this weekend. fox 5 morning news starts right now. it is thursday morning, august 20th, 2009. ni start to the day out there. we see some blue skies and a low cloud cover. we'll check in with tony in a second as we could see another hot and humid sticky day. could reach 90 and a little sunshine peeking through. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. >> students are ready to get back to school. s tartugaastarts august 31st an we'll sit down with superintendent jerry weeks. and the latest on hurricane bill. some could feel the impact of bill this weekend as it pushes swells our way. rights nowit's still chuing in the ocean. it's been downgraded to a category three but its winds could pick up to make it a

category four again. >> let's check in with tony perkins and find out what is going on here. we'll keep monitoring that storm. the next update from the inrricane center is at 11:00 rn. e stnorin bi m is goehre storm hrth maximum sustained winds at o20 miles per w e12andow edo v the area. making for a fairly pretty sky btt oliornin a lettc bit of cloud cover. no precipitation this morning. we could see some later on today. but this morning we remain precip free but not moisture free. there is a lot of humidity out there. looking at the current conditions. 75 at reagan national. we've bounced back up to 75. relative humidity at 87%. those winds are out of the south, very light at 3 miles per hour. barometic pressure falling. more clouds than sunshine today

and scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. about a 40-50% chance ofthat activity. high in the upper 80s to 90 degrees. that's a look at the weather. now let's get an update on this morning's rush hour traffic from julie wright. that's my song and here we go. inbound new york avenue slowing to bladensberg road and toward the third street tunnel. into accidents on the 11th street bridge, just volume delays. an accident at watkins, follow police directionto get through. south along 270, a crash south of montrose but before tuckerman lane and toward the split. that's where we have the accident activity and that's jamming up your commute out of rockdale toward the lane divide. eastbound 66, a lot of slow traffic for those inbound from vienna toward the beltway. the lanes are open and the

inner loop will slow between annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. despite threats of attacks by the taliban, voters are headed to the polls in afghanistan. >> results won't be final for days but if the vote count is too low it could threaten the legitimacy for the election and that could mean a big problem for the president's plan. >> we can't get a good picture on the violence going on in afghanistan because the foreign ministry asked the media not to broadcast any violence, worried that will scare away voters. police manning police stations and 60,000 american forces in afghanistan, death threats by the taliban kept many from voting today. bombs and rocket attacks each -- even closed some polls

today. >> and hamid karzai is seeking a re-election. he may not pass the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff vote against abdullah, abdullah. >> i ask many to come out and vote so that afghanistan can be a more secure, more peaceful and a better country. >> some voters are angry over the increase in attacks over the past three years. this voter says she wents the president to stop the innocent killing of people. >> you have problems of insecurity in afghanistan and very difficult access to the country. you have very weak institutions so this is a very challenging election. >> another problem, one candidate called for a halt in the election because he was able to wash off the ink that voters dipped their ink into so they can't vote twice. he said this isn't an election,

it is a comedy. and a problem for our president a. cording to new washington post abc poll, a majority of americans don't see the war in afghanistan worth fighting. >> gurvir, thank you. we could learn in the hour whether there could be a decision made in the locker be bomber. the 57 former libbyan officer took part of the pan am bocking back in 1988. all on board and 11 people on the ground were killed and a news conference is expected this morning. president kennedy has sent a letter to those in massachusetts asking that the filling of his seat be changed. he says he has no change in his

condition since he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last year. kennedy wants leaders to speed up the current regulations whiccall for a special election within five months of a vacancy. new this hour, montgomery county police are searching for a girl who has been missing for four weeks. 12-year-old genesis terseo was seen at her home in silver spring. she's a latina female, 5'7" and long brown hair. her guardian has been out of the country and that's why it took so long to report her missing. now to fairfax county where a medical assistant is accused of crossing the line in the exam room. police say that he inappropriately touched women at a doctor's office in chantilly. now they want to know if there arother victims out there and matt acland joins us live with the latest.

>> reporter: that is the big question, are there other victims out the? right now we know of two women who have come forward talking to police. police have filed those charges. the women basically saying they came to this clinic and they were inappropriately touched by a man who worked here. police are telling us that man is jorge sanchez. he was arrested on two countses of sexual batry. police believe it all went down inside the chantilly specialist office. the owners have been open with the media as they discuss the alleged crimes. they say in a 24-hour period three female paents complainted about -- complained about sanchez. when they first got the complaint sanchez was not allowed to have any contact with women in the office. the two victims are 27 and 28 years old. the crimes happened between july 20th and august 6th. >> it is very disturbing because i didn't know it was

going on. i mean, i haven't experienced anything but niceness from this man. >> she was devastated. this is a devastating, in vasive blow and it's not only were you sexually assaulted, but good god, in a doctor's office. >> reporter: we are learning that sanchez was arrested in hagerstown. he turned himself in and was taken to the fairfax county jail. authorities this morning are asking anyone who may have come to this office in chanlly and may have had contact with sanchez, they would like to talk to them to see if there was any other inappropriate behavior that took place inside the clinic. back to you. >> matt, thank you. there is no evidence that counselors worried the virginia tech shooter would become a violent person. recently discovered records show that seung hui cho denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor about a year and a

half before the massacre on campus. one report from 2005 shows he had been hospitalized -- for suicidal thoughts but he denied it, saying it was just a joke. president obama continues to lobby for his health care overhaul. this afternoon the president will speak with conservative radio talk show host michael ferncautious. then the president will address liberal activists at organizing for mesh, based at the democratic national committee. and we should get an update tomorrow on the cash for clunkers program. so far auto dealers are used up to nearly $2 billion and are on pace to exhaust the funds by early september. the obama administration is expected to announce tomorrow whether it will put the brakes on the program then. some dealers are worried they won't be repaid by the government but transportation

secretary ray la hood says everyone will get their money. it is 9 minutes past the hour and up next on fox 5 morning news, much more on the top story, which is the presidential election in afghanistan. after the break, more insight into the results and what it means and the american presence in the country. we'll talk with the former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan coming up next. and summer winding down. we'll talk with jerry wees about the new plan to make every student clege ready, as young as kindergarten. and the powerball $259 million could be yours if you liacnaro . calina. >> did trel to south

