state. a health alert in calvert county doctors say an illness that started as the flu quickly turned into a super infection, claimed the lives of three people, we are live on this story. then the indianapolis colts reportedly made a decision what to do with peyton manning what is expected to happen today. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts right now. there is a live look at what is happening outside, not much not a bad start today things are quiet, this is wednesday march 7th, 2012 good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour that is just how we like it i like it not much. >> quiet. okay tucker barnes joining us now good morning to you. >> good morning. >> will it remain quiet? >> better than quiet gorgeous later this afternoon. >> great. >> temperatures in the 60s.

live radar we've got as allison mentioned quiet conditions, just a few clouds that is all we will see mostly sunny day notably warmer than yesterday. yesterday's daytime highs upper 40s. mid-60s today low humidity light wind temperature regan national, 42 degrees, 33 baltimore 36 fredericksburg and ocean city, 41 degrees, the forecast today, plenty of sunshine mild conditions expected highs 10 to 15 degrees above normal later today, 64 degrees by 4:00 p.m. all right more details on the forecast a little rain in the 5 day. in just a minute here is julie with some traffic. >> on the roads outer loop, full heading around toward georgia avenue all lanes are open checking for accident activity from the ramp westbound 100, northbound on the bw parkway, we had accident

activity reported for those continuing, we have problems to report travelling in along westbound 4, suit land parkway, accident activity, tieing up the left side of the highway, tieing up your commute, 210, swan creek road. and of course the accident activity northbound, bean town, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. it is the morning after super tuesday of course, and mitt romney has reason to celebrate he won six of the sen states up for grabs. most of romney's victories were strong but just squeaked out a win over santorum in all important ohio. romney got 38% to santorum's 37%. it is another sign the republican race is not yet a done deal jennifer davis has our top story.

mitt romney was the night's biggest winner this republican race for the white house is far from over. it was in fact a super tuesday for mitt romney he won 6 out of 10 contests virginia, vermont, idaho, alaska his home state of massachusetts and pulled out a nail biter of a win in ohio. >> november 6th we are going to stand united not only having won an election, but having saved a future. >> he is not there yet romney did solidify his lead in the romney race. santorum had a strong night winning tennessee, oklahoma, and north dakota. we are going to get at least a couple gold medals and a whole bunch of silver medals. newt gingrich won his home state of georgia. he said it is a start of a strong southern showing.

>> lots of bunny rabbits to run through i am the tortoise, i just take one step at a time. >> ron paul didn't win any of the night's contest and picked up far few delegates but his message is still resonating he said. >> we are on the right track make sure they hear our message all the way to dc. and so the race for the more than 1,000 delegates needed to secure the gop nomination continues with some of the biggest contests like texas and california, months away on capital hill, jennifer davis fox 5 news. meanwhile long time congressman lost his congressional seat last night in ohio beaten by veteran congress woman in the battle for a newly drawn district. >> and the guy who will face her became famous with a question during the 2008 presidential campaign, joe the plummer could be headed for congress. he was plus into the national spotlight after asking

president obama, about taxes and working class issues. >> much more on super tuesday in our next half hour when we are joined with commentary from both sides of the aisle. as republicans head to the poll president obama turned his focus, to the 2012 election, during the first news conference of the year the president talks about the nuclear stand off with iran. we have been able to do over the last three years is mobilize unprecedented sanctions on iran, iran is feeling the bite of these sanctions in a substantial way. the world is yuan nighed, iran is politically. the gop criticized the president for sitting down with the last president saying his distanced himself from israel and promoted a policy of engagement with iran.

new this morning a suspect after a frightening home invasion across the street from george mason university, two men with guns burst into the home on terrace park road 11:00 p.m. last night, they took electronics, other valuables victims are believed to be students, no one was hurt. >> another big story three family members from calvert county died from a respiratory illness and a fourth is now being treated turns out, a strain of the flu is being linked to at least two deaths. fox 5s. melanie alnwick is live at washington hospital center in northwest with more. >> reporter: good morning allison the mother died on march 1st and two of the siblings died march 5th the fourth is recovery here at washington health center she was brought here along with her brother after the siblings showed signs of the same illness that killed their

mother. dressed in full bio hazard environmental suits health investigators go through bruce lake's home, collecting samples trying to find a source for the illness that killed blake and two of her adult children. >> we've got a large family everybody is concerned about what is going on. i mean very tragic for the family. >> reporter: health officials say the illness started as flu but quickly turned into something else. >> they came in, they were short of breath, they were coughing, they were actually coughing up blood, and they went on to have sepsis. health officials believe the family got a second bacterial infection a known complication of the flu other daughter who also got sick is recovering >> i just couldn't believe you know, that all this was going on in my own house like this. i don't know if there is something in the house or just in contact with a germ or something. >> now health officials are

putting doctors schools and emergency officials who treated the mother, daughter and son on alert, watching them closely just to be sure. >> i know there was concern this may be infection spreading, in one of these communities from house to house, illness could be involved that is not the case we have no evidence at this point any individual other than these four people have been infected. maryland health says they have no report of clusters of respiratory illnesses in calvert county or throughout the state again at this point preliminary testing is indicating influenza a in two victims they are continuing testing on the rest of the family members. allison. very sad story mel thank you so much. a man accused of killing his 91-year-old wife is charged with first degree murder police initially charged the 47-year- old with second degree murder but it was upgraded yesterday

in the january jury inditement he is a-- grand jury inditement. he is accused of beating the german journalist and socialite. fbi raided the home and office of an important political donor into alleged campaign violations of vincente grey agents raided the offices of city contractor, thompson, the mayor is aware he donated to many campaigns including those of the previous two mayors, it began with allegations of wrong doing from suleman brown. prince georges county council woman is getting a ticket for wreckless driving karen tolls was pulled over last month driving more than 100 miles per hour on the belt way the officer gave her a citation for an unsafe lane change but not speeding because

he didn't have his equipment properly calibrated to clock her after an internal investigation executive review commit see said she should have received two citations she accepted the wreckless driving certificate, the fine is $510.06 points. 8 military women sue -- $510.06 points. 8 military women are suing the pentagon. they were raped and harassed during their service. some were victims of retaliation after reporting the assault to their leaders. 10 minutes after 7:00 a.m. now, crime on metro. which stations are targeted the most we will share findings of a new report up next on fox 5. end of an era in indianapolis, so what is next for peyton manning. and as we head to break a

