the running so where does that leave us in the race for the white house the latest from the campaign trail. as fox 5 morning news continues right now. live shot outside, we have clouds, and it is a rather cool start to the day. this is wednesday, april 11th, 2012 good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour happy you are with us for the 7:00 a.m. hour of fox 5 morning news. >> tucker barnes has the latest on this mornings weather information here he is with that. >> good morning everybody we have cloud cover out there to start your day cool temperatures that will be the theme around here maybe a shower later this afternoon. keep our fingers crossed. let's kick it off and look at numbers regan national that is cool, 41 degrees right now in washington. humidity 57% winds out of the west 5 miles per hour they will pick up again today combination

of cool temperatures and breezes out of the north and west, gusting to 30 will give us a chill today, this is jacket weather for wednesday. cloud cover moving in from the north and west upper level low across the great lakes drop that little piece of energy in our direction believe it or not that is snow showers flying southwest pennsylvania, when it gets here it will probably be in the form of a few light rain showers. we will see a mix of clouds and sunshine during the course of your day and cool highs only in the mid-50s that is after enjoying 60s last couple days, notably cooler than yesterday. let's look at the forecast a sneak peek at the weekend in a minute a sneak peek at traffic and julie. we have some problems to report right now as you travel eastbound 50, again, against the rush hour flow leaving annapolis, headed out towards the bay bridge a tractor

trailer leaking some fuel. eastbound 50, headed over towards fayette hill drive no problems to report leaving annapolis, northbound baltimore washington parkway accident activity tieing up the right side of the road, southbound laurel and 410, eastbound 66 no incidents to report leaving centerville you will find your lanes are open, headed towards fair oaks. that is a check of your fox 5 . all right julie we begin with breaking news out of indonesia, tsunami watches and warnings in effect across the indian ocean after a massive earthquake hit in waters off indonesia, two hours ago. the 8.7 magnitude quake was centered near ache provinces panicked residents poured into the streets the earthquake was

so strong, highrise buildings on malaysia's coast, shook for a full minute. most of the 230,000 victims in the 2004 earthquake were in ache. police on the hunt for a man accused of assaulting two women. >> the attack happened last night in alexandria, virginia where we find melanie alnwick. good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison. it was an ad for an apartment that lured the two women here to the far end of mill road in alexandria virginia instead of being shown the apartment police say they were lured -- dragged and then taken inside this vacant office building, swat teams and police dogs swarmed the building, we are not far from the eisenhower metro station after the victims called 911 they told police they arranged to meet a man

here 5:30 p.m. yesterday evening instead they were dragged inside the building and beaten by the man they got away and ran out of the building they were seriously shaken not badly injured one was taken to hospital as a precaution, people nearby reminds them of a similar story >> you kind of have to be prepeared for that around here i mean it is getting insane. i am not surprised. i mean, a couple years back the craig's list killer who was finding people on craig's list and murdering them you just can't trust anybody that is unfortunate. police did do a floor by floor search of this building for a couple hours it is a pretty large building, a former american trucking association headquarters neighbors say it has been vacant for a few years the women did get a pretty good look at the suspect we will give you their description here they describe the suspect as a white man, tall with a thin build reddish brown long hair, that is pulled back in a pony

tail, it is the pony tail itself is lighter in color the man has green eyes pail complex, wearing a three quarter sleeve d black top the women did exactly the right thing and they remind anyone answering an ad to always know who you are dealing with and always bring some body with you for safety allison and tony back to you. >> thank you very much. some of our other top stories, raymond brown is charged with wreckless endangerment in the death of a 6-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself. brown admitted he left a gun inside his backpack amari perkins opened the back and found it monday the bag is said to look exactly like the first graders own backpack brown is a family friend live being that boy's family it is not yet clear who owns the gun. a teacher who once worked at a private school in the

district has been added to the fbis top 10 most wanted list he is 30-year-old eric toss he has been on the run since 2008 taught third grade on the grounds of the national cathedral, another teacher found explicit photos of at least one boy on a school cam are a he was using -- camera he was using. >> there are a few things typically make these folks stop those things are discovery, arrest, and incarceration, or death. that is what makes these guys stop there is no on off switch someone like him will turn off. fbi believes he had multiple victims he hasn't been seen since the day he lost his job and agents believe he has again left the dc area. charles county sheriffs busted an ice cream vendor for selling pot out of his truck. 20-year-old alexandre charles

hopkins sold ice cream and marijuana in several waldorf neighbourhoods they made the arrest after getting an anonymous tip officers say he sold the marijuana mostly to kids in hair late teens and young adults. turning now to the race for the white house rick santorum is throwing in the towel, he gave up his bid for the republican presidential nomination yesterday afternoon foxes doug luzader has more on the reasons why his departure and what he plans to do now he is off the campaign trail. >> reporter: melt romney's closest rival is now out, for all -- mitt romney's closest rival is now out for all practical purposes bringing this long battle to a close. >> this has been quite a day. >> reporter: yes, it has on the campaign trail last night in pennsylvania, clearing the last hurdle for his party's presidential nomination even he was surprised when rick santorum said this. >> well, this presidential race for us is over for me, and we

will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. >> reporter: there were at least two big factors behind that decision, the first santorum's daughter bella has a rare genetic condition she has been fighting pneumonia she was just released from hospital but also despite his improbable rise from the back of the gop pack to real contender santorum may have dreaded what was ahead a knock down drag out fight in his home state in two weeks in what had become a bitter rivalry santorum called romney yesterday but didn't mention him publicly. newt gingrich and ron paul pledged to remain in the race but beneather has the delegates to touch romney. >> the white house predicted for some time he would win the nomination president obama attended multiple fundraisers

in florida, santorum did make a real name for himself in this process and may be a real player in the republican party down the road for now his plan is more modest he wants the get some sleep in washington doug luzader fox news. we can understand that. thank you doug. president barack obama is talking more about his new tax on rich americans today. and is making his pitch for the so called buffett rule attacks on the wealthy so they don't pay less taxes than the middle class named after warren buffet the president is speaking at the eisenhower building just after 10:00 a.m. then tonight he will attend a campaign event at the w hotel in the district. first lady michelle will today mark one year since the start of a campaign to help military families mrs. obama will honor the joining forces initiative with a white house ceremony before beginning a four state tour to out the the progress of the effort,

