fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. a nice start to the wednesday morning. it is may 5th, 2010. happy cinco de mayo. some nice conditions. thanks for being with us. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. and i have forgotten until this morning that it is cinco de mayo. >> and let's celebrate with a good forecast. the forecast for today will be just fine. a very nice day. i think most people will be quite happy with it. let's start with a look at the satellite radar composite and we have mostly clear skies across the region. things look good. no clouds th -- no clouds out there or precipitation. not even humid out there. and here is a look at current temperatures. right now in the district we're

at 60 degrees. cooler in baltimore, 50 there. dulles airport at 50. and patuxent naval air station shares our temperature. and 82 degrees for the high downtown. not bad at all. we'll have more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. so stick with us for that. right now let's go to julie wright and get an update on traffic. >> so you're saying feliz cinco de mayo. >> yes, i am. >> celebrate mucho margaritas. i have to work on my accent. >> there are other ways to celebrate into. >> you can get the nonalcoholic type, tony. with tony it's a shirley temple. inner loop of the beltway as you travel toward the springfield interchange, accident blocking the left lane north of van dorn. so again left lane remains closed toward i-95 coming from the wilson bridge in the direction of the springfield

interchange, delays forming near route 1. outer loop looks good toward the wilson bridge. southbound 295, an accident tieing up the right side of the highway. crash on the inner loop at the northwest branch, and sky fox showed you, lanes are open, but slow from georgia avenue east toward college park. 95 slow toward georgia avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> julie, thank you very much. our top story this morning, a disturbing find at a local funeral home in riverdale, maryland. and it must close because dozens of bodies piled up has a health hazard. >> the funeral home plans to cremate the bodies and close its doors. >> reporter: they have until friday to finish up any business here before they have to close their doors. that is due to the fact that

the state board that oversees funeral homes and crematoriums, they discovered -- an investigator discovered about 40 bodies of men and women that were piled up in a garage that were supposed to be cremated. they found the bodies in bags in the garage. this was late april. there was a state investigator came by here to do an unannounced inspection. this is a follow-up to another inspection they had done previously when they found some deficiencies. they discovered a large pile of body bags with human remains strewn all over the floor in a very unsanitary state. william chambers, one of the co- owners, said the bodies were cadavers from george washington school of medicine and they had a contract to remove and cremate the bodies. chambers believes he told fox 5 that they handled things appropriately. well the state board said they do not believe that they

handled things appropriately. their license has since been suspended and they will close the doors here on friday after they finish up any unfinished business. there will be a hearing as of may 18th before the maryland state board of mortuaries and funeral directors where additional information will hopefully come out. just a short while ago there was a gentleman that appears to work here at the funeral home that i tried to speak to. they declined to make any sort of a comment. but we'll stay on top of the story and bring you the very latest. live in riverdale, sarah simmons, fox 5 news. we are learning more about the moments leading up to the death of 22-year-old yeardley love who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend george haguely. we want to warn you that some of the details are a bit disturbing. we get the latest from fox 5's bob barnard. >> reporter: 22-year-old uva senior yeardley love of cockeysville, maryland, was beaten to death in the bedroom

of her off campus apartment. charlottesville investigators say she was found in a pool of blood, face down on her pillow. a large bruise on the right side of her face. her right eye was swollen shut. she had bruises and scrapes to her chin. police say the door to her bedroom was forced open and had a hole in it. in the documents her accused killer and one time boyfriend george haguely admits kicking in the bedroom door and shaking her, so her head repeatedly hit the wall, but his attorney said it's all an accident. >> we're confident that ms. love's death was not intended but an accident with a tragic outcome. >> reporter: leaving the courthouses that haguely's father, mother and stepfather who had nothing to say to reporters. from the lacrosse couch in townsend. >> there was not a bad bone in her body. >> reporter: and a question of

how this superstar athlete could become an accused murderer. his mug shot snapped shortly after his arrest. >> it is our hope that no conclusions will be drawn or judgments made about george or his case. >> reporter: there are reports that the 6'2" mid fielder may have physically harmed love in the past. >> we don't have any documented evidence in the way of a police report or a protective order with regard to things that may have occurred in the past. >> reporter: but he admitted stealing her apartment from the computer after killing her and investigating whether he threatened her via e mail before the murder. >> both the lacrosse teams are expected to make the ncaa tournament. late last night the school's director said they will participate in honor of the memory of yeardley love.

to read the court documents that have been released, go to myfoxdc.com. teenager as cused of murdering d.c. principal brian betts face life in prison. in court a judge ordered all three held without bond. two walked away from juvenile lock up in d.c. cameras caught saunders, lancaster and gray using betts' credit card after the murder. outside of the court sunday -- sundayer's father said his son was innocent. >> we don't want any comments like that. this is a sad case for the victim and ourselves so right now we just want to try to go and find some time of restitution in our heart for this matter. >> it is possible police are looking for another suspect. they have not said if any of

the three in custody is the actual shooter. a montgomery county road was shut down overnight. as investigators try to figure out how a deadly accident kurd. one person was killed and several other injuries on game preserve road in gaithersburg. game preserve between copper road and 355 was closed for a few hours but open this morning though. another big story we're following, a historic vote in the district. >> every single d.c. council member voted to approve d.c. medical marijuana. gurvir has the detailsism the bill doesn't just let anybody smoke marijuana. you have to be ale with aids, glaucoma, cancer or other chronic medical conditions and requiring patients to have a doctor's signed petition to get their marijuana and there will be cultivation centers. five dispenseories will be licensed to operate in the

district and that's where sick people would buy their drugs. >> the dispenseories will not look like hash bars or coffee houses. in the bill is prohibited use at the dispenseory. >> we have to be very careful and sometimes more restrictive than we otherwise like. >> reporter: the council rejected allowing patients exemption on the job. the man behind the attempted time square bombing has ties to the area. and the latest on his latest confession of threating to ignite a car bomb. and one day after police use a taser on a fan, another fan decides to do the same

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7:13 on this wednesday morning. we're off to a nice start today. it's not too hot. >> hopefully the humidity will be love. >> it will be comfortable. it will be warmer than average. but we're used to it. we've had temperatures in the 80s. today in the 80s.

