veteran accused of killing 16 afghan civilians as his lawyer gets set for their first face to face meeting a live report and reaction to tensions in afghanistan from jj green straight ahead. >> we appreciate the fact you will be out voting tuesday i need you to vote multiple times though. this is chicago right. >> oops. >> fresh off a win in puerto rico mitt romney and the rest of the republican presidential candidates set their sights on illinois with the latest polls are saying as we look ahead to tomorrow's big contest. controversy in maryland over the right to keep digital tabs on job candidates and student athletes state lawmakers getting involved more details about a bill aimed to protect your privacy. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts right now. there is the music, you

know what time of year it is. >> how pretty is that. >> beautiful shot. >> it is gorgeous like a post card. >> monday march 19th, 2012, this is a live look down at the tidal basin, cherry blossoms making an early debut this year the 5 week festival officially begins tomorrow when we officially welcome spring. >> none too soon as spring got a jump start a couple weeks ago. >> because it will be 80 today. no, it won't be >> i am tony perkins >> i am allison seymour as we just joked about it feels like spring out there it has been feeling like that for a couple weeks now. >> now tucker barnes will join us with more on all of that. >> good morning i guess we are not going to get a chance to -- there we go, 57 right now washington off to a -- you know what, a comfortable start, 48 the winning number, baltimore, a decent day temperature wise,

low 70s later today we have a lot of clouds to start your day and i think mostly cloudy day with the possibility of a shower or thunderstorm later this afternoon. all right there is your sentinel radar and most of the action here most of the shower and thunderstorm activity remains well west to the mountains but it is possible during the day we could see a few showers maybe a thunderstorm develop in close here around washington just be ready for the possibility of a shower most of the kay should feature just -- day should feature just clouds, mild conditions high temperatures low 70s by 4:00 p.m. we will be 71 or 72 degrees. all right, more details on your forecast, generally on the mild side this week, let's do traffic with julie wright good morning. >> good morning tucker right now we are going to map out a couple problems travelling in montgomery county heads up we have accident activity tieing up a portion of mid-county highway near shady grove road and washington, follow police direction to get by, south 270,

slow going, average speed route 80 down to 29 miles per hour as you work your way out towards 109. lanes open travelling the belt way inner loop virginia, leaving braddock road towards 66 travelling the belt way georgia avenue, authorities are checking for a crash on the outer loop tieing up the left lane that will keep you on the brakes, travelling west. outer loop looking good no problems to report, 270 towards college park northbound i-95 as you make your way edsal road that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie thank you. new developments on the alleged afghan shooter. his lawyer from seattle is meeting with the suspect later this morning. >> army staff sergeant robert bails accused of killing 16 afghan villagers is in solitary

confinement at fort leaven worth. >> according to the army times bail's attorney john henry brown said the accused shooter may have watched a fellow soldier get a leg blown off shortly before the shooting if true it is one more piece of the picture building of a troubled soldier. the 38-year-old and his wife had financial problems behind on their mortgage they just decided to sell their home for a loss another house they owned had been condemned in 2002 he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a girlfriend there was a hit and run accident court records show he paid a fine for he suffered a traumatic brain jury in iraq -- injury in iraq in 2010 but was deemed fit for another tour of duty. >> it was a tragedy and one of the terrible casualties of war and why we try to avoid them. i am proud of the treatment we give to our veterans and men and women serving but this is one of those terrible aspects. >> i am confident there is

sufficient screening going on during repeated deployment we continue to learn and debt better at that every time -- get better at that every time. >> reporter: the family was terribly disappointed sergeant bails was passed over for a promotion one they hoped would get him transferred out of fort joint lewis base mccord. at this time the plan is for u.s. troops to remain until 2014. >> thank you very much now as the fall out continue it is taliban is demanding bails be tried in afghanistan also there are new questions about the responsibility of americans deployed to war zones. joining us now is jj green national security correspondent intent with wtop radio. >> good morning >> i asked you moments ago let me ask you again, we heard about this fourth deployment for this staff sergeant, is

that unusual? with these wars we have been fighting recently? >> no, and the problem in this particular situation is, whether or not individual i suppose was enthusiastic about it or not and i don't believe he was i understand he thought he was done after three, there was a fourth added, i also understand there is some other circumstances that might have contributed to less than enthusiastic attitude including a promotion he was denied including seeing friends injured and killed, and the other part of this tony too that important, is iraq and afghanistan have been extraordinarily violent wars, all wars are violent but specifically for a lot of these folks in combat they have seen a lot of possible action he is one of those people. one of those folks who was thought of as a very good soldier, a very capable soldier

but it takes its toll it adds up overtime and this is perhaps one of those situations. also, other problems as we heard in your piece, back home other things may have contributed to the action. this is a difficult situation any way you cut it. >> having said all of that you know, i just want to characterize for everybody obviously we are all trying to understand what would make someone do something like this. so that is why in the media i think we are hearing a lot about the circumstances of his deployment what was going on at home and the stresses and all that kind of thing and in terms of whether or not he is guilty and in terms of whatever trial that happens, does any of that matter? >> well, he is going to have to go through the process, and it does have to happen whether or not it matters, i honestly

can't say yes or no, from a military perspective, justice has to be done from a diplomatic perspective justice has to be done as well from a humanitarian perspective the same has to happen but just for a second, think about afghanistan which is very different from iraq, granted there was hostile action in iraq, granted iraq was a place where al qaeda was running unleashed for a good long time you have the taliban in afghanistan, essentially, not doing the same as al qaeda but doing -- conducting similar kinds of operations, they are no longer able to send large groups of people in to lose them all so they are choosing what to do and how to do it for judiciously this is the taliban but this place is a very osseter place if you look at video of afghanistan it is a

very very unmodern place, very difficult meagre survival subsis stance situation going on in many of these out posts we hear as well about him consuming alcohol allegedly, this is something the military is strongly against but situations like this often happen >> it is a difficult situation we are out of time very quickly in terms of the investigation of this the collection of evidence isn't that going to be extraordinarily difficult? the people who were killed i assume are already buried you have to bury them very very quickly, is it not going to be difficult to collect all the evidence to make a case -- not necessarily to make a case but get all the information needed. >> let's just say i don't think this is going to be your standard case i don't think it is going to follow the same procedures as a typical case, where you have evidence collection, detailed evidence collection. but the thing that is most

important so far, there is a video, there is -- there is a chain of events that is going to detail activity and movements of this individual, so that may be the thing that investigators have to rely on, at least in the beginning. there may be more later, and the afghans may provide that, but it is not going to be a standard investigation because of what you mentioned. >> jj green with wtop thanks for coming in. allison. tony thank you some other top stories this morning police are on the hunt for the suspect involved in a deadly stabbing in northeast dc this happened early yesterday morning at the library bar on 12th street, according to police a man in his 30s was stabbed inside the night club, he later died at the hospital. officers say dc police chief is reviewing a request to issue a 96 hour club closure while this

