just days after he announced a troop surge in afghanistan. start you off way from high above northwest washington on this thursday morning. the december 10th and the temperature continuing to fall out there. 4 # degrees right now at reagan national airport. good morning. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. i'm gurvir dhindsa. that massive storm stretching from the midwest to the east coast still causing some problems this morning. it brought heavy rain to our area. today, parts of the midwest and new england dealing with bit arely cold temperatures. storm being blamed for at least 16 deaths so far. >> you know when they take the snow plows off the roads in some parts of the country, it is pretty bad. >> later on, we'll show you awe national map and take a look at the temperature out there. very, very cold across portions of the eastern, midwestern united states this morning again. we have falling temperatures here. i want to show you what is going on out there. we have some clouds out there this morning. i think those will give way to some sunshine later on today. there is some more snow with that system we just talked about out across ohio, portions of indiana, michigan, places like that and lake effect snow to our north across new york state. current temperatures in our area, we are at 43 degrees in d.c. 40 up in baltimore. ocean city at 48 degrees. dulles airport is at 40 degrees at ths time. your forecast for today. we'll see clouds giving way to sun. it will be rather bleedsy. there is actually a wind advisory for another hour or so. east of the chesapeake bay. 44degrees not too long ago but temperatures will be falling during the course of the day. we'll be in the 20s tonight. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> bundle up. >> thank you. let's get a look at traffic out there this morning. >> good morning. not so bad right now southbound along 59 and 295. can i just say what a great thing it is to say we're waking up to dry pavement this morning. right now, the lane are open if you are traveling southbound along 207 leaving germantown. the top stretch of 270 starting to slow just a bit as you approach and pass 109. downtown, inbound south capital street right at the foot of the douglass bridge so before you cross over the anacostia and continue up towards the freeway, we have received word of an incident there and there it is. the police are there, the flashing lights. that is what is causing a back upif you will coming in off the suitland parkway. now, right now, if you are coming in off of howard road, that seems to be the ramp right hire. that is where we got a lot of the slow traffic. it is drawing at tension of those off the suitland parkway and causing a bit of rubbernecking delay right here. no accidents to reported off the 295 at the 11th street bridge. all of your lanes there are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. it's developing story we continue to follow this morning. five american muslim students from our area vanished and then turned up in pakistan where they were arrested. >> investigators say the five may have tiesto terrorism. one of the men is ramy zamboanga -- ramy zamzam, a dental student in the area. one of the men left behd a farewell video with disturbing messages. >> i recall the video is about 11 minutes p it is like a farewell and they did not specify what they will be doing but just hearing and seeing videos s&p the internet, it just made me uncomfortable. >> so far, no charges have been filed. investigators say the men gave conflicting statements first but they are now cooperating. the other big story, the president getting ready to september nobel peace prize this morning. the president landed in oslo with the first lady just hours ago. he later stood alongside norway's prime minister praising his counterpart's nation. >> norway is a close friend and an ally and the relationship between the american and the norwegian people has always been extraordinarily strong. norway has consistently stood along side the united states and as is true in so many others of international relations, i indicated to the prime minister an express that we use in america,ments a boxing term, norway punches above its waist. >> white house press secretary robber earth gibbs says president obama will proudly receive the nobel peace prize despite the irony of authorizing a u.s. troop surge just days prior. >> the president understand and will also recognize that he doesn't belong in the same discussion as mandela and mother teresa. but i think what the president is proud of is the steps that this administration has taken to reengage the world. >> mr. gibbs says president obama will address what went into his decision about the next moves in afghanistan. general stanley mcchrystal and the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan will appear again today at a hearing on the president's plan for afghanistan. an exact timetable for the end of american ivolvement has not been laid out. defense secretary robert gates told officials in afghanistan yesterday that the united states would not abandon the nation in 18 months when troop withdrawals are set to begin. >> the united states and our many friends and allies around the globe are determined to defeat those who stand between you and a peaceful and prosperous future. together, we will succeed and our partnership will