rights now at reagan national our temperature is 61. we have gone up just a little bit. humidity is up to 72%. winds are calm and barometric pressure is on the rise. a look at temperatures across the country. these are current temperatures. mild in most of the eastern u.s. warm in miami, 77 right now. in omaha, nebraska, it's 47 degrees. 35 in salt lake city. glad we're not out there in the western mountain states. 39 in denver, 59 in l.a. we have clear skies as high pressure dominated in the eastern united states. rain showers off the coast of florida. and also some rain moving through portions of the midwest and the upper midwest. and in fact that's a frontal boundy that will makes it way through here. don't expect anything significant. some of you north and west might see a shower late tonight or early tomorrow morning when the front comes through. there is your five-day

forecast. high today 82 degrees. nice day. tomorrow, same thing. friday showers and thunderstorms expected late in the day, maybe early on saturday. sunday looks good for mother's day with a high in the mid to upper 60s. >> going to be a nice, pleasant day for momma. >> it will be cooler than what we're used to but it will be nice. let's say good morning to julie wright with traffic. >> and a lot going on. to good morning to you all. we'll start looking at inner loop at van dorn, the accident now pulled over to the shoulder. lanes are open but the delays with you from telegraph. on the inner loop headed in the direction of the springfield interchange. the crew in sky fox checking out the ride along joplin east of route 1 down towards quantico. early they are morning we mentioned there was a crash there. they are still in the process of clearing that. one lane is able to squeeze by to the left. that would be the eastbound side on the left side of your screen. so traffic is able to get through between 95 and route 1 but expect delays toward the gate at quantico. make note that the maybe gate is open. so you can make your way toward

the base but it is slow going as you travel in off of joplin from 95 toward route 1. we'll take it back inside, 95 on the brakes as you travel out of dale city to lorton. delays leaving springfield to duke street on 395. southbound along 270, lanes are open from falls road headed toward the split. you're going to find leaving 28 is heavy, slow and steady all the way toward the lane divide. top stretch of 270 is slow approaching and passing 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. now to the time square bomb plat. the suspect does have some local ties. officials say 30-year-old faisal shahzad attended the southeastern university before transferring to connecticut where he earned computer and business degrees. he was arrested monday at jfk. he has admitted to admitting a terror training camp in pakistan before parking the suv

in times square and trying to blow it up. authorities have detained 7 people overseas who they believe are linked to shaw saturday. the director of the homeland security joins us now. thank you for being with us. >> you bet. >> can we say he's tied in that he's linked with a group or is it too early to tell? >> it's early to tell but certainly at the on set, we could have said we don't know. this is an open question. but now with the actions being taken in pakistan, that raise the spector of a larger plot. >> i think what scares me is that this was a guy who fortunately for everybody in new york and the u.s. did not do a good job of what he intended to set out to do. but still a scary situation, nonetheless, when we see this happening. is this a reminder that there is a the potential for this to

happen. >> it is very concerning and just like the christmas day bomber he did make mistakes and allowed law enforcement to get him right away. and we're almost nine years past 9/11 and terrorism isn't often the top story and we forget the vulnerability we face. >> and in this particular case it was a number of private citizens who helped out and it seemed like every step of the way. this was a person not well- known to government security officials. but this is somebody who you take people from a street vendor who first alerted attention to the vehicle to a worker at the airline counter that said i have somebody on the plane that is suspicious. and the vigilence is there but not just at the top of the government chain. >> it does. and new york knows it's in the terrorist cross hairs but and maybe it is hightenned in new

york city. and terrorists can strike us any time, anywhere and where we are weakest. there were mistakes made. and thank god the police officer took the actions required and this was a good success of that system. there were short comings however. did he manage to get on the plane. our system of government and as we remember back at the christmas day bomber, there is a layers security system and he made it past the first layer and he made it on the plane but it did not take off and he is in custody. >> and there are watch lists out there and one concern is there are so many people but here is a guy who was able to get through and wasn't placed on the list until after the attack occurred. >> he wasn't -- it didn't appear he was on the radar

prior to the attack. however, immediately upon learning upon the individual's identity, he was put on the list. unfortunately, as you saw, he did make it on the plane. but there is, on that second layer, the customs and border protection agency within the department of homeland security, they saw the list, right as the door closed and was able to get him off the plane. >> and there were reports he may have slipped in doing things such as paying for cash for an airline ticket at the last moment. >> and it's good there are indicators and that the ticket agent and law enforcement are trained for these types of indicators because if someone does make a obvious mistake and he did make a lot, but if someone was able to make a mistake, someone was able to pick up on that. >> and the biggest mistake was he didn't build a good device. and if it was, we would be talking about different issues.

and you guys in new york are vigilant watching out for that, but what about d.c.? >> d.c. is another one of the cities where we are a constant reminder of the threat of they're orism. we have more law enforcement here. but the federal presence here in d.c. is a constant reminder to all of us that we do need to remain vigilant and thank god our law enforcement agencies are topnotch here in d.c. whether it's the metropolitan police department or the multitude of federal agencies to be there for us as citizens of the district of columbia. >> this is one case where everybody worked out and continues to work out that way. daniel canoe ski. thank you very much. today is not a chance to take the h.o.v. lane. a crackdown and details on the traffic alert. and just ahead, making your house feel at home for somebody else. holly is learning about the benefits of home staging when

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a warning before you get behind the wheel. police from around the area out in force targeting h.o.v. lane violators. it's the first h.o.v. awareness day. they are watching 66, 95 and 395 and the dulles toll road in virginia. also route 50 and i-270 in maryland. that's where sky fox captured drivers being pulled over and cited. the metro new general manager richard sarles said he will adjust the schedule. it will lengthen times between rush hour but add eight more

trains and plans to bring in outside consultants to fix the chronic problems with elevators. transportation officials are hoping street cars like this one will make getting around d.c. easier. city is showcasing one this week and you can climb on board today through saturday at city center d.c. the site of the old convention center. construction is already underway on a new one and a half mile line in anacostia, expected to start service by the fall of 2012. calm seas helping crews trying to contain the massive oil spill in the gulf. comingp on fox 5 morning news, the latest on the plan to try to stop of millions of gallons of oil to further harming wildlife and the economy. and what is the fallout in washington, jim and peter back together and debating the political outlines when we come back. 

back now with our top stories. people along the gulf coast are still hoping for the best but expecting the worse as a massive oil spill approaching the stores there. the 2,000 square mile oil slick is now 5-7 miles away from the lousiana beaches and bayous and an under sea well has been

spewing 200,000 gallons a day since an aexplosion aboard a drilling wig. b.p. said the containment zones will be on the ocean floor by tomorrow. crews are using chemicals to break up oil that reach the surface. rescuers are worried to find more victims, so far 29 people have died in tennessee, mississippi and kentucky. killed in the record-breaking weekend storms and the flooding that followed. red cross has set up shelters for the folks who still can't go home or don't have power. officials in nashville, tennessee, saying pouter -- the power there might not be fully restored until this weekend. >> a lot of downtown nashville still under water. it's crazy. here on our morning, 61 degrees. >> not a bad start to the day. a nice day today. i think a nice couple of days on tap in the washington area. but right now let's look ahead to sunday.

