let's take a look at the fits -- first light of this wednesday morning. good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. tony is in too to bring us our forecast which is a good one, i think. >> yep. it is more of the same. tucker and i could record a couple of forecasts and leave them for you for all week because it is the same all week. that is a good idea. let's take a look at the current temperatures around the region. we start in the 40s, most of us. there are some 0s out there as well. most of us in the 40s. -- there are some 30s out there as well. winchester is at 40. ocean city, maryland at 48 degrees. we have mostly clear skies and we will for the bulk of the day today. there are clouds still in new england. that storm system still spinning around there bringing rain to portions of northern new england but that system is pulling way slowly but surely. they will get gradually improving conditions there. for us for today, mostly sunny skies, a mild afternoon. look for a high of about 62 degrees. that is a few degrees above normal. we'll have more on the weather coming up in just a little bit. >> julie wright smiling after the caps won their fisk in a -- their fifth in a row. how does the traffic look? >> i know. i'm so excited about that. university boulevard at meramec drive is where we had the westbound lanes blocked off because of a crash. southbound 270 on the brake headed out towards the truck scales. this is a typical volume delay we are dealing with this morning. pace improves out of germantown headed for the lane divide. 66 on the brakes leaving centreville this morning. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. neither the pentagon, norad or the military can explain it but a mystery over the southern california skies has a lot of people talking across the country p a local television news crew captured images of what looked like a vapor trail. one expert believes this was an airplane. federal officials say the public wasn't in any danger. the yait is not and never will be at war with -- the united states is not an never will be at war with islam. >> the president is in seoul for the g-20 summit. one of the biggest issues will be currency manipulation. the president is defending a move by the federal reserve to buy $600 billion worth of government debt making the u.s. dollar weaker. that is angering other countries who use the dollar as a reserve currency. it appears the democrats will keep the congressional seat in the 11th district in virginia. keith fimian conceded the race to gerry connolly. we have the latest in that alleged plot to bomb the d.c. metro system. virginia man believed to be involved has had his day in court. farooque ahmed pleaded not guilty to charges that he provided material support to terrorists and helped plan an tax -- an attack on four metro station. he waived his right it a speedy trial. it is now set to begin in april. he is facing up to 50 years in prison if convicted. we have an update on the shooting death of a tamper tam -- a teenager in the district. joseph sharp was killed. his friend was shot in the leg and survived. both were students at spingarn high school. in investigators say a woman went out to a dumpster behind her apartment building on scenic meadow drive on monday night and she says a man approached her and grabbed her and threatened her way well on and sexually assaulted her before he got away. a potentially dangerous drink that is becoming the rage on college campuses all across the country. washington state will take up a possible ban of the drink known as four loco. in our area, george mason university administrators are sending out these fact sheets about the drink talking about what is in it, what it can do to you. it's combination of caffeine and alcohol and it is making a lot of young people sick. the fda says its position is that these types of beverages are not in a category called generally recognized as safe. the fda does have 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17 people from a northern virginia mosque missed their flight to saudi arabia when their passports were temporarily seized. they are concerned the u.s. government is purposely district attorney laying the shipment of passports. they were apparently held up by security checks. the council is concerned that muslims are being singled out. when it comes to well- being, d.c. gets a top grade. there are some alarming statistics when you dig a little bit deeper. sunday sales. the big changes coming to some liquor stores and the region. why officials say they are doing it. we'll talk about that when we come right back. you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? no, no. you gave him fiber. no she didn't. this tastes way too good to be fiber. they're delicious crunchy clusters with sweet honey and half a day's worth of fiber. you care about my fiber? not really. i care about your fiber too. i have for a while. ok, carl. why don't you care about her fiber? 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[ male announcer ] fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. gosh, pretty shot of the washington monument at 14 minutes after 6:00 on this wednesday morning. off to a nice start. >> it is. and it will be a nice day again today. a good day to get out and go down to the monument, enjoy some sunshine and mild temperatures across the region. temperatures will be a degrees our average high beginning today has dropped off to 59 degrees so starting to make that decline and get closer and closer to the low 50s and the 40s. but today will be a good one. let's jump right in. i want to show you the temperature trend graphic for the next few days. i think you'll like the trend. most of you will. there is your average, 59. we'll be above average for the next several days. thank you, thank you very much. lots of sunshine, folks. just glorious. 61 on friday. 