alison. let's kick it off with an update. dense fog advisory just issued a few moments ago for additional counties, including montgomery county maryland, louden county now under a dense fog advisory. i didn't get a chance to update this map until 10:00 a.m., again we are getting widespread reports your visibilities are a quarter mile or less. a few minutes needed as you commute down 270, fog will remain thick for the time being. all right let's push on nice looking tuesday, and a warmer tuesday as well. 44 right now regan national, how about afternoon high temperatures mid-50s. yeah, hard to believe. winds out of the west 6 miles per hour. cold front coming through, sunshine here shortly, sunrise this morning 7:21 a.m. and then off and running with a nice afternoon, dry afternoon as well as we've got high pressure building from the west. early clouds, afternoon sun. 55 your daytime high. more details on the forecast in just a couple minutes, let's get to traffic and you know who has that julie. >> all right tucker again the fog definitely not helping our commute this morning, really socked in on us causing tie ups especially coming southbound along 270, working your way out offerer banana. average speed down -- verbana average speed, down 280. 66 coming in from the west, you will find lanes are open no incidents to report but again your speeds have dropped considerably out of manassas. down to 39 miles an hour 38 for those headed in towards centerville. inner loop of the belt way, that is where i have a stalled car, tieing up the center of the roadway heads up as you work your way on the inner loop. meanwhile if you are travelling northbound i-95, prince william parkway, heavy and slow how it rolls headed up towards the occoquan. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie thank you today's big story president obama's pitch to congress the white house says its big speech will focus on the economy. fox 5s. lauren demarco is previewing the address live from capital hill good morning. >> good morning tony. yes, americans are concerned about the economy according to the latest polling and that is what the president will focus on tonight. especially talking about economic fairness within the middle class and how lehmans to deliver it. it is not clear whether he -- and how he plans to clever it it is not clear if he will reference the gop by name but it is a major opportunity for the president to outline his vision for a second term we will expect him to push for higher taxes on the wealthy, propose ways to make college more affordable and offer ways to tackle the housing crisis and help u.s. manufacturers, expand hiring let's hear what he had to say about that. that is rebuilding an economy where hard work pays off and responsibility is rewarded. and an america where everybody gets a fair shot. >> 3.2 million private sector jobs created over 22 months. there are mixed signals about whether voters are feeling better now as compared to the last state of the union, last january, 37% of the public expressed satisfaction with how things were going that dropped 24% in october, now back up 10 points to 34% in the latest fox poll still today that means 65% of americans are not satisfied up 4 points from a year ago. >> the president will address a joint session of congress and millions of american television viewers tonight at 9:00 p.m. live at the capital, lauren demarco, fox 5 morning news. >> all right thank you. >> meanwhile security as always will be extremely tight around the capital leading up to and during tonight's address already road closures, in effect in the block surrounding capital hill, dcs waterways will also be under intense scrutiny beginning 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, the coast guard will put up a temporary security zone on the potomac, south of key bridge and anacostia from 11th street to potomac. it was gloves off last night in iston shine state. florida is proving to be a pivotal state to establish a front runner. doug luzader joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning guys. well, this was a low volume debate last night one thing is clear, mitt romney, is on the attack. >> free world. >> reporter: right from the start mitt romney didn't hold back. >> and the speaker was given an opportunity to be leader of our party in the 1994 he had to resign in disgrace. he just said four things that were false. >> reporter: that is how florida is playing out a race between gingrich, now working florida crowds with the boost he got from winning south carolina over the weekend and romney, whose big campaign operation and deep pockets give him advantages in florida. his much discussed tax returns are out showing he made more than $21 million in 2010. >> i pay all the taxes legally required not a dollar more. you don't want someone as candidate for president who pays more taxes than he owes. >> reporter: gingrich had to deal with his consulting contract with freddie mac. >> freddie mac was paying speaker gingrich, $1,600,000 at the same time it was costing the people of florida, millions upon millions. you never pedaled influence as governor romney accused you of tonight. >> there is a point in the process where it gets unnecessarily personal and nasty. >> reporter: that may be the big take away from this debate. gingrich made a name for himself having fiery debate performances last night he dialed it back assuming the mantle of the front runner. doug, a different mitt romney than we have seen for sure. >> reporter: yeah, almost switched roles last night mitt romney more aggressive in the vein of newt gingrich and newt gingrich, more reserved as we saw melt romney in early debates. >> doug thank you. some of the other top stories we are following changes are being proposed for the way schools across virginia discipline students. 