he was just 11 years old. she was only 12. >> the lives of both of these youngsters cut short. separate lives, their murders months apart. we are following major developments in both cases this

morning. taking a live look from our tower cam right now and we are looking out over a dreary washington, d.c. perhaps you heard the rain overnight. it will stick with us for a little bit longer as well. good morning. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm steve chenevey. glad you're with us on this wednesday morning. not the prettiest morning out there. tony perkins here to let us know if it will be an all-day event today. we'll have rain through the day today into tonight as well. take the umbrella with you, the rain jacket. it will be here. it is not going to rain constantly all day long but there will be periods of rain. we are get august considerable amount of rainfall this morning. we'll show you where the rain is. some of are getting it. some of you are not. some of you are seeing heavy rain right around the gaithersburg area and up around interstate 70 near towson. some heavy rainfall this. here in the district, it is just light to moderate rain. off to the east in prince george's county, anne arundel county, it is not running right

now. really a mixed bag. it depends on where you are. if you are not getting rain right now, you will likely get some a little bit later on. temperature across the reason on, we are in the 60s. 61 in the district. 61 at dulles airport and baltimore. there are some 50s out there to the west. winchester at 59 degrees. forecast for today, period of rain off and on today. can't rule out a thunderstorm developing this afternoon. we'll also see rain showers tonight as well. lots of clouds around, of course. highs today only in the upper 60s. we'll have more details on that forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> and to make it more clear,ments a bad hair day so now you've really got it. thank you. let's check in with julie to see how things are moving. >> unfortunately, we are not moving too quickly anywhere at this point. we have big tie-ups to report northbound on i-# 5 where traffic is already gridlocked trying to work your way out of dumfries headed into wood brim. it was a resurfacing project that went awry. the road crew will be in place

throughout the remainder of the morning drive. northbound i-95, only one left lane in the main line is open traveling north of 234 out towards the prince william parkway. expect a lot of bail outtraffic over on route one. northbound 395, the accident activity just north of duke street tying up the right side of the roadway. single file to the left gets you by. we've got problems now along southbound 270 coming inbound in towards gaithersburg and rockville. the accident activity at 370 is blocking the right leap in the local lane. overall, southbound 270, about 40 miles per hour coming in out of urbana headed down towards 109. from father hurley boulevard out to the accident scene, about a 15-minute commute. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. a heads up for you see a bunch of helicopters and activity around area hospital today. it is all part of capital shield 2012. it starts at 8:15 this morning. the terror response skills of first ponders will be put to the test.

more than 08 federal, state and local agencies will all be involved. -- more than 80 federal, state and local agencies will all be involved. after an investigation that spans several months, police have the stepfather of a 12- year-old girl in custody. stacy cohan is live at police headquarters with more. >> reporter: the latest is her 4 #-year-old stepfather david hang has been arrested, charged with the murder of his 12-year- old step daughter. this was a terrible case. you may remember back in may, may 31st, jessica nip, 12 years old, a sixth grader came home from school at 3:00 p.m. by 7:30, she was found dead stabbed multiple times in the basement of her home. her 41-year-old stepfather was apparently estranged from her mother, living with another woman in the same neighborhood and that woman was described by the woman that lived there, she said she was his wife. she showed fox 5 some court

documents including search and seizure warrants that showed that they were looking for a boot, a boot that is issued to ride-on bus drivers. that is what david hang did for an occupation. apparently, a similarrize 8 boot print was found at the scene of the crime. dna evidence found on a sheet near jessica's body, dna evidence was linked to hang. we are waiting a press conference that will happen here late are this morning at montgomery county -- later this morning at montgomery county police headquarters. back to you. now to the other heart breaking story involving a young child from montgomery county. yesterday, police in maryland found the body of a young boy in the woods in clarksburg and they think it is 11-year-old william mcquain seen here in this photo. he was last seen on october 1st. the discovery comes less than a week after his mother was found murdered ensued their home in germantown. will item's stepfather is a