investigation continues. dc residents and city leaders are outraged after last week's violent attack targeting gay and trans gendered victim friends of the victim are planning a march and benefit to raise awareness to what police are calling hate crimes two gay men and a trans gendered women were seriously hurt in three separate attacks jim graham says he plans to attend tomorrow's march, so far police have made no arrest. a show down between a freight train and tow truck in prince georges county over the weekend the result, the tow truck was trying to get a car off the tracks in river dale park when it was hit by a train they say the cars driver had been drinking and thought the tracks were a road, no one was injured. to the campaign trail republican presidential candidates now turn their sights to illinois. mitt romney picked delegates ov

winning sunday's puerto rico primary that padded his comfortable lead over santorum but the gop nomination fight is unlikely to end any time soon santorum says he is in the contest for the long haul, he spent yesterday in louisiana, which holds its primary this weekend, and he defended himself against romney's charge that he is an economic light weight. >> mitt romney can say he is the economic heavy weight this is a man who doesn't understand conservatism principles they don't go out and say i am going to change the economy just the opposite we believe in getting government out to have way let the private sector do these things. >> newt gingrich and ron paul are still in the hunt but delegate map is harder and harder to ignore, and with 69 delegates at play tomorrow, illinois is one of the biggest contests so far. 7:12 a.m., 56 degrees on a monday morning, still ahead another batch of severe storms take aim at the midwest. >> we all know it is mandatory

to put away cell phones and other electronic devices on airplanes but that policy could soon change we will explain next. plus what happened to the hoyas. sweet 16, they didn't make the cut don't cry tony pgh >> and as we head to break we have a live lookout side there is your sunrise on another spring like day the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie up next right now 7:13 a.m. .

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making headlines now on a monday morning you might not have to put away that laptop or ipad when a plane takes off or lands in future the new york times says the faa is coming up with a way to review whether

those devices really do interfere with communications testing such devices is costly because it must be done on every type of aircraft, in an airline's fleet and at a time when no passengers are onboard. well, they don't really know? okay. severe wait inner the midwest spawned at least two tornados in central nebraska they hit last night damaging several homes, derailing 15 train cars no one was injured possible tornadoes touched down in oklahoma over the weekend storm chasers captured this video of debris tossed around in willow, the storm is expected to move east today. wow. >> boy that doesn't stop. >> big snows in new mexico. >> almost 5 feet. >> around here springtime. we never did march madness just straight to spring. >> a little coo coo. >> upside down >> i like the spring color.

>> well, i am trying to match what is going on outside. >> what is it going to be like today. >> mild temperatures, mix of clouds and sun out there, not a perfectly sunny day but yesterday we started cloudy and then things took a turn for the better later in the day probably do one of those later today, 57 washington relatively mild start to the day lots of comfortable temperatures across the eastern half of the country st. louis, 69 degrees early in the morning 61 chicago the further west the colder the temperatures 33 denver 32 salt lake city, winter holding tough across the rocky mountain states here in washington area we are fully into spring now and will be for the entire week. thunderstorm complex just out to our west you can kind of see it there pressing into west virginia and western maryland. if you are headed west a few showers will hold together this morning in our rather summary air mass, we have a possibility of a shower or thunderstorm later today, but much of today

will be dry and cloudy, with the possibility of an afternoon or evening thunderstorm. there is your 5 day lots of warm temperatures near 80 by thursday and friday, and most of the week dry we could use a little rain. >> spring begins tomorrow. >> maybe late tonight like 1:00 a.m. in the morning i will check. >> okay. >> officially tomorrow. >> cool. very good. >> are we going to talk about your race soon. >> i will talk about it this morning. >> here is julie wright. 1:00 a.m. that is like when we all get up right. >> close to it. >> spring is sprung and the alarm went off and there you go. on the roads lanes open northbound 395 accident activity, north of the belt way clear, lanes open traffic still congested leaving the belt way headed northbound 395, trouble on the outer loop of the belt way, approaching georgia avenue, expect delays working your way 95 college park headed west through silver springs that is a check of your fox 5

on time traffic. all right. dave ross is here with march madness update includes a not so happy ending for the georgetown howers plus, rex grossman is back? >> we will talk about both i am curious to hear both your thoughts on that. >> georgetown or rex. >> rex. >> we will start off with georgetown, tony filled out his bracket in his bracket did you have georgetown winning? >> yes, i did. >> most people did i did as well this is the end of the game yesterday, knocking down the big three, georgetown had one final chance they had been fighting back all the second half against nc state jason clark a senior got to get his last chance here to send the team to overtime. good luck just a little long heart breaking loss for the hoyas. you don't want to say it has been a dispointing season they

over achieved getting a three seed but then they under achieved when they get to the tournament and can't get to sweet 16 when you are a three seed you are supposed to get there tough tough day for the georgetown men but what about the women. let's show some love for the ladies, williams, taking on fresno state they look good the entire game, morgan williams going to get it ahead for the foul and weigh in, team high 17, hoyas up by 11, ruby lee wright love the name, knock it down, georgetown wins, next up, georgia tech tuesday. the other big news that we have to discuss yes, the signing of number 8. >> what? >> rg 3 rex grossman the third the original rg 3 in dc. we don't need rg 3 we already got him >> i didn't know that. >> back for another year signing a one year deal with

the red skins. you will see him smiling with kyle shanahan they really like him especially kale i know people are lining up by the wood row wilson bridge freaking out, it is okay, he is a stop gap guy, they are going to get the other rg 3 and he is going to groom him yes, -- >> he is going to groom him. >> our rex grossman is going to groom rg 3. >> yes, one is going to groom the other, we will talk more about this as the morning goes along i know there is a lot going on in y'all's heads >> i am going huh? >> like kevin bacon in animal house don't panic. >> thank you dave ross. >> rex is going to -- okay. 7:22 a.m., encouraging news for schools across the nation, coming up next, a new report is out about graduation rates. >> some of the areas best pastry chefs put their talents to the test all for a good

cause the competition to create a wedding cake inspired by the latest fashion trends, holly morris has a preview this morning we will check with her a little later. 

