street bridge, it is a brisk day this morning. we'll check in with ali oakley and look at traffic. good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. strong thunderstorms through the area. look at this video. big bolts of lightning seen on capitol hill and in some cases the storms were dangerous. >> it seems like we need the ominous music behind the videos. let's check in with tucker barnes who is in for tony today. the storms look like they have passed. >> quieter weather on tap for today. we picked up about o inch an a h ndand an at re reagan national. let's start with a look at the radar. quiet weather at thiss h lyr. lo cdy across the re lo gi we do have morning fog in spots. that should burn off anwe should be in for atypically warm summer thig esmperaturnn with high emperatures in the upper 80 ngmn bout 90. lle ln it e e tesa radar and showing you the action. most of the cloud cover and

rain shower activity is well off to the north and east. see the light showeaivctity. f o thinkingits pth ie ieatc ellrgwiy get in he twihis afternoon and present the possibility that we could see a few more scattered showers or thunderstorms by mid to late afternoon across the washington area. 69 at reagan national. warming up. humidity 84%. should feel drier today. the winds have shifted out of the north at 5 miles per hour. less humidity than yesterday but still warm with a high temperature of 88, partly cloudy skies expected and the possibility of a few afternoon showers or thunderstorms in the forecast. that will do it for weather. i'll have a look at the week forecast later. here is ali oakley. we've had a number of accidents throughout the area. i'll take you further to the south on 210 around 228, accidents still in play there so it will keep you slow. this is the intersection of new

york avenue and florida avenue. i want you to pay attention to the stop sign. police officers are out on the scene trying to put a generator into play so they can get the signals working again. also near the convention center at 9th and m. street, the signals are short timing so that will be slow. northbound 95, the accident before the fairfax parkway, on the shoulder creating delays across the occuquan. and it's saturated on 395 and the outer loop to the new construction zone. southbound 270 as you ride past the truck scales and it will just be volume there. opened up both directions of 70 in the area between 66 and maiersville. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. now to a developing stry out of maryland this morning. a helicopter crashed late last night on to i-70 and burst into

flames killing all four people on board. >> the chopper went down on the interstate near hagerstown along the washigton-frederick county line. and sherry ly joins us where the wreckage has been taken. sherry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. we do know the helicopter took off from the hagerstown reg nall airport but -- regional airport but investigators are not saying where that helicopter was headed. state police say they did receive calls after the crash that there was an overdue helicopter so they have an indication of who was on boardment but because the helicopter was engulfed in flames, they tell us the medical examiner will have to get a positive identification before the names of the victims can be released. maryland state police said a trooper heading to work spotted the wreckage on interstate 70 before 10:30 and thought it was a burning car. as he got closer he realized it was a helicopter and called for help. all four people on board died.

the chopper was a four-seater robinson r-44. it crashed in the median around mile marker 37 near smithsburg and burst into flames. investigators were heading the investigation. there was heavy fog at the time. storms in the area had passed and it is unclear if weather was a factor. the helicopter we're told did not hit any cars but drivers did see what happened and reported seeing a low-flying aircraft. >> there were power lines that were down near the scene that were seen right off. so there was concern about traffic east and westbound. >> there was a couple of cars in close proximity at the time of the crash and i know state police were interviewing those. >> reporter: now it is unclear if the helicopter actually clipped those power lines as it

crashed, or if that had anything to do with causing this crash, or whether when the helicopter crashed the flames from the fire melted the power lines and that's what brought it down. that's all part of the investigation. now i-70 was closed for most of the evening. it reopened at 5:00 this morning. the wreckage has been cleared and the rest of the helicopter has been brought here to this airport. we're told it was put in storage so investigators can look at it. at 10:30 this morning the ntsb is expected to give us a briefing with more information about this crash and perhaps some of the victims. the faa we're told is also investigating. live in hagerstown, sherry ly, fox 5 news. back to you. severe storms rolled through the area last night. it's not clear if weather played a roll in the deadly helicopter crash. >> we do know the storms caused problems all over the region, including in d.c. where it was

a close call for a golfer. danny chance was on the course when a lightning bolt struck. he was not directly hit but was injured and is in serious condition this morning. tense moments for a family in gaithersburg. their house got struck by lightning. a grandmother and 8-year-old son were inside but made it out okay. and a woman tried to make it through water and her car stalled and had to be rescued by d.c. fire officials. more information following last month's metro crash. investigators say problems with the circuits at the crash site date back to 2007. we know a circuit was replaced five days before the collision and now we learned north section had been replaced 18 months ago and showed occasional power fluctuations since then. metro says none of the blips

were enough to prevent the train controllers from detecting trains on the tracks. >> we have not felt any failures. we're going through the wreckage to ensure there were no failures during that period of time. if we find that there were any cases where we failed to detect a train, you will hear this from us. >> metro is promising transparency. the house has approved a bill that includes $150 million for metro. this is the first step in getting the 10-year, $1.5 billion in dedicated funding from metro that congress authorized last year. 256 members voted for it, 168 against. metro hopes to use the money for capital improvements and preventative maintenance. the director of the counseling center of virginia tech is now explaining how he

ended up with seung hui cho's records at his house. seung hui cho killed other students and then himself. the records were packed in a box of personal documents a year earlier in february of 2006. the lawyer says miller opened the box for the first time last week and was surprised to find the records. he took the records to the center the next morning. the dow finally over 9,000. that's the first time since january 6th. in the latest session the index jumped 188 points to 9069. fueling that rally, some better than expected earnings reports and signs that the housing market ght be turning around. existing home sales rose more than 3.5% from may to june. that's the third straight month of increases for previously- owned homes. the median sale price rose in

june. and only one out of three homes sold in june was a foreclosure. the federal minimum wage is going up from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour and the news is getting mixed reviews. some economists say it could prolong the session by forcing small businesses to layoff the same workers that the pay increase was meant to help in better times but minimum wage advocates says it will keep lower income afloat, stimulate consumer spending and strengthen businesses in the long run. mayors, lawmaker, even rabbis all taken into custody, all accused of taking part in one of new jersey's biggest corruption scandals. the details next. and new details about the investigation into michael jackson's death iolving his doctor again. plus even with congress looking out over it every single day, lawmaker have rejected tens of millions of dollars for repairs in their own backyard. we'll talk with the president of the trust for the national

mall on a troubling new report.