15-year-old nick tuben killed himself last january he had sunk into depression after being transferred from woodson high school he confessed to buying a type of legal, synthetic marijuana. school officials questioned him several times for a week before his parents were notified his father helped introduce four bills to the general assembly that would change the school notification policy statewide. >> former cia officer from arlington facing 30 years in prison. prosecutors say he leaked the names of covert officers to reporters and identified one officer as taking part in an interrogation the al qaeda finance year was reportedly water boarded more than 80 times. his neighbors reacted to the charges. >> we think some body in that situation, would be a little more sensitive, to you know how you release information and discuss those things given that you have worked there are for awhile. >> he published a book called the reluctant spy in 2010 the government charged him with lying to cia officials to get clearance for certain details he was released on a $250,000 bond. more stunning revelations about military grave sites to report. the washington post reports, a review conducted by veterans affairs found scores of misplaced head stones and 8 cases of people buried in wrong locations at several military cemeteries across the country. the review was conducted after burial problems surfaced new problems happened during renovations at some of the cemeteries. a campus still in mourning, three days of public memorial events remembering joe paterno will begin this afternoon with a 10 hour viewing session fans will have another chance to pay respects tomorrow morning before a private funeral service, planned for later in the day. finally a memorial service will be held thursday on campus. the legendary penn state football coach died sunday less than 3 months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. 10 minutes after 7:00 a.m. now. still ahead metro is stepping up efforts to repair its aging esculators and means a big impact for passengers at one of the most popular stations. >> run in for the tsa with a senator from kentucky. plus gabrielle giffords due back on capital hill tonight for the state of the union address first one last act of business representing the people of arizona. ♪[ music ] and as we head to break, a live lookout side with the latest weather and traffic in the break i will ask tony what is adele talking about in this song when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast, i could use all the help i can get. like nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast, even whole-wheat waffles, for a breakfast that my kids love and i feel good about serving. and nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients, like hazelnuts, skim milk, and a hint of cocoa. it's quick, easy and something everyone can agree on. ♪ nutella. breakfast never tasted this good. making headlines we begin overseas in iraq two separate car bombs exploded east of baghdad killing at least 14 people and injuring 70 others. police say the first attack targeted a group of day laborers and attacks in iraq have surged since all u.s. troops left last month more than 160 people have been killed since the beginning to year. in italy rescue crews continue to blast small holes in the steel frame of that capsized cruise ship to make it easier for divers to search for the 17 people still missing preliminary work under way to pump out the half million gallons of fuel from the cruise ship before it spills into the seas off tuscany. closer to home clean up efforts continue after violent storms ripped through the south. tornadoes roared across alabama early monday morning killing a 16-year-old girl and 83-year- old man. 100 others were injured hundreds of homes destroyed due to heavy rain, wind and hail. the governor declared a state of emergency in all 67 counties, tornadoes reportedly touched down in mississippi and arkansas. yeah, and very very strong tornadoes yesterday. >> you were telling us yesterday morning about the tornado mornings in effect even yesterday morning which is rather unusual. >> for january. right. ef 3s and 4s for those of you who follow tornadoes, i mean incredibly powerful for january. good news much quieter weather across the country here in washington a quiet afternoon. dense fog we are still dealing with let me mention weather service has extended that dense fog advisory to now include louden county fairfax county and montgomery county. until 10:00 a.m. and it is interesting, we have been watching the fog slide down the 270 corridor here for the past couple hours now it is right on the door step, the densest fog right on the door step of northwest washington. certainly visibility in spots a quarter mile or less, north and west of the city. >> let's switch gears and take a spin around the rest of the country in washington 44. beautiful day, temperatures around here mid-50s this afternoon and you can see seasonably cold across most of the country, 32 detroit. yesterday detroit was in the 40s. 15 minneapolis, 68 degrees miami. >> sounds good to me tucker. >> sentinel sat rad frontal systems off the coast, out into the ohio valley clear skies, generally clear skies that is our area of high pressure sha will deliver a nice tuesday and wednesday for -- that will deliver a nice tuesday and wednesday for us. temperatures will be 25 degrees warmer than sunday. sunday we struggled to get to the freezing mark today, mid- 50s enjoy, kind of bouncing around more rain showers by thursday chef. >> dare i say we are doing okay? >> we are doing great. unless you are one of those who likes snow i know julie wright is not but i get it from a lot of people where is the snow. >> we are getting a little bit here and there. >> just a little. >> we will get more chances hang in there. >> all right. >> julie sorry about that i know you had to cover your ears i know you are loving the winter. >> that's right i just have had enough snow what i got saturday was enough i am ready for summer. >> 1 inch? >> that is enough. >> it is kind of like eating a pie you don't have to have the whole thing. >> just a taste. >> is that usually what you are satisfied with? a taste? >> no, i eat the whole pie. >> especially if it is pumpkin. which someone at that desk still owes pee but we are not going to back track. >> -- owes me but we are not going to back track. >> i owe you some. tucker keeps talking about all this fog that is rolling down 270 i just want to pop up this camera it is getting worse instead of better i know tucker mentioned dense fog advisory in effect until 10:00 a.m. this morning but again earlier this morning we could see a little bit back here in the distance that is no longer the case you guys coming in southbound we could hardly see you as you work your way down to the over pass. average speed, 20 miles an hour i am glad you are heeding the warnings and slowing down but it is going to cost you time. southbound 270, working your way out of clarks burg. you will find your lanes are open if you are travelling northbound, i-95 leaving wood bridge accident activity, at the occoquan. inner loop of the belt way slow, as you travel out of an non-dale, that is where we had the stalled car tieing up the center of the roadway. