news at 7:00 starts right now. take a look outside. a lot of sunshine today. no shortage of it on this tuesday morning as you look straight down wisconsin avenue in tenleytown. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. me thinks it will be a hot one today. >> you are correct. >> tony perkinsing us with the proof that i need. >> yes, it is going to be hot from here on out. today not as hot and tomorrow so rejoice and enjoy this one. and let's look at hd radar. look at thunderstorm activity across the great lakes impacting portions of ontario into the great lakes and moving into the u.s. shortly. there is an area of heavy rain in western new york and the thunderstorms are coming through portions of ohio and pennsylvania very shortly. all of that is moving southward toward the washington area and so we cannot rule out the possibility of a thunderstorm

later on today. also some of the clouds with that system are already beginning to move across portions of the viewing area. meanwhile, the main weather headline for today, well it's all about heat and the heat builds this week. yesterday upper 80s, today low 90s. headed to the mid and upper 90s for wednesday and thursday. right now, temperatures look like this: 68 degrees at reagan national. 61 at dulles. 61 at bwi marshall. the forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds. more sun early, more clouds later probably. high into the low 90s. about 91 degrees. and again, can't rule out a spray -- stray thunderstorm this evening. now let's get an early morning check on traffic with julie wright. we had some problems early this morning. westbound 198 is closed off on the ramp to southbound 95. nair investigating a fatal car fire that occurred this morning. now sky fox is checking out the

drive inbound along route as you travel in from 410 out of riverdale into cheverly, you are not alone. it is bumper-to-bumper past columbia park road toward new york avenue. early morning crash at kenilworth at bw parkway has cleared but it's slow-rolling on route 50 into northeast washington. expect traffic light delays believing bladensberg road toward the third street tunnel. if you are traveling inbound along 66, we have the slowdowns as you continue to work out of manassas headed eastbound toward fair oaks. slow traffic again leaving vienna toward the capital beltway. the dulles toll road had reports of debris in the roadway prior to the outer loop. in montgomery county, no accidents to report. on the slow side toward the exit for georgia avenue. got a map on a problem in southeast washington for those traveling along first sterling at the suitland parkway, accident herein bound toward the anacostia. only the left lane getting by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-

time traffic. our big story this morning, congressman anthony wiener's confession. he made a stunning public confession that he lied about sending a lewd photo of himself to a college student. >> he came clean yesterday and admitted he was the one who sent the lewd picture of himself in his underwear to a college student. sarah simmons joins us now with more on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. it was a most of honesty from a congressman who insisted his twitter account was compromised. instead representative wiener said he took nearly nude photos of himself and distributed them liberally. after more than a week of lies comes a confession from congressman anthony wiener. he admits this is a picture of him in his underwear which was intended for a college student in seattle. >> to be clear, the picture was of me and i sent it. >> reporter: as the story continues to unfold, many more photos are being released online. some of the snapshots were sent to a 26-year-old from texas who also spoke out on monday.

>> there is more girls than i thought at the time. this is something regular he's done all of the time and he's comfortable. >> reporter: wiener said he's never met or been physical but been candity with other women. >> i've shared notes of an explicit nature for three years. >> reporter: last week he denied sending the picture. >> i can definitively say i did not send this. >> once i realized i posted to twitter i panicked and said my account was tacked. >> he was married last july in a ceremony officiated by bill clinton. >> we have no intention of splitting up over this. we have been through -- we have been through a great deal together and we will weather this. i love her very much and she loves me. >> reporter: as the news broke, constituents were not short on opinions. >> that's his personal behavior

and his personal life. >> when he's speaking, how do you know he's telling the truth at all times. >> reporter: now congressman wiener said yesterday that he has no intention of resigning. he has represented new york's 9th district since 1999. meantime congresswoman nancy pelosi has launched an ethics investigation in the house and wiener said he will cooperate with it. sarah, back to you. now it a big story out of the district. plenty of fireworks in the pay for play scandal involving vince gray. >> sulaiman brown got into verbal council members while giving testimony. audrey barnes is live with more of the showdown. it was quite a showdown. >> reporter: it was a showdown. but sulaiman brown spent his afternoon in the spotlight hiding behind his sunglasses, which he refused to remove during that hearing. at least one council member was so upset by that she refused to

ask him any questions. she said until he took those sunglasses off, she was not going to acknowledge his presence. but david catania tried to get sulaiman brown that he was fine getting the illegal campaign contributions and city job until he got fired. >> mr. brown, you have -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> he has already called me a criminal. before you ask me one question off the record -- >> you've as much admitted you're a criminal. >> and in our you're sitting there -- >> you're sitting here testifying to your criminality, money laundering -- >> before you ask me one question on or off the record, you went on news talk 8 on march the 30th and you told the world, before you asked me one question on or off the record, that i was a criminal. so therefore how -- why should i answer questions from you, being that you're a witness and already made statements to the media. >> mr. brown, this is a

hearing, you're here -- >> it should be a fair hearing. >> reporter: and brown clearly a reluctant witness at that hearing. and it took a court order to even get him to testify. that effort was spearheaded by councilwoman mary cheh. and in half an hour on fox 5 morning news we'll talk live with mary cheh about the hearing and how it went yesterday and what happens next. steve and allison, back to you in the studio. >> audrey barnes. thank you. d.c. council dealing with another chair problem. kwame brown will go forward on a research into funds used for an audi suv. he's being sued by the attorney general for $1 million. >> we're interested in getting back every penny of the

district's money and the taxpayer money that was wrongfully taken, put it back into the general treasury for the use of the district. >> there is no -- no settlement that i would make that would imply that there was some wrongdoing on my part. and i think that's important to put and continue to say, not just because of my children and my family heritage and my legacy, but because of those who i represent. >> the accusations against thomas came to light after his republican opponent accused him of running a fake nonprofit called team thomas. >> we'll talk more about this in the next half an hour when mary cheh joins us live in studio. new this morning a shooting at hains point as park police spotted a man sitting in a car by himself at park closing time. officers approached the vehicle and the man came out holding a gun. the officers told him to drop

the westmoreland and he refused, they opened fire. the man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and he is expected to survive. other top stories we're following today, a d.c. police officer facing murder and manslaughter charges this morning. richmond phillips appeared in court yesterday accused of killing 20-year-old wine eta write and leaving their one- year-old child to die. a camera recorded a meeting between phillips and wright last week at hillcrest heights park the night before they were due to attend a paternity hearing. two days later she was found shot and the baby strapped in her mother's car and died from the extreme heat. her grandfather declined to repeat when he said to richmond phillips inside of the courthouse. >> i have to hold back right now. they told me not to say too much. >> this has been absolutely devastating for our community. it is, as you might understand, extremely devastating as well to the family of the victim. they are just absolutely beside

themselves as are all of us. >> confronted with the evidence, richmond phillips admitted having a relationship with her and being in a park with her before the murder. and a man attacked a woman in her own bedroom. officers are going door to door in herndon handing out flyers. a 23-year-old woman woke up to find a man with a weapon in her home in mary brook court. police did say he sexually assaulted her and ran off. he has a light complexion and is around 6 feet tall with a cloth around his head. [ chanting ] shame on you is what the crowd is saying. shouts from 100 hotel maids for the former head of the imf as he left the new york court yesterday. dominique strauss-khan or dsq was a -- accompanied by his