including hundreds of nursing organizations will train nurses on how to care for veterans with post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury the other is hiring of the 50,000 person under the initiative. also happening today march around the monument to honor emancipation day dc area resident cans join local and national leaders marching between the major sites on the mall 2:00 p.m. lincoln memorial you can see it then go to jefferson memorial, fdr before getting to the martin ruther king memorial at -- martin luther king memorial at 5:00 p.m. this is the mark the 150th anniversary of dc emancipation day officially celebrated april 15th, that will include a parade on pennsylvania avenue, street festival freedom plaza and fireworks. 7:10 a.m., on a wednesday morning, still ahead a first in the nation move by maryland

lawmakers. >> fresh violence in syria less than 24 hours before a cease fire is supposed to go into effect the latest from overseas after the break pgh >> plus the trayvon martin case heads back to the district what his parents are doing in dc today that is next as we head to break a live lookout side traffic 495 american legion bridge the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie stay with us, it is 7:11 a.m. 

new violence in syria, troops are defying a united nations cease fire plan launching fresh attacks on rebels special rep

representative kofi annona hopes to get help. they are calling for the united states to supply guns to the rebels. in a california courtroom a parole hearing for charles manson the 77-year-old says he doesn't plan to attend his 12th hearing perhaps his last opportunity to seek freedom that is because under current law inmates can be denied the chance to reapply for parole up to 15 years, the california department of corrections released this new photo of manson last week. announcement expected any day now from special prosecutor over seeing the trayvon martin case. angela corey is deciding whether to charge george zimmerman with a crime. he says he was acting in self- defense when he shot 17-year- old martin who was unarmed martin's parents say zimmerman attacked their son the case raised questions about racial

profiling, his lawyers have dropped him as a client in another turn of events. >> he has gone on his own i am not sure what he is doing or who he is talking to, but at this point we are withdrawing his counsel i still believe he was acting in self-defense that night, nothing that i have said about him or this case has changed in any way. >> zimmerman's now former legal team says they haven't heard from him in days and suspect the constant media attention may be to blame meanwhile trayvon martin's parents are in dc they will hold a news conference at the national action network's annual convention, hosted by reverend al sharpton. >> dc is getting ready for a sure sign of spring baseball. >> the nationals host the reds, in the nats home opener tomorrow the game is at 5 but coverage begins early in the morning holly morris and dave ross will be down at the park tomorrow with more on the hopes for the season and what is new

and fun for you and your family at the ballpark always great home opener. >> particularly this year we have a winning team. >> and good prospects cross our fingers. >> mike harper will play in a couple months. >> yeah, so we will see how it goes. >> prodigy. >> yep. >> meantime it doesn't -- well, 41 now. >> chilly, looking at sunshine for the ball game but today will be a cool one there you go live shot the cloud cover that is the theme around here today inand out of the clouds, peeks of sunshine but with an upper level low spinning off to our north and west clouds will win out. the bus stop forecast, and big thanks to all the bus drivers >> chef that's right. >> that is a tough job. >> good morning to our bus driver. good morning bus dude. >> he is probably working. >> he watches the show not sure with a time he does.

>> much of the area, 30s overnight we are off to a rather cool start. 41 washington, lots of 30s out west, cincinnati 35 degrees, 36 buffalo, i am going to show you that big spin in the atmosphere there, in a minute but locking in the cool air across generally the northeastern third of the country, otherwise nice and warm houston right now, i don't have the temperature but dallas is 67. >> just wanted to mention it. >> good morning houston. >> hey, houston what's happening. you can see the cloud cover moving in from the north and mostly cloudy partly to mostly cloudy today with a chance of a shower most of the country is nice and dry this dry pattern continues for us over the next week or so we don't have a lot of chances for rain let's hope we can squeeze out a shower this afternoon your five day forecast, springtime temperatures hanging by saturday and sunday nice warm up near 80 by sunday afternoon. >> the only thing about squeaking out a shower this

afternoon won't really help we need rain. >> right. >> if it is not going to do that it might as well not rain. >> then i'll put the order in. >> thank you tucker. >> on it. >> julie wright what is going on in the world of traffic. >> am i hearing correctly they are putting in an order for rain? >> yeah, we need the rain julie. >> why would you send tony to arizona we will let him broadcast live there. >> i want to go. >> we will all go. >> okay good. >> on the roads we have our hands full eastbound 50, bay dale drive where i have a crash involving a tractor trailer and fuel spill two right lanes closed as you travel from annapolis headed out toward it is bay bridge westbound traffic looks good leaving annapolis through buoy and northbound, washington parkway, powder mill accident activity leaving the belt way headed north slow going on 66 as you work eastbound, leaving centerville traffic is heavy and slow,

towards 123 and at the belt way that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie thanks cab rides in the district could soon cost you more the dc taxi cab commission is expected to approve new rates during a meeting today, fares would jump $2.16 a mile up from $1.50 additional fees like the $1 fuel surcharge would be eliminated changes could go into effect april 21st. a first of its kind move by maryland lawmakers general assembly passed a bill to bar employers from demanding passwords to employees facebook accounts the bill applies to other social networking sites as well similar laws are pending in california, ild mich representatives from the u.s. national slavery museum are heading back to bankruptcy court in richmond today the museum is trying to dig out from a $7 million debt, lawyers will submit tax filings and other records needed to secure

the museum, tax exempt status they are said to be critical to resume an ambitious fundraising plan. time now 7:20 a.m. wednesday morning still ahead landing a job in this struggling economy is hard enough wait until you hear what is making it harder for some folks. >> more bad news for investors, stocks are caught in their biggest slide of the year, so, what is driving this trend? we will take a closer look next pgh >> she dedicated herself to help others in times of need, clara barton called glen echo home for the last 15 years of her life tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of her death, holly morris is live at the historic site named in her honor. we will be right back. 7:21 a.m. [ man ] did we get a anything good?