7:13 now. and it appears that a government informant helped to take down an alleged corruption crackdown in new jersey. a real estate developer convicted of bank fraud posed as a cooked businessman. in all 44 people were arrested, including new jersey state legislators, a few city mayors and several rabbis. they say the politicians took bribes and the rabbis were accused of trafficking human kidneys. the target of a manslaughter investigation into the death of michael jackson.

this week investigators raided the office of dr. conrad murray. authorities used a search warrant to seize items such as two computer hard drives, a irs document and muscle relaxers. michael jackson had a history of drug abuse. and let's check in with tucker. >> a lot of thunder inlighac rossghthe area last ght. and much quieter now. still urbn t iwe oburn it off it shou be a nice looking coar ole erd the last couple of mornings and less humidity later today. 64 in pittsburgh. still very warm off to the south and east. cape hatteras 79 at this hour and raleigh is 72. let's look at the e saitll radar and the big oritstis stth area of low pressure, that big

storm that crashed into the southern new england coastline during the day yesterday. heavy rain up into boston, and they have flash flood warnings in new hampshire and maine and northern massachusetts. and last night we had the storms and we're starting the day with sunshine out there. later today, clouds out to the west. very light shower activity in west virginia that will track into the washington area and spark up a few more showers and thunderstormfor today. but if you have weekend plans, right now saturday looks fantastic. 88 this afternoon, summery with a chance of scattered shower and thunderstorm. tomorrow 92. 91 on sunday. so a hot and summery weekend here in washington. haven't done that too much this year. cooler on monday and tuesday with a chance for a scattered shower or thunderstorm. >> kind of a steamy weekend but we're warned. >> we're ready for it. >> and it's summertime. >> we're ready for it. it's time to check on traffic and here is ali oakley. >> been a tough commute this morning.

we had the helicopter that went down on i-70 between hagerstown and frederick. it was between 66 over to maiersville. they cleaned up the wreckage but there are tv crews out there. and we've had some signal problems at c. street and m. street -- i'm sorry, 9th street and m street near the convention center and along new york and florida avenue. here we are 270 getting by at clarksberg, no problems. there was a police stop on southbound 270 near the truck scales and this is why you were slow leaving frederick down to that point. when you get down to clarksberg you're in good shape. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. allison and seif -- steve, back to you. americas front yard has turned into a fixer-upper at the jefferson memorial, the sea

wall is sinking. and with congress looking out over it every day, lawmakers rejected millions of dollars for repairs. yosemite got more funds than the national park but national park has more visitors than the park. what will it take to fix it? joining us now caroline cunningham, the president of the trust for the national ma. good morning. >> good morning, allison. >> let's talk about the money slated to come to the national mall and how could it not. talk about that money and how badly that will be missed. >> the national mall has $400 million in deferred maintenance so that money was sorely missed. the $56 million that was received from the stimulus package, secretary salazar said was a down payment on the long- term problems on the national mall and we were grateful for the down payment and looking

forward to more funds. >> tell me exactly what your organization does as far as maintenance or raising the problem about the need of maintenance on the mall. >> the trust of the nation mall is the authorized partner of the park service and our goal is to raise about half a billion dollars to restore the -- the national mall. we've raise add wearness on the -- raise add wearness on the national and the down payment is a good tart but the trust is to engage the national mall and americans across the country in restoring the national mall. >> it seems this is an interesting case. visitors come to the national mall and we live here near the national mall and we might not think about it, but who needs to go in their checkbooks and try to help the situation? >> well i think its everybody. the trust is a public-private partnership. congress and individuals are putting up money. we think that it's not only

those who can afford it, but i received a check from a group of students in florida, pennies they collected for the memorial. so its everyone and it's america's front yard so everyone should get involved. >> yet pple think it's not my issue, it's the national mall, it will fix itself. is that a part of the problem? >> a part of it. but as congress heres from con stittu ends on the -- constituents on the national mall when they come here, they'll dress it. congressman dicks has been a good supporter. so it's starting on capitol hill. >> we saw the terrible picture on the front page of the post as far as just the extent of the damage, the dry spots when you give that panoramic view. if you can just tell -- it might be too much to go into -- but the bullet points of what is wrong when you go down to

the national mall. what is in disrepair. >> there are three major areas, the sea wall around the memorial is devastated. all of the waterways are fouled and filled with potable ter. last year there were dead ducks and fish. and then the great lawn. that is in a state of disrepair. we don't provide the amenities for the 25 million people who come here and the food facilities and bathrooms. i think those are the major things. >> and how disappointing when you come to the nation's capitol and you want to see the monuments and the mall and i see where this fight is more than worthy. what the next step now? >> america's front yard should be the premier park in the national park service and for our count. our next steps are waiting for the national park service to complete the plan that will happen in the spring and then

we'll start working with congress to fund the program. >> carolyn cunningham, thank you for spending time with us. >> thank you. >> steve over to you. coming up next, the president said to start stuffing for one candidate in the governor race into two banks targeted by thieves. victims enter their pin and then two armed men move in and rob them. the surveillance pictures police want you to see. and more fallout over the arrest of a prominent african- american professor. the officer making that arrest speaking out. and holly getting us eady for shark weekend at the national aquarium. the time now is 7:21.

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banita jacks, the d.c. mother accused of killing her four daughters and living with the bodies for months. yeerday the court heard testimony of how long the girls were dead. a forensic expert who took the stand that said there is no question that britney jacks was stabbed and estimates she was stabbed for six months or more. prince george's county police want you to look at these pictures, they're looking at these guys accused of holding up four different people at gunpoint at bank of america at ms late at night. if you have any idea who the people are, call prince george's county police. and the president will be stopping in virginia soon. not for health care but for the democratic candidate for governor. cre deed's -- creigh deed's campaign announcing the president will attend a rally. four people were killed

when a chopper went down on i- 70 last night. the ntsb is on the scene and we'll get the latest on their investigation after the break. never forget, that is the message being sent to top military leaders as the families of prisoners of wars and troops still missing in action as a result of the vietnam war demanding more information about their loved ones and we'll talk with two people leading that call coming up next. fox 5 morning news continues. it is 7:26. (bell ringing)

