a commuter alert this morning. >> plan to add on extra time if your travels take out marc trains. what is happening today and how it could slow things down. this morning, drama ate d.c. council hearing. >> so there is no question in my mind that there was -- >> all i can do -- >> wait a minute. i'm talking. >> bickering over a budget shortfall with d.c. schools caught in the middle of the mess. one day out from halloween. get ready identify scare this morning. >> we'll share your picks for the scariest movies of all times. fox 5 morning news continues right now. we'll start you off way view of the washington monument this morning. it is still a little foggy out there on this friday morning but it is friday, right? that is a good thing. 6:00 right now. temperature in the mid-50s. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. >> and in a little early for gurvir, i'm allison seymour. >> forget the crunch of leaves underfoot. trick or treaters in the denver area will have to navigate through as much as two feet of snow tomorrow. road crews have been working around the clock to try to clear things up for the commute this morning. some stretches of interstate had to be shut down overnight. not fun. >> no, yesterday, we were like oh, that colorado snow is so pretty. >> now, you see the reality of it. >> not so much. >> okay. not happening here, tucker barnes. >> we've got our own halloween weather right now. >> it feels kind of like halloween. kind of foggy and cloudy across the area. temperatures are in the 50s. >> it won't be a bad day actually. i'm he hoping we'll miss mix a little bit of sunshine into the day. we have the dark clouds and low marine layer that is working in off the ocean. the white clouds are the higher clouds. these are clouds at different layers of the atmosphere. >> you have worked out like a 3- d situation for us. >> exactly. >> i really appreciate that. >> you do appreciate it? >> i do now that i know what i'm looking at. >> waking one mostly cloudy conditions hoping that sun will mix in later today. no rain under the clouds. we had a few sprinkles but i don't think they'll make it here into the washington area. should albright quiet day as far as precipitation. temperatures, mid-50s. we are 54 at reagan national. humidity at 80%. wind out of the south and east at nine miles per hour. your pressure with a up there. we are under the influence of high pressure right now 30.27 inches. seasonal temperatures, highs in the low to mid-60s. hoping that we see a little sun with winds out of the south and east at five to 10. more details on the forecast and then wave got trick or treating forecast we have to talk about tomorrow. >> let's talk to julie wright and get a look at traffic. >> not looked so bad right now. we have light traffic volume around capital beltway. southbound 95, 295 in good shape out of laurel head down towards the beltway. no incidents to report southbound along 270 out of gaithersburg leaving clopper headed out towards the lane divide. no incidents to report top stretch blast between coege park and bethesda. northbound i-95 slowing early here out of newington. -- no incidents to report top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. we are following two developing stories. first, to california where i search and rescue mission is under way after a plane collided with a military helicopter. this happened off san clemente island. no details on the cause of the collision. in japan, no reports of injuries of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake off the coast of southern japan. there is said to be no threat of a tsunami however. >> it is a big story we are watching. the head of d.c. schools went in front of the d.c. council to answer questions over her massive layoff of teachers. michelle rhee got a grilling from the council after she fired hundreds of school employees last month. she says she did not have a choice because after budget shortfall. some on the council accused her of creating the budget gap saying that she ignored their instructions to cut summer school. >> why did you choose not to follow what the law was? >> because i did not believe it was in the best interest of children. when you cut our budget by $21 million, you did not call me to ask me whether it was okay to cut summer school or not. as we take a look at other top stories, a housekeeper at a montgomery county motel 6 was sexually assaulted while cleaning a room. she left the door open while cleaning the room and suddenly heard the door slam behind her. the woman saw the man driving off in a green four-door car. a man recovering this morning after being shot while working at his family's store in prince george's county. police say two men walked into the mount rainier mini grocery store on 4th street late thursday afternoon and fired two shots at the cashier before taking off. victim is the 0-year-old son of the couple who owned the store. police are not sure if robbery was the motive. doped be alarmed if you see more police than usual in and around marc trains today. the stayings are conducting random security checks as part of an increasing safety program. they are teaching up to do random security koreanings. that means authorities can check