sters they have already counted. romney edged out santorum in michigan and easily won arizona now the focus is on super tuesday we have complete coverage. >> plus a disturbing new report involving some victims of the 9/11 terror attack at the pentagon what investigators uncovered looking into the mishandling of unidentified remains at dover airforce base. a massive sinkhole is causing major traffic delays. what you need to know before you head out the door fox 5 morning news at 7 starts right now. this is a live shot outside, things still dry around here, that road looks like it might get a little wet. yes, it is leap day. good morning i am tony perkins. i am allison seymour.

we are in store for a rainy day we will get to tucker in just a moment but there is breaking weather news. >> tornadoes are sweeping through a few midwestern states this morning hit not too long ago was branson missouri the entertainment hot spot the national weather service says some of branson's famous theaters have been heavily damaged elsewhere in missouri one person was killed 13 others hurt when a tornado tore through a mobile home park. >> that is the same line of storms that rolled through kansas last night the governor declared a state of emergency after an apparent tornado touched down in harveyville kansas one person was critically injured several homes and churches damaged. >> no live pictures yet from branson it is still dark and stormy there. tucker barnes is following their weather and their weather and joins us with more. >> hey, we have a tornado on

the ground as we speak southwest kentucky pushing east 55 miles per hour we are not done with it yet. we will take a look at the line of severe weather first shift to our washington weather rain on the way, bring along a jacket as you head out the door rain will be here shortly you can see it move into the west by mid-to late morning we will have moderate rain bands moving through also shaded with a warm front and then of course severe weather tony and allison just mentioned is associated with a cold front we are not expecting tornadoes around here but could have a potential thunderstorm as all this energy pushes through the mid-atlantic. humidity 79% winds out of the south and east, 6 miles per hour a come one highs only upper 40s. a warm front, fry to punch through but i think it will largely fail to bring us warmer temperatures upper 40s. daytime highs peak of sunshine

-- peek of sunshine more details on the forecast we will look at that line of severe thunderstorms in just a minute good morning. >> good morning tucker barnes very busy morning for those travelling in, just a few moments ago, westbound 450 remains closed we have a very large sinkhole closing off the roadway, jason smith was out there live, giving us footage the roadway is blocked off a large sinkhole before you reach route one that is where you will find the closure. lanes are blocked eastbound lanes are open. move along to the crew in sky fox, northbound i-95, string field mixing bole -- springfield mixing bowl as you head northbound, we have delays, as you continue in springfield to 395, two separate incidents before you reach king street cleared to the soldier but slow going headed northbound, northbound i- 95 as you travel out of

springfield headed up towards the belt way taking it back inside, travelling eastbound 66, no trouble spots to report, 7100 headed in towards fair oaks that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. mitt romney wins big last night, in the pry mars last -- primaries last night he beat out rick santorum. let's get more on last night's results from doug luzader who is live on capital hill good morning. good morning romney win in arizona was certainly expected he narrowly averted what would have been a campaign disaster in his home state of michigan. that is music to mitt romney's ears last night in michigan if he looks relieved he should. >> we didn't win by a lot but won by enough that is all that counts. >> reporter: the romney crowd cheering wins in arizona and

michigan. arizona was relatively easy to call. michigan though was a tough fight, with romney up by just about 3%, 41 in santorums 38, that means santorum missed his chance for a major upset that would have stunned romney. >> you know we came into the backyard of one of my opponents in a race everyone said just ignore you have really no chance here and the people of michigan, looked into the hearts of the candidates and all i have to say is i love you back. thank you. because the michigan contest is divided up by congressional districts it is still possible santorum could walk away with more delegates despite losing the popular vote. while paul and gingrich were not players last night they are looking ahead to super tuesday. romney can savour the win. >> story line is romney slow,

steady unspectacular. >> reporter: will an unspectacular win be enough looking ahead to november. just to put last night into perspective there were 59 delegates up for grabs between those two states, super tuesday, more than 400 not too long ago, a lot of people thought super tuesday wouldn't matter all that much it was too late in the cycle. allison. >> doug luzader thank you we will go in depth on these resultwhether they firmly put mitt romney back on top when we talk with your bipartisan panel, at 7:30 a.m. now to a surprise political announcement main senator, olympia snow will not run for re-election is giving up her campaign for a fourth term the maine republican says she is frustrated by a polarized atmosphere in washington it is a blow to republicans and gives democrats new hope. president barack obama is throwing a dinner for 200 war

veterans this evening they will honor the more than a million american troops who served in iraq welcoming a small group to a formal dinner at the white house. joint chiefs of staff, martin dempsey will speak a local sailor will be there and we will talk with him coming up at 8:00 a.m. this morning. today's big story report on the mishandling of remains at dover airforce base, this time they involve portions of unidentified remains of 9/11 victims, from the pentagon and shanksville pennsylvania, melanie alnwick is live near the pentagon with more this morning melanie. >> reporter: good morning tony. family members say they are surprised and actually confused by the revelations that came out yesterday, all of this was part of an investigation into the mishandling of remains at dover airforce base, the report

said some unidentifiable flagments of remains from 9/11 victims the attack on the pentagon were cremated and then given to a contractor mixed with medical waste, biomedical waste and then disposed of in a virginia landfill, the pentagon has been investigating the problems that came to light in 2009, dover airforce bases mortuary after it learned park remains of iraq and afghan -- par shall remains of iraq and afghanistan war dead were mishandled. tuesday they learned some 9/11 remains were part of the disposal problems at dover. >> to me it is unacceptable these remains would end up in a landfill we have to understand more about how it happened what did the airforce do in the investigation, to understand what happened with these remains what are they doing as a follow up what are they doing to make sure families

understand what has happened where these remains were placed. >> reporter: a new policy that was in place since 2008 now has unidentifiable remains at dover incinerated and disposed of. congressman whitman is calling for an investigation as to why families weren't notified and why this happened. the revelations about the 9/11 victims actually was just two lines contained in the back of this very large after action report about what procedures can be put in place to make things better at dover and so that is how all this kind of snowballed from there the president said after looking at all that report he does support the changes going to be put in place at dover airforce base. >> only two lines on the report but very disturbing lines all right thank you. tony new this morning another robbery northwest dc

