awareness of the brutality of a ugandaen leader. a local day care shut down after a toddler turns up dead. we're live with the latest on the investigation. then february's unemployment numbers come out later this morning. they are expected to show job growth. but how accurate are the numbers this month to month reports we've been getting? one group of lawmakers pushing for more clarity. an expert will join us to break it down as fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. it is 7:00. enjoy this sunrise this morning, because monday morning you won't have this at 7:00. >> really? >> yes, we'll be shifting our clocks ahead over the weekend. it's a pretty picture now. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. we made it to friday. congratulations. tucker barnes is joining us. he's got a preview of the day.

i hate to look backwards, but yesterday was magnificent! >> not as warm today. few showers that moved in. cooler air on the way. the winds that were around yesterday, they'll be here today, only out of the north and west. shower activity, we had light showers that moved through overnight. most of the area picking up a few 100ths of an inch of rain. generally now it is south and east of the city and we should see an improving sky cover and more sunshine building in during the morning. 50 now at reagan national. feels cooler, too, with the wind out of the north and west at 13, gusting to about 20. the wind will pick up later this afternoon. winds will gust to about 30 to 35 miles per hour.

be ready for another very blustery day. should be dry. it will look great. lots of sunshine, highs in the mid-50s. let's do traffic. julie wright has gotten busy. accident activity with us, skyfox above the scene, eastbound on 267 working to 66, it's where we have the accident. couple of cars involved. flat bed trucks on the scene trying to tow them away. traffic gridlocked from the beltway eastbound on 267 to the exit to 66. stay to the right, that's how you get by. traffic is gridlocked leaving 495. outer loop of the beltway slows leaving university boulevard. 50 still an easy ride coming in out of annapolis. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic.

gunshots and an officer is hurt. last night d.c. and montgomery county police started getting reports of several shots fired in the area of eastern avenue. they found an armed suspect and exchanged gunshots with him. he is listed in critical condition. one officer was also hurt, but is already out of the hospital. disturbing story, a dead baby was found in the trunk of a car. it was made on the 4200 block of -- investigators say someone was cleaning out the car of a family member last night when they found the newborn. no word yet who the child belongs to. no arrests so far. police in virginia are looking for answers after a 3- month-old baby died. >> investigators say the infant

was being cared for by at an unlicensed home day care. a viewer sent this picture of police activity at the house in bristow yesterday. it's where sherri ly is live now with more details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison and tony. investigators trying to figure out what caused that baby's death. police do say that this home was running as an unlicensed day care. but at this point it's unclear whether the child's death was criminal, natural, or just accidental. police got the call yesterday afternoon, reporting an unresponsive child inside the house. when officers got there in bristow, they found the 3-month- old baby girl in a crib unconscious. she was rushed to the hospital, but later pronounced dead. police say there were no signs so far of foul play. a number of children were inside the home when all this happened. a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous says she knew it was a home day care center, but police say it didn't have a license. >> i was devestated, because i

have two young children and you trust that somebody will look after them and take care of them and to find out something's happened is very sad. >> reporter: police shut down the day care and released the remaining children to their parents or guardians. sources say about 20 children were being cared for in the home. none of the other children was hurt. police expect to have more information later today. at this point, they have not released the name of the child. an autopsy is being performed to try and determine the cause of death. that's the latest in bristow, back to you. >> sherri ly, thank you. meanwhile, a d.c. teacher is on administrative leave accused of taping a 9-year-old visually impaired student to a chair. it happened earlier this week at friendship charter school in northeast. a second teacher witnessed the taping. his mother says she will follow up. she's filed a complaint with police and they are investigating.

another big story this morning, a white powder scare in the district. four envelopes with a suspicious white powder have been mailed to schools and businesses in the district during the last two days. the fbi says one was delivered to the epa headquarters downtown. hazmat trucks and homeland security police were on the scene. elementary school in southwest was locked down after getting a letter. a security expert says they did the right thing. >> everything that's being done by the local authorities is property. it's in abundance of caution. rather than a likely threat, these incidents are really a fear factor. psychological weapon. >> d.c. is not alone, schools in eight other states also got letters with white powder this week. the race for the white

house now, gingrich getting secret service protection. he is hoping for wins in alabama and mississippi next week. but he is not campaigning in kansas, which holds caucuses tomorrow. in the meantime, mitt romney is blaming president obama for rising gas prices. he gave a speech in mississippi yesterday. a controversial oil pipeline project is on hold again after the senate voted to block it from going forward. president obama personally lobbied democratic senators to vote against it. republicans argue that not moving ahead on the keystone pipeline from canada to texas is costing the u.s. thousands of jobs. the president wants more time to review the project because the proposed route takes the pipeline through sensitive areas in nebraska. tony? allison, to the economy now, a breakthrough on greece's debt crisis. the country announced this managed to convince enough creditors to take big losses on

its bonds and avoid default. it paves the way for the release of $170 billion in bailout funds. officials say 85% of private investors signed onto the deal and stock markets around the world are rising on that news. a 30 minute video showcasing atrocities in uganda is gaining attention world wide. they're using social media to spread awareness about joseph kony and his lords resistance army. many are hoping it will put an end to his campaign of terror. >> reporter: a world wide movement is underway, set out to shine the light on atrocities carried out by joseph cony lord's resistance army. >> he is one of the world's most wanted criminals. >> reporter: he is head of a brutal militia in africa. his forces have kidnapped

thousands of children. >> [inaudible] >> been decimating villages, taking over 30,000 children into either sexual slavery or child soldiery. [ speaking foreign language ] >> they cut his neck. >> reporter: a video about his tactics is part of a campaign called kony2012. >> we made a film that we wanted half a million people to see. >> i think this is a brilliant social media campaign. >> reporter: kony is wanted by the international criminal court and being hunted by 100 u.s. special forces advisors and local troops in in our central africa countries. >> there are groups who have been working on this problem for decades, and we of course

are very much involved. >> reporter: meanwhile, some critics are attacking the video, saying it oversimplifies a complex issue. those behind the effort say the goal of the video is to explain the conflict in an easily understandable format. in los angeles, claude cowan. 7:10 now on a friday morning. an update on the solar storm coming up next on fox 5. seems like we've dodged major issues so far. but could there be more activity on the way? >> i did have cell phone islike i did, too. track work will close several metro stations this weekend. we have what you need to know before heading out. ♪ a live look outside. we'll get the latest weather

