signs of problems before and after that tragic day. are we any closer to finding out what happened. with this officer because when he got ahold of me because he said he would address me. >> dispatchers putting your life in danger. >9 11 dpatchers caught on tape talking about the police officers they're supposed to be happening. the mayor will join us to respond to our findings. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. good morning. it is july 30th, 2009. football season is back, everybody. this is a live look at redskins park where the skins open up training camp today. our dave ross is there and we'll check in with dave coming up. good thursday morning to you. i'm allison seymour. >> i'm tony perkins in this morning for steve chenevey. >> before we get to the weather, we have a jam packed morning to tell you about. >> we showed you a ox 5

investigation that uncovered recordings of d.c. 911 dispatchers behaving badly. we'll get the mayor's reaction in about 10 minutes. also ahead, maryland alley will be here. we'll tell you who will get hit hardest coming up at 8:00 by the budget cuts. and if you're an r & b fan, you remember the group shall imar or jody watly and today she's out with a new album and she'll be here today. and tucker barnes has the latest on the morning weather. tucker, how is it going. >> yesterday we were steaming it up at about 70 and today is a little better and we'll have a decent forecast. we'll take the showers out of e thforecast today for the most part. but summery with highs about 90 or so. there is a look at your morning sateitowsh e er th d anthunderstorm activity last

night well off the eastern seaboard up north of osd n.to n. still hang problems up there. we do have clouds out to the west with a ixmun sof and clouds today. we'll see a decent amount of sunshine and drier weather expected after yesterday's rain, today will be much more pleasant during the course of the afternoon. 73 at reagan national. notice the winds out of the north and west at 7 miles per hour. so the atmosphere is drier than this time yesterday. humidity is 76%. here is a look at the forecast and i'll have more details about the weekend coming up. partly sunny, isolated shower in the afternoon a possibility. and high temperature about 90 degrees. i'll be back in a couple more minutes with details on the forecast. let's get to julie wright with a look at your area traffic. not so busy right now. we do have lanes open continuing to work around the capital beltway. light and easy at the wilson bridge. north of town delays leaving 95

college park toward the exit for 270. we have popped up behind me. delays past new hampshire avenue toward silver spring. southbound 29 still looking good toward tech road toward university boulevard. 395 northbound leaving edsel and toward duke street, no accidents to report at this time. lanes are open,he pace improves after seminary road and across the 14th street bridge. inbound off of the dulles toll road light traffic leaving the greenway toward wolf trap. that's a check of your fox 5 on- timetraffic. our top story this sthursd morning, a multi-million dollar home in the district ravaged by fire. >> flames destroyed the home along chain bridge road and now eyes are on wasa with problems with water pressure. sarah simmons joins us live with more. >> reporter: there were huge problems with water pressure out here last night. the fire chief dennis rubin confirming with the post that it took them 30 minutes to find

a consistent stream of water and they had to search five blocks away to find hydrants that they were able to get consistent service from. now as you can see behind me, chain bridge road is still blocked off as well as other roads around the area. they're still putting out hot spots this morning. the home belongs to peggy cooper cafritz, a former d.c. school board president who was out of town at the time when the fire broke out. firefighters got the call around 8:15. they called for backup. eventually 100 firefighters we on the scene but they ran into problems with water pressure coming from the hydrant and the low pressure slowed them down. >> we were able to go to plan b and plan c to get second water supply and that takes a few minutes and by that time we were able to contain the fire

and we weren't able to put it out and the fire consumed the house. >> the house went pretty quickly, from the smoke to seeing a 3-story ball of flames, it was about 10-12 minutes and it was very frightening. >> reporter: now you may remember a few years ago we had a similar issue with low water pressure problems. that was at georgetown library fire and wasa at the time said the system needs a complete overhaul and they were going to spend $26 million. >> that's sarah simmons reporting from the scene. we lost her signal there at the end. we'll get more from her in a little bit and we'll ask the mayor about this fire in a few minutes. police in alexandria are investigating a suspicious death. somebody found a man's body in a parking lot on manor road. the man had been shot and stabbed. car was backed into a parking

space with lights on and had maryland tags. investigator have not been able to identify the victim. now to a story we've been following for last yeand a half. the d.c. mother convicted of kiing her daughters and living with their bodies in a row home for months. yesterday a judge found her guilty of four counts of felony murder and three counts of premeditated murder, however she was found not guilty on one count in the death of her oldest daughter britney jacks. she is scheduled to be sentenced october 16th. meantime a hearing is scheduled in the suspected killing of james von brunn. he is said to fatally shooting stephen johns. hate charges have been added and von brunn could face the death penalty. a look at some other big

stories we're following. federal investigators are trying to figure out if adjustments metro made to traffic circuit bonds caused last month's appreciate. they commune -- communicate between the tracks. they replaced a bond five days before the crash. the fender-bender revealed after -- and investigations showedig regular arts -- showed irregular ities between the lines. a driver and passenger got into an argument last set on a metro bus when a passenger tried to snap a picture of the bus number of the driver and then the driver refused to let

the passenger off the bus. felty on fox up next on fox 5 morning news. we're going to talk to the mayor about possible tax hikes in the district. plus 911 dispatchers not focused on the job caught on tape talking smack about officers and leaving calls on hold. the mayor responds to a fox 5 investigation that is also next. plus a brazen bandit jumps through a drive through window and rob a fast food restaurant. getaway. and that requires a seamless twork that is constantly growing better, smarter, and more secure. that's why our scientists and engineers in our labs, are taking the fastest technology in the world and making it mobile, better and faster - to keep pushinghe internet further than anyone dreamed. last year alone we invested more in building america's future

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and it's 7:11 now. we're joined every thursday by d.c. mayor adrian fenty. >> mayor thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> this devastating fire, our top story at the home of peggy cooper cafritz.

and beyond the fire, the other big issue is fire hydrants not working and fire officials wasting time looking for fire hydrants that do work. what is do -- going on? we've seen how this can devastate a home in this way? >> this is just really a sad loss to the family. she's a friend. i've been to this house before and i just want to tell her and her family how sorry i am. i spoke to her last night. luckily no one was injured. although tons of property -- all of the property is damaged or burnt to the ground. i think your questions are extremely valid. and the neighbors have the same questions, but of course even more intense about why something li this could happen, no one knows for sure, is that it's the water pressure that led tohe firefighters not being able to fight it, but that's what they had said.

