that is what i thought. boy tornadoes tear through parts of the midwest leaving a deadly path of destruction pictures incredible as the clean up process continues officials survey damage. a live report from one of the state's hardest hit by this line of severe storms. plus offensive or simply an ad. a heated debate is brewing over this advertisement. why metro says there is nothing they can do about it. with peak bloom just around the corner the nations capital is preparing to celebrate 100 years with its famous cherry blossom trees live we a look how the museum is kicking things off. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts now. a live lookout side we have been dealing with fog this morning not everywhere but in spots so it may slow your commute down good morning i am

tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. it is thursday march 1st. >> unbelievable. tucker barnes is here to tell us what we can expect today. >> good morning allison should be a beautiful day fog we are dealing with at the moment mid- morning sunshine very mild temperatures how about mid-60s for afternoon highs so we are in for a nice start to the month of march sentinel sat rad rain showers brought some pretty impressive rain amounts north and east still dealing with low lying clouds and fog dense fog advisory for the northern tier of maryland, caroll county, washington county frederick county for the rest of us there is fog we should burn that off quickly west virginia eastern kentucky. lots of clear skies high pressure will build in with the breeze we should be in for a good looking day. nice mild starlet 58 fredericksburg. cooler with the fog. more details coming up lots of

sunshine warm temperatures and breezy, we will be dry highs mid-60s by 4:00 p.m., 55, 56 for an afternoon high more details on the forecast. julie. talking ability the fog we got -- talking about the fog we got it out west, socked in here manassas this is 66 eastbound leaving 234 south to business 234 again wall to wall traffic slow going out of manassas typical headed towards centerville the fog is what i wanted to show you usually we can see for a good mile, to mile and a half that is not happening allow extra time on the road southbound 270, lanes are open heavy and steady, callers checking for an accident south of 270, montrose road and the right lanes old georgetown south of cedar accident activity reported here as well no problems on the belt way, lanes open eastbound i-70, accident activity still there

stay to the right to get by that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. breaking news from the middle east we are just getting reports two more nato soldiers killed in afghanistan this morning are american they were gunned down by a trusted colleague this is the third such killing since riots erupted over the mistaken burning of korans last week the attack overnight was in southern kandahar so far 6 u.s. personal have been killed by afghan security. our top story this morning maryland will today become the 8th state in the country to legalize gay marriage. >> governor o'malley will make a move this evening but it means there won't be same sex weddings any time soon. >> governor o'malley plans to sign the gay marriage bill into law at the state house 5:00

p.m. tonight it caps a contentious battle which dominated maryland legislature for the last two sessions the video here were celebrations after senate passed it last thursday night even though maryland today joins 7 statethe district legalizing gay marriage don't expect ceremonies to be planned yet the law will not take effect until next january opponents are continuing a drive to put it on the ballot for the public to decide they are teaming up with maryland delegate who represents washington county just yesterday they approved the language of the petition they can begin collecting signatures they need 56,000 valid names to get the measure on the ballot they hope to collect nearly double that to ensure enough are validated by the state

elections board. >> thank you. another big story, the path of destruction in the midwest, a dozen people in three states are died in a series of tornadoes, craig boswell is standing by in one of the hardest hit areas, harrisburg illinois tell us how things look there. >> reporter: we can show you a little bit here in harrisburg enormous ef 4 tornado swept through the town this is what is left of a narily new strip mall if not for a sign you wouldn't know what stores were here it didn't stop here it swept a 200-yard wide swath of damage a mile and a half long there were 16 other tornadoes in a dozen other states as well. in harrisburg illinois a tornado winds up to 170 miles an hour left entire blocks of homes and businesses in shambles the category ef 4 that

blasted the area is the second strongest rating assigned to twisters. >> roof lifted off walls separated friday the house we thought that was the end. >> those sorting through the wreckage make a horrifying discovery. >> we dug for two hours at least before they found her body her home was over there. and she was here. >> she was is best mother-in- law in the world she was a special lady. >> in branson missouri, the national guard has been called in to hell within the devastation just days the town would have been filled with tourists. >> this is a lot of damage insurance issues here property damage issues here will be significant. kansas is another area left stricken, leaving 8 people injured there. elizabeth kentucky the storm demolished dozens of homes and businesses. you could see everything just a debris field i can't

explain it really, just horrendous everything was in the air. several witnesses say it took 30 seconds or less for this tornado to swing through, tear through and do so much of the damage as the sun is beginning to come up we are beginning this light now beginning to get more of the scope of this damage i am told by one of the lieutenants they will go through these neighbourhoods again this morning in 45 minutes to an hour just do a double check a second round of checks to make sure they didn't miss anyone and make sure there is no live wires before they allow anyone to get down into those homes and retrieve what belongings they may have. >> craig boswell reporting harrisburg illinois. a late winter storm several late winter storms welcome relief in parts of california experiencing one of the driest winters in its history snow expected to keep hammering the lake tahoe area and around yosemite national park well

into today some 28 million californians depend on snow melt to meet their water needs. results are in from wyomings republican caucuses, mitt romney won the nonbinding vote with 39%, rick santorum came in 2nd with 32%, ron paul won 21% and newt gingrich walked away with 8% wyoming holds two weeks of caucuses that ended yesterday. next week delegates will be chosen for the republican national convention. >> likely to be a sticking point for voters, rising gas prices, today president barack obama heads to new hampshire to shore up support for a second term that is the hope he is expected to talk about stripping away tax breaks for oil and gas companies and also on capital hill, a couple members of congress are calling on the white house to tap into the nations strategic oil reserve. >> >> i don't know what it is

being used for, we are unlikely to have a nuclear war with the soviet union. >> as far as releasing oil from the strategic reserve the last time it happened was last year during the conflict with libya the white house won't say whether it is being considered now. >> allison the senate is voting to day on a part of president obama's health care law that requires employers to offer contraceptivehealth plans an issue both democrats and republicans hope will rows bases democrats says the a women's health issue, they says the about religious freedom. allison. >> tony thank you. contra verbal ad in a metro station -- contra verbal ad in a metro station raising eyebrows and has a virginia

congressman demanding it be removed. melanie alnwick live. >> the ad is on the platform here at clarendon metro station it certaintily generated a lot of -- certainly generated a lot of chatter but also a lot of controversy not just about the little four letter word but metro's advertising policy the words are greeting metro riders on the platform, bold and unmistakable, very pointable to promote a film called sick and sicker. metro says it can nod legally sensor -- not legally sensor ads based on speech but some congressmen are calling for removal the film maker defends it the public things it is in poor taste. >> go to hell is fighting words, not for a debate on

