day. very cloudy as well. we'll check in with tony for a look at a forecast. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. i'll let you know, the humidity got to me. i turned on my air-conditioning last night. >> it got to me months ago. and we'll check in with tony perkins. >> you'll keep it on today because another muggy day today. the temperature not quite as high as yesterday. it got up to 90 yesterday. today i expect the high toto t but another muggon folks. good morning. we'll start by showing you hd radar because we're g ocinusoin se oreweing ff to the here iton, but wnghi n, cambridge, maryland, easternthf onos thf e rain f ran ipushing ro vimo slowly to the north, northeast. and you could odg ovigood cuorf the system is moving relatively

slowly. herde a sheard some some l htn rumbles of thunder. rd alook at the satellite radar for our region. that's a vigorous system off the coast into the chesapeake bay and maryland region. across the mountains, more rain showers and that's another system impacting us later today. current temperatures 73, humidity 87%. barometic pressure remains steady. forecast for today, partly cloudy, afternoon showers and thunderstorms are likely. high today of about 84 degrees. that's the latest on the weather. more is coming up in a little bit. right now let's go to lauren demarco with a look at traffic. southbound baltimore washington parkway at new york avenue, police activity to the right. stay to the left to get by. slowing at bladensberg road and

third street tunnel. we have a disabled truck, your two left lanes are blocked, stay to the right to get past that. 66 in virginia, looking rather heavy as we leave route 50 fair oaks past waffles mill toward 123 and brief delay again at the beltway. right now 95 in virginia, northbound very heavy from potomac mills up towards route 1. we also had reports of a disabilitied vehicle at the prince william parkway blocking the center lane. 95 northbound in springfield a smooth trip up toward 395. 395 looks good crossing the 14th street bridge into the district. we are still working that accintasound on amp to south capitol street. that's a check of your fox 5 on- tmeicti tffra. also another commuter affle to pass along. is onerom metro as the takoma station will stay open all day today. noierliseathr thweek metro had said the station would be closed at 10:00 tonight for continuing invontitik gaor w but now says the station will

stay open until midnight as . rm normal service at takoma tom. still red line riders should expect fewer and slower moving trains. we'll have more on an announcement expected from metro today coming up in a few minutes. president obama today hits the road to sell his health care reform plan. >> with public support eroding the president took to the airwaves with last night's news conference trying to put pressure on congress and convince the people. did he change any minds. doug luzader has the story from capitol hill. >> reporter: the white house is going to have to change some minds here in congress and throughout the country. the president's health care reform plan has a public relations challenge. the president emerged in the east room of the white house knowing his health care plan could be in real trouble. >> now i understand that people are feeling uncertain about this. >> reporter: and it's not just the public. even many democrats think his

idea for health care reform will drive the nation further into debt. but the president thinks that despite all of the resistance, now is the time. >> if you don't set deadlines in this town, things don't happen. the default position is inner shaw. because it creates some that are unhappy. >> reporter: the president needs to convince the public that higher taxes and more government involvement in health care will have a payoff. >> if we do not reform health care, your premiums and out of pocket costs will continue to sky rocket. >> reporter: the president wanted to focus on health care and reporters largely played along but one question dealt with at rest of a harvard professor in cambridge, massachusetts. neighbors thought he was a

burglar and he refused to show i.d. >> reporter: >> the mbridge police acted stupidly. >> reporter: it was on the biggest night of the health care agenda. and the president will continue to press that agenda. he's heading to the cleveland area as the debate continues to play out on capitol hill. on capitol hill. doug luzader, fox 5 news. another story we're following is a sexual assault. >> it happened yesterday moing on beach drive. and matt acland is joining us live. scary stuff. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it happened around 7:00 yesterday here along this trail behind me. you can see that there is not many people. every couple of minutes you'll see a jog ergo through.

this is where police say the woman was just jugging -- jogging along and someone grabbed her and took her back into the woods where he sexually assaulted. >> here? are you serious? >> reporter: that reaction felt by countless joggers after hearing the news of an early morning attack. >> i'm shocked. it's 7:00 a.m. that's a time my friends and i run with our kids. >> in the city, you have to be careful. it's definitely scary. >> reporter: u.s. park police say a man ambushed a woman hauled a woman into a wooded area and sexually assaulted her. the attacker is described as hispanic, believed to be in his 30s with shoulder length ack hair, stalky, 5'7", and he

wreaked of alcohol. also we discovered this cri warning posted along the same rock creek path. another sexual assault dating back to thanksgiving 2008. unrelated in police say it's too soon to tell. but everybody believes its beauty and enjoyment here can't be over shadowed by the crime. >> i feel the k park is secure. i don't think there is danger here. it could have happened in d.c. or anywhere. >> reporter: and while that tape police was running, a park police passed by here so they are keing a close eye on the area. they are hoping that maybe there was another jogger or someone out walking yesterday morning who also got a glimpse of this attacker and might be able to help with a description. we are told by police that they are currently trying to put together a composite sketch and they should release that to the

media within the next couple of da. live in rock creek park, matt acland, fox 5 news. back to you. >> matt, thank you so much for that. d.c. police investigating a deadly double shooting in southeast. this happened hours ago in the 1200 block of eaton road. two men were shot and one died and the other is in citical condition at this hour. we are just hours away from a big announcement from metro. a possible financial boost for the transit agency. john catoe and members of the washington metro areas house of delegation are holding a press conference this afternoon to talk about a proposed $150 million in federal funding. in the wake of last month's deadly accident metro announced they are designing a backup for the train control system with an alarm going off with trains are undetected. new questions about a

painful chapter in virginia tech. meal health records about the shooter have been found more than two years after he went on his rampage. where they were and why did it take so long to find them. gurvir is here with more on that. >> seung hui cho took many lives and since then the virginia tech community has been struggling to know about his life and what drove him to kill. what we knew right away was that he had been to the councilling center three times during his time at have the. the visits were back in 2005. we didn't know what was revealed then because the records were missing. yesterday governor cain announced the records were found in the home of the former director, robert miller. those were made by lawyers for

the victims. miller never shared the information with the center therapist who had seen cho. >> people were aware he sought treatment and people were involved in that treatment and discussions described seung hui cho's mental health. >> governor cain said miller had taken his records and other students home more than a year before the rampage. dr. miller was asked about cho's records but told investigators that he didn't know where those records were. miller declined to comment to the associated president yesterday but families of the virginia tech victims and shooting survivors are talking. a mother whose son was wounded said, deception comes to mind. the records will be made public as soon as possible. and from hat i understand, it is illegal for anyone to remove those records from that counseling center so they should have stayed there. >> still more questions to be answered. thank you so much into coming up next on fox 5 morning news,

maryland one of eight places in the nation where a new swine flu vaccine will be tested. scientists acknowledge there could b adverse reactions to the vaccine. should yu be worried. we'll talk with a doctor on the maryland swine flu advisory board coming up next. and the latest on the investigation of the death of michael jackson. federal agents raid the office of the doctor who was with the king of pop in his final moments. time now is 7:11. ki

