next hour or so. here in washington, bright sunshine now, and i think you are going to notice a little less humidity than yesterday, still not terribly comfortable better than yesterday. temperatures warming up 78 regan national, 73 fredericks burg, 68 win chester fog earlier this morning off to the north and west visibility reduced to less than a quarter mile some spots your forecast today, plenty of sunshine typical summer time heat around here highs upper 80s to 90, 90 dc, 87 an nap police, 92 hot spot in fredericks burg. alison and wisdom back to you. >> thank you tucker. new this morning the driver of an suv slams into a house in montgomery county there were three people inside the home at the time. >> sarah simmons has been following this all morning sarah. >> reporter: well, wisdom and alison this is at the intersection of park land drive aspen hill road, police are

telling us it was aspen hill road right back here they say a 22-year-old woman was driving an suv, when she hit two parked vehicles, back there. an suv and truck and then some how careened up, kept coming up this hill where we are standing, and then, slammed into the back of this house here, you can see where it is all boarded up she went through a chain link fence crews were out here working all morning long. now take a look at the video you can see the suv this morning, literally inside of the house, it came resting inches from the woman lying on the couch, her husband was in the bedroom next door and her son was in a different bedroom, we talked with the woman and her husband this morning, here is what they experienced. >> taking a nap, and i heard this loud crash which i thought was an accident out here on the street. it happens in the intersection

all the time i open the door to the back room and there was an suv in my dining room. >> everything happened so fast, and suddenly everything collapsed and the closet went flying the washing machine and the walls all coming towards me and so, i knew i said that's it i am going to die right now. >> and she is lucky to be alive she has just been released from hospital she is expected to be fine. police have arrest add 22-year- old woman again, arrested for driving under the influence. that is the latest here in aspen hill back to you in studio. >> all right sarah simmons reporting thank you. >> also new, an update on a deadly stabbing in fairfax county 62-year-old lawrence was killed at a home on colvin meadows lane, great falls after 10:00 p.m. last night police arrested the victims son, 25-year-old earl her is charged with mom side. not all was smooth at the

july 4th celebrations in baltimore a 4-year-old boy was shot in the leg as he was leaving the inner harbour with his parents 10:00 p.m. last night it is not clear if the shooter aimed at the boy he is hospitalized in stable condition, meantime, a man was also stabbed outside the mccormick near pier 6 pavilion he later died. >> deadly boating accident on the potomac a man fell out of the boat near memorial bridge just before 11:00 p.m. last night, when rescuers found him he wasn't breathing they were not able to revive him. a big story this morning contentious debate on the debt ceiling picks back up the house has always been scheduled to work this week, senate cancelled its break to be back on the hill. the obama administration says the debt ceiling must be raised by august 2nd or the u.s. will begin to default on debt.

republicans want deep spending cuts to stop that spending to go along with any debt ceiling increase. >> meantime the white house will face plenty of buzz today after a report in the new york post and that new york governor andrew cuomo will replace vice president biden as the president's 2012 running mate. now the ticket the white house says hasn't changed the republican candidate is still an open candidate, gop hopefuls hit the parade circuit over the 4th of july weekened including the latest entrance, thaddeus mccotter. the national education association says it is backing mr. obama's 2012 re-election bid, members voted on the endorsement at their annual convention monday despite many teachers disagreeing with federal education policies. >> secret service involved in investigating a hack attack on a fox news twitter account the mitt call twitter account --

political twitter account began tweeting yesterday, president obama was assassinated, they have called it hacking malicious and false the political account has more than 34,000 follows the company has requested information from twitter. >> prince georges county council meeting behind closed doors to talk about what to do with leslie johnson, she pleaded guilty last week in the corruption scandal that brought down her husband, jack johnson. leslie johnson says she will not resign her seat on council earlier this morning we spoke with washington post columnist covering the case. >> once the sentence begins for sure she has to give up her seat they can't force her out it is such an embarrassment for the county to have her sitting there, you know on the dais participating in at least some council activities after she pleaded guilty to a corruption

