this is what remains of the iconic white point lodge in southern nova scotia. about 60 firefighters tried to tame the fire for over six hours. but despite their efforts, staff say the building is a complete loss. nancy and michael rogers were planning on getting married at the lodge. it didn't take long for the pair to realize their dream wedding wasn't going to happen at the lodge. but that didn't stop them from tying the knot. >> we still wanted to get married. if we had to get married on the side of the road, we were getting married on the side of the road. >> reporter: staff at white point were able to find another venue for the ceremony. the wedding was an hour late starting, but the couple say they're just happy they're married. olivier mason is a close friend of the pair. he was staying in the lodge when the fire broke out. he left with the clothes on his back. that's why today he's still wearing his suit. everything else he brought is gone. the lodge was the heart of the resort. inside it were hotel rooms, conference center, a restaurant and bar, and a

swiss air 111 is cleared for an emergency landing in halifax airport in nova scotia. >> it appeared to be a straight-forward operation. the radio transmission was professional and calm. no indication of a sense of urgency. >> as they prepare for their descent, the smoke in the cockpit becomes heavier. amid the growing danger the pilots are faced with a difficult decision. >> the pilot advised that they needed to dump fuel. at that point they were approximately 16,000 feet. the fuel dump complicated the situation. >> it's a good decision to get the airplane as light as you can. it's easier on the airplane. >> but delaying the landing could put the flight in even more danger. the passengers have been told they are being diverted but there is no smoke in the cabin and they have no idea that inside the cockpit, something is going horribly wrong. following the smoke checklist, the pilot shut off power to the cabin. if there is an electrical fire this could cut power to the source. but the smoke only gets thicker. then the ougautopilot fails. flying the plane by hand in the dark, the pilots

the light shower activity -- a low pressure center along the front is producing grains in nova scotia are right now. like effect snow in new york state back into ohio and pennsylvania as well. there is a warm front in the plains states. that will be coming in. state today, after today, the temperatures will go up in the pit. -- go up a little bit. the tropical storm moved north of perlmutter in the past 24 hours and is moving northeast -- north of bermuda in the past 24 hours and is moving northeast. the center of the storm is back in there. it is in st. george now. the attention of quiet weather going into the weekend. our day, maybe a 51 for the height, if you are not in a super-windy place. we will spend most of the day in the 40's as far as temperatures are concerned. small craft advisories on at the bay. insta-weather futurecast -- dry weather for a while. on sunday, stormy with the bank of the great lakes. by monday, something closer to us. by sunday, they will see a mix of sunshine and rainshowers for the game. 49 to 53 for the temperature range. 51 today, 50 on saturday. dry w

it's moving through northern new england and then on up into nova scotia. it did snow today in western maryland. we are in good shape tonight. the clouds will thin out and end up with clear to partly cloudy skies as we go through the night. a little bit of a snow shower activity in pennsylvania earlier and a little bit of snow shower activity west of the divide toward oakland. they held in the 20s today. all right, temperatures right now. they are falling a little bit. low to mid 40s now. 44 in arlington. 45 in college park. 44 in beltsville. 47 in annapolis. one of our warmer readings and looking at 44 in springfield and reston. and leesburg about 43. it is still breezy out there. as we take a walk tonight, bundle up. cool days and cold nights. jackets or coat tomorrow as well. and the good news, winds will diminish tomorrow afternoon. feel a little more comfortable tomorrow afternoon. for tonight, clear to partly cloudy, breezy and colder. lows in the 30s. winds northwest at 10 to 15. lows tonight in the suburbs will be in the freezing mark out toward gai

tonight we're talking about fog -- nova scotia. tonight we're talking about fog, low to mid-30s in the suburbs, 46 degrees for d.c. we'll watch for fog later tonight with light winds and clear skies. tomorrow gorgeous, burn off the fog, mild for november, get out to the polls if you've got a local election, 68 degrees our high in the afternoon and again this is where the severe weather will be tomorrow, high pressure keeping us in good shape and we'll also get the return flow. later in the week that dip in the jet stream that's popping up the storms will be in our area and bring us showers and cooler temperatures. probably not too much to deal with in the way of storms. it's a pretty settled week. we have a little ripple here, late showers thursday into veterans day which will be cooler at 53 degrees, saturday 57 and we think we can keep it going into sunday as well. maybe the redskins can kind of reverse their fortunes, too as they look ahead. dave feldman has the tough task going out to redskins park and talking to the team. >>>

