HTML 5 support in jQuery

Are there plans to add support to jQuery for HTML 5 components such as
the video element?
I'm trying to access video elements using jQuery 1.3.1 with Firefox
3.1 beta 2, but at the moment $("myVideoElement") returns an Object,
not an HTMLVideoElement, so can't be used to access video properties.
(Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. I took a look but
can't find anything.)
Sam Dutton