he was really talking to. the senate confirming judge soto hire. we'll take a closer look at what lies ahead for the newest member of the high court. plus he was a master of capturing the life of the american teenager. john hughes has died suddenly. we'll take a back look at some of his iconic work. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. i'm allison seymour. >> an steve -- and i've steve chenevey. his last album was named album of the year by itunes and that's after he left tony, tony, tony, rafael sad eek will join us. and huge match for d.c. united over the weekend, getting ready to take on one of the best teams in the world and

we'll get the scoop for this game on sunday. and their epic battle comes to an end. dave versus dave wraps up today as they fight it out to see who can be the best kick returner. >> they both start with one. we'll check o with them. but first we should check in on the forecast for those heading out there. this is the last day for training camp and will they see nice weather. they'll see plenty of sunshine. good morning, everybody. the current reasons reported here in the washington area, a comfortable 65 degrees. very nice out. relative humidity is 73%. a little bit of a breeze out of the northwest making it feel a ttle bit chilly. 5 mile-per-hour winds outf o rtthe hwhwt. ba .0ad30t 8.te 30.08. here is lokothokt ae urite t radaeg for orur . rion.

there are clouds out to the west. iot a lot though. even if they pass through the ev ll be a period where you'll have some clouds but for the most part we'll see a lot of sunshine today. so the forecast for today looks like this: simply put, mostly sunny skies, perhaps some morning clouds, warmer this afternoon than yesterday afternn, but below normal for the high. 85 degrees and comfortable humidity levels as well. enjoy the day. we have heat on the way. i'll tell you about that coming up in just a little bit. right now let's get an update on the traffic, having problem spots out there and allison is in for julie wright with that. you're right. pretty tough in woodbridge. route 1 northbound, all traffic being diverted off on to old pits boulevard because of an accident. and there is an accident investigation, probably a fatality involved in the

accident. so if you are leaving woodbridge, they will divert you. if that's the way you go, you'll have to stick with 95. 95 is jammed because of it and taking the additional volume and you've stay heavy up into lorton this morning. they did move out the accident at 198. they were hooking it up to the hol back and it should be out of there any second. inner loop of the beltway as you travel out of springfield toward 66. not a bad ride as far as accidents. the volume has cleared out here at nutley street. still very sluggish between 50 and 123. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. steve and allison, back to you. stunning allegations against a montgomery county firefighter, arrested and accused of using his county run e-mail to solicit sem from a teenager. >> it turns out the teen was a detective targeting sexual predators as part of an on going investigation. stacy cohan joins us live with

more. >> reporter: good morning. the arrest in this case was part of a larger investigation in montgomery county into human trafficking and the sexual solicitation of minors. wayne mothershead was arrested in late july. police say he was soliciting sex with someone he thought was a teenage girl. now police had placed ads on myspace and craigslist. ads they described as advertisements for prostitution. they say mothershead was one of several people who responded to the ads and it was made clear that he was trying to solicit sex from a minor. he is one of nearly two dozen people that were arrested in connection with this undercover investigation. >> there were an exchange of e- mails, there was an exchange of phone number and there was a confirmation that he understood that she was 16 years old, thatd

he understood that he would be required to pay for any sexual services rendered. he agreed to all of that. >> reporter: now mothershead was apparently arrested on july 20th when he showed up at a gaithersburg shopping center where he thought he would meet the 16-year-old girl. he is a 22 year veteran of the montgoery county firefighter. his attorney says the charges do not substantiate the charges against him and they were placed in the adult section of craigslist and they were perhaps misleading. meanwhile montgomery county police maintain they have a strong case. he has been free on $100,000 bond since his arrest july 20th. i'm live in rockville, back to you. >> thank you so much. today we should learn more the fire that destroyed a d.c. mansion last week. flames engulfed peggy cooper

cafritz home. there is no word on what sparked the fire. the mayor and wasa and city officials will release a preliminary report on the fire later today. now to a major story overseas and what u.s. oar officials as -- u.s. officials see as a help on war on terror. it is confirmed that matt you'lla met sue was killed on a c.i.a. missile strike on wednesday. an aid told the press that today and also killed one of his two wives. he had al-qaeda connections and was suspected in the killing of benazir bhutto and other deadly bombings. from the housing projects to the highest court in the nation, the senate has now confirmed the nomination of judge sotomayor. she'll be sworn in tomorrow. her nomination never in doubt,

not even close. the final vote 68-31 with 9 g.o.p. senato breaking rank and voting yes, making her the fit hispanic to serve on the supreme court. >> the senate has affirmed that judge sotomayor has the intellect, the temperment, the history, the integrity and the independence of mind to ably serve on our nation's highest court. >> republicans said they had opposed her because of her wise latina speech means she would prejudge cases before consulting the law. she gets to work next month when the supreme court reconvenes. coming up later this week, we'll look at what lies ahead for the judge now that she has been confirmed. the cash for clunkers program gets the green light. senate has approve a $2 billion cash infusion for the program. it was running on e. after burning the first $2 billion in the first two weeks. it gives up a $4,500 rebate

to trade in gas guzzlers for new fuel-efficient cars. the president is expected to sign this bill which did not get support from everyone. >> we are supporting automotive companies that we own. >> my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that are constantly bashing the recovery package for not delivering immediate results should be jumping for joy. >> the white house said without more money the program would have ended today. the new cash means rebate trade- ins will likely be honored at least through labor day. now to the swine. and we will learn today how officials want schools to fight the illness once it's expected to hit in the fall. among other things, officials are expected to announce new school closing guidelines. locaschool officials will still have to make the final call. they are going to track which

schools decide to close and where to chart that out. and vaccine clinics will be made. the first shipments of vaccines are expected to arrive today and that includes baltimore. coming up at 8:00, more on the vaccine and why you and your kids will likely need three shots this year to be protected. from swine flu to health care outrage. there has been more public out cry over health care reform and one meeting may have turned violent. the white house is bracing for a battle and urging democratic lawmakers to hang tight. doug luzader has more. >> reporter: democrats say the outrage is not genuine but protesters are pushing back and these town hall meetings are getting rough. >> go sit down. >> i have a question for this

young man. >> reporter: a heated confrontation for democratic congressman john dingle in michigan. a course of boos at a similar event in missouri and at this town hall meeting in florida, some had to press their faces against windows because the crowd was over flowing. >> clear a path. >> reporter: the president spent the evening at a political fundraiser in virginia. beyond the protests he's looking at polls like this one that show 52% of voters disapprove of his handling of health care. >> all we do is bicker and point fingers. >> reporter: the white house is struggling to stay on course and the president had to back democrats who find themselves on the receiving end of the growing protests. >> it not lost on me how badly the health insurance industry and the big drug companies do not want health reform. >> reporter: and thahas been the argument from democrats, that the protests are being organized. >> i'm not a right wing whacko,

i was not hired or forced to come here by anybody. >> reporter: some may avoid having town hall meetings which are usually a staple of the summer recess. >> no signs of any kind, folks. >> reporter: police at all meetings work to maintain control but at times the emotions made that a difficult task. >> fine. arrest me and my son right now. >> reporter: and this could just be a start. two labor groups including the afl/cio are asking members to show up at the town hall meetings to back the white house plan. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. it is 6:11 on friday morning and looking back on the life of john hughes, the man behind ferris buehler's day off. we'll look at his movies. and we'll tell you how to cash in on your back to school shopping this weekend. and first let's get to

