a big staffing announcement from the white house. the chief of staff rahm emanuel is out. so, who is in? we're live on capitol hill with details. >> plus, much of the area's done with the rain but the flooding continues this morning. we've seen high water in maryland and virginia and enough to even close some local schools. tucker barnes is joining us now with a look at the forecast. yesterday, it was all we were talking about. today has eased up a whole lot. >> that's right, allison. cloud cover generally across the region as we start out on your way this morning. few light showers and a couple of sprinkles across the area. you can see the worst of the thunderstorm activity and rain that really moved through again. another second round there during overnight hours is off to the north and east. it will be quieter today. guess what. we've got more sunshine in the forecast with high temperatures in the low to mid-70s. currently, 62 at reagan national. 64 in fredericksburg. 62 patuxent nail air station. breezy today. i think we'll kick the clouds up by mid to late morning. more and more sunshine.

should be a sunny and bright afternoon after early clouds. early clouds, afternoon sun. 74 degrees your afternoon high with winds gusting to about 20 miles per hour. more details on the forecast. a look at the all-important weekend forecast coming up. back to you. tucker, thank you. our top story this morning, staffing changes at the white house. we're just two hours away from president barack obama announcing the resignation of the chief of staff rahm emanuel. announcement has been rumored for weeks. it looks like it will be official. >> this is happening as voters seem to be sending a new message to the white house. fox's doug luzader is live on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, doug. >> reporter: good morning. big changes for the white house. rahm emanuel, the chief of staff is going to announce he's stepping down. he we'll also probably hear who the temporary replacement is. it comes at a critical time for the white house. president obama hasn't kept this kind of schedule or had these kinds of adoring crowds since he campaigned for his job

two years ago. he was in d.c. speaking at a hip-hop concert and rally, trying to harness some of the energy. and calling for votes and patience. >> we have to move this country forward for you and your future. so, there better not be an enthusiasm gap, people. >> the obama team takes a hit today. hard-hitting chief of staff rahm emanuel will announce he's leaving to run for mayor of chicago. he will be replaced at least temporarily by another white housinsider. senior advisor peter rouse. >> pete has been with senator- elect senator, president-elect and now president obama. >> this is not exactly new blood particularly at a time when the white house itself is under such a microscope. even though the president isn't on the ballot in next month's midterm election, a new fox news poll shows that 75% of registered voters will try to send a message to the white house for or against. >> i predict the stormy water

we've seen in the republican prime minister will lead to a tsunami on november 2nd. >> the white house thinks an aggressive campaign by the president and crowds like this will help turn back that time. one of the biggest challenges for the white house, that same fox news poll shows that 86% of voters think the country is still in a recession. tony and allison? >> doug, thank you very much. now to the area flooding from all of this rain we had yesterday. it is worst in maryland. schools are closed in st. mary's county because of the flooding overnight. water is covering roads in the center of great mills and school buses couldn't make their rounds. also, in st. mary's county, water rose so fast that officials were worried about the water flowing over the dam. they were ready for mass evacuation there. the water was rising a foot an hour. at the height of this, last night. but now it has leveled off. authorities are watching it closely. no evacuations ordered there. the foggy weather is

creating a tough day on the roads and on the rails. vre stations are seeing weather-related delays and cancellations. traffic is far from easing. sherry lee joins us at north quaker lane with more. sherry? >> allison, it has been one of those no-win situations for commuters all morning long. traffic here along 395 is finally starting to move. but it has been rough getting here. flooding has shut down some streets throughout the area. and then vre has canceled service on one line and the other is experiencing major delays. the problems are downed power lines and potential flooding. the commuter rail line said there would be no service today on the manassas line which runs from broad one to union station. vre says low power lines in the alexandria area are blocking the track and dominion power can't get to those lines until noon. forcing vre to cancel the

service. the fredericksburg line is running but flash flood restrictions through 7:00 a.m. this morning meant trains had to operate more slowly, causing significant delays. the roads weren't much better in some areas where the torrential rains left flooding behind. on browns mill road near beulah in vienna, the road was closed this morning after the run overflowed. water over the road was as much as a foot deep. this is a low-lying area. probe to flooding and heavy rains. it is the same area that flooded just over a month ago. now, vre customers who can get to -- can't get to metro can use metrorail for free if they show their vr, ticket. those who decided to drive, traffic again here along 395 is moving although it is still heavy at times. and that also means with the additional people on the roads, the commute home tonight could also be a little bit longer. tony? >> all right, sherry, thank you very much. that's true. in other news this morning, federal investigators are now