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7:14 a.m., making headlines a white powder scare at schools across the country after schools in massachusetts, new hampshire, rhode island, maine alaska, texas and new york received suspicious letter s with similar post marks in the mail all contained a white powdery substance forcing students and faculty to go on alert. field tests came back negative. wrongful death trial stemming from the virginia tech massacre, resumes today the university police chief is expected to take the stand. families of two victims are suing the university they claim

school officials did not alert students to the danger fast enough opening statement an attorney for the school argued the first two students at a dormitory were a domestic dispute and the gunman did not pose a further threat. peyton manning era in indianapolis is about to end colts are expected to release manning during a news conference later today the move saves the team from paying him a $28 million bonus the four time league mvp missed all last season with a neck injury until that point he had never missed a game in his previous 123 seasons once -- 13 seasons once he is released he will focus on his next destination red skins are a part of that conversation along with dolphins cardinals and jets. >> wow. >> boy. >> how do you feel about the colts doing that though? >> you know. >> never miss a game wouldn't you be a little bitter you never miss a game out with a serious injury. >> i am sure he understands i

don't know that he would be bitter but it is the business it is harsh it is amazing he did all that for that team, misses a year due to injury. >> right. >> and now it is like all right you got to go. >> yeah. >> miraculously the colts happened to be so bad last year they now have -- >> it was miraculous. >> the first round pick for andrew luck. >> real quick peyton or rbg the third >> i can't do it quick. >> i want the third. >> the third you have 10 or 15 years. >> maybe but here is the deal you got to give us two first round draft picks i wish we could do both. a lot of money. >> let's get right to the forecast the bus is rolling. >> oh, my. >> try to catch this bus.

conditions just fine, it is cold temperatures in the 30s, low 40s plenty of sunshine should be a very mild day later this afternoon, -- >> see that is the problem. to jackets are stuck in their backpacks or left at school today. once we had like four jackets left. i remember i had to go back and get it. >> 41 right now washington, 66 warmer west, later today and tonight, and tomorrow ahead of the cold front, overnight lows later tonight, we are fine, sunshine next couple days today and tomorrow temperatures well above normal and some late rain showers, friday, for the weekend. we mentioned not much happening across country, >> las vegas yesterday they had

mild temperatures. >> nice. all right. >> that was it. >> that was it. >> thank you julie wright and find out what is happen being the traffic. >> all right we have a couple problems here and there, south capital street, at m accident activity, v dot on the street to direct you around. leaving 95 headed around towards georgia avenue, southbound 95 on the brakes, 212 down to the belt way, inner loop on the brake as you work your way around 95 headed over towards the green belt. vw parkway an incident that has moved out of the roadway, eastbound 66 traffic stacking up here in manassas, 7100 to 123 approaching the belt way inner loop on the brake, headed toward 66, northbound at 5, bean town, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie thank you.

fox 5 monitoring metro and a new report from metro, crime stay it'sics for the -- statistics for the system, the most problems in 2011 with 66 serious crimes and 6 arrests, anacostia next on the list. metro had a 16% decline in serious incidents in 2011 compared with a 6 year high from 2010. 7:19 a.m., 41 degrees on wednesday morning, the tech world anticipating a big announcement from apple the latest on ipad 3 rumors up next after the break. >> one of america's favorite celebrity chefs facing serious allegations why one of paula deans former employees say she and coworkers were severely mistreated. it promises a diverse and dynamic range of performances and special events holly live with a behind the scenes look at the new america art festival going on right now in dc.

fox 5 morning news will be right back 7:19 a.m. m. 

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two tornadoes, stephanie decker hundred kerred down in her -- hunkered down in her basement she wrapped her two young kids in a blanket and laid on top of them. the brick, everything from the house, was hitting me in the back. i remember having a steel beam fall right on my leg and dominic would at one point say mommy i need you to save me. >> it didn't end there decker had to protect her kids again when a second tornado headed right for them remarked bring the kids were not hurt they ran to get help a sheriff's deputy arrived as it began to hail, doctors were forced to amputate deckers legs. here is tornadoes that detroyed an entire town in

indiana. people are asking for those who have unoccupied homes to make those available for rent. amazing. to see the destruction. >> right >> i said this before you know, i used to cover those things and go out there like the day after the storms, and the destruction you see it on tv all the time and television doesn't do it justice you get out there it is like a huge bomb went off extraordinary terrible just terrible. >> each of those lots has a family or story. that is the real toll too. very sad. i heard sarah say earlier, we are so blessed around d fortunate to have the quiet weather >> absolutely nice weather pattern continues today with a warming trend. yesterday was a nice afternoon, upper 40s sunshine but today,

mid-60s. with sunshine. >> even better >> i know you have been looking forward to this all week allison. >> i have been. >> in particular tomorrow. here is your headline warming trend here to stay, it is cool to start the day, 31 washington 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this hour off to the north and west, 20s and 30s. gaithersburg, 35 out of dulles, still freezing mark below, 28, 41 degrees. sunshine today high pressure, moving overhead yesterday, out of the south, that will pump in warmer air today, mild tonight, and then tomorrow, cold front moving in late tomorrow night, temperatures are really going to surge upper 50s and 70s for the day tomorrow enjoy the

afternoon mild, high 64 degrees, about 11 degrees above normal winds out of the south a and 10. not so bad -- south, 5 and 10. not so bad. overnight low. low 40s. temperatures any time soon, upper 60s tomorrow warm conditions expected, a few clouds in the forecast late thursday early friday cold front outdoor plan this is weekend enjoy, lots of sunshine, near 60s by sunday right now the weekend looks good. julie we don't spend enough time together. >> really. today of all days. >> can you do it? >> i kind of have plans already >> do you? >> yeah, thank you. tony perkins is receiving an award today. >> i heard a rumour. >> you didn't get invited to