this happened 1:00 a.m. this morning connecticut avenue dupont circle police say two suspects wearing black ski masks were armed with a bb gun officers arrested both suspects no word yet if the two are connected to any of the other robberies that have taken place in the area over the last few weeks. the prince georges county fire chief will announce the cause of the raging house fire in river dale height. seven firefighters were hurt. we hope to get an update on the two that are still in hospital. two bills stirring up controversy in virginia, regarding abortion and guns. they passed legislation, requiring women who under go abortions to have external ultrasound exams. they say it could ultimately

discourage women from getting an abortion. also in virginia a law limiting the number of guns you can buy has been repealed governor mcdonald signed a bill yesterday for nearly 20 years limited individual handgun purchases to one every 30 days. the bill signing comes even after governor mcdonald met with families of victims of the 2007 virginia tech shootings they hoped to convince the governor to veto that repeal. >> later today, the dc police chief is testifying on a host of issues at a public safety committee hearing one thing she is likely to be asked about is the district not prosecuting drunk drivers. the prosecutors office is not taking dwi cases to court officers have not been able to use breathalyzer tests for more than a year and have to rely on field sobriety and urine testing, the chief says the

city is safe but lay makers like phil mendle son are not doing enough. >> he is not holding anybody accountable and we don't have a way to enforce our drunk driving laws which mean it is city is less safe people who come to visit the city or live in the city are less safe. >> when this program comes back online it will be the best in the country run out of the chief medical inners office -- examiners office. >> councilmember mendle son is chairing today's oversight hearing. 7:12 a.m. wednesday morning coast guard helicopter goes down in alabama, next the latest on the search for survivors. >> still ahead chilling 911 calls moments after an ohio teen allegedly opened fire in a high school cafeteria as there is word of a confession this morning. plus, a story raising eyebrows, what happened after a

local council woman is caught speeding going over 100 miles per hour. as we head to break a live lookout side, going across the 14th street bridge northbound, at the 14th street bridge the latest information on weather and traffic from tucker and julie in just a moment 7:13 a.m. 

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making headlines a deadly coast guard helicopter crash in alabama, four people were onboard when the chopper went down during a training exercise last night in mobile bay one crew member was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead they have two helicoptera boat searching for the three others still missing. a judge has issued a gag order in the ohio school

shooting case but we do know prosecutors have until tomorrow to charge 17-year-old tj lane he appeared in juvenile court yesterday where he confessed to opening fire in his high school cafeteria or a high school cafeteria, lane told them he did not know the victims but chose them randomly we are hearing some chilling 911 recordings from monday's rampage. >> chardon high school we got shots fired guns. multiple gunshots. >> multiple gunshots. >> yes. >> we just had a shooting at our school we need to get out of here. >> three students were killed in that shooting two others hurt one of the survivors an 18- year-old girl named joy ricker was released from the hospital yesterday. the italian cruise ship that was floating adrift on the indian ocean is expected to reach shore early tomorrow morning it is being towed back to land right now by a french vessel after arriving at the

port authority the ship's passengers will fly to rome almost imimmediately more than 1,000 people were onboard, no one was injured but a power outage left the ship stranded in a region where somali pirates prey on ships. >> terrible weather out west. >> line of severe thunderstorms, 11 tornadoes reported since late yesterday afternoon evening still reports of at least one on the ground as we speak in western kentucky, so that will be of course, a story over the next couple hours here in washington rain associated with that same system. >> we are not expecting severe weather. >> not expecting severe weather but potential for thunderstorms here in washington later this morning and this afternoon as that front approaches feels more like april or may than february. >> right. >> let's get to it want to show you that line of thunderstorms we showed you top of the hour again, history of producing several tornadoes s we've got a report of a tornado on the

ground in western kentucky, and a tornado warning extended for another 15 minutes there. we will continue to watch this line ebb and flow but i am watching the thunderstorms redevelop, south and west down to portions of arkansas and we will see what the worst of this weather is later today but this cold front will approach the washington area later this afternoon storms will not be this severe won't be this strong when they get here but potential as mentioned, thunderstorms here later today, show you a picture of the satellite, satellite radar, warm front then a cold front initially, we will deal with the warm front, rain showers will be here shortly, next hour or so, moderate rain moving through late morning early afternoon we will get a bit of a break out to the west just west of cincinnati, that line of thunderstorms that is the line producing severe weather that will get in here during the evening hours and spark off another round of showers maybe

a thunderstorm around here then clear it out tomorrow we will feel great temperatures back in the 60s. with sunshine we got one very active day then a quiet weather pattern for two more days. 49 today, showers thunderstorms back in the forecast, maybe a half inch of rain three quarters, it will be wet for a period here during the course of the day, tomorrow 66 more showers late friday early saturday but i don't think saturday is a wash out. >> i am sure it is not. >> it will be great. >> thank you >> let's go to julie wright now. >> well, very much a busy commute as expected this hour. you will find if you are traveling the outer loop of the belt way, we definitely have slow downs as you work your way around college park over towards silver springs average speed, new hampshire, 44 miles an hour, bw parkway, 147 and powder mill road, this inner loop commute headed eastbound accident activities since

cleared over to the shoulder lanes are open the commute headed over from georgia avenue towards northwest, very slow average speed down to 23 miles per hour on that inner loop travelling the inner loop of the belt way virginia, leaving annandale, headed up towards 66, 395en to brakes as you travel northbound leaving the belt way towards duke street, 66 still tied up leaving centerville. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie thank you very much the occupy protestors in predom plaza will remain there for at least another two -- fleedom plaza will remain there -- freedom plaza will remain there for another two months. their permit will run through april 29th the previous expired yesterday. the protest organizers say the group is complying with park service regulations not to sleep in the plaza and the tents erected are just a symbolic gesture. some residents are upset after a prince georges county council woman gets away with

driving 50 miles over the speed limit she was driving 105 miles an hour in a 55-mile an hour zone on the belt way last week prince georges county police officer pulled her over for making an unsafe lane change. she got a ticket for that traffic violation but was only issued a written warning for excessive speed. she was driving a county issued vehicle at the time. >> it is now 7:22 a.m. wednesday morning coming up a show down between yahoo! and facebook. another set back for new safety regulations by the auto industry, the debate over rear view video cameras next. empowering women around the world, including right here in the district job training, child care, health and fitness just a few services at ywca national capital area, annie is coming up with more details. ?