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we had a special guest at redskins training camp yesterday. that is snoop dog. he spent some time with his good friend r lewis. when he's not rapping, he coaches his kids football team and a local youth team as well. and for the redskins, it's been a battle all week.

the dave versus dave competition reaching fever pitch. >> and coming to an end. today dave feldman and dave ross compete to see who can be the best kick returner. and i know you got this one, ross. >> we're in your corner. >> i have to have the advantage here because its all about speed to catch the ball, very important as dominic dorsey showed us this week. and it's not gone as planned for me this week. it's been rather embarrassing if you will, but today the chance to save face. can i do it? take a look. >> well it's that time, our final dave versus dave. dominic dorsey, punt returner extraordinaire and rich dunn, our producer who will be punting today. so dominic will critique us. >> and he'l show us the proper

technique. >> i'm looking forward to see if you guys can stay square. >> i'm pretty square. >> and then we'll have the voters log on to myfoxdc.com. >> okay. is there anything like a three pentagon return. >> you try to hit it downhill as fast as you can. >> i'm more of an east-west guys. >> if you have enough shakes to go east to west, that's good. >> i'm more of a fair catch guy. >> with your size, you could run over a couple of guys. >> is there any stretching you do? >> stretch your hamstrings. >> i think i tore my right hamstring. >> the direction is where he goes. >> get square. >> bat example of -- bad example of sideways. >> give me some breathing room. get him out of my face. >> stay squared. oh.

>> you did an excellent job of moving your feet. >> i couldn't hear you well enough. idid what? >> excellent job. >> oh, i got this one. >> did that catch him in the shoulder? is it okay to catch a ball here? >> you were in the position to move forward while you were moving forward. >> can i get one, please. >> that's going to be tough. come on, richie. >> that was a good catch. >> i would like to see a little move. >> run first and then a move. i love it. there it is. there we have it. woo. >> oh, man. >> he shook himself so bad, he shook himself. that was great. i love the move.

>> i was trying to give you the stunner and i almost studered. >> i'm going to have to leave it up to the viewers. >> thanks dominic. >> reporter: go to myfoxdc.com and vote. again, i did studder myself right to the ground. but i tried to give you a little shake and bake there, like talladega nights. a little something-something to get up and go. i've been very impressed with feldy's skill all week long. and dorsey thought he would drop one but he didn't. and we both went three for three. but i ask and i plead, give me one. i need my street cred again. >> you're allowed to get up and keep running. >> feldy did not touch me so i was still eligible and dominic said he was most impressed because i got up and ran as hard and fast as i could. >> can i ask you a question?

can i vote for your producer rich dunn. nice punt. >> reporter: dominic was impressed. rich was turning over spirals. that was the most amazing thing all week. rich dunn could punt. we didn't believe him, but he n do it. who knew? >> it's been fun this week and hopefully everybody votes for dave ross because he's been getting up early for us all week. >> reporter: and don't forget, next hour we have vinnie cerrato. i'm going to have you ask questions too. 8:45 is the time. >> thank you, dave. appreciate it. and thanks to all of the redskins who have been taking part and helping out and playing a role. >> jason campbell and everybody taking out time to do it. that's fantastic. and we've been talking about heat. the redskins need to know this. but it will get hot over the course of the weekend. here is the temperature trend.

i just stepped outside, it's beautiful outside. lots of sunshine, 65 degrees. a high today of 85. tomorrow 90, that's warm. ant sunday and to to , du doaywnday, wnright hot an humid. highs in the mid-90s. and frankly, if we don't get c nys maloudaround here it could be higher an 96 on esnday, maybe 98re wee l 'lsee what l apens.ap currently here. en here. york city 67 in new york city. . it psburgh is at -- a cool 68. e d erthare a ercouple of clouds. i steppeoutside and there are some clouds out there, but for the most part a lot of sunshinep be that's the way it will for today. so your five-day forecast, once again, mostly sunny, a beauult comrtablele. i heat begins to move in tomorrow. you can't rule out a shower or thunderstorm late tomorrow but only about a 20% chance. >> good day for tony to buy us lunch.

>> it sure would be. >> it would be. >> we'll take you up on that. >> that's not really the offer we're hoping for. >> we're trying to sneak that one by. >> burritos for everybody. i like it. we'll take you out to route 1 and show you, this is a complicated situation, it will be there for the morning. it is a serious crash. so through woodbridge take note because all traffic will be diverted off route 1 from old pits and to 95. that's what will happen because they're going to continue to conduct an accident investigation and that means more than likely there was a fatality involved and so they have to document the wreck. and it's already heavy on 95 for commuters and now you have additional withins for everybody who cannot use route 1. let's slide over towards 66. i want to show you how slow it is on the westbound lanesch the sunshine in your eyes, plus between 50 and 123 pretty

jammed up. the accident after nutley street is now gone. here we are through newington and springfield, not a bad deal. 270, no issues between frederick toward the lane divide, however across the wilson bridge on the inner loop of the beltway, as you leave 295, that's where you'll notice a disabled car in the through lane and that's jamming things up a bit. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. steve and allison, back to you. >> thank you. and 7:22 right now. now is the time to save on your back to school shopping in virginia. details on how you can cash in on the tax holiday after the break. and we're spending another friday at the fair. today holly is taking us to the howard county fairgrounds to find out what is new as they kick off their county fair this weekend. 

