Get ready to enjoy a beautiful afternoon and waking up with the dry conditions, rain showers to the north and we mentioned if youre watching north, well, well north and west to hagerstown and into southern pennsylvania, you will encounter a few showers that can you see tracking west to east. For the rest of us, well be dry and well have more cloud cover than yesterday as the cloud continues to spill into the region here with this frontal system pushing through. 52 at reagan national; dulles, 48 degrees and bwi marshal, 50. The forecast today, partly sunny conditions and warm. The high temperatures, upper 70s to aboutitiy this afternoon. And get out and to about 80 this afternoon. Get out and enjoy the late summertime. Lets see traffic and get the latest from julie wright. Good morning, julie. All right, tucker. The trip on to 270. The accident activity a few moments ago. They were 124 onmont groomer village avenue. The current sky fox joining us again and big delays, though, southbound and approaching and passing 109 and the delays out of germantown, continuing southbound on to 270 and to Montgomery Village avenue. An hour and 15 minute ride from buckies town and the traffic falls to the foot and all lanes are open. On the inner loop to the beltway, 3 pivot shoulder and a little 355 on the shoulder and little delay on the scene. Reports of an incident near the occoquan through southford and dale city and through woodbridge. The beltway to pin and the inbound 14th street bridge. The brake lights trying to make its way past landmark and to springsville and headed to gales road. That is a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Thank you very much, julie. Believe it or not, voters sent to the polls two weeks from today. For president obama and mitt romney, the last phase in the race for the white house begins this morning. They held their final debate in florida last night. Mr. Obama was aggressive and lit up twitter with a couple of zippingers while government romney spent a lot of time on the offensive. Doug luzader takes a closer look. Reporter they sat down at the table last night with the same ultimate goal in mind, and that is, of course, winning come november 6th. They have two different strategies to get there. This debate begins as they do, with a handshake. As they headed to their seats, they had different objectives. Romney, to preserve his momentum, the president to get some back. When romney questioned cuts to the navy, a critical issue in the battleground state of virginia, the president delivered what his supporters think was the line of the night. You mentioned the navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than in 1916. Governor, we have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our militarys changeed. Reporter we the split screen may have told the story, with the president not stepping down and this time, it was morally a glare. While the focus was on Foreign Policy with questions like russia, israel and libya, romney made a pivot to the weak economy. Amermust lead and for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home. You cant have 23 Million People struggling to get a job. Reporter and for his part, the president echoed his campaigns new line that romney is not ready for the job. I have to tell you that, you know, your strategy previously has been one all over the map and is not designed to keep americans safe or to build on the opportunities that exist in the middle east. The president began what i call an apology tour of going to the nations in the middle east and criticizing in america. I think that is weakness. Reporter and as far as twitter is concerned, they identified four peak moments during the debate last night syria, where the president gave his horses and bayonets line, when mitt romney accused the president of being on an apology tour and when both of them said nice things about teachers. In washington, doug luzader, fox news. The attack on the american consulate in libya was expected to be a big topic last night. It was the first question asked of the candidates. And libya an attack, i think we know now, by terrorist of some kind against our people there, four people dead. Despite this tragedy, there are tips of thousands of libyans after the evens in benghazi marching and saying america is our friend. Republicans criticized the obamas response to the september 11th attack and benghazi but it did not dominate last nights debate. And back to battleground states for the president and mr. Romney. President obama heads to del ray, florida, and then holds a Campaign Event in dayton, ohio and mitt romney campaigns with paul ryan in henderson, nevada, this afternoon, and in morrisson, colorado, later, at a later. A check of the other top stories. Court hearings today for a 12 yearold maryland boy. Hes charged with Involuntary Manslaughter and in the death of his twoyearold foster sister in july. Prosecutors claim the boy confessed to the killing. Prosecutors asked a judge to not o law it with allow it as evidence. A maryland family is blaming Monster Energy drinks for the death of their teenage daughter. Now, were learning that the fda has a report that five other deaths after people consumed the popular beverage. Fox 5s melly alnwick has more on this. Reporter good morning, tony. The family of anise fornier learned of the other deaths by asking the fda for reports that they have about the other deaths and now theyre suing Monster Beverage Corporation to try to keep other kids safe. The hagerstown mother said she told her kids to stay away from the Energy Drinks. Her daughter drank two 24ounce cans of monster within 24 hours. She was in cardiac arrest and later died at the hospital. The aunt report said she died of cardiac arrhythmia due to toxicity. And had a heart valve as well, but the family said that didnt contribute to the death. The