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie. monitoring metro, some much needed repairs coming to a popular rail station. transit agency announced it will replace all three esculators leading into and out of dupont circles, south entrance. work will begin in february and take a little over 8 months, during that time, the entrance at 19th street, will be closed. senator mark kirk of illinois continues to recover from a stroke the routine work of his office is expected to continue with little interruption he under went emergency surgery sunday night that included removing a portion of his skull to relieve pressure from swelling he could use full use of his left arm but they will get a better idea when the swelling goes down in coming days. >> arizona congress woman gabrielle giffords met supporters at a community food bank named in her honor in tucson. she toured the facility yesterday as her last act in office. giffords announced sunday she is resigning to focus on her recovery from being shot in the head one year ago. those that know her say this final act as congress woman was a bitle sweet moment. >> sad day, no question -- bittersweet moment. >> sad day. no question about that for her, her family, staff, tucson and the country. >> congress woman giffords is due back in washington today for president obama's state of the union address. >> airport run in yesterday morning for a u.s. senator from kentucky. ran paul was detained when he wasn't open to transportation security administrations pat down now senator paul's father presidential candidate is getting involved. jonathan hunt with more. >> reporter: kentucky senator rand paul taking on the tsa after setting off a security alarm at nashville's airport. >> so i said i am happy to show you my leg and showed them my leg but that wasn't good enough they wanted a pat down. >> reporter: senator paul then says he wasn't allowed to leave that secure area and board his flight to dc. senate staffer taking his case to twitter saying the senator was being quote detained. a tsa spokesman disputing the senator was ever detained the tsa releasing a statement saying quote passengers as in this case who refuse to comply with security procedures are denied access to secured gate area. paul who disputed the need for tsa searches eventually getting on another flight and speaking about the incident on fox business network. >> they told me i couldn't leave the cubicle when i tried to leave i was ushered back in so i felt like i was being detained. >> paul's father presidential candidate ron paul who wants to disband the transportation security administration issuing a statement saying the tsa quote, gropes and grabs our children our seniors, and our loved ones and neighbors with disabilities, the tsa does all of this while doing nothing to keep us safe. the white house defending the tsa. >> it is absolutely essential that we take necessary actions to ensure air travel is safe i believe that is what tsa is tasked with doing. >> in new york jonathan hunt fox news. paul senate staffer said his office took this issue to top of the tsa. they confirm an issue occurred but decline to identify the as eninjury involved as paul because of -- passengers involved because of privacy. >> how does the district measure up. a list of the rudest cities in the nation. occupy dc protestors a focus of the hearing on the hill today. we will explain why. plus, it is getting rave reviews, coast to coast and in just a couple days the broadway musical fela is hitting the district. it is produced by jay z and will and jada pinkett smith. one of the cast members will teach annie a dance number from the show. 7:23 a.m. i want a baby. a baby? but we were gonna see the 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[ laughs ] [ announcer ] before you make your leap, make a list. then get going in the completely redesigned cr-v. all new, from honda. welcome back 7:26 a.m. occupy encampment as mcpherson square will be topic of a hearing on the hill the house committee on oversight and government reform titled it mcpherson square who made the decision to allow indefinite camping in the park. camping is banned on park service property officials said the protestors are permitted to maintain a 24 hour vigil and their first amendment rights must be protected dc police chief, dc health director and director of national parks service will testify. >> are you friendly to tourists that you come across on the streets of dc? seems the nations capital, is not all that nice. third on the list of rudest cities for visitors according to travel and leisure magazine the other city in its company new york at number one, are we surprised by that? does its reputation precede it? i find new yorkers friendly. miami, number two, long angeles, number four. smaller slower paced southern cities seem nicer. new orleans and charleston south carolina made the top 5 on friendliest cities. >> for the rest of them i say how dare you. maybe that is part of the problem. >> i know. i can't control myself. romney's tax returns released, gingrich is consulting contracts made public. >> will they change anything about the race for president and will president obama's state of the union address tonight help his re-election chances. >> have you heard this? ♪ [ music ] >> that is president obama of course, singing a little bit of al gracey his singing can now be your ring tone how the obama campaign wants to stay together on your cell phone pgh >> as we head to break here is a live lookout side, check it out, it is foggy out there, allow extra time on the roads, tucker is going to tell us about weather and julie about the traffic plus we share more of your complements on this national complement day over 200,000 people are hospitalized every year with flu complications. lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill over 50 germs on surfaces. this includes cold and flu viruses. so we recommend using lysol every day. ♪[ music ] ♪ i am so in love with you ♪ >> those guys didn't think i would do it. >> president barack obama busting out the singing chops in new york. the president staff has made his version of let's stay together into a ring tone. download it going to barack obama.com. >> that is cool. really cool. al green was there that is why he started singing that. today is national complement day, may i say you look lovely. >> so do you. handsome. >> thank you. >> we've asked you