the lunch? >> are you asking me julie? >> maybe. >> lanes are open outer loop, towards georgia avenue, college park, speed down the 17 miles per hour however on the utter loop of the -- outer loop of the belt way, crash, 95, accident activity on that ramp, right side to have roadway be careful there, inbound 50, traffic, 410 out of river dale, headed northeast, we have delays as you continue eastbound, 66, manassas, heavy and slow headed towards acceptabilitierville more slow -- centerville, more slow traffic, inbound south capital street headed toward the douglas bridge accident there, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you very much. >> moderate forensic science is being used to solve a 150-year- old mystery, just who were the two union soldier who is went down with the uss monitor. >> take a look the clay model likenesses of the sailors, made

from facial reconstruction technology were unvailed tuesday at the navy memorial these two men were trapped in the turret when the ironclad went down in 1862 experts hope someone with family photos or family resemblance will see these reconstructiongive them more information. >> finding out who they were. we've narrowed it down to about four individuals, these facial reconstructions are very very valuable, for that. >> if remains are never identified officials will ask the navy to have them buried at arlington national cemetery. >> remarkable. >> amazing. >> yeah. >> all right it is 7:33 a.m., what can we read into the gop race now. coming up to talk about that. >> with the gop vote on super tuesday obama administration announce add new housing

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now to the race for the white house results are in following super tuesday, mitt romney wracked up results. joining us now, democratic political strategist, peter and republican political strategist, jim. good morning to you. >> good to see you. >> do you have a quick shout out. >> i have a great one today is my wife's birthday lynn happy birthday sweetie it is her awesomeness day she is the most awesome person in the world because she married me. >> it was sweet. >> hope she is watching jim. >> you can show her later on myfoxdc.com. >> okay. >> let's talk about super tuesday any surprises? >> well, you know, poor mitt romney he just can't put this away, you know, he sweeped outlooks like a victory in

ohio, last time he squeaked out in iowa, but he can't penetrate the south, can't penetrate those voters who make $100,000 a year can't penetrate evangelicals, can't penetrate a very conservative voter, negatives keep going up allison and this -- and none of these folks are getting out he is the country club republican candidate. it keeps him going but it is not helpful for him or the party. >> jim. >> peter is right although he has the lions share of delegates, quite frankly that is what we are looking at here you have to get 100 delegates he has picked up 200 or some compared to the rest santorum's folks even said last night that if they were one on one with romney it might be a different

story, newt has a win in georgia but the 50% threshold was needed to get all the delegates. newt won't go away the next set of contests are in the south but if newt goes away it may be a different ball game the romney people, understand i mean the one thing, they have known for a long time they have known this is going to be a long drawn out process. they have pulled their donors, supporters this is not going to hanover night they would like it to hanover night but it is not going to hanover night. quite frankly i think everything is kind of playing out the way pretty much everyone expected it to with the exception. let's talk about newt for a second my executive producer matt said you have to talk about the fact he characterized himself as the tortoise is that a good message? >> no especially for newt. >> right okay. >> resembles a tortoise some

times. >> oh. >> come on. >> but here is the problem, he needs to have a real surge between himself and romney. the fact that he still has ron paul in this race and gingrich is not going away, the next two primaries are alabama and mississippi are gingrich will be contesting, romney likes this field no question about that, but gingrich after florida, it is over. his negatives are close to 50% he is unacceptable to republicans, unacceptable to independents. >> the funny thing about newt he keeps clinging on to the fact he has been dead about three timekeeps resurrecting himself his hope i think what newt's hope is that santorum gets out before he does and it

is he against romney but at that point it may be too late romney may have amassed so many delegates it becames a state of complete. but look it is america you are allowed to run as long as you want. difficulty in this race allison negatives for romney, continue to go up, and no candidate has been able to come back, from this. ifs like a black board where you write on the black board with each succeeding week it is hard to erase this stuff and you know continues to make gas continues to have problems. i heard your republican analyst last night on fox 5 say mitt romney is getting stronger with each passing week well, not according to the polls i see and you know, is this going to be a close election? absolutely is the economy going to be key? absolutely but mitt, this process is not doing mitt romney any favours. >> what happens to ron paul after super tuesday. >> ron paul is kind of dead in

terms of politically, i mean he didn't do very well except for virginia, where i think it was more of a protest vote because no one showed up in virginia, you know i had some folks e- mail me saying who am i going to vote for i can't vote for either one. everyone says vote for paul as a protest, paul gets out some point maybe not next week but fairly soon it is obvious there is no past publicity for him to get the nomination. >> let's talk about virginia only two people on the ballot there, ron paul and mitt romney how is virginia feeling how do they figure into super tuesday? >> there is a lot of anger virginia could have been a bit of a big deal in this race they only needed 10,000 signatures allison to get on the ballot and then they wanted to change the rules to put them on the ballot any way and that wasn't going to work, so you know, it hurts santorum and gingrich no question and the urn out showed it was -- turn out showed it

was half turned out last night abysmal. so i don't think -- then they made change for the next round >> i would think party leaders in virginia are going to make a change it wasn't reflective of the current situation when you only had two people on the ballot it really wasn't fair all the santorum supporters and clearly, they've got to re- evaluate it because not only that, but they are campaigning in virginia. ron paul showed up,. >> no advertising on the stations no activity at all. >> this will play big in november. >> virginia is a key state. >> it is a bummer for virginia. >> let's end on that positive note where we agree and wish your wife a happy birthday. >> absolutely. >> she is a very lucky lady. >> yes, she is. >> no, i am lucky. >> you shall going to get in trouble. >> jim thank you so much, tony back over to you. >> thank you.