wife and he said he was not guilty. his lawyers are arguing the event in the hotel was consensual. austin gools by, the chairman of the economic advisors will step down this summer. he's going to return to his teaching job at the university of chicago. this departure comes ate difficult time for the administration as the economic recovery is slowing. the white house also preparing an extravagant dinner tonight for the leader -- of germany. and president obama took her to dinner at 1798 restaurant in georgetown last night. and after discussing the global economy, the president will award her with the presidential medal of freedom during a formal dinner tonight. 11 minutes after 7:00 now. it's 69 degrees this tuesday morning. and continued problem for metro and its escalator service. what the transit agency has

planned to tackle the problem and where service stands this morning. that's next. and plus a big announcement from apple that will change the way you access your music. that is also coming up. [ music ] and the live look outside. we'll get the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie. i was just told this is the number one song now. she's so hot right now. >> she is.

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7:15 right now as we look out over washington, d.c., looking over into virginia this morning as well. beautiful start to the day. get out there while you can while it's still cool, at 70 degrees which is where we are right now. >> you can see the haze out

there and the humidity levels between 75 and 80% this morning. so not as bad as we've seen some other days but still rather up there. and we're on tap for a warm day today and warm the middle part of the week. >> really warm. >> serious warm. let's look at the current temperatures across the nation. we are at 70 degrees now here in the district. let's see, 68 degrees in wilmingtonton and 66 in cincinnati. there are heat advisories off to the north and north and west because of the expected high temperatures. for example, in milwaukee today they're looking for a high of 95, chicago is the 76, looking for a high of about 98 degrees, close to 100. so heat advisories in effect in many parts of the eastern united states for today. currently 77 degrees in dallas. out to the west, temperatures in the 40s and 50s for the most part. here we've got the 70-degree temperature and a high yesterday of 88. that's above normal. today will be warmer than that.

here is a look at the satellite radar for the region. some clouds have filtered in, but here in northwest washington we have mostly sunny skies outside of our studio. there are some clouds up to the north. also a little rain system -- i won't say little, it's a good rain system across the great lakes making it's way into pennsylvania and upstate new york. that will makes it way toward the mid-atlantic and we cannot rule out some thunderstorms and showers popping up here and there late today and during the evening. five-day forecast, high today about 91 degrees. our average high for this date is 82. hot, scattered or pop-up thunderstorms during the late evening. tomorrow 97 degrees for the high. thursday 99, maybe 100 degrees on thursday. that's crazy. and maybe some scattered thunderstorms, same for friday. we cool off on saturday to the mid-80s. >> okay, good. >> again, here we go. >> it will feel good.

>> just like this past weekend, we were in the 80s and if felt good compared to what we had before. >> tony, thanks. let's check in with julie. >> free pups and nutty buddies and then everybody will be cool. >> they have the big bags of them, you get 20 of them for a dollar. >> of nutty buddies? >> that's not real ice cream. you mean the popsicles. those are good. on the road, trouble spots to report in southeast washington. trouble with the lights at pennsylvania avenue at the intersection of 8th and 9th street. both of those intersections traffic light is not working. sterling lane has a crash. 295 slowing at beltway and across the 11th street bridge. 270 delays in the main line out of rockville headed for the lane divide. stacked up toward montrose. the outer loop slowing 95 to georgia avenue, canal road at chain bridge.

lanes are open but we have problems with the signal light not working properly and that's contributing across the chain bridge and off of the clair barton parkway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. metro is investigating an accident in southeast d.c. involving two of its buses. officials say the butts collided near the intersection of martin luther king avenue and w. street around 2:45 yesterday afternoon. some passengers were hurt. it's not clear who was at fault. both bus drivers are undergoing routine drug and alcohol testing. when it comes to faulty escalators, metro has a new plan to keep them up and running. man power, in a new report to the custer operations committee, they unveiled an escalator resource plan which calls for another 55 positions to do the preventative maintenance. last week metro acknowledged the problems won't by mixed overnight but we should start

seeing a big push this summer. >> we'll focus on the red line where the escalators are longer and older. and it's important to keep in mind how old some of them are. of the 588, 433 are 25 years of age or some dating back to when the system opened in 1976. >> and four years ago metro won a national transit award for its escalator program. and on average 94% of the escalators worked every day. today the outages are typically triple that number. here is a look at where the escalators stand right now. out of the 588, 453 are working this morning. 135 are under repair. that means 23% of metro's escalators will not be in service for today's commute. and we ask you to help us monitor metro. if you spot a safety concern, trouble on the tracks or problems with metro bus, e-mail us your story, your pictures or send your video. send them to

fox5metro@gmail.com. we have a consumer alert. the latest creation from apple will leave your head in the cloud. it is a new service called i- cloud. >> steve jobs made the announcement yesterday and tracy burns has more. >> reporter: the apple worldwide developer conference but unlike the past four years they are not revealing a new iphone. instead they are taking a different focus. in his first public appearance since taking medical leave, steve jobs focusedond what he called the soul of the company's product, the software. >> if the hardware is the brain and the sinew of the products, the software in them is their soul. and today we are going to talk about software. >> reporter: and during today's announcement, apple show cased the new service for hosting

movie and music and photos the i-cloud. according to the end urogroup, it's a big deal and the new service is much more than an up braided version of iphones. >> this opens up for music and media streaming. the out yeah you can get your -- the idea you can get your stuff anywhere you wantd it and it wouldn't have to be on the device itself. >> reporter: but some analysts say its jobs attempt to redefine the digital hub with another attempt to succeed in an area where apple has failed. but if the i-cloud is successful, apple may prove it can compete with similar offerings from amazon and google. and the i-cloud wasn't the only announcement today. the tech giant also unveiled the next version of the company's operating system for the iphone, ipad and ipod and it's 8th version of the mac operating system. we're watching your money at the fox business network, giving you the power to

prosper. in new york i'm tracy burns. >> google and amazon have recently launched similar services. time now is 7:22. in europe deadly e-coli outbreak now reaching canada. an update on the situation over seas is coming up. wildfires burning out of control in arizona and what started them, straight ahead. who better to teach us about afro-brazilian art than paul raphel. it's on fire for the afro- brazil fest which kicks off today. i urged him not to try this yesterday. we'll see if he took my advice. >> he will. i'm pretty sure he will. the one. thank you. i appreciate tha i think we got a fumbler) and the competit i baker how long? three weeks? it sat there and just

the deadly e-coli outbreak in europe has now affected a man in canada. now he recently traveled to

germany which is where the outbreak is centered. the 2200 people sick with the bacteria are in europe but official there's are no closer to identifying the source more than one month after the outbreak. first they thought cucumbers from sprain and then bean sprouts from germany. neither were true. two wildfires continue to rage out of control in arizona. the wallow fire in the east is now growing to 365 square miles. dry and windy conditions are likely to make things even worse as it marched north. more evacuations were ordered in resort towns. this is the third largest wildfire in that state's history. investigators believe an abandoned campfire sparked the blaze. another wildfire burning to the south now covering 163 square miles. it is 7:27 right now. he has made serious allegations against vince gray and now former mayoral candidate sulaiman brown finally went before d.c. council and we'll

talk with mary cheh about the alleged pay for play scandal coming up next. [ music ] and as we take you to break, this is song is truer than not. >> wait until it's 100 degrees then you will want to be lazy. >> as we take you to break, a live look outside, with the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie. they can never be lazy. it's so unfair. akendn

