the first hispanic supreme court justice. day two of the sonia sotomayor confirmation. and we'll talk with the head of the car czar automotive group. beautiful shot of the capital. it is tuesday, july 14th, 2009, temperature in the 60s at 7:00. beautiful start to this tuesday. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. we're happy you're along for the ride. and in the meantime, tucker barnes in for the resting tony perkins. >> and he's resting. beautiful start of the day. temperatures in the 60s in the beltway. 65 here in town. a great day expected. no rain or thunderstorm activity today so this will be a fine july afternoon. 65 degrees right now at reagan national. check out the humidity. only 50%. and the other story today is the winds. out of the north and west at 12

miles per hour. gusting to 15 miles per hour later today so that will continue to pump in the drier air and we ldsuho be in for a great looking day. a lot of sunshine in the forecast here as our cold front hentinues to fade off uto he south and east. you can see the last vestages of it there. the cloud cover off of the ocean beaches back toward pittsburgh it's clear and high pressure will build in here today. so again to rain, no thunderstorm activity in the forecast today. sunny skies but breezy. high temperature of about 85 degrees. and let's get the latest on traffic with julie wright. volume delays around town but ale lanes are open on 95, 290 out of laurel. inbound out of cheverly slow out of northeast and southbound 29 out of white oak toward

university boulevard. lanes are open southbound along 270. for those leaving gaithersburg you'll slow past montgomery village avenue. slowing again toward montrose road and the split. northbound 395 on the brakes toward edsel road toward king street, right into the sunshine. more traffic to accompany you across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. more red flags for metro with calls for urgent changes from the ntsb less than a month after the deadly red line crash. >> one recommendation calls for metro to monitor track circuits in realtime but metro says it can't do that right now. sarah simmons live. >> reporter: that's right, lawmakers are going to be talking about improvements, including the realtime alert system that the ntsb is recommending. it's the first congressional hearing that will be here on

the hill. delegate eleanor holmes norton is expected to be there and metro officials. they'll be talking about the investigation and the improvements they would like to see made but the big question is how to pay for them. on urgent representation for metro from the ntsb, they want the transit authority to upgrade its track circuit. tests after the deadly june 22nd crash showed the system designed to detect a train on the tracks malfunctioned. the ntsb says metro should now monitor that system in realtime. implementing technology that instantaneously alerts officials to trouble on the tracks. if problems are found, the ntsb said metro should stop trains immediately or slow them down to avoid accidents. metro officials say they want to comply but can't because no such realtime system exists. >> what they're looking for is not something that we can go to a hard wear store, buy off the shelf and install it.

it will take some time. >> reporter: and money. millions if not billans for capital improvements to the aging transit system. now fox 5 has learned the subcommittee on transportation on housing and you are -- urban development has voted to give metro $150 million. metro says it will help develop software that will offer realtime tracking of circuits. >> we're looking at every resource to maintain the system on a daily basis and that is the bottom line. >> reporter: some metro riders say anything that can be done to make the system safer should be a priority. they believe something should be ready to comply with the ntsb recommendation. >> maybe i'm naive and i think there is something out there. >> i work wittechnology and there is all types of

solutions. >> reporter: the congressional hearing is set for 2:00 this afternoon. the recommendations that came from the ntsb about those realtime alert systems, that's not just something for the metro system, that is also something they're recommending for transit companys across the country. sarah simmons, fox 5 news, back to you. now from safety on the rails to safety in the skies. southwest airlines is inspecting nearly 20planes after one of the jets was forked to make an emergency landing in west virginia. the flight was headed to baltimore from nashville. when the pilot had to ground in charleston, west virginia because there was a hole in the fuselage. it appeared if the rear of a plane. a passenger took this picture of the hole. it was enough to affect cabin pressure on the plane.

nobody was hurt. judge sonia sotomayor will continue making her case today that she should be the next justice on the supreme court. today questions again as senators grill sotomayor. that comes on the heels of yesterday's statements where sotomayor defended her 17 years on the federal bench. and as tom fitzgerald reports, she responded to tough comments by republicans. >> reporter: it was nearly five hours into the first day of judge sonia sotomayor's confirmation hearing before she was finally sworn in. >> the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god. >> i do. >> reporter: judge sotomayor has spent the past three months meeting 89 senators but publicly saying nothing since her nomination was announced. that all changed on monday. >> the task of a judge is not to make law, it is to apply the law. >> reporter: in a short but

impassioned opening statement judge sotomayor whose father died while she was a child and went on to a successful legal career and judgeship laid the credit for it all on her mother. >> on her own, my mother raised my brother and me. she taught us that the key to success in america is a good education. and she set the example, studying alongside my brother and me at our kitchen table. >> reporter: much of the first day of hearing consisted of a back and forth first jab between both sides. republicans laid into sotomayor early saying they want to know more about her statement that her gender and latina heritage have influenced past decisions. >> i will not vote for and no senator should vote for any individual nominated by any president who is not fully committed to fairness and impartiality toward every person who appears before them. >> reporter: but democrats who

hold an overwhelming majority in the senate rushed to her defense, questioning those who would question her qualifications as a judge because of her past statements. >> i'm not sure how any member of this panel can sit here today and seriously suggest that she comes to the bench with a personal agenda. >> reporter: tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> sotomayor will begin answering questions from the committee later this morning. our coverage is far from over. later this hour we'll get more analysis of the nomination hearing from the managing editor of the hill. after five months on the job, president obama's car czar has decided to resign. with gm emerging from bankruptcy last week, steve ratner says there would be less need for interaction. ron bloom, another prominent figure in the auto task force, will now take over the position. in the meantime the president has tapped dr. regina

benjamin for surgeon general. she's a family physician from alabama. dr. benjamin has run a nonprofit clinic for years that was once destroyed by hurricane katrina. she rebuilt only to have it destroyed by fire and had it rebuilt again. she will have to be confirmed by the senate. turning now to a developing story we're following. a death investigation under way at fort maier military base near arlington. a female sailer was found dead near the henderson barracks after she did not report for duty. the trial for banita jacks expected to continue today for a bench trial, meaning a judge will decide her fate without a jury. yesterday the judge reviewed a interview after her january 2008 arrest. she couldn't explain why the bodies of her daughters were