63 on saturday. the whole weekend looks good at this point. current temperatures around the region, we are primarily in the 40s. this hour, we remain at 47- degree here in the direct. it is also 47 out at annapolis. frederick, maryland is cold. 4 there. 35 out in martinsburg. quantico is at 45 degrees at this time. here is a look at the satellite- radar composite for the mid- atlantic and northeast. we continue to have mostly clear skies. might a couple of clouds come here later on? sure, that is possible. it might be a little bit breezy but not like it was yesterday or the day before. the storm system up to the north and east pushing out. high pressure settling in. that will control our weather for the next several days. that is why we'll have nice, quiet conditions. that low pulling out. still, some scattered rain showers across portions of new england. new york city for today looks fine. clouds this morning but sunshine later on today. but much cooler than it is here. high only about 51 degrees. mild temperatures this afternoon. 6 # is your high for today and then for tonight, it will be a cool night. a little bit cooler than it was last night. a few clouds. 43 take -- 43 degrees for your lows in town. some cold are air working its way in here for the evening hours and then the weekend looks fantastic. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. let's get more on this morning's rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> talking about montgomery county, university boulevard westbound at meramec drive is where we had the crash. that was tying up the westbound lanes of the highway. outer loop of the beltway traveling west. southbound kenilworth avenue at the exit for 50. authorities are checking for a crash at this location. 359 on the slow side, duke street at seminary road. then the pace improves. 210 slowing from palmer road headed up towards kirby hill. lane are open in each direction right now at the wilson bridge. no problems reported on the beltway leaving annandale. you will find traffic flowing freely to and from the american legion bridge. southbound 270 on the top side, busy ride approaching and passing 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >> thank you. the d.c. area ranks first in well-being among the country's 10 largest metropolitan areas. the american human development project report measures life expectancy, education and income among the five major ethnic groups. the washington region's top score is driven in large part by the high education and income levels of whites and asian americans living in maryland and the virginia suburbs. but there are clear contrasts laid out in this report. whites in d.c. have a life expectancy of 83. blacks, 71. that is the lowest for african- americans anywhere in the country an d.c. continues to have the highest infant mortality rate in the country. montgomery county executive ike leggett is expected to finalize a plan tonight to allow retail liquor stores to sell booze on sunday. the sales who begin on november 21st. the hours would be from noon until 6:00. this would be on a trial basis for six months. some people say the sunday sales could generate up to $2 million a year for montgomery county. veterans day is tomorrow but today, former service members are getting an opportunity to find work. maryland congresswoman donna edwards is hosting a veterans career and community fair. rareious u.s. federal agencies will there be with information on jobs and health care, housing services and even more. for nonveterans who are looking for employment, career tips or information on job fairs in our area, can you go to our web site, myfoxdc.com. check out the job shop. concerns over the new 787 has boeing stock slumping. we just got finished with halloween but let the holiday shopping begin. there is a new spending survey just out this morning. we'll talk about that in our business beat coming up next. it starts with you falling in love with the most personalized most customized piece of furniture you will ever own get that one piece right and the rest of the room will just fall in to place it starts with you introducing yourself to the world of ethan allen see your ethan allen design center today for two beautiful ways to save the 787 suffers another setback and boeing suffers in the markets and it is also time to start thinking about holiday shopping. adam shapiro with fox business network is live in new york with our business beat this morning. good morning. where are futures this morning? >> right now, we've been going back and forth, positive and negative territory. a lot of this has to do with anticipating of the federal reserve getting ready to buy u.s. debt. the u.s. treasury will be auctioned this morning. bottom line for you and me, for the fed does go ahead and get its share of this debt, it will weaken the u.s. dollar and that would get people to come back into the stock market. so we might see a return to positive territory this morning. on boeing, you just mentions that, their share price down and that has to do with an emergency landing that that aircraft you see right there, the 787 dreamliner made an emergency landing on a test flight in laredo, texas after an electrical fire on board the aircraft. nobody hurt. the safety systems kicked in and worked appropriately according to boeing but now they have to figure out why they had a fire in the first place. the 30 to 40 people all got off safely. one other thing is what is going on with the holiday shopping sales. a lot of retailers are starting to put the sale in already even though we haven't gotten to thanksgiving just yet. but it is not boding well, is it? >> i isn't out a note to the producers and i referred to this as why did godzilla wreck christmas? here is what ci ti. is telling us. a couple of numbers. 