perkins because i haven't been hearing the weather cast so far. is that what that is? >> oh, yeah. >> oh, that's haze. good morning to you. our humidity level is at 90% right now so we have the haze and we had some fog as well. you may still encounter that in parts of the region this morning. let's give you your weather headlines for the day. the main thing that you want to know is that the week will start sunny. we do have sunshine now but again haze, humidity on the rise. not just today but through the week. we'll have more humid weather than over the weekend and at the end of last week. heat wave returns this week. today will be okay. but after today it gets warm. could see thunderstorms but not until late in the week. current temperatures. we'reef in the district. 65 at dulles. 63 in baltimore. fredericksberg is at 63. frederick, maryland, is at 57. ocean city, 64 degrees.

your day planner for today looks like this: morning haze, giving way to sunny skies, a warm day, increased humidity. look for a high of about 84 degrees today. more details on that forecast coming up and we'll take a look at the five-day shortly. right now we go to julie wright. the crew in sky fox is above the american legion bridge between montgomery county and fairfax. the lanes are open and traffic is flowing freely as you travel between 270 and the exits there at tysons corner. toll road in good shape with no incidents from 28. 7 looks good into the beltway. we'll continue with our cameras and a slow go on 395 leaving the beltway past duke street. it's heavy and steady and again from boundary channel to the 14th street bridge. and more delays out of woodbridge across the occuquan. no incidents along new york avenue but receiving record at

kenilworth blocking the left rain slowing your roll from riverdale. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. we start this morning with breaking news from fairfax county where three people have been stabbed early this morning. the investigation unfolding on braddock springs road in centreville. our crews are live on that scene. we do know one of the three people stabbed died at the apartment in the 13800 block of braddock springs. two other victims were flown helicopter to the hospital. no word on their conditions right now. also new overnight, a 12- year-old boy recovering after being shot in the ankle in the district. it's one of two shootings overnight. the 12-year-old was shot around 11:30 in the 3400 block of minnesota avenue southeast at 11:30 last night. investigators say the boy may have been the victory of a robbery. the other shooting happened around 3:45 at 7th and l. near the convention center. a man shot in the stock acand

no word on his condition. we might see what happened when sulaiman brown testifies before the d.c. council committee about allegation that's brown was paid off by the gray administration and promised a high-paying government job. sarah simmons is back with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. the man at the center of alleged hiring impropriety can prove there is a money trail from the gray campaign to his campaign. sulaiman brown said gray's people paid him to stay in the race for mayor and bad mouth fenti. brown said he was promised a city job once gray got into the office. it's a job he got and then lost. brown tells fox 5 when he testifies this afternoon he'll show the committee several money orders from grays people and said the fbi got dna from

envelopes used to deliver money from gray's campaign. but even with all of that talking to us, it really took a superior court judge to get him to talk to councilwoman mary cheh. >> i'm sort of surprised by this because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began and he said he was very happy to do that, didn't need a subpoena. >> reporter: campaign records show brown accepted more than $600 in contribution which he said came from gray campaign consultant howard brooks. some of the names were misspelled but he said the donations came from payton michael, who is payton's girlfriend and a relative of howard brooks. today's hearing is set to begin at 1:00 this afternoon. look for coverage on myfoxdc.com and on fox 5 news at 5:00 we'll have the very latest. allison? >> sarah, thank you. in another controversy, dogging city hall, the attorney

general is expected to announce the details of the investigation into harry thomas' personal suv and who paid for it. thomas said that he used his own money to buy the audi suv from a company that he owned before he became a council member but there are questions about whether that company got a sidable payment from his campaign committee and whether the suv should be reported as a gift or income. the former head of the international monetary fund goes in front of a judge in new york. dominique strauss-khan will try to clear his name. he's already claimed his innocent of all charges and is expected to plead not guilty. the 62-year-old french diplomat facing five years in prison and could get up to 25 years in prison. other stories making headlines around the world, the mim terri -- the military said five american troops killed today in central iraq. no more details on how the five

died. it is the single biggest loss of life to military in ten years. and in yemen there were celebrations when the president left the country. he was wounded in arocket attack on friday but there are conflicting reports about his return. he said he's coming become and the vice president is now in charge. protestors are planning to form a temporary presidential council. israeli troops bracing for more border violence after deadly clashes with protestors who tried to get in jerusalem from syria. serian tv is reporting that many died and some were hurt. israel is accusing syria of inciting the demonstration. the secretary of defense retiring on is worried the troops will be withdrawn from afghanistan too soon. he said they should maintain

the defense against the all dan. this morning shoppers are awaiting the source of the e- coli outbreak. it looks like it came from a farm in northern germany and probably from bean sprouts on the farm. officials say if the farm is to blame there could be a more few illnesses. the outbreak has killed 22 people and sickened more than 2,000. millions of women at higher than usual risk of breast cancer have a new option now for preventing this disease. a maimer study -- a major study found that the chances of healthy woman using a hormone blocking pill found support. and there are new treatment

options. one drug in the target of melanoma prolonging survival for patients. neither drug is considered a cure for the disease. sunday marked the anniversary of the aids case with a new report showing strides in the medical treatment. the goal is to have new new infections and age related deaths and no discrimination. we talked with the director of allergy disease about how far the research has come in 30 years. >> its advances that have been made in therapy have been spectacular. we still have a long way to go with regard to prevention, particularly with regard to a vaccine because even now in this 2011, each year 2.6 million people get newly infected throughout the world which is completely unacceptable. >> the latest numbers show an estimated 34 million people are infected with hiv. president barack obama continues to defend his actions on the economy today.

despite some discouraging news. >> after disappointing job numbers led to a selloff last week and doug luzader looking at what some are calling a jobless recovery. >> reporter: the president will continue to talk about the auto industry today. he'll argue that it's a bright spot but the economy itself may be faltering. the markets weren't happy about the latest economic news but don't tell the obama administration that this is a jobless recovery. >> it is not a jobless recovery. that is anin correct phrase. after the last recession in this comparable period, post- recession, we had lost 100,000 jobs. we've added more than 2 million jobs. >> reporter: but the position we're in still isn't pretty. the unemployment rate went up last week to 9.1% and the economy added just over 50,000 jobs in may. to put that into perspective, when the president hits the campaign trail again for his re- election effort, if he wants the unemployment rate down to a

still-high 8%, the economy will start to add jobs at four times the current rate right now. >> the white house suggests we're still in the hangover phase of the 2008 financial crisis. i think the bigger question is the consequence of the white house policies itself right now. >> reporter: and president obama returns to his auto industry theme today. last week he was at a toledo ohio chrysler plant to tout the results of his 2009 bailout plan. over the weekend his weekly media address was on the same topic and today he's branching a sear -- granting a series of interviews to television stations in the midwest to continue that drum beat and target those swing voters he needs heading into 2012. and the white house will have to change public perception. a new gallop pole shows that 65% of the americans think the economy will get worse. doug luzader, fox news. 7:10 on this monday morning. the tour bus company involved

in last week's deadly crash near kings dominion is caught trying to operate even though the government shut them down. details of that when we check out other stories this morning. then it is a startling statistics. every 10 minutes a -- 7 minutes a teenager is bullied. we'll have more. w

