happened. and president pushing to get a health care reform through congress. and what is this? the start of the alleged drug abuse for michael jackson. never before seen video from a commercial shoot gone terribly wrong. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. it is thursday morning, july 16th, 2009 and we start off with a traffic alert. a water main break and sinkhole in northern virginia. you can expect delays if you go through little river turnpike in annandale. julie will give us more details in minutes. but first good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. but first ch'llck i nwith tony perkins. >> good morning, everybody. we start by looking at hd rada

because there are showers out to t. east that's pushed out now. still a little bit to the north but it has pushed off to the sea. a couple of spots of heavy rain that is gone but now. current conditions at reagan national, 74. humidity 68%. more humid this morning than any other morning this week and it will be a more humid day as well. here is a look at the satellite radar. the broad picture, you can see the frontal system there. rain showers in upstate new york, mid section of pennsylvania and showers across southern portions of west virginia but for the most part we'll be precipitation free aside from a lonely erttaed showers this morning. later today that could change. here is your forecast. partly sunny skies, scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. some of you won't see any of it. but some of you will. and then a thunderstorm, some of the rain cd loutt be heavy, humid. high of about 90 degrees.

we'll have more details on the forecast i a bit. allison, back to you. on t he atvestign ioiasnt l month's metro crash means more closures. the takoma station will be closed from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and saturday fran 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. the ntsb is going back out to the site and testing the racks at the takoma and fort totten spots. shuttles will be available. for the latest on your commute, let's check in with julie wright. we're talking about the sinkhole right now. and there is not too much of a backup in the area along 236 at conwell drive west of d columbia pike. traffic is ableto get by one direction each way. a lane is open east and westbound and traffic is very light, but crews continue to work on what was a water main break and then a collapse of

the road because of that sinkhole. traffic is getting through one direction at a time and very light traffic volume in our favor this morning. over to the wilson bridge where traffic runs smoothly out of oxon hill. no accidents from maryland to rginia. the lanes are open. outer loop of the beltway, this is a change in the traffic pattern at van dorn, the lanes split to the left and one to the right but they continue toward telegraph road and toward the bridge. and traffic is running smoothly with no incidents to report. elsewhere around town, lanes open right now if you are traveling in virginia off of 66 eastbound working in toward the capital beltway, slowing from 50 to 123 and again at the beltway. this is a live shot at 95 northbound with an accident tieing up the center of the beltway. delays northbound on 395. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. scary moments yesterday for

those who witnessed a wild scene on capitol hill. >> the chase ended with offer -- with officers shooting and killing a suspect near union station. sarah simmons joins us live with the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, steve and allison. police still have this area and the scene blocked off. this is more than 12 hours after the shooting in the height of rush hour, 5:00 in the afternoon. there were a lot of tourists around so very frightening moments for everyone. police have not identified the 35-year-old man, the suspect, the man that was shot and killed. they have not identified him at this point and they're still trying to figure out why he ran from police. it all started a few blocks away from here near union station. police stopped a white mercedes at columbus circle. witnesses are saying that police -- they saw police talking to a man who then sped off. they chased after him and capital police say he nearly ran over two officers and also hit a motorcycle officer, a

parked car and finally a police cruiser ba here off of new jersey avenue near c. street. investigators say the man had a gun and they say they told him several times to put it down but then the suspect fired a gun any way and they returned fire. >> i yelled for my wife and daughter to get behind these big potted planted on the east side, and as soon as i said that, he did another u-turn in the median and sped off. >> no regard for human life whatsoever. and remember, by the time he had come down the wrong way on lousiana avenue, he had already struck one officer. he was on his way to strike another officer. >> reporter: now there were two officers total that were injured. we understand they only received minor injuries. all of the officers involved in this yesterday right now are on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. we understand there were temporary tags on the white mercedes. we're still trying to find out

from police whether or not the mercedes was stolen. sarah simmons, fox 5 news, back to you. >> sarah, thank you. things have started to return to normal in a quiet falls church noon hood -- neighborhood where police swarmed the area when john valentini shot himself. he is in critical condition this morning. and it all started on tuesday when he shot his son's mother, then ran into a home with his son and another woman. he held police at bay for 24 hours. the son's mother is in grave condition. day three of her confirmation hearing on capitol hill means there is a light at the end of the tunnel for sonia sotomayor. >> she started her final day in front of the senate judiciary committee. doug luzader joins us live to explain. >> reporter: good morning. as long as she doesn't make a

big mistake today, she appears to be well on her way toward confirmation, even if some of her answers are a little vague. >> that legal question has never been presented. >> i'm asking bout your personal opinion. >> reporter: the questions are getting tougher, but if sonia sotomayor can keep at it for one more day, she's probably a lock. >> i think your record is exemplarily, judge sotomayor. >> reporter: but she found herself surrounded by critics. republican senators in front of her, a group of connecticut firefighters behind her. as an appellate judge, she ruled against their reverse discrimination claim, a ruling the supreme court just overturned. >> i think everybody should know our story and why it was wrong. >> reporter: sotomayor said she was bound by precedence. and when appreciated on the issue of -- perfect pressed on the issue of abortion, she said

as little as possible. >> i have ruled according to the law in all case as dressed to the issue of the termination of abortion rights -- of women's rights to terminate their pregnancy. >> reporter: and last, in the line of questioners, the senator with the least seniority, al franken. sotomayor said an inspiration behind her career was perry mason who franken said only lost one case. you don't remember that case. >> i know i should remember the name, but i haven't looked at the episodes. >> didn't the white house prepare you for that? [ laughter ] >> reporter: apparently not f. all goes as plans, sotomayor could be confirmed early next month, well in time for the next court term which begins in

october. and we've done some exhaustive internet search for perry mason, and that is not a matter of settled law. >> maybe she knew that. >> she didn't want to commit herself. >> that's funny. >> thank you so much. and on the hill, the senate has talked about expanding coverage to nearly all americans for health care. this is one day after house democrats unveiled their plan. the senate plan comes with a $615 billion house plan compared to the house's $1.5 trillion house plan. people will be required to get insurance with employers contributing to the cost. and under the senate it would require high income earners to support the plan. coming up next on fox 5

morning news, reports that district missed millions of dollars in paymen to his charter schools. plus we'll find out why drivers in northeast will be without a dmv of their own. fenty on fox coming up as adrian fenty joins us after the break. also the come -- coming up, michael jackson burned during a commercial shoot. and one man's achievement, 40 years since the launch of apollo 11 and the mission to the moon. (announcer) the official $5 combo of summer is here. with curly fries and a drink for only $5. it's the $5 combo done better.

