because of the storms that rolled through late last night. we'll be talking about that throughout the morning. good more -- morning, everybody. thank you for being here. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. arundel middle school is closed today due to a power outage. the national weather service will anybody baltimore neighborhood trying to figure out if a tornado came through overnight. talking about fleetwood avenue in northeast baltimore where fire sills say gusts after of at least 80 miles per hour were clocked around 1:30 this morning. >> haven't we done this already a couple of times in the past. >> one more time. hard to believe it is november and we are talking about severe thunderstorms. sure enough. rolled through during the overnight hours and they will be with us. let's go to the satellite-radar and we'll take a look at current conditions and you will be able to see that, as we get into the morning hours, we have lost the rain showers and the thunderstorm activity is now well north and east of the city. it is out of here. we are dealing just with winds. we'll have a lot of wind today. we could see gusts in the order of 40, 45 miles per hour here during the course of the afternoon so very windy conditions expected. 56 at reagan national. wind out of the south and west at 14 miles per hour. generally, you know, if you just look out the window, it will be a good-looking day with a lot of sunshine and warmer temperatures. it will be very windy out there at times. >> let's check in with julie wright and find out what is happening on the roads with all the water. >> we are dealing with water. we are dealing with traffic lights that aren't working. we've got utility poles down, trees down, leaves, debris, you name it. we got a lot going on. sarah simmons has been reporting live from the scene along george mason drive. it remains closed right now between 15th and 16th streets with a pole down and wires that need to be restrung and that sort of thing. we are told from authorities out in arlington, this will be the closure for quite some time. there is a lot to clean up right now. this tree hanging down across the highway and that sort of thing is what we're waking up to this morning because of all the storm we had last night. this is just one intersection we are talking about. we've got 50 out in goshen tied up right now because of a tree down across the roadway. massachusetts avenue over near observatory circle. river road headed inbound towards the d.c. line. a portion of that blocked off again because of trees and wires down across the highway just to name a few of the intersections. if you are making the trip along 355, we have problems with signal lights that are not working. major roads, not so bad right now. it is getting there that will be the trouble spot. once you make your way out to the interstates, you are dealing with road spray. a portion of the dulles toll road still tied up at the beulah rooted overpass. the right side of the road remained blocked in the direction of the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. the latest in the chandra levy murder trial now. in just a few hours, a jury will begin deliberating to decide if ingmar guandique killed chandra levy in rock creek park nine years ago. jurors have to make a decision with very little evidence. there are no dna and no eyewitnesses. attorneys made their closing arguments yesterday in that trial. prosecutor amanda haines got upset guard the end while holding up a picture of chandra levy. her voice cracked. she said justice is what needs to happen. chandra has been waiting nine years. on capitol hill, one of the most powerful men in congress is now guilty of 11 ethics violations. a house ethics panel convicted long-time democrat representative charlie rangel yesterday. the new york congressman is denouncing the decision and says he was deprived of due process. the panel is now deciding his punishment. new details in the prince george's county corruption scandal that has so far resulted in the arrest of county executive jack johnson, his wife and nine others. prosecutors told the court that two of the suspects, a prominent businessman and his wife were heard on wiretaps discussing millions of dollars in laundered money, bribe to public officials and an immigrant smuggling allegation. >> that is the government's course that they seem to be taking that there was extortion and bribes. >> johnson and his wife are charged with witness tampering and destroying evidence for allegedly taking payments from developers so she could get federal money from a federal housing program. maryland authorities are waiting for results from an autopsy on a body found near mile marker 48 near braddock mountain. police are not saying whether the victim is a man or woman or the cause of death, only that the body is an adult. police are investigating this as a homicide. >> it is certainly an unusual circumstance we are feeling with, fining the body any box on a rural highway. it was something our state highway administration working crews came across and immediately called police because they knew something was not right our homicide investigators are definitely looking into missing persons reports in all neighboring states. >> anybody who may have any information is being asked to call the frederick county law enforcement center. also, new developments in the case of a murder american university professor, 5 #-year- old sue ann -- 52-year-old sue ann marcum was found dead. police have arrested a potential suspect. a hollywood heavy weight is gunned down just a few hours after takenning a movie premiere. we'll have that full -- after attending a movie premiere. we'll have that full story