making headlines new housing initiatives from president obama, under a new plan announced yesterday homeowners with government insured loans would be able to refinance at half the fee than federal housing administration currently charges military members would be paid lost equity after a review of foreclosures or denials of lower interest rate it is latest attempt by the obama administration to help borrowers struggling under a depressed housing market. rhode island woman kept her lottery ticket tucked in her bible before she turned it in to claim the third largest power ball jackpot in history 81-year-old louis white won $336 million from the ticket she bought in new port, lump sum pay out, $210 million. louise white said she had only gone to get smasher bert at the store but came home -- to get some sherbert but came home

with more. she knows she will always have sherbert in the freezer. >> maybe that is a good luck thing. >> congratulations. >> going to need some soon, going to be 70 degrees. >> nice transition. >> i could go for some sherbert weather. >> ice cream weather upon us. after a cool start your forecast going to be a simple one because we are going to be enjoying sunshine, 41 washington, 39 gaithersburg temperatures about 10 degrees warmer than they were 20 hours ago that will be the theme later today high temperatures 10 to 15 degrees warmer than yesterday. 41 fredericksburg. still 28 in martins burg open up for you a little bit, notice chicago, 56 degrees milder air out to our west will arrive later today stick around tonight, during the day tomorrow unseasonably warm temperatures around here along with sunshine your forecast, high pressure moved overhead

yesterday, now offshore it will deliver a mild one nice southwesterly flow during the day tomorrow and more nice weather for your thursday tomorrow temperatures will be even warmer near 70, off to the north and west cold front in here thursday night friday morning looks like it clears the coast friday afternoon setting us up for a nice weekend a little cool saturday, should be nice and dry a lot of soccer games baseball game that is kind of thing starting up should be just fine all right your 5 day and again best chance of rain thursday night early friday next couple days fantastic. >> thank you. >> to julie wright. >> all right on the roads especially north of town, on the belt way not only do we have typical slow downs as you work your way from college park headed towards silver spring, southbound, 29, bridge cheney, 32 minute ride southbound toward trader joes, tieing up the two left lanes again that

outer loop commute slowing 95 to georgia, a 14 minute ride what is unusual is the inner loop, connect cut avenue, 10 miles per hour, combination, sunshine delays from the inner loop and accident activity occurred after georgia avenue, tieing up the right side of the roadway, leaving springfield headed up towards 6619 minute commute along this stretch all lanes are open 395, belt way, headed up towards king crossing the 14th street bridge, 295, as you work your way up to south capitol street, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you this morning holly morris is getting an inside look at an arts festival going on in the district hey holly. >> good morning tony you know what i have a great idea, for something for you to do this weekend, actually i have multiple ideas you can take in tap you can take in a cappella music take in hip hop performances you name it if there is a type of art form,

chances are it is going on this weekenlive this morning at atlas performing arts center northeast where, intersections a new america arts festival is under way, why you don't want to miss it how to be a part of it all live next fox 5 morning news stay with us. >> all right see you soon holly as we take you to break now we want to say good morning to reese johnson, reese turns 30 years old today, happy birthday [ applause ] >> if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook searching fox 5 morning news post a comment under the lovely birthday girl reese's photo we will be right back 7:48 a.m. i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine.

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all about but what the atlas is all about. >> absolutely the atlas is in a community part of this community and community has always been central to the mission of the atlas. it allows us to kind of bring the atlas fully to life. >> can you explain to me how that you all in a three week time period are featuring some 800 performers? >> very skillfully and very carefully planned out and we have an amazing staff working extra hard but everyone here is dedicated to the mission of the atlas and mission of the festival and to the performers too we are all working together to make this happen. >> and the emphasis is diversity, not only in the type of performances people see but audiences that come, and maybe perhaps most importantly the dialogue between the two. >> that is what it is all about we make this festival happen in such a way we have concerts going on all during the festival they are free anyone can walk in enjoy one you come out of one show see an audience

from another and it spark it is dialogue that we are looking for. >> you guys have honed in on families too saturday is family day. >> right we have had every saturday is family day we start off with boogie babes we have performances for kennedy string quartet, audience is on tour this year we have a lot for kids of all ages. >> right now we have the wonderful talent of quinn johnson on the floor founder and choreographer of just tap. >> it is a great performance and fuse fuses tap dance beat boxing west african dance and rhythms created by myself and my partner, ryan johnson of the broadway show stomp and we thought it would be a hot idea >> i am taking my spot on the tap floor because quinn and i have worked up a little

something. don't set your expectations too high what are we king? >> just a -- doing? >> just a little expert, abbreviated shim shim. >> one, two, three, four, one >> and you hold. >> again. >> i like that. that is the best part is that i just stand there and we focus on her. we can continue to do our abbreviated shim sham but i will get off the floor and bring in her real partner asia they are going to take it away let's get a preview of just tap ♪[ music ]

if you are interested in seeing more of just tap they are performing this sunday march 11ths at 2:00 p.m. what they said to me since it is daylight savings time set your clocks forward get your tickets early to see them sunday they are just one of many performances going on the final weekend of intersections new america arts festival myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to their ifs you want to find out more about the different performances coming up next hour we are moving on from tap and will have a little hip hop sensation plus talk about the 8th street corridor down here if you haven't been down here you need to come down back to y'all in studio. >> we are mystified by her tapping in ughs.

>> right. >> i am calling it the old soft shoe. >> thank you holly. >> apple is holding a big media event. >> as usual the tech giant remained tight lipped as to subject matter rumors have been swirling about an ipad 3 lauren demarco will check with a mac world inside, straight ahead. insider with mac world probably straight ahead at 8 stay with us 

new this morning george mason university students victims of a home invasion. now the search is on for the suspects we've got new details ahead this hour. mystery in maryland, what has killed three members of one family and landed another in the hospital. health officials say the illness started as the flu but quickly turned into some sort of super infection we are live with the latest. you are at the center of a race to collect one of the most precious commodities in the eyes of retailers, data. merchants market to you based on what you buy and what you are most willing to buy next coming up next half hour, steve