trying to figure out what caused the deadly bus crash on i-270. state police have ruled out mechanical problems as the cause and investigators are now looking into claims by passengers that the driver passed out right before the crash. the driver, 66-year-old joseph claybaugh of hanover, pennsylvania, was killed in the crash. all of the 11 passengers were injured. they're students and chaperones from carlisle, pennsylvania. they were headed back home after a day at the national zoo. and the mall. >> it was over in about ten seconds. >> did it roll once or twice? >> three or four times. >> the bus was in an hov lane on interstate 270 in bethesda when it left the road and rolled down an embankment. finally stopped on a jersey barrier that kept it from falling into traffic below. thousands of people will come to washington tomorrow for the one nation working together march. civil rights leaders, union leaders, peace activists, celebrities, organizing the

event to demand jobs for americans. district council president and the presumptive mayor elect, gray, says unemployment affects everyone in the district. he's one of several local leaders supporting this march. there is also a rally planned tonight by the reverend al sharpton called the community empowerment rally. and it is at the allen chapel at the of a can american methodist church in southeast. soon, you'll be able to renew your driver's license and get an h.i.v. test at the same place. starting tuesday, you can get free h.i.v. tests at the dmv. it is a one-year project aimed at reaching residents in a city where 3% of the population tested positive for h.i.v. a.i.d.s. the test is oral and results will be available in 20 minutes. it is october 1st. that means new laws go into effect in maryland. in addition to the ban on using hand-held cell phones while driving, a new move over law

requires drivers to shift lanes if emergency vehicles are stopped. it creates minimum standards for registering sex offenders. another change starting today has to do with child support payments, new guidelines raised the scale for payments based on the combined income of the parents. voters in montgomery county will once again have a chance to weigh in on a recently passed ambulance fee. maryland's court of appeals has reversed a lower court ruling. that means the fee will appear on the november ballot. controversy over thousands of rejected petitions signatures prompted the november referendum. allison, more smart phone users are being targeted by robbers in our area. now one victim who fought back is speaking out. fox 5 caught up with a riding on metro's red line yesterday afternoon playing a game on his smart phone. he says a teenager snatched his iphone at the dupont circle metro stop. he was able to wrestle his phone out of the teen's pocket and with the help of a metro employee, hold him until police arrived. the kid came up from behind me and took my phone out of my

hand like this. saw him put it in his pocket. he sprinted out the doors. they were probably working in packs. like the intimidation factor that they use to do whatever they can to get what they want. >> police say these types of crimes are on the rise and in some cases, smart phone users are actually being conned into handing over their devices. police say there's tracking software that you can have placed on your smart phone in the event it is stolen. are you feeling lucky these days? maybe it is time to take your chance on the slots. >> maryland's first casino is open. and it is already crowded. >> thanks, john. and healthcare has been a hot topic for congress, of course. now one viewer wants to know just exactly how much our friends on the hill pay for their health coverage. we're asking -- or answering that question in today's ask allison. we've recruited a special guest to help out. we'll be right back.

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maryland's first casino is now officially open in perryville just off i-95 near the delaware/spain border. fox 5's john henrehan reports some of the machines are designed to emulate the table games at regular casinos. rainstorm the ceremonial ribbon -- >> three, two, one. >> all right. >> has now been cut. the new pollywood casino in perryville nearly two years after maryland voters decisively approved the introduction of slots parlors. although the free state has come to legalize gambling later than its neighbors delaware and virginia, the glisy $98 million slots emporium is designed to capture the business. >> we're preventing dollars that used to fly across the border from leaving.