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yahoo! is threatening to sue facebook the company says it will file a lawsuit against the social networking giant unless facebook agrees to license some of their patents covering a variety of online services yahoos demand comes as facebook tries to complete an initial offering of stock. facebook may be more likely to work out an agreement instead of getting involved in a legal battle. >> requirements about rear view video cameras on new vehicles are getting the yellow light most new cars and trucks come equipped with cameras in an attempt to help drivers avoid backing over small children auto maker lobbiests complained about cost and suggested expanding mirrors instead, transportation secretary says he needs more time for research and data analysis before issuing any final regulations.

>> where you live could have a negative impact on your health. >> but good news for those living around here, that is not the case dc arlington and alexandria came in second place on a list of the top 5 large metropolitan areas with the best well being this according to a new gallup poll that surveyed americans physical, and mental health other places on the list were cities in california, minnesota, wisconsin, south carolina,. california came in first and third place. >> yep very big place. >> it is 7:27 a.m., coming up next birthday shout outs to some of our leap year babies. >> plus in depth on the campaign trail big wins in michigan and arizona, for mitt romney ahead of super tuesday coming up we will talk with our bipartisan panel. >> as we head to break, let's take a live lookout side 495 north of the american legion bridge. traffic heading south we will

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welcome back to fox 5 morning news we are saying happy birthday to leap day

babies post your birthdays on our facebook fan page. karen findlay i may know her, michael, tonya, ester lives in west virginia and a friend of hers wrote ester is turning 100 today of course she will tell you she is only 25. >> great. >> isn't that cool. >> more shout outs throughout the morning. >> great story. >> it is. >> love that >> i think i might try to have my birthday changed can you do that? you know you can change your name. >> if i could have a birthday every year. >> then i am not even a teenager yet. >> right. >> so you want to have it changed to a leap day. >> no, i would have it changed to like february 28th or march 1st. i wonder. complicated but happy birthday to you. >> fantastic. >> rain showers, back in the forecast today, there is an

outdoor shot, rain not here yet but getting ever closer next hour or so most of the area will get some rain showers as we get into the late morning, moderate rain around here 10, 11:00 a.m. this morning there is your radar shower activity showed you the live shot you can see the rain just out west, and we will be moving in shortly, here is the belt way and here, just out to the west, now rain showers, gaithersburg, shortly, charles town, winchester, front royal and moderate rain, chances for rain today, 100%, guaranteed we will all get rain showers potential for thunderstorms atmosphere accurate. push on, it is a warm front coming through at the moment, not sure if it will bring us warmer temperatures looking at highs upper 40s warm front first part of your day could be

embedded thunderstorm activities by late morning early afternoon get a bit of a break, thunderstorms, tornadoes associated with that line of activity that is the cold front that was through late this afternoon really during the evening hours not expecting severe weather but a couple different chances for the possibility of a thunderstorm. during the late morning early afternoon temperatures right now up to 41 washington but generally cool out there, and with the rain still cool 37 gaithersburg. 39 out in frederick, and leonard town. showers, could be a thunder storm as well. 49 the daytime high, 10 to 15 and then early showers tonight will be cloudy overnight 47 overnight low and your 5 day forecast you know once you get it out of here march will kick off with a beautiful start highs 60s tomorrow mild conditions, showers return late

friday early saturday, all right that is weather, and traffic julie. today is not a good day to be outside. i ran yesterday i am in pain. i am limping around. >> that explains the smell of ben gay in the studio this morning. >> that is tony he does that every day. >> my goodness. delays coming from university boulevard, new hampshire avenue lanes are open accident activity we had, outer loop of the belt way, over towards georgia, southbound 95 on the brakes, and bw parkway traffic slows 197 powder mill road eastbound 66 delays manassas and 7100 past 50, headed in towards 123, one more camera, northbound 395, as you work your way northbound, headed up and across the 14th street bridge, leaving the pentagon

headed across the potomac. we could come together today and take a giant step toward a brighter future. the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidateall i have to say is i love you back. >> well, it was a tight primary race in michigan, republican candidate mitt romney narrowly defeats rick santorum in arizona it was a little more convincing for romney and more convincing win he pocketed all 29 delegates up for grabs now it is off next week super tuesday races already. amazing. joining us with a look ahead democratic political strategist peter good morning and jim good morning to you. >> nice to see you. >> good to see you as always we want to get in depth on these primary results first i have to ask about this announcement olympia snow of maine will not

seek another term what does this mean? >> shock she had 3.5 million dollars in the bank her staff was running the campaign she served 18 years in the senate, her chances of re-election i think were very very good don't you think jim? but now democratic members of the house are looking at running in this race it is now up for grabs because it could play into whether republicans take control of the senate. >> there is good news and bad news for everybody in this whole thing peter is right democrats are all excited because they have an open seat maine goes back and forth, the good news conservative republicans get rid of some of these although she did vote against obama care and i think it is also good news because the governor is a tea party candidate so the republicans can hold the seat it is good news all around makes it more interesting but i think the

senate is more in point now. looks like she is sick of it tired of the grid lock. >> she has been around, she is 55 years old she has been around a awful long time she got elected in 1978 to house of representatives i think she is just kind of my time is done and she had a tough primary opponent her republican primary opponent raised over $400,000 against her, not a lot compared to 3 .8 there is not a lot of -- >> you have to be sad you are losing a moderate. it is too bad now the grid lock of the campaign >> arizona and michigan, arizona any surprises here? first of all jim. >> no surprises, you know, there were no surprises in arizona no -- i mean there really were no surprises in michigan if you want to say it was a surprise in the fact that romney was down double digits a

couple weeks ago he came to surge back and won the good news for him established republic now took a deep breath and said wow thank god for that, but good news for rick santorum. he lives to fight another day his speech i thought was very nice very heart warming so all in all, i think we are on to super tuesday. should romney have won more solidly in michigan? >> well, you know, you could make that argument but i would say he did well given where he started, and he -- >> well, where he started jim was way way up before -- >> way way down. >> but here is the problem mitt romney had in michigan. first he had tremendous advantage, all the family stuff if you look at those votes, they came from where he lives they came from the country club republican who made over $100,000 he squeaked out a victory but did very badly lower income folks the folks