suspect in both cases. he is being extradited from north carolina. rick -- i'm speaking. i'm speaking. it is time -- >> the way the rules work is that i get 60 second and you get 30 second to respond. >> you knew you had illegals working. >> are you just going to keep talking? >> sparks flying at last night's cnn debate in las vegas. presidential hopeful hypothermia appear cains with on the defense if his 999 plan utah rope our plan is being taxed so much is because lobbyists, accountants, politician, they don't want to throw out the current tax code and put in something that is simple and fair. they want to continue to be able to manipulate the american people with a 10 million word mess. >> the next republican presidential debate is slated

to take place in michigan on novemb a winner from last night's special election in prince george's countiy. democrat derek leon davis beat republican day gardner with 91% of the vote to 9%. the county is heavily democratic. davis was the favorite ever since he won the democratic primary last month. back out on the campaign trail, someone stole the ultimate in presidential souvenirs. we are talking teleprompter, podiums, even presidential seals. all of the stuff taken while president obama's team was near richmond. we'll have an update on that story coming up next. a by star story out of ohio now. police forced to hunt big game after dozens of exotic animals escaped from a farm. the owner found dead and the situation had morning still very dangerous. we'll get an update. 

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making headlines this morning, it is still not clear if thieves who stole a struck belonging to the president's team knew what they were texting. it was full of sound equipment, podiums and teleprompters. it disappeared on monday from a hotel and was then discovered at another hotel near richmond yesterday. pilots of a southwest airlines plane had to make an emergency landing in texas. this happened on a flight from l.a. to kansas city. witnesses say a man started screaming obscenities at other passengers and made a commotion owe tee back of a plane when a flept tried to step n a 29-year- old man was taken into custody an is charged with interfering with a flight crew. 25 deaths in 12 states are now linked to lysteria in canted lope. this is the deadliest known outbreak of food-borne ill's in the u.s. in 25 years. in all, 123 people have been sickened but that number could grow even more because it can take up to two months for lysteria to appear. maryland is also among the states to have a confirmed death. still ahead, it is never a

good idea to procrastinate when it comes to renewing your tags. that was especially true for you lived in d.c. where expired tag could get you arrested. more on a big change that means better news for drivers. dozen of exotic animals escape from a farm in ohio prompting police to send out an urgent warning to the public and leaving them with no choice but to take out dangerous wildlife. back in a moment with more on that story. 

several schools in ohio are canceling classes this morning while police try to track down exotic animals that escaped from a farm. people are being warned not to leave their homes. the owner of the farm was found dead yesterday and the animals' cages were left open. >> we got a little about the of a list compiled, mainly there were grizzly bears and black

bears there. there were cheetahs. there were l.i.e. ops and -- lions and there were tigers. any kind of cat species an any kind of of bear species right now is what we're mainly concerned about. >> the sheriff also says the animals are aggressive but all 48 were fed monday so they should not be very hungry. so that tides them over to today. >> i guess so. >> hopefully not too hungry. >> paintly, there are about 18 they are still looking for. >> a strange story. >> really a lot of questions there still. >> yeah. >> no question about what we're dealing with today. >> rain. and i do want to mention, there is a costal floodwatch in effect for harford, southern baltimore and calvert counties and that is in effect until this evening through late tonight vrk not right now but this evening -- no wait a

minute. what is today? from this evening through late tonight. let's take a look at what is going on with our weather conditions. hd radar, we'll start with that as we do have rain showers coming through a couple of spots of heavy rain. down near dale city, you are seeing a line of heavy rain move through from dale city to points southward. we have a couple of areas where we have some heavy rain off to the west as well near reston, near gaithersburg and well off to the south and east. in some areas, we are for the getting any precipitation right now. annapolis, severna park, no precipitation there. in the district, we are seeing mainly light rainfall at this hour. let's take a look at the satellite-radar. this will be with us during the entire day today. this shows you what is happening during the last three hours with our sentinel radar. area of low pressure down to our south helping to send all this tropical moisture. we saw it yesterday down into georgia and florida.