>> the chief had said that. >> absolutely. so what will happen now is the fire department and the water and sewer authority will look to see what the problem was. and they are the experts. when they come back to us with the information, we'll quickly be able to make adjustments. what ms. cooper cafritz told me, and i think neighbors are saying, is that the water pressure was down for about a week or so and there had been some issues relayed about why they were not responded to, if they were not responded to. that's what the investigation has to look. >> i guess my point would be, if this does happen, this family happened to be an affluent family, that notwithstanding, but this is still a devastating loss, but how can this happen in a citizen of this size and who should be accountable for this

to fix. to me, this seems outrageous. >> it is. and it's happened on a couple of other occasions. >> right. >> but in different ways. the georgetown library fire was a situation where there were fire hydrants close to the library, which were inoperable. the adams morgan fire, the one on adams mill road was more like this one where its with a water pressure issue. so the water pressure of the fire hydrants close to that apartment building was very low, or just wasn't ever built to the capacity that would be needed to put out a fire of that magnitude. they had to go past connecticut avenue to get a fire hydrant that worked properly. those adjustments were made. the water and sewer department put together a whole new way to look at fire hydrants. i think wasa, the water and

sewer authority is looking at new management. they are an interim director. and they'll have to look at it. because i think we know which ones are out now and i think getting them replaced fast enough is too much of a challenge. >> and do you make a pledge to your constituents that you will correct this problem as quickly as possible. you mentioned that water pressure was low in that area for over a week. you've been lucky so far, no one has died but you've lost a lot of property and the problems continue. wasa two years ago said they would spend $26 million to address the problem. how much has been spent, what will be done and when will they fix it? >> the answer to your question is yes. it deserves a full review and discussion. i'm sitting here less than 12 hours after the fire happened and sitting with two other nonfire experts, nonwater experts. i don't have an answer for every question. but to answer your question, we absolutely pledge to make sure that as much as humanly

possible, you prevent something like this from happening. let's let the water and fire department do their job and come back with findings. >> speaking of people doing their job. a fox 5 investigation, you've heard some of the tapes, has turned up 911 dispatchers having personal conversations while they're supposed to be responding to police and fire calls, having attitudes with the police and firefighters calling in, giving out wrong addresses and the like. what is going on in that department? is your office going to investigate what is happening there and try to correct some of the problems. >> first of all, fantastic reporting on the job of fox 5 and your reporters. what i think you've got going on in -- on your tapes is an april 2008 incident, if i'm not mistaken. it's my understanding that at the time there was a review done, an investigation done, and the office of unified communications actually took some action in response to

those tapes that you're now playing. whether or not it deserves a fresh review is always a good question. i think we will look at it and see if the actions that were taken were appropriate, enough for the problems to happen. but i should say that the office of unified communications under director quintana is n agency that has really laid out some aggressive reforms over the past 2 and a half years. not just subjectively. subjectively we're one of the nation's leaders. jurisdictions come through our city to look at not just the facility we have, but the professionalism by which we do things, the 3311 -- the 311 and 911. but the dispatch times all are better than they were, and above the national average. just like everything else in our government, you can make enormoustrides but there are still a lot of things left to

do. this april 2008 incident is one we'll go back and look at again to make sure we made the right decision. >> let's talk about the -- your budget. >> yes. >> because there are many d.c. council agreeing to several tax hikes trying to close the $600 million gap on the budget shortfall. is it fair that the taxpayers have the burden of making up that shortfall if there are other areas, the summer jobs program has come under fire, where money is not being managed as well as it could be. >> again, the short answer to your question is no i have always believed, and i said this during the campaign, i don't think we should raise taxes. i think we have enough waste in the government that we can get rid of that and keep the tax to where it is. and that's the objective part. subjectively, i don't think

it's the right sign to send. nevertheless, i'mnly in charge of one branch of government and we have an amazing city council and these are tough issues. it's not easy to balance a $10 billion budget. and if this is what the council decides at the end of the day, not just me but the rest of the city will have to live with it. >> pinpointing the summer youths job program have come under fire and council members have called for it to be disbanded early, some youth not having enough to do in some wards. in your opinion, from your office, how is this job program going, does it need to be revisited as to how well the program is running. >> two great questions. it's vastly improved over last year, and that's a low bar. and we did not do the job that residents should have expected last year. mainly on administration stuff, which can be huge. we put together a 22,000

employee work operation just for the summer. the d.c. government only has 33,000 people during the normal year. so huge undertaking. largest one in the country. this year under joe walsh, markedly improved, everything is automated, even the kids are getting e-mails. still a couple of glitches. that will happen when you -- we've paying 18500 kids. >> and there year there are no complaints with the pay. >> well there are phenomenal complaints and they're being resolved as quickly as possible. some of them are being resolved and with some of them, you didn't live up to your side of the bargain but most of the 18,000 kids payment has gone very smoothly for. and listen, i don't know what the alternative would be to not having the 18-19,000 kids having a productive 9:00 to 1:00 day. i don't know what they would do in the day if they were not doing some summer jobs and a

lot of them are cleaning up the environment, we have the police department that have interns, all of the agencies do. so if there is adjustments that need to be made, let's make them but let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. >> we'll much more to get to. >> next week. >> and folks that sent in e- mail questions, we've run out of time but continue to e-mail the questions for the mayor. we want to get those questions to him. sent your questions to fentyonfox@wttg.com. let's get to julie wright and look at how the roads are shaping up at 7:21. >> some problems in southeast washington. south capital street on the douglas bridge, accident on the right side. heads up as you travel off of south capitol street leaving

nats park. southbound 270 heavy and slow out of montgomery village avenue. no accidents to report, just volume delays and the live shot of traffic inbound off of south capitol street leaving the douglas bridge, your lanes are open but the accident has been reported on the bridge blocking the right lane. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 7:22 now. charter buses carry tourists all over the district and on the beltway every day. >> but a new report shows they may be putting lives in danger. details of the crackdown next. and also ahead, maryland alley will be here. we'll talk about health care and higher education. and unlocking the inventor inside your kid. holly is live at a cool competition where they can turn trash. treasurer. trashin to treasure.