as you well know, or you should, it's mother's day and here is what we think the weather conditions will be like for mother's day. they will be pleasant but definitely cooler than it has been for the last several days and then it will be for most of the rest of the week. sunny and cooler. high on mother's day only about 67 degrees. and that's actually below normal. normal high for mother's day this year, 73 degrees. so we'll be below that, but it will be a pleasant start to the day but a cool start to the day. our current temperatures look like this, 61 in the district. 52 at gaithersburg. and cambridge maryland, where it's 61. and off to the south and west in fredericksburg, 57 degrees at this hour. satellite radar composite for the region, things look great. i've been showing you live pictures, clear skies out there. take a look. satellite radar confirms nothing in the way of cloud cover and no precipitation and nor will we see any today. i don't think we'll see any tomorrow either.

except for a few of you north and west of the city could see a shower late tonight as a frontal system comes through. but the motorcycle for today -- the forecast for today looks like this, 82 degrees and 10 degrees above normal and not that humid. tonight partly cloudy. a mild overnight. lows in town in the low to mid- 60s. some 50s outside of town for your overnight lows. five-day forecast, tomorrow another nice day, sunshine and 82, like today. 80 on friday. some clouds build in. maybe a chance of some showers and thunderstorms in the latter part of the day. saturday, 76 and then as i said, mother's day, highs in the 60s. that's the latest on the weather. now let's go to julie wright and find out what is happening with traffic. a lot going on in montgomery county. outer loop slowing from 95 to georgia with the inner loop tied up from connecticut to new hampshire avenue with an earlier incident on the shoulder. germantown slow toward the

split with no relief in sight. 95 on and off the brakes from 32 toward the beltway out of laurel. and 29 expect delays from white oak toward university boulevard. now moving into virginia. 395, delays beginning in newington toward duke street. slow traffic from the pentagon across the 14th street bridge. northbound george washington parkway at 123 incident on the right lane. and westbound 50 a crash there and then 66 a mess out of manassas. delays centreville and then nutley street to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. congressional primaries beginning to take place around the country. yesterday a couple of very important seats up for grabs. joining us, back together, peter fenn. peter you've been with us -- >> this is like a marriage. >> yes, it is. >> he went to counseling and now he's coming back.

>> jim innocenzi. >> he's become a democrat in the last couple of weeks. >> let's set the record straight. >> no. >> i'll never be a democrat and i'll never dunk a basketball. >> and let's talk about the headlines. first the attempted car bombing. was the message the right one when the president came out and said that the terrorists will stop at nothing to kill americans. was this enough, was it too much, what did you think about it? >> this is amazing to me. 53 hours from the point of discovery of this vehicle to capturing him. was everything perfect? no. the watch list wasn't looked at by the qatar or the airlines but if you can find a person that quickly and bring them into custody was terrific. and the other thing it appears is that he went to pakistan, he trained in explosives but it

was really a pretty bungled effort. and i think this shows that both local law enforcement and national law enforcement are working together. i think it's encouraging signs, allison. >> jim, what did you think? >> you're not saying the president did this? >> i'm saying -- the president isn't at fault with every little thing that happens on the local level. >> i thought maybe you were going to give him credit. >> i think they were right on this. >> and i agree. i think it is amazing that they did what they did. but on the other hand, the guy was on a watch list. just like what happened on christmas, the guy bought a ticket with cash, one way and was on a watch list. thank god they did catch him. and the credit does go to the law enforcement. >> but they put him on the watch list once they found his name. >> but he could have got away. but they did a nice job and in a short period of time, so i

think all in all -- we need to tighten the screws more. we can't let this stuff happen. this is a smoking suv in the middle of time square, something is going on there. i don't know what we do, but that's not our job, peter. >> right. i think the one thing that you can say is you had an individual that spotted it, went right to the police and they acted fast. this is everybody's job out there. and this guy is a hero because he did what he did. which he's entitled. >> and we heard senator john mccain saying he has happy that he wasn't mirandized in reference to the obama administration seeking to mirandize some of the people going to trial. what do you think? >> there is the exemption which is out there and so they were able to question him and talk to him and then they can mirandize him. the scariest thing for me would to have some of the convictions thrown out against a guy who

was a u.s. citizen on u.s. land because someone didn't mirandize him. i want this guy in jail, i don't want him walking. so i think that's something we need to consider. >> and i have agree. and you have to understand that senator mccain is in a tough primary out in arizona and he's trying to convince conservatives he is one of them even though there are is a lot of examples that show he is not. and politicians do that. >> and we saw the first tuesday cycle leading up, and jim you were gone a couple of weeks and i'm sure that was dealing with clients looking to get re- elected or elected. >> that's right. i think dan coats, the former senator, came back in and won. but he didn't win convincingly. there was a state senator who at the very last minute some of the conservatives got behind and i think coats got 40% of the vote in a republican primary means 60% of the republicans, the conservatives

in this case, will vote against him. indiana is more and more of a toss up state, not a solid republican state. so that's a race you'll have to watch next year. >> i agree with jim on that. this was a tea party and they didn't quite make it. but to see a lobbyist going from indian and traveling to north carolina. >> and let's talk about the oil spill. some say it might give a boost to president obama's energy and climate bills, others say this is an argument against the off shore drilling. jim, let's start with you. >> i think the biggest problem is this needs to be resolved quickly somehow in terms of fixing the spill. the longer this sits out there, the longer there is -- the oil spill is not contained.

the president can only blame b.p. for so long. at some point fema and apa, a lot of other federal agencies need to get engaged quickly. and the longer this happens, it's sort of like blaming bush. well he isn't president any more. somebody on the left -- one of peter's friends will want to blame this on -- >> i'll lay this on drill, baby, drill. maybe this will go to palin. >> and this could be a quagmire and the president could get in trouble with it politically. >> i'll make a couple of comments. first of all they had 3,000 people on the ground. they had 200 ships on the ground within daysch the federal government moved fast on this one. but secondly, i think, look, it's b.p. that has the technology to cap the wells. they said they can do it. they haven't been able to do it. if it turns out we have ten times as much oil that will be spilled out there, devastate th

and i think the longer term implications of it are we have to take a really good, hard look at off shore drilling after this. arnold schwarzenegger said i was going to get $20 million from our state budget but i'm not doing this. it's over right now. and do you do closer to the shore where you don't go as deep, what kind of things do you do? but i think this will put the off shore drilling stuff on hold for a while. >> you're advocating no more off shore drilling. >> i've never been a big fan to begin with. we better be careful in this. but even the interior department gave waivers and said this is safe, this is no problem. well it's a big problem. >> that's exactly right. that's why it's a big problem for the president. because if he doesn't contain it, peter -- >> but the key problem is the technology is at b.p.

to cap the wells. it's not the government that caps wells. >> but the interior department shouldn't let them off the hook. and drill baby drill has become spill, baby spill. >> i'm looking at our friend sarah palin who is -- she's -- i don't think you'll see much drill, baby drill, out of her for a while. >> ding, ding, ding, thank you very much. protecting the players or other fans or going too far as the philadelphia police commissioner reacts to the fans on the field. then a few days later another one does it. and who made the most of frank sinatra on american idol. idol chatter is coming up next.