health care in our country. >> what obama and the people who passed the law, did is much worse than what i am doing speaking out against it people are going to die that is what my movie shows. that was film maker, logan daryl clemens speaking by phone in los angeles he paid $800 for a one month ad the display will come down march 12th. time now 7:11 a.m., thursday morning still ahead we know the cause of that house fire that injured several local firefighters. plus relief this morning for cruise ship passengers stranded in the indian ocean next celebrating 100 years of dcs famous cherry blossom trees lauren has more on the. >> yes, i do. today we will learn the peak bloom datelearn about the centennial celebrations planned for the district plus a smart phone ap you want to download

before heading to the tidal basin this year coming up fox 5 morning news ♪ [ music ] >> thank you as we head to the break we've got a live lookout side roadways a little jammed up, fog here and there as well latest weather and traffic tucker and julie coming up this is the dave mathews band it is 12 minutes after 7:00 a.m. 

making headlines this morning fire investigators say arson is to blame for the house fire in river dale heights friday that injured 7 firefighters one firefighter remains hospitalized with second and third degree burns over half his body officials said the fire was started in the basement of the home. new this morning, in the indian ocean the crippled cruise ship with over 1,000 people onboard has finally

docked after drifting for days at sea. the costa allegra lost power after a fire tug boats from the seychelles guided it into port red cross set up tents to help and there are u.s. officials on hand to assist americans stuck on that ship. >> tucker barnes with us again this morning. i know when i drove in, i encountered fog it was hit and miss really thick in places, you go a few more miles nothing. >> you got it thick is to the north border with pennsylvania. >> that is where i was driving from. >> were you? >> he commutes. >> that is a serious commute. let's get right to our forecast. >> our bus stop forecast. as we get started for the day kids will be happy they will have a good day at school with straight as. >> love it. lots of sunshine once we get rid of the fog and high temperatures. 40s to mid-50s to start the day. >> i was under the impression

it would be warmer. >> that is in the morning. >> headed to the bus stop. >> got it. i see bus stop forecast. >> you got to pay close attention here allison. your dense fog advisory, counties north including caroll county baltimore county, washington county under the fog advisory until 8:00 a.m. and tony, for you, dense fog advisory. >> thank you. >> visibility some spots less than a quarter mile to be honest you don't need to be in the dense fog advisory to encounter fog we will be dealing with it for another hour or two winds picking up out of the west and a lot of sunshine we should lose it soon. sentinel radar quiet, winter storm new england finally getting snow late in the season but better late than never. here is what allison is looking forward to 66 the high with sunshine, cloud up during the day more rain early

saturday want to have a nice weekend day sunday will be the better of the two but cooler. >> okay. >> very good. >> thank you let's go to julie wright now the latest on the mornings rush hour traffic. >> no one ever claps when i get through telling you about traffic. >> we always applaud. >> you just don't hear us. the only way tucker barnes gets one in you got to set him off. >> all right through the fog, through delays we got accident activity southbound 270 before the lane divide after tucker, after montrose road the accident activity to the right side causing delays stacked up on 270 as you work your way southbound coming in montgomery bill headed out toward the lane divide top side of the belt way, college park 270, we still have tie ups to report travelling eastbound i-70 approaching i-70, mount airy accident still there involving an over turned vehicle, southbound 270 on the top

stretch, below speed 25 miles an hour flooding causing problems west of 109 there is a portion of barnesville road that remains closed off patch tree road accident activity tieing up the left side of the highway furnace road remains closed, due to a crash involving an over turned tractor trailer that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. a little taste of spring in dc today in just a few hours we will learn the peak bloom date for cherry blossoms. lauren demarco is live at the museum with more and a smart phone ap to help you plan your trip to see the blossoms. >> good morning. >> reporter: well, 1912, 100 years ago when first lady planned that gift from japan, the cherry blossoms around. today we will learn the peak blue around 10:00 a.m. the horticulturist for dc will

make that announcement they got things started overnight the museum and other buildings around town were lit up in pink to celebrate the city in bloom we will also learn at that news conference more about the festival and the centennial celebrations this year will be expanding from a typical two week it is festival will run march 20th to april 27th almost 5 weeks more than a month organizers are promising spectacular events and performances here is a funny thing cherry blossom festival clearly is a celebration of nature, this of course very rich in tradition organizers are keeping up with the times and there is as you said a cherry blossom mobile ap we talked about it last year you are going to find events on this ap not only on the mall but all around the dc region you can scroll through them by date category or key word once you find what you are interested in you pull it up with more details that map has

great reference points built in for out-of-towners those who may not be used to walking around out of town there is constantly updated news and articles for all recent things going on with the blossomfestival and you want to allow push notification that way you are always aware of last minute changes like last year the kite festival was postponed and an alert went out for everyone with the ap. this is free available for android and iphone users. coming up in our 9:00 a.m. horton in we are going to talk with the president of the national cherry blossom festival and find out what is in store for this year allison tony back to you. all right thank you very much. another sure sign spring is on the way the white house easter egg roll this year's event is set april 9th the online lottery for tickets

starts today opens 10:00 a.m. this morning, closes 10:00 a.m. march 5th the event is open to children 13 and younger and their families you will find a link to the lottery on myfoxdc.com should i set myself up for dispointment again >> it never works out >> i am just not lucky. >> not when it comes to the easter egg roll. >> or the other lottery. >> okay. >> 7:22 a.m., thursday morning still ahead new hope for people suffering from severe brain injuries, details about an old flu drug that could speed up recovery. >> also, often referred to as black out in a can. 4 loco is back in the headlines why they want to take some -- four loko is back why they want to take some of the buzz out. annie yu is live at go ape in rockville with more details

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there could be new hope for people who get severe brain injuries cheap medicine for the flu can help recovery from falls and car crashes, doctors have known about the flu drug for decades, patient who is took the drug got better faster than those who did not. >> a popular malt liquor beverage is on the regulators, federal trade commission is looking at complaints about four loko. under review is the amount of alcohol the drinks creator implied an ad its 23.5-ounce can is equal to 12.5-ounce beers they said it is more like four to five beers, four loko

used to contain caffeine but the fda made the drinks maker remove the kick in 2010 after reports of alcohol poisoning. >> coming up 7:27 a.m. thursday morning ultrasound bill in virginia stirring up a lot of opinions, also the focus of a new column in washington post by robert mccartney he joins us live next. >> he paveed the way for modern heart throbs like justin bieber a sad day for friends of the monkees. a look at the life of davie jones. a live lookout side. the latest weather and traffic for julie coming up 7:27 a.m.  ok, guys-- what's next ?