45% of americans expect to spend less. 78% of us will stay home this holiday season, not even drive the hour to grandma's. so sorry, granny. and nearly half of us will cut back on the cost of the gifts we'll be giving. i have a quiz for you. what part of country, north, south, east, west, who is going to spend the most. who is going to spent the least? >> i'll say the south will tend the most and the west will spend the least. >> you are a genius. the south is going to spend on average $987. and the west $778. so your relatives in california, don't expect much from hem. >> you know what? when you were talking about what people are going to be doing this holiday season, i was thinking that fits my bill. i'm not traveling. i'm working. i'm not spending as much so there you go. >> i guess it will being sock for your husband for the holiday. >> i guess so and t-shirts. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. we'll have weather and traffic coming up next. plus a mystery missile over california. how the pentagon and norad are responding to this video which was captured by a television news crew. >> reporter: president obama deliver as a speech in indonesia ahead of the g-20 summit. i'm ainsley earhart. that story is coming up. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ we take a look outside and it looks like a carbon copy of the last couple of days. >> very similar conditions. mostly clear skies. temperatures in the 40s. and with a start like that, you can be pretty sure that today will be pretty much a carbon copy of the last couple of days. here is a look at the temperatures or cons being reported right now at reagan national airport. 47degrees. relative humidity, 77%. i believe we've had the stats before earlier this week. winds out of the north at eight miles per hour. barometric pressure has been on the rise. here is a look at the satellite- radar composite. now, things are quiet here. high pressure controlling things. there are some clouds off the coast and some of those will push in to eastern portions of the viewing area a little bit later on. still, our skies will be mostly sunny but there will somebody clouds out to our east a little bit later on today. lingering precipitation in new england. that remains to the north an gradually pulls away from the coast. forecast for us for today looks like this. a 199one. mostly sunny skies. a mild afternoon yet again. high again in the low 60s. yesterday, it was 63. today, we think it will be about 6 # degrees for your high. not bad at all. that is what is happen with the weather. coming up in about 15 minutes, today's ask the weather guys question is all about music and the impact it has on us. >> this is right up your alley. >> yes, it is. a good one too. >> all right. now, let's get to julie wright and get a look at traffic. >> does that mean we get to do the happy dance? >> yes, i believe you will be able to. >> really? >> yes. >> i'm going to kick off my heels. you be ready for that. here we come. we are talking about the beltway. if you are traveling westbound 495, you will find lanes are open but the pace slowing 95 to georgia avenue. southbound along 270, picking up the usual suspects headed southbound but you slow as you approach and pass 109. inbound i-95 slowing here headed across the occoquan. 66 on the brakes in manassas approaching 28 in centreville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. president obama arrived in south korea this morning where he is getting ready to meet other world leaders for the g-0 summit. the president gave a speech to university students in indonesia. as ainsley earhart showed us, he sometimes spoke in indonesian. >> reporter: that message from president obama during an intensely personal speech to 6,000 people in jakarta, indonesia. >> i don't think any of us could have anticipated that one day i who come back to jakarta as the president of the united states. >> reporter: mr. obama says more effort is needed to improve ties with muslims just hours after visiting the largest mosque in southeastern asia. >> just as individuals are not defined solely by their faith, indonesia is defined by more than its muslim population. but we also know that relations between the united states and muslim communities have frayed over many years. as president, i have made it a priority to begin to repair these relations. >> reporter: the president spoke of cooperation among nations but also among people from those nations. >> i can promise you, no mat are what setbacks may come, the united states is committed to human progress. that is who we are. that is what we have avenue done and that is what we will do. >> reporter: the next stop for president obama, the g-20 summit. >> gone are the days when seven or eight countries who come together to determine the direction of global markets. that is why the g-20 is now the center of international economic cooperation. >> reporter: the g-20 summit begins on thursday in seoul, south korea and is being held in asia for the first time. nations are set to tackle a number of that range from currency problem to beefing up supervision of large banks and other financial institutions. a bit havana handshake flap between the first lady and the indonesian information minister. he calls himself a conservative muslim who avoids contact with women outside of his family. he claims the first lady forced him to shake hands with her by extending her hands too close to him. the video shows a different story where he appears to grab the first lady's hand without hesitation greeting her with a big smile on his face. ate mystery over the skies of southern california. >> neither the pentagon nor the military can explain what some are calling a mysterious missile. sarah simmons has a closer look at this. >> reporter: everyone is short of shrugging their shoulders but some are poke being holes in the missile theory saying it appears to alter its course. what is disturbing here is, even for the trail was caused by