straight ahead. as making headlines at 10 minutes after 6:00 be a controlled burn gone out of control. firefighters in florida are still trying to put out a massive wildfire. so far, it has burned 500 acres in bravard county actually bright land owner did have a burn permit but unexpected wind picked up and fanned the flames which jumped several fire lines. police had to close i-95 for several hours as a result. in hollywood, there is shock at the shooting death of a popular publicist. ronnie chasen was killed after attending at movie of the new movie burlesque. police found her in her mercedes. she is been shot several times in the chest. investigators say they don't have any suspects right now and they say they don't know of any threats against chasen. the makers of four loko say they are pulling the property prod uct off the market and will no longer put caffeine in the popular alcoholic drink. food and drug administering was set -- administration was set to ban four loko today. there is more bad news for bp. a new report says the company and its contractors missed or ignored warning signs on that doomed well. a group of technical experts put out a 28-page report last say bp failed to learn from near misses. that report also says we may never know the exact cause of that the oil well explosion because most of the evidence was lost in the april explosion. we'll have more on the severe weather that moved through the area overnight straight head and what you can expect as you head out the door this morning. stay with us. fox 5 morning news comes right back. we'll get the latest from tucker and julie and then hopefully, we don't see anything like this again too soon. who can forget snowmageddon. the d.c. area is getting attention for coining that phrase. d welcome back. take a look. we weren't the only ones to get hit with wicked winds overnight. this is video from west vent ton, new jersey where the overnight storms flipped small planes. we are told roofs were ripped off some buildings in the trenton mercer airport. >> big thunderstorms rolling right through the carolinas up through the mid-atlantic and now north and east of new york city and lots of lightning along the way. very impressive line of storms, severe thunderstorm warnings, possible tornado northeast into baltimore. >> gosh! >> hard to believe it is the middle of november. not typical weather for this time of year as we all know. later today, good weather in the form of southern and warmer temperatures. let me give you the heads up we will have more winds around here later today. we have a wind advisory. i'll show that to you in just a second. temperature are mild. when you step out the door, you will say it feels great out here, feels kind of tropical. mid-50s to start the morning. 56 at reagan national. 55 in quantico. the mountains, not so bad. 5 # in martinsburg, 53 in hagerstown. nice start, temperature-wise. that is part of the good news in this forecast. another part of the good news, we'll get more sunshine. i'll show you why in just a second. wind will be gusting around here, 40, 45 miles per hour here in washington. out to the west, it is possible we could have 50-mile per hour wind gusts later today. we just got a wind gust in hagerstown of 33 miles per hour. because of that, we have a wind advisory that goes into effect at 9:00 this morning. most of the area, it looks like central virginia and southern eastern virginia not under the wind advisory but most of the north central maryland including the district and points out to the west under this wind advisory. gusts expected to be 40, 45, maybe 50 miles per hour on some of the ridge tops later today. the reason why, area of low pressure off to our north and west is responsible for not only the thunderstorm activity. there you go, you could see it rolling through the washington area. watch it develop, that line during the evening hours and off to the north and east it goes. now north and east of new york city. the apparent area of low pressure right here now. you can kind of see it there spinning. even with the mild temperatures, not sure it is going to feel that warm. 63 the forecast high. becoming sunny, windy and warm out there. i mentioned the winds gusting to about 45 miles per hour this afternoon. tomorrow looks like a mostly cloudy day. high temperatures in the low to mid-50s. the weekend looks good. lots of sunshine for a second weekend in a row. a little cooler with high abouts 60 saturday and sunday. that is a look at the forecast. let's do some on-time traffic. julie wright has the latest. a lot going on this morning. no sky fox, tucker, because of all that wind. the winds is what helped cause a lot of the mess that we've got out on the roads. a lot of area wakes wake -- areas waking up in the dark. southbound # 70 already 270 here. just north of university, we have trees and wires down across the highway there. eastbound 50 at goshen, we've got highways down. this is a live shot of traffic now coming inbound on the dulles toll road. we've been talking about this all morning long. there was structural damage that was done to the overpass at beulah road as a result of yesterday's accident activity in the afternoon rush hour. they are making those repairs as we speak. the right side of the road is blocked but already a slow go coming in from before hunter mill trying to work your way out towards the beulah road overpass. we have delays on 95 out of dale city and traveling downtown, massachusetts avenue at observatory circle, that is tied up with a tree down. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. take a look at this. last winter's snowmageddon that gripped the d.c. region. it turns out that word that originated here made an impact. the global language monitor announced snowmageddon was the seventh top word of 2010 in its annual survey of the english language. spill cam from the oil spill topped the list. these are other words that made the list. there is your new vernacular for the year. wall street took a tumble over the financial health of ireland and china. we'll have our business beat on the other side of the break. x let's talk a little business now, a big slum op wall street and blackberry gearing up for a battle against apple in the tablet wars. let's join ashley webster from fox business beat with our business news this morning. we can only hope that futures are up ever so slightly after what happened yesterday. >> they are but i think there will be more downward pressure. to use one of the in words ark shellacking, pretty accurate description of what he with awe yesterday. the dow off by 178 points and we saw the s&p and nasdaqing about 1.5%. it was the old one-two punch, concerns about the chinese government reining in their economy and the effect that that will have around the world but also this irish debt problem. today, the imf and eu will be meeting with irish officials to figure out whether or not a bill outis needed to help prop up the irish banking system but that is causing concern and worries about other eu economies such as portugal and spain. that put a little shiver through the spine of the markets yesterday and we saw quite a consolidated selloff. just 23 of the 500 stocks in the s&p, for example, actually managed to make head way. at the end of the day, hoped that gm may be able to generate $12 billion. the taxpayer helple bail out gm last year to the tune of $50 billion. some of this will go to pay back the taxpayer. for the government to get its money back, they would have to sell it at $43 a share. it is a good start, as they sai. -- as they say. the demand for these shares is very high. gm has had a good year. things are turning around but they have a lot of money to pay back to the taxpayer. >> remember the old days when apple and blackberry just fought about cell phones. what is going on in the tablet wars? >> the good old tablet wars. apple's ipad, we all know about that. it has been very successful. research in motion, rim, which is the maker of the blackberry will be uneventualing their tabbette probably if the first quarter of next year and it will be called the playbook. the ceo says it will be three to four times faster than the ipad. he apparently has an example of this that he posted on youtube. this is an ongoing verbal battle between these dumps. steve jobs said don't even worry about it. it will be dead on arrival. it doesn't have enough apps. rim fired back and said apps are just a poor substitute for web browsing and so on and so on. this battle goes on. they will have to go a long way because rim says apple tells people what to do too much. apparently, people are listening. >> you got your beatles from them yesterday. i know you are happy. >> yes, i am. finally. >> what is on pace for later today? >> we'll look at a number of things. we'll be looking at freedom watch and founding out how much of the tax cuts or tax spending i should say is needed. wouldn't it be better to cut spending rather than raise taxes. that is an issue we'll be looking at. >> thank you so much. severe weather moved through the area overnight, still being felt some many places. tucker will join us. sarah simmons looking at the damage. >> the storm left some damage in northern virginia specifically. there are areas where can you see trees down on power lines. coming up, where your commute will be the messiest when fox 5 morning news returns. ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ look, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? eating right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. we are back at 6:30 on a wednesday. hang on to the hats today. >> you got it. mother nature back up to her old bag of trick. we will get a windstorm in here later today. the winds will gust 45, 50 miles per hour out to the west. so it is possible we could have problems with more downed tree limbs, that kind thing during the -- that kind of thing during the course of the day today. showers and thunderstorms, that was the first part after the day-long rain yesterday. the frontal system came through and with it, some gusty winds along with the thunderstorms. you can see the showers now racing off to the north. the worst of the activity now north and east of new york city. it will be a bright and beautiful day around here. we'll have a left sunshine just with an area of low pressure off to the north and west continuing to deepen. our winds are really going to wrap up. we have to look out as mentioned for the very gusty conditions around here during the course of the day. here is the other good spot. temperatures are very mild. you will step outside. it feels kind of tropical outside. 