to an upset. >> breaking news regarding that shooting at an ohio high school a second teenage victim has now died. this as we learn more information about the alleged suspect and word of a possible motive. plus,. >> it is not fair for us, not fair to anyone about metro access. proposed rate hike isn't sitting well with mote row riders they took out their frustration at a public meeting last night. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts rights now. it is tuesday, february 28th, 2012. there is a live lookout side i think the day looks better than that particular image perhaps our camera needs to be adjusted a bit, tuesday february 28th, 2012 normally this would be the final day of february but this is a leap year. >> good luck or anything?

what should we be doing? >> i don't know. >> dancing some ritual dance? >> perhaps we can find that throughout the course of the show. >> tucker barnes joining us now. we need some deliciously warm weather for this leap year day >> i can guarantee mid-50s but i want to see your ritual dance. >> i have been working out this is special. >> every four years. >> tomorrow. >> right so we will think up something for you allison. >> to the forecast, looking fine, 41 regan national should be a nice day not as warm as yesterday. temperatures 10 degrees cooler for afternoon highs still lots of sunshine in your tuesday forecast, 29 hagerstown. 43 ocean city a bit of a breeze winds out of the north, north and west, gusting to 20 as our cold front continues to push south and east can't see the cold front came through dry during the overnight hours your satellite radar showing you

look how quiet it is new york mid-atlantic to carolinas, generally looking at bright sunshine, late this afternoon clouds will increase a little bit up ahead of our next system cool, sunshine breezy at times high temperatures back where they should be low to mid-50s. >> more details on weather in just a minute traffic and julie wright. all right tucker barnes right now if you are making the trip along southbound 270, lanes are open no trouble spots to report coming in, live leaving montrose headed toward the split traffic slowing for the last 2-mile stretch, 355 there good shape leaving 27 and continuing through german town, 395 northbound on the brakes, headed out towards seminary road all the lanes here are open no trouble spots north of the belt way north of town college park, 270, you will find typical slow downs, 95 towards georgia avenue, eastbound 66 the activity has

cleared, lanes are open down to 25 miles per hour as you travel eastbound inside the belt way that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. republican voters head to the polls in both michigan and arizona today, mitt romney is predicting a win in the mitten state, michigan where he was born but it is a fight to the finish between him and rick santorum. here is doug luzader with more. >> reporter: last minute campaigning for mitt romney in michigan where he grew up and where he is now hoping to just eke out a win. >> this sure has been fun these last 10 days or so we started off 15 points down in the polls now we are leading in the polls. >> reporter: it is barely a lead over rick santorum, and one of the most recent polls from american research group gives an edge to santorum well within the margin of error. >> good day tomorrow at the

polls? >> reporter: he may have a good day in part because members of either party in michigan can vote in the gop primary some democrats may try to derail romney. >> i think there will be some medallers who want to embarrass romney and the republican party and they will be for santorum. >> romney should have an easier time in arizona where he is polling ahead of the pack as for paul and gingrich they are biding their time for next week super tuesday. >> i think you could easily end up in a race which will go to the convention. for the first time in your lifetime which for every reporter will be very exciting i expect for you will be very exciting for us very nerve wracking. >> doug luzader reporting there on this primary day president barack obama is speaking at a convention of auto workers in the district later this morning

he will remind auto workers the industry has made a come back one reason is the government bailout. now other top stories, prince georges county police are on the hunt for serial bank robber stealing money since late december the suspect struck again yesterday, robbing an m and t bank clinton maryland police have now released surveillance video you can see it here from some robberies hoping someone recognizes the suspect he passes notes to tellers saying he has a nuclear bomb strapped to his body and will blow up the building. a five-year-old sexual assault case may be solved darren marshall has been arrested accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in gaithersburg, december 2007 dna collected at the crime scene was matched to marshall he is

scheduled to court for a bond review hearing today. metro needs cash and it could be coming out of your pocket metro's general managers proposing fair increases that could hike rates by 5% but the public has the opportunity to weigh in. fox 5s. melanie alnwick is live in dupont circle with more details. hey melanie. >> reporter: good morning tony metro says they want the extra money $116 million to put back into system upgrades things like safety upgrades esculator upgrades and hiring more workers like police officers much of that will come from fare increases all of that revenue proposed in next year's budget, smart trip rail fares will go up from 10¢ to $1 depending on distance traveled paper fare cards would become the most expensive flat rates, $4, $6 peak one way or the

board could decide on a 25¢ to $1 surcharge on paper fares, bus trips up 10¢ smart trips 30¢ cash on the bus and parking fares up 25¢ per day these are not a done deal metro board members are getting input from riders at public hearings before making a decision. >> the board will be looking at all the options that is what this is about. what people recommend if the people are asking for their elected officials to kick in more to make up the short fall that is one message that will come out of these multiple hearings we are having our role right now is to listen and hear what people are recommending. >> there are five more public hearings this week two more scheduled this week tomorrow fall's church thursday southeast washington the fare increase on the riders is $66

million they are asking local governments to kick in more their portion will be $53 million more of the money is being put on the riders if approved these fare hikes would go into effect july 1st. all right melanie alnwick reporting from dupont circle thank you very much. >> developing stories overseas. we begin with the u.s. and israel israeli officials will not warn the united states ahead of any pre-emptive attack on iran's nuclear facilities it sets the tone for meetings at the white house israeli defense minister visits later this week and benjamin netanyahu arrives next thursday. desvelte lopping in syria -- developing in syria, rebels with the new syrian army, the commander there says government troops are trying to push his

fighters back rebels are loosely connected into armed groups many defected from the syrian army. >> we are following breaking news, about a deadly shooting at a high school in ohio. >> we just learned a few moments ago a second student victim has now died. it turns out the alleged shooter attended a nearby school for at risk students sarah simmons is back with this story she joins us live in the newsroom with the latest sarah. >> as you just mentioned two students have now died from their injuries three more students were wounded during the shooting, one is still in critical condition. some students say the suspect was a loaner who had been bullied. >> blood, people screaming everybody running in different directions. >> an ohio town coming to grips with a senseless shooting the mayhem unfolded monday morning at chardon high school 30 miles outside cleveland. >> my deep heart goes out to the families of the five