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we do expect he'll be here next week. in the meantime, you can send your questions to fentyonfox@wttg.com. let's check in with tony once again with a look at our thursday forecast. >> we'll start with hd radar and keeping our the n othe in s areas of heavy rain iortf othe ben erlastryanmad nh eastern maryland and southern ry marylaea ra fa ine,ndard,yl man mbridge, maryland, the rain te, still a pocket of heavy rain. the east seeing the an ap list nd a tasan ap list the t het the heavier rain moving in as we speak. again, this is one of thoseu t looking out of the window aint bo t nkihe about rain? but t f eeast it's all riometh ift iserand some of i vhe e t we'v y. e we've had lightning and thunder with it as well. let's go to the national map and we'll show you all of the action. look at that. tall ofhehe al ion is hein the

eastern third of the nation with the exception of texas where we're seeing rain showers there. but most of het tes rof est country is dry. a few rain sweh s in california. here we remain at 73 redeges. and cincinnati, 64 right now. eg daasll is at 75. they've cooled off and from last week. l.a., 68 degrees at this hour. your five-day forecast, high today, mid-80s. yesterday we got up to 90 degrees. but another humid day with a better chance of showers and thunderstorms scattered across the area this afternoon and this evening. tomorrow some more showers are possible. 87 degrees. saturday, a good amount of sunshine and hot. sunday more showers and thunderstorms possibility. same for monday. more coming up in a little bit. >> d i thoroughly enjoyed ask the weather guy this morning. it was fascinating. i love it.

i have no rush that. >> i'm going to pick up the book. let's check in with lauren demarco. >> it's nice to learn something new every day. intelligent questions. pretty cool. right now on the road, we are on the brakes, leaving the pentagon across the 14th street bridge, pretty slow traffic right now. this is all because of that accident eastbound on the freeway at the exit to south capitol street, the right lane and the exit remains blocked with accident investigation so it's doing damage here. northbound 395 up into the district. back inside now, we have some delays on the inner loop of the beltway passing 66. 66 itself, you will be on the brakes from route 50 fair oaks toward 123 then again some brief delays past the beltway. right now no problems to report on the beltway in montgomery county or in prince george's county. if you're moving across the

woodrow wilson bridge at speed. no problems down from the baltimore area through laurel in toward college park. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 7:18 now. the race is on to test a new swine flu vaccine and the national institute of health tapped eight medical centers to do the research including one here in our area. they ll test the shots on volunteers next month. the plan is to give two doses 21 days apart to different age groups. they think some older adults will have some immunity. to give more details, joining us this morning is dr. ivan walks. how will the tests be administered? >> well folks will volunteer and go in and get a shot an

get a second shot 21 days later and then what will be happening is folks ill look at the responses to those shots. are there positive responses such as the body building immunity to the virus or negative things such as people having allergic reactions. so you're looking at the positives, looking at the negatives. if the positives out weigh the negatives then you move on to the next step. >> and when we hear positives and negatives, we shy away. what are some of the negatives we could see? >> when you introduce something new into the body, the boy says i don't like this and mount a response. it could be a mild reaction or something significant. so when people get into this sort of thing, keep in mind, they didn't just draw this and say let's just test it on people. there are a whole lot of things that happen before people are test subjects. >> so you are still looking for

volunteers and people tend to volunteer for studies like this. what is in it for the volunteers? >> sometimes you want to be the first one protested. when i was in medical school we did hepatitis b. testing and it's nice to know i had some protection back then. so sometimes that's it. >> so the testing starts next month, university of maryland medical school, one of the forerunners when it comes to this. but i think the big question is when you get the research in hand, will a vaccine be ready before the fall flu season for the general public? >> there are two parts to that question. the part you stated and the answer to that is we hope so. we don't know. we're rushing. there is a race against time. the second part is, people can do a whole lot while they are waiting for a vaccine. all of the things that we've talked about for several months. and people who have a bad reaction, oftentimes you see in the second line, underlying health conditions. take care of your health, be as healthy as you can, protect yourself and all of that should

be done all of the time. >> is this different. we've talked since the whole virus came out that this isn't necessarily something that may affect those with the weakest immune systems. so do you have to look at this differently when you look at the testing and research. >> i think those doing the testing are looking at things differently. i think we look at it the same. we're going to protect our health, be as healthy as we can, listen for must information and keep in mind, you're underlying good health is your best defense. >> if we normally get a flu shot, would this conflict with this? >> since the shot is not developed yet, i would be speculating. but knowing the folks who are in charge of this stuff, they'll make sure we get good shots and good instructions so last thing we have to worry about is do we have to decide whether their making a good decision. we can depend on them given the track record and they'll tell us. we have it, it's on time, here

you go, this is what you should do. >> and as far as the medical community view on this, do you expect the virus will continue to be a factor or grow as a tractor in the fall and looking into next year? >> i think we're seeing a deline in the influenza and the other kinds of flu right now during the summer. we would expect to see an increase again in the fall like we do every year. and so we will expect more cases, we will expect that we'll have more information in the fall. but again, this right now is acting like seasonal flu. folks should protect themselves the same way. you need to wash your hands and sneeze into your shirt. we have good information now and i expect we'll get more good information as time goes by. >> and from tests as well, which the university of maryland is part of. dr., thank you for joining us. they are looking for volunteers of all age groups.

you can find the information on myfoxdc.com. >> thank you so much. time now is 7:22. it's 73 degrees. and the families of the victims of the virginia tech shootings are speaking out about a gun control amendment that failed in the senate. plus maryland lawmakers may draft a to the state budget. how they plan on dropping close to $300 million. and coming up later, the sweet taste of summer. holly is taking us to the farm where peaches are prime for the picking. stay with us. ♪

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senators backed a gun control amendment that failed in the senate. it would allow a person with a concealed weapon perm knit one state to carry it to another state. 58 senators supported it but it fell two votes short of approval. victors of the -- victims of the virginia tech massacre worked hard for the amendment. with public support failing and doubters on both sides of the aisle on hill, was president obama able to change any minds during his prime time press conference last night. and why the harvard professor who claims racial profiling will not get the apology he's getting. this as the president weighs in strongly on his opinion of the high profile case. in the 1930s,  farmers planted nutrient-rich soybeans...