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welcome back. it's 7:30. fire officials want to know what sparked a fire at a multi- million dollar home in northwest d.c. a neighbor reported the fire around 8:15 last night. problems with the water supply forced the firefighters to go to neighboring areas to access hydrants. the owner was out of town at the time. the house is nearly a total loss. prince george's county police need your help finding a missing woman. 85-year-old charlenea crawford was last seen driving away from her home in temple hills. she called her family from d.c. on her cell phone and hasn't been seen or heard from since. she does suffer from alzheimers ands in need of medical attention. she is about 5 feet, 170 pounds

and was seen driving a dark green four door geo metro with maryland tags. anyone with information is asked to call police. federal health officials have now decided who should get the swine flu vaccine first. a cdc panel says pregnant women and helth care workers should get priority. and children from 6 months to 18 years of age, parents and care givers of infants, nonelderly adults with medical conditions and college-age kids. there is major movement on the health care reform front. house leaders reached a deal with conservative d.c.s paving the way for a possible florida vote in september. the compromise cuts cost more than billions of dollars. the $700 billion bill would offer tax credits to help people buy insurae but unlike democratic proposals it would

not require individuals or employers to get coverage. bipartisan senal negotiates are also reporting progress. the president is taking time out from his health care reform push. today he'll be sipping that beer at white house with harvard professor henry gates junior and james crowley. the president called for a beer summit to help diffuse the racial tensions. they had surfaced since the converse shall arrest. michael phelps bounced back from a stuns log -- a stunni log to set a record at the butterfly. he now surpassed mark spitz with 34 career records in his career. the record comes one day after he was beaten in the 200 free style. >> asterisk by that. >> because of the suit. >> you know he was bitter after that race he lost the day before. >> nobody was bitter. >> well he was determined. determined.

>> you know who is upset about all of it, mark spitz. >> once again? >> if he could shave the mustache, he could have won some more. >> that was popular in the day. >> a 70 mustache. it's warm today. we have slightly drier air working in from the north and west. ut stileefh eefwitwith . wso90t r so. so less thunderstorm activity today but still the warm temperatures wilu s r lates ooter isth s isth tefn.a oorn 73 now at reagan national. we are 71 degrees in baltimore. let's see what else is going on here. off to the south and east. ocean city is still 82 degrees. waking up down on the boardwalk, it should be nice with partly cloudy conditions. 67 in winchester. a mix of sun and clouds today. a decent amount of sunshine and high temperatures about 90. so this pattern continues for

the next several days across the washington area. check out the rain shower activity last night. it's racing off to the north and east. right now it's across new england. they have flood watches up there. for us, not a bad start. some sunshine out there. cloudiness off to west and that will stream in here today but for the most part, conditions should remain dry around here today as we have a little area of high pressure trying to nose in. you'll notice that. if you step outside in the next hour the winds are out of the north and west it should feel better for you during the course of the afternoon and it should for the most part keep the thunderstorms at bay for thursday. so just a few isolated storms out there but my afternoon the heat and humidity will return with high temperatures about 90 or so. not a bad looking forecast. partly cloudy and hot and humid by the afternoon. isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible but most of us should remain dry. high temperature of 90 degrees. next couple of days, best chance of rain is tomorrow.

a cold front coming in tomorrow, a light chance of rain tomorrow and into tomorrow night. saturday and sunday just an isolated shower or thunderstorm and the pattern continues into early next week. and let's get to traffic one of the happiest people, julie wright. >> and i heard through the grapevine jody watley is in the studio. >> who told you that? >> i have people. >> i can't wait. an accident down in lorton tieing up the right side of the road, heads up southbound on 95. traffic slow across the occuquan and again on 395 duke street toward seminary road with all lanes open. traveling southbound along 270, no change out of gaithersburg, still slow leaving montgomery village and pace slowing again after montrose road toward the

lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. now another big story we're following, a newborn baby cut from her mother's womb is alive. the baby wasn't born yet and still in the womb when it was cut out. two people are in custody. uma pom reports. >> reporter: authorities are breathing easier today. a missing baby girl cut from her mother's womb has been found alive. a women identified as julie cory and another man are in custody. the landlord found the pregnant woman's butchered body on monday. >> this was the best case scenario out of this tragedy. we have the child and it's healthy. >> the couple were arrested in

new hampshire after friends saw the news report and became suspicious. >> some friends became concerned about how she got home so early after just giving birth. and then of course, as the information came to light on this investigation -- >> reporter: the exact cause of the death has not been determined pending toxicology but investigators are saying the autopsy indicates she's suffered a severe head injury. >> i can't even believe that happened right underneath our noses. >> it's very sad. i feel very bad for her. >> reporter: hanes has three other children and her youngest, an 18-month-old is in custody. and the old children ages 5 and 3 were not living with their mother. family members say those youngsters have been in their grandmother's care. fox news. we have new developments in the michael jackson saga. several media outlets are reporting a custody deal has been reach and his mother

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redskins fans rejoice. football season is back starting todaych the skins open training camp this morning but one big name will not be there. but another big name is there. dave ross is on redskins park this morning with the very latest. what's up, dave. >> reporter: are you saying that i'm the big name? >> of course i am. >> i love you. the check is in the mail. >> love you back. >> reporter: we have minutes to go before the camp begins but the fans are not wasting any time to get down here. they're coming in by the droves and there will bethousands before this day is over. very excited about the prospects for this season. the redskins have three quarterbacks, campbell, todd collins and colt brennan who has a world of potential. but michael vick, well don't expect him to be making any plays this season with the

burgundy and gold. he was reinstated to the nfl this week by commissioner roger goodell. he has big time virginia roots. he's from newport knews. but after a two-year exile from the nfl for dogfighting, the redskins have no interest in signing vick. don't take my word for it, here is jim zorn's. >> i want to wish the best for him. i think there is a way that he and roger goodell have created to find his way back into the league. i would just say it won't be with us. and at this -- at least at this juncture. >> reporter: meanwhile, there is an incredible story developing at redskins park. remember big mike williams, the fourth overall pick in the 2002 draft. he is still big, just not as big. a few months ago he tipped the

scales at 450 pounds. today down to a slim and trim 340. so how in the wild, wild world of sports did you lose all of that weight, mike? >> my agent told me that -- just said a pound -- a packet of bacon is about a pound. so just visualize when you're losing, that's what you're losing because it's generally all fat. >> i went to go look at a pound of bacon and i was like geez. this is not exactly good on your body. so that was part of my motivation. >> reporter: good motivation. but these fans are motivated to get some autographs. they are lying in wait for the redskins to come out here. and they will do so in about 45 minutes. so guys, it should be an action- packed day. practice at 8:30 and open to the public as you see. the 3:00 practice is closed so come on out here now. that's it for now. we'll go back tolt station -- to the station and heck in in about 45 minutes.