felony, in federal court. >> johnson is set to be sentenced in october so far only four fellow councilmembers and current county executive has said publicly that she should step down. jurors in the casey anthony trial were hard at work yesterday they spent nearly six hours without coming up with a verdict. >> jessica stone has been following it for us she is in orlando with the latest. >> reporter: after more than 30 days of testimony and more tan 400 pieces -- more than 400 pieces of evidence caseyen though nigh's live is -- casey anthony's life is in the hands to of a jury. she is charged with her 2-year- old daughter caylee's murder. >> you should use your common sense decide which can is the best evidence and which evidence should not be relied upon in considering your verdict. >> reporter: in the rebuttal prosecutors gave jurors a telling image to take with them, a photo of the tattoo casey got while her daughter was missing, it reads beautiful

life in italian. the state suggested casey thought her life was better without caylee. >> that is the only question you need the answer in considering why caylee marie anthony was left on the side of the road, dead. >> reporter: prosecutors hammered home casey 's string of lies painting her as calculating and manipulative. casey's lawyers say she accidentally drowned in the family swimming pool. >> we will is you to -- we will ask you to surrender a verdict of not guilty these charges were not proven and not true. >> reporter: jurors deliberated nearly six hours before judge perry dismissed them 30 minute early for the july 4th holiday. >> members of the jury you may be excused for the evening. >> so far they have not asked questions the only way we will get an indication what they are struggling with when they ask

for a read back of testimony or review of video evidence in orlando jessica stone fox news. >> one of the greatst pitchers of all time back in dc to stand trial roger clemens will be in federal court tomorrow to face charges he lied to congress he is accused of using performance enhancing drugs and lying about it during a congressional investigation in 2008 several well known athletes are on the list to testify. rescue efforts continue in gulf of california two days after a fishing boat carrying several americans cap sizes the latest on the incident coming up. one man's personal experience has been helping the american red cross send an important message the new campaign straight ahead 

making headlines this morning more legal trouble for former imf chief dominique

strauss-kahn a french novelist is accusing him of rape she said it happened when she tried to interview him in 2002 in paris. his lawyers say they will file against the the french novelist for slander. prosecutors revealed the maid who charged him with rape's credibility is in question charges have not been dropped. >> exxon mobil said it will quote do whatever is necessary to clean up the spill on the yellowstone river they are using booms and absorbent pads they acknowledge it is a bigger problem than first thought. they said it would be limited to a 10-mile stretch but now they are saying they were not trying to suggest that was the limit of exposure. >> rescuers in mexico scouring the gulf of california for seven american tourists missing after their fishing boat sank.

it was sunk. survivors clung to various objects before being rescued after 15 hours. today, ryan boyle is a world class triathlete and new spokesperson for the red cross' iron heart campaign he joins us to talk about the campaign brian thank you for coming in. >> good morning. >> fabulous story. >> thank you. >> it was a tragic story in the beginning tell me what happened because it was july 4th weekend. >> yes, it was. about 7 years ago crossed a local intersection, dump truck into my drivers side door of my car heart went across my chest, pretty much every organ was damaged 2 month coma, 36 blood

transfusions just a roller coaster ride for my parents. >> the road to recovery for you because at one point the doctors were tell you you weren't going to walk again they didn't know if you were going the survive they pronounced you dead several times when you did come back they said you weren't going to be able to walk and do things you are doing now tell me about the road to recovery. >> i heard a lot of good things and bad things mainly bad but it was about keeping hope my parents were there every day begging me to stay strong and keep fighting that is what i did. i made a miraculous recovery and i learned how to walk again and go to college and swim and do ironman triathalons. >> you were there to prove all the doubters wrong. now you are a triathlete. >> yes, sir. triathlete, ironman, marathon endurance sports, pretty much the whole thing. >> tell me how this impacted your life to the point where you wanted to get involved with red cross. >> when i left the hospital,