59 in ocean city. 57 in fredericksburg. our average daytime high is only 57 degrees. we are almost there. it is not even 7:00 in the morning yet. becoming sunny and warm. that is the bright spot in the forecast. it will be windy and we do have a wind advisory that goes into effect at 9:00 this morning for winds gusting to about 45 miles per hour. >> okay. ing to ask the weather guys today? >> i am going to fly solo and dotted best i can with it. >> we'll see that in a few minutes. with more storm coverage now, a lot of debris left scattered across the roads this morning. >> including high water too. so you are going to want to proceed with caution this morning. sarah simmons joins us live. she is in early -- she is some arlington where we've been looking at video of a huge tree that came down over the power lines. >> we do have crews. we have seen dominion power has been out here trying to assess the situation. the tree crew has not been able to get in here quite yet. that wit be after dominion does everything it needs to do through here. this is blocked off. it is george mason drive blocked off between 15th and 16th treat. both in north and southbound lanes, it is totally closed off here because the storm that rolled through this morning with lots of wind and lots of rain, maybe a lot of people in the area heard it. it has done quite a bit of damage. they will have to get in here and do a lot of work. you can see how much damage it did do. it even snapped a power pole here. this will be quite a situation throughout the morning commute. they are telling us this is definitely going to have an impact the entire morning. so again, george mason closed between 15th and 16th street just north of washington boulevard. now, let's take a look at the numbers. there are power outages due to this storm. pepco is reporting 1500 customers without power. dominion, just in northern virginia alone, just over 3,000 customers. bge is reporting over 13,000 customers without power. that number has fluctuated throughout the morning. as they have told us, they are trying to get other neighborhoods back on that sometimes they do have to take power out to others. so they are continuing to work on it and we will keep you updated here. of course, let's see what the latest is throughout the area. we'll go to julie wright now with the latest on your on-time traffic. >> we are seeing what you are seeing in a lot of places around the area. not only there along george mason drive but 50 at goshen road, we have a utility pole down and a water main break in the same area that we are dealing with. that is tied up because of trees and wires down across the highway. we have a portion of massachusetts avenue blocked off near the observatory circle because of trees and wires down. rhode island avenue between 4th and 12th street, that is blocked off and again, because we've got a tree down across the highway. arcola avenue north of university avenue is shut down way tree. for those coming from montrose road headed out towards the split, the accident activity reported along the right side of the road not main line. unbound stretch of the dulles toll road, off day slow start this morning and early because of the damage that was done as a result of yesterday's crash at the beulah road overpass. the right side of the road is closed. delays are already forming back at hunter mill road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. the latest now on the chandra levy murder trial. fate of the man accused of killing her rests in the hands of the jury now. in just a few hours, jurors will dillwyn deliberating to see died if ingmar guandique killed chandra levy in rock creek park nine years ago. the jury must make a decision with little evidence. there is no dna connecting guandique for the murder and there are no eyewitnesses. however, prosecutors say levy's death fits the pattern of other crimes guandique committed in 2001. attorneys made their closing arguments yesterday in the trial. prosecutor amanda haines got upset towards the end while holding up a picture of chandra levy. her voice cracked. she said justice is what needs to happen. chandra has been waiting nine years. prosecutors rest their case in the elizabeth mart kidnapping trial as well. defense attorneys asked a federal judge to acquit brian david millennium mitchell saying prosecutors failed to make hair case. mitchell faces federal kidnapping charges and ununlawful transportation of a minor across state line. smart testified that mitchell raped her and forced her to marry him in relynna laious ceremonies. if convicted, , mitchell could spend the rest of his life in prison. new details emerging in the prince george's county corruption scandal that has resulted in the arrest of jack johnson, his wife and nine other people. it was said that wiretaps caught a prominent liquor store owner and his wife discussing bribes to public officials and even an immigrant smuggling operation. they are being detained awaiting trial because they are considered a flight risk. johnson is accused of taking payments from developers so they could get federal money from that program. we get the latest now from stacy cohan. >> reporter: mary hamlin is some somewhat of an expert on home funds. >> it is very flexible and it is designed intentionally to be flexible so communities can identify where their biggest needs are. so it can be used to rental housing. it can be used for home ownership. it can be used for new construction. the beauty is very little of the money is set aside for just administration and concrete dollars for housing. >> home program money has been used effectively in prince george's for renovations at places like these aging apartment buildings and $1 million was also put towards the senior citizen housing center built by the jericho church in landover. neither project is tied to the corruption case in prince george's county. however, according to the department of housing and urban development, hud, most of the federal dollars are wasted in prince george's. quote, over the past 10 years, the county has expended only 58% of the home funds it received said a hud document t continues to say that the agency met on numerous owe indications with county officials trying to sort out whatever has gone wrong with managing the program. hud goes on to say prince george's has been among the worst performers in the home program which includes over 600 jurisdictions nationwide. according to federal authorities, part