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and 5-10. there are new developmented for metro. they plan to work with a maryland based company to design backup for the train control system. the system that was supposed o prevent crashes like the deadly one last month. later this afternoon gm's john catoe and the metrohealth delegation wiltalk about the proposed $150 million in federal funding for the metro system that well no apology for renounced harvard professor gates. he was arrested last week at his massachusetts home. it was gates trying to get into his own home when he was locked out. he's one of the leading scholars on african-american history showed his i.d. to police he says but was arrested for disorderly conduct. those charges have been dropped but the arresting sergeant is refusing to apologize. president obama had a strong response when asked about the case at last night's news conference.

>> the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was proof they were in their own home. and number three, what i think we know, separate and apart from this incident, is that there is a long history in this country of african-americans and latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. that's just a fact. >> the president said federal officials need to continue to work with local law enforcement to improve policing technies so we eliminate potential bias. 7:32, we want to check with tony on our forecast for this thursday. looking toward the weekend now. >> starting to look toward the weekend and we'll see warm weather again for the weekend. temperatures about where they should be for this time of year. for today, our temperature is lower but the humidity is still up there so another muggy start to the day and it will be a so tracking some rain showers primarily ofto f te th east. some of these have been very heavy rain showers.

et's look at -- we'll rtsta wi owyou dad rar ndathwe cash show you that. and we'll show you the rain activity out there. we've got precipitation here near annapolis. severna park and an ap list. rain showers off to the east in eastern maryland. near cambridge getting heavy rain and across the chesapeake bay is where the heaviest rain and moving off to the north and eastment we could see significant rainfall accumulation with this system before it gets out of here because it's moving so slowly. now the regional temperatures. we remain at 73 degrees. row -- roanoke at 76. 72 in for -- norfolk. 72 in new york city. in the nation's mid section we see a mix of clouds and sun. rain showers in central portions of texas. most of the action is in the eastern part of the united states with the precipitation

across the mid-atlantic, out over the ocean and into interior portions of the northeast as well. your forecast for washington for today looks like this: mostly cloudy skies. hot and humid day, afternoon showers and thunderstorms are likely. high of about 84 degrees. then for tonight, we'll see our lows in town around 70 degrees. the clouds remain. it will be a muggy night and rain showers are possible during the evening hours. your five-day forecast, tomorrow 87, maybe a few more showers during the afternoon and evening. saturday, looks to bdry right now but hot, 90 degrees. sunday another chance of showers and thunderstorms, same thing for monday. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. now let's get an update on this morning's rush ur traffic from lauren demarco. so my best day for the beach is saturday. >> that's a good beach day. >> thank you very much. i will be there this weekend. well right now we're two -- going to head up to the 495, on

the 14th street bridge on the brakes from the wreck at south capitol streetch the exit ramp is block and now two right lanes of the southeast- southwest freeway are blocked. they are trying to get that out of the way for you. back inside, northbound 95 you're going to be on the brakes as you head up past the prince william parkway toward route 1 in woodbridge on the occuquan, an accident on the right shoulder. your beltway delays, on the outer loop through springfield, up toward the woodrow wilson bridge and then on the inner loop from braddock road to 66. in maryland, looking pretty good here in college park as you head on the inner loop toward the bw parkway. the outer loop does slow through montgomery county. you'll be on the brakes from 95 in collegeark off and on to georgia avenue and again at the 270 merge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the president will be at the cleveland clinic in ohio today to continue the push for his health care reform.

it comes just one day after president obama held a prime time news conference on this issue. last night he pushed for -- pushed for a bill that would cover all 47 million americans without health insurance. he wants to create government- backed insurance plans as well that would compete with private insurance provideers. the president promises his plan would not add to the deficit and also claimed if congress does not act, 14,000 americans will continue to lose thei health insurance every single day. >> this is not just about the 47 million americans who don't have any health insurance at all. reform is about every american who has ever feared they will lose their coverage if they become too sick or lose or change their job. it's about every small business that has been forced to layoff employees or cut back on their coverage cause it became too expensive. it's about the fact that the biggest driving force behind our federal deficit is the

skyrocketing cost of medicare and medicaid. >> as far as how to pay for it, the president supports a plan to tax families with joint incomes topping $1 million. he says that would keep the burden off those already having a rd time handling costs. julieous hobson joins thus morning with reaction on the president addrs last night. good morning. how are you? >> well. thank you. >> your impression on last night's speech? >> i think he did well. i think people have some impatience and realize that congress is not a fast-moving system. absent deadlines, they wouldn't move as fasts they are. >> that was my next question. why are the deadlines in place? we've been building up to some sort of health care plan in this country for a while and now the deadlines are here. >> well having lobbied this before in 1993 and '94, you didn't have those kinds of deadlines. it dragged out. nothing happened.

you have to have deadlines in order to make them move. it's my sincere belief that some kind of health care reform will be enacted by congress and signed by the president by the end of the year. >> a lot of folks now just average people on the street who might not every make these incomes that the president is talking about, balking at the idea that taxes will go up and am i going to pay for this. poll numbers reflect that. your opinion as far as the real cost of this plan? >> the real cost, ithink in the end, will probably come in somewhere around a trillion dollars. but they'll pay for it. it will be off-set. yes, people are concerned about their taxes. but what has begun -- what is happening in our country is the legislative process has become the political process as in election. so everyone makes exaggerated claims about who will be harmed and you'll lose your position, you won't have a choice. >> it's that fear factor. >> it's fear. you can create fear and then people will say no and then nothing will happen.

this time we absolutely have to do something. this is 17% of our gross domestic product. >> and we're talking about a trillion dollars over a period of time. >> over a a period of ten years >> and it's interesting the ads that we're seeing with the famous couple around their table talking about this plan can work. what should we read into that? because those were very powerful ads when ms. clinton tried to get this same legislation pushed through. >> i think what we read into it, the last time around you had a good portion of the health care community that opposed health reform. this time everybody wants health reform. it costs a lot of money, they want to bring down costs, we feed to deal with quality, 30% of our population is obese, we have to reform health care into to provide better primary care for all of us. >> it seems like a catch 22 situation. in a way, a lot of us are out of work and not having health care for our families and still this price tag at a time when some of us are hurting.