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>> the mystery is not really solved. >> not really. >> we tease it as though it would be. >> he is providing insight into why he did that. >> got you okay. >> so we know a little more but still don't really know. >> we will never know it will just be springfield >> i like it >> following past precedence didn't a lot of shows. >> sure. >> any where usa. >> that's right. >> what is going on in this area,. >> pollen. trees are high they will be very high next couple days no real relief in sight, combination of early blooming and dry weather and windy as well. so as tony has been suffering all morning, or for a couple weeks i don't know. >> how long tony. >> weeks and weeks. >> pretty bad today. >> particularly bad today blame maple, elm and june fehr in your yard. >> of course. those junipers.

>> i have a dogwood in my yard i never knew about until it bloomed i think someone surprise planted it for me. >> maybe they did. nice. grass and mold will be on the increase over the next couple weeks. temperatures cool off to the north and west temperatures 30s overnight and not budging a lot look at that 36 gaithersburg, manana sis, 38 dulles, 36 -- manassas. 38 dulles, 36 hagerstown. cooler than the last few days, persisting winds out of north and west gusting to 30 definitely jacket weather here to stay watch the cloud cover really just fade down into the washington area last couple hours, and it is all because upper level low spinning here across the great lakes, spokes of energy are coming down today it will zip south we will see that cloud cover and cooler temperatures later this afternoon it is possible we could get a few showers best chance north and west of the city not enough to crush our

pollen problem or our developing drought about here but maybe a few showers later today, winds gusting to 30, north and west freeze watch and freeze warning north and west of the city tomorrow morning another cold start to your day tomorrow morning five day nice rebound near 70 saturday, sunshine near 80 yep near 80 by sunday afternoon, all right let's look at your weather, julie. tucker on the roads crew in sky fox made their way eastbound over 50, bay dale drive that is where we received word there was a tractor trailer, leaking fuel clean up continues live shot, eastbound 50, right lane remains closed off at this time no delay passing the scene continuing out toward it is bay bridge leaving annapolis you will find, you stayed center and left to get by with very little delay clean up continues eastbound 50, stay to the center and left to get by,

accident activity still in play northbound baltimore washington parkway as you work up towards powder mill road the left side of the highway is closed because of this crash leaving laurel down to the belt way outer loop remains closed 95 headed around towards georgia avenue, all lanes are open that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie thank you mitt romney feeling a little bit more up beat after rick santorum bowed out of the republican presidential race, so is it only a matter of time before newt gingrich and ron paul do the same joining us this morning, peter feen, good morning. good to see you and republican political strategist, jim innocenzi. >> nice to see you. >> let's talk about this big news, rick santorum suspending his campaign what does that mean jim? >> yesterday i understand the romney people were wearing sweater vests in honor of the fact that santorum is -- i

think what it means it is a definitive moment the campaign is over peter and i have been saying this for awhile, that the campaign is over and it is over the president has been on the air now for at least a week attacking mitt romney in television commercials in key states you know the folks in chicago and the white house know the campaign is over republican nomination is over, so i think this is the groves are off and both sides are going to -- gloves are off and both sides will come out singing. >> did you think it would be santorum not paul or gingrich? >> paul has nothing to lose he is not getting delegates not winning anything not having to spend huge amounts of money he will just be a force, with gingrich and paul they would like some kind of role n tampa at that convention so that is what they are playing for. i think santorum would too. when he says suspend what that means is that you are still raising money to pay off your

debt, and so, instead of saying i am withdrawing you say i am suspending that is what he did. but jim is right, the carl rogue group are ready to spend $200 million starting now going on the air, the obama people, have been the paragons of negative campaigning and are going to start right off the bat going after obama. we are going to see an engaged campaign, it is not post convention, it is starting now. >> that's right. >> let me ask you, what do you thing about rick santorum, mitt romney ticket? >> won't happen. >> won't happen. >> no, mitt romney is going to go, for the independent voter or he is going to go for the voter that is a swing vote inner a swing state that he needs so that means, he is looking at a florida or ohio,

or nevada, or a new mexico, states like that, where the president also knows that they have to look at to try to win as well. you have to look at that maybe an independent voter maybe a female, you know, on the ticket, but rick santorum represents the base of the republican party or social conservatives i don't see that that is going to -- that will happen because eventually the social conservatives will come back certainly i think he will pick a conservative but i don't know that it would be rick santorum but he will have a role >> i agree i think he will do some campaigning but won't be on the ticket he is looking at 2016, he is on the radar screen now, he avoided a loss in his home state of pennsylvania, pulling out you know he increased his clout, if romney gets beaten, which i think h happen in november, conservatives will say i told you so we should have nominated

rick perry or we should have nominated rick santorum, because every other candidate in the race, has led mitt romney in the polls, i think the real question, the vice presidential pick, is you know, do you throw the long ball do you try to figure out how to get a woman on this ticket because you are getting creamed by obama with woman or do you go to a more safe choice my sense is romney is safe kind of guy i think rod portman is a very likely choice he is on the economy with him, solid, he is not a bomb thrower, not the most exciting candidate. >> and that is why peter i don't think it will be a portman he is a boring white guy, he is certainly qualified, i mean he is qualified. >> on the record to say jim said that not me and not peter. >> i mean, that doesn't mean he is not qualified, senator and h

qualifications but you need some body else you can't have two guys with pressed jeans out there. >> there is an awful lot of good guys out there. >> all right. >> guys in the universal sense. >> cut me some slack. >> okay. >> but so i don't know that it is a portman although ohio is a swing state i wouldn't be surprised but you know, romney surprised an awful lot of people i don't think a lot of people sitting here today, if you would have asked them back in september last year if it was going to be romney a lot of people would have said no, it will be some body else well, it is mitt romney he might surprise people. >> in the time we have left i want to ask, what should the message from the president be now and peter i will ask you as we are basically afternooning up thing nows and it looks like it will be mitt romney versus president obama. >> this is crystal clear i wrote a piece for the hill today, jim and i -- >> you can write?

