report. the big question, is the economy on the road to recovery? what economists predict we'll see. >> also straight ahead, quiet prince george's county community now the scene of a murder mystery. >> [inaudible] -- when they've been killed. >> family of a mother of four strangled in her apartment is speaking out this morning. the latest on the investigation in a live report. >> plus, marion barry is in the hot seat and why he's apologizing. all right, a live look outside at 7:00 here on friday, april 6th. allison, we're calling this fresh friday. >> we are? >> yeah, because it's so fresh and clean. >> oh, okay. so fresh and clean. >> that's what we're going with. some of my coworkers don't like

that, but that's okay. good morning. i'm wisdom martin in for tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. >> it's also good friday but we're going with fresh friday in the studio. >> tucker barnes joining us with a look at this fresh friday. >> i'm calling it frigid friday. upper 30s and low 40s. bring along the jacket. even with sunshine, the upper 50s this afternoon. currently 43 in washington. that's on the chilly side. lots of 30s north and west, where we continue to have a freeze warning until 9:00 this morning. i think temperatures will fall -- i don't think temperatures will fall further. breeze out of the north during the day. that will lock in the chill for your afternoon. cloud cover, one or two clouds left over with our system which is bringing rain to much of north carolina at the moment. that will slip out to sea and drag the cloud cover with it. we should be looking at bright sunshine later this afternoon and a dry friday.

not concerned with rain here during the day. here's your forecast for your good friday. 58 today. 61 in fredericksburg and 56 in frederick. we should a little bit on the chilly side. cold again tonight. more details in just a minute. let's do traffic and in this morning is robert. travel lanes treating you nicely. some slow traffic now on the outer loop in virginia, where you'll be slow from the eisenhower avenue connector to telegraph road. but no serious delays. 95 northbound, delays continue traveling north through the fairfax county parkway towards springfield. plenty of space between the cars, just a slight tap on the brakes, if at all. 395 northbound also looking pretty smooth at the moment. bit crowded northbound from landmark to seminary road. if you were watching yesterday, this camera shot a far cry from

yesterday, where it was jammed up. everything looking good. no major problems to report in d.c. all your inbound bridges and roadways looking good, as well as all your roads throughout the city. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. today's big story, the all important jobs report. in about an hour and a half, new numbers will come out giving us a better idea which direction the economy is headed in. early predictions by economists suggest good but not great news. doug luzader joins us now with a preview. doug, good morning. all eyes on this report. >> reporter: allison that's right. good morning. every month we're looking to see if there was more job creation last month. economists think there probably was. but the unemployment rate is expected to remain above 8%. you don't have to look further than the white house to see how important today's numbers are. right on cue, president obama

signed a bill with bipartisan support to help small businesses expand. >> we've still got a lot of americans out there looking for a job or looking for a job that pays better than the one they've got. >> reporter: but the news is improving. fewer americans sought unemployment last week. still, the unemployment rate remains high, and republicans, including house majority leader eric canter, are quick to point out jobs are one part of the picture. >> we have a lot of other problems, gas prices as we enter the summer traveling season arhigh. that will add an added burden on families. >> reporter: there is no question gas prices are sapping some of the economy's growing strength. money spent at the pump could be spent elsewhere. >> unemployment is declining and that helps president obama. but disposable income is dropping mainly because of rising gas prices and that's a negative for the white house.

so here you have two trends working against one another. and we'll follow them from month to month all the way to november. >> reporter: the unemployment rate that the white house would love to see, 7.8%, or ideally lower than that. but 7.8% is what it was when president obama first took office. >> doug, thank you. president obama is hosting a forum on women and the economy at the white house this morning. it comes as democrats say republicans are waging a war on women. the president is criticizing republicans like mitt romney for wanting to de fund planned parenthood. >> you've had to stand up to politicians who want to deny millions of women the care they rely on and inject themselves into decisions that are best made between a woman and her doctor. let's be clear here, women are not an interest group. >> the issue women care about most is the economy and getting good jobs for their kids, and for themselves.

>> later tonight the president and first lady will mark the beginning of passover with a sader dinner at the white house. offensive an update from the campaign trail, santorum getting aggressive in his fight for the nomination. he met privately with conservative leaders in northern virginia yesterday to craft plans to stop mitt romney's march to the november ballot. the group wants to put more pressure on gingrich to drop out so divided conservatives can unite behind santorum. other top stories we're following this morning, the search for a killer in maryland. a mother of four was found strangled to death in her apartment. we are hearing from the victim's family. fox5's sherri ly is live at the scene in district heights with the latest. sherri? >> reporter: police found raquel israel inside her apartment and she was unresponsive and already dead.

sources tell fox 5 the 32-year- old was strangled. so far police have not identified a suspect. investigators say officers went to her apartment after someone called police asking to check on her. when they got there, they found her body inside a bedroom. family members say a witness in the apartment with her at the time say a man knocked on the door, pointed a gun and forced them to the floor and took israel to the bedroom. there was arguing and the suspect hit her, then silent. the suspect ran out. investigators searching for the killer. relatives are stunned and can't imagine who would strangle her. >> it had to be someone, to me, that she know. i mean, in order for all this to happen and her to open the door and, you know, somebody just take her life like that and don't nobody know anything about it, it's kind of strange.

>> reporter: israel had four children. they are being taken care of by a relative. police have not confirmed the family's version of events. they say they don't believe that israel had any enemies and don't know what she could have done for someone to take her life and leave her four children without a mother. that's the latest here in district heights, back to you. also making headlines this morning, a massive crack down on suspected child predators in virginia. the sting targeted child sexual predators online of the as a result, 20 people were arrested, including three suspects from our area. investigators say these three men traveled to an area to have sex with children all under the age of 15. they say the men started talking to the minors online. marion barry under fire. he is apologizing for comments

and while some are supporting him, others say they are stunned. internet video shows him making the comments to supporters after winning tuesday's primary. >> might be some asians coming in, opening up businesses, dirty shops. they ought to go, i'll just say at that right now. but we need african-american business people to be able take their places, too. >> coming up, we're speaking live with robert mccartney from the "washington post" on the remarks. to virginia now, and a budget breakthrough in that state. an $85 billion budget was agreed on yesterday. the deal sets up a final vote expected within two weeks. the confusion over the winning mega millions ticket in maryland has lottery officials concerned. >> the maryland lottery says still no one has come forward

to claim their share of that jackpot from last friday. a baltimore woman told friends she bought the ticket at a 711 but has yet to show proof. >> the issue with the surveillance tape is we don't believe the time stamp matches up to the stamp on the lottery computer system, so you can't say with precision the time it was purchased is the same as the time that's on the surveillance. >> lottery officials suggested that anyone who bought a ticket at the 7-eleven store on liberty road check the numbers. still ahead on this good friday, preparations are underway around the world and we will take a look at what they are for. >> and a warning for over-the-

counter cold medicine for kids on shelves in maryland. >> more fall out from the saint bounty scandal. more proof of what was going on, and wait until you hear audio tapes of a pregame speech from that guy there on the screen. we'll take a listen coming up next. >> as we take you to break, a live look outside, we'll get the latest weather and traffic coming up next. 7:11. ♪   mm, these artisan bagels are so tasty. hey, what do you think "artisan" means? it's latin. for what? really, really good bagels. dunkin's new artisan bagels are as authentic as it gets. soft, chewy, and delicious. grab one today.

