likely face for a deadly killing spree in afghanistan as his lawyer questions the quality of the evidence against his client. fox 5 morning news starts now. there you go again a live lookout side you can't see much because there is patchy dense fog across much of the area this morning, allow extra time as you head out the door good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour a soupy start to the day hopefully you will see more,. >> very clever. see more. >> get it. >> tuck good morning. >> good morning allison, tony, yeah, fog will continue for a couple more hours then we should see a gradual clearing and nice afternoon just hang in there by this afternoon back into the 70s let's get going look at your dense fog advisory all of tony is there in that shaded blue grey under a dense

fog advisory including the district of columbia, until 10:00 a.m. this morning. fog has been settling in visibility in many spots quarter mile or less your commute here might take a few extra minutes it is possible to get some travel delays at regan national dulles visibilities have been reported to be a quarter mile or less here during the early morning hours. should be a decent day right back into the 70s for daytime highs currently 59 at regan national, 96% humidity, winds out of the north and east 10 miles per hour pressure up not much change to our weather pattern might be a shower could be a shower this afternoon most of the day dry for you and unseasonably warm temperatures 74 washington 76 fredericksburg more details on the forecast and changes in the 5 day. traffic there she is julie has your latest. >> on the roads this morning you will find southbound along 270, from 109 lanes open below speed it is a slow go as you

continue down towards the truck scales more delays german town south towards 270, things we need to map out for you travelling the outer loop of the belt way 22 minute commute from annapolis road headed towards 95 accident before route 1 cleared westbound 50 at the belt way authorities checking for a crash in maryland travelling inbound, new york avenue traffic delays northeast to northwest, authorities checking out an accident here follow their direction to get by on the other side of town we have accident activity, northbound 5 at brandy wine. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks julie mitt romney tops up another big win in the race for the presidential nomination he was a clear favorite for republicans in tuesday's primary yesterday after his big win he sent out

an e-mail urging others to fall in line behind his bid. doug luzader joins us with a closer look at resulta look ahead. >> reporter: mitt romney leaves illinois with more than 40 delegates one big step closer to winning the nomination. >> what a night. thank you illinois. what a night. wow. >> reporter: it was a big night for mitt romney, his win in illinois was decisive, his support among republican voters there 47% that is a 12 point margin over rick santorum because ron paul and newt gingrich barely competed in illinois for santorum this was a critical day the closest he could come to a one on one with romney even after the loss is looking ahead. >> we will head to louisiana from here feeling very very good about winning louisiana on saturday i might add. >> reporter: the romney win did not come cheap he and his allies spent more than 3.5

million dollars in illinois, his strategy now is to talk more and more about the president. >> the president is crushing the dream and the dreamers and i will make sure that finally ends. >> reporter: but the nomination isn't his yet,. >> it depends largely on what happens april 3rd if he wins three primaries he gets the thing and gets it sooner rather than later if he doesn't get three primaries april 3rd it may take until the end of june. >> reporter: that means more time and much more money. those contests april 3rd, maryland, d c and wisconsin louisiana is next up on saturday. all right thanks doug. >> later today, romney will make a campaign stop in maryland attend a town hall meeting in arbutus this afternoon even though maryland's primary is two weeks away early voting begins saturday. meanwhile president obama is heading to the biggest solar panel plant in the country this

afternoon giving a speech on the nations energy needs he then travels to an oil and guess field in new mexico tonight. -- gas field in new mexico tonight then he flies to south korea to meet u.s. troops stationed alongside the demilitarized zone. it is a big day today for maryland senator, she is being honored on the senate floor after becoming the longest serving woman in senate history she was the first woman elected in maryland and the first woman to chair an appropriations committee. new this morning police are investigating a shooting and car fire in fort washington maryland officers found the driver dead in a burning vehicle with a gunshot wound this happened on palmer road before 1:00 a.m. this morning, still no word on

suspect or motive. stepped up patrols in fairfax county after a teenager was attacked on her way home from school yesterday afternoon on a path near picket road near woodson high school. the 16-year-old girl says a man approached her from behind grabbed her neck and knocked her to the ground the two struggled before the man ran off the girl not seriously hurt. another one of our top stories a school principal accused of bullying teachers. some of them have come together and filed a lawsuit. fox 5s melanie alnwick is live in silver spring with more on this story good morning melanie. >> reporter: yeah, i just finished going through that 76 page lawsuit complaints against the principal are shocking five different teachers reporting the principal taking students alone with him into closets for some times as long as 30 minutes touching, slapping, pinching of male temps and

staff and daily mooing over the intercome when it was time for staff to report to duties in lawsuits, the teachers and staff say they brought these complaints to school administration repeatedly with no action taken when the principal learned of the complaint he threatened and harassed them the failure of the school board to act led to a hostile work environment effecting moral and student behaviour is going down and effecting achievement. >> i pulled both my sons out because i had my 4th grader bullied all the time, i went to the principal sterns and staff to get help to see if we could do things to make things better and he never helped. >> it is not about a protracted two years litigation, it is about hopefully the lawsuit is a wake up call or another wake up call to the board of education and hopefully enough people will give it some

attention and say oh, my god how did this go on for so long. >> reporter: the six plaintiffs are seeking $18 million each in damages montgomery county school says quote it is unfortunate that a group of people are using the media, to make accusations thus far proven to be overwhelmingly false and erroneous the school system says that the equal employment opportunity commission did investigate these complaints and found them to be with little or no merit tony. >> all right melanie thank you very much. in other school news dc public schools are working to battle bullying. they have set up a panel to discuss ways to prevent the problem that panel will meet for the first time today the committee is expected to come up with anti bullying initiatives right now dc and south dakota are the only two places in the united states that have not enacted anti

bullying legislation. new developments have been coming in every day in the case of the american army sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. they expect formal charges filed tomorrow. will. >> tony allison that's right the attorney for staff sergeant robert bales is talking more about the case he says the government is going to have a very tough time proving its case once the charges are filed, john henry brown claims the army has absolutely no solid evidence against his client and points to the fact there is no confession from sergeant bales remember we've reported this he says he doesn't even remember what happened his attorney is planning to travel to afghanistan himself to gather his own evidence. >> he has never asked me anything in 11 hours of meeting with him about his poor little me which i get from my clients way too often his first questions were about safety 13 security of his -- and security

of his buddies and a series of questions about his family and he never once mentioned his own plight. >> the military will also conduct a separate investigation into the circumstances surrounding bales assignment to the combat out post in southern afghanistan the administrative review which will take place separately from the criminal investigation will be conducted by the war him itself in afghanistan. it is 7:10 a.m. on a wednesday morning flood fears in several states across the u.s., and it is only expected to get worse details up next. >> overnight arrests in connection with a deadly shooting spree at a jewish school in france, how it all went down after the break. >> plus a call to action hundreds join a silent block for victims of recent hate crimes in the district. >> as we head to break here is a live lookout side, there is that shot gain, you can't see much we have a lot of fog out there, tucker barnes is going to give us the latest on the