in canada -- i recently did some work in nova scotia. their slogan for black history month is educate 12 months, celebrate one. so we have a lot to work on, to look back to, and to look forward to. i just want to say, that is something we cannot miss. when we talk about episodes like bryonn described, if it happened twice, it is an accident, twice, an accident. but when it happens three, four, five times, it is a pattern. we need to ask how we can address this pattern of injustice and racism. i want to ask what difference does it work has made as an artist in this field? we understand things can be different, you know. >> i am actually doing a show talking about my experiences. i worked with a talented group of other artists to tell the story of my experience of being thrown in jail for a short period of time, alongside the story of a brother on death row, the father of the crips, should have been pardoned. the excused him. after being nominated for the nobel prize. he left los angeles, was in texas. he went along with a drug deal. it we

now is off nova scotia. the only place in the country that has a little action is the pacific west coast area. 56 today, low 60's tomorrow, mid 60's by the weekend. >>> it's boring on the roads as well. this is the new interchange with interstate 95 and the icc. traffic moving across interstate 95 in laurel. a good ride on 95 right now. you have the icc to yourself and your georgia avenue. -- near georgia avenue. alexandria, virginia, no problems. looking very good. route 1 in college park, a good ride. hov restrictions lifted today except route 50 in maryland/john hanson highway. that will remain in effect for the holidays. >>> a developing story from arizona. six people may have died when a small plane slammed into a mountain. the aircraft burst into flames when it crashed. authorities found the body of a child. officials say three adults and three children or onboard the plane. it was reportedly taking the children to southeastern arizona for thanksgiving. >>> a family in manassas park is about to be forc

this couple, mike and nancy rodgers, a canadian couple from nova scotia. on their wedding day, all of a sudden, this happens. >> the venue they're supposed to get married, the main lodge resort bursts into flames just about an hour before she's supposed to walk down the aisle. >> that's a bad omen for this marriage. >> i've heard that the more things that go wrong on your wedding day, the better the marriage is going to be. in that case, these guys are going to last forever. >>> in spite of the fact that their venue was burned down, the couple decided we're still going to get married, we're going to move through this. and their wedding pictures -- >> wow. >> are right in front of the fire, so they had a good spirit. obviously not all their pictures are in front of the fire. but they decided to you know, make light of the situation. >> and take pictures in front of the fire. >>> sadly, they lost everything that was theirs, their flowers, their gifts, their cake. it was all gone. >> the cake. >>> hey, guys, it's me, steven, saying thanks for watching the sho

>> rob from cape breton, nova scotia. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: again, welcome. a brain teaser. you're on a raft in the ocean, all you have with you is a knife, an oyster and a blow fish. hunger sets in. now you can attempt to shuck the oyster and eat it. but, you risk slicing your hand and having blood drip into the water which might attract a shark. or, you can cut it open the blow fish. but, if it's not sliced properly, it could be fatal. what do you do? >> i'll cut open the blow fish. >> jimmy: i'm sorry. the correct answer was just paddle back to the shore and eat there. [ laughter ] i never said you were stranded in the ocean. all right. let's "name that guy." ♪ [ alarm ] >> jimmy: oh -- you know what that sound means? you get a free hint. >> steve: hint! >> jimmy: okay, here is your hint. his name is not pete guevara. so with that in mind, what is your answer? >> eric miller. >> jimmy: judges, can we accept that? [ buzzer ] sorry. we're looking for matt spackle. [ ding ] [ laughter ] matt. we also would have accepted matthew spackle. the score is zero wh

it will not make an east coast landfall, could send some rain up to the nova scotia area. tonight for us no train, clouds thicken and some -- rain, clouds thicken and some fog. fog in the morning, clouds of cloudy, breezy, cooler day, passing showers, 57 degrees. on the five-day forecast you can see we're trending nicely for the weekend. temperatures on friday cool for veterans day but saturday back to full sunshine. we get up to 58 degrees. sunday looking really nice at 61 and would you believe the first part of next week looks kind of mild again with temperatures in the mid-60s. >> keep it rolling. >> we like that, good stuff. >> more snow out west, too. keep it rolling. >> you're a good meteorologist, brian bolter. >> thank you sue. thank you brian. >>> still to come here on fox 5 news at 10:00. >> wine, women and song. >> well, that's what this man said has helped him live to be 108 years old. if you didn't quite understand him, we'll let you hear it again coming up. >> today's five-day forecast is brought to you by your local dodge jeep and chrysler dealers. ig r r lt