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a helicopter crash on a major maryland interstate, killing four people north of the district. state police say the commercial chopper wept down about 10:30 last night on i-70 outside of hagerstown near the washington- frederick county line. amazingly no vehicles on the highway were involved in the crash. it's not clear what caused the chopper to go down. state police and the ntsb and into -- and the faa are investigating. top senate democrats says lawmakers will not stop arguing before the august recess. brett wallace is in for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> and all we're talking about

is health care reform and when this is getting pushed through congress. what are you talking about. >> that's the number one topic. we have robert gibbs on fox news sunday and republican jon kyl who is in the senate finance committee and in the middle of the negotiations about what the senate is trying to do. that seems as the best vehicle for any bipartisan support. there is still a pushback from even conservative democrats about how the plan will be paid for overall. we're going to delve down into the details of where this stands. this is not going to get done before the august recess and what the chances are in the fall. >> we showed our hand and showed a picture of robert gibbs from the white house and he will be your special guest this week. >> that's right. and there are a lot of questions for the white house press secretary about strategy, about whether the president, by making the comment about the cambridge police officer's action if the arrest of

professor gates near harvard whether his comments about the police acting stupidly took some of the wind out of the push for health care reform. we'll talk about that and the fallout from that as well. >> including seeing a dip in the approval ratings when it comes to talk about the health care reform package. >> yeah. and the biggest slip is from independents and liberal republicans who had supported the president overwhelmingly. that slip has in recent weeks been pretty dramatic. and right now, according to the fox news opinion dynamics polls, he's at about 54% but he was at 62% and 65% just a few wes ago. >> wall street reporting better numbers than we've seen in a while and you'll be talking about the budget and deficit numbers on the show on sunday? >> definitely. senator jon kyl has talked extensively about where we are as far as the deficit and where we are in the tarp funding, the $700 billion.

where has all of that money gone? there is a question about transparency and what the administration is being forthcoming with and not talking about when it comes to that money. we'll get into that, plus we have all the regulars on the panel. chris is off but all of the regulars is here so we should have a great show. >> and he'll be there as well. brett baier, thank you very much. you can catch fox news sunday right after fox 5 morning news. and once you're up on a friday, that's the weekend and let the weekend start. let's look outside. some blue skies return. much quieter weather. after the fireworks last night, we qerui eteawr them iquieter wh str fothe e morning. hweash s hs ome erowexpected this afternoon so we're not out noerhe storm qut iet out quert her r oraithunderstormte ore ex nhecoe t auciipld heretever

the next couple of hours. want to go back to yesteheay rd and last night and talk about the rain totals. about half an inch of rain at reagan national. i know it doesn't look too impressive but that is about double the amount we had picked up for the entire month of july, so about half an inch there. inch and a half at dulles and less at bwi marshall. needed rain because the month has been dry. a couple more chances over the next 5-7 days for rain. so if we don't see it today we might see it toward late sunday and monday. temperatures cooling off a little bit overnight. although we're starting the slow rebound into temperatures. 69 at reagan national. 66 out at dulles. fredericksberg is currently 68. if you want warm weather, ocean city is 77. looks like a nice weekend down there but there is a risk of a scattered shower or thunderstorm later today. but most of the weekend should feature dry weather. got the thunderstorm activity out of here. you can see it. i pushed the radar back 12 hours but it faded off quickly to the east. and we're waking up with very

quiet conditions outside. so the morning hours will feature dry weather. we have a couple of very spotty showers out to the west. just south of elkins, a spotty shower. that will get across the mountains and there is a possibility with instability in the atmosphere this afternoon, we could see more showers and thunderstorms pop up. tail be widely scattered, not like yesterday, but can't rule out the possibility of a shower or thunderstorm. 88 for an afternoon high. partly cloudy skies and i mentioned the showers and thunderstorms. drier as well. winds out of north at 5-10 miles per hour. check out the five-day forecast. if you like 90s, you'll love this weekend. 92 tomorrow, should be a lot of sun. showers and thunderstorms by late sunday afternoon. monday and tuesday, we can't get rid of the showers and thunderstorms. cooler but humid by early next week. that will do it to your forecast. let's get to ali oakley with our fox 5 on-time traffic. >> i don't know if you'll be on time today because we've had so many problem this is morning.

eastbound 70 reopen from hagerstown and frederick it was closed due to the helicopter crash and they were investigating that. well they have rolled the helicopter away. and now you have tv crews on the scene. and that is a distraction for you. i'm going take you into the district. we had the storms tucker talked about. now you have signal problems. they're trying to get the generator up and even our traffic camera went down in that location. 9th and m., signals are out and pennsylvania and southern avenue as well. to springfield, looking good through springfield and newington. slow across the occuquan. new construction zone been there for two weeks slowing you down. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. steve and allison, back to you. >> alley, thank you very much. the national league of pow

families and members leading with top military members to persuade for more information of p.o.w.'s still not accounted for. we have guest this is morning to talk about the mission. welcome to both of you. >> ank you. >> let's talk about what is happening this week and how the efforts will continue to work with lawmakers to try to get more information here. >> right now, we've got families from across the country of men who are still missing in southeast asia, gathered to hear the government briefings that tk about what is going on on both the operational and policy side to return their missing loved ones. we have gotten assurance that this administration considers this a priority and we're just so pleased to have set a precedent that the m.i.a. flag is a symbol to know that the code of conduct will be upheld and they won't be left

behind following a war. >> and three decades and there are still some 1700 plus that are missing or unaccounted for. are we still getting word of identities coming in from some of those who have been missing? >> absolutely. just as they were lost on a case by case basis, they're being resolved on a case by a case basis. what is important, my own father was missing in action for 24 years, an air force fighter pilot. i can't say enough about the tenacity and courage of the people working to gain answers. but the vietnamese still have answers they could decide if they decide to open their warehouses to give us access to their archives. my father's case is proof that answers are possible and that they make a difference. >> and you said the word coming in as recently as this week as to some people who have been identified. >> absolutely. yesterday he were being addressed by an admiral who is the specific commander in

charge of m.i.a. activities and one of our family members stood up and said i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart because just yesterday we received an accounting on my brother. >> wow. colleen you mentioned your brother missing in action. carol you have this new book out which is your third on this topic and you focused on families back home in addition to the missing service members but hw their loss is being dealt with back home. >> yes. and it's the story of the founding of the league of families of p.o.w./m.i.a. which looks out and oversees with the government what is happening to the missing. because every president since nixon has said we will not leave our men behind and so the families gathered together and became the band of brothers for the leae of families. and the league of the families is the band of sisters.