victims and to our whole community. the 17-year-old suspect some identified at tj lane opened fire e striking some who gathered in the school's cafeteria it appeared he targeted a particular group of students a candlelight vigil has been held near the school. >> the people in the cafeteria i knew some of them. >> they were really like nice they didn't -- they just were really nice people. >> chardon is a small little town it is really hard just yeah. >> some students are left struggling to understand how something like this is understand. >> it is sickening i am tired of hearing kids getting killed and kids killing kids. >> authorities investigating patrolled a large part of the area and brought in a police dog but it is not clear what they were looking for. >> we have done diligent work up to this point our work is not done folks bare with us we have a lot of homework to do

yet this investigation is very -- going to be very long. now school officials have cancelled classes today and grief counsellors will be on hand for the next few days family members of the suspect say they are devastated by the shooting and could never have predicted it. >> sarah thank you tragic story indeed. 7:11 a.m. on this tuesday morning, rough trip for cruise ship passengers up next why they are drifting in the indian ocean this morning. coming up for the first time hearing from a local nonprofit about its role in an embezzlement case involving dc councilmember harry thomas junior. >> daytona 500 history making day after two days of rain delays, nascar finishes under the lights in prime time after fiery crashes, all the action straight ahead pgh >> as we head to break a live

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making headlines, there was a scare at newark liberty airport last night a united express flight from atlanta made an e her yep ski landing after the pilots informed -- emergency landing after the pilots informed the tower of a problem with the plane's nose gear it would not come down properly rescue crews were called to the scene as a precaution and the airport was shut down for about an hour. >> disabled italian cruise ship stranded in the indian ocean full of passengers expected to reach a nearby island tomorrow being towed by a french fishing vessel, costa allegra lost power monday after a fire in

its generator room no one was hurt. somali pirates are active in that region but so far have not been sighted near the ship the incident comes 6 weeks after one of its sister ships the cost to concordia, hit a -- costa concordia hit a reef and capsized off italy. >> carnival is taking extra precautions when it comes to travelling to mexico it suspended on shore nature excursions in pure toe vallarta. tucker barnes, joining us at the desk with pretty good news. >> another nice day temperatures 50s instead of 60s today. >> that's okay we will take that. >> a lot of sunshine. >> it is what it is supposed to be. >> definitely right let's get right to the maps and take a look at what is happening around here. we had a weak cold front come through overnight chilling us down just a little bit not as cold as we were 24 hours ago 40

washington, debris in the past hour 24 cincinnati as you focus out west, temperatures on the chilly side in places like international falls, 12 degrees but you can see, the clash of the seasons as we start to see lots of signs of spring to our south, 65 currently new orleans and 68 tampa. checking out the satellite radar lots of high pressure for us, that means sunshine and a dry tuesday out to the west, chicago, minneapolis see that developing storm system that will push towards the east earn sea board -- eastern see board during the overnight hours we will cloud up and have periods of rain showers, cool temperatures highs in the 40s during the day tomorrow incidentally that will bring a big winter storm up towards minneapolis, 4 to 8 inches of snow as it gets to up state new york and new england, winter storm watches for potential of several inches of snow and ice

even though we seem to be done with winter much of the country dealing with winter weather. 58 today, 48 to noer row showers, -- tomorrow showers, bounce around near 60. >> it is an active 5 day. >> yeah. >> but no snow no ice that is fine with me. also fine with julie wright she is here with a look at this mornings rush hour traffic. >> you will not hear me complaining about that we have belt way delays to get to travelling the outer loop of the belt way coming from springfield in the direction of telegraph road stalled car moved out of the roadway you are down to 250 miles an hour as you work past telegraph road, 395, separate stretches of delays pentagon headed toward the 14th street bridge, inner loop of the belt way throwing toward bradock road down to 22 miles an hour. no problems reported south along 270, lanes open out of rockville headed toward the lane decide find the outer loop

slowing 95 to georgia, and here is that live shot 395, duke street headed north, seminary road again the lanes are open that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks we have a traffic alert to pass along to you if you drive through dupont circle traffic signals there will be shut off for a few hours today starting 10:00 a.m. this morning as crews upgrade the system expect delays new hampshire, massachusetts, connecticut avenue, d dot says the lights will be back on before the afternoon rush hour. and you may want to avoid travelling the belt way through alexandria this week we know it is hardy time construction will be in place, today one lane of the inner loop will be closed near telegraph road both today and tomorrow you will lose one lane of the outer loop from eisenhower to telegraph also

overnight construction in the stretch throughout the week. dc council committee hearing produced few answers about how former councilman harry thomas junior stole hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for dc youth organizations. jim graham said the goal of the hearing was to find out how a nonprofit didn't catch the fraud the children and youth investment trust corporation issued checks to the group langston 21 without proper documentation and it was funneling the money to thomas. >> the policy has been to make quarterly payments depending on the grants. >> does that continue on today will you issue a 25% advance payment. >> yes, we do. >> before any work is done. >> correct. >> graham said there is evidence staff member s with children's trust asked the right questions when proper documents were not provided but administrators did not stop the checks from being issued.