a lot of heavy rain with this off the coast or along the shore i should say of the carolinas. so that is interesting. meanwhile, out to the west, we still have that cold front that is slowly making its way eastward. that has precipitation associated with that. so even as this pulls out of the region, the front will be moving in and that will bring us more rain later today and during the nighttime hours. temperatures across the region, we are primarily in the 60s right now. look at this, 61 degrees. 67 in quantico. 63degrees in frederick. 65 in annapolis. there are others out there to the west where we have the cooler air in place. 54 in frederick. 54 in hagerstown. i think i must have mentioned -- i think i said frederick. i meant fredericksburg earlier. behind the cold front, detroit, 49 degrees. here is a look at the forecast

for today. lots of clouds today. cannot rule out some thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. we are looking for a high today in town of about 6 # degrees. then for tonight, showers continue, maybe some thunderstorms. they wrap up i think overnight. -- we are looking for a high today in town of about 68 degrees. tomorrow, kind of blustery winds. 64 for your high. a mix of clouds and sun. a mix of clouds and sun for the next several days. cooler temperatures with overnight lows in the 40s. highs only around 60 degrees and into the low 60s. now, let's get to julie wright and get our on-time traffic. juror on tomorrow is wishful thinking this morning. we are busy. we have a lot going on here. if you are travel ago long northbound i-95, here is what i know. v-d.o.t. tells me the accident activity is still in place as you travel northbound 395 trying to work your way up past the accident scene here at duke street.

traveling northbound i-9 5rbg -- i-95, the problem is with the resurfacing. delays are starting to stack up north of stafford headed up into dumfries. the good news is that the hov restrictions have been lifted on 95 and 359 to help alleviate some -- 395 to to help alleviate some of that construction of the problem is the lane don't up until dumfries. you have to sit in the backup to get to 234 which is where the mess starts in order to get over to hov. route one is taking a beating already early this morning. outer loop of the beltway, already slow, 95 around to georgia avenue. eastbound university boulevard coming south of the beltway if you will, accident activity there has traffic squeezing by single file to the left. southbound 270, better news for you. the accident activity at 307

gone. i-70 down towards father hurley boulevard, a 30-minute commute. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. it took just minute for the d.c. council to halt a controversial law that has been on the books for a long time. council men's approved a measure that would stop police officers from having the authority to arrest drivers who have expired tags. so for now, no more arrests but you can still get a ticket and be towed. >> we have some laws on the bach that don't make any sense. when you find out about them, the idea is to correct them. >> the idea is to fin out how many people have been arrested under this law in the past 10 years. i hope it is not very many but if it is one or two or three, it is too many. >> aaa supports the council's decision but wishes the city would do away with the impound policy too. coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. we'll get good news for retire years who depend on social security checks. as we go to break, it is the ultimate in gift giving. neiman marcus is out with its

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social security payments are expected to rise. we are going to have more on that in a minute. let's take a look at the market activity. robert gray joins us from new york with fox business network. it was a crazy day on the market. we closed in positive territory. what is happening today and what are we looking for. >> we are looking for more headlines out of europe. that is what propelled us higher yesterday. stocks were lower for much of

the session there on some disappointing earnings results but then we got word out of europe, media reports saying that germany and france were going town crease the size of the bailout fund over there by almost five mimes times. that september thins, particularly the financials moving higher in that late trading. futures are little changed here. slightly higher at the moment. we are awaiting the profit reports later today from the like of morgan stanley. we'll keep an eye on them. the big imroas grosseery hain chain super valentine and digesting apple's reports from last night. -- and the big grocery chain super value. >> apple had missed analysts estimates but than a lot of analysted were stepping back is everyone read the media reports and saw the reports on the internet that a new iphone 5 was coming. we saw the iphone 4 instead but a lot of people put off buying