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making headlines, two people are dead after a shooting at the university of pittsburgh. seven others were injured, including a police officer when the suspect walked into a psychiatric clinic and opened fire yesterday. he had two semi-automatic handguns. police shot and killed the gunman and think he was acting alone. the earth is still feeling the effects of this week's solar storm. but it appears there have been no major power problems because of it. the storm fizzled out a little bit yesterday, but ramped up overnight with forecasters issuing an alert about changes in the magnetic field. scientists add there was

another solar flare late last night similar to the one that set off the current storm. it's unclear when and if it will impact earth. >> i was going to an event yesterday, and i wasn't sure of the direction with my gps, and the screen was white, and i was like, solar flare! >> then you realized you had to turn it on. >> then i realized it was slow. it got into my mind yesterday. i was expecting to do things again and again and not at all. psychological solar flare. >> i had dropped calls and stuff. may have been regular stuff, but seemed unusual. >> and we blamed it on the sun. >> here on planet earth we're going to be looking at cooler temperatures. >> i was on planet earth when that happened. >> you were? okay. important we get that out there. let's mention -- let's look at satellite and radar. few showers moved through overnight, enough to water the

flowers that are now blooming. you can see the showers to the south and east. this is light shower activity. salisbury, ocean city, lower eastern shore, few more showers and then we'll clear out. will be a beautiful friday afternoon. nice and dry. going to be windier. winds out of the north and west today. they'll be gusting to about 30 to 35 miles per hour later this afternoon. going to be blustery day. 48 now in washington. feels cooler out there. 43 gaithersburg. 39 hagerstown. cooler air settling in. when we open up a little bit, pittsburgh, 31 degrees. that will be our weather later tonight. when you head out tonight, bring along a jacket. going to get cold tonight. overnight lows in the upper 20s and low 30s. weekend looks fantastic. cool tomorrow, 50. bright and sunny. more spring-like weather on the way next week.

tuesday through thursday i think we'll be in the 70s. >> wow, really? >> instead of one day, three next week. >> let's say the warm weather is here next week. let's take a look at the roadways. julie wright has been busy this morning. >> can i just say this has been the best winter ever? >> i know you've loved it. a lot of folks haven't, but i know you loved it. >> you saw my foot, it's because mother nature and i -- >> oh, that's what happened. >> had a chitchat. >> you'll lose every time, julie. >> westbound shady grove road, headed towards the hospital, working past the safeway and krispy kreme, accident occurred at 28. the fire truck pulled away from the scene. westbound on shady grove road, still a police officer here blocking the westbound lanes at 28 at medical center drive. traveling westbound, headsup. northbound, the lanes are open.

no problems on 28 working back up through rockville towards 370. no troubled spots on the eastbound side of shady grove road. lanes are open. road work scheduled this morning. 7:00in the morning, south dakota avenue in northeast washington. southbound lanes blocked. northbound, one lane can get by at the scene. traveling northbound i-95, lanes are open, little bit below speed working northbound at about 48 miles per hour headed up to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. little more commuter news now, alert, this week two popular red line stations will be closed. woodly park and cleveland park stations will shut down from 10:00 at night until closing sunday. free shuttle buses between dupont circle and van nap. add about 20 minutes to your

travel time. monitoring metro's brake failures in recent months. turns out they knew the parts were failing back in 2006, but didn't begin replacing the brake parts until now. the board that oversees metro has been told two similar incidents happened back in 2006. transit managers then concluded that the metal in the brake hubs was failing sooner than expected. their lifetime was expected to be 30 to 35 years. a detroit woman buys a new house and car after winning a million dollar lottery jackpot. >> she also continues to collect food stamps. 24-year-old amanda clayton said she thought it was right after winning the lottery. she says she was still unemployed and the card continued to work. but the department of human services says it was her responsibility to report her income change within 10 days and she has now been cut off. but again, she won a million dollar lottery jackpot, so

perhaps she just didn't know. alert for charles county residents this morning. a local food bank is in need of your help. >> the southern maryland food bank has been forced to close its doors because of a severe shortage in donations. they're asking anyone who is able to drop off food this morning to continue their mission of easing the pain of hunger in southern maryland. the locations at 8395 old leonard town road in hughesville. we'll talk live with a representative from the food bank coming up in our 8:00 hour. now it's 7:20. coke and pepsi making changes when it comes to ingredients. it's all the result of a health concern. we have details next after the break. plus, a much anticipated political film debuts on hbo this weekend. we're going to hear from the actor. later this morning, high school students working to design special technology to help people with disabilities. holly is live with an inside look.

we'll be right back. it's 7:20. 

back with a health alert. coke and pepsi changing the way they color cola to avoid having to put a cancer warning on the soft drink. california has added the chemical that colors the soda to its list of known cancer causing ingredients. the fda notes a consumer would have to drink more than a thousand cans a day to reach the doses that have shown links to cancer in rodents. aids foundation is asking the fda to hold off on a drug. they're concerned about costs and possible health problems related to the drug. studies show the pill, which must be taken every day, is only partly effective. if patients miss a dose,

protection will falter. the drug has been approved to treat people already infected with hiv. aids advocates and celebrities are coming together to raise awareness about the disease. vanessa williams will join experts in the district to discuss the growing epidemic of hiv in women. we talked about this this week on fox 5 morning news. it takes place today at noon at the arena stage in southwest. it's one of the most talked about political movies of the year. hbo will debut the film "game change" tomorrow night. it's based on the novel about the 2008 presidential campaign. last night the premier was held at the museum. julianne moore was there, who plays sarah palin. >> i think any time you're playing a living figure, let alone a culturally and significant one, you have a tremendous responsibility to be

as accurate as possible. that's what i concentrated on. >> the campaign had a lot of great stories on it. governor palin's election and how she dealt with the pressure, and she captivated the country in a way few politicians have done. >> john mccain and sarah palin have both criticized the film, saying it does not accurately portray what happened during the campaign, and mccain says he has no plans to watch it. unemployment claims at a four-year low. >> is that the real story? it might not be if you're someone who has been out of work for months. calls on the hill to tell americans about the so-called true unemployment. he won't be unemployed for long. we are talking about star quarterback peyton manning. it appears more and more that he will not be accepting a redskins job offer. more on that coming up next. 7:26. we'll be right back.

