to begin into the metro crash, eleanor holmes norton joins us live from capitol hill. fox 5 morning news starts right now. we have been very fortunate to get beautiful pictures for you this morning. it was a great sunrise over the nation's capitol this morning and off to a great start on this monday morning, july 13th. this is from northwest d.c. a couple of clouds but lok at blue skies at -- at the blue skies on the top of the screen. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. to the delight of tween and teen girls, the jonas brothers will hit the verizon center tonight. but fans aren't just getting a good dose of the jo bros, also coming up, some upcoming acts. >> and that includes honor society. you'll be hearing about them. they're going to play live for us later this morning. are you going with the girls tonight? >> i am not. i don't think they knew they

were here. >> that would have saved you money. and i know somebody who is going tonight. >> because it's not just teen girls. >> my son, who is -- he'll be 6 in september, loves the jonas brothers. we're going out there tonight and this should be rather crazy. >> we expect a full review. i took him to see them last year. >> i remember. >> i have never heard that much screaming at a concert. it was insane. >> i found typically you need the ear plugs for the band and a show like this you need it for the audience. >> and honor sociy, graetng our stage later on this morning. let's look at what is going onoci utthere. we'll start with hd radar. want to show you that to our south, we have some showers. yes, some showers have popped up around fredericksberg and south. near la plata as well. all of the shower activity is light in nature and pushing off to the south and east. so i don't expect any s horswe

rs here in washington. e is is e erdse thoucl ou il m er to the south, es30 south of the city roilughly sp to gur oraphics, here is your satellite radar. here is a good view f urot hehe . ou added to thsunre isththis morning. but they are bringing precipitation to the south and you can see how the prehip is moving to east and south. that will continue to happen during the course of the day. right now 73-degree at reagan national. but check out the humidity. 55%. you know what that means? a more comfortable day today. not quite as warm and not as humid. sunny skies, a warm afternoon. high of about 87 degrees. that follows yesterday's high of 90. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. now let's getn update on traffic with julie wright. >> 55% humidity, you know what that means? >> what? >> i'm having a good hair day. >> me too. >> did you say me too? >> when it gets bad, my hair

goes crazy too. >> i can't wait to see that. here we are out on the roads. delays out of woodbridge leaving the prince william parkway toward lorton and the pace improves but slows again toward 395 and slow toward king street. a crash on route 1 at alexandria in the local lanes blocking the left lane. top side of the beltway, outer loop at university boulevard, lanes open toward silver spring. southbound 270, busy on the top side with delays approaching and passing 109. more traffic from falls road to the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. to a developing story now. the washington nat as have reportedly fired manny acta. >> he is said to have been fired last night. so what is the next story?

dave russ is here. >> when manny was hired in 2007, replacing frank robinson, he was just 37 years old and the youngest manager in the leagues. and today he's out of a job after 2.5 years at the helm. and the nats limp into the all- star break with a dismal record of 26-61. after hours after returning to d.c. after yesterday's loss to houston, acta was told by stan casson he would make a change at the top. after notified, manny acta said this, quote, i thank the nationals forgiving me the opportunity and i'm sorry things didn't work out as expected. it's normal for a manager to pay the price when a team isn't doing well. well how bad have things become? historically bad. at 26-35, that's 35 games under .500. ouch. over the last 40 years only the

2003 tigers had entered the all- star break worse than this year's nationals. who is next? i talked to a source very close with the situation and he says there will be i team meeting -- will be a team meeting and jim rigleman will be leading the meeting. casson will make it official later on today with a statement to the media. but for now we are live to national park. >> thank you very much. myfoxdc.com has you covered on myfoxdc.com. we put links to information and video from major league baseball as well. and our other big story this morning, we are just hour as way from the start of the confirmation hearing for supreme court justice nominee sonia sotomayor. >> many are waiting for a

confirmation but that might not happen now. sarah simons is live. >> reporter: it won't happen as quickly as many would like. many have questions about her ability to be a fair judge. that hearing is set to get underway at 10:00 a.m. before the senate judiciary committee. the beginning of anen tense hearing for -- an intense hearing for this nominee. the country will be watching as the first hispanic nominee answers tough questions from the judiciary committee. they must dem -- she must demonstrate she will not show bias on the bench. >> in a number of speech she's advocated a view that your personal experiences and even prejudices, she uses that word, it's expected that they influence the decision you make which is the blow at the ideal

of american justice. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein appeared on fox news sunday. she disagrees with that line of thinking. >> one's experience, one's venue, one's way of looking at an issue does come into it somewhere along its line and i think most of us have seen this over and over again. >> reporter: one of her rulings sure to get plenty of attention is the case involving job advancement for white firefighters. a group of connecticut firefighters say they were discriminated against when test results were thrown out by city officials. sotomayor sided with the city of new haven. >> when you show empathy for one party, bob, you unnecessarily show a buy as against another group. >> reporter: questions about the controversial case will be raised during confirmation hearings but republicans say she'll be treated like any other supreme court nominee. >> i think she'll be given a fair hearing. i personally, and all of my colleagues, have made the commitment to give her a fair hearing, treat her with the dignity we would expect every nominee to be treated but that

seems to be more the exception than the rule. but yes, i think she'll have an up or down vote. >> reporter: now as the hearings kick off today, we only expect to hear opening statements and opening remarks from the panel as well as judge sotomayor. but the questioning is supposed to begin tomorrow. the big questions that will be raised will be for tomorrow. but democrats are hoping to have her confirmed by august. allison, back to you. >> thank you very much. serious accusations aimed at dick cheney sources says the former vice president ordered the c.i.a. not in form congress about a classified counter terrorism program eight years ago. at that time c.i.a. directors didn't think there was enough information to hold a congressional briefing. current director leon pinetta put a stop to that program last month. steve, it's one of the more highly guarded secrets and this

morning there are reports that kim june-il has pancreatic cancer. there was speculation that he had suffered a stroke. it's usually found in the final stage and expected his age he's considered to riv no more than -- live no more than five years. and here at home, the trial of banita jacks is starting today. she says one fell -- she says they fell -- they die while in their sleep. the verdict will be decided by a judge and not a jury. prince george's county police are investigating a double murder as a man and woman were found dead in an apartment over the weekend on university boulevard in langley park. police think the suspected killer, a man in his 50s, committed suicide several miles away in d.c. the victi were in their 20s. investigators believe this is a

case of domestic violence. also in prince george's county. two mother-daughter murders in largo this year are not connected. this is the word from an fbi profiler. police found karen lofton and her daughter shot to death in their home back in january. and two months later the bodies of delor he is dewit and her daughter were found in a burning car in the same neighborhood. detectives say the similarities were just a coincidence. david cat anna founding a hearing after the washington paper showedig regularities out of marion barry's office. there are evidence of ghost employees on the payroll. last week the city said an independent investigator is

looking into a paid program after donna watts reportedly had a contract. and coming up next, this surveillance tape leads to the arrest of a murder of a well- known florida couple. and plus more on the death ofmm. who is now saying they believe he was murdered. that story is coming up too. it's 7:11.