flourish for decades to come. >> afghan president hamid karzai told gates it will take 15 to 20 years if afghanistan to be able to sustain itself with its own security force. let's take a look at some other tough stories. the white house party crashers could be subpoenaed to testify in front of congress today. an amendment to subpoena the white house associate social secretary was defeated. the salahis were no-shows to their first invitation it testify last week. their thearnz attorneys have said they will plead the fifth this time around and refuse to answer any questions. soy new details about tuesday's shooting anorthern virginia community college. investigators believe 0-year- old jason hamilton walked into a classroom on the woodbridge campus with a high-powered rifle and fired two shots at a maghtd teacher because he was upset about a grade he was going to get in the class. police say he purchased the weapon at dib's sporting goods in potomac mills mall and the gun jammed before he could harm anyone. we have an update to a missing persons case in the district. police say 48-year-old cynthia ann passmore has been found unharmed. she is a restaurant manager and disappeared tuesday just after midnight after she had closed up the ruby tuesday on wisconsin avenue where she works. still ahead, we all know they are out there lurking and they are never a welcome sight. >> rats invade a busy building in the district causing concern for those who work in the building. more drama for one half of john and kate plus eight set to play out in our area today. hme - ( music playing ) - now's the time to invest. in lumber. in rubber. in bellies. and precious metals. it's time to put everything you have into your 10k. your 5k. and en your 1k. and, of course, you can never go wrong with futures. kaiser permanente. thrive. on all your christmas gifts at jcpenney. get $10 off instantly when you spend $50. save more with doorbusters, starting early at 6am saturday. like men's and women's coats for just $49.99. go to jcp.com to see gifts for everyone on your list. jcpenney fox for the now independent aol will begin trading today as the internet giant has ended its ties with time warner. the dial-up internet access business has just one-fifth as many subscribers as it had. reality television make its way to television but only for a court date. reps will appear in rockville to try to get ongosselin to drop his objections over his children being filmed by the network. gosselin forced them to stop taping the show and john and kate plus eight decided to stop. tiger woods has made major strides in the game of golf but one congressman says now is not the time to honor him. a california representative had proposed legislation to aword woods the congressional gold medal. he now says he won't pursue that this session in light of the recent developments surrounding woods' car crash and allegations of extramarital affairs. find out which major retailer is setting up shop for the first time. >> i took a shovel and beat it to death. >> rats invade a busy office building in d.c. what is being done to stop the invasion. there is in good news for shoppers in the district. district is finally getting its own costco. after years of negotiations, officials say the wholesale club struck a deal with developers to bring a store to the shopping center in the fort lincoln neighborhood near the intersection of ew york and south dakota avenues in northeast. if financing is approved, costco could break ground next year and open as early as 2011. officials say it would create about 800 new jobs soirchlt a decorated veteran hit the jackpot big time. kenneth mcclanahan won $1 how a week for life from virginia's lottery. he bought the ticket in alexandria. congratulations. great. >> i love to see that. >> me too. >> good to see costco coping up too. >> i think that is great news. it provides jobs and i love costco. the savings that you get. >> we get a lot of stuff there. >> very good. >> what is up with the weather today? >> that news not so great although it could be worse. we had the snow last weekend. we had the rain, flooding rains in parts of the viewing area and all that. today, it is dry but our temperatures will drop and it will become windy. like you said, there is a trade- off. we'll start with the temperatures across the region. we've dropped again. 42degrees now at -- in washington, d.c. an at reagan national airport. dulles is at 39 degrees. let's see. nassas, 39 degrees. bwi marshall, 39 degrees. 45 in leonardtown and you've got 36 out in martinsburg. 37 in winchester. i told you i would show you the temperatures across the nation. take a look. let's take a trip. look how cold it is across the most of the u.s. st. louis, 12 degrees. omaha, twee below. minneapolis, one below. denver, it has warmed up. remember yesterday, we showed you 16 below. now, it is zero. that feels good. 24 down in dallas. the warm spot is miami, 75 degrees. once again today, mostly the activity is in the east. not too much to see. we do have rainfall across portions of the the southeast. some lake effect snow in upstate new york and lingering snow showers in michigan and western ohio, places like that. a little rain system moving into northern california. forecast for d.c. for today looks like this. a pretty day but breezy and quiet cool. temperatures falling. we were at 4 two hours ago. now, we are aat 426789 those temperatures will continue to drop. you will notice the winds out of the west-northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour gusting up to 30 miles per hour. now, the forecast for tonight, we add this because it will be very cold. you need to be aware of this. clear skies, cold, still breezy. 