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signing him. but at least one report says manning doesn't want an offer from the redskins and he's told team officials just that. that's according to chris russell on espn 980. several factors might keep him out of d.c., including he would be in the same division as his brother, and would have to play outdoors in november and december at fed ex field. he's used to the dome in indy. >> i get that. >> please. you could still play outdoors. >> why would you want to play outdoors if you've been in the dome? >> can play in warm temperatures. >> to me, that should not be the deciding factor. >> he can pick and choose at this point. >> exactly. other reasons not to come to the redskins, and that's one of them. doesn't want to compete against his brother. doesn't want to go up against his brother twice a year. >> that's good reason. >> understandable. >> and he wants to go some place where he can win right away. >> he probably doesn't need the

big money like other players. >> he can choose. >> though can still get big money. >> oh, yeah. >> oh well. >> means we can focus on rg3. >> and that's long-term future. >> what you got for us? forecast long-term looks good. spring time temperatures next week. first, a little blast of cooler air. not going to be cold, but noticebly cooler than yesterday when we hit 74 degrees was our high yesterday in washington. there you go, rain showers moving through overnight. off to the south and east they go. this radar is trying to look more impressive than it is. few light showers across southern tier of maryland at this time. few showers in washington during the overnight hours. clouds lingering off to the north and west. should be in for a bright and beautiful afternoon. going to be windy and cooler as again, this cooler air starts to work in from the north and

west. you can see the clearing skies pushing into central pennsylvania, i think by 9:00, 10:00 this morning we'll start to see sunshine. along with the sunshine, the winds. they'll be gusting to about 30 to 35 miles per hour a little later this afternoon. definitely cooler. 48 now in washington. 43 in gaithersburg. 49 annapolis. mix in the winds and i think it will cooler than our daytime highs in the 50s. 26-mile-per-hour wind gust in washington. 26 at dulles. yesterday our winds were out of the south. today will be out of the north and west, so kind of a chilling wind during the course of the day. mostly sunny skies. breezy, cooler. 57. blustery afternoon. bring a jacket tonight. clear skies, cold overnight.

32in town. lots of 20s to the north and west. tender vegetation, bring them in or cover them up. saturday looks sunny, but cool, 50. warm up, 62 sunday. 70 by tuesday. and i think wednesday and thursday we'll be well into the 70s. that's a look at weather. let's do traffic. julie, we're springing forward this weekend. >> that's right. >> you know what that means, sunset about 7:30 at night. >> i love it! >> by sunday night. >> it will be day light longer. >> exactly. when we go to bed it will be daylight. >> who goes to bed at 7:30? >> you got to, julie. you go to bed early. >> shh. >> oh, that's our secret, isn't it? >> duke street headed towards seminary road, no problems. definitely below speed leaving

landmark. traffic freely on the 14th street bridge. inbound new york avenue, delays northeast to northwest. northbound one lane open between rigs and galveston. that's a check of your on-time traffic. more than 100 groups in the d.c. area are teaming up to buy so-called clean power and save money. they started organizing the ground swell alliance last year. the groups include churches, synagogues, mosques and a charter school. a new report says the district can't account for how many jobs it created using federal stimulus funds. the washington times reports d.c. received more than $885 million in stimulus funds. most of that money has been spent, while the region as a whole saw an improvement in

employment numbers, the times reports the district's rate increased since it started receiving the funds in 2009. determining the nation's real unemployment numbers can be challenging due to a number of factors. one group of lawmakers is hoping a newly signed bill known as the real unemployment calculation act will help report the nation's true figures. to help us break this down is economist cliff rossi from the university of maryland. dr.rossi, good to see you. welcome back. >> thank you. >> let's talk about the month to month jobs reports that we get. we report them. but how accurate are they really? >> the accuracy depends on what metric you use to define it. that's what the crux of this proposed bill is all about. the way we define it today doesn't include two important segments of folks that are actually unemployed today, that is discouraged workers who are

basically out of work and effectively have given up looking for work, and another segment we call marginally attached, unemployed folks that have not quite given up looking, but it's been some time before they've been in the market place. >> what kind of difference would they make, this group we're talking about? >> a significant difference. january for the way we officially report the bureau labor of statistics reports, 8.3%. we think the february numbers will come in about the same. if weadded the other two groups, it would be something on the order of 9.9%. >> i know you are in the school of business, but let me ask you, does this smack of politics as well, on both sides? >> well, the timing certainly, you could call into question. honestly, the way in which

these numbers are put together have been debated for quite a number of years. we've had some adjustments in the definition of these over time. >> how are we doing? are we budging at all? >> the numbers, the consensus is from where we were in january, i believe we saw payroll employment around 240,000 per month. we expect those numbers to come down a bit, to about 210,000. to give you an idea about this, if we were to see numbers of that size, about 210,000 to 225,000, it would take us about two to two and a half years to get back down to an unemployment rate we saw before the crisis. it has big implications. >> today we're expecting the latest, the jobs report coming out for february, do you expect

any surprises from last month? i believe it was 8.3 the rate. >> no. i think we'll see something on the order of that 8.3%, and we'll see numbers that, they're positive, no doubt we have somewhat turned a corner on this. but some of the debate that is still out there is the extent of the employment figures that we're seeing from month to month growing. >> politics aside, if this bill, when it does move forward, and we see the real picture here, does that help us try, in fact, to move forward if we know the real numbers we're dealing with? and i guess how do we reach that population who says, i'm giving up? >> that's right. i think it does a couple of things. it creates transparency. any time there's transparency, then i think policies can be designed to help bring that about, change about in those tough segments. in terms of folks that are

struggling in those segments, it's tough. once people have psychologically decided to pull back from the market place for whatever reason, policies designed to bring them back will be somewhat difficult. >> my goodness, just when we think we're moving forward. baby steps. >> that's right. >> dr. cliff rossi, good to see you again. >> thank you. >> tony, over to you. thank you very much. it's 7:39 on this friday morning. attention sports fans, it's time to start thinking about filling out those brackets. so how are the local teams doing? a college basketball update coming up next on fox 5 morning news. plus, frightening moments caught on camera when a country musician's tour bus catches fire. find out where this happened and who it happened to on the other side of the break. first, time for today's half off deal. it's half off eyelash extensions at the first impressions salon in fairfax. to learn more, go to our web

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making headlines, whitney houston's sister-in-law is speaking out. she says she feared houston's life would be ended by drugs. patricia houston tells oprah winfrey that she would be kidding herself to say otherwise. we're learning about houston's will. she is leaving everything she owns to her daughter. a close call for a country music star. this is amateur video recorded moments after an explosion in the front of gerard neiman's tour bus. he and a few others just boarded the bus and someone smelled something burning and saw smoke. they got off safely, and moments later the bus exploded. no word yet on the cause. rhode island family is thrown off a jetblue flight after a 2-year-old throws a tantrum. the little girl refused to sit

down. her parents got her in place, but the captain ruled the plane could not take off safely with the family on board. the family doesn't blame jetblue, but are upset with the way the flight attendant handled the situation. >> wow, never heard of that before. >> okay. i'll reserve comment. >> me, too. >> always a good idea. >> yeah. doesn't make for an exciting show, but makes for an exciting career. let's get to your forecast. cooler day. temperatures will be in the 50s. there's a live shot. clouds are hanging tough. should start to break up shortly. done with the rain showers. no need for an umbrella today. but, take a jacket. windy and noticebly cooler. high yesterday was 74 degrees. i think we'll be lucky to get into the mid-50s this afternoon. 48 in washington.