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♪[ music ] i've got to say i am sad about this i am of a certain age and certainly remember watching the monkees the entertainment world is remembering davie jones he died yesterday of a heart attack near his home in florida, the monkees hit big with their popular tv show in 1966 and a slew of big hits like day dream

believer his former band mates say he was a truly talented performer who loved life and fans he was only 66 years old. >> seems kind of young. >> he was young. >> seemed to be in very good health this video of him performing a couple nights before like a week or so before, and he seems fine. >> didn't we just do a story they were trying to do some sort of tour. >> yeah, they reunited and toured periodically younger people may not remember they were huge in the 60s with the tv show and a lot of hit records. >> wasn't it a playoff the beatles. >> the whole group was after the success of a hard days night and help a couple people got together and said hey we should do a tv show they were put together for the show and kind of became a group >> i didn't realize that. >> cool. >> yeah, so baby boomers it is a big deal. >> for others i am not a baby boomer. >> all right. >> weather and not bad.

>> you only have 20 seconds think fast >> i better get right to it. a little fog burn it off in for a nice day sunshine breezy, after all the month of march is our windiest month. out of the west gusting 25, but once you get rid of the fog a much nicer day might be a left over sprinkle, fog being picked up by sentinel radar up to the north and east, still dealing with remnants of the area of low pressure that brought us heavy rain late yesterday afternoon and during the evening hours, if you can see they are on top of the banner still got winter weather northern new england finally they are getting snow out to the west west virginia, kentucky clear skies moving in here shortly should be bright and beautiful afternoon for us. here are your rain totals from yesterday, dulles and bwi marshall had records for the day an inch and a third dulles, an inch and a half at bwi marshall we only get that date once every four years not hard to set the record but still

impressive rain amounts after a very dry february. 54 washington 50 gaithersburg temperatures held back a little bit by the fog well off to the north and west, frederick 43, and just 38 martins burg temperatures 15 degrees above normal, later this afternoon highs in the 60s well into the 60s and a nice dry afternoon, 66 daytime high breezy at times, winds out of the west, 10 to 15, gusts 20, nice and warm for you later tonight clear skies, cool conditions cooler air working overnight 40 your overnight low winds north and west, 5 to 10 and all important weekend forecast, tomorrow we cloud up, second half of the day, rain in here, first half of saturday hopefully we get it out of here by saturday afternoon cooler air, works in sunday and monday sunshine highs on sunday, 50 degrees. all right weather, let's do some traffic. all right tucker right now

montgomery county we got our hands full, accident activity, blocking georgetown road down there center let's try this again old georgetown road, feeder road where we have the roadway blocked off activity along randolph as you work over toward fair lane bottom of the screen right side of the roadblocked police on the scene of this accident again westbound randolph only one lane able to squeeze you by at this time eastbound i-70, accident activity, still there in play approaching 27 that is where you will find the two left lanes remain blocked at this time eastbound blocked heavy volume right now, southbound 270, down to 34 miles an horary vanna, earlier problems in the lane divide have cleared and flooding, orangeville road, heat street road until further notice that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. after one hurdle a controversial bill in virginia

will head to governor mcdonald for his signature it requires women who want an abortion to under go an external ultrasound. the governor is catching a lot of heat for his stance on this piece of legislation from both sides joining us is metro affairs columnist for the washington post, robert mccartney, good to see you. >> the latest things to come out of this legislative session what is the very latest. well, i wrote my column for this morning, but i said it could happen last week but the big news yesterday out of virginia was that the democrats in the senate blocked approval of a budget it means very likely this legislature will adjourn. without having passed the budget and there will have to be a special session later this year to approve it and possibly a government shut down this summer what happened is the

democrats basically only have one lever of power in richmond right now and that is that they have 20 votes out of 40, in the state senate. now, most things that gives republicans a yes because if there is a tie the lieutenant governor, bill bowling will cast the deciding vote but he can't vote on the budget so if just 20/20 if all those democrats stick together they can basically prevent anything from being approved on the budget. >> right. >> that is what they did and there is much argument over what is really motivating them but it does seem as though the main thing that is motivating them they are not happy about the committee assignments they got they basically want to get better committee assignments they also have objections to the substance of the budget but it does look as though this is a lot about law political politics in the assembly. >> all right let's talk about what you did write about basically about the difference

with the internal more invasive testing, before you are permitted to get an abortion versus the one outside the tummy, what did the governor do on this he had to choose between the lesser of two evils within himself is what you write. >> right but that doesn't make a difference for abortion supporters they are still mad basically he did something that didn't please anybody or maybe pleased a very small sliver of people, he is going to sign a bill that will require women who want to get an abortion to have as you said this external ultrasound which in many cases is of very little medical value the bill was designed by anti abortion people to send a message to make it harder for women to get abortion he is going the sign that from the democrats point of view and people who defend abortion

rights this is an outrageous violation of women's liberty but mcdonald who has tried to get the really hard core conservatives in the general assembly to sort of down play the social issues, he made them amend the bill to be optimal to have a much more obtrusive invasive ultrasound and that is now optional and that actually displeased the really you know, sort of hard core you know super committed anti abortion folks they felt he had gone squishy on them and they weren't very happy about that. >> interesting we only have about 30 seconds left i want your opinion on how does this hurt him moving forward. >> well, i think it hurts him mainly you know he has had hopes of being vice president, mitt romney is gop presidential nominee and he is supporting

romney there is a lot of speculation i speculated he would be a very good vice presidential candidate on a romney ticket but i think this really hurts him because the national press on this, the national media, national attention all virginia, cur bing abortion rights, virginia taking a step backwards mcdonald is associated with that even though he tried to temper the hard core people he is associated with that this is two years in row where he will have approved bills rolling back abortion rights that is more trouble you know from romney's point of view than he is going to want i think that will hurt mcdonald's chances of being picked for vice president you have to remember, he always suffers for that thesis he wrote in 1989 very conservative thesis where he said working

women were debtriry mental to the family -- detrimental to the family. this is robert mccartney the columnist with the post thanks for coming in see you next time tony. >> 7:40 a.m. tiger woods firing back at his former swing coach and we all know the red skins are in need of a quarterback but is rg 3 really the answer dave ross back with those headlines and the world of sports 