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a prison break has left people in a small vacation town on alert. two murderers and a rapist

broke out of the indiana state prison, crawling to freedom through underground sewage tunnels. one was caught near a vacation home by senator dally. bernie madoff waking up in georgia today. an update posted on the bureau of prison's website says he is right now at a facility in atlanta. sources have said that madoff is on his way to the butner federal prison in north carolina to begin serving his 150 year prison term. he was sentenced last month after admitting he scammed clients out of billions of dollars. let's talk to tucker once again for this tuesday. >> just beautiful. nice weather across the area. yesterday we had a few high puffy clouds and shower and thunderstorm activity south of the city. today i think it will be even quieter. just a nice breeze out of the north and west. but big puffy white clouds. >> so we can see shapes and

little bunnies and sheeps. >> allison, we'll go cloud watching today. 65 at reagan national. dulles, 50s off to the north and west, 58 at dulles. and bwi marshall is 52. extreme heat across central sections of the country. texas and oklahoma not getting a break. oklahoma city getting 106 today. they've been above 105 three days in a row. a lot out to the west. and because of a buckle in the jet stream, they're getting the heat and we're getting seasonal, if not cool air. so today we'll see highs back into the mid to upper 80s but that'sn otbad for shwonagtin for the middle of july. here we go, quiet weather he. high pressure building in off stea tgt north and t. stwe r skies back intoclohio and up towards michigan. so that's our high pressure for today. the showers toward omaha and chicago is a cold front getting in here on thursday. so hot and humid ahead of that

and maybe needed showers and thunderstorms by thursday afternoon. could be scattered one late tomorrow but best chance is thursday and then quiet for friday and saturday. today mostly sunny, 87, a nice breeze out of the north and west at about 10-15 miles per hour. good looking forecast. >> thanks, tucker. let's check in with julie wright and look at traffic on this tuesday morning. >> tuesday not a bad day after all. it doesn't look so bad headed to and from the wilson bridge f. you're making that trip out of oxon hill, maryland. a nice shot there past st. barnabus road past 210 and 295, fine from oxon hill toward alexandria. and the live shot off of the beltway over towards the exit for 210 and continuing over towards 295 and in towards southeast washington. so again light traffic volume in each direction. elsewhere, we have the lanes open on the inner loop leaving and on dale toward merrifield f. you're traveling on the outer loop, they're checking for a crash after the exit for braddock road possibly involving an over turned

vehicle on the right side. this is the outer loop of the beltway from the springfield interchange toward telegraph road. a lot of sunshine delay here as you continue from springfield toward telegraph and then the pace improves toward the bridge. the inner loop getting past route 1 and toward the b.w. parkway with a crash there and that's the focal point of the delay on the inner loop. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. car dealers are prepared for a hard sell today on capitol hill. they're set to press lawmakers to roll back plans to close some dealerships. the shutdowns were part of a reorganization plan for chrysler and gm. but the dealers say it's a move that could eventually sink their industry. joining us now from downtown washington just before leaving for capitol hill, tammy dervish, vice president of dar cars automotive group.

>> good morning. >> and you've been leading the fight. tell us what is at stake here. >> what is at stake is everybody's personal businesses that they invested personal and private capital into and it's their legacy. it's their business, their property, their land, their buildings, their employees. you're talking about 169,000 employees across the united states, direct jobs only. >> you are taking this fight to the hill today. what do you expect the reaction from lawmakers to be? we teased it as being a hard sell perhaps. what do you expect today? >> i can tell you that i've made several hundred contacts with members of congress over the last couple of weeks if -- in preparation for today and they've been very kind and gracious and welcoming and i think they're quite surprised now they're hearing the dealer stories that they just want more information and that's why we have a couple of hundred dealers today to go down and visit members of congress and the senate to share their stories with them. >> in your opinion, should this

have been done before this sweeping move took place? >> well i'm not sure if it was done before the sweep. there should not have been a sweep to begin with. we're independent men and women of the united states, and for a task force to override law making in the congress which is what the united states constitution is, we just want our basic rights restored. >> and we're reporting that gm is emerging from bankruptcy but what does it mean for the industry and also for the consumer? >> i think it's going to mean, for the industry, that i don't know how they can increase market share by cutting the number of dealerships across the country. and if you don't start focusing -- if gm doesn't focus on products, they can have a little dealers as they want or talk about as much as they want, just like toyota, it's about dna and not about number of dealerships in the united states and they're going to have to step up to the plate as executives of the minutes like toyota do and the way that they

partner with the dealers. and they clearly recognize how important dealers are to the success of their viability plan. >> another local businessman, fitzgerald, who he was here in our studios and talked about this is not the dealer's fault, this is something on the top level and the dealers are now paying the price. would you agree with that? >> absolutely, i would agree. i'm not sure how the dealers got involved with this. we prepay the manufacturer for the cars and parts. they make no money unless they sell cars and we're the only customer. the only customer the manufacturer has is the dealer. >> let's talk about the consumer, the american buyer. what happens to us. we want to go to a dealership and where does the consumer fall in all of this? >> well right now there is so much up in the air because people don't know who is going to run what franchise, but once it's settled down, the less competition you have. prices are driven and i just don't think that the

competition, once you eliminate that, you eliminate a consumers' right to bargain for the best deal. >> and you are a huge industry right here. you have a repair division, parts division. business could essentially still be relatively successful, relative to what it was i should say, but what about other dealerships? is there any way for them to stay afloat in this cimate? >> this is not about dar cars, this is about precedence and that's why i joined this movement. but most dealers, that's all they have. that's their future. that's their retirement. that's their college education for their children. that's how they pay their mortgages. that's how they employ 169,652 direct jobs in the united states, just the dealerships that are being rejected and then when you look at domino affect, i just don't think that -- i think the task force had no business getting involved in the dealer level. >> we'll be following your

fight, tammy, and we appreciate you making a stop with us this morning. >> thank you very much. have a great day. >> you as well. 7:21 right now. a 1-year-old child dies of starvation because he can't say amen before meals. now four members of a religus cult go on trial in connection with that death in maryland. also up next, checking in on d.c. public schools, the result of the annual assessment tests are back and there are signs of improvement. later on, a taste of france coming to fox 5 morning news. holly is here helping us celebrate later this hour. we'll learn about that. in six different ways?