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the nationals kicking off a span to play 20 games in 20 days. so far so good, beating the braves. game two tonight at national park. and stephen strasburg is one step closer to the big leagues. he was promoted to triple-a after he went 3-1 with a 1.64 e.r.a. with double-a harrisberg. he struck out 27 batters in 22 innings. one day after a fan was subdued in philadelphia, another fan did the same thing. >> time is called. and a fan has made his way on to the field. >> police did not use a taser to catch the second fan. a man from suburban philadelphia who went on the field during the 9th inning. this is a picture of the game

crasher shown. he was charged with defiant trespass, disorderly conduct and narcotics. this is following a 17-year-old fan taken down by a taser. the police chief said he believes the officer did not use excessive force when he decided to use his taser. did the fan last night not see how the first incident ended when he jump on the field. >> i think the key was he was also charged with narcotics possession. >> did you see the pitcher's reaction when he realized what it was? >> when he realized he was tazed. >> no. when he realized the knownser -- the announcer said a fan came on the field and when the pitcher realized it he was like, here we go again. >> just let us play the game.

>> let us entertain you. >> and speaking of the nationals, i predict the nationals will win 13 of the 20 games. >> last time you predicted with the nationals it didn't go well. so i don't know. >> okay. i'm trying to be a fan. go nats. >> i want them to win 20 of them. >> that was two years ago. >> we still remember. >> good job, tony. >> thank you. >> it's good you're thinking positive. i'll give you that. let's take a look at the weather forecast. we'll start with the satellite radar composite. tucker is not an expert on that. here we go. clear skies across the region. nice start to the day. and it is going to be a nice day today. here is a look at the your surface map, tony, you can show me what is happening today? there is a cold front out there to the west and moves across our region late tonight or early tomorrow. it might trigger a shower or two north and west. mostly sunny tomorrow. five-day forecast, here we go, 82 today. 82 tomorrow. humidity not too bad.

so pretty good as we head toward mother's day. mother's day will be cooler than what we've seen recently. that's the latest on the weather. >> thanks, tony. for all that you do. let's check in with julie wright. >> along the outer loop. delays leaving 95 toward georgia avenue. inner loop clearing out nicely to work back over toward the northwest branch with earlier accident cleared. outer loop in the springfield interchange, heavy, slow and steady toward telegraph road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the housing market pretty tough, but there are some steps you can take to make it a little easier to help the sale go quicklier. >> holly has great advice for us this morning. hi, holly. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of people are asking, how do i sell my house in this down real estate market? the answer is you stage it. we are talking about home staging this morning. what it is, how you do it and why you should do. it it's all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. here's to the believers.

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pretty nice start to your wednesday. it is just about 61-62 degrees. it will get up quite a bit of a jump later on today. it will feel nice. it is 7:51 right now. if you try to sell your home,

you might have heard the term home staging but might not know what it means. >> holly is learning more about the concept of your chancing of making it a big deal. and the best thing for me is we're talking about it again. it's moving again, hopefully. >> there is not a day goes by that we don't talk about the real estate market and there are days when we still hear it is down. but as of late we've heard that it is going back up, which is good. it is still a buyer's market. but if you are a seller, you have to be at the top of your game. i think a lot of people heard about home staging. they might not know what it is but they don't know the real value of it and that's why we're here this morning. we're at 622 quincy street in northwest. there is a new place that has just gone on the market and we have brought in a group called preferred staging. monic amurphy is the president. this is a frenzy in here. i'm going to call you its real house stagers of washington, d.c. because this is a made for tv show. but let's talk about home staging and kind of explain to

people what it is, exactly. >> home staging is a marketing tool so that your house looks better than everybody elses at the same price point. we want to help you get the most money and the fastest sale. most people cannot visualize what a house can be. so we try to show it at the absolute best potential. most people do their shopping online and they look at pictures so particularly like this house, it was a vacant house. spatial relationships are hard to understand when you don't have anything in a room. so when we put furniture and art work, not only are we showing the spatial relationships but we're evoking a feel. >> reporter: because while this house was vacant and you're putting stuff in it, when people go in houses where people are living, if its super personalized, then they only see it as yours. they have a hard time seeing it as theirs. >> exactly.

so when you are going into an occupied home you have to depersonalize, declutter. get rid of the orange paint and put in neutral paint and so people can imagine themselves living herement you want the welcome feel so that we can -- so people can feel like they can live here. >> reporter: and now we come into the kitchen. i want to come up with a plan for this house. let's get started and tell me what you are thinking. >> well when you come into a house, whether it's vacant or occupied, when you come in, if the buyer doesn't like what they see in the first eight seconds, they won't be interested in seeing the rest of the house. so the first impression is the most, starting with curb appeal and then into the hallway. we have to have some bright colors and something interesting to draw people in, be interesting to get them into the house and continue looking around. with the living room, it's a cozy space. have some flush furniture, we'll focus on the fireplace

because that's the heart and people like fireplaces, they want to gather around the hearth. and then here in the kitchen with this wonderful updated kitchen and this big eating area, this is another great gathering space for the family. so we're going to make this bright and cheerful and we have some wonderful light coming in through the back deck. >> reporter: so you're really accentuating the positive. not necessarily hiding things draw-- drawing attention. so what are the decisions in the kitchen. >> with the niches, we'll put things in there. we'll put some display plates up in here, something bright and colorful to draw your eye in. and something you could see yourself coming in here and living and working in here. >> reporter: sometimes when you say people living and working in here, like say you are trying to sell your house and you have all of your stuff in your kitchen and the realtor comes in or the stager comes in and said you need to take the stuff off the counter.