>> i write very slow. >> you can wright? >> i -- write? >> i write very slow. >> this is about who is standing up for a middle class family fighting who is out there day after day to stand up for those folks middle incomer earners and who again, and proposes tax cuts for the very wealthiest americans increasing the debt by $10 trillion who is out of touch and that is mitt romney. >> barack obama. >> mitt romney is totally out of touch with middle class families the average person now making $60,000 a year american pays 29.9% of their income in taxes mitt romney pays 13.9% report today, about millionaires and billionaires, you know, not paying their fair share it may account for $47 billion in the budget which is not huge but it is fairness. >> jim 10 seconds.

>> they have been doing this for three years, and it is not moving his numbers peter. >> why do you think he is ahead in the polls. >> he is not. >> women are going for him. >> mitt romney is a $10,000 bet. >> i wish i had that money. we got to end it there, jim and peter, thank you so much tony over to you. it is out of control. >> better throw some water on them. >> 7:41 a.m. now, how does it sound to you bacon and ice cream? coming up the popular fast food chain looking to cash in on that combo. >> this man believes he could win a national championship at arkansas but now he will not get that chance, bobby petrino speaks out just hours after being fired good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat

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petrino is speaking out he was let go yesterday regarding a scandal, the 5 -year-old was -- 51-year-old was injuried in a motorcycle accident last week and put on paid leave after admitting he lied about the presence of his 25-year-old mistress riding with him he is pairried and has children he issue add statement last night apologizing saying he has no one to blame but himself. highly competitive college in california is apologizing to hundreds of soon to be college students, ucla mistakenly sent almost 900 high school seniors, e-mails congratulating them on get into the school a campus spokesman clarified the situation and said everyone who received the e-mail is on the wait list for admission instead. >> oh,. >> you know what, can they just admit them? >> no. >> that is your first thought but it is 900. >> that is a lot. >> what about some modulars or something. >> you know they can't. >> it is almost too much.

>> too emotional. >> all they can say we will try our best. >> okay. >> that is tough. >> really tough. >> you are celebrating. >> too much of a high and then a low. it is damaging. >> all right >> i hope they all get in. >> me too. >> tucker with a look at weather. >> real quick cool temperatures to start your day, cool this afternoon unlike the last couple days when we warmed up today not so much highs in the 50s. 41 washington, there you go look at the 30s off to the north and west, columbus, 31 degrees, 34 pittsburgh chilly start here and we've got a lot of cloud cover in this area of low pressure off to our north and west, why you ask? well, jet stream temporarily taking a dip down south of us that will keep us on the cool side of things today as we get into the weekend, take a couple days that jet stream is going to retreat to the north that means warmer temperatures on the way, 70 by saturday and how about, 80 by sunday, need rain unfortunately not a lot in the

forecast maybe a shower or two this afternoon but to be honest not enough to put a dent in our recent dry spell gain, cool today, 56, windy too, winds out of the north and west 30, nice warm up for the weekend 80 by sunday afternoon. >> looking forward to it tucker thank you. >> julie wright with the latest on our traffic. >> you guys check this out outer loop of the belt way well below speed 95 headed around towards connecticut avenue outer loop slowing, leaving 214, headed toward it is bw parkway long standing crash powder mill road cleared in a back up leaving 410out of river dale, delays southbound, 270, lane divide and follow police direction to get by that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. check out this picture julie we all know bacon is tasty with eggs on a breakfast sandwich what about ice cream? yeah, well, soon you may be able to find out what that tastes like burger king in

nashville tennessee, is introducing a new bacon sundae ice cream chocolate sauce caramel and bacon. >> why? >> don't know. other restaurants have had bacon flavoured items on the menu in the past but never actually used real bacon. this restaurant is stepping out. >> holly morris in maryland this morning she is at the clara barton home. >> today it is a historic site that offers free tourprograms for kids hey holly >> hey, not only offers, free things and fun things for kids but offers opportunity to see things like that, the original door, to the american red cross. the real deal and it can only be found here at the clara barton historic site in glen echo where we are live this morning if you have never been here now is indeed the time to come visit we will show you first hand why this weekend you should make it a part of your plans and why kids you might

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7:52 a.m., some free events going on in glen echo maryland to celebrate the life of clara barton. >> holly is at the national site to learn more i have never been inside i am looking forward to this preview >> i know i have never been inside either two days in a row i have been to a place i haven't been before that just goes to show you there are always new places to discover in the greater washington area you might want to discover the clara barton site this weekend they have a lot of special things going on. thank you so much for having us. >> thank you for coming. >> this for me is like a wow moment because we drove up, and we see this beautiful house and then you come inside i think probably a lot of people don't know what's here >> they don't we have a number of events this weekend to help people learn what police barton's legacy is and all this -- what miss barton's legacy is

and all this space. it is the 100th anniversary of her death tell people what they can take advantage of. tomorrow a tree planting followed by open house. friday our tours are focused on her legacy specifically. saturday, we have two performances of clara barton, professional angel, and another open house then sunday, an open house. nonstop activity here at the clara barton his storic site we have other -- historic site. we have other things to highlight as well. one of the park rangers good to see you. >> how are you >> i am excited to introduce you to bernie she is the reason when he are here she said, you have to come visit. >> absolutely. >> we have lots of young people here with us as well talk about the junior ranger program. >> national park service has junior ranger programs, over 391 national parks the junior

ranger programs are for king ages 8 through age 13 and it is to earn something while they learn, and they can actually earn a junior ranger badge. >> how cool is that do you think you can earn that? can you do the work this morning? they are going on a scavenger hunt this morning. you guys go find your stuff meanwhile, tell us about the closet why that is so special. >> well, clara barton has over 60 closets in this house >> i love that woman. >> these closets had supplies she was prepared also organized, any moments notice she would have these things sent to the nearest port or train station. >> i was reading about her not only was she organized but frugal right? >> absolutely. absolutely very frugal, the bandage fillings she used