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making headlines in southern france right now the suspect from this week's shooting at a jewish school is holed up inside a home in the city of toulouse two officers are injured, but they should be okay the suspect is linked to an islamic group they believe he served in the french army in afghanistan. anti terror police brought his mother in to negotiate he was to surrender last hour but we are still waiting for that the suspects mother brother and companion of the brother were detained for questioning. >> clean up continues in

southern mexico following yesterday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake the quake damaged nearly 800 homes near the epicenter and it could be felt in the country's capital mexico city 200 miles away. mexico's pacific coast is no stranger to powerful earthquakes since 1973 the u.s. geological survey has had 15 quakes with a magnitude of 7 or larger. >> some people in oklahoma thought they were experiencing an earthquake when storms moved through tuesday bringing more heavy rain damaging winds loud thunder the system prompted flood warnings in missouri, arkansas and louisiana. intense rainfall is expected to make the situation that much worse it will move to ohio river valley later this week but won't be as powerful. >> kind of creepy i will show you in a second. but about 3 to 5 more inches in louisiana today and going to be a mess. >> okay.

>> around here fog,. >> fog yes, pretty thick in places. >> yes, visibility less than a quarter mile dense fog advisory which continues until 10:00 a.m. this morning let's get rid of the fog should see the clouds lighten up, partly sunny. >> sunshine. >> partly sunny mild, temperatures in the 70s. >> great. >> radar showing you the thickest of the fog, to the west and north, out towards lees burg visibility likely a quarter mile or less, reston out towards selles dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. this morning. temperatures let's take a stroll around the country 59 washington nice mild day check out your warm temperatures west, chicago, 63 degrees, 70 st. louis and then notably colder in denver, 29 degrees i guess they don't call it tebow town any more. 57 out in dallas.

here we go, sentinel radar notice the cold front and the green and yellow you see, it is moving from south to north, just not pushing east, at a terribly quick pace because it is such a slow mover it is having the opportunity to drop heavy rain, 3 to 5 inches of rain in louisiana and that will get to mississippi and alabama that will bring us showers and thunderstorms by saturday but it will take several days to get here, 74 today, 80 by friday the weekend still cooler by sunday. >> what is up with sunday. >> cooler. sorry that is still above normal. >> yeah. >> getting spoiled. >> thanks tuck. here is julie wright she has the latest. >> all right you guys very much a busy commute westbound 50, from 704 to the capital belt way, accident activity cleared toward the shoulder, again, 704 headed west you will find

southbound 270 open for business, dealing with a lot of fog not only are we slow delays out of german town headed out towards the lane divide, braddock road headed to 66 the funeral procession took place leaving 6:30 a.m. route 7 to the green way, be prepared for temporary closures along the way, northbound 95 backed up north of dale city across the occoquan. more stop and go traffic. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie thank you 7:18 a.m. metro needs your help naming new stations residents have until 5:00 p.m. today to vote on proposed names for the 8 silver line stations in fairfax county the finalists must be approved by metro's board of directors you want to vote go to myfoxdc.com click on web links the first phase of the silver line is expected to open next year. service centers could see big crowds hundreds are

expected to come out for the city wide over power pepco protest the demonstrations coincide with the public service commissions meeting to decide whether to continue their $42 million tax rate hike for seats >> big show of support for victims of hate crimes in the district people gathered outside the ihop where a gay man was shot and wounded sunday several hundred people marched 7 locks along irving to georgia avenue where another gay man was attacked beaten and robbed the night after the ihop shooting. >> we all know it is always happening has been for a very long time and it will keep happening unless we do something about it and it needs to stop it is not fair we can't live like this taking our loved ones away from us. >> the group also lit candles at the intersection where a trans gendered woman was beaten, police have not yet

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preabortion ultrasounds and more money for medicaid recipients in nursing homes. new republican proposed budget on capital hill calls for a sweeping reform paul ryan unvailed his idea to make the federal books a little less unbalanced he began with a gop favorite. >> first we propose that we repeal the president's disastrous health care law, it stops spending from effecting our physical health. >> ryan's plan calls to reduce taxes and it calls for big cuts in federal spending over the next 10 years $5 trillion less than the president wants to spend. online day to daying services are cracking down on possible sex offenders -- online dating services are cracking down on possible sex offenders and others. they implemented new standards after a woman was assaulted on a date. the companies will now supply members with safety tips and provide easy ways to report

abuse the company said this move will set an example for other online dating sites. >> apples newest gadget has not been out a week, some users complain it gets uncomfortably warm with more heat than the other two versions. they say they operate within their thermal specification ifs a customer has problems they can contact apple care. 7:25 a.m., on a wednesday morning only one primary tuesday but mitt romney had a strong showing, already adding to his big delegate count lead, peter feen and jim innocenzi break it down after the break. another live lookout side showing you these pictures to show you how much fog there is, it will slow your commute it should slow your commute tucker can tell us how long we expect to see the fog and julie wright will tell us what is happening with traffic stay with us, fox 5 morning news will be right back 7:25 a.m. m. 