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federal investigators make urgent representations to keep you safe on metro. the ntsb wants metro to evaluate the computerized controls in realtime. metro says it would like to do that but it is impossible because the technology to do so doesn't exist yet. today the first congressional hearing into last month's deadly red line crash will take place. this says metro will get $150 million in funding for safety improvements. an investigation at fort myer in arlington. a fele sailer found dead in the henderson hall baracks. a senior navy officials says foul play has not been ruled out. there are serious allegations against d.c. councilman marion barry now. sharon wise is accusing the former d.c. mayor of fraud, forgery and misuse of fun.

wise claims that money for a program she worked on was misappropriated and that her signature on the document was forged and claims that barry had control of the grant money even after it was awarded. barry tells fox 5 he has not done anything wrong. it is 70:00 -- it is 7:30 as we check in with tucker this morning. >> great morning, blue skies and a nice breeze. >> it was cool when i cam out today. >> and gurvir was complaining about that too. >> and i thought pretty cool in the middle of july. >> the word of the day is prefreshing. it feels great. and the humidity is less than yesterday. so you'll notice that too. a nice looking noaerfton. anerwe'll have high temperatures jt as we did yesterday. yesterday's daytime highs, and if it felt average, because it was. 88 is our typical daytime high for this part of july. and this is the warmest time of the year here in washington. 87 was the high yesterday.

dulles and bwi marshall. temperatures today, in the mid to upper 80s this afternoon. although it will feel better because we'll have less humidity out there and just a few clouds in the forecast today as we get into the afternoon. check out the 50s. here we are in the 7:00 hour and it's still in the 50s. 55 in washington. 58 in dulles. winchester is 57. so not too often that you talk about 50s in july. ocean city is warm. patuxent naval air station is 69 at this hour. and afternoon high temperatures back into the mid to upper 80s. a little less humidity and a nice breeze out there. la of the cold front fading off to the south and east did bring light showers to parts of the washington area, south of frederksberg yesterday, but they are out of here. and we have nothing but clear skies to the north and west. high pressure in the ohio valley will build in today and for most of tomorrow so next couple of days are quiet. our next chance for any rain showers, this cold front now west of chicago, that will come charging include here by

thursday afternoon. so our best chance for any rain this week, and we could use it at this point, will arrive during the day on thursday, thursday afternoon and thursday night with a cold front. nice looking day. mostly sunny and breezy at times. high temperature of about 70 degrees. winds out of the west at 5-15. and very comfortable tonight. 69 for an overnight low. 50s again off to the north and west. winds at about 5 miles per hour out of the north. good looking five-day forecast. we'll warm up to about 90 by thursday. humid ahead of the cold front and then cooling down by friday and saturday. but this is a really nice looking forecast for july. let's get to on-time traffic and there she is julie wright. did you make it to last night? >> no. >> that's your kind of band, i know it is. >> no. i'm impressed that steve chenevey made it. >> i am too. >> i'm not sure where that is on his cool factor. >> and he he had was screaming.

>> my neighbor said that steve chenevey, he can really squeal. >> all right. on the beltway we have delays leaving braddock toward 66. outer loop of the beltway starting to slow south of 236, that's where we have the crash down at braddock. only two left lanes squeezing by and involving an over turned vehicle. over near gw hospital we have reported an eight inch water main break. the inner loop of the beltway very slow right now as you make your way aaround from route 1 toward the b.w. parkway. inbound 50, traffic slows out of 410. new york avenue, traffic slows leaving the times building and the entrance to the third street tunnel. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. calling her life's journey from the bronx to the bench a unique story.

sonia sotomayor sat for the first day of confirmation hearings for the u.s. supreme. so far it was her first chance to layout her judicial philosophy. >> it's simple, fidelity to the law. the task of a judge is not to make l, it is to apply the law. >> the nomination hearing may get a beat heated today when g.o.p. lawmakers get a chance to take swings but she likely has the confirmation sewn up. joining us, bob cusak. how do you feel about today. >> it's a matter of how many votes she'll get. each senator has 30 minutes to question here so we'll see some fireworks today. >> what do you think are the issues surfacing today.

>> i think republicans will talk about affirmative action and her wise latina remark as well as guns, the war on terrorism. those are some topics i think they'll press her on. >> and let's listen to what she had to say in her opening remark which are rather brief but she put focus on her life story, which we expected. let's listen. >> my father, a factory worker with a third grade education passed away when i was 9 years old. on her own, my brother raised my brother and me. she taught us that the key to success in america is a good education. and she set the example, studying alongside my brother and me at our kitchen table. >> it's a great story of the american dream regardless of her ethnicity. the story may pull a lot of weight with the every day american. does it pull weight with congress when you look back at her life story, where she came from, or is congress just going to look at how she's

interpreting the law? >> this puts republicans in a tough spot. this is a historic nomination. when these likely confirmed it will be a historic day so republicans are struggling because they lost the hispanic vote in 2008 and 2006 and so they're split on this. and story is -- and this story is what democrats want. and they want like what happened yesterday, boring. i don't think today will be boring. >> and this is alabama senator jeff sessions. -- we' try to get to that. oh, here he is. >> i will not vote for and no senator should vote for a nomination by any president who is not fully committed to fairness and impartiality for every person that appears before them. >> and i think what you're saying is just looking at this

on a case by case basis. how long will we see this continue throughout the week and will there be any surprises if we're hearing from top republican leaders that are saying this is a formality at this point? >> i think there will be debate behind closed doors about how republicans want to deal it and the big question is whether they'll filibuster and democrats want them to do it to attack. republicans are suggesting they'll go to a straight vote and no filibuster. but we'll see. >> and it appears from all appearances she will pretty much follow along the same pad earn as her predecessor. >> it's tough to get the fire going because show replacina liberal judge, even though he was nominated by a republican judge, and that takes some of the fight out of the republican. >> something that is not boring and will get attention, happening on the bill, health

care reform being debated. big announcement coming today. what are we expecting? >> the big thing is how they'll pay for this trillion dollar plus benefit. they say it will be completely paid for and that means raising taxing on the wealthy. this is a huge step for democrats and a heavy lift. should get through the house by the end of the month, but the senate has been delayed and stalled and the white house is getting antsy that it's not moving forward. >> and this is some changes as to what the president had initially wanted to put there, so you wonder how much is there from democts trying to appease the president and as well as pushing this through without too much damage. >> this is going to be very difficult to do. they haven't done anything like this. he is especially when you talk about raising taxes. even though it is on the wealthy. and it could violate president obama's promise not to raise taxes on people that make more than $250,000 so democrats want to keep it higher than that. we'll see what happens. >> even though we heard the

president when he was overseas, saying, look, this is the first opportunity to overhaul the system which is in need of some repair. >> and his administration said, everything is on the table. >> bob cusak from the hill. appreciate it. good to hear what you have to say and what is happening on the hill. allison. coming up, fest on fox 5 morning news, more heart ache for the families of those buried in a historic cemetery near chicago. after arrested were made following a scheme to dig up and resell occupied graves. some families still haven't found out if their loved ones graves are still in tact. why they are now being turn -- being turned away. that's coming up next. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination atusch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you...