7:31 right now. don't be shocked if you see this on the highway. a cool sight. the plane that landed in the hudson river two years ago is about to land at its new home but it needs help via truck. the u.s. airways plane will continue it's traveled through maryland today and head into west virginia on the way to the carolina's aviation museum in charlotte, north carolina. the wings were shipped separately to the museum so the plane is on the back of a big flatbed truck. many people have been watching the journey. the entire plane is scheduled to arrive by saturday. how quickly we get off topic this time of morning. >> here is what i don't

understand, how is it navigating like ramps on to highways and stuff like that. >> well a -- a flatbed would do that any way. >> they said they did have to modify the route. >> maybe that's why it's going into west virginia. >> i think that's to avoid the interstates. but they did have to do that in philadelphia. >> they worked it out. if that plane can land safely on the hudson it can get across the country safely. don't worry about it. >> i know they've worked it out but i don't see how -- >> the hudson river is wider than our interstate. >> if it was on a river -- >> it will get there. it's the miracle plane. the fuselage will make it. >> the miracle. >> don't even worry about it. >> it's going to the miracle museum.

>> it's a museum full of miracles. >> don't ask me. let's look at temperatures throughout the region. >> who sang that song? >> chocolate something. >> that was the part that leads into tony perfectly. >> you guys are easily distracted. we keep on going right by it. hazy, hot and humid and 70 degrees right now. 70 in annapolis. 64 in baltimore. 63 in manassas. your satellite radar composite, we have a few clouds coming through. main thing that we are looking at, tucker barnes and i are keeping our eyes on this system up to the north. it is hanging together pretty well, coming down across pennsylvania and it is moving towards the mid-atlantic. why? because we have this big area of high pressure. it's working around that high pressure and it is heading towards us. so we're going to have to watch this. we have put in the chance of some thunderstorms in here for later on today. we'll have to see if we have to increase that chance as that

gets closer. it has shown a lot of lightning and thunderstorm activity while it was across the great lakes and canada. here is your forecast for today. code orange air quality alert in effect. a mix of sun and clouds. some isolated thunderstorms are possible during the late afternoon and evening hours. 91 degrees for your high. so a warm day. then for tonight, a warm night as well with your overnight low in the 70s in town. 60s outside of town. a few thunderstorms during the evening hours. five-day forecast, if you think today is hot, wait until tomorrow and thursday. tomorrow, upper 90s. thursday almost 100 degrees. chance of thunderstorms then. and that is how we finish the week. 86 on saturday. that's a look at the weather. now let's get more on the rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> so is it going to be hot enough for you? >> oh, please. >> i hear that so much. >> i was going to say, you don't you hear that. you keep talking about people

asking about spring. do you get that? >> yes, i get that a lot. >> and sterling at right lane, in the backup, another crash at stanton tieing up the left lane, so tieups into southeast washington. 295 slowing at the beltway. outer loop is no change. below speed from college park into silver spring. also checking for a crash at 29 at university boulevard in four corners. in virginia 395 leaving duke street toward seminary road. traffic slowing again at boundary channel drive over the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. well two scandals rocking the district right now. former mayoral candidate sulaiman brown is making some serious allegations against mayor vince gray and his administration. and now councilman harry thomas, jr., under investigation, accused of misusing d.c. funds. and mary cheh is here, thank

you for coming in today. and let's talk about sulaiman brown first. you are the chair of the committee looking into the hiring practices. and when we watched it was hard not to just shake your head and say what is going on. so let me ask you, what is going on? >> well as the chairperson of the committee for government allegations there were allegations beyond sulaiman brown that there were improper and irregular hiring practices in the early day of the gray administration. that people were put into so- called accepted service positions that you don't have to go through a competitive process without proper vetting, that salary is too high, issues about possible nepotism, cronyism. and as head of the government operations committee i felt it was my obligation for the council to look into these things which started the hearing. they were sort of expanded by the more explosive charges of mr. brown. mr. brown has said that he was

paid money and promised a job. that's the connection to me. and he was given a job for $110,000 as a special assistant to a director of the offices -- i mean the agency of health care finance. so i've looked into this extensively and i wanted to have mr. brown there because he -- as i said, made the most dramatic charges. now, some have described this hearing yesterday with him, hi to get him there kicking and screaming. he initially said he would come voluntarily. i accepted that when we had a conversation. he did not show up. i had to get a subpoena. he evaded the subpoena which he denies but i had to serve him via mailing prose. and then he still wouldn't come. hi to go to court and get him an order to come. that was the consequence of yesterday coming under court order. >> he comes in and said he has a sun glass and he said that is his first amendment right to

wear the sunglasses. it is so off-putting that one council member refused to say anything to him. what was your take on that? was that a personal stand? he said his eyes looked tired for the cameras. >> well he has said so many things. one of the thing that's makes his testimony is problematic is he undermines his own credibility with his behavior and answers. he had selective memory and things he would remember that he said quite vividly happened this way and then two days later i would ask him questions about what happen and he had no recollection of it. the whole performance was one that leaves you, frankly, questioning his credibility. >> but yet he has the money orders, said that on one occasion then-candidate gray was at a location, he didn't hand him an envelope but one worker had something for him that had money orders in it. >> those kind of charges are very problematic because he's

saying what they said. and when you get into a he- said, she-said, that gets difficult. the committee looking at testimony of other people, i'm fairly convinced that for whatever reason mr. brown was promised a job by someone in the gray administration. perfect gray said it was only an interview. some people said it would be consideration for a job. he wasn't promised a specific job but i think the message to him was that he would get a job. the gray campaign people said he was such a pest that finally, to get him off of the mayor's back, they found a job for him, that's what the chief of staff said. the money part of it is unclear to me. there are these three money orders from somebody connected to a man called howard brooks who worked for the campaign. but they don't amount to the kind of money he's talking about. they don't come in circumstances that lend

themselves necessarily to being paid off. and then he didn't declare any other monies nor does he account for them in any way. so that part of the story has too many holes to be -- to have any certainty to it. >> so let me ask you then, what happens now? because surely the people of d.c., this isn't going to go away and nor will it with the council. so what happens now? >> this is a legislative hearing and my goal is to find out what made this possible and whether there is legislative fixes and i can tell you right now that this so-called accepted service where about 200 people in the government can be put in positions and given salaries, that's going to stop. there will be legislation. i'm going to look at personnel system and the whole business about the salary and the vetting, we created a situation or the situation was there that would allow this sort of mischief to occur. so in terms of what this has done, it opened a window into that possibility. and so there will be something that will come out of this

legislatively. >> i'm out of time. the council chair will look into allegations against harry thomas. would you like to know what your reaction to that is or what have you to say on that? >> i have looked at the complaint. it's very distressing. the allegations, if true, are very serious. and the thing what mr. brown and the hiring and now with mr. thomas, what most sadens me is it saps the spirit of the district of columbia. we're going in the right direction, we have so many good things going for us. we have so many things that we have to attend to. all of these things, they are more than just distractions, they are points of great disappointment. >> wish we had more time to talk. hope you'll come back as these things all work themselves out. this is council member mary cheh of ward 3 in the district. steve, over to you. phase 8 of the 14th street bridge project begins overnight and that means a change for

tomorrow's commute. and we'll let you know what to be aware of coming up. and also going to check the roads with a view of the aforementioned 14th street bridge. and tony perkins coming up as well. stay with us. we're back after this. yefrouewti o?c,3@ñp aapú