>> prosecutors are asking leslie johnson to pay a $15,000 fine in full before she reports to prison next month the former prince georges county council woman was sentenced to one year and one day for obstructing the investigation into her husband's corruption case. jack johnson reported to prison earlier this month to serve out his sentence of over 7 years, similar request to pay his fine in full was denied, by the judge. we might soon be able to find out about the stock trades of members of congress legislation also allowing the public to see lawmakers real estate dealother financial trans actions if moving through capital hill it would require them to report on any investment every 30 or 35 days and say vailable to everyone online. >> time now 7:21 a.m., alarming new research about how children of different races are diagnosed with autism. plus perhaps you have heard of taco bell's fourth meal for

late night cravings what about a second breakfast? we will tell you what is behind this new trend after the break. time to eat up for a good cause if you like pancakes who doesn't, annie yu is live at a local ihop celebrating national pancake day how to get your free stack coming up. >> hope you like butter

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developmental milestones there are no cures but therapies are believed to be more effective when started earlier. >> new research shows more americans are heading to the emergency room for dental care. states that found going to the er is more expensive and doesn't offer as many treatment options as going to a dentist part of the reason for the er surge is a shortage of dentists including those who treat medicaid patients. >> some times one breakfast is not enough so why not sneak in a second or third, more americans are likely to spread their morning meal over two or three settings now. it is because of time demands but also the belief that it is healthier to eat lots of smaller meals rather than three big meals a day. it is now 7:26 a.m. this tuesday morning, a rock star welcome for mitt romney in his home state of michigan next an in depth look at today's contest there and arizona.

fiery night at the daytona 500 after several caution flags, the race comes to an end 1:00 a.m. this morning results next pgh >> once again as we head to break a live lookout side, i can't see these shots very well. >> looks like it is sunny but i don't know what i am looking at either. tucker will tell us what is going on with weather there is a better shot. okay we will have more coming up. >> is that black and white?  this is an angus steak and egg sandwich. it's a tremendous morning. angus, man! angus! dunkin's new angus steak and egg sandwich makes any morning special. try one today.

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to delay it for 2 hours due to the crash the clean up sever thing didn't finish un-- and everything didn't finish until after midnight. crazy. >> already delayed two days for rain. >> okay. >> hey, our forecast looks fantastic a lot of sunshine cooler than yesterday still after all the end of february and all indications are spring is going to arrive early >> i know you haven't had a chance to step outside >> i just did in fact. >> what is the real deal. >> it is bright and beautiful outside. >> good. >> tony needs to adjust his glasses i don't know what is going on with our cameras. >> excellent. >> okay let's do it temperatures, at regan national. >> want a tissue to clean your glasses. my glasses. 22 degrees regan national, 27 baltimore off to the north and west, we are at freezing or below freezing north and west

of the city frederick 32, 29 currently in hagerstown warmer to the south quantico 24, should be a lovely day temperatures low to mid-50s cooler than yesterday, yesterday turned into a beautiful afternoon highs low to mid-60s satellite radar a very very quiet weather scene there as high pressure builds off the area again this afternoon, we will let it slip off the coast later today and tonight and allow our next area of storminess in later today, no problems your tuesday forecast looks fine northerly and northwesterly breeze, as our cold front moves through. area of high pressure nice and dry a little cool today, with a breeze and temperatures low to mid-50s that slipped offshore and our next storminess our next area of storminess approaches later tonight and during the day showers around for much of the day, this area of low pressure will stay well north and west of us we will be on the warm side of the the

system no concerns with mixed presip or ice system tomorrow. 54 lots of sunshine cooler temperatures winds out of the north a to 10 miles per hour we cloud up tonight could bush 5 to 10 miles -- 5 to 10 miles per hour. 30 degrees your overnight low, here is your 5 day forecast, nothing too much to be concerned about we have some rain showers in the forecast tomorrow and by friday and saturday our temperatures bounce around a little bit near 60 a few more showers on saturday. that is weather traffic and julie wright has your latest the scenes in daytona reminisce acceptability of the scenes -- reminiscent of the scenes of the belt way. not that bad thank goodness you are circling left, you will find delays leaving college park headed towards 270, all lanes open travelling northbound 395 tied up from the belt way, wall to wall traffic, pentagon crossing over the

inbound 14th street bridge commute southbound, 270 out of rockville no incidents to report, delays gaithersburg stacking up your commute headed up towards 370, wrap it up, traffic delays headed out towards the third street tunnel. republican presidential candidate mitt romney getting the rock star treatment in his birth state of michigan. he and his wife ann were treated to a performance from fellow michigan native kid rock he may be the home grown candidate but can rick santorum spoil his big moment in michigan and also arizona. joining us now is the editor of human events newspaper kathy taylor to talk about that and more thanks for joining us congratulations you just joined human events 3 or 4 months ago. >> yes, new to washington.

>> welcome good to have you here on the show. let's talk about michigan first of all that is where a lot of focus has been romney was behind now he seems to have made up a lot of ground if he -- does he have to just win in michigan? or does he have to win by a wide margin for this to be considered a real solid victory >> i think he will be happy with any kind of win you know what happened in recent days tony, as a valentines day, santorum was up 9 points romney narrowed that lead then jumped ahead this past weekened up 3 points overnight, we are -- our reports from michigan it is a toss up, even up, 37-37 right now of course within the margin of error now if romney were to lose, it is not too strong of a word to say devastating, it hurts his electability and of course in michigan that is one to have key issues, economy and electability you are looking a t a state with 9.3%

unemployment compared to the national 8.3 so people are looking hard at that, michigan is also a state that can give you a lot of surprises, in a primary, because you can cross over votes there is no registration. so we are looking there may be a little mischief on the union side urging democrats hearing reports, to get out and vote for santorum, they think he is more beatable against obama. i don't think it is an accident president obama made that speech which i saw earlier on your broadcast, to the united auto workers union and out thing the government bailout. it is interesting to me romney at least for awhile was talking in michigan about being against the bailout,. >> yes. >> which is an interesting strategy seems risky in michigan when many people benefited from the bailout. >> yes, actually, it was a risky strategy to do that and

lay out the reasons maybe it was a sense of saying this is what i stand for, and this is what i think the role of government should be it was a bold move maybe stepping on a land mine as well. >> let's talk about arizona that seems to be more of a safe bet for romney looks like he will win that, if he wins arizona, doesn't quite win michigan, then what are the republicans doing. >> i think what will happen right away the campaign will -- the romney campaign will blame cross over voting from democrats they will push ahead they will want to push ahead they will push ahead but blame the cross over voting and move forward. however, if he does lose by whatever margin, that electment issue comes up it could move some republicans to come on the record for him to step aside. >> for who? >> romney. >> wow.