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with three people under starre, police say the investigation of a murder of a r florida couple has turned into something bigger with multiple motives. somebody shot two last week,

while eight of the adopted children slept. two men face open murder charges. a third man is charged with evidence tampering. the parents had a plan to make sure the children would not be separated. scathing allegations about the death of michael jackson. now newspapers quote la toya as saying she believes her brother was murdered as part of a conspiracy to steal his money and money and jewelry were stolen after his death and wants him brought to justice. although shewouldn't say who killed him and why. >> dangerous there. moving on now. nothing to say after that. >> yes. there isn't. i can say this about the we it's nice outside right now. temperatures are 73. humidity downed down to 55%. huwarm one today but not a

es. d yte look t atempe atnduresouar the region. esou .n washington, 73 dre 73n k,no girfolir vni ir n 71 iroanoke. pi ursbttghasbpes opf rofd dt 59 degrees there. and in new york city, it is 67 degrees. here is a look at the steatliel dar composite for then eaer st united states and again we put this in moon for you to show precipitation e do to the south. but you can see its pushing off to the south and east, clouds are going with it, sowedo'll se more sunshine as the day progresses and that rain moves out of the central portions of virginia. though some viewers are fairly close. fredericksberg, culpeper seeing light rain showers this morning. out to the west, the skies are clear. looks good out there. here is your five-day forecast. today high of about 87. our normal high would be 88. not as humid as yesterday. tomorrow pretty decent as well. warmer on wednesday and thursday. highs around 90 degrees and chances of showerand thunderstorms late in the day both of those days. that's a look at the weather. another look at your forecast is coming up in just a little

bit. >> thanks, tony. we look forward to it, if it's like that. >> so does julie wright. let's check in with her and find out what is going on with traffic. >> everybody said why are you smiling and i said look at that forecast. that, and there is a hostess cup cake over there. thank you very much. on the beltway, no accidents to and from the wilson bridge. earlier incident has cleared as you work past van dorn toward route 1. the wreck was in the local lanes tieing up the left side of the highway. that's moved on. outer loop looks great from oxon hill. southbound 278 touch and go toward the split. heaviest volume on 270 is on the top side south of 109 to the scales south. interchange and no incidences toward the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. well the economy may still be bleak but there are lots of

jobs out there and our next guest is helping people find them. i shouldn't say lots but there are some. eleanor holmes nor to be is sponsoring her job fair this week and she took time out from capitol hill to join us this week. good morning. >> good morning. >> we're talking about job cuts and 10% here in d.c. and it's come -- there is hope coming up with a job fair. >> there is hope. and there are jobs that would not be available -- available if it were not for the recession. and we have funds beyond those what we would normally get because of the infraructure funds that will go to build -- to rehabilitate2 federal buildings here in the district of columbia and because we are starting with ground-breaking expected in september, the construion of the huge new

department of homeland security in ward 8. those jobs, people will learn all about those jobs at our job fair. 80 employers from all across its gion in all job categories have agreed to come, indicating that there are jobs. because we asked them not to come if they have no openings. >> that's great. and this is for d.c. residents only. >> and the reason is because we would be otherwise completely overwhelmed by the large number in the region. and it's this thursday the 16th beginning at 11:00 and going to 3:00 p.m. and we're having a dress for success fashion show along with other hints about job shopping in workshops from 9:30 to 11:00. >> that's wonderful. so seminars. and so we have 9:30 to 9:30 -- we have it from 9:30 to 11:00?

>> no. that is the workshops and 11 to 3:00 is the oning of the job fair. >> and come with the resume and already dressed for success, i would imagine. >> exactly. and for proof of d.c. residents. >> and three weeks ago, metro's deadliest crash. today hearings looking into what happened. you can give us some insight. what you expect? >> yes. tomorrow wore going to convene the first congressional hearing on that tragedy. we marked up a resolution in memory of those who died, 7 from the district. the many who were injured on friday, that will go to the into -- to the floor this week as well. but this morning we're going to hear from the ntsb, which is doin the investigation, mr. cato and others so we know

whether this system is safe now and what the system is doing to assure its safety until it gets the money that congress funded it and promised it and has not yet funded. the $150 million annually that w-mata was supposed to get to replace cars exactly like the cars that were involved in the crash. >> sonia sotomayor to begin her confirmation hearing. a busy week on the hill. can you expect the same, or do you expect the same as the republicans? >> republicans are hoping to slow up the process, even though we need to get her on the bench in time for opening session in october. she's had overwhelming support

but they have badder -- bad erred it until you hear it. she has such an impressive background that all of the stuff they're throwing at her simply by stating her opinion on the bench. it is her judicial opinions that tell the story of judge sotomayor, not this comment or that comment she may have made outside of court. >> eleanor holmes norton, we appreciate your time. and we know this job fair will be a big success on thursday. thank you so much. >> thank you. we'll hear more about judge sotomayor in a few minutes. right now it's 7:22 and ahead on fox 5 morning news, fairfax county wants public input on changes to a controversial school. and is the west nile virus making a comeback in the district. another billion dollars said to be added toward the fight against the swine flu. how much of that money is

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7:25 on this monday morning. the west nile virus has hit the district as department of health officials say three mosquito pools in southwest d.c. have tested positive for the virus. so far no one in the district has been infected by west nile this year. there were six cases last year. officials are -- are urging residents to eliminate breeding areas like standing water. and health and human services kathleen sebelius says the feds will spend another $1 billion on vaccine production and says virginia is eligible for $8.8 million to prepare for and treat swine flu. 310 cases of the virus have been confirmed in the commonwealth. the fairfax county board of supervisors will hold a public hearing on the proposal from the islamic academy to expand

its campus in fairfax. they say the curriculum fostersin tolerance and they says it's revised text books. the council has recommend add approval of the expansion. coming up next, we'll have the latest on the top stories, including a shakeup for the nats. manny acta says he's been fired. we'll get the latest from nationals ballpark in a few minutes. plus confirmation hearings begin today for sonia sotomayor. what role will her rulings have in these hearings. >> and mother accused of killing her children and living with thbodies will appear in a d.c. court today. more coming up. it's now 7:27. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you...