. 7:14 as we check headlines. fatal accident in prince george's county. speed and alcohol were involved in the deadly crash yesterday. police say the driver of a gmc rear-ended a car. a man in the car was killed and

another was arrested. police say florida davidson hit kelly ryan as she tried to get into a car on connecticut avenue back in october. now officers were able to trace the vehicle description to davidson and arrest her at a friendship heights condo complex. and more trouble for the bus company involved in last week's deadly crash. feds said that company was still operating because they repainted the names of the buses. transportation officials had revoked the license of sky express but its owners tried to sell tickets under a new name. authorities have issued a cease and desist order. 68 degrees on this monday morning. so that's not bad. >> 68 degrees is not bad. >> and we've enjoyed some mild temperatures, all things considered. >> had a great weekend. now this is a day of transition as we transition to again another heat wave where we're going to see our temperatures in the 90s. not today but we work our way there by tomorrow and the next

day -- we're in the 80s now. and it's humid out there. and take a look at your national temperatures. there is a heat wave going on. st. louis 75 degrees but they're looking for a high of about 100 degrees there later on today. parts of kansas in the 90s to around 100. so a warm one again out in the nation's mid section, currently 74 in dollars. 64 in chicago. we are at 68 degrees. so we've gone up a couple of degrees. 71 in atlanta. it's warm there too, in the upper 90s. look at the satellite radar for our region. not much in the way of cloud cover. we do have hazy conditions though with the humidity levels that are out there. but it is quiet again in the eastern half of the nation. high pressure is really dominating and that will keep things pretty quiet for today but it will allow that heat to begin to build in. we'll feel the effects of that tomorrow and then for the rest

of the week. high today about 84 degrees. not bad, still more humid. tomorrow 89 with humidity. wednesday, thursday and friday with highs in the mid and upper 90s. thursday 97 degrees, some thunderstorms move in here on friday. >> temperature-wise two things stick out. when i went to udica in the winter of 1993 and when i went to st. louis in june of 1998. >> when it was excessively hot? >> i know that heat and concrete in the city. >> and they're going to get it for a few days this week. >> that's when you see the waves coming off the ground. >> just be glad you're here with it's only 97. and julie, what is going on? >> be careful when you are walking your pets outside. little paw pads can't take all of that heat. >> a sun burn under there. >> poor little pups. on the roads, we have a lot going on. making the trip into northeast

washington, heads up. checking for a vehicle fire at 410 at queens chapel road. 50, the crash at kenilworth gone. big delays out of riverdale. a slow ride onef from centreville headed in toward the capital beltway. a 45 minute trip at this point and all lanes are open. other side of town. unfortunately they have moved the camera so we have a utility pole in the way but the trouble spot is 410 toward connecticut. accident after connecticut tieing up the roadway and contributing to the delay. 270 accident free but on the brakes past mva. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. it is a problem that seems to be getting worse instead of better. a teenager is bullied ever 7 minutes and an organization that is trying to reverse that trend launched a national campaign against bullying in the nation's capital and audrey barnes look at the event and

ongoing issues with the bullying survivors. >> it's kind of hard. >> reporter: hilda can barely speak about the attack her 15- year-old daughter josie rattily endured in march of 2010. rattily shown here in home video when she got out of the hospital after a two-month stay is still recovering from the massive brain injuries she suffered after being stomped and kicked in the head by 15- year-old wayne tracy. in this police interview tracy said he was angry over text messages rattily sent him telling her to stay away from her 13-year-old friend. >> because you walked up to her and punched her in the face and slammed her face on the ground and kicked her in the head a few times. do you have any idea how many times you did it? >> no. i just want -- everything just kind of disappeared. >> reporter: after three surgeries and countless hours of physical therapy, rattily

was able to travel to washington for the fundraiser. she's relearning how to talk but even 2nd grade school work is tough for her now. her mom wants people to keep praying. >> don't stop doing that because she's having a lot of problems with her memory and her brain. so we don't know where or how far she's able to learn. >> reporter: helping victims like josie is the mission for the group mv which started the anti-bullying campaign. it stands for national equality and enlightenment. >> gotti has a message -- make time for your kids. >> the kids out there, make the kid go to school and even if he's upset about something, he won't take it out on another

kid. >> that was audrey barnes reporting. wayne tracy has been charged as an adult with attempted first- degree murder in connection with josie's attack. the message to kids is you don't have to suffer in silence. tell someone so they can help. a connecticut teenager barred from prom for his over the top invitation to his date went to high school. james tate was suspended from school for posting his invitation in cardboard letters on the school wall. the school originally claimd it was a safety risk but the school had reversed the decision acknowledging the international attention that the case received. the world's largest passenger jet is about to land in washington for the very first time. details when we come back. and then at six flags this morning with a look at fun part of the pirate stunt show. stay with us. more stuff is coming up on fox 5 morning news. >> was that paul raphel? [ laughter ] 

search crews are out again in montgomery county looking for the body of a man who police think drowned on friday. they are searching the tridell fea reservoir. two men were swimming in the reservoir near route 97 in brookeville when one man went under. swimming is prohibited in all wssc reservoirs. many may remember the miracle on the hudson when the airplane landed safely on the hudson. and it's now headed to a museum in north carolina. the fuselage left new jersey over the weekend and will cross the delaware memorial bridge around 10:00 this morning. it's on an extra-wide truck and was taking back roads to avoid overpasses when it got to delaware it needed bigger roads. cool thing to see. a significant day at dulles. the biggest passenger jet in the world arrives there for the

first time today. it is the superjumbo airbus a- 380 with two decks and can pack in more than 500 passengers. this is video of one. air france uses the plane and is beginning daily nonstop passenger service from dulles to paris. dulles is the only -- is only the second u.s. airport service by air france's a-380, jfk is the other. >> sarah simmons telling us, the wing span on that plane is as wide as a football field. >> unbelievable. 7:26 now f. you're just waking up, you want to stay tuned. up next we'll have our top stories. and last week winesta right and her daughter were found dead in maryland. police say that her father killed her mother before they were due in court. and coming up, tips on how to

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7:30 now as we check headlines this morning. back with a look at top stories. breaking news from centreville, virginia, where three people

were stabbed overnight in an apartment on braddock springs road. one of the victims died and the other two were flown to the hospital. investigators are not saying anything at this point about a suspect. the former head of the imf set to appear in court in new york. dominique strauss-khan will be charged for trying to rape a hotel maid. he's expected to plead not guilty. it's not clear if prosecutors will give more information about the evidence they have at today's hearing. in the district, sulaiman brown finally speaking to council members. the former one-time mayoral candidate alleges that aids to mayor gray promised him a job and paid him money if he attacked then-mayor adrian fenty. and 7:30 and another check of weather from tony. hello, sir. >> hello to both of you. we'll start this one by talking about pollen and some of the allergens in the air. grass has been pretty bad during the last few days.