2004 i was in my wheelchair in baltimore i remember sitting there thinking to myself if i ever leave the hospital, one day i would like the use my story and experiences to positively impact my community and i thought what better way to begin the whole foundation than with the red cross 36 blood transfusions so forth and it took three years for the full recovery to happen, crossed the finish line hawaii that was my full recovery. >> tell us about the new campaign. >> three years in development, called the iron cross heart campaign. it is a public service announcement, radio tv i am blessed to have my story out there in a ms. tiff storm and help others. the red cross blood supply is usually, in a shortage over the summer months we are hoping this can help awareness. >> if there were something -- we see pictures of you as you

are recovering there, if there was something -- this is also the campaign to say the people to encourage them a lot of people don't donate blood and a lot of people who need it if there was something you could say to people listening who are getting this or watching this on television to encourage that what would this be? >> simply put by giving just a little bit you can give someone like me a lifetime now the blood recipient, blood donor, volunteer it is about giving life. >> you also wrote a book. >> yes, sir. >> tell me about your book >> iron heart, written two years ago and it is another form of the red cross campaign, the blood drives will have the red cross iron heart version given to donors and recipients just a great way to give back and show appreciation, as a blood recipient and raise awareness and say thanks to volunteers, donors, sponsors. >> now as a triathlete i can tell you i am not a triathlete but i see what you go through, it has got to be amazing for you after everything you have

gone through to do this a lot of people like me i am healthy and the things you are doing i couldn't even do and everything you have been through you are out there going all over the country running doing the triathalon thing. >> it is about living life every race i go to i do a lot of races through the year my coach has been a great support last two years we just qualified world championship half ironman, three weeks ago we are going to las vegas september just to get to the starting line, it is a blessing for me and to get to the finish line that is better. >> brian thank you for coming in and sharing your story you are very inspirational hopefully someone will see what you are doing and hopefully save a life good luck on the athletic front. >> i appreciate it. >> alison back to you. >> thank you great story. >> nasa gearing up for the space shuttle program's final flight what the commander has to say about the mission ahead. >> also we will look back at the space shuttle program plus

we are learning about the sport of jump rope. holly good morning. >> reporter: good morning and sport is right prior to this morning i am not sure i thought of jump roping as a sport oh, how i have changed my tune after seeing these athletes in action we are live this morning, where they are hosting a world jump rope championship and camp. coming up live late, we will see first hand how you too can get started in this amazing sport pgh >> let's look at the trivia question for the day, how old was steevie wonder when he signed his first record contract 11, 20, 27. the answer coming up later but if you want the guess now head to our facebook page pgh >> right back after the break 

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flight of nasa's 30 year shuttle program just three days away. the four astronauts who will take shuttle atlantis into space friday are at kennedy space center this morning they embark on a 12 day jury know to take -- journey to take supplies to the international space station. >> we have a very event filled mission ahead of us 12 days we will be very very busy you can tell we have an abridged crew and when it is all over, i think i speak for everyone when i say we will be very proud to put the right handbook end on the space shuttle program. >> now after its mission atlantis will join discovery and endeavor shuttles in retirement, mary ann afterrerty takes a look back at the space shuttle program. >> america's first space shuttle and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> reporter: when it first arrived on the scene space shuttle was revolutionary and

iconic it all started 40 years ago when president nixon formed the space task group april 12th, 1981 first shuttle columbia roared into space bringing with it, emmer and ration the crew included sally ride when it sailed into or bit june 18th, 1983 making her the first american woman in space. the very next shuttle mission saw the first flight of an african american in space, he launched aboard the shuttle challenger, 1983 this mission was the first time the space shuttle launched and landed at night. amid-all the history, nasa's space shuttle program saw its darkest day january 28th, 1986, when seven astronauts lost their lives the challenger disintegrated shortly after launch it took nasa two and a half years to regroup after the disaster shuttle discovery carried the oldest person to space october 29th, 1998 when

it lifted off with mercury astronaut united states senator john glen and yet another diesisser tragic loss of columbia, february 21st, 2003 the seven member crew was returning home when the or bitter broke up during reentry to earth it took almost three years before the next shuttle went into pace, in 2011, they had their last night. in new york, mary ann rafferty. >> tips how to deal with financial issues, the author of money why does it cause so many problems joins us in studio next. i will take notes. >> a star studded line up last night we will take a listen when fox 5 morning news returns [ mr. connally ] i was paying too much with cable.

