we're back with the 9:00 hour of fox 5 morning news on this thursday morning. here are just some of the stories that we have to bring you this morning. i don't know if you heard about this or not, allison, maybe you've been around people that spend a lot of time on theiri phone and checking their facebook or tweets. would you believe during the wedding, updating the status. is that like a social no-no? >> ohboy. >> and not only what he did -- >> the groom was doing it? >> we'll talk about what the bride did in response as well. and also it's the holidays. you're doing gift giving and the gift guru will be here to talk about what is hot and electronics are always big and we'll have him in studio with us to run down the best buys. >> i like to call this segment my personal wish list for christmas. >> i know. >> which is what ends up haening. just write it down and here you go. and allison never buys me any of them. >> but i will buy someone this. >> an emergency bra. what emergency could there possibly be that this could come in handy for? well here is one idea. it sounds strange. i'm going to be honest. >> until you need a mask, then you'll be happy. >> really? we're going to find out. you have to get to that point where you make the transition. that could be another sticky siation. >> well this woman has the in venges in the emergency bra. >> hence the title. and this is like september weather, tucker. >> it's beautiful outside. allison said she will put on the sun tan lotion and i can see why. temperatures right now in the upper 50s. and you take the rain and went out of the equation and it's a nice day. we had some heavy rain and it has quickly pushed off to the area of northeast and race ago way from the washington area. a lot of sunshine to start the day. a few more clouds during the course of the afternoon and cooler air lagging off to the west, getting in here later today and tonight. and a lot of sunshine out there. a good looking day for our thursday. right now 57 degrees. humidity still up there. 57%. overnight rains. pressure starting to rise, 29.54 inches. good looking today, mild, wise breezy. winds gusting at 15-25 miles per hour. 36 degrees for an afternoon high here in early december. a lot of changes to the forecast, including the potential for a little bit of wintery weather. i'll have details on that coming right up. allison and steve, back to you. >> tucker, thank you. our top story this morning, now is their chance to shake hands with the political elite, but mikael and tariq salahi said thanks but no thanks to congress. we were invited to testify on capitol hill but the two have turned that invitation down. >> not something they did last week. and the white house refusing to send over a staffer to testify. sarah simmons, would else will be this at 10:00? >> reporter: well we do know the director of the secret service, mark sullivan will be here, talking about their portion of the internal investigation into all of this. but the two main people that everybody wants to hear from, the salah hughes will not be here. they issued a statement yesterday saying they already provided a lot of information to committee members and the secret service and they don't feel they can assist congress any more with this. another no-show today is desire rogers, the white house social secretary. robert gibbs was citing the separation of powers doctrine and saying she didn't have to show because in tradition, a white house staffer has never had to show up and testify before congressthst. now they have all been called to account for what happened at this state dinn last week. tariq and mikaela salahi walked into the president's first state dinner last tuesday after trying for four days to get an invitation. the secret service says they were not on the list but somehow they got through secret service and walked right up to the president. a shock to the man who chairs the homeland security division. >> any time somebody that you don't know can shake hands with the president, that person could be a terrorist and somebody who wants to do harm to the guests and it should not happen. we're concerned about it and our goal at the end of the hearings is to assure the public that it will never happen again. >> reporter: we're told if the salahis do not show up on capitol hill today, the representative had said they will push to try and subpoena the salahis and force them to appear before congress. as for the white house, they say they play an important role in this too. they know they messed up and they are from now con going to change protocol and somebody from the white house social office will be with the secret service any time they have a social gathering to go over the guest list with them. back to you, steve and allison. >> thank you, sarah. we'll find out more what happens there this morning. but what we do know the salahi charity cup is crumbling. land rover, the sponsor and the ritz-carlton and st. regis hotel all now denying they were sponsors of the charity and demanding they remove their logo from the website. and now the indian embassy is severing tieing. and for years the couple had a nonprofit for leukemia and multiple sclerosis but that was not on the books until two weeks ago. charities are required to be registered with the state. the president of the ms chapter has also stopped any association with the couple. >> so do you think the couple should be able to profit from this isn't? the latest rasmussen pole said yes. for the latest on the investigation and plus a slideshow from the dinner at myfoxdc.com. many are backing the president's decision to send more troops to afghan. yesterday hillary clinton told critics that al-qaeda is planning for attacks and taliban is helping them. >> we have seen the taliban becoming more bold and more aggressive. and it is clear that i think to the president and to the rest of us, that we need to do something to change the dynamic, to change the momentum. >> united states, our allies and partners, have an enduring commitment to afghanistan, pakistan and the region. so our resolve in this fight is reflected in the special commitment of troops and in the significant civilian commitment that will continue long after combat forces leave. >> republicans are skeptical of the president's july 2011 deadline to bring the troops home but military leaders are confident it will not encourage the taliban. both sides say it's unlikely that lawmakers will try to block the deployment. and ben bernanke will go before a