i remember we were seeing the tree pollen and we've now transitioned into the season of grass and that is the case again today. let's take a look and show you what is going on out there as those of you who are sensitive to grasses will have some problems today because the level is very high. meanwhile, tree pollen level is moderate and the weeds are still low. temperatures across the region, here we are in the 60s. here in washington now we're at 68 degrees here. 63 in gaithersburg. 64 in baltimore. in virginia we have 65 at quantico, 66 at manassas, 66 in culpeper. the warm spot, annapolis at 70 degrees early this morning. here is a look at the satellite radar composite. now not a lot to show you this morning. we have had the haze. we've been seeing that with our

live shot this is morning. there were some clouds and they are pushing off to the south and they are not a problem. we are seeing a lot of sunshine as the day develops. high pressure off to the north and west keeping things quiet here for the day. that high pressure will slowly sink off the coast and that will help bring in warm air for us tomorrow and then especially on wednesday, thursday and friday. but for today, here is what we're looking at, a lot of sunshine, a warm afternoon, 84 for your high and more humid, more significantly the humidity will be today. for tonight, a mild night. mostly clear skies. 66 for the overnight low in town. winds out of the west at about 5 miles per hour. five-day forecast, tomorrow a warm one. high near 90. warm and humid and then wednesday and thursday really hot, mid and upper 90s, humid as well. not comfortable, and friday a few storms are possible with a high of 94.

that's the latest on the weather. now the rush hour traffic and here is julie wright with that. busy this morning and the crew in sky fox should be on the ground soaking up some coffee but they are high above on the east-west highway between connecticut avenue and beach drive. along 410, blocked off in each direction with a lot of equipment on both sides of the highway between connecticut and beach drive. so finding the roadway is blocked off at it time because of this ongoing investigation and it looks pretty serious at this point with a lot of fire and rescue units on the scene. so this is a portion of 410, the east-west highway shut down between connecticut and beach. and in virginia, this is where we have an accident tieing up the roadway. if you are traveling along braddock road over at back lick road, the westbound side of braddock is blocked off and a portion of back lick slow.

and 66, delays again leaving centreville toward 123, right into the sunshine. traffic slows again at nutley street to the beltway. we have delays on 395, beltway past duke street so seminary road. boundary channel drive to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. well funeral services are set for a mother and child found dead in hillcrest heights, maryland, last week. services for wine eta and jaylin wright will be held and police have charged richmond phillips. he is a district police officer and the father of jaylin. police do not have a motive but the day after the killing phillips was due in court for a hearing. times of high emotion and volatility have led to homicides in the past. fbi statistics show one-third of women murdered in the united states during the 1990s were killed by a husband or boyfriend. mia fernandez is from the national center of victims for

crimes with tips on protecting yourself or a loved one who may be in a volatile situation. good morning. thanks for being with us. >> good to be here. >> and first just tips and ways to stay alive and what do you tell clients who look for help from you all? >> i tell people to not underestimate their fear. if you have a fear you are in a volatile situation that somebody that you are with is violent or could take on a violent act or even kill somebody to not underestimate that and to start taking precautions the moment you start feeling those kinds of fears. i think that some of the things that a person who is in that situation can do is take planning steps. if you have children, that's of utmost importance and you want to create a plan where you and your children will meet in case there is a point you need to leave. you want to have your documents or your passports, your birth certificates, your marriage licenses in one place so you can have that ready to go.

tell your employer in case somebody stalks you to your work and you also want to see counseling from a domestic violence shelter or something along those lines. >> we're not speaking about any specifics about this case, but i will say from watching the video, this young woman, she was a young woman, had a support system and she had family. if you are family and you see perhaps warning signs or red flags, what is the best way to advise someone who might not be hearing you at that time? >> i think everybody who is in that kind of situation feels vulnerable and they are looking for people who are going to take their side. so you don't want to -- you want to start saying things that will help that individual, how you can help them, how you can offer them a safe place to be, escort them to their job, will talk to them at any time. and it's usually not a one-shot conversation. you don't just say stop seeing that guy, that guy is no good. that doesn't get you too far. it's being there for the long

haul, for the woman and for her children, because her children might want to talk to you also. >> are there triggers that you see? >> yes. i mean anything can be a trigger. and that is the thing that i need to say, is that when somebody is a volatile human being, a violent human being, just about anything could be a trigger. but we see an uptick in custody cases where paternity is at stake where you have a really nasty divorce going on or a custody battle going on. also, when somebody is unemployed. that can also be a trigger. so it's just about anything that can be a trigger. but if it's something between -- in the relationship, like a custody situation or a divorce, those are particularly difficult situations. >> is there a way to diffuse that? is that just silence, no contact with that person? >> i think that if your in the situation, your best thing to do is not to play hero, but diffuse the situation and

anything you can do to calm the person down. so don't do anything heroic. but if you know somebody is volatile and violent and may have arms is to create a plan and that is to know you have another place to go and have documents ready and your children know the plan and have a safe place to go. >> and you mentioned arms and in this case the accused is a police officer. but when you have people of influence, people that community members look at and say that person could never be involved in any dirty dealings with the spouse or a girlfriend or a partner. how do you protect that person, if that's my daughter and she's dating someone older, perhaps, or of influence, are there ways, or is that trickier? >> it's always trickier if your dealing with somebody of influence because that person could know -- have access to your schedule, they have access to police departments, they

have access maybe to your job, if it's somebody that you work with. so in those situations, family members are even more important because those are the people who you trust and you're going to rely on. and again, it's about forming a plan with them. and everybody who is out there that may be in a situation like this or could be in a situation out there, should call the national domestic violence hotline which is 800-799-safe. and anybody who feels that they are in that kind of situation should reach out and go through the planning steps to make them safe. >> we'd like to tell ow viewer that's that information will be linked to our website if you need help. >> thank you for having me. >> good advice. 7:39 right now on this monday morning. firefighters in arizona working to contain two of the largest wildfires that state has ever seen. we'll have more details on that when we come back. and tony is back with a look at our forecast. it will be hot.

not today, but mid week. today it will be okay, but we'll tell you about mid week. we'll tell you coming up. fox 5 morning news will be back after this. aur fgo 

7:42 right now on this monday morning as we check headlines. three more people have died after injuries in the tornado in joplin weeks ago. the may 22nd twister demolished about one-third of the southwestern missouri city. a aftershock in new zealand. the 5.5 magnitude quake knocked items off of store shelves but no serious damage or injuries. another earthquake hit city in february killing 181 people. the rising missouri river continues to threaten communitys across the country. helicopters dropping 1,000- pound sandbags on a levee leak. wildfires doing damage in arizona. >> one of them now considered the third largest fire in the state's history.

