that jenny sanford has filed to divorce, the business of prenups is getting lots of buzz. we'll give you a little prenup 101 later this morning. >> stay with us. fox 5 morning news is just getting started. it is foggy out there. good morning. it is tuesday, december 15th. fog pretty thick in some places but at least the temperature are mild. much more on that coming up in just a second. thank you for being with us. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. lets a say good morning to tony perkins as well with a look at that fog out there. >> good morning to both of you. no fog advisory this morning but it is not as widespread as it was yesterday. we do have some patches of fog. we'll have to see if it gets revised a little bit later on this morning but foggy patches here and there. and relatively mild temperatures. let's take a look at what is going o we'll start with the temperatures across the region. currently in washington, the temperature is 45 degrees. 47 out at dulles airport. baltimore, 46 up there. frederick, maryland at 45 degrees. in fredericksburg, it is 50 degrees at this hour so pretty mild compared to yesterday. here is a look at the cloud cover. satellite-radar, no precipitation. i wouldn't rule out a stray sprinkle or two here and there. for the most part, we will be dry with alet of clouds hanging around here as well. your forecast for today, mostly cloudy. becoming breezy with winds oust west to the northwest five to 10, maybe 15 miles per hour later today. balmy. 55degrees for your high in town. 54 in front royal and then change comes tonight. we'll tell you more about that coming up in just a little bit. >> don't often here balmy for this time of year. >> you do not. >> julie likes it. >> she's already been kinding tabs on that one. >> good morning. if it is going to be a high of 55, i'll takeit in the middle of december. tony, you are talking about some fog out there. we are checking out the cameras for you. southbound along 270, here is the trip out of clarksburg. definitely get some fog we are dealing with here. something to make note of for you guys who travel off of south mountain out of frederick, making the trip out of 70 and 15. i know the trip out of gaithersburg for me wasn't like this. it was a better shot as you continue down towards the lane divide but something to make note of and allow yourself some extra time out on the roads. we can see across the bridge headed into the district. nice easy ride off of 395 from the beltway headed north. no problems reported between an an del and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. -- between annanle and more i had field. gay marriage supporters ay victory is closer than they ever imagined. today, the district appears on track to approve same-sex marriages. the d.c. council is expected to give the final approval today. mayor fenty has agreed to sign the bill. excitement filled the air at a rally yesterday in northwest washington where supporters said it is a long time coming but they're still cautious. >> i'm excited. i think it is a historic moment for d.c. and i feel really lucky to be here, a d.c. resident, where i can see this moment. >> this is all about equality and although some people have said this isn't a civil rights issue, it is quite clear from the discussion going back deck eatdz that arriage is a civil right. it's fundamental civil right and that is what we're addressing here is equality. >> if the bill passes, it will head to capitol hill for a 30- day congressional review before marriages can actually begin. a group opposed to same-sex marriages is still fighting to stop the bill from passage. 18-year-old dominic turner claims he and a friend were running from police in an alley in northeast saturday night whn an officer hit him cr w. his cruiser and then took off. the police chief said the officer remained on the scene. turner who is now recovering from broken ribs, internal bleeding and a damaged lung says the incident has him living in fear. >> it was sad. it caused me to vomit. that was the impact. i'm just glad i'm still here. >> you don't hit young children. >> it is unclear why police were chasing turner and his friend. another story making headline on this tuesday more than, a fox 5 exclusive. he always claimed he was innocent and now after 28 years in prison, donald gates could be a free man thanks to dna evidence. in 198 1-rbgs he was convicted of the rape and murder of a georgetown student. sherry ly picks up the story from there. >> katherine chilling was raped and murdered in rock creek park and within days, police arrested a man they say confessed to a paid police informant. at trial donald gates said it wasn't true. now, dna evidence no one knew even existed appears to clear him and today, the same d.c. superior court judge who sentenced gates is being asked to set him free. schilling a georgetown university student had left her job at the watergate and never showed up at home. her roommate had warned her not to take the shortcut through rock creek park. police found her books