cooler air settling into the south. 51 quantico. front coming through overnight brought us a few showers. still a sprinkle across the lower eastern shore. sunshine today. as that air moves in, our winds will pick up later today. could have winds gusting to 30, maybe 35 miles per hour later today. yesterday we had bluster e conditions, but was warm out of the south. jacket weather for the next day or so. a warming trend for the end of the weekend and a dry weekend. a lot of outdoor activities, baseball, soccer, softball, all that getting going this weekend. 62 by sunday. and let me mention we spring forward late saturday night, early sunday. >> move the clocks ahead. >> yeah. >> losing an hour of sleep. now all of a sudden i'm like -- >> we're going to talk about that during the 9:00 hour with a sleep expert, because it throws a lot of people off. you would think an hour

wouldn't do that much. it throws a lot of people off. >> i'm sure. i think i'm one of those now. let's go to julie wright. no problems for her, because she'll still be out in the streets at 2:00 in the morning saturday. >> i ain't in the street, i'm in the club. get it right. >> you know what i mean. >> so we get an extra hour at the club, right? >> that's right. >> no. >> no, no. >> you lose an hour. >> you get to party hard. >> hashtag fail on that idea. tony is going hashtag? if you tweet more, you'd know. shady grove road southbound or westbound coming from the safe way, back towards medical center, the lanes are open. earlier crash involving the overturned vehicle has cleared. open at 28. no problems to report. inbound new york avenue, nice and ease towards the 3rd street tunnel. slowdown because construction on south dakota avenue. northbound some traffic able to

get by. no problems, 395, below speed duke street to cemetery road. sports news now, the georgetown hoyas have been bounced from the big east tourn they lost to the cincinnati bear cats, 72-70 in double overtime. they led by 11 points midway through the second half, but the bear cats mounted a comeback by gates who scored 23 points. simms had 22 points and 15 rebounds for the hoyas. terps scored the easy victory, 82-60. they next face number one seed north carolina. you can catch that game today at noon on my 20, followed by nc state versus virginia at 2:00 p.m. more acc action, virginia tech and head coach seth

greenburg fired up against clemson and for good reason. eric green with the layup to seal the deal. green with the game high 24 points. the hokies win, 68-63. they face second seed duke today. today holly is spending the morning with inventive high school engineers. what's going on? >> reporter: i am here to tell you the future is bright and it has to do with all the young people i am surrounded with this morning, as we are live at the westin arlington gateway and they are gearing up for the national finals of the ability one network design challenge. we'll tell you all about this competition, and most importantly, how it's making a difference in people's lives today. it's all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. as we head to the break, we have a shoutout to the entire

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the abilityone network design challenge is an event where high school students design devices to help people with disabilities. >> we've covered this before. fox5's holly morris is there today where the five final teams are presenting their devices to judges. are they required to wear what they are wearing? all wearing white shirts, or does that happen to be the case? >> reporter: that happens to be the case those people are wearing white shirts. let me talk about dress.

look at this team here. there are five finalists in the whole nation at this competition. one is a local team, and girls' teams think of everything, including their dress. congratulations, first and foremost. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: explain to everyone a little bit about how this design challenge works and what you had to tackle. >> well, we first had to find a local nonprofit to work with. and then of course we had to find a job or opportunity for employment that the clients have at our nonprofit. and we had to find an issue to resolve or make a little easier for them. so we created the newspaper packaging device. >> reporter: explain why you think this is such a good idea. >> the newspaper packaging device is simple. we worked with individuals with

autism, so we wanted to keep the process as similar as to what they're used to. we didn't want to change it. we didn't have to change much. they still roll the newspaper as they used to, and it's easier to bag because they have two free hands while grabbing the bag. >> reporter: do you know what i love about your design, it's so simple and yet brilliant. >> thank you. >> reporter: good luck today. i'm pulling for the local team. meanwhile i want to introduce you to this guy here, the keynote speaker. he has been for three years. the cool thing about darrin is, one, he came all the way from australia. two, he started a company that helps design things to help people with disabilities and he did it at the age 20. what do you think so far? >> fantastic. putting their minds into -- [inaudible] -- knowing how much time and effort is required to solve the

challenges -- [inaudible]. it's wonderful. >> reporter: we're going to make our way to another team. i wanted to ask you, what is the message you're going to try to impart on these young people today? >> i guess the big thing, probably the first time a lot of them have worked with people with disabilities and they're at that age now where they're picking what they do in college and beyond and they have an opportunity to help people with disabilities. some of those products are fantastic, at the prototype stage. is there a potential for something bigger -- >> reporter: don't let it stop here, right? you can tell everyone is excited about what's going on here and that these people are in demand. this is our next team, they came from toledo, ohio. we're going to try to hop in on them and see what their design is. excuse me. we're going to do an interview,

do you mind? >> no. >> reporter: great, good. real quickly, tell me your name. >> madeline. >> reporter: tell me about your design and what you came up with. >> it's an auditory beacon to allow someone who is blind to find a bus stop, to allow them to be more mobile. it has two buzzers attached. it has the first buzzer is a locater buzzer. [ sound of buzz ] sounds like that. there's a second buzzer, information buzzer, that gives the user information about the bus schedule or maybe obstacles around the area. can play any prerecorded sound. >> reporter: what did you like best about working on something like this? >> we really liked the people we could touch. we worked closely with people that are blind. they tested it and gave us feedback and they were so excited. it's amazing to feel like we made a difference in their lives. >> reporter: absolutely. and do you know what else makes

a difference? heels. the one day i don't wear them. you look great. glad you're here. the competition will get underway this morning. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to the abilityone network design challenge site. back to you in the studio. we'll meet more teams in the next hour. >> i'm encouraged. >> me, too. 7:57 now. the new movie "john carter" opens today. >> the star of the film sat down with kevin mccarthy. stay with us.    