there is a cable to nova scotia seat could get a ship there quickly. so these are ports on some things are that took a couple of weeks together. >> guest: admitted to writing rather tricky because everything is two weeks later and how much you jump around and how much is actually true. >> host: can you tell us about william howard russell, frank is the telly. interesting are his. >> guest: i have to say about the generalist. >> host: sensitive in america, the british press daily has been guilty as the venal procedures. it goes back a long way. >> guest: takes one to know one. he had become famous for reporting on the war and it was russell who brought florence nightingale to the attention of the world in a very poor state payout. so when he had been sent to the london times to report on the civil war, he arrived in 1861 is a very, very famous journalists. with his reputation intact. part of the reputation was for telling the truth and be neutral. so this is exactly what he did. he reported on the war in his report on the battle of bull run and the rath

scotia to the eastern edge of the dakotas, and the deep south, the slave-holding states of the deep south. >> these ended up being the two superpowers of our continent that a lot of our national divisions and conflicts have been between two coalitions of one sort or another led by one either yankeedom or the deep south. and yankeedom was founded by radical calvinists trying to create a religious utopia, and this is important for understanding the culture today because the idea was to try to make the world more godly and actually do social engineering and create a more perfect place on earth. and this was done through public institutions and governments. and yankeedom has been on the side of efforts to reform and improve society, be it from prohibition through women's rights to the abolition of slavery to the environmental movement and beyond. >> warner: let's take a complete opposite it's deep south. 85 us thence of the deep south and how different was it. >> the deep south was founded several generations later by english planters from barbados and created it as a west indian slave

they spoke at a joint news conference at the annual halifax international security forum in nova scotia. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states secretary of defense, leon panetta, and peter mckay. >> like you for joining us here. i want to begin by both welcoming and extending my thanks to my counterpart in the united states, defense secretary leon panetta, who joins us on the eve of the opening of the international security forum hosted here in halifax. i want to tell you how grateful we are for your presence. we had a great bilateral this morning, a chance to discuss some salient issues for both of our country's, is used that relate to our collective continental defense. i am talking about subject matters such as the f-35 joint strike fighter program and our mutual interest in the procurement of this 21st century aircraft to protect north america, continue to be interoperable and work together in international missions as we of seen most recently in the mission unified protector in libya. we also had the chance to discuss, in the broader concept, continen

>> imagine a tunnel 30 feet by 20 feet high, running from nova scotia to tiajuana. >> he is a former pentagon strategist. based on the size of these tunnels, he says china could have as many as 3,000 nuclear warheads. >> the problem with the study and the way that it comes to this estimate is that the students and their professor make the assumption that because china is working on this system of under ground tunnels, this must automatically mean they have a far, that they're working on new nuclear weapons. >> policy analysts lacy olson and others working on policy control question the methods. olson suggesting that china has 3,000 weapons is a huge jump from the current estimate of a few hundred warheads and could lead rival nations to start an arms race. >> these lead us to estimates that could impact foreign policy in a very negative way. >> but students who sloged through 200 hours of video and translated more than a million words disafree. >> seeing hurrica inin ining hu of chinese men and how much effort they put into this is an issue that shows how important it is to the chine

scotia. this is 25 minutes. >> thank you for joining us here. i want to begin by welcoming and extending my thanks to my counterpart, the united states defense secretary leon panetta, who joins us on the eve of the opening of the international security forum hosted here in halifax. i want to tell you how grateful we are for your presence. we have had a chance to discuss salient issues for both of our countries, issues that relate to our collective continental defense. i am talking about subject matters like the f-35 strike fighter program and the procurement of this 21st century aircraft to protect north america and to continue to be interoperable and work together in international missions as we have seen most recently in the mission, unified protector in libya. we also had the chance to discuss, in the broader concept, continental security and our collected interest in working together through norad and our collective efforts, both in libya and the ongoing efforts in afghanistan and canada

scotia. the secretary will be visiting the general dynamics electric boat shipyards where class submarines are built. he'll receive a briefing on the construction. the process, get the tour at the precommissioning unit, the mississippi, and also looking at the forward engine room of the north dakota. while there, he'll be able to talk to workers and navy personnel, take questions. that's an open press event. then we'll leave and go to halifax for the third annual halifax forum. it brings together ministers from across the world to discuss key defense and security issues and it's focusing on looking at progress from the past year and discussing challenges ahead. while there, he'll meet with canadian minister of defense, peter mckay, to discuss the strong bilateral relationship with canada, and he'll have the opportunity to meet with french general stefan, the nato supreme commander for transformation, and with his israeli minister defense. israel has been a consistent participant in the halifa