and you're like i use this stuff. >> exactly. it's hard. when you live in your home on a daily basis, versus how you live when your house is on the market. they are two different things. your house is a product and you're trying to sell it. so show as much counter space, as much -- without your stuff in the house. >> reporter: and let's get to the bottom line, how much is it going to increase the chance of selling my house if i stage it. >> less than a month. >> reporter: less than 30 days? >> i've had staged homes sell in one day or a month. i had one sell in 14 daysism and the cost is always less than what the first price reduction will be when you have to lower the price of your house because it's still on the market. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to preferred staging. we'll see what we can do to transform the house and in the

next hour we'll show you the master bathroom and master bedroom and talk to the owner. he's done some green things in the house which also helps sell your house. >> holly, thank you very much. it is now 7:56. the next story i've been trying to block out. it's cinco de mayo. after 8:00, we'll look at the five worst mexican foods to eat as we celebrate. >> they are our favorites, aren't they? >> yep. and marcus, jeanne and jack are back on idol chatter. stay with us.

funeral home in prince george's county forced to shut down after bodies were found piled up 12 feet high in a garage. some even leaking fluids. then montgomery county school leaders threatening to sue the county if its budget gets cut any further. find out what this could mean for your child's education. and also ahead this hour, robin givens and karen clark sheer, two of the stars of the highly anticipated play called church girl join us live here in the studio. good morning. i'm steve chenevey.

>> and i'm allison seymour. and we do have a heads up for you before you hit the road. it's h.o.v. awareness day. virginia and maryland police looking for h.o.v. violators this morning. in virginia they are patrolling interstate 66, 95, 395 and the dulles toll road. to maryland now, police are on i-270 and route 50. so make sure you have enough people in the car before you hop in the h.o.v. lanes like you should every day. but today specially, the chances of getting stopped greatly increased. >> we gave you a heads up where they are. >> and we have pictures of them pulling people over. so they are at it. >> just don't do it. and no need to speed any way or break any rules. it will be a nice day today, so calm down, relax and enjoy it. we have a nice start to the day. and it will be very nice later on. warmer than ever. but still nice. here is a look at the latest sat-rad, standing for satellite radar. we are cloud free and precipitation free and that's the way it shall be for today.

our regional temperatures look like this. currently at reagan national airport it is 61 degrees. new york city is at 63. pittsburgh, p.a., a cool 50 degrees at this hour. and in norfolk, virginia, 63 degrees. so here is your forecast for today, folks. mostly sunny skies, warmer than average, but a nice day. high about 81 or 82 degrees, depending on which graphic we show you. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. more coming up in just a little bit. >> tony, thank you. let's check in with julie wright. >> its funny that tony mentioned something about chilling out and relaxing, because i tend to find people on the roads when its like this, with the top down and the radio blasting and they kind of have a little bit of a lead foot. because the spring fever takes over. i wouldn't know anything about that. but i'm saying other people. >> oh, you, no. no. >> i'm sorry, i have to be politically correct and say my sun roof open and not the top

down. so outer loop of the beltway leaving 95 toward georgia avenue, lanes are open, still heavy and slow and steady. the inner loop is below speed toward new hampshire avenue, even though the earlier wreck has cleared, delays still with you. southbound 95 jammed up from 198 to the beltway. outer loop of the beltway below speed leaving the springfield interchange to van dorn. earlier crashes on the inner loop at van dorn has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. a discovery so disturbing inside this riverdale funeral home that the home has now been shut down. investigators found dozens of bodies piled up and leaking fluids in the garage. the owners plan to fight the suspension. sarah simmons joins us from the funeral home. she just talked with the owner. what did you find out? >> reporter: i just spoke with one of the owners here at the funeral home and crematorium who said they apologize for the

situation at the same time feel they did nothing wrong. well the state board thinks they did do something wrong. they discovered 40 some bodies of men and women inside of a garage in body bags that were strewn all over the place and they said that was not a sanitary condition. they were actually supposed to have been cremated. now they were found in the body bags, about late april, there was a state investigator that came out for an unannounced inspection. it was a follow-up to a previous one where they found some deficiencies. they discover aid large pile of -- discovered a large pile of body bags and leaking fluids. i spoke with one of the owners, thomas chambers, who had to say this moments ago. >> we would like we are terribly sorry for the situation that has occurred. we have completed our agreement with the medical school. we did make a slight error in

judgment which we are trying to rectify with the -- through our attorneys to keep our business open. we would like to stay in business and we'd like to stay open. and so we're working through our attorneys to do that. >> reporter: now, again, mr. chambers said he believes they did nothing wrong. the state funeral board tells me this morn, harry close, they had numerous citations in the past. this was not the first time. one of the other owners as well said these were cadavers from the georgetown university medical school they had a contract to remove those and cremate them and they believe they handled things appropriately. of course now the license for the crematorium has been suspended. they were expected so close down on friday. in the meantime they are just open to finish up any unfinished business but this will continue to develop. there is a hearing set for may 18th, which they will be at.

live in riverdale, sarah simmons, fox 5 news, back to you. >> sarah, thank you very much. we are learning more about the suspect in saturday's failed bombing in times square and the events leading up to his arrest two days later. sources say that 30-year-old faisal shahzad slipped past jfk and was able to buy a one-way ticket to dubai even though his name was on a no-fly list. at one point he attended southeastern university here in the direct. he'll likely face terrorism and explosive charges for trying to detonate an suv bomb in times square. let's check out some of the other stories making headlines now at 8:06. investigators may be hunting for another suspect in the

murder of d.c. principal brian betts. court documents show that cameras caught sharif lancaster, alanta saunders, and dontra gray using his credit cards. they all face life in prison. we learn more about the murder of a university of virginia student. yeardley love was found dead in her charlottesville apartment on monday. in court documents george haguely admitted that he forced her bedroom door open and shook her repeatedly, hitting her head against the wall. montgomery county police need your help finding a missing girl from silver spring. yesly gonzales cruz was last seen saturday night. the 13-year-old is about 5-2, weighs 110 pounds with shoulder- length dark hair. a showdown is looming over montgomery county schools with some education officials saying

they will sue to keep the schools budgets from being cut. there is disagreement of who should decide the money issues for the school district. joining us, nancy fluorine, the president of the montgomery county council. >> good morning. >> i know there is a power struggle. you can give us an idea how we got to this point? >> it's not a struggle in my mind. we have a budget problem and we've asked the schools for help. we all have a joint responsibility to over a million people to find a responsible and fairway to solve what is montgomery county's worst fiscal crisis in history. so we're working together. we've had some conversations. they've shot back with a threat of litigation and i say, look, we're all in this together, we need to partner. i'm going to be furloughed, my staff will be furloughed, county bus drivers are going to be furloughed. as are the people in the health rooms in the school system. we have a joint responsibility