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schools are failing to graduate their students. research shows in 2009 graduation rate was 75%, that means 1 in 4 students isn't getting a diploma every four year it is report will be presented later today at the grad nation summit here in the district. 7:27 a.m. still ahead why you might notice something unusual on the arlington memorial bridge today. >> protecting your privacy would you give up your facebook password to get a job? two proposed bills debate that in maryland. 7:27 a.m.  ♪

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>> all right harlem globe trotters are in town if you drive along the arlington memorial bridge this afternoon [ laughter ] >> we have earlier -- >> couldn't there have been any digital photography. >> there has been. >> if you drive along the arlington memorial bridge you may see one of them bouncing a basketball, flight time laing will be dribbling a ball across the bridge. they are visiting schools in dc later this week.

>> that's great. i remember when i was a kid going to capital center to see them. >> me too. >> speaking of athletes we want to take time out to say great job tucker barnes. >> thank you. >> for completing his first half marathon here he is crossing the finish line. >> can i mention real quick here i posed for that i was bent over and barely breathing. that was a couple minutes afterwards. >> you look like rocky tucker joined 24,000 runners in the streets of dc among them, kwame brown who met up with tucker after the race. >> he was barely sweating at all. >> that's all right tuck. >> he cruised along he stopped to play with the bands along the way and still finished ahead of me. >> did he? >> maybe he took a short cut. >> maybe he did. >> okay. >> this is your first one though. >> my first one. >> 13 .1 miles. >> unbelievable. >> great experience thank you very much great experience,

just amazing, the thousands of people come out to cheer their friends and family along, all the way along the route people came out of their houses just amazing the entire city of washington was out for it. >> you get it why people -- right now i love seeing people do it i just cannot imagine myself in it but is there adrenaline. >> now i get it but at the time i was miserable, i was counting the seconds. >> but it was almost over. >> and it hurt really bad. >> you made good time. >> a little under 2 hours. >> very good. >> which i think is not going to win any records i have a picture of the win we are the full marathon he finished in 2 hours, and 24 minutes, i finished the half in that. >> amazing. now you want to do weather or you too tired. >> well, it will take me a couple minutes to get over to the wall just hang in there, regan national, 68 our daytime

high yesterday, dulles 68 and bwi -- i am walking a little like fred asstaire. funny you should say that. >> temperatures at regan national, 57, comfortable start, 58 quantico, leonard town, 48 degrees, can't bend over either annapolis 54 and baltimore 50. looking at radar, we have a shower and or thunder storm activity out to the west this is more impressive than a few hours ago you can see it is doing its best to hang tough headed out to the west, west virginia western maryland you might encount era few showers locally, partly sunny conditions and possibility later this afternoon, that we could see a pop up shower or thunderstorm the air mass is going to be unstable later this afternoon possibility we could see a few showers, thunderstorm later today, kind of partly to mostly cloudy during most of the day clouds, rain shower activity, spill into the area,

later. temperatures mild once again 73 your daytime high, more clouds and sun, shower, storm out there, winds out of the south, 5 to 10 miles per hour later tonight mostly cloudy skies, cool out there, 55 your overnight low winds out of the south and east, 5 day forecast, lots of 70s lots of springtime temperatures in fact, by thursday and friday, we will be up near 08 degrees. 79 thursday, upper 70s. friday, another dry week. that is a look at your weather let's do traffic hey, julie normally you consider me stiff today, i am really stiff. >> i told you to get a massage that is what you got to do but you know what i am trying to talk tony into running the half marathon across the wilson bridge in october. >> he needs to walk a half marathon first. he will drive >> i think he will steel connors skate board and push with one foot.

on the roads, you will find lanes are open southbound 270, coming in from shady grove road headed out toward it is lane divide, no problems to report, leaving rockville, that has cleared expect slow traffic 95 college park outer loop of the belt way virginia, as you approach van dooren, and lanes are open inbound new york avenue northeast to northwest that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks so much. would you provide your facebook or twitter password, would you give it to a potential employer to get a job? in maryland some employers are asking job candidates and log in information for their social networking sites and student athletes are facing the same demand state lawmakers are getting involved proposing two bills to ban social media access. joining us bradly s share llc, good to see you thanks for

coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> tell me how you got involved with this in the first place. >> i saw there was a problem i heard what was going on i decided as a pro bono matter to get involved and try to resolve the situation i reached out to the state legislature i said we have a problem let's try to resolve it. >> was this going on you are in that interview in these hard economic times someone demands or asks for something you think that is a little strange but i need this job so was this going on, before the legislation before you got involved with all this. >> yes, it was. it is a very troubling issue some schools, their coaches are requiring student athletes to facebook friend a coach and or install social media monitoring software on their personal electronic devices what some schools and employers don't realize be access comes responsibility if you want access to this type of content you may become liable a perfect example, there is a delay in warning about something as the

tragic virginia tech case just decided a couple weeks ago just because there was a delay in warning the campus about a terrible incident that was going on, the school became liable for two jury verdicts of $4 million a piece. >> interesting, the connection there, because one leads to the other snowballs let me play devil's advocate from the college recruiter or college point of view with the student athlete and an employer with these social media sites this isn't like your tax information this isn't how much you owe on your mortgage this is what you could see if you were a facebook friend for example, what would be their reasoning for wanting to be involved in this way with a student athlete or potential employee. >> well, in some situations what people would want to see is what is going on in their personal lives today their personal and professional lives are blurred ever more with everyone using this stuff but the problem is, is it all right for someone to come into your

personal apartment and bug your personal apartment? i believe there should be a line drawn. if you have an electronic account an employer or school should not have access to this information. >> okay so now there is two pieces of legislation? >> yes. >> does one deal with college level one with more professional level? >> exactly one deals with colleges and college studentapplicants the other deals with employees and job applicants it is great legislation. >> what does it prohibit. >> basically prohibits a coach to require a student athlete to facebook friend him or install software monitoring into their device. or allow a college to let you have a peek at your personal password protected content the other is the employee side, applicant side you can't access

this content. employers don't want to look at this electronic content any way if you find out about a protected status such as religion or race, or national origin you may end up getting a job discrimination lawsuit from a job application. >> where are we now as far as these bills working its way through the maryland legislature. >> i have great news to report both have flown through the senate, one 46-0 and one 44-0. both on the house side there is a good chance of both pieces being passed however we still need to have a house vote on it and then the governor sign it so i am very hopeful eventually, in the next several weeks this will happen and this will become law be the first two laws in the country, to handle this type of information. >> until that happens i guess maybe this is too big of a question what happens in the meantime i am sitting there lookin to get this job they ask for this, i refuse legally am i

protected or is it sort of in that weird nether land region until these laws are on the books. >> problem is right now it is a grey area if an employer asks for your password protected electronic content it is something you have to make a personal decision where you want to provide it right now there is no protection i am hope being this legislation we will become protected we had democrats republicans, industry expertlawyers all coming together to create a win win piece of legislation, that would not only protect our personal privacy rights but protect our economic interests. >> bradly, attorney of law thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> tony over to you. >> thank you 7:40 a.m., an entire town evacuated due to threats of a raging wild fire, next the latest from colorado, plus, the new ipad is apparently taking a bite out of apples profit.