fox's marianne rafferty has the latest on the battle to contain the blazes. >> it's raining ash right now. we're not getting any relief from the wind. >> it's dry, the wind is blowing, and they can't stop it. >> reporter: hot and windy weather is kicking up massive wildfires in arizona and that's putting homeowners on edge. >> i'm nervous. you never know what this thing will do. >> starting creeping closer and closer and there were buildings and spot fires trying to back- burn it. i don't know if it worked or not. >> reporter: some are told to get out before the threat gets even worse. >> the potential for some of this high winds to kick back up and send embers flying above the lines already established, there is still an imminent threat. >> they are getting it done and protecting the property and that is what their focus is right now. >> reporter: in the vacation town of greer which has fewer than 200 year-round residents in people voluntarily left on saturday. >> a lot of us don't want to leave, but if they tell us to

go, we'll have to go. >> they say we have this many beds available if people want to stay. >> reporter: and they are not just thankful for the shelter, residents are mindful of fire crews who put their lives on the line. >> those men and women are risking their lives every minute to save us and thank god for that. >> reporter: the national weather service said there is a 10% chance of thunderstorms over the fire area and that could help fire crews but high winds still remain a threat to the region. marianne rafferty, fox news. 7:45 now and we'll check if with tony for our forecast. today looks like a good one compared to the rest of the week. >> i just stepped outside and it's very pretty and bright sunshine. it is a little more humid than it has been. but still it's okay. it's in the 60s, sunny, so not bad. and today and the rest of the week, i think unless you like it hot and steamy, today is the best day of the workweek. so the way things are shaping up. let's take a look at temperatures across the reege won. we are in the 60s.

here is one spot in the 70s in annapolis where it is -- it is not on this map but it is 70 degrees in annapolis. 68 here in washington. 64 in baltimore. dulles is at 65. harrisonburg is 59. dover, delaware, 63. ocean city, maryland is at 68 degrees. here is a look at the surface map for today. the high pressure is controlling the weather here, keeping things calm and quiet, giving us a nice day in the 80s. and that moves off shore and becomes a bermuda high and sits there for a while and things warm up. we're near 90 tomorrow and in the 90s, and i mean well into the 90s, wednesday, thursday and friday. here is a look at the five-day forecast. how about that, 97 on thursday. hot and humid. a couple of thunderstorms on friday. but today 84 degrees. yes, more humid than this weekend but still not a bad day with a high of 84. there you go. that's the latest. >> all right.

get the sun block, get your bottle of water and be ready for the week. let's check in with julie wright. >> we talked about this accident a few moments ago and it is a serious crash, it's closed a portion of 410 down in each direction between connecticut and beech drive. finding 410 is closed at this time. three volumes involved in the crash and three people have been transported away from the scene. so this is the portion of 410, the east-west highway between beech and connecticut. some traffic being diverted off at beech. but this is the portion that is blocked between connecticut and beech drive. connecticut avenue is open toward 410. back inside, the outer loop of the beltway slowing past colesville road to 270. 395 heavy from the beltway and from king street across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. and we want to say good

morning to our facebook fan of the day. it is young madi barnes. she is 13 and she watches us every day before school. but here is the big butt, madi said there is no way she is getting up before 10:00 this morning this summer when school isute so she won't be watching that and that is all right. just make sure you come back in the mall, madi. about toe -- to be tomorrow's fan of the day, search fox 5 morning news and post a comment under madi's photo. >> summer is almost here for students. 7:48 and after 8:00 we'll look at the top five reasons why people fail financially in retirement. but first a little fun at six flags. mr. raffle, what is going on? >> reporter: we're already having a lot of fun. i'm at six flags america. it's open every day now for the summer season. after the break we'll find out what is new and the other cool shows you can check out every day after the break. stick with us.

want to talk about the real balloon boy. here he is. a 9-year-old new mexico boy floated into history this weekend. little bobby bradley became the youngest trains pilot solo to take off in a hot air balloon. it is homemade and called the heavenly dream. bradley soared in it for 30 minutes before a picture- perfect landing and he called the flight amazing and awesome. would you let your 9-year-old go up in a balloon by himself? >> let me tell you something. i don't think so. all of my nails would be bitten down. >> i would think so. >> but maybe the rest of the family is okay. >> i won't judge them but i'll say, i don't think i could let my 9-year-old go. >> fortunately a good ending there.

six flags in marlboro, a good place to go during the warm-weather months. >> paul raphel is there to find some fun weather. i thought they were throwing you in that pirate part. that wasn't you? >> reporter: they are not letting me be involved in the stunt show. not yet. maybe if i practice more. but it's a great time to come out to six flags. it's open every day now. not only do they have 7 world class coasters, they also have 19 water attractions. what a great time to come out with the warm weather. julia fills joins me to talk about everything. thanks for having us this morning. >> thanks for coming. >> so talk about the season. >> we are having a fantastic season here at six flags america with the brand new zimm zon falls and roller coasters and there is something for every member of the family. >> reporter: and break down the different areas. it's not just about the coasters and water park. there is something for everybody. >> every age can have something. we have great areas for kids,

including looney tunes movie town and whistle steam park and areas for little ones in the water park as well. we have brand new shows like survivor and blundering buccaneers. >> reporter: and so talk about this show specifically? >> it's a high-action, high comedy stunt show with pirate red rob and blundering buccaneers -- pirates at six flags. >> reporter: talk about the defendant time for people to come and any tips for people who do come? >> the best time to come is right now. and also just keep coming. season passes are on sale right now. you can get in every day. and all the way until fright fest. and we're offering a new summer splash pass that allows you to come to the park that the price for one day. and it's a great deal. >> reporter: and how do you find the actors? they are joking back at the studio that i was part of the show and i can't do this so how do you find them?

>> we run auditions every year for performers at stunt schools and we're doing some more again in the summer for our fright fest. >> reporter: so stunt people could become part of the show. >> absolutely. >> reporter: and you're hiring in general. >> we are. at six flags jobs.com and we have opportunities for life guards and for people to take tickets, run rides, everything you like to do. so six flags jobs.com for a great summer job. >> reporter: so to six flags.com. and i'm going to join the show, if that's okay. >> be careful. >> reporter: and i don't know if this is a good idea. guys, back to you. >> did he just scream? did he do a scream? >> i think he did. they gave paul a butter knife to fight the pilots with and that isn't fair. but with that setting, you expect some gunfire to show up and they take back the town. we'll replay that one.

put that on you tube. we'll have hours of fun with it. these kids thought they were having fun. but the parents were freaking out when the bouncing houses did extra bouncing and sent them flying with kids inside. we'll talk about it at 8:00. and german officials think they know what caused the deadly e-coli outbreak. what this is not effecting america, consumers can still get sick quickly. in the next hour a look at how to properly wash produce to protect your family. stay with us. it's 4 minutes before 8:00. 