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chicago. four former workers dug up hundreds of burial plots to resell the space. we told you about this last week. the fbi working to identify remains and search for desecrated graves. family members of those buried there are in an uproar and want access to enter the cemetery. >> crazy story there. just about 7:44 now and a nice temperature. >> can we stop it right now and leave it here for the rest of the day. >> it with be wonderful, but not going to happen. not a bad day either. noce breeze out ofthth rt that will deliver very comfortable air around he. re high pressure moving in. check out temperatures, 50s . aretofawar 54 ca pintsburgh. u e yo psen thecseolo air off t the north and west. and the flow is out of the north and west today. so no rain and no thunderstorm activity in the forecast. a lot of bright sunshine and

cumulous build in during the afternoon. this is puffy clouds. >> the bunny clouds. o >> that's right. clear skies. our next frontal system is west of chicago and that will get in here thursday afternoon, will be our next best chance for rain showers. but until then, very comfortable and quiet conditions expected across the area as high pressure moves overhead. so a warm afternoon and high temperatures later today back into the mid to upper 80s. just like yesterday, it will probably be about 87 or so. but it will feel better because there will be less humidity than yesterday. 64 tonight. comfortable. we do warm up to 90 on thursday. humid ahead of the front. and then cooler and drier by the end of the week. saturday looks great, 83 with some sunshine. >> a good hair day. that's what i got from all of that. >> you always have good hair days. >> oh, tuck, thanks. that's not true. any way, julie wright is standing by. >> you always have good hair

days. >> i always fight with it. i tell it in the morning, i'll cut you off. i will cut you. >> but we'll know. if you show up without it, we'll know. >> that's right. it talked back a little too much. here we go. 395 across the 14th street bridge with lanes open. no accidents to report. traffic involve on 395 slowing in three stretches op king street and across the 14th street bridge. 23rd street at i. near gw hospital we're told of an eight inch water main break so be careful. top side of the outer loop slowing on college park through silver spring. southbound 95 and 290 quiet out of laurel. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time trfic. just hours after firing manny acta, the nationals named former bench coach jim rigleman

as the interim manager. not everybody agrees, including two members of espn's tonight crew. >> they had questionable characters and didn't have players that could catch the ball and couldn't defend. i think the biggest thing is he just didn't have a chance. it's a bad team and they are exactly where they should be in terms of personnel. >> is there anyone who would have had a chance to save the titanic here? >> god. and they would have probably had to fire him. it's just a bad team. >> yikes. harsh words. president obama will throw out the first pitch at tonight's all-star game, then he will head to the broadcast booth. he will join announcers joe buck and tim mccarver. we talked to these guys yesterday and told us that could happen between the third and the 5th inning so be sure to watch it while you're watching the game. it starts tonight at 8:00 here on fox 5. >> and it should be a good

game. and ryan zimmerman playing for the nationals. and just ahead, the family pet flying in style thanks to a one of a kind airline with no humans allowed. and they're taking to the skies from here in the d.c. area. we'll take you along for the ride in the next hour. but first let's check in with holly. >> reporter: good morning. i'm very busy this morning. i'm trying to stage a revolution. osama. we have to get ready and storm the bastille. don't knock it down just yet. were not storming just yet. we're geinorar fugup h ae b htille celebration. stay with us.

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today marks the french holiday, bastille day. which is just like our independence day. >> but you don't have to travel to france to join in the celebration. holly is in bethesda this morning to learn more about the parties right here. holly, gmorning. >> reporter: good morning. hold on, i'm rebuilding the bastille. there we go. when people want their

independence, they want it right then and there. but the building of being here is we can recreate it right here and there is fun to have today on this bastille today. tear having a big event tonight. and rob anderson is the president and he joins me. bon jour. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: i have very limid french knowledge. or maybe i could have picked up on something when i was young. tell me about the philosophy of jabberu. >> we started to begin teaching languages to kids at a young age. this happens all over the world, kids learn multiple languages at birth and here in this country we start later, middle school and high school. and we believe that the best time for a child to learn a language, a second language, is at a very young age. >> reporter: how early? >> we start at 6 months. we have a program for 6-14 months and babies and parents come and are introduced to a second language and then our

immersion classes start at 12 months. so from age 1 up to 10 years old. it's excellent. it's the best way for them to learn and we teach them full immersion. and the instructor only speaks in that language. and you think how will the child now but it's just like learning their first language. and they learn it very naturally and learn it through play, which is a very fun way to learn. through role play games, art projects, music, just a lot of fun for the kids e. and not only you have the classes but you have different events from time to time. and today you're celebrating french independence, we'll check in with emily who is having a class here today. >> reporter: i know with had a practice run of the storming of the bastille. do you think you can do it again. you can take back your independence? do it right now. storm the bastille. and emily, after doing that, explain to everyone the significance of bastille day. >> yes.

this is the passage from the monarchy in france. but we celebrate the anniversary -- >> reporter: go head, you can knock it down. yes, yes. >> the purpose is a day of reconciliation between nobles and people. >> reporter: and it was part of the french revolution. >> exactly. yeah. >> reporter: so that took 10 seconds. are you ready for the next activity. how about a puppet show? and as the kids sit down and gear up to tch is, we're giving you an idea of some of the things going on in france and also here in bethesda. and emily, tell me about this. >> this is celebrated it's 200 birthday last year. and it's the famous thing that you see in the parks, people get the kids to watch this. >> reporter: and i understand it's not only amusing for kids

but also amusing to white -- to witty adults. >> yes. you don't hesitate to -- [ chanting ] >> reporter: at home you're thinking this is organized chaos and there is no way the kids are learning anything but i'm going to prove you wrong. who can speak to me in french? >> bon jour. >> reporter: can you tell me your name in french? >> zoey. >> reporter: tell me your name is zoey. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: what she said was my name is zoey, what is your name. and she said that's funny, my name is zoey. well she said my name is zoey. >> reporter: and what are you going to tell me in french? [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: and she said this is my little sister rose, right over here. she doesn't speak french yet but on her way.

are you ready to sing a song for me? they're singing the french national song that emily has been working with them. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to jabberu so you can find out about the different programs but about bastille day going on tonight from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m. they would love for you to rsvp. you can get the phone number on the website and come on out and be a part of the french family fun. we'll continue to have more french fun in the next hour. two of my favorite things, we'll do some dancing and have crepes. it's going to be mag fif eek. 7:56 on this tuesday morning. harry potter opening up at midnight. >> hear from the stores and found out if tickets are still available. then southwest airlines is expecting 200 plane -- inspecting 200 planes after a hole opens up in one aircraft. at the time it was 35,000 feet up in the air and the hole was

so big passengers could see o of it. we'll talk to an aviation expert when we come back. nzap@e