>> that would be big >> we played a sound byte earlier just a short time ago from newt gingrich yesterday at one of his stops said this would go down to the convention he clearly it seems to me intends to stay in this thing until the very end at least right now that is what he is saying he was talking about how, for the press and many people this will be very exciting when was the last time we had a brokered convention. >> 1940. >> is it possible it might get to that? if it does get to that how likely is it that whoever the nominee is will really be able to beat president obama. >> yep what does that look like go back to 1940 there were rules for running a brokered convention, a convention was a different thing at that time, so the question our political editor raised to me was what would that be, who would do the brokering who would step forward from the party how would that work newt going for him and we said this earlier this month, february was never

going to be newt's month, so, but march could be, and you look at super tuesday next week and he has georgia soming up, georgia, tennessee, depends how well he does there sox what you have is a race that -- so what you have is a race that is undecided we thought by florida we would know not so, so the question about brokered convention is what does that look like. >> mm-hmm it does make for more interesting politics i am sure many republicans would like for this to be settled it does make for more interesting politics and more interesting reading in the newspapers and your paper human events thanks for coming in see you here again. >> sounds good. >> allison. >> 7:39 a.m. tuesday morning write in candidate for virginia senate is turning a lot of heads, we will introduce you to hank. and last year's debris from the tsunami is headed for the west coast. how much will wash ashore. first off a look at today's

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making headlines two family who is lost daughters in the virginia tech shootings are moving ahead with their wrongful death lawsuits against the common wealth a judge urged both sides to settle but failed to reach an agreement last week the trial is set to begin next monday the families of the two victims say the university delayed warning students that a gunman was loose on campus. the u.s. will begin flying deported mexicans back to their home areas instead of dropping them at the border this is to help protect them from drug traffickers who often rob migrants and force them to join organized crime groups. homeland security secretary

janet napolitano says beginning in april the u.s. will pay to fly detained migrants into mexico and the mexican government will take over from there. parts of the u.s. could soon become a dumping ground for bebring from japan scientists believe ocean currents are carrying trash from the tsunami to places like alaska, oregon and hawaii. more than 3 million tonnes of gore badge were dragged into the -- garbage were drailed into the ocean after the waves were generated there are pictures from airplanes and satellites and the like of this debris travelling across the ocean. >> yeah, sophisticated computer models are trying to show where it will end up. >> it poses a risk to sea traffic and the likes. >> yes. >> worth watching. fascinating. i mean tragic but yeah

interesting stuff. tell us about today here is the thing about today that will be good allison stepped away she will be back in a couple moments we believe. yesterday was nice but quite breezy. >> yes. >> today not as warm but not as breezy. >> we had a cold front that came through during the overnight hours breezes this morning, 20, 25 miles per hour. winds will let up should be a pleasant afternoon bright sunshine, sun getting high inner the sky, starting to feel better and better, today a good looking forecast let's do it temperatures regan national, on the the cool side yesterday we were cold today just cool as you start your morning 40 regan national, 36 in gaithersburg and freezing temperatures there north and west, frederick 32 and 29 hagerstown. open up a little bit we mention winter storm watch for portions of up state new york and northern new england, vermont new hampshire later tonight and tomorrow maybe some dreaded ice

that will be the closest to anything we will see frozen around here any time soon we are expecting rain showers not today but daytime hours tomorrow we will have an area of storminess that will pass north and west. all right your future cast looks great high pressure will keep us nice and dry clouds late this afternoon that will be the worst part of the forecast again temperatures cooler than yesterday, i put in motion notice 10, 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning showers, winter weather well north and west of us up into new york and rain showers during the course of the day tomorrow. get it all out of here, later this afternoon enjoy, seasonal temperatures low to mid-50s breezy, sunshine this afternoon showers tomorrow and there we go thursday, friday, saturday temperatures remain above normal. >> like it a lot. >> march right around the corner. >> thanks tucker. >> here is julie. see, you say something nice about nice sunny weather

allison comes back tony. >> i know. >> boycotting for us julie. >> i know i like that. >> for me if you want me to come back to the desk you just put that short stack of pancakes on the desk. >> we should go to ihop today >> that is what i am thinking. >> maybe this is the day we take her out. >> me and tucker will treat you to one short stack. >> really? >> yeah, julie. on us this time. >> nothing attractive about a cheap man. >> luckily they are both taken. >> all right. outer loop of the belt way no accidents to report, slow going 95 headed towards georgia avenue travelling southbound bw parkway slow between 197 and exit at powder mill road travelling outer loop springfield headed over to telegraph road, stalled car out of the roadway, average speed 27 miles per hour inner loop, springfield headed out towards

66, lanes open 395, belt way to glieb, pentagon crossing over the bridge. tied upcoming south at 212 average speed 44 miles per hour headed toward the parkway gw parkway for those heading to the key bridge that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. a write in candidate for virginia senate is creating a lot of buzz his name is hank he is definitely not your typical politician. >> hank the cat ran for virginia state senate a while back and got nine write in votes now he is back the 9-year- old maine coon has signs and stickers and campaign headquarters is his family's town house. it was just more convenient for that to be his headquarters it is a house full of obama supporters but he is not a demo cat. >> i would read political books left leaning political books at night and in the morning when

he would wake me up for breakfast he would tear them up just the political to get my attention. yes, hank is very smart and he is running as an independent he is a rescue cat from animal allies and the money donated on his website goes to animal rescue groups. >> conservative cat. >> hank the cat. free food alert. ihop is celebrating national pancake day. >> there they are i hope it is not the same stack of pancakes we have been seeing all morning annie yu is standing by to fill us in. >> good morning tony and allison the you love pancakes i suggest going to the nearest ihop near you today they are giving away this free short stack of butter milk pancakes for a great cause we will tell you about it coming up. thanks annie we want to say good morning to will taylor our facebook fan of the day he is