scattered, her purse untouched she had been shot five times. at trial, donald gates was linked to the murder by two hairs that an investigator testified belonged to gates. at sentencing, gates said he didn't kill schilling and in 1998, schilling asked the judge for help saying the sperm cells in schilling's body didn't match. police found some of the old dna edence from the crime scene and had it tested. the results came back last week. gates can be excluded from the dna evidence found at the crime scene. as gates is now 57 years old, serving his time in a federal prison in arizona as best as we can determine, this is the first time that dna evidence has apparently exonerate a convicted killer in the district. sherry ly, fox 5 news. back to you. >> stoi. two loudoun county firefighters are under investigation suspended without pay after a fellow firefighter says he found a noose inside his car. that firefighter is black. the suspended firefighters are white. the sheriff's office says charges are not likely but the fire department is still investigating. turning now to the battle over health care. senate democrats looking to finalize a deal on health care reform holding a rare caucus meeting with president obama at the white house. while the president supports the medicare buy-in proposal, connecticut independent joe lieberman whose vote is needed to break a republican filibuster says he doesn't support it. democrats are pushing for passage by the end of the year. the u.s. financial system continuing to take steps toward recovery as citigroup and wells fargo are last two major national banks returning $45 billion in aid to taxpayers freeing them from regulation. wear following a developing story out of afghanistan this morning. another deadly bombing, this one outside a hotel. coming up next, we'll have the latest. some detainee guantanamo bay about to get a new home 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"hold the train!" yelled aunt liz. the millers prepared for the long drive ahead. uncle doug arrived in topeka, unlike his luggage. but, as the crescent moon rose, so rose the ones in the oven. she welcomed them home eagerly. and they ate and talked and laughed and ate. mrs. brooks smiled. this was a most perfect holiday. making headlines this morning, more violence in afghanistan overnight. at least eight people are dead and 40 injured after a suicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighborhood in kabul, near the home of one of the country's former vice presidents actually witness said he saw a vehicle slowly approach a hotel and then explode. an aide to the former vp says he is sure that he was targeted. the white house will take over an empty prison in ill all for a limited number of guantanamo bay detainees. president obama has directed the government to acquire the thompson detention center outside of chicago. sources say the facility will house federal inmates and no more than 100 detainees. hope is beginning to fade in the search for two missing hiker on mount hood. crews already found one of the friends dead on the mountain. crews say weather will force them to reassess their search plans. the search continues if a missing utah woman as authorities were notte identified of disappear an more than a week ago and neither she nor her husband showed up at work and her children were not dropped off at day care. her husband says he last saw her before he went camping with the kid. you it looks like medical marijuana is about to get get the green light in the district but is it really a good idea? >> this is a medicine. these peop aren't trying to get high. they are trying to get bert. for many of these people, conventional an legal painkillers do not work yom we'll hear from one group working to legalize medical marijuana in the district. that is coming up. first, here is tony. >> also coming up, we'll talk about today's weather forecast. i think you'll like it. and julie wright will be along it tell us about this morning's rush hour traffic. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. 'syo dd you can't see anything out there. >> that is really the story. the temperature are really mild, in the mid-40s already. but the fog is the story of the morning i think in a lot of places today. i know, tony o my way in, i know you were saying the fog wasn't as bad today but for me, it felt really bad. >> if it was, it was out to the west. that is a shot from o tower cam so here, it look pretty bad as well. even though there is no advisory in effect, i would behave as if there was one. there is patchy dense fog across portions of the viewing area this morning. as you are getting the kids ready for school, let's take a look at the bus stop forecast. you will find milder temperatures than we had yesterday. temperatures in the low to mid- 40s. some fog and a lot of clouds around. sunrise this morning will be at 7:19. that is more than two hours away. you know it will take some time to get that fog out of here. let's take a look at the current temperatures around the region. we've gone up a little bit. 46degrees here in the distct 47 in quantico. them really near yesterday's high in some places. we got up to 49 degrees yesterday in washington. 