7:44 right now. look who is back. it is tony. >> hello. >> looking dapper as always. >> why, thank you. i try my best. i have to compete with you two. >> i like the pinstripes. >> the bold look. >> much like the forecast. >> yes, it is bold. let's take a look. it is bold and it's hot. right now, not too bad. 70 degrees here at reagan national. dulles international, bwi marshall is 64 degrees at each of those locations. so not a bad start to the day really. let's take a look at future cast. here is what we think will happen later on today. i'm not sure the future-cast is holding the precipitation up to the north because it is not showing it. but it is showing the cloud

cover. showing the possibility of showers and thunderstorms popping up later on. we'll see. i do think there is a good chance of that happening and i think as we continue to watch, the actual radar images of the thunderstorm activity are occurring early this morning up to the north and west that increases the likelihood. high today about 91 degrees. some thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. tomorrow very hot, 97 degrees for your high. thursday, 99 degrees, scorching with possible thunderstorms. friday a few thunderstorms late. saturday it will be cooler and 86 degrees. that's the latest on the weather. more coming up in just a little bit. >> stormy weather. >> yes. >> we listen to everything you say, tony. >> okay. >> the pictures say it all. >> you say that while you're looking at him. checking in with julie

wright. it's your turn now. >> huh? what? somebody talking to me? i am mesmerized by tony's pinstripes. i do like the outfit. it is very nice. >> thank you very much. on the roads, outer loop leaving new hampshire toward georgia avenue, all lanes are open. we do have some delays on the inner loop past university boulevard. it is all part of a long-term construction project. the road has been narrowed and the lanes are more narrow and you are finding delays on inner loop between university boulevard and new hampshire avenue other the northwest branch. on the other side of town, 66 congested. toll road congested through reston but the lanes are open. inbound new york avenue leaving bladensberg road headed for the third street tunnel, no accidents to report. suitland parkway still tied up at stanton and again at first sterling. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 7:47 and a heads up for drivers who take 395 into the city. another phase of the 14th street bridge bridge project

takes place overnight so you will find some lane shifts tomorrow morning when you drive into work. here is what it looks like right now. it will be three lanes to the left and one lane to the right to get around a barrier. can you still access the southeast southwest free way from the left lanes just give extra time for the morning rush. and that happens overnight into tomorrow's rush hour. well it's a royal home for a famous royal couple. >> the duke and duchess of cambridge will move into a flat at kinsington pal ace. currently they are bunking with prince harry. william and harry lived with their mother in the palace before her death. the apartment the royal couple will move into is not the same one where william grew up. the two are set to move in by the end of july. and that gorgeous wedding dress worn by the duchess of cambridge will be on display at buckingham palace. all a part of a exhibit that includes its veil, the tierra, the shoes, the diamond earrings

and the wedding cake. >> really? the cake survived? >> i suppose so. it opened july 23rd and goes until october 3rd. the queen's official residence was first open to the public back in the summer of 1993. >> go check it out if you are heading overseas. >> i would love to do that. 7:49 right now and we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. it is david bright and david recently married his best friend crystal. they met on facebook. and they got married on their one-year anniversary. congratulations to both of you. and thank you so much for being with us this morning and every day. you are today's facebook fan of the day: if you would like the honor tomorrow, find us on facebook by searching fox 5 morning news and post a comment under david and his bride's photo. well a fun cultural event kicks off today in the district. >> paul raphel learning about afro-brazilian martial arts.

please be careful. >> reporter: we have the music started today. i'm dancing, they are doing tapura. after the break we'll find out what this afro-brazilian martial arts is and we'll give you the details on first annual afro-brazil fest going on all week long. [ music ]

7:53 right now. it is called afro-brazil fest. it is new and a week-long cultural event going on this week. >> paul raphel is at the martin luther king memorial library in northwest d.c. today, already busting a groove. and he's finding out about the festival. good morning. >> i love an opportunity to show off my awesome dance moves so you'll get that all morning long. yes, it's the first annual afro-

brazil fest. it's a great event, it's actually going to celebrate the african and brazilian culture. going on all week. it kicks off tonight. many events include film, dance, workshops this week. to get information on it, i'm going to have to grab the man, red powell, come join me. so talk about this afro-brazil fest. what is going on this week? >> we're having a festival to celebrate the african brazilian culture. most people think of carnival and they think there are many different arts that celebrate the culture of the mixture of the people in brazil. >> talk about tapera. what are we seeing here? >> you are seeing a fight of the dancech we use acrobatic movements to accent the

developments in the art and mastering, understanding sequences, music, singing. it encompasses every aspect of traditional african values, things preserved for the past 500 years in brazil. >> i feel like this is a diverse group. so why do they like it. >> most people here have traveled somewhere and seen it and most of them are not from d.c. and it is like a fraternity and it gives one an opportunity to move to another city and be a part of something that is dupely rooted dupe -- deeply rooted. and we are all quirky and like to work out and it is a lifestyle. >> it is a total lifestyle. >> reporter: so i'm going to attempt to learn something. >> come on over. walk around that way and i'll meet you on this side. >> reporter: how does this work?

>> so when we start, we always shake hands first and then i'll do a cart wheel. >> reporter: a cart wheel? here we go. i'm a little busy so back to you. we'll have more information at myfoxdc.com. >> that's good advice. try not to get kicked in the head. >> i want to watch a while. he did the kicking thing. he's more of the ducking type. have you ever thought, i bet a 4-year-old could do that. well a girl from australia rephrasing the way you say that. >> look at. that a new york gallery is displaying the work by aleta andre. the youngest professional painter. her solo exhibit is the progeny of color. some of her paintings have sold

for more than $5,000. >> look at those hands. how impressive. i wanted to see more of the tiny hands. 4 years old. >> making $5000 a panting, not a bad start. 7:56 on this tuesday morning. half of all marriages will end in divorce these days. >> so coming up after 8:00, the author of marriage confidential will join us with a look at what she said is contributing to the problem and what couples can do to stay together. stay with us. we'll be right back.