joins us with a look at how companies know what you want, before you do. this is true. it is remarkable good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour we say good morning to our dear friend tucker barnes especially when he gives us good weather >> i see why you like me. >> i like you a little more today. the weather will be good, 60s later today quiet weather pattern next couple days. >> super. i will hurry this weather forecast. 41 washington 35 out at dulles, ocean city 42, soon enough beach forecast, will be rolling out. >> wonderful. >> satellite radar, one or two clouds bright sunshine warmer than yesterday, yesterday our daytime high was 49 mid-60s afternoon highs and we are not expecting rain around here until late thursday early

friday with a cold front more details on that in a few minutes enjoy sunshine mild temperatures cool start very pleasant afternoon highs mid- 60s. >> thank you so much. >> julie wright is keeping her eyes on the roads. >> all right you guys travelling the inner loop of the belt way combination of sunshine delays and accident activity as you work you way past georgia avenue, accident involved the metro bus activity involved to the shoulder, outer loop stop and go slow from the 95, if you are making the trip along powder mill road east of 295, accident activity follow police direction to get by southbound bw parkway traffic, congested 198 towards powder mill road delay if you are travelling along 32 eastbound headed over towards 29 linden church road, 14 miles per hour, accident still there new hampshire avenue, tieing up two lanes, leaving the nrl, 11th street bridge, southeast, reportedly involving a pedestrian that is a check of

your fox 5 on time traffic. 8:00 a.m. fairfax county police search for a pair of gun men who burst into a home across from george mason university it happened on carriage park road 11:00 p.m. last night the suspects took electronics, other valuables the victims were students. three family members from calvert county died from a respiratory illness strain of the flu linked to at least two of them another family member is being treated fox 5s. melanie alnwick is live in northwest this morning good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison, maryland health officials say preliminary testing does indicate influenza a in two of the fatal cases and a second bacterial infection that made the illnesses worse a surviving family member a woman in her 50s is recovering here at washington hospital center investigators weren't taking any chances though they went in with bio hazard suits into the home in maryland to collect

samples, 81-year-old ruth blake first became ill on february 23rd died march 1st her adult children were caring for her in the home all three became ill within 5 days of the onset of their mothers illness 56-year- old daughter and 58-year-old son died while hospitalized on march 5th residents in the surrounding community are worried the infection could be spreading. concern that this may be an infection spreading in one of these communities from house to house, children could be involved, that is not the case, we have no evidence at this point, that any individual other than these four people have been infected. gain, it does appear to be at this point influenza a and secondary bacterial infection is something like staph it is not uncommon for those two to be found together in fatal cases involving the flu maryland department of health is continuing testing they are

reminding people though, that it is flu season it is still flu season they want people to remember to wash their hands and stay home if they are sick back to you. melanie alnwick live thank you. >> tony over to you. >> thank you mitt romney wins six states on super tuesday, but the results show a little something for rick santorum and newt gingrich as well this is what the map looks like romney won the red states including ohio, idaho, virginia, vermont and massachusetts, santorum has the green states, north dakota, oklahoma, tennessee gingrich won his adoptive state of georgia more now from foxs doug luzader on cap till hill. >> -- capitol hill. >> mitt romney did what he needed to do but this is not a resounding super tuesday victory, so the long slog continues. most of america, together let's fight for the america we love. >> a call for unity but that still seems to be the missing element for mitt romney's

campaign overall he picked up six super tuesday states massachusetts vermont, virginia idaho, alaska and the most watched race of the night ohio his win there came with the barest of margins just one point over rick santorum, despite flooding the state with money and santorum laid claim to three states last night tennessee, oklahoma, and north dakota. >> we have won in the west, the midwest and south and we are ready to win across this country. newt gingrich carried only georgia, the state he represented in congress but he and ron paul continued to amass delegates. >> we always win, right >> not quite, especially when you look at the delegate count romney won more than half of the 419 up for grabs last night, and even though his campaign argued his nomination is approaching a mathematical certainty, no one it seems is dropping out any time soon. there are lots of bunny

rabbits to run through i am the tortoise i take one step at a time. >> reporter: in another sign no one is going any where in this case, newt gingrich gets secret service protection starting today. in washington doug luzader, fox 5 news. >> prince georges county council woman getting a ticket for wreckless driving karen tolls was pulled over last month driving more than 100 miles per hour on the belt way the officer gave her a citation for an unsafe lane change but not for speeding after an internal investigation and executive review committee says she should have received two citations. the officer who made the traffic stop basically, the only way you can charge for speeding, you either have to pace an individual, and have that -- to do that you have to have a certified calibrated speedometer which he did not have. the penalty is a fine of

$510, and 6 points on her license. there are new accusations that mayor vince grey and city council never conduct add full background check before hiring the dc fire chief according to washington pines he had a sexual harassment complaint in his file from when he headed sarasota's fire department apparently the city didn't know because no one requested his personnel file from his former employer in florida he has denied the allegations and complaint. >> tech world is buzzing about apples big media event today. >> expected that the company will introduce a new ipad for more on that, and the latest on all the rumors circulating let's head to lauren demarco. >> good morning as usual there is a whole bunch of mystery surrounding this we do know we are expecting an ipad 3 not sure what it may be called or if that will happen we know we had the first ipad the second was a little bit thinner the third rumoured to actually be a

little thicker because of the battery to take care of all the new e equipment and software on it we want to head out to lex at mac world. >> good morning. >> what are you hearing ipad 3? ipad hd? >> my money is on ipad hd the flagship feature will be a vastly improved display inherit the same retina display you can't distinguish the individual pixels on the screen. >> is this is pretty advanced when you look at the ipad 2 display it is amazing i can't imagine how great the ipad hd will be. >> it will be impressive for reading text make photos pop and that will be good because i am expecting although the ipad 2 gained cameras, they are kind of amateurish cameras good for video chatting not much else thei pad 3 or hd cameras will be improved. >> like the iphone 4 s pretty

good camera 8 mega pixel. what about the operating system? same there? and also what about 4 g? >> well, i think we will see an update maybe ios 5 .1 incremental update to ios and maybe a new ap or two my money is on a photo organization ap and then i think you are right there is a decent chance there will be 4 g connectivity in the cellular branded ipads right now they work with sprint and a t and t sorry, at&t and verizon and i expect sprint will join the mix as well >> any word on siri? >> i am hoping i love talking on my iphone 4 s she always answers me i am optimistic new ipad will gain that functionality too. >> this is getting so much buzz even online there is a viz owe on a blog out of -- video on a blog out of china they said they took parts of the new ipad