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a major loss in the news world. a pioneer in the business don hewitt passed away. he was the creator of 60 minutes and produced the first ever televised presidential debate back in 1960. he invented queue cards for broadcasters. 7:15. we want to look at our forecast so we're turn to tony perkins. >> i'll tell you about our weather here and across the country. north warm one today across the region with the highs in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees.

oske a look at the current te esmpurat urwe t re 75 degrees here in washington. reigh, north carolina, 74 degrees right now. dallas, texas is at 81 degrees. denver, 51 degrees. and in san francisco, it's 59 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite radar -- what a transition that was. i've never seen that before. a look at the satellite radar for the nation. a cold front in the midwest. pushing eastward and we'll feel its affects this weekend and before it gets hoar it will trigger showers and thunderstorms. articularly friday night and on saturday as well. here is your five-day forecast. for today, boy there it is again. did you see it that time? i've never seen that before. >> i thought there were stars on it? >> it was a bunch of water coming down. a chance of showers and

thunderstorms. about a 40-50% chance. more chance tomorrow. a 50-60% chance. sunday dry, 85, monday 84 for the high. >> i thought it looked like stars. >> we'll show it to you again next weather. >> all right. let's check in with julie wright and look at traffic. >> and again i defer back to the bottle of water that was on the set earlier. it's like that austin powers thing. here we go. out on the roads. lanes open through southeast washington with no accidents to report. behind me is the trip south on 270. heavy, slow and steady from 370 toward montrose road. that's where we had the crash south of montrose but before the lane divide tieing up a couple of lanes to the right. 355 used as the work around. the 14th street bridge. eastbound a stalled car before the exit for 12th street.

no accidents down south at the wilson bridge. branch road, authorities on the scene of a crash there. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. more now on the presidential election in afghanistan. polls there will be open for about ten more minutes. the results of this election could reach far beyond afghanistan's boards, all the way to decisions made here in washington. for more insight, we are joined by ronald newman, former ambassador to afghanistan. thank you for joining us. we have heard reports of some scattered violence across the country. will this impact the results at the poll? >> say that last part again. the results of the poll you said? i think some positives, some negatives. most positive things i this are the degree to which the election was contested and i believe the afghans are beginning to have a say in their government and the involvement of winning and government. negatives is more violence than

when i was there in the elections in '05 and clearly a heavier taliban effort to thwart the voting. not clear yet how people have responded to that and some serious worries about fraud. we'll have to see how that plays out. >> and i think that's the big question with the f violence. do you think that will be impacted and folks will not come out or based on your experience from being in that country, will folks still want to come out and cast their ballot? >> i think there is no question people want to come out. i just don't think we'll know probably what the reports of the last couple of hours and the next hour or two will be, but i suspect a lot of polling stations will remain open will be crucial because generally what you see, and i saw it in iraq and al jeeria as well, is people take a while to see how things are going and then come out in larger numbers. and women tend to come out much more in the later afternoon after they've done what they consider household duties and

taking care of lunch f the family. so you often see much heavier women's vote in the later hours. >> president hamid karzai is the favorite in this election. any chance of an upset though >> afghanistan is a country that specializes in surprises. so i wouldn't guarantee anything until it'over. i think the biggest two questions will be turnout, and the legitimacy of the election, which ultimately is something afghans themselves will decide. >> regardless of who wins, talk about what we can expect for future of u.s.-afghan relations. >> well i think the future of relations is good. the issue we have to worry about is a war right now. we have underresourced the war in troops and money and personnel and unlike a college test, you don't get to take the same test over, it gets harder. so i think we have some rough

day as head of us. i think we are on the right direction now. but we're late getting there. >> we have put some attention recently into the troop surge as of recent times. and focus on that quite a bit. in your opinion is that working, are more troops needed there? is it a different tactic that is needed there in afghanistan? >> i think we are starting to see some things work. i think you're looking for much too rapid an answer for things that take time. and above all, we're going to have to build much larger afghan security forces. current security forces are less than a third of what we have in iraq. >> and we talk so much about the united states effort in fighting the taliban. what is hamid karzai's efforts in dealing with the taliban? >> i think he's very concerned. he has made some efforts to negotiate, but not to give

anything away. i think karzai's problem, he has very weak hands. and i think this is very symptomatic of working in afghanistan. the trash truck is coming up the street. i think karzai has pleased and displeased many but it is a very rough job he has. he has a very weak hand in terms of controlling either money or force. i don't know too many politicians that are prepared to be terribly daring when they have very weak hands. >> mr. newman, we'll leave it there for now. we appreciate you joining us this morning. ronald newman, afghan ambassador from 2005 to 2007. >> thank you very much, steve. 7:21 right now. 75 degrees. a local member of congress wants to create a gun-free zone around the president. plus so much for the all you can fly deal you might have heard about. if you didn't cash in, you

could be out of luck. and later this morning we'll meet the cast of glee. holly has the inside. and steve and gurvir and i will be at eastern market at 10:00 to 1:00 on saturday, come on out and join us and say hello. we'll be right back. 