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making headlines crews making progress on a wind fueled grass fire so far destroyed at least two homes and forced temporary evacuation of an entire town. 300 people living in eckly were told to leave but that order has been lifted they can go home it is 90% contained three firefighters were injured two remain hospitalized. >> turns out the new ipad was a little pricey to make but apple is eating the difference, the

research firm took apart the latest version and said it is more expensive to make than ipad two. the retail price is the same so that means apple is making less from each sale the firm said the newest model with 32 gig bitecellular modem cost $365 to manufacture, 9% more than ipad two apple is set to make a big announcement this morning about what it plans to do with the 97 billion in cash it has there is speculation it could mean a dividend pay out to stock holders which would be good. >> mm-hmm. >> all right. we will see. >> at a certain point big announcements like loose some of its shine >> they announce a lot. >> usually their big announcements are pretty big. >> yes, and this will be big if they pay a dividend i don't know what it would be. >> not that i have apple stock. >> suppose they come out and say we are going to keep the money. >> big announcement, we got the

money. >> all right. what have you got for us. >> weather looks fine nice and mild mix of clouds and sunshine, could be a shower or thunderstorm but honestly chances aren't great. >> i know you said we need it. let's do it next week. >> we only picked up a half inch of rain last month. >> 57 washington 50 frederick, let's see a little cooler, to the east overnight skies clear cambridge, 46, 45 salisbury, temperatures of course unseasonably mild average daytime high still mid- to upper 50s where we are in washington, so up in -- off we go temperatures expected to be low 70s here is your future cast andly put it in motion notice most of the thunderstormactivity out to the west never really gets in here by 6:00 p.m. tonight could be a shower you can see future cast doesn't quite know what to do could be a shower or thunderstorm later clouds around by tomorrow morning we will get it out of

here yep i guess the possibility of a shower but honestly most of day will be dry. check out your week temperatures 07 or better near 80 by thursday. >> beautiful. >> thanks tuck. >> yep. >> here is julie wright with the latest on traffic. >> all right you guys well, here is the commute coming south along 270 not too busy lanes are open out of rockville headed out toward it is lane divide no accidents to report outer loopslowing 95, georgia avenue, inner loop virginia, as you guessed going to slowly annandale, headed up to 66, 20 minute commute up towards seminary road, inbound 50 uneventful but below speed 23 miles an hour, now 202 as you travel in, that is check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you so much. well, unique competition taking place at tyson's galleria. >> holly morris is there live with a sneak peek hey, holly.

>> hey, good morning i know, just a little something i threw on this monday morning it is all about spring fashion along with a wedding quake competition and most importantly it is all coming together to support a good cause happening this weekend at tyson's galleria where we are live and going to explain it all why you don't want to miss it live next fox 5 morning news stay with us us pgh >> time now to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, missy said she almost lost her mind after she moved to anne arundel county and thought she could not receive fox 5 she went through withdrawal for about a month but finally found us on cable thanks for watching. yes, if you can't find us please search for us we need you. head to facebook post a comment under her lovely photo. >> we will come to your house and do the news live if we have to. >> don't make us do that how did this small colorado town geget

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there is a cake competition going on at tyson's galleria benefiting a good cause. holly morris is there to learn more about the let them eat cake celebration. i was thrown by how gorgeous you look >> didn't they tell you dies we are going black tie you are a little -- guys we are going black tie you are a little under dressed. >> i know. i am not eating too much cake or i won't fit in this dress. there is a wedding cake competition, and a good cause here to help explain it all beverly bates. good morning. >> good morning. >> people are watching they are probably like okay how does this all come together what is

going on this weekend. >> we are going to have a wedding cake competition, to tie in with the toy soon 's galleria, spring -- tyson's galleria, spring wedding event if you are a bride you don't just buy the dress or pick the hall you have to pick the cake. >> you are inspire bid the fashions themselves. >> absolutely. >> some of the top pastry chefs in our area, creating the cakes there are some pretty tough judges. >> absolutely. >> we have a discriminating eye here as we speak. former white house pastry chef for 26 years give or take a day he is going to be one of the guests and one of the guest celebrity judges and who else is involved? >> kate jenson from willow. >> mm-hmm. >> and we have another -- >> she happens to be here too working hard. >> carla hall from she is also a la dame and on abcs the chew.

>> some other network. >> i don't watch that network. >> she is good. >> and we have a representative from academy de eye seen, we have david ross from bayou bakery and pastry chef of the year from washington restaurant association. >> so how can people get involved or be a part of this. >> if you come to the galleria you can observe on saturday the chefs constructing the cake, that is open to the public, you can buy samples of the cake at one of our three cake walk cafes for the bargain price of $5, and starbucks is donating the coffee, and saturday evening there is a gala reception where you can buy a ticket through the la dames website and mingle with celebrity chefjudges. >> all of this you keep hearing about la dame is to support

this wonderful cause which gives scholarships and grants to women who want to enter the culinary field kate was one of those recipients we will talk to her next hour right now i will make my way over to ava with the ava agency good morning. >> good morning. >> this is something i had on earlier let's quickly talk about spring trends. >> all right well, we are super excited here at tyson's galleria, to show off the spring trends we get to merge our favorites fashion and cake what more do you want in life. so some of the biggest trends, the outfit you are wearing represents what we are calling the aquatic theme designers dove deep and they came up with sea foam green and novelty details in pearls, you are wearing in bcbg dress from sacks fifth avenue.

>> pretty pales. >> nudes and even whites. >> and quickly, before we go because you have this wonderful table set up as well another part of this weekend event is a major raffle. >> yes we want everyone to come out experience the cake experience the fashion but the retailers here at tyson's have donated more than $3,000 worth of goodies to be raffled off. >> we love goodies, we love them and get them at a good value even better here is what you need to know for the weekend the easiest thing is go to myfoxdc.com we have a link to tyson's and to the website to get your ticket for saturday night if you come to the mall saturday it is tyson's galleria, all day you can see the cakes decorated in process the saturday night event is a ticketed event when they reveal the juried winner in the evening hours of the mall saturday come back and see the finished cake put in the popular vote on sunday, you can come and see the cakes as well and put in the popular vote and that is when they will reveal that winner and have the raffle

drawing at 5. we will have another look and more cakes coming up next hour back to you. >> looks good. >> thanks holly. >> in our 8:00 a.m. hour a preview of the november elections roll call breaks down the 10 members of congress least likely to be re-elected. >> also after 8 she has become a fashion icon the first lady michelle obama, unlocking the secret behind her great style beauty and style expert mickey taylor is here with us to talk about her new book called commander and chief, taylor has been following mrs. obama for several years now and has insider tips on how the get her look. we will be right back. can't wait for that ♪