in your opinion, is this a necessary evil at this time? it seems like we're piling on, but yet there are folk that's just cannot afford to go to the doctor. >> that's why we have to do this. for those people who can't afford to go to the doctor, eventually do show up at doctor. they show up in the emergency room where health care is the most expensive. we need to reform health care so most of our citizens, as many as we possibly can, can have access to health care, access to primary care, and wellness so we can make for a better and healthier country. >> are there any changes that could work themselves out in congress that would get this passed at a quicker pace? i guess i'm asking, what needs to be changed in this. surely there are some things that can be tweaked. >> unless you're going to change our system government from three branches to parliament, we won't move that fast. he is especially the senate. they don't move that quickly. >> were you surprised to see

the prime time news conference to get this legislation passed. >> no. i think it was needed. he needs to get engaged in this and did he that and it will move along. >> and will this work down the road? a lot of talk about our grand kids pay fog-- for this? >> i hope so. i have two grand chirp and i hope they're not paying for it. >> thank you juror -- for joining us. coming up next. new details in the of the death of michael jackson. the doctor who was with jackson in his final moments, his office was recently raided by federal agents. more details coming up here on fox 5 morning news.

the texas office of michael jackson's office was raided yesterday as investigators were looking for evidence of manslaughter. they took a forensic image of a computer hard drive and took some documents. the doctor was with jackson when he died last month. he's been interviewed as a witness but not as a suspect. police took records from jackson's nutritionist, claiming that he badgered her for anesthesia.

half a dozen workers at the coroner's office violated rules by snagging copies of his death certificate and some made copies of the document and did this before it became public record. the staff members were told they would be disciplined should they abuse the system again. 7:45 right now. 73 degrees on this thursday morning. >> yes. ve g ood. let's take a look at the hd radar because i want to sh stowho ou y'rhow you srspoweg e in northwest washington, a litshe e ower. also, near dale city and maasa sslittle bit of h herowctiter heteavier showers are starting to lose some heof itnste y. intensity. he e t.all off o ttas annapolis is getting hammers. chesapeake bay seeing heavier rain but that picture is improved from what it was no t that long ago.

now let's look at the broader picture, the eastern united states satellite radar, you can see tthe two systems that want to merge. one is off the coast, an area of low pressure bringing rain off the oast, including some heavy rain oascotht ascot of southern maryland, eastern portions of virginia, southeastern virginia. and then another system to our west bringing some rain showers to the mountains and heavy rain in the portions of northwest pennsylvania and western new york state. here is your surface map for today. there are your two systems. right now we're mostly influenced by the coastal system, but the western system, the cold front will come through here and that's mainly going to impact us today, bringing us afternoon showers and thunderstorms. they will be more numerous than in the last several days. five-day forecast, high today of about 84 degrees. 70-80% chance of rain today. tomorrow some rain showers, 87. saturday looks good, 90 degrees. sunday and monday, warm and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. >> that graphic looks so active. >> there is a lot going on right now. we're right in the middle of

it. >> a lot of heat out there too. and let's find out how much traffic is out there. let's check in with lauren demarco. >> we have jammed 490 -- 495 across the 14th street bridge. because of the accident on south capitol street. the accident is now gone. all of your travel lanes are open. hopefully some of this will start to ease out for you as you head inbound. but right now pretty ugly commute northbound 395 across the 14th street bridge. your delays on the outer loop leaving springfield. this is inner loop, leaving braddock toward 66. once you get past that, it's a smoother trip up toward the legion bridge. in montgomery county, on the brakes leaving 95 in college park. heading in past new hampshire avenue making your trip in towards bethesda. then slow again ue the pace passing the 270 merge.

that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. still ahead on fox 5 morning news, it might be -- tough to think about the colder months ahead but there are important steps to take now to protect your lawn and garden this winter coming up in how does your garden grow. >> and let's check in with holly. >> reporter: we are all about a summer fruit this morning. it is peach season and they are ripe for the picking. we found the perfect orchar for you and your family. we are live at holland farm in virginia. how you can come out and get your own sweet treat right off the tree live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.

peaches are so good. now it the best time to pick up some peaches, a little sugar and milk. holly is at the hell land -- at holland park in della plain this morning. >> reporter: the reward is oh, so sweet. we are live here. and this is the perfect place

to come pick peaches and the two reasons are two reasons right here. here are are the owners. they were the farmers of the year recently. so congratulations on that. and one of the big points here is that you are young farmers which there is not a lot of it. >> think the average age in fauquier county is about 60. >> so you're a little below that. >> yeah. that's right. >> for now. >> so let's talk about your wonderful orchard. what do we have going on here? >> we're two weeks into peach season. i have different varieties. but as far as what to look for when picking, you want to look for something that is larger and redder as opposed to smaller and greener. because everything on the tree is n ready at the same time. >> if it doesn't come off easily, then that's not good.

>> this is a good one. >> this would be something not -- need more time. >> reporter: and we said if they fall off that's a good sign. >> yeah. and a lot of them on the ground are the ripest. >> reporter: you said don't be afraid of the ones on the ground because that means they're ripe. so you have different types, so that they come like a -- like ripe at different times. >> it is a two month season and we finish up the first week of september. >> and the way we do it is that since we have so many different varieties we have them going up the hill in succession where the earlier varieties are on the lower part of the hill and as we move through the season they get ripe ergoing up the hill. so there is always something coming in. >> reporter: and you guys said this has been a popular season for you guys. more so than usual. >> it has been. and i think we're so close to washington, d.c., we're just 45

minutes out and so we're greatly benefited by the proximity. >> and your dad was out here giving me the low-down and he was thinking because the economy is not doing well, maybe people aren't going on big vacations and bringing their family to have a fun day on the farm. >> i think that's true, because people are sticking close to home and seeing that value and that connection to picking food that is growing locally. and it's very rewarding for people to come out and let their kids get in on the action and pick their own fruits and vegetables and prepare something from the things they've picked. >> reporter: and the key here is these are so much better than the ones we find in the store because you're getting them at the store, because in order for them to get to the store, they have to pick them before they're ripe. >> right. they have to be fairly firm. the ones in the store, they pick them if they have a reddish color and then they'll pack better for shipping. >> reporter: and so people think they're ripe but they go

and knock on them and they're hard. >> or soft, but not very sweet. >> and this one here is pretty firm b but if do you take this home and leave it on your counter top in, 2-3 days it will start to soften. just because they're firm doesn't mean they're not ready. there you go. >> reporter: thanks, shannon. i'm putting that in my bag. so you guy have about 800 trees here. but they have a whole lot more than that. real quickly, the rules when you come to pick your own peaches. >> okay. well you can eat a little bit, but not too much. and that's it. basically be safe. and the cost is $12 on a pack. >> and don't leave trash in the orchard. >> reporter: look at how beautiful and green and clean it is here. and peaches aren't the only thing they do here. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to holland farms so you can find out when you

want to schedule your trip out herement but coming up in the next hour, we'll see what else is ripe for the picking this morning. i think you're going to like it. back to you. >> sounds good, holly. just ahead, a clothing chain under attack. acts of vandalism and death threats at local american apparel stores. it's because of a controversial t-shirt. and a bill that defines a right of passengers stuck on airplanes has passed. one activist will say there is no excuse for airlines to keep you stuck on t ho for hours at a time. that's coming up here on fox 5 morning news.