bandage for fillings because she didn't want to purchase plaster. >> this is a good sized home. >> it not only served adds her home but her coworkers lived here. >> it was a warehouse, office and home for her and staff. >> as we come in here it is amazing you have a lot of original stuff real quickly point out maybe three things that are special about where we are. >> first the blue willows china purchased the day she was born, christmas day 1821. >> wow. >> also the portrait of her cat tommy, he was her dear pet. >> her actual desk. >> it is actually in the center of the room but this is where she sat with the great view of the canal and the potomac river. >> amazing stuff are you guys learning something? i am going to quiz you on later. you are writing down the good stuff? all right. myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to the clara barton historic site if you want to find out more, not only about the events going on this weekend thursday through sunday

but the junior ranger program good for the summer coming up next hour we will continue to search through the house and you guys think you can put together a first aid kit? clara barton came up with idea. we will see i think you are pretty good. >> i have never been inside the house either very cool. 8:00 a.m. hour you will want to see this we will hear a remarkable story about one of the passengers on the titanic, 100 years ago now, we've got two descendents they will join us live in 20 minutes and tell their story. >> spring cleaning can be a daunting task right? something few of us really look forward to, but what if there was cash in it for you? we will tell you about some chores that will pay you back. 7:57 a.m., we will be right back 

two women apartment hunting in virginia violent aattacked by a man who ranged to meet them to show them a home. then a very close call for one passenger on the titanic, when another survivor from the ship, grabbed her baby and

tried to claim him as her own. we will take a look back at history as we talk with descendents of the mother and child. fascinating story. >> later this hour, spring cleaning sounds like too much to tackle, try turning to projects which will pay you back we have details of that, coming up good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. always a nice incentive get paid back. before we get to weather we are following breaking news a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of indonesia, the 8.7 quake triggered tsunami warnings across the indian ocean so far no signs of a major wave, although, there were some tense moments right after that quake struck, about -- and people as far away as singapore and thailand felt the earth shake the region has been hit with several after shocks including one that measured

8.1. >> we will stay on top of that. right now, tucker barnes standing by to tell us about our weather conditions around the region. >> good morning. cool and cloudy to start your day that will be the theme around here throughout the afternoon our temperatures just not going to warm up a whole lot maybe highs mid-50s. sweater, we haven't put it away yet, maybe a jacket, this will feel a little more like march than april. >> would a shawl be appropriate? >> maybe not for me but yeah, for some people. 41 regan national, humidity 53%, winds out of the west at 6, snowflakes flying in southwest pennsylvania and cloud cover moving in from the north overnight, cloud cover will stick around today, sunshine as well not completely overcast but with the cloud cover winds picking up out of the north and west and cool temperatures, feels more like march than april today, peeks of sunshine breezy conditions

return could be a shower highs mid-50s,. >> all right thank you tucker. we now turn to julie wright for an update on our rush hour traffic. >> i just had the visual of tucker in a shawl. >> very pretty. >> we can photo shop that. >> that's right we can. the plot thickens. on the belt way, travelling the inner loop, annandale, 366, 395 and slow go, from the pentagon across the 14th street bridge, police activity blocking the right lane at the overpass, georgia avenue, delay 214, bw parkway that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right thank you julie our big story this morning a man accused of beating two women is on the loose. >> the attack happened last night in alexandria virginia where melanie am wake is live with details -- alnwick is live with details. >> reporter: it happened in

seen this vacant building behind me there are police cars stationed out front here the women were lured here yesterday evening by an ad for an apartment but the suspect had other ideas, swat teams, police dogs swarmed the building near the eisenhower avenue metro station after victims called 911 they told police they arranged to meet a man here around 5:30 p.m. yesterday evening they thought they would be shown an apartment and they knocked on the door but instead the man opened the door grabbed the women and pulled them inside the vacant building, they were punched and kicked, but we are told the women fought back vigorously and managed to escape they were seriously shaken but not badly injured one was taken to hospital as a precaution the whole thing makes some people who live nearby very uncomfortable. >> very odd to me how the whole thing went down, personally, i can't imagine coming up to look at an apartment and getting dragged somewhere, and like i said, earlier, i probably would

have tried to -- but it is frightening and disturbing. >> reporter: police did a floor by floor search of the building it is at least six stories they wanted to make sure the suspect wasn't holed up inside it is the former american trucking headquarters neighbors say it has been vacant a few years. we have a little description of the suspect a white man tall with thin build, reddish brown long hair pulled back in a pony tail, lightener color in the pony tail, green eyes, pail complex -- pale complex wearing a three quarter sleeved black top. the pio said the bulk of the day will be spent talking with other jurisdictions to see if there are any other similar incidents in the case we have a lot of questions about that advertisement, wanting to see perhaps where it was placed police don't have any information on that now they are working to get it because it would make a difference whether it was online or posted

in a coffee shop somewhere, we will get that information as soon as we can and bring that to you that is the latest from alexandria, back to you. all right melanie thank you very much in other news a teacher who once worked at a private school in the district has been added to the fbis 10 most wanted list 30-year-old eric has been on the run since 2008 he taught third grade on the grounds of the national cathedral another teacher found explicit photos of at least one boy on a school camera, he was using. >> there are a few things that typically make these folks stop, and those things are discovery, arrest, and incarceration, or death. that is what makes these guys stop there is no on off switch some body like him will turn off. >> reporter: the fbi believes he had multiple victims he hasn't been seen since the day he lost his job agents believe

he left the dc area. lawyers representing george zimmerman have quit in a press conference yesterday his former legal team said they have lost all contact with zimmerman and are concerned for his well being, the announcement comes as special prosecutor angela corey said she will make an announcement of her own within the next 72 hours no word on what that announcement will be but we know she is in the process of deciding whether to charge the neighbourhood watch volunteer with a crime for the february 26th shooting, of florida teen trayvon martin. meanwhile trayvon martin's parents are in dc today, they will hold a news conference this afternoon at the national action network's annual convention hosted by reverend al sharpton. tony looks like mitt romney will be the republican candidate to face president barack obama come november, rick santorum suspended his campaign yesterday, santorum has been struggling in the polls after some early contest