senate committee to consider his second term. one member ready to block his nomination. bernanke's confirmation could be a slow process, but it is likely to pass. merrill land congresswoman donna edwards is facing a challenge from within her own party. glenn ivey is running for her seat in the 4th district. she's been state's attorney since 2002 and before that chairman of the public service commission. new this morning, some positive news on the neighbor's -- news on the overall jobless numbers. the job picture not so bright for a local newspaper as big layoffs are ahead for the staff of the washington times. the publicker made the announcement in a staff memo saying that the paper plans to cut 40% of its 370 employees. the pink slips will be given out in the next 60 da and says the cuts are needed for the paper to improve it's multi reedia research, outlining goals for digital media. comcast has announced it is sealing the deal with general electric. comcast will pay $13.75 billion for universal and telemundo and bravo and cnbc. this would make comcast the largest entertainment company. and we couldn't get through the morning without talking about the story that seems to grow by the day, tiger woods' trouble. releasing a statement saying that he's sorry for his quote, transgressions. >> this came hours after us weekly after a woman claimed she had an affair. >> hey, um, it's tiger. i need to you do me a huge favor. um, can you please, um, take your fame off your phone. my wife went through my phone and may be calling you. you have to do this for me. huge. quickly, bye. >> jaimee grubbs claims that tiger left her that message two days before thanksgiving. you'll recall his crashed his suv early the next morning. people who know tiger are continuing to react and laura evans is following that part of the story. >> reporter: it all starts with tiger woods' bizarre crash outside of his florida home last friday. the mystery surrounding the accident followed by rumor it's was a domestic spat prompted by woods involvement with other women. ut us weekly magazine has released a voice mail from jaimee grubbs, a l.a. cocktail waitre. she claims to have hundreds of racy text messages to prove his infidelity. tiger said this on his website. i have let my family down and regret those transgressions with all of my heart. i am not without faults and i'm far short of perfect. >> it's almost like the whole house of cards he had built up around him has completely fallen away. >> reporter: and there are reports of affairs with the different women. >> there's never been anything going on with him that made you even speculate that things were not perfect in his life and then suddenly ban, everything hit him at first. >> and now friends are expressing anger overall of this. one golfer did not mince ward. parno vick set up woods with his we've elin who was a nanny to his kids. >> well i thought he was a better guy and i would apologize to her and hope she uses a driver next time than a three iron. >> well that was laura evans there. he did not mince words. he did ask for privacy as his family deals with the matter. the chicago sun times are reporting they have already begun intense councilling and his wife is standing by him. and the city of washington helping out thousands of d.c. area residents and we have some big-named help and we'll talk with those big names and talk about how you can help out as well. and the story of a patient in a waiting room. the patient becomes unconscious but wait what others did instead of getting him help. don't go anywhere. it's 9:11. 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(announcer) pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. it's the season of giving and the city is doing just that to help thousands of d.c. area residents. the mayor has partnered with the nba player association and feed the children to give away 10,000 meals. they're also handing out toys, coats and personal care items. event is going on today and will be dedicated to the memory of wizards owner abe pollin. joining us to talk more about this special project is bill shan ear who did play for the bullets and also is now an and list with the washington wizards. it's nice to see you. good morning. >> good morning, allison. how are you doing? >> doing okay, thank you. and what you're doing is a wonderful thing in the memory of abe pollin. tell us about today's event. >> well obviously there are a lot of families going to be fed and other gift giveaways. 10,000 families, from what i understand. the nba player association involved in that. so it's a big project. a lot of people will be helped out in these tough times. so i'm happy to be a part of that. of course i was just reminded that today is mr. pollin's birthday and over the years we've had a couple of arenas open on this day. so again, he'll be very sorely missed. but his legacy continues. >> it certainly does. and we're looking at live pictures behind you of the d.c. armory and people there milling about. and we should just say that the people will who will benefit from this, they know who they are and they were contacted through the agencies here. and tell us about the families a little bit. >> well like you said, they've been targeted and picked out already. but they'll be -- i want to say 60-pound giveaways don't include the turkey. so you're going to be helping a lot of families with kids and just this time of the year you think about how fortunate you are and of course over the last couple of years with the economy being the way it is, there's been so much -- so many changes in lives. so the nba players association and the d.c. government, feed the children, all of this is just trying to be a part of helping and providing a very festive and helpful occasion. >> and we see behind you the hundreds of volunteers also giving their time today to help get 10,000 baskets. that's a lot to move. you have all day to do it, but still you need the help of the volunteers. >> well i have a bad back so i'll be handing out the light stuff. but yeah, it's give to be a part of it. i know some of the wizards are coming over. i believe some of the toronto raptors, so it's a league-wide players association that are getting involved in this and helping out and it couldn't be a better cause than this. >> and we were trying to figure out. if you are watching and maybe you want to come down and sneak a peek, you can come if you're not benefiting from the food giveaway or is it a closed event there today? >> i'm not