stations. coming up we re putting the improvements to the test. gurvir will be live testing out the new cell phone service. let s get straight to tony perkins with good uplifting weather conditions for the morning. i ve got it. and we have mostly clear skies this morng and mostly sunny skies lead to a nice start. dress the kids warmly as temperatures are not only in the low 40s, but in the 30s in much of the area, north and west of the district temperatures in the 30s. 40 degrees at reagan national. relative humity 73%. winds out of the northwest at 10 miles per hour so it s still breezy. satellite radar, you can see the clou dissipate, the moisture move away. the lingering precipitation is well off the coast and up in maine so we won t deal with that nor will we for a few days. we have a drying trend and a warmer trend as well. today 60, tomorrow 70. here is the forecast for today. mostly sunny skies, a little bit breezy. high of about 60 degrees. that s below normal but
it was pretty obvious a lot of people had their suspicions. and this morning, those suspicions are confirmed. we believe we have evidence at this point to indicate that it was a publicity stunt. police say it was a stunt that set off a massive search and parentally got one family at tension it was seeking and now the trouble they re facing is just beginning. redskins head coach jim zorn facing troubles this morning as well. i feel awful for the fans. i mean the fans sacrificeed a lot too. chains from the top now put in place after yesterday s loss to what was another winless team. fox 5 morning news at 6:00 continues right now. glad you re with us on this monday morning. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. i m steve chenevey. and i m grins. we re keeping an eye on hurricane rick this morning. the system is headed to the west coast of mexico. the cot gory five storms packed winds up to 175 miles r hour. it could weak ton a category two before it
headline this is morning. which candidate in the virginia governor s race gets the backing of the washington post. more twists in the balloon boy drama. sheriffs were back at the family home last night. and a whole lot on the line today when the redskins take on the chiefs at fedex field. another weekend and another winless team. dave ross is here with a preview. good morning and welcome to fox 5 morning news sunday. i m sarah simmons. and i m melanie alnwick. have you had enough of the warm and rainy weather. my weekend was a washout. i paddled in this morning. friday was the coldest temperature in 138 years. high at reagan national was 45 degrees. on the opposite end of the scale, the hottest october 16th on record was 89 degrees. nothing close to that yesterday. absolutely not. it s the cold that they are dealing with in north carolina. at the woolly warm festival, people normally check out caterpillar s coasts to see how cold the winter will be. but they didn
jumping. hello and thanks for joining us tonight. i m maureen umeh. i m will thomas. people jumping from their balconies, babies tossed to people below. a terrifying ordeal for people in these greenbelt apartments. nine people hurt including children and a firefighter. 41 people are homeless. fox 5 karen gray houston picks up the story from the scene of the fire. reporter: residents who were sleeping in on a rainy saturday morning got a rude awakening, a raging fire lit up the sky with plumes of heavy black smoke. i smelled the smoke this morning and i heard people yelling and screaming so i opened the door and people were just running out. the fire broke out about 8:45 a.m. when firefighters arrived, berwyn heights was the first here. they rescued six people from the upper floors. reporter: people raced to the balcony because the interior stairwell was blocked with heavy heat and thick smoke. some opened to jump from the upper floors prior to the fire departmen
and that s the fox report. for friday, october 16, 2009. i m jon scott in for shepard smith. thanks for having us in your home tonight. i ll see you on the fox wause news watch tomorrow the fox news watch tomorrow. the o reilly factor is on. he s making fun of it. you can go back to portsmouth. a factor guest who blasts rush limbaugh for racial comments uses a racial slur against me. you can go back to why is it so hard to have a civil conversation about race in this country? people can t go around without health insurance. this is america. 45 million people don t have health insurance. what? is the white house getting into the tv production business? wait until you hear how they may be influencing prime time programming. we did this for show. and what s the deal with the colorado family who spawned that wild balloon chase yesterday? we ll have the latest. you re about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. [captioning made pos