big day for d.c. city council. sulaiman brown, the man who once ran more fayor of d.c., speaks out that gray paid him to stay in the race and trash track the former mayor. and then sarah palin being criticized for flubbing a big piece of american history. she said she got it right. we'll hear sarah palin's paul

revere opinion. and reducing the risk of breast and skin cancer. we'll talk about both coming up. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. and we're happy you're here on this monday morning. and we have a change in the forecast. tony perkins has what we need to know. today has more humidity and then for later in the week more heat, get ready for that. we'll start are hd radar. no precipitation this morning. there was some very early- morning precip in eastern maryland. it had some rain showers and a brief thunderstorm during the overnight hours to early this morning. that is all moved out. we have no precipitation as you can see. most of the eastern u.s. looks quiet. there is an area of low pressure off the coast of the carolinas that is a little area of disturbance but that is it, nothing else is happening. right now reagan national airport reporting a temperature of 68 degrees, relative humidity 87% and winds are calm. barometric pressure is on the wise as high pressure works its

way in here. your day planner for today, a lot of sunshine, including right now across the region. a warm day but not usually warm. we're looking for a high temperature of about 84 degrees. that's only 2 degrees above normal. but then that sets the stage for temperatures near or above 90 for the rest of the week. i'll tell you about that coming up in just a couple of minutes. enjoy today. >> let's check with julie and look at traffic. >> well i just got hit up on twitter, a true diva is sitting in an accident out of clinton, accident in the center of the roadway. so if you have traffic information tweet to to julie write at fox 5. and the big clean-up in montgomery county. 410, the east-west highway closed off in each direction between connecticut and beech drive. we're told not only there were three vehicles involved, but there were three people transport add way and a minor

fuel spill involved. so clean-up needing to be done but this was moments ago from sky fox live at the scene. three cars involved and three people transport add way from the scene suffering nonlife- threatening injuries. back inside, we'll update your ride elsewhere. 395 across the 14th street bridge, delays at the beltway continuing up to king street, boundary channel drive across the 14th street bridge. back lick road still cleaning up an accident. 7 the toll road empty, no accidents to report 28 to the beltway. 66 is congested out of centreville to the beltway and the outer loop is slow 95 past colesville road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. we do have breaking news from fairfax county this morning. three people stabbed a few hours ago inside an apartment in centreville on braddocks springs road. that's where stacy cohan is this morning. let's get the latest from here. >> reporter: well this is still a developing story and i want to start by saying that the moment police -- at the moment police are saying that the greater community is safe and they have the situation

contained. it started at 5:30 this morning here in this apartment complex at the 13800 block of braddock spring road in centreville. there were 3 victims total, there were two women and one male. apparently some apartment residents were awakened by noise, banging at door. there may have been calls for help. when police arrived one woman was found stabbed to death inside the apartment. another male and female were also both suffering from stab wounds. we learned more about exactly how this unfolded from fairfax county police spokeswoman lucy caldwell. >> one woman is deceased and another woman and a man were taken to the hospital. both are in serious condition. at this point we believe that the situation was domestic in nature, all of the people knew one another and were somehow interrelated with one another. >> reporter: and you're looking at a live picture of investigators who remain on the scene here. they are not looking for any

other suspects and believe the situation is contained to the three individuals inside the apartment. we do not have their ages. i can tell you they are adults. they are asian and that is all we know. we don't know their relationship other than at least one person lived here, maybe more. it's all unfolding as we speak. but one person dead and two taken to the hospital, a contained situation, apparently domestic, early this morning. i'm stacy cohan, fox 5 news. a boy shot in the ankle overnight. that one was at 11:30 last night in the 3400 block of minnesota avenue southeast. investigators say the boy may have been the victim of a robbery. and another shooting at 7th and l. near the convention center. a man was shot in the stomach and no word on his condition. the man who said mayor vince gray paid him to be a bad guy gives his side to a council hearing today. sulaiman brown has claimed that gray's people paid him to stay

in the race for mayor and bad mouth the then-mayor fenti. he said he was promised a job when he got and then lost the job. he tells fox 5 that when he testifies this afternoon he will show the committee several money orders from gray's people. he also said the fbi got dna from envelopes used to deliver money from gray's campaign. the hearing starts at 1:00 this afternoon. now the other controversy we're following out of the district, the investigation into harry thomas' personal suv. we are waiting for an announcement from the attorney general later today on the details of this investigation. there are questions over who paid for the suv. thom acsaid he bought it with his own money from a company before he was elected to the council but there are questions about whether that company got a sizable payment from his campaign committee and whether the suv should be reported as a gift or income. the former head of the international monetary fund in front of a judge today. dominique strauss-khan going to

try to clear his name today. he has already claimed he's innocent of the charges and is he is expected to plead not guilty. the 62-year-old french diplomat facing five years in prison and he could get up to 25 years if convicted. other stories making headlines this morning around the world, soldiers in the -- overseas in the u.s. military saying five american troops were killed today in central iraq. the military not releasing details of where the incident happened but this hour we are learning that the five u.s. service members were killed in a rocket attack. the single largest loss of life for the american military in iraq in the past two years. in yemen, video showed street celebrations breaking out after the president of yemen left for saudi arabia. we're getting word of more violent this morning. six more killed and three opposition protestors and three soldiers. president ali salay went to

saudi arabia after being wounded in an attack. 20 demonstrators were killed by israeli soldiers trying to break through in jerusalem. israel accused syria of inciting the demonstration and plans to file a claim to the united nations about incidents on the border. and robert gates said his worry is that troops will be withdrawn from afghanistan too soon when the drawdown begins next month and said combat forces should be the last to leave so they can maintain the defense against taliban. gates is retiring this summer. in europe the source of the deadly e-coli outbreak has been identified. german officials expect confirmation that bean sprouts from a organic farm in germany is the cause. definitive tests are due later today. the deadly bacteria has killed more than 22 people. millions of women at higher

than usual risk of breast cancer have a new option. a major study found pfizer's medicine cut the chances of breast cancer by more than half without the side effects. it was the first test that healthy woman using the hormone blocking pills was done. about 1.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. nearly 500,000 women die of the disease. for the first time ever, patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer have two new treatment options. one drug in the battle against melanoma targets a mutated gene that tells a cancer cell to growth and causing tumors to shrink. neither drug is considered a cure. all of this cancer research was unveiled this weekend at the annual meeting of the american society of clinical oncology. we're going to learn more about the break-throughs when we talk with the president elect of the

group live next hour. and sunday marked the first anniversary of the reported aids case. there is strides in the medical treatment of the disease. the goal is to have no new infections, no age-related death and no discrimination. fox 5 talked with the director of the institute of allergy and in infectious diseases about how far research has come in 30 years. >> the advances made in therapy have been spectacular. we still have a long way to go with regard to prevention, particularly with regard to a vaccine because even now this 2011, each year 2.6 million people get newly infected throughout the world which is completely unacceptable. >> the latest numbers show an estimated 34 million people are infected with hiv. jealous of your friends who got to go to the beach this weekend? well find out what washes ashore at rehoboth that is