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this morning we are learning more about the army staff sergeant accused of gunning down 16 people in afghanistan. we have a live report coming up. then big win for mitt romney over the weekend, the latest on the race for the white house plus, we are going to take a look at which members

of congress are most vulnerable to being unseated in the fall. and later this hour we are talking fashion, and the book commander and cheek every woman's guide to managing her style like the first lady author nicki taylor shares the keys to the first ladies look. good morning i am allison seymour. >> i am tony perkins. that is a great title for that book. >> tucker barnes is here, having run his big marathon over the weekend tell us what is going on with our weather. >> good morning, it was only a half marathon i did finish. >> don't say that. >> either way i can't move. >> 13 miles that is impressive. >> thank you beautiful city by the way. >> don't we. >> yeah, we do. >> so fortunate. >> i drove through it this weekend it was just as pretty. let's get right to it current conditions regan national, 57 at regan national,

48 baltimore, temperatures expected to once again jump into the low 70s. upper 60s yesterday maybe a few degrees warmer kind of a mix of clouds and sunshine working through during the course of monday, could be a shower maybe a thunderstorm best chance of that will be later today and you can see on radar we have showers out to the west but they have been hanging out to the west, high pressure protecting us at this time but maybe later today a few showers or thunderstorms will turn up in this daytime heating weather pattern very unusual for this time of march. 5 day forecast springtime temperatures all week long highs near 80 by thursday more on your 5 day, closer look coming up in a minute. >> can't wait >> nice preview. >> julie wright with the latest on this mornings rush hour traffic. >> good morning you guys a couple problems to map out for you here inner loop of the belt way as expected below speed 95 to 66, 27 minutes out of

annandale, braddock road west, another crash reported follow police direction to get by 56 remeans slow going out of centerville, leaving fair oaks 123 at the belt way that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie thanks. we continue to follow breaking news out of france a gunman opened fire in front of a jewish school he killed four people including a father and two small children. another child was also killed. this happened shortly before classes were to begin in the city of toulouse the gunman got away on a scooter today's deadly shootings come days after similar shootings targeted paratroopers in the same area. the american soldier accused of killing afghan civilians, robert bales is waking up in the military's only high security prison. >> good morning tony and

allison. attorney john brown is flying to fort heavenworth kansas. family neighbors and coworkers say the 38-year-old was a dedicated family man and soldier, court records show he had financial and legal troubles he and his wife behind on the mortgage decided three days before the shooting to sell their house for a loss, another home of theirs seattle had been condemned, bales also had been arrested in 2002 for allegedly assaulting a girlfriend and there was a hit and run accident bales has not yet been charged in the mass killings of 16 afghan civilians, army times reports gathering evidence could be difficult, wtop expert says there is still evidence to stand on. >> i don't think this is going to be your standard case. i don't think it is going to follow the same procedures as a typical case, where you have evidence collection, detailed evidence collection but the thing that is most important i

think so far there is a video, there is -- there are -- there is a chain of events that will detail activity and movement, of this individual,. the video was taken from a surveillance lens according to an afghan official it shows a soldier with an afghan shawl, covering a weapon returning to base laying down his weapon and holding up his hands in surrender that is the latest here from the newsroom back to you. >> melanie thanks so much. an american teacher from harrisburg pennsylvania was shot to death in yemen this morning there is an investigation under way to find the attackers. he was sitting in his car yesterday in the city, when men on a motorcycle opened fire on him. police say they were wearing uniforms. suspicions about iran's nuclear ambitions are growing and newer stricter sanctions are in place including a block

on iranian banks so they cannot transfer money internationally, iranian current ski lost much of its value, iran central bank raised the exchange rate the sanctions imposed are meant to push iran into negotiations on its nuclear program. other top stories making headlines this monday morning, close call for pedestrians and patrons at a northeast diner after a minivan suddenly slammed through the front of a dc outreach program next door. they do free vocational training for people with developmental delays no one appeared to be inside the ofthe time. show down between a freight train and tow truck over the weekend that is the result you are looking at there police say the tow truck was trying to get a car off the tracks in river dale park off queens bury when it was hit by a csx train the car's driver had been drinking thought the tracks were a road no one was hurt.

tony. >> allison in the district police are on the hunt for suspect involved in a deadly stabbing it happened early yesterday morning at the library bar on 12th street northeast. according to police, a man in his 30s was stabbed inside that night club he later died at the hospital. officers say dc police chief is reviewing a request to issue a 96 hour club closure while the investigation continues. >> dc residentcity leaders are outraged after violent ait cans on members of the gay community. friends are planning a march. two gay men and a trans gendered woman were all seriously hurt in three separate attacks, councilmember jim graham plans to attend tomorrow's march so far police have made no arrests. >> maryland senator making history, she is now the longest serving female in congress, after breaking the record saturday.

for more than 35 years, she has represented maryland on capital hill first in house of representatives now in senate. >> when the day is over, let's kick back and put our lip stick on have a glass of wine and keep the institution and america going. >> i hope the civility i have worked with the other women to create will remain >> she is a mentor to the women when they first take office she is scheduled to be honored later this week on the senate floor. >> good for her. 8 minutes after 8:00 a.m. on this monday morning, which members of congress are most vulnerable to being unseated in the fall? which states will have the hardest fought campaigns. a staff writer from roll call weighs in coming up next. >> we haven't reached those peak bloom dates yet but seeing plenty of pink at the tidal basin an update on the cherry blossoms when fox 5 morning

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hundreds of familys in colorado are back home after being evacuated due to a wild fire firefighters have contained 90% of that fire that broke out yesterday afternoon south of yuma, three firefighters were hurt trying to put out the blaze two are still in the hospital. >> some wild weather over the weekend central ohio, slammed by strong storms yesterday, setting off some dramatic lightning strikes over columbus, wow that was dramatic and oklahoma storm chasers caught video as several apparent tornadoes touched down in the southwestern part of the state luckily there have been no injuries reported. well t weather here in our area, samplely beautiful a live look from -- simply beautiful a live look from the tidal basin. the peak bloom dates are

tomorrow through the 23rd, national cherry blossom festival is also the first day of spring >> they are lucky they are starting tomorrow and it goes for five weeks by the end of the festival these will be gone. >> right so enjoy it now. >> pretty. >> look at that. >> gorgeous. >> all right. tucker barnes is here with us, and he has a pretty picture for us as well. >> he sure does take it away. >> thank you allison, tony down to business time for my first 5 photo of the day. and everybody,. >> awww. >> really cute this is brodie guess what happened to him? >> what? >> he just turned 1 years old last week. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday brody. >> so in his spare time, which he has a little bit of these days he loves to play outside in the warm weather, and guess what he wakes up to every morning allison. >> what is that? >> fox 5 morning news.