their iphones appear the new bun didn't launch until the beginning of this quarter for apple. a lot of the demand was simply pushed into this quarter from last. so it looked disappointing and it certainly was not what people were expecting. nonetheless, we'll see at the end of this quarter if that demand was simply pushed forward y a little bit of good news i guess for social security recipients. looks like they'll be get a bit of a bump-up. >> we are talking about 3.5%. it hasn't happened in three years. there wasn't enough inflation to do the cost of living adjustment or the cola if you will. so we've certainly seen price have been going up over the past few years. grocery store, gasoline pump just to name two of the most obvious places. so this will help those on a fixed income. >> thank you so much. we'll see you again soon. still ahead, two gop

presidential front runers could use a little lesson in taking their turn. more on a bit of a heated moment at last night's debate. first, though, two young lives lost. both murdered locally. both murdered by their stepfathers respectively. we are following new developments in both cases. 

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you can stay nice and warm and toasty and watch the game here on fox 5. >> we're rainy too. >> they've got rain, we we've got rain. we're a little cooler. >> they will be cooler. >> i think our temperatures will be similar as a matter of fact. for st. louis, tucker, do you know offhand? >> 47 tonight. i don't think we're going to get that cold, are we? >> no. >> okay. you just threw everything. >> i'm not looking at the st. louis forecast. all right. let's take -- >> what is it like this pittsburgh right now? >> no, not doing that. let's take a look at what is going on right around our area. sent nell radar. we have rain showers right around here, folks. here in washington, up in baltimore, up to our north, columbia, gaithersburg, down to our south around dale city. rain showers almost everywhere. there are some spots where we are not getting rain. 97, you are not seeing rain

along there. portions of the chesapeake bay aren't seeing any rainfall. we will continue to have periods of rain as the day progresses. reagan national reporting a temperature of 61 degrees. relative humidity, 97%. winds are out of the northwest at five miles per hour. forecast for today looks like this. cloudy, periods of rain, maybe some thunderstorms later on today. high about 68 degrees. that is a look at the weather. coming up in about 15 minutes, today's edition of ask the weather guys. we will update you on the fall foliage situation. >> on the ground right now. >> no, that is not true. we'll tell you where the peaks are and we are getting input from our viewers as well. >> oh, good. that sounds great. >> i i think a lot of it is on the ground. a lot of wet roads because of the wet leaves. >> a big hold hole that wear trying to patch up for you on northbound i-95. that is the problem spot. if you are traveling northbound on i-95 this morning, the issue

was a resurfacing project that didn't go as planned. i know it is difficult to see in the dark butt crews are still here and they're still working until further notice. only left lane is getting by. delays through the work zone as far back as 234 headed northbound up towards the prince william parkway. to help alleviate some of of the tie-ups, v-d.o.t. has lifted the hov restrictions on 395 this morning. the problem is the hov lanes don't open up until the reach the work zone. you guys coming in out of fredericksburg and stafford will be sitting in the backup just trying to get to an entry point that will help save you some time as you get to the hovs. the accident activity still in place here. northbound 395 at took street. it is single file to the left working your way north of duke street with delays leaving edsall road headed up to the capital beltway. the accident activity southbound 270 gone. we are focused in on southbound

i-95. delays coming southbound, 32 out towards 212, about a 20- minute commute right now. average speed at 198 is about 43 miles per hour. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. fox 5 following two developing stories this morning, both involving the murder of young children. a hard breaking accepted to the search if a missing montgomery county boy less than a week after he was discovered missing. police believe the remains found in a wooded area in clarksburg yesterday that of william mcquain. there are signs of tarek mehanna other a. to his body. his mother was found murdered in their germantown home last week. william's stepfather is a suspect in both of their deaths. he is being extradited from north carolina. now to the case of a maryland girl found dead in her gaithersburg home back in may. police say they now have her stepfather in custody. fox 5's stacy cohan is live at police headquarters in rockville with more on this. >> reporter: good morning. two cases of children being murdered, both stabbed and both cases, it is the stepfather that is involved in the arrest