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russia is criticizing the u.s. for sentencing russian arms dealer to 25 years in prison. the country says the verdict against the so-called merchant of death was baseless and biased. he was arrested four years ago in thailand during a sting. prosecutors say he was ready to sell up to $20 million in weapons. he was extradited to the u.s. for trial in 2010. a church opens its doors for good friday today. christians, pilgrims and local worshipers travel to the church and wait. they believe it was the site where jesus christ was buried and resurrected. >> i will make that trip one day. saving my money. trip of a lifetime. >> will be amazing. around here, looking nice for the holiday weekend.

>> we're cool now. >> you should have seen it, allison, live on tv. >> we have a weather center now on fox 5. maybe that's what the moon knew. >> moon live on tv. >> just for us. breezy and cool friday expected. this is jacket weather, because even with sunshine today, our highs in the upper 50s and the breeze will knock down the feel for you a couple of degrees. wind out of the north 10 to 15. cool, 42 in washington. 32in buffalo. warmer out to the west. in fact a lot warmer in places. 56degrees this morning in new orleans. 75 in tampa. nice spring time weather to our south. will feel great here. next couple of days bright and sunny. but the cool pool of air parked across the great lakes will be here around the next 24 to 48 hours. chilly today, with bright sunshine. the rain in the carolinas will

slip out to sea. not terribly concerned with that. we're looking at sunshine and a warming trend as we get into the weekend. highs today in the upper 50s and we'll be near 70 by sunday. maybe rain monday and tuesday. just a few showers. >> wash away some of that pollen. >> yeah, and feed the gardens. >> thanks, tucker. julie wright is not here. robert is here. let's check in now with traffic. >> we'll start off with a look in virginia eisenhower avenue, still delays headed to telegraph road, but all the lanes remain open. still on the scene of an accident seven corners on route 7 eastbound near 50 arlington boulevard, keep that in mind traveling through the local lanes. maryland, the outer loop of the beltway, over to the left-hand, picking up volume, but traveling at a pretty good

pace. at the bridge, good trip heading into and out of virginia. not too far from this camera shot, westbound after the beltway, a broken down vehicle has the right lane blocked. watch for slowing traffic there. around connecticut avenue doing well heading into and out of the sunshine, no problems to report on the inner or outer loops. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. howard university has canceled some of its games in the midst of possible ncaa violations. yesterday a tennis match was canceled. the school said it would initially shut out its entire program, but later said most teams will compete as scheduled. there are questions about whether text book vouchers were used inappropriately. but the university has not confirmed those concerns. caught on tape, potentially damaging audio in the new orleans saints bounty scandal.

>> the former assistant coach can be heard saying, hit the opposing members in the head. he even suggested injuring receiver michael crabtree. take a listen to this audio. >> we need to find out in the first two series of the game wide receiver, number 10 -- [inaudible] -- [bleep] right now. >> here's the thing about this audiotape, the saints knew they were being taped for a football

documentary. williams is already suspended indefinitely for overseeing the bounty system. president obama and mitt romney actually agree on something, both think the all male augusta national should allow women. the club is the home of the masters. romney said he would allow women. the white house press secretary said the president would welcome a change, but ultimately it's up to the club. >> the president answered clearly to me that he believes augusta should admit women. kind of long past the time when women should be excluded from anything. >> mitt romney also said he would allow women if he could run augusta. long time masters sponsor ibm does have a female ceo. the four previous ceos have

been members. the new leader hasn't said if she will ask to join that club. what an interesting predicament that is, right? >> right. because she's in charge now. all the other ones have been in. it will be interesting to see if they let her in. >> or if she asks. >> it is an interesting situation. 43 degrees now at 7:21. coming up, a protein drink recalled and we'll tell you about it. >> you might notice something different about the nation's capitol. 25 different works of art will be popping up around town. they're influenced by the cherry blossoms. our holly morris joins us later with more details. it's 7:21 now. 

an alert now from maryland health officials, they are warning against using a medicine called paxil. the department of health says it's not approved. it contains an antibiotic which

requires a prescription. it's often marketed as a pediatric cold medicine. several families reported buying it for their children at local latino stores. a new report shows little progress in sexual education in the classroom. a survey was conducted focusing on avoiding unwanted pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases. it found public middle schools teaching these topics declined in the 11 states between 2008 and 2010. and high school sex ed classes declined in one state and increased in just two others. wisdom? a recall to tell you about involving a protein drink. the chocolate protein monster beverage is being voluntarily recalled. four customers with peanut allergies suffered reactions after drinking it. included in the recall, enjoy by dates before and including

up to may 23 of this year. odwalla says it's working with the fda to investigate the cause of the allergic reactions, since the drink contains no peanuts. 43 degrees outside. still ahead, after much debate, this anti-bullying film gets a new rating. we'll tell you what it is after the break. >> plus, the backlash does continue. what marion barry is saying this morning about a comment he made that offended some asian owned businesses in his ward. >> and a live look outside. we'll get the latest weather and traffic when we come back. 

kids will soon be able to watch this anti-bullying movie. it will be released across the nation next friday with a pg13 rating. it initially had an r rating due to language. but after much debate, the company agreed to remove three uses of an expletive to earn

the new rating. all right, tucker barnes here to talk about weather. >> here to talk about a nice forecast. sunshine today, sunshine tomorrow. sunshine sunday. >> keep it going. >> maybe a few showers. cool temperatures. >> little cooler. >> going to be a little cool today. jacket weather here to stay for your friday. as we get into tomorrow and sunday we'll be near 70. >> going to feel great. >> yeah. >> a lot of people will be out sunday. >> it is early april after all. >> i know. >> we got a head start. >> that's all it is, we were a little spoiled. >> and that's good. >> a little spoiling? >> for those of us that don't like winter weather. >> your kids a little spoiled, wisdom? >> just a little, though. the king has to run things in the martin household. >> i know how that is. >> by king you mean wisdom the fourth? >> i mean wisdom's wife. >> i was thinking the son. >> 42 in washington.