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were limited to one state at a time and then every time there was one winner. >> you call and let us know if you win. >> i won't be able to speak if i win. when steve was reading that story, i was like -- >> call us from what island you end up on. let's take a look at what is going on out there with the weather conditions around the world. hurricane bill is what we're starting with. now let's take a look. hurricane bill, category three hurricane. maximum sustained winds 125 miles per hour. can you still see the well- dened eye. it looks like the western wall has collapsed but still a powerful storm encountering western wind sheer. we'll see strong swells from bdamu ernd abermuda and parts of the united states as wel here is the projected path of this storm and what scientists

believe now at the national hurricane center is it's going to continue to go to the northwest. we don't expect it to make landfall in the us. if it does, it will be in the extreme northern portions of new england, maybe canada or nova scotia, someplace like that. but we will get the large swells along the east coast, from north carolina to points north. current temperatures around the region. 75 degrees here in washington. 73 at dulles airport. hagerstown is at 74 degrees. in ocean city, apparently it's 82 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite radar for our region. and once again we see clouds with us this morning. there was some precipitation yesterday. some scattered showers and thunderstorms as expectedch we don't have any of that this morning but we could see that later today. forecast for washington for today looks like this: a high of about 90 degrees. more clouds and sun today and again a chance of scattered

afternoon showers and thunderstorms. your five-day forecast, more of the same tomorrow. saturday a little bit of a changeable day. we'll probably see rain showers and thunderstorms. temperatures not quite as warm. but then you feel a break in the temperatures on sunday and monday. with drier air in here. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. now let's get more on the morning traffic with julie wright. busy ride for those travel ago long off road and branch avenue, a crash there. and delays to deal with traveling at the wilson bridge on the outer loop leaving virginia into maryland, dela there leaving van dorn street. southbound along 270, a lot of slowdowns beginning at montgomery village avenue. in fact that's a good 11-mile backup leaving mva toward the split. earlier crash south of montrose road has cleared but the damage is done. slowdown here in the main line and the locals southbound along 270. this is the live shot of inund south capital street at m. street. eastbound on the freeway, we had a stalled car at south street. northbound along 95, no

incidents out of newington and springfield on to 395. 395 traffic slows from the beltway up toward landmark and again at the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. just over a week of summer left, and students in montgomery county schools, classes will resume on august 31st. dr. jerry weiss joins us this morning with what parents and students need to know before going back. first of all, go out tthe second annual fair before you go back to school, right? >> absolutely. we have a big fair for all of the parents and citizens to come in. we have a lot of inner agency cooperation in montgomery county. so we have hhs, all kinds, police and fire, coming to this fair. and we're going to tack a look at everything we have available for students. >> and also just some good information as you said for parents as well, and that will be on august 29th, right on the campus of the school system. >> we want parents to push

this. because that will heltheir children. push the children's expectations, push our expectations. we want every child college ready when they graduate. when they walk across the stage, i want them to have more than a party on surday when they get ready on monday to go out into the world after that big party on saturday, i want them prepared. >> and we're looking at something that the school system has sent out. i personally got two for my kids in the system. seven keys to college readiyness and we're talking about 5-12. you say it starts in birth garten. and getting your child into a good preschool and we're opening preschools lots and training preschool, getting them ready, reading by th end of kindergarten and on track. now this is a pathway, something i didn't dream up or our people didn't dream up. we looked at our 91,000 gradates thahave been there since i have been there, the last ten years, this is the pathway they seem to take. if they graduated from college, when they got out with a

bachelor's degree within a certain period of time. >> and i'll just say, kudos on the physical -- the information that you sent out. it's nice. you can keep it. it's a sturdy material. you're supposed to look at it as a reference material so kudos to you on that. and the operating budget, we've been talking about the down economy and what the stimulus money can do. and in montgomery county because perhaps you thought ahead you have a bit of money to work with, let's say. >> we think 3-5 years ahead. we have a very supportive community. we know we need to keep a great teacher in every classroom and we want to keep our programs going because they work. we've proven that by the college graduation rate. we're number one now in the country of the large schools on high school gradtion rates. get them out of high school and college and get them prepared. so i'm sure we'll try to work through the best we can with the budget situation. and it's going to be difficult this year. >> as it has been for most --

for most systems. how has class sizes -- have class sizes been affected? >> no. buzz our wonderful employees gave up $90 million of their raises and helped us reorganize. they helped us build the budget, so they're constructive partners in making the school system work. that doesn't happen everywhere in america and i'm proud of our people. >> the federal stimulus money, were you able to benefit with it. >> we put it in with our poverty children and we wanted to keep our pupil-teacher ratio the same across the district and we wanted to help them with better lunches and materials and teachers and then we did something with the special needs students, to help them get better academic achievement because we want our special ed students to graduate and go on to college. so more hours-based staffing and we did that in the middle school with 15 more middle schools who have a better staff ratio for those students.

>> let's talk about the other buzzword coming up this time of year is vaccinations. and also now swine flu in the mix of that. how are you approaching making sure kids are ready inoculation wise and with swine flu. >> carefully and with constant communication. we have worked with our health department. they think they can get 370 nurses and assistants in there working on the vaccinations. we're going to put out a schedule. we'll do it in a routine basis across the system. be sure that you get your child vaccinated for the regular flu. then we'll try to figure out what the regulations are when the new vacine comes out and we'll do our best to not interrupt school, help your child and kee informed. >> we have to end it there. thank you for coming in. >> i always have time for you. >> thank you for joining us. tomorrow on fox 5 morning news, we'll get the latest on prince george's county when we

talk with the superintendent there, dr. william hite. the time now is 7:39. a rising track and field star facing a strange request. she has burst on to the scene and dominated recent races but some are wondering if she's one of the guys. bizarre story coming up next. and also ahead there is not a lot you can get for a dollar these days. except how you can get your hands on tickets for tomorrow night's game for less than a cost of a soda at a vending machine. that's coming up next on fox 5 morning news.