>> thank you. >> dave has a cool job. >> he does. >> and he always seems happy to bethere. i've seen it before where they're not happy to be there. and if you're headed out to redskin park, it will be hot. >> it looks thick out there. >> it's summertime thick. we won't lose the haze any time soon. we're stuck in this pattern. 73 degrees at reagan national. that's better than yesterday. 71 at dulles. bwi marshall is 71 as well. let's take a spin around the rest of the country. and we're getting off nice and easy because there are some extreme heat out to the west. 60 right now in detroit. 71 in st. louis. typical summertime heat in the southwest. 87 right now in as , egas89 in phoenix. the real story is in the egpafiesnohwrt pa rnin inin 73 thisg mo seattle. they we 103-degrees in seattle. that's the hottest temperature ever in seattle, 106 in portland, organize. so the heat wave extends up to

the e temperur 3esre ag0 dees re amove normal. azint out here. here in washington, a quiet day. a mix of sun and clouds and just an isolated rsthde. untorm the next cold front is west of chicago there. can you see the green on the map. that will get in here late on the map. and by friday night i think we'll see more showers and thunderstorms and about 90 degrees. right now the weekend not looking bad. a decent amount of sunshine and with a couple of afternoon showers and thunderstorms on saturday and sunday. >> definitely summertime in d.c. let's head out to julie wright and see how the roads are. >> it doesn't look bad. lanes open traveling no northeast washington along kenilworth. south capitol street an accident there tieing up the right lane. no accidents northbound on 95. southbound we had the crash at lorton and that's moved to the

sold shoulder. across the 14th street bridge, lanes are open. traffic below sed over the potomac to the southeast- southwest freeway n. maryland lanes are open in maryland and southbound 270 congested leaving montgomery village avenue toward 370. a portion of the road blocked off because of the house fire. the investigation is on going sand the road remains blocked. that's check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. back to you. it might be hard to believe, but august is two days away and with that its new month comes new bargains for your garden. coming at 8:00, how buying now could save you big time and big bucks later. but first let's check in with holly. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. can you figure out what i'm doing? i'm making pizza. we're planting pizza and learning how to do so and then the importance of organic going on. it's at the convention if upper marlborough where we are live

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this is a great event. if your child thinks they are the next thomas edison. holly has the perfect day trip. >> the ymca thingamajig convention is filled with imagine and creativity for kids and this morning holly is previewing the event that is going on today. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the 15th year for this and we've covered this several years. but i think this year might be the best. they have a lot of great stuff here. there is 11 different categories the kids can compete in. they have to come up with an invention, use recyclable materials and spend no more than $20. and we put this team to the test. you had 2 minutes to do it, what did you come up? >> we came up with a purse that we made t of a ig strawberry thing that you keep the strawberries in and we just got in fabric and taped it on.

>> reporter: what is your name? >> carolyn. >> reporter: you are a girl after my own heart. i think it goes with my outfit. >> perfect. >> reporter: and this is the amazing person that came up with this idea and man how it's grown. >> we've had such fun with this. and it's really amazing to the kids. they learn about what it takes to reuse, renew, redo. and they've done it through the trash fashion and we're -- trash fashion and we're having fun. >> reporter: let's take about some of the things you have going on. this is the trash and dash relay. >> this is the relay. they're using physical activity but their learning exactly what is recyclable, what can be reused, re newed and the way they're doing it is just running, taking the garbage, the things they find in their

homes and refurbishing them. >> reporter: and being active in the process. and being inspired by recycle lady here. over the years this strted with just like 100 kids coming out, today you're expecting some 3,000 and you have sponsored like whole foods and lido pizza. why do you think all of these people have jumped on the band wagon. >> i think what is pod is these companies and corporations understand the importance of getting young people involved in things that will be part of their future and they see the benefits for their company and the way their participanting through the pizza garden and putting on the computer autopsy and getting the kids mivated and being mentors. >> reporter: i'm coming over to these two brilliant mines. tell me your names.

>> brenton. >> james. >> and how does this work? >> it's the thinga imagineig board game. >> reporter: how does it work? >> you have to go around and come back to your home. and you have to roll a double stick or a double one to come out. >> reporter: you have to roll double trouble. that's good. i like that. that sounds like fun. what do you have going on here? >> this is my wrestling ring. >> reporter: how does this work? >> this is the ring we use the stick as ropes so the superstars can jump over it. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: i think you're the superstar. that's what i think. very good. this is the honor roll category i think. and then -- it's not. >> we have the interest right here. >> reporter: i have to get some other brilliant minds on. is that okay. >> okay. >> reporter: come on out and see my man here. and i'm coming over to the

fashion trash show where they walk the green carpet. and walk there and look at that. you work it. it looks good. oh, attitude and all. come back and tell me what you have here. >> well we have a milk carton dress with a purse. >> reporter: milk does a body good and a matching dress. and you have another purse. >> this is made out of a skirt. >> reporter: oh, a skirt transformed into a purse. i love it. anybody else? >> we use it. >> reporter: so it's not just for show, it's practical. and i want to get this on right here. lots of purses out of jeans, trash bag dress. love this skirt here with the bow. how cute is that. and last but not least, your vest, tell me about this. >> this is made out of old jeans that me and one of the counselors at the camp had made up and this is made out of cardboard. >> reporter: what is your

favorite thing about the convention? >> you can see other people's inventions and trash fashion to learn about it more. >> reporter: it's a brainstorm. that's what i love. not only do they come up with their own ideas, they use other peoples ideas to come up with new and bigger ideas. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the ymca of metropolitan washington and they do the wonderful work here and you can still come out and be a part. even if you don't come up with something, there are fun actives to get involved in. look at that full length gown. i might just have to wear that to my next event. >> these kids are going to be multi-millionaires because of their inventions. and coming up after 8:00 we'll go out to the fox 5 garden on how to shop now to save tips on your next garden.