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we're joined this morning as we are every thursday by d.c. mayor adrian fenty. >> mayor, we appreciate you being here with us.

>> good morning, team. >> rough day in the city. bad time for tourists and in a hot spot. a call no mayor would want to get. >> that's true. and you don't want any shooting. it's very terrible that someone lost their death -- their life just as the officers were shot upon. but this shows two things, one, we have people in the city for some reason or another who will commit some violent act in our areas and in our tourist areas, butows that the police, not just the capital police or the metro police department, but that the security officers who have been hire ready training themselves well and are prepared to protect tourists and people in the district of columbia. those incidents could be worse. but i think people look at this, yes, there are nuts, there are people who don't do

the right thing that are criminals but therare also very well trained people in law enforcement and they deserve our thanks. and we understand the city missed a payment yesterday and there are people waiting to get paid, how is the city handling the situation. >> this is a more complicated situation than just a missed payment. this is dipping into dollars that haven't yet passed the budget. because of the charter schools operating differently tran traditional schools, we're trying to dip into next year's budget so they can make payments during the sumer and then that would be a reimbursement for next year's budget. a lot more complicated and harder to report on. the long and short of it is, they'll be made whole. all of ther -- the charters will get the money they need. we probably need to make a change to local or federal law

to pay them out of this year's budget. but for people interested in charter schools, i support charter schools, they'll be made whole. >> and the number we heard was about $100 million, roughly, you'll be able to come up with that so teachers can get paid. >> absolutely. and there is just a legal prohibition on coming up with any more than the $57 million than the post reported. but i think we can either change the law or find another stream of revenue in the short- term and change the law in the long-term so this doesn't happen again. >> and in the meantime, we reported that the kids involved in the summer youth program will get their paycheck. how did everything go as far as the program thus far and the kids getting their -- the reward for their hard work. >> about 18500 kids got paid yesterday. things are just dramatically improved from last year. because of the technology, the online checking of the time

at is going on at the site, and the kids having their information in much earlier this year, it's significantly better. just like in normal payroll, there will be one or two pick -- hiccups. if you have a problem, we'll patch you in and kids are working hard. >> we heard from a number of d.c. residents that they like the roads. you've been making the roads better. is any of that stimulus. >> 295, the southeast-southwest freeway, that was almost all stimulus dollars. there are other smaller projects going on around the city and the big ones like the 9th street bridge, 12th street bridge, 14th street bridge, 11th street bridge. i think we've come to a point

where the revenue and the ability to spend t in a very efficient way has caught up with the department of transportation, kudos to gabe klein and his team. >> one down side, people are talking about, shutting down the dmv location in brentwood. so can the city and all of its drivers get by on three locations. >> we definitely can. we made some adjustments systematically. we are doing much more online. you're not having to renew registration and get inspected as often. and then you can do so by making an appointment. so we do believe that the brentwood was not only superfluous, but it wasn't a particularly good site. it got crowded, lines got long, parking was a problem. so it was much easier to do one of the other sites or do it online. >> will those other folks be

absorbed by the other dmvs. >> most can be done online now. >> no, the employees. >> asolutely. there is no planned layoffs because of this. >> and also councilman barry on cable news this morning. >> i missed it. >> talking about the news surrounding this. and we talked about this last week. the autonomous nature of the council and their discretionary funds. has there been any movement or progress as far as your office speaking with mr. barry's office or is this still something quite separate? >> we're separate. the council, as you know, has their own independent investigation. it's my understanding that since i was here last that the inspector general has started an investigation. so that's more than enough people investigating it at this point. and from what i understand from reading the media, the council is already looking at changes to how they spend discretionary dollars and some type of checks and balances.

so kudos to them for that. hopefully this will be behind us soon and the council can continue doing the great work it's been doing for the last couple of years. >> going to have to leave it there, mayor. >> thanks guys. >> once again we haven't gotten to your e-mail questions. send it to fenty on fox on wttg.com. the mayor will join us next week. >> thank you, mayor. gu. >> t ouyysy > and let's get to tony perkins and check the weather. >> we start by showing you how things are ouaping up across r region and then our country. temperatures gone have done a little bit. hot again in the west in the southern plains. 84 in dollars. 80 in del rio. 92 early this morning in phoenix, arizona. here is a look at the satellite radar composite for the nation. i wouldn't say there is a lot going on, but there is a line

of showers moving across northern portions of texas, much of oklahoma, into arkansas, pushing into western portions of tennessee, eastern portions of tennessee are seeing lighter rain and nthat's pushing into the mountains of north carolina. for us for today, hot and humid. high around 90 degrees. with the heat and humidity comes a chance of showers and thunderstorms lter on in the day. tomorrow much of the same. hot and humid. chance of showers. saturday temperatures drop off. wind e ay erll bttbe ottf the two. and in the beginning of the next workweek we'll see temperatures below normal. that's a look at the weather. now let's get more on the morning rush hour traffic from julie wright. we've been talking about the sinkhole and crews are working along 236 inside the beltway, west of old columbia pike, one lane getting through

each way. now the woodrow wilson bridge. out of omon hill, the lanes are open, no accidents to report. traffic running smoothly, all the way across the bridge. there is a change in the traffic pattern at van dorn street. now the road divided, two to the left and one to the right. no delay as you continue from springfield toward the bridge. we'll take it back inside and update your ride elsewhere. if you travel the top side leaving college park past colesville, you are below speed through silver spring. no accidents recording along southbound 270 leaving germantown for the split. northbound 395, we showed you this camera in the middle of the roadway, to longer there, traffic slowed at edsel road toward duke street and king stre. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 7:22. it's 73 degrees on this thursday morning. and still ahead, holly is hitting the trail this morning. she's going to show us where we can get a taste of the cowboy life in just a short drive from d.c.

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to the latest on the investigation into the death of michael jackson. tmz.com reporting, it is being investigated now as a homicide and the anesthetic that was the questionable drug could be the primary cause of death. some doctors are pushing for federal authorities to make that anesthetic a controlled substance. but los angeles police are refusing to comment on the report. the medical examiner is awaiting toxicology reports to determine an exact cause of death. in the meantime, we want to warn you, the video you're about to see is graphic in nature. hear that warning because we are showing you never before seen video of michael jackson. the footage from u.s. weekly shows the pop star's hair catching firing during the filming of the 1984 pepsi commercial. at first he didn't real his hair was on fire but as he spins the flames go out and

then people on the set tackle him to extinguish the fire. when he emerges the top of his head is bald. it's been widely reported that he had been abusing pain medication and that this accident -- it's hard to see the video. the accident was the catalyst for the use of the drugs. investigators looking into a deadly plane crash and examining a jet's black box. two of the boxes was recovered but one was damaged. the plane made a nosedive after taking off from tehran. all pele on board died. the plane's tail was on fire before the plane went down. a maryland teen convicted of ordering the murder of her own father. >> plus the senate committee is out with the plan of a health care reform. and the latest on a traffic mess in northern virginia. a sinkhole causing delays in n. a time now is 7:27 at 73 degrees.