that voted for him even, most of them were questioning him, i mean he is not a strong candidate republicans hope to carry michigan in the general election i don't think that is going to happen unless the economy totally tanks that is one problem the other thing though, is that he spent the same way he spent against gingrich, 90% of his ads were negative. >> is that bad? >> no, but i am saying jim look here is the problem he's got now the problem is, he is probably going to win this thing you know, next week super tuesday, he is out spending in ohio, he is out spending santorum now 7-1 he is still a little bit behind i wouldn't be surprised if this bump gives him a bigger bump into super tuesday and he begins to put together delegates and win this thing but my gosh, winning with what. >> okay. is it a bad thing to spend

money? when hillary spent all the money against barack obama was that a bad thing? >> no,. >> look, listen let me finish. >> okay finish. >> thank you. >> we are asking you a question. >> well, yeah, let me finish my comment you have money you raise money this is going to go away the republican party set up the rules so the primary process is going to go it will not end next week romney has 150 delegates or some number like that, they need 1100. it will take a lot romney people know this, so do santorum and gingrich people spending money is not a bad thing if you get your message out at the end of the day barack obama had to spent a lot of money to get elected almost a billion dollars is that a bad thing? i will tell you why it is a bad thing his negatives are going sky high independents are rejecting him 40% of folks voting in that republican primary are not sure they are voting for a republican in november what is happening to

romney he is not coming out stronger he is coming out weaker what happened to obama he came out stronger most people were very satisfied as steve schmitt said last night on msnbc most people were very satisfied with those two candidates they are not satisfied with this field the longer you guys keep going the longer this thing takes to get a nominee, the worse it is for you guys in november that is my take. >> let me ask about super tuesday in the 30 seconds we have left what happened tonight gingrich and ron paul? what does everybody need to do leading into this contest next week. >> the new speech last night was apparently about trees and some sort of -- god only knows what he was saying. i think if newt gingrich really wanted to defeat mitt romney, he would get out and support rick santorum he is not going to do that apparently, he has a big you know, hunk of money, so he will be spending it against romney, frankly what it does l

is riding on georgia and oklahoma god only knows about ron paul. >> ron paul spent his money in michigan attacking rick santorum in all these debates he hasn't attacked romney once. so you know, this is play for romney but gingrich said, he has to win georgia. he doesn't win georgia he is out. my sense is, -- >> let's end it there gentlemen we will talk wednesday. and we will see you next week hepfully both of you will be here with us tony over to you. thank you. 7:42 a.m. on wednesday morning while we wait for the approaching rain here people in the midwest are cleaning up after severe storms rolled through last night some producing tornadoes and there is some indication there are tornadoes continuing in parts of the midwest this morning this is a look at the damage in kansas, twister also touched

down in missouri hours ago in branson. tucker will be back with more details what we can expect here.

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7:45 a.m., tucker is here you have a lot to talk about. right to it rain on the way, next hour or so rain wash across the area. rainy, thunderstorms around here later today best chance late this morning early afternoon again, might be one or two tonight. sentinel sat rad a warm front moving in at the moment, will bring us a period of rain showers, moderate rain moving through late this morning, out west, west of cincinnati that line, that has produced severe weather overnight, 11 reports of tornadoes touching the ground, arkansas, produce severe weather tornado warnings in portions that will get in here later tonight not severe weather but could have

thunderstorms. real quick look at future cast, 11:00 a.m. this morning widespread rain we could see moderate rain moving through with the warm front a bit of a break by 2:00 p.m. and it will redevelop, as the cold front approaches. another round of moderate rain, 7, 8, 9 tonight then quiet things down and you know what, tomorrow sunshine temperatures back into the 60s no signs of winter on this 5 day. 49 today, 66 tomorrow, showers return at least potential for showers, friday night and saturday weekend looks decent. >> thank you sir. >> let's check with julie for a look at the roadways. >> good morning, right now we are going to hit it off, northbound 395, photographer at the scene as you work your way north trying to get past the pentagon lanes open check it out wall to wall traffic as you work your way north of the pentagon continuing up and across the 14th street bridge mainline.

all right take it inside problems montgomery county this will be the accident activity along southbound new hampshire avenue, shinnieder will and again accident activity, right- hand side of the road tieing up your commute headed south, new hampshire avenue, southbound 270, at the lane divide accident activity in play here you want to stay left to get by, or to the far right continuing down, wrapping it up as you travel the belt way unusual back up, leaving coalsville road, accident activity cleared, below speed, 95 palace park toward georgia avenue that is a check of your fox 5 traffic. >> helping women get on their feet the goal of an organization here in the district. >> annie yu has more details how you can get involved. >> good morning tony and allison i am super thrilled to highlight such a wonderful group this morning, the ywca located northwest dc we are going to learn all about it coming up don't miss it they

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>> annie yu is learning more about the organization she joins us live from northwest dc good morning. >> good morning allison and tony what a great great resource for women in our area if you don't know about it you will learn everything you need to about it hopefully you will come out and check them out they provide everything from career counselling to health and fitness just a variety of things joining me now, cameron smith ceo, good morning tamara. >> good morning. >> this is such a wonderful place i can't believe we are learning about it now. >> we are excited you are here we have been in this space 2 months we are thrilled we have lots of programs for women, education, training fitness. >> for those who aren't familiar this is an institution that is global right so we have one here in our backyard tell us about what you all do here. >> provide education and training for women and families literacy classes, bridges to work program for young women lookin to explore different career options internship and

job placement we do social justice programs, domestic violence prevention and awareness. >> a lot of great programs they are free. >> all free. >> how wonderful is that you have a computer lab, classrooms where you are working one on one with these ladies. >> absolutely. >> we help people get their geds. get certification with various microsoft products, help place them in jobs and help them get on the road to supporting themselves. >> when i first read about you guys i thought of the ymca but it is not like that what makes yours different. >> ywcas mission is empowerment of women and elimination of racism we are focused on helping women and families gain economic stability, gain your education, and really making a difference in your lives. >> much more than just fitness. >> that's right. >> fitness is a big part. >> we do health and wellness. >> because we are out here all morning boy, let me tell you this place is jamb packed with

people dedicated to making themselves well. tiffany is one of the boot camp instructors here that's right, boot camp 6:30 a.m., who in their right mind comes to do that and tiffany, what is your class -- what is your class all about? >> well, most of the time a lot of people get intimidated by the name boot camp they think about the military but it is a great work out we mix cardio, strength training, ply owe metrics you burn a lot of calories, lose weight looking great feeling great. >> you had a full house in here i know some of them had to go to work but what is a typical class like what parts to have body are you working. >> we work full body exercises, we do everything from endurance exercises, we run outside when it is a nice day run right up to meridian hill full body you know we do push up body weight exercises, plyometrics explosive exercises, and keep it going core exercises keep everybody nice and happy and