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stage, mottely crew and chris are joining forces for the first time. their north american tour will kick off in virginia july 20th. that is how they are going to tour sitting in directors chairs talking. >> because they are elderly. >> back in the 70s i wanted to see them with their make up off now i don't want them to. >> now if you thing about it back then it was like make up i can't tell how old they are. >> you can a little that white make up if you are sagging it will still be sagging. kabuki theatre thing. >> quite the line up. >> there are people who are going to run out to that show although, it certainly would have been hotter 20 years ago. >> yes. >> well, have you gotten your tickets to the steevie nicks rod stuart show. >> is that coming too? >> yes. >> van hailen rolls into town. >> guess who is opening for van

halen. >> phil collins. >> close cool and the gang. >> very odd. >> seems very odd. >> that is weird. >> very strange. >> all right tucker. >> dense fog advisory, fog continues to be thick, visibility in many spots a quarter mile or less there is your dense fog advisory, issued 6:00 a.m. this morning, you can see washington much of virginia here as you get down to georgetown virginia, you guys are all under a dense fog advisory and then southern maryland of course charles county and here in washington north we go up into montgomery until 10:00 a.m. this morning bottom line visibility greatly reduced here in spots not the entire area certainly parts of the area, with the thick fog and slow to lift, sun came up a few minutes ago we got to mix up the atmosphere. temperatures not bad 59 as you head out the door light jacket, back into the 70s later this

afternoon should be comfortable, 59 annapolis, north and west, mid-50s that is a winning number frederick, hagerstown. you get the idea martins burg, win chester as well. satellite radar not a lot to show you, summer time patterns impact here for a few more days high pressure off the coast, nice and quiet unseasonably warm, this cold front starting to cause lots of problems with heavy rain, very very slowly creeping east, i don't think it was getting here until saturday once this front arrives, saturday and sunday front, cooler air behind it allison is already complaining highs only in the 60s around here haven't done that in awhile. 74 today, partly sunny skies could be a stray shower, honestly i think most of the day will be dry winds out of the east 5 miles per hour. partly cloudy skies, 57 your overnight low winds out of the south and east, 5 miles per hour, all right nice warm up 77

tomorrow partial sunshine, friday, looks great that is the winner 80 with sunshine and here come cooler temperatures with rain and thunderstorms, only 62 on sunday. all right that is a look at the forecast, traffic and julie. >> so you and i can go and see cool and the gang and van hailen i will see cool and the gang and leave and you can see van halen >> i haven't seen them like the 84 tour. >> do you have the leopard pants like david lee roth. >> no comment julie. >> oh, boy on the road right now hands full accident activity to report right now, travelling along 214, central avenue at hill road outer loop of the belt way, still below speed passing route 50 inbound 50, 704 to the belt way, accident activity cleared along university boulevard, westbound at the suit land parkway for another crash to report, downtown, 17th, at c street, travelling through the fog southbound 270, wall to wall traffic out of rockville headed

to the lane divide this delay is beginning back in german town carrying you out toward the split, 395, leaving edsil road. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. we know our future, we know our future is brighter than these troubled times, we still believe in america, and we deserve a president who believes in us and i believe in the american people. >> big boost for mitt romney's delegate count the republican presidential candidate easily wins over rival rick santorum. joining us now, political strategist peter feen and jim innocenzi nice to see you. >> good to see you >> any surprises here in illinois jim. >> wait you looked at peter. >> i know i did. >> always looking at me.

i will start with you though. >> no, i don't think -- >> you can cry if you want to. >> we're talking november that is what i am thinking no, i don't think there are any surprises here he was expected to win i think we said last week he is going to win this week louisiana saturday, the bad news for rick santorum and the others are there are not a lot of races between now and then, romney is starting to build up a pretty goodell gait lead it will be a long slow -- good, delegate lead it will be a long slow season because of the way the party formed this season but certainly it is a two person race newt gingrich campaigning among the seals and the zoo, isn't relevant now some body -- the press are referring to him as a characters in the sixth sense. it really is -- he needs to get

out right now, and frankly i think you know, santorum will stick around for awhile >> i agree with jim, he has spent santorum 21-1 in chicago, 7-1 on the whole in illinois this is the past he overwhelm it is opposition with money and organization if you look as jim said you got louisiana, you got maryland, april 24th a bunch of states which i think he is likely to win and between paul and gingrich, they take about 17 to 22% of the vote in these primaries, a lot of which would go to santorum or anybody but mitt but it isn't people like him but this is a high water mark for him you got 45, 46%. >> true and the more important thing is he goes to puerto rico and gets all the delegates he is half way there though,.

>> my question is though does it feel though mitt romney is the guy. >> yes. i think that he is building up that sort of inevidentability because of the math and the only thing that could throw him off if he starts losing a lot of these primaries a lot of people say you got to beat him in illinois you need that to raise money to go to april and may. >> i think the usual thing for romney, was that he won the chicago suburbs those are the swing voters those are those potential voters that could vote for barack obama that didn't they voted for romney and you know as you go into the fall because you start to have to look at the calculus of the fall it is the suburban voters across the country that are probably going to be the key between winning and losing this thing in a swing state like illinois. >> well, two swing states. >> but if that trend holds in other areas, it will be a big deal. >> what does he have to do to really get this momentum going

toward november he has to show he can win with people who make under $100,000 a year he has not he has got to show he can win middle class voters and he has not done that yet. >> that is not necessarily true in new hampshire he won among independents. >> everyone is independent in new hampshire. >> that is true too. in places independents were allowed to go he did well it remains to be seen yet but now you are starting to see a solid foundation for romney you didn't have before it will grow and we will see how -- >> and he goes to obama. >> seems out there on the campaign trail mitt romney is going after the president, the president's record meantime santorum still sort of nipping at mitt i don't mean knee, is this -- mitt romney is this the way jim you would have santorum if he was your guy. >> santorum's problem is he needs to stay more on message, when santorum talks about obama

care and the health care bill and things like that, where romney is vulnerable, he makes gains what he gets off -- when he gets off message chases things down. >> contraception. >> when they are verbal oops the press picks up on it gets him off message. let's refocus everything on the president. the president has a lot of high negatives he hasn't been able to overcome the get over the 50% favourable rating he is bouncing between 45 and 50. that is a problem for the president he has had the luxury for the last couple months republicans have had the circular firing squad now the nominee starts to emerge it becomes a two person race between the president and mitt romney. >> you talked about the convention rick santorum said florida and arizona will be forced to allocate those delicates when it comes to time instead of winner takes all

what are the grounds for that how exciting if you are some body who is at the convention? >> well, they moved up their primaries against the rules they got penalized they got cut in half in terms of delegates to be honest i don't think that will make any difference towards the end if you had a situation where santorum became the sole opponent for romney he was beginning to win states things were coming together romney couldn't get the 144, then -- 1144 then those things play but in this case i don't believe it will. >> that's right i think the party sets the rules and some of these states decided we are not going to play by the rules. >> really quickly, representative ryan came out with his proposal to make things fair and balanced peter, your reaction to this, what is the reality here, how far will this budget plan go. >> i will tell you, deja vu all over again. >> be careful.