cooling off to the north and west. 34 in gaithersburg. freeze warning north and west of 95. that will be the case again tomorrow morning. leonardtown 41 degrees. got a note from a viewer in southern maryland, and their temperature got down to the freezing mark a few mornings ago. even if you're not in the freeze warning doesn't mean your community won't be dealing with freezing conditions here during the next couple of mornings. very chilly the next couple of mornings. if you have tender vegetation, cover it up or bring it inside, because we'll be colder i think tomorrow morning. there's your freeze warning. in effect until 9:00 this morning. what the weather service has done, they've reissued it for tomorrow morning. these counties will be under a freeze warning saturday morning, and i think as i just said, the temperature will be a little cooler, in fact tomorrow, our temperatures will be in the upper 20s and low 30s north and west of the city. should be a great looking day.

cloud cover generally off to our south and east and being dragged out to sea with an area of low pressure and rain in the carolinas. traveling north today, great conditions, west, great conditions. high pressure will keep things dry around the weekend. with the high pressure to our north, a little on the cool side today. by the weekend, we'll start a nice warmup. 58degrees today. mostly sunny skies. that's cool for this time of year. winds out of the north at about 5 to 10. later tonight, cold, freeze warning once again, north and west of the city, and overnight low in washington, 36 degrees. you get the idea. lots of upper 20s and low 30s tomorrow morning as you get north and west of washington. there's your five-day. lots of sunshine this weekend. saturday 63. sunday near 70. and then a few showers in the forecast monday and tuesday. we could use the rain. we'll get a couple of chances early next week. that's a look at your forecast. let's do some traffic, and robert is in this morning with your traffic.

good morning. good morning, tucker. look at the beltway near the legion bridge, no major problems to report. on the clara barton parkway, broken down vehicle blocks the right lane. no serious problems. elsewhere on the beltway in maryland, a look at the inner and outer loops east of new hampshire avenue. that is looking pretty good at the moment. inner loop past the 95 interchange, slow traffic headed to the green belt metro station. 270 cleared out as well, southbound lanes you can see everything looking good all the way from frederick down to 495 with all the travel lanes open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you. back to the marion berry controversy. the d.c. council member now apologizing for a comment he made during his victory speech tuesday night. he told supporters and this is a quote, that we've got to do

something about these asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops. they ought to go. followed up with, we need african-american business people to be able to take their places, too. joining us for more insight is robert mccartney, metro columnist with the "washington post." with your preparing something on this. we wanted to have you in, because of your expertise about what goes on inside the beltway. when you heard these comments what did you think? >> i was very offended, like a lot of people, and i wondered where it was going to lead. i think that you have to start with a reality, and that is that his comments do reflect a history of tension, especially in poorer, predominantly african-american communities in the city with shopkeepers, owners of small grocery stores, small fast food places who are

predominantly asian immigrants and asian americans. in almost every poor community there's tension between residents and shop owners. >> right. >> there's just a lot of possibilities for friction. in this case there's a racial overlay, and berry, to his discredit, basically fanned the flames of that racial element of this tension. and i think that he was feeling -- these comments were made at his victory party after he just won a landslide victory as re- election. some people thought he might have trouble in that race, but he didn't at all. i think he was feeling sort of heady and full of himself and he went further than now he wishes he had. you have this history with marion barry of using racially provocative comments to rev up his base. >> he has since apologized.

he went on the record -- >> sort of apologized. >> why do you say that? >> first of all, he took a long time to apologize. he initially defended the comments and said they had been taken out of context. but then as this criticism mounted, including from, you know, allies and friends of his, long time allies and friends of his, mayor vincent grey, council chairman brown, they all issued statements criticized him. and norton called him and said, we go way back to the civil rights moment, what are you doing here, basically? then he apologized to the asian- american community and said he used bad choice of words, and he was sorry he defended them. he also said, look, i stand by the substance of some of the criticisms that some of these shops are dirty and they should be cleaned up, that he says that some of the owners don't

do enough, aren't involved enough in the community, and that those are still issues of concern to him. and i think a very important thing to keep in mind is he wants african-americans to own more of these businesses. i think a big part this for him and for a lot of his supporters is why don't african-americans in ward 8 and southeast, why don't they own these businesses, why don't they have these jobs and why are nonafrican-americans in effect have this business? >> bob, you hit on so many good topics, because that is an age- old question. but the fact of the matter is, a lot of business owners come in and despite whatever color they are, they are serving the community, and to them, i suppose, it seems like a slap in the face. >> horrible slap in the face. worse than that. he's trying to gin up, effectively gin up racial animosity towards these people serving the community, who don't make a lot of money, who

work long hours, who get robbed, who are at risk of violence, like everybody, you know, black, asian, white, anybody. >> right. >> in some parts of the city. and it's just -- it's very offensive what he said. >> right. he went on, though, to say i have a long history with the asian-american history and went back to establishing that sister relationship with the city beijing. does that carry much weight when you make a comment like this? >> better than if he hadn't. he was mayor, repeatedly, and he has a history of promoting relations in some ways, good relations with the asian community, asian immigrant community, asian-american community, and he can point to that, and that's good. obviously i'm glad he did that. >> right. >> i think playing to his 50 years in the civil rights movement is positive. except that that can be turned

around. and the guy, jack patterson, who ran against him and lost in this recent primary campaign, he told me that somebody with this much experience in the civil rights movement should know better, and clearly he should have known better and clearly he was going out of his way to sort of single them out and you know, really promote racial animosity. that's what that comment was, i think, consciously and certainly subconsciously designed to do. >> when can we expect your column on this? >> sunday. in sunday's metro section. >> we look forward to it. wisdom, over to you. thank you very much, allison. if it seems like there's more shade in the nation's capitol, there's a reason. we'll explain coming up after the break. >> and a long voyage has come to an end for an abandoned ship drifting since last year's tsunan the coast guard had to take it out. >> first, a look at today's my