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more heless people in the district will soon have a place to stay. d.c. plans to increase the number of beds by 10% this winter. the goal is to reduce the

amount of hypothermia cases. homeless advocates worry there won't be enough beds because of the troubled economy. the number of homeless families is up 20% from last year. book bags and sneakers all tax-free this weekend if you run in virginia. school supplies up to $20 per item are tax exempt and so are clothes and shoes up to $100. scores are choose to exempt other item -- stores are choose to exempt the other items and pay the tax themselves. judge sotomayor has been confirmed as the first hispanic justice on the court. wh lies ahead as she joins the nation's highest court. and remembering the man who best captured the essence of the american teenager experiencein the 1980s. we'll look back at the life of john hughes in a few minutes.

this morning the entertainment world is mourning the loss of the writer who may have best captured the highs, lows and awkwards of the teenage years. john hughes passed away from a

heart attack while taking a morning walk in new york. he was 59 years old. his movies dominated the 1980s. he was out of the public eye for a while but when you look at his work you've seen movies like 16 candles, pretty in pink, the breakfast club nd ferris buehlers day off. and i've seen all of those and several times. and some you may have skipped, but very popular. tough to pick a favorite. they're all good movies. for me personally, ferris buehler's day off. one of my favorite movies of all time. i was in high school when it came out and i just watched it over and over again. >> and i love that too. matthew broderick, how perfect was he. everybody knew somebody like him, he was the popular kid in school. and this is the one i love too, the other ones were -- when i

think of breakfast club, a little dark for me, i didn't have the same issues, but fun to watch. and i love how he helped people see their dreams because they were too scared to do it. >> but i know what tony's favorite was and this came in a close second for me. >> plains, trains and automobiles. it's a funny movie. and in case you have never seen it, which i would find hard to believe, i won't blow it. but it's a -- you laugh out loud. and then towards the end, it grabs you. this is a movie with some great laughs, but some real heart. and it took a turn later in the movie where you got choked up and really brought the humanity -- steve martin and john candy, steve martin does some of the best slow burns. >> and then did john candy die closely after this. >> i want to say it was close to. >> what was amazing how much talent he found.

so many of the actors that we know today were made by john hughes. like john cusak, molly ring wald. everybody in 16 candles. >> did you pick a favorite? >> weird science. kelly la brock was great. or was it just the soundtrack. we'll leave that one to tucker. but all good movies. these are the movies that you hate to see they're not top releases but any saturday or sunday afternoon if you're flippg around, you'll find them. >> we'll be watching them this weekend, you're right. switching gears, we're have two weather men for the price of one. what is happening this weekend? >> because there is a lot happening. we'll start witda in the weetoend as we see changes coming. t rsf fioall, current

stepped outside, 65 degrees. egs great outside rig 66 a66esllredut es. leab fo d drees at dulles airport. 62 in abaltimore. so we have cool air in place. and in dfreerick, maryland, it's 59 degrees at this hour. and let's look at the satellite radar. what we're seeing here is there are nothing going on. there are some clouds but no precipitation and nor do we expect to see any precipitation today. w on tnd wrekeee, we do kehave me changes coming for the weekend. and the main change is heat. some real summertime heat will work it's way in here over the course of the weekend. there is your high pressure system to the south. as that builds in, that heat that we've been focusing on down in the southern plain and the portions of the southeast, that comes in. tomorrow, 90 degrees for your high. cannot rule out the possibility of a late-day shower or thunderstorm. and then sunday really hot. mid-90s we think. if we get more clouds it will be the low 90s. if we lack clouds it could be 98 degrees on sunday.

so we'll keep our eyes on that. today mostly sunny skies. 85 for the high. not a bad night for friday. a couple of clouds, 67 degrees. and the five-day forecast shows you a heat wave and it continues into next week, tuesday 95 degrees for the high. that's it. more weather coming up shortly. >> it will be hot. >> it is. >> i'm ready. let's check in with ali oakley. it's a busy ride on the roads. >> and don't forget national lampoon's vacation movie. >> i love christmas vacation. >> i love that one too. >> it's good stuff. we're going to take you out to the roadways and show you what it looks like. not a grizwald vacation today. slow if you're taking route 1 and 95 and i'll tell you about that in a second. on route 1 after old pits boulevard, to the north there is an accident investigation that's been there for a good couple of hours. in fact it will be there for the rest of the morning rush

hour. it was a very serious accident and it sounds like it's a fatal wreck and they're documenting that accident. so route 1 is being shuted off on old pits over to 95. 95 is going to take that additional volume. they already have the commute underway and so as you travel up through woodbridge, it will be extremely slow. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. history is made on capitol hill as the senate has voted to confirm judge sonia sotomayor, making her the first hispanic supreme court justice. it is the first supreme court nomination for president obama. adrian betel heim white house reporter has been following this very closely and joins us this morning with more. and we spoke with you earlier when all of this process was going on and now the senate has confirmed this historic nomination. your thoughts at this time. this is not a surprise. >> no it wasn't. her confirmation was pretty

much assured almost from the day that the president announced it because she has a compelling life story and december -- despite the fact she had a lot of experience, she wasn't involved in a lot of hot-button issues that have tripped up judges, abortion, gun rights. there was a lot of talk about that but there wasn't any decisions they could hone in. >> was this a good pick for president obama. >> this was a safe pick. her background too, the other justices are appellate court justices so her resume is pretty conventional. where it's different is in the background, her gender and ethnicity and her experience as a trial court judge. >> and it was those things, the gender and ethnicity, and that we heard through the wise latina speech or statement. she said she chose those words poorly but it still came up. was that the cornerstone of the g.o.p. argument against her nomination.

>> that was one of them. and i think she took the wind out of her sails by apologizing if any of the speeches offended them. they made a 2005 speech at duke university where she said appeals courts are where some of the laws are made and people thought this was a sense she would be a judicial activist in the white house and it's proxy, some legal scholars that went on quite an offensive saying this is a judicial moderate who exercises restraint, look at her record of over more than 10 years on the appellate court. >> and sticking with the gop string, 9 republican senators did break ranks and did vote for her confirmation and was that surprising? >> tough juggling act. they have to play to their base but they're trying to expand to new constituency and even the ones that were opposing didn't want to seem to be bullying the

first latina and the third woman nominated to the court. so the vote went more or less as we expected. >> what does this mean for the idealogical split on the supreme court, 5-4, what does this mean for judge sotomayor to be confirmed? >> it's more or less the same split. there are five in the so-called conservative camp and four in the liberal camp and the real fight is the next nomination because that in all likelihood will split things -- will swing things in the liberal camps favor. so a lot of hearings were interest groups putting out markers for the next nomination. it's not that the president might have as many -- it's thought that the president might have as many as three picks. you compare that to bush and clinton who had two. >> the fight might get much more contentious in the future. >> in all likelihood. >> we have to end it there.

we appreciate your insight. come back and see us. >> thank you. the virginia governor's race taking the national spotlight. the president hits the campaign trail for creigh deeds. why both parties are focusing extra attention on this local race. also coming up, he turned his success with the group tony, tony, tony which he formed into a solo career. now he's on top here. rafael fad eek would join us. stay with us. it's now 7:39. (announcer) get schooled in style...