and in this case, 42-year-old david hang is charged with killing his 12-year-old stepdaughter, jessica nguyen. nguyen was found dead inside her gaithersburg home back in may. she came home from school on may 31st, went down to the basement and was discovered later this same evening. she had been stabbed to death. there is reportedly a great deal of evidence. the "washington post" is reporting that dna evidence was discovered on a sheet that belonged to a small -- a sheath that belong tied small sword found near the body. we were told by a woman living with the suspect that police executed a search warrant at their home in gaithersburg and took away a boot. it is a boot that he apparently used for work as a ride-on bus driver, a boot print of similar nature was allegedly found in the crime scene. this woman that mr. hang is living with claims to be his wife. >> have you had any interactions with them? >> they don't talk.

they don't come outside. see them only at nighttime when they are coming in the house. >> reporter: it is interesting that she says she is his wife. he is still married to jessica's mother. the two had apparently been going through a divorce battle over the prior year leading up to jessica's death. we are expecting to learn much more here later on this morning. reporting live. i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. administrators at fairfax county's oakton high school are handing out whistle to female students that they can use if they are accosted in the streets. this is after an abduction attempt on a 16-year-old girl last tuesday and some other suspicious activity in the area. police say the suspect has a pierced eyebrow and two piercings in his left ear. the car in tuesday's incident was a white subcompact with a baby on board placard on the driver's side. a heads up today if you see a lot of helicopters and activity around area hospitals. it is all part of capital

shield 2012. the terror response drill for first responders will be put to the test during this. more than 08 federal, state and local agencies will be involved. republican presidential hopeful help herman cain faced a lot of attacks in last night's cnn debate. he tried to explain his signature 999 tax plan. >> are you saying that the state sales tax will also go away? >> no. that is an apple. >> okay. >> we are replacing a bunch of oranges. en. >> so then governor perry was right. >> no, he wasn't. he was mixing apples and oranging. >> will the people in nevada not have to pay nevada sales tax and in addition pay the 9% tax. >> governor romney, you are doing same thing they're doing. you are mix is apples and originals. original -- and oranges. you are going to pay the state sales tax no matter what. that is apples and oranges. >> i'm going to be get a bush

he basket that has apples and oranges in it because i'm going to pay both taxes and the people in nevada don't want to pay both taxes. >> president obama says herman cain's plan would be a quote, huge burden on working families. the president says cape's plan would make sure that the wealthiest pay less and replace it with revenue hitting the less well off. president obama surprised some fans with an unscheduled stop of his bus tour. the crowd lined up by the side of the road in broad neck, virginia to see his motorcade drive by. he got out and some some hands there. today, he is wrapping up the three-day bus tour. later today, first lady my shoal obama joins the president when he speaks -- michele obama joins the president with he speaks in hampton, virginia. a proposal has actually

brought some democrats and the tea party on the same side of the issue. congresswoman donna edwards believes moving morgue cubt yankee out of her fourth district weakens minority voting rights while those in the tea party say the map moves too many democrats into the sixth district now held by republican congressman roscoe bartlett. >> you tell me, what it is that a montgomery county voter has in common with somebody from allegheny views. it is not their political views. it is the needs of their people. >> the map is now moving to the maryland house of delegates where it is expected to be approved. however, court challenges could loom putting maryland appear new congressional minneapolis on hold. the result are in from last night's special election in prince george's county. they show democrat derek leon davis easily beating republican day gardner with more than 91% of vote to guarder in's 9%. it was expected as prince george's county is heavily democratic. coming up next, we've all

been a little surprised by our cell phone bills but $201,000. >> a little bit of a shock. >> slightly. find out how one woman racked up those charges. first though, more on the growing push to ban crib bumpers. we'll tell you which major organization says it supports the change. that is all coming up. 