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this morning southwest airlines inspecting one-third of it's fleet of planes after a hole opens up in one of them. at the time the plane was 35,000 feet in the air. the hole was so big passengers could see outside. then the ntsb is calling for change after metro's deadliest crash. it's making major recommendations to keep you safe while riding the rails foo then judge sonia sotomayor back in the hot seat and the questioning expecting to get tougher. we're live on capitol hill with a preview. good morning. i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. along with tucker barnes with a look at our forecast for today. >> the weather has been cooperating for days and days and it's dry. we could use rain shower activity. it's not in the cards for today. but thursday will be our next chance. so if you have out door plans, go for it. 65 right now at reagan

national. very comfortable humidity. only 54%. our winds are out of the north and northwest at about 10 miles per hour. you will notice the breeze this afternoon. at times it will kick up again 10-15 miles per hourch but it should feel pretty good because it's drying up the atmosphere and it should give us a great looking day today. let's go to our next map and as we go to the ne m, apyou'll be able to see that we have ss th , teabuls cr kys ror ac wae gtreshin aon tt alia le bit of rain shower late last nig liuso thof fredericksberg but that's headed off the coast. so sunshine all day long. 87 for an afternoon high. we were 88 yesterday. so just about the same temperature. average high is 88 degrees so it's where it should be and less humidity. so a ceof looking forecast for the middle of july. 89 in frederick burg and 88 in waldorf. >> certainly hot but it won't feel so hot. good pool weather, julie wright. >> that's all i need to hear --

pool. sunshine and 80 degrees, that's good enough for me. here is our problem in northwest washington, 23rd street blocked off in each direction between 8th street and washington circle and this is due to an 8-inch water main break. and we do have pictures from the scene. 23rd at i. street is where the break occurred. i'm told it is an 8-inch water main break that is shut down in each direction. so bee prepared for the detour of police on the scene. but again an 8-inch water main break. we're told it's between 8th and washington circle and 23rd is blocked off until further notice. we're not sure how it happened or if they turned off the water, but you can clearly see from the police on the scene that the intersection is blocked. back inside and elsewhere around town with the lanes open, the pace on the outer loop will slow as you make your way in from springfield toward telegraph road toward the wilson bridge. inner loop is looking good. no incidents to report. 395 heavy from the pentagon across the 14th street bridge. all of your lanes here are

open. no accidents to report on 95. traffic slowing in stafford, leaving woodbridge toward lorton. southbound 270 still slow from those out of gaithersburg into rockville. stop and go slow toward the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. an emergency landing of a southwest airlines plane has sparked an inspection of nearly 200 planes. check out this picture. a hole about the size of a football opened up on a 737 aircraft yesterday while the plane was 35,000 feet up in the air. passengers say they could see the sky through the hole, as you can see here. the flight was headed from nashville to baltimore but made an emergency landing in charleston, west virginia. the cabin lost pressure. passengers put on oxygen masks but everybody is okay. southwest airlines overnight started inspecting all of the 737s and the ntsb ar tsted inspecting the cause of the

incidence. row greer chandler joins us on the phone with more. >> good morning, steve. >> let's talk about a hole this size and how could it happen and what impact could it have on passengers? >> that's a good question. and i talked to southwest this morning and they said this won't affect the schedule and they don't have the full inspection on the 737s that were just made. you have to under that tthe 737- 300 is the oldest aircraft in the fleet. they have about 540 airplanes altogether. back in march of 2008, faa proposed a fine of about $10.2 million against southwest for failure to properly inspect some older 737-300 aircraft. i have to emphasizing this. we do not know that this is related to that at all. but it's interesting, the hole that you're talking about propagated in front of the

vertical stabilizer, what people call the tail and helps the airplane turn. and it failed in such a fashion that it was designed to fail. it failed safe. meaning there was backup structure in the aircraft to make sure the hole didn't grow, that it didn't propagate. and that's what prevented this from becoming a catastrophe. there is a fail safe philosophy practiced when you build airplanes and this time it worked. this all -- all hell didn't break loose on this airplane but it did get dicey when they landed at charleston. they have to figure out if this is an inspection problem, a metal fatigue problem or what happens with this aircraft. >> and it failed safe, which is a good thing but scary for those -- scary for those on board. and for those boarding, a 737- 300, a focus on southwest and is it used by other airlines. >> it is used by the airlines.

can you tell the difference between the 737 that is older like a 300 and the 737-700, which is the eric that southwest flies most of the time. when you go in, look in the cockpit and if you see round dials in front of you, that's probably a 737-300. if you see flat computer screens it's probably a 737- 700. go back further in the cabin and if those emergency exits over the wing are little door that's open, that's a 700, not a 737-300. if they're the standard plug doors this is probably a 737- 300. otherwise it's tough to tell the difference between the older aircraft and the newer aircraft. you can also look at a little panel on the inside of the aircraft when you go in and it will tell you what dash number it is. but those are all pretty esoteric things. >> we're going to have to leave it there.

but we appreciate you joining us this morning, talking about the aircraft. also some drama last night at l.a.x. an earthquake hit and was centered right under a runway at los angeles international airport. a preliminary report had the quake at 3.2 but this is at the airport. no reports of any damage or injuries at this point and no flights were delayed. they'll keep an eye on the situation there. urgent improvements needed. the ntsb are focusing on sensors and tracks and computerized control systems. metro says it would like to comply but it is impossible to do that right now. sarah simmons joins us live to explain why they would say that. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. the ntsb is tacking about something called a realtime sensor system. it would let metro know if there are any problems immediately on the tracks. well metro is saying they would like to, but that technology

doesn't even exist right now. this is something that will likely come up on the hill today. a first congressional hearing since the crash happened expected at 2:00 p.m. on the hill. delegate eleanor holmes norton will be talking about the investigation. the ntsb made the recommendations though. it says metro needs to upgrade the track circuits and the tetes showed after the june 22nd crash that the system designed to prevent a crash malfunctioned. the ntsb is calling for this realtime alert system that will immediately let officials know if there is a problem on the tracks. metro says it wants to comply, but the technology just is not available right now. >> what they're looking for is not something that we can go to a hard wear store and buy off the shelf and immediately install it. it will take some time. >> maybe i'm just a little cynical but i think something is out there. or could be built if there is money available. >> i work with technology and there is all kinds of

