and this morn we ll talk with the artistic director about what makes their production so special and we ll find out about what special and memorable about the school we re at this morning. there are over 300 kids in this production. some of them will join us this orning a we ll talk about being a part of the traditional ballet and what they learn here and the experience they get at the wash school of ballet. and we have two of the lead characters, the two young people playing cara and the prince. they ll join us later. we ll let him warm up and then show us a few moves and we ll give you the information you need to go out and get your tickets and see the nutcracker yourself. back to you in the studio. thank you, holly. that will do it for the 6:00 hour. it continues right now. a man who gunned down four police officers in an ambush is shot dead by police overnight. the story is just breaking. we ll have the details straight ahead at 7:00. coming up, after months of