7:43 a.m., talk of rg 3 sweep stakes heats up and tiger woods reacts to a claim made in a book written by his former swing coach. good morning. >> always a lot to talk about when talking about tighter and rg 3, buzz words there but robert griffin the third is interesting, i talked to him monday he was down there at bailor doing something with his university now soon to be old

university. lightning speed 441, combine dazzled people, he had said he wanted a team to fall in love with him i asked him did anybody fall in love with you? i think several team haves fallen in love with him he didn't give me all the pc answers where he wanted to go he can't control where he is going to go the rumour is rams are willing to trade their number two spot we know that. we see number two, possibly a couple other later draft picks i have heard rumors of three number ones for robert griffin the third that is a big price to move up 6-2 in draft position, assuming luck goes number one indianapolis, we will find out how all this plays out st. louis in the drivers seat he may or may not be worth it. >> >> tiger woods down in florida this week getting ready for the buick open and yesterday had his media day session of a lot

of the players come in this is what they do and there is a new book out you alluded to, his swing coach he won six major championships with clearly the book got under tigers skin this is a little q and a yesterday with a reporter. >> specifically, in regards to being a navy seal was that something you were considering. >> i have already talked about everything in the book yes, i have already commented alex. >> i must have missed you answering that question. >> well, we are going to comment on the book is that in the book? >> i don't know. >> well, you guys are suggesting there is something wrong with the excerpt from the book i am just trying to find out if that is true or not. >> brian. >> brian have a good day. >> at the end you could see he

is almost getting emotional again the charge here in the book is that tiger contemplated leaving pga tour to become a navy seal back in 2000 a story tiger really doesn't want to talk about because he doesn't want to give any credence at all to the book i think it is unrealistic to think tiger woods was going to quick professional golf to become a navy seal i think he wanted to train as he has done with the navy seals look i trained with boxers that doesn't mean i am going to step in the ring with paccia and mayweather you can see he is bristling because his father was in the military he has a true affinity for the military so i think this is something he just wanted to do but didn't necessarily mean he wanted to be a navy seal. >> he seems to not really be fond to have whole book overall. >> no, he feels like hank, as a former friend, betrayed him in some way that is why he doesn't want to talk about the book at

all. >> i don't think you just become a navy seal. >> no,. >> thank you dave ross appreciate it. >> okay thank you sir. 7:47 a.m. tiger woods just does not come off as a likable person and i think that if we can sort of ditch that it would help. >> he is trying to get back to being another guy on tour. >> he will never be. >> interesting. >> okay. >> we got to go tucker weather. >> weather looks fine enjoying temperatures, 60s later today, yep. nice mild start to the first day of meteorological spring. >> fantastic. >> it is a big deal. off to the west, 30s. 37 columbia, that will settle in here later cooler air on the

way later tonight during the day tomorrow should be a beautiful day off to a nice mild start looking at our surface we got area of low pressure brought us heavy rain parts of the area got heavy rain, off to the north and east, pressure gradient setting up breezy, winds out of the west, gusting to 20 miles per hour as we get into the day tomorrow weak up with sunshine by late tomorrow night and during the first half of saturday another area of low pressure will pass through the west another round of rain we are expecting second half of friday, really friday night into saturday. here is your 5 day beautiful afternoon highs 60s. hard to believe it is march 1st feels more like april high temperature of 66. >> julie wright with the traffic julie. >> and a party invitation i hope. >> yeah, come to the weather party. >> all right on the roads outer loop of the belt way typical slow down as you travel from 95 around the georgia avenue 13 minute delay commute at this time inner loop of the belt way

before you reach route 1, travelling old georgetown road south of the belt way as you work out towards green tree road accident activity has the roadway blocked off really in the thick of it out towards the split down to 12 miles an hour find the inner loop, flowing bradock road that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. an experience sure to get the adrenaline pumping. >> annie yu. good morning tony and allison after being couped up all winter long go ape is opening their doors. here you will find more than 30 obstacles, zip line and two tarzan swings they have bigger ones coming up after the break stay with us on fox 5 morning news 

if you and your family are itching to do something outdoors head over to go ape adventure course in rockville maryland. annie good morning. good morning allison and tony. you know this place is actually located in rock creek regional park rockville maryland it is really a fun place they have more than 30 obstacles, 5 zip lines two tarzan swings you and your family can spend a good 3 hours here for a great price joining me now is dan, the managing director at go ape isn't that a cute name good morning dan how did this come about >> my wife and i were living and working in london brought the business back over from the uk developed a public private

partnership with montgomery county parks we are here have a great thing going a lot of fun last two years. >> what does that mean for you guys. >> so we get to be in here operate within the tree it is and run the course, montgomery county parks gets a beautiful new facility for visitors, gets a new adventurous activity for park visitors a win win for everybody. >> speaking of visitors this weekend is big you are opening your doors for the third year. >> yeah, should be great been a long winter for us we are excited to get back out in the trees expecting a lot of people out here this weekend. really looking forward to the new season. >> you have been popular since day one so much success you are opening up a second location. >> that's right we are working to build a second course in williams burg virginia, that should be open springtime so hopefully we will be live in

the near future. >> what will be different about that course than this one. >> sure it is a beautiful park called freedom park 10 minutes outside williams burg got a really big zip line, 600 feet, some big ones up later guys on it now you get to see but just a beautiful location for us and a beautiful course. >> now this one that we are on now i got basic training first so that viewers at home don't think we just jumped on this i got basic training i am hooked in this is an introductory zip line. >> that's it this is our training session make sure you are trained up before you go through the course training takes about 20, 25 minutes, after training, and we kind of certify that you are good to go through the course, you are able to go through the course with your friends and family pretty much -- >> oh, come on. >> you look good you look good

90% there. this may look easy i promise it is not that easy. are you going to join me? i will. >> look if i fall this is what happens you just kind of hang it is all safety and i notice we are not wearing helmets is that all right? >> yes, we dead wood the trees nothing will fall from the sky, and you will be safe while you are on the course. >> okay so here you go. i will go down this introductory zip line. >> the other side the red. >> on the back. >> okay. >> so if you want the come out and join us it opens saturday log on to myfoxdc.com and it is about $55 adults and for kids 10 to 17 it is $35 or call them baboons. >> that's right. >> so i did my run. >> good luck. >> back to you in studio.