wins, it was unclear whether he could win his home state of pennsylvania end of the month, mitt romney has been directing much of his verbal campaign or attacks on the president recently in days, the president made another pitch in florida yesterday on his own behalf to eliminate tax breaks for the wealthy and have them pay the same as the middle class. >> governor o'malley is describing the failure of a budget compromise as pretty much the low point of my experience here he has not said if he will call for a special session the general assembly has until july 1st to hold one or the doomsday budget will go into effect with $500 million in cuts we will talk about all of this and more, maryland issues with governor o'malley he will join us live tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. 8 minutes after the hour tax payers -- cab fares could

soon go up. >> then a fascinating story following the sinking of the titanic a mother reunited with her baby after fearing him lost at sea we will talk with descendents of one of the survivors when fox 5 morning news continues 

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bryson. >> two handsome young men. >> great smiles. >> that is great >> can we take the banner down for a second so i can see what the shirt says, little brothers rock and big brothers rock. >> love it. >> their parents say cole adores his baby brother, and won't leave him alone. we know how that can be. >> are they holding hands? >> sure are. >> so cute. >> adorable. >> great to see brothers getting along i didn't get along with my brother when we were that age. >> how do you know? >> i remember not liking him. go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings, we are friends now it took 40 years. regan national 43 degrees, 36 cincinnati, chicago, much of the country see that general area of blue under a freeze warning there is a lot of cold air off to the north and west

international falls 19 degrees in fact we have freeze watches and warnings extended just west of washington for later tonight, lots of clouds in the forecast today, could there be a shower yes. will there be wind? yes. wind gusts will be back in the order of 25, 30 miles per hour later from the north and west breezy, cool, a few showers expected more cloud cover than yesterday your five day forecast lights later today, 56 degrees, cold tonight gradual warm up, near 80 by sunday. speaking of beach weather let's get to julie wright. my ears just perked up you said beach weather i was like where. >> we will do the beach forecast soon >> i cannot wait. below speed, 214 to the bw parkway. outer loop loosening up a little bit here as you work past university boulevard a slow down 395 leaving the

pentagon headed across the 14th street bridge police activity at the overpass, 6th and 7th streets tieing up the right lane. >> all right thank you very much. 100 years ago today titanic was one day out to sea and leah axe who you see here was sailing toward unimaginable heart ache and a miracle of sorts she and her baby son were on their way to america to join leah's husband joining us via skype to tell the rest the story her great granddaughter, dr. lisa bar and her grandson in law also lisa's dad, gilbert binder we appreciate you spending time with us let me start with you mr. binder. can you tell us, the circumstances that brought leah, to the titanic? why was she taking the trip? >> well, her husband came to this country on a freighter, he didn't have a lot of money and her family wanted her to stay in london because she was pregnant and they didn't want

her travelling until the baby was born and they also wanted her to wait for the titanic they thought it was the only ship safe enough for her to travel on. >> so she did board the ship sailed on titanic with the little boy whose name was frank phil lip how old was the boy then? >> 7 months. >> 7 months old. okay so we all know what happened obviously titanic struck an iceberg, can you tell me what happened once the titanic struck the iceberg? what happened to leah. >> well, she was travelling in third class because she was a nursing mother they wouldn't allow her out of third class, so she was locked behind the gates when the ship struck the iceberg, she was a very small woman, under 5 feet tall and she was quite pretty and had this small baby and they had a blanket around them, some

passengers picked her up, with the baby in her arms and passed her hand over hand over the gate and into the arms of crew members to the lifeboat deck when she got up to the lifeboat deck mrs. aster just stepped out of the lifeboat because she chose to die with her husband, rather than be rescued when he couldn't be rescued as she stepped out she took off her white silk scarf, it was about 6 feet long, she said your baby looks cold she wrapped the baby in the scarf in all the excitement someone grabbed the child and threw it over board mrs. axe fainted at that time and was put into the lifeboat unconscious when she woke up she was drifting in the ocean, thinking her baby was gone. >> dr. bar i will let you -- i want to say that we had some tape because there was actually a recording of your great grandmother talking about this, that aired on ripley's believe

it or not we are trying to get that sound tell me what happened then, leah is in one lifeboat philly as it turns out survived obviously tell me about that. >> right. they both thank god ended up in different lifeboats and in the wee hours of the morning they were rescued by the car path yay -- carpathia all the people who made it into the lifeboats were taken up on deck my great grandmother was only 17 years old at this time it should be emphasized which to me is quite remarkable because i have children in their 20s and i am thinking to myself i am not sure how that would have gone but any way, so she was of course, -- well, everyone was quite traumatized emotionally there was a great deal of sadness and loss and there were people who lost everything,

their children their spouses, multiple generations perished and there she was walking on the deck of the carpathia and was actually nursing as my dad indicated and so she was feeling uncomfortable and she heard a baby cry and she looked around, to find where the baby was. >> dr. bar. >> yes >> may i interrupt you just there just for a moment because we do have the sound now we want to hear the voice of your own great grandmother as she is telling a reporter about this point in the story let's take a listen. >> sure. >> i was put into a lifeboat and we drifted around in the open sea for 7 hours and i sat on the bench i suddenly heard a baby cry i looked up, near me was a woman with an infant in her arms, as i looked, the baby reached its arms out to me