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more on the bush to ban crib bumpers. the american academy of pediatrics is weighing in saying they should not be used. melanie alnwick has more on this. >> babies are safest, says the american academy of pediatrics when they are put to sleep on their backs in a bassinet or crib with no pillows, blankets, stuffed animals or bumper pads. evidence based on better information from death scene investigates is growing that bumper pad and other soft bedding materials can cause an

infant to suffocate. babies have tiny lungs and can't move air around very well. so when they get scrunched up near soft bedding items, they can't get enough oxygen. though the risk is small, it is real. so maryland health officials are moving towards banning the same of crib bumper pads. dr.dayal is on maryland's advisory panel. he is pleased to have the backing of the mesh academy of peed -- of pediatrics. >> i think it is a good thing for infant safety across the country. >> reporter: the consumer product safety commission has not yet made an official statement about bumper pads though the agency is conducting its own independent anatural sisms american academy of pediatrics released its guidelines tuesday night. they will be published in the journal of pediatrics. -- though the agency is conducting its own independent analysis. one woman in florida aing

surprised when she found out her cell phone bill was just north of $200,000. her two brothers, who are deaf mute are on her plan. they text and they watch videos on their phones and when they took a trip to canada, the woman did for the switch to an incident man and that is where the charges came from. t-mobile has agreed to cut her bill but she will still have to pay $2,500. she can pay that out over a six- month period. >> still better than that. >> sometimes we hear these stories and it is some bizarre mistake. but she and her family did rack up the charges. >> which is shocking that you can actually rack up that kind of cost. >> and shocking to some extent that t-mobile was just like we'll cut it to $500. >> and shocking that we forget that international charges apply when you cross the border to canada. >> i've never been to canada. >> really? >> never been to canada? >> no.

>> surprising. >> i would like to go. >> well, you should. >> all right. let's take a look at what is going on. >> i do want to go. >> there are some cool areas. >> okay. let's take a look at what is going on. i'm sure there are. >> you just seem like a world traveler. >> it is rather odd that i have not been. >> it is shocking. >> it is not shocking. i'll go next year. >> that is fantastic. >> here is a look at the rain showers across the area. people are saying go and stay. how about that. we do have rain showers across the area. we do have heavy rain down to our south mere dale city. we had other heavier rain earlier but that has dissipated. still mostly light and mod -- moderate rainfall around the washington area. we have some tropical moisture

coming in froth south. very heavy rain off the coast of the carolinas this morning. this yairs cold front out to our -- this area is a cold front out to our west. there is an upper level low after that. this will track to the east and bring reinforcing rain showers and maybe even some thunderstorm activity with it later on today and then the cooler air behind that lags so we'll get those effects not today but more like tomorrow and tomorrow night and then the next day. right now, 61 degrees here in washington. 62 in baltimore. fredericksburg is at 63 degrees at this hour. temperatures in the 50s out to our west. 54 in hagerstown. forecast for today, cloudy skies. periods of rain of course showers are likely. maybe some afternoon thunderstorms. high today about 68 degrees. for tonight, more ran showers, maybe a couple more thunderstorms. the rain wraps up late tonight or during the overnight hours. 54 for your low in town. for tomorrow, rather breezy. inthose winds could gust up to 20, 25, 30 miles per hour.

64degrees for your high. friday, only 60. saturday, only 62 for your high temperatures. overnight lows in the 40s. by sunday, we are at 65 degrees. we aredowned once again by tucker barnes. hi there, tucker. >> good morning. >> have you been to canada? >> i have abeen to canada many times. i love canada. beautiful there. >> it is time for ask the weather guys. you may think with all this talk about canada we have a question about canada. no, we don't. not at all. tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions. thank you's question comes from laurie in montgomery village, maryland. with all the rain, is the fall foal yak compromised? i want to take a weekend to go fall foliage sight seeing but don't want to waste my time or money if the leaves aren't beautiful. what do you recommend? >> don't waste your money. >> in canada. no, i don't know what is going

on in canada. >> we kind of answered the first question recently about rain and foliage. >> a couple of weeks ago, we had all that rain and the answer with the rain is unless we are experiencing a real drought, the amount of water will not affect the leaves here this fall. >> it is more about temperatures. >> and daylight hours, that kind of thing. >> how do you want to do this. do you want to go scientific first or talk about our viewers. >> let's go scientific first. here we go. yellow there, i'll put this in motion for you. we see the leaves falling. here we go. here is close to peak time here in the mid-atlantic off to the west out towards skyline drive and out to the mountains of west virginia, we are now peaking. the orange there is near peak and that is starting to move down towards harpers ferry and frederick and will be moving through here in the next couple of days and then it will be south and east. as it typical this time of year, the peak leaves work from northwest to southeast.