>> that was fun. >> come on dan you going to join me. >> she screamed during that one? >> we are in for a treat later. coming up 8:00 a.m. hour a disturbing trend playing out on the internet maybe you have heard about this young girls trying to figure themselves outlooking to strangers for answers fox medical team takes a closer look. politics serious business. a group of ladies showing us the funny side. all female comedy tour funny in stilettos joins us live in studio we will be right back good morning, john.

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a controversial ad raising eyebrows, calls out president barack obama and now there are calls for it to be taken down more on why the transit agency says it can't donning about it. -- it can't do anything about it. oil prices keep going up,

so what will the president and republicans in congress do about it? i am doug luzader in washington more just ahead. some times you need a little nap. >> then young girls now uploading video of themselves and asking am i ugly or pretty one girl has been viewed 3.5 million times fox medical team joins us with a look at implications of the videowhy parents should be vigilant. if you were up early this morning driving around the district you may have noticed some buildings were bright pink part of the cherry blossom centennial festival. this is what the museum looked like hours ago at 10:00 a.m. this morning dc horticultural will give his peak bloom prediction. it has been extended from 2 to 5 weeks in honor of the 100th anniversary. >> another sure sign bring is

on the way, the white house easter egg roll this year's event is set april 9th the online lottery for tickets starts today it opens 10:00 a.m. closes monday at the vent is open to children ages 13 and younger and their families to find a link on myfoxdc.com. all right. >> we are getting started with a nice looking forecast, just like summer time by the time the easter egg roll gets around. >> it will be. >> in the 80s. >> today, mid-60s afternoon highs lots of sunshine a bit breezy, area of high pressure building. and beautiful very comfortable, warm temp in fact, let's get going start with a look at current temperatures, 54 now regan national, humidity still up, 93%, there are some spots areas, still dealing with fog this morning and reduced visibility that will burn off shortly, we should be in for a

bright beautiful afternoon again clouds sneaking through looking at radar done with the rain picked up an inch and a third regan national, wet end to the 29th day of the month,. >> leap day >> we had a record wind fall out at dulles yesterday, don't do it very often. breezy lots of sunshine this afternoon high temperatures enjoy mid-60s. changes this weekend. >> appreciate it. >> julie wright has the latest,. >> i heard that tucker barnes. >> i knew she heard it. >> he only wishes. >> all right on the roads this morning, a little bit of sunshine, peeking through the clouds, this is southbound 270 out of gaithersburg still very much a slow go leaving german town 118 travelling southbound, 117 headed out toward it is split the lanes are open

travelling georgetown road south of the belt way that is where we had an accident, green tree road outer loop of the belt way lanes now open outer loop out of college park headed towards georgia avenue, 15 minute commute earlier we told you about accident activity before route 1 that cleared inner loop tied up, towards route 1 a 17 minute ride, 198 headed down toward the belt way, george washington parkway, accident activity before 123, right side closed this will slow down your road, if you travel north back up towards the belt way inner loop virginia, delays as you travel between braddock road and 66. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. today maryland will become the 8th state to legalize gay marriage. governor o'malley is expected to sign the same-sex marriage bill into law this afternoon it will go into effect next

january opponents are still trying to prevent that from happening they say they will get the more than 55,000 signatures they need to put the matter on november's ballot for maryland voters. controversy surrounding an ad inside a metro station virginia congressman is among the people demanding it be removed fox 5s. melanie alnwick is live with details. good morning tony, congressman morran says the ad ought to be removed because heconsiders it pro feign others may agree with him but legally that may be up for debate. the ad here is getting a lot of attention it is a 4 letter word and a four word sentence telling the president to quote go to hell, a cool fascia film maker purchased -- california film maker purchased the ad, to promote his film which is critical of the health care system. >> when you put something on a

government building, and this is saying this is okay to tell whoever is president to go to hell it is not okay particularly not on government property. >> hey, wake up we are not going to tolerate basically when obama gets done, wreaking destruction on our medical system our lives are going to be in the hands of bureaucrats and politician, and to me, that is okay. they do ban advertising they call false, misleading, deceptive. metro says that is exactly why they can't sensor this ad, because it is government property, it is a public forum they cannot sensor the ad based on political content tony. >> thank you very much allison back to you. from the rail to the roads

now, gas prices have gone up, again and there may be little relief in sight. doug luzader has the story from capital hill. >> reporter: republicans in congress and the president today will all be talking about energy but in the short term news is not good. >> up again, gas prices rose an average of 30¢ a gallon over the past month. >> oh, 4.79? >> reporter: some places it is well above 4.79 topping $5 a gallon there are now a couple members of congress calling on the white house to tap into the nations strategic oil research every. >> we are unlikely to have a nuclear war with the soviet union. >> today president obama is heading to new hampshire to talk about stripping away tax breaks to oil and gas companies. all that may drive prices higher. >> we are living in a world

where there is a global oil market that price is effected by a number of factors that are not necessarily within the control of policy makers in washington. >> the white house says we need to keep spending tax dollars on alternative energy sources to find a long term fix earlier this week the president's energy secretary took a beating in congress. >> overall goal to get our price. >> no, increase our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy and device our deten pen dion oil. >> -- dependency on oil. all this takes time. at this time these numbers at the pump are tough with strand. the last time oil was released from the oil reserves was last year. the white house won't say whether it is being considered now. prince georges county police say an executive review panel will look at a traffic

stop involving council woman karen toll she released another statement apologizing again saying she won't drive a county car until she completes a driver improvement course first. this comes after the council woman was spotted driving 105 miles per hour on the belt way, then only given a ticket for making an unsafe late change we learned she was pulled over for speeding on pennsylvania avenue near the belt way re¢ly and the officer -- recently and the officer believes she was travelling as fast as 105 miles an hour. >> that would never happen unless she was who she was. it is not possible that would happen and in particular, that is unheard of, to not get a ticket or not get arrested. >> yet she would not talk to reporters after holding a public safety meeting. starting today, march 1st

if you drive in the district and not disabled do not park at one of those meter s with a red top they are only for handicapped drivers. the district is starting to enforce the parking spots just for the disabled drivers the red topped meters replace the old system that allowed handicapped drivers to park for free at metered spaces they can no longer park for free it is a discounted rate. 54 degrees, 8:10 a.m., thursday morning black history month may officially be over we are doing one more look back how neighbourhoods have changed over the years in washington. today taking a closer look at georgetown established as a trading community in the 1700s housing african americans slaves and free. some of those original homes are still standing now. when fox 5 morning news returns right now it is 8:10 a.m. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet,