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virginia police are investigating the death of a baby at an unlicensed day care. we are live with the latest. a d.c. mother says a teacher taped her son to a chair as punishment. hear from both of them ahead this hour.

reports peyton manning won't be coming to the redskins. he's not interested at all. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. are we characterizing that okay? he's not interested at all in washington. a little strong. >> he has other priorities. >> okay. tucker barnes is here. >> he likes washington, just doesn't want to play football here. >> right. >> fine city, but. okay. >> weather forecast couldn't be better for the weekend. and today, kind of a transition day. cooler than yesterday. can't be 74 every day. >> no, it can't. >> in march, allison. >> it can be. thankful for what you did give us yesterday. >> gorgeous, but little windy, though. here's your radar. shower activity out of here. one or two showers left over across the lower eastern shore. this radar has been a little aggressive in showing the rain showers. i think most is done. washington north and west, cloud cover. that will break up shortly and

should be in for a mostly sunny day. will look great looking out your window. you'll notice the trees are shaking. if you're driving, probably want two hands on the steering wheel later today, winds gusting to about 35 miles per hour this afternoon. cool, 48 in washington. humidity, 44%. wind gusting 30, maybe 35 miles per hour during your day. this is cooler air that's moving in from the north and west. unlike yesterday, a warm breeze, today will be a cool breeze. probably want to bring a jacket. highs, mid-50s and will fall off overnight. back near freezing. more details in just a minute. thank you. >> let's turn our attention to julie wright, keeping track of the many problems this morning. >> we had some problems. now we have construction they have set up along south dakota

avenue. southbound is blocked. northbound, one lane getting back. accident, ambulance on the scene along with d.c. police. along the shoulder traveling inbound this morning towards florida, you're on the brakes getting through the traffic lights headed to the 3rd street tunnel. lanes open on kennel worth, headed to pennsylvania avenue. 395, slow stretch leaving the beltway, headed toward seminary road. slows across the inbound 14th street bridge. past university boulevard to georgia, all of the lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you very much. new this morning, d.c. and montgomery county police are investigating an overnight shooting involving an officer. around 1:00 this morning, several shots were fired on eastern avenue. when police arrived they exchanged more shots with an armed suspect. that suspect is in critical condition. a montgomery county officer was slightly hurt. he is already out of the

hospital. the area around 14th street there is still shut down this morning. a disturbing story out of calvert county, where police say a dead baby was found in the trunk of the car. it was made in the 4200 block of sixes road. investigators say someone was cleaning out the car of a family member last night and found the newborn. so far, police have made no arrests. another tragic story involving a child in virginia, police say an illegal day care run out of this house has been shut down after a 3-month-old baby dies. a viewer sent this picture of police at the house yesterday, and that's where fox 5's sherri ly is live this morning with more details. >> reporter: sources tell us at least 20 children were cared for at this home, but you will not see any of them coming or going today, since police say it was an unlicensed day care being run out of this house,

and then yesterday a 3-month- old baby died. now they're trying to figure out what caused that child's death. the baby girl was found in a crib unconscious. police received a call around 12:42 yesterday afternoon reporting an unresponsive child at the house in bristow. the child was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead. police say the preliminary investigation has not found any sign of foul play, but they have yet to determine the cause of death. a neighbor who wanted anonymous has a friend who brought her children to this day care, but police say it wasn't licensed. >> i don't know much about the family. i just know there are a lot of children that go in and out of the house, being dropped off and picked up. at one point, you know, there were cribs and high chairs seen in the garage. not sure if they were using them. the garage is part of the day care center. the next time i saw the garage open they weren't there. >> reporter: a number of children were inside the home when this happened. none was hurt.

police released the remaining children to their parents or legal guardians. the name of that 3-month-old baby girl has not been released. police tell us they expect to have more information later today. back to you. >> sherri ly reporting. thank you very much. a d.c. teacher is on administrative leave, accused of taping a 9-year-old visually impaired student to a chair. the incident happened earlier this week at friendship pierce public charter school. the victim and his mother are speaking out. maureen umeh has their story. >> reporter: lots of extra hugs for 9-year-old christian washington, the fourth grader still reeling from an incident involving his teacher at school wednesday afternoon. >> taped me to a chair. >> reporter: he says it happened during the afterschool tutoring program. he says he asked his teacher if heck get up. when he did for a second time, the teacher threatened to tape

him to his chair, then did just that. >> she started going around with the tape, and then doing my legs. i was like, this is so embarrassing. she's laughing. everybody in the class was laughing at me. >> reporter: christian says he was taped for about 10 minutes. he told his mother about the alleged incident that night. she was stunned and confronted the teacher at school thursday morning. >> you tape my son to the chair? she said, yes. but i don't want you to think this is malicious. i don't want you to think this was done out of spite or anything like that. he was in on it and it was a game. i said, that's not a game. >> reporter: she says christian is visually impaired and placed him at friendship because he had been taunted by other students at his previous school. she says it's been just as bad as friendship, and now for a teacher to cross the line, she's heart broken. >> emotionally, i'm drained. i'm tired. i'm tired of my son being hurt.

the teacher did this in front of students. if it's okay for the teacher to do it, is it okay for the students to go behind her and do the same thing? no, it's not. >> reporter: friendship officials say they are looking into the matter and have placed the teacher on administrative leave. the mother says it is a start, but it doesn't erase what happened. doesn't erase the pain and humiliation her son had to endure at the hands of a trusted teacher. >> even when i go to sleep, i have nightmares and that will pop up. >> i want to make sure that this is not done to any other child. >> reporter: maureen umeh, fox 5 news. >> christian says a second teacher witnessed the taping. his mother has filed a complaint with d.c. police. are the redskins out of the running when it comes to a new team for peyton manning? several reports say the star quarterback isn't interested in coming to washington. chris russell says manning has already told the redskins he doesn't want an offer. other reports claim manning

wants to stay in the afc. >> makes sense. i understand that. >> okay. 8 minutes after 8:00. if you're planning to take metro this weekend, stay tuned. more on weekend work that could slow you down. taking a look at the latest viral video, it's called kony 2012 and it's aimed at raising awareness of the brutality of a ugandan militia leader. stay with us for more. 

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time is 8:12. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines. this sunday marks the one year anniversary of the disasters in japan. first an earthquake, then a tsunami knocked out a nuclear plant causing another disaster. 16,000 people died. more than 3,000 are still missing. revelations at a metro board meeting that metro knew

about failing brake parts in 2006. a part broke off a train last december. the board has been told two other similar incidents happened back in 2006. week work on the rails will shut down woodly park and cleveland park stations on the red line. shuttle buses will be set up between dupont circle and van mass. add about 20 minutes to travel time. single tracking on parts of the orange, blue and yellow lines. you can find more on myfoxdc.com, click on web links. prince george's county is celebrating national women's month. the county executive was at the luncheon yesterday. >> what a fantastic event. it was a truly wonderful event, tony. it honored the women in county government there.

also, the judiciary, law enforcement, private sector as well. the highlight is the presentation of the gladys noon spellman award and scholarship winners. they are county residents, the two young girls in high school, the scholarship winners, truly role models for other young people to look up to. thank you to the county executive and good folks at prince george's county for having me out yesterday. >> that's a great turnout. >> hundreds there. >> yeah. >> law enforcement -- okay, that's enough of me. >> good, though. >> it was wonderful. we're tired after this. but some events energize you. >> really do. >> that was one of them. big shoutout, because they're watching the show. >> good to know. thank you for watching the show. >> exactly. let's turn to tucker barnes now. he's got the latest on our forecast and more to get us, as we head into the weekend we like to have our cuteness factor for the weekend.