instead, they're staying here. >> construction and licensing of its 1500 slot machine facility was finished early. so parent company penn national decided to open three days early on monday. customers found this place quickly. average number of people coming through the door, 7,000 a day. >> among them, baltimore resident katherine crewhart who thinks nearby gaming is long overdue. >> i just love the slots. >> have you played slots in other states? >> yes, i have. atlantic city, las vegas. wherever, i've been there. >> under the terms of the gambling license, the state captures 67% of the profit from each machine. and although this is technically a slots only parlor, some of the machines are clearly designed to compete with nearby table gaming. this is roulette. this is three card poker. and this is electronic blackjack, complete with a virtual dealer. in perryville, maryland, john

henrehan, fox 5 news. pen national says total employment at its new casino will amount to 350 jobs. ♪ let's give 'em something to talk about ♪ >> it is time for us to answer our ask allison question this week. this week's question deals with the government. it comes from a viewer named valerie. valerie asks can you tell me how much the elected leaders on the hill pay for their health coverage. well, valerie, i recruited some help for this question. i went to an expert that you might recognize from the show. ed o'keefe with "the washington post" joins me this morning to help explain this one. ed writes the federal eye blog there at the post. >> my wife's name is valerie. i hope it wasn't her writing it. >> i suggest you get ed o'keefe to help you. no. i'll bet it wasn't. thanks for doing this. >> good to see you. >> when i went to research this myself, i couldn't get a firm grasp on it. it is kind of serious. i thought i would go to it. >> i had to do some digging. most lawmakers, house and

senate members made $174,000. if you're a in a leadership position like harry reid or steny hoyer of maryland, you're earning about $193,400. nancy pelosi earning $223,500. >> wow. >> that's -- ok. >> good chunk of change. >> so, the question also talks about their health coverage. they have like the best health coverage. >> well, it is funny because there's some perceptions. you think lawmakers voting themselves pay raises. they haven't given themselves a pay raise in more than two years. they pay into the similar exact healthcare plan that all federal workers pay into. federal employee health benefits program. they and their staffs both here and on capitol hill wherever they are. most federal employees are members of the blue blue cross/blue shield standard plan. so, that means most are paying about $175 a month for single coverage. $400 a month if you're on a family plan. >> the perception -- i know

that they get it for life. it is a benefit. that's the thing where people say well, federal health -- excuse me, federal workers have it better than the average worker. apples to apples if you know what i mean. but we've talked about that before. that's also been debunked. it comes in when we're talking about pensions and healthcare and all of that. thank you for that. while we have you here, yesterday when i called, you were working on the postal stamp question. was it going to get raised by the 2 cents. what happened with that? >> stamp prices at least for now will not go up to 46 cents in january. postal regulators said no, you can't do it. they had argued they needed to do it because of the recession. that this had caused extraordinary circumstances, that justified raising the rates. >> that's like a $7 billion shortfall. >> in a few hours, they'll announce they have a $5 to $7 billion shortfall. second year in a row they've lost that much money. the regulator said the recession has been exceptional. certainly a goodtron raise rates but the reason you're losing money is you have this

bad business model and you have to fix it. >> but don't we like seeing our postal person? >> it is a bill. >> interesting problem there. >> it is. their problem continues. ed, thank you so much. >> good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> valerie o'keefe, thank you for writing in that question. >> if you would like a question you want me to tackle for you, head to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab for links to ask allison. tony, i might say nancy pelosi might make more than $200,000 but what a job she has. >> oh, yeah. >> she needs to good health coverage. >> my goodness. that's a lot. >> thank you, allison. coming up, the man accused of that deadly shooting at the holocaust museum. now, new information this morning about another intended target of james von brawn. that story is next. plus, holly is going green by focusing on the sun this morning. she's getting ready for the annual solar tour. she'll join us live later.

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you can set your calendar to it during football season. it is friday. dave ross is here talking about the 'skins. this week, the game against the eagles. >> the question is can they turn things around? the redskins, that is. well, the eagles certainly did. remember, they lost in week one. then all of a sudden vick comes in. kevin cobb goes down. redskins have the same eagle predicament. they win in week one and lose the last two. >> i like pennsylvania. >> but everybody's been talking about it. donovan mcnabb in his return to philadelphia. i guess the million dollar question is will he be booed? let's think about it. he was booed the day he was drafted by the eagles! so, why on a won't he be booed? >> it is a given. it is philly! >> it is not going to be any surprise. 11 years, what he did in philadelphia, he shouldn't be booed. he was cheered wildly when he came here. i do think he has been pretty

good. i'm a little surprised they lost last week because i thought that's when the veteran leadership that he has would wear off on some of the younger guys. that's neither here nor there. but don, we asked you, did you think you will be booed? >> hopefully cheers. you know. 11 years have been great. it has been 1 great years. you -- it has been 11 great years. >> knowing them, they'll probably boo him. they booed him when they were winning games for them. sure we'll hear a lot of boos. >> they boo everybody. they boo santa claus and the tooth fairy. it will be fun though. >> if you boo santa claus, you're going to boo donovan mcnabb. >> some of our younger viewers may not remember that. >> it was a cut away of santa claus. you hear 50,000 people boo! what did santa do?