solutions. >> reporter: now metro may be a little closer to getting lp for a solution on this. there is a $150 million that has been set aside by the subcommittee on housing transportation and urban development for safety-related issues. so something like that may not pay for the entire system that metro will need to develop but it's something that will get them headed in the right direction. live on capitol hill, sarah simmons, fox 5 news. back to you. >> sarah simmons live, thank you so much. they're fate hangs in the balance. car dealers about to make the hard sell on capitol hill to stay afloat. reorganization plans for gm and chrysler closed hundreds of dealerships. today representatives from more than 100 dealers from across the country are pushing for the passage of the automobile dealer economics rights restoration act. that bill would put them back in business. earlier this morning the vice president of dar car's automotive said the move does not address the real problem. >> i don't know how they can

increase market share by cutting the number of dealerships across the country and ifou don't start focusing d product, they can have as little dealers as they want and talk about it as much as ty want, but to be just like toyota, it's about dna and not the number of dealerships you have in the united states. >> more than 169,000 direct jobs were lost to reduce the number of dealerships. sonia sotomayor back on the hill today for day two of her confirmation hearing. she's widely expected be confirmed but facing heavy criticism from some republicans and doug -- doug luzader is live from capitol hill with more on this. >> reporter: yesterday judge sotomayor had to sit through thousands of statements yesterday and today she'll have to sit through hours of questions. >> sitting behind me is my

brother, next to him is my mom. >> reporter: sonia sotomayor did not lack supporters behind her, but in front is more of a mixed bag. for several hours she watched as one senator after another gave long opening statements. her face had the practice lack of expression almost expected of supreme court nominees and when she finally spoke her words were carefully chosen. >> in the past month many senator have asked me about my judicial philosophy. simple. fidelity to the law. >> reporter: and for her democratic supports, that is the theme. >> she understands there is not one law for one race or another. there is not one law for one color or another. there is not one law for rich and a different one for poor. tre is only one law. >> reporter: but sotomayor's critics say her own words betray her as she's said that a wise latina judge would reach a better conclusion than a white male judge and president

obama's words haven't helped either. he hasn't showed empathy showing one side or another. >> call it empathy or sympathy, but whatever it is, it's not law. in truth it's more akin to politics and politics has no place in the courtroom. >> reporter: but for those considering politics, the outcome of this hearing seems almost preordained, even for many republicans. >> unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed. >> reporter: well that's probably true but there may be a bumpy road along the way and the judge will face 2-3 days of pretty intense questioning here. allison. >> and we'll be following it all. doug luzader live. thank you, doug. the supreme court steps in and stops the execution of a virginia man. details when we check out the other stories making headline this is morn -- morning. >> then what killed michael jackson. we might know later this week. and are your ears still

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8:15 as we look at stories making headline thisis tuesday morning. a stay of execution for a virginia man, paul warner powell was scheduled to die by electrocution today for the murder of stacy reed but the supreme court wants to reexamine whether he was tried twice for the crime. powell was convicted in 2000 for murdering reed and convicted of the rape of reed's 14-year-old sister. an investigation at the fort myer henderson baracks. a seen year navy official sa foul play is not ruled out in a murder. we could soon have answers about the death ofmm. the toxicology reports could be finished by the end of this week or early next week. authorities are investigating claims that the pop star was

using large amounts of prescription medication. 8:16 right now. and we've seen our -- in our ask the weather guy we saw great pictures and i'm hoping that will be the cute factor of the day, because we turn to tucker barnes now. >> and today's cute factor. >> always the highlight of the day. >> i think so. >> and now for our first 5 -- >> wait a minute. i do want to join you here. let me grab a chairment i want to interrupt the cuteness factor of the day, the my first 5 photo. >> are you taking over? >> yes. >> aren't you off? >> i am off on vacation, but i came in for this. i want to show you the pictures of my son last night at the verizon center. yes, those are not wax figures those are the jonas brothers. >> unbelievable. >> with my son connor and faith ann. we went to the show last night. miraculously, we were able to

make it back stage and connor and faith ann love the jonas brothers and they were so thrilled to meet them. the jonas brothers were cool. >> does connor know how cool it is? >> yeah, because we were in line and he kept saying, i want to invite them to my birthday party, which he forgot to do. and faith ann kept saying what i faint. so i think they got it. whether or not -- who knows. >> and connor had that smile pasted on his smile all night. >> an this is big rob. anybody who is a jonas brothers fan knows big rob. he escorted us in, which was very cool. and they got to meet him too. and big rob, thank you very much. thank you to everybody down there. we have a lot of fans down at the verizon center and i want to thank everybody. we had a great time. had to do a special shoutout to the concession people at station 102, because connor needed a hot dog.

by the time i got there, they were closing but they slid one through the bars for me. >> that's very nice. >> is that the one i saw you eating in the lobby. >> a lot of little girls? who was the audience? >> the target audience is girls 12-15. but i like them too. i was screaming and having a good time. >> what was our friend steve chenevey doing there? >> look what i uncovered. >> with honor society. >> and steve, what in the world were you doing at the jo bros concert last night? >> because the fine gentlemen that were here last night invited us as their guests to come down to the show. so we came down. and how can you say no to that? >> okay. >> i just want to make a note. honor society, they were great too, i'm a jonas brothers fan, largely through my son, but i like them. i thintheyo good music. steve ridicules me for that and then i run into him at the

concert. >> yeah, one wonders don't they. was that connor's first concert? >> yeah. >> but i did leave early, i will say that. >> i have to proof of that. >> it was a fun show. and apparently the -- the first lady and the daughters were there. >> we got to see them leaving. and we saw its jonas brothers leaving as well. the whole night was great. >> i have no problem with them. >> now he has to problem. >> next time, allison, we have to go. >> i guess so. >> you're just jealous. >> i think i might be. >> we have to move on, but we want to say this quick, because steve covers up his true likes and dislikes. next time hannah montana is in townanybody who gets a shot of steve, we'll put it on tv. >> that won't happen. >> thanks for coming in, tony. >> are u yoyogotodoing e

h,ather. o>>no o. im on vacation. >> you have to do the weather. a nice day. 68 dt re aesreagan national. a lot of sunshine expected and quiet weather wise and tony will enjoy his day off because we n' adot have a lot happening if you're headed to oklahoma, i feel sorry for you. temperatures above 100. tolsrddotus a, 10 #, hotulaokma city 106 later today. the fifth day in a row out there. and a lot of heat for them. usfolar , 87 with sunshine toda a couple of late thunderstorms tomorrow, better chance on thursday. we heat up to 90 by thursday and then a d colfrr ont will co us down for the day on friday and saturday. that will do it for weather. let's go back to allison and steve. thanks, tony. >> i thought we were going to do it, story. >> very smooth. >> and he gets on me r going to the jonas brothers. it's 8:21 right now. we talked about the president, the first lady and the girls at

the show last night. the president was having trouble yesterday. his teleprompter has been the brunt of many jokes late night. >> yesterday the so-called -- do they call it the totous, it broke down and it was caught on camera. and then today is bastille day. but you don't have to fly to france to celebrate. holly is getting the party started in bethesda. we'll check in with her later here on fox 5 morning news.  fios guy! where ya headed?