it was begun by the mothers, nieces and daughters like colleen of men who have not been identified or accounted for and for the prisoners. and so these women just took on not only our government, but they took on the world. and they went to the united nations and they have changed legislation and they've changed things for the better for all military families today. andthey were very strong women. evelyn grub was one of them, my co-author. >> how much of a challenge is it now that we are reoved from the war to keep this at the forefront? >> well bowe bergdahl is an example of that. when men are taken prisoners we have to let the families know that they are not forgotten. and you flag below the stars and stripes, this is the flag of the league of families. they are the ones who conceived

and executed the first flag in 1971 and the league has been in existence for 40 years. the families have stuck together for 40 years on this issue. >> colleen, you had talked about the fact that some of these governments we're still trying to work with. when you talk about governments such as vietnam, cambodia, laos, is there still work to be done? >> we've had some recent good news which is vietnam has given us permission to put in a u.s. naval ship for none exploratory ship to work on some of the under water cases of losses. i think when you look at vietnamese ability to account for americans still missing from the war, it's great. we have photos of men last known alive in captivity. these are cases that the vietnamese could answer. on the other hand, the families are very realistic, realizing that in every war you -- will have casualties where you won't have an answer. but we want an honest and swift

accounting and vietnam is able to help with that in their own country and cases of losses in laos. >> i know the meetings will continue today in arlington but the mission continues well beyond that. colleen, carol, thank you for joining us. continued success with your efforts. 7:41 right now. 69 degrees on a friday morning. with training camp less than a month away, it's looking like michael vick may return to the playing field this season. we'll have more on that on fox 5 morning news. when a final decision on the disgraced quarterback's future is expected. and a major crackdown in the garden state, federal investigators arresting more than 40 people, including lawmakers, mayors and rabbis. we'll look at this big bust ahead in the 8:00 hour.

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but he would have to serve an additional sentence during the league. and let's check in with tucker for the forecast. >> it's hazy anhot out there. >> it's hazy but not hot yet. temperatures in the upper 80s. who am i fooling? it will be hot. here is the forecast. here we go. ocean city, maryland, best chance for a shower is today. i think saturday and sunday dry if you're headed to the area places. >> and that's one place where it can be hot. >> yes. and temperatures in the middle 80s and very comfortable so you might see a shower or thunderstorm on your way down today but by saturday and sunday nice conditions there. up towards rehoboth and cape may as well, temperatures in the 80s, which is seasonal for this thtime of year. north of boston not bright. still heavy rain. a vague orous area of -- vigorous area of low pressure up towards new hampshire and

maine. here in washington quieting down overnight. we're waking up to just partly cloudy skies. showers and thunderstorms n the forecast today as we have one last little piece of energy to work its way through that came through yesterday with the system. and we'll see the possibility of a few more showers and thunderstorms bubble up in this unstable atmosphere this afternoon. should be wisely scattered and not as numerous as yesterday and that will give way to a hot weekend around here. check out the weekend forecast. today 88. could be a scattered shower or thunderstorm. tomorrow 92 degrees and a lot of sun. perhaps a late-day thunderstorm on sunday, 91. so the hazy, hot conditions we love are here. >> and we love it so much. let's check in with ali oakley and find out how much we're loving the commute this morning. >> it's gotten tough. it's been tough all morning. for a friday, we hope for the light thing but there wasn't a lot of precipitation along the roadway but because of the

helicopter crash on 70, that shut us down but now all lanes are open between 66 into maiersville but there are tv crews slowing you down. remember tucker talked about the storms and now we have signal issues. one is 9th and m. street, pennsylvania and southern avenue is also dark with temporary stop signs out and new york and florida avenue with temporary stop signs even our traffic camera went out of that -- at that location. and in virginia, this is the our loop, traffic leaving springfield into thof the wilso you have this accident. it is over on the right-hand side and we have the construction zone that is related to the wilson bridge project, that same location, that is already have the traffic slow. so now you have this incident on the right-hand side. so it's tough out of springfield to the wilson. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. allison and steve, back to you. >> thank you very much. and coming up, we'll find out what is worth checking out at the theater this weekend.

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the sharks, raise your hand? look at that. 50%. that's pretty good. yeah, i got you. go ahead. give your best look for the camera there. oh, very good. he's been practicing all morning. i wanted to make sure i got it on. like one out of two people, that's probably a pretty fair estimate as far as sharks being fascinating and people either really thinking it's cool to be with a shark or scared to be with a shark. and that's one of the reasons they're having a celebration this weekend to dispel some of the myths and up the percentage of people that will be fascinated ant want to learn more. i want to bring in andy deerhart and a renounced shark expert and part of discovery shark week which is must-see tv. it's become more and more popular. but let's talk about the whole, all call it the jaws phenomenon. it's still out there. >> i think shark have a tou

p.r. road to go. they have been known to attack people from time to time. it's extremely rare. shark attacks happen less than 100 times per year worldwide and of those less than five are fatal. sharks are part of the ecosystem and we need to respect them and it's more respect than fear. >> and you guys are talking about shark conservation which is important and always the mission of the aquarium. >> absolutely. we're losing sharks at the rate of 250,000 a day and that's through targeted fisheries and also catch. so we do need to save the sharks. >> reporter: we have four different species. there are three in here. can you tell us about these guys. >> yes. the one in the back now, its spotted one is a swell shark. these guys are cool. they can blow up their bodies like a porcupine. they breathe in a gulf of water and make themselves look larger

so a predator doesn't want to eat it. these guy have been reproducing here and we might have you petting one later on today. we also have a leopard shark which are common in the coast of southern california and that's the one swimming through the middle right now. and than we also have a horn shark. and they are unique in the fact that they have a venomous spine on their dorsal fins, the one in the back, the spotted one. they have two venomous spines to hem with defense. >> and now these look small. do they get bigger. >> we have a smaller aquarium, this is -- these animals are perfectly suitedor the size of our facility. these are about as big as they'll get. >> if you don't think that your kids will be fascinated, just take a look down this way because these guys are having a good time talking about it and looking at the sharks and give me an idea of some things going on this weekend and why kids are good to come out and be a

part of it. >> first and foremost, we want people to come away from the shark weekend witha respect and love of sharks. it's hard for people to love sharks like i do, but hopefully we'll change your perception. we have crafts, shark t-shirts and sand darts, we'll have book readings. myself and j bradley, shark experts will be on hand to do shark talks. >> reporter: and can you tell me about, because you are hosting shark after dark which is part of discovery. >> i'll beeatured in two shark shows. i'll be featured in shark of the day and shark after dark which airs august 2nd. >> reporter: we have a link to the national aquarium in d.c. they are in the commerce department building u. heard andy talk about the crafts and activities that are going on this weekend. we're going to do some of that

in our next hour and then, do you think you'll pet a baby shark? you're not scared? you'll hold my hand? okay, hold my hand we'll do it together. >> i want to do it too. >> reporter: okay. get your picture taken. do your pose. one more. you can do it? all right. back to you. >> it'amazing, the kids are never scared. >> they neutralize the shark full fear thing for me. >> and that's good. >> really cute. >> thanks, holly. 7:56 right now. sharks aren't bad. >> no. >> time to exchange the gas guzzler as the government tries to get you a new ride, the cash for clunkers offering thousands of dollars. next hour how to know whether you are eligible for the trade- in and if there are catches involved. >> you know there are. and also the video that everybody is talking about today, the viral video of the day, a wedding unlike one you have seen before. the wedding party all making a grand entrance and dancing down the aisle and we'll share more coming up. it's 7:56.