>> secondly jim knows this the plan is not going. it is really a blow to the middle class, it is really a blow to seniors because basically it lets medicare die on the vine but more important, he does it again, he says okay, you know, we want to get a handle on this budget deficit but we are going to give you in addition to the $5.4 trillion in the next ten years extending the bush tax cuts we will give you wealthy folks another tax cut, so you are talking about $10 trillion a big hit to the deficit and also that means the wealthy may get another $110,000 tax break he will cut education by 45% and cut medicaid by a trillion dollars, so there may be elements in the plan folks can work with but basically he is just putting on the table what he had before and it is not going any where. >> jim last words we got to go.

>> congressman ryan is the adult he proposes budgets, democrats and senate don't pass any budgets it is a good starting point and about time we had a serious discussion peter will agree we have to have a serious discussion on policy. >> i wish you would put forth a serious plan. >> that is a serious plan if you call him up he would tell you. >> i agree with that he would says the pretty serious thank you so much see you not next week but the week after. >> tony over to you. >> take peters call that is the question. >> thank you very much. >> 7:41 a.m. on wednesday morning, we are checking more headlines next including a big honor for the clintons what little rock is doing to thank its most famous citizens i guess that is a clue. >> also here is look at today's my fox half off deal it comes from dr. max chiropractic wellness and weight loss center for $29, get 3, 30 minute

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>> the lawyer representing the family of the black teen killed by a neighbourhood watch captain in florida says he has evidence the shooter did not kill in self-defense. moments before the shooting he made a phone call to a girlfriend and said he was being followed, a grand jury is investigating civil rights leaders continue to pressure authorities to make an arrest. >> get ready to fly out of the bill and hillary clinton national airport little rock airport commission decided to rename it effective immediately the commission cited their impact on growth and development in the downtown area, they are moving forward with expansion the former president says he and secretary

of state are touched by this honor. >> cool. >> tucker barnes joins us with more on this weather, man in some places it is really foggy. >> visibility a quarter mile you need a fog horn. >> we should get that sound effect ready. >> we will work on that. >> let's get right to radar. >> you all right? >> yeah, a little too low sorry. >> here is your fog, on the radar areas of dense fog, visibility, in the orange areas, a quarter mile or less, hanging tough here, lees burg out west of the city towards dulles and reston, fog should lift later this morning so we will have a lot of low clouds and fog this morning, eventually partly sunny skies, could there be a shower later today it is possible the day will be nice and dry temperatures mild to start the day, warm, 59 washington, 69

baltimore, 62 fredericksburg your 5 day forecast, warming up this afternoon low to mid-70s partial sunshine look at friday 80 degrees, things break down a little this weekend could be a shower or thunder storm saturday, by sunday, get out the coats highs only low 50s. >> maybe showers on sunday too. >> looks like it could linger into early sunday hopefully we will get out of here. >> there you go [ fog horn ] >> i thought that was julie here is julie wright. >> hey. >> that is not right. >> now you know better than that you haven't bought m lunch in forever. >> sorry. >> you can't do that when you are on a liquid diet, protein shakes. all right here we go, on the roads north of the belt way a lot going on here let's start off with my crash university boulevard, follow police direction to get by northbound 97 after 650, sunshine court that is where we have accident activity northbound side of 97 closed southbound lanes are

open coming out of howard county the rubber necking delay. southbound baltimore washington parkway, 198 to 410 a 32 minute commute lanes here are open southbound 270, german town headed out to old georgetown road. 37 minute ride with all lanes open. >> dream big start small that is the motto behind one of the top design agencies in the nation. >> our holly morris is checking things out at design army this morning hey, holly you must love this. >> this is super cool super creative intriguing, inspiring, all the adjectives you can think of when talking about dc design army one of the best design firms in the nation we are live this morning in their studios learning about their award winning process. what they do, and how they do it so well all live next on fox 5 morning news stay with us pgh >> thanks holly, before the break let's say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, it

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it is 7:52 a.m. holly morris is spending the morning with an interesting design team. >> she is northeast dc where the design army works on h street, the hip and happening h street good morning. >> the hip and happening h street and the award winning design army they have won more than 500 awards they have won they just won one last week it makes them one of the best design firms in the nation just happens to be in the dc area

and the magic behind it this husband and wife team right here, they join me in their studios good morning. our little underrer the weather we thank you very much for coming out we had to show her she is part of the brilliance. >> yes, probably the bigger half of the brilliance. >> that is why they have been married so long. that is great. you say dream big start small you started small, on your kitchen table. >> yeah, basically and in 2003 we started from our kitchen table and it was all up hill from there. >> now you can't be one of the best and do things just the regular old way we want to talk about your process we have a couple things going on here a lot of your stuff starts with a photo shoot. >> we start with concept and sketching but do a lot of custom photography, i don't want to says the the normal for a lot of design agencies, not large budgets to do a lot of

creative work we are very inventive when we are doing our work. >> we want you to see how inventive they are we have behind the scenes video from washingtonian bride and groom, called i do and don't. we will go through the pros is here with some of the fun props you have. >> absolute we we just finished a photo shoot last week i brought everything out we had from that shoot to walk through and show somethings but pretty much everything starts off with our mood board and style board, so these are the things that where we are basically sketching out what we want to do, who are you models are, inspiration, here we have some wonder bread which you can see in the sky, how we want to paint the people their hair, make up, shoes and all that. so this is pretty much a basic board we use and as you can see we just have for this shoot quite a few of these we were working with and you know,. >> so all this has to be taken on location. >> correct. >> then set up and you bring in

the foe tag are fehrs, the -- foe tag are fehrs, the lights the make up people when looking at the props here how do you look at thinggo okay yeah, i think that is going to work. >> well, we basically start a thing with a sketch, here you want to try some of these on >> absolutely. >> we start with a concept sketch and show this to a client it is difficult to show a finished product to some body, and not really have creativity put into it so what we cois show them pencil sketches as you see on our mock ups. >> that will make for a good picture. >> you can get the microphone out. >> this goes on every shoot. >> and you will love the fact. >> move to the side. >> by the you some direction. >> okay. >> i love the fact she is just taking it here with her iphone. >> yes, it is used constantly we will take shots of the jewellery, what the get up is