46degrees now in baltimore. 48 in annapolis, culpeper coming in at 43 degrees. a look at the satellite-radar, we'll show you that we do have clouds to deal with this morning. no precipitation. the precip is up to our north. that is part of the leading edge of a cold front that will be working its way through here today. as is always with these cold fronts, the cold air lags behind so the fnt comes through today. those winds shift to out of the northwest. that pushes the cold air in tonight and you will feel it tonight overnight and then tomorrow and for the next several days much cooler temperatures. so for today, here is what the forecast looks like. early fog, mostly cloudy and mild. high about 55 degrees. that is above normal. we'll take that. not too bad. for tonight, the cold air work its way in. the winds shift to out of the northwest, five to 10, maybe even 15 miles per hour. overnight low about 31 degrees in town. perhaps in the 0s in parts of the suburbs. big difference there. check out the five-day forecast. tomorrow, rather breezy. kind of a raw day. 41degrees. 4 on thursday. 42 on friday. 4 # on -- 42 on saturday but it looks to be dry for quite a while. now, let's go to julie. >> a lot of volume, starting to slow as you merge onto 270. we're showing you this camera to give you an idea that we do have some fog out there and this particular camera showing you the shot north of town. we tried to find some cameras out to the west. here we are live, 66 out in manassas just east of the virginia visitors center. for you guys traveling eastbound on 66 trying to get past 234 south and continue in towards centreville, this particular camera doesn't show the fog as much as what gurvir was talking about. as you continue eastbound, lanes are open as you travel from fair oaks to 123. all lanes are open on the beltway now. overnight construction cleared traveling between anen dale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> there is thrais new way to get to downto frederick from i-70s at new exit from east street opened today. -- there is a new way to get to downtown frederick from i-70s as a new exit and from east street opened today. >> reporter: you can't light up just yet but soon, smoking a joint to help ease your pains may be your legal right in the nation's capital. >> this is a medicine. these people aren't trying to get high. they are trying to get better. for many of these people, conventional and legal painkillers do not work. >> mike works for the d.c. based marijuana project which has been working to legalize marijuana. >> we are talk about sick and in many cases dying patient who could benefit from this. everything from cancer, hiv, aids, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, glaucoma. >> reporter: d.c. voters spoke loudly and clearly on the matter 11 years ago. it was called initiative 59 passing in 1998 with 69% of voters approving of the use of marijuana for medical reasons but congress put a so-called rider on the initiative blocking the d.c. council from turning it into law. >> nobody has looked at this legislation in a decade. so the first step is going to be for us to figure out what, if anything, the council or the executive needs to do to implement this law. >> reporter: d.c. council member phil mendelsohn says city lawmakers will need time to work out the details. >> some details with regard to who can distribute marijuana for medical purposes, more details about who may qualify for use of medical marijuana. i'm speaking without having had the chance yet to sit down and look at what the organic law is, that which was passed by the voters. >> reporter: right now, 13 states have legalized marijuana ormedicinal purposes. california was the first in 1996. michigan the latest, just last year. the green light for the district to join at list comes with congressional passage of a d.c. funding bill. >> no one can remember when there has been a d.c. propping without some harmful anti-home rule rider. it is a great home rule win on the way for many others. >> president obama is expected to sign the appropriation bill later this week but one d.c. lawmaker says it may take up to a year for the city to iron out the details of a new medical marijuana policy. i'm bob barnard. fox 5 news. >> thank you so much. we also have a consumer alert for you this morning. coming up next, beware of some great deals as you shop this holiday. >> matt ackland is following that story. >> perfumes, blackberries and great dvd's all great holiday stuff. but coming up we'll explain why not. with kmart's gifts under $10, you can spread the joy for less! women's cold weather accessory sets are $7.99, shower gel gift sets, $9.99... and women's cozy slipper booties -- just $7.99. this season, good things come at small prices. there's smart, and there's kmart smart. there is a new crackdown on counterfeits in our area. if you've thought about