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new developments in last night's deadly represent crash on a maryland interstate. four people were killed. we have just learned in the last hour who these victims are. it seems like a story line out of the movies. cash exchanged and dinners in parking lots but a major bribery scandal in new jersey is the real deal. caught up in it, state legislators and mayors and rabbis all accused this morning. and then the president and the police man, neither backing down in the racially charged case of a leading african- american scholar. thank you for waking up on this friday morning with us. i'll steve. >> i'm allison seymour. we'll look at the fallout surrounding henry louis gates, jr.,. and the you tube sensation and we'll share more of it coming up in a few minutes. tucker, did you check it out. >> i watched a little bit of it. >> knew you would they have some moves. >> some of them do, and some don't. that's what makes it nice. >> and they try hard.

>> and it's a joy coming from inside out. >> give it your best. and i'll give it my st for the forecast. and there is e. there. e ita asfotl g wl. aces plt heavy rain during the late afternoon yesterday and during the evengog. v g. we have a little fog. . will burn o. rnu seeor lingering at the beaches this morning but we should see ahisurenea wiorde fl omue f chthy damunow. out to the west, a couple of light showers in west virginia and th re rouf oof weather that will arrive later this afternoon that could spark scattered showers and thunderstorms. so take long -- along the umbrella just in case. but the thunderstorms won't be as numerous as yesterday. 78 at reagan national. humidity down, 81%. winds out of the north at 8 miles per hour. it feels better for you today. remember how humid is was yesterday. it will feel better today. but we still run the risk of a scattered shower and thunderstorm. very summery this afternoon as well with high temperatures in the upper 80s. if you like upper 80s and 90s, you're going to love this weekend forecast. i'll have it for you in a

minute. >> tucker, barns -- tucker barnes, thank you. and let's check in with ali oakley for the traffic. >> i'll take you to straight to virginia for the accident over to the shoulder. this is the outer loop of the beltway leaving springfield over to the wilson bridge. this is your accident scene. it's a minor one, but the big complication is that this is in the middle of the construction zone toward the wilson bridge. we've been dealing with it for a couple of weeks and you can see how slow it is leaving springfield toward the wilson bridge and you throw in that accident and it does make the traffic complicated. here the ride through college park. looking good both along the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. springfield interchange not feeling the impact of the accident at van dorn street. there is a number of signals out in the district. new york and florida avenue, some temporary stop signs out there and 9th and m. street as well. and i guess it's related to the storm. they're working on it.

that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. steve and allison, back to you. a horrific accident on a major maryland highway. a helicopter crashed and burst into flames. four people with are dead and investigators are exambling to find out with a happened. >> the commercial chopper wept down along the washington- frederick county line. sherry ly joins us with more. >> reporter: well, steve, we are just learning more about who was on board that helicopter. advanced helicopter in maryland says three of the employees and a passenger died when the helicopter crashed on i-70. and an instructor at the company which trains pilots and does aerial tours said, quote, we have suffer aid huge loss and our thoughts and prayers are with the families. that helicopter had taken off from the hagerstown regional

airport here. it went down a few miles away. the helicopter crash into the interstate and burst into flames. only thing left was a charred and mangled wreckage. the four people on board died. a maryland state trooper spotted the burning helicopter before 10:30 last night on i-70 on his way to work. >> he observed a fire up ahead. he saw it -- he thought it might be a car fire. he got to the scene as traffic was slowing around him, saw that it was a helicopter and called that into the hager town barracks immediately, requested emergency services. >> reporter: the helicopter, a robinson r-44 four seater took off from hagerstown regional airport but investigators are not saying where it was headed or who was on board. it crashed in the median of i- 70, taking down power lines and shutting down the interstate for nearly 6 hours before it finally reopened. it did not hit any cars but several drivers saw what happened. >> there were some witnesses

relative to a low-flying aircraft in the area of the crash site. >> reporter: ntsb investigators were on the scene and are leading the investigation. the crash took down high tension power lines in the area but it's unclear if the helicopter clipped the lines or if they melted from the intense fire. fire and emergency officials say there was fog and rain in the area last night but don't know if weather was a factor. >> we had storms most of the evening here in the county. some rather intense storms, some lightning and stuff like that and various periods of rain. the proximity of about 10:30, darkness had started to set in, there was some limited visibility due to the moisture and fog in the area esaround th south mounin in the area of the crash site. >> reporter: now the ntsb and the federal aviation administration are investigating. we are expecting a briefing

from the ntsb at 10:30 this morning. the wreckage from the crash we're hold is in storage in another area of the airport here as investigators search for clues into what caused this deadly crash. live in hager town, sherry ly, fox 5 news. back to you. >> thank you very much. and now more disturbing news following ast month's deadly metro crash. a new report from investigators says problems with a track circuit near the crash site date back to 2007. we already knew that the circuit at the center of the crash was replaced five days before the collision. now we have learned another section of the same circuit had been replaced 18 months ago and showed power fluctuations. metro says none of the blips were enough to keep controllers from knowing where the trains were on the tracks. >> we've not found any failures. we're going through the wreckage to ensure there were no failures during that period of time. if we find that there were any cases where we failed to detect the trains, you will hear this

from us. >> metro is also promising transparency moving forward. a if you website detailing all current maintenance on metro launches today. we're learning more about a huge corruption crackdown in the garden state. more than 40 people were arrested, including elect adde officials and rabbis. >> a convicted government informant posed as a businessman. >> reporter: they were elected and trusted by the residents of new jersey to better the state but federal investigators say the city and state leaders were helping themselves instead. >> the politicians willingly put themselves up for sale. corruption was a way of life. they existed in an ethic-free zone. >> reporter: the suspects led out in cuffs loaded on to a bus. the passengers including new jersey assemblyman van pelt and the mayor of hoboken and jersey

city deputy mayor, leona belliney. and denis el well all accused of corruption. federal investigators say the politians took thousands in bribe money from government witnesses. feds calling new jersey's threat of corruption a cancer that's infecting the state. >> new jersey's corruption problem is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the nation. >> reporter: several rabbis from new jersey and brooklyn, new york, were also arrested in a separate money laundering complaint, part of a two-track investigation. federal agents say the religious leaders ran a mob- like operation that charges range from international money laundering to trafficking human kidneys from donors in israel. >> it is about criminals who use politics and religion to cloak their crinal activities and to enrich themselves while betraying those who trusted them. >> reporter: federal agents say all of the arrests are part of

an ongoing investigation that's been active for more than ten years. in new york, jamie colby, fox news. the time now is 9 notice -- 9 minutes past the hourment and more fallout over the arrest of a prominent african-american professor. after the president said the cambridge police department acted stupidly, this morning neither the president or the arresting officer is backing down. and the government is ready to give you cash for that clunker in your driveway, but does your ride qualify. ohat you need to know befor you head to the dealer.  cash in on style at the jcpenney bonus sale. with an instant money bonus coupon from jcpenney, get $10 off instantly...