out and compared it to the ipad 2 have you heard anything about this? >> yeah, apple has a harder time keeping everything leak proof when it is releasing new hard ware because of the china supply chains it is harder for apple to keep those things under wraps versus new software no body outside the company has to know about. so the leak china photos are probably accurate showing upgraded cameras slightly thicker version of the new ipad so i think they probably hold water. >> if so, that is cool. also possibly an announcement about apple tv we will watch that and lex we will check back in with you tomorrow morning same time same place. >> thanks very much. >> thank you see you tomorrow allison tony >> inside scoop like it. >> ipad hd very interesting. >> see what it is. maybe have to buy one now for myself. >> today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. >> got you. >> thanks lauren. >> actually they are going to announce on

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registration for this year's marine corps marathon opens today the world famous competition is set october 28th, last year registration closed in just 28 hours, so you can register starting to day at 3:00 p.m. there is a link on myfoxdc.com. hurry up tuck. >> we mentioned tucker will run in a marathon will you consider the marine corps marathon? >> i got to do one at a time here guys i ran 11 miles yesterday today i can barely move. >> yeah, but you are doing it. >> but you are moving tucker. >> just barely. >> we kid tucker a lot but i am impressed he is training for this thing doing it right way 11 miles yesterday, maybe 4, 5

miles. >> yeah. >> i am only running a half marathon i have never runny thing before. rock and roll marathon a week from saturday thousands of people across the city running it. >> we are proud of you tuck. >> that is very sweet. >> let's get to the cuteness factor of the day and you know what we got a pair of twins today. a two fer beautiful smiles this is jake and tyler,. >> love their names. >> yeah. >> a little tunnel you can set up in your house really cool. as i mentioned they are twins, i am told they always pay close attention to the forecast, this is important, when you are a kid, so they can plan their playground activity for the day. >> wow. >> love it. >> smart and cute. >> yep. >> i love those tunnel things those are fun. >> yeah, except at our age tony when you get in there it is hard the get out >> i experienced this

yesterday. >> look at the expressions on their face >> so perfect. >> have a great day. >> all right happy to report the forecast will be perfect for all your playground activities today sunshine and mild temperatures so you can wear your short sleeved shirt out there. to send us your child's picture click on the morning tab at myfoxdc.com. warming trend yesterday, upper 40s today, mid-60s tomorrow, near 70 degrees, so we will be in for a nice couple days currently 43 degrees, washington warming up, notice out to the west, mid-50s. little rock 60 degrees, dallas, 65, all that warmer air headed in our direction as winds have shifted out of the south and southwest, we are in for a couple very nice days before we get a cool down in time for the weekend. sentinel radar, quiet weather pattern continues high pressure slipped off the coast, sunshine just a few clouds, cloudiness as the cold front approaches

from the west next couple days temperatures well above normal, it should feel more spring like than wintertime, and just a nice looking forecast. five day, 64 upper 60s tomorrow showers in the forecast late thursday early friday, if you have outdoor plans heading to the playground, golf, basketball tennis, baseball working in the yard the weekend featuring dry conditions highs upper 50s by sunday. all right that is weather let's do some traffic and there she is julie wright. >> see you in a couple hours. >> that's right you are buying lunch >> i am buying lunch. >> people hit me up on twitter and said if i wasn't available to go to lunch they would go to lunch with you and then i informed them you will make them play. >> who in particular happy to take them out for lunch. travelling northbound 305 hov lanes, squeezing by to the left as you work your way northbound far right, using that shoulder there go as bus

by the scene dump truck hov lanes northbound 395, before you commit to the 14th street bridge other side of town you will find problems travelling the belt way outer loop remains slow 95 to georgia avenue, inner loop still tied up, georgetown road headed over to coalsville heading along 270, eastbound on the 32, i-70, linden church road down to 15 miles per hour. definitely a slow go lanes are open travelling south 270, 355 a 20 minute commute, gw parkway stacked up leaving the ci base, leaving the belt way 18 minute drive no accidents to report just volume delays wrapping it up off the inner loop, 30 minute commute as we travel up the west side that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right thank you very much a recent survey by share our strength showed nearly 65% of kindergarten through 8th

grade teachers said there are children in their classrooms who regularly come to school hungry because they are not getting enough to eat at home other studies have shown children who eat breakfast, perform better on testmake fewer mistakes in math and reading. joining us now with more details, jone shorter directer of food services, with her the principal of suit land elementary school andre whack irgood to see you. jone -- walker, good to see you. jone can you tell us what school breakfast week is all about. >> we are celebrating school breakfast week to emphasize the importance of breakfast it is often said breakfast is the most eu78 poor taint meal of the day research which ares -- important meal of the day researchers showed academic success with students who eat breakfast we want to highlight that emphasize to students it is important to have breakfast

every day and all prince georges county public schools often breakfast every day. >> mr. walker can you tell me about your own experiences there at your school? what percentage of kids take part in the breakfast program? how many aren't taking part and perhaps should be? >> well, good morning tony and fox 5. suit land school focuses on instruction and the like and we serve about 189 breakfasts every morning and we are a school that is 95% of our young people do eat school lunch and breakfast, we do focus on nutritional value of our meals and it reflects how children perform daily. >> joan what else is going on in prince georges county to make the school breakfast program more accessible to people. well, we have implemented a few programs we have a breakfast in the classroom model in 45 of our schools,

teachers eat in the classroom with the students that is what we are trying to do moving our healthy options many offerings we do on a daily basis to the classroom typical breakfast would include an egg and cheese omelet, sausage biscuit we would have a choice of milk we offer low fat, fat free, flavoured and unflavoured milk at breakfast only unflavoured milk in addition whole grain products cereal as well. >> who can take advantage of the school breakfast program? some times there is confusion about that. who can take advantage of it? >> all students are eligible to participate. >> sorry and we encourage all students to participate in our program because it is a great program that ensures our young people are getting nutritional meals every day. >> all students can participate i know there are some economic thresholds in terms of getting a reduced price or free