and throw them into the lay outs quickly to see if it is the right competition and so forth it is just a lot of fun but we find things we are like oh, we need big necklaces but end up making it out of ping- pong balls. >> i forgot my hair was so wide. >> then you will even maybe have your models jump on a trampoline. >> sure, yeah, some times we need some motion. >> then i would jump on this and get a picture. >> absolutely. >> why aren't you taking. >> yes, i am taking. >> but they are definitely you know a lot of work like this last shoot was all body painting it was cold so the models got to be tough too. >> make for interesting pictures. >> myfoxdc.com we have a website link to dc design army, we will take the craziness we have just done go upstairs and see what they do with this from

there. creative minds. creative minds it is how it works we will see more in our next hour back to you. >> it is actually great to meet them on camera, because i have absolutely seen some of their work it is fascinating. >> yeah, they have done some phenomenal things a lot of it you have probably seen in and around the dc area. >> thank you very much. >> thanks holly. >> coming up in our 8:00 a.m. hour a local idol competition in days the top 10 singing sensations from northern virginia community college will battle it out this morning the finalists are here to perform. >> maryland senator, will be honored on capital hill as the longest serving woman in congress. we will be right back 

a police stand off is under way in france in connection with a deadly shooting spree at a jewish school. we've got the latest breaking details. then claims of bullying from several teachers and staff in maryland. why they are suing their principal. a live report is coming up.

>> and a big honor for maryland senator, she is now the longest serving congress woman in u.s. history. former fox 5 reporter patrick mcgraph will talk about his coverage of her throughout his career. >> good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour another big story the fog out there tucker barnes is joining us with news on that and the rest of the day. >> thick in spots inside visibility a quarter mile or less we have been showing a lot all morning and it will be a couple more hours before it lifts out of there. once it does right back into springtime weather first full day of spring. >> that makes me so happy. >> let's take a look at our hd radar, what we are looking at is fog yellow and orange, we see on our map or okay dense fog advisory sorry. yep, that is in effect until 10:00 a.m. this morning includes washington dc here inside the belt way and montgomery county

louden county much of virginia under a dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. this morning let's do temperatures we mention the fog will be slow to lift humidity 93% we had wind shifting out of the east, this very moist maritime layer moving in, with winds here out of northeast, 7, fog will be here for the first part of the day then start to see the clouds break up by afternoon back into sunshine it won't be a perfectly sunny afternoon partly sunny once again, mild conditions highs in the 70s so enjoy your afternoon could be a shower, i don't think there will be it is possible could see a shower spring up in this rather summary weather pattern. >> we will be prepared thanks. >> julie wright. hey, julie. >> all right you guys very business see fog to deal with this morning and a number of accidents 395 on the slow side, leaving duke street, more delays crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge, inner loop of the belt way, slow from springfield to 66, we

have tie ups accident activity along university boulevard, adelphi road. you can see all the red there, definitely below speed as you work your way southbound a 32 minute commute leaving 198 to 410 that is what was tieing up most of the roadway, southbound lanes are open southbound 270 out of german town, old georgetown road, 37 minute ride with lanes open. all right thank you very much new this morning in southern france, a stand off continues from overnight, two officers were hurt when riot police tried to raid a home in toulouse the man inside the home is wanted for this week's horrific shooting at a jewish school police have been negotiating with the man inside he has roots in algeria and is linked to al qaeda this is a live look from outside the home police arrested the man's brother and brought in his mother to talk to him and help

with negotiations he said he attacked the children in retaliation for killing of children in palestine. >> iraq's government is vowing not to be scared out of hosting next week's arab summit despite yesterday's string of explosions that killed 46 people bombings went off in several cities across the country they targeted police and security forces and shiite pilgrims. >> mitt romney easily wins the illinois primary the former governor got 47% of the vote beating rick santorum who took 35%, trailing behind ron paul with 9 and newt gingrich with 8%, romney and his super pack spent more than 3.5 million dollars in illinois, 7 times more than santorum's half million. >> a president who doesn't hesitate to use all means necessary to force through obama care on the american public but leads from behind in the world it is time to say

these words, this word enough. we have had enough. >> we need someone who understands that the solution to the problem with almost 1/17th of the economy is not government control over that sector of the economy but your control over that sector of the economy. >> and mitt romney will be in maryland this afternoon he is holding a town hall meeting at the american legion post in arbutus south of baltimore the maryland primary is april 3rd. >> president obama is making headlines this morning the white house announcing he is going to visit the demilitary rised zone bequeath north and south corey crash this weekend. -- between north and south korea this weekend. the president is due to have a while there. other top stories this wednesday morning police investigating a shooting and car fire in fort washington

maryland officers found the driver dead and the burning vehicle with the gunshot wound on palmer road just before 1:00 a.m. this morning still no word on the suspect or motive. >> police in fairfax county searching for a suspect in an assault on a high school student the teen was walking home from woodson high school yesterday around 4:00 p.m. when a man grabbed her and knocked her to the ground this happened on the path near picket road she was able to get away and was not seriously hurt. several montgomery county teachers and staff members are suing their principal. >> they claim he bullied them using intimidating and hostile tactics, fox 5s melanie alnwick is live outside kemp mill elementary in silver spring this is an odd store can melanie hear us? -- story can melanie hear us? we don't have her quite yet we will get back to her in just a little bit. right now 8:06 a.m., mexico is

cleaning up with a 7.4 magnitude earthquake the latest there coming up next after the break. >> new details about what happened in moments before a florida teen was shot and killed the case raising enough questions to set off an investigation by the justice department. fox 5 morning news will be right back 8:06 a.m. 