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higher taxes for those making more than $250,000 a year. the administration's sweeping health care proposals are moving unforward but it's unclear whether it will make it through congress before the president's august target date. this crime shed a negative light on d.c. child and family services agency. today banita jacks will stand trial for her daughters. the girls were found while serving an eviction notice. police say jacks lived with their dead bodies for at least 7 months. a judge will decide her fate. the nationals have reportedly fired manny acta, reportedly last night after the team's loss to the astros. it looks like jim rigleman is the leading candidate to take over as manager for the rest of the season. they go into the all-star break

with the worst record. dave ross is saying it will be jim rigleman taking over the team for the rest of the season. >> they never fire the roster of players, but just the coach. >> that would cost you a lot of money to get rid of the platers on the field. >> this is common in baseball and not unheard of. manny is a good guy and we wish him the best. >> and he's helped us out and been good for us. . ncl e bncouba e e.e'll nbfi >> > danlooki at area nsndioit, did you like it yesterday? i i did. l ilstiodon't have my air on. windows open. >> good for you. you're saving money. >> you have a lot of trees then? >> i do. >> with shade. 90 degrees at reagan national, dulles and bwi marshall so. all acrosss board. and typical humid summertime

day. and here in d.c. we're at 73 degrees right now. 67 out of dulles. 64 in baltimore. winchester is at 64. fredericksberg is 72. patuxent naval air station is 74. satellite radar picture for the nation. a few rain showers moving across portions of kansas and into missouri and northern portions of oklahoma. also across the southeast, strong storms. it looks like atlanta seeing rain showers and not thunderstorm activities but rain showers there and to the south of the washington area, pushing off to east as we speak. forecast for d.c. and for today looks like this, a high of about 87 degrees today. under mostly sunny skies. it will be a warm afternoon. not quite as warm as yesterday though. also not quite as humid either. then for tonight, seasonal temperatures. lows in the mid-60s downtown and we'll have plenty of clear skies tonight the way things are shaping up. now the five-day forecast. tomorrow, similar to today. high of about 88. wednesday and thursday, warmer. more humid. a chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. and then on friday, 87 degrees for your high. that's the latest on the weather. now let's get one more look at traffic with julie wright. just one more look? >> no, another look. there will be more. >> man, i get to hit the pool early today. >> no, you have to stick with us. slow leaving 95 toward georgia avenue with no accidents to report. southbound on new hampshire after if you south of the beltway, a talled car tieing up the center of the roadway, so disabled vehicle, middle of the road. that's calling for a big backup south on new hampshirup to the first traffic light. so again southbound new hampshire center is blocked. a slow exit off of the inner loop southbound on 650 new hampshire avenue. in virginia, eastbound 66 right into the sunshine below speed toward fair oaks. they were checking for a crash at 123. so far empty handed but looking for an accident in that location. crash on the outer loop near route 1 in alexandria has

cleared but the inner loop slows between braddock road and 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the spotlight will be on sonia sotomeyer has the senate judicial airy -- judiciary committing begin hearings. there is still more to learn regarding her controversial statements and decisions. we have a guest to talk about what we should expect. harvard law graduate argued a number of cases in front of the supreme court and so let's talk about sonia sotomeyer? what are we expecting today? i think most of the attention will be on her after unch when she begins to speak. what should we hear? >> well first hear her opening statements, both the democrats and republicans and setting up the theme they want to emphasize during the hearing. and then we'll hear from judge

sotomeyer and i think we'll hear a lot about her life story, which, as has been reported, is very compelling. and when president obama introduced her, she gave great remarks. i think people will be wowed by her career and what she's tried to do as a judge. >> and that's what democrats want to hear and want people to hear. but other republicans are saying this might be a great life story but we're focusing on qualifications. does she meet the qualifications? >> he has the qualifications. she's been a federal judge for 17 years. very long experience. what the republicans are going to focus on is ideology. they'll say she expressed an ideology outside of the mainstream. and the democrats will be strongly objecting to that, saying she's sat on cases in

thousands of decisions and that the republicans are only pointing to one or two and one or two speeches. so that's what the fight is about. >> and one of the cases that got a lot of attention was recently over turned involving the new haven firefighters. republicans putting the lead firefighter up to testify in this case. having a case over turned by the supreme court so recently, does that come into play, her decision-making at all? how will this play out? >> we'll hear a lot about that in the hearings. i think we'll hear more about that more than any other single subject. but the thing that will hurt republicans is that it was a 5- 4 decision. four justices agreed with her, including justice she would be replaced, justice suiter, so it's hard to make the case it was outside of the mainstream. >> and a lot of people saying she may just slide into this seat and kind of follow along

the same pattern that justice suiter had. and so will we see difrences coming out? >> i think her voting pattern will be fairly similar. and which is one reason this isn't one that would tip the court. and i think in some areas like criminal law she may be more conservative. >> you were a clerk for justice john paul stevens and you argued five cases in the supreme court. give us an idea how you think she might fit in with this group. a lot of the attention has been her life story, its fact she could be the first latina justice. do you see in the bigger picture for the current makeup of the court? >> i think she could have a major impact within the dynamic on the court. reports of her as an appellate judge on the appeals court in new york say she's been very persuasive with her colleagues. she has very strong views and very bright and there are cases that people point to where she

shaped the outcome and convinced her colleagues. >> what do you think she'll say today? >> that it is a great country, hat she could have the kind of rise that she's had and secondly that she feels completely constrained by the rule of law, by the precedents and the principles in the constitution and statutes. >> will she be confirmed and will it be be august? >> yes. and yes. and confirmed overwhelmingly. >> thank you for joining us. cliff sloan, thank you very much. allison. 73 degrees on this monday morning. it is 7:39. and coming up, a swim club caught in the middle of a racial controversy. why they are now letting campers that were kicked out last week back into the pools. plus a new fine brewing over the don't ask don't tell policy. a new push to enthat.