>> that's right. >> pressure is on. let's do it. time for our my first 5 photo of the day. >> what's going on? >> love it. love it. >> great photo. this is 19-month-old aqil. >> look at that character in that face. >> what a beautiful smile. >> he's got a thicker beard than i can grow. >> 19 months old with all those teeth? i've already lost track when all this happens. that's great. >> tony likes a full set of teeth. >> his moment says he's a happy baby who likes to take bubble baths. >> adorable. >> that's a classic. >> that is a great picture. you can see that on his wedding day. >> yeah, you could. >> go to myfoxdc.com, and click on mornings to send in your

child's picture. a lot of sunshine around here, and temperatures in the 60s by sunday. nice looking forecast. some changes -- >> honky tonk music. >> want to dance along? >> i kind of want to do a little jig now. >> sing, allison. take us away. i guess we're going to wait -- there we go. here's your radar. showers are out of here. still got the cloud cover lingering. it will break up soon and a mostly sunny day. don't be fooled by the sunshine. noticebly cooler than yesterday and winds will pick up out of the north and northwest, gusting to maybe 30 or 35 miles per hour. blustery day feeling higher than the daytime high in the 50s. 47 in washington. notice the warmer air in wilmington pushed to the south and east. chilly air out to the west, moving in. i think we'll get close to freezing tonight.

wichita, 29. denver 30. cooler air to the west. that will move in for the beginning of our weekend. sunshine this afternoon. breezy. high temperature 57. cold one tonight. overnight lows in the 20s and low 30s. tomorrow, starting off chilly. beautiful day tomorrow, with highs 50. warmer sunday. if you like 70s, tuesday through thursday of next week looks like high temperatures will be in the 70s. something to look forward to. that's weather. let's talk to julie wright. somebody else who loves a bubble bath. julie? [ laughter ] all right. >> she tells me, anyway. [ laughter ] >> hi, julie. >> towards florida, remains of an accident off the roads of the shoulder. lanes are open. no problems reported now headed towards the tunnel. lanes are open on kennel worth avenue traveling southbound leaving eastern to pennsylvania avenue. road work south dakota avenue. southbound lanes are closed at

this time. outer loop of the beltway, delays leaving university boulevard towards georgia avenue. 395, 14th street bridge, traffic heavy and steady across the potomac. >> julie got embarrassed. thank you, julie. aides to gingrich say he needs to win alabama and mississippi tuesday to justify staying in the race. the former speaker of the house will appear on fox news sunday this weekend. host chris wallace joins us live from capitol hill with a preview. jam packed show. mr.wallace, good to see you this morning. >> hey, tony. >> seems to me, his aides are saying it, seems it's kind of do or die time for his campaign. >> yeah. won two southern primaries. next tuesday, alabama and

mississippi. really, with santorum having passed him as the leading conservative alternative to romney, if gingrich can't even win in the deep south as a regional candidate, how do you make the argument he should continue on? he can continue on, if he continues to have the money to do so and he does seem to have a kind of personal grudge against romney. that's one of the questions we'll be asking him, does he have to win in those two primaries tuesday or will he drop out of the race and give santorum, and that's what santorum would love, a clear shot at romney. >> also on the show, i think this is very interesting, interesting timing, i understand senator john mccain will be on the morning after, a game change on hbo. >> there is a lot of serious stuff to talk to him about, obviously what's going on in iran, israel possibly attacking afghanistan. should the u.s. get involved.

yes, you're right. the movie "game change" will be on saturday night on hbo. they have taken all the stuff and whittled it down to basically the story of mccain's choice of sarah palin to be his running mate and how that all -- the ups and downs of that. ed harris playing mccain. mccain promises he's not going to watch it. but we'll talk to him first thing on sunday morning and see whether he broke down and turned on and watched it. if ed harris was playing me, i'd want to watch it. >> i think there's a curiosity factor. i want to point out you're right about the serious issues, too. he's stepped out there on the syria issue. >> absolutely. he has said we should do what we did in libya, and have u.s. air power involved and force, not really a no fly zone, but a no drive zone. where they start attacking defenseless rebels, that we

would put them out of business. as you say, he is on the lead on that issue, and we'll talk to him about that and other serious issues like what should the u.s. and israel do about iran's nuclear program. >> chris wallace, newt gingrich and john mccain on the show this weekend. have a great weekend. >> thanks, same to you. >> you can catch fox news sunday at 9:00 right after fox 5 morning news here on channel 5. a michigan woman buys a new house and car after winning a million dollar lottery ticket, but also continued to collect food stamps. her name is amanda clayton and she says she thought it was all right to continue using the assistance after winning. that's because she says she was still unemployed and the debit card continued to work. but after finding out this week that she does have money now, the department of human services has cut her off. >> she did win her million dollars, you know what i'm saying? but i think, you know, it's whatever she does is her

business, that's how i look at it. >> the department says it was her responsibility to report her income change within 10 days. it is 8:21 now on this friday morning. up next, we'll take a closer look at the latest viral video, maybe you've seen it on facebook. it's called kony 2012. it's aimed at raising awareness of the brutality of a ugandan militia leader. a competition starting today, high school students designing devices to help people with disabilities. it's 8:22. stay with us. 47degrees on a friday morning.       we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. no animal by-products. no meat and bone meal. when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from.

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showcasing atrocities in uganda is growing in popularity. >> u.s. activist group invisible children made the documentary to jump start the effort kony 2012. they're using social media to spread awareness about joseph kony and his lord resistance army. it's been viewed 48 # million times in three days. kony is head of a brutal militia accused of horrific crimes against children. he is wanted by the international criminal court and hunted by 100 u.s. special advisors and troops in four central africa countries. >> powerful. that's how you get the word out. >> sure, social media at the forefront. the president and first lady dined out in the district last night. find out where they went when we come back. also, we're live at the southern maryland food bank.