22degrees for your low in town. that means some of you will be in the teens and that means tomorrow morning as you are getting the kids dressed for school, bundle them up. it will be cold and in the 20s. 36degrees for your high friday. clouds move in saturday. chance of precip overnight saturday into the first half of sunday. some of that precipitation could be snow. that is a a look at what is happening with the weather. now, here is julie wright with an update on traffic. >> all right. it is busy downtown. inbound south capital street as you come off the ramp from howard road, that is where we had an incident. the activity cleared but the ramp from howard road to head inbound south capital street very slow at this point. we are receiving word that v- d.o.t. has installed a new pedestrian light at bladensburg road. that is causing a little bit of a tie-up. it is out of sync, arrested cog to callers. we have delays inbound new york avenue as you work your way from south dakota avenue to bladensburg road trying to get through the traffic light then the pace improves headed o to the third street tunnel. behind me, this is a live shot of northbound i-95. the main lines slowing as you you continue out of woodbridge. the same for those in the service road trying to merge in the main line. westbound 66 leaving the beltway, disabled tractor- trailer now tying you want right side of the road. 66 eastbound slowing from hay mark tote gainesville with an earlier wreck cleared to the shoulder. top side of the beltway here as you make your way from college park headed towards silver spring. all lanes are open. no incidents to report continuing around towards 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. they are creepy, they are crawly and they are most certainly unwelcome. and unfortunately, they have invaded one. d.c.'s busiest buildings right at the heart of the u street corridor. an influx of rats and mice behind some big-time trouble at a d.c. government office building. the reeves center at 14th and u street northwest home to the the department of transportation, the invasion of rodents hit a peak right before thanksgiving. the d.c. department of health started setting traps around the building two week ago. turns out there are more mice in the building than rats. worker say the problem is more than a nuisance though. >> we have to sit in the office and smell that smell. it is terrible. >> this is a while ago, about the size of my foot. >> how did you kill it? >> i took a shovel and beat it to death. >> the health department said there have been fewer complaints since the baits and rapp rat traps were set. city is now preparing for rat- proof the building. business beat is coming up next and we'll be talking more about the white house's decision to extend the bailout and expand who has access to all that money. >> and as we go to break, they are magically delicious. and soon lucky charms will pack less of a sugary punch. general mills cutting the am sugar in its most popular brands. they say they are responding to parents who raised concerns about pre-sweetened cereal. when high speed internet was out of reach of most american families and small businesses? as recently as the year 2000, only three percent of american families had high speed internet. then competition drove innovation - spurred private investment, and the internet took off - at record breaking speeds. at at&t we're taking the lead - investing some thirty-eight 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expanding would can benefit from that boost. chris cotter with fox business network is up in new york to talk more about that. in light of the foreclosure numbers that wear just getting in, that is partly what these lawmakers want to use that tarp money for is to help folks that may be facing that, right? >> yeah, you know, tim geithner yesterday announced that tarp would be extended until october of next ye against gop lawmakers' wishes. and part ever it will be used to aid home owners. if you think about the big picture here, think about we needed it to save the big banks and the goldman sachs of the world and j. p. morgan and the city and they all took it and it helped them. and new they want to use tarp for the smaller banks so we can save them so that we can somehow convince them to start making small business loans and then home owners in foreclosure use that money to aid in that regard. there is about $300 billion in uncommitted tarp funds that are still out there. as we know, a lot of discussion as to whether you can reuse the return funds or not. whether it should be condensed in terms of size because we don't have to help the huge institutions anymore. that is all up in the air right now and certainly there is a legislative process that needs to take place. i think most americans would probably feel like that is a better use of the money if you have to use it to try to keep people rom having their homes foreclosed, to try get small business lending going as opposed to helping the fat cats that played a big role in getting us