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new developments involving a swim club outside of philadelphia accused of racial discrimination as the valley club of huntington valley now inviting a group of minority day campers to come back after revoking the swimming prief ledges out of what they called

safety concerns. several kids heard racial comments but the club says it was the official of over crowding. nasa will attempt to blast off today. over the weekend the launch was delayed. yesterday's countdown made it to the 9 minute mark before being called off because of thunderstorms. it looks bad in that video. it was the fourth launch scrubbed over the past month because of bad weather and hydrogen gas leaks. endeavor holds the third and final segment of the $1 billion space station lab. it's scheduled to spend two weeks at the international space station. it is 7:43 coming off a lovely weekend. >> yes. a lovely, warm weekend. i want to mention quicklywe have honor society on. >> i was going to say that. >> they are going to open for the jonas brothers tonight. nice guys. wait until you hear what their schedule is for today in terms of the number of performances and appearances. >> we're very happy they're with us because i n't imagine

getting up this early and then doing several shows, which is crazy. >> you'll have many opportunities to meet and see them during the day, folks. >> and this is the kind of guys you want to see. >> they have a new album coming out in september. att right now let's lk r egmpnatel eratures here in town. 73 degrees. not a b steotatrt the day. we had a pretty sunrise. 73 here, 73 in norfolk. pittsburgh is at 59. new york city is at 67 degrees. satellite radar composite for the region, you can see the clouds. look at them pushing out. they're pushing out acros the washington area. we still have some high clouds but most of the cloud cover pushing off to the soanuth d east and rain is going with it. we did have some rain showers to the south and still seeing those for some southern viewers. the frontal sift them we talked about last week, there it is, it's well down to the south, kind of hanging around down there.

it will push further southward la. onr for us today, sunshine moves in and another warm day. but not as humid. any thunderstorm activity will remain well to the south. your five-day forecast, mostly sunny today. 87 today. 88 tomorrow. highs around 90 degrees with a chance of thunderstorms each of those days. >> warming up this week. >> more summery weather. >> we'll feeling like summer now. let's check in with julie wright. i know she's feeling like summer. >> absolutely. lanes open on the top stretch of the beltway toward the exit for 270. 355 authorities checking for an incident at nicholson. southbound on new hampshire avenue toward oakia drive, i'm told not only is the car broken down, but they have a broken tire rod which helps hold the wheels on the vehicle. well she has one wheel facing one direction and another wheel facing the opposite direction. and it will take a while to get this out of your way.

southbound new hampshire avenue delays beginning before the beltway. and slow off the inner loop. traveling the outer loop of the beltway here from the springfield interchange, traffic slows close to the van dorn street. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. making news around the world now, german prosecutors are formally charging john demjanjuk with nearly 28,000 counts of accessory to murder. the 89-year-old retired auto worker was deported from the u.s.ack in may. he's accused of serving as a guard at a nazi camp in pole -- poland during world war ii. he says he spent the war as a prisoner and never hurt anyone. turning now to the war on terror. a bombing killed two u.s. marinines -- marines in afghanistan. a homemade bomb was used.

this happened in the troubled hem lynn province. 3,000 marines were deployed to the area. more than 100 u.s. troops have been killed in afghanistan this year. the u.s. military is known for its rigid confirmity and the attention to the letter of the law. but some would like to see the law changes from banning those that are serving as openly gay. >> reporter: in uniform soldiers lookalike. they're part of a solid team that defends and protects the nation. but federal law says there are exceptions. those who are openly gay are not allowed to serve. so he is a west point grad and iraqi veteran and lieutenant in the national guard, dan choi is being targeted for discharge because of his sexuality. >> and i needed to tell every soldier out there that is gay that is forced under this don't ask, don't tell to policy to lie and hide, that they do not

need to be ashamed. >> the don't ask, don't tell law was enacted in 1994. the president says its time for a change and so does the first iraqi selected war vet. >> we shouldn't have a scrim -- scrim neri action. >> reporter: and many will have to be skeptics. >> if we do it, it's imperative that we do it right. and very carefully. >> reporter: others believe the current law is there for a reason. >> many of them said, look, if you're going to have someone of the same sex living in a close quarters with me, that is attracted to the same sex, i feel uncomfortable about that. >> reporter: it remains to be seen if the current law will change. but a recent national poll shows more than half of americans believe the ban should be repealed.

in new york, laura ingals, fox news. it is 7:48 right now on this monday morning and in these tough economic times how do you know your making wise choices in a changing stock market. ahead in our money monday segment, we'll get tips on rebuilding your portfolio. >> and a d.c. landmark closes its doors forever. and it's not alone. other nearby businesses are also feeling the affects of the recession. meom

another bad sign the economy is in terrible shape.we neighborhoods losing a 30-year- old business. this well-known business shuts down for good and others close by hope not to follow. matt acland has more on the last call for a d.c. institution. >> reporter: nathans is so well- known here in georgetown, some call the intersection of wisconsin and m. nation's corner. >> i'm the only person in here who had been here in 1969. >> the place opened back when nixon was in office. over the years cocktails and tips have been served to the who's who of washington. ann compton hates to see it good. >> this is a place that

represents the essence of washington to those of us who lived in georgetown, who covered politics and nathan's is always there. >> reporter: it is not the only casualty of the recession here in georgetown other businesses like chicos and smith and hawken are closing up shop. bill is the neighborhood commissioner here. >> it's affecting georgetown probably not as greatly as the outer suburbs. but it hurts everybody and everybody is more cautious. >> reporter: on this last day, carol joint, the owner of nathans, was showered with love from her customers. even nat's owner sam casson came by. >> thank you, sam. >> we came to say goodbye. it is very sad. >> it is very sad. >> reporter: the business might be lost but the memories for carol and her customers will live on every time they pass by.