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latest. >> reporter: the president remains unapologetic that threatens to overshadow the white house agenda. the president strode on stage last night for a political fundraiser in chicago, capping off a day when he was supposed to drive home a message on health care reform but all of that seemed to be drowned out about this -- >> the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. >> reporter: that comment about the arrest of the president's friend, harvard professor henry gates, set off a fire storm. gates says he was the victim of racism when a police officer came to his home to investigate a burglary. that officer, sergeant james crowley, is standing his ground, saying gates became belligerent when asked to show his identification. >> there will be no apologies. >> there will be no apology. >> is this now and ever no apology. >> yes. >> reporter: and his department

backs him up. >> i do not believe his actions were racial. >> reporter: and there are reports that the professor's home may have been previously burglarized and the officer is the officer picked for controversial race classes. >> and the professor is asking for an apology and talking about suing the police department. and let's check in with tucker barnes and our -- >> cute factor of the friday. >> cuteness factor of the day. i'm not sure what to expect today. time now for our my first 5 photo of the day. this is destiny, everybody. she's having a blast on her

first trip to -- you know where that is. >> chuck e. cheese. >> she's so excited. >> very cute. to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. thank you very much destiny. i hope you had a good time at chuck e. cheese and i hope your pizza wasn't burned. >> she doesn't care about that. >> everybody wants a picture with chuck. let's get started with a look at our satellite radar. we've really cleared out overnight. so lots of sunshine to start the day. today nicer than yesterday. less humid and more in the way of sunshine yesterday. although we still run the risk of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. out towards elkins, there are a few light showers ab those will sneak across the mountains and by late afternoon we'll see f i we don't spark up a f few more scattered showers and thunderstorms in the ea 69 htw in --

national. still ve mndilad humid off te the south aa ndas. is 79 and 72 in raleigh. still raining in boston. 63 degrees there. and our highs will be summery. into the upper 80s and we run the risk of a shower or thunderstorm later this afternoon. weekend forecast, look at that. hazy, hot and humid. is it true? low 90s tomorrow. 92. could be an ulternoon or evening shower or thunderstorm on sunday. and then we'll get unsettled both monday and tuesday. cooler by monday and tuesday. there is a look at your weekend forecast. let's get to ali oakley with our on-time traffic. good morning. they're moving my camera around so much. this is new hampshire avenue -- new hampshire avenue toward the capital beltway. this long line of traffic is heading to a bus and after that is where the bus is, just inside the beltway. so that is creating the long line of traffic. on the left hand side, those are your northbound lanes of 95. it looks fine. on the outer loop of the beltway they're if the process

of putting the accident on a rollback after van dorn but before eisenhower and also in the construction zone as well. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. allison and steve, back to you. >> thank you very much. well it is indeed a site for sore eyes. the dow finishing above 9,000 for the first time since january yesterday. futures are high right now but investors say it might take a breather. nasdaq futures are also up right now. so what is behind the rally? a slew of better than expected earpings results shows existing home sales rose more than 3.5% from may to june. that's the third straight month of increasings for previously- owned homes. the median sales price also rose in june. and one out of three homes sold in june were foreclosure related. that's down from nearly half earlier this year. ford is back in the drivers

seat and looking at losses in the rearview mirror. they posted a profit for the second quarter at $2.23 million. debt reduction pushd it over the top. they reduced the debt by $10 billion saving hundreds of millions of dollars in interest. how does $4,500 and a newer car sound. starting next week you can trade in your old gas guzzler under the new government cash for clunkers program. the goal is to get people driving more eco friendly cars. we have what you need to know before you cash in. >> reporter: carlisle -- dealers are buzzing with people asking for the cash for clunkers program. >> will the car alify, are we enrolled, when does it start. >> repter: it will get rolling the last week in july. congress has put forth a billion dollars in incentive cash to get americans to turn in their less fuel efficient cars for new models. >> there is a ton of interest. >> reporter: the first thing you need to do is find out if

your old car is eligible. it must be a 1984 model or newer, be in driveable condition and get 18 miles per hour or less. that's the combined fuel economy when your car was new. several websites, including fuel economy.gov and edmunds.com can give you that information. >> there are aig is number of cars that -- there are a significant number of cars that do qualify. >> reporter: then you can look for new car options. you get $3,500 by bumping your fuel economy and $4,500 for a 10 mile-per-hour gallon increase. >> it will stimulate sales but i think environmentally and from the safe ty standpoint, you're really improving the quality of the vehicle on the road. >> dave mirk kurdy president of the alliance of automobile manufacturers says the cash is in addition to any dealer incentives. smart buyers can put together a good deal. >> i think consumers will see this is a good opportunity.

>> reporter: before you go to the dealership, you need to have a clear title, plus proof of registration and insurance for at least one year. and be sure to check the trade- in value of your car. it might be worth more than $4,500. >> if your car is worth more than that, you should just sell it and keep the money and use that to buy the next car any way. >> reporter: analysts say there is enough money in the program to cover about 250,000 car sales. it alone won't save the industry, but it could be a start. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. the program runs until november 1st or when the cash runsut. t there are different rules for suvs, work trucks and leased cars. you can go to our website at myfoxdc.com and click on web links to get all of the information there. praise and criticism for d.c.'s school systems. plus a heroes welcome home for u.s. troops but some say their return is a bittersweet one. more on those stories next. >> and later on, sharks can be

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women arrived at bwi marshall airport. they spenthe last nine months in afghanistan helping to rebuild communities all across the war-torn country. the maryland based organization that sponsored this welcome home party says this happens two or three times a week. it's their way of thanking troops for service and their sacrifice. there are a bunch of new restaurants opening up across town and we'll check in with our fox 5 foodie to get the scoop on them coming up next. and we're checking out bill and kevin-- jill and kevin's big day. it's the you tube sensation whose hits went up ten fold overnight. we'll have that next. - ♪ i always got by on my own - ( audience cheering ) ♪ i never really cared