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there are two statewide election this is year, one for governor of new jersey and the other here. governor of virginia both getting extra attention from the parties as the local elections take on a national stage. in virginia, the race may be about the future of the commonwealth but it also may be a refer end um on the blue results of the 2008 election. we get more on this from jennifer davis. >> i'm still trying to get used to the fact that the president of the united states flew marine one to virginia for me.

>> reporter: that he did. democratic candidate creigh deeds got a midsummer boost from the president himself. >> are you ready to go? >> reporter: mr. obama and governor tim kaine turned out at this fundraiser in mccain for the nominee in virginia. >> i need you all to make phone calls and get fired up once agai so we can go toward the future confident with creigh deeds leading the great commonwealth of virginia. >> reporter: deeds is trailing in the polls and faces a tough race against republican bob mcdonald. >> i asked for your continued support to build on the success of mark warner and tim kaine as we prepare to sprint the last 89 days into the campaign. >> reporter: deeds is getting help from heavy hitters because the virginia governor's race many say is more about the two men on the ticket. virginia, a once solidly republican state, backed obama

in 2008. but even obama advisors recognize this race a few months later can be seen as a referendum on what the white house has done since and so the party is doing what it can to keep the state blue. >> we have a man of uncompromising moral integrity, a heart as big as the outdoors and the vision to keep virginia moving the right way. >> reporter: in an effort to counter the national platform that deeds got here with the president, the g.o.p. tapped bob mcdonald to deliver the response to the president's radio address on sunday. jennifer davis, fox 5 news. and a nice day. you stepped outside. what did you find? >> i found some sunshine. a found a little bit of a 5 6teurgrde ees.65 degrees. who can ask for anything more. >> a good selling point. >> here is what s going on out there. if you get the chance, step outside. 65 degrees, relative humidity, winds out of the north at 7 miles per hour and the

barometic pressure is on the rise now, 30.10 and rising. here is your radar, let's see where is the rain? there it was hetthe ocean and there it goes. we'll be rain-free today. most of the eastern seaboard will be. here is why. high pressure settling in for the next 24 hours that will dominate our weather. t will be a calm and quiet day. a good amount of sunshine during the course of the day today. it will be a little while before the heat builds in. we don't expect to see that today. instead it will be warm with low humidity. your forecast for today and the next five days, high today of about 85 degrees. tomorrow 90. slight chance of a late-day shower or thunderstorm. and then sunday monday and tuesday, highs in the mid-90s and it will be humid so it will be a bit uncomfortable out there. not a bit, it will be uncomfortable. >> get out today and suck up today if you can. let's check in with ali oakley and look at the roads.

>> i'm heading to the po today. it sounds like today is the pick: let's head to route 1. a very complicated on route 1 north of old pits boulevard. it was a fatal accident and police are investigating what happened. and northbound route 1 is shuttled off on to old pits boulevard and you'll have to stay with 95 northbound. 95 has the traditional commute and plus you have the volume of everyone who can't use route 1 and that's just the fact, jack. and getting past 50, thing have thinned out. everybody is working up stream. looks good once you get north of the springfield parkway transitioning on to 395 and the story all the way through. and here we are at woodrow wilson bridge, on the wilson bridge in the local lanes we had a disabled car but it looks like traffic is no worse for wear. not seeing delays back here at 95. that's a check of your fox 5 on-

time traffic. allison and steve, back to you. and in sports this morning, the injury bug takes it's first bite at the redskins starting receiver yesterday. both santana moss and devon thomas tweaked their hamstrings. as a precaution they spent the session on the side lines. they have have both had similar issues the last three seasons. the nationals are riding high as they get three straight. but there were hints of the old nats yesterday. that ball girl there is what we're talking about. she's called for interfering with a fair ball. although it may have helped turning a marlins triple into a ground rule double. i feel bad for her. she didn't mean to do it. >> still helped out the team. kept the runner one base away. >> alls well that ends well. >> that's right. this friday morning, a huge

match on sunday. some of the biggest names in soccer in the world coming to fedex field this weekend. >> d.c. united will take on real madrid and -- how do you say his name. >> cristiano renaldo. you've seen him more on tmz than the soccer field. >> and more about paris hilton than you want to hear about. and we'll talk to the president and ceo of d.c. united. and holly is spending another friday at the fair. what is going on. >> reporter: i'm getting a preview of breakfast. i'm trying to decide if i was funnel cake or deep fried oryos and we are live at 64th annual county fair and we'll tell you why you want to come on out and have a little family fair fun. it's all live next on fox 5 morning news.

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week holly is taking us up to howard county. and it looks like you already picked out the menu, holly. >> reporter: i'm slightly disappointed. the oreos aren't here yet. and that's because the fair starts tomorrow and runs all next week. it's saturday to saturday. but we are getting a run of the place today so we can give you the best preview and you can pick out when you want to come out and enjoy this fair. because it is the 64th annual and these people know how to do it right because of people like mickey day who is the president. i love this golf cartm i think this could be a new edition to fair. he is president of the board. tell me about the fair this year. >> we're really excited. this is our 64th annual fair. we have a lot of activity for the family and we try to gear toward the agricultural part of the county and so we try to bring the farm back to the family so they can see it during the fair.

>> reporter: but the rides are here. i was up there driving around and checking things out so give people an idea of that side of the park and what they can find themselves involved in. >> we have regular attractions. theye the same people that do the rides at the maryland state fair and they've been with us for quite a few years and they'll be having rides beginning at 12:00 every day. >> reporter: i was look at your schedule on the pamphlet, and there is literally something different every day. you can talk about the entertainment schedule. >> reporter: we have a variety of different entertainment groups. we have different bands and during the evening there are shows in the show pavilion, we have contests, an archery contest and a tug of war on wednesday night, thursday night is actually open to anybody to bring a team up. we have a talent show on thursday night. and then the livestock sale is on friday night. >> reporter: there is no way you can't have fun here. >> no way.