>> it's nathan's corner. it's just nathan's corner and it will be a tremendous gap. >> matt acland reporting. carol joint says the rent alone for the building was $60,000 a year. no word on what will replace it. but the neighborhood commissioner says he hopes it's another privately owned establishment and not a huge retail chain. and she was on the morning show on friday and if you would like to see that, go to myfoxdc.com. on a related note, trevor's, a capitol hill book shop has been around for a long time, but they are posting a notice that they are closing too. brothers al, steve and andy own that store, taking it over from their dad. sports this morning. we didn't know it at the time, but it was manny acta's last game as manager of the

nationals. based loaded in the 6th, hernandez grounds out. inning over. same set up in the 7th. dunn with a chance to do damage but the ball stays on the ground. the nats had 11 hits but stranded 13 runners. bottom of the 7 now, still 1-0. nats still have a chance until kaz matsui takes zimmerman to deep rightfield. a three-run home run. nats shutout 5-0. they head out 10-35 on the road. how bad have things begun over the last 40 years? only one team in 2003, the detroit tigers have entred the all-star break with a worse regard than the nationals. they have some company with the '79 blue jays. not even the mets are on this list. they were 26 games under .500 at the all-star break. and training camp for the wizards doesn't take place

until september but the summer league kicks off. and you can look at crittenton done. a roster spot may be on the line. randy foye and mike miller . but not letting that put a damper on crittenton done's -- crittenton's spirits. >> i was working hard before the trade went down. >> we don't have a lot of players that are the same type of player. and what i mean by that is they're not duplicate players. they each have their own niche. and so at some point, who knows when, but every player will have an opportunity to contribute to the team. >> 7:56 right now. 73 degrees on this monday morning. and coming up after 8:00, our money monday segment. we'll get some savvy strategies for getting ahead during this -- economic downturn.

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i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. you can tell they're going to be successful because i have that one song in my head. >> very catchy. we'll hear from them later on. right now let me talk about the weather. a fine start to ente hday av we he morning clouds pushing out. mps ahetu tsin 70re and what we are seeing is lower humidity than what we saw yesterday. hes ilook aths e satellite cadar and we'll show you the loud cover we've seen and you can see it pushing out as we soeak. vee'airnalvel g inmo ngloweinl e secreasing sunshine as the day progresses. it will be a mostly sunny day. a e w rain shs erowdown to erth south of the district, across portions of the chesapeake day. they're pushing off to the south and east as well. reagan national reporting a temperature of 73 degrees. temperatures in the 60s elsewhere. 67 at dulles internation, 64 at bwi marshall. forecast for today, lots of sunshine and a warm day. not as hot as yesterday. and certainly not as humid. highs today in the upper 80s.

in washington looking for a high of 87. in warrenton, 86. winchester 85. baltimore 86 for the high today. enjoy it, folks. >> i like it already. let's check in with julie wright and find out what is happening out on the roads. >> starting to get busy out there travel ago long 270. we started off with a fender- bender down there at montrose. now we're dealing with a crash southbound 270, this is the camera shot south of clopper road where the traffic is headed down to 370 where we have tree left -- three left lanes blocked off. a lot of traffic out of gaithersburg into rockdale. out of germantown, pick up great seneca toward 28 and that will save you some time as well as using 355 as the alternate. traveling the outer loop of the beltway, jammed up as you travel from the springfield interchange to the sunshine toward van dorn. van dorn at vine street, just north of the beltway forea water main break. callers tell me you can get by. very little delay at this time.

that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the washington nationals going into the all-star break with the worst record in the league. 26 wins, 61 losses. and this morning we're learning that manager manny acta in need of a new job. he tells multiple sources he's been fired. dave ross has been down at national's park all morning. what did you find out? >> not a big surprise. we expected this possibly a couple of weeks ago, but yet today it will be made official. manny acta, his 2.5 year run as the team skipper is coming to an end. he was told of his fate when the team returned yesterday following a 5-0 loss at houston. he was tolby the team president, stan casson. his final record is 158 wins, 252 losses and this team was on a pace to lose 114 games. acta had nothing but good things to say about his time in d.c. and i quote, i thank for the nationals forgiving me this

opportunity and i'm sorry things didn't work out as expected. it's normal fothe manager to pay the price when the team is not doing well. so now the question remains, who is next? well all signs point to this guy, jim rigleman. now he's the bench coach for the nats but i've been told by a source that when wednesdaying morning when they have a team meeting, he will become the man in command. and the nats first game without manny acta will be right here, thursday night, against the chicago cubs. one of the teams that rigleman used to manage. that's what we call full circle. we'll be awaiting a cord from sam casson, the team president. he's expected to make this official later on this afternoon. >> it all comes back around. dave ross. >> it all comes full force. and we are not done with this story, because we are going to head out to st. louis where coming up in the next half an hour, the all-star game

announcers will join us live to talk about a couple of guys from d.c. that will be out there tomorrow, including ryan zimmerman and barack obama. the spotlight will be on sonia sotomeyer today as the senate judiciary beginning hearing the president's supreme court nominee. the 55-year-old new yorker and federal judge is expected to face tough questions from republicans over her past rulings and her ability to judge cases fairly, without bias. sarah simons is live on capitol hill with more now. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. the hearing is set to get underway at 10:00 a.m. there will be a lot of questions for sonia sotomeyer. democrats are defending her as a pain stream judge. republicans though, aren't so sure, and have a lot of questions about a ruling in a racial discrimination case. president obama nominated

appeals court judge sonia sotomeyer. and since then she's been making her rounds on capitol hill. and now we'll hear from her. she grew up in a bronx housing project to puerto rico parents and was diagnosed in childhood with diabetes. she's come under fire for saying a wise latina would reach a better conclusion than a white male. she's bound to face questions about it this week. >> she's made a series of speeches that are extraordinarily troubling to me, over a decade in which she says that a judge's own personal feelings and background, even their prejudices and sim paths will affect thousand he rule. >> it may not have been the most artfully put together sentence, however it does tell you a little bit about the mission of empowerment of women. >> reporter: the mmittee chairman patrick lay hee says

he is questioning the staples. >> her answers are these, ultimately and complete, the law controls. >> reporter: sotomayor will be requesteabout a ruling in the case of connecticut firefighters who were denied promotions. abtion and gun control is likely to come up. but at the end of the day, the democrats have the vote and sotomayor is expected to become the first latina and the third woman ever to sit on the high court. now today we're just expecting to hear open remarks, mainly from the panel made up of 12 democrats and 7 republicans. sonia sotomeyer will make her opening statement. tomorrow we expect to hear the difficult questions directed her way. but the white house's democrats would like to see this wrapped up by august. back to you. allison. >> sarah simmons live. thank you. it appears congress was in the dark about a controversial c.i.a. counter terrorism program. sources say former vice president dick cheney directed the c.i.a.