we to you about this one earlier, the woman in africa that was pregnant with 12 babies, but it turns out that's a lie. the 30-year-old woman claiming to be expecting six boys and six girls is not pregnant and claims the woman is suffering from mental problems. medical records could not be found experts say a 12 baby pregnancy is nearly impossible. and out of track and field, this is caster seminnia. she won the 800-meter race,

setting a world record, but now she's said to undergo tracks by the track and field federation. not for performance enhancers, but to make sure she is a woman, prompted by her masculine frame and faster times in recent races. >> all right. we'll see how it plays out. >> faster times in recent races? >> yeah. why would matter. that's more like a performance- enhancing drug. >> but men are typically faster. >> it would be weird that all of a sudden -- >> i think that's kind of insulting. >> well if she's a woman, it's insulting, i would be. >> i would be happy to report owas a ow oman a w anto me. billy joel. heo, piano man. temperatures around the

region. 75 degrees asan winhington. own 71as iin whington. 71 in roanoke. pittsburgh is at 70 degrees. cape hatteras, 79 degrees at this inour. here is a look at the satellite aradr f adthe region. there are someclouds out there this morning. a little bit of sunshine breaking thrghusob t a lot of clouds and we'll see more clouds today than we will sun. here is a look at the surface map today. still steamy. a lot of humidity out there. we have it this morning. it is norly 90% this morning. so all of this will lead to afternoon showers and thunderstorms. i think there will be -- they will be more numerous in number today than yesterday. five-day forecast, high today near 90 degrees. chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow and saturday as well. i think a better chance of those days on saturday. sunday and monday, drier air makes it's way in here. you'll feel that. our highs in the mid-80s, right before where they should be and it will be less humid as well. so that's a good ing. so improving conditions for the

latter part of the weekend. >> i'm sheerous about being -- serious about being insulted. i feel insulted by that. >> they don't know the facts. >> i think you should have known the facts before she was able to enter the race. >> well if somebody is using performance enhancers. >> would they have checked if she lost. >> no. because she's winning by big margins. >> well we'll find out. >> i'm on your side, and if i win this money, caster, it's me and you. hi, julie. >> hello. >> i'm still saying its insulting. they're saying she's a man. >> we don't know the facts. so we'll get it figured out. >> mr. chenevey has spoken. he's taking a stand. all right. we're out on the roads this morning and unfortunately a slow ride southbound along 270, leaving germantown at this

point. continuing down to the split. so middle brook road, exit 13 all the way down to the lane divide before you break loose. and a 13-mile backup facing southbound along 270. options, 355, great seneca highway toward 28 working well out of germ man town toward the lane divide. a eight mike backup, northbound 395 across the phil. earlier problem eastbound on freeway which contributed to this delay has finally cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. sport this is morning, for the second night in a row the nats lose a 1-run game to the rockies. now meantime, keeping with the one theme to celebrate the signing of their number one pick, the nationals will be selling tick thes to tomorrow's night's game against the brewers for just $1ch a two- hour sale for 1,000 tickets start at the box office at noon tomorrow. you have to go there to get

them but u can get them for $1. one guy feeling good today and that is mike rizo who will officially be named general manager later today. he's been filling in at the gm spot since march when jim bowden was fired. 7:48 right now. 75 degrees. coming up at 8:00, getting fit for the force. d.c. police wind up loosing a whole lot of weight and how they did it. holly is hanging with some stars and she's live down at the national mall. >> reporter: right now i'm looking for the big stars, look for the big finger. and i'm hanging out with some gorgeous cheerleaders. it's all about the fox new show -- cheer girls -- coming up this fall, it has everything to do with inspiring the underdog in all of us. we'll tell you how you can meet

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triangle for come cal fans because archie made his choice, dissing betty in favor of veronica. he pops the question to rt veronica.of >> it's part of a six issue story and takes place in years after archie and the gang graduate from college. >> which they would really be in their 90s. >> i'm curious to find out why he picked veronica. >> i thought veronica had a nouveau rich attitude that betty didn't have. >> they will head back to high school when the flash forward series ends. still no love for juggette. >> and he popped the question at the old folks home is the word. and glee was a big smash in the spring with the first show. it took on a big risk when it

had a one night only premier back in may. >> but it was a really good show. glee will return for a full season starting september 9th. the first cast members are on a whirl wind tour going across the country to meet fans. this afternoon they'll be at the fair oaks mall in virginia but first they're making a stop on capitol hill and holly is hanging out with a few of the cast members, or will be. the glee advanced team is there. >> right. exactly. we're not hanging out with the stars just yet. i think they're trying to find us here this morning. but let me go on record as saying, i do think that glee is going to be one of the hit shows to come out of the fall lineup. and i'm not just saying that because i work for fork. i watch the pilot back during may, fell in love with it. and then had set my dvr for the new episodes on september 9th. the slow is so popular, and the show song in the end, became the number one down loaded song

on itunes that week. so let's hear it. don't stop believing. and let me tell you about it. we have a few clips from the show so you can get familiar with some of the characters. it really is about the underdog. it's a high school, mckinley high school, and there is this optimistic teacher who is going against all odds and a very malicious cheerleading coach to gethis group of kids together to save the glee club. and there is so much potential in the young kids. he's really looking to find that and get the most out of them. and in the process, he makes being in the glee club really cool. in fct, you kd of see some of the c football players getting jealous when these guys start to do well. as a result, i think being in show choirs will be popular. i was in a show choir when i was in high school and it was

fun at the time. and what they're doing now is having a glee tour. that's called it a gleek tour. and they're going across the nation, stopping here in the nation's capital, so you can come out and meet the cast members and ask your own questions about what will happen during the season. because the whole season has already been shot. we do know that there will be some stars like christenseno witz, josh grownen. and they released two cds that will come out in time for christmas. but what you ne to know is going on this afternoon at fair oaks mall and it's happening at the hot topic store from 3:00 until 6:00. you can go out there, can you get some autographs signed and have some questions and answe and then meet the lovely dream team who is out here this

morning. and as you can see, they have shirts, they have buttons, they have hats. they're going to hand all of these out at the mall while supplies last as they get everyone inspired and gleeful. now i'm still -- i feel like a tour guide. i'm still going to hold out my finger here, it's this finger, in hopes that the cast members will see us and join us for the next hour. but i do and can promise you this, we have a local group from american university, trouble in paradise, which is an acapella group that will join us this morning and perform for us. that will happen. back to you. >> holly, we look forward to it. it's 7:56 now on this thursday morning. coming up after 8:00, back out live we'lgo to our fox 5 garden segment. >> tips on how to cover up the

ugly spots in your back yard. two prominent african-american photographers join us live with a look inside a book and exhibit featuring their amazing work. fox 5 morning news will be right back.