breakfast but even those whose parents exceed those thresholds make more money than what is allowed they can always buy their breakfast. >> absolutely. >> tell me a little bit about some of the -- ms. walker some advantages to students coming to school, either having had breakfast or getting that breakfast before they run off the class >> they get greeted by staff and get to come in and sit down and get prepared for the morning and the day. the breakfast is balanced they sit around with their colleagues and then of course you know with a balanced breakfast nutritional value that it has keeps them focused as they move through the day we ensure each student who would like breakfast is provided a breakfast. joan this is something we hear all the time it has been proven in study after study kids do better if they eat. >> absolutely several research studies indicated, have tied that link to students having

breakfast in school and academic successes. mr. walker has seen some of those successes in his own school. >> good to know good to hear this being school breakfast week across the area, you are commemorating it there, joan shorter director of food service prince georges county and mr. andre walker principal of suit land elementary school thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having >> ever good start in the morning. >> absolutely right. >> very important 8:24 a.m., wednesday morning up next latest from the nfl including more admissions related to the bounty program more on the future of peyton manning. >> then a little later live with a look at intersection, a new america art festival holly morris is there, you still have a few days to check it out stay with us fox 5 morning news will be right back  okay, people, let's get started.

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nice, sunshine in the forecast milder temperatures, 60s today near 70 tomorrow, it will officially be almost officially spring. >> good. >> when is official spring? >> a couple weeks. >> 31st? >> but you know what we spring forward this weekend. >> crazy. >> i am not ready for that. >> crazy. >> which means we get less sleep. >> we lose an hour. >> but it will be lighter in the evening. >> makes it harder for us to go to bed. any way. people win. >> everybody else wins. >> most people don't have to go to bed at 7:00 p.m. like we do. >> 43 washington off to the north and west 30s but you know what, you too will be well into the 60s places like frederick, hagerstown, great looking day shaping up, annapolis, 46 degrees for you. lots of sunshine, high pressure

building through during the day yesterday, gave us a nice one cool off the coast winds shifted yesterday, north winds out of the south and that will allow warmer air in from south and west, so we will be in for a nice one future cast in motion that area of high pressure, nice and mild later today high temperatures mid-60s weather pattern quiet as we get into the night time hours, as we get into tomorrow cloudiness, pretty good southwest flow temperatures ahead of this front should approach 70 degrees then the front will slide through during the night time hours bring us rain showers overnight thursday into early friday, and right now, feature cast indicating the front will be south and east of us during the day set up for a nice weekend cooler by saturday but should have a lot of sunshine there is your 5 day, 64, enjoy the afternoon, 68, partial sunshine, rain showers, thursday night and friday, there is your weekend forecast, back to 60 cool on

saturday. that is your forecast, tony i will toss it back to you. >> all right tucker. more valuable than money there is something every retailer in the country wants from you, and you are just giving it away. >> what is it? data. and marketers are using it to make sure their product is what you buy next fox consumer reporter steve joins us live steve good morning we are talking about changing shopping habits that is usually a pretty hard thing to do good morning to you. >> good morning to you guys yeah, it is incredibly difficult, think about the things you buy. i know me i buy the same toothpaste and toilet paper my mom bought me as a kid because that is what we use that is common play for a lot of consumers we are very set in our ways. with one exception, and that is when there is a major life change, so now retailers are trying to figure out when those life changes happen, so they can market to us, when we are at our most vulnerable. how do they do it?

we supply information they need, every time you swipe your loyalty card or your rewards card or credit card it is like creating a digital catalogue of your purchases and that allows them to glean personal information about you and what might be happening in your personal life. >> so literally, what we are buying today tells the retailer what we are likely to buy next? >> yeah, absolutely how many times have you been at the check out grocery store and you get one of those check out instant coupons and go oh, i just bought that i wish i had that cue on the 5 minutes ago that is the point they use the information you just gave them to market something that will cause you to repeat or complement your purchase with something else one major retailer who just made headlines for this recently was target they successfully use predictive analytics to be able to determine if a shopper is in the early stages of pregnancy, based on what she is buying things like pre natal vitamins

or supplements their algo rhythm can target her due date within a two week window which is amazing thing of it that allows them to change the coupons they send her from prenatal care to cribs, diapers, toddler clothes it is all about being able to use the information about what we buy to predict next target has done that to the tune of $1 billion in sales. >> okay they have done it successfully but it is all a little bit like some body is looking over my shoulder i will ask has there been backlash from people who say i know what you are doing. >> right let me tell you this i am a big fan if i am out shopping for a new tv or car suddenly you want to send me coupons to save me money, go ahead not everybody is onboard with it. in terms of target and pregnant customers they ran into an interesting problem some women hasn't told their husbands they were pregnant yet and certainly hasn't told target registering at the store they got upset and

then sort of boycotting the store so now what target does when you get a cue on the circular in the mail and maybe they are targeting you for you know pregnancy coupons, they will mix in other ads things like lawn mowers and wine that way when you are flipping through it you thing it is just random and dumb luck that you happen to get a coupon for diapers when you just happen to be pregnant. >> interesting. >> although when it says this is for you we are right down the street from your house that might tip you off. all right steve thank you very much amazing stuff. >> good to see you guys. >> you too. >> something else. all right it is 8:38 a.m. on this wednesday morning, it is something all of us dream ability, winning the -- about winning the lottery >> you got that right, one 81- year-old woman just did that and big time too her story when fox 5 morning news returns it is 8:38 a.m. good morning, john. good morning, this is an angus