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daylight just at 5:00. capital police had stop aid wise mercedes -- stopped a white mercedes for a traffic stop, but the driver took off, striking two officers before crashing into a cruiser. he then apparently pulled out a gun and that's when officers opened fire. police are not sure why he took off. a man who kept police at bay for nearly 24 hours in falls church now in critical condition. the tense standoff ended when police isn't a remote controlled robot into the home and that's when police say john valentini shot himself. the day before he shot his son's mother and ran inside a home with his son and another woman. the two are okay but the woman he is accused of shooting is in grave condition. the goal of health care over hall pushes forward. today the house could vote on its over version. now how to fund this. it would require individuals to get insurance and employers to contribute to the could have.

government would provide health care with premiums for four up to $88,000 a year. the president wants a bill on his desk by fall. today is day four of justice sonia sotomayor's confirmation on capitol hill. yesterday she tackled more tough questions but managed to side -- man andaged so -- managed to side step some questions like abortion and gun control. and summer is most definitely here now. >> we told you it would feel this way toward the week. and we have more humidity in place for today. yesterday another one warm. the warmest dy of hetweek so far. heday i think we'll beat it. yesterday's gh as predicted here, 88 degrees at reagan national. dulles international up to 89 and bwi made it up to 88. our average height for the date was 88 degrees. but for today it's 89. so we have officially with today entered the traditionally what is the warmest part of the

year for the -- the next couple of weeks and then the temperatures draw back. 73 degrees here at d.c. and at dulles airport. 75 in fredericksberg. baltimore is at 71. hagerstown is 74. ocean city, after dropping down to 79 for a while, back up to 80 degrees at this hour. across the nation, there are a few areas where we're dealing with rain showers. you can see it here. now again, it remains dry in much of texas. dry and hot as they just continue to sit under a dome of high pressure with all of the storminess moving around it. we do see some rain showers across oklahoma, once again into arkansas. these are spots that have seen heavy rain during the past couple of days and in our part of the world we've seen light showers to the east of the district and in eastern portions of west virginia early this morning. but for today, we could see a few more of those showers pop up in the afternoon and evening. partly sunny skies, some scattered showers and thunderstorms here and there. don't expect the storms to be strong, but some of them could

have a little bit of heavy rain. high today of about 90 degrees. just a tad above normal. then for tonight, we're going to look at plenty of clouds across the region, an early shower or storm is possible. i think during the evening. essentially before midnight, some scattered showers and thunderstorms here and there. five-day forecast, tomorrow more of the same. hot, humid, scattered showers and thunderstorms. saturday not as hot and humid. a chance of showers and thunderstorms. sunday is rather pleasant. 82 degrees. same for the beginning of the workweek. that's a look at the weather. now we get more on traffic from julie wright. >> hot and humid. if you don't like this, there is something wrong with you. >> many don't, but you do. >> maybe i'll give you the humidity part. >> we can take that out. >> i grew up at the beach so i'm used to humidity. but if you don't like the sunshine, that's thru is something wrong. southbound 270, not looking bad. an incident south of 28 that's been pulled over to the

shoulder so lanes are open once again. authorities are checking southbound 355 at combas road. its accident involving a motorcyclist on the right side according to callers on southbound 355. eastbound on 66, no accidents to report. traffic slow out of centreville working over toward 7100. traffic slows again 50-123 nutley street to the lty.wa that's y.a check of your fox 5 - time traffic. steve, back to you. >> julie, thank you. the investigation into last month's metro crash means more changes for computer this is morning as the takoma metro station will close this morning at 10:00 and reopen at 3:00 this afternoon. it will also be closed most of the day on saturday, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. the ntsb will be back out investigating the area testing the tracks of the tacoma and fort totten stations. services will be suspended betweethe two stations. shuttle buses will be available. new this morning, prince george's county police

investigating a deadly shooting. this happened just hours ago in capitol heights on the cindy lane. a neighbor at the central garden apartments reported hearing gunshots and found a man on the ground. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his identity is unknown. police are looking into the circumstances surrounding the shooting. meantime, a third death related to swine flu has been confirmed in maryland. health officials say the latest victim is an adult from the eastern shore who had serious underlying medical conditions. that unnamed pers died last month. there have been 3 # 72 confirmed cases of swine flu. some have died from complications related to the virus. a jury in maryland has convicted a 16-year-old girl of soliciting the murder of her late father. danielle black faces life in prison. police say she hired someone to kill her father outside of the family home on halloween. the house considering launching an investigation into a secret c.a.

program to develop hit squads to kill suspected terrorists. former intelligence groups report. current c.i.a. director leon pinetta terminated the program after learning about it last month. he said former vice president dick cheney said not to dell cong -- tell congress about the investigation. it looks like six times is a charm. today the endeavor blasted off to the space station. they will install the final piece of a china space station lab. one concern is several pieces of foam installation came off the external fuel area. cameras will look at it closer tomorrow. and the launch of apollo 11, the mission that put man on the moon for the very first

time. four days after the launch, on july 20th, 1969, neal armstrong and buzz aldrin beam the first human beings to walk on the lunar surface. so that was 40 years ago, right. but there are very cool ways that you can experience the apollo 11 mission as if it were happening today. >> and gurvir is down in the weather center to show us how we can do that. >> the magic of the internet. it's very cool. the very first is we choose the moon.org. and this website allows you to simulate the launch itself. everything from what was taking place that morning to the day the astronauts landed on the moon. on the left side was the countsdown. the launch was at 9:32 on this particular morning. you can see the countsdown clock underway. you can hear the am beent sound

ing. we're not hearing a lot of noise. just the shuttle on the launch pad. and then on thright-hand side of the screen, you'll see a realtime mission update. what was taking place, you can twitter with the folks in mission control, the astronauts saying what was taking place just before they got on that ship and getting ready to take off for the moon. the center of the screen is the ship itself and if you click on that, can you look at different images, different angles of the ship. so this is a really cool website. again, we put a link to this on our website, myfoxdc.com. sam, who is our web producer, if you'll move on. this is nasa.gov and this talks about the 40th anniversary of the launch and here there are some great picture galleries. but the cool thing i found about this website is you can actually hear audio between the astronauts and mission control. so you can hear audio from that

day and the conversation taking place up on the moon and then here on the ground. and the last website is google.com/moon, showing at pollo landing site. you can look at that and it will show you where the astronauts landed and some of the other places they went on the moon, where the flag was placed that day and it takes you through -- we've had six trips to the moon since apollo 11. and you can actually find out exactly where astronauts landed then as well. so all of these website are cool. we've put a link to all of them our website, myfoxdc.com. and i know you're going to be talking about buzz aldrin which i think is exciting. so click on this website and we'll link you to these. we'll get a firsthand account of what it was like with buzz aldrin in the next