>> all right. >> so cute. >> so handsome. >> really is. and that is a great picture. >> hi buddy hope you had a great birthday and good new ifs you like playing out in warm weather you will love this 5 day forecast pay close attention temperatures will be in the 70s all week long. >> can i just pinch his cheeks they are the best. he has some delicious, kissable cheeks. >> you give those an a. >> a plus. >> all right buddy a plus for the cheeks. good news. to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. hi. you will need that jacket starting off temperatures 50s. afternoon highs low 70s lots of mild temperatures on the map. i would say good morning to buffalo, but they are probably not watching, 58 degrees, 68 little rock out to the west a little colder winter time holding tough denver 34, 32 salt lake city this is the story of the week temperatures

east of the mississippi are going to trend well above normal all week long in fact, kind of a summary air mass overhead at the moment, showers thunderstorms earlier today west virginia you can see those sliding south and west a little bit of cloud cover associated with the storms make it to the region it won't be a perfectly sunny day and we have the possibility of a shower or a storm later today maybe a 30% chance, much of your day will be dry but if you see a shower or encount era thunder storm don't be surprised here is your five day, through today, tomorrow cloud cover 70 and a nice warming trend moving near 80 by the end of the week lots of sunshine thursday and friday at this point we could use a little rain, as we only picked up a half inch for the month of march that is a look at your weather forecast, julie. >> all right tucker on the roads right now you are still going to find 66 into the sunshine below speed as you work in from fair oaks, 123 makes your way in towards the

capital belt way delays to report inner loop of the belt way bogged down, seeing red, annandale, 27 minute commute up the west side accident activities braddock west of 495, queens bury, another crash to report. we have accident activity closing northbound north capital before you reach rhode island avenue and the district. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. mitt romney takes all the delegates in puerto rico the former governor of massachusetts won a more than 80% of the vote. rick santorum lost support last week when he said english should be a requirement for puerto rico to become a state. they are now campaigning in illinois, ahead of tomorrow's pivotal primary there. >> allison, roll call is out with its election preview this morning, must reading in washington dc include as list

of which current members of congress are most vulnerable to being unseated in the fall and which states have the hardest fought campaigns joining us now, kyle trigstadt a staff writer with roll call thanks for joining us. let's talk i want to get the numbers down, seats up for grabs in the senate, democrats hold 23, republicans hold 10. >> right. >> so which -- how many might each party lose, does it look like. >> sure democrats hold a 53-47 majority currently republicans need to pick up four seats and given the numbers you just read they have a chance to do that. you know, missouri, nebraska, these are tough states, and president barack obama is not going to win, north dakota, montana, that is is four right there, of course republicans have their own to defend in massachusetts and nevada, two tough states for republicans.

>> i know you mentioned in the article the democrats feel yeah, there could be trouble afoot but they feel like maybe the negative campaigning by the gop and some of that kind of thing might mitigate those numbers. >> they do in a state like indiana, very tough state for democrats to win republicans have a tough primary there, they feel like if one candidate comes out of there, democrats might have a better chance of picking that up. >> which incumbents have the best opposition. >> democrats -- well, you got scott brown in massachusetts, that is number one running in a state obama will certainly win he won by a huge margin last time and expected to win by a huge margin this time. >> i want to go through we said we would do the top 10 members who are in serious danger of losing their seats if congress, and one of particular interest here is representative bart let in maryland.

>> yes, we honestly did not think he was going to run again his district was drawn so badly for him, frederick area, it is looking so bad for him but you know he is fighting he is an 85- year-old but really fighting for another term but his district drawn by democratic legislature not looking too good for him same thing in georgia, republicans control redistricting, john bare row democrat from savannah area lost the very democratic leading areas in savannah, picked up augusta suburbs, looking like he will have a very tough time coming back as well. >> want to show other pictures here we don't necessarily have to go through all individually but of these three which is the most interesting of these races. >> larry kissel in north carolina, republicans won control of the legislature down there in turn control redistricting same story across the country one party controls the legislature, the other party will have a tough time winning seats back.

>> let's show the others while showing them we can talk about something, what about going into these elections, one of the things we are hearing about so much, is you know, people generally feeling like congress isn't getting anything done and it is the throw the bums out mentality but sounding like a lot of these guys some of these guys have a fairly good chance of staying in >> they do normally they would have a good chance but we have this process of redistricting fully redrawing their districts people are representing areas they never represented before gary miller who showed up there, he is running in a district he never represented any of it, totally new people you just don't know any more redistricting is the number one reason we will see incumbents fall. >> crazy. among those who didn't make the top 10, who else might be in danger of losing. >> a lot of people in california, for the first time legislature did not draw it

this time, people voted for commission, citizen legislators if you will, controlled the drawing so, you know, incumbent safety was not something they worried about you will see a lot around the country and running against each other more than a dozen districts across the country where incumbents are running against each other. >> now we just don't have the presidential politics it will be an interesting year in terms of congress. >> absolutely roll call is covering all that. >> kyle thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> allison. >> 8:21 a.m., tony a monday morning a new study finds many state governments are at high risk for defection where do virginia and maryland stand, coming up fox 5 later this morning, a wedding cake design competition the event is open to the public this morning holly has a preview. fox 5 morning news will be right back l an ordinary breakfast pastry

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help them better understand the high altitude jet stream and will help the public visualize the wind in space. >> did i read that wrong? >> no, that's correct. >> he was making a face. >> new study says most state governments are at a high risk for corruption looks like all 50 state houses raiding their lack of transparency and accountability to citizens not a single state received an a grade maryland and virginia, got some of the lowest scores, maryland was given a d my plus virginia failed dc was not included in the study because of recent scandals, new jersey got the top ranking of d plus because of steps it took to fight corruption in response to their scandals. in 1920s and 30s tens of millions of americans saw mass unemployment during the great depression now the census is about to release intimate details on 132 million people who lived through the tough