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this saturday is women and girl hiv aids awareness day. many activities are planned including free testing. joining us with more and megan davies, direct tore of health support whitman walker health. i know you are going to be busy saturday. >> definitely. >> can you tell us how locally we are honerring this day. >> it is an -- honouring this day. >> we are having a popular event, we are doing testing at giant on southeast, thursday

evening 7 to 9, just really important people are getting their groceries drop by get an hiv test just easy part of the day saturday from 1 to 5 we will have a drop in event anyone is invited the first 25 get a small token of appreciation, we will watch a documentary about hiv in the african american community particularly about girls afterwards we will have a panel where members of whitman walker and women's collective will talk about their experiences living with hiv or working with the hiv population, particular with women in dc. food and friends donating food in partnership with community education group just a good group event. >> for more information before we get started go to myfoxdc.com we will have all that linked to it. >> excellent. >> so people know where to go what time to be there when we talk about this population we are talking about women and girls i think we still think about aids and hiv as a disease

that strikes gay men i don't know why we are still thinking like this but we are what are the facts. >> definitely it is hitting gay men harder that is why we thing about it that way but in dc 5,000 women are hiv positive and of those 5,000, 90% are african american women. we've got to do something about it got to talk about it got to talk about it with our friends got to talk about it with our daughters our nieces our girlfriends our mothers it is just so important, it doesn't matter how old you are you can still get hiv we need to normalize it that is why we go to places like the grocery store if we don't make it normal then there is still a stigma people are afraid to talk about it like you said maybe it is just a gay population i don't need to talk about it but some say maybe it is just the african american population, latino population it is everybody. >> once again let's talk about the risk factors here we can't talk about that enough either

what are the main things we need to lookout for this disease is out there. what do we need to do. >> in women and girls it is heterosexual sex by far we talk about syringe sharing and injection drug use but it is heterosexual sex you need to talk about your partner there needs to be condom negotiation a lot of people don't want that conversation you need to know your status your partners status get tested at least once a year if not twice a year if you are hiv positive and you know that you need to be in care come to whitman walker, say i am hiv positive or red carpet and we can get you help. it is something about girls when we come out again, what information will be available saturday, especially if these girls are thinking of becoming sexually active. >> we will have female condom

demonstrations, male condom demonstrations, we will talk about the female anatomy again we want to normalize it talk about it a lot of people don't want to ask these questions don't want to ask their moms or aunties questions it is uncomfortable we want to be a safe place to make these girls and women talk about it. >> wonderful good luck to every thing you do in your endeavors, megan davies, director of community health, event is saturday again, all day,. >> yes. >> pretty much. >> so thanks for coming on today. >> tony over to you. >> thank you fox 5s holly morris is at the atlas performing arts center today where they are hosting intersections a new america arts festival that is through this sunday hey, holly. >> hey tony are you ready to be on cloud 9. >> yes. >> that is what they call it ready? let's go to cloud 9 ♪ [ music ] ♪

they have so much energy, and so much talent to share, we wanted to start them off right off the top so you can take in all that they have to offer and what is amazing is that they are only a small part of this whole huge festival, that features some 800 artists going on for three weeks the final weekend is this weekend with performers such as this taking to the stage here at atlas performing arts center i will bring in jen the director of community they are so much fun to watch. >> they are fabulous. >> really i will tell you their energy is infectious what is wonderful is the spirit you feel when you come down to h street. >> it is so exciting so much fun to be a part of it we feel like atlas is part of what has

been the catalyst for some of this revitalization >> it has we have been doing things here for some time every time we have come down it is like a construction zone even this morning we were like wow and people if they haven't been here in awhile this is a destination spot they need to come back. >> absolutely we have so much going on here atlas, 8th street playhouse and we've got countless new restaurants they keep opening up all the time just so much fun to watch. >> it is fun and helps. >> absolutely yeah. and we all work together down here not just a community within the building but outside the building. most of the restaurants on the street are participating in a promotion with us for the festival we all help each other out it is great. >> and the community grows bigger when you have groups like this come as i told you earlier they are based out of philadelphia i want to bring in brandon peace albright the founder, you all are amazing. >> thank you it is all about

inspiring, inspiring. >> well, you are inspiring energy you might inspire me to have a second cup of coffee before i reach that level of energy tell me about your group how you got started and coming to be part of the festival for the first time. >> this is our ten year anniversary, and that is a great achievement, by myself, brandon peace albright this is an awesome awesome opportunity for -- this is our first time being in the festival and words can't even explain because there is so much going on so many activities, so many different artists performances and we would like to thank you know, atlas coming together with the whole festival and as you can see, that is what it is all about, impossible, impossible you know what i mean it is possible it can be done any thing you want to do it can be done. >> somethings i see you all doing i think are impossible but they are showing that it is

all possible when you and i were talking earlier i said what are some points you want to make and you said it is really about promoting peace how do you do that. energy again like i said when i say inspiring, inspire comes from you know spirit and movement, spirit is a feeling you get and movement, energy, you catch something and then you like oh, i starting to move i don't care if you like 100 years old you like oh, so you feel energy when we fehr form spirit of the en-- perform, spirit of the energy, next thing they find themselves like that. so you know that is what it is about. >> that is what this festival is about as far as interaction with the audience. >> yes yes. >> you guys are great you made my morning they are so good they are doing two performances as a part of intersections new america art festival they will be performing friday night 8:30

and saturday night 8:30 as well atlas performing arts center coming up next hour yet another group called reverb and they are going to take us to another who new level in the 9:00 a.m. hour back to you in studio. >> all right. >> love it. >> adrenaline >> if you like music we have great things coming up next hour. >> coming up after 9 we welcome nate foe lee this young man is amazing he performed at apollo and kennedy center among other places today he performs live in studio. >> we will share the story of an iranian teen whose rendition of adele is getting worldwide attention this is viral video, is it sending a unique message? take a look. ♪ [ music ] we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands.

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good morning i am tony perkins. >> at 9 what killed four people in a calvert county town and sickened others, live with the response from health officials. >> super tuesday a super win for mitt romney doubled the amount of wins rick santorum took home. john from human events is here to break down results. >> an iranian girl part of a music movement her rendition of adele getting attention worldwide. we will explain why. then he is just 17 years old, but he has the guitar skills of a seasoned expert, nate foely is here a performance you don't want to miss he will fill us in on two concerts he is here to promote them but they are sold