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8:12 right now. let's look at stories making headlines this monday morning. trial for a woman accused in a deadly hit-and-run accident in dupont circle set to begin today. police say the girl was hit as she tried to get into a car on connecticut avenue in october. officers traced the vehicle description to davidson and arrested her at a friendship heights condo complex. crews caught on tape steeling copper and so the owners put in surveillance camera and you're seeing what they caught on camera. police are hoping someone will recognize the people steeling their copper gutters and if you do, give police a call. a weekend at its beach wasn't pleasant for visitors to rehoboth. thousands of headless and

tailless fish washed ashore. they covered about 1.5 miles of the beach. people were forced it get out of the water. officials believe they may have been dumped or dropped from a commercial vessel. the beach patrol said other beaches will likely be effected. >> not very mrs. ant. not what you want to see on vacation. but sometimes it's jelly fish. >> headless. but that's -- >> that doesn't happen in nature. >> so that's like -- >> somebody had something to do with that. bad weekend at the beach. >> we have friends at the beach and i hope he wasn't affected by that. >> it sounds like a bunch of fillet-o-fish sandwiches came ashore. >> that's a way to look at it. >> wow! let's take a look at what is going on out there.

pollen -- okay. >> olay! >> good way to remind me. it is time for the my first 5 photo of the day. he has a mohawk. this is brandon. he is a future soccer tar and already rocking the hawk. now i wonder if he asked for that? he could have. >> he might be a little yoo ask >> or maybe he just likes somebody that has one and pointed to them. i like that. >> he's going for it. >> i love that picture. >> it's a great picture. thanks for sending that in. brandon, very handsome, i hope you are a soccer superstar. to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. let's take a look at what is happening out there. we will start with the pollen count. for those of you allergic to grass, it is going to be problematic for you today as the grass -- the count for grass is high today. so very high, as a matter of fact.

moderate for trees and low for weeds. temperatures across the region, here in washington it is 71. 71 in washington. 72 at patuxent naval air station. 73 in ocean city. baltimore is at 69. dulles airport is at 68 degrees. look at the satellite radar, we have clear blue skies. we have some haze early this morning. i suspect that has burned off across most of the region. and it's quiet in the eastern u.s. so we'll have quiet conditions today, tomorrow and the next day. going to warm up though. check it out. high today about 84 degrees. that's not bad. more humid than it has been. tomorrow 89 and then the mid- 90s on wednesday. upper 90s for thursday. next reel chance -- real chance of thunderstorms is friday and 94 degrees for the projected high. now for an update on traffic, we go to julie wright. >> i have something to share with you. >> what is that? >> my medal for running a half marathon. >> are you happy with how it

went? >> it was my first half marathon and i got this meddle and a thought about you because who wouldn't want a wine stopper on the bottom of a medal. i mean if this doesn't say class when you are serving dinner, nothing does. >> but it gives you an opportunity to show it off. >> so there you go. >> so 13.1 miles so next time you are doing with it me? >> did i say that? >> yes, i believe you did. >> no, i don't think so. but i congratulate you. >> thanks, tony. on the roads right now, delays to report on the outer loop leaving 95 college park headed past university boulevard around toward georgia avenue. find that the lanes are open, 29 at briggs cheney, checking for a crash there. 410 the east west highway between connecticut and beach still closed. and toward canal road and m. street, the exit has been moved out of the roadway according to d-dot. 295 before the naval research for the crash and the douglas bridge lanes are open.

northbound 5 before the beltway, the accident in the center of the road causing big tie-ups out of clinton. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. if your looking for work, don't forget about our job shop always open online and today's job of the day is with whackenhut services looking for a range master and firearms instructor in oxon hill. for more on this job go to myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop tab at the top of the home page. plenty for your retirement, one of the things you don't get a second shot at. but a lot of people don't think about how to support themselves. joining us to make sure your retirement years are not a financial fail, larry rosenthal, president of financial planning services back with us once again. larry, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> we can't wait to get to retirement but we very often don't plan well to get to retirement. you have put together a list on

your website, nine top reasons why people fail. we picked the top five to talk about. one of the things is procraftibbation -- procrastination because we can't afford it or don't get around to it. >> we tend to be conditioned to spend first rather than save and down in the road in our 30s and 40s we realize we have to start saving for colleges, two or three, and then right around the corner after that, have to quickly save a substantial amount for retirement down the road. >> is it a point it's too late to get in. somebody in their 20s you tell them to put something away now f. we've already hit the 40s can we still try it get something in there? >> absolutely. it's not too late. and that's where you need to start to sit down and develop a financial plan. >> and you say failure to set clear financial goals. it's individual for each person, right? >> it definitely is. and people don't understand their own finish line. a lot of people are trying -- a lot of people can go out and retire right now and they don't

know about it. and a lot of people are trying to force an early retirement upon themselves and will struggle throughout their retirement years. >> so what do we look for then as far as trying to decide how long we should continue to work versus trying to step out a little bit earlier? >> well, steve, one of the main things is to make sure you have a written financial plan. most of our clients are close to or already retired and you have to understand the impact of your investigation. the key here is understanding the three phases of financial planning. accumulating your assets and distributing them and then legacy as you pass them on to heirs and you have to understand how your investments will deliver to you dependable streams of income during retirement years and that's one of the big keys of financial planning to be successful, is working from a written financial plan. most people will start with a financial plan and never go back and look at it. you have to review that financial plan once or twice a year to make sure your

investments are properly in line with your goals. >> and online we saw the calculators to plan your retirement. do any of those work to get a basic idea to look for? >> to get a very basic idea, that would be okay. but a lot of them forget to look at inflation and taxation on it all. and then something called a monte carlo simulation where you take history of the market and interest rates and redo it 10,000 different times to find out your probability of success. the problem there is that a lot of people with sign a simple rate of return at 6.5% and assume they will get that. you have to take into account for the markets going down while you are pulling money out during retirement years and that's why the plan has to be reviewed once or twice a year. >> and we talked about a lack of understanding about what money can do for you. is this what you are talking about, with the investing part of it and what the money can do. and you also mentioned not just what we need to retire, say if we say i want to retire at 65,

but if i live to be 85 or 90 years old, i need to make sure i still have money then. >> and that's why you have to understand how compound interest works, growing your assets and then distributing them. make sure you have your investments position in what is call aid systematic withdrawal program to get the stream of income in retirement years. but you hit the nail right on the head when you talked about different ages during your retirement years and people need to understand what we call the bucket theory of money. when you get -- the closer you are in time to needing your dollars back to you, the more conservative they need to be positioned. so you need to sort of think in your mind to have money that you need to use in the next one to three years that needs to be invested in a certain way. years 4-7 need to be invested in a certain way because you need money when you are 65 and 75 and 85 and you must make sure your dollars continue to outpace taxes and inflation. >> and you don't want to have three great years of retirement and realize you have to go back to work. and taxes and how they are applied to things. you can make this

understandable because when we hear taxes and retirement money, we zone out. >> absolutely. there is four different tax systems that we can invest our dollars in. and if i had a dollar to put money away, i would put a quarter in each one. first of all, one of them is your money taxed as it grows. another one that is most popular like a 401k, where you receive a tax deduction to put the money in and it grows tax deferred so there are no taxes. know. is a nondeductible contribution to maybe an ira. and i'll tell you a trick about roth ira. but a nondeductible contribution and growing tax deferred and then there is tax exempt and tax-free. and so we've always heard about don't put all of your eggs in one basket, you now need to understand tax allocation because in the future with our government deficits it's most likely taxes will rise and we need to make sure we have our

dollars in the most tax efficient system. >> we're out of time but the trick for the roth? >> yes. for the roth ira. most high income earnings are not aware they can make contributions to a roth ira. you have an income -- adjusted gross income of $169,000. if you make more than that, you can not put money into a roth ira. but you can make a nondeductible contribution or a contribution to a nondeductible ira and convert it the next day to a roth ira and high-income earners can put money into the roth ira. >> look up larry's website online and we'll put a link at myfoxdc.com. now back to you. steve, it's 8:24 on this monday morning. and an fbi partner organization has been hacked. details when we come back. and then live at six flags with a look at the fun that is part of zoom azon falls.

stay with us. we'll be right back.