well, again several montgomery county temps and staff members are suing their principal. >> they claim he bullied them using what they say were intimidating and hostile tactics, melanie alnwick is live outside kent mill elementary we were saying earlier this is an odd story. >> reporter: it is an odd story, and it is kind of hard to sort out tony i am doing my best. at this point we know five teachers one staff member they are the one who is have taken it to the level of filing this civil complaint they are each asking for $18 million in damages they say the principal here at kent mill elementary subjected them to demeaning and

sexual behaviour had inpay pro pray crate contact with students and -- inappropriate contact with students and the school board did nothing about it it detailed allegations, five teachers saw the principal taking students into closets with him they say he touched slapped and pinched male sleepers calling them babe and doll and told a first year teacher not to report her concerns about sexually explicit notes exchanged between students and told parents whose kids were bullying in the school to just keep them home rather than giving them a formal suspension so it would not show up on the schools record. the teachers say he harassed them when he learned of their complaints to the school board. >> i feel like i have been targeted, my evaluations are so frequent, from last march to june, i was observed four times in a three month period, and i am on a five year evaluation cycle which means i would

ordinarily be evaluated once in five years. >> a school spokesperson says the allegations are false, he also says the eeoc did investigate and found complaints to be with little or no merit, none of those plaintiffs are currently working at the school some retired some resigned, two are out on medical leave with emotional distress the attorney for the plaintiff says it really isn't about the money, he says it is really these teachers would just like to see the school principal here no longer employed as a school principal and says that the lawsuit would go away if the school were to make that happen. >> all right melanie alnwick thanks mel. making headlines this morning the lawyer representing the family to have black teen killed by a neighbourhood watch canteen in florida says he has evidence the shooter did not kill in self-defense.

moments before the shooting he made a phone call to a girlfriend and said he was being follow add grand jury is investigating the case civil rights leaders continue to pressure authorities to make an arrest. >> u.s. soldier accused of shooting 16 afghan civilians was apparently arrested in 2002 on a drunken assault of a security guard at a tacoma casino, police report on robert bales said he threatened a customer his lawyer says there is no evidence against his client, formal charges are expected tomorrow. >> clean up under way in southern mexico following yesterday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake it damaged nearly 800 homes near the epicenter it could also be felt in the country's capital, mexico city about 200 miles away. >> all right. it is 8:13 a.m. time to get another check on our weather. >> for that we go to tucker barnes before he gets to the weather he has a little

something extra for us tucker. >> thank you tony i was going to have a little something extra for you but we can't find the pictures we can't do my first 5 photo of the day. >> we will get to it later. >> maybe we can just bring tony. >> my first 5-0 of the day. >> we want to talk about fog dense fog, continues across the area i am showing you all the fog being picked up and visibility there in the orange, a quarter mile or less just be ready for it you can see southern maryland we have a really dense fog bank, starting to press into calvert county, points north and west fog will be with us a few more hours we should see it lift out and eventually, partial sunshine let's do a tour around the country if you are travelling 59

washington, 70 st. louis, 64 in chicago, look at denver 27 degrees so winter hanging on tough there, out to the west and rocky mountains, satellite radar, very vigorous, wet cold front slow mover be heavy rain expected today eastern texas, louisiana, pushing into arkansas, and missouri, and all kinds of flood warnings now flying out there, they are expecting 3 to 5 inches of rain across portions of louisiana today, i am sure we will be hearing more about the terrible conditions out there. around here we should be fine could be a pop up shower later today partial sunshine and once again on the warm side 74 this afternoon, 77 tomorrow, how about a daytime high of 80 degrees friday, should be great for you and we cool down this weekend, that front gets in here by saturday, showers and thunderstorms that is your weather forecast let's do some traffic and julie wright. all right tucker barnes on the roads this morning a lot of fog that is what we have been

talking about that is how we are wrapping up our rush hour still in the fog southbound 270, father hurly boulevard, headed out towards german town and beyond, headed out towards 118 not the case still dealing with a lot of fog travelling southbound out of german town further south rock hill dealing with fog and well below speed as you travel from shady grove road out towards the split outer loop, georgia, starting to stack up 66 into the unknown looks like if you travel from fair oaks headed towards 123, definitely below speed, 66 inside the belt way starting to slow as well as you travel westbound, you will find lanes are open 95 and 395 here is the commute as you travel past duke street, more traffic crossing over the 14th street bridge. julie thanks. house republicans released a plan in severe contrast to proposals pushed by the obama administration medicaid, food

stamps and pel grants would all face cuts and medicaid age would be raised to 67 the goal is to save medicare but the plan is so extreme democratic controlled senate has no plans to take it up this year president obama's budget plan released last month would leave many benefit programs untouched. >> what makes barbara of special interest is her ability to play a leading role in the women's movement. >> that was fox 5s. own patrick mcgraph reporting on her back when she was serving in house of representatives now the senator has reached a major milestone the longest serving congress woman in u.s. history she broke the record on saturday representing maryland on capital hill for more than 35 years. this morning joining us live to reflect on the senator's career is our friend and former colleague, pat mcgraph i love

the distinguished looking beard pat good to see you, pat is coming from his home in maryland good to see you how are you sir. >> yeah, do you recognize that fellow in that video. >> that is a long time ago. >> now that video is not from channel 5. >> no. >> that is from the deck meantry you made >> back -- documentary you made. >> in 1977 i was an independent producer i made that documentary on the new sensation coming to washington dc it ran on maryland public tv. >> you have known her for a very long time covered her for a very long time let's go back to those early day it is reason for the documentary was because you know, maryland and the baltimore area was very very excited, very proud of barbara. >> no question about it, she was you know, back then this 1976, women were not elected to congress in great numbers

mostly it was widows succeeding their husband or from a very liberal district what made barbara unique she was from a culturally conservative blue collar area in baltimore but she was aided by the fact that she became a spokeswoman for ethnic americans, she made a famous speech in 1970 at a conference that was picked up by the new york times when she said, she challenged conventional wisdom saying america is not a melting pot, it is a sizzling caldron for ethnic americans she said were being taken advantage of by business and it got her a lot of attention and helped her to win elections to congress. >> 35 years is a long time for anybody to serve in the house and senate now, and you know, just doing that, is an achievement in itself but what are some of her most significant achievements overtime in your view. >> you know, she was a

chairman, is chairman now, of one of the senate appropriations subcommittees, that may not seem like much but those are the committees that really have the power that dole out the goodies so to speak she brought home a lot of the bacon, so to speak, to maryland over the years she was a big support of nasa, goddard space center she had a lot of interest in women's health issues one staffer said she focused on the nuts and bolts bringing home the bacon while her colleague who served for a long time, the other maryland senator he focused more on policy questions. >> the fact she is being honored obviously speaks to her stature on capitol hill how is she regarded by her colleagues. >> she is well loved particularly by the woman, in congress as you might imagine when she got there, there were very few women in the house she was in the house for 10 years