a sconcer stricken senator ted kennedy sending a special request to massachusetts leaders asking that laws be changed to replace him in congress. then a local medical assistant arrested for inappropriately touching patients. and now the search is on for even morpossible victims. then local couples hold a protest in silver spring. why they are so upset with the way one couple was treated at a dineer there. good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. this is a gorgeous picture of a rainbow in harrisonburg, virginia. yesterday it rained there. but there is the -- if you wait for it, that's the payoff in the end, the rainbow. >> a little double rainbow action going on there very slightly. >> i haven't seen one in a long time. >> thank you for sending us a

picture. when i see a rainbow like in my neighborhood, i get connor and we run and he gets so excited. >> it's really sweet. >> it is. and we answered the question once on weather guy what caused them. it's amazing that the conditions get perct for a rainbow. >> and i like the pot of gold at the end of it. of i've never found one those. >> keep looking. let's look at the satellite radar. we do have clouds over th is morning. a good amount of cloud cover we'll see today, ore than wh 've en seeing. t on'v d ' ca re on't recall how much had yesterday. but today a lot of clouds around. here is a look at what is happening right now. reagan national airport, temperature gone up, 76 degrees. humidity is still up there, 85%. the winds out of the southwest at 3 miles per hour. barometic pressure remains steady. the forecast for washington for today, more clouds than sun.

some scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms are possible. highs today will range from the upper 80s to around 90 degrees with a cloud cover, i think a lot of you will top out in the upper 80s. that's the latest on the weather. >> thank you, tony. let's say good morning to julie wright and find out how things are moving on the roads. julie. >> very slowly unfortunately. a lot of slowdown in germantown. 28 at 118 for staters for an accident -- starters for an accident reported. and along 270, slow leaving germantown out to the split. delays are starting to stack up from father hurley boulevard toward the lane divide. so again, about an 18-mile backup to accompany this trip southbound along 270 into rockville from germantown. better bet at this point, use your alternate route, 355 looking good for you there, great seneca highway toward 28 a viable option. but again, 270 a mess, big delays out of germantown headed for the split. no accidents along inbound new

york avenue. traffic volume slow from anacostia into blade ebbsberg road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. we begin with breaking news from northwest washington as d.c. fire crews are working to help at least one wind yo washer who is stuck. we are told he is hanging from scaffolding inside the atrium of a building in the 1100 block of connecticut avenue. rescue workers are setting up a lowering system to bring him down from the 8th floor to the second floor. we have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you more information as we get it. to another developing story now. senator ted kennedy preparing for the future of congress without him. he sent a letter to the massachusetts leaders urging them to pass a law that would make filling his se a speedier process. current regulations call for a special election within five months of a vacancy. as for speculation that the

senator who suffers from brain cancer could be replaced by his wife vicki, she says there is no evidence of that. and the afghanistan presidential election ready to end and there is concern the voter turnout is low. karzai's strongest challenger, abdullah abdullah has more support in the northern part of the country but karzai is favored to win the election. earlier this morning we spoke with ronald newman, the former ambassador to afghanistan and asked about the chance of an upset. >> afghanistan is a country that specializes in surprises. so i wouldn't guarantee anything until it's over. i think the biggest question -- two questions will be turnout and the legitimacy of the election, which ultimately is something afghans themselves

will decide. >> it will be a while before we get the results. preliminary results are expected on saturday. in iraq, the question becomes can the security forces in iraq keep the country safe without help from the united states. that's the question this morning as iraq deals with a wave of deadly bombings that the prime minister is blaming on sunny militants linked to al- qaeda. its attacks killed 95 people and left 400 more hurt. the bombs targeted commercial and government sites. new this morning, a man convicted in a bombing that killed more than 200 people, many americans could be headed back this homeland of libia. we're waiting for a word from the scottish court on whether he will be released because he is close to death. he has terminal prostate cancer. the former libby an intelligence officer was convicted of the bombing of pan am flight 198 in 1988. a news conference on the case is underway dand we'll let you

know when a decision is announced. also new this morning, montgomery county police searching for a young girl who has been missing for nearly a month. she is 12-year-old genesis terseyo. she was last seen at her silver spring home back on july 25th. her guardian has been out of the country, which is why there was a delay in reporting her missing. no word on who she was staying with during the time the guardian was out of the country. police are calling this case critical. >> a medical assistant in fairfax county is accused of crossing the line in the exam room. police say 49-year-old jorge sanchez inappropriately touched women at a doctors office in chantilly. and now they want to know if there is more victims out there. matt acland joins us from fairfax county with more. matt. >> that is a big concern this morning, police want to know if there are any other possible victims out there. right now there are two women that have come forward, a 27

and 28-year-old. both saying that they were inappropriately touched here at this clinic behind me in chantilly. as you said, jorge sanchez was arrested for two counts of sexual battery. police it went down inside the chantilly specialists office. the owners of e clibbic have been -- clinic have been open with the metedia discussing the crimes. they say in a 24 hour period they got a complaint about sanchez and as soon as they got the first complaint they no longer allowed her to work with a victim. the victims with 27 and 28 years old and the crimes happened between july 20th and august 6th. it through me for a loop. she was numb. i think she didn't know what to do. he had walked out to see another patient, and to get a supply and she begged him, please don't leave me alone and quickly said, i was molested.