not to let lawmakers know about the classified program. this is years ago. leon pinetta ended the program last month. intellence officials says directors before pinetta kept the program under wraps because it haven't developed to a point where a congressional briefing was necessary. the trial of banita jacks get under way. she says demons killed her daughters and they died one by one in sleep. but prosecutors say one was stabbed and the others beaten. she lived with the bodies for 7 months. the case led to a big shakeup at the child family and services agency. it's a nonjury trial. a teenager arrest and charged with the murder of five people in d.c. that happened on sunday at 46th place and 6th street. a 10-year-old girl was shot. all of the victims survived. lat night police made an arrest, arresting 18-year-old derek philip who faces five

counts of aggravated assault while armed. montgomery county prosecutors have agreed to drop conspiracy charges against two students plotting to kill their principal. according to the post, a plea agreement calls for one of the students to plead guilty to arson charges stemming from a small fire set inside the school. he will also plead guilty to wreckless endangerment. the other student is 17 and his case has been moved to juvenile court. this afternoon a house committee will hold a hearing on the metro system's red line crash that killed 9 people last month and injured 80. six lawsuit have been filed against the transit agency and cording to the washington post, legal experts expect more suits to be filed. metro begins the zero tolerance policy on texting. bus drivers or train operator caught texting on job will be fired. after several alarming cases were caught on videotape. the operator in that red line crash we should say was not texting or on the phone at the time of the accident into it is

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# 13:00 right now as we look at stories making headlines this morning. and we start down in florida. three people behind bars in connection with the murder of a florida couple with 16 children. two suspects face open murder charges. the third charged with tampering with evidence. police say two of the men shot and killed the couple who had dedicated their lives to adopting children with special eds. stunning allegations in the

death of michael jackson. two british tabloids report that his sister la toya jackson believes that he was murdered. la toya also claims her brother's killers used prescription drugs to control him and keep him away from his family and she says $2 million in cash and jewelry were stolen from his rented home after his death. a swim club outside of philadelphia accused of racial discrimination is now asking a group of minority day campers to come back after canceling their membership. several children reported hearing racial comments from other club members but the club insists the cancellation of the memberships was due to overcrowded. they are working out an agreement for the children to return. 8:14 right now and time to turn our attention to tony. >> he has the forecast and our cuteness factor of the day. >> we start with the cute factor. officially called the my first

5 photo of the day. this is jay len. >> officer jay len to you. >> we're told one day he wants to be a police officer just like his uncle. off to a good start there. he lovesfootball, reading and playing outsideand he is adorable. thank you for sending in your child's picture. to send in your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com. and right now temperature have gone up. 74 degrees and our humidity continues to drop at 53%. that's a good combination, folks. winds out of the northeast at 7 miles per hour. barometic pressure slightly on the rise. a look at temperatures across the country. cool air to the north and west. rochester 58. the story aiagn today is the dag atin the southep lains. aslls at 84as t ghrighnow. ey're looking for a high today once again just veor 100 ee vegrdes today.gr so the heat wave continues. also heat advisory in affect for parts of texas, oklahoma

and arkansas and in lousiana and mississippi. here is a look at t hehesatellite radar for the nation. rain showers in the northwest. so rain in the central plains. right where you see where the warm air is. and some rain in the southeast across portions of mississippi, alabama andgeorgia. five-day forecast, high today of about 87 degrees. lots of sunshine. low humidity. tomorrow more of the same pretty much. 88. relatively low humidity. then that humidity begins to build back in. wednesday and thursday, hazy, hot and humid. highs around 90. chance of showers and thunderstorms on both days, and 87 for your high. now let's get an update on the morning rush hour traffic with julie wright. >> and a request for jay len, if you see the traffic reporter in a high lander early in the morning going a little bit fast, cut me some slack. >> he's an officer and he can't

do that. >> don't speak for him. i have a nutty buddy for you, jay len. out of germantown no one doing the double nickel. a crash before you reach the # 70, three lanes are blocked out of germantown headed southbound from father hurley toward 370. great seneca highway to 28 a good alternate as well as 355 and using that as the work around. coming inbound across the sousa bridge from pennsylvania avenue, a stalled car tieing up the center of the roadway, causing a backup. traveling on the freeway, all lanes are open. no accidents to report right now on the beltway headed to and from the wilson bridge. but van dorn street southbound at vine street north of the beltway, that's where we have reports of water main break. callers tell us there is water gushing on the highway. northbound traffic is able to get by without too much trouble. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. allison, back to you. >> julie, thank you. this is not your father's

stock market, nor investment world these days. a lot has changed over the past decade and since the recent market meltdown even more changes are challenging the footing of even seasoned investors. so how do you make wise voices in a changing market. in today's money segment larry rosenthal joins us in what to look for in rebuilding the portfolio. good morning. >> good morning, allison. >> what are we dealing with right now as far as trying to invest for the future? >> well a lot of things have changed with all of the recession pressures that we've had. a lot of people are talking about buying home strategies as being dead and they are not. back in the 1980s and the '90s would buy a large cap stock and maybe some international and bonds and hold on to them for a whilech the beautiful thing back then is the market went up and down but usually went

upwards and people are saying because of the volatile strategy of that is gone but the key is the assets are different. >> and ho do you choose what is smart to hold today? >> one of the biggest keys focusing on retirement planning is make sure your money outpaces taxes and inflation and there is return mutual funds that are designed to just sort of outpace taxes and inflation so that you can maintain your purchasing power. >> and to do that, i'm sure you would say go and find more than you know. and direct you into what is smart in this time. >> definitely. with this recession and with all of the government stimulus money that has come into the system, not only here but globally, lot of people are worried about the threat of inflation and higher energy prices and things like that and it's really key right now for people to sort of revisit the financial plan. and if they haven't built one already, get with a financial advisor and build one to make sure you know what you're pacing towards. >> let's do a little bit of

where we are now. and you've listed the current economy versus investments. currently there are very low interest rates for one. and also credit is hard to get. rising unemployment and declining manufacturing and excess housing inventory. how do we see these facts, face it and then move on? >> that's just it. you need to make sure your well positioned and grounded with your goals and make sure you're continuously moving forward and monitor your financial plans and that's one of the biggest things i see people missing in the industry is the monitoring of the financial plans to make sure they're pacing toward goals. when you look at those economic stats that you just told us about, some areas will thrive in today's market, such as commodities and energy prices and mutual funds today, there are some newer type mutual funds that we call go anywhere

