>> rain starting to break out. that's going to break in. could bring gusty winds and strong thunderstorms. particularly south and south and east of the washington area here as we get into the mid to late afternoon. behind it, lots of wind and that's going to become the big story as we get into the afternoon and evening. right now, we are comfortably cool, 48 in washington. humidity way up, 80%. wind out of the east at ten miles per hour. want to mention these wind advisories for you as well. they go into effect as between noon and 3:00. high wind warning and a wind advisory. i'll show you that coming in a few minutes. there is the forecast, look out for potential for afternoon thunderstorms with very warm temperatures. all right, take a peek at the weekend as well. back to you upstairs. look forward to it. thank you. big story this morning,

maryland is about to become the 8th state plus the district to legalize same sex marriage. >> maryland becomes the 8th state in the union to make such a measure legal. >> reporter: don't expect a rush rush to the courthouse just yet. opponents have vowed to take this to the voters and if necessary challenge it in court. maryland governor embracing senator rich mattalino, the only openly gay member of the senate. we spoke with the senator a short time later. >> maryland has been founded as a colony of toleration. and we took another step down

that path tonight. >> the vote was 25-22 coming after a day long of debate with the senate president voting against the slayings. >> am i on the wrong side of history as a historian? no doubt about it. >> reporter: maryland o'malley was a champion of the cause. >> this is an important vote. >> reporter: when are you going to sign snit. >> shortly >> reporter: governor o'malley hopes to sign it soon. >> suddenly, we give our gays and lesbians constituents the same rights. >> wording was added so that the bill would not take effect until all legal challenges are exhausted. opponents already set up a website to begin collecting signatures to force a referendum. they need to gather more than

55,000 signatures before july in order to get it on the november ballot. >> wisdom, thank you very much a battle over virginia's budget is brewing. the senate has failed to pass revisions to the state's current budget foreshadowing a likely rejection of the state's next two-year spending plan. yesterday, lawmakers voted against the so-called caboose budget which makes spending adjustments for the fiscal year which ends june 30th. up next, the senate is slated to vote on an $85 billion. a robbery endd in murder after a young man refused to give up a chain around his neck. it is the latest in a rash of three crimes this year. hundred have been reported in the last two months alone and that's way up from the last two years. >> ironically, the killing happened right as police were holding a meeting with city residents in northwest

addressing the increase in violent robberies in upper northwest. assistant chief talked about the concern of escalating violence. >> we believe a robbery can be that one step prior to homicide because the victim might want to fight back or, sometimes, these guys are under the influence and, you know, they pull the trigger or they actually beat someone severely that could cause death. >> police say the young man was again shot and killed in michigan park. he was in his late teens or early 20s. they have not yet identified him new this morning, the sneaker you see on your screen here has people around the country lining up at their local malls. it's a nike's limited dephysician foam posite galaxy and it's causing quite a frenzy. >> tony, people stood outsite here all night in the cold

trying to get their hand on this nike foamposit galaxy shoe. there were a few thousand people here now only a few left. the huge crowd outside the mall at prince george's county county wanted one thing. the foam posite glow in the dark. it is being sold at a house of hoops exclusive which is a foot locker specialty store. the only one in the area is here in prince george's county. crowds gathered in pentagon city but it's unclear if the store there even has the shoos since it is not a house of hoops store. at an orlando mall, out over th thousands of people showed up. sales of that foam posite galaxy will also canceled there

just like in prince george's county and that did not sit well with people who had waited all night. >> it's kind of frustrating, but i don't know. i mean, what can you really do? it is frustrating when you stand out there and wait and wait and wait and then they come here here at the time whit' supposed to be released and they say it's not coming up. >> did they give you any indication of when? >> they say they don't know. until further notice. somebody asked, they said, keep calling the store. >> we have notified people waiting outside that we will not be selling the shoe. >> nike announced earlier this week that it's online store will not be carrying the shoe because of the extremely limited quantities. and there are also reports that the knicks' new sensation, jeremy lin will be sporting the shoe during the all-star weekend. we still have these people waiting, hoping, somehow, they might end up getting that shoe