i think really the prime leaf watching time here will be over next 10 days. >> this weekend welcome back agood weekend. >> that is why we're talking about it now. this weekend out to the west in the mountains. so we are expecting nice weather here both saturday and sunday. as we get into the next week or so, halloween weekend here in the immediate washington area. point south and east, shown city a little bit later, about a woke later. >> we put the question to some of our viewers, not some of them, all of them on facebook. people have been responding all morning with their recommendations where they like to go. skyline drive right up there. that is where a lot of folks go. among those who wrote in, dino who specifically mentioned thornton gap as being a nice place. they say sky line drive is the best place to go. shenandoah valley, several viewers wrote about that including sheila bostick dobbs and a young lady named lauren

who actually works here. she thought we wouldn't notice that. jessica owens, takoma park. that is nice. that wouldn't be at peak yet. that is a little further off, a little later. the gw parkway. i love it. here what is i to. when the leaves are peaking, i drive the entire length of the gw parkway back and forth from the beltway in maryland all the way down to mount vernon and you just go back. >> do it at rush hour you you get a great view because you go really, really slow. >> you can count the leaves on the trees. >> let me mention a couple. southern maryland got a lot of votes. >> if we get some windy weather, will the leaves all be gone? >> slept question. the basic answer is we'll start losing leaves.

excellent question. >> as long as the leaves aren't peaking or sort of past peak, most of the lise will stay on the trees. >> thank you -- most of the leaves will stay on the trees. if have you a question that you would like answered, go to myfoxdc.com, click on the weather tab. can you also upload your video question and we'll play it on the air. >> he wants to dance. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> good morning, guys. the rain continues to pour and we've got big delays out here on the roads. you guys are traveling northbound i-95. the hov rules have been lived on 95 and 395 to help alleviate this problem. you guys are on the brake headed northbound out of stafford. the hov lanes are open for all traffic on 95 and 395.

the trouble now is, if you are traveling northbound on 395, the accident activity you had at duke street is gone but check this out. i got a crash in the hov lanes here at king street and no one is moving. so now the hov lanes are blocked at king. the last chance you have to get out before this mess would be back at newington or up at duke street. northbound on i-95, the last chance would be in newington before you make your way up towards king street. on the other side of town being justify as busy. can't get a break thanks to mother nature and all this wet stuff. delays from 175 to 212, about a 25-minute commute at this point. the outer loop of the beltway, from route one to yoirm avenue, about -- for georgia avenue, about a 20-minute drive. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. next hour, get your day started with a little bit of dancing this morning. >> sounds like fun. holly is live in northwest with more on a festival that brings

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good morning e am holly morris. today i will show you first hand why dc is in deed a dance destination as we are live at the shakespeare theatre company they will host the velocity, dc dance festival. it is only in its third year but back by popular demand the first two years sold out what this festival does is bring together all the world class artist and dance companies in the dc area and gives you an opportunity to come out and see what you like and take advantage of these companies and realize there are dance opportunities throughout the year. we already have edwards here,

warming up for us one of the premier all male contemporary dance companies. we have two others coming out. you will be amazed once i tell you what the ticket prices are for the talent you will get to see. sarah. >> great. very soothing too thank you. check with you later. >> time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. mr. dog he wants to hear some good news like hopefully john beck will be starting in the red skins game sunday. thanks for being our fan of the day if you want to be tomorrow's search fox 5 news and post a message under mr. dog smith's photo. good morning. >> thank you so much. coming up fox 5 morning news fight night in vegas, but we are not talking