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[ music ] he looks good. that's sir paul mccartney in new york city from the top of the sullivan theater. the free concert was his first at the theater since the beatles debut in america at the same venue 45 years ago. is that wrong, tony? >> that's wrong. >> let's hear the truth. >> they debuted there but they played there three other times. >> after that. >> after that. >> so it comes as mccartney continues what he is calling his final tour. he's scheduled to play at fed -- fedex field. are you going to go, tony? >> i am going to go. and he's being smart because he's doing this tour where there is dates here and there, and it's not one night after

another and it gives him a chance to recharge and rest his voice. and the highlight this week is he's playing citi field and he's opening up the new field to concerts. >> sounds exciting. >> that has to have been exciting. you're walking down the street mcd you're like, there is paula g.> ne y plg.in d anst' look at the current teeratures being reported across the rn.ioeg 73 deiogrs as we get back to where we once belonged. heat and humidity, is what we're used to for this time of year. 73 in reagan national. 75 in norfolk. new york city is at 73 degrees. >> new york city. >> nice transition there. there are clouds moving across the area. mix of clouds and sun. more clouds today generally speaking than the rest of the week. also a chance of some precipitation. you can see some crossing across pennsylvania and west

virginia. here is a look at the surface map for today. that's a cold front knocking on the door. but before it gets here, we'll have hot temperatures and humidity working their way in here today. high around 90 degrees. humid. and then once a front comes through, scattered showers and storms. here is a look at the five-day forecast. high today of about 90 degrees. scattered showers and storms this afternoon and tonight. same for tomorrow. saturday the temperature drops off. sunday not bad at all. 82 degrees. a good amount of sunshine. monday looks good too. >> thanks, tony. and let's check in with julie wright and look at traffic. >> not a lot going on right now. which is a good thing. volume delays across the top stretch of the beltway. a typical ride there. southbound along 270 on the brakes leaving gaithersburg toward rockdale and 355 before you reach 121, reports of an accident involving motorcyclist. but southbound 270 in the thick of it out of gaithersburg toward 370 and another delay on

montrose toward the split. no accidents to report along 395 as you work up towards seminary road. traffic is slow leaving seminary past duke street and slowing at the pentagon across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the jim riggleman era has begun for the washington nationals as he was officially introduced as the manager yesterday. he takes over for the fired manny acta, a man who brought the native back to washington to serve as the bench coach. manny was described as laid back. riggleman is more of a disciplinarian. his first game is tonight when the nats take on the cubs tonight at 7:00 p.m. and the prime time emmy nominations will be announced today if los angeles. and we'll have the nominations in the next hour. and first let's check in with holly and find out what is going on on our ranch this morning.

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♪>> that really bring its home. if you ever wanted to get the experience of being a cowboy, you don't have to go to texas. >> in fact, holly is in maryland at the double rock farm where you can learn how to ride a horse or drive cattle. what else are you doing this morning, holly. >> reporter: we're rounding up some cattle and driving some cattle and we're pinning some cattle. in fact it's called team pinning. it's a rodeo sport. it's an experience you can get out here at the double rock farm. and the man that will help you get that experience is rick long. because he's the owner. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: i guess you would say howdy. >> howdy. how are y doing this morning. >> reporter: good. this is an actual working farm as well. >> what we do on weekends, we team pin every saturday from

april to october. during the week, we do a thing which we call cowboy experience, where people not familiar with the sport or cowboying, want to come and play cowboy. we let them get ride on a horse. let them work some cattle and paint cattle and we have them try to rope some cattle. >> reporter: and you would have a lot of novices come out. >> mostly novices. >> reporter: anyone from inside the beltway is probably a novembernovice >> yes. >> reporter: and what does it cost? >> it's $175 a day. and they'll have 4-5 hours in the saddle. and when they're done --

>> reporter: they're walking like this. but they have lifetime memories. >> and everybody has a good ti. groups especially where they can tease each other and have a good time. >> reporter: and while you an courage people that -- you encourage people to do this, you have groups that pen regularly. explain pinning. >> we have a group of cattle down here at the end of the arena and they're doing it behind us right now. you use normally three riders. the objective is to get three cows out of the herd that hav the same number on it. for instance they're getting cow number two. the idea is to get them down there and in the pen and that's when the time stops. >> and it's harder than people think it is because sometimes the cow have their own minds. >> the people that were nice enough to come out this morning, they've all team penned here before and they're

pretty good at it. there are a few tricks. >> reporter: and then two rider have to -- two riders to do. pretty quick there. and we have a rider named, doug, do you hear us? >> yes. >> reporter: doug has the really short mustache there. i like that mustache, doug. it's impressive. >> thank you. >> reporter: so you're going to be our ears here. tell us what the people are doing and what you're thinking as your working your cattle here. >> she has to go in and get the first cow. the other people are turning back the other cows we do not want. now she has to bring him up, and get him in behind. and the purpose is to go in and get the next one. >> reporter: and people need to

understand, your horses are cutting horses, so you can tell us -- >> normally their quarter horses so they have speed from zero to a quarter mile. >> reporter: how much are you telling what the horse to do or how much is the horse watching the calf. >> it depends how well it's trained. right now she knows what is going on. we have to run them up and put them in as quick as possible. >> reporter: and this is for sport. good time. 50 seconds. cowboys would do this for real on the ranch. why would you need to pull out a certain calf. >> out in the ranch, if you're in big pastures and stuff out there, a cowboy might want to take one out of a herd to medicate it or doctor it. >> reporter: so it's a thing that has become a sport. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the double rock farm website to find out more about the cowboy experience and about the team penning on saturday nights.

and you guessed it, in the next hour i'm getting on the back of a horse and trying to pen a calf myself. >> holly, good luck with that. we'll see you next hour. and in the meantime, a list of the best hospitals is out and once again the number one is in our backyard a. cording to u.s. news and world report, john hopkins in baltimore is the best of the best once again, topping the list for the 19th straight year. the institutions are ranked from cancer and heart disease to respiratory and urology. hospitals were scored on reputation, death rate and care related factors such as nursg and patient care services. the unemployment rate keeps just going up. >> if you're looking for work, today could be a lucky day because there is not one, but two job fairs in town and we have details in the next hour. and then 40 years ago today, what were you ing? if you were alive you were glued to the tv as the apollo 11 blasted off into space.