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the burr oak cemetery in illinois has been declared a crime scene now. so it is closed to the public. officials are still trying to identify the remains in nearly 100 graves on the suburban chicago grounds. four cemetery workers are accused of digging up at least 300 bodies to resell burial plats but it was also home to the lynching victim emmett till. his grave site was not disturbed into the naacp is

starting a website to up load information to their website. theyock --k fong there is still work -- acknowledge there is still work to be done. a camp was invited back after the group accused the club of racial discrimination. the camp will return but only under the following conditions. >> we would rant the resignation of every board member of the club, including the chairman of the board. we are also asking for the removal of any members of the club who participated in the incident. >> the club is now facing a federal lawsuit. the time now is 8:26 on this tuesday morning. one olympian now selling sex to pay his way to the 2012 games. details on the stories making headlines. a new airline is taking off from bwi marshall today but no humans are allowed. this one is just for pets.

we'll taka board. and 16 hours from now die hard harry potter fans will not be sleeping. they will be sitting in a movie theater watching the next installment of the series. it starts at midnight. here from the stars coming up in the next half an hour.

it is now just about 8:30 on this tuesday morning. let's take a look at stories making headline this is morning. a man catholic priest has been convicted of sexually abusing an alter boy at a germantown church. the ref vand will spend -- the reverend will spend his time on probation. he has already reached a miion dollar settlement with

the victim. and a campbell opened a young person wanting to go to the olympics needed to raise money to go and so he opened a brothel. but it is said it might hurt his ances of getting in. well tonight is the all- star game. can you catch it here on fox 5 starting at 8:00 p.m. >> the president will be there to throw out the first pitch. did you see what he had to deal with yesterday? >> the economy -- oh, goodness. sorry about that, guys. >> the president was defending his economic stimulus plan at the white house when his teleprompter crashed to the ground and shatted. he kept on going, using the notes and the all important backup teleprompter. >> i would hope we would be that smooth s well, if the

prompter just fell off. >> well it does happen kind of that way sometimes. tucker barnes joining us now. he's got another look at the forecast. tucker. >> thank you very much. i can only top to be that smooth. there could be a thunderstorm tonight at the game. about 20% chance that the all- star game will see a thunderstorm. a great looking day here. temperatures on the way up after being in the 50s off to the north and west. we're well into the 60s. 68 and a lot of bright sunshine in washington. 68 out at dulles. 70 in fredericksberg. hagerstown was 54 overnight so that's not typical for the middle of july. 75 in ocean city. 71 at patuxent naval air station. again expecting sunshine across the area as high pressure builds in. we did have a couple of stray showers develop and a thunderstorm there south of fredericksrg. but you can see those have dissipated overnight. and the cold front is well to the south and eastment so high pressure will build in here today and we'll build in for a nice couple of days. today will be nice and tomorrow

will be warmer and steamier than today but this area of high pressure will deliver nice, dry weather around the washington area for the remainder of the day. and nice looking forecast. high temperatures, mid to upper 80s. nice breeze out of the north and west. so our humidity levels will be in check but even better than yesterday. should be a nice afternoon. mostly sunny. breezy at times with winds out of the north and west at about 5-15. and high pressure where it should be. i'll return and we'll look at the five-day forecast. let's get to julie wright with our traffic. still talking about the water pain break along 23rd at. >> reporter: street in northwest washington near the hospital. 8 winch water main break. not a backup at this time but the road is blocked off so do make note of that. lanes are open on 95 with delays out of stafford continuing toward woodbridge. 395 here before the 14th street bridge, left side of the road remains crowdid because of a two-car accident and delays are forming before the pentagon

across the 14th street bridge and over to the southeast- southwest freeway. southbound 270 out of the breaks toward germantown toward montgomery village avenue. outer loop is slow aund 95 to georgia with all lanes open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. steve, back to you. president obama focusing on health care now. democratic officials say he wants a bill in the senate finance committee by the end of the week. in the meantime, the house is due to release its version of health care reform today. house speaker nancy pelosi expects a house vote by the time they go on vacation next month. the president has tapped dr. regina benjamin from alabama r surgeon general. the family physician has dedicated her career to public health service. after her clinic was destroyed three times by hurricanes and fires, she rebuilt it out of her own pocket and with the

help of her community. community members said they couldn't make it to her after hurricane katrina, she went door to door. marion barry's office is fighting back against serious new allegations. sharon wise is accusing the former mayor's office of fraud, forgery and misuse of fun. she claims money for a campaign she worked on was misappropriated. and claims barry had control of the grant money, even after it was awarded. that's a charge that barry denied to reporters yesterday. >> it's a responsibility of the health department for clean and sober to monitor that and do what they say they're going to do. they disburse the check, i don't disburse nything. i'm not involved in this at all. i believe in accountability and transparency. >> sharon wise says the inspector general has launched

a investigation. it is 8:35 on this tuesday morning. some good news about d.c. schools that we'll share when we come back. then the search is on for america's best bathroom. we'll take you inside one of them later here on fox 5 mirning news. stay with us. it is just about 8:36 right now.

in virginia, the islamic saudi academy has plans to expand. of the fairfax county board of supervisors is being asked to approve plans by the private academy to enlarge the campus bua number of community members are expressing concerns and at a meeting last night one resident made startling accusations. >> there is an institution operating in our community right now which is raising the next generation of terrorists. >> if you have a statement like that, wouldn't it be better if you come to the school, verify it for yourself. look at this book. look at the book. look at the teaching. visit the classroom. >> other residents complained about parking and traffic near the site. the board of supervisors is due to make a decision next month. it appears d.c. public schools are making the grade

whichh it comes to the three r's, reading, writing and arithmetic. scores are up across the board this year. 4% in reading, 8% in math. >> this is the send year in a row that we come to the public of the district of columbia with good news. in fact, relatively, it is great news because the percentage improvements in test scores in the district of columbia public school system are going in the right direction in a big way. >> pub luck charter schools also saw improved test scores. about 25,000 student as tend charter schools in the district. stairy moments for a canadian boy who went rolling on a river, literally.