that's philadelphia for you! right there. >> we talked about clinton portis. you and i discussed this and whether or not he's in mike shanahan's doghouse. whether or not ryan will be the starting runningback. here is the question if we remember from a week ago. he breaks off a nice 27-yard run. it look like he decides discussions a better part of valor. i'll sit on down and avoid contact and maybe not get the extra yardage i could have gotten. we asked clinton, he addressed the situation and asked why he wasn't playing. >> i have no idea why i changed. i didn't get into detail about it. i mean you can go watch the run over and over and over again. if i had the chance to do it again, i would do the same thing with five people around me. maybe i could have picked up four more yards. >> he will always give you great effort. i've never been around him

where he hasn't given 110%. one of the most competitive individuals i've ever been around. starting sunday. >> ok. so, he's starting sunday. i don't know that i'm buying all of that from mike shanahan. >> he was playing possum to me. i had an image of him. i'm down. >> yeah. i think that's it. >> but they're missing something. >> there is a disconnect there. ryan terrain will see action. clinton will start as coach shanahan said. we should keep watching this. there could be a change if things don't go well for clinton. something to keep an eye on. >> use both of them. throw everything you got. >> because we don't want the season to be over. allison said earlier, they lose -- >> tough schedule. >> here's why -- i understand why you say that. we still have a lot of opportunities to win but you have a lot of opportunities to lose, too. the schedule does not get any

better. >> correct. >> paramount game. >> thank you, dave. appreciate it. >> come on, 'skins. >> tucker barnes? >> move right on to weather. it will be -- >> i hope so. >> i won't be here monday. let's get to the forecast. and talk about the rain we had around here yesterday. impressive in across the entire area. generally three to six inches of rain. extremely impressive. staggering amounts off to the bay. reagan national, close to five inches. these are storm totals. bwi, six inches. dulles, close to five inches. check this out. lake riviera in anne arundel county near annapolis, 2.22 inches. courtney overlooked. annapolis, 9 inches of rain. 9 inches of rain. in annapolis yesterday. plenty of cleanup as you get to the east here into anne arundel county down to st. mary's county. still have a lot of flooding we're dealing with.

we're going to start to clear things out here. we should see a return to sunshine here. not too often. the rain is out of here. you can see it pushing off to the north and east. we've still got some cloud cover. a few more hours. get rid of the cloud cover. then things should start to quiet down as we get into the weekend. the first half of the weekend, saturday, should be bright and sunny. out to the west, in the ohio valley, a lot of sunshine around here. and seasonal temperatures. about 70 or so tomorrow. then we'll see a few more clouds saturday night. it won't be a great looking sunday. generally speaking, it should be dry. as we'll have a cold front. there it is approaching from the north and west. it will hang out here for the day on sunday. >> all right, breezy out there right now. winds gusting out of the north and northwest up to about 25 miles per hour. 21 in washington. 31 now out at dulles. a breezy afternoon even with the sunshine. cool out there with temperatures only in the 70s. low to mid-70s and a breeze out of the north and west. 64 in washington. 62 pat ex-ent naval air

station. 61 in winchester. highs will be back in the 70s. about 74 degrees. early clouds. morning clouds. afternoon sun. breezy as mentioned at times here with winds out of the north gusting to about 25 miles per hour. here's your weekend forecast. lots of sunshine tomorrow. highs about 70. if you want to go out tonight, no problems. bring along a jacket. it will be cool with overnight lows in the upper 40s and mid- 50s in town. i mention the cloud cover. saturday night. sunday, monday, tuesday, a little unsettled. could be showers around here late sunday with high temperatures only in the 60s. going to feel like october before the end of the weekend. that's a look at the forecast. guys, back to you at the desk. tucker, thank you so much. my heart is breaking for their families. for their friends and for our society that continues to let this happen. these kids needed us. and we have an obligation to change this. >> well, of course, that's talk show host ellen degeneres talking about a string of teens from around the country committing suicide because of