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huge case gripping the nation, the arrest of harvard scholar henry gates. we'll go live to boston with reaction there. watch your back. that's the warning from police after a man ambushed a jogger in rock creek park. plus hot dogs may be as american as baseball and apple pie, but one group is saying they're also zardous to your health and should carry warning labels. should you worry about hot dog dangers. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. >> not from the oks of that hot dog. it want makes me want one. all things in moderation. if you don't eat a hot dog every day, you'll be okay. if you don't eat a big bowl of ice cream, you'll be okay. >> why did you have to put one in there? e onin there? >> because.

t's e look at our hd radar. >> lets. >> we use this in moderation et but we use euscae wveha a cause we have a lot to show you. around severna park, an areaof n. raierv no so big now, but still precipitation falling across the chesapeake bay le itatl t biae littl bit of a shwer ito no northwest washington. pretty much on the line between northwest and northeast washington as a matter of fact. so keepi t t. ha upa ofnle that. a uple of light showers here and there off to west near manassas. here is a look sae it r dapir urctfoe the eastern u.s. you can see the system is a pre you can also almost see where fm you can also almoeae ar the ar of low pressure is off a e coast as thip nd eventually into portions of new england. we're getting the clouds and precipitation associated with it. here is the forecast for d.c. for toda partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. a warm, humid day today. afternoon showers and thunderstorms are likely, highs

in the mid-80s. por onhe forecast coming up in just a bit. and let's check in with lauren demarco and find out what is happening on the roads. >> let me just say you guys are making me really hungry this morning. >> ice cream had nothing to do with the ice cream. >> you don't eat a lot of sweets every day. >> you don't have to mention that. just stop right now. >> first of all, i love hot dogs. this news is kind of depressing me. >> just get the healthy ones. >> but tony is right, everything in moderation. well heading out to the roads, bad news. 395 northbound, we cleared the accident as we were telling you, eastbound on the freeway. but the damage is done. here we are at duke street. the delays begin at the beltway. it's the mixing bowl and continuing up across the 14th street bridge on to the freeway. if it sounds familiar, that's because we were looking at the same thing yesterday. we had an accident in the same spot, kind of strange, this one was here for three hours. so bad right now northbound 395

across the 14th street bridge. you also have delays on the beltway in virginia through springfield past eisenhower avenue toward the wilson bridge on the outer loop. on the inner loop slow from braddock toward 66. looking out there, here we are at the wilson bridge. pretty smooth as you head in from oxon hill. no problems past 295 or 210, the american legion bridge also running at speed. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. well numbers like this one that you're looking at driving the push for health care reform. the average medical spending for a family of four with heal insurance, is nearly $17,000 a year. the president continues his push for health care reform today during a visit to the cleveland clinic. >> with republicans and moderate democrats on the attack, the president spoke directly to the american people last night. ainsley earhart looks at his press conference in this

morning's top story. >> reporter: the president goes prime time. his agenda -- health care reform. >> this is not just about the 47 million americans who don't have any hell -- health insurance. it's about any american who fears they will lose coverage if they get sick or lose their job or change a job. >> reporter: he wants the plan passed before the august recess. but the argument is that the administration is moving too quickly. the president says that's not the case. saying this is no time like the president. >> if we do not reform health care your premiums and out of pocket costs will contin to sky rocket. if we don't act 14,000 americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day. these are the consequences of inaction. >> reporter: the president admits that americans are queasy about debt and deficit and the impact health care reform would have on both but

the president says in the long run it reins in the spiraling estimate. >> we have seen that we can reallocate money that is being wasted in federal health care. this includes unwarranted subsidies that go to insurance companies as part of medicare. >> reporter: he argues that the cuts to medicare are uncalled for. >> these are unprecedented cuts that if republicans would have ever put on the table, they would have had -- they would have hung up. >> reporter: the nonpartisan congressional budget disagrees that health care reform could help reduce the deficitment they say the bills through congress add long-term cost. in new york, ainsley earhart, fox news. >> today president obama will lead a public form in ohio and then head to chicago for a pair of fundraisers. new this morning, metro

plans to work with an annapolis based company to design a backup control system to prevent crashes like the one m up with a transportation communications and engineering firm. though the two have not worked out any terms of agreement, some experts have estimated that a system could take years to design and cost millions of dollars. today we learn more about a possible financial boost for metro. gm john catoe and members of the washington metro area delegation are holding a press conference to talk about the $150 million in federal funding. the money is in the house appropriations subcommittee on housing and -- urban development bi. b k.acback. that's the rdwoafter police say a jogger was ambushed in broad daylight. it happened on beach drive north of military road. matt acland is there this

morning, about 24 hours working the story from rock creek park. >> reporter: good morning. it didn't happen too far away from where i'm standing. if you look behind me you might be able to see some of the running trails, some of them go into wooded areas and some are out in the open. this is a place where cars can also travel. this is the area, about 7:00 yesterday, where the woman was joing along. we're told that a man came up to her, he grabbed her and then took her into a wooded area where he then sexually assaulted her. let's take you to video of the area. police did canvass this area but have been unable to -- make an arrest in the case. they are telling joggers to be careful. they are concerned the man could repeat the attack. they say the jogger who was attacked yesterday was able to recall that the man she saw earlier before the attack was

speaking to himself in spanish. >> i have no idea why these crazy things happen. >> i feel the park is secure. i don't think there is any reale danger here. this is just one thing that could have happened in the middle of d.c. or anywhere. >> reporter: forgive me while i look down but i want to be able to give you this description. police want this description out because they believe it's quite good. they say this man was in his 30s. he he had shoulder length black hair, stalky build. 5'7" and wearing a t-shirt and jeans and the victim was able to smell a strong scent of alcohol on his breath. they are hoping that maybe there wereother jockers -- joggers or other people walking in the area that were able to spot the man and they might be able to help out with the description. they are currently in the process of coming up with a composite sketch but that won't be available for a couple of days. steve, allison, back to you. >> matt, thank you very much.

it is now 9 minutes after 8:00 and new this morning, party affiliation not meaing much these days if the race for virginia governor. 7 former republican lawmakers are now voicing their support for the democratic candidate creigh deeds. the former g.o.p. state legislators endorsed him yesterday and this follows news on monday that major democratic donor sheila johnson went public with her suprt for the republican candidate bob mcdonald. and the race is on to have a vaccine ready to go by the fall for swine flu. up next, the details on vac sign trials happening here. and also ahead, cigarettes, alcohol and hot dogs. y one group wants a warning on the summertime staple. and everybody has at least one travel nightmare story to tell. an update on the passengers' bill of rights and the fight to make air travel less of a hassle. yeah, no it's great.