sure about that. i know they have a lot of security people so they will guide you in the right direction. so certainly just to be a part of this, they're going to see some of their players, i know some other celebrities, the mayor has been a part of this. so it's a whole city-wide and national kind of giveaway. >> and i can't letyou go without asking you, you do the comment ating for the wizards. >> yes. >> and i want to know if the team stays healthy, we're looking pretty good this year. we had a win last night. >> we won four out of five but they won a close one last night and bev toronto coming in here on friday. so again, let's hope things are moving up. we have some good play from gilbert brendan and little earl boyd. so let's keep our fingers crossed that things are going in the right direction. >> i have them crossed for you. bill shenier and good luck today, it's a great thing you're doing. >> thank you, allison. you take care. some shoppers at tysons will not have a way to gage traffic before leaving for traffic. v-dot installed screens to track how the traffic is flowing how crews work on the beltway hot lane. so you know if you want to stay in the mall and do more shopping. there are five 50-inch screens throughout tysons corner and it's to help drivers get around during the holiday. a fare hike on the table to curb serious money trouble with metro. they're predicted a budget shortfall. one plan includes raising bus fare. and a 25-cent boarding hike rise for bus riders and a higher rate during pique hours. we'll find out more later on. the changes wouldn't take affect until july. 9:20 right now. some people update their status in usual cases, but one guy takes the cake, the wedding cake. we'll explain that next. but first holly is getting a preview of tonight on the capitol. >> reporter: it is gorgeous down here. the rehearsal is going off without a hitch. we've seen sheryl crow and gordon sparks and now i'm trying to see all 56-degree and the big one itself. coming up live, we'll give you in everything you need to know to see the christmas lighting tonight and for the pageant of peace which goes all month long. and we want to see today's trivia question. seinfeld fans this is for you. what character asked for extra msg at a chinese restaurant. so was it elaine, jerry, george or kramer? >> i think i know the answer. >> why not take a guess on our facebook page. we'll give you a shout out if pitch people guessed it correct. >> see if you can get the right answer first. >> we'll be right back. ♪ this friday and saturday only get our lowest prices ever at toys "r" us! huge doorbuster deals! late friday 3pm to midnight! and early saturday, 6am to 1. hurry in to get everything on your kids' ultimate wish list because we've got more of the hottest toys! plus, buy one get one half off all lego sets! 2 days of super savings you can't miss... this is from the sadly yet these people do exist in this world. philadelphia police say 63-year- old joaquin rivera went to the emergency room with chest pains and waiting to be seen by the doctor and police claims that when three people realized he was unconscious and instead of helping him in the waiting room, one witness couldn't believe what he saw. >> he slid down in his chair like this, and i'm like the man is dead. and they said relax i'll get somebody to help. and he walked over. >> and robbed him. police arrested one man and are still looking for the other two. your new kiss as a newlywed are supposed to be remembered. so why not share that moment with your friends on the -- facebook and twitter. and they first pulled out their mobile devises to tell their friends what was happening. they said it was a joke. wedding guests could be heard laughing on the video. >> everybody wants to do something different. >> but like in 25 years when that's completely out, it will be like me saying, i got it on my cassette player. >> didn't you? >> i wrote it down on a note pad. 9:26 right now. one woman was going for punctuality with a full-purpose bra. we'll explain coming up next. and gadgets are hot for the holidays this year. they are every year. but we have a guide. we have got a gadget guru to show us the best deals of the holiday season. re ahead this morning. don't go anywhere. ladies, if you are worried about an event where you need a face mask. a woman in chicago has made a bra that can double as a face mask. >> this is a doctor. she said the nuclear accident inspired her to make the bra mask and if used properly a person can have the mask on in a matter of seconds. first of all -- >> you have two masks there. >> i'm going to fer to you, allison. >> look at how the strap makes the elastic behind the head. but i want to make sure that it's -- >> that it's going to protect you. >> because if i went and buy one of these and i want to sure it wears. >> and i'm not going to wear it, it won't help me. >> women will once rule the world. >> and if churn oble is going to happen, that's the least of your worries. >> i feel likes that genius. >> of course you do. >> don't you think claim fresh seinfeld would have invented that. >> and there are other under garments that could be included. >> i will not need that if there ia nuclear attack. >> somebody will buy it though. somebody will buy it. >> it's a great stocking stuffer, for grandma. it's very mild out there. 59 degrees, currently at reagan national, it feels like fall. we'll go back to holly and she'll show you how nice and warm it is outside. what a beautiful looking day. 55 in gaithersburg. 57 in manassas. frederick degrees. temperatures are above where they should be this time of year and with the winds cooperating, it will be a very nice fall afternoon. hard to believe it's december. satellite radar, rain showers have pushed off to the north and east, racing away from us during the overnight hours. off to the west, cloudiness building across western portions of maryland. that's the frontal system that will bring us the cooler and drier air but it won't get a chance to filter into here until late today and tonight. so the cold stuff will get in here tonight as our temperatures fall back into the 30s. so good looking forecast today. not a great looking forecast if you don't love snow, as we get into the weekend, i want to show you we'll have an if area of low pressure develop down across the gulf of mexico again and let's talk about this weekend as there is the potential for yet another coastal storm. now i've been talking about it a lot this morning. th