healthy. >> so if you want to participate how much how often do you hold the classes. >> we have -- we do boot camp four days a week twice morning monday and wednesday, 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., evenings, tuesday and thursday 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. drop in classes are $6 so it is affordable come on in bring a towel, bottle of water and can do attitude. >> in membership fee, pay as you go. that is wonderful check out the schedule on our website myfoxdc.com we have a link to the ywca up there and thank you to all the ladies who came out thank you tiffany back to you in studio. >> annie thank you. >> coming up at the top of the hour special honor for a local sailor invited to dine at the white house with president obama, and the first lady he will join us live to talk about what tonight's din certificate really all about. -- dinner is really all about. >> since today february 29th only comes around once every four years it is the opportune

phi for retailers to -- opportunity for retailers to offer deep discounts, a look at all those leap year deals. >> we will be right back 

more than 10 years after the 9/11 attacks disturbing report remains of some victims were sent to a landfill live at the pentagon with more. >> on the last day of february we are taking a score of anacostia to learn more about the important role this played in our history. plus steve joins us, with more deals to cash in on this leap day some deals, catered just to this day. >> right smart. >> every four years >> i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour we begin with breaking news we are following out of montgomery county. fox 5 confirmed a school bus involved in an accident with a car, this happened along new hampshire avenue near shindler

drive white oak section none of the 33 children onboard was hurt but the driver of the car is being taken to hospital. more on traffic with julie in a moment. >> breaking weather news this morning tornadoes hitting the nations heartland right now search and rescue crews are going house to house in parts of kansas and missouri, where series of possible tornadoes touched down overnight at least one person is reported dead, significant damage also being reported, there are also reports of people trapped in their homes, in branson missouri and in branson reports are that at least one tornado, tore right through the theater district there, we will learn more about that later on tucker barnes is here to tell us what is happening with our weather in particular. 11 reports of tornadoes since last evening one on the ground in western kentucky confirmed they are tracking it right now as we speak. that continues to develop.

around here rain showers developed. we have rain here in northwest washington in for a rainy day not going to rain every minute but a back of moderate showers move through -- band of moderate showers move through, more rain tonight there is your radar showers pushing in from the west already some moderate rain out towards lees burg and stretching down towards manassas and that will all push east also some lightning already, thunderstorms, down near charlottesville, it is possible we too could get thunderstorm activity during the course of the day, best chance late this morning, gain later tonight when we get that cold front moving in 41 washington humidity 76% winds out of the south 5 miles per hour, here is your forecast, rather cool, highs upper 40s, 50s. rain showers could be a peek of sunshine mid-to late afternoon, that will only encourage more thunderstorms but bring along

an umbrella. in the meantime a traffic alert for drivers prince georges county, there is a massive sinkhole on westbound, inbound, 450, westbound lanes are blocked, route 1, baltimore avenue near peace cross near that peace cross there was a water main break at this same location about 2 weeks ago that flooded the area the sinkhole appears to be the result of that. julie wright with more on this mornings traffic. >> all right tony authorities tell me they are coming back after the morning commute to try to repair that sinkhole it will be interesting to see how far along they can get with the rain moving into our area allison mentioned the accident activity southbound new hampshire avenue, involving the bus the activity has been cleared the roadway reopened southbound 270 as you work your way from montrose road, tucker man lane accident activity off the road to the right shoulder, stacking in montgomery village

avenue, a crash, southbound 270, as you approach 124, rain moving in from the west, as you make your way in from centerville, gw parkway, flying from the cia headed out toward the key bridge find on the top stretch of the outer loop of the belt way, low speed, toward georgia, average speed, 35 miles an hour, inner loop, that is cleared still slow going trying to get past university boulevard at 26 miles per hour. inner loop virginia, on the brakes, annona dale, headed out towards i-95, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie thanks mitt romney pulled off wins in both michigan and arizona beating rival rick santorum by a slim margin in michigan where romney was born the result from the michigan primary shows romney took 41%, santorum 38, romney had a bigger victory in arizona, winning 47 do

santorum's 27% there, they both thanked their supporters in michigan. in this room are the people who knocked on the doors and made the calls and went to the polls and it made an enormous difference we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that is all that counts. >> the people of michigan looked into the heart of the candidates and all i have to say is i love you back. >> thank you. the state of washington holds a caucus saturday then on to 10 states holding contests next tuesday for super tuesday. we are following a developing story a coast guard helicopter crash off the coast of alabama, it happened last night during a training mission in mobile bay one crew member was killed three others missing heavy fog hampering the air search divers are planning another attempt to get inside the submerged aircraft so far no word on what caused that

crash. disturbing report from the pentagon remains of some victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks were cream mated and dumped in a landfill this involves portions of unidentifiable remains handled at dover airforce base. melanie alnwick is live with more details. melanie. good morning tony you know those revelations which came out yesterday are sparking outrage among members of congress and some victims families all of this came to light in a report that was looking into allegations of mishandling of remains of soldiers, at the dover airforce base mortuary. partial remains of victims from the 9/11 attack on the pentagon and possibly flight 93 from shanksville pennsylvania, ended up in a virginia landfill they were ordered to be incinerated and disposed of after they

could not be identified. this comes after other improper actions at the dover mortuary. they are apologizing to families. >> we certainly have expressed our regret for the additional grief to families of loved ones, whose remains were handled in perhaps a less than ideal or by some measures even an inappropriate standard prior to 2008. >> since 2008, the policy has changed and now unidentified remains are buried at sea but since this information about the 9/11 victims was only a very small part of a much larger report, to actions at the mortuary, at dover airforce base some members of congress say they would like a separate investigation, you know exactly what happened with the 9/11 victims. all right melanie thank you very much 8:07 a.m.

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shotguns. >> another bill requiring ultrasound exams before abortions could be on its way to governor mcdonald's desk the state senate approved a revised version of a law that required an innovative ultrasound test the new bill requires external exam. local sailor was chosen to be honored at a white house dinner tonight that will recognize the contribution of the u.s. military and military families to operation iraqi freedom and also operation new dawn and petty officer, second class, terry legion son joins us she will be there tonight as well good morning. >> good morning. >> congratulations on this invitation tell me how you are feeling about it. >> um, i am actually very excited me and my husband are -- we have been waiting for this for a few weeks now we are just excited to go today and represent the navy.