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been hacked. nearly 180 passwords belonging to members of infraguard was hurt. there were threats to the u.s. and the passwords appear to include users from the united states army, cyber security organizations and major communications companies. the fbi said steps are being taken to lessen the damage. police and fire chiefs in the d.c. region often make more than the governors of maryland and virginia. washington examiner took a look at public safety salaries. kangy lanier makes $250,000 a year. that is the most of any public official. montgomery county police chief tomas hanker brings in 215,000 plus. and richard bowers $190,000. and fairfax county chief ron masten earns $175,000. now look at the governors. partin o'malley salary is $150,000. tas less than all but one major

public safety official in the area. virginia governor bob mcdonnell makes $175,000 a year. time now is 8:28 on this monday morning. coming up, the world's largest passenger jet about to land in washington for the first time. and german officials think they know what caused the deadly e-coli outbreak in europe. while this isn't affecting produce here, consumers can still get very sick and in our next half an hour a look at how to properly wash produce to protect your family. stay with us. 0 agnd bco

time is 8:32. montgomery county search crews resuming their search of reservoir after two men were swimming in the wssc reservoir in brookeville when they went under. the airplane that landed safely on the miracle on the

hudson will cross the delaware memorial bridge around 10:00 this morning. only the 120-foot fuselage will be homed in north carolina. a double decker plane airbus a-80 that can carry over 500 people. air france is beginning daily nonstop service from dulles to paris. it is set to land at dulles around noon today. >> it should be a sight see. >> i don't think we can appreciate how big it is. >> and especially not from that. but when you said how the wing span was, i could understand. >> it's like a little city. >> it is a city. kind of glamorous with the two decks. you would see those in bond movies. >> unless you have 40 people packed in there: hopefully

comfy seats. it should be nice weather to go out and check out the plane. humidity not bad and temperatures not bad. later this week, it will be bad. >> i think i saw a 97 on the five-day. >> you did. and did i mention sunshine. should be a beautiful day. humidity will start to creep up today. but into the middle of the week, it will definitely be on the rise. in fact, down right unpleasant around here by the middle of the week. remember the heat around here last week, it is back. with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s by wednesday and thursday. and probably need some rain. we haven't had a whole lot the last few weeks. so you might have to water the yard in the next couple of days. no chance for any substantial rain not arriving until late in the day on friday. temperatures mild but not bad. 71 at reagan national. 72 in annapolis. 68 in manassas and dulles we had 50s in the mountains and

you're arming up. winchester is 68. and thunderstorms faded off to the south and east and we have quiet conditionsch a little fog and mist out there that will burn off quickly and we'll be looking at a bright and sunny day. high pressure is east of chicago and this is going to generally keep us dry for the week. and relatively cool today but as it passes overnight later tonight and then during the day tomorrow, we're going to get a big return flow, from the old bermuda high setting up and that means a lot of heat and humidity toward the middle of the week. here is your five-day forecast. 84 this afternoon. today is a a nice one and tomorrow is warmer near 90 and then off to the races. 96 on wednesday, 97 on thursday. 94 on friday but you get the idea. a little cooler for next week and with temperatures back in the 80s but it will be all on the hot side toward the middle of the week. let's look at weather. allison and steve, back to you.

former presidential senator rick santorum vowing he is in it to win. he's a favorite among his party social conservatives accused president obama of having a weak foreign policy and is expected at next monday's debate in new hampshire. sarah palin on her take on history. she was talking about the paul revere ride. >> in a shot-out got you type of question that was asked of me and i answered candidly. i know my american history. >> one if by lawn, two if by sea it is a love part of history for paul revere and sarah palin is defending her knowledge of the events in 1775. >> you realize that you messed up about paul revere, don't

you? >> no, i didn't. he warned the american that's the british were coming and they were going to try to take our arms and we had to make we were protecting ourselves and shoring up our ammunitions and firearms. >> reporter: sailin was on the bus tour through northeast and stopped in boston and said this about revere's ride. quote, he who warned the british that they weren't going to take away our arms by ringing the bells and making sure as he's riding his horse through town that we were going to be secure and free. but there were no bells, only lanterns. palin insisted the purpose of the bus tour is not to campaign, but to learn about america's past. >> what am i publicizing on this tour? i'm publicizing americana and our foundation and how important it is we learn about our past and challenges and victories throughout american history so we can successfully proceed forward.

very heady days and rough water as head of us. >> reporter: and she said again on fox news sunday that she hasn't decided whether to run for president in 2012. in new york marianne rafferty, fox news. a day of fun at the bouncy house turned dangerous when windy weather sent it flying with kids inside. more on this when we show you that video coming up. fr man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! it's not about logging on to this week's class. today is a celebration, a triumph of dedication,

a victory for that little voice that urges us on. today is a day to recognize that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and to prove that not all heroes wear a cape. some wear a cap and gown. congratulations to the strayer university graduates of 2011.

one of the more popular grocery chains have a new store in frederick now. wegman's opened its doors yesterday morning and apparently it was a pretty big deal. police were called out to help direct traffic. wegman's said there were 1800 people in line to get in to the grocery store before the doors were unlocked. the new york based chain has been slowly opening stores in maryland and virginia over the last couple of years. tokyo city employries are starting work an -- employees are starting work an hour early. it is caused by the nuclear plant damaged by the tsunami. 1900 employees at the head quarters are participating and that number will grow to 25,000 by july. german officials think they might know what caused the

deadly e-coli outlook. consumers still can get very sick. >> so coming up next, a look at how we should be properly washing our produce to protect our families. paul, good morning. >> reporter: we are live at six flags america in upper marlboro, maryland, where they don't just have ride indoors and -- or they have ride outdoors, but entertainment indoors so we'll take a look at those performances after the break. 

fox 5's resident pirate and dancer, paul raphel -- screaming paul raphel at six flags america this morning. >> where they have a lot of new things this season that is fun for the whole family. >> did that scream, was that an audition scream? >> we did hear it. >> i don't know if that was a scream. >> reporter: i was a little nervous last hour. >> we're sure it was. >> reporter: they were pretty intimidating. and did you see the size of the knife they gave me compare to their swords, i saw you drop yours, scream and run away.