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making headlines on a friday morning, a u.s. coast guard ship fired a cannon at a japanese ghost ship. it had been drifting in the pacific since last year's tsunami that hit japan. there was no one on board of course. the coast guard decided to sink it rather than risk the chance of running aground or endangering other ships. a florida mom is taking a different approach to stop bullying. her son was suspended for plotting with a buddy to bully another student. now the school slapped him with

a four-day suspension. >> he is holding up a sign that he was september to school to get an education, not to be a bully, and it's not the way he was raised. >> she ordered him to stand with the sign for 90 minutes a day after classes for the rest of the time he is suspended. >> don't think he'll forget that experience. >> probably not. he's probably so embarrassed he probably won't bully anybody again. >> that's one way of disciplining a child i suppose. >> yeah. not a bad idea. >> not a bad idea. >> might be effective. let's get into your weather forecast. warming to the upper 50s today. that's probably a light jacket. probably want a light jacket later today, as we'll have a breeze out of the north and west. 42 in washington. check out frederick, now 32 and lots of 30s north and west of

the city. leonardtown, 41. and 44 fredericksburg. cold chunk of air parked across mid-atlantic and new england. 31detroit. 32pittsburgh. the winds will be out of the north and west during the day, as this area of high pressure -- here's the good news, will keep us nice and dry, bright and sunny the next couple of days. we'll be a bit on the chilly side today, and down right cold tonight with overnight lows back in the upper 20s and low 30s by tomorrow morning. got another freeze warning north and west of the city for late tonight, early tomorrow morning. there's your weekend forecast. gorgeous. could be a few showers for your garden by monday and tuesday. >> all right. the weekend looks nice. >> should be beautiful. >> thanks, tuck. time to hit the roads now with robert. >> we'll take a look at the beltway east of new hampshire

avenue and before the 95 interchange. looking good for the most part. past the 95 interchange towards the greenbelt metro station, a bit of that slow traffic with volume. accident at nursery road has two left lanes blocked. stop and go traffic from 195 to that wreck. outer loop in virginia, slow from eisenhower over to telegraph road and we'll get a look in virginia now, as you head into the district on the 14th street bridge, looking okay. 395 northbound most of the delays have cleared. no major problems in d.c., all the major inbound bridges and roadways looking good and on the local roads also, no problems to report. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. urban tree canopy is expanding. a new study shows the new layers of branches and limbs

has grown 2% over the past few years. mayor gray says he wants the district to be known as the city of trees. there's no better way to enjoy the spring weather than to spend time outside, and you can do it this month while doing exercise, because 5-k fridays are back. every friday in april you can enter a race in crystal city. it starts at 6:30 p.m., and road closures begin at 6:15 every friday. this is a reminder to double- check your route if you're headed to crystal city, and you can get your 5k in, too. >> i didn't know that. another name for fridays. >> let's use fresh fridays instead. >> we'll go with that for now. adding a touch of creativity across the district. >> our holly morris is here to explain. holly? >> reporter: good morning. 5is the key number. 5k in crystal city, and five by

five, which is what we're talking about that has to do in coordination with the cherry blossom festival. and of course, we're talking about all of this on channel 5. we'll explain more about where i am live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. thanks, holly. we'll see you soon. time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. it's frank culler of culler magic and his wife judy. judy has had two emergency surgeries since december. almost lost her leg, but doctors saved it. she is a daily viewer. judy, we wish you a speedy recovery and thank you for watching us in the morning. head to our facebook page and post a comment under frank's photo for your chance to be our next face book fan of the day. my mom can fit and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles.

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our holly morris is in southwest today to learn more about the art installation they are calling five-five-five. good morning. >> reporter: here you go. it's five curators, five artists, all resulting in 25 public art installations, and yes, it's in coordination with the cherry blossom festival, which is going on for five weeks. the people behind this project, though, is the d.c. commission of the arts and humanity and deidre ellen is one of the organizers. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> reporter: thank you for telling us about this and letting us feature this artwork. give me the concept. >> sure. the commission selected five curators, national and international, who then each selected five artists to create

25 installations in all wards. >> reporter: what is the importance of having public art? why did you feel like a project like this was needed? >> really to draw people to explore within and beyond the monumental core and to get folks to visit our communities and neighborhoods in the district. >> reporter: there's an installation in each of the eight wards. we're at one here on the southwest water front. we took pictures of it from different angles, because you'll see it at different distances. give me an idea of what we're looking at. >> this is one of richard hol inshead's -- she took images and you see this is from the fish market, and she took the images of handwritten signs seen throughout the district and brought them to the

national mall on many models and photographed them on the mall. we blew them up into the large billboards, sandwiched between the washington monuments to show the juxtaposition between the neighborhoods and federal core. >> reporter: it's not just about the art in and of itself, part of the art is where it is and what you can see in and around it? >> exactly. it really makes the artwork the location. >> reporter: do you think people get it when they're walking by? do they understand or do they just go, huh, what's that? >> i hope both. i hope people will see it and get it and make a connection to the fish market. i hope people stop and think and recognize this is a five by five project from the arts commission with cherry blossom and ask those questions about it. >> reporter: this is not necessarily inspired by the cherry blossom trees in and of themselves, it's part of you all taking advantage of the cherry blossom festival and the

amount of people that are here? >> i think it's a great partnership, because so many people know d.c. for the cherry blossoms and come here, visitors and residents alike come here to see the cherry blossoms. but then we also want to get them out to the neighborhoods. so it's definitely a good partnership. >> reporter: d.c. is more than just tidal basin. >> exactly. >> reporter: how did you choose the curators and artists? >> we issued a call for curators and that went out nationally. it was open to anyone to apply. we received 100 applications. a panel got together of art experts from the area and selected 10 curators and they came out here for site visits and we had the panel meet again and select the five from the 10. >> reporter: what's the best way for people to know where the 25 installations are? >> check out our web site, the5by5project.com or the d.c. arts' commission web site. >> reporter: this falls along, obviously, with the mission of

the commission of arts and humanity. but it's only for a short time, right? >> the project runs through july. some will be gone the end of april, and like the cherry blossoms themselves. >> reporter: you never know when they're going to bloom. >> you never know. >> reporter: thank you so much. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to the five by five project web site that deidre was talking about if you want to find out more about where the 25 installations are. coming up in our next hour, though, we are going to show you another and we are going to talk with a curator and an artist about the five by five. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, holly. the celebration of easter, the first annual easter hunt. >> he was one of washington's first african-american photographer. now there's a book filled with his photos. coming up, the author, who is

also the founder of the negro league legends hall of fame, joins us live. 