today. foot locker is not saying when they will resume the sales and launch that shoe here at this location. for now, the official word is that the launch here has been canceled. that's the latest in hyattsville. back to you. >> sherrie li, thank you very much. the search is on in arlington county for a person or persons who stole nine ipads from a school. staff noticed the ipad was missing on friday. arlington public school used the ipads in a classroom as a teaching tool another school in the district dealing with a potential noro virus outbreak. schools are advising students and if a you will can to wash their hand frequently and wash eating surfaces. no word from the university of maryland university college as to why its president has

been placed on indefinite leave. susan aldridge has led the system since 2006 and yesterday, it was announced without any details. more than half of the students are military service members, veterans and families, many live overseas and take classes online. mass protests are developing in afghanistan this morning. anti-american protest are underway for the fourth day in a row all because of the accidental burning of koran, and this despite an apology from president barack obama. about 400 people are protesting in kabul and in the eastern part of the country, 4000 are marching on a government xowbd. some are burning pictures of president obama and shouting death to america. meanwhile, developing in tunisia, new video just in of

secretary of state clinton arriving. they are pushing for a new united nations plan for a a peace keeping miss to syria. russia and china which sell weapon to syria are not attending. someone sent the u.s. senate envelopes with powdery substances. so far, none of the letters has tested positive for harmful substances but officials are kis very seriously. >> some 35,000 jobs are at risk following anannouncement yesterday from the u.s. postal service. it is moving forward with plans to consolidate or close 223 mail processing plants, including ones in cumberland,

gaithersburg, wall door of, maryland as well. the agency says that the movies necessary to help save money. making headlines this morning, penn state has received a federal subpoena seeking information related to jerry sandusky. he is the former assistant football coach accused of molesting young boys. a unfortunate spokeswoman gave no details about the request but said that the school is cooperating. according to sun sandusky's lawyer, he learned of the subpoena in the paper. the michigan father who let his nine-year-old girl drive will not spend any time in jail. he was given two years probation and ordered to undergo substance abuse treatment. a sex tape of john edwards

and his mistress, rielle hunter is headed to the trash can. the youngs and hunter came to an agreement in which the youngs will give up ownership of the tape. edwards still faces a long list of criminal charges over his extra marital affair. coming up, i am answering a concerned parent's question. a young boy shows some classmates his private parts. we're going to talk to experts about how to handle the situation. and we have a live look outside. we have a warm day. we will see some strong winds. we could see some thunderstorms later on today. more been that. 

♪tell me something good >> welcome back, everybody. it is time for ask allison. today's question comes from a mother. my daughter who is in first grade came home and told me that a boy in her class had shown her and her friends his private parts. since i heard this, my blood has been boiling. i don't want to think that i am overreacting but what am i to do? >> this viewing wanted to remain anonymous so i will simply say good morning and thank you for writing in. first, as a parent, you ask for my opinion. i want to give this to you. i would be outraged as well. i would absolutely go to the school. i would absolutely see the principal, no one else and express anger and concern. what's not in that note is that this happened inside the classroom where there are supposed to be a teacher and aid people. this happened right over there.

i would make sure that this boy has been talked to with his parents, too, that they show what his behavior is at school and it is not acceptable. also, i would talk to my daughter as i would urge you, which i know you have done, and answer any question she might have about this because this does involve growing up but i would also praise her form cogging to you and telling you. imagine if she didn't. i would praise, praise, praise her and let her know that she can always come to you and your husband about anything, no matter how embarrassing how it might seem. that's my advice and, again, i would be as mad as you. i wanted to phone a friend for a little help. i'm reaching out to dr. pamela love manning. dr. love-manning is a motivational speaker, a mother herself. she holds a psychology majors. >> you deal with sexual

behavior of young people. what do you think of all of this? this is a concern that is expressed by a number of parents i agree with many of the things that you were saying in response to this parent. but one of the things that is important to note is that displaying your private part is pretty common for children that age. they are just beginning to get to know their bodies. they are exploring. all of a sudden, little boys are having an erectionand say, what do i do? what's not appropriate is where it happened and the fact that it occurred in a classroom. what's not clear from the parent is whether or not the teachers are actually aware of this and if they were aware, they should have contacted his parents to inform him or her that this had occurred. >> i have been talking with this viewer.