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welcome back. here are some of the stories making headlines. a gunman walks into a psychiatric clinic at the university of pittsburgh and opens fire. two people are dead, including the shooter. it's not clear if he was killed by police. former prince george's county council member leslie johnson today is supposed to report to federal prison, for her role in a bribery scheme that has her husband behind bars. it's believed leslie johnson will do her time at the women's prison in west virginia. the president and first lady dined at a d.c. restaurant

last night along with a group of donors. it's the third dinner with barack event. they ate at boundary road. no word what they ate. >> hard to get into that restaurant. >> yeah, for a while. >> would be so cool to meet and dine with the president. >> i hope to do that. >> sure, i would love that. >> what about you? >> i can't wait. >> until what? >> until i can meet a president. actually i met president clinton years ago. >> i have met a couple. >> you have? >> yeah. >> i haven't met one. >> i met the first president bush and i met president clinton. >> i thought you were going to say the first president george washington. >> i'm not that old, tucker. >> one day. fling forward this weekend?

>> spring forward. >> i don't know why i said fling forward. >> what are you doing this weekend? [ laughter ] >> i thought that was a weather thing. >> thank you for playing along. i meant spring forward. saturday night, early sunday morning, set the clocks ahead an hour. do whatever you want with your thermometer, too. >> are you all right? >> we're spent. >> quantico, 50 degrees. off to the north and west, cooler air settling in. 39 in hagerstown. cooler temperatures today. yesterday our high, 74 degrees. not bad at all. today our highs in the 50s. we'll mix the wind in out of the north and west today, helping make it feel a little cooler than the mid-50. showers overnight, off to the south and east they go. one or two left over towards salisbury and ocean city. i think that will quickly get off the coast, and we'll be left with a little cloud cover. already into southwest pennsylvania, clear skies, west virginia, too. that should work in shortly. the trend will be mostly sunny skies by mid- to late afternoon. by late morning we should be

mostly sunny. and breezy and cool, with the winds picking up out of the north and west as this cool pool of air moves in. there's your front. here comes your cool pool of air. daytime highs today in the mid- 50s. cold tonight with overnight lows in the 20s and low 30s. nice weekend, but cool start. highs tomorrow only about 50. 57 today. windy this afternoon with wind out of the north and west gusting to about 30 to 35 miles per hour. tomorrow starts cool. sunday looks great. sunshine, temperatures in the low 60s. guess what? 70s back by middle of next week. tuesday through thursday well into the 70s. allison and tony, back to you. thanks, tucker. food banks often see a drop in donations after the holiday season. but that lull has come earlier than usual this year for a southern maryland food bank in hughesville.

the pantry maybe bare, but the director hopes when word gets out, the community will respond. she joins us now from the food bank in hughesville, maryland. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> tell me what the situation behind you is today. >> well, we have a lot of empty shelves, barrels, bins, boxes, which is unusual for this time of year. we generally hope the holiday season will carry us over into the spring and with donations being lower this year, it just didn't happen. we're experiencing a low earlier than usual. >> do you have any reason or indication as to why, brenda? >> i think the holiday season was lower this year because of the economy. those who used to be able to give now have to keep for themselves, and not able to share as much as they used to. of course we have an increase in demand contributed to the economy and a decrease in supplies. across the board, it's not just here, it's everywhere.

>> who needs that food? the population has changed with the slump in the economy as well. >> it has. we used to take care of just those that were on limited incomes, seniors, those with disabilities. we're seeing middle class families making $60,000, $70,000, coming to keep their mortgage payments up and put gas in their cars. >> we want to do what we can to help you out. if you had a message for the viewers, who needs the food that you provide on a regular basis? >> well, we provide foods to 30 pantries, group homes, shelters and soup kitchens. if we don't have it here, then they don't have it there. they rely heavily on us for that. we encourage everyone to donate to your local pantry as well as to us if you can, because we're seeing people who need help. and it doesn't matter what

their income is anymore. >> what kind of foods do you prefer or what do you need? >> we are looking for dry and canned goods. canned vegetables, pastas, macaroni and cheeses, tuna. these are items we can give families that actually can help them prepare meals at home. >> okay. cash donations as well? >> cash donations are great. we can get up to 8 pounds for every one dollar donated. so we can really stretch a dollar further here than you can if you go to your local store. although we take donations no matter how they come. if that's how you would like to donate, we'll take the food, we need it always. >> we're showing the information now on the screen. of course go to myfoxdc.com after this segment if you are so moved to help out the southern maryland food bank. once again, before we let you go, the face of hunger, as you said, the demographics of people who need a little help, that's changing. we're talking about families,

talking about children, infants, the elderly. we want people to understand exactly who is in need. >> it is everyone in need. we actually had to start a program for students in the school system because they weren't getting enough nutrition on the weekend. we look at providing food for the families through the week and adding to the children. our seniors are always someone who needs help. i think the biggest growth of our population, or the demand that's come to us, unexpected surge of middle class families, which are two parent households with multiple children trying to make ends meet. >> there is that address again. i heard the phone ringing. i hope that people do what they can to try to help you out, because we want to see those shelves full of food for those that you serve. >> thank you.

we had the lion's club come in yesterday with 1800 pounds of food. and here this morning, a couple more hundred pounds. they've been incredible to us. the community's outpouring and support is wonderful. we truly appreciate for those who can donate, please try to. and if you need help, we're here to help. >> brenda, thank you so much. good luck to you. thank you for the work that you do. >> thank you so much. >> hopefully we'll get a good follow-up for that story. >> the need is great. it's 8:38 this friday morning. february's unemployment numbers just coming in. find out if it's good news or bad news when we come back. stay with us. 

just into the fox 5 newsroom, some okay news about the economy. employers created 227,000 jobs last month. that means the unemployment rate remains at 8.3%. if you're looking for work, check out our job shop. our job of the day is with genesis rehabilitation in silver spring. they're looking for an office coordinator. go to myfoxdc.com, click on the job shop p of our home page. it's 8:41 now on this friday morning.