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a murder mystery in maryland. a woman found dead inside her apartment, her killer still on the streets. we'll have a live report coming up. >> and maryland wine lovers rejoice, you will soon be able to take your favorite bottle to restaurants. we'll look at the bill headed to the governor's desk. >> a photographer set up shop in d.c. years ago, and now there's a book about him. good morning, i'm wisdom martin. tony perkins is off. >> i'm alison seymour, and i'm here. jacket weather. tucker barnes is joining us more with what kind of jacket. talking wind breaker? cardigan? >> cardigan is a good start. light jacket today. not winter jacket. but it is chilly with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. >> be prepared.

because if you're not prepared, how angry do you get? >> pretty bad. >> because you have to keep moving. >> and they get mad at you tucker. >> this is the first i've heard of this. >> they blame the weather man. >> tony has a box of disguises downstairs. >> blame the weather guy. >> wisdom -- >> wisdom, you're a guest on this show. >> i was going to say. >> i'm sorry. >> winds out of the north and west at 12. in addition to a chilly day, on the breezy side, particularly this afternoon, winds about 10 to 15 miles per hour. bottom line, going to be little cooler than usual. nothing to worry about as far as rain showers. bright, sunny day. to the west, if you're traveling today, you'll be just fine, with the exception of headed down to the carolinas, still rain showers in north carolina. otherwise, bright and sunny today, and the weekend all

systems go for fine weather. cool, sunshine, high temperatures in the upper 50s by 4:00 p.m. just a cloud or two later today. should be a bright and beautiful day. and it's friday. >> a fresh friday. >> fresh friday. >> love it. it's time to see what's happening on the roads. robert, good morning. good morning. we'll start off with a look at 66 in the vicinity of route 70. the accident on leesburg pike has eastbound 7 shut down. seeing earlier delays over to the upper left-hand side of your screen, but those have appeared to clear out. still eastbound lanes shut down on idlewood road with the accident. inner and outer loops of the beltway, gw parkway looking good. no major problems to report. on the parkway, northbound expected delays from 123 headed to the broken down vehicle that

continues to block the right lane. other broken down vehicle on the clara barton is out of the way. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. some of the top stories we're following, a murder mystery in maryland. >> a woman was found strangled in her home. sherri ly is live at the apartment building in district heights. >> reporter: so far police have no motive, no reason why anyone would go into raquel israel's apartment here on brooks drive and take her life. police found the 32-year-old inside a bedroom of her district heights apartment. sources say she had been strangled. police say they went to the apartment after getting a call wednesday morning to check on her. investigators did not say who made the call or the reason for concern. when officers got there, they found israel unresponsive. a relative says a witness told the family there was a knock on the door, a man pointed a gun

at them, forced them to the floor and argued with israel in the bedroom and killed her. the suspect ran out. her family now can't understand why anyone would strangle her, saying they don't believe she had enemies. >> it's suspicious, in other words, why would they strangle her? why would they want to do that, you know? >> reporter: no forced entry? >> no forced entry. she didn't bother anybody. nobody. she wasn't that type of person. that's not how -- she has four kids. so it's like, you leaving her kids without a mother. >> reporter: a relative is caring for israel's four children. police have not corroborated the family's version of what happened. so far, police have not identified a suspect, and they're not saying whether they believe this was random or perhaps an isolated incident where israel may have been targeted.

that's the latest in district heights, back to you. >> thank you very much for that report. medical examiner has ruled the hypothermia death of an abandoned infant in d.c. a homicide. the baby girl was left outside the house in january. neighbors held a candlelight vigil after she died. it was 25 degrees the night someone left the baby on the porch wrapped in a towel. the parents have not yet been found. to the controversial remarks by marion barry. he is now apologizing about statements he made about asian businesses in ward 8. tuesday night he told supporters "we've got to do something about these asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops. they ought to go ." he later said "we need african-american business people to take their places, too." the mayor issued a statement saying he shouldn't have said the words. some in the ward are saying he

was speaking the truth about the asian owned restaurants. >> none of us working there. if you going to do something for the community, give us jobs. >> i think in addition to an apology, explain what he meant, and indicate he doesn't intend to do something like that again. >> barry is said to apologize in person to some in the community he offended. president obama opens a forum at the white house on women and the economy today. he's due to speak just before 9: 00. maryland's highest court is about to make history with a case involving two women married in california, but denied a divorce in maryland. now, at 11:00 this morning the

court of appeals in annapolis will start hearing arguments from the lawyers for the couple. today lawyers will argue that maryland should recognize gay marriage performed in other states, even though maryland does not allow same sex weddings just yet. if you'd like to take your favorite wine out to a special dinner, you can soon do that in maryland. yesterday lawmakers approved a bill allowing customers to bring their own bottles to restaurants, but not everyone is ready to raise a glass to the idea. beer, wine and liquor sales are critical to the restaurant business and some owners are worried patrons will shy away from their wine list to save money. >> there's a whole difference with that than a guy walking in with a bottle of yellow tail he bought at $4.99 and saying i want to have this with my dinner because i don't want to pay your wine prices. >> the bill's author says there

are safe guards to protect owners, the law is voluntary, meaning all restaurants don't have to participate. owners are allowed to make their own fees and not open a bottle if it's already on their wine list. jury selection begins for the man accused of killing jennifer hudson's family. the estranged husband of the singer and actress' sister was charged with the 2008 murders of her mother, brother, and nephew. the grammy and oscar award winner may be called to testify at the trial. the city of sanford, florida, is bracing for a grand jury investigation into the death of trayvon martin. in the next few days we could learn whether george zimmerman will be charged with killing the teenager. the sheriff and city police have put staff on stand by in case a decision sparks violence. but the mayor says he is not worried at this point. coming up, an interview on

fox news this sunday. we are checking in live with chris wallace. >> up next, tucker has the forecast and how long the chilly temperatures will stick around. we'll be right back. ♪

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yesterday governor rick perry of texas assessed the damage left behind by the tornadoes. he took a brief aerial tour, and walked through lancaster, one of the hardest hit areas. he said he'll ask for federal disaster relief. it's 8:12 now. chilly out there this morning to start. we have something that will warm you up. >> that's right. tucker barnes. >> and a warmup factor. >> yes. >> i think the warmup factor will do it. time for our my first 5 photo of the day. >> oh, man! >> that is a cute picture.