of what is wrong is public officials such as the recently arrested jack johnson have been accepting favors in he favors in -- in exchange for these federal housing dollars. >> these help people living paycheck to paycheck and that the rental burden is so high that it is a decision between buying food for your kid and paying your rent on time and somebody to be misusing those funds also tragedy. marijuana possession charges have been dropped against howard arenstein. d.c. police arrested him for growing main plants. the charges were dismissed whether a government witness didn't appear at a hearing yesterday. a suspected russian arms dealer is in new york with an appointment with a judge yesterday. victor boot arrived yesterday after being extradited from thailand. he is accused of selling weapons since the 1990s. he has been dubbed the merchant of death. his story inspired the movie lord of war starring nicholas came. president obama's nuclear weapons treaty with russia in danger this morning. the top republican on the committee said it should not be ratified. vice president joe biden is warning that a failure would endanger national security. the start treaty would cut the number of u.s. and russian nuclear warheads. soy we know the story behind vice president dick cheney's dramatic weight loss. he showed up at a groundbreaking with a slimmed- down physique. a spokesman says it was the result of a long hospital stay following heart surgery over the summer. the former vice president apparently wanted to keep the weight off for his health. say spokes man says mr. cheney was using a cane because of knee problems from playing football back in high school. >> it was very romantic and very personal. >> prince william and kate middleton talking about their engagement being talking about the wedding plans and the ring, of course. more details coming up. the entire world still buzzing about the royal engagement. prince william decided to marry his long-time girlfriend, kate middleton. >> ainsley earhart has more on this wedding. prince william, second in line to the british flown finally put a ring on it. >> my mother's engagement ring is very special to me. and kate is very special to me and the two are putted together. >> of a lengthy courtship, kate middleton and prince william, both 28 years old became engaged last month in africa. >> it seems a natural step. >> she is excited and we're looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together and seeing what the future holds. lakeshore londoners fully expect kate to become a modern princess catherine. >> yes, why not. a local girl. >> she lives quite near us. >> i think it is fantastic. >> why? >> it will be give the country something to get out of all this gloom that is going on at the moment. >> reporter: canadians welcomed the news and think the prince is taking the family in a new direction. >> i think that it is a accept a step forward for the next generation. >> canadians are excited to see something positive happening in world. >> reporter: and new yorkers, they just wonder what took so long. >> i said it is about time. he is getting old enough to be engaged. >> reporter: the wedding is seen as a rebirth for england and for the royals. the date is expected to be set for 2011 instead of 2012. >> you think she just said fish or cut bait. >> no, she was smart to wait. i'll be watching. i saw princess diana. >> i will too. i think it will be great. around here, we're dealing with thunderstorm activity that has moved north and east but in its wake leaving some damage. a lot of leaves down too. let me give you a heads up. a lot of leaves down in my neighborhood and wet roadways out there. take a little extra time on your way out the door. here are the thunderstorms well north and east of the city now. can you see that line develop and race off to the north and east. it is out of here and you can see it taking with it the rain showers and the thunderstorms. we'll be in for mostly sunny conditions. it should be a nice looking days look out your window. high temperatures in the middle 60s. it will be really windy around here. this is the area of low pressure. the winds are going to wrap around that system and continued to throw a lot of wind toward the wash area. it is possible we could have winds gusting to 45 miles per hour even here. temperatures are mild. nice start to the day temperature-wise. a few areas have dropped out here. 55, you start your morning in washington. feels kind of tropical out there. 52 in martinsburg. highs later today will be back into the low to mid-60s. let's talk winds. these are your most recent wind gusts. they are starting to pick up. hagerstown, 33-mile per hour wind gusts. 23 in frederick. 20 in baltimore. 24 at patuxent naval air station. the winds are starting to pick up and they will be with us throughout the day. we have a wind advisory in effect from 9:00 this morning until 4:00 this affect. lots of sunshine out there. should be a better looking day. windy but warm. our average daytime high now only 57. winds gusting, 45, maybe 50 miles and hour at here is your five-day forecast. we will get cold. we cloud up quickly tomorrow. another cold front comes through. that will give us cooler conditions. maybe a few showers during the afternoon tomorrow and then can you see friday's daytime high only 54. but right now the weekend looks fantastic. lots of sunshine. remember last weekend was beautiful. this one looks equally nice as far as dry conditions. it will be a little cooler with highs only about 60 or so. it is time for ask the weather guys. tony perkins and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question is a great earth science question. of a been fascinated