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to -- a wedding had to be boring. >> first you saw the groom kevin rolling down the aisle andthe bride jill after. this is part of the five minute video. yesterday it had about 130,000 hits on you tube. this morning, 1.2 million people have watched. you can watch the whole thing yourself by going to myfoxdc.com and click on the off beat tab on the home page. it's right on the home page. can you watch it yourself if you need a pick me up today. >> i think that's really neat. you can see their little smiles. >> and the surprise on the guests that had no idea what was happening. and while you do weather, i'll check this out, tucker. >> it looks like fun. the rain showers from last night have gone. you can see the satellite, not a lot going on. much quieter weather after the sparks from last night. into the late afternoon and

evening we could see a return of scattered showers and thunderstorms. temperatures more comfortable than yesterday. a little less humid. winds out of the north at 5-10 miles per hour. so drier air moving in from the north and west at this hour. 69 right now in baltimore. 66 in winchester. hagerstown at 70 degrees. our afternoon highs will be summery. high temperatures in the upper 80s. about 88 here in washington. and if you're down towards fredericksberg, probably about 90 degrees or so. so the thunderstorms fade off into the sunset last night. some were very strong as they moved through the washington area. much quieter weather out there. we're focusing on the light showers into western pennsylvania and west virginia. a few of these will flip across the energy. we have one little piece of energy this afternoon and the atmosphere is still unstable so there is a possible we could see a few more scattered showers or thunderstorm in the afternoon. places that got the heavy rain yesterday should give way to partial sunshine and then we'll see if we don't get scattered

afternoon showers and a few rumbles of thunder but quieter than yesterday. 88 for an afternoon high, partly cloudy skies and the possibility of a few showers and thunderstorms. winds out of the north at about 5-10 miles per hour. i'll be back in a couple of minutes with a look at the weekend forecast for you and the five-day forecast. let's get to ali oakley in with your on-time traffic. have a great weekend. >> you too. i kind of like this summer weather. i'm going to go hit the pool. >> nice pool weather this weekend. >> i look forward to it. i'll take you to the ride along 395. it's a little bit troubling because now we have this accident here on the northbound lanes of 395, just beyond this camera accident, a four-car accident. and the construction zone on the outer loop as you leave springfield over toward the woodrow wilson bridge, well one lane splits to the right and two lanes to the left and it's been causing problems the last two weeks. the orange problem is an accident that is up on the roll

back but it's still slow. the capital beltway at river road, looking good on the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. 270 not so bad. typical stuff along the top side of the beltway leaving new hampshire avenue into silver spring but lanes are open, and the american legion bridge is. great. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. we're dishing on where to go for the lazy days of summer. publisher of the d list, are you on it, our foodie joining us with the 411 on the food front. looking great as always. how are you. >> good. >> a lot of fun openings happening right now. >> you would think that with the summer, july is bursting with hot mace -- places to eat.

>> let's start with the firehouse. >> they own rustico and buzz bakery, and we brought you some cupcakes but the columbia firehouse has two dining rooms and an upstairs more of a chop house kind of place and then down stairs is more casual. they have two bars and one of them is serving really fantastic cocktails. sord of old -- sort of old classics. >> and is it old town. >> old town alexandria. >> and j and g steak house. this is a cute chef and the spice market, and he has deemd it appropriate to come down to d.c. this is at the w-hotel which is brand new and toke over the old washington hotel. they have done such a renovation on this place and it is so hip and swanky and the pin of view lounge which is upstairs where that old terrace was, this have made it gorgeous and this is the place to have

cocktails. >> seeing the video. >> it's gorgeous. >> and new hights. >> this is an older restaurants. it used to be the incubator for chefs around the area. but now they have launched this cafe downstairs. it just launched yesterday. they're current chef is putting on a really nice casual menu. we brought some food. they are doing some shark food where there are just a list of things, shareables and things you want to do, when you have a cocktail in hand this is the perfect place at happy hour or early evening before dinner. they also have e bob binga bar. >> it sounds fun. >> over 30 gins. they have a great bartender

mixing up cool things. now my notes say catchup 1 and 2. >> well it's just 1. there is only one here in d.c. and this is in the national harbor. another new hotel, aloft, just opened recentlych it's a funky swanky hotel in the national harbor. very reasonably priced even though its cool and hip. and catchup which is a celebrity-owned, i think ashton kucher is involved. >> you may as well go and eat there often. >> he might. they're serving hamburgers and sliders. i was at national harbor last night and the place was hopping. so it's a fun place. >> i love to hear people are going out to these places. and you brought some fun stuff that is food related and one is the kids summer cooking camp. >> the kids are starting to get bored and if you're looking for something new to do, chef

franchione downtown is doing a kids cooking camp this saturday but he'll take your kids to market and tea them how to buy fresh foods and then take them back to the kitchen and cook up. they'll cook up pizza and pasta and teach them how to do their own meals. >> and one idea for the whole family. blackberry bonanza at great country farms. >> picking your own blackberries can be so much fun but they are trying to good all organic and it's hard to do that with blackberries because they get pests so their having a bug picking contest. whoever picks the most bugs wins. but one more thing. it's restaurant week in bethesda chevy chase next week, so get the reservations in now. this is a great way to dine and check out some of the restaurants that you maybe haven't had a chance to go to. and d.c.'s restaurant week is not announced yet, they're keeping it under a shround of

secrecy, but next monday it is out. >> you heard that here first. the list, are you on it, our fox 5 foodie. we'll link that information to your website and ours as well, myfoxdc.com. >> i'm all about the restaurant week. and also keeping up to date on the latest celebrity news. up next kate plus 8 headed to rockville. we have the celebrity sighting up next. what these guys are revealing about the new twilight movie. tas also come -- that is also coming up. it is now 8:37.

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a final farewell to tv news icon walter conkrite yesterday as friends, family and colleagues gathered at a manhattan church for the funeral service for what many called the most trusted man in america. walter conkrite's son chip spoke at the service and 60 minutes commentator andy rooney was overcome by grief. >> i just -- i just feel so terrible about his death that i can hardly say anything. he's been such a good friend over the years. please excuse me. thank you. >> thanks for being such a good

role model, doing your homework, being polite, saying to mom as you passed her in the hall or kitchen, shall we dance and then taking her for a few turns around the room. >> walter conkrite died last friday at the age of 92. he'll be laid to rest next to his wife in missouri. a tabloid favorite could be moving to montgomery county. u.s. magazine claims that kate gosselin is condo shopping in rockville. the report is that she check the in the 1600 to $3,200 a month range. they announced they were splitting up last month. a love between a high school girl, vampire and wear wolf. this is not steve we're talking about. the new moon sequel expected to be a hit. many camped out to here a panel

discussion between the three. robert patinson explained how he will appear. he had his girlfriend's house in his head. >> [ inaudible ] its hallucinations, kind of semi visible aper ises he says it will look pretty cheesy. but it hits the theaters in november. >> and if you can't wait until november, there are new release this is weekend. romantic comedies an even animad movies. we'll show you how things went perfect for one chicago white sox pitcher. time now is 8:42.  fios guy! where ya headed?