to find a way here. >> i can certainly understand your point of saying you don't see its a power struggle because council is the one putting the issue out there. the school district might see it differently and say that they feel they should have more contract over what the dollar amount is for the school district. so is there an amicable solution without going to court? >> i'm sure there is. as i've said, we've got a lot of challenges in this budget. since the school's budget was first recommended by the county executive, revenue estimates have been written down by almost $200 million. we need the school to share in how we're going to solve that problem. >> i know you're a former pta president and school issues are close to your heart and if the money was available you would be more than available. but what argument do you make

for making cuts when it comes to education? >> over the years we have funded about 99%, if not 100%, of what the schools have needed. and we are committed to working with them through all of this. but, gosh, everyone has to bear some of the burden here. we're devastating our parks department, our recreation programs, services to families, library, we are scrambling and looking at big energy tax increases. but we all have to find a way to share this. and we're the last ones to say to the school system how they share the burden, but we need them to sit down with us and work through this. >> sure. if worse scenario happens and the school district is reportedly showing you a draft of this litigation. but if it goes through and this does go to court, how damaging could that be from a financial standpoint to have to fight a

lawsuit now? >> well is certainly doesn't single-digit a message to the people that their council is worried about problem and not the message we want to send. >> and i'm sure you will work it out. best wishes there. we'll follow-up it on. >> thanks. it's 8:11. >> coming up -- >> more headlines, and more on the volcano in iceland once again disrupting air travel. and it's cinco de mayo and let's look at the worst things you can eat on this may 5th. >> and my prediction too, casey might get the boot tonight. it measures busy signals and said it was 98% last season.

so does our panel agree with this assessment. we'll talk with our american idol chatter when we come back. h pll ckce

8:15 right now as we look at headlines and start down in the gulf where officials continue to watch the massive oil leak. a 2,000 square mile slick now 5- 7 miles away from the lousiana beaches and bayous. an under sea well has been spewing 200,000 gallons a day since the explosion aboard the drilling wig. new wave of volcanic ash has threatened to spill into the air space of scotland and ireland. flights were grounded today. the wicked weather in the south has killed more than two dozen people. much of downtown nashville is under water. the cumberland river that winds around the river, spilled over the banks after getting more

than 13 inches of rain. and heavy tolling taking a parts of mississippi and parts of kentucky. this is how powerful my first 5 is. my 5-year-old said do you think i turn 6 i can be on my first 5. and we have until september and i'm going to have to pull a favor. >> sure. send the picture in and we'll consider it just like any other. we have until september. >> send it in. i think the viewers would love to see that. she is a cutie. >> and it is time for the my first 5 photo of the day. let's take a look. >> oh, look at that. >> that has to be a professional shot photo. this is bentley. >> how precious. >> that's a rich-sounding name. she is 2 months old. >> she's smiling because she knows she's loved. >> what an adorable picture. to send us your child's picture

go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. welcome to the world, bentley. let's look at what is going on right now. take a look at the temperature. 66 degrees. we've jumped up five degrees in one hour. yeah, relative humidity has dropped 68%. and the winds are calm and the barometric pressure is on the rise. here is a look at temperatures around the nation. quite mild in the eastern u.s. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. in miami it is 79 degrees. out to the west, plenty of temperatures in the 30s. denver is at 37. u.s. satellite radar composite, pretty quiet conditions across most of the country. there are some rain showers across the upper midwest and a few rain showers just off the coast of florida, but that is about it. the rest of the country is quiet. five-day forecast, high today about 82 degrees with sunshine. sunshine tomorrow, 82. i don't think either day will be particularly humid. then on friday, could see a shower or thunderstorm late in

the day. maybe early on saturday. 76 on saturday. mother's day, 67 degrees for your high, a rather cool one. that's a look at what is happening with the forecast. now let's find out what is happening with traffic and here is julie wright with that. julie, are you prepping for mother's day, getting your mom something special? >> i am. i have sent off my cards other than like tucker barnes doing the e card. >> that doesn't seem right. >> i'm going to talk to him. >> maybe his momma should talk to him. >> she might not after she gets the e card. >> exactly. my point exactly. here we go. traveling southbound 270 out of rockville, heavy and steady working from falls road toward the split in both the main line as well as the local lanes. below speed. outer loop is slow from 95 to georgia with the inner loop slowing between 355 and the mormon temple. southbound 95, delays at 32 down toward the beltway. and a better ride at outer loop from springfield toward the wilson bridge, delays have eased. 66 is still on the brakes, 7100 to 123, nutley street to the

beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. only five remain now. and last night was old blue eyes night. and here is what i learned. harry connick, jr., is great and frank sinatra is timeless. and you can't call this one boring. >> went in with -- i went in with low expectations. harry connick, jr., bring the picnic and bottled wine. he was the best mentor in american idol history. his arrangements were the best arrangements. and it was an exciting and memorable show. and i want to make a prediction if i may, harry harry connick, jr., replaced simon cowell next

year. >> and i've got your top three after last night. >> let's say this. if you want to jump on my predictions or my band wagon, i'm open to this week. one week only. good morning. what did you think about the show, marcus? it was a good show, right? >> it got better as it went along. >> well then with that, now we're down to five. so we have to talk about everybody every week and let's go if order. aaron kelly, i thought he did a good job. fly me to the moon. here is little aaron. perhaps it's because i love this music. [ music ] >> i thought the judges would like it more. >> this is a great kid. but at this point of the competition, i mean, what else does he have to offer. he does an amazing job of trying. i think the teeny bopper vote

is his. >> it is definitely his. >> but we are looking for its winner that point and he's not it. >> but when you compare aaron to like a peter who is young and doing his thing, no comparison. but this is very difficult music. however in context with the peters of the world, you have to say, this isn't his bag. >> i thought he was okay last night. and it's never easy to go first and it's every easy to go first on music you don't know at all. and credit to harry connick, jr., to get these kids ready. and i hate to say this. it wasn't crystals great night. it could be crystal this week. >> it could be. >> you said it's hard to go first. for casey it was hard to go second. here is casey.