>> that is the best! >> this is 9-month-old danny. >> that is the best picture ever. >> do you know what he's up to? >> deliciousness. >> chowing down on his first ever chocolate bunny. you can probably imagine he's loving it. >> yes. how cute. i mean, he would have been cute without the bunny. just that smile. but it adds to it to see him enjoying it. >> if you look under his name, he has chocolate all over his stomach and diaper. >> he does, doesn't he? >> oh, he's delicious. so cute. >> we love the picture. thanks to your family for sending it in. if you have a picture you'd like to have us feature here, send us the picture at myfoxdc.com, and click on the morning tab. danny, i hope you have a fantastic day. want to put on a shirt or jacket, because temperatures back in the 30s north and west

in the city. fredericksburg 45 for you. 43 leonard town. stevensville 43 degrees. off to a chilly start. we have freeze warnings until 9:00 a.m. north and west of the city. look how much of the region is in the 30s. pittsburgh, 34. columbus, 34. cold chunk of air off to our north and west, and our flow today will be out of the north and west. high pressure across the great lakes. good news, lots of sunshine in the forecast. but it will be a little bit chilly with afternoon highs expected to be only in the 50s. later tonight we're going to refreeze. we have a new freeze warning that's been issued for the same counties that had a freeze warning this morning for tomorrow morning. there's your five-day forecast. 58 today. nice looking weekend. lies highs in the upper 60s by easter sunday. lots of sunshine. that's your weather forecast.

let's get to traffic and robert has got your latest. how is it looking? it is looking very favorable. i guess we could call this favorable friday. looking fine from frederick to the beltway. only mainly problem in maryland delays from the 95 interchange college park to the greenbelt metro station, but that's due to volume. virginia, 95 northbound smooth ride. smooth all the way up to springfield from points south, on 395 inbound into the district and 14th street bridge increased traffic volume, but no major problems. looking good on all the area roadways and bridges. only mainly problem in virginia is the on going closure on route 7 eastbound due to the on going accident activity in falls church. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic.

all right. rick santorum with conservative leaders, he met with them to see how they can stop romney from becoming the republican nominee for president. romney is focusing on winning in santorum's home state in pennsylvania in over two weeks. he worked the phones at his harrisburg headquarters and taking swings at the president. >> this president has been an anti-energy president. if i'm president, i will make sure we get our gas, our oil, our coal, and we'll build that pipeline of oil to canada that will bring more oil into this country. >> president obama signed the jobs act into law to help small businesses hire new workers. newt gingrich also, though not making headlines, is still in the running for the gop nomination. he is an exclusive guest this week on fox news sunday. and joining us with a preview is host chris wallace. good morning, chris.

thank you for joining us. >> good morning, wisdom. >> gingrich still in the mix and he'll be a guest on your show. >> that's right. i guess one of the questions is, why is he still running? it's clear he's only won two contests. a little over 100 delegates. he won't be the nominee of the party. he says now, well, it's sort of like ron paul. i'm in this to shape the platform, to make sure some of my conservative ideas get into it, to make sure as a true conservative. but gingrich is going well into debt, and so the question is at what cost personally to him to continue this campaign? also this week we have this very interesting debate back and forth between the president and romney. they both made speeches here in washington about the budget. the president calling the romney/ryan plan radical and social darwinism. romney saying the president has been totally ineffective in

terms of cutting spending and getting the economy growing again. we're going to have a debate between two key senate leaders on the budget, spending taxes, entitlement reform. and finally, and for folks who may be a little older like me, julie nixon eisenhower, the daughter of president nixon, married to the grandson of dwight eisenhower, and we're going to talk to her. her mom, it's the celebration of her mom's 100th birthday. >> wow. >> and some fascinating behind the scenes insights into one of america's most famous and i suppose you could say controversial families, the nixons, what really went on. >> all right, chris, looking forward to all that. politics and the power player. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> chris wallace, of course, we can see that show sunday at 9:00 a.m. here on fox 5. we look forward to seeing him then. it is 8:18 now.

43degrees on this friday morning. still ahead, a number of apple computers infected with a virus. >> a warning to parents who buy over-the-counter medicine for their children. >> creative pieces of art around town for the cherry blossom festival. holly is showing us part of the five by five project, that's later. stay with us. 

back with a recall to tell you about involving a protein drink. the company is voluntarily recalling its chocolate monster beverage. they made the announcement after four customers with peanut allergies experienced severe reactions after drinking it. included in the recall, 12- ounce and 32-ounce bottles with enjoy by dates prior to and including may 23rd of this year. they were distributed nationwide, including costco stores. the company says it's working with the fda to investigate the cause of these reactions, since the drink contains no peanut or tree nut ingredients. maryland health officials say some stores in maryland are selling an unprone medicine

often marketed as a pediatric cold medicine. they say it contains an antibiotic that requires a prescription. also more than 600,000 macs are infected with a dangerous virus and their owners don't even know it. a russian anti-virus company is saying this morning that half of the infected computers are in the united states. the computers which run on the osx operating system have something called the flashback trojan. it's designed to steal personal information and can be activated to form a bot net, that can launch attacks from hundreds of computers at once without owners being aware it is happening. now, when we come back, we'll talk about the unusual and unpleasant place one man

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welcome back. taking a look at some of the stories making headlines, the capitals win the playoff birth last night. that means they'll earn at least the 8th seed in the eastern conference. they wrap up the regular season sunday against the new york rangers. looks like the guarantee was right on point. baseball now, the nats kicked off the season on a winning note in chicago. tucker is happy. strasburg was phenomenal, allowing one run in seven innings. the nats tied the game in the 8th. in the 9th, third hit of the

day for esmond to score the winning run. game two of the series is tomorrow. you know the age old excuse, my dog ate it? this time it's true. the dog found her owner's ticket to the masters and it was yummy. the tickets did surface, okay. they were able to be pieced back together. fortunately the folks at augusta national heard the story and decided to replace the tickets instead of taking those tickets. >> i think you wear it around your neck for the day. would you want to do that? >> how much does a ticket cost? >> couple of thousand dollars. >> oh, is that right? >> i don't know, maybe for a member -- >> she is like, they're yummy. >> imagine how painful that would be when you realize where your tickets were? >> imagine they waited for them to resurface and piece them

back together. they really wanted those tickets. >> i wouldn't want to go that bad. >> not going this year. anyway. you didn't mean to, sierra? good girl. >> we forgive her. temperatures as you take the dog out for a walk this morning in the 30s and 40s. chilly side. freeze warning for another half hour, though most of the area, in fact the entire area is now above freezing. frederick, 41. you were 32 about an hour ago. chilly start to the day. going to be comfortable this afternoon. but not warm. high temperatures will be in the upper 50s. we've got the winds that will be out of the north 10 to 15 miles per hour much of the day. bring along a jacket as you head out, because even with sunshine, it's going to feel a little cooler than afternoon high in the 50s. i mentioned the freeze warning. we're going to do it again tomorrow morning. particularly counties north and west under the freeze warning. montgomery county, howard