buying a knockoff handbag or watch, you might want to think twice. >> matt ackland has more. >> reporter: take a look at this counter frittata spread, all it walaid out of being seized by federal agents. just about everything you can think of from jeans, colognes, even fake blackberries. >> this is big business from a criminal perspective. this is organized crime on a grand scale. >> federal agents in the u.s. and mexico seized more than 700,000 counter fit items in 26 states and mexico. all of it is a part of operation holiday hoax. officials say this time of year is when the united states is flooded with knockoff items. >> law enforcement activities targeted businesses, stores, swap meets, flea markets. anyone involved in the distribution of counter fit products. >> the music and movie industries have lost millions of dollars because of counterfeiters. dan glickman says the impact of this fraud is costing his industry jobs. >> you know, the purchase of one counterfeit dvd may not seem to be much but multiplied by thousands and tens of thousands aened more world wired, the impact is monumental. >> reporter: with wh it comes to a lot of this stuff, it is hard to determine real stuff from the fake stuff but not all the time. for example, this is my real iphone here. check out this fake one. it is about half the size but rest assured, this doesn't do the same. just a few miles away from where the press conference was held today, we had no problem finding fake merchandise on sale. prada, d & g and burrbury bags, all dirt cheap. the vendor didn't shy way from us admitting it was fake and says his customers know it is fake. >> ty know. >> reporter: federal officials say, despite takin $26 million in merchandise off the street during operation holiday hoax, they still have so much work to do. they say they need help from consumers. >> realize that you're putting an american worker out of a job. you are giving it to a criminal who in turn is giving a further share of that profit to another criminal. >> matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> we're following a fox 5 exclusive this morning. a man who spent nearly 0 years in prison if a crime he says he didn't commit could soon be set free. >> sherry ly is following that story for us this morning. >> reporter: for the first time as far as we can determine, dna evidence appears to clear a convicted killer. now, he is going to court today asking for a judge to throw that conviction out. how this all happened coming up mrs. brooks was busy baking. she smiled knowing her family was on their way. "hold the train!" yelled aunt liz. the millers prepared for the long drive ahead. uncle doug arrived in topeka, unlike his luggage. but, as the crescent moon rose, so rose the ones in the oven. she welcomed them home eagerly. and they ate and talked and laughed and ate. mrs. brooks smiled. this was a most perfect holiday. went we take a look outside and you have to be careful of the fog in a lot of places. can't see it so much in this photo. in a lot of places out there, little a little thicker. be aware of that. no advisories, tony says, but something to be ware of. >> you want to know that. it is particularly thick out to the west and probably in the low-lying areas near the water. >> take a look at the temperature. >> 46 degrees. nice improvement over yesterday rning. let's take a look at the satellite-radar is what we'll start with. not expecting any real significant precipitation. there might be a sprinkle or two as the front comes through. not really likely. most of that activity is well to the north in pennsylvania and upstate new york. places like that. we do have a lot of thick cloud cover and we will for today. here a look at the temperatures around the region. here in d.c., 46 degrees. roanoke, virginia, also at 46. new york city, 45 degrees. norfolk, virginia is at 52. pittsburgh, pennsylvania is at 47 degrees this morning. your forecast for today, early fog. mostly cloudy and mild. high today, about 55 degrees. our average high for this date would be 40 -- >> 43,. >> 47. >> 47 is right. >> teve chenevey is right. he is right on it. snow totals, whole nine yards. can you predict the traffic for us this morning. >> i will absolutely defer to julie wright in this matter and all others. >> can you at least predict what tony is giving me for christmas. that is an easy one, julie. >> it's true. i'm he getting my hippopotamus for christmas. thank you, tony p if you are traveling around the top stretch of the beltway, we have the lanes open between college park and 270. you will encounter some fog on that trip in. allow yourself some extra time on the roads but all of the lanes are open as you travel southbound along 270 headed out towards the lane divide. coming in from the west, 66 doesn't look so bad close in. this is a camera shot east of nutley street headed towards the beltway. so if the last two miles approaching 495, you are still at speed here. 66 slowing university a brief bit in manassas as you approach 24 south. no incidents to report. that is just volume delays. 