by it. i knew a little bit on the subject but just good stuff. this is from donna who asks, is mount st. helens a mountain or is it a volcano? you remember mount st. helens, the anniversary of its most recent eruption was earlier this year. it was the 30th anniversary of mount st. helens so quite dramatic, traumatic event in the pacific northwest. i want to answer that question first and then we'll get on to the rest of the questions. she wants to know what is the difference and do all mountains erupt or are all mountains capable of erupting? good question. >> it is. >> do you guys know the answer? >> she seems to think it is maybe a mountain. >> you're in class. get ready. mount st. helens is both a volcano and a mountain. it is a volcanic mountain. it gets to be both. there are a lot of instances of this around the world. but, get this, many volcanos are mountains but not all mountains are volcanos. >> you are either a volcano or not. let's talk quickly plate tectonics. i remember watching mount st. helens erupt. that ash made it all the way to the east coast, by the way. we are talking plate tectonics here. as the plates on the earth's crust get pushed together, that causes upheaval, erosion. that is what forms most mountains. volcanos are formed from an entirely different process. that is tapping into the mantle of the earth, the magma, which is super heated lava when it reaches the earth's surface. that process of that lava being pushed to the earth and having a chance to cool creates volcanos. so it is an entirely different process. >> so how do you get something that is both like mount st. helens? >> what happens is the mantle escapes to the earth's surface and weak'ss in the earth's crust. it finds places where there is a weakness in the earth's crust. there is often weaknesses along mountain ranges. >> gotcha. >> so it found a weakness there at mount st. helens and therefore -- it was awe mountain first. >> it wasn't created by -- >> well, both processes created mount st. helens. >> can any mountain just blow its top and explode? >> absolutely not. that is the answer to the question. you are very safe. if you want to go to the appalachians, no problems. the last mountain to blow there, about 120 million years ago. >> that was a very good question. >> they come in many shapes and sizes. many volcanos aren't necessarily mountains. the mantle vents through all sorts of openings and holes in the ocean floor, that kind of thing . so good question. if you have a question you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab and you can also with respect load your question there. we pay play it live on fox 5 morning news. >> very good. thank you so much. >> let's get to julie wright with a look at traffic this morning. >> steve, is that his theme song, scorpions. >> when tony is not here, you get to hear the scorpions. >> rock you like a hurricane, julie. >> businessery ride dealing with road spray on the interstates -- busy ride dealing with road pray on -- spray on the interstates this morning. the activity that they were busy working on the overpass has cleared from the toll road. beulah road remains closed at this time. george mason drive, that is going to be shut down until further notice because of a large tree down across the highway. 50 at goshen is should down with a utility pole blocking the highway. portion of rhode island avenue remains blocked off between 4th and 12th street northeast. you are dand ask set sees from calvert treat to the southbound rock creek parkway -- you are denied access from calvert street to the southbound rock creek parkway. we'll keep you posted on that. before a health alert this morning for parts of the united states. bed bugs are popping up all over the place. the critters were found in places around milwaukee including a hospital emergency room. crews are now working to get rid of the pests. on the east coast, bed bugs have infiftied a prestigious stanford, connecticut school. she home depot up in one student's backpack. it has been 50 years since medical experts suggested a drug to treat lupus and now a new medication is one step closer to hitting the market. the fda is backing the drug saying it substantially relieves pain and flare-ups caused by lupus. the new drug still needs final approval. and there is new hope this morning for women with breast cancer. the fda approved a drug that helps block cancer cell growth. in test trials, women who took the drug lived on average an additional 13 months come pardon to 10 1/2 months for patients who didn't take the drug. a strong show of support for women on capitol hill. medical experts and breast cancer research advocates will come together to talk about important issues affecting young women's breast health. it is a sure sign that the holidays are approaching. the gaylord convention cent are opening its ice attraction to the public today. holly is there checking it out. she will have a live preview coming up. what you can expect as you head out this morning after the damage from the storm. we're coming back after the break. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies 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morning news, you might be waking up with storm damage today as last night's wicked weather knocked down trees like this one here in arlington. we're seeing power outages today and this could effect your morning commute. we're live with the latest coming up. nine years after her disappearance, the chandra levy jury trial goes to the jury. and the world is abuzz over the royal engagement. prince william and soon to be princess katherine are talking about their big announcement and their connection to princess diana. fox 5 morning news at 7:00