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breaking news. police shoot a man overnight at hains point in d.c. we have new information this hour. new york congressman anthony wiener is not going to resign but he does admit that he lied about sending lewd pictures over twitter. i'm doug luzader in washington. we'll have more on that coming up. before that, also two scandals rocking d.c. one involving a councilman accused of using public money for personal use. the other a pay for play scandal heating up as former

mayor candidate sulaiman brown testifies underage. the latest on both underage -- under oath. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. and we say good morning to tony perkins who has news of a hot forecast. >> we could see thunderstorms later on today. and warmer conditions today. hot conditions tomorrow. and the next day. and we'll take a look at hd radar. this is an area of intense storminess. take a look at this. well off to the north and west, it's moving slowly across the great lakes, out of canada, across the lakes into the u.s. now. western portions of new york and northwestern pennsylvania, soon to enter the cleveland- high area. a lot of embedded thunderstorms and lightning with this. so we're going to keep our eyes on this to see how much of this hangs together before did get -- before it gets to the mid- atlantic region which does include washington and baltimore. and that's where it's headed. we have put in the chance for

thunderstorms later on today. we've seen a 20% chance. we may have to up that as the day progresses. let's look at the satellite radar and we can show you that some of the clouds associated with that system have or are beginning to make their way in here. we've talked about a mix of sun and clouds and more sunshine early and then more clouds later on in the day and you can see that looks like it will be the trend. temperatures right now, 70 degrees in washington. 64 in baltimore. 64 at dulles. 73 in ocean city and 66 in fredericksburg. your forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds. the heat returns, 91 degrees for your high today. nearly 10 degrees above normal. that sets the stage for a very hot wednesday and thursday, more about that coming up in just a little bit. there you go. >> thank you, tony. let's check with julie and look at traffic this hour. hi julie. >> still a lot happening. especially in southeast washington. we've been talking about this accident for quite sometime now. suitland parkway over at first sterling where there is one in the backup at stand ton road,

both tieing up a lane through southeast washington. delays on 295 stacking up at the beltway. more slow traffic into southeast. north capital street, the accident cleared. delays out of the third street tunnel. inbound traffic slow through the traffic lights leaving northeast to northwest. 395 across the 14th street bridge, heavy volume beginning at the beltway to king street, boundary channel drive across the potomac. gw parkway, traffic is starting to slow past national airport. now if you are traveling in montgomery county, here is the deal. the outer loop typical slowdown at 95 headed to georgia. you're not used to the inner loop slowing past university boulevard over to the northwest branch toward new hampshire avenue. in preparation for a work zone they are doing, they have relined the lanes on the beltway so they are more narrow than what you are used to so there is a change in the traffic pattern and it is effect acing the commute and that and the sunshine in your face as you travel eastbound on 495. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic.

new this morning, a deadly incident on a maryland highway. there was a car fire on the ramp from westbound 198 to southbound 95 in laurel. maryland state police say they are not sure what caused the vehicle to catch fire, but we do know that one person was killed. the incident was first reported just before 4:00 a.m. no word on when the ramp will reopen. now to another one of our top stories. u.s. park place opened fire on a man at hains point. the man was sitting in a car by himself just after 1:00 a.m. which is closing time. officers approached the vehicle and the man came out holding a gun. officials say they were forced to open fire. >> shortly after the person got out of the car, he was still holding on to his handgun. the u.s. park police officers on the scene gave repeated commands for him to drop the gun. he did not comply. u.s. park police officers did fire on this subject. >> the man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but he is expected to survive. well he lied but he's not

going anywhere. that's what he said. new york congressman anthony wiener has admitted he sent lewd photos of himself to a woman through his twitter account. more from doug luzader. >> reporter: wiener said he won't resign but still facing plenty of trouble, including a likely ethics investigation. he could be charming, clever, and combative. >> well you want to do the briefing? >> reporter: but now anthony wiener is something new. contrite. >> to be clear, the picture was of me and i sent it. i'm deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife houma and our family. >> reporter: and with that lie after lie came to an end. after a parade of interviews and more than a week of denials, wiener admitted there was no hacker on his twitter account. the recently-married congressman said he sent numerous lewd pictures of himself and had inappropriate

conversations with about half a dozen women. including 26-year-old megan brus ard of texas. >> i just thought at the time there has to be something. there is way more girls out there. this is not just me. >> reporter: and there were more. but wiener intends to weather the scandal if he can. >> but i'm not resigning and i'll try hard to go back to work a better person and a better man and i'm going to try to be a better husband too. >> reporter: even fellow democrats are keeping their distance. house minor leader nancy pelosi called for an ethics investigation to see if wiener broke any house rules. he is up for re-election next year in a heavily democratic district. he might survive, but a man who once seemed destined for much bigger things is now dealing with a harsh new reality. now wiener said he did nothing illegal. he used his personal blackberry and his personal twitter account to send the photos. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. we went to capitol hill to get reaction and it seems

people admit he did not make the best decisions and he has a tough road ahead trying to regain his credibility. >> once you lie, it's hard to regain your credibility and you're going to have to work really hard to build back that trust. >> i feel that admitting it is a first step in this recovery process and i really do give him credit of it. >> and the idea of him saying well i didn't send the picture in the first play and then saying well i can't comment whether or not it's my picture or not, it just adds fuel to the fire. >> it just doesn't look good. >> i feel very sorry for his wife. it's got to be a terrible embarrassment because she looks like such a dignified lady. >> wiener said he won't resign. and we asked you on facebook if he should resign. carla ritter said he shouldn't quit. jessica said he should stay and they say he has done all of this while in office and the only thing he has to deal with

is his wife and family. now to two scandals here at home. a councilman accused of using public money and a pay for play scandal heats up as sulaiman brown testifies under oath. audrey barnes joins us live with more on the big story. audrey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. sulaiman brown was clearly a reluctant witness. it took a court order to get him to testify yesterday. and he came to the hearing with sunglasses on and refused to remove them. moments ago on fox 5 morning news, councilwoman mary cheh stopped just short of calling brown's appearance shady, but she said his performance undermines his credible. and at that hearing he was asked why it took a court order to get him to the hearing? >> it's difficult when you're dealing with someone who teaches law such as mrs.eh and

allow other witnesses to ask question such as david catania. he made statements to the media that i was a criminal and a crook before he asked me one question on or off the record. mary cheh made statements to the media about her own investigation which is why i did not show up when -- without a subpoena. >> reporter: now brown brought copies of five money orders with him. which he said shows he was paid to steer voters away from then- mayor adrian fenty. and this morning councilwoman cheh believes brown was offered a job by gray but it hurt his case. >> he undermines his own credibility with his behavior, his answers. he had selective memory, things he would remember that he said quite vividly happened this way and then two or three days later i would ask him questions

about what would happen and he no recollection of it. the whole performance was one that leaves you frankly questioning his credibility. >> reporter: but mary cheh said this whole situation has opened the door to find out exactly how many people are promised jobs and how that whole process works and she predicted there will be legislation to come out of this that will prevent is from happening notice future. allison. >> audrey barnes live for us. thank you. kwame brown scheduled to meet with fellow council members today to discuss how to move forward on the case of harry thomas, jr. he is accused of misspending $300,000 in d.c. funds and could face criminal charges. he's currently being sued by the attorney general irvin nathan for $1 million. >> we're interested in getting back every pen of the district money and the taxpayer money that was wrongfully taken, put it back into the general