then when she got to senate she was only the second woman senator in the senate, there are 17 now she has served as a really mentor for these women, when they would come in and she also reaches across party lines not just the democratic women the republican women and she likes -- they have regular dinner meetings and is some suggest that it is the last bash of any buy bipartisan ship where things are increasingry bipartisan. >> thanks for joining us on air to share your memories of barbara what is going on in your house are you a professor? what is behind you looks like a chemistry set. >> no, that is a bit of the bar in the living room [ laughter ] >> to tell you the truth. >> got you >> i am in my living room and

usually it is pretty sunny here but we've got a foggy day on the chesapeake bay today. >> all right pat come on by any time. >> okay thank you tony. >> bye bye. >> isn't it good to see pat. >> good to see pat and man he was right there from the beginning barbara. good to hear his insight. >> all up in his business what's behind you. >> well, i thought he was a chemist. 8:22 a.m. the mystery over who took a final picture of whitney houston's body of her body at the funeral may be solved. >> well known northern virginia chef arrested accused of pointing a gun at a contractor we will share the latest from police. late they are hour you may have seen their work on news stands holly gives us an inside look at work of local graphic designers award winning graphic designers at that. we will be right back back 

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contractor working for him. police say he then jumped in his car and sped away the confrontation was over his end time. the chef said he took out his gun because he thought he was being robbed but did not explain why he left the scene. >> mystery over who took that final picture of whitney houston in her casket may be solved, forbes magazine reports, raffles van excel is reportedly the one who sold the picture. he is well known in hollywood for latching on to celebrities like whitney houston and michael jackson the picture was taken at the funeral home in new jersey during the families private viewing forbes said he attended two private viewings for the singer. >> 8:26 a.m. on this wednesday morning from fuel efficient cars to top of the line in luxury coming up next consumer reporter steve takes us on a tour of dallas

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>> once you get through all this fog we should have another spring day the perfect weather to get out and check out the cherry blossoms, peak bloom at the tidal basin. >> that's right the annual cherry blossom festival kicked off yesterday the 100th anniversary of japan's gift to the district of the 3,000 original trees, there are only 9 left. the rest of the trees have been planted in the years since then. eventually i guess they die off

you know. >> replant. >> their life span is only about 50 years. >> i didn't know that. >> but a few have been pampered. >> the nine >> they should be celebrated those nine. >> i know. >> apparently quite a miracle they bloom every year. >> really. >> i imagine that. >> great what have you got for us. >> a lot of fog it is getting thicker in spots, showing no signs of lifting here but at least in the city things will improve remember a couple hours ago what are you looking at? >> where is there a parking lot that big in the city. >> at that out back. >> out back? >> out back or you know that area, right? >> around exit 15 off the belt way. >> oxen hill we are told. >> okay. >> it is starting to lift a little bit here you sound like julie. >> i know i think there is a kfc next to it. >> your knowledge of all the restaurants in the area. okay here we go. yep, the fog seems to be thick

in spots, here we are in the district, oxen hill getting a break but off to the north and west see the dark yellows oranges and reds visibility here quarter mile or less it is really holding tough there again, the mountain range. off to the south carolina earn maryland, getting fog as well and dense fog advisory for much of the area here until 10:00 a.m. this morning, it will be another hour or two before we can burn it off once we do we should be in for improving conditions let's do temperatures, going to be a mild afternoon still 50s. 59 washington 61 fredericksburg, off to the south and east, naval air station, 58 degrees and 55 winchester, highs back in the 70s later today and decent afternoon partly sunny might be a shower late today honestly most of the day should be dry, just one or two isolated showers this afternoon. 74 today, 77 tomorrow check out the cherry blossoms best day of the week, warmest day is 80 but

should be nice, next couple days could have thunderstorms in here saturday maybe wind as well that might do a number on the cherry blossoms cooler sunday, 52 degrees. that is it for the forecast allison tony back to you. >> thanks tucker next year's cars are on tour today, with no pressure to buy, fox consumer reporter says it is the perfect time to get behind the wheel he is live at the dallas auto show with what is going to be hot on the highway good morning steve. >> reporter: good morning allison yeah, the perfect time to take a look there is no sales men to follow you around the show room floor here one of the headliners for dallas auto show is this vehicle 2013 ford escape this car is completely redesigned for the new model year, both inside and out with a nod to being eco-friendly not only does it run on an eco boost engine the foam in the head rest and seat cushions are made from plant seeds the

carpet inside is made of fibers derived from plastic recycled plastic bottles, not only is it eco friendly but tech friendly as well how many times do you walk up to the back of the suv you have a handful of groceries as long as the key is in your pocket you just wave your foot under the bumper the lift gate automatically opens for you hands free some pretty cool stuff right. let's talk about other family friendly cars including the range rover evoke a lot of folks talking about this car sports car meets suv with all the refinements that range rover is known for, the interior features a touch screen interface for navigation and entertainment includes voice recognition earlier reviews suggest some of the sleek styling may be problematic for drivers very narrow windows apparently make it a little difficult to see, something sporty is more your style check out the scion frs their entry into the coupe

market 200 horse power, six speed axle set as far back and as close to the pavement as possible for the best balance the claim is this car has a better center of gravity than the porsche cayman and nissan gtr, pioneer sound system red trim and finally for the aspirational buyer check out the lexus lfa true luxury sports car meant to compete with ferrari custom built only in development since the year 2000, 2012 will be the only production year they will make 500 of them by hand, total, 127 of those will be available in the u.s. the rest sold around the world everything is custom color, wheels, brake caliper colors, even stitching, 4 .8 liter v 10 starts at $390,000, navigation by the way is extra, now of those 127 sold in the

u.s. only 19 are unspoken for, 6 of them were sold here in dallas not a bad deal right. real quick for you guys in dc a lot of your viewers were asking about eco-friendly cars, i want to point out the new ford sea max their hybrid electric entry, pricing yet to be determined this vehicle is supposed to go father on a single charge than any other electric competitor in the market. >> my heart says that lexus but my reality says that suv. any ways, it is fun to look at them steve thank you so much. >> good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> that was a pretty car. >> only 127 done in all but he said 19 are -- >> yeah. >> unbelievable. >> someone is doing well. >> some body is doing well. 8:36 a.m. wednesday morning job of the day coming up fox 5. >> we have those nova idol