into this problem in the first place. >> i think a lot of people think if you can help out the small business owner, that will get the economy going. republicans are saying this will just add to the ntional debt. >> and markets were up yesterday? >> yes, we were up yesterday. we were up 51 points at the end of the day, sort of bucking the trend we've seen latelywas down for the sixth straight session, down abou10% during that stretch. you had gold down for the fourth straight session. also down close to about 8% during that stretch as well. and wetted a weaker dollar which is unusual. usually the weaker dollar means those commodities are higher. you had all those things lower and stock seemed to rebound at the end of the day. we had decent wholesale numbers in terms o inventories, economic data to sift through. that was pretty good. now, today, we get the initial weekly joble claims. keep an eye on that number and it has to be that four-week moving average because we had thanksgiving two weeks ago. we'll be looking at the week after thanksgiving. it will make it rough in terms of a comparison. look at the four-week moving average. if we can be at about 400,000, that would be ideal. that comes out at # 30. >> thank you. coming up next, five men living in the d.c. area and planning what investigators think may have been a dangerous mission. fox 5's sarah simmons is joining us now with more on that story. those five 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give an acceptance peach on his thoughts about war, security and the pursuit of peace and we will carry that speech live coming up next hour. right now, it is time to check back in with tony to find out about our weather for today. bundle up, i suppose, when you head out? >> yeah, because it is cool outside, cold and it will get colder as the day progresses. and more significantly, i think it is winds will pick up. so it will feel colder than it actually is today and then aespecially tonight. let's start with the satellite- radar for the region. we do have dry conditions across the washington area at this hour. we have clouds out there. see how we've been talking about they would break up. can you see that happening right now. a little break in the action. look like there could bea little blip of precipitation along the border of maryland an pennsylvania. don't know if that is hitsing the ground. i suspect it is not. but we'll keep our eyes open and see what is happening. regional temperatures, we are at 42 degrees here in the district. look how cold it is out to the west and that is some of the cold air that is going to be working its way in here. right now, you look at pittsburgh. you go wow, 4 degrees. i'm glad we're not that. we'll be that overnight tonight into tomorrow. that is cold air, the coldest air of the season working its way in here during the course of of the day today. your planner for today, winds will shift out of the west. temperature will drop during the course of the day and by tonight, we'll see -- this afternoon, we'll be in the 30s. tonight, in the 20s. we'll have more in the forecast coming p in just a little bit. also coming up, ask the weather guy. today, we will finally congratulate those who, like steve, correctly predicted when we will first see the first snow in the area. >> did we have a bunch of people? yieng they just said we'll go with steve. >> i'm priced by that. i would not have predicted that following. but history is on all of our sides. we want to check in with julie wright and find out what is happening out there on the traffic. >> well, steve, if you are so good at predicting. whisper in my here the powerball number. did you hear it? >> no. outer loop. beltway slowing as you leave 95 college park head around towards georgia avenue. eastbound 66 coming inbound from the west right now east of 50 fair oaks, you are on the brake headed over tords 13 and leaving again from nutley street to the beltway. 66 tied up right now for those leaving haymarket. southbound 270 now in germantown as the guys head out towards mva. here is the deal. inbound new york avenue. they have installed a new light at bladensburg road. there are delays coming in off the bw parkway. rhode island avenue still in good shape as an alternate. so is benning road out towards h street. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. another big story we are following, five young men from our area under fierce interrogation in pakistan. they disappeared more than a week ago. >> their families and investigators think they may have links to truffle. one of those people is a dental student at howard university. that is where sarah similar monday is picking up the investigation. >> reporter: ramy zamzam is the man that you are talking about. he was one. the five detained from the alexandria, virginia area. from all accounts, students have said they don't know much about him other than the fact that he is a first year dental student here at howard university. his brother painting him as a normal joe who got goods grades, at least enough to get him into howard university dental school. on the campus of howard university, few students we encountered say they know much about ramy zamzam who they describe as a first year dental student. no one answered the door at his family's alexandria apartment. but neighbors say the news that he is being detained in pakistan for possibly