>> you threw your hands up in the air and run. >> reporter: we'll have to check the tape and see if it was a real extreme. they are open to the public now. saturday it's 9:00 p.m. and sunday 8:00 p.m. and then they open until 7:00 p.m. next week. that's a little confusing but we'll link you to their website. just check it when you decide to go. speaking of their website. if you get your passes online that if you get the children price for anyone, that's the way to do it. and since this week is a scorcher, you might want to get inside and enjoy indoor performances and that's why i'm bringing in david ranger. so talk about your shows in the theater. >> we have some great shows. we have bob the builder live in our crazy horse restaurant and theater. and then our all new spectacular survivor live. this is a guest participation show. contestants compete on stage with our survivor cast. >> reporter: do people have to get tickets for the shows when they visit? >> they come in and -- the

audience members get to be part of four tribes so the audience is part of the show and including our contestants and they come into the theater and our caster gets to pick out four lucky contestants. >> reporter: so should we get to it? >> i think we should compete against each other. let's get on stage. >> reporter: so it's just like the show. we have the host. and how do i do this? >> what we're going to do is assemble the totem poles and you're part of the ulem tribe and this is for a spot in the next challenge. so when i say go, survivors area ready? and go. you have to very quickly assemble the cones in the correct order. make sure each piece is connected on top of the right spot. they have to go right in the holes. >> reporter: david, you have done this before? do you have an unfair advantage? >> this is the first time. >> and the ulam tribe is moving

ahead and so we'll beat our own person here of david of six flags. >> and we have the final pieces. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: i think you let me win. but that's just kind of the gist of the show, right? and then we have the performances, how you showed as well. >> correct. >> reporter: so we can get the schedule. what is the schedule for a show like this. >> every day but wednesday. three shows a day. >> reporter: well that's it from here. can you get -- you can get the information from myfoxdc.com. we'll feature the new water attraction coming up next hour. and windy wind. bounce houses, look at what happened. the wind picked them up and several children were inside with the patriotic theme. the houses were picked up and

crashed back down to the ground. 13 people were taken to the hospital. some parents rushing in to find their kids and no word yet on their condition. you could be at risk the next time you eat out and we're not talking about the food. rather your identity. we'll share information to protect you at 9:15. and also next hour, news for people suffering with breast cancer and skin cancer. we'll have that coming up as well. it's now 8:49. ♪

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now. so we appreciate that. to be tomorrow's facebook fan of the day find us on facebook by searching fox 5 morning news and then post a comment under madi's photo. we've talked so many about what has happened in europe e- coli outbreak. it started in germany so we started thinking, well, do we have to worry about anything here and if not from this particular outbreak, what about others? is there something we should do and we started to think about washing our veggies and doing it the right way. and so we decided to get expert health from susan brassco. thank you for coming in. and first of all, what is happening in europe, do we have to worry about that happening here? >> it's hard to say. tracing the food bourne illnesses is complicated with even the importing and exporting. i think you should know where they came from. buy them from a farmer you know that has good growing practices

and stay away from the imported foods. >> which is harder and harder to do these days, unfortunately. and one of the things that was so shocking with happened in germany was this was something we hadn't heard of before, a strain that we hadn't heard of before. do the diseases evolve just as any other type would, the food bourne diseases? >> well sure. i'm not a microbiologist but i do know that e-coli when it is unchallenged in an environment where it can grow or even if it is challenged it mutates and we have these feed lots now where they have a chance to proliferate even more and mutate even more. so we just wanted to stay away from that kind of food. >> well let's talk about what we can do to protect ourselves. does it matter when it comes to washing or how we do it? does that make a difference? >> i use vinegar.

>> walk us through the process. so a lot of folks might run them under the faucet and think we are done with it. >> this is about this much white vinegar and the rest is filtered water. and this is brags unfiltered raw apple cider vinegar which has probiotics in it to kill the bad bacteria. and so i keep this under my sprink in a spray bottle and i would take a vegetable and spray it like that and then you want to wait about 30 seconds and that lets the acid in the vinegar soak in and kill the bacteria and then you can run it through. and i have a filter at home to use filtered water and just run it like that and you're done. anything big and solid. >> and you brought two different kinds of vinegar. >> right. i just wanted to demonstrate. sometimes i mix that in here with the water, sometimes it's

the white vinegar. it doesn't matterment but for something leafy like lettuce, you pull a few leaves off and i had the vinegar water in the bowl already and just dip the leaves in there. >> you realize you're making me hungry for a salad. it is that time of day because we've been up all night. >> and there you have it. >> and that's what i was going to ask you. you can smell the vinegar. does that translate into the food as far as effecting the taste of the food? >> you can rinse it off with the filtered water to get rid of the vinegar taste. >> so just take the extra step and make sure we do that. have you heard in your line of work more concern about food- bourne illness and e-coli recently? even if it's not more of a problem, but more of the mindset of people? >> as a nutritional therapist, i don't deal with the diseases. i examine people with functional examination and i determine what their

nutritional dee efficiences are and i suggest a supplement that might bring their body back into balance. >> we need to be healthy. thank you so much, susan. we appreciate it. have yourself an enjoyable rest of the day. that's going to do it for this hour and tony and allison will take you up through the next hour. right now at 9:00, three people stabbed in a virginia apartment. we know one of the victims was killed. fox 5 is live on the scene and we'll bring you the latest from police. plus a much-anticipated day for the d.c. city council. sulaiman brown, former mayoral candidate, is set to speak out about his claims that mayor gray paid him to stay in the race and trash talk his biggest opponent. it is a jam packed hour. also coming up, talking live with guests about important information on identity theft. and several major break- throughs in cancer treatment and prevention. all of that and more straight ahead. right now we have tucker barnes

standing by for an update on today's forecast. not bad outside right now, tucker? >> not bad at all. in fact temperatures are generally in the 60s and low 70s. nice start to the day. should be a bright and beautiful day with sunshine across the area. 71 as we start out. 69 in baltimore. hagerstown is 66 at this hour. ocean city is 73. and fredericksberg is 66. so we did have a brief thunderstorm that moved down the chesapeake during the overnight hours. that's about it. otherwise our flow here is out of the north and northwest today so we should be in for a nice condition. it will be sunny and warm this afternoon with highs in the low to mid-80s. but we should be dry as the possibilities of thunderstorm activity fairly limited this week. here is your forecast. plenty of sunshine and a warm afternoon. 84 degrees is your daytime high. winds is nice and light out of the north at 5 miles per hour. gets warmer from here. in fact down right hot. wait until you see the five-day forecast. i'll have that for you in just a minute. allison and tony, back to you.

>> tucker, thank you very much. fairfax county police confirmed that they are on the scene of a stabbing. they were called at 5:30 this morning to braddock springs road in centreville. when they got there, they did find one person dead. >> we get more details or we'll have more details. but we have more now from stacy cohan live at the scene in centreville. what is the latest. >> reporter: good morning once again. it was 5:30 this morning and it was a very difficult scene for this complex in fairfax county as neighborhoods heard a lot of ruckus, they heard calls for help, there was somebody going door to door and knocking on doors and what unfolded in one apartment was a triple stabbing that did leave one person dead. we know that two women and one man were involved. fairfax county police are saying the entire incident was contained to this one apartment, meaning they are not searching for suspects. here is more from