she said that the principal -- she did talk to the principal. the principal seemed very shocked as well and is looking into this. she still has not gotten the satisfaction she has as far as, has she talked to this boy's parent. i want to ask you, what work needs to be done for them not thinking that their sexuality is something dirty, no matter how young. how do you tell each boy and girl that this is what each of us has and not to think this is a bad thing? >> what's important for parents to do -- and what you said earlier was really important. i would also praise this parent and encourage the parent to continue encouraging the child to have this open dialogue because the fact that the daughter came and told the parent that, that's huge. there are many children who never come home and share with their parents some of the things that are going on in the classroom. so this is a great opportunity

for parents to earn and develop a rapport with the child and develop this communication. what's important is not respond in a way that shows your anger but talk to the child about this more and begin to discuss boundaries and what's appropriate behavior. in public, there are certain things that you don't do. this is a great teaching moment for the parent. >> and dr. manning, two separate issues. this mother is concerned about what's going on in the classroom that this could even happen but also checking in on the welfare of her own child. in the seconds that we have left, i will ask you -- you answered it pretty much but what should this mom do going forward with this little girl? what's the take home message? >> i would check in with the daughter, make sure that she is okay because in some cases, children aretraumatized by situations like this. i would check in with the daughter, continue to have a

dialogue with the daughter although she is very young and if her daughter begins to act out, she may need to seek some support for that otherwise, i would continue to talk to the daughter to see how her day is going and things like that. >> dr. love-manning is an advisor to social workers. now i consider you a friend of show because i probably will be calling on you again. >> thank you. >> thank you. one last thunk for this mom, too. you said you are following up with this school. that is the key, i think many don't let this go. get some answers so this does not happen again in the classroom, not even on the play ground or anything else but in the classroom. kudos to you for being a good mom. if have you a question you would like answered, why don't you send it to me. that's my publicity photo. >> that's very nice. >> somebody said that i look like a big fat tomato. >> what? >> i need some help myself.

>> i know, kids will be kids, but that's her kid and she does not like that. >> true, i understand that. >> coming up, a police department uses its skills to catch a thief in their own building. the thief was stealing from the break room and it was all caught on camera. a popular game show coming to d.c. to raise money for charity. who the contestants will be. let's check in with annie yu. >> are we in the presence of greatness this mock. speaking of important people. we have president barack obama in the house. these students are gearing up for a very big show tonight. it's called blacks in wax. we'll learn more about the show. powerful snipets that you will see. >> while we miss them dearly, we know that they represent -- >> let's keep black history going in honor of black history

month. this figure stater became the first of a can american woman to win the singles in 1982. she was a full-time pre med student at stanford university. who was it? s it? answer coming up later. you can take a guess by heading to our facebook page. we'll be right back.  the word is swapportunity.