trying to link up with a terrorist group is hard to imagine. >> it is very vicing to me and this kind of guy would get caught in pakistan and he travel there. it is very, you know, like sad. it is not good thing. >> reporter: same if the neighbor of one of the other four men being held. >> it is shocking to be living that close o someone who may be mixed up in something like this. >> reporter: we don't know much about the men. in onion line newspaper, the muse live link from march of last year, ramy zamzam is listed as the head of a virginia muslim youth group, project 500. thir goal was to raise money to build a new mosque. in this on-line posting from october of 2008, in a discussion on the council of islamic relations facebook page, zamzam appears to admonish another poster that muslim women are cover themselves with head scarves or they will be held accountable. neighbors say they are't sure what to think. >> seems like they are misguided, got mixed up in something. i don't know if they are fully aware of what they were involved in. i don't know them personally. watch them come and go, i've never seen anything to give me the impression to think that one of them would be capable of something like that. >> reporter: as if how u.s. officials pound out about this, the fbi says it was actually a family member that came forward to them that tipped them off. first, the council on islamic affairs and then they went to the fbi talking about this video that they had discovered. tornado ato be a farewell video from one of their family members, one of these member uttering something about muslims needing to be defended and showing these disturbing images of american casualties during that video. again, gurvir, steve, it is important to note that these men have just been detained. so far, no charges have been filed. back to you. >> thank you. we are talking more about this next hour. steven emerson, the executive director of the investigive project on terrorism will be here to talk more about this latest developing case coming up soon. the white house party crashers are about to get hit with a subpoena to testify in front of congress. yesterday, the house homeland security committee voted in favor of that subpoena. the vote was 26-3. the committee shot down an amendment to the subpoena to subpoe white house social secretary desiree rogers. we are learning more about the shooting at northern virginia community college on tuesday. 20-year-old jason hamilton is accused of walking into a classroom on the cam us way high-powered rifle and firing two shots at tatiana kravchuk, a teacher from rush ya. that teacher is being credited with getting everybody out safely. hamilton is expected to be in court early next month. investigator us say he shot at the teacher because he have upset about the grade he was going to get. wasa has canceled a boil water advisory around 16th street and georgia avenue. they say tests confirm that the water is now safe to drink. still ahead, it seems like more children than ever are getting diagnosed with food allergies. we'll show you how one dog guards a little girl against the food that could set off a life-threatening reaction. several states getting called out for not doing enough to protect kids from the dangers of smoking and tobacco. find out where we rank on a new list. that is coming up right after the break. spar -- (dial-up modem) remembewhen connections to the internet sounded like this - when high speed internet was out of reach of most american families and small businesses? as recently as the year 2000, only three percent of american families had high speed internet. then competition drove innovation - spurred private investment, and the internet took off - at record breang spes. at at&t we're taking the lead - investing some thirty-eight billion dollars in our wired and wireless networks over the past two years. last year alone we invested more than any other public company in america. and at at&t we support a national plan that makes high speed 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job done. only one state is spending at the level recommended by the cd scr. and it is really worse than that. this year, states got over $100 million from their tobacco prosense cessation programs. thirty-four states including d.c. and maryland cut their programs this year. we'll have more kids starting to smoke. we'll have fewer smokers quitting successfully being more death and disease from tobacco and more tobacco- related health care costs. i know it is tough grudgette times. these are shortsighted solutions. >> is the excuse viable that the money just isn't there or is this money that is being provided bit tobacco companies that is supposed to be earmarked for this project. >> the steatsd are taking in more money than ever between their tobacco settlement attacks and their taxes they are taking in about $25 billion but they are pending less on tobacco cessation. monday i yes there. it would take just 15% of all the money they are taking in to every saturday to function at the level recommended by the cdc. -- the money is there. a large part of the budget problem are health care costs and a large part of health care costs is tobacco-related disease. that is preventible if we would use just some of this money to address the problem. >> let's take a look at the numbers. how are we doing here locally? >> maryland