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ahead at 8:00, a multi- million dollar home goes up in flames. 12 hours later firefighters are still on the scene and so is fox 5. a live report is coming up. then money troubles aren't just impacting families of the states are having a hard time making ends meet. that includes maryland. the governor wll join us with a look at the state. and she's had 32 top ten singles, grammy award winner jody watley is here and will sing for us ahead this hour. i'm tony perkins in today for steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. tucker barnes is doing weather today because tony is on news duty. >> tony is the big shot. he's always a big shot, but today particularly. >> you've been walking around singing some jody watley music. have you checked her out. >> i'm doing a medley with her

and paul mccartney all morning. a nice little combination there. let me do weather. i'm better at that. conditions outside are very quiet right now and it should be a decent ofx mi un s sun and clos x but much better chance for shower and thunderstorm this afternoon. so julie, good news herbut it be hot by this afternoon. here is your morning satellite. showers up toward boston so they are out of here. just a little bit of lingering cloud cover here. in and out of the clouds over the next couple of hours and we could see an isolated shower or thunderstorm this afternoon but to be honest, most of the area should remain dry. good news in the forecast, temperatures are warm. 75 degrees. but the winds are out of the north at 7 miles per hour so there is some effort to dry out the atmosphere a little bit. so perhaps a little -- less humidity than yesterday. that is the bright point in the forecast. hot and humid. and again perhaps an isolated

shower or thunderstorm. high temperature of about 90 degrees. i'll have more details on our all-important weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> tucker, thank you. now let's go to julie wright and find out what is happening on the roadways. hello, julie wright. >> inbound along route 50, the john hanson highway at kenilworth, follow police direction to squeeze by. that will affect those out of riverdale and cheverly this morning. traffic slowing at bladensberg road and the entrance for the third street tunnel. no accidents at 66. this is the overpass at gallows road east of nutley tree where the lanes are open toward the capital beltway. slowing between 50 and 123 and after nutley street to the beltway. the beltway slow toward merrifield. outer loop of the beltway trying to get past university boulevard, this would be the exit to university boulevard and right at the beginning is where we have a crash. so on the right side of the road there is fire and rescue units on the scene.

this will impact your commute. this is already slow from 95 college park west. so again accident activity, outer loop of the beltway blocked here at university boulevard. that's a check of your fox on- time traffic. allison, back to you. >> julie, thank you. a multi-million dollar home in the district damaged beyond repair. a fire ravaged the home last night sending 100 firefighters scrambling into action. this happens on cambridge road in northwest. they say this could have been prevented. sarah simmons joins us live. >> reporter: not all of it could have been prevented, but some of it. fire officials say it took them hours to get an adequate water supply to the scene. they say it was a huge on -- obstacle for them. cambridge road is also blocked off this morning too. firefighters were called to the

scene at about 8:15 last night by a neighbor and when they arrived there were flames coming from the front of the home. they had to call for additional backup, but then they ran into problems with water pressure which slowed down their efforts. >> this fire was already in the advanced stages when we got there so it was a real fight from the very beginning. and then when it was complicated by the fact that we had inadequate pressure, that just puts us behind the eight ball. >> reporter: and neighbors reportedly have had problems with the water pressure here in recent weeks and say that the sewer and water authority definitely knew about it. but fire officials are telling us this morning, that they were not aware of any low water pressure problems in the area. so you can bet allison, this issue is going to come up as they get set to meet with wasa sometime today. back to you.

>> sarah sim ons, thank you. now wasa promised in 2007 to replace 3500 fire hydrants in the district after water pressure was to blame for the fire at the georgetown library. there is still no break in the suspicious death in alexandria. a man's body was found inside the car of the lloyd's apartments on manor road. neighbors were told the man had been shot and stabbed. the car was backed into a parking space with its lights on and had maryland tags so. far investigators have not been able to identify the victim. in the district banita jacks has been convicted of killing her four young daughters. prosecutors say jacks lived with the girl's bodies in the southeast rowhouse for months. wednesday a judge found her guilty of four counts of felony murder, child cruelty and three counts of premeditated murder. but she was not found guilty on one count of premeditated murder in the death of her

older daughter. attorneys say they will appeal. the sentencing is scheduled for october 16th. she faced life in prison. now to a story, where a baby has been found live after being ripped from her mother's womb in new hampshire. police have arrested two people. julie core's friend's called police when she became suspicious of her claims that she had just had a baby. >> some friends became a little concerned about how she got home so early after just giving birth. and then of course as the information came to light on this investigation. >> now julie cory is only facing kidnapping charges right now. the mother was eight months pregnant when killed. the little girl is said to be in fair condition. now to a developing story

regarding michael jackson's children. there are reprts this morning that a custody deal has been reached. sources say the children will remain in their grandmother's custody. katherine jackson will take care of prince, paris and blanket full time. debbie rowe will get visitation. roe says the kids are better off being raised by the jackson family. there is a court hearing scheduled for monday where a judge will make a final decision about the childrens a future. a metro passenger got an extended ride. now the bus driver faces kidnapping charges that stem from an argument on the d-14 line saturday. metro says the driver refused to let the woman off at bus. when she did make it off, she tried to take a picture of the bus number to file the complaint. that upset the driver. transit police arrested him at the southern avenue station in southeast into meantime, federal investigators still trying to figure out if

adjustments metro made to bonds caused last month crash that help detect trains and communicate data between tracks. the ntsb said metro replaces one of the bonds five days before the crash. a fox 5 investigation revealing 911 dispatchers behaving badly and potentially putting lives in danger. for the past several months we've been investigating complaints about the office of unified communications which runed the call center in d.c. in one instance we heard a dispatcher interrupting an officer in a traffic stop where shun she knew had been pulled over. she delayed her response to a different officer who repeatedly asked for backup at another scene. early they are morning, we asked the mayor about our investigation. >> it's my understanding that at the time there was a review done, an investigation done, and the office of unified communications actually took some action in response to those cases that you're now --

the tapes that you're employ playing. whether or not it deserves a fresh review is always a good question. i think we'll look at it and see if the actions that were taken were appropriate enough for the problems that happened. >> you can watch our full investigation and hear the tapes by going to myfoxdc.com. 73 degrees at 8:09. and coming up next governor of alley will join us when we come back. and this brazen bandit jumps through the drive through window at one virginia fast food restaurant, robbing that location. we'll tell you what happened next. then she got her start on soul train when she was just 14 years old but she's come a long way since then. jody watley live in our studios this morning. she will perform for us in our next half hour. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. (announcer) it's time to raise the bar