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ahead at 8:00 this morning, we have never before seen video of michael jackson. and some say it shows the exact moment that king of pop's life started to unravel. then an 11-year-old almost died during a trip to ocean city, maryland, but the accident didn't involve any water. we'll tell you what happened. and important news for metro riders. one station is shutting down today and that could mean headaches for your commute. good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. first, a heads up for drivers. slow going along the little liver turnpike. a water main break is causing a sinkhole. and let's check in with tony for this nice thursday muggy morning. >> more humidity in place for nithnd m ang or me orhuidm onditions during the urse of the day today.

te ntrercu ook at h atermpur esaround the region. 73 here in washington. 73 in sterling, virginia. 71 in b. ti re ntal r station at 75 degrees. in winchester it's 72 at this hour. here is a look at the satellite radar for the washington general area. we have a few more cloud this is morning than we've been used to during the early morning hours most of this week. we'll continue to see more cloudy conditions than we have recently. out to the west though, can you see clearer skies across portions of the midwest and heavy rain and storm activity down to the south. forecast for us for today looks like this, looking for a ghhi ouar0 9gheedrtoeg s y.da slighte y.ovabnormal. ov ochesncf some showers and thunderstorms popping up this afternoon and this evening and tonight. esokfor a high of about 88 in frederick, 91 in fredericksberg and 90 in washington, d.c. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. we'll have more coming up in just a little bit. >> tony, thank you so much. it is 1 minutes past 8:00

right now. new this morning, prince george county police investigating ad itly shooting that happened hours ago in capitol heights on central avenue. a neighbor at the central garden apartments reported hearing gunshots and found a man lying on the ground. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his identity is still unknown. police are looking at the circumstances surrounding that shoot. a section down d.c. closed down after a man led police on a dangerous pursuit. the man fled the scene of a routine traffic stop near union station and ended near the capitol. that's where sarah simmons is this morning with more details. >> reporter: even after all of these hours the scene is blocked off, ablock away from the capitol. the police have still not identified 359-year-old man that was shot and killed and they're still trying to figure out why this man ran from police. as you said, it all started

near union station. it was actually just off of columbia -- columbus circle. witnesses are saying that police were talking to a man that they had just stopped and he then sped off. police chased after him, capital police say he nearly ran over two officers. hitting a otorcycle officer and hitting a parked car and finally a police cruiser. police say they told him several times to put down his gun but he didn't listen. >> i heard the gun shots and i heard what sounded like fire crackers, just pop, pop, pop and then a pause and a whole bunch more. >> the officers when fearing for their life, felt threatened, fired at the suspect and endedp killing the suspect and we recovered a weapon that was in that vehicle. >> reporter: two officers were injured during that chase. they did receive minor injuries. we also understand that all of the officers involved during

the shootout are on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. we also understand the white mercedes had temporary tags. police aren't saying at this point if this was a stolen vehicle or why this man was running from police. steve and allison, back to you. >> sarah, thank you so much. and we have learned a man involved in a day-long standoff with police in falls church has died. as police moved in on him yesterday, john valentini shot himself. he shot his son's mother and then ran into a home with his son and another woman. they are th okay. the woman who was shot though on tuesday is in grave condition this morning. four minutes after 8:00. we'll head back out to julie wright and get check on the roads at this 8:00 hour. good morning. >> good morning, guys. no accidents to report traveling the top stretch of the beltway between college park and the exit for georgia avenue. southbound georgia as you approach randolph road, reports of a stalled car tieing up the right lane and then southbound 270 approaching 370, disabled

vehicle there also tieing up the second lane from the right. the outer loop here at university boulevard, the lanes are open, still below speed and leaving duke street toward seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. house democrats ready to move forward on the health care system. they will have a key vote today. the senate panel already passed it's own version. the senate's version has $615 billion price tag attached to it. it requires individuals to get insurance and employers to contribute to the cost. the government would provide help for premiums of four making up to $88,000 a year. >> deferring reform is nothing more than defending the status quo and those who would oppose our efforts should take a hard look at just what it is that they're defending. >> with the highest deficit in the history of this country in peace time, with a bill that is

going to top over a trillion dollars with no way of paying for it. >> the president says he wants to vote in the house and senate by the august recess and he wants a bill on his desk by october. the swine flu hitting close to home. one again the third death related to the virus. it's been confirmed in maryland. health officials say it is an adult from the eastern shore who had a serious underlying medical condition. that unnamed person died last month. there have now been 372 confirmed cases of swine flu in the state of maryland. ♪ the latest on the investigation into the death of michael jackson. tmz.com is reporting that los angeles police are treating michael jackson's death as a homicide. and they are focusing on did -- dr. conrad murray. they believe the anesthetic

could be the cause of death. some are pushing to make this a controlled substance. los angeles police are rusing to comment on the tmz report. the medical examiner is awaiting toxicology results to name the cause of death. and there is new evidence surfacing on the king of pop. it shows his head catching on fire during the filming of the 1984 pepsi commercial. it was obtained by us weekly and showing the top of head engulfed in flames after fireworks went off earlier than expected. and there you see the bald spot on the top of his head. he didn't know his hair was on fire. people on set tackled him and put out the flames and that's where you see the top of his head. he suffered second and third degree burns and was prescribed

medications. sources told us that's what set off his pain addiction and plastic surgery. he had the name and great looks, he was the next generation. it's been ten years since john f. kennedy and his wife carolyn and friend died after crashing into the ocean. the ntsb would determine the probable cause of the crash was pilot error. specifically kennedy's inability to control the airplane during decent, and poor visibility may have also played a role. the crash reopened some old wounds left by the kennedy assassination of the 1960s but in this case two families were deaf fated. we'll know what the future had in store nor jfk, jr. at the time of his death, he was running george magazine, a publication he founded. but many will argue politics were in his blood and that's where he was going. if so, it's another dream that

died on that tragic day ten years ago. ron platter, fox news. and the unemployment rate keeps on going up. >> if you're one of those looking for work, today might be your lucky day. there is two job fairs in town. details on those coming en a da almost turns tragic for an 11- year-old in ocean ty. what happened to him whe w check out other stories making headlines. stay with us, fox 5 morning news will be right back.