[ singing ] >> great guy and has had some great weeks. a few weeks ago he did the jealous guy from john lennon and that was his high point on the season. his phrasing, and something harry connick, jr., said, something simon said, his phrasing was not frank sinatra- esque and i think the panel will agree with me, love the kid but casey goes home tonight. >> jeanne, what did you think? >> casey, what do you say? he sounded like his bravado was like aa-aaa. >> was it fair to say he sounded like a sheep? >> yes. because it was ridiculous. where his marketability could be, he looks amazing. if his talent could match that, he's great. but he dropped the ball all season. >> should be in rock or country. >> but we call this the red

light special. if you could see a red light on top of this camera, when the red light goes on and you start recording, everything goes like this. it's happened to me before. >> and he freeze. >> and i'm wondering if there was something a little bit -- that could have been done with the arrangement for his voice. >> because he said rehearsal was better. >> and harry came to his defense. we're on a first-name basis now. he said its hard to hear. and we have to move to get through everybody. and now crystal. crystal bowersox. >> i liked it. i didn't love it. i've been a fan of crystal since the audition. i still think she can win it but for the first week i also think lemay be able to win it and big mike. that's the first time i felt that way. crystal wasn't bad, but remember this girl raised the bar so high early on in this

competition, i don't think she met her own personal standard last night. >> does she have to at this point. >> and if the lee vote and aaron votes and big mike votes come in, crystal has a contention out there. >> she looked great. and i love how she takes constructive criticism. >> i'm not going to agree with you there, that she took that constructively. >> it's the way crystal does it. -- it's crystal-esque. >> but realize people are watching you. and she can't let herself right off the back be like that. >> she needs to get a ring from her man. >> she keeps talking about her personal relationship. get a ring already. >> and i thought the hat was short. >> i didn't want to say it. >> you know something, and i

know how you feel about big mike, we talked about this, marcus, but this kid has got talent and he stays true to himself in his own way, in his own quieter way like crystal does. i think he emerged last night as the one who grabbed the mic. he didn't move around on stage a lot. but he knocked it out of the park vocally and his phrasing was dead on, along with lee's. >> very passionate about his performance as usual, but this one he nailed. the atmosphere and the state, he had all of that. >> i did notice that his hat was small. it's just big mike. >> i love the big man. you know i love the big man. and now lee. >> listen to this phrasing here. [ singing ] >> he came into his own. i could stand here and watch this. let me check on how you feel about it? >> i doubted you until this week, but he knocked me out

last night and i loved the way he played with harry connick. harry connick was the best thing that happened all year in terms or maybe ever in american idol. >> he was a jazz musician. >> he brought music back to american idol when it can get karaoke. >> he owned this performance. and this was the best performance in my opinion lee has done. so kudos, really. >> totally believable. i thought it was great. >> and i said to myself, i have to listen to allison this morning. >> he has grown so much. >> you called this one. >> it's not over yet. we'll see you next week. back to you. >> casey goes tonight. >> marcus, i learned a lot time ago, you just have to listen to

allison. and how about robin givens and karen greer joining us live this morning. most people with prefer to sell their homes quickly once they put it on the market, that's why we're hanging out with preferred staging this morning. they are expects in setting up your home so that people, when they come to see it, are encouraged to buy. coming up, the first reveal to see what the owner of this home thinks live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.  in case of everyday emergencies, it's important to be prepared for dinner. that's why i've prepared my perdue perfect portions fresh chicken breasts. they're individually wrapped, so you can cook what you need and store what you don't. [ male announcer ] perdue perfect portions. ready when you are. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses.

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but here off to a great start. >> great looking start. sunshine across the area. yesterday turned out it be beautiful. more of the same today. this forecast is an easy one and most people will love it. 66 now at reagan national. and you can see waking up to generally temperatures in the 60s. 63 in annapolis and 68 in southern maryland. in leonardtown 64. if you are looking at that down in fredericksberg, a perfect day, sunshine expects, very little in the way of humidity and not expecting any rain around here for a couple of days. there is your satellite radar and here is where i say it will be quiet. from northern new england to atlanta, very quiet conditions. a cold front west of chicago that will get in here tonight and hold our temperatures up a little bit and maybe a sprinkle or light shower tomorrow morning for the commute. but that's going to be the worst of it. as we're going to be in for a couple of nice days around here. so this forecast is an easy one. a lot of sunshine and how about that. you don't see that often here in washington. a beautiful day, 82 degrees, low humidity, winds out of the

north and west at about 5 miles per hour. and then tonight we're going to be milder overnight. 64 for the overnight low. partly cloudy out there as the cold front approaches. winds shifting out of the south at 5-10. 82 for thursday. friday night and into saturday, our next best chance for showers and thunderstorms, that's a cold front bringing in cooler air and for mother's day, high temperatures only in the mid-60s. so springtime temperatures toward the end of the weekend. that's a look at the weather. let's go back to the desk. more good news for you. in the world of real estate home sales improving. experts say it's still a buyer's markets. >> so sellers, you have to do everything you can to make it stick outment and that includes making it green. and holly morris joins us live with a home in northwest with tips on that too. good morning. >> reporter: we have a whole lot of tips sharing this morning. making your house green is something people want, staging your house to make it look like something people want, those are all things that you need to

do right now because there is a lot of inventory out there. it is a buyer's market and there are houses at all price points. so you want your house to look the best at which the price point you are going for. so i want to bring in jim gold. jim, come on up here. because he's the owner of 622 quincy in northwest d.c. where we are this morning. good morning to you. you bought this as an investment property. you've been working on it. and so how are you feeling about the real estate market right about now? >> well i think it's been turning around. but it's still sketchy and that's why i wanted to do staging to make sure i have an edge on the competition and get my house sold as soon as possible. >> reporter: and you've done some green things too which we'll talk about because that's a big buzzword people are asking for. so our first room, because they often say that master bath's sell a home, this is the master bath. and let's open this up and inside we will find, vivian

gilbert and has her own home staging, vivian and company. what do you think? >> i think it looks incredible. i want to jump in. >> i don't think they offer that on morning television. >> it looks great. it really looks great. >> reporter: tell me what you were thinking about here in making this inviting. >> well what you to do in a master bath, you want to make it feel inviting and luxurious and lush and like a hotel-spa feel. that's what you're trying to get across for the master bath. you want it to be an if oasis, someplace that you can retreat to and quiet and that you can relax in. >> reporter: what is the number one mistake people make when they are trying to sell their home and getting bath ready for people to look at? >> the number one thing is first of all is its dirty. and if its dirty and they have their toothbrushes and toothpaste and towels hanger. they should clear the counters and clean their bathroom. >> reporter: you don't want it to feel like anybody has been

using it. and check out the futures. >> i don't know if you can turn the camera up but we have a solar tube up at top and it has a skylight dome on top which magnifies the light and the diffuse on the bottom and it has natural light and it saves energy during the day because you don't have to turn on the night switch and it gives a nice feel. >> and turn all of your lives on when you show your house. you want it to be bright. >> reporter: and now we move to the master bedroom and inside we are putting on the finishing touches is lynn gill is, from preferred staging. what do you think? >> i think this is absolutely amazing. to tell you the truth, i'm not surprised and i'll tell you why. because monica just gives you a good impression upfront and i knew it would be incredible. >> reporter: monica owns preferred staging. so lynn, tell me what you were

thinking in terms of making this inviting? >> we were going for the evocative feeling of a retreat. the master bedroom is a decision maker on the house. we wanted it to be calm and inviting and welcoming. there is not clutter or distractions, it's just a nice place to get some rest. >> reporter: and if you live in your house and trying to sell it, never underestimate the power of just getting the wrinkles out of the comforter. so quickly, the green features in here. >> first of all, this was painted a week ago and you can't spell paint. we used low volatile organic compound paint and there is zero v.o.t. in this and it stays month or years after you paint your house. this is a healthy way to paint so you don't have the toxins. if we could run in the closet real quick over here.