county under that freeze warning overnight tonight into saturday morning, about 9:00 a.m. just want to give you a heads up, southern maryland, not in the freeze warning, but doesn't mean your temperatures won't get close to freezing tonight. if you have tender vegetation, bring it inside or cover it up or get the air circulating around it. these temperatures will be certainly threatening some of the vegetation around here later tonight, early tomorrow. otherwise, good looking forecast. lots of sunshine expected later today. high pressure to our north will deliver bright sunshine, just cool weather here with temperatures actually a few degrees below normal for a change for your friday afternoon. 58degrees later today. overnight lows in the mid-30s in the city. upper 20s and low 30s in the freeze warning zone to the north and west. the weekend looks great. sunshine saturday. nice warmup for easter sunday. i know we need rain. maybe early next week, monday, tuesday, a few showers back in the past. allison, i think i'm tossing to

you. i hope i am. yeah, with the v.i.p., really two. if you're unable attend the easter roll at the white house, how about madame tussauds? more than one thousand eggs will be hiding waiting to be discovered and you can interact with the wax figures there. we have the general manager joining us now with more details, and with a very special guest. mr.president, good morning to you. this is the 19th president. >> 19th president, president hayes. >> the significance, tell us about it. >> he started the white house easter egg roll. for those families not able to get tickets -- >> like me. >> like you and me, we thought it was a great opportunity to do our first annual easter egg hunt at the president's gallery by madame tussauds.

it's a great interactive journey through the presidents and we'll have hidden easter eggs throughout the attraction. >> great idea. it's the inaugural year, right? >> right. never been done before. we partnered with the be with me playseum in capitol hill. they'll be bringing live bunnies. children under 12 are free. 13 and above are ten dollars. >> you pay the admission and free for the roll? >> that's correct. bring your own easter basket to fill that up. we'll have golden eggs throughout, and free merchandise as well. >> what's the admission so folks know what they'll be paying? >> ten dollars for adults over 13. we ask that you bring one adult per every four children for security reasons. >> to get into the museum itself? >> ten dollars. >> wow. you have to get up in the morning. >> have to get up early tomorrow. >> you are going to be so packed.

>> i hope so. >> so great. here's the information again for you. they're at the corner of 10th and f streets. free to kids 12 and under, and 13 and over, ten dollars. and bring your own basket. tell us about the detail and everything that went into this figure. >> you know, he was launched last year as part of our $2.5 million president's gallery. our 19th president. actual height and body type. we call it a moment in time. when we decided to do him, this is what he looked like. all our presidents have unbelievable detail. >> yes. >> we're the only place in the world where you can meet all 44 presidents. >> i love that. you call it completely fully sensory experience. >> fully interactive. you can sell down the river with george washington, and

surrender with general lee. a lot of great interactives. >> we're showing detail here, president hayes has his hand in his coat pocket. even the white leather gloves. this would be sort of the outfit for the time period. >> this would be his attire when he was president in the 1870s. >> it looks so real. >> i know. it's amazing. >> it really is amazing. >> tell us about the other fun things you have going on, first of all for the easter egg hunt. games too, right? >> we actually have free face painting for those people willing to donate to the children's charity merlin's magic wand, it's a local charity that we have as part of our corporation. we'll have a photograph with bunny rabbits in the oval office. it will be a great opportunity to do fun things early tomorrow morning. >> i love it. i'm really serious, we hear a lot of ideas, this is just so perfect. >> we hope so. you should come out. >> if i can get up at 8:00 in the morning, because it really

is a wonderful experience. you know what, i'll see you. >> perfect. >> and you have some new exciting things before we let you go going on, too. do you add figures all the time? >> we do. the most recent figure we added in february was harriet tubman and a great interactive. we have the glamor also. the a. list celebrities. we have a great michael jackson exhibit. three different michael jackson figures through june. and we have a new figure launching in mid-may. no. >> can we guess? >> you can guess, of course. >> entertainment figure? >> it's not. historical figure. >> historical figure. >> what's going on in mid-june, rock the mall, girl scouts, whom might we be doing? >> look at that. okay. you're a fantastic pitch man. >> thank you. >> you don't really need to

sell it, because we already love madame tussauds. take advantage of this. it's tomorrow, saturday, april 7th from 8:00 to 10:00. kids 12 and under -- >> free. >> -- free. 12 and over ten dollars. >> yes and thank you. >> thank you. see you saturday. president hayes, thank you so much as well. wisdom, over to you. allison, thank you. 8:36. 43degrees outside on good friday. coming up, fewer young adults are getting their driver's license. what's believed to be behind this decrease. >> plus, america's smallest town now has a new owner. who won the auction and how much the town went for, we'll tell you all about it coming up after the break. ♪ so here's my number ♪ so call me maybe ♪ 

reminder about the fox 5 job shop. today's job of the day comes from bethesda automotive services, looking for a technician. pays between $60,000 and $85,000 a year. for more on this job and the rest of our listings, myfoxdc.com. there may not be as many young people driving these days. recent study the university of

michigan show the amount, 16 to 39 years old with driver's licenses is dropping. according to the study, the greatest decrease was among drivers in their late teens and early 20s. researchers say the reason could be that young people no longer need to socialize face to face, thanks to online chatting. now they also cite economic factors and believe more young people are living in cities. urban forestry administration began spraying the ginkgo trees. they started that overnight. they are sprayed each spring because of their odor and hazard from falling fruit. it began in wards one, two and six, where the female trees were most prevalent. the smallest town in america has new owners now. buford, wyoming was auctioned off to two businessmen from vietnam. it's on 10 acres of land and

has just one resident. that resident is also buford's owner before he decided to sell. is that strange? >> it is. to buy a town? i think so. i don't care how small. coming up, a look at photos throughout the years. the founder of the negro league hall of fame is here with a look at some of the memorable pictures taken by addison scurlock. >> reporter: the cherry blossom festival is still ongoing. the artwork we're talking about and where you can see it, coming up. @ñ

welcome back. just over 100 years ago addison scurlock opened a photography studio. he helped to document some of the social events and took photos of notable americans, including president coolidge, frederick douglas and billy holiday. he also preserved images of the

negro leagues when baseball was a segregated sport. here to talk about him and he has a book with him, dwayne renal sims. he's collected some of the photos in a new book. thank you for coming in. >> always glad to be here on five. and i turned five plus five on saturday. i wanted holly to know -- >> very good. congratulations. let's talk about the book. what inspired you to do this particular kind of book? >> what happened is, a lot of people with literature and books read and a lot of words, a lot of pages, and i thought, pictures. i'm a picture kid. when i was in elementary school i used to draw all the time. i met deborah at the archives and went through some of the film that had not been published. i want to thank the american

history museum to come in there, limited rights, so don't make copies of my book, of the rare images, the black yankees, and the philadelphia stars, and every picture, some of the pictures you can see the dirt coming off the ground. with a black and white. not digital. >> not anything taken by an iphone. >> yeah. >> let's talk about some of the pictures inside this book. tell us some of your favorites. >> my favorite is the flapper girls. a lot of kids say, they dressed like that then? i said where you been in 1930? >> they were styling. this is what you're talking about here? >> right there. this is the flapper girl. >> stylish ladies. i don't know if we can get a closeup. >> a lot of details.