>> how did you hear about the veination and do you recall your -- hear about the invitation and do you recall your feelings when you heard you would get this personal thank you from the white house. >> actually my command master chief, was the one who notified me and i was just really excited the first person i called was my husband just to let him know he had to get a tuxedo. >> let me also say you mention your husband a couple times already, we all know this must take a huge toll when you are deployed, can you tell me about that what it means for yourself and fellow service members, if sacrifice? well, for me and my husband i mean we are both in the military so we support each other and i know that is how we all do it i mean if we have a service member that goes and they need help we are there to support them also. >> we mentioned at the beginning again this is to say

thank you for your hard work and service for operation iraqi freedom and new dawn so as a person who serves in the military what would you like to hear today from not only the president but defense secretary, chairman of the joint chiefs many people of distinction will be there what do you hope their message is to all of you and the nation about war and those who serve on the front lines of it. i actually do not thing the words they can -- they will tell us will actually make up for everything all of the sailorairmen have done, but i know it is a start. >> so just to say thank you congratulations, will be a start for you. >> yes. >> okay. 78 of you will be there, at least one service member will represent, each state and territory, i would just love to be a fly on the wall for the comradery, what are you hoping for not just for speeches but also meeting other people there, what are you hoping for

this evening? >> i actually just want to meet the president. >> okay. >> well, i am sure you will get to do that, both you and your husband and let me just say from all of us here at fox 5 thank you so much for your continued service. >> all right thank you. okay that is navy petty officer second class terry lee thompson one of 78 or so in attendance at the white house. >> should be a special event. >> let us turn our attention to weather. before we get to weather we will have my first five. let's do it. my first five photo of the day, this is amaya everybody. beautiful. >> happy birthday she recently celebrated her 5th birthday. >> gorgeous. >> a great birthday. >> her 5th birthday and i never got a chance to do this, with a princess themed party. >> well, there is still time

tucker. >> you can still do it. >> allison you didn't get an invite to amayas party maybe we can make that happen. >> allison some of the girls had a princess themed party. >> they did. >> a great big happy birthday hope it was a great one you are 5, always a good one. >> look how cute she looks happy birthday. >> to submit your which i would's picture go to myfoxdc.com. this line of severe thunderstorms, that continues can we go to hd radar real quick and show you, the line of thunderstorms, continue to produce tornadoes, there is a tornado on the ground central portions of kentucky, it is moving east 65 miles per hour history of producing a dozen tornadoes since last evening this will continue to be a big story. starting to take a look, but this is all associated with a cold front rolling through the

washington area. that cold front on the backside of our system, moving towards the washington area initially it is a warm front getting rain showers right now. rain expected to be on and off throughout the day by mid-to late morning moderate bands of rain moving through and that cold front i showed you producing severe weather that will get in here tonight we are not expecting severe weather around here at any point we could pick up a couple thunderstorms we have some activity reported down towards charlottesville. here is the forecast, 49 today showers and thunderstorms in the forecast cool as well tomorrow beautiful 66 and right now your weekend, by saturday afternoon i think the rain will be out of here and right now the weekend looking decent highs in the 60s. all right that is weather, this is traffic and i am sure the rains -- we have problems to report right now tucker if you are

travelling downtown. this is where we have some tie ups travelling along 13th at i street, protestors making their way westbound along i trying to get past 13th that is why all the police presence the left side of the roadway is blocked. some traffic is able to get by to the right definitely a big police presence a lot of protestors to the left that is causing tie ups here travelling through northwest washington other side of town you will find belt way remains slow on the inner loop due to an earlier crash at the northest bridge, bw parkway traffic flows out of laurel, 95 tied up to the belt way accident activity remains, 270, before the lane divide off the road to the shoulder. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you requirements about rear view video cameras on new vehicles getting the yellow light transportation secretary ray la hood says he needs more time to research and data analysis before issuing any

final regulation. government proposed most new cars and trucks come equipped with the cameras in an attempt to help drivers avoid backing over small children. they have suggested expanding mirrors instead. >> the italian cruise ship floating adrift on the indian ocean will reach shore tomorrow morning it is being towed back to land right now by a french vessel after arriving the ship's passengers will fly to rome more than 1,000 people were onboard costa allegra when a fire broke out no one was hurt but a power outage left it stranded in a region where somali pirates prey on ships it is the sister ship to costa concordia, the ship that capsized off the coast of italy 6 weeks ago. well, one british mother has to hope her kids are done with cruises her son survived

the italian cruise ship disaster and her daughter is on the ship being towed to safety they work onboard the ships. we are very unfortunate >> her 19-year-old son james said he is finished working on cruise ships now he just wants to see his sister home safely. allison, the american water works association just released a report on the nations drinking water infrastructure it states restoring existing drinking water system will cost $1 billion over the next 25 years. the deputy executive director, tom curtis joins us to talk about the report good to see you. >> good morning. a trillion dollars that is a lot of money obviously all those i will say over a 25 year period considering the amount of heights and the like you kind of understand it before we get to details, tell us about the american water works

association who you represent. >> american water works association is the oldest and largest professional society in the world that is dedicated to safe water, we have over 50,000 members in the united states and more members in about 100 countries. >> very good. now let's talk about this report give us what some of the other headlines obviously the big headline, is what needs to be done and the money that needs to be spent what are some other headlines. >> the take away here is that god gave us the water but he forgot to put down the pipes. our fore bearers did that for us and those pipes have lasted a very long time but won't last forever many of them are coming to the end of their useful service life in the coming years and frankly, we are all going to pay more, to replace those pipes as they wear out. >> we are talking about 1 million miles is all of it comes to the end of its useful

life at the same time. >> not at the same time but it will sooner or later the report we issued yesterday is the first ever to comprehensively analyze that pipe network, with respect to what types of pipe what materials they were made of sizes, what decades they were laid down we correlate that with data how long pipes can be expected to last, in order to build the estimate $1 trillion over 25 years. you already mentioned it is going to cost us all our water bill, ultimately will cost us much more, to repair the infrastructure, i want to put that aside for a second are there any potential dangers to american citizens, due to these pipes deteriorating >> i noticed just a few moments ago fox news is reporting a sinkhole in the area, tieing up traffic related presumably to a water main that has broken and broken through the street surface that is an example what kind of things can