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♪[ music ] >> yeah, bringing your baby back. he is not related to me by the way, steve martin. more to see at the national mall than just fireworks yesterday there was music for everyone, all kinds of cake, a 4th capitol was the name of the event. jordan sparks from american idol was there singing sounds good looks good everything looking good over there. >> including elvis and johnny cash impersonators. >> where are they? >> not sure but probably over because little richard of course. >> i wanted to see little richard. >> yeah. >> singing tutti frutti.

>> yeah,. >> and he still looks fabulous. >> he does? does he still wear the shoe s with the curly. >> the little elf shoes. >> i think they call them before his time before prince he was the original won't he tell you that. i am the original. no respect. any way a big show last night. >> great concert great fireworks. >> did you watch any of it? >> 45 minutes and had to go to bed. >> i always feel like a bit of a loser not being there. >> me too. >> watching it on tv. >> every tree gets lit up. i have been to one christmas tree lighting not here somewhere else it was too cold i am not a winter guy i got a lot of issues. >> you are from the south. >> yes. >> right. >> you come back wisdom we will talk about your issues. >> i need therapy more than you to talk about my issues. july weather here to stay, temperatures yesterday, 90

degrees or so, do it again later this afternoon and let's see what else we have in store as we get into our afternoon. more sunshine yesterday turned out rather cloudy, in the afternoon scattered showers moving on through, last night showers started moving in. storms back in the forecast tomorrow, i think we will stay dry today that is good news, plans later this afternoon and tonight, upper 80s. low 90s for the time being through the weekend our highs will be where they should be upper 80s daytime highs for the first full week of july, temperatures 81, regan national, 81, not really cooling off a lot overnight, 77 quantico, southern maryland, 75, annapolis, baltimore, 80 degrees, across the bay 81 cambridge, 75 -- left over sprinkle, cloud cover hanging tough here across the low eastern shore, you can see it last of the shower activity that was the rain we had around here last night heaviest rain to the south, fredericks burg

and points south. today what can we look forward to? more sunshine. area high pressure out there, it is trying to nose in here today, and with the winds out of the north, that will keep us temporarily dry, cloud cover down in the carolinas, that is the frontal system that caused problems last couple days, big heavy thunderstorm that is will move back to the warm front as we get into the daytime hours tomorrow possibility of showers and thunderer storms back in the forecast tomorrow, 90s this afternoon code orange air quality, moderate, plenty of sunshine, warm, less humid that is all relative it will still be plenty wet, partly cloudy, warm, muggy, wins shifting out of the south, five day forecast, 88 tomorrow afternoon thunderstorms, possibility on thursday, friday, saturday, sunshine upper 80s love it nothing too extreme let's look at weather, i think i will tell everyone how to save money. >> financial stress for many

americans at an all time high making decisions with your money can be difficult these days, today karen, author of it's just money so why does it cause so many problems gives us insight what you need to think about when dealing with financial issues, welcome to the studio. >> thank you. >> good to have you here this book is just right on time i want to know though, why it was timely for you to write it >> i have been a financial planner for 24 years i expected every client i worked with would be on the road to financial independence and success half way through my career it struck me i had half of them successful it is a formula you earn this, spend this, save this, put certain other structures if place and then i started looking more seriously why people weren't able to stick with the plan and i realized that money, even though we approach it rationally and logically, it is

far more emotional, for most people whether it is i want what i want when i want it and impulse to shop and spend beyond what we might earn to the other side fear of never having enough and people who hold on to it as tight as possible. >> it is true. with nothing i will end up alone and no money. it is emotional. we were talking before i look at what this book is, as more of a holistic approach to being better with our money and you said it was a chicken soup for the soul type of thing when a reader picks a book up what will they end up with. >> what i am hoping to get people to do is stop and look deeper into why they do what they do financially because i believe that in understanding and becoming aware of our psychology, around money we will break through some behaviours that keep us stuck financially. >> you get real concrete tips,