someone here with the red fox fur coat. that was in the era we don't discuss about. we talk about the district of columbia, and what i look at is everybody dressed well in the day. well, you're sharp this morning. >> thank you. >> but they did not. a lot of the other pictures in there are some of the pictures of the team we don't usually see, like the indianapolis clowns. >> new york cubans. >> new york cubans and everything. i think what's happening is that i thank the museum for taking over this collection. i'm just getting started. look out, i'm coming. >> so there's more? >> there's more to this. i figure to do another series of this. with this negro league, i dedicate to merrill stillman, and i got to meet players up to 102 years old.

scurlock, even though he was a photographer at howard university at the time, has captured so many images. we have other pictures here now from the homestead, the greatest team to ever hit the field. >> okay. >> you can ask tommy lasorda that. he used to play against some of the negro leagues. >> these are some great pictures there. >> and the detail, the contrast. i'm so fortunate to be able to have an opportunity to share this with the public and community. it's like kids, grandparents, they all -- this is a story that's not really been told yet. that's my mission right there. >> this is all about history, because like you said, a lot of kids these days, they see current athletics in baseball and they don't realize the history that at one point baseball was segregated. and the reason there was a negro league is because they couldn't play in major league baseball. >> but they were integrated.

whites also played in the league at the time. i think what is important when we talk about the negro league, i talk about it in american baseball history, the fabric of america. this picture here, that's jackie robinson standing with dr. martin luther king at the time. >> is that rosa park? >> i believe that might be her on the end. i better make sure. with history, you better make sure. >> right. excellent. we appreciate it. we only have a few more seconds left. anything else you want to add about this book that i haven't covered? >> i'll be sat sam's club tomorrow doing a signing. one thing interesting about this book, you can see through it, i did something very rare, where when you flip it. somebody said, dwayne, what did you do, turn the book around backwards? >> do that again. >> everybody watching on 5, there, there. it's magic. >> very creative. >> thank you so much. >> we appreciate you coming in and talking with us.

>> very good. >> book signing is saturday at sam's club. it's in laurel. you see the address there. mr.simms, thank you very much. we appreciate you coming in. >> i love coming here all the time. y'all take care of the community first. that's what's great. >> thank you. allison, over to you. >> what a pleasure. thank you for coming in today. the five by five project that can be seen around the d.c. area, our holly is in southwest today to check out the interesting pieces of art. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. there are 25 installations in all. and they are across the eight wards of the district. we're talking five curators, five artists that have come together and are taking advantage of the cherry blossom festival time. it is with great pleasure i get to introduce you to one of the curators and artists. this is laura, she's a curator, and ben is one of the artists. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: has to always make creative people happy to see

something come to fruition. >> yes, it does. >> reporter: tell me about this partnership between the curators and artists and how this works. >> well, i will sort of thought about what kind of art i wanted to propose to the commission, and i looked for artists doing that kind of work. >> reporter: your scene was activate, participate, right? >> right. >> reporter: explain that. >> all my works engage space and a community, and are participatetory in some way other than the visual. >> reporter: we took pictures of the cherry cloud. explain what we're looking at. >> this artist is from puerto rico and it's a sound sculpture that works as an instrument, and you can play it, but also a sculpture. >> reporter: do you find the people coming by are engaging in it? >> very much, yes. >> reporter: what do you hope they get from it? do you hope they understand the

experience or say, hey, this is something cool that's in my neighborhood? >> no, i hope it expands people's idea of what public art can be. >> reporter: for you, what does public art mean to you? >> for this project it's about engaging the public and we're keeping it very loose. we're collaborating with the public, the kids, and taking -- we're taking it as a conversation and there's a lot of hand shakes -- >> reporter: lot of back and forth? >> a lot of back and forth. i kind of let the community guide the piece. it's a piece that's realizing itself, but it's through the lens of skate boarding. >> reporter: so yes, to be clear, we have charles' piece, who is in front of the arena stage, people can beat on it like a drum. your piece is the building of a skate park. >> yes. >> reporter: tell me how that's coming. >> it's under the 295 overpass

between garfield park and the navy yard. and what we've been doing is building -- we start by building one transition and we ride that, and then find a line from that component, and it takes you to another space and then you build the next component. it's a self-realizing form with input from the community. so we've got kids showing up, they don't even skate. they might run up the wall and slide down. we have hard core people, graffiti artists, painters, dogs. there's a dog rufus, he runs through the park in the morning -- >> reporter: everyone can appreciate art, whether you have two legs or four, right. >> right. >> reporter: your audience is great and vast. while this is somewhat temporary, and they're only lasting for different periods of time, what do you hope the ranging effect is of a project like this? >> i think it sort of brings d.c. up to speed in terms of

what public art is now. that it is much more experiencal. it's about an experience or creating a community temporarily, instead of a permanent object. >> yeah. for my piece in particular, i see it as defining a line project is sort of a prototype for a space where you engage the community to become stewards of the space, they become active participants, and they have a sense of ownership. before we engage the space, it was in pretty bad shape. since then i've been able to step back, and we show up every day and start building and they're learning practical skills for realizing their ideas. so i would hope it would be a prototype for building similar type parks in under used spaces in the city. >> reporter: and for people to become part of the process. >> we're having a good time. >> reporter: that is what i try to do every day, play and have a good time.

thank you both so much. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to the project web site if you want to find out where the 25 different installations are. however, if you stay tuned we are going to move to another location coming up in our 9:00 hour. back to you. >> we look forward to it. thank you. time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. frank culler and his wife, judy. he says judy has had two emergency surgeries since december and almost lost a leg, but doctors were able to save it. she is a daily viewer, and we appreciate that as well. judy, we wish you a speedy recovery. thank you frank for watching fox 5. for a chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day, head to our facebook page and post a comment under frank's photo. it is 8:55 now. it is a friday morning. coming up in our next hour, it's down to just seven. lucky seven on "american idol." america sent home dee andre

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