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it is 8:12 right now on a thursday morning. and flu season right around the corner. and maryland will play an important role in the testing of the vaccine. the university will test dosed on volunteers next month. earlier this morning we spoke with a doctor on the how the program works. >> they'll get a shot and a second shot 21 days later and we'll have folks look at the responses to the shots. are there positive responses such as the body building immunity to the swine flu virus or negative things such as people having allergic reactions and that sort of thing. >> the testing begins next month and they are looking for all age groups. if you're interesting in volunteering, call the number you see on your screen, 410-706-

6156. again, 410-706-6156. you can find the information on our website, myfoxdc.com. now a warning about hot dogs. a fashional cancer awareness group says that hot dogs should come with warning labels because they are hazardous to your health. the cancer project filed a lawsuit in new jersey calling on companies to put warning labels on the packages. the lawsuit sites a report about the american institute for cancer research that found regular consumption can increase the risk of colon and other forms of cancer. and 8:14 time. it's time for the cuteness factor of the day. >> and we start with the my first 5 photo of the day. allison, this is syndey. nod your -- not your syndey, but another one. >> that is my syndey, tony. >> she's taking advantage of the great weather we've been having, flying a kite for the first time. >> what a neat perspective. >> it is a cool perspective.

very, very nice. it's an artsy photo. very nicely done. that kite is way up there. >> that is the kite. look at it in the middle of your screen. >> very good. thank you for sending the photo in. if you want to send in a photo of your child, go to myfoxdc.m . leoo> l satk rnin let's look at hd rad. we'll start with that and show you the precipitation that chat. o st moitf inbee watching. most of it o t heeast. buts we saw in our live shot with matt acland, a lile bit of rain falli i n northwestern d.c., pushing into northeast. just a narrow ndba of rain. n so heavier taiin he se rnveparkrn area. and most of the rain that we were seeing aross the ayke h b cheaapay b has pushed into eastern portions asof maryland. right now forecast, the current conditions being reported at reagan national. 75 degrees. relative humidity 84%. the winds out of the east at this hour at 6 miles per hour. and been is falling. satellite radar for the nation,

a lot of action in the eastern half of the nation. not so much out to the west. in texas, northern portions of texas, we're seeing rain shower. and then we have the rain we're dealing with off the coast and across portions of the mid- atlanticnd the interior northeast. forecast for today and the next five days. high of about 84 degrees. chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. pretty good chance as well. tomorrow a few more showers in the afternoon. saturday looks to be a nice day. warm and 90 degrees. sunday, chance of showers and thunderstorms. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. now let's get an update on traffic with lauren demarco. out to 395 northbound, dealing with delays after the mixing bowl in springfield so just after the beltway. you'll be on the brakes northbound 395 across the 14th street bridge. that is because the accident that we were seeing eastbound on the southeast-southwest freeway at south capitol street, the accident is gone. the damage is done here with

the volume. everyone is headed northbound as you can see past the pentagon. taking it back inside right now, i want to show you the mixing bowl in springfield. right there, you're looking okay. it's just past this camera where we start to see everybody slow down for 3995 39 -- 395 delays. across the occuquan, very brief delay. on the balt, on the -- on the beltway, delays from braddock to 66. and slow at putly street toward the beltway. the good news, that's your only delay. to problems heading in from fair oaks toward 123. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 8:17 now. and a bill that defines the right to passengers stuck on

airplanes has cleared the senate commerce committee. the measure included in the faa reauthorization bill who is being fought by carriers who say it will lead to delays and cancellations and more cost to customers. but our guest says there is no excuse for airlines to keep passengers on the ground. kate hannah sat on the tarmac for nine hours. she joins us now. i'm guessing during that nine hours you had time to think about a lot of time to think about the measures. >> about the toilets over flowing, no food, babies screaming and how the united states got to a place they can hold you on a plane indefinitely and there is no law that says they have to provide you with anything. and imagine being stuck in a middle seat with no resources, your phone dies, you can't communicate with the outside

world and you're being treated like cargo, not like human being. >> so you led this fight to get into the senate which passed as part of a flyers bill of rights. what would make things easier for passengers? >> when i got the bill, there is more than just our language in it for passengers. our language says they have to give you optional deplanement at three hours and essential needs the whole time you're on the tarmac, you'll have access to food, toilets and temperature control. the other things that were added to the bill that were a positive surprise for passengers are all of the fees for blankets, pillows, aisle seat, window seat, anything they can think of, all of those fees will be mandated to be posted when you buy your ticket. so you'll know what the fare is

and the unbundled fees. if it's a canceled or delayed flight, that's noted at the point of purchase if you know if the flight is canceled 30% or more of the time, they have to tell you. is it chronically delayed 40% or more of the time, they have to tell you. there will be an advisory committee for rights. i hope to be the cheerman -- chairman of that committee. it's a big bill. it's not law yet, we need people to call their congressman and fight for this. but we're as close as we've ever been. >> i think everybody has their own story about ing stuck on a plane. i know i fell asleep on the tarmac at jfk and woke up an hour and a half later and saw the baggage truck still moving and i haven't left the ground yet. and the argument for passengers is we don't want to be inconvenienced. the airlines saying if their forced to do this by law, you

have the risk of nights canceled and they're going as far as saying it may push people to get off if bad weather so they don't have to follow the legislation. how do you counter those claims. >> well they're not true. they're just simply not true. first of all, no pilot can take off unless he's cleared by air traffic control to do so and there is not lightning within a certain vicinity. so it won't compel a pilot to do something unsafe if the airlines are really committed to safety, it won't happen. secondly, and this is the biggest myth, if you're stuck on a taxiway there are buss that can go get -- buses that can get people off the plane. and if you missed a funeral or wedding or a business meeting or not connected to your cruise because they've decided to warehouse you on the tarmac, you can go home instead of being stuck and being held hostage by the airline. >> this is attached to a must

pass, so we'll see if it does make through. for your benefit, hopefully it doesn't take too much out but we know how congress works. >> and don't forget to send people to flyers rights. >> it's on our website, myfoxdc.com as well. it is now 8:22. coming up next on fox 5 morning news, calling for the safe return of a soldier held captive in afghanistan. a community rallies in rural iowa. plus the final goodbye to a broadcasting legend. details of how walter conkrite will be remembered. and peaches and lots of things in season and ripe for the picking. holly will show us how to skip the produce aisle and get it right from the source. we're back in a moment. there are moments in time

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was delayed from paris on tuesday due to technical problems. concerned citizens gathered to call safe return of hailey, idaho. the 23-year-old captured in afghan by the taliban this month and recently appeared in a video made by the taliban. defense secretary robert gates says the military is doing everything it can to bring him home. a private funeral service for walter conkrite at st. bartholomew's church. he will be buried next to his wife in kansas city, missouri. he died last friday at the age of 92. the president speaking out about the harvard professor. >> the president says, quote, the police acted stupidly. and police keeping a close eye on a popular place to take

that jog this morning. what happened at rock creek park that has them asking for the public help. 8:26 now. we'll be right back. fios guy! where ya headed? uh, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds, and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so is ted. (ted) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (ted) no i'm not. ted has betrayed me... okay... (announcer) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home. switch now, and get a free compaq mini netbook computer. just pay shipping, handling and taxes.