dimitri us jones was camping with his family and then he was found 7 miles away from the camp side drifting in his toy truck. he was unaware of any danger. he was checked out at the hospital. the boater who made the rescue insisted he get the truck out of the water too. >> i'm sure he did. >> good ending, fortunately. the world most visited city seeing a drop if tourism. >> so officials are asking residents to smile. why, when we come back. >> good morning, holly. >> reporter: hello. we know you would like to go to france, but we're live this morning at jabberu where they are celebrating bastille day. how you can be part of the celebration next on fox 5 morning news. my doctor told me i had to start doing things for my heart,

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today for the d. mother accused of killing her four daughters. she expected today for a bench trial, meaning a judge will decide her fate. she was arrested in january of 2008 after the decomposed bodies of her daughters were found in her southeast d.c. apartment. if convicted, she could spend life in prison. the investigation widens and police expect at least two more arrests today in the murder of bird and melanie billings, the florida couple who adopted 12 children. four people are behind bars in connection with the murders. police say one motive is robbery and police believe there are more motives and other suspects. bernie madoff has been moved to federal prison in atlanta. there was reports that he was going to north carolina to begin his 150 year sentence. the 71-year-old was convicted of swindling his clients out of billions of dollars in a massive ponzi scheme. hopefully the sixth time will be the charm for the space

shuttle endeavor. they had trouble with the weather. yesterday astronauts had to scrub a fifth attempt. nasa says it will try again tomorrow to launch to the space station, including a final piece of japan's $1 billion space lab. if not it will have to wait until july 27th. you don't need to hop on a plane to get a taste of france. >> this morning holly is at the foreign language learning center jabberu in bethesda. it looks like big fun with the kids. >> it is big fun. having a good we'll always have tara, or something like that. we'll always have jabberu, a language school that teaches young kids how to teach other languages and about other countries and they often invite the community in on special events. and that's what they're doing today. and emily is the french teacher today. so tell us what people do. >> people dance for the first

anniversary of bastille day. it was the american conciliation and the rich and poor went into the streets and had big party and it was all day and all night and people would grab hands and sing. >> reporter: are you ready to show everybody what it's like. i want lots of energy. let's here the music act like we're in the streets of france. i'm leading. i'm the head french lady today. are we ready? follow me, follow me, a little skip in your step. there we go. you never know which direction it will go. oh, no. hold on. viva la france. it's rough partying this early. i understand. but this train is headed right here. this is why you wanted me to be the leader. because we danced and worked up an appetite. another thing they'll be doing

here is part of the celebration is crepes. mirad is with crep ago-go. is it crepe or crep? >> crep. >> reporter: and i try to tell my friends and they don't listen. so tell us about crepes. >> we'll make a nice strawberry. >> reporter: and so the key to doing this, because i have a feeling if tried this at home, i wouldn't be successful. >> you can try. but it comes after practice. but after one week, i'm sure you can get it. >> reporter: after one week, many hours a day. and so the key to doing this? >> is you put the batter on the crep maker and use the spatula to even it out around and this one is always hotter than this one, so you just flip it and then my friend is going to spread the chocolate and put

the straw barrys. >> and you said banana is your favorite. >> reporter: i love straw berries. but sometimes people limit themselves to sweet helps but you can do a good meal. >> it could be breakfast, lunch and dinner. we brought some cheese and ham and turkey, so you can mix them all up together and there you go. you can also add egg to it. >> reporter: and you probably don't want to put too much filling in. it might over load it. >> absolutely. >> reporter: but we could just try. i'm going to leave you to finish that and i'll work my way back over here to rob anderson, who is the president of jabberu who will remind us once again of the wonderful event going on tonight and all of the people can find themselves involved. >> it is our bastille celebration that will be here at jabberu from 6:00 to 7:00 tonight. we are asking people to rsvp and go to the website at

myfoxdc.com and call us and let us know you'll be here. and we have lots of activities for the kids. >> reporter: and for the parents to see what you do here and how you're never too young to start learning another language. >> a part of learning the language is learning the culture. the event tonight is in english. but it is a very important part of learning the language, is learning about the culture. >> reporter: before we go, we have some indoor fireworks. are we ready, gang? one, two, three. viva la france. back to you guys. >> what a celebration. >> that's for you mr. chenevey. well thank you, holly. paris has seen a drop in visitors because of the economy. and the tourists have a heavy remedy, it's just smile. the board set up stands by teams of smilers.

a recent visit found that paris was the most overrated city in europe. respondents said they weren't hay with the high prices and the unpleasant residents. >> i had a good time when i went for my honeymoon. >> stereotypes. and good news for pets that want to fly. starting today, an airline just for pets taking off. pet airways launching flights to five locations, all domestic. baltimore, new york, chicago, denver and los angeles. average flight is going to be about $250 each way. but your pet will fly in style. a well-lit climate controlled flight, they ride in secure kennels and are monitored constantly. >> going out of a regional airport is less stressful and easier and they go directly from our lounge to the plane which is really close. >> now if you're thinking who would do this, well a lot of people. because the flights are already

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and the lowe's theater showing it on ten screens in georgetown. and regal theater in bethesda sold out it's five late night shows. these lucky fans didn't have to worry, because they lined up outside of the uptown theater yesterday for a sneak preview. so what can you expect to learn? joe dobson talks to harry and his friends. >> harry potter and the half blood prince picks up the story at a troubled time in his life. after a decade of making magic on screen, star daniel radcliff says its important to keep potter mania in perspective. >> this is a section for haggle view and this is a famous person and actor and this particular character also and so you just start to think they are cheering for the person you know who they are and that's when you become heavy and become an awful human being. >> have a look, shall we? >> no. >> reporter: but the gang is

spellbound by how the fan base is growing. >> it doesn't seem to be going down or getting any less big which is incredible. >> somepeople seem to live and breathe for harry potter. there is so much in the books and in the films. >> the noise, when i got out, almost deafening. and i was overwhelmed. i realized how big this is. >> she's only interested in you because she thinks you are the chosen one. >> i am the chosen one. >> reporter: this is the sixth film in the series and they are on the work of adapting the final book which is so big it will be split into two movies. but it's bittersweet for harry. >> i wouldn't be able to see some people and it will be very successful and in another way i can go out there in the big wild world. i have to have a few keepsakes

for me. the one thing i want, which i'm going to ask for, i would love a poster with my face on it, which there are some still. [ inaudible ] >> because i think this is the last time we're wear the uniform. >> we keep a close eye on people taking stuff out of the set. >> reporter: take away the magic of your own as harry potter casts a spell this weekend. jill dobson, fox news. >> the die hard fans will go. but if you're not -- if you are on the fringe and want to know if you should fight the crowd, we'll have some help for you because kevin mccarthy will join us tomorrow with his in studio review tomorrow on fox 5. he'll check it out. >> cool. >> and