bullying. 13-year-old seth walsh, asher brown, 15-year-old billy lucas and now 18-year-old tyler clemente all took their own lives last month. the most recent rutgers college freshman, tyler clemente. >> now, there's word this morning that the college freshman may have known he was being spied on before a video of him involved in a sexual encounter spread across the internet. sarah simmons joins us with more on the latest on this string of senseless deaths. sarah? >> tony and allison, students at rutgers are still reeling over the death of tyler clemente. many are calling it cyberharassment. and another reports he may have been trying to get help. >> it is really scary. >> students who live in the same dorm as tyler clemente can't believe he may have known he was being recorded. the rutgers university freshman took his own life after police say he was recorded by a webcam in his room during a sexual encounter. now, gawker.com is reporting tyler complained about a spying

roommate on a message board for gay men. saying "the fact that the people he was with saw my making out with a guy is a scandal whereas i mean c'mon, he was spying on me. do they see nothing wrong with this"? >> antigay discrimination and even hatred is a problem on campuses nationwide. >> steven goldstein of garden state equality says the coming out process begins in college. but says this incident sends a message to college kids that they'll be harassed if they come out. >> he was robbed of the process to come out on his own terms. his dignity was robbed. and then his life was robbed. >> new jersey governor chris christie got emotional when asked about this case. >> i can't imagine what those parents are feeling today. i can't. >> at least 45 states have adopted cyberbullying laws. but legislation may not be the answer. >> i think what we're seeing here really is the

dehumanizing, depersonalizing aspect of this technology. yes, we definitely have to get the word out that you can hurt people with this. >> the two teens who live streamed clemente's encounter could face prison time. they're charged with invasion of privacy. >> are they cold-blooded, intentional killers? no. did they act in reckless disregard of this young man's feelings of his privacy, of his humanity? yes. and look at the end result. >> and according to wired safety.org, cybercruelty has been linked to at least 36 suicides by young people in the last four years. a new program formed in tyler's name is being kicked off on college campuses rather. it is called step up, speak out. and it is to get students to condemn cyberharassment. now, if you or a child is a victim of bullying or cyberbullying or you know someone who is being bullied and you want to get help, we do have some tools for you on our web site. you just have to head to myfoxdc.com and click on the

web link that just goes to show everybody out there that there is some help. they don't have to go through this by themselves. tony? >> and that people care about them, too. sarah, thank you so much. man, that's a sad story. >> we've done segments on this over and over and over again. it is a growing problem and it is a obviously a serious problem. >> all right. thanks, sarah. >> well, two american balloonists disappear off the italian coast. we'll tell you about a joint rescue effort to find them. >> a rescue for the president of ecuador who was holding him hostage and why? >> plus, how the event is affecting his country. >> let's take another look at today's trivia question. what did beethoven routinely do as he sat down to write music? the answer is coming up in a little bit. fox 5 morning news at 9:00 continues right after the break. it is 9:37. t

the first for two missing american balloonists in italy is intensifying this american. richard abruz zoe and carol reimer davis were on a balloon race when they lost contact over the adriatic sea on wednesday. eight navy planes are joining italian boats and aircraft in the search. the hot air balloon race was to see who could fly the farthest on a limited amount of natural gas. in pakistan, a convoy is attacked while bringing supplies to our troops in afghanistan. militants torched dozens of trucks in the convoy. they set fire to about 30 oil tankers inside pakistan. it happened on the same day that pakistan closed the border to nato supply convoys. that was in protest over a u.s. helicopter raid in pakistan that killed three. pakistani soldiers. in ecuador, there was an

attempted coup by rebellious police. they attacked the president with tear gas. and when he was rushed to the hospital, they surrounded it. after several hours, soldiers rescued him and fired guns and grenades at the police. three died in the chaos. the army is now in charge after police went on a nationwide strike. a state of emergency has been declared. president raphael says there will be no mercy for the coup leaders. he's been named comedian of the year by the american comedy awards. he has -- >> oh, no. >> craig is one funny guy. there he is. he joins us next for a little fun and he's going to talk about his new children's book with tony. >> he has a couple of kid's books. he's a long time favorite. >> holly is going green this morning. she's up next with more on our area search for the sun. keep it right here. we're back in just a few minutes. [ male announcer ] have something you love doing?