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break room thief caught on camera in texas. police in deer park were fed up with their food being stolen. they set up a sting operation at their station. the officer was suspended for 30 days without pay. he says he was just trying to keep the shared refridge rate for clean. >> uh-huh. >> hey, how good are you when you play jeopardy at home?

the game show is coming to our area for several shows in may. the show's producers say they will test 15 prominent poll digs, authors and journalists from inside the beltway. each will play for charity and each will get a $15,000 jackpot for their charity. the last time jeopardy held such an event was four around look at this. a close encounter for hillary clinton, wearing the green jacket. a whale swam close to her boat. >> you know that's on my list, tony. >> to? >> get up close and personal with a whale. >> that's beyond cool. that is one of the top things i want to do. coming up, a big weekend for danica patrick. she is headed to the daytona 500 for the first time. i'm going to chat with two of

the race's broadcasters and one of the drivers about what they think will happen. stay with us. [[ dog growls, barks ]

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one of the biggest sporting events in the world, can you see the 2012 daytona 500 right here on fox 5 this sunday with the coverage of the race beginning at noon. today, the daytona 500 fox broadcast team made up of darryl waltrup, michael waltrup. michael is doing double duty. he will also be racing this year. good morning, gentlemen. how are you? >> good, thank you. how are you? >> i'm doing great. let's jump right in here. the first thing i want to talk about, anyone who pays attention to the sport saw on the news last night danica patrick's big crash. what's the latest? how is she doing? the car is not in very good

shape. >> the car is junk. she'll have a brand new race car, a backup car that she'll get to practice with friday and saturday and be ready to race on sunday and that car should be just as good as was taken out in the wreck. she is excited about being in the race. she sternal has potential for a lead lap finish and her goal is the top 15, no reason why not. >> it was an ugly crash. i have to say that but i'm glad she is doing okay. let's talk about the significance. she is not the first woman. i heard some people say she is the first woman to drive in the daytona 500. that's not the case. she is the third female driver, correct? >> she is but, man, there is so much excitement around daytona, she's won in indy car racing. she is a contender every time. she has come to nascar with some experience in the nascar series. she is racing with tony stewart, the champion from last

year. tony is helping her, getting her racing legs. she was competitive. she did. two cars got together, the car got slammed. her concern when she came out, i hope my backup car is as fast, maybe faster. >> she gets a lot of attention. who else do we want to watch in this race? >> well, i think you really want to watch tony stewart, our current champion, you know. he has won everything you can win at do i tone ya except the daytona 500. he came that close to winning the budweiser shootout. he won the gatorade. he has won indy twice, the championship three types how much tony wants to add a daytona 500. >> the trace winner last year, trevor bain. he has a fast car. i was in his race. he wants to help one of his

buddies try to race into the 500. he didn't show everything he had but that car is fast again so don't be surprised if trevor bain does not make it two in a row. >> as a group, fords are fast. they are going to be threats. >> michael is doing some of the broadcasting before the race and then jumping into his car to race. has this happened before? i'm unaware of this. someone broadcasting and racing? >> it happened yesterday. i did some work for speed and raced. i crashed in the qualifying race. i won't be racing on sunday. luckily, i have these guys to hang out with. i was very much looking forward to it after 26 years but i won't be starting the race on sunday.

i'll be giving my insight on fox and fox is going to have amazing coverage of this great race. there are going to be over 80,000 people. millions will watch. you have to watch the lags lap to see who is going to win. it seems like every time we race here, comes to last lap passes. >> i did not know that you were not running tomorrow. i didn't know about your accident. sorry that you are not in it but we are looking forward to the whole broadcast. it all starts at noon on sunday. all the action starts at noon. guys, thanks for taking timeout to talk to us. we'll see you this week. good luck to all the racers out there. >> thank you so much dozens of people are cleaning up in georgia after a tornado ripped through. one person sadly did lose their life. the national weather service did confirm that the dam was

caused by an e-f 1 tornado. >> it's going to be that season: just going back to the racing things i got my car up to 40 yesterday on the beltway. >> awesome. >> must have been exciting. >> during rush hour? >> that's white knuckles thing there. >> yes. we have very warm temperatures, flurting with record high temperatures and potential for strong thunderstorms and a lot of wind later today and that will become a major story late this afternoon with winds gusting 50, 20 miles per hour as our cold front starts to work it way in. 49 right now in washington. you know, comfortably cool. that's what i'm calling it. temperatures will start to jump here in the next hour or two. still have some cloud cover. still holding on to the low 40s. warm front lifted through to the north and to the east. there it is, into central portions of new jersey and now