>> was this your baby? >> yes, it was. >> that was a miracle. >> the woman told me that she ... >> so this -- there was another woman in another lifeboat the baby literally has dropped into her arms and she sees this as a prayer being answered because she at that point thought she lost some other family members on the titanic. all right, so in the time after that, there was some question as to you know this woman claimed that the baby was hers, your great grandmother said no, it is my baby how did they settle that. >> well, so gain, you have to go back to the fact she was 17 years old she had quite a presence she tried to talk to the woman but i think she was italian and her english was broken so there was a little communication gap there, so she went to the captain of the

ship, of the carpathia and explained this was her baby and you know of course, i mean there was so much going on, that i am amazed how the whole thing came out but basically the captain asked her how she could prove this was her baby and she said because this woman is catholic i am jewish and this baby has been circumcised so they basically proceeded to take the diaper off and show that the baby had been circumcised and the captain made the decision that it was indeed her child. and that is basically what happened. >> it is an amazing story, there are so many more details i know it has been documented overtime i hate to end on a little bit of a downer of a note there are artifacts your family held on to for years including the scar. philly had been -- scarf philly

had been wrapped in i understand it is no longer in your family. >> we donated it to the mariners museum >> it ultimately went to phillip's grandchildren, the infant we felt it belonged to his family and then we gave it to him his children. he was gone by then. >> right. okay. >> well, we appreciate you all sharing the story with us i am sure you will talk about this a lot and think about your relatives, during this 100th anniversary week we thank you for spending time with us this morning. >> thank you. >> mr. gilbert binder and dr. lisa bar. >> amazing. >> yes. >> fascinating. >> what i should point out because i mentioned the artifacts are part of the family it is a sore point they did give them to the grandchildren who then sold them on ebay so they are not happy about that. >> well, he handled that with a

whole lot of class he said we gave it to them. >> there you go. >> 8:22 a.m., quite a story. wednesday morning, later this hour, a look at the life of an american icon holly is live in glen echo maryland with more on why you may want to visit the clara barton national historic site and you might want to do it this week. >> also, just after the break checking headlines including the story of a bride accused of faking cancer to get her dream wedding. fox 5 morning news will be right back 8:23 a.m. :ló

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and covered in condiments, police describe horrified fearful looks on their faces, the party was hosted by an unsanctioned fraternity. well, she got the wedding of her dreams, but now a 25- year-old jessica vega has a big legal fight on her hands you see she is accused of faking cancer to get that wedding. she was indited tuesday on charges of fraud and grand larceny strangers donated her dress, rings, reception, and honeymoon in aruba because she said she was dying from leukemia, which she was not. >> all right 27 minutes after 8:00 a.m. this morning. >> plus i don't know what is plus but if the thought of spring cleaning makes you groan like this, try turning projects -- to project that is will pay you back we will check with

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8:30 a.m., let's look at stories making headlines, strong winds we saw yesterday and monday causing problems in some parts of virginia, a brush fire on craig and allegheny county line has torn through more than a thousand acres along with the strong winds, rocks made the blaze difficult to fight. schools around maryland will take part in a statewide tornado drill set to happen 9:45 a.m. officials are encouraging everyone to review their safety plan today this month marks 10 years since a powerful tornado tore through la plata and charles county, that same storm dropped softball sized hail across much of the area 10 years ago. wow. >> okay. >> nice and quiet this morning.

>> that is a good thing. >> we need rain at this point very dry only a at the point of an inch of rain this month. >> funny i hasn't missed it until you said something. >> kind of quiet, weekweeks. let's look at your forecast cool and cloudy day today, could we squeeze out a shower? it is possible but not enough to put a dent in our recent deficit as again we have a few showers off to the north and west. 43 washington, lots of 30s overnight, generally, north and west of washington you all right tony? >> ah. >> yeah, your mic is still on. >> 39 winchester and culpepper tony is suffering from pollen, the trees. let's take a look at satellite radar, your cloud cover from the north, and the west and an area of low pressure, spinning underneath our banner responsible for the cloud cover and the possibility, believe it or not that is actually light snow showers, flying at this moment possible we could see a few rain showers in here

temperatures mid-50s later today let me mention, in audition to cloud cover breezes will be back they will -- in addition to cloud cover breezes will be back. cold one tonight freeze watch light blue counties off to the north and west and a freeze warning, so, bottom line, when you get up tomorrow morning north and west of the city frederick, and louden county, you will likely see temperatures at or below the freezing mark once again tender vegetation at risk late tonight early tomorrow your five day forecast, cool one this afternoon, 56, couple showers developing mid-to late afternoon and then gradual warm umore sunshine warmer temperatures weekend looks fabulous, 71 on saturday near 80 by sunday afternoon and again we will dry most of the week that is a look at the forecast allison tony back to you. >> that is a good weekend thank you sir. >> tony. sorry. okay, very few of us look forward to spring cleaning and

honey do projects we don't mind we give them to you >> i don't like them but would you change your mind if you knew there was cash in it for you. steve is live in dallas with the chores that are poised to pay you back good morning steve tell us what is first on the list. >> reporter: i've got the feeling the morning one of you is in charge of making the list and one in charge of executing the list. here is the bottom line so it is the time of year you should inspect your house for things like storm readiness, you should do this in the spring and winter and you really want to do it very logically you want to check things like the caulking and seals and roof and the one thing that most folks overlook is this, probably the most important that is the garage door, make sure that it is functioning properly here is why the garage door is the weakest part of your home during high winds and storm, if that is compromised that causes

your house to pressurize and your roof to lift off. all these things can save you money. preventative maintenance, areas of the country where there are likely to be storms, installing a generator or storm shutters can save you money. >> okay what other kinds of insurance discounts are there for home projects steve? >> reporter: a lot of folks get the idea in order to get a big discount they have to do some sort of huge and monomental project that is not the case you want a smoke alarm in your house have fire extinguishers handy even something as small as having a dead bolt and a home security system can all earn you discounts on your homeowners insurance if you are interested in those larger projects there is a lot of folks here in north texas faced with after last week's tornado miss are finding things that will help them in the long run can help them to a discount like for example installing

impact resistant roofing on their homes to fight off hail damage, that can save you 30%. >> i like that. all right, you suggest maybe some roofing what about earn side the house. >> -- what about inside the house. >> when it comes to inside the home we talk about changing batteries twice a year in your smoke alarms this is the time of year it is important to make sure your home is running efficiently this is one of the biggest money wasters for folks. check the air vents change out your air filters a small can of compressed air can help you get the pipes flowing in your house to make sure all that venting can wake back up after the winter season do things like get your ac serviced do that now as opposed to when you absolutely need it and for folks who need a little assistance maybe folk that is have low income issues, there