>> jorge sanchez was arrested in hagerstown. that is where he lived. apparently he went to the police department and turned himself in. he was then transported to the fairfax county jail. steve. >> matt, thank you very much. and also in fairfax county, a wrestling coach accused of soliciting sex from a child will be allowed to post bond. a judge set bond for 24-year- old gary debrill $5,000. investigators say he thought he was chatting online with a 14- year-old girl. it turns out it was a sheriff's deb ty. he was a wrestling coach at woodson high school. it's back to school time. kids in the district at price george's county head back on monday. students in montgomery county go back the follow mondaying, august 31st. this is the first full year the county will be using the seven keys to college readiness as a guide to get students prepared for college. this morning we talked with the montgomery county public schools superintendent and he says the programs starts at birth with parents and kicks in at public schools at

kindergarten. >> this is a pathway, something i didn't dream up, something our people didn't dream up. we looked at our 91,000 graduates that have been there since i have been there the last ten years, this is the pathway they seem to take. if they graduates from college, when they got out with a bachlor's degree within a certain period of time. we want parents to push this because that will help their children. push the children's expectations. purr our -- push our expectations. we want every child college ready when they graduate. >> the county was able to maintain class sizes for the school year. 12 minutes past the hour. >> d.c. fire crews working to help one window washer who is stuck eight stories up in the air. we are awaiting word that the locker be bomber will be released from prison. new details when we come back. and then the biggest loser weight loss competition and find out how the d.c. police

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it is 13 minutes past the hour as we look at stories making headlines this morning. live pictures from scotland as officials are due to make an announcement regarding the only man who was convicted in the pan am flight over scotland that crashed. he was a libbyan national. a couple of news organizations are porting he will be released because he is in poor health and they have said that a plane has been sent from libia to pick him up and return him to libia. and families and victims of that crash are not happy with this decision. a news conference is just underway. and this is in northwest d.c., live pictures now of this scaffolding collapse and d.c.'s fire crews are working to help

one window washer who is stuck. we're told he's hanging from scaffolding eight stories up. it's a building with a atrium in the 1100 block of connecticut avenue. and these are live pictures coming in. there seems to be some smiles and congratulations. i'm not sure the status of the rescue workers in lowering the system to bring the worker down to the ground. we'll get an update on that but we wanted to bring you the live pictures. again in northwest d.c., a window washer stuck. >> and word coming in now that he was brought down and is okay. >> that is the good news. all right. our man tony perkins is standing by with good news in the weather? not for some folks who are bracing themselves for the hurricane. >> let's start with the cute factor. we start with the my first 5

photo of the day. this is ava. she's surprised to be photographed. >> she shouldn't be. as gorgeous as shis. >> today she turns 1-year-old. >> happy birthday. where is her music today. >> usually we have the happy birthday music. tucker, can you sing. ava marie is her name. to send us your child's c t, tud click on mornings. let's start ith radar. and we'll show you hurricane bill. still a powerful storm, and still a major hurricane, but category 3 hurricane. there is some sheering going on on the west side of the storm. it's broken up, but we still see an eye there. at last report, maximum sustained winds were 125 miles per hour, moving to the northwest at 18 miles per hour. it could regain some intensity,i but it isen t ouinntcg erwi

sheer at this urho. closer to home, current temperatures, we hoe'vgone up again, 76 degrees here in washington. we remain at 77, or orthey rema at 77 in new york city. roanoke, 73. x, inongtkentuckyon72. charlotte, north carolina, 76 at this hour. and we have some clouds in over us. no precipitation, but maybe later on today e'llsee some precip pop up as a cold front begins to makes it way in here. your five-day forecast looks like this: 90 for your high downtown today, some of will you top out in the upper 80s. look for a chance of showers and thunderstorms. there will be -- they'll be more numerous than yesterday. tomorrow showers probable. 87 degrees. sunday and monday looking better with temperatures if the mid-80s and drier airconditions as well. that's a look at the weather. now let's get an update on this morning's rush hour traffic with julie wright. not looking bad right now. lanes open southbound 95 and

295 out of laurel down toward the capital beltway and find yourself moving at speed on the top side of 270 out of hyattstown into clarksberg but then you're hitting the breaks toward the lane divide. the accident contributed to that delay has cleared but more traffic waits for you after mob rose -- montrose road where there is an accident. and no incidents on the 14th street bridge. on the beltway toward the potomac, that's a good eight- mile backup into southeast washington. inbound new york avenue, traffic slows from anacostia to bladensberg road and to the third street tunnel. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. back to you. a prince george's county police officer was injured last night in forestville. along richie road, the officer was responding to a call with her lights and sirens on when a car pulled out in front of her. and the officer swerved and lost control and slammed into a

power pole. the officer does have serious injuries. no word on any charges being filed. cathy lanier issued a challenge to her department, lose weight. and the department responded. 800 officers and civilians signed up for a weight loss contest and after eight weeks they're slowing a difference. paul wagner shows us how they're getting fit for the force. >> reporter: cops love food and food loves them back. rib-sticking stuff they can grab on the go. it can creep up on you. >> you look at officers that have strokes and hi blood pressure, heart attacks, diabetes, this is definitely a profession that all of those weight-related well finance -- well finance relatedness issues come up. nearly 800 people took tart to challenge each other to stay

away. >> cut out fried foods and red meat. >> reporter: sherman hodges once weighed 281 pounds. >> going up and down steps would wear me out. >> reporter: hodges lost the most, 30 pounds. >> it is a life-changing experience. >> reporter: matt and jacqueline each embrace the the challenge, cutting down on sweets and the portions of food. regular exercise was hard to get. >> i was off and and i slacked off after having a baby and didn't have time to exercise and was too busy being a mom and a wife. >> reporter: but fitness eekals better health. brom lynn lost 20 pounds. the chief said she's about to combine all of the weight lost by everyone and it totaled up to over 1200 pounds. sherman hodges was the

individual winner. the winner of the team competition, who dat, was a play on words. >> we said once we lost the weight, people would come up to us and say who dat? >> i'm al durham and i lost 13 pounds. >> george boldin, i lost 25.4 pounds, not brom lynn and i lost 28 pounds. >> reporter: combined the team lost 78 pounds. and they all swear it's staying off. paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> we know that's its challenge, keeping it off. >> good job. >> keep it up, guys. 8:20 right now on this thursday morning. 75 degrees. d.c. drivers, if you thought going to the dmv was bad, wait until the next time you have to go. >> inconvenience? this is like a hemorrhoid. >> yikes. already long lines getting

longer has cost-cutting measures take their toll. we told you about one of the offices closing down and that's the affect. more details when we come back. and holly is hanging out with some glee cast member this is morning. we'll move down and tell you how they can meet them coming up on fox 5 morning news. [ singing ] what are you doing for lunch?