our cold front is redeveloping now to the west, out in west virginia. i mentioned that we already have severe thunderstorms down in western virginia, eastern portions of tennessee, western north carolina. they're going to have tornado watches issued to our south. for us, we have potential for thunderstorms around here during the middle of the afternoon. up ahead of this front, nice surge of warm air, should warm us into the low to mid-70s, maybe even 80s down to the south and then the cooler air will start to work in behind this. wind are really going to pick up, as mentioned shall as we get into the late afternoon and early evening. >> my map takes a little time to develop but it's word waiting for. these are the wind warnings. this goes into effect at noon. here in washington, we are looking at wind advisories where winds could be 40, 50 miles per hour. be ready for those winds. if you have loose objects outside on your deck, trash cans, bring them in later this morning. here is future cast.

looks like we're going to have some thunderstorms developing, 3:00 or 4:00 today. and then we'll get it east of us by early this evening. once that front moves through, the wind s are going to start to pick up. seasonably cool. look out for thunderstorms and the gusty winds late today. 50 plus and then clearing, many cooler tonight, 38. your wind will start to sub sid here during the evening hours, gusting to about 50. and then a calmer weekend. >> that's a look at the weather forecast. we'll give you late-breaking news if we get it here in the weather department. >> thank you, tucker. >> conrad murray is hoping to go home. why his lawyers say he should be released. armor legal problem for chris brown. what a fan is accusing him of.  -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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michael jackson's former doctor is hope that go a judge will release him on daily. conrad murray's lawyer is due in court to argue a motion that murray should be able to go home while they work to appeal his conviction. the lawyers are fighting on murray's behalf because the doctor is in solitairy confinement. murray was con vicked in november for involuntary manslaughter after michael jackson was in his care. murray has been sentenced for five years, the possible highest penalty for that crime. chris brown in florida was achaosed of stealing her phone. crystal brown saw him and took a picture of him on her iphone. he saw it and grabbed the phone. she said that he did it in order for her not to put it on

the web. i'm pair praising there. no comment from chris brown or his attorney. harry potter's author, j. k. roweling is working on a new book. no word on the title. it could be mr. harry potter. harry potter, wink, wink, all right. 9:42. coming up, the 6th annual blacks in wax program takes place today. annie yu will tell us about the event and a play that tells the story about people with significant roles in the civil rights movement. >> the costumes alone are great. >> anding aacapella is here. ♪the staple is waiting to talk your hand. ♪

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let's answer the trivia question this morning. rning. after her figure skating career, she went back to school, became an orthopaedic surgeon and was inducted into the u.s. figure skating hall of fame. she is in private practice today at a group called ortho excellence in virginia, in rich lands, virginia. >> good for her. >> made a life after skating. the southeast tennis and learning center in southeast celebrating black history month by rolling out the sixth annual blacks in wax. >> annie yu is out learning how to pull all of this together.

>> reporter: a lot goes into it. they have been up since 5:00 a.m. and it's pulling that look together. and janice jenkins joins us, member of the sew program. you are the lady in charge of the hair, makeup, costumes and all that >> mr. ben ali, frederick douglass, president barack obama, dorothy hyatt, jackie joyner-kersee. i have lots of characters in my head. >> we have sammy davis, jr. mls maya angelo. mr. james brown. this is our narrator. we have earth ya kids, ms. rosa

parks and ms. lena horn. >> how are you organizing the makeup, hair and wardrobe. we have a lot of people. >> well, i have not slept for two months, notwithstanding that i did not go to sleep last night. i'm just thankful that we have the privilege to do this here at the southeast tennis learning center and, thank god, parks and recs gives me the opportunity to do it let's talk about the costume. the style changes, things change. >> i am a history junky. i go to consignment stores. i have donations. each year, children change and even the ones that were the same characters, you know, children grow. they grow the next year. >> right, right. >> thank you very much. this year's theme, jackie, is moving -- janice, i'm sorry. now you are getting all messed