treasury for the use of the district. >> there is no -- no settlement that i would make that would imply that there was some wrongdoing on my part. i think that's important to put and continue to say. not just because of my children and my family heritage and my legacy, but because of those who i represent. >> the accusations against thomas came to light after his republican opponent in the 2010 council race accused him of running a fake nonprofit called team thomas. the leader of germany arriving at the white house in an hour to discuss policy. and there is a great reception tonight at the white house. it's a formal dinner with the 19 gun salute and she will be awarded with the presidential medal of freedom. his royal heinous prince hend rick of denmark is in leesberg for the launch of a recycle company. the company has a new recycling

process and it shows loudoun county foritz u.s. headquarters. the prince is on hand for demonstrations at the recycling center this morning. >> it's 8:11 right now at 74 degrees on a tuesday morning. and coming up next, we'll sit down with roll call for a political round-up, including the fallout from anthony wiener's confession. and we'll look ahead to 2012 now that rick santorum has entered the presidential race. yesterday we told you german officials thought they knew what was causing the outbreak. now they are backtracking. we'll have more coming up on the headlines after this. it's 8:12.

it is 8:15 now. let's take a look at stories making headlines. one of the three people found stabbed in a fairfax county apartment yesterday morning is now charged with murder. police arrested mana park. they found him and another women in the apartment with

life-threatening stab wounds. the second woman inside the apartment was dead. investigators say the three did know each other. police haven't released victims names but they say they are sisters. officers going door to door in herndon handing ow flyers after a man sexually assaulted a 23-year-old woman in her bedroom. the suspect had a light complexion wearing a cloth around his head. a deadly e-coli outbreak in europe is growing. another 94 people got sick yesterday. almost all of the 2300 victims and 22 deaths are in germany. and officials reversed themselves from saying bean sprouts were the source. it's 16 minutes past the hour. let's get to tony and look at our forecast. and we need more of a cool factor these days. >> i think the time has arrived for that. >> not only do i have cool factor, i have a surprise. >> oh, great. >> the my first 5 photo of the

day is someone near and dear to our hearts. this baby is zula. recognize mommy there. she is the newest member of the fox 5 family. maureen umeh gave birth to her yesterday after 41 hours of labor. >> maureen, you are the my first 5 honoree as well. >> absolutely. she is cute. >> how beautiful. >> she weighed in at 6 pounds 14 ounces. and zul means brilliant. absolutely. and she looks brilliant. >> you see that connection that maureen is making with that baby. that is so precious. >> i love that photo. we look forward to seeing you sometime down the road and happy birthday zula. we're glad you're here. to send in your child's photograph, go to myfoxdc.com. the temperatures have gone up. it's 74 degrees here in washington and the eastern half

of the nation is warm. 70s everywhere -- almost everywhere. and it will get warm in much of the eastern u.s. today. we mentioned chicago and places like that, temperatures notice mid-90s to 100 degrees. chicago, milwaukee, areas like that. meanwhile here, like i said, 74 degrees. so we begin that trend towards 80s and low 90s with that 74 degrees temperature popping up. here is a look at the satellite radar. right now things are quiet. we do have clouds beginning to make their presence known in the area. they are associated with a little area of -- not a little area, i keep saying that but it's an impressive area of storminess to the north. that is working its way south ward. it's having to work around a high pressure system out to the west. unfortunately that puts us on a track toward the mid-atlantic and toward us. we'll have to wait and see how much of that holds together to come through here. but we do have a chance of some thunderstorms popping up this afternoon and this evening. five-day forecast, high today 91. and then tomorrow you're high

of 97. thursday 99 with some of you likely hitting 100 degrees on thursday. friday we're in the 90 its but saturday back into the mid-80s. chance of thunderstorms on thursday, friday and saturday. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. now let's get more on the rush hour traffic and here is julie wright with the latest. still a busy drive out there around town in northeast washington. minnesota near bening, accident reported there involving a car and a bus. inbound new york avenue, traffic tied up through northeast washington and out to the tunnel. out bound leaving the tunnel toward north capital street, delays there. university boulevard toward the northwest branch, they've been busy prepping the roadway for construction which means they have restriped lanes ant the roadway is narrower than you are used to and that's explains why it is slow on the inner loop toward college park. the outer loop typical delay 95 toward georgia and there your lanes are open. 395 across the 14th street bridge, all lanes are open. delays from the beltway to king street, boundary channel drive

crossing the potomac. slow at national airport. big story occurred around 3:00 involving a car fire westbound 198, remaining closed at this point over to southbound 95. this is an incident that occurred around 3:00 a.m. this morning and it involved a vehicle that caught fire. there is a fatality unfortunately that is offered in this. an on going investigation. and westbound along 198 this ramp is closed. and so a lot of folks where this detour is posted on this ramp are not aware of it until it's too late and that's forcing everyone on to the northbound side of 95. but 95 is open in each direction between jessop and the beltway it's just the ramp on 198 that is closed. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. president obama's post to bin laden boost in the polls over now. a abc news poll shows two out of three americans disapprove of the president's handling of the economy and that may hurt

him in the upcoming presidential election. if held today, the president and former massachusetts governor mitt romney who be in a dead heat. romney just announced his candidacy last week focusing on creating jobs and boosting the economy. the president does lead five other candidates. and yesterday former pennsylvania senator rick santorum wants to protect american freedoms under a threat from president obama. joining us with more on that campaign and what is happening with anthony wiener, steve from roll call joins us. and you said the news conference yesterday is shocking since he denied this for so long leading up to it. >> i'm still shaking my head. i think you rarely see a level of honesty in politic that's reaches that level. not only did he admit that he lied last week about sending one photo to one woman, he said it's been six women over three

years. so i mean, just shocking developments in a story that will clearly have some legs here. >> what will happen now? the way that you look at it i guess you could look at two things, one, like you said, the honesty that he admitted to doing this and part of what he admitted to is lying as wellch he said he doesn't want to step down. but now you have the question of this is somebody who did lie even though he came clean later. is that the kind of person that you want representing you? what will happen here? >> exactly. nancy pelosi yesterday called for an ethics investigation. other house democratic leaders say the same thing. i think that gives democrats some political cover going forward. once the investigation starts, no one can talk about it, it's secret. so that will buy them some time but i think nationally anthony wiener has done incredible damage to democrats who were just starting to get momentum. we saw special elections last month in upstate new york, democrats pulled off a shocking upset victory there. that message about republicans

going after medicare was resonating with voters. all of that now is kind of taking a backseat to this scandal involving a relatively high-profile house member. >> so democrats need to cover themselves here. republicans, do they need to say anything or do pictures speak for themselves in this case? >> i think the pictures do speak for themselves but we're already seeing some republicans start to put out statements. and right now they are questioning campaign donations. wiener is a big donor and very active and so any democrat who has taken money from anthony wiener will see a press release sent out to their home town papers this morning and will have tough questions to answer. so i do think whether or not he stays and ultimately resigned is still very much up in the air. >> he comes from a heavily democratic area in new york. so there would be a -- we could probably say there would be a good chance he would have support among his home base. but if he had bigger aspirations, this is a guy tabbed as a potential future mayor of new york city.