funds whereas traditionally mutual funds by prospect us were limited to only investigating -- investing in limited areas. today there are mutual funds that allow the phytyl fund -- mutual fund managers to go anywhere to find returns. >> so if you are investing in the future, you say don't -- don't ignore the traditional routes, like things like 401k plans. >> yes. now is a key time for people to continue to invest in the 401k and their government threat plan, or whatever it may be. because you're buying the asset classes very low and over time, when the economy does come back, you're assets will prove to be a pretty handsome return. >> your other tips. interrate -- interrate sensitive bonds and educate and don't stick your head in the sand. >> what worked in the past is not necessarily working today or going forward. >> larry rosenthal, thank you. >> thank you very much,

allison. >> steve, over to you. the time now is 8:21 on this monday morning. everybody knows that texting while driving is dangerous. but so too is texting while walking. and one teen found that out the hard way. her story when we come back. also when you go to log on to facebook today, become a fan of fox 5 news. can you find out what is coming up throughout the show and pictures and behind the scenes photos. fox 5 with no space between the fox and the 5. back after this. it's 8:22.  fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. ll, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me.

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that go on to a full year or college class are forced to take remedial classes. the teachers say they are taught to use calculators. one second she's walking down the street and next she's gone. a girl fell into an open man hole. she was walking down the sidewalk and sending a text message while walking. she fell five feet into sewage. a frightening experience and you can see she's pretty banged up. now her family, following through on what americans do these days, filing a lawsuit. >> i just woke up and i look around and i thought it was something out of a movie where something would take me under. >> they say the man hole was not blocked off with cones. there was a crew working in the area. the new york department of environmental protection now investigating. >> but i don't blame them. >> you can't leave that cover off. >> no. a big man hole in the middle of

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there was speculation he suffered a stroke. he has appeared frail in the few public appearances since last year. the north is not commenting on the report. vice president joe biden's wife jill is having orthopedic surgery today to relieve shoulder pain. she'll have the outpatient procedure performed in philadelphia. they plan to spend the rest of the day and tomorrow at their home in delaware. west nile has hit d.c. department of health officials say three mosquito pools have tested positive. so far no one in the district has been infected this year. there were six cases in 2008. officials are urging businesses and residents to eliminate breeding areas like standing water. it's 8:31 right now. let's check in with tony on our forecast. now that i think we can say i think summer has arrived. >> it has arrived. and last friday on the show we had mark curry, comedian, formerly of hanging with mr.

cooper. >> very funny, i saw him at arlington cinema draft house on saturday night, he was fantastic. i've never seen his whole live act before. he was great. extremely funny and just a great act. so it was a pleasure to see him. glad we had him on the show friday. good stuff. now let's look at temperatures around the region. 74 degrees here in washington. 72 up in baltimore. that's a nice little increase in baltimore. 72 at dulles. that is a significant increase. they were in the 60s not too long ago. so the temperatures bin beginning to -- beginning to pick up around the region. looking at satellite radar, there is your precipitation. this radar is overplaying this precipitation. we've been showing you our ad lib. can we get an hd radar for a second so i can give you a closer look at what is happening. you an see the precip is gone. this is gone now. so the other one is overplaying it. now let me show you the surface map for today. here we go. there is your frontal system.

that remains to the south pushing out behind it we'll have clear skies. we've had morning clouds pushing out. so a lot of sunshine today and another warm day. but not as hume aid -- humid as it w yesterday. here is your forecast for today. mostly sunny, warm, after a high yesterday of 90. looking for a high today of 87 degrees. we'll have a look at the five- day in a little bit. back to you. and right now hundreds of landscape and lawn care specialists are outside at arlington national cemetery. >> they are mulching and pruning and planting. and gurvir joins us live from the cemetery with more on this. gurvir, good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison and steve. arlington national cemetery is such a beautiful place and one of the things that makes it special are the green spaces here. these folks have come to give

back to those that made the ultimate sacrifice. and this is the 13th year they've done it. and the folks that are responsible, professional land care network or planet. and they have people out here mulching and pruning and putting down lime. and bill is the president of planet this year. and bill, you've been involved, what, for the past 7 years or so? >> 7 year or so, yes. >> reporter: why is it so important, what is going on here? >> well as part of the greep industry we feel we're the enenvironmental stewards and what better place to give back to the country to demonstrate our commitment to sustainable environment and arlington cemetery representshat as a gift back to the nation. >> reporter: there are 18 acres here and you have, what, almost 400 people here? >> we have 400 people that have turned out from about 28 different states representing about 70 different companies. >> reporter: including children

too. >> yeah. and that is an all-inspiring -- when it first started it was a couple of lawn care operators and now over the years, the families have become involved in returning year after year. and now they're bringing their children and hopefully the children will then continue on the tradition for years to come. >> reporter: one thing that makes it so special this year too is that you have 95 different companies that have sent somebody here. >> right. >> reporter: whether it's an executive or somebody who is just going to be working on the grounds. and in this economy, that says something for somebody to give up a person to commit to this time. yes. it is really astounding when you think we're in one of the biggest economic downturns in recent memory. and actually there are companies shutting down for the day, sending all of their employees, plus their equipment to this site coming from as far away as ohio, west virginia. so yes, it is a real volunteer

commitment. and really they're making this a better, sustainable environment for our fallen heroes and also, as i said before, to give back to the nation. >> well we thank you so much for what you do. we appreciate it. and it's a beautiful day out here. so next time you get a chance to come out to arlington national cemetery, remember who takes care of this sacred ground on which we stand. allison, steve, back to you. >> gurvir, thank you so much for that. time now is 8:36 on this monday morning. are you looking for work. get your resume ready. details on a d.c. job fair into then he's been on the job for a little over six months and the question is how is president obama's approval rating? err worse? we'll check it out when fox 5 morning news comes right back. it's 8:36. ♪

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president obama's honeymoon with voters may be waning a bit. his job approval rating down down to 58 -- down to 58%. down 3% from june. supports from democrats has remained steady. this month's rating of 90% in line where it's been for most of the year. gas price have dropped an average of 10 cents a gallan in the last two weeks.