>> reporter: real quickly. we're almost out of time. >> this is a carpet made out of corn. >> reporter: really? >> yeah. really. and it's much healthier than traditional carpet which is made out of polyester. >> reporter: let me look in here, because closet space is a decider for me. and this is pretty good. it's a pretty good size. listen, myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to preferred staging. we've done the upstairs. now in our next hour we'll go downstairs and continue working and see what they've done with that and talk with jim and more about his property here and why its green and why he hopes itselfs and makes him some green pretty soon. back to you guys. 8:37 right now. we're getting new information from the department of homeland security about changing for airlines after the car bombing square scare. and if you're looking for work check out our job shop on myfoxdc.com.

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saying let's do it within the 24 hours. >> and notifications to airlines instruct them to check the updated list and if they don't, the airlines could be fined if they don't comply. and again this person was on the list but able to board any way. fortunately he was able to be stopped before he was able to flee to -- to dubai, where he was looking to go. but this is the latest coming in just now from the homeland security officials a reported by the associated press. >> hopefully the airlines can check the list more often and get the people before they get on the planes. and still ahead this morning. >> robin givens and karen clark sheer from church girl join us live in the studio next. we'll be right back.

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take a look at this picture. this suv did not stay in its lane, instead it crashed through a d.c. public library. the suv left a huge hold in the back of the mount pleasant library on 17th street and northwest. a teenager rolled his mom's escalade into the building. he took off with his sister and returned a few minutes later and was arrested. first amazon and then apple

and now google wants a piece of the e book pie. starting in july, google will start selling e books that could be read on any of the devices, including the i pad and the kindle. no word on how much the google e-books will cost. a lot of professors might not be happy to catch students on cell phones during class but one class is encouraging it. >> it is part of a class of creating apps. maureen umeh shows us ap class 101. >> can't find your car or who is singing the song on the radio? no problem. ap has the answer. >> i need a cooking recipe.

>> and some places you could find food. >> reporter: the perfect ap to find things. >> a dictionary, library books, how to find them. >> reporter: some students at the university of maryland don't have to dream any more. >> we come up with ideas every day of applications that don't exist. >> reporter: welcome to programming the iphone. >> you tap on the settings. >> reporter: a new science course where students use cutting-edge technology to create their own apps on smart phones. >> we want to come to students the way they are and they're connected and using substantial networking systems. >> reporter: and they are teaching the class with help from an apple employee. >> the class is more chal everything than i expected. >> reporter: ray is a senior computer science major. he's working on an application that would allow anyone to listen and communicate with the campus radio station. >> you can browse the schedule, listen to the latest show.

>> reporter: michael levins is working on a virtual postcard ap. >> they will track where you took the picture and put a note of what you were doing when you took it and attach sounds and up load them to the internet and send them to your friends. >> reporter: and the goal is for some programs to be used around campus. >> there is a high level of excitement with great students doing great things. we're excited about it. >> reporter: including an ap for shuttles and a tour of the schools arboretum. >> and an ap for firefighters. they could use the maps inside the phone and give them locations of fire hide wants. >> reporter: and the classes working with the school office of technology, which provides phones to test the ap. the apps class is popular. they had to turn students away. >> all it takes is one creative idea. >> showing the kids the future

is a mobile one. >> i would like to work at apple and make ap that's people use every day. >> reporter: limited only by their imagination. maureen umeh, fox 5 news. >> university started a mobility initiative to find out how mobile technology can enhance the learning process and to find out more go to myfoxdc.com and click on special reports under the news tab. the l.a. coroners office has released a cause of death for corey haim. apparently the 38-year-old actor dies of pneumonia, not drugs. he collapsed and died at his mother's apartment back in march. the medical examiner did find medicine and marijuana in his body, but the ruling is that he died of natural causes. rocker bret michaels remains in critical condition but out of the hospital now. the 47-year-old reality star suffering a brain hemorrhage last month but now he is

causing from chemical meningitis. it is a condition that doctors say wears off and they say that he is on the road to recovery. >> he is improving and i expect that he will continue to gradually improve. it takes about 7-10 days more from now. an additional 7-10 days before the blood will completely resolve and he'll begin to feel like he's on the mend and can resume his activities. >> bret michaels was in the hospital for nearly two weeks. and it is cinco de mayo and when we come back we'll take a look at the five worst mexican foods you can eat as you celebrate the day. >> which is good news. >> well maybe we'll get some alternatives for you. 

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about it but we will. >> dieticians with the cancer project are out with a new list of five foods to avoid at mexican restaurants. obesity has been tied to an increased risk of breast cancer and colon cancer. >> many of the foods have more than a day's worth of fat, calories and sodium. number one on the bad food list, the charbroiled steak nachos at baja fresh mexican grill. it looks yummy and sounds delicious and pack a whopping 2073 calories and 113 grams of fat. i hope you're sharing with the entire restaurant. number two on the list, the grilled fajita salad at chevy's. and the crispy honey chipotle

at chili's. and number four the cordova, and the burrito. and for more information go to myfoxdc.com to see them all. and wee put the alternatives online at myfoxdc.com. >> and its not just water and chips. i don't like that. and allison and tony will take us through the next hour with special guests. >> and coming up at 9:00, we have some modern job hunting tip that's new grads and anyone can find to use work these days. and in the next hour, robin givens and karen clark due beaud last night with -- debuted last night with church

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welcome back to the next hour of fox 5 morning news. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. here are a few stories coming up. we've been talking about this one. a prince george's county funeral home, disturbing discovery in the garage of that funeral home. dozens of bodies piled 12 feet high. this morning the funeral director is speaking out about the story. also in massachusetts, a convicted killer, he did his time, he's now going for a job. he was convicted of murder some years ago. now he wants a new job. we'll tell you what position he's applying for that has many in that community quite upset. and there is a new stage play in town called church girl and we're talking to two of the stars. karen clark and we know her from the clark sisters family and r&b legend and talking about her new play. and also actress robin givens who