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their own did anything wrong when he shot and killed a man outside of a germantown apartment yesterday. the victims body was found next to a carving knife and a bb gun, that's a replica of a semi- automatic gun. the officers are on routine paid administrative leave. in man a man armed with a knife climbed through the drive through window, and robbed the burger king on promenade lane. he went from register to register grabbing cash and jumped back through the window and left. so far no arrests have been made. apparently there were no injuries. so that has to be pretty frightening. >> that's pretty brazen. and i this it's 75 -- i think it's 75 degrees. >> it is. and tucker barnes is standing by in the weather center. but before that, one thing i don't get to do today. >> i'll start it and then you can make comments.

>> time for the cuteness factor. this is our my first 5 photo of the day. and this is 8-month-old ondon. good morning, london. >> i love that name. i want to change my name. >> that sounds like a lady's name. >> you think so? >> i think that's a girl. all right. to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. tony, do you want to add anything? >> i think london is a girl's name but i think you can pull it off. london barns. >> london, if you want to go to the park, it should be face and bring along that hat with temperatures topping out at about 90 degrees. right now 75 at eagar n i ti cmaha rsmallhall checkinurer w 7e at3 we're off to a mild start. a little humidity out there but ile bfl eee feel beer aery. yesterday. winds out of the north and northwest so there is effort to dry out the atmosphere e s .ith 77 at this hour in new york.

78 in boston. very mild conditions continue our oow of the south and the southwest, the bermuda high remains in tact off the carolina coast. s rea oklo atlo your morningradar. the shower elate tr.dand the shower and thunderstorm activity is long gone. we do have cloudiness out to west, but for the post part a to y datd shouly be dry. maybe olated shower hoedatol sh thunderstorm later today and then a better cncrrhamoto. at notice toward chicago the rain showers and thunderstorm activity out there will bet in here tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. so better chance for rain late tomorrow. just an isolated thunderstorm today. with a high temperature of about 90. right now the weekend doesn't look bad. high temperatures upper 80s. typical summertime weather. to about 90 with a chance of late day thunderstorm on saturday and sunday. that's is a check of your weather. let's check on on-time traffic and with of course the one on the only julie wright. >> wow. i feel important now.

>> that could be important. inbound on the douglas bridge, a accident on the right side. that was the only hitch. lanes are open now if you are travel ago long 66 east of nutley street, continuing in toward the capital beltway. traffic volume remains heavy between 50 and 123 and after nutley street to the beltway. accide on the outer loop still in place from university boulevard. and so again, it's the right side of the road. all of the activity has been pushed over to the shoulder but it's still a slow roll leaving

95 college park through silver spring. 95 backing up on the ramp to the exit to the outer loop. checking out the dulles toll road, word of a crash near 23 tieing up the two -- all but the two left lanes. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. back to you. 8:16 now. money troubles aren't just impacting families, states are having a hard time making ends meet as well and that includes maryland. the governor joins us now with a look at the state of the state. good morning, thanks for coming in. >> thank you, tony. tough times obviously. we have the budget deficits and then the gaps that have to be made up. the board of public works which you sit on just approved $280 million in cuts? >> $280 million toward the $700 million gap that we need to close. >> tell me who will be hit hardest by these initial cuts? >> well we're all going to feel the pain. the first round of cuts were $280 million and the second round is about $400 million so we'll have to look at everything that our state government does. just as every family is hurting right now, we have to be mindful that we cannot undermind that safety net that the family has to turn to when a family member becomes unemployed. so we want to create a strong family safety net and with that, we need to make sure we don't throw education overboard, so we plan to cuts to education but everything else is going to have be

reduced because we have to balance the budget. and we will. we're one of only five states that still maintains a triple-a bond rating in these type -- times but it will be difficult. most of the budget goes to education, health care and public safety. and everything else is the remaining 19-20%. so this will be tough but we hope to do it in a way that will not undermind families. >> and i thought i heard some officials with the university system -- >> let me clarify that. k-12 education. thanks to president obama. he extended to all of the states a life line. were it not for that life line, california would be at the bottom of the passive and would have been there about four months ago. and one of the things the president has allowed us to protect in maryland is k-12 education. that's helping us close this

gap. but even saying that we have gone four years in a row in maryland of 0% increase. but it's going to require a lot of pain, a lot of belt tightening. >> when do the initial cuts take affect? when do we first feel the affects? >> some of them, over the last 2 and a half years, we have had to cut $3.8 billion out of a roughly $15 billion state budget. so some of those affects have already been seen. this next round will no doubt have to -- will affect local govements d they will affect state employees once again who are already working very, very hard, sometimes doing the job of 2 people because of the 2700 jobs that we have eliminated over these last couple of yes. so we'll start seeing those affects fairly quickly. >> is it likely that there may be more state employee furloughs or layoffs?