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time now for fox 5 job to have day aarp is hiring several position in dc including a marketing services manager for more on this and to see the rest of our job listings head to myfoxdc.com look for the link to the job shop. >> in these tough economic times, second tier is he celebrities found a way to bring in cash, they are chatting to fans on the phone with dialing a star.com. >> according to tmz one former housewife is making over $1,000 an hour to talk on the phone. dithat lohan makes $18 per minute, octo mom fits phone calls in for $12 a minute and michael lohan is just a phone call away as long as you pay

$10 a minute. okay maryland governor martin o'malley and his band played at the white house last night his band is called the o'malley march they played to a packed room in the east room as president obama hosted the prime minister of ireland. that is cool stuff. all right. >> we have performers here in our studio,. >> nova idol the top ten singers will show us what they have coming up next holly good morning. >> a different kind of art as we continue to hang out this morning with the creative team behind dc design army, from concept to actual creation we are heading into their board room to see how it all works live next 

let's say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, carolyn barnes she has been a loyal fan often writing in how tony and tucker are her favorite weather guys thanks for watching we do appreciate

you to be tomorrow's fan of the day head to facebook search fox 5 morning news no space between fox and number 5 and post a comment under the lovely carolyn's photo. the design army located in northeast dc is one of the top design agencies in the nation, our holly morris is there to learn more about their work and i can't wait to see the finished product what you were doing earlier, holly good morning. >> that is going to be very fun but you can't not have fun when you are here hanging with jake and poon the brilliance behind dc design army, i don't think you all in your lifetime will be able to do everything you want to do. >> i hope to. >> the fact you are so creative there is so many -- you take everything to the next level you are probably always excited to not only do the project you are doing but get on to the next thing as well. >> yeah, it is never boring there is never a dull moment we never know who is calling what kind of project is call coming in it is always a bit exciting. >> you are doing fun things

beyond your projects i want to show people somethings you have here like your emergency event preparedness card kit. >> we have card kits that have a card in there for every day you forget to buy a card not excluding the major holidays or events good luck cards hope you feel better cards. i love you cards >> i mess you cards they are all very creative. >> always creative. >> and then you do every client gets their -- >> yes every year we do wrapping paper we started a series to, from for the wrapping challenged people it is easy to work with all tagged to, from, taped. >> rite your name down. >> here we have a family tree you just circle your name. >> where do your ideas come from is your mind ever at rest. >> no, we get a lot of great ideas from our staff we have a talented staff who just we let them run loose they come up with unique interesting ideas it is just fresh all the time. >> it is fresh all the time you guys are like the essence of

brainstorming one idea makes another one precipitate from it. >> yeah everything we do is based on sketching and concept first so you know, it just turns into you know from the sketching and concept, right into you know, all this work that you see. >> well, we wanted to bring you into the board room plus show you they have super chic studios here on h street but tell me somethings we are looking at here and how you got from a to b. >> sure a lot of things are from washington ballet, this is alice and wonder land this is promoting the new world premier for the ballet. they are one of our first clients we did a lot of projects with them we did a book called wonder land hiding underneath here as a pro bono project for them a couple years ago >> it is a fabulous book. >> these are what shots look like we are basically -- this is me throwing the dress the guy jumping on our trampoline. >> so people notice, there he

is now you look at the finished product that is when you look at that you go how did they do that that is how you photo shop you out. >> yeah, you mow here is another one our dancer is jumping on the trampoline when we transition in we take that stuff out, yeah. >> what is the coolest thing for you to see, sit see a bus drive by and your art work on it? see it up on a marquee in a magazine in a book. >> i like to see the awards,. >> well, there is a lot of your favorite color here, you said you had more than 500 awards this is only a portion before we go what is the most prestigious. >> probably the one show gold pencil. >> what does this mean. >> that is the jury for the one show. >> different way. >> wow. >> that is amazing what did you do when you won your first gold pencil? >> we partied we had a party. >> what about when you won your

third. >> still partied. >> this is old hat listen myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to dc design army if you want to find out more about all that they do here coming up next hour allison you are going to get to see what they have created from my original picture back in the last hour until then i am sure tony you have a table like this somewhere in your house with all your accolades. >> yeah, not quite that many holly but doesn't look that good. listen if you are a fan of american idol there is a singing competition going on in our area this friday that is a must see the top 13 singers at northern virginia community college will be belting out their best in hopes of being named the next nova idol we have some final lists here today joining us to talk about the whole she bang is brenda homes i have had the great pleasure of being with you guys for the last several years being a judge i get to do it again this friday it is a big

event tell the folks here about nova idol. >> we started in a classroom from there we graduated to the cafeteria now we are in a 1,000 seat center. >> it is amazing the process is that this goes on for quite a period of time, going around to all individual campuses five campuses. >> six. >> six campuses. >> six campuses. >> weeding out the best talent. >> that's right we start with 250 some students and then get to the semi finals about 50 to 60 students and then we end up with the 13. >> i have to tell you, as i said i have been a judge the last five years the talent is extraordinary, every year there is some great talent at the show this year i am sure it will be the same. >> i think it will top last year. >> that is amazing i know we have some repeat performance let's step over here to name everybody we will start on the end first lid yeah right next

to her is kelly, martina green i remember from last year erica ander son, joelle, jeff young, javar, donna von snipes, dare i don't know lopez and gregory mcbride bay so all kinds of ages here all kinds of -- brenda come back with me, they are all studying a variety of things. >> yes, they are. >> tell us about what folks can expect friday night. >> my goodness probably going to start out with the howard university drummers go on to the singers first we do the high school competition,. >> usually like four or five of them >> three of those then the colleges, ten of those. >> all right very good. >> and the audience gets to vote too. >> audience gets to vote. there are five judges we have information on screen there are tickets available, it tends to sell out. >> that's right. >> amazing talent let's see i

am going to go to martina here, how many years have you competed in this. >> this will be my third time. >> third time. is it nerve wracking. >> yes, very. >> do you want to sing? is this what you would like to do. >> yes. >> does everybody here if you could be a singer is that what you want to do. >> yes. >> what are you singing for us today. >> today we are singing a medially that is combined celebration, dancing in the streets and don't stop until you get enough. >> let's listen to nova idol final lists for 2012 take it away gang ♪ [ music ]

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