>> reporter: it's impossible. how much does it cost to get in. >> $5 to get in. senior citizens are $2. >> reporter: we have come inside to the home arch building because that is where some of the competitions will be going on. it will be all set tomorrow. closed on saturday for judging and open on sunday. we have a all-access pass today. and the leaders of the building join me to talk about happy fair time. the ladies don't judge at this fair but they judge at other fairs and you have brought different departments that the people can compete on. >> well we have woodworking department. and over here we have the theme of our building which is the plow. we have a painting here from the fine arts, sort of rural

america. and then we have these baskets. >> you mur mured adults craft. >> these are adult and children crafts and this is the work of a 4-year-old. >> reporter: really? that's impressive. what will the little hershey car. what is that? i love that. >> that's a derby car. >> it's a pine wood derby car and it's made for our youth in the woodworking department. >> reporter: so what do people win when -- just ribbons? >> there are ribbons with premiums. first place would have a monetary value and second and third and fourth and some sections have up to 6 places and they get a little bit of -- like $1.25 if they win 6th place and ribbons. >> reporter: and it's open to the public. can people come by? >> no. this is exhibit only. >> reporter: there is a lot of talented people out there putting their stuff on display here at the howard county fair.

myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to theirs. the fair opens tomorrow and runs saturday to saturday. coming up in our next hour, we'll be talking about the competitions going on here. i think they've signed me up for the skid loading competition. i'm not sure what that is but wel find out. happy friday. back to you. >> we like surprises. we'll all learn together. thank you very much. it's 7:56 right now. we have a lot coming up in 8:00 hour. three big named guest all on the way. >> president pain, the president of d.c. united and someone from the skins and rafael fad eek all on the show. >> give us one more hour, folks, we're getting closer to the weekend. 7:57. 

welcome back. it's 8:00 now. a veteran firefighter arrested and charged with offering to pay a 16-year-old for sex. the atest coming up. andthe swine flu has affected more than a million americans and the government is set to announce must guidelines on how schools will handle the

outbreaks and we're learning more about the vaccine designed to keep you health. healthy. and we'll let you know about delays on metro this weekend. and also three big names will join us live. at 8:15, kevin payne, the president of d.c. unied with more on the big matchup with one of the world's top soccer teams. and then at 8:30 rafael saadiq. and then the vice president of the redskins will join us live from training camp. >> another big name, tony perkins who we have the pleasure of being with. >> can i have your autograph. >> later. >> i love the -- you can't call it a new cd, but the latest cd from rafael saadiq because it reminds me of marvin gay. >> it's old school. and now there is a dvd out,

live at the artist's den a performance from not to long ago. so he'll be with us in a little bit. >> and do you remember about songs being stuck in your head and i was listening to them and you know the song little walter, in the head for days now. >> petty catchy. >> it works. right now let's take a look at what is going on outside at the area airports. it is a cool start to the day. temperatures in the 60s. 65 right now at reagan national. 66 at dulles international, bwi marshall is at 62 degrees. here is alook at the satellite radar. yes, there are some clouds out there. even here in northwest washington, a couple of clouds here and there. and i think during the next few hours we'll see a fair amount of cloud cover, particularly out to the west right now but it will be pushing through the area. but don't let that worry you because the day is basically going to be mostly sunny.

some clouds have to push through but a lot of sunshi today. and comfortable tempesartu and comfortable humidity levels. high in town, 85 degrees. chantilly 85 for your high as well. hagerstown comes in at about 83 degrees and la plata 86 for your high today. let's check in with ali oakley for a look at traffic at 8:00. >> hello. i'm going to take you to a very serious accident. it's an accident where a pedestrian was struck. north of feather stone drive on route 1, north of old pits boulevard, traffic will be taken off the freeway and you'll have to stay with 95 northbound if you are traveling in that direction. this will be here the rest of the morning commute. in fact it might extend into the afternoon as they continue to document that wreck. i'm going to go ahead and slide you toward 395 and show you what it looks like past duke street. look at how heavy that still

is. fortunately everything to the south has thinned out on northbound 95. southbound 95 through newington and make that squeeze across the occuquan, a little bit on the sluggish side. here is the outer loop past university boulevard fox accidents to report between college park and silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. allison and steve, back to you. >> thank you so much. and he allegedly tried to have a secret round a view with a teenager. the montgomery county firefighter is accused of using hi work e-mail to solicit tex with a teenage girl but arrived at the meeting place to find a detective. stacy cohan picks up the story from there. >> reporter: the arrest of 44- year-old wayne mothershead is part of a larger investigation here in montgomery county into human trafficking and the sexual solicitation of minors. police say at wayne mothershead thought he was traveling to a gaithersburg shopping center to have sexual

contact with a 16-year-old girl. he was actually met by police detectives. now that took place on july 20th. however, his arrest was part of a series of arrests. police say they have arrested more than 20 people in this operation. the department placed ads online on-sites like myspace and craigslist advertising prostitution. they say it was made clear in mothers head case that he would meet a minor. but his attorney isn't so sure. >> he has an excellent reputation in the community, absolutely no complaints about him internally, never been in any trouble ever. >> reporter: since his arrest in late july, mothers head had a been freeze on $100,000 bond. he's been a montgomery county firefighter for more than two decades. in rockville, i'm stacy cohan, fox 5 news. >> thank you, stacy. new details concerning the

fie that destroyed a d.c. mansion last week. flames engulfed peggy cooper cafritz home in northwest. low water pressure hampered firefighter's efforts to battle the fire. no word on what sparked it. the mayor and city officials will release a preliminary report on that fire at 9:00 a.m. fire investigator have found a cause for a deadly explosion in southeast. this happened may 20th and nine days later vernon mccoy died from his injuries. investigators say a possible ground fault energized an improperly grounded furnace causing natural gas to build up. when mccoy opened his door to the basement the gas caused the explosion. two days after they arrived back in america, we are learning more about the two american journalists who had been jailed in north korea. lisa ling says her sister laura told her that she and una lee did briefly touch north korean soil before they were captured. laura ling is still weak and

emotional but happy to be home with her family. lisa ling says her 4-year-old daughter has been following her mother around the house from room to room since she returned home. judge sonia sotomayor will be sworn in as the first hispanic judge of th supreme court tomorrow. her confirmation was never doubted. only 9 republicans voted yes while democrats unanimously stood behind her. the president plans to welcome her to the white house next week. she'll join the high court when it reconvenes next month. the president will be back in virginia today, set to deliver remarks about the economy to construction workers in arlington this afternoon. the president will also address new unemployment numbers that are due out at 8:30 this morning. we'll share the numbers with you coming up. and there is good news for the cash for clunkers program. the senate approved an extra $2 billion to keep the program running through labor day. the cash for clunkers gives consumers up to $4,500 to trade in gas guzzlers for more fuel-

efficient cars. not everyone wanted to keep the rebate program going. >> we're spending $3 billion to subbasses i'd sidize -- subsidize companies that we own. >> more colleagues that are bashing the recovery package for not seeing immediate results should be jumping for joy. >> without more money, the program would have ended today. the bill heads to the president's desk for a signature. you probably have a lot of questions or concerns about health care reform.and congress will be working on a plan over the summer break, which starts today. maryland congresswoman donna edwards was in oxon hill yesterday. she said ending the access for coverage of preexisting conditions and prescriptions will add up to big savings. >> and so here in the united states, even those of us, and i have been a really strong

single-payer advocate, also recognize that in order to move forward, we really do have to create a uniquely american system of health care that works for us in all of our complexity. >> congresswoman edwards pointed out if you are worried about a government-run health care. remember they run military health care and medicare. a little more than an hour from now, the government will set rules with how the schools should deal with swine flu. >> and we learn it should take more than one shot to keep your kids from the virus and the seasonal flu. lauren sivon s more details. >> reporter: if you thought getting one flu shot was a bit much, try three. scientists believe the swine flu vaccine will be most affective given in two doses three weeks apart. experts say the clinical trials that kicked off last month should tell us more.