triple-a says you're paying $2.62 in d.c. $2.48 in maryland and $2.39 in virginia. the national average on this day one year ago, $4.10 a gallon. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is holding her annual job fair. she says there are jobs out there. everybody here coming to this employ -- employers i should say ready to hire. you should head to the washington convention center on thursday from 9:30 in the morning where you'll get seminars until 3:00 p.m. head down with resumes. we spoke with norton earlier. >> 80 employers from all across its region and all job categories have agreed to come, indicating this are jobs. cause we asked them not to come if they have no openings. >> norton says many positions have become available as a result of the recession. d.c. received infrastructure funds to rehabilitate two dozen federal buildings and a new

department of homeland security security will be constructed in ward 8. well if you have to leave for work soon, stick around for a couple more minutes. >> because right after the break, honor society performs for us here in the studio. and tony will talk with them. they're getting a big buzz tonight. couldn't get a bigger band to open for the jonas brothers at the verizon certainty. we'll open up with them just after the break. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you... and world-class rides astound. start at buschgardens.com.

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let's talk about where you hail from. your from new jersey and new york? >> yes. that is correct. we're from the suburbs of new york city ex lived in new jersey so that's where our headquarters was. >> you're getting at tension of rolling stone, m tv and a lot of folks on the internet. that must be exciting for you. >> it's certainly a dream come tr. we started off as a myspace band and just creating -- they allowed us to create a fan base across the country before we were ever able to go on tour. >> almost 3 million listens on myspace to your music. absolutely fantastic. you are part of the jonas brothers' tour. and you're also featured in a movie. you have a single in this movie band slam. >> we have a song called where are you now and we shot the first video for it and it comes out tomorrow on myspace. >> and tonight jonas brothers, you hit the stage at 7:00 when the show opens.

opening for a band like that, is it a thankless task? because you've got your own following as well and a lot of folks are there to see the jonas brothers, how does that play with you meantally and how do address that? >> the jonas brothers are a incredible example of a headlining artist that give us the advantages that most opening bands wouldn't have and the fans are incredible and open their arms to us so it's the best opportunity. >> so you're going to perform for us in a moment. then later on you have an in store appearance. >> at 2:00 p.m. we're doing ain store performance. >> it's a meet and greetment and then advanced screening of band slam at gallery place. are you performing there or another meet and greet. >> the band is playing. >> yes, we are performing. >> and then you open for the jonas little

show. that's at 7:00 p.m. and then headlining your own tour with the jonas brothers tour called the full moon tour and you have a dig tonight? >> at 11:00 we're playing at 6th and i. and we're hoping have an awesome after party. >> your new album comes out in september and you're going to announce the name of the album. >> let's do it. the name of our album coming out in september is called fashionably late. >> you heard it here first. you're going to do the song over you now. and let me say, the album may be fashionably late, but with this schedule, you cannot be late. you have to sck to the schedule. we're happy to have you here. honor society doing the song over you. take it away, guys.

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can't act like i don't care, because i do. ♪ but i just can't figure it out. ♪ i'm not over you. ♪ and i can't leave it alone. ♪ i'm not over you. ♪ over you. ♪ and i just can't figure it out. ♪ i'm not over you. ♪ and i know i'll never get through. ♪ i'm not over you. ♪ over you. ♪ without the pictures of you and me, i try seeing other girls. ♪ but they were just a distraction. ♪ there wasn't the same attraction. ♪ going crazy over you.

♪ ♪ but i just can't figure it out. ♪ i'm not over you. ♪ over you. ♪ and i just can't leave it alone. ♪ i'm not over you. ♪ no, i'm not, baby. ♪ and i just won't figure it out, i'm not over you. ♪ over you. ♪ and i know i'll never get through. ♪ i'm not over you. ♪ over you. ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪ i'm not over you, i'm not over you, i'm not over you. ♪ over you. ♪ i'm not over you, i'm not over you, i'm not over you. [ applause ] >> all right.

there they go. michael, jas and, andrewand alex. honor society opens tonight for the joan as brothers at the verizon center and you can see them at the historic synogogue at 11:00 p.m. this evening. >> you just got a lot of fans here in d.c. she said it was just so catchy. >> i got it. >> listen, stick around. we have a lot por coming up. we'll head to st. louis for a live update preview on the all- star game and we'll talk about the manny acta situation and also president obama out there and five-day forecast coming up. here is where you can see honor society. you can't miss them with their schedule. >> i think at # 30:00 they'll have -- i think at 3:30 they'll have time for lunch. thanks, guys. fios guy! where ya headed?

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>> all right. take a look at your five-day forecast. today 87 degrees. not bad. lower humidity than yesterday. 88 tomorrow. chance of some showers and thunderstorms on wednesday and thursday. and then friday very much like today, the way things are shaping up. there you go. >> thanks, tony. and right now more on our top story at 26-61, the washington nationals with the word record in the majors. and it looks like they're doing something about it now as manager manny acta says right n mccarver who will be calling the game join us live from joe's restaurant jay --

a month ago, ken rosenthal reported that the firing would be coming. i that old line about you have to file the manager because you can't fire 25 players, i think i've always liked manny acta when he was with the mets. i thought he did a good job with washington. but what does he have to work with. >>hance

with a roster that's a little better to win games in the major league. >> he's a good man. >> when i talked to manny when he first took the job, he said look we're starting this organization from the ground up, a long way to go. so you hope the patience is there. let's talk about the game tomorrow night. you mentioned zimmer pan and he's our representative herin washington. and i guess we were surprised that adam dunn didn't get the calling. but i guess when you have this record, beggars can't be choosers. >> yeah. i'm surprised he did stick around during the off season ant more young talent because i think a lot of teams would like to get their hands on adam dunn. >> and let's talk about something else that is exciting, because we didn't ne

wait to see him throw out the first pitch and talk to him. >> joe, what are you going to a schedule. we're not going to talk about a health plan during the second inning of don't get into the business and he said don't mix sports with politics. so i'll stick to that. >> and maybe the third thing, try to balance somebody who is with chicago that played in st.

louis, it's an exciting time. >> and you mentioned chicago, you mentioned, steve, the cubs had eight all-stars last year. and this year have one. >> i can't believe that. >> only two representatives from the city. >> it's amang. >> a different team. >> and in past years it seems like there is a decline maybe in the interest of the all-star game which used to be such a premier game. you can't do much better than have the president there and being in st. louis which is such a big