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welcome back to fox 5 morning news. it is 8:29 right now. we want to update the situation that we were talking about involving the plane that blew up over locker by scotland a few years ago. the terminally ill bomber has been freed on what they call compassion great compassionate grounds. and he is going to be heading back to libia. the only person that was ever

convicted in connection of the crash of pan am flight over scotland. and let's talk to tony about the weather. >> rising temperatures. right now at reagan national, temperatures of 76. dulles is reporting 75 and baltimore at 75. fredericksberg at 76. same temperature in hagerstown and we're headed to the upper 80s to around 90 today. satellite radar, there are some clouds out there. and here is some of the precipitation we saw today. similar story today, hot and humid with more moisture building up and a better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms later on today as the system continues to move through. there is a cold front tthe west and that will bring drier air to the region but not until the latter part of the weekend. in the meanwhile, still steamy conditions and again about a 40- 50% chance of scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms across the area. so the forect for wash for tay looks ke this, more clouds and sun today.

again, those scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms, highs for some of you in the upper 80s, downtown perhaps 90 degrees for yu high today. we'll take one final look at the five-day forecast in just a little bit. right now let's tafinal look at traffic with julie wright. >> i was racing to get back on the other side of the room. >> i thought it was a small room and there wasn't much to race from. >> it's not that small. we're slow moving today, mr. perkins. all right. here we go. 395 across the 14th street bridge, again, speaking of slow, 8-mile backup. this delay is forming back at the beltway across the 14th street bridge. and head over to the southeast, southwest freeway. inbound new york avenue leaving south dakota toward blade epsberg slow from north capitol street to the third street tunnel. and the fire and rescue from the activity this morning, still there.

no accidents through northwest outer loop remains slow, 95 through georgia avenue. lanes are open along southbound 270, leaving germantown toward the lane divide. earlier accidents that we had south of montrose have been cleared and delays heading back at father hurley toward the split. that's a cck of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the exposure group african- american photogpher association is out with the very first book called colors of life. and this is in conjunction with a new exhibit at the charles sumner exhibit archives in 17th street northwest and it is work inspired by the director of white house photography office door the president clinton administration. good morning. >> good morning. >> and george tolbert, the first african-american photographer appointed to the senate. good morning to you. you must be exceedingly excited about all of these things

happening and putting the association in a whole other light. >> this is progress way overdue. so what you have now is a group of african-american photographers, and we have some white folk in there too. >> equal opportunity. >> we're an equal opportunity. and just like any good organization, we seek equally justice, economic parity, and fairness in the marketplace. and a lot of us don't get it so we have to fight for it. >> and both of you are pioneers in the respective offices, the white house and the senate. and this is like a combination or this step along this journey for you and this group individually. >> yes. what i like about being a member of this group is it gives me a chance to give back to other photographers when i was given opportunities from older photographers who weren't kin to having a reason to and i like to give back to others who are just starting out and learning. >> tell us about some of the works we'll see first when we

go to thesumner school to look at the exhibit. wt is on display there. >> you'll see humanity and steel life. we covered every gamut. and some of us are artists and others are document aryan and we have something for everyone. >> and that is a picture that you took, georgia, tell us about it. >> that was its don -- john roberts confirmation. we were in there for four hours at a type. and john reports is not the most animated person and we would look around the room and this is two members with their staff and that was fun. >> and that picture looks like it's fun. but the picture of lay hee closing his eyes. >> both him and spector. but they weren't asleep.

he looked up and saw me and did his finger at me like that. >> i'm awake, is what he's saying. and this is a little less serious and we have senator from alaska there on -- on a bike owned by another senator. >> that's lisa mccrosski from canada. and she said georgia, i don't have time to do that. i want you to do this. when you get the new work for the senate, you have no choice. it's hard working for 100 bosses. so we did this at the capital and in the sunlight and everybody was stopping to see what was going and and everybody was saying, who is that and i would lean er and tell people it was a movie star. >> and sharon you were the director of the white house photographery office during clinton years and we have some of your pictures. that is a powerful picture there from former president

bill clinton. tell us about it. >> that is the night before the dedication of the little library in little rock arkansas and they had a reception there and he was there to speak a little, but of course he attracts a cloud and people love him. he is a great, great man. >> and it's funny, i would imagine covering that president must have been exciting every day because you're right, i remember when he was in africa and he to hold back the crowds and you see him and he's just saying hold back. so what an exciting figure to cover now. here is a little light hearts -- i remember this picture. >> this was behind the scenes when we were doing a conference and there is always intensive thing that's go on and but -- some of the nicest stuff that happens is when you're not expecting to see anything. and they're a great group of people. bill cohen and president clinton and sandy bergen they all know each other and you have to have some levity

because you can't believe what happens. >> and thanks to you we can see some of it. and thank you for being here. and we should tell the viewers, if you would like to meet you and the other photographers who were featured in the exhibit, there is a book signing tonight at the sumner schools. >> with food and drinks. >> okay. 6:30 to 8:30. thank you for being here. the work is phenomenal. steve over to you. >> it is 8:37 now. new unemployment numbers coming into the news room. we'll share them when you come back and let you know the impact on the market today as well. that's coming up next here on fox 5 morning news. h0c

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welcome back to fox 5 morning news. we want to continue bringing you the latest on the -- the developments in the only person ever charged in the bombing of the pan am flight 103 over locker by scotland and the latest news in that is because the man does have pancreatic cancer and he has been released. he is not now serving any time for the tragedy that happened back in 1988.