95 still in good shape out of fredericksburg headed northbound up towards dumfries and making your way out towards woodbridg that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. our big story this morning, by the end of today, the district is expected to be just one of five places in the entire country where same-sex marriages can be performed legally. supporters gathered at a rally in northwest yesterday saying they are ready for council to approve the bill. councilmember are set to take a final vote on the bill today and little likely to pass. soapily gay councilmember david capt an i can't pushed the bill saying it is long overdue. >> ai, a member of this community, look out at our community and realize we are on the verge of history tomorrow. what we are doing, friends, is profoundly american. >> if that bill passes today, it will head to capitol hill fay 0-day congressional review before marriages can actually start to take place. the group opposed is still fighting to stop that bill from passing. d.c. police are conducting an internal investigation now after a teenager claimed he was hit by a patrol consider and left on the scene. 18-year-old dominicer claims he and a friend were running from police in an alley in northwest. the police chief says the officer remained on the scene. another big story making headlines this morning, it is a fox 5 exclusive. a judge who sentenceed a man to prison 28 years ago will tea side if that man will leave a free person today. in 1981, donald gates was convicted of the murder a georgetown student but dna evidence could exonerate him. sherry ly is live at superior court. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned, today, the same d.c. superior court judge that sentenced donald gates for murder is being asked to set him free. it would be the first time as far as we can determine that a convicted killer in the district has been exonerated by dna evidence. that is dna evidence that no one knew existed that now appears to clear him. gates was convicted in the 1981 rape and murder a georgetown university stay tuned. cath rip schilling had left her job at the water game on the way home when she waskilled in rock creek park. she was shot five times. within days, police arrested gates saying he had confessed to a paid police performant. at trial, gates said he didn't do it. an fbi lab technician testified that two hairs found at the crime scene belonged to gates. he was convicted. years later, the unspktor general uncovered problems with that man technician and the defense claims the technician fabricated evidence. in 1998, gates asked the judge for help saying the sperm in schilling's body was not a match to his and that dna testing available today could clear him. he apparently was right. d.c. police found six slides last year with evidence from the crime scene and had it tested. the results came back last week excluding gates. now, he is going to court today asking for his conviction to be thrown out. gates is now 57 years old having served 28 years in prison if crime he has always maintained he did not commit. during his sentencing, while claiming his innocence, gates said he hoped to return to society, raise a family and have a place of his own. now, it appears he may just well get that chance. live at d.c. superior court, sherry ly, fox 5 news. >> thank you. president obama will meet with senate democrats at the white house today to discuss the latest in health care. the rare caucus meeting come as lawmakers aat t present time to final as a a deal on health care reform which includes a proposed expansion of the medicare program for the elderly. connecticut independent joe lerp says he does not support the medicare buy-in proposal. his vote is needed to break the republican filibuster. the present does support the proposal. lawmaker are pushing to get the legislation passed bit end of the year. the president met with the heads of the biggest banks hoping to get them to loosen their purse springs and offer more loans especially to small businesses. citigroup and wells spark owe are the last two major banks returning $45 billion in aid to taxpayers freeing them from relation as a stipulation of the troubled asset relief program. the president told the executiveit is their responsibility to continue to help to promote economic recovery. >> we expect them to explore every responsible way to help get our economy moving again. lending is what we do. we want to make more loans p we have to find a way for qualify more people and not put ourselves in risk three or four years from now because of actions we took at a moment in time that weren't well suited. >> nine of the 12 banks invited o the white house he already repaid the money. a very disturbing story is making heads lines this morning. coleing up next, we'll tell you what one couple is accused of leaving under a christmas tree that has them behind bars. >> need to warn you. it is very disturbing. volcano concerns as thousands flee their homes. we are checking headlines coming up next on fox 5 