are federal weatherization programs to help you do things to your house, do energy upgrades to your home for free that will save you money for years to come we have a link to that on your station website. >> all the good information thank you so much. >> good to see you guys. >> good luck with your honey do list. you know he has one too. >> it is 8:37 a.m. coming up next on fox 5, tweets from a golden girl plus, a new law protecting some facebook users. >> as we head to break big news out of hollywood, lions gate will be forced to go in a new direction for the is he cell of the -- sequel of the hunger games. >> despite continued success of the box office the director said he will not return for the sequel called catching fire he said with the fixed production schedule he would not have the time he needs to properly write and prep that movie it is not clear if he would return to

work on a film or films depicting the third and final book in that trilogy. fox 5 morning news will be right back. don't rush it 

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markets including the worst day this year for the dow, it fell after big losss in europe and followed by huge drops in asia overnight this morning stock futures appear to be rebounding european markets are up now and the dow is poised to bounce back when wall street opens in an hour. first of its kind move by maryland lawmakers, general assembly is passed the bill that would bar employers from demanding passwords to employees facebook accounts the bill applies to other social networking sites as well. similar laws are pending in california, illinois and michigan. there is now a golden girl on twitter, betty white joined twitter yesterday, and racked up more than 97,000 followers almost immediately one of her first tweets she wrote to ryan seacrest saying my new show airs tomorrow i hear we are in the same time slot i have always dreamed of sharing a night with you. so far white is following 40 people they include bill gates, lady gaga and ander son cooper.

her tweets will be fun to read. >> that has changed me into being more active on twitter. >> all right. >> 8:41 a.m., wednesday more thanking if you are a working mom you feel like you have -- wednesday more thanking, if you are a working mom you feel like you have two full time jobs, you do. honouring an american icon, holly is live with more. >> hey tony talk about an amazing woman we are learning all about clara barton. look at this. we are at the historic site, it is multiple levels, this weekend is the time for you to come out and learn all those things for yourself. we will tell you why and we will tack about the summer junior ranger program, all happening live next on fox 5 morning news stay with us. 

a unique lifestyle retreat for working moms going on this friday saturday today the hostess of the retreat yourself event joins us to talk about the lifestyle get away and some of the topics they will address, with busy working moms so let's say good morning to stacey ferguson the woman with all the answers. >> i don't know if i have all of them trying to offer you some of them. >> thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me the event is called retreat yourself and it is designed for working moms we do not give ourselves enough me time. time to get away from the day today life stresses this is a two day event here in lees burg virginia that we will host to help you stream line your life. >> space still available. >> yes, and find out about it at events,. so tell me why you picked up this mantle to sort of help, working moms.

>> sure i started blogging about five years ago, as a way to share my challenges and experiences being a full time working mother. >> yeah. >> so that is where my blog name, justice fergie comes from i am a lawyer over the years i realized there are not a lot of resources available for working moms to find tiptools to help them make their lives easier so i have always wanted to see an event like this. >> my big thing and if we can just be honest and talk girl talk is that it is hard for me to come home and just sit down. when i come home what i see is that on the floor and this pile on the steps or whatever and if i am being completely honest sorry honey if you are watching but it doesn't seem working dads have the same issue. so is that -- do you find that as a common theme? we just don't know how to sit down and ignore that pile for a second we need to regroup and get ourselves together. >> i think that's right.

men are much better at taking care of their needs first and we need to take a lesson from that some times and also, real simple just came out with a survey and says one of the things moms don't do nearly as much is delegate we feel bad about delegating, cleaning to some body else we feel bad about delegating some responsibilities to our spouses if we did a little bit more of that we would have time for ourselves without feeling so guilty. >> it is such -- we need to have a show can i have a show with you. >> absolutely. >> no offence tony but stacey and i need a show. let's talk about events planned when women take part in this retreat yourself. >> we will talk about the work life balance myth is it possible you keep hearing about balance is that really realistic we will talk about day today things for example how to fit in self-care and fitness into your are you teen some times that is a priority -- routine some times that is a priority that gets to the

bottom of the pile. what about meal time easier, that can be stressful, so we will have experts in all these fields giving us their advice and tools, talking about style so you don't have to throw on the mom jeans. >> right don't lose yourself. >> you don't want to lose yourself that is the key element, that will be wine throughout the weekend we will have -- woven throughout the weekend we will have a yoga session, and a wine soiree. it will be really great we will talk about how to create your ideal family life some times you get so caught up in the day today you don't have time for the big picture like maybe you want to teach your kids a second language maybe you want to travel more this is how to fit all those things into your life without causing added stress. >> maybe you want 8 hours of sleep. >> well, you are crazy now. that would be fantastic. >> i would just -- the positivity is just flowing off you i wish you nothing but

success this weekend we will do a little something today, a tweet chat. >> it will be a lot of fun. people can follow along and please join in the conversation you can find it at pound retreat yourself and that is retreat and then ur self on twitter. >> 11:15 a.m., to 12:15 p.m. >> i am at justice fehr gee. >> you are. >> talk 5 allison. >> people say how do you do it all i have no idea i don't do it all but because of people like you, i am hoping to get the blueprint they don't send you home from the hospital with a manual. >> no body helps you out you have to wing it. >> stacey ferguson, justice fergie the retreat yourself basically retreat two days friday and saturday, lands down for all the information go to. >> justice fergie.com. >> over to you. >> all right thank you both

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holly morris is in glen echo maryland today. >> where they are hosting events, good morning. >> this is a woman who dedicated her whole life and all of her e fern joy to helps others in -- energy to helping others in need. we have been going through the junior ranger program, who can tell us something about clara barton. >> the blue willow china was bought on the day she was born. >> she once was almost killed a bullet went through her sleeve and it killed a soldier she