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president obama calling on congress to act fast on a health care reform bill. >> he will continue to push his plan today when he is in ohio visiting the cleveland clinic. now last night during a prime time press conference, mr. obama said he wants a bill that will cover all 47 million americans without health insurance. he wants to create government- backed insurance plans to compete with private insurers and promised his plan would not add to the deficit. he claimed that if congress does not act, 14,000 americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day. >> if the current trends continue, more and more families are going to lose health care, more and more families are going to be in a position where they keep their health care but it takes a bigger bite out of their budget. employers will put more and

more costs on the employees or they'll just providing health care altogether. >> as far as how to pay for it, mr. obama supports a plan to tax families with incomes topping $1 million. it's what he said at the end of the news conference that is stealing the headlines and over shadowing the heal care talk, the president said police in cambridge, massachusetts, acted quote, stupidly for arresting harvard professor gates. gates was trying to get into his own home and was locked out. gates is one of the nation's leading scholars on african- american history showed his i.d. he says to police but was eventually arrested for disorderly conduct. the charge have been dropped. reporter aprilo dell joins us

outside of gates' home in cambridge. good morning. >> >> reporter: good morning, steve and allison. from harvard scare to the podium, the case continues to gain national attention and debate. >> as for what really happened, there is two sides to the story. >> reporter: during a press conference the president, a friend of the harvard scholar, may have joked with the media but had harsh words for the cambridge police. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was proof they were in their own home. >> reporter: meantime the sergeant is defending his action this morning. only on fox he says he's disappointing the case has received so much negative attention but there will be no apologies from him for the harvard scholar. >> there will be no apology. >> is this now and ever no

apology? >> yes. >> then i think it's an unfortunate situation. he may have thought that what he did at that time was correct, but from the information that i see, i think it's -- it's very unfortunate. >> reporter: the cambridge police unit has thrown it's full support behind crowley, an 11 year veteran with the police department. fox 5 news. >> april, thank you very much. and let's get to tony perkins and look at our forecast for this morning. i saw a few rain drops out there in the city. >> and we're continuing to watch. rainfall across portions of the area, including in washington. it's hard to see, but this little system here, it hasn't moved for quite sometime. right there, pretty much along the line between northwest and northeast washington. and it's filled in a little bit, gotten heavier. so one area of rain here in d.c. more rain off to the west towards front royal down to the south, south of la plata we're

seeing rain showers across southern portions of the potomac river and across the chesapeake bay pushing off into eastern maryland and to the north pushing up toward baltimore and shower and heavy rain there. so scattered morning showers. some of it has been heavy in places. let's take a broughter look at the area and we'll show you the direction of this rain. this is a pretty vigorous storm system off the coast here. area of low pressure out here and we're getting just the western end of that as some rain fills in along the chesapeake bay and the potomac river pushing up to the north and east. out to west, this is another system. now you look at these two and say this is the main problem. not really. this is where some morning we had shower activity. some of this will fill in during the day and bring us rain showers later on today. take a look at the surface map. scattered rain and not everyone will get it but we have a 70- 80% chance of seeing it as the

front gets close. most of the rain is with its area of low pressure push off to the north and east. so forecast for washington for today, another one warm. muggy. mostly cloudy skies. afternoon showers and thunderstorms are likely. high today will be in the mid- 80s. that's a look at the weather. now we'll have more information on the five-day forecast coming up in a little bit. right now we go to lauren demarco for one last look at traffic. i'm just holding out hope that saturday is nice because i'm going to be at the beach. >> so far it looks good. >> my sister's birthday so she's counting on you. >> now the pressure is on. >> we're counting on you that it will be nice. all right. i do want to take you out to 395, one last look at it here across the 14th street bridge into the district you'll be on the brakes, and the delays begin at the beltway. because of an earlier accident that we had eastbound on the freeway at south capitol street. that's gone and all lanes are open. but again, delays from the

beltway northbound on 395 making your trip into the district. also eastbound, east capitol street at the whitney young bridge, the right lane is blocked with a disabled vehicle. back inside, delays on the inner loop of the beltway. you're on the brakes from old georgetown road past connecticut avenue toward the mormon temple. delays, southbound 270 toward the inner loop of the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 8:36. thank you, lauren. a warning before your morning jog through rock creek park. a man is said to have sexually assaulted a woman in the park, north of military road, near the milk house ford area. police say the man ambushed a jogger and pulled her into the woods and assaulted her. he's described as a hispanic

man with a stalky build and 5-7- 5-10 in height. the fight over storefront displays. we're going to show you how keep your lawn looking it's best through the rest of the summer, but into the as ll ll. that's coming up. there are moments in time

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a local store and employees targeted over a t-shirt. speaking out in support of gay rights. somebody out there doesn't like the message on the shirt. security is stepped up at the store but the store is not backing down. this happened at an american apparel store in silver spring, maryland, and wisdom martin went there to find out more. >> reporter: at the american apparel stores, this t-shirt is on display at all six locations in the metro area. >> american apparel, this company has a certain stance on the rights of all people. >> reporter: but someone didn't like the idea of the legalized gay t-shirt in the front window. an angry person called the georgetn store to complain about the t-shirt. the regional manager spoke with us under the condition of

anonymity. >> he said he and his friends were offended. >> reporter: it wasn't a concern until monday morning when someone shattered the window at the silver spring store. >> it's a little bit of a shock. >> reporter: it didn't end there. the silver spring manager who didn't want her identity revealed received a threatening phone call just a few hours before we showed up. >> i received a phone call from a man and he basically gave me a death threat saying that it was very wrong of me to put the -- to put the shirt back on the manican like i did this morning and that it could end with tragic results for me. >> reporter: police are looking into the incident. meanwhile the store has boarded up the window, increased security for the workers and started screening the phone calls. but management says they won't change the support of gay marriage or change the t-shirt in the window. >> so its something that we're taking very seriously, but of course we would not back down from something that we feel

very strongly about. >> reporter: wisdom martin, fox 5 news. >> now the management at the store says it has not had any other problems in other stores in the other parts of the country. police are investigating this as a crime, but not a hate crime. so the heat can take its toll on us but on the best-kept lawns as well. >> up next we'll show you how to keep it green for the rest of the season. and holly is out in della plain picking up a summertime staple. >> reporter: we came out to holland farms for the peaches b we have squash, lettous and the little mexican tomatoes. we'll tell you how you can fill your whole table with fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers. next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ♪