does that go away now? >> yes. i think it's pretty tough -- it will be pretty tough for him to launch any sort of campaign inside new york city. now i haven't seen the cover of the new york post this morning but i can only imagine that it's devastating. and local voters read that and it won't be forgotten. his credibility is shot among the greater new york city area. he could probably be re-elected to his congressional seat because that area is dominated by democrats, but mayoral campaign is a completely different ballgame and i think that's out of the question at this point. >> and let's look bigger. and move on from wiener to presidential politics. we just talked about the presidential approving rating and the latest throw their hat into the ring is rick santorum. does he have a shot here and does he bring anything different to the table than any other folks at this point? >> tough to say. he has a real strong shot. but interestingly, we talked about mitt romney being overshadowed in new hampshire

when he announced last week by sarah palin. poor rick santorum -- it's a terrible day to announce that you're running for president with the wiener scandal going on. but that said, it does bring a different set of values. social issues are his sweet spot here. we don't have a candidate in the race. mike huckabee decided not to run. so there is not a candidate as passionate about those and as outspoken on those issues, gay marriage, abortion as rick santorum. that said, he's out of politics since 2006 and lost by 18 points in his home state and he admits he probably couldn't win pennsylvania again in a presidential -- in a contest, so it's hard to say that it's anything but a steep climb for him to get into the race. >> do you think that type of issue, that he is standing for and campaigning on right now, can hold a voter in 2012 or is this election going to be strictly economy-based? >> it all depends on the next 9 months, i think.

unemployment right now is at 9.1. if it gets down in the 8 range and there is a real strong sign of a recovery, i think the focus could shift a little bit. but right now it seems all about the economy. unfortunately for guys like rick santorum. >> steve peoples with roll call. thank you very much. 8:25 on this tuesday morning. and half of all marriages will end in divorce. the author of marriage confidential joins us to look at this problem and what couples can do to stay together. and later we are live at the afro-brazil fest that is now underway. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. 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.

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8:29 now. let's look at stories making headlines. two wildfires continue to rage out of control in arizona. the wallow fire in the east has now grown to 365 square miles. another wildfire burning to the south now covered 163 square miles. dry and windy conditions are likely to make things even worse in the coming days. a broken levee in missouri has forced hundreds of people to evacuate across the state line in hamberg, iowa. the army corp of engineers is

trying to build a secretary barrier against the river. if the levee is breached they could get up to 10 inches of water. and a erepresentation of a volcano in chile. it has forced the evacuation of about 4,000 from homes. it's grounded airline flights and closed key resorts in a layer of dust. >> amazing pictures. officer never seen that before, have you? >> yeah. the icelandic volcanos have that going on. a lot of heat coming up. >> a lot of heat coming here this week. >> you can say that again. we'll do it all over again. last week we had the heat wave and we'll do it all over again with the teams pushing upper 90s by tomorrow. >> did i hear close to 100 degrees? >> yeah. in fact i would not be surprised if tomorrow or if thursday a few spots won't touch 100 degrees.

and a mix of clouds and sun. more cloudiness today than yesterday. that being said, i think it will be a decent day. heat returns. the heat will be back with a vengence around here. not so much today. today we'll be warm with highs in the low 90s but you'll know the heat is back by tomorrow as we'll push 100 around here for a couple of days. slight chance of thunderstorms back in the forecast again today. as we have the thunderstorm complex lurking off to the north and west. and code orange air quality is back. so that's a moderate air quality. take it easy and you remember what we have to do during the summer months when we start to get poor air quality. 74 at reagan national. we did have 50s overnight. 72 in gaithersburg. manassas is 68. martinsberg is 64. and in hagerstown, 76 degrees. looking at our satellite radar, waking up with sunshine but look at the cloudiness just off to the north and west. pretty impressive thunderstorm complex developing overnight up towards toronto. and you see the energy fading off to the south and east.

but look at where it's headed, in the direction of washington. it should have a tendency to fall apart here but i have to be honest, it's going to be a close call. so we have to see if we don't have the possibility of some thunderstorms in the forecast a little later today. bring along an umbrella just in case. but just hot and steamy out there with a lot of very warm temperatures for the next several days. there you go 91 today. overnight low, well that is on the balmy side p 72. tomorrow 97 and thursday scoffing near 100 and friday cooler and then by the weekend in the 80s. but the next chance for any storm gets in here on friday and saturday. that's a look at the forecast. allison, i'm going to toss it over to you. well anyone who is married can tell you that happenly ever after may work in fairytales but in real life not always. marriage can be a source of comfort but it can be frustrating and difficult. author pamela hague conducted surveys and trolled the

internet and listened in as modern married couples talk abouted the most intimate relationship and why it sometimes isn't enough and she joins us to talk about some of the reasons that couples make long haul while others just run out of gas. and then pam, the segment in the middle, where they are not quite as happy as they thought. because that, i would imagine, is a big old part of this too. good morning, thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> the book is fascinating. >> thank you. >> it is just -- of course it's really being called the next big thing as far as marriage. tell me first off, why you decided to write this book? >> well i was inspired by marriages i saw all around me which seemed to be in this middle range of not being at all miserable, but not being that happy or successful. and i wanted to dig underneath that and tell a story about what was happening in actual real-life marriages as opposed to the celebrity and hollywood marriages. >> and we're used to those flipping over and it's only

been a year. but we're talking about long marriages and we've seen high profile people fall victim to this very same thing. we're going to talk about that -- talk about that in a minute. but i want to talk about the titles. it is called marriage confidential, the post romantic age of work housewives and rebel couples. what is the work housewife? >> the work housewife is the exhausted breadwinner to her husband. this is the difference than the stay at home dad by pulling his load and helping with the children. the woman feels very tired of her job but can't leave the job because the husband is pursuing his dream. usually it is a financially stressed dream. so he wants to be a novelist or a poet. >> a tom sawyer husband. >> exactly. he's convinced to paint the fence and do the hard work and bring in the paycheck. >> and we love our kids.

that is not what anybody is saying. i don't want to put words in your mouth. but you talk about the royal children syndrome. what is that and how do kids play a big role in these marriages? >> kids can really slide a marriage from happy into semi- happy, high functioning but semi-stable. when i was growing up kids had their world and parents had theirs. this morning there is the helicopter parents, the hyper parents and the parents who are pouring everything into parent hood. and that is good in a way. but it can also really stress a marriage and the marriage kind of ends up getting swallowed just by parenthood and then the children are the focal point of all family life. >> that is true. the kids table. we sat here and had our adult conversation and they had a good time at the end of the day. let me ask you, because our time is so fleeting, how do you take a marriage like this and push it back into the -- not

just married and doing well, but the happy stage? did you find some solution? >> i did. this is not an advice book, but i d. one thing is that forever is a long time. so if you want to have a really long-term committed relationship it does pay to be flexible. so that might mean revisiting your marriage vows. i interviewed a couple that did that and they re wrote their marriage vows to keep them fresh for real things happening in their lives. and that's a small and useful habit to keep it vital and not just high-functioning. >> i'll ask you to put your journalist cap on for a second. we're running the story today about the congressman who has made, as he would say, a big mistake in his marriage. talking about the online emotional cheating. and you see this in your research. you can talk about that and women also play in that. >> right, women are doing this as well. the infidelity gap is closing faster than the wage gap.