happen, utility managers hate it when that happens and try to avoid that by staying ahead of it, but -- >> you point out news this morning, interestingly what happened there was that water main broke a couple weeks ago they determined not to repair it now we have the sinkhole it seems to me, that our water ways and the pipes that are under the roads and the ground and all that are kind of repaired, as need be i mean is there ongoing work and replacement work that goes on or are they repaired as they break. >> well, there is ongoing work that is done and obviously when a break occurs that needs to be responded to immediately, the trick for utilities is to repair a pipe, as long as that

makes economic sense at some point when it becomes more cost effective, to simply replace that pipe, then that is what they do. >> with obviously budgets are tight everywhere is this something that typically is addressed on a state by state region by region level or does the federal government have to get involved . almost all investment in water infrastructure, is local, and we believe that is the appropriate way to adjust this problem but there is a critical roll for the federal government we are advocating, a bill that makes very low interest loans available, for these investments to help fold down the impact on the customers. all right bottom line the work needs to be done and needs to start to be done soon. >> yes. >> very good tom curtis deputy executive director american water works. >> thank you. >> allison. thank you so much tony.

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>> 8:27 a.m., 42 degrees stories making headlines more information on that house fire that injured several firefighters in river dale heights, there will also be an update on the two firefighters in hospital. high winds helped fuel that fire. one of dcs guardian angels is credited with helping catch two alleged criminals in northeast. the guardian angel was off duty last night when he saw two suspects steal an ipad from someone near the rhode island avenue metro stop he ran after them and got into a brief scuffle he was knocked down got up and took off after them again during the chase he was able to contact police. the angel and officers eventually caught up with the suspect police took them into custody. residents are upset they say after a prince georges county council woman gets away with driving 50 miles over the

speed limit. she was driving 105 miles an hour, on the belt way, last week, prince georges county police officer pulled her over but it was for making an unsafe lane change she got a ticket for that but was only issued a written warning for excessive speed. >> really. >> 105 miles an hour? >> yep. >> okay. >> on the belt way. >> a lot like the daytona 500. apparently it is. >> you guys were doubting me. >> we seed yeah, but not in speed. >> -- yeah, but we seed not in speed. rain moving through, moderate bands of rain shortly i think by mid-morning here we are really going to see this rain pick up and even the possibility of a few thunderstorms, i saw flashing on our radar down towards charlottesville don't be shocked if you hear a rumble of

thunder, moderate rain, down through alexandria, georgetown and north gaithersburg and north and west lots of rain out to lees burg, winchester, so if you are across the bay, stevensville, oxford you two will get the rain shortly and be in ocean city the next hour or so. let's open up, show you satellite radar, warm front coming through at the moment, that will bring us rain during the daytime hours get a break later this afternoon and then deal with this cold front, of course the cold front, a lot of thunderstorms has a history of producing very damaging winds and tornadoes that will continue to push east during the course of the day and we will deal with that tonight we are not looking at severe weather around here but both the warm front and cold front potential for thunderstorms to kick up, atmosphere is active. future cast, 8:00 a.m. rain showers across the region, looks like this will be moderate if not heavy rain by the noon hour. by early afternoon 2, 3:00 p.m.

we will get a break, and then with the cold front rain showers move back in later tonight once we get to the cold front east of us, we will quiet down and mild temperatures for your thursday. good news. 49 today overnight low of 47, back to sunshine mild temperatures to start your march high temperature 66 degrees, maybe more rain by friday night during the day saturday. >> all right, tony allison back to you. looks good thanks tucker. >> they are the deals that only come around once every four years. fox consumer reporter steve joins us now with a look how retailers are enticing you to cash in on this leap year, so good morning and tell us where the biggest savings can be found. i will tell you guys if you are a traveler today may be the day to make that reservation let's take you right to deals start being folks at trump hotel collection virtually all

hotels, new york, panama, way can i can i offering 29 -- waikiki offering 29% off bookings today through april. set your reminder for 2:29 today when the charles hotel in bean town is having their 1 hour flash sale offering 29% off new reservations for deluxe rooms. >> folks at marriott getting in on the game head over to french man's reef marriott, st. thomas your first night $229 your second night only $29 when you make a reservation today for travel through october 29th, and this may be paris in your plan this is year you have an entire year to check it out, the hotel debussy get a upgrade for 29 euros and breakfast for 2 just 29 euros. >> how about if i am staying

put what can i get and use today. >> a lot of companies are going to use today to launch new products, there is one out there we never talk about on tv we are giving a shout out to the folks at friskies they have a new cat food comes out, plus food, celebrating with free give aways all day long maybe if you want to treat yourself instead of your cat a free cookie folks at subway are giving away a free cookie to anybody who walks in and buys anything. >> like that. >> those are good cookies. >> you are right about that. >> so, leap year comes around once every four years how long do these deals last. >> you know a lot of it you will either have to purchase or book between now and midnight today, right but some of them you will be able to use for months to come especially the travel deals we talked about and of course the warning to consumers this morning don't be

fooled by pricing just because something that is the magic number 29 in the price doesn't mean it is the best deal they will have all yearlong. links now to the savings we talked about myfoxdc.com. >> all right thank you. good stuff. like those hotel deals. speaks of leap day we are saying happy birthday to more leap day babies you posted a bunch on our facebook fan page happy birthday to wow a lot of them dj, annette, sean, james, deanna, georgianna and a woman named elizabeth, who lived in nairobi kenya. her niece wrote in to wish her happy birthday >> love it. >> who knew. >> all right coming up, we will take a look at free food offered to those celebrating a birthday today.