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if you're looking for a way to let loose after a rainy and dreary thursday, and a dreary start to friday, check out funnyman craig shumaker at the arlington cinema and draft house. he's in town for shows tonight and tomorrow night. and he joins us now, craig shumaker. how are you, man? >> good to see you again. >> good to see you. i told -- we heard you were going to be in town. you were going to come on the show. i told the staff i worked with this guy years ago back when i did comedy back at the comedy cafe a long time ago. do you remember me? >> i actually booked you so you owe me 10% and over time, i don't know what that will equal now. i know you're making the big bucks now. >> well, no, no. >> you're in a tie. look at me. [ laughter ] >> because -- you know what you're doing, you've done this forever. how long have you been doing comedy now? >> 29 years. >> 29 years. >> you saw it through your -- you're in l.a. you are winning awards and comedy central. >> the only thing the award did

was heighten the resentment of other comics. you know other comedians. >> the previous winners though were jeff foxworthy and ellen degeneres and jerry seinfeld. i'm ready for my own sitcom with a gay redneck. remember i used to do the don knotts impress. i'm doing the barney fife saying you gotta nip it in the bud, andy. he said i can't do that anymore. look at you! you do me better than me! great way to meet the guy. i end up blooping him in a movie. he replaced his voice because he was sick. he plays a tv repairman. it is my voice. boom, what do you call that right there, bud? the forbidden fruit here in pleasantville. >> interesting you would replace him because he was sick. because you know, a lot of people probably think it was don knots in a movie. >> a lot of people don't realize there is a lot of that

that goes on in films. i do it all the time. you have to do impressions of people. it is a voice duping. it is an interesting career. it is not going to get me anywhere. i'm not going to fill the arlington draft house going didn't he replace the voice of patrick stewart once? >> that could be your intro! >> you've done a bunch of great things. one of your specials in comedy central. one of the highest voted, highest rated special on comedy central. you have a couple of books out now. >> my kids really influence me a lot. i know you had that happen. my one son, my oldest son has been a big influence on a lot of things. he found my typewriter. he goes what's this? i said your laptop? where is the screen in i said son, things are different now. i wrote this books you have now what your daddy had then so we can bridge the generation gap. daddy had tang. the kids have no idea what tang is because they have all of the

blended drinks. we had one flavor, two tablespoons, that was it. it is what the astronauts drank. kids don't even know astronauts. i said to a kid in the audience, name an astronaut. he goes buzz lightyear. >> oh, no. >> somebody else said louie armstrong. i got lance armstrong. doing the tour de moon. >> it is a generation is completely different. >> when you think about it, because when we grew up, we had black and white tvs when we were kids. there's or four channels. >> what was the remote? me. i was the only boy in the family. then when it breaks, you have the needle nose pliers. you can only go so far. exactly. you had to be the antenna. bend yourself like a picasso painting. the book bridges that gap. we play games that didn't cost a fortune like they have now. we played tag. you have a hand and you tag.

kids drive me nuts. >> our birthday parties were at home with a hat on your head and a cake and that's it. you didn't have entertainers or go out someplace where you're climbing walls and bouncing around. >> went bowling. most you did was bowling. now we have weed bowling party at our house with this three ounce -- i have perfect form. i'm getting splits. my son is reclined on the couch sipping -- doing this. cartoon bowling. i took him real bowling. if you're listening out there, i said here is a 13 pound ball. wear shoes that have been worn by 900 people and they're cleaned by a poisous gas cloud so you can develop some immunity bubble boy. i'm going out of my mind. gutter guards so schuyler doesn't get a gutter and have issues for the rest of his life. >> talk about resentment of other comics. i think you're reglebting your kids a little bit.