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catch in the 9th inning. he had already pitched a no- itier in 2007. he talked about the play of the game and why perfection could cost him a pretty penny. >> we keep it in the park and give him a chance to catch it. hopefully it wasn't too much rows deep so he uld climb the wall and try to get it. everybody on the team last time watch sod that was an expensive no hitter and this one will be a lot more expensive. >> mark it on your calendar. this is just the 18th perfect game of all-time. he even got a call from president obama who is a long -- life long sox fan. and steve over to you. >> and the two lead characters hate each other, so know they will fall in love. and animated guinea pigs, and a little girl unleashing mayhem on a family. kind of like evin mccarthy.

kevin mccarthy from 106.7, the fa still trying to get used to the name. >> we have all sports. we have afternoon drive and good stuff. >> and you're still doing the movie gig. you don't change. so let's talk about the theaters this weekend and whether or not we have any choices. let's start with the animated movie because this is something we've seen a thousand ads for this. i went on the im dtv.com and it's splashed all over which tells me it's really good or their overcompensating. >> talking guinea pigs, special fbi agents. you can say that with a smile on your face. >> no. i'm not a child. >> but i think the kids will get something out of it. but it was the guy with the big beard in the hang over, but it was a great special fbi agents trying to take down this guy

before he commits global certainlyination on the world. pitcher makes a movie for adults and kids. they made this movie for kids under 5 years old old and didn't care about the adults. >> this is disney. >> it's very painful with the jokes. and they make reference to scar face. say hello to my little friend. it's like tainting all of the old classics. >> and the 5 years old are going to get that? >> all of the jokes are painful. but i own guinea pigs. i was looking forward to this and i was exciting about seeing them talking and having fun but it was painful. >> that hurt more than your review. so what do you give it. >> five is good to see it now. 4 is catch it in the afternoon, and 1 catch it at midnight. it gets a 1. if your a kid,

don't force your parents to be torchered by this movie. >> and the ugly truth. i was down at pentagon city mall and the is a 50-foot movie. and i watch the trailers and i think i've seen this before a hundred times. >> it's the cliche romantic comedy with two characters that hate each other and eventually fall in love. the guy has mastered the whole romantic comedy, adng in the raunchy jokes like 40-year-old virgin and knocked up. and then you have a movie like this, but they went the r- rating way. they give it a little raunchy spin. so gerard butler, this is a cool guy, he plays this character, very funny and crude toward katherine heigl, so i thought he helped the movie along. even though it wasn't the clip a romantic, it still came off as raunchy and funny. because you can figure out the

ending, it's still not worth your mony i theaters, i gave it a three out of five. >> and allison hates cath ryan lightning -- katherine heigl. we'll talk about that later. and what about the horror flick. >> i'm interviewing the leading star, she's 12 years old, i'll have that on myfoxdc.com. this is about a family that adopted a crazy orphan who ends up being a masked murderer. here is the problem. the beginning is great, the end is frightening, but the middle is bad. you can not take this character seriously. it becomes -- you're laughing more than terrified. last 15 minutes are horrifying. 2.5 out of 5. >> crazy little masked murdering orphan. what did you like? >> the best movies besides

transformers and those are the hurt locker. moon, directed by duncan jones, david bowie's son. it looks like it cost $30 million. away we go, from the office, and 500 days of summer my favorite so far. this is the anti-clip a anti- -- anti-cliche comedy. >> and remember, murdering orphans. >> and kevin has guinea pigs. >> i love that. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning. look at this kodak moment. everybody smile. i want your smiles as big as the jaw around you. we are live this morning at the national aquarium in d.c. where they are celebrating all things sharks and you should too. we'll show you first-hand why

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director and he joins me this morning. it's wonderful to be back. and there are so many different levels of fun. >> and this is shark weekend and we're dispelling the myths about sharks. and we have some of our great own sharks that we would love people to come and learn from. but we have two days, saturday and sunday, jam packed full of activities. and we got some early riser that's are doing some of our activities so we hope you'll join us this weekend for shark fest. but we also have, as you said, we have jelly fish and sea horses and sea turtles. so we have a lot of fun packed in the national aquarium. >> so you can do the whole deal while you're here. even though their focusing just on sharks. and look at the different craftsp you can search for shark teeth, do sand sharks, create a shark puppet. who can show me one done? show them how it works. there we go. pretty cool little fun thing to walk away with. do you want to see some real

shark stuff? >> yeah. >> reporter: one of the great things you'll have is the discovery cart, so to speak. we have andrew pulver who is also with us, he's here with the aquarium and so tell us the things we're looking at here and if anybody has a shark question. we have a question right away. >> how old do sharks live to be? >> reporter: good question. >> we're learning more and more about sharks here at the aquarium, but it looks like they live from 15-30 years and some of the species we have op display might live approaching 60-70 years old. >> reporter: do you have a question? >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: he's jumping past the jaws and he wants to good to the live sharks. everybody wants to see the live sharks because these are baby. so tell us what we have here. >> these are baby sharks born at the aquarium. they are about 6 months old. this one is bigger. and i'm going to pull him out

right now. and once i get ahold of him, get his head safe, you can just touch him nice and soft. just run your finger down his back from head to tail. >> reporter: what does it feel like? >> like, i don't know. >> reporter: you can't describe it. can somebo else tell me? look at the little boys went right for it. >> it feels like sand paper. >> reporter: oh, it's dry. it's not slimy like a regular fish at all. >> what about the fins. >> reporter: what can you tell us. he doesn't have one on top? >> he has a dorsal and they're back here further and then near the tail. >> reporter: did you have a question? >> no. >> how long is the shark life's. >> reporter: well he told us

that earlier. >> adults 15-30 years. >> reporter: now he's getting squirmy. he's active right now. he'll calm down. >> reporter: will he bite you. >> he might. you want to keep your fingers clear. >> he doesn't have any teeth. >> reporter: not yet. but i have another shark you guys can hold. are you ready to hold another shark. it's a special one. it's going to take all of you. all four of you. come on, line up. myfoxdc.com is our website. who else is going to hold the shark? >> i will. >> reporter: that's a fake shark. no way. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to national aquarium. going on this weekend from 94:30 this weekend. back to you. >> they conquered the shark. and we have ea developments that both