this is a new-fangled post romantic affair and i call it the avatar affair. it's never physical contact, it's all message based, text based, maybe a change of pictures. in britain last year one in five divorces mentioned facebook. so this is a new kind of infidelity that challenges our deaf is -- our ideas of infidelity as well. >> and it is called marriage confidential. the post romantic age of the work horse wife royal children, under sexed spouses and rebel couples. there is more. i love it. thanks for being here today. good luck with the book. >> thank you. >> steve, over to you. on this tuesday morning, good news out of montgomery county schools and we'll have that when we come back. and then next hour we'll take you behind the scenes of the new avatar exhibit that will soon be touring the country. stay tuned for that.

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>> then we are live at the afro- brazil fest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the first annual afro-brazil fest is going on all week long. it includes food, film, dance, martial arts. it's got it all. after the break we'll find out a schedule and try to do some dancing but i'm not sure as i'll be as good as them. but stick with us.

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it's 8:45 right now. feeling under the weather. well forget the pharmacy, the newest trend in health care is from your own kitchen, home remedy. brenda flanagan has more on how the home-cooked cures will make you feel better without breaking the bank. >> most of the things you have already lying around the house. >> reporter: pharmacist ian beginsberg said finding solutions to ailments at home is easier than ever. while he fills conventional prescriptions, most of the day he's a big believer in concocting your own tours. >> sometimes we kind of go back. >> reporter: back to the homemade remedies made famous

by moms and grandmas. >> there are some great remedies as good or better as what is going on in the stores. >> reporter: and so we asked him to give us a lesson on alternatives. first is nixing the nausea. >> lime juice and sugar. it's a quarter sea spoon of baking soda you pop in there. it's a half a teaspoon of sugar, and ten drops of lime juice. >> reporter: just mix it up and drink it. the baking soda balances acids in the stomach while the sugar settles it and lime juice aids digestion. next we have the dreaded cold. instead of spending cash trying to decongest, try dissolving menthol and sprinkle them on the floor of a hot shower and it will help clear you up in no time. >> a lot of it is more naturally instead of taking something internally.

>> reporter: and if you suffer from acne, skip the expensive store medication and use toothpaste. >> toothpaste looks great and you only put it on the blemish. milk of mag newsia works too. >> reporter: and you might want to save some breakfast. >> oatmeal is the new wonder drug. >> reporter: it contains an oil that coats the skin and protects it. >> . and you can use it help make your skin glow so skip the expensive facial products. >> you can add milk and honey and it makes a great face mask. a lot of nutrients soothing for dry skin. >> and looking to soothe dry, puppy eyes. spoons should be put in the refrigerator and place the cold curve over the eye. >> sometimes it works. >> reporter: and if it works, you may want to listen up because home remedies could

save you big bucks. i'm brenda flanagan. fox news. 8:47. afro-brazil fest is under way with a celebration of the links between brazilian and african culture. >> and paul raphel put on his dancing shoes -- he's dancing right now. he joins us live from the martin luther king library in northwest. not quite brazil. any way -- >> reporter: well the event starts tonight here at the library at 5:30 and it's a free event. all week long they have a wide vary the of events from film to food to music. many of them are free. i'm going to bring in nicole hughette to tell me the details. let's talk about the schedule tonight. >> tonight we are kicking off the event. we have three african dance performances, afro-brazilian performances, we'll have samba, afro, it's a great event. bring the whole family. it will be kid-friendly so bring the kids. >> reporter: so throughout the week what other highlights do

you have? >> on wednesday we're meeting at a bistro and have music. on thursday we'll have a p.m. discussion. friday we have food and just come out to the center and we'll have street food for the families. we'll have an amazing party on friday night. saturday we have workshops and then sunday in the columbia heights plaza we're having performances outside. >> reporter: why do you think it's important to celebrate the two cultures together in d.c.? >> i think there is a lot of similarities. i think that's what we'll help people understand more, that there is a lot of differences but a lot of things similar that we can celebrate. just a great outreach event to get the community involved. music and dance and culture is a great way to learn. >> reporter: and you said samba tonight. i'm bringing over sonia pena. talk about the so many bau. what makes up the samba dance. >> it is a very unique brazil

from africa and it is [ inaudible ] and you have to use your hips. so start moving side to side. >> reporter: side to side. >> one two, one two. >> reporter: and why don't you manly this up a little bit. >> and you can liven it up. yes, now some hips here. and shoulder and your hands here are down. >> reporter: i'll flex to be more manly. >> and then some hops. from here and you jump. jumping, jump. >> reporter: this will take me a while. so we'll have all of the information on the schedule on our website at myfoxdc.com. next hour i'll learn some more stick fighting to get my street cred back, toughen up a back. toughen up a bit. >> his words say more manly, his actions say otherwise. paul raphel we'll see him at 9:00. it is now 8:50.

find out what bryce harper did after hitting his 14th home run of the season. allison, you have probably never seen this on a baseball field before. >> well the picture tells a thousand words but we'll get to that later. coming up after 9:00, a golfer joins us in studio before he heads to greece for the special games. stay with us. we'll be right back. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight.

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8:54. let's say good morning to our facebook fan of the day and his beautiful bride. david bright who recently married his best friend crystal. they met on facebook and got married on their one-year anniversary. congratulations. to be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook by fox 5 and then post a comment under david's photo. allison, you may have not seen this. brice harp ser good. he's 18 years old and he's young and some say he has a bit of an at -- an attitude. and that will get you in

trouble as you show up the pitcher. and he rounds third base that shows up the pitcher. now here he comes. watch and give a look over and a little smooch toward the pitcher. watch it again. how about that. now as an 18-year-old you might be able to get away with that, in the majors you are guaranteed to get nailed by the next pitch that you see. >> so he's working it out in the minors. >> he's showing them up a little bit but it won't carry over to the majors. but he's owning the pitching in single a ball right now. >> that's unsportsmanlike. >> we'll see how that works as he continues his trek toward nationals park. 8:55 right now and tony joining allison for another hour of fox 5 morning news. >> and coming up after 9:00. >> a closer look at apples creation called the i-cloud. 5 minutes before the top of the

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welcome back to fox 5 morning news. and the 9:00 hour now. i'm allison seymour -- >> and i'm tony perkins. anthony wiener admitted to sending inappropriate photos to women via social media so what does this mean for his future in the democratic party. we'll talk with lenny steinhorn next. and here in our area, the investigation into a pay for play scandal, this one involving vince gray and former candidate sulaiman brown. a hearing in that matter becomes combative and the latest on this story in a few minutes. and fashion shaped by fly fishing. we'll look at the latest fashion statement that has many running to their local fishing