you say live beneath your means doesn't sound hard to do. >> i remember when our president was elected he said we need to teach americans to live within their means we need to live beneath our means we live right up to our means we can't handle anything like goes wrong like a slow economy, rise in gas prices, reduction of income we have to live lower. >> all the things people are going through now. engage in financial planning and investment review. >> the reason i say engage in financial planning,or people on the spectrum, where we worry that there is not going to be enough financial planning gives you opportunity to look at it rationally, project out the numbers and say you know even with high inflation and even with the low return on my investment i am on track that is about all we can do in our life is make some plans we got to leave the results up to whatever happens, so the other side of financial planning, would be to evaluate your

foundation, and that is the part that is generally skipped everybody wants to jump to investments how to make money we have to have a strong foundation we have to have appropriate insurance, have to have appropriate liquid savings it is like building a house the foundation is the most important part even though you can't see it. >> right. >> hold it is structure up. >> last thing i want to get to risk management assessment, this is for the viewer, a little insight here i am looking at one of my savings things it gave you the calculator where you are the result was rainy. what does that mean. so has hard to do that some times but if i hasn't done that i might not know where i need to be. >> because money is taboo to talk about, and fearful for a lot of people, i think there is an inclination to stick your head in the sand and avoid looking at it as we know with all life challenges, it starts with looking at it, so if you do risk management annually, you put it down on paper take a look where you are at kind of like getting on the scale once

in a blue moon you got to do it and see where you are at. >> that's right see where you can go from there how do we better our relationship, how do we better our relationship with money and move forward >> i would ask everybody to take a look at all of your memories that you've got around money and my first tip at the end of the book of the six steps to transform your money, do a money auto biography try to remember when you were growing up what it was like what messages you got and ask yourself from that, what do i do today as an adult that is a reaction to that, then if you are a married couple, now, and you find yourself in a stressful time with each other around money i would like to see the two of you sit down together and have that same conversation this is what it was like when i was growing up this is how i feel as an adult this is how i feel about debt, saving and have a give and take, typically i find in marriages, and we talk a lot in the book about relationships i

find opposites attract tension around money is because they come from very different points of view. start with awareness. >> we are out of time this is karen lee's new book, why does money cause so many problems. appreciate you being here. >> thank you for having me. >> wisdom to you. >> looking forward to talking to you off screen. >> vice president biden now is in the twitter world. >> dalai lama back in washington we tell you why he is here, what he is doing here stay with us ♪[ music ] pgh >> first, all right big question the trivia question of the day, how old was steevie wonder when he signed his first record contract 11, 20, 27? the answer coming up later but if you want to take a guess now head to our facebook page fox 5 morning news right back after

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all right talking about double dutch, single rope, wheel learn it all at the world's jump rope camp. >> at george washington university holly great jumping last time. >> reporter: thank you if i was in this camp i would already be asking when is lunch because i would be exhausted they have been nonstop since the start, this is day one and it is coming off the world jump rope

championships that went on here over the weekend and some of the winners, the top winners are staff and they are joining us this morning and teaching us the tricks of the trade so to speak i guess we are learning the ropes. >> absolutely. >> funny that was supposed to be funny tory. >> you saw her doing speed jumping you are from west virginia. >> yes, ma'am. >> how long have you been jumping? >> 13 years. >> that is a long time. >> it is. >> one reason they are having this camp they want everybody the come out novice, up to expert. you want people to get excited. >> absolutely it is so unique. >> what is my first jump rope. >> basic rope called a licorice we have long handles that is what a lot of high level jumpers use but they have short handles as well. high level jumpers use this this is normally what you start with a shorter handle and as we get harder tricks where we are reaching across our body doing

intricate detailed things we need the longer handles to help us out. >> so this is the licorice rope. >> it is the badded rope a lot of people like to -- badded rope a lot of people like to use it for free style it keeps its shape nicer it keeps its shape on camera and under lights for judges and audience to see. we use it for wheel and so on. >> this is a speed rope. >> we use it for speed power jumping very fast cuts through the air, airplane wire made of different wires as you can see the handle comes out differently and spins this way. >> who knew it could be so technical. >> how many hours a day do you jump? >> i don't even know. >> you can't keep track >> i will get my first lesson now i will call in re which he will you are from. >> from uk. >> the uk so how is jump roping community over there? >> great we are trying to grow the sport. it is quite small at the moment we are trying to grow. >> you are one of the beginning