your luggage, your packages or other carry-on items so be prepared to spend a little more time boarding your train today. virginia voters comose the commonwealth's next governor this upcoming tuesday. republican candidate bob mcdonnell made a stop at the polls outside of richmond yesterday. democrat creigh deeds was also in richmond where he told support he's that a recent appearance with president obama is revving up the push for votes. more than 300,000 voters will receive a letter from the president over the next few days urging them to vote for deeds. we'll talk with creigh deeds more about that and what he has planned for these last few days leading up to the election. house speaker nancy pelosi says congress is getting closer to making health care reform a reality. yesterday, housdemocrats uneventualeled their $894 bill wrong proposal t does include the much-debated public option. federal subsidies would help millions of low-income americans and small businesses obtain coverage. the costs would be covered by cut some made care and attacks on the wealthy starting with individual was make at least $500,000 a year. dr. regina benjamin has been named a new u.s. surgeon general. the senate confirmed 593-year- old alabama family physician by voice vote. dr.benjamin gained accolades for her work in the wake of hurricane katrina and for being the first african-american woman to head the medical association of the state of alabama. so redskins fans obviously have a lot of opinions but they can't share them at fedex field at least not on the signs at the stadium anymore. >> coming up what the nfl has to say about that. getting word on when president obama might reach a decision about sending troops to afghanistan. that is coming up when fox 5 morning news continues. save instantly on affordable fall style at jcpenney. get and instant $10 off when you spend $50. plus, night and day doorbusters. sa 50% on worthington, st. john's bay, arizona and more go to jcp.com for your instant money coupon. jcpenney made hot and delicious, all day long, from the highest-quality freshly ground beans. and that's why more folks choose dunkin' donuts coffee to get their day off to a fresh, delicious start. the job of attorney general is keeping families safe. but ken cuccinelli doesn't see it that way. he has a personal political agenda. ken cuccinelli says he won't enforce laws he disagrees with. he supports the loophole that allows felons to buy guns. ken cuccinelli even voted against requiring clergy to report child molestation. i'm steve shannon, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad because i'll focus on keeping our families safe. when you can serve your family a nutritious breakfast like this from walmart instead for about $2 a person? just one breakfast a week could save a family of four over $650 a year. save money. live better. walmart. secretary of state hillary clinton headed to the middle east later today to meet with israeli and palestinianian leaders. secretary clinton is making the personal appeal as part of president obama's push to restart the mideast peace process. she is still in pakistan today meeting with tribal leaders. yesterday, she had harsh words saying she, que, finds it hard to believe that nobody in the pakistani government knows where al-qaeda is hiding. the secretary of state is saying that president obama is not likely to make a decision on troop levels in afghanistan until after the elections next month. the president is considering sending more u.s. forces to afghanistan but less than the 40,000 his car commander asked for. hillary clinton says he will decide once the november 7th elects in afghanistan are resolved. police are trying to determine whether eye shooting at a southern california place of worship was a hate crime. this happened yesterday morning at an orthodox synagogue in los angeles. two men were going in for their morning prayers when a gunman approached them in a parking garage beneath the sanctuary and shot them several times and then ran off. the victims were hospitalized with leg wounds but they will be okay. so yesterday, we asked you to share your picks for the scariest movieof all times. >> yes. coming up later this hour, we will reveal the top five and our movie reviewer, he is also the movie reviewer for the fan 10 # .7, he will share our hit list with us and also a vice. the redskin are not seeing the sign, let's just say. what the nfl has to say about a ban on fans bringing their signs to fedex field. that is coming up. meet the volkswagen jetta. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $189 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. s are south we know that redskins fans are always opinionated. they have not had many nice things to say so it is no surprise if many think it is more than a quince coincidence that team management tea sided to ban fans from bringing signs into the field. the nfl is weighing n telling the associated press, it is the pond of every team to keep out signs that are, quote, inflammatory, derogatory or generally in bad taste. >> what is next? no egg throwing at players during the game? >> you got in trouble for that once during the game. i would think you learned your lesson. >> those cardboard signs can be dangerous. you get poked. >> you hold it up in front of you. >> i am willing to wager that when the redskins start winning, it will be okay to bri signs back into the field. >> we love you! we still do love you. >> it means people aren't happy. >> that's right. i haven't been happy fay long time about that. >> when was last time you went to a redskins game? >> it's been a while. i can't afford it. >> that's true. weather looks good. i told you yesterday you will have a resociety on your hand, a tiny person revote if we have much rain tomorrow. >> if you mess it up tomorrow. >> this is a pressure forecast for tomorrow. >> it certainly is and i apologize for that. >> i'm keeping my fingers crossed we'll keep most of the rain out until later in the evening. there might be a few showers tomorrow afternoon but i think most of the rain will get in here overnight sunday or sunday. >> or everybody has to tailor their costumes to duck-like. >> we have the bus stop forecast and the kids are going to be enjoying relatively mild temperatures in the 50s on their way out to the bus stop but skies once again are a little gloomy out there as we've got a lot of clouds across the area and the sunrise, look at that, at 7 # 3 this morning. remember be we fall back sunday morning. we'll fall back an hour so sunrise will be 6:33 starting sund morning. once again, we are in the 50s. 54 the waning number at reagan national. leonardtown, it is 52 degrees. can you see generally mid-50s area-wide here. our afternoon high temperatures, we're hoping they will top out in the low it mid- 60s. i think actually today will be a little bit better than yesterday in the way of sunshine. we should able to mix up the atmosphere just a little bit out there today and introduce a little bit of late day, afternoon sure for us later for our friday. here we go. you can seat clouds across the area. we've got in marine layer with high pressure across the east keeping the cold front in tact. cold front out to the west. one to three inches of rain out here. it is still raining in portions of missouri all the way down to texas. this is our problem for late saturday, early sunday as this fronteddal system approaches the area. we'll have an increasing chance of rain showers so up ahead of it, during the day, temperatures will be in the middle 70s. i think late in the day and particularly at night, before a chance we'll see some scatter showers move in and they'll linger into sunday morning. so not the best looking halloween forecast although i'm hoping that most of the day will feature dry weather. here is your forecast for today. mendte of clouds out there, seasonal temperatures, his in the low 60s. want to mention that coastal flood advisory for the west coast of the chesapeake until 8:00 this evening. winds out of the south and east at five to 10. tonight, the clouds will stick around and be mild overnight. 57 for an overnight low. wind out of the east at five to 10 miles per hour. there is your five-day forecast. halloween, 74 degrees. that is nice. 6 #, cooler behind the front on sunday, monday, tuesday, lots of sunshine. temperatures, upper 50s to about 60. so forecast won't be perfect although i think we'll salvage some ecent weather for halloween weekend. let's get to julie wright with the latest on the on-time traffic and the latest -- what are you going to be this year? you haven't told me. >> i w. that forecast, i don't know. i got a couple of things. i have no idea. i think i'm going to stick with my padding ton bear outfit. you might need that little yellow slicker tomorrow night. >> that would be cute. >> yeah, with the little hat and little slicker. out on the roads, we've got the lanes open heading around toward the exit for 270. southbound 270 headed for the split, the lanes are open. 66 eastbound as you continue to work your way inbound towards 13, all lane are open now. rlier stalled car at the franconia springfield parkway has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. here at home, if you live in prince george's county and you happen to notice snow plows on the road this morning, don't worry. just a test. not going to snow. the count you's department of public works and transportation is doing a dry one getting ready for any winter weather that could be in store for the next few months. we'll get a check on how that is going coming up in the next hour septa construct permits are now being issued for the martin luther king, jr. memorial on the national mall. the interior secretary signed off for the project yesterday. dr.king's sister, christine king farris was among those on hand for the announcement. it will be built between the lincoln and jefferson memorial. our business beat is coming up next i'm rebound on the market yesterday but it is not all good news on the jobs front. as we take you to break, a new sheep study led by the cdc found one in five west virginiaians reported not getting even one good night's sleep in the last month. that is the highest in the nation. people living in hawaii reported the best sleep. >> big surprise there. >> i know. interesting. how many friends does a person need, sharon ? 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