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breaking news from overseas iraqi authorities say an american teacher was killed in a murder suicide. it happened after he got into an argument with a student at a private school in northern iraq. the student had a gun hidden under his clothes, this on the same day we got word two more american troops were killed in afghanistan . it appears there were three attackers two killed a third who may be in custody this is the latest in a series of attacks following the burning of the koran. yesterday at this time we talked with a local sailor invited to the white house for din we are the president and -- dinner with the president and other dignitaries there is also video of that event last night, invites went to 200 most active duty troops from all states and u.s. territories the dinner was designed to thank military memberfamilies for their

sacrifices. i wish i could have seen ours i think our sailor's name was terry lee and she was excited she said to meet the president hope she had a good time. >> be nice if we had video. 8:15 a.m., time for us to turn our attention to tucker barnes, before he gets to the weather though he has something cute to show us. >> i hope so let's take a look. cuteness factor of the day this is. >> never disappointed. >> yes. >> my goodness. talk about l exi >> adorable. >> lexi is definition of thecuteness factor of the day getting ready to chow down on a cinnamon roll. >> that looks good right now. >> and a little side of milk. >> in a sippy cup. >> doesn't get better than

that. >> congratulations and very cute we love the picture of you hope you love the cinnamon roll and i hope you get one of those every day. i wish i got one every day. >> me too. >> all right, go to myfoxdc.com and post on mornings. let's get started satellite radar clearing out after some pretty good rain, mid-afternoon yesterday, in fact localized flooding during the evening and a little left over fog let's get rid of the fog, clear skies out west, west virginia, portions kentucky ohio that will move in it will be beautiful temperatures mid-60s and plenty of sunshine. we are now up to 58 degrees, 58 in warning on the, 59 in fredericksburg, cooler north and west hagerstown, 43 degrees dealing with fog north and west of the city here is your forecast today, 66 your daytime high breezy conditions winds out of the west, cloud up the

second half tomorrow rain returns tomorrow night and during the morning hours first half of saturday and then we will get that out of here cooler temperatures end of the weekend highs sunday, sunshine 50 degrees that is a look at the forecast, now julie. trying to make up for the last break aren't you. >> doing what i can. >> all right. >> trying. westbound 32 reports of accident activity tucker. two separate accidents popped up 198 and 295 the roadway is being blocked off as we speak. if you are travelling southbound 270, lanes open coming out of gaithersburg still heavy and slow headed down toward it is belt way, belt way outer loop remains congested work your way 95 college park headed around toward that accident scene we had near new hampshire avenue, inner loop below speed as well for those around the belt way. >> we will map out problems here if you are travelling -- well, maybe not, if you are

travelling the belt way outer loop, slow headed into silver spring, inner loop slows, route 1 that is where we had earlier problems cleared to the shoulder that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right thank you very much we thing of dcs georgetown neighbourhood a picture of a thriving african american community might not come to mind these days but that wasn't always the case. >> as we continue our look back at neighbourhoods we learn the complex of the georgetown crowd has changed over the years. >> georgetown began as a trading community in the mid- 1700s since early days as a tobacco port african americans both enslaved and free called it home. >> many of them lived in the little houses that you see, that are considered to be quaint and cute today and might be one room wide you wonder how people did that a lot of those houses were occupied by african

americans. >> there were still houses built and occupied by blacks who did well. the african americans of georgetown included a number of people who did well in business, they owned stores, they owned movie theaters, they operated in trade. >> they built houses of worship. >> five churches, beautiful and many of them not only still there today but have african american congregations who travel that still value them. >> by the early 1900s the living conditions in georgetown were considered old and crowded and as a whole the neighbourhood was considered down and out. >> when did georgetown change and become the pricey neighbourhood it is today that would happen in the 1930s with fdr, they found this convenient they didn't care about its reputation they would begin what we call gentrification. >> they came in brought small

houses that might have been rented to an african american, started fixing them up got into the bigger houses and that began a whole development process that continued. >> by the time 1950 rolls around, life was come -- whites were coming back to georgetown. renewed interest spawned some of the earliest preservation laws in the nation but lead to a demographic change. >> african americans needed to move out when they lost places to rent or when they decided to sell what they owned because they could get a really good price for it. >> showed the church in that piece there, georgetown's mount zion the oldest black congregation in setty of washington dc founded 1816 and people still come in it has a strong congregation to this day. >> very interesting. >> i would like to thank diane who sent in paperwork of some of the historic familys in georgetown that fought politically for civil rights

way back in the 1850s and so very strong tradition. >> very good. >> 820 now on this thursday morning. a vote is expected today on the president's controversial birth control policy this as republicans consider legislation to roll it back. a closer look when we come back. >> then in our next half hour we will check with annie yu going ape at this tree top adventure course in rockville stay with us fox 5 morning news will be right back 8:21 a.m. 

the senate set to take a vote on legislation rolling back president obama's birth control policy it mandates health insurers cover the cost of contraceptives the bill would allow ensure res and employ years to opt out for anything they reject on moral or religious grounds. a federal judge snuffed out a plan to show graphic images of the dangers of smoking they were to be part of a new warning label to go on cigarette packs late they are year the judge blocked the federal requirement saying they

violate free speech. sad day for music lovers fans are mourning the loss of davie jones the lead singer of the 60s group monkees he died of a heart attack near his home indian town florida he recorded hits with the monkees like i'm a believer and daydream believer they broke up in 1971 but jones continued to perform solo he was just 66 years old. so young. >> very young. >> nice guy too. >> he always looked young. >> always. yeah. >> so okay. >> very sad. >> you said a good guy. >> yeah. >> love it. 8:25 a.m., thursday morning you can find just about everything on youtube some of the videos are helpful some can be hurtful. >> young girls now uploading video of themselves and asking am i ugly or pretty one girl's has been viewed 3.5 million times, the fox medical team

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about 8:29 a.m. on thursday let's look at stories making headline it is man accused of being the east coast rapist is due in virginia court in just over a half hour for the hearing to see if he can stand trial. lawyers for aaron thomas asked for a mental competency test when he abserred no when asked if he understood the charges. >> today is the deadline to file charges against the teen, accused of that deadly school shooting in ohio. three students died two more seriously wounded monday they will probably charge suspect tj lane with aggravated murder and other offences. >> that crippled cruise ship in the indian ocean finally docked in port after three days of drifting at sea.