"john carter" opens today. >> the star, taylor kitsch, sat down with movie reviewer kevin mccarthy. that interview is coming up next. >> reporter: i am hanging with brilliant minds this morning. they happen to be high school students. the national finals for the abilityone design network challenge is underway. this is all about helping those with disabilities become very able in the work place. we'll introduce you to some of these brilliant mind coming up next on fox 5 news.   

local wounded warriors are showing that life goes on after being injured. >> they held practice at fort meade yesterday for the warrior games. these games are more than just about winning medals. [ whistle blowing ] >> take your marks. >> we're here for our final selection for our team. it gives them a chance to show how they have recovered. in many cases they couldn't

walk, swim, may have had balance issues and the games showcase how they've improved and you can see the transitions they've made. >> as you're coming down, this is your power source, right? >> everybody is trying to fine tune the skills we've been working on for the last couple of months and try and put it all together. >> go! >> if i'm swimming against somebody with two arms, they have two and i have one. still, if i train right, push it hard, leave it all in the pool, there is no excuse. there's no reason that guy should beat me. >> power, guys, power and streamline. we're going to win medals off of this. >> last year i received a gold in the 50-meter free style, and the bronze in the 50-meter back stroke. >> go! >> the competition has helped physically and mentally. it's pushed me to the limits of what i can do. instead of looking at my disabilities, i look at my abilities, how to overcome

adversities. i also gain a good group of friends. we work as a team. we keep pushing each other to the limit. >> i have two nephews and a niece that live with me. so just striving to set the right example, be a good person. keep in shape. make every day count for what it's worth. >> it is an event that helps really build, not just the event itself, but the training and everything, ahead of time that helps build them physically, mentally, socially, so you see all that coming together, and it's an honor to be a part of it. >> all right. >> that's great. >> thanks, lance. fox 5's holly morris is spending the morning with inventive high school engineers. >> this show is all about uplifting people today. >> i like it. >> i like it, too. >> a we've got good news.

>> holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know every day i am about good news. and i'm going to say today this is great news. this is a wonderful challenge. a wonderful engineering competition where young people are making a difference. tony, i am with the white shirts. this team is gulliver prep school from florida. this is santiago. >> we developed this for a classmate, injured in a rugby match, and he has limited dexterity in his lands, limbs and fingers and paralyzed from the chest down. we created this to help him with his day-to-day activities, mainly with his ipad and iphone

and technologies. >> reporter: show us how it works. >> you loop your finger through the device and put it on. you strap the straps on securely. and tighten it for your hand. what he would do is he will loop his finger underneath it and with his hand, lock it into position. then he proceeds to use it. >> reporter: look at that. he's able to do the touch screen technology no problem? >> exactly. he can write for his class notes or whatever he may need. >> reporter: can you put a plus there, because an a plus is what you get. good luck to you. enjoy your time here in the nation's capitol. you guys are great. moving on to another team, and they're out of connecticut. they're familiar with how this thing works, because this is your third year, right? one year they won it. might even win it again. who is telling me about this? you and griffin. okay, benjamin. tell me what you have. >> i'm ben and this is a two

dollar filing cabinet that allows ease for use for each drawer. the top drawer is the same as any other standard drawer. the bottom drawer will raise up to a convenient height so a person in a wheelchair or any person in a chair, or someone with a back problem bending down, it will raise up. >> reporter: obviously you have a disability that you deal with. so you're one of the brilliant minds on this team. you have a different perspective in terms of being a part of a challenge like this? >> i think it's important to have someone who can see the world through the eyes of someone with a disability in designing a product that is going to be used by someone with a disability. >> reporter: i wish you all the best of luck. they don't need much luck, because when they won two years ago, they did a walker, they started their own company and they have a patent pending.

super smart. i'm heading on to my final team. they are here from pennsylvania. who will be my spokesman for this team? okay. come on over here. quickly, curtis, tell me what you came up with. >> we were contacted by a company called service source, their problem was they needed a device to help people with disabilities in the work place count mail. our solution was the mail counter. >> reporter: i'm going to come on this side so everyone can see how this works. >> we simply took a chute using a photo sensor and drop the mail into the chute and it counts it and records it on the display. >> reporter: what did you like best about being part of something like this? >> it's great to help people out like this. working with people with disabilities and knowing that you can help make their lives that much more normal. help them have the same privileges that we have in life. it's a great experience. >> reporter: was it harder than you thought or did you have to take more into consideration than you originally thought when coming up with your

design? >> well, the engineering process is constantly changing. we're always trying to improve upon the design. but i thought we did a pretty good job in designing this. i think it's efficient for what we're trying to do. hopefully it will help people out in the future. >> reporter: very good, my fingers are crossed for all of you all. >> thank you. >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to the abilityone network design challenge web site if you want to find out more about how this competition works and maybe one day you can put together a team if you're a teacher watching or a young high school student and we'll see you here at the westin hotel. back to you in the studio. >> holly, thanks. you may know him best, this is how i know him best, for playing tim rigins on friday night lights, but he's on the big screen this weekend. >> taylor kitsch talked about how he tries to put a little

bit of himself in every film. >> you are a stranger in a strange word. and by being there you realize your true potential. >> right. >> as an actor -- >> caught on with that. >> as an actor, what was that moment for you, where you were thrown into this crazy world and you filled out your true potential? >> right. i think that's the most fulfilling part of that character, and i think the more dire he is in the beginning at the civil war stuff, the stronger and the harder it will hit you guys as a viewer, you know. given the scene we just talked about before we started rolling, that scene with the flashback is probably the epitome of who john is. basically suicidal ordeal of protecting the woman he loves. letting that get by him again, you know. i love that. i loved the script that stan gave me in that opportunity to breathe life into this guy. >> is there a role in your past roles that you felt like you were a stranger on that set and you had to become who you were

based on being a stranger and kind of like finding who you were? >> that's a good question. really good question. i don't know about who i was, but i think when i was playing kevin carter, that was a big one for me. because i was in south africa and breathing life into a guy that's actually lived. i think that was just on another level of being in that atmosphere and that helped me so much to adapt. >> when you're acting across someone like william defoe. >> he's all right. >> when you're acting across from him, how are you able to mentally think about what he looks like in the movie without thinking about how ridiculous it looks? >> in between when the cameras are rolling, i set in with him and the energy he gives. god knows he gives so much back. in between takes, you can have a good laugh and be on the outside looking in, being like,

man, i'm all in leather now, and basically a glorified skirt and you're in pajamas. are you ready to do this? you can have a laugh about it, but on the end of the day it's all about the journey. we set our clocks ahead this sunday morning, late saturday night, early sunday morning. for some folks, the time change can throw off their biological clock. >> coming up, a doctor will share helpful tips with us on coping with daylight savings time. time now is 8:55. whatcha lookin' for hon?

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the parents seeking answers. sherri ly is live with the latest on this investigation. clocks move forward this sunday. we'll gain an extra hour of daylight. but that loss of sleep could impact your health. a doctor from george washington university is here to talk about the effects. the road has come to an end for "american idol" hopeful jeremy. judges saved another contestant last night instead. jeremy got sent home. we are going to chat with him later this hour about his experience on the show and future plans. >> okay. tough stuff starts now. >> he had a nice voice. >> yeah. we want to check in with tucker barnes, he's been keeping his eyes on the forecast for today. good morning. we got cooler temperatures from the north and west. cold front came through last night, brought a few showers to the area. we'll be in for a nice afternoon, at least as far as sunshine and a good looking weekend. there's your radar, satellite radar. last of the sho