times on into the 1940s. for the first time the public will be able to see their documents on the internet, the census will make the information public on april 2nd after 72 years of privacy protection lapses. >> should be interesting to read that >> it will be. >> yes. >> all right it is 8:26 a.m. now on this monday morning after several months of training, tucker had some success in his big race over the weekend. >> major success. >> he completed his objectives. >> right. >> we will talk about that and get an updated weather forecast after the break. >> then rg 3 is in dc. not the rg 3 you are thinking of fox 5s dave ross is here with a little sports breakfast. we will be right back [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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this man here. >> we offer this to you tucker. >> thank you. >> tucker barnes who did indeed complete the rock and roll half marathon saturday. >> this is a picture of tucker after he crossed that finish line >> miserable. >> that is a serious look. >> i was miserable at that moment. >> looks like you are thinking what have i done. >> i was thinking please let me finish,. >> you are done. >> just finished. >> that is a look of success there it is. this is tuck era few minutes later when his girlfriend told him to look like a champion. >> yeah, i posed for that shot. >> that's good. >> now a group shot, this is tucker hey, with autumn and tj spence from crunch fitness. >> i trained with them. >> autumn helped tucker train. >> and our fellow fox 5er, brian all the way on the right side of your screen he also

completed the half marathon congratulations to him too. >> we got a cool medal. >> did you bring it in? >> no, i didn't. sorry i will bring it in another time. >> yeah, you should. >> today is the day. >> you should bring it in. >> sorry i didn't think of that. >> brian had two drinks gatorade and big old water >> i ran almost two hours and you really feel like the last 45 minutes of that 2 hours. >> that is like a major motion picture. >> yeah, but what is really cool all the streets in washington are closed for it 25,000 people running at one point i looked up connecticut and it is just a river of people, running ahead of me it is incredible. >> congratulations i know, 24,000 people running which is fantastic some of them did the full marathon 26 miles fantastic great. >> i couldn't do it. >> totally. >> i didn't think i could either. >> maybe i shouldn't say i couldn't. >> you could do it there is people all shapes and sizes different ages they were moving along i was impressed wasn't

terribly happy about some people passing me. >> all right what have you got for us. >> right here at regan national 57, degrees, and we are off to a -- cool start i guess in some spots, leonard town 50, baltimore 52 but another nice day, springtime here to stay this year as we are not -- typically in march we bounce around not this march, 59 quantico, 59 winchester all right highs suspected low 70s yesterday upper 60s a few degrees warmer sentinel radar, shower activity thunderstorms overnight. now sagging south and west of the area, i don't think this particular batch of showers and thunderstorms will get in here but the air mass is just unstable there is a possibility later this afternoon could see a pop up shower pop up thunder storm around just be ready for it most of the day will be dry partly sunny later this afternoon it is possible we could see a few showers or

thunderstorms pop up as this trough of low pressure pops through. nice looking springtime forecast 73 today a couple showers around, 70 tomorrow nice warm up near 80 degrees with sunshine and dry conditions, for the end of the week thursday and friday look great and nice and warm here as you get into spring spring arrives officially tomorrow that is a look at the weather forecast let's do some sports with dave ross and tony perkins. >> yes, indeedy doody, red skins resign a familiar face to play quarterback we begin with the ncaa tournament which provided a big surprise of its own dave ross is here now with your sports. >> yes, sir first of all congratulations. >> thank you. >> after their sweet 16 here we are, we goaded tony into doing a bracket. he is number one right now >> i am number one? >> you are.

you had canvas to win the whole thing if kansas wins, you win. >> with the sweet 16 i am 13 and 3. >> unbelievable i picked missouri they lost in game one. done i told you i never win these things. georgetown is not going to win this thing either. >> i had them in the sweet 16. >> it was a good year for john thompson the third and company but for whatever reason it is not working out three seeds taking on nc state, the 11th seed again throw out the seeds this time of year, state is a good team got hot late weren't projected to be well, just do it >> i heard some people say was georgetown a true three seed >> i thought they were over seeded as a three i thought the committee -- we talked about this thursday showed them a lot of love giving them a three seed they thought highly of them and the proof was in their regular season work their body of work they did a good job one chance to tie it this is jason clark the senior, you hate to go out but >> they almost pulled it out.

>> gutty effort didn't get it done. >> we applaud them. >> do you applaud the signing of rex grossman a one year deal for sexy rexy he is back. >> one year. here is the thing they are signing him because. >> well, because he know it is offence because he is the guy that kyle and mike shanahan can trust in this offence he knows it better than anyone else that is why they picked him over mcnabb two years ago they didn't have to resign him two years ago he was a free agent then they didn't have to sign him this year they keep bringing him back not like rex has been under contract for three years john beck has been under contract this will be a third season coming up. >> beck will still be with us. >> he is till under contract right now your quarterbacks are rex grossman, again, john beck again and a rookie quarterback to be determined we assume it will be rg 3. >> if we get rg 3 or andrew

luck would they start? i know they are rookies >> million dollar question i think what you are hoping rex grossman can teach either one of these guys the offence and hopefully have that rookie quarterback to go in week one rex grossman is a viable option to be your starting quarterback come week one it could happen i know people are freaking out again, to quote kevin bacon all is well. how about this, i love animal house you know that. >> i do >> i quote it every other week. ovechkin last night you got to see this for the caps they lost the game 5-2 it is a thing of beauty he will come up on the left wing, it is pretty he becomes the ninth player in the history of hockey to start off his first seven seasons with 30 or more goals. >> it was given to me. it is a good one >> price harper everyone wants to know about the young kid for the nationals got sent down not

a big surprise i think they are trying to bring him along slowly he had 11 strike outs in the spring most among nationals regular, he is going to be up, going to be up just not yet >> want to do some fine tuning. >> really let him grow, mature you are hoping this guy will be in a line up for 13 years what is the rush if this team is maybe looking like a wild card team or competing for nl east come the all-star break you bring him up get your boots. >> also if you go that long,. >> he could be sent down until june. >> oh, i didn't realize. >> maybe july they will want to give him every day regular reps in the minors and bring him out when they feel he is ready. >> dave ross thanks for a look at sports and quotes from animal house and the three stooges >> i got a lot in there. >> you really did allison back to you. >> and he always does. >> time now 8:37 a.m. and the job of the day coming up next on fox 5 morning news plus during take off and

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since the mid-1990s and former ceo steve jobs was adamantly against. you might not have to put away your laptop or ipad when a plane takes off in the near feature. new york times says the faa is coming up with a way to review whether those devices really do interfere with cockpit communications. testing such devices is costly because it must be done on every type of aircraft, in an airline's fleet and of course when no passengers are onboard. i thought they knew that it did interfere apparently they don't >> didn't really know that. >> 8:42 a.m. on monday morning the editor at large of essence magazine is in the fox 5 studios, nicki taylor is out with how to manage your style like the first lady, good morning ms. taylor. holly. >> hey, you know what food and fashion are coming together