>> we should have early results during september, the first half of september. what this will try to tell us, it will tell us whether we need one or two doses per person. >> reporter: if all goes well, the vaccine could be made available to the general public sometime before the end of september. >> the first edition may be in september and then going further into october. >> reporter: the seasonal flu vaccine is being produced earlier than usual. 120million doses will be available by the end of this month and the rest due out by the end of september. health experts are recommending that families get the shots as soon as possible. scientists continue to watch the virus and it's affect on the southern hemisphere where flu season is well underway. and swine flu and flu is taking a toll on the population. so much that a judge in brazil ordered fans attending a soccer game to wear face masks. so far the severity has not been greater than that of the

regular flu anywhere around the world. scientists will continue to monitor the virus for any type of mutation. in new york, lauren sieveon, fox 5 news. and more on tomorrow's twitter outrage and facebook slowdown. and one of the top teams in the world playing here in the district. the d.c. united president will join us coming up next with a preview when fox morning news continues. r your pet makes lots of friends. but there's one little friend you don't want him to meet. the flea. just one in your home can turn into thousands-fast,

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welcome back to fox 5 morning news on this friday morning. good news for those of you who tweet. can you -- you can do it again. for those of you who had trouble on facebook, they had connection problems too. both were blamed on denial of service. that's where hackers take control of the website. you should be good to go today.

>> parentally i was -- fortunately i was not affected. and tony perkins is standing by. he's a big techno file. >> and i can't keep him off of his pager -- is that old school. >> his beeper. >> no, i don't have any of that stuff. i have some news for you for our weather. but its time to get to the my first 5 photo of the day. this is a hand some young man. this is jayden. we're told he will turn 1-year- old tomorrow. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday, jaden. that's you on the tv screen. happy birthday. his parents say he is their bundle of joy and we can see that. thank you for sending the picture in. hope you have a happy birthday. to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings.

let's look at the weather. we'll start with the temperature trend map and this is going to show you how our temperatures are going to be increasing during the next couple of days. yesterday we topped out at 79. today at 85. very comfortable and nice. 88 is the norm. tomorrow will be 90 and more humid but really hot and humid sunday and monday. highs will be in the d-mi90s, if not warmer, depending on iho muouch cld cover we get the clxt couple of days. we've shot up to 69 deges pl . re in washin itil'sts l cool in parts of the mid-atlantic. 58 in pittsburgh, 66 stn 66 in east, nor volk, virginia, 73 degrees. here is a look at your satellite radar. ers that was on the coast yesterday has pushe f f. wen have lear skies from here almost to the mid-atlantic. out to the west, clouds passing

through during the next few hours. here is a five-day forecast: today 85; tomorrow 90. sunday and monday with highs in the 90s and higherumidity so rather uncomfortable. now let's get more on the morning's rush hour traffic with allison oakley. >> hey, there i guy just coming in from traffic duty. and no pun intended. on the westbound side of the southeast-southwest freeway, a car hit a port-a-potty. >> that's not good. >> the madness, i tell you. >> we have props now. >> stop it. stop with the pager now. put it done. we'll take you over to route 1 northbound, old pits boulevard, a very serious accident. it will be near feather stone drive where a pedestrian was struck and they are investigating that and so traffic is getting off at old pits boulevard to get over to

95 northbound. and 95 northbound taking a little bit of that heavier volume too. we're going to take a look at 395, traffic is moving well. now as i mentioned, the port-o- potty hit on the westbound side of the southeast-southwest freeway so it will affect traffic out of maryland than virginia. springfield interchange looks good. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. allison and steve, back to you. now stop it. >> thank you very much. and d.c. united will try to stop one of the best teams in e world this weekend. it is d.c. united and real madrid. this morning we have the president of d.c. united kevin payne with us to talk about the match and the significance of icipated game. thank you, d.c. united and kevin invited me to be part of your charity golf tournament a couple of weeks ago. had a good time. thank you for the invite. kevin's team won. i'm not sure how that happened. >> it wasn't my doing. >> and i hope you raised money because you do charity work. >> and that's a big event for

our charity and we appreciate you being part of it. >> al we -- a lot of people will be appreciating d.c. united this weekend. ani think d.c. united and real madrid are two of the best. how did you pull this off? >> we played them in 2006 in seattle and at the time they wanted to play here in the east coast and the stadiums weren't available so we played in seattle instead. but we have a relationship with them. i'm on a worldwide committee with senior executives from their organization and we've been talking ever since. >> and e game being played at fedex field rather than rfk, because you would have sold out rfk. >> the rfk capacity as only 46,000 and so we would have blown that out a long time ago. and it will be fun to do it at fedex. and it's a great facility. >> we went out there for the

chelsea gam a couple of years back and so it should be a better matchup. talk about the players getting excited for the game and if they do, when they have a matchup like this because a lot of people say this is great that real madrid is coming in and they think maybe the stars won't be there, but they will be? >> they will be. this is very close to the beginning of the season for real madrid. everybody knows they have added a number of players, obviously the two most renouned being christo renauld on the caw caw. but he was on break after the federations cup which brazil won. they have to get the players on the field together to figure out how to play so we expect to see significant minutes from both of those players. we don't know about alonso, i doubt he'll play because they just signed him but their season starts in 12 days ter

our match. >> and the two reining players of the year, if you want to see good soccer, you can't get much better than that. and if you don't recognize the name of renaldo, you may recognize the photo, celebrating a birthday with paris hilton. but this is just talks about d.c. we're fortunate to be able to bring world class attention to the district and i'm sure that's what your hoping here, not just for the match on sunday, which is a friendly match but bringing the attention to soccer here. >> yeah. we're doing a lot of events in d.c. around this. real madrid is staying in d.c. we have a big social event, a big v.i.p. event tomorrow night in d.c. so that is part of our focus. and our port is the most international of sports. real madrid is the most famous sports team in the world, even more tan manchester united because of the appeal in the latin community. so to bring them to d.c. is something we're very excited