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8:38 a.m. last day of black history month at the end of the civil war, they bought some 375-acres of land in southeast dc and sold it to african americans the area was known as hillsdale and later barry farm. >> it was a community for newly freed african americans but there is per happen as lesser known history of exclusion also important to all of our history here in this dc region. developed 1854 it was one of the districts first suburbs and in union town, the rules were clear, no one of african decent need set their sights on making this community home its

restrictive covenant prohibited sale, rental or lease to blacks, the chief historian with cultural tourism dc. >> people who lived in union town namely were workers at the navy yard just across the anacostia river, so they were skilled and unskilled, blue collar men building at first ships at the navy yard but very soon the navy yard switched to building weapons. the developer was a man named john van hook his development lasted until 1977 when he went ban crumb before then he -- bankrupt, before then he built a mansion. the irony is not only that this was the developers house but when frederick douglas was living there up on the hill the people living down below him were still white. and they remained white in that area, really until the 1950s.

even in 1950, the area known as near southeast was 82% white. >> if you can visualize martin luther king avenue where morris road intersects with it that was eventually, the -- essentially the boundary between the white and black areas of anacostia. >> it is on this side of what is now mlk junior avenue white owned companies and businesses once thrived serving both white and black communities one lasting example the big chair put up in the 1950s by the curtis furniture company >> by 1970 that figure of 82% white would drop to 14%, one reason for the dramatic change was the rezoning of the area, what was once single family and low density middle class dwellings was now higher density apartments, another reason was the 1950s renewal of southwest dc. blacks needed a place to live

and blocked to anacostia. >> changes of people moving to anacostia from neighbourhoods that had been wiped out we have the brown decision that partly reflected changes in the neighbourhood but partly spurred people who didn't want to send their children to integrated schools white people who didn't want to do that, spurred them to leave. interesting so when the majority of the white population moved out of the district many would go to nearby prince georges county. that is a story for another day because we know that as a very different community now as well. tomorrow we will look at the history of georgetown i think a lot of people know it was a flip flop of the stories we just saw so we will look at that. >> extraordinary numbers in anacostia to go you said 1950, 82% white and by 1970, only 14%. >> that is -- >> amazing. >> we know about these migrations but that is a pretty quick one. >> yes. >> 20 year period. >> and those old pictures love

that. >> thank you to dc cultural tourism we will talk with jane tomorrow about georgetown. >> now 8:41 a.m. on wednesday morning working out is a lot easier when it is a lot of fun and that is what they are having out there at the ywca northwest dc annie. >> hey, tony and allison we are having fun can you guys move like these guys? i don't think so. not you tony you don't have the moves. listen we are going to learn all about line dancing coming up we are having a lot of fun here. stay with us fox 5 morning news people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield free checking at capital one bank.

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ywca of the national capital area dedicated to empowering women through a variety of services including health and fitness. >> annie yu is learning more about classes that are going to wobble wobble. >> i called tony out i have seen tony dance i call him out not you allison i know you can move. you know, one to have cool things about this place is the commitment and if you look at this group here these are people that are committed to staying fit and have followed denise bryant all over the community.

denise good morning. >> good morning. you are are refreshing spirit in the morning i love your class. >> thank you. >> what is this all about. >> exercise and fun, basically you can go any where you go out to a club mostly doing dances like this, shuffle, wobble, it is easy dances people can do. >> it is a lot of fun. >> you know what is really wonderful about this group, there are tonnes of laughs and friendship and relationships and that is something you build on. >> yes and i take pride in that when people come to my class i want them to come in, put all your worries behind you stress free and have a good time all about you. satisfaction for yourself and have a good time and also health wise it is very good for your blood pressure, cholesterol and i myself i have high blood pressure but it is under control with my line

dancing. everything to do with your health very good for your health, you can't go wrong exercising your mind body and soul and someone who is afraid to dance come in have a good time. >> exactly. >> stress free just have fun >> it goes in line with the vision of ywca. >> you are taking these classes out to the community and doing outreach. >> we do a lot of fundraisers seniors homes, just a lot of interaction with the community, a lot of women groups and we have a diverse group men, women i have children, we just have a good time we want to focus on health one step at a time. >> let's show some viewers our viewers some moves you teach here. what are we learning now. >> we are going to learn the bounce. >> cue the right music for it. sorry to break up the party we are going to do the bounce [

applause ] >> i love it. >> here we go. >> four to the right. >> i will follow you. >> here we go guys to the right. let's get your work out right here guys. you can alternate. ♪ [ music ] >> come on guys here we go. ♪ [ music ] >> kick and kick and kick ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> okay so you heard denise log

on to our website myfoxdc.com i am telling you this is a lot of fun you will make some great friends and this is for $6 you pay as you go back to you in studio. >> go annie. >> good stuff. >> thank you. >> it is just about 8:49 a.m. on wednesday morning, one american idol hopeful whose dreams were shattered gets a second chance to become a star more on that when we come back. >> then go out to hollywood for the latest dirt from tmz fox 5 morning news will be right back over 200,000 people are hospitalized every year with flu complications. lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill over 50 germs on surfaces.

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getting praise. deandre was told that his voice was perfect to her. we are not invested. >> she doesn't want to see him go home. >> tonight it is the ladies. >> top 12 american idol hopefuls, hope to win america's vote. 12 girls take the stage on american idol and after weeks of grueling auditions, the chance to perform live in front of a studio audience will present a whole new set of challenges. >> just so much more involved now. so much more than just a song i feel like we are really trying to please america we really have to be crowd pleasers. >> i have to persuade myself. >> people of all ages are watching this show you have to pick a song that will please everyone adults like old classics and then also do new

radio stuff. teenagers and younger kids i definitely feel no matter what you do it has to do with picking the song. while being nervous is okay, showing it is not. >> who wants to get out with the spotlight you go along in a competition nor lights, -- more lights. i haven't had a lot of performance experience but being on the stage, i clam up a little bit. after the performance don't forget the numbers game make sure to hold up the right phone or text line for fans to vote. >> one of these, okay yes. that's good. >> in hollywood, adam housely fox news. all right the girls will start singing at 8:00 p.m. starting here fox 5 tomorrow

morning, marcus and jack are back. it has been a year already. >> are you excited about doing it this year? >> what? >> we will talk about that later. >> do you take sleeping pills to help you drift off at night? >> a new study looks at their possible long term danger to your health even if you only use them once in awhile a pretty scary study coming up next hour. >> also ahead the greeting card being pulled from stores because of its reference to whitney houston. we will show it to you when we talk with tmz right now 8:55 a.m., we will be back with the 9:00 a.m. hour

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dead, several injured. >> this is a live picture of damage in kansas. >> that storm is bringing rain into our area, now, tucker barnes is tracking the storm he will have the forecast straight ahead. >> there is outrage this morning over a new report that suggests remeans of some 9/11 victims were mishandled. melanie alnwick has details in a live report. >> paris jackson heard telling a friend that is not her dad's voice on the album released after his death. that is the album, michael by michael jackson supposedly we will check with tmz later. >> on a lighter note, it is leap day happy birthday to all the leaplings,. we have a harpest a little later she will serenade them. she has some big things going on. tucker barnes is st