up. it's movement to mon umehs and it's those who played a very significant role to the civil rights movement. >> wow, this is my march. i remember my father telling me about the march to washington. and i have a poem from maya angelo. the whole man came forth from the mind of gentle wisdom. >> upon the loud misery of the mound. >> a whole man stood up with the voice to bind the joy. a whole mankind came surrounded by the image of war. he dared to drink, with the heart of saints. he hoped to resurrect his nation. >> we must make a pledge that

we shall walk ahead. we cannot turn back. no, no. we are not satisfied and we will not be stats tied as long as justis flows like water. there were also some talented entertainers like ertha kit. that's right, so many people think that i had a hard life >> reporter: you do not want to miss this show. log on to myfoxdc.com. they have two shows, one at 1:00 and one at 7:00. they have one next saturday at the kennedy center. back to you, allison. >> thank you, annie if you are a fan of the hit show glee, there is a great event going on at the birchmere that is just for you. unfortunately, both shows are sold out. several groups will be

competing in the regional suite a capella competition. thinks glorious. in the brown dapper suits, good morning to you, glorious. >> good morning. >> and this is sarah rasmussen, the festival producer. what a fantastic event. tell us about the tradition. >> this is a great event and a capella contest. we have variety of groups of the year from jazz, duwop, barber shot, they can sing with no instruments. >> i love it, just the instrument of their voice. >> you are in richmond. >> we have been together for 14 years. we sing gospel and we enjoy what we are doing. we love a capella singing.

we have been in the competition for three years. we love it. >> what does it take to win. that's a competition. >> competition is stiff, too. we're going to do our best. >> tell people where they can buy it. >> www.gloriousacapella.com. burning the charts there. this ace very popular event? >> we sell out almost every year. >> all right. >> you're going to get a good time, i know, if you are one of the lucky ones to get a ticket. without further ado, thinks the group glorious. we look forward to your performance. thank you for coming in. thank you, sarah. >> thank you nk you ♪oh, lord

♪ lord, nobody prays ♪ because i'm weighed down ♪ low down ♪ oh, lord oh, father ♪ oh, lord ♪ ♪ couldn't hear nobody pray ♪ oh, lord, i couldn't hear ♪ i couldn't hear nobody praying ♪ ♪ i couldn't hear nobody praying ♪ ♪ because i'm way down by myself, i couldn't hear, oh, lord, oh, lord; oh, lord ♪

♪ oh, my father, which art in heaven ♪ ♪ hallowed be thy hole name. thy kingdom come ♪ ♪ i'm way down ♪ i'm by myself. i couldn't hear nobody pray ♪ ♪ here is wing more thing ♪ jesus loves me ♪ this, i know, for the bible, it does tell me so ♪ they are weak but he is strong ♪ ♪ way down lord, i couldn't

her oh, lord ♪ ♪ oh, father ♪ say it begin. say it again. look, i couldn't hear oh, lord 

there we go. cloud cover across the area. we'll have sunshine and temperatures will jump into the 70s. look out for thunderstorms and very, very blustery conditions. we have wind advisory and high wind warning as the cooler air works in. this will be an action packed friday weatherwise. >> tomorrow will be action packed vocally. this is glorious. barry, do your honor from the

left. >> far left, larry andton, richard hawk quince, eugene glee and myself. >> i would like to see who is going to beat glorious tomorrow night. >> they sound really good. >> that show is at the birchmere. >> do we think no tickets are available? >> if you want to go, just call, and beg. you may get in. >> sound like we were in church this morning, too. very, very nice. that is it for us. they're going to sing us out? you're going to sing us out? >> okay. >> thank you for watching fox 5 morning news. the news is always on on myfoxdc.com. >> here is glorious. ♪ just like every time