costa allegra arrived in the seychelles capital after a fire caused it to lose power monday more than a thousand people onboard have not had running water, showers or light. arsonist is to blame for a house fire in river dale heights friday that injured seven firefighters and says the probably not the only one in that neighbourhood the empty house next door burned a few weeks before and it was also deliberately set one firefighter has second and third degree burns over half his body he is likely to be in hospital many weeks six others are recovering at home now. 8:30 a.m., tucker joins us back, another look at the weather. >> more good news. >> who are you again? >> oh, allison. >> sorry. >> we go way back all the way to the 7:00 a.m. hour. let's get to looking at temperatures upper 50s, beautiful day afternoon highs,

mid-50s. this is the first day of meteorological spring. >> why can't there just be one day calendar and meteorological spring. >> tony is ready to celebrate. quantico, breezy side, 59 leonard town, 58 annapolis off to a mild start. all right rain from yesterday, out of here off to the north and east where it changed winter weather, see up there, north of the banner there, northern new england, winter storm warnings out to the west, area of high pressure keep us nice and dry a bit of a pressure gradient, high pressure out west area of low pressure winds gusting to 20, maybe 25 miles per hour later today that is really the worst of the forecast out in the breeze, lots of sunshine, mild temperatures for your thursday. area of low pressure, out to the east, high pressure building through next 24 hours nice today nice tonight as we

get into tomorrow we will cloud up by tomorrow afternoon another batch of rain will get in here friday night during the first part of the weekend i think saturday not a wash out but showers around early saturday morning as that area of low pressure, pushes off north and west, 66 nice and dry cloud up late in the day tomorrow, seasonal temperatures sunshine by sunday highs on sunday and monday, that is where we should be upper 40s low 50s. 50 on sunday, actually going to feel like it should that is your weather forecast, tony over to you. >> all right tucker thank you. teenagers and tweens often struggle with whether they are smart enough or pretty enough, some are turning to strangers on the internet for answers asking am i pretty or ugly. bate galvin joins us to talk about -- beth galvin join uses to talk about a trend disturbing to many parents. >> good morning tony i think kids want to know what people

thing about them for years they have been going to classmates and peers and they are just using technology to take this question to a much wider audience, pretty much any stranger out there on the internet who wants to give them an answer. >> on the popular website youtube. >> young girls are asking strangers to be brutally honest. >> this comment saying if i am pretty or ugly. >> she is saying you don't get it i am really worried. >> some girls who look as young as 11 or 12 describe being teased chef. >> they have been told they are ugly. >> so tell me am i? >> but they may not be ready for the answers and psychiatrist, dr. mcintosh who works with teens watch videos. >> they are not sure if it is the right thing they are doing they are on youtube, searching, hesitant. >> some comments reas sure the girls they are cute or pretty but others write yes, you are ugly your daddy failed your

face is pathetic. >> the first comment there is stop asking for this attention it makes you look pathetic and dumb. the way they are being posed to millions of strangers is new and that troubles her. >> it is a high risk thing i am not sure kids this young have fully sorted out or thought about. >> mcintosh says most teenagers are searching. >> about whether they are smart enough good enough athletic enough, pretty enough and those questions are okay. >> but if you are worried your teenager feels inadequate or vulnerable mcintosh sits down and find out how they are doing. >> first acknowledging it is tough to be a teenager. >> find out, is there bullying that is going on. is there teasing that is going on how deep are these concerns about my looks. >> mcintosh says parents need to start early building daughters up so they won't be turning to austrian edger to make them feel good enough

>> -- turning to a stranger to make them feel good enough. dr. mcintosh says the messages we get when young influences how we feel about when we are older the negative tends to stick going online like this, can be so dangerous and that is why it is so important for parents to really play up their children's dreams beyond their looks. >> they are doing this at an age where self-esteem is being formed and all that kind of stuff how do parents explain the huge down side there can be from doing these videos on youtube? >> i think just helping them maybe think through what they are doing teens don't always anticipate what could happen in the long run maybe talking to them when you post this kind of video you can't take it back you can't control how people will respond to it reminding

them of risks involved. >> what if your child is asking these kinds of questions whether it is online or any where else for that matter. >> i think really important to sit down and find out if there is bullying going on what kind of message your child is getting about the questions they are asking, really important to start young and start reinforcing them and building them up and showing what their strengths are and what they are good at so they stranger who might fill that void. >> beth galvin in atlanta. allison over to you. 8:36 a.m., thank you on this thursday morning weekly jobless claims just coming into the newsroom we will let you know if it is good news or bad news. >> ever wonder what happens to stuff lost at the airport? we will check out the treasures of the tsa. really your treasures stay with us good morning? this is an angus steak and egg sandwich. it's a tremendous morning. angus, man!

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resource -- super visery human resource specialist, pay between $109,000.169000 a year for more on this and other jobs go to myfoxdc.com click on the job shop tab. allison, two airport baggage handlers at boston's logan airport charged with stealing high end items from suitcases they stole ipads and laptops, they got a lot of complaints about items stolen and missing from baggage both suspects are 25 years old one apologized on camera. >> i wish i could just rewind. >> why? >> because two wrongs don't make a right. >> he needed the money to pay off loans. >> police found more items

stolen at the home of the other suspect. >> some times items are just lost, tsa agents try to track all the items lost electronics are big on the list of lost items topping the list are belts and sunglasses. about a thousand bags are lost every month at the san diego airport, only 25% are returned to owners. a thousand bags a month? that is a lot. >> a lot. >> time now 8:41 a.m. on thursday morning some of the most fun my women in comedy are bringing their act together for the funny in stilettos tour. >> playing in washington this weekened up next three of the immediate yens join us in studio, yes, three of them for some laughs. >> annie. >> good morning tony and allison we are monkeying around at go ape in rockville maryland this weekend they are opening up their doors for the third season it will provide hours of fun for the entire family after

the break we will hit one of their most popular obstacles, the tarzan swing you do not want to miss it stay with us on fox 5 morning news 

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back, good morning amber vazquez. this is her and her daughter angela's new parakeet named lulu very pretty if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook searching fox 5 morning news no space between fox and 5 and post a comment under this photo. all right to annie yu, she is at the go ape tree top adventure course. all right good morning annie. >> good morning that is my name tony perkins. >> i am focussing on a lot at once. >> i have one of the easiest last names too. >> forgive me. >> i am joined by dan the managing director here at go ape and this is a very exciting weekend coming up for them they will have thousands of people rolling in to enjoy this course

which offers more than 30 obstacles and multiple zip lines, the tarzan swing is one of their highlights one of the most popular ones boy i can tell you, climbing up that ladder my nerves started working up again i've got that fear of heights going on but i am safe we are harnessed in. >> right now you are at one of our crossings, you have gone from training now we are about 40 feet up in the trees you are a good 4 stories up got a nice vantage point over the 7-acres here we will go through this crossing brian will show us how to do the tarzan swing definitely a more adventurous aspect of the course brian clip in and go for it. >> yeah, why didn't you go for that we will show how -- don't you go for that we will show how fun this is. >> what does it take to maintain this course. >> off season we are maintaining the course taking care of the harnesses.