about. >> how much do the players want to win this game, even though it's a friendly match. you guys are on a result. one loss i think since june 20th. so you're team is playing well, but also against a team like this? >> this these games are -- these games are important to us. our sport is so unusual that we have this kind of real international competition on a regular basis. most american sports don't have that opportunity. so it's bragging righted. real madrid is the biggest club in the world with the biggest players. we want to try to win. we're a little banged up but we'll do our best and compete hard and play our game. >> it should be a good show. and there are still tickets available. >> there are some tickets available for sure. a limited number in the lower bowl if you buy a package and a fair number in the upper bowl. but we are well over 60, so -- and we're expected a big

walkup. it will be a exciting day and a loud crowd. >> and i was not exposed to soccer until i moved here to washington, i love going to the games. the crowds and the international flavor is great. and the future of the team itself and so many potential stadium sites. you can fill us in on what we're looking at? >> i can't tell you too much. i can tell you we're having good conversations with different jurisdictions. these are very fair partnership conversations we're having and we're very optimistic to get something dob and move mode hopefully by the end of the calendar year. >> not ready to say if it will be in the dirict or not. >> no. unfortunately i'm not. >> it's good to have options. >> it is good to have options. and we're deeply committed to the region. we have season ticket herald -- ticket holders from 23

different states. so if the circumstances wouldn't allow for us to be in the district, we will still prosper. >> thank you for joining us th morng. tickets still available. allison, hope to see you at the game. we'll be back with more after this on fox 5 morning news. (announcer) get schooled in style...

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the chief of the taliban in pakistan has reportedly been killed in a u.s. missile air strike. matt illa mass you'd led assassinations against the pakistani government and officials say they still need to verify the death. the identities of 131,000 current and former soldiers apparently at risk this morning. the army national guard says it's investigating why a contractor had data, including names, addresses and social security numbers on an unsecured personal laptop that was stolen. the guard will send letters to those who may be affected. it is 8:27. if your weekend plans involve metro, tough news. you're going to want to stay tuned. >> a lot of big delays expected

this weekend. then rafael saadiq is here. we'll sit down with him.

a heads up for metro riders. fof t raoe ngorange avel ti line this weekend. on the red line there will be delays between friendship center. let's start with today and what is going on right now as we speak. ocean city, maryland, 72 degrees right now. so we've seen that temperature move up there. patuxent naval air station 70 degrees. here in d.c. we moved up to 69 degrees. it's a very nice start to the day and very comfortable. temperatures and conditions out there, 66 in baltimore. winchester is at a cool 63 degrees at this hour. your satellite radar picture for the mid-atlantic region, there are the rain shors that we saw are out of here.

clear sky across our reion. we do have clouds pushing in from west. not the thickest, but it's coming in here and it will be with us during the course of the morning and for later on today mostly sunny skies. your surface map for today shows us what is going on. the main thing you want to know, high pressure settling in. we'll have a calm and quiet day. a lot of sunshine, comfortable humidity level, 85 for the high today and then heat building in for the weekend. so the forecast for washington for today looks like this: again, a few clouds coing through this morning, but after that we'll see a good amount of sunshine, warmer afternoon than yesterday when we topped out in the upper 70s. look for a high of 85 degrees. that's a couple of degrees below normal. that's a update on the weather. and now let's get an update on traffic with allison oakley. have a good one. >> you too. it will be a pick of the day for pool, right. >> it's good to go to the pool

when it's hot out. so the weekend is good. >> and my pool is not heated d so it's nice and icy cold. i like it that way. >> i can tell. >> yore like whoa, tell more. and unfortunately somebody hit a port-o-potty on the westbound freeway leaving maryland. let's travel to the inner loop of the beltway near georgetown pike, that's where a car slipped off the road. police are with it and traffic is getting by to the right. and on route 1 traffic is shuttled off of the freeway and you'll have to stick with 95 out of road bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. back to you. in the 1980s he founded the group tony, tony, tony, but rafael saadiq has come a long

way since then. his most recent cd is getting rave reviews. sir elton john suggested it be nominated as the album of the year. this morning he is here with us at fox 5. good to see you. thank you for coming in. we're happy to have you here. >> great to be here. >> let's talk about -- here is what i want to do first, before we get into this. i want to show something. it is your dvd live at the artist's den, i just want to show a clip of one of your performances for folks who are unfamiliar with what you're doing now. this is love that girl, great song. take a look. [ music ] ♪ you can tell by her smile, she's a love child.

♪ and every man in this place -- >> i love this. it is old school. >> i love it too. >> and clearly you do. and with what you've been doing during the last couple of years. and because you're a writer and producer, do you have to get yourself in a mindset to write this kind of music, which is kind of a throwback to like the 60s or is this just what is naturally coming out of you right now. >> that is naturally what is coming out of me, but you still do have to get into a mind set because nobody is doing this on this side of the world. but it's been something i wanted to do for a long time and issac hayes was throwing me some ideas and he said it was old school. either you went to school or you didn't. and i've been schooled by the best. >> and you're taking some of the young folks to school too by doing some of this music. a lot of music -- all of the

cuts you wrote or co-wrote as well. but they all have the authentic vibe. it sounds like it could be outtakes from motown or something like that. who are your influences when you go into something like this. >> eddie hendrickson, ruffin, stevie wonder, the jackson 5. those are people who i saw as a kid, groups that i saw as a kid. earth, wind and fire. people who had live shows and who just really had a good time. i didn't get into music to make money. this is something i truly love, like being an athlete, it's something you love and it becomes your profession and you make a living out of. it and i've been having fun traveling abroad, the whole world, we've been all over europe since september, allover europe, 5-6 times. and to show america this is your music but it was europe but we're making it the same thing here in the states. >> and it's funny, a lot of

times i talk to musicians and the european audiences and sometimes the japanese audiences are open to more experimentation and a wider variety. it doesn't have to be something right of the moment and of the day. why do you think there is that resistance here. >> the radio programs is one way and it's this one thing everybody has to listen to. but i think america is sophisticated when it comes to music and you just have to give it with them. >> and you've worked with macy gray, tlc, the roots. is there anyone you want to work with? >> yeah. wow. there are so many people. i worked with stevie on this record. it's hard. i just wait for people to call me and it's a great thing that's what i do. bill weathers is probably my

number one. >> very good. and you'll be performing tomorrow night part of the summer spirit festival at the meriweather pavilion. it's tomorrow night. everything begins at 5:00 p.m. the summer spirit festival. rafael will be out there as well. the cd -- the way i see it and this is the dvd. >> it's artists filmed at harvard. and the album is the way i see it, thewebsite is www.rafaelsaadiq.com. >> good stuff. good to hear from him too. and we're not done with the big names this morning, because still ahd, redskins vice president vinnie cerrato wl join us live to talk football. plus july unemployment numbers are coming into the news room. and plus we'll reveal our job o the day when fox 5 morning news returns. stay with us. try the new subway big chipotle cheeseste.