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8:12 right now, this thursday morning as we look at ristoes making headlines. the takomataeto ro sontiwill be closed today for most of the nonrush hour period from 10on:0 a .m. until 3: p .m. ing be closed most of the day on saturday :0fr 7om0 7a.m. until 7:00 p.m. the ntsb will be conducting track tests around the scene of the deadly metro accident. shuttle buses will take riders around the investigation site. to the roads. a change on the beltway at eisenhower avenue. the connector ramp is being used as e third outer loop

lane. drivers can access eisenhower from van dorn street or telegraph road. a day at the beach taking a frightening turn in ocean city, maryland, where an 11-year-old boy was digging a giant sand castle when it collapsed, crushing him. he no pulse and wasn't breathing when life guards got to him. they were able to resuscitate the boy and he was taken to the hospital and he is expected to be okay. >> scary moment. all right. 13 minutes after 8:00. >> let's check in with tony perkins for our forecast this morning. >> thank you very much. before we get to the forecast, we're going to turn our attention to our my first 5 photo of the day and show you the cuteness factor. this is -- [ laughter ] >> either that water was cold or she wasn't too excited about taking a bath in the kitchen

sink. how would you pronounce the name? >> comoris? >> that's a funny photo. that's great. i think he's like, you're taking a picture now? >> now you decide to take it? he's not ready to take that bath. thank you for sending that in. you can send in your child's picture at myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. >> he's in the kitchen sink. isn't that cute. >> people still do that. it used to be very common years ag o. eysll . dodo d >now the weather conditions around the region. ? w outth goe 'vne nepu to76. 76 right now in d.c. new york city is at 74. roanoke is 74. and norfolk, virginia is at 76. here is a look at the national satellite radar coosite and a fair amount of activity in the northern s, inla central plains, oklahoma, moving into the east across portions of arkansas and into western portions of tennessee. although eastern tennessee in eeal ssog insome ig t lghshower . tightyvi tyxadallte, s, another hot one today. and again, that part of the

country to the south of where you see the cloud system will te foma din. r us, we have more clouds than we've been seeing recentlyp and now at reagan national, reporting some haze in our region. high today of about 90 degrees. hazy, hot and humid. the 3 h's return. and they bring showers this afternoon and this evening. saturday not quite as hot. sunday pleasant, and not a bad bad start to the workweek. now let's get more on this morning's rush hour traffic from julie wright. no accidents on 50 toward cheverly in toward new york avenue. traffic slows briefly at the exit for bladensberg road and in toward the 3rd street tunnel. southeast washington, all lanes are open. southbound stretch of 270, a stalled car at 370. that's cleared, so lanes are open but still below speed out of gaithersburg toward

rockville. and to and from the wilson bridge, lanes are open on the inner loop as you make your way past st. barnabus road and 210, 295 toward virginia, light traffic volume. a change in the traffic pattern at van dorn, one lane getting by to the left and one to the right over the wilson bridge but with very little delay. no incidents leaving duke street toward the bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. more proof that americans are continuing to struggle to pay their mortgage. the number of people on the virginia of losing their homes soared according to realty track. about 1.5 million homes are still in trouble, compared to june of last year this. june saw foreclosure filings increase 33%. a northern virginia woman accused of mortgage fraud is on the run. authorities say she swindled home buyers out of $50 million. diane atary of ashburn has been

indicted on 12 counts of mortgage fraud. according to investigators she fixed her client's credit so they could buy homes they could not afford and led them to believe they could sell a year later for a huge profit but instead many were foreclosed on. if you know where she is, contact police. a washington, d.c. icon on the auction block. the owners of the watergate hotel defaulted on a $70 million loan. it will be auctioned off next tuesday. the winning bidder will be required to put down $1 million. it's been closed for the last 7 years. the sears tower will be reremained -- renamed willis tower. sears left the 450 tall building in 1992. the unemployment rate still going up. and if you're looking for work, you could be in luck. not just one, but two job fairs in town today and we have

details when we come back. >> then, team penning has become more and more popular. it's herding cattle. and holly is giving us a shot at it thorning. she's doing but we're watching it. we'll check in with her later here on fox 5 morning news. just about 8:18 now.

the federal reserve expects the unemployment rate to top 10% this year. today recruiters from federal agencies are in d.c. and they are all hiring. joining us now, max fire, president and ceo of the career fair host, the partnership for public service. good morning. ce to see you again. >> good morning. >> you come bearing good news. happy to report this today. >> the federal government is hiring. we have a career fair going on today and hopefully particularly people that are new employees, new professionals, students in town who are interning will come to the career fair and check out the federal government which is an incredible employer. >> now is it for all entry level positions or can people with prior experience. >> there will be 78 federal

agencies. the focus of thicareer fair is for inattorneys, entry-level hires but other people can come and learn more about federal agencies and the wide range of jobs that are available to them. >> some 5500 folks have already registered or preregistered. is it now closed? how is this working? if you're watching can you still come? >> you can still come but we've seen a stunning turnout. i think at last count there was 5500 people that have rsvped. we can't promise that everyone can be seen and it's likely to be a crowded place but other folks are welcome. >> and for the viewer at home, this will be today from 3:00 to 7:00 at the national building museum on f. street, 401f. street. >> exactly right. >> with the folk there's who do still want to come, should they preregister. >> it's preferable. and if they go to the website they can get information about

what the event is like, they can get a map of the layout so they can identify where they want to go to for the agencies they're most interested in and to recognize that for the federal hiringrocess, it is a process. people are not going to show up and get aon -- and get a job right there. they'll get information and get in the queue and learn about what opportunities might be right and can make connections with federal recruiters. so expects are important here. >> the press release first came out there was 70 something and now coming up to 78 and inching up that number there. the people that are going to be there, are they ready to hire when that process has been completed in. >> there will be a mix of agencies. there will be a bunch of agency that's need a lot of folks, some agencies that are really just providing information so that folks know about what opportunities might be available later on. but again, the expectations shouldn't be that you arrive and get a job then and there. but it is an excellent way to