ones. >> yeah. >> so what are we going to do? >> i will give you a single rope start off with single jumping, so keep your arms in jumping on the balls of your feet we will jump from side to side. >> okay we will do the same thing, forwards and backwards,. >> okay. >> there you go. >> and then jumping normally again, good. taking your knees up in front of you. and then jumping normally again, try one more trick called the cross over. >> wait. >> are you asking me to do a little cross. >> yes. >> i think i need some music. >> let me try again. >> this is hard. >> let's do it. >> there you go.

>> yes. >> yay. >> okay now we will do something called traveler. >> i want to do it again. >> that was good. >> now a little group jumping. >> yes, we are you are going to stand here. >> okay. >> all you are going to do is jump if time with brian. >> okay. >> jump in single. >> jump in time. here we go. okay got it. very important to be on rhythm here. >> all right. >> now you are going to go in front of me in pairs, same rhythm again. >> same rhythm. >> same rhythm. >> now we are going to move over and a little faster now. >> oh. >> faster faster. >> faster faster. >> myfoxdc.com. >> a little slower. >> there you are. >> i have to talk and jump. >> and the world jump rope

championships they are doing a demo thursday here 6:30, $5 gets you in. high five back to you guys. >> all right high school by give yourself a high five good -- all holly, give yourself a high five, i know your history as a cheerleader, you have skills. >> over to alison seymour. >> thanks gospel artist trey thomas was born in louisiana but calls dc home at howard university he was a member of the university's gospel choir and has performed with big time names including the bobby jones gospel show his debut cd was called a natural contrast he is working on his newest release tonight he will be at blues alley the first appearance but joins us now for a preview welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> yeah now this is your first time. >> it is my first time. >> wow >> i have seen other artists perform there, what other artists this is my first time. >> how you feeling? >> excited, nervous but excited

i am excited, to share my music. >> right. >> this will be good. >> let me get this out, see trey, tonight, blues alley, don't miss that. >> your journey so far here is r&b. >> yes, my second album i am taking a little more aggressive approach i am a gospel artist but my influence musically has been r&b i want to stay true but have an inspiring message the second album is going to be really really great i am excited about it the music is showing my heart and how much i love god. >> some artists you look up to as far as molding how you present yourself, they do the same things for luther, it is seoulful music is kind of going in an interesting direction. >> yes, i am trying to be the artist that pulls it back makes it relevant and has something to see where people of all ages, wide range of people will

listen and want to do better and love more. >> now that natural contrast that was funny we were talking about the r&b saying it is almost like a natural contrast but the roots are often in the church. >> i grew up in the church, i always you know, i sat in church every day i think i only missed one day, so i know church but in terms of musically i studied luther i studied whitney i studied richard smallwood, those people inspired me to be me and be different. >> all right we can't wait for the new album again, on trey's performance tonight first one at 8 second at 10 what are you doing for us now >> i am going to sing my first love, i wrote it riding down new york avenue it is really personal. >> in the about construction is it? [ laughter ] >> personal to you we can't wait to hear it. >> thank you so much.

>> trey everybody. ♪ [ music ] ♪ i realize now that god loves and so if god were able to love me first i should be able to love him first. my first love listen ♪ ♪ thinking about the love we share how seemingly deep you care, no sweeter love has passed me by, this is something that i can't deny, your love is no fantasy, and some times it's hard to be the way you sat fied my -- satisfied my life, i

didn't think that i'd rely, that i have -- i found you, you are my first love and you make me say. yes, god oh, your love makes me say. oh, your love makes me say oh, oh, ah, ah, ah your love makes

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time now for the answer to today's trivia question, steevie wonder was 11 years old. >> 11. >> he had a five year deal with motown when he first started. >> he was an old man compared to michael jackson. >> take it away. >> sunday forecast i will sing it to you. i promise i won't. 90s this af