has been a real leader over the year. a good tobacco tax, went smoke- free several years ago and has funded a good program ands that reduced smoking in maryland. hey took one of the biggest cuts this year. we'll see the results of that. when you implement the programs, they work. when you cut the funding, you will see progress moving the other direction. maryland cut the program. they rank 37th now out of 51 states and d.c. the d.c. and virginia are around 31, # 32nd. all three a spending less than what the cdc recommends. >> we don't expect the budgetary situation to change any time soon. >> we need to tell the policy makers, just use some of the money to keep the promises made around the tobacco settlement. protect our kids from smoking. we'll reap the benefits not only in terms of our health but our budgets will be better off when we reduce tobacco-related disease. in virginia, we could raise the tobacco tax. tease has recently raised the tobacco tax. maryland may be looking at it again. when you raise the tobacco tax you get the impact of price going occupy smoking particularly among kids it is most effective the and seen though smoking goes down being you produce revenue not only to fund these programs but for other needs of the state. virginia has one of the lower tobacco attacks in the company. >> you can collect the tax. it has to be implemented. >> that is the hard part. when there is money on the table, there are as many hands as there are dollars. tobacco is one. the leading causes of death. i think sometimes we trivialize it. we know the only time they don't work is what we don't fund them. >> hopefully, when you do your study next year, you'll have better numbers to report. >> thank you for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. go to myfoxdc.com for the latest information there. talking about the massive storm that stretched from the midwest to the east coast. it is still causing problems this morning. it brought heavy rain to our area and today, parts of the midwest and new england are actually dealing with bitterly cold temperatures. that storm is being blamed for at least 16 deaths so far. the video pretty much tells you the story there. >> i want to start the weather by talking about that heavy rain that you mentioned because we had record-setting rains for yesterday at some of the area airports. let's take a look at the rainfall totals that he with saw as a result of this storm system. they were significant. >> at reagan national airport, for the 4 hours that were yesterday, we had 1.29 inches of rain. that is a record no the day. dulles international airport had just under an inch. not a record there. bwi marshall, just under an inch and a half and that is a record or was a record for the day. these totals do not include the rainfall from the day before which generally speaking was another half inch or so so significant rain. we've seen about a month's worth of rain already for the month of december. now, let's take a look at the satellite-radar for the eastern united states. here is that storm system. still bringing some snow to portions of the great lakes region. that low moving in to canada. the low is in canada i believe at this hour. we still see lingering snows in new york state but that is for the most part lake effect snow. we have ahad the clouds. that is breaking up now. can you see that activity right here and the precipitation well offshore so not causing yous us any concern. temperatures have been falling from the mid-40s, in facting the upper 40s around mid night to the low 40s now. 42degrees in washington. 36 at gaithersburg. 39 at dulles. 39 in manassas. so a cold start to what will be a cold day today. our winds, that will be be part of the problem, a significant part. 15-mile per hour winds blowing in the district and in ball. those winds will be blowing about 10, 15, 20 miles per hour gusting up to 25 or 30 miles per hour. that will give us wind chills in the 0s and tonight winnipegs in the teen and perhaps even the single digits in some locations. our high today, not our high but our morning temperature, 44. temperatures falling. some of new the teens. windy. it will be bitterly cold tonight and early tomorrow morning. tomorrow, a cold day. 36degrees. clouds start to work in here on saturday. they could bring with them some precipitation. in fact, they probably will. some of that could be in the form of snow. it could be a rain-snow mix as well. and that would be late saturday night into the first half of sunday. that is a look at what is happen with the weather. for the first time in a while, it is time for ask the weather guy. this is the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions. we want to give "shout out to all of our viewers who predicted snow on december 5th. steve correctly said december 5th. all of these people also predicted the correct date. derek hutchinson, erica rajas, even larkin, mary mack. candace reynolds all oners. congratulation. now, we did mention a prize. we don't have one. no. the prize involves tucker and i performing. as know, tucker is significantly under the weather, no pun intended and he can't do what it is we want him to do. >> oh, come on. >> it was a great prize. >> he can't. >> come on. it will be a great prize. >> you see him sneezing all morning. >> i don't feel well. >> you need time to get your routine together. >> he has