attorney said the entire industry has been marketing a dangerous product to kids. In the 24ounce can that anise drank, it said that the cans going to deliver three times the buzz of the regular old energy drink and encourages consumers to drink the whole can. There is a problem with the way Energy Drinks are marked marketed and that is what we hope the fda regulation will put a stop to. The food and Drug Administration putsly a limit but Energy Drinks are not regulated because theyre considered dietary supplements. It contains seven times the amount of catcheen in a cola. Its not responsible for a death or a fatality caused by the products, said the monster corporation. The reports of death linked to a consuming monster dont show that the beverage caused death. Two Senators Center have asked the fda to take another look at the effects of Energy Drinks on children. Allison. Thank you, melanie. A former c ia officer accused of leaking classified information, he had initially pleaded not guilty to charges of leaking the names of two covert cia operatives to journalists. But, hes now to plead guilty as part of a plea deal. He recently lost a key pretrial ruling that created a lower legal burden for prosecutors to prove their case. Eight minutes after 7 00 now. Snow, rain, tornados. Mother nature pounded parts of california yesterday with all three. And another announcement from apple hours away now that and what they have in store. Dave ross is back with this mornings sports breakfast after the break. The break. As we take to you the break, a live look outside. The songs of tony bennett . It is. Beautiful. And were going to get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie next. Ul i moved to new york to work in fashion. So i had to look the part. T. J. Maxx is such a great place cause i know when i go in there, im gonna score. Theyve got such great deals on all my favorite brands. Fashion direct from designers. Savings direct to you. T. J. Maxx. take away his toys and hell play with a stick. Take away their bikes and theyll still find a way to get where theyre going. But if take you away Early Childhood education. Slash k12 funding. And cut college aid for middle class families. They wont go far. Yet thats exactly what mitt romney wants to do. To pay for a 250,000 tax break for multimillionaires. If mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Making headlines today in a few hours, apple is expected to unveil a new product, a smaller ipad. They expect the screen to be half of the size of the regular ipad and to be sold at a cheaper price to compete with the kindle. Apple could treat the new ipad as a minor product update, in which which case, it could start after the announcement. Apple sold 84 million ipads since the debut in april of 2010. Tropical storm sandy is gaping strength in the atlantic and is expected to become a hurricane tomorrow as it approaches jamaica. For now, its not posing a threat to the u. S. And this is the ta row its had storms. That is an average and there is another month to go. Intense weather in parts of california yesterday. A tornado touched down in Sacramento Monday causing minor damage. The same system blanketed mountains with snow and drenched fans and players at the deciding seventh game between the giants and cardinals. What a mess. A big weather system out there. The jet stream to the west and were on the good side of that, i guess. Our temperatures are mild all week. Yeah. Is that nice . Yeah. Today beautiful. Yeah. Up toitiy this afternoon and that is after a cool start. You have to run out of the door right now and probably a jacket. You have the shorts at work. Im thinking did i turn the hot off when i left. Yeah. And do not want to go back on into the house. Can you open windows later. I know. And that is beautiful. 52 in washington. The warmer air to the west and that is cooler to the north and west and 62 in detroit. We have warmer air on the way and should be in for a nice warmup and we are mentions our highs. Eighty degrees, yeah, 80 around here and some more cloudiness than yesterday and this is your satellite radar. The showers are close to us and you might encounter a shower or two. The rest of us will see a mix of sun and clouds during the course of the day and we should have nice conditions here and temperatures are normal and cool at night and i think we cool off at night and not like the summer time, cooling into the 50s and 60s and that is glare accuweather forecast, and the accuweather forecast, interesting and cool and only 52 degrees and. Okay. That is weird. And to seize the day. Yeah. And lets go to julie wright and find out what is happening with the traffic. Reporter busy out here on the roads this morning. Gan, coming in from 85 and to Montgomery Village avenue an hour and 10minute commute right now. And that is an accident cleared to the shoulder and heading to the split. The ride, over the accident and police fire and rescue is around the scene. 66 back up here and 18 miles an hour. We have some troubles heading into leesburg. The accident activity eastbound at business 7 and follow the direction there and finally, eastbound 66, heavy and slow. In fair oaks and leaving monasses through citadel. Eastbound 50 for the crash and parkway to cloverdale, follow the direction to get by. That is a check of our fox 5 on time traffic. You thank you, julie. The the redskins made it official with chris collie and the baseball was a blowout game in San Francisco. And where is dave ross . Yeah. And you heard the since oftony bent . Yeah. And he sang God Bless America in one of the two areas. I did not know that. I implore you, do it again for the world series. It was . It was a treat. I dont know those days, but. 89. And he sounds great and to get him out there was spectacular. All right. Hes not 89. Did you make that up . Yeah. I bought it. [ laughter ] and