>> into the net. >> absolutely. >> we build the course in an environmentally sensitive way all the platforms can be opened up, to allow the tree to grow freely we are environmentally sensitive we do a lot of wee warrior programs and non- innovative poles we wanted to bring in better health and the shape we found it in but we have been running here for two seasons beautiful forest here. >> it really is. >> it is a good time. >> it is a beautiful wooded area you have partnered up with rock creek regional park. >> that's right. >> so how does that partnership work for you guys. >> yeah, montgomery county parks is the land own e if you know anything about them, one of the largest park managers in the area, beautiful system rock creek regional park is part of the rock creek park system you can bike from rock creek downtown dc to this park here we have a lot of visitors that go up the rock creek hike or biker trail and meet us here

for a 2, 3 hour experience. >> this was man made no machinery was brought in. >> that's right we don't need to bring any cranes or big machinery into the woods of any sort just strong tough guys, using their hands and winches and stuff and building it that way. >> speaking of strong and tough i am about to go across this. >> got your pullly you learned on training if you pull your pullly up on the safety system. >> okay. >> this is one of the more difficult crossings you will notice you don't have handrails or anything. >> yeah. >> legs might be wobbly a little bit. >> you know me well. >> okay. >> on the back you are good to go. >> okay. >> perfect. >> okay we are about 40 feet in the air here. >> that's right very little underneath of you but the trees and the birds and the wildlife all around you pretty good stuff. >> walking at a snails pace are

you joining me. i will join right behind you. >> i just clip on to the red cable. >> yes. >> one at a time. >> all right this is really a fun adventure for the entire family if you want more information, log on to myfoxdc.com and the ticket pricing is $55 adults, and $35 kids 10 to 17. >> right. >> okay. >> here we go. >> yep. >> going to walk across here. >> tarzan swing coming up. so, if you want to join me first give me one second. >> well, i will go first. >> okay. >> you come around here. >> i just broke a rule i didn't stay attached. >> come on over here. >> okay. >> just hold on one second. keep it attached. >> all right. >> one at a time.

>> so this is going here. >> for those of you who can't see here we are getting attached safety first. >> safety first >> my goodness what do i hang on to. >> all three of these. >> okay here we go i am going down like jane my gosh. >> you are good [ screaming ] >> our. oh, my gosh back to you in studio. oh, my gosh. >> wow you know what she did it i give her credit i don't know if i could do it. that's great nice work out there. listen some male comics say females just aren't funny i don't know how many people still say that hopefully not many our next guests beg to differ if you visit the local comedy clubs nationally or watch tv you have seen these ladies, they are performing together at the riot act theatre on sunday, we will have more about that in just a moment first of all joining us

now queen ayesha and shep comedian. this is the funny in stilettos tour. >> all ladies all you have to be is a woman and fun think. >> how many women are in the show. >> five female comedians, olivia fox is opening she is a -- she does stand up. >> right. >> she is on it we have a vocalist eva she will sing and dj fine the dj. >> it is a whole big show all right well, that is great. >> we got a few minutes, carry some boxes,. >> men can come. >> please we are not bashing. >> so actually let many ask about that is the audience

mostly women. >> from ticket sales it is a lot of women men are there because they are being dragged to come. i don't threaten anybody. >> shep in the intro we say some male comics, years ago there was this thing men are not that funny that is not the case any more do you find that prejudice. >> not at all i am very accepted in the comedic realm by malefemales alike i am a little different. >> funny is funny. >> i agree you have a few men intimidated, by female comedians i always say they put one female comic on the show but takes three to four guys to balance us out that is how powerful we are because we run the world >> i like it. >> let's talk about you have been doing this for awhile now. >> is the years. >> you have been doing comedy 19 years and started these tours what 2006?

>> 2006 i had a verizon commercial called realize ambition so i started queen ayesha's women of ambition we started doing universities, world banks colleges and things like that as well as clubs and i wanted to change the names so me and my girlfriend eva were sitting in the back of the church and getting the word, but the name came to us. i will not say the church the pastor might be watching. i did make it awkward that day god bless. >> for those who have not seen you on tv you are from miami. >> grew up in a west indian home. >> landed in dc via the military and decided, since i am out and a little more free i will do something i love and comedy is that i have been doing it for three years. >> for three years. >> yes, sir. >> what is the highlight so far >> i got to perform in front

of miami improve. they loved it and rejected it. >> you know i was on a street team i was doing characterses on easy street show,. >> that is fantastic. >> because of you guys, i thought of done knee simpson i thought we should go together. >> a lot of people thing that way. >> you are from newark but grew up here. >> yes. >> 19 is growing up here. >> more or less. >> a couple things i want to talk about you are in washington doing the show here. a couple things that we want to throw out at you a clip of the president of the united states recently he has been singing this started with him singing some al green let's take a look

♪ i, am so in love with you ♪ >> i love it every time i see it what are you doing. >> okay he is so cool and so relaxed and he did it at the apollo, you know he is trying to get signed. then he had a jam session at the white house i said i have to sign him. >> shep when you are in washington do you feel you have to taylor it all to a washington crowd you got to be more political? or just do your thing. >> not really but the politics hit you certain issue that is have to come up. i am toying around with that. tailor it to dc. >> one show only riot act, comedy theatre, sunday march 4th, 7:00 p.m., a part of the proceeds will be going to

your foundation the mark foundations, massive action to reach and rescue our kids. >> i am excited. queen ayessha thanks for coming in. stay with us we will be right back over 200,000 people are hospitalized every year

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the loss of life the injuries, the devastation is just very profound and heart breaking. right now at 9,000s of people picking up the pieces after deadly storms ripped through the midwest we are taking a look at the damage. controversial metro ad causing an up roar why some people wane removed melanie alnwick explains in a live report. >> you may have seen a few buildings lighted up in pink this morning the city