been sick and he is still sick. >> it is not going to be any better when he is feeling better. so get it out there, bubba. >> what will you be doing? >> i don't want to say although can you probably guess. imlittle a surprise. we'll do it as soon as we can do it. congratulation to all of you. >> the two of them dancing together. that would be good. >> no, it would not be good. >> let's get out to julie wright and i guess you want to remind people to send questions. >> we'll always take your questions. go to myfoxdc.com, click on the weather tan. >> now, julie. >> they've installed a new pedestrian light at new york avenue at bladensburg road and it is out of sync. all of the traffic headed into northeast washington trying to get through that traffic light at bladensburg road. if you are southbound on kenilworth avenue, lanes are open. no incidents to report headed down towards the d.c. line and out towards pennsylvania avenue. southbound 270, busy on the top side leaving i-07 to buckiestown. delays again 109 to the truck scales. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. in our on-call segment, the number of children diagnosed with food allergies is on the rise. even trace amounts of things like peanuts or shellfish can set off life-threatening reactions. >> spotting the allergens can be tough but now man's best friend is stepping in to help. we have more in this report. >> reporter: meet rocco. he may seem like any other furry friend but he is trained to safe life. >> he sniffs peanuts for me so i won't come into contact with them. >> for his nine-year-old reasoner riley, even breatheth scent of a peanut can be deadly. how does he tell you what he smells a peanut. >> he will just go -- and then he will sit. >> he can prevent her from walking down a sidewalk and coming across something like a bakery that would be making peanut butter cookies. >> reporter: riley's mom sherry says her daughter as peanut allergy is so severe, any contact with be a matter of life and death. >> her throat has started swelling shut. her lips were swelling. >> reporter: an epi pen was administered and she was rushed to the emergency room. that was before rocco. sherry says he has made such a difference that she founded angel dogs, a nonprofit that helps people raise money to train service dog. >> this is for kids would have extreme allergies. one of of the things we emphasize to families is you still have to be on guard. >> reporter: the service dog can also be trained to sniff out other potential allergens, lying soy, wheat, tree nuts, even dairy products. they are trained just like bomb- sniffing dogs. here, another dog in training is sniffing for peanuts. she stops in front of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich alerting the trainer she knows there are peanuts present. chris trains bomb-sniffing dog for the military and service dog for people with allergys. >> we try to train the dogs to suit the family's needs. >> reporter: he creates real life scenarios he hieth peanuts in one of the drawers. then the dog comes in d make a sweep. when she gets to the drawer, she sits. >> good girl! >> she has detected the peanut and is alerting the trainer of her discovery. >> the family knows to get the child out of there, maybe get a different room or to clean effect up before they bring the child in here. >> reporter: chris says it takes about six months to train a dog and they're about 95% accurate but not perfect. he cautions families still need to be on guard. the dog should be the last line of defense. >> coming up next hour, it is an incredib sight o see year round. >> during the holidays though, the mormon temple in maryland becomes one of the area's must visits. holly is live with the festival of lights this year. how pretty is that? here's to discovering that the little things in life are often big things and the time well spent doesn't always mean money must be spent people everywhere are building their lives on more solid ground through sound choices and a smart approach to their finances and they're turning to suntrust for easy ways to save money and take more control over it live solid, bank solid. suntrust. it's 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going to do this morning, is the first person we'll talk to is the head engineer, its guy that makes all of these lights twinkle will join us and talk about how they go about setting it up, how early they have to start, what their thought process is. maybe we'll get a tip or two from him. and then we'll go into the visitors center, because they have nativity scenes, christmas trees decorated from 90 different em basses and live performances. and we'll have a little bit of all of that this morning. gurvir. >> thanks, holly. tomorrow it's the day for stuff a truck. we'll be collecting donations for the capital area food bank. if you would ike a list of locations and what they need the most, head over to myfoxdc.com. that will do it for the 6:00 hour. time to say good morning to allison and steve. coming up on fox 5 morning news. this is a live look at the nobel peace prize ceremony. we'll look at the president's message of winning a peace award during a time of war. and five men arrested in pakistan, a probe into possible links of terrorism and the message from the muslim community. and the huge storm that stretched from the west to the east coast may have missed us,