it was in San Francisco. I can come out and sing every game, right . And st. Louis thought they had this wrapped up awhile ago. Nope, they had a 3one lead and the giants make three straight and looks Like Little League baseball out, there the way the cardinals were kicking it around all over the place. A 20 game, goes to 50 like that and the route was on and the giants increased the lead and win it 90 and win that series this dra in dramatic fashion in seven games and game one here against the tigers tomorrow night on fox 5. How about the redskins . We lost fred davis for the rest of the year and he was the number one option. And chris cooly enters cc, captain chaos, as he likes to be called, and hes back and if everything goes well injurywise, were hoping the knee will hold up. The good thing, tony, he knows the offense and that is a new offense, but chris was involved in that all through training camp. He could have saw me and i saw them on the meadow land. That is the good news, hes going to be able to pick this up quickly and we dont know physically what type of shape hes in and well find about the football again, pahlsson will be the starting tightend. And last night was built as a show dunbetween cutler and stafford. Jay cutler looked okay until he was pile drived here. Was he hurt . This is the interesting thing. The peel drive, and theyre going to look at that and had some issues in the past and he went out to and did not do anything. At one point, you go, okay, great. What about the rules . Yeah. That youre supposed to at least be tested. The bears went 15sun, and when he plays l the bears win. And they a real threat, i think, to be a super bowl contender. I picked them in our preseason picks. Hi the bears and Tucker Barnes baltimore ravens. I dont feel strongly, but the ravens as i might about the bears. Interesting. And all right. Allison, i have a you have a question, can it wait . Yes. And a part of San Francisco. But he lyes there. Yeah. And i dont get that. That is a mystery. Thank you, dave. A piece of mystery from the missile crisis. It was featured in a movie. And after first coming to life in a novel and making a successful stop at the box office, war horse is hitting the stage in d. C. Holly is behind the scenes and well head back to the Kennedy Center in just a bit. [ male annououncer ] if barack obama is reelected, what will the next four years be like . One the debt will grow from 16 trillion to 20 trillion. Two 20 million americans could lose their employerbased health care. Three taxes on the middle class will go up by 4,000. Four Energy Prices will continue to go up. And five 716 billion in medicare cuts that hurt current seniors. Five reasons we cant afford four more years of barack obama. Im mitt romney and i approve this message. Back now on fox 5 morning news, the Prince Georges County council. The bill to allow residents in the greater have a greater say in what types of businesses come to the area and would allow them to weigh in at Fast Food Restaurant tract or a liquor store. The bill is an attack on free enterprize. It could promote a healthier living environment. And d. C. s growing transportation needs, the focus of a briefing hosted by the downtown d. C. Business improvement district. The nonprofit will give updates and the National Green lane project. Ddot will talk about the crekent recent success of protected bike lanes on 15th street and pennsylvania avenue as well and as developing bike streets and areas. Tony. For those of you living in arlington, a heads up. The Police Department is conducting a scheduled emergency drill. It began an hour ago and will continue until 3 this afternoon. Now, there will be several police cars, training equipment that will shoot paintballs and something called a noise splash device. The drill is happening on the 3900 block of 26th street and there is nothing urgent going on. Its a drill. The Police Say Residents will have access to their homes. The smithsonian is getting a flight is out worn by the american pilot who flew over cuba in 1962, exposing secret soviet weapons. The family of the Navy CommanderWilliam Eckert donated the suit yesterday. He died in 2009. And back in 1962, flow a low level flight over cuba. The photographs of Nuclear Missile sites were featured in the movie thirteen days. Wow, 7 25 right now on a tuesday morning. One of the hottest races in november is taking place in virginia. Were talking about the battle between tim kaine and george allen. After the break, former governor george allen joins us live to so his case for a senate seat on capitol hill. And as we go to the break, hes another live look outside. Not a bad start to the day. Its going to be summer like later on today. Well get the latest weather tucker and traffic from jewel when he we return. Right now, its 7 25. [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. Look, the reason im in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. And we face this deficit could crush the future generations. And republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if its a republican or a democrat. Ive done it before, ill do it again. Im mitt romney, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] seen this from mitt romney . Then take a look at this. [ Anderson Cooper ] if roe v. Wade was overturned, Congress Passed a federal ban on all abortions, and it came to your desk would you sign it . Yes or no . Let me say it id be delighted to sign that bill. [ female announcer ] banning all abortions . Id be delighted to sign that bill. [ female announcer ] trying to mislead us . Thats wrong. But ban all abortions . Only. If you vote for him. Welcome back. We are sharing some of the scenes of fall that youre sending in to us. This is in upper marlboro. We say thank you and what a pretty picture. To share your fall pics, email them to myweatherphoto gmai