>> he had been sentenced to a life sentence, was released earlier today. due to the fact that he is terminally ill. weigh want to talk to ilene min ety, and her son was on board the flight. ilene, thank you for joining us this morning. >> you're welcome. >> we're expecting response from folks all over the world in regards to this. what is your response to this news this morning that the man would be set free? >> well first of all, he's suffering from prostate cancer. i had to clear that up. we've had about a week to kind of guard ourselves to what was going to happen. now we do not believe that he should have been released. as those who released him said, he showed no compassion for those on board the flight. so we were also -- we also believe that in the agreement,

which allowed he and fema to be prosecuted by the scottish government, if they were nvicted they were to serve out the sentences in scotland. so we believe that that has been -- they have reneged on that agreement. >> secretary mccass kill said he was bound by scottish values to release him and though there was no compassion, but he felt it was necessary to release him on the base of compassion at grounds. >> that's what he said. and i also believe that he was getting a lot of pressure from the churches in scotland and the u.k. families who, for whatever reason, do not believe that he was necessarily guilty. >> just getting word from the white house and their message on it, and the white house saying, from the associates

press, that they deeply regret the scottish decision to release the bomber. my question to you now, as very active, both you and your husband, and the victims group, what happens now? where do you go from here? >> i don't know if there is anyplace else it go from here, to be honest with you. you know, we have done just about everything that i think we can do. i mean, even bringing a sillive suit against lib yua, it inform came about only because our lawyers came to an agreement with libia. but we were hoping if the civil -- if the criminal trial didn't get the information out, we were hoping a civil right would. so i don't know where else we can go with it. i truly believe that it was the libbyans who put the bomb on board, whoever else was

involved, we have no proof of anything. and all we have are opinions on that. >> i know it's been a very long 21 years for you and i'm sure there was great disappointment when you learned this was the only person prosecuted for this. more difficult then or more difficult now to realize this one bit you were able to hold on to is now gone as well? >> at one point they said we would never find an -- anybody to prosecute. and as long as he was in jail, i think we had something. i think this is harder now. because we can't get any more answers or anything. he will be back in libia and he will be taken care of. what i'm saying as taken care of, we'll never have a chance to chance to question him.

he was never questioned by scottish officials. never. >> often we talk about these stories and we end up talking about the perpetrators. let's talk about your son rick. just 21 years old and beginning adult life. tell us about him. >> he was a lot of fun. he was very bright. he was studying, he was a syracuse studying political science and journalism. we believe that sky was the limit for him. he could have been doing your job right now. he always had a love of words, always had a love of writing and an avid sports junky. he would have been delighted with the phillies winning the world series last year. i mean, the fact that one of my friends who saw my daughter and her kids this last weekend said, and she said, it's wonderful you have these

grandchildren. but she says, you're missing rick and his grandchildren too. >> it's definitely tough. and i'm sure, ilene, there are 269 other family members that are dealing with the same thing that you are this morning and feeling much the same. we wish you the best and thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> stay with us. we'll be right back at 8:51. shor clunkers is available

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[ singing ] glee is an up beat comedy coming to fox starting september 9th. it follo a teacher who tries to revive a high school glee club with help of a little group of underdogs, he realizes the stars that lie inside of them. this morning holly morris joins

us live from the national mall with some of the stars of glee. hello, holly. >> reporter: we are gleeful this morning. we're having fun. and right now we're listening to the sweet sounds of trouble in paradise. they're the all girls acapella group. and some of them watched the pilot of glee and they love it and that he love what the show will do for show choirs like them. but without further ado, we've been waiting for them all morning, they are finally here. i have cory muny and mark sally and marcus tucks. you guys did one episode right and then it was out there and it was a huge hit. were you surprised? how has it been? >> we are so excited, we've been surprised by the response. only one episode played like you said. and wow, people liked it. >> and i'm calling it high

school musical with an edge. do you think that's fair. >> no. >> reporter: what would you call it. >> it's like high school musical went off to college and did some experiments and went home and got a boring job. >> reporter: i call that an edge. but i call it a fun show. and you guy have shot 13 sessions or episodes i should say and i understand there is going to be some visits from dborah monk, eve is on the show. >> to work with people like josh groban and steve jeno witz, it's incredible. >> it's incredible. >> i don't know what will happen io the future. these guys are legit, aren't they? >> they are. >> i love these guys because they're taking pictures of them and they're the stars. but nonetheless, i was reading ahead, and i don't know what will happen in the show, but i was reading your bios and though you play the arrogant

football player in the beginning, i saw the show, who doesn't care about the show choir, i see in your bio that you're musical, mark anda have an al bum out does this mean that you might become a glee member? >> we'll have to see. but i do have aspirations so stay tuned and find out. >> the show is funny. and it is a comedy. but there is a bigger message in the show as well. what do you think people will really get from the show if they watch it? >> i think people will -- what the show is about, it's about believing in your self. it's about chasing your dreams and i think everybody can relate to that. trying to find somewhere to fit in because that's what the kids are doing and it's a positive message.

>> it's a story about the underdogs. >> it is. don't stop believing. >> reporter: and this guy here, even though he's the quarterback in the show and becomes the lead singer, he doesn't sing or he didn't sing. now you sing. >> before the show i never sang. i sang in the shower, in the car. i've been a drummer. so drummers aren't allowed to sing. >> but you have a musical background. so your bio says that you're releasing an al bum and this bio said wal-mart greeter, roofer, cab driver. >> these are all true. >> reporter: so this is a big break? >> this is a big break. this is better than being the wal-mart greeter. not that that's a bad job. but it wasn't a career option for me. so i'm glad this sort of panned out. >> i'going to check in with these girls because they've been entertaining us. can you stop for just a second. you are so great. we're loving them here this morning. but i know you have seen the show so what do you think? >> i think it's great and it's

exciting because it brings more notice to music groups like us. >> reporter: and what do you think about seeing these guys on the mall? >> i think it's great that they're going to see the fans. >> reporter: i'm glad you brought that up. and with this, come on over here cast, i'll tell you how you can come hang with them like i am this morning. queue my glee street team. these guys are going to be out at fair oaks this afternoon at the store t topics. these ladys will be handing out t-shirts, buttons, megaphones and the like. and then they'll have a question and answer period at the end as well. so come on out and be gleeful your. back on the air september 9th here on fox 5. back to you. >> love it. good show, than'shcheicthk n l for another look at the forecast. >> high in the upper 80s to arou 90. good chance of showers and thunderstorms later on toy daan and ths engnive same for tomorrow. pretty much the same on saturday. i expect a