learn more and make the human connection with people that can answer questions, can help people go through the process, which can be daunting. federal employment is amazing. you can do work that makes a big difference on the largest stage possible. but the challenge is often getting in the door. and that's something that people have to have patience for and have to work the system and they can go to www.makingthedifference.org and learn now about how to wind through the challenging process. >> what should folks begin today. >> they should bring some water because there might be lines. you've been good about sharing the weather. it will be a hot day so be prepared to do some waiting. the most important thing is to bring a resume for sure. but do the preparation work. go to the website, learn about the different federal agencies, do their homework beforehand. it's not until this afternoon. there is plenty of time to check out specific agencies and learn the best fifor them. that prehomework is really important. >> a lot of folks out there desperate and really hard at

work trying to find a job. and before we let you go, i would just ask you to say, if there is hope on the horizon, are there jobs available, at least in the federal government? >> absolutely. there is definitely home. and one of the most important things is there are jobs in the federal government to help people looking for jobs. in times of difficulty we need the federal government to do their very best and we need the best talent in government. so when you think about it, across the board, whether it's the financial meltdown, the two wars, global warming, globalization, all of these issues require affective government response and that means we need the best and brightest in government and that's what this is about, making sure the best talent know about federal government jobs and hopefully we can get them in. >> could be the first step today. 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. national building newsy um with max. thank you for hosting this and joining us today. >> thank you so much. >> and steve, before i throw it to you. another job fair for d.c.

residents. it is at the washington convention center. 80 employers have signed up. it kicks off with a workshop from 9:00 30:00 to 1:00 and the job fair is from 11:00 to 3:00 p.m. job seekers must bring proof of d.c. residence. now over to you. 8:26 on this thursday morning. it was 40 years ago today that we asked what were you doing, because you probably remember, if you were alive, you were probably glued to your television as the apollo 11 blasted off to space to carry the first men to the moon. and buzz aldrin is going to join us live on this special anniversary. then check out this video. flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air as a tanker explodes. it's now 8:26. [ elevator bell dings, telephone rings ] [ indistinct conversations, elevator bell dings ] good night amer--

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it is 8:29 now. 76 degrees. hazy skies out there. and more closed than we've been used to seeing. and that will be the theme of the day. take a look at the current temperatures around the region. right noe we arat dees76 egr e here in washington, d.c. dulles airport is also at 76. we're warming up down to the rianerg d n i77 i ocean city it's 81 right now. here is a look at the satellite orom f rteheon tpoieg. and you can see the clouds as they move into the area. and again expect it to be moi cloudy today h anit ha bee for rest of the week. it doesn't mean we won't see any sun. we've seen some and will tnte inueseo some. but clouds will bring in and bring us a chance of showers and thunderstorms. why you ask? here is the surface map. we have a cold front. that's item number one. actually item number one is the high pressure moving off the coast continuing to bring us winds out of the south and bringing us warmer and more humid air. then the cold front interacts with the warm, humid air and triggers scattered showers and

thunderstorms, this afternn this evening and tonight. the forecast for washington for today looks like this -- partly sunny, scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms, hazy, hot and humid and about 89 degrees. and we go to julie wright for a check on traff. 236, little river turnpike inside of the beltway, dealing with the sinkhole this morning. one lane is able to get past that work in each direction with very little delay. there is also a change in the traffic pattern on the outer loop past van dorn toward the wilson bridge and again this is part of the woodrow wilson bridge project. three lanes to left and one to the right. university boulevard, top side of the beltway not looking bad around from college park headed in toward silver spring. southbound 270, disabled vehicle out of your way. delays still with you from germantown. live, new york avenue at bladensberg road. lanes are open with no accidents to report through northeast. that's a check of your fox 5 on-

time traffic. steve, back to you. >> julie, thank you very much. the astronauts on board the space shuttle endeavor got their wakeup call from mission control. they will check on foamin suleation that broke off during liftoff yet. it was 40 years ago when apollo blasted off into space. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. >> on board, the first man to walk on the moon and also the pilot of the apollo 11, the one and only buzz aldrin and he joins us live from nasa's kennedy center. it's good to talk with you. does it seem like it's been 40 years? >> well, steve, an awful lot has happened in 40 years in the world and a lot has happened in my life. and i'm happily optimistically looking forward to the future.

we don't like to use the word blastoff. we like liftoff and that's what we did 40 years ago this morning from this beautiful east coast of florida. and in this marvelous rocket behind me. >> buzz, you described the moon as magnificent december olation which is also -- desolation, and 40 years later is that how you remember it. >> i do. and i remember it in my book magnificent desolation and it's doing well here and in the u.k. and i'm looking forward to coming into washington in a few days from now to help other apollo astronauts celebrate the 40th anniversary. >> can you describe that a little bit, why you decided on magnificent desolation when you looked at the man? >> the magnific sense of mag --

magnific sense of human achievement, reaching a point of achievement, technically understanding what we're doing to be able to put two creatures from earth on a rocket in a spacecraft that could then journey up and outward to the moon that had been looked at by millions of people over the eeonss of time. and we landed successfully and it opens the wento of space exploration in the -- and it opens the window of space exploration in the future and i look the magnificent achievement coupled with the lifelessness, the stillness, dust-covered hundreds of thousands of years without any change except a little bit more

dust gets added by the micro meteorites impacting the surface. it just struck me as a contrasting expression that summarized not just a small step for man, a giant leap for man kind, but it was the hope of generations and generations and now gives us great hope for e future as we look forward, i think, to pathways to mars. let the internationals land on the moon. but we need to chart a u.s. course for mars, two decades probably. >> well, buzz it's good to hear that and the optimism. good look with your futurement we hope to see you when you get here to washington, d.c. and it's good to look back at 40 years of successes. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you very much, steve. >> we have a lot of cool resources on myfoxdc.com. including a realtime interactive recreation of the

apollo 11 mission. can you find all of the links on our home page. extremely cool stuff, steve. thank you so much. and meantime, a tough comme ahead for drivers in detroit. a gas tanker exploded yesterday, closing a busy stretch of i--75 indefinitely. that tank he went up in flames beneath an overpass. the heat so intense it melted part of the bridge above. the flames jumped to nearby carsch the driver of the tanker was okay and two other drivers only had minor injuries. it is 8:36 right now. and when we come back, new unemployment numbers are out. we're going to have you for those ahead. and he held a title at male athlete of the year for five years but now tiger woods has been de-throwned. that's a hint at who might have taken his title. we'll have much more when we come back. stay with us.