>> it will probably -- we're talking right now with the heads of the vairous bargaining units of the employees. we owe them that. and we're sitting with them on the last round of furloughs and trying to craft it in a way that does it fairly and doesn't adversely or disproportionately adversely affect those that make less money. we had a graduated furlough before. we'll have to do that again. fortunately we won't have to do what california had to do. our gap is about 5% and california's was 26%. they asked all state employees to give up three days a month. and they put 26,000 teachers in unemployment lines. we will not be doing that. but we'll have to ask state employees to sacrifice once again. >> let's talk about an effort to help families facing foreclosure. obviously there is still many families in this situation and you've begun an initiative to try to get those families some

relief. >> that's right. we're trying to get families the resources they need. our chief judge has recruited approximately 800 lawyers who will give of their services for free to protect the family home. we've alsoib vested approximately -- invested approximately $5 million in nonprofit housing counselors for anybody throughout the state. anybody feels they might be slipping behind in their mortgage should call as n as possible. if you're mortgage is late, don't wait. the time to call is now and you can find out how you access these -- this help by going on our state website, which is maryland.gov. >> and that's where you go to get the help? >> absolutely. >> and we've targeted the nonprofit housing counselors to go where the foreclosures are the greatest. fortunately we're seeing stabilization in home housing. values throughout the country. and that's true in maryland. we also have a lower foreclosure rate than the

nation as a whole. but we're fighting for every home. and i think we need to turn up the heat quite frankly on some of these mortgage companies. country wide now i believe owned by bank of america, wells fargo, they say nobody wins in foreclosure but they sure don't seem to be doing the modifications that the president is trying to press them to do. and i think we need to possibly mandate mediation before foreclosure can go forward. the mortgage companies just are not cooperating as they should. >> governor o'malley, thank you very much. we don't have to talk about it. there is some good news that the state has received stimulus money so you'll hire 112 new police officers. >> and number one school system in america. >> very good. thank you so much. time now 8:22 on this thursday morning. get ready to pay more to shop, gas up and smoke in the district. more on the proposed tax hike ahead. and tips on how to shop now

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multigrain cheerios. 75 degrees at 8:30 on thursday. looking at stories making headlines this morning. the the suspected -- the suspected holocaust museum shooter was indicted yesterday. 89-yr-old james von brunns shot the security guard in june. von brunn could face the death penalty. here are some news you may not like, d.c.'s traffic control officers now have the power to write tickets for certain traffic infractions. after undergoing 40 hours of training, they can issue citations for distracted driving, blocking intersections and crosswalks and bike lanes and talking on your cell while driving. just what we need. more people being able to give us tickets. >> some tickets though, you think -- >> you deserve them.

you isn't be talking on your phone while driving around. >> or texting. anyhoo, hi tucker. >> how are you? >> i'm great. i've been here for like five hours now. the forecast today looks ha but i'm g inhtctpee g the g hose activity to take a vacation today. quieter conditions expected. we're warming up. temperatures overnight and back up into the 70s. 73 in baltimore. hagerstown is 73. that seems to be the winning numberer. ocean city very warm. and mix of sun and clouds across the area. should be a decent and summery day with high temperatures around 90. check out yesterday afternoon. all of the showers and thunderstorms across the mid- atlantic, right up into new england, heavy rain overnight and into portions of vermont, new hampshire and maine.

they had some flood warnings. but for us, very quiet conditions to start the day. kind of a mix of sun and clouds as mentioned and just a chance for an isolated thunderstorm. we have a weak area of high pressure trying to get in here and that's drying out the atmosphere a little bit. so generally speaking, the pattern is in tact with the bermuda high off the carolina coast here, continuing to give us a summery feel with plenty of heat and humidity out there this afternoon, but at least the showers will be more isolated today. so i think generally dry today and a better chance of some widely scattered showers tomorrow. partly cloudy, hot and humid out there. by afternoon high temperature an enjoyable 90 degrees. windows you the of the west -- winds out of the west at 5-10 miles per hour. now let's get to jewel yule with a look at your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> i was hoping jody watley would do the forecast with you. >> she'll be here at the end of

the show. >> i've been excited to show jody watley. now i have to wait. this is the latest on the outer loop with the accident confined to the shoulderment all lanes are open but the traffic will be slow toward silver spring. southbound 29 delaying -- behaving nicely. and northbound 395 north of duke street heavy and steady as you continue toward seminary road but you are accident street toward4th street bridge. and arizona avenue closed off due to the fire we've been talking. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. it is that time of year again, believe it or not, redskins training camp started just moments ago. >> dave ross is live at redskins park in ashburn. dave, how is it going? >> reporter: so far, so good. they started early. about 8:25 the guys were out here. jason campbell been doing some soft tosses and 40-yard passes. looking good. but it's day one.

expectations are very high. and high for jason campbell. and nobody knows him better than the man snapping him the ball, the center casey rye back. 9th year in the league. how good can this offensive line and how good can the offense be? >> i think we can be well very. offensive line wise, the second year in the system will help us improve. and then as far as the offense as a whole, we have so many weapons. and i think jason campbell is ready for a breakout year and if he plays well, the sky is the limit for this offense. >> jason campbell seems to be the key. and a center and quarterback, there has to be some camaraderie off the field and that helps on the field. >> jason is an easy guy to get along with. everybody on the team gets along really well with jason. he has a great attitude, he's very concerned about his teammates and all of that stuff. and yeah, he's a fun guy to be around.

>> and this is your 9th year again. second here in ashburn for training camp. you're a wisconsin guy, what about the heat? does it bother you. you're a big fella. does it bother you? >> yeah. i'm from the north so we don't get this kind of weather up there so the heat is a change for me. no matter how many years you have in the league or you go through the training camp, the heat is always a factor. >> it's going to be a hot one again today, so no brake for casey rabach, so how good can campbell and the redskins be. >> i think the redskins are going to go 13-3 and jason campbell is going to make his first pro bowl debut this year. >> reporter: and your name, sir. >> dan. >> what is oing to happen? >> reporter: break out season for redskins and campbell. i know there is campbell haters out there, and i used to be one of them, but i think this season he's going to break out.

>> reporter: and you're name? >> brian carter. >> reporter: how good are they going to be? >> very good. superbowl. superbowl. >> reporter: superbowl. >> superbowl. >> reporter: and it begins right now. first day of training camp. i can't hear. they're going crazy here. >> the training camp just begins 10 minutes ago and they're already talking superbowl. >> from a to z very quickly here. >> i love it. 36 minutes after the hour and this thursday morning get ready to pay to shop, gas up and smoke in d.c. more on the proposed tax hike when we come back. and if do you shopping now you can save money on next spring's garden. derek thomas joins us with -- joins us with expert advice here on fox 5 morning news. stay with us for that. we'll be right back. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah!