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the script says holly is working hard at the farm this morning. but it doesn't look like it. >> that's its money shot right there. >> reporter: i know. how about these peaches they look good. but you're right, it is a corna copia of fresh things here at holland farms. we picked peaches there are five orchards in a five mile stretch. but when we got here and we were hanging with the owners, they were like, you know you can pick this and this and pick that. and we're like let's go. so we will do that. this is shannon davenport. we're in the lettous area. >> we have nice salad greens right now. and this is a bib plant herement we reach down to the base of the plant and try to pull the whole thing up, roots and all.

it's a little bit of work. it's totally phone. because once you pick it, it's over. >> reporter: can i try another one. >> sure. >> reporter: i got the roots on this one. if i took this home -- >> just peel off the brown ones because you don't need those. shake off the dirt and then i would just get a little thing like maybe even a wet paper towel, put it in water, and then it keeps itself hydrated and stays fresh. >> doesn't that look like the perfect salad. we're making our way over to the table and to max, because i wasn't kids when i said there was a corna copia of things available. >> everything here came off the farm. so there is tomatoes, blackberries, lettous, zucchini, carrots, raspberries. >> reporter: and you can't help but notice that the topography is these hills which is so good for all of this because --

>> well peaches in particular, because you get the spring front here so you feed to have some evation because then you get some drainage to settle in the valley on the spring frost. >> reporter: i made my way to the shovel because we're going to dig carrots. you said it's fun for the kids. so what am i doing here? >> wiggle it in the ground. sometimes there's a rock down there, believe it or not. >> reporter: is it down far enough? >> a little bit more. keep going. >> reporter: do you think i'm going to get it. i hear a rock down there. >> you need some assistance there. >> reporter: can i have some big farm muscles. and here is one reason why you might want to become a farmer. look at that. that is s fun. i love that. these two have three kids. and what the problem is you have with your one son? >> too many fruits and vegetables. >> reporter: they have to cut

him off because he eats too many fruits and vegetables. and as we head down here, for you all in terms of preserving the land so there is plenty of agricultural here in an area where development is bountiful, and the fact there aren't very many young farmers, you have a mission to kind of keep this thing going? >> right you have to have it profitable to continue it. so this is -- this is working out well for us. we just started the pick your own about five years ago. and then for that -- before that we were in the cattle business. we still do the cattle, but this is fruit. >> and i wanted to end the with sunflowers. tell me about the sunflowers. shannon, their your thing. >> we love having its sunflowerrers here for people to pick but it gives the deer something to eat that doesn't cut into our profit so much. so it's kind of a win-win for everybody. and they're just so beautiful. people love to come out and cut

them or put them in vases. >> i just want to immerz myself in the flowers. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to holland farms where you can come out and spen -- spend the day and fill your table and garnish it with these beautiful flowers. gurvir, you're going to do how does your garden grow, but you're going to have a tough time beating my garden. >> you' right. and thomas is here with us. we got the green memo today. >> and in washington, it's a fighting battle. summer lawn care is probably one of the biggest problems in most people minds. they're entertaining in th sumer and want things to look perfect. unless you're reserved to spending a lot and putting on a

lot of water that will keep the lawn green, if you don't have irrigation, you have to set yourself up for regular water because it's hot and dry. >> got it. that's the number one tip. what else can we do? >> using organic. everyone is going green. we have great products on the market. this is a dehydrating chicken maneur. it's wonderful, slow release nitrogen that will get into the lawn and build up the composition of your root structure. this is a product called forego plus. a lot of things that happens is that bacteria goes out as we put other chemicals on. this product is going to rebuild the healthy bacteria in your soil. >> so why is that important for getting or lawn looking good?

>> because you want to have the healthy nematodes. if you're soil is not alive it will look like this and not lush and green. make sure you have a healthy soil structure. one of the things i like to do in the summer is do a top dressing with compost, and also go behind, and this is lime, take lime and make sure that you're applying lime to the lawn and watering it in. >> so if you had like one tip, e lime would probably be the biggest. >> the lime would be the biggest tip in helping. but also if you can't go green, in eggplant world, supplying us with all of the things we see here, and this is turf trust. it's one of the best slow release fertilizers. so if you can't get out there and dump the maneur and the lime, put all of the organics on there, this is a wonderful high nitrogen fertilizer that will green up the lawn and it

won't be harmful to adding runoff. which is an important factor. >> that is a big key. because i have to admit, like everything else i want my yard to look good and every spring i get the fertilizer and the dandy line killer and that sort of thing, but that can be harmful to the environment. >> it can be harmful. and this is another company that has wonderful things that are from green light. these two products are very slow release. as it says on the bags, season long control. so in stead of going in three times of year and putting down the chemicals, you can apply it once a year. with the crab grass preventer you do it in the spring. so that really happens. but getting the lawn, the soil firsof all, back to being healthy is very important. >> got it. we have to wrap it. but people are saying do i put

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baboons on the rampage. this is at the nosily safari park in england, warning visitors to keep the windows closed and the luggage away from the top of the car. >> who will pay for that. >> but this is not a random car. park officials sent this car through and this is what happened. the baboons for things apart. there are more than 140 baboons in the park. apparently now are all well- dressed from the luggage scattered around the grounds. >> look at the mirror on the side of the car. that's the problem that i said before. they climb on the mirrors. >> i might have a nervous break down if that happened to me. >> if you were sitting in that car? >> this was the test car. >> they're hanging on to the sides. well one animal causing trouble in looking for love in the wrong places. >> a wild turkey on the prowl in the garden state and wreaking havoc in the process. that wild turkey has been phone to chase male carriers and stop

traffic. he stands guard over the neighborhood, acting like he owns the place. >> he chased you? >> he ran really fast. now i've found out that they can run 25 miles per hour, but he was running full throttle and i was running down the hill like a crazy person. he wouldn't leave and kept following me. if i wet down the hill, he would follow me down and if i went up the hill, he went up. >> who is in charge here? >> the turkey, who do you think. >> you do not want a wild turkey chasing you. experts say it is mating season. >> and when asked about his behavior, the turkey reportedly said, you have heard about the baboons in england? at he's nothing thom y wht n're that. and why don't they finahim an turkey. >> turking matey is ou rh. > >>here is a