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with her classic with a twist style first lady michelle obama embodies elegance. every woman's guide to managing her style, internationally recognized beauty and style expert nicki taylor shows the keys to the first lady as looks. good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> it is always a treat when you are here you are here in town for we were talking off camera, just a fantastic gathering it is called the lwg summit, can you tell us about it. >> yes, leading women define summit and the chairman, debra lee has called together the most influential women in the

country to discuss and strategize on the agendas facing the black community at large so it is 3 days of empowering workshops and you know, seminary events and community work and just you know really it is about women shaping the world that is what our times are about, and so, this is the third year of the summit and it really is unto a great purpose. >> and it is all sold out >> unfortunately >> we wanted to talk about that we know you from essence magazine now the editor at large you have been on the forefront of fashion and beauty for three decades at least i am 45 so most of my time being interested in issues like this you have decided to do this book on the first lay day what attracts you -- lady what attracts you to her style. >> well, you know she was such what i call an aspirational vibe she is comfortable in her

skin she defined her dress code and life code she is clear about what works for her and what doesn't she became a muse for me just like so many cover subjects that i have done for the magazine, you know, what really works, you know what -- it is to be clear and comfortable in your skin, so you know she created this mileage making wardrobe of accessible pieces this is the first lady so you can see what she is wearing and have some of that too, she makes what i call repeat performances a great dress to her is a great dress she will wear it again and again in the public eye unique style sensibility but also her life code she defined what she will and won't allow to become her truth she is clear about maintaining her health as she is mentoring the nations women and children, on you know what it needs that is part of owning your life owning your health on so many levels on the beauty front you know her, in terms of nude make up that keep her looking polished and elegant, day and night that basic bob

she gets great versatility from, her conversation worthy shoes her play with color you know, that checklist of wardrobe basics there was so much for me to talk about and then she is such a woman of resilience in the face of adversity and triumph we all need heavy doses of that we need to know how to walk in our strength no matter what is going on around us. >> we are showing pictures, just beautiful the book is when you pick it up, full of photographs they illustrate the first ladies style when i look at her style i see clean, i see -- i can almost see the evolution i bet in college she was wearing almost like the penny loafer s with the jeans and button down shirts and it evolved into this clean look how would you describe her look >> again she is such -- i defined it as classic with a twist you know, that is a key code i talk about it in the book when you define your style whether you are a modernist,

classic with a twist or bee hemoyam or glamour then you know how to -- bohemian, or glamour then you know how to respond in your clothes. you know, know what works for you and shop accordingly >> you mentioned it but also talk about make up, hair but there is nails in there, nail care what works for you and also that physical health and wellness because the first lady embodies all that. >> she makes time for it it is not an option you know that style is a bravado in which you carry yourself and that colors everything from how you dress to how you maintain your temple all of that she makes time for all of that. >> so much to talk to you about unfortunately our time is all gone >> it is that way. >> but this is the book commander and chic, picking up inspirational ideas for your own wardrobe this is nicki

taylor editor at large for essence magazine. so much more than that good to see you again. >> you too. >> fox 5s. holly morris is at tyson's corner holly good morning. >> good morning i have another look i am calling this my holly tyler moore look all i need is a hat to throw up in the air this is another spring trend we will talk about that in a second right now i will introduce you to kate the pastry chef for willow and more importantly perhaps, she is one of the reasons why this event is even going on this weekend you were a recipient of a scholarship tell me about that and what it meant to you. >> sure absolutely well, approximately 20 years ago i was fortunate to receive a generous scholarship through madame that allowed me to go to france and study in a pastry program. >> as a result from that you

did what. >> just helped me focus on my career as a pastry chef and gave me confidence to want to become an owner. >> you started. >> fire hook bakery. >> that is what i was trying to pull out of you. a few of you might know fire hook bakery this shows how important this event is it can inspire woman to go on to become super successful from fire hook you started willow now you are doing wedding cakes at least for us tell me about this idea of being inspired by spring fashion how it transcends. >> with the designers like you have on, the contestants are taking the ideas from the fashion retailers here, and incorporating that into their cake,. >> and let's talk a little bit since this is wedding season right right what is hot with

wedding cakes. >> i think fabrics, patterns like here, you might find some of that lace in the brides gown or the colors, the yellow might be in the bouquet of the roses, a lot of bright colors are really popular,. >> what were you working on here? >> um, this is a red velvet cake, and then this is just a little fondant flowers to accent the cake with. >> no matter what, brides always like fondant it never goes out of style. >> right this weekened all the cake contestants i believe will be using fondant as their medium to ice the cakes. >> you heard her talk a little bit about some of the fashion i referenced the dress i am wearing i will bring in ava she is with the ava agency she will talk a little bit more about graphic artist is that one of the spring trends. >> one of the biggest spring trends are graphics and holly

tyler moore's look. >> i am thinking i would go with this cake here looks like a lot of graphics in there what is the key to being able to pull off graphics some times, you know, graphics don't work for everybody's style >> they don't but this year, this spring it is about you and being bold and mixing and matching them, so color blocking was really big in the fall we see that trend continuing through the spring this outfit you have on available at sacks fifth avenue you see color blocking being done here but the good old days of the 50s expressing ourselves and enjoying women's curves. >> that is good we love to enjoy the curves, reviewing we have aquatic, pretty pale and graphics what will we have next hour you will have to stay tuned to find out, myfoxdc.com we have a link to tyson's galleria and the event is this saturday and sunday going on here at the mall they have a

ticketed event saturday night but saturday and sunday come out to the mall there is a popular vote put your two cents in raffle, $5 tickets some $3,000 worth of stuff we are giving away more next hour back to you. >> thanks holly i do love that dress. >> it is gorgeous. >> do you have a job that you like would you rather do something else? your so called dream job maybe? >> well, that doesn't have to be a dream coming up at 9:15 a.m. a guest made it happen for himself he shares how he did it. right now it is 8:55 a.m. we will be right back ♪ let me get that door for you... [ man ] i loved my first car... sometimes the door gets stuck... oh sure. ooh! [ man ] ...and then, i didn't. um... [ sighs ] [ man ] so, i got a car i can love a really, really long time. [ male announcer ] for the road ahead,

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first time formal charges have not been filed fox 5s melanie alnwick is live to explain that could all change soon. the republican candidates in illinois for the next contest is a battle for delegates, churches across the u.s. are joining to encourage african americans to vote. i will chat with the president of this organization about this movement. >> how to find your dream job i sat down with a local man who scored his ultimate gig out of college, right out of college and he says you too can have the job of your dreams. he shares tips from his book, a little late they are hour. all right. i cannot wait for that. >> good stuff. >> and overcoming the fear probably of trying to get that dream job. >> yeah, i got to say the book has a lot of great advice in it it really does. so we will talk about it. >> tucker barnes meantime, down stairs recovering from his