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your world... delivered. hard to believer maybe, but august is just two days away. where did the summer go. with the any month comes new bargains for your garden. and here to show us how to capitalize on that, our friend thomas. welcome. and the sun came out for you. >> yes it did. and you'll see garden sales at the yard center and it's the great time to get the plants. if you're willing to sacrifice the beauty as far as the foliage, you can get some great bargains. and for example this is showing

some damage from what is called palory mildew but that can be easily taken care of with a spray that will prevent the mildew and the more important thing is that the plant is that it will last a lifetime in your garden. you have plants like this echinacea, this has gone a little bit beyond peak, when it was peak it looked more like this. now what you can do is actually remove this, remove the old flowers, and in a short time you'll end up with a nice, healthy plant, keeping in mind this will come back. this is a perennial. and you can also do that with annuals. >> so we're at the garden center, and how do we know this? we can go to your website. >> it's good to go to a garden center where there is knowledgeable people. so ask one of the people. for instance, say you're having

a party in september. these are geraniums. a geranium that looks like this now, you can get it bargain basement price, pot it up in a larger pot and by mid- september, because their frost hearty, you can have a beautiful geranium for that party at a pittance. >> a much slower price. >> roses, washington love roses. this time of year roses look absolutely horrible. you've got black spots, you've got insect damage. don't worry about the insect damage. don't worry unless the insects are still present. but the roses growing back out, we have new buds coming in there are is new foliage coming in. what you want to check for is to make sure the stems are nice and plump on the plants that you pick out. and the other thing to look for in the plant, trees and shrubs, this year was especially hard

with the sun burn. >> what is this? >> this is a japanese maple. but look at the crisp leaves. you want to make sure the stem is nice and plump. as long as you have a plump stem and you see no damage, take the time to knock it out of the pot, check the roots and see nice, fleshy plump roots. >> >> and then it should be okay to replant it. >> it will be okay. what it's dying for is to get into your garden. these box woods, these are the same exact box woods. this one has proper case and this one not so good. get into the ground give it some fertilizer. >> and we have to end it there. go to our website to learn all that we just taught you here on the show. meantime tony is in studio with a very special guest. >> we're very excited. she's gone from soul train to chalimar to award winning and

fitness and fashion guru and through it jody watley has done well. thank you for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> and i'm always very thrilled when musicians such as yourself come in. because you have a gig tonight. and you were out late last night. >> late night but that's okay. >> but you'll be okay, right? >> yes. >> i've been a fan for a long time. loved chalimar. still have all of the records. your solo career was extraordinary and that continues until today. but i want to talk about soul train for a quick second. literally you were a kid, barely a teenager. >> yes. >> and stood out on that set for us as an audience. did you think back then that you would have the career that you had over the years and to have the group success d the

solo success? >> absolutely. >> at 14? >> at 14 i knew. i always wanted to sing, since being a little girl at 4 and 5 and pretending like i was if the supremes, you know. thereas always my dream. but no one ever really foes how things will pan out. but i've always been a very tenacious person, very hard- working and determined. so that worked in my favor. >> i want to talk about that, because of this hard work. in the mid '90s or so, you took a different career path. and decided you're going to handle everything yourself. the recording process, the distribution of your music and all of that. that's 15 years ago and that's a tough thing to do. what made you do that and how has it worked for you? >> well i went independent and formed ava tone and initially

because of prince. he left warner brothers. and i felts that the way to go. as a solo artist, i've always written or co-written my songs and was in control of my sound and look. but going independent was taken it to the next level. in fact for it today it's really the thing the artists are doing. they're going independent and self-released. and it's more work, but i enjoy it. and to still be able to make the music that i love and that i'm proud of and without having to end up doing something that is like oh, my gosh, i can't believe i'm singing that kind of song. >> you don't have a record company boss looking over your shoulder, saying you have to do this or that. >> right. yeah. >> and let's talk about the r.ovak e tonight you're doing a number songs from that. you're going ododo one for us. >> 'mi going to be doing candle light today which is my current

single and my current album is the makeover, which initially was released exclusively to the virgin megastore chain and at itunes and digital universe and we just did a global distribution deal with ada based in london and so an international version of it will be coming out over there in september. >> over the ears you've appeared -- we've mentioned the fitness and fashion guru. you've appeared on the cover of vogue magazine and a magazine overseas and the like. is that something that was part of your desire that you wanted to be this fashion icon, or did that just happen? >> well that happened. missile -- my style being -- black female artists weren't doing it. and the only one doing it would be madonna and so it was unprecedented to the point that my record company won't fly me

out to new york so do those so i paid for myself. and i said are you kidding, eight pages in harper's bazaar, i'm going. and now it's common to see beyonce and rihanna in the fashion magazines but there was a time that record companies didn't get that. >> nowit's part of the deal. >> now it is. >> we're thrilled you're here with us and you're going to perform for us. and you perform tonight at the birch mir in alexandria. we'll be right back. thank you. meom

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here she is jody watley singing candle light. ♪ turn off the tv, dim the lights. ♪ let's get the mood just right. ♪ relax your body and your mind because it's a lover's night, baby, baby. ♪ through the flicker of these flames, rekindle love again. ♪ oh, yeah. ♪ like a burning fire, we're going to take it higher and

higher and higher. ♪ by candle light. candle light, baby, baby. ♪ by candle light. ♪ candle light. there is nothing like it. ♪ nothing like a little candle light. ♪ let's go out tonight. ♪ we'll book a table for two, me and you. ♪ as we move closer, the grow of love, keeps burning and burning, and burning.

♪ by candle light. by candle light. ♪ by candle light. ♪ the amber of me an you. ♪ candle light. ♪ there is nothing like a little candle light. ♪ candle light. ♪ the glow of love by candle light. ♪ candle light baby, baby. ♪ turn off the tv, dim the lights. ♪ tonight it's just you and i. ♪ by candle light, candle

light. ♪ nothing like a little candle light. ♪ nothing like a little candle light. ♪ nothing like a little candle light. >> would someone come and dance with me. >> tucker will. ♪ candle light. >> there is your boy right there. ♪ oh, yeah. [ laughter ] ♪ >> okay. that's enough. >> what a trooper. jody watley. the song is candle light from the album the makeover. it is airing tonight at the birch mear in alexandria. we're thrilled your here and everybody