morning news. thousands he evacuated their homes for fear a volunteer khan owe might erupt in the philippines. it is a more than 8,000-foot volcano. nearly 50 now people live within a five-mile radius. experts say magma had been rising at the volcano over the past two week and the situation could get even worse. a very disturbing story coming out of texas where a couple is behind bars accused of stashing their aborted fetus in a gift bach under a christmas industry. police say the woman may have used pills to abort the fetus. she called 911 and said she didn't nowhere it was. asking on a tip, police found the sent-month fetus in a gift box. the white house plans to announce today that the federal government will take over a nearly empty prison in illinois to become the new home for a limited number of guantanamo bay detainees. president obama has directed the government to acquire thompson correctional center which is in a small town about 150 miles outside of chicago. sources say the facility will house federal inmates and no more than 100 detainees. an inmate in the maryland prison system is still on the run this morning. this is a picture of michael anthy toy. he escaped friday from the southern maryland pre-release unit in st. mary's county. he was serving time on drug and larceny convictions. if you know anything about his whereabouts, you can contact mayor daley state police. it is a brutal job market with millions of people still out of work but there are some encouraging signs especially right here in our area. cog up next, we'll tell you where you might find some help wand signs in this upcoming year and we'll also check out the weather for you. pretty mild out there this morning and your morning commute. fog is the story in some places. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be back after the break. em) remember when connections to the internet sounded like this - when high speed internet was out of reach of most american families and small businesses? as recently as the year 2000, only three percent of american families had high speed internet. then competition drove innovation - spurred private investment, and the internet took off - at record breaking speeds. at at&t we're taking the lead - investing some thirty-eight billion dollars in our wired and wireless networks over the past two years. last year alone we invested more than 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fully decorated. >> that's nice. >> mild temperatures. but there is knowing in place across the region. you do want to be aware of that. 46 degrees right now in d.c. annapolis, maryland, 48 degrees. cambridge, maryland, 52 degrees. manassas, virginia, 46 degrees. and out in winchester, it is 47 degrees at this hour. take a look at the temperatures across the country. it is mild here but it is cold off to the north an west. that cold air will be making its way in here. however, it won't get this cold. two he about low right now in minneapolis. also in omaha. 13 below in bismarck. wichita is at 1 degree so they continue to get some very cold air blasting in there. that air will moderate somewhat before it gets here. don't expect temperatures that cold. across the nation, here is a look at the sat-rad, satellite- radar, for the uninitiated. the eastern half of the nation is cloudy. we do have rain showers across the east including all across louisiana into southern portions of mississippi, alabama and georgia. we have a little storm system. we saw the beginning of that yesterday making its way inland across the pacific northwest. your surface map for today, yes, we have some fog in place this morning. as far as i know, no advisories but some patchy dense fog. visibility at reagan national is down to about five milnow. nowhere near where it was yesterday when it was about half a mile. a cold front comes through. it will be blustery behind that front. so once it comes through, those winds, the winds that we have will shift to out of the northwest and they'll pick up in intensity, 10, 15, 20 miles per hour or show. forecast for washington for today, early fog, mostly cloudy, mild, high about 55 degrees. that is about eight degrees above normal. we'll take that. your five-day forecast, those temperatures drop tonight and then tomorrow, only about 41 degrees and breezy. thursday, friday, saturday, highs only in the low 40s. overnight lows in the 20s. that is a look at what is happen with the weather. now, let's find out what is happening with traffic from julie wright. >> right now, not so much happening. we have the lanes open as you travel the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. we are talking about the fog again today. here we are live southbound 270 out of germantown headed for the split. all of your lanes are open as you work your way southbound in towards rockville. northbound i-95, better picture and no incidents to report as you work your way northbound out of woodbridge leaving the prince william parkway headed past 123 and out towards lorton. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. unemployment is still in double digits but there are some encouraging signs. the d.c. metro area has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country right now at just over 6%. >> there are also signs that local employers will be adding to their payrolls. melanie alnwick has the details in today's fox 5 money report. >> reporter: a new survey of local corporate execs shows that the majority of business owners feel that our economy is mostly good and getting better. and that translates into more companies thinking about hiring again. accountant darren jefferson has that old swing in his step again. >> it was my first day. it was i'm going to work tomorrow. all my neighbors knew, i'm going to work tomorrow. >> reporter: he just got hired by mmg development after losing his old job to cutbacks and he knows how fortunate he is. >> i have friends that have been out for over a year. they're still looking. >> reporter: jefferson is on the leading edge of a budding employment trend. steve saw, director of permanent placement for robert half international sees hiring picking up next year. >> i'm very bullish on 2010. i tend as an individual to be pretty optimistic but i think there is a lot of positive signs out there. >> reporter: as a professional staffing firm, robert half international is seeing demand for workers in technology, health care, alternative energy and government contracting. a survey of business executives done by the greater washington board of trade shows 32% plan to hire more workers, up from just 12% in february. saw warns the competition for job opening will still be tough. >> it is there is a lot of talent out there. there is also with the technology available today, a lot more resewers for companies to really do background checks on people. >> reporter: jefferson believes hi work ethic and overall confidence helped him close the deal. as the end of the year accounting work stacks up, he sees his busyness as a blessing. >> the peace of mind is there. >> reporter: and you can file that under added benefits of become back in the work force. an hears a few more tips from robert half international. definitely taylor your resume to the job you are applying for. research the company and its competitors before your interview and research yourself. you want to know what is out there about you on the internet. finally, accepted a thank you note and be sure to follow up. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. it was a late night for the wizards out west. they were looking to snap a losing streak. did it happen again? who is the toughest quarterback in the nfl? high praises for the redskins' jason campbell. you are watching fox 5 morning news. monday night football last night, 49ers hosting the cardinals in the pay area. alsection smith drops back and connects with dunbar. late first half, 10-0, look how much time alex smith has. all kinds of time. 49ers cruise to victory in this one 4-9. the redskins have an extra day this week. they will be getting ready for the game with the giants on monday night football. that will be at fedex field. jason campbell absorbed his fair share f punishment in yesterday's 4-13 -- sunday's 34- 13 victory over the radars. he was acked three times and took a number of hits. campbell persevered, he thraw two twuchdown passes without an interception. a new and improved jason campbell as emerged. >> since the kansas city game, i think that was a turning point for him where he had to make up his mind of how he was going to play this game and he has been tough-meunched if you will on the line of scrimmage, in and out of the huddle. getting hit and getting back up. >> takes a lot of pride and courage for you to stand back in that pocket and know that i might be peeling myself off again. he might be the tuftest quarterback in this league when it comes to some of the hits he takes. to the hard court for you, washington wizards after two heart breaking losses at home to the celtics and pacers by a combined three points. perhaps the best thing would be a road trip. rye not head west. four games on the west coast. in l.a. against the clippers, wizards go inside to antawn jamison. jamison spindz around up and under for the basket. later in the first, butler on a steal. he will lead the break. gets a return pass from gilbert arenas and lays it in but it ends up being another heart- breaking loss for the wizards who fall by two, 97-95. they had a chance to tie it or win it at the end but earl boykins turned it over. georgetown sophomore adrian fentyer greg monroe was name the bess big east conference player of the week. monroe averaged 191/2 points and 11 rebounds and wins over butler and washington. the hoyas are 8-0 ranked number 11 in the country. georgetown will host old dominion. strayed strait ahead at 6 clrks a medical later for you. a new study raising new concerns about scat scans and the risk i have of patients developing cancer. we are checking your morning commute and your forecast. fox 5 news at 6:00 being coming back in just two minutes. h c