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i want to let you know that right now the 61 prime time emmy nominees are being announced. we're streaming it live on myfoxdc.com. and we'll have a wrap up for you before the show ends. >> there you go. on the lead actress category right now. michael phelpss swam away from the espy awards with the male athlete of the year. >> he also won for his record- breaking performance male olympian and best moment award for the 400-meter swimming free style at the beijing games. this ended the 5 year rein for tiger woods who has a record at 22espy trophies. >> he can't have it all. so here is something we don't normally talk about. we're talking about herding cattle this morning. >> it is becoming though more

popular i think. >> perhaps. >> it is certainly getting at tension of one holly morris, who is not far from d.c. this morning with the cowboy hat on and looking good this morning, holly. >> i had to get this strap because i was riding so fast my hat was falling off. >> you look like annie oakley. >> that's what they tell me. they gave me the black hat and they're wearing white. does that mean i'm the bad girl or just bad? >> i think you're just bad. >> reporter: and i have my spurs on my boots. i'm on mygen. her real name is genuine blonds. and only about an hour and 15 minutes from d.c. and the team members from my first team penning experience is bob and rick long who is the owner of the farm. and we have been doing practice runs here. and so let's just review. our goal here for team penning

is what? >> our goal is to go if there and get three cattle with the same numbers on their back. get them out of the herd and put them in the pen. >> we have three minutes, do you think we can do it? >> definitely. >> reporter: they won't tell us which number well we cross the line. so make me look good. you guys talk me through it. we're going for one. >> step it up. >> to the right or left of her? >> to the right and move her to the left. >> come on, one. >> use your feet. you got him. push him out of there. >> very good. >> there we go. >> don't get ahead of her. there you go. that is good. >> go back and get another one. >> come on. >> you got that one. come on, gen. >> this one over here. >> come on, gen. >> push her.

>> they are a little feisty. and people need to understand that the general natural tendency is the calf is to go back in the herd. >> so we want to make sure he goes whatever way that will take him away from the herd. >> go to his hip. >> reporter: come on, gen. make me look go. >> bump her with your feet. >> stay on her. >> all right. go wide. >> push him up, rick. >> reporter: here we go. get him in the pen. and there across the line. >> our time is going to stop right there. >> what was the time? >> reporter: i'm going to have a moment to revel in the glory. and i haven't done this before. i am relatively comfortable on a horse. we'll get our little ones out here and let them walk back.

so for people trying to come out and do this experience -- >> they can come on saturday night. >> do you need to have a horse. >> reporter: well if they call me in advance i can have a horse. if they bring their own horse, we have people that will go in and help get them started. we'll do that. >> reporter: and now team penning is not -- other than the fact if you do it regularly and you do have your own horse, it's not super expensive to compete on a saturday night. >> it's not. i would say on average everybody spends about 40-$50. >> reporter: for a whole lot of family fun. and how young can you be? >> we have them come in here probably 10-11 years old. >> reporter: wow. that's pretty young. >> up to 70. >> reporter: how did i do, guys? >> you d great. >> a big hee haa. we'll try it again. we have a link to the double

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would be to see more americans die. that wasn't some lunatic talking. he meant it. >> reporter: he's collected art work from memorable trials and published it in a book called all rise. these illustrations are necessarily quick art but hennessey argues they are art and hopes through the book they will get a wider audience. >> look at the art work hatt i have here. i mean, not to blow my own horn, i think it's pretty dang good. >> reporter: he hopes his book sells and meanwhile he will scurry from courthouse to -- to courthouse to show the world what the courthouse looks like. john henrehan, fox 5 news. and derek thomas is here with us.

and this time of year we love these gardens. >> butterfly population is on the decline. there is over 12,000 species of butterflies and moths that are native to north america and we want to talk about bringing flowers into the garden that will attract the butterflies and make your garden a destination to them. >> and what i love is that i like a really natural garden. an old-fashioned garden and that's with a these are. >> it's about creating an old- fashioned garden. and i want to talk about some of the plants. we've got echinacea. this is cone flower. the wonderful thing about cone flower, a lot of people want long-lasting plants in the garden. the cone plow certify -- flower is le one of the best because it will last up to two months. and i want to take time to just cut a little bit of this. because we're going to create. this is butterfly bushch everybody talks about butterfly bush, this is bud laya that is

known for attracting it. >> i have these in my garden. >> this is crate myrtle. and the flowers there are just coming in. we have texas hummingbird mint. this will attract not only butterflies but also hummingbirds. we have russian sage. and we've got some oriental lillies which are just absolutely phenomenal. >> those are spectacular. >> and watch the pollen on the shirt. and then we can spice it up with the red. butterflies like the red. >> are they attracted to colors? >> they are attracted to red and to blues and purples. now one of the great things is, as you see, we'll get you one of the eckinnishas -- echinacea, then you have the perfect old-fashioned flower. >> and are these perennials.

>> these are all perennials that you have here. things like the petunias, this will bloom all summer long. it is an annual. and the pan semian, it will add some movement to the garden. it is also an annual. but everything else, with the exception of the heeb is cuss, you can winter is over and take it back inside. but not only are you doing something good by attracting butterflies to your gardens, but you're making an attractive gardens. >> and what is the bloom time for these? are they going to bloom all summer long. >> and you have these estillbys which will bloom all summer long. and then the salvia will bloom all summer longch the crate

myrtle will last about two months. and once again the echinacea, that is one of my favorites. it starts to bloom now and come the end of august you still have blooms on there, that's beautiful. other than just the fact that these look nice and the butterflies look pretty, what is the advantage to having the butterflies in your garden. >> they are a natural pollinator so we need them. and a lot of the insecticides have declined the butterfly population. they're looking into why the monarch butterflies have declined. they're not returning to the gardens. they used to winter over in mexico and they're not returning. most only live 20-40 days but the monarchs were able to track and show they are starting to decline. people are going green, getting back to organic because we need the butterflies because tear mother nature's way of making sure we have more plants next

year. >> i love it. thank you very much. and the emmy nominations are now out. we have the full list on online but want to share a few. teen a fay's -- teen a fay has 22 nominations 30 rock. >> along with 30 rock and the best comedy category, is our family guy, fox's family guy. and the fox drama house is among the nominees for best drama. >> and you can find the nominees at myfoxdc.com and look for the link on our home page. >> that is awesome for tina fey. odvery godosho and taking a quick look at the five-day forecast. hazy, hot and humid. s hareturned. 90 degrees. chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. more of the same tomorrow. saturday things start to get better, although still a chance of showers. sunday is the best day of the weekend it looks like right now. 82 for the high. less humid and no rain.