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here we go. if you have not made it out to training camp yet, tomorrow circle the calendar because its fan appreciation day. the team will scrimmage and head coach jim zorn will speak, which is a great thrill for the crowd. the redskins marching band will be there and you can have your picture taken with the superbowl trophies. it's all free. the parking lots open at 11:30 and the gates open at noon. the schedule is online at myfoxdc.com. always a great day. >> i want an autograph from leron landy. >> maybe we can see if dave

ross can work it out. >> do you want an autograph or a picture? >> an autographed picture. >> and so what is the state of the redskins now. >> and for that, we look at dave ross now. >> reporter: i'll see what we can do about the landry. i pick up what you're putting down. we're talking about the state of the skins with the vice president vinnie cerrato. vinnie, it is a day off for you guys, and we appreciate you being here. >> the team has to meet at 10:00 and weight lift. it's a few hours off in the morning. and it's never a day off for me because you're worried about guys getting injured. any time they walk on the field, you're worried about

injuries, and the offense line had nicks and bruces. can you look at other teams and look at what their cutting and think you can bring in. >> well the guys here have been here through mini-camp and the ota's and you want to see them develop and give them the opportunity. that's why we've kept them this far, because they have the ability to make the team and you want to give them tub -- the opportunity. and we've had five hurt. it gives the other guys a lot of reps. but it's a normal training camp deal. >> bumps and bruises. >> every year we have to knock on wood. last year philip and buzz by got hu. so it's typical bumps and bruises and i except everybody to be back except for one by

sunday. hopefully nobody gets hurt on saturday. >> second year for jim zorn. do you get a different feel or voip this year? and players are encouraged about the prospects of the team? >> i think the offense and the system is in and everybody understands what will take place. not only on the field, but off the field during camp. everybody what's -- has a feel for what is going on. everybody is more comfortable. >> and let me ask you about jason campbell. and your job is to help improve the team. so if you saw a guy like jay cutler being available or a drafting of a mark sanchez, is that just doing due diligence to try to make the team better? >> absolutely. we owe it to the team to investigate, no matter what the position is, to see if it will improve the football team. >> and that's its way that shakes out. with daniel snyder and jim zorn have the conversations amongst yourself to figure out which direction to go? >> absolutely. any time a player becomes

available, just like draft picks and free agency, you evaluate and say does he fit or not fit and does he help us and we go from there. >> and that saying that jason campbell is going to be a free agent next year. >> if there is no cap, he becomes a restricted free agent and we can tag him and match any offer. so there will be a couple of years before he could be a free agent. >> so you still have your thumb on him. very good. so let's ask about michael vick. you guys said no real interest there in vick. how do you come to that decision? is that something you say it's a p.r. nightmare or talent wise you don't think he could help the team. >> i think you evaluate everything. you have to look at big picture and how he fits in, the whole picture of the magnitude of how it would affect the whole team. so i think when you evaluate it and look at it, we're comfortable where we are. >> and finally, just wrapping

up, what is your prognosis for this team? do you think this team that could go deep in the playoffs, barring injury. >> i want to have our starting 22 healthy for the giants game and then i'll feel much better about it. >> vinnie cerrato, the executive vice president of player personnel too here at the washington redskins. you do everything that dan snyder says i can't handle it, you handle everything else. >> something like that. >> thank you so much for the time. i want to thank the entire washington redskins and the p.r. staff, they have done a great job bringing us guests. everybody that participated in the dave and dave. and vinnie, i don't know if you saw the contests, but the 53 man lost certify tough to craft, but if you need a punt returner. >> dave probably couldn't pass the conditioning test. we would have to get him in condition before we put him on a field. >> and there is little dave

right there from vinnie cerrato. >> ve, tell vinnie that every time we said something like that about feldy, he got on us the next day. we got the angry e-mails. so we'll see if he follows up. >> i don't think feldy has the gumption to challenge vinnie. >> he can come on out and take the running test. >> that would be good tv right there. >> we'll thank vinnie for saying it for us. >> and i big thanks to everybody in the redskins organization. it's been a fun week. and 9 minutes before 9:00 and tony will be back with another look at the five-day forecast. >> and holly is spending another friday at the fair. hi, holly. >> reporter: hey guys. right now i'm observing a champion at work. yes, that is scott and he is the reining champ when it comes to steering. we'll give you a lesson and tell you why you hd come on out and have family fun aswell.

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welcome back, everybody. i'm holly morris. and for our 2nd friday at the fair, we fiend ourselves live in maryland for the howard county fair. 64 years and going strong. there's a lot of tradition that goes along with this fair. but there is a relatively new event that seems to be super popular. it is the skid steering competition. justinput it together and i understand lasyear was the first year. >> reporter: but it was wildly popular. >> it was more popular than we expected. we had 54 contestants an over 100 people watch with family friends and observers. >> reporter: look at john. tell me how this all works.

>> it's pretty simple. john unfortunately missed. it's hard to get the rebound. and the competition, they only have one chance to do that and then they move on to the next task. we change them up every year. they'll different this ye. and they test the speed nd precision of the operation. at the end of the day, the fastest guy that does all of the tests wins. >> reporter: i think john is feeling the pressure of live tv. hold it right there, john. now i thought you were supposed to be the big, top competitor this year. you were going to bring it. what happened out there? >> i don't know. >> reporter: it's harder than it looks, isn't it? >> yeah. >> reporter: what are you thinking when you're out there? you can give me tips before i go? >> um -- >> reporter: i'm going to get my tips from scott, because he's the champ from last year. look at him looking over here smug because he's confident of defending his title.

so you're teaching me. what do i need to know, sir? >> go ahead and have a seat. what you'll do is hook your seat belt. up top here there is a bought on for the parking brake. >> reporter: it turn that off? >> yes. >> reporter: and this is how confident scott is. he's going to ride along with me. let's just test that. that goes up. >>here you go. that should be perfect. >> reporter: i think this baby is ready to roll. so this way, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: so we're going down there. i think we can make her go faster, don't you? >> yeah. give it a little gas. just lead yourself between the cones. watch the corner of the bucket on each turn. >> reporter: i won't pick up the basket because who knows where it is after john lost it.

i'm going to turn is baby on a dime. what do you think about that? >> works for me. >> reporter: what do you do for a living, scott? >> landscape superintendent. >> reporter: so you've used this a time or two? >> yes. >> reporter: hold on my friends. here we go. now when exactly is the competition? >> monday evening. 6:30. >> reporter: oh, i just grazed. >> one more. >> reporter: oh, yes. okay. here we go. how about we go pick this one up right here. he didn't even move. how do we turn it off? >> push your right foot down and then the left foot down and that puts it back in and pull your throttle back and just turn the key. very good. >> reporter: all in a day's work. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a