>> i'm resisting this generation. >> we pacify them. >> we're pacifying them too much. it is crazy. the way everything is automatic. you go to the bathroom, right. a public restroom, you walk away, it flushes itself. we don't have that toilet at our house. >> you know what? i have a 7-year-old. that could explain some things. you're right. >> the thing that is broke to open your car door. he goes thing is broke. i said put the thing in the door. he said i don't want to start the car. you can apply yourself and use your fingers in other ways besides this. >> great concepts for books. what you have now, what your daddy had then and what you had now, what your mommy had then. you appear tonight and tomorrow night at the arlington cinema draft house in arlington. great venue for comedy. been there many times. >> great to see you. >> stop in. >> i got a lot of stuff about parenting you're going to enjoy. >> ly try to do that. >> your poor child and say i

have a different perspective now. >> craig shoemaker, thanks a lot. >> we don't want it to end. that's so funny. thank you so much. tony, thank you, too. harnessing the power of the sun is not a new idea. one that has taken off. holly is spending the morning with participants of the d.c. area solar tour. it is going on this weekend. holly, good morning. >> good morning. there's lots of opportunities for people to see what solar homes are like. there are 70 homes on the tour. this is the 20th year they've done the tour. one of their star pupils -- i would have to say is scott because when i was going through the program, scott, and looking at the different homes, i was really amazed at all of the different technologies that are out there. it is not just about putting one panel on your roof. how many do you have here at your house? >> i have about 40 different technologies, all commercial and all cost-effective. and that's the point is to show people there are options so you don't have to go for one

particular technology and you can save a lot of energy at the same time. and money. >> you can find out what ecofriendly option is best for you. >> let's start on the roof with your house. take us up there and tell us what we're seeing. >> absolutely. >> we're starting with the water heater. >> yes. >> what we're seeing is when i put a second story on this home, i put in a solar water heater which added about $10 a month to my mortgage. saved me $25 a month the day i did it. and it is absolutely cost- effective. we have a million buildings in the united states with solar water heating which sounds like a lot but the city of tokyo alone, countries of israel and australia have more than a million buildings. so, it is cost-effective technology. >> right next to that, you have actual -- maybe solar panels. >> traditional solar, polycrystal panels made in maryland. and when you weatherize your house with insulation and double pane argon filled windows, coatings and compact

fluorescents and l.e.d.s and energy star appliances and reduce the electricity and the natural gas needs, then all of the solar water heaters and solar electric panels really reduce your energy. >> let's come back out here live. down on the ground and kind of tell me with a we're looking at here. >> we're look at a metal steam roof above my porch. and on that, you'll see blackwood to the ridges. that is the new peel and stick tags where you pull the back off like a band-aid. you put a little glue still on the metal seam roof. don't have to screw anything in. it sticks to it. it is much easier. it looks a lot better. so, for the commercial businesses i work with, i really recommend that. and then for this home to really make sure i reduce my energy loads, way down, it is obviously one of the biggest loads is heating and cooling. so, we drilled four 100 foot holes filled with copper pipe with greenhouse gas friendly

refrigerants into a gee joe thermal heat pump. that has reduced my heating load by 30% and it about a four year payback. cost-effective. in 900,000 buildings across the united states, mostly schools. but not use so much in residential and needs to be promoted. >> we've got a minute. i want to make sure we get to the backyard. to your other building off the grid. >> absolutely. this is a small two story office building. it has solar electric roofing shingles. a solar daylight tube into the bathroom. that little solar panel drives a ceiling fan. i have a small half a kilowatt wind turbine that runs at night when the wind blows. we have a lot of outages here. i also have a hydrogen fuel cell in the back. i believe one of the first in virginia. and first leased fuel cell in the united states. >> the big question is when it comes to all of this

ecofriendly technology is there is an up-front cost. right? so, how do you go about convincing people -- i'm sure obviously the solar home tour is one of the ways you do that in talking with them. how do you go about convincing people to have that money now. spending it now. really is worthwhile. >> well, there are three ways to look at it. most simply, if you're doing renovations and you're already financing it, finance all of the energy efficiency things as part of your loan and just pay it over time. you'll usually save more energy than anything you're adding to your loan. the second way to look at it is if you're putting in l.e.d. light bulbs or gel fills, energy efficient windows, you're going to reduce your energy costs immediately. >> the third reason. you're going to have to come out on the tour. find out for yourself. >> scott, thank you so much. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to theirs so you can find out exactly how to go about going on the tour. downloading the brochure for free. so that it can give you a map on where you need to go.

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