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allison and tony this is a campaign that started in 20 of ihop has -- 2006 and ihop has been able to raise $6 million over the years, good morning lisa. >> good to see you. >> tell us about national pancake day. >> a way for ihop to thank customers with a short stack of pancakes but give back to the local community they ask in return for your free short stack you make a donation here in dc metropolitan that comes to leukemia and lymphoma society. >> it is a nationwide campaign. >> yes. >> you have partnered with the ihops in our area, talk about that partnership. >> a wonderful partnership we are so thankful to them last year they raised over $200,000 for a cure locally this year they set that goal at $275,000. >> and you have been doing this for the past 7 years. >> 7 years >> it has grown. >> every year it gets bigger we

recently added an i con program for the last few weeks, the stores have been selling things. the money raised, how does it directly help those with your society. >> yep well, there are 1 million americans living with a form of blood cancer in our market here in dc metropolitan area 19,000 people are battling blood cancer and the money donated goes to research and patient programs we offer support groups to connecting folks with others diagnosed to financial aid. >> that's great. we are linking your website to our website myfoxdc.com if you want to find out more our good friend desmond has been preparing pancakes all morning long lisa your short stack and mine, whipped cream? do you want strawberries. >> a little whipped cream.

>> we will plate this up whoa. okay let's see here i will do old fashioned. oh. >> oh, my gosh. >> i don't think we have forks hello if you love pancakes you've got to come out to ihop and take advantage and make sure you make a donation on your way out back to you in studio we are just going to enjoy these pancakes here. >> sloppy sloppily sloppy annie. >> looks good. new warning from israel to the united states amid- heightened tensions over iran's new clear program next hour national security expert on the middle east joins us live with details. >> after 8, especially after those pancakes are you counting calories? more and more fast food joints are adding them up for customers do they change how you order fox medical team takes a closer look over 200,000 people are hospitalized every year

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voters in michigan and arizona, go to the polls today in the latest survey shows mitt romney and rick santorum basically tied look at how the candidates are stepping up their campaign. >> more and more fast food restaurants are putting calorie counts on their menus some new research shows it is not changing how some of us order fox medical team joins us with more on that ahead this hour. good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour to my left is our friend tucker barnes. hey tuck. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> nice start to the day sunshine out there temperatures a little cool not cold. >> okay. >> gold locks forecast. >> yeah, just right it will be a nice day. nice afternoon, not as warm as yesterday when we hit the mid-50s but -- mid-60s but it will feel good this afternoon sunshine, probably notice the sun is getting high inner the sky each day starting to warm. spring around the corner. >> so glad i have you my own

climatologist. as the sun gets high terraes get stronger you can start to feel it. >> okay. >> still like the opposite. >> yeah but it is not. >> okay. >> sounds like an ask the weather guy question. 40 degrees regan national, 29 hagerstown. 40 ocean city it is cool but remember yesterday we were 20s and low 30s warmer start than what we had around here 24 hours ago sentinel sat rad quiet, we had a cold front coming through it was silent it had no rain showers and or snow showervery few clouds with it. you don't see that often but there you go our winds shifted north, breezy overnight winds gusting to 20, winds will subside during the course of the morning and should be a very pleasant afternoon although 10 degrees cooler than yesterday with highs 4:00 p.m., low to mid-50s and dry afternoon for you same can't be said about tomorrow details on your wednesday forecast in just a minute. all right. >> that is what you call a tease. >> i have been working hard at it. >> thanks tucker.

>> julie wright has more on the traffic situation. i walked in when i heard something about a tease and i was like what did i just walk into. all right here we go travelling out on the roads right now you will find your lanes are open traveling the outer loop of the belt way, headed towards telegraph, lanes are open as you travel into the bright sunshine, inner loop will slow leaving braddock road, lanes open here as well no problems to report travelling northbound 395, leaving the belt way continuing top king street pentagon crossing over the 14th street bridge george washington parkway leaving the cia, to 395, a 17 minute ride all lanes open, 66 inside the belt way down to 28 miles per hour fairfax drive earlier accident cleared. suit land parkway, sterling, inbound traffic able to get by that is a check of your fox 5

on time traffic. after a three week break the republican presidential campaign enters an 8 day stretch more than 500 convention delegates are at stake half the total it takes to win the nomination. >> reporter: facing a dead heat in polls and must win in his home state of michigan mitt romney attacked rick santorum as unequipped to handle the economy with a line romney long reserved for president obama. >> senator santorum is a nice guy but never had a job in the private sector. if the issue of the day is economy, it helps to have a guy as president who has had a job. >> unemployment in michigan is 9.3%, senator rum is running one of the most overtly conservative and religious, campaigns. he stepped up his populous

attack on romneys plan in a wall street journal off ed he said proposed tax cuts would be revenue neutral and borrowing the language of occupy wall street promises the top 1% will pay for the cuts just more obama style class warfare. are we going to have a good day at the poll tomorrow. >> polls show a nail biter where democrats and independents can vote as well latest american research group poll and several other michigan polls show a virtual tie the real clear politics average puts romney ahead by a point and a half with 30 nominating delegates at stake, romney worked michigan's early votes hard of 16% who already cast ballots polls suggest a 2-1 lead. >> this has been fun the last 10 days or so we started off 15 points down in the polls now we are leading thanks you guys appreciate the support. thank you you are the best. >> nationally, latest gallup tracking poll gives romney a

slight edge 32-28 santorum leads the real clear mom tickets national avenue -- politics national average by 3 and a third. >> gingrich is looking beyond today's contest and pinning his hopes on next week's super tuesday contest. all right allison thank you. a second student gunned down during that school shooting in ohio yesterday, has now died. the motive in that shooting is still a mystery some students describe the suspect as an out cast who had been bullied. witnesses say tj lane appeared to target students sitting together in the cafeteria in all five teens were shot one of the three being treated in hospital is in critical condition. police arrested lane outside the school a short time later, today's classes have been cancelled and grief counsellors will be on hand. we want them to stay home spend time reflecting on family, and i hope every parent if you haven't hugged or kissed

your kid in the last couple days you take that time. >> suspected gunman attends a nearby school for at risk students, his family says they are devastated by the shootings. reminder now about a traffic alert for dupont circle this morning traffic signals will be shut off for a few hours, starting at 10:00 a.m., crews need to upgrade the system police will be directing traffic and lights will be back on before the afternoon rush. >> expect delays at new hampshire, massachusetts, connecticut avenues. also this morning, we are covering metro from dupont circle. >> transit agency is trying to close a major budget short fall that translates to fare hikes. >> under a new proposal some of the hardest hit riders will shell out $6 a trip. melanie alnwick joins us with details. the metro budget for fiscal year 2013 is called rebuilding the future and the board says it needs to raise $116 million

more, of revenue in order to put back into metro's future much of that money coming on fare increases, from bus and metro rail riders. of course i don't want to spend more money but i got to get to work i guess i will be stuck. fares may go up 5% starting july 1st, maximum peak fare close to $6 base fares, $2.10. bus fares metro access fares will go up as well and parking fees by 25¢ metro says the money is needed to make safety upgrades, to set up the silver line operations to hire more police officers in a public hearing last night, montgomery county councilman pointed out higher pension costs are a large portion of the proposed fare increases too. costs are growing rapidly the document i saw on the web page indicated pension costs would go up $60 million in this

year, consuming 90% of the fare increase of $66 million so it is critical for metro to get a handle on us pension costs. not every riders fare will increase, in the fare structure one thing they want to do is get rid of peak of peak fare charges imposed august of 2010 riders who take metro during those hours, between 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. in the morning and 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the evening they may see their fares go down or stay the same. already melanie thank you very much. >> time now 8:08 a.m. on tuesday morning racing fans may be a little tired this morning daytona 500 didn't wrap up until 1:00 a.m., highlights -- this mind is complicated highlights when we come back. >> then if you stop by a fast

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and mild this afternoon temperatures right back in the 50s keep the face that will serve you well during the course of your life. >> got that rate. temperatures -- right. temperatures regan national, 41, cold off to the north and west, chicago 30 at the moment, they are expecting winter weather into the northern midwest, portions of minnesota they have a winter storm warning minneapolis, expecting 4 to 8 inches of snow cold temperatures winter weather up there otherwise springtime moving in texas, new orleans, 65 degrees, 68 tampa. sentinel radar, we are going to be nice and dry high pressure building in across the area will deliver lots of sunshine breezy and cooler than yesterday as we had a cold front come through overnight then mixed mess you see out towards chicago that will arrive in the form of rain rain showers, around here, late tomorrow morning and during the

afternoon tomorrow, rain returns to washington area, today's forecast, 54 sunshine breezy this morning, 48, cloudy, rain showers tomorrow bounce around near 60 a few more showers on saturday all right that is weather let's do some traffic and julie, short stack right. that is a short stack >> your new nickname. >> thanks tucker. on the roads right now, you will find the outer loop of the belt way slowing, leaving 95, georgia avenue lanes here open, southbound baltimore, washington parkway congested leaving 197, 95 congested leaving 212 close to the belt way, outer loop leaving van dooren, heavy and slow, inner loop, leaving 210 headed over to route 1 traffic slows after the robinson terminal closer to braddock road headed up toward 66 no problems just volume delays, making your way from the cia out towards 395, 31

minute commute, inside the belt way on 66 down to 17 miles per hour trying to get past fairfax drive. >> thank you very much it was a scary evening for passengers onboard a united express flight atlanta to new work the pilot maze an emergency landing -- made an e moreski landing, -- emergency landing, the 71 people onboard were bussed to the terminal no one was hurt, the airport reopened shortly after. >> an italian cruise ship is heading back to shore a french vessel reached the costa alleg a overnight and towing it to a nearby island it is expected to reach land tomorrow it has been stranded without power after a fire damaged the generator more than 1,000 people onboard no one was hurt. the accident comes 6 weeks

after the costa allegra's sister ship concordia capsized on the coast of italy. 8:19 a.m., tuesday morning, up next more on our top story today's primarys in arizona and michigan. >> surveying the screen in detroit when we come back -- scene in detroit when we come back later we will tell you how to get free food on this national pancake day stay with us. 8:20 a.m. 20 a.m.  man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling]

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job he reported visions of the arch angel gabriel. on the hunt for a serial bank robber, stealing money since late december the suspect struck again yesterday, robbing an m and t bank in maryland. police revealed surveillance video from some of those robberies hoping someone recognizes this suspect. >> president obama will speak at the auto workers convention in the district late they are morning he is expected to say car makers are making a come back and auto bailout is one of the reasons for the resurgence. today republican presidential primaries are being held in arizona and michigan polls in michigan are predicting a tight race between mitt romney and rick santorum. jim joins us live from detroit good morning what can you tell us. >> well, tony this race is too close to call in michigan a

couple weeks ago romney had a commanding lead rick santorum has head this race very very close caused mr. romney a lot of problems at the end of the day the popular raisedom is romney wins this -- wisdom is romney wins this race. santorum will force romney to spend a boat load of money to make this competitive. why aren't people flooding to the polls to vote for their native son? a lot of people don't remember george romney, the former governor while romney purchased a lot of ads he simply doesn't have the grass roots he believes he has in michigan you know what he has been away for over 20 years what we have in our town and this state this day tony is a photo finish at 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> tim there has been talk maybe democrats are being enticed to cast their votes in this republican primary can you tell us about that. >> everybody will laugh at this here is the deal democrats in

michigan can vote in the republican primary there are robo calls going out from santorum people urging democrats to vote for mr. santorum to deny romney the election here in michigan and you know what, nobody goes to jail if they do this. it is a cross over vote this happened before in michigan might happen again today democrats could determine the winner. newt gingrich and ron paul are they factors at all at this point? >> in name only gingrich said he was going to come to michigan he didn't tell truth he didn't show up, paul had a rally at michigan state he got about 4,000 kids to show up. one question i would like to ask you we asked mr. romney the other day tigers or red sox given his boston root what is do you suppose he said? >> well, i would hope i guess in michigan he said tigers. well, you would hope

wouldn't you but you know what he said red sox instead he couched it saying when i was growing up in michigan i was all for the tigers but since he has been in massachusetts so long he has made the switch i said to hymn affectionately, mr. romney there goes the state of michigan sir. >> me may rethink that after tonight's results thank you very much for the analysis. all right it is 8:27 a.m. tucker joining us once again. tuesday forecast. >> good one lots of sunshine temperatures cooler than yesterday, 10 degrees cooler highs low to mid-50s still our average daytime high 50 degrees above normal. sunshine again. >> and plenty of sunshine that is a drive for you this afternoon let's get with a look at temperatures regan nash 23458, currently -- national, currently 41 degrees. we had a frontal system, come through during the overnight hourthat allowed temperatures to chill down here to the north and west, 36 frederick, not a

bad start quantico 45 for you off to the east annapolis, 49 should be a pleasant day, as mentioned we had a cold front came through during the overnight hours, off to the south and east no moisture associated with it. looking at the day today, high pressure building lots of sunshine, temperatures 50s should be nice and comfortable weather maker tomorrow area of low pressure get dragged up pull a warm front and cold front through the washington area. we will have rain return at least rain showers, during the day tomorrow your future cast put it in motion no problems cloudiness toward the end of the afternoon cloud up tonight rain showers, i don't thing they will be in here for the morning commute but close 10, 11 tomorrow, the rain will move in north and west where the heaviest rain is, out of here by early thursday enjoy today more clouds in the forecast and

showers by tomorrow and more cloud by the end of the week showers return tomorrow first couple days of march, i think it will come in generally like a lamb, temperatures 50s and maybe a few showers around here by late friday, and early saturday all right that is a look at the weather forecast allison i will toss it back to you at the desk. the internasial fall atomic agency -- international atomic agency said iran has sped up its energy program within months one nation that could be in striking range of an intermediate range missile is israel, official there is/are making it very clear they are willing to take action, to prevent iranian aggression. >> joining us now sebastian, middle east national security expert from foundation for defensive democracies he has been an advisor to the defense

department and nato as well thanks for coming by. >> you are welcome >> what is the latest intelligence on iran's progress as far as nuclear capabilities. >> the challenge is that there are few reliable intelligent sources within iran so there are many different variations as to how close they are to getting nuclear weapons a whole scale of estimates given their official reports, it is clear they are getting closer and closer every day, to having nuclear weapons capables the fact they are getting closer is certain. >> what is the message they are sending here. >> they are sending a message this country in 1979, created the first successful modern islamic thee cattic state now wants -- theocratic state now wants to be a great nuclear power and it is bolstering its very aggressive rhetoric we know they have been constantly stating things for example

israel doesn't have the right to exist if you have a nuclear weapon behind that rhetoric it puts you in a different league of nation and threat to regional players. >> very real threat. >> absolutely, you need to take the speeches of individuals seriously they are not just for internal consumption this is a regime build on messaging it may have the means to build up that messaging. >> what has israel's response been so far. >> if you look at the track record over the last 20 years israel is one of the few countries that has good intelligence and especially human intelligence sources about high ran and has been very clear if you look at the reactor in iraq israel doesn't wait they don't wait for the smoking gun to be lying on the table if it has credible evidence it takes action to

neutralize that evidence whether it is against nuclear scientists, we've seen in the past or against nuclear site, israel because of the size of the country and strategic vulnerability it takes action not just words. >> what would need to happen we talked about scientists being hit what would it take. >> well, there is a catch 22 in the current situation to effectively deal with the threat of iran going nuclear and halting that before it happens you need two things very accurate intelligence on where the sites are the weapons are held basically you need high grade human intelligence israel has that but that is not enough you need long range precision hit capabilities unless you are sending a team in, you need cruise missile

capability. israel doesn't have long range stealth capability, america does but we don't have the intelligence beneather player neither u.s. has both what it needs or israel the real question are they going to co- operate can israel leverage its assistance from the u.s. or can the u.s. act based upon israeli intelligence that is the real challenge neither can do this by themselves. >> but with your past experience, if israel does lean on the united states, an alley how likely are we to help. >> if you look at the last year of israeli e american relations, something interesting happened, if you remember we had very frosty relations between president obama and benjamin netanyahu compare that with regards to certain territories, west bank and gaza the statements out of the white house in the last few weeks have been a very different nature the white

house, the president is signaling that israel understands it has a very serious threat to its territorial integrity and future and israel has a right to protect itself i would expect given those open statements by president obama as some very close cooperation in the near future. >> national security middle east expert as well with foundation for defense of democracy thank you sir. >> you are very welcome. >> thank you very much it is now 8:34 a.m. this morning she helped teach generations of children important life lessons with help from a family of bears, jan bernstein has died a look back at her legacy and how to enjoy free pancakes do stay with us we will be right back i can't stand these spots.

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>> speaking of work if you are looking for it, don't forget to check out our job shop our job of the day, is at ruby tuesday in green belt maryland they are looking for a restaurant manager. for more on this job and others go to myfoxdc.com click on the job shop tab, on top of our home page. 8:39 a.m. on tuesday morning the only thing better than a nice, warm, breakfast is a free breakfast. >> got that right this morning enjoy pancakes at no price at all. annie good morning. there is a small price if you come out and enjoy this free plate of butter milk pancakes they are encouraging you to donate because it benefits leukemia, lymphoma society last year they raised $270,000 this year they are hoping to raise more and coming up we will learn how to make the perfect pancakes at home coming up in just a bit stay with us on fox 5 morning news on average 5,000 people a day switch from cascade to finish -

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fulfill orders at ihop in southwest dc you are busy. >> reporter: good morning take a look behind me we have a pretty full house here people are taking advantage of the free stacks and leaving a small donation behind their goal to raise $270,000 last year they raised 200,000 they are hoping to get that $70,000 more. you know, whenever i come out to these restaurants i always wonder how do they make that perfect pancake at home it is always a fail with a capital f joining me now desmond thomas the pancake man here at ihop he is like please don't call me that but i did because you are so good at it and you have been making pancake after pancake for us this morning i am here to learn from the very best what is the first step making the perfect pancake. >> you don't want to use any hot water when mixing your dry and wet, you want to make sure your water is below 50 degrees fahrenheit. it just makes the pancake fluffier. >> i see now when i am mixing

my batter i see a lot of lumps. >> lumps are good. >> they are good you hear that lumps are good. >> lumps are good i am always usually trying to smash them to make that perfect creamy batter so what do we have here. >> this is the butter milk batter already mixed and ready to go we can start dropping it now. >> we can't give away the family secret to this wonderful recipe how does this work. >> press down one time. >> is that what you use in the kitchen. >> yes,. >> once or twice. >> one more. >> okay go ahead and drop some more for me. >> you got the method down pat. >> you need muscles i will make three that is how many we are giving away. >> correct. >> so then how long does it sit there. >> 2.5 minutes on the first side and maybe 2 minutes on the second side. >> a lot of people have these skill lets at home what is the temperature set at. >> 350 degrees you want to make sure it is set at 350 degrees

no cold spot on your grill you have cold spots on your grill then the time is going to be set off and then you have to go by appearance of the pancakes. >> so for those that don't have this contraption at home how much batter did we use. >> 2.5-ounces. >> when i do it at home it always comes out thick not nice and flat like this. >> it is going to rise eventually when you see them the bubbles, it is going to look dough so i mean that is when you flip it. >> how do you know when to flip it. >> when it is bubbling up now. >> you see the bubbles there. >> when they start liking dough that is about time to flip them >> i think we made these bigger than the standard size whoever gets this plate is getting hooked up. >> they are not ready yet. >> all right. well, we are on live tv desmond. this is poor planning on part k i think i did make them a

little bigger. >> that is why they are taking longer. >> again whoever is getting this plate is lucky today should i try or know is this going to be a disaster? >> not at all. >> you got that. >> back it up. all right hold on. here we go oh, man. >> not a problem you can scrape that off. >> this will be better. >> there you go. >> this is fun. >> cool, so, you want to come out to any ihops d c maryland, going on 7 to 10:00 p.m. tonight, national pancake day while you enjoy these free butter milk pancakes leave a small donation behind for leukemia lymphoma society or a big one if you can. find the information at myfoxdc.com. >> annie a couple quick questions,. >> yeah. >> do you cook much? do you actually make pancakes at home? >> i do tony. >> okay. all right. >> do you? >> just wondering.

>> my parents used to have a restaurant i helped a lot in the carry out. >> okay >> this is like -- >> that contraption what is that called? >> yes, what is this called. >> the bell shaw gun >> you heard that? >> bell shaw gun. >> sounds serious. >> can't get that at the store only at ihop. >> all right. >> thank you very much. thanks annie. so, we love when our facebook fans post pictures on our page and we are happy to share some of them with you check out this cool birthday cake decorated to look like a metro bus. >> all right. >> posted by larry the cake was for his friend george richardson who turned 43, you can see the sign across the front of the bus but it gets better check it out allison look what was on the side of this metro bus cake allison's picture. >> amazing. >> oh, boy. >> larry wrote georges wife had

this cake made with his fantasy wife's picture on it you are a lot of guy's fantasy wives. >> that is maizing. >> so great. >> the whole thing is great. >> metro bus birthday cake. >> very nice. >> great honor. >> and georges wife too. >> very understanding and cool. >> yeah, i love that. standing ovation although i have to sit here because i am all hooked up. >> and she is hooked up. >> all right 8:48 a.m., on this tuesday morning hey, the weather and getting warmer now is the perfect time to start working out, outdoors tucker is training for a half marathon believe it or not,. >> wow. >> he will get tips from a pro up at 9. >> a look ahead into tonight's american idol. stay with us  [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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tonight it is a man's world on american idol. >> the top 13 guys face the nation live, adam housely has

more. with american idol's hollywood week in the books it is now your turn to weigh in t 13 guys go first hoping to win america's vote as they sing live for the right to move on. >> welcome to the top 24 baby. >> sheer level of how worldwide and you know nationwide this show is, is going to really take a toll on me to be in front of that audience. >> for me it is not about convincing america but myself if they take it they take it but they are not going to take it if you don't give it ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> besides singing in front of millions and pressure to give a flawless performance there is always that pesky problem of picking the right song. >> there are so many variables you can't control you have to focus on a few you can you have

your song choice here is what i am going to sing. >> really nervous but you know i am going to pick the right song and god willing and i am going to you know i just want to connect with them i want the american public to feel every time i sing every word that i sing to them i want them to take it and feel i don't know, a sense of love and happiness and i just hope you like me just like me please like me. >> some finalists say they are happy the judges are joined by a live studio audience. >> crowds are so much more easier to perform in front of than just three people >> i love being in front of people like big crowds like that is what i love to do i am so pumped because three super stars like 20 feet away from you, is like so much worse. and if you have a catchy nickname that can't work. >> they asked me why i should be the next american idol always that question everyone hates to answer you don't want to feel like a jerk i said it

is time for some white chocolate to win up in here so needless to say that night, white chocolate trended on twitter and my hometown is exploding with team white chocolate. in hollywood, adam housely, fox news. >> wow. >> catch american idol, at 8:00 p.m. >> right here. >> we want to say good morning to will taylor,. >> hey will. >> our facebook fan of the day congratulations he is getting married in a month and says he and his fiance are loyal fans watching the show every morning starting at 4:30 a.m. we have assumed this is his fiance. if not he may not be getting married. >> if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook searching fox 5 morning news post a comment under will's photo. >> imagine being just 24 years old in charge of troops in some to have most dangerous territories. >> story of the outlaw platoon

being told by u.s. army ranger shawn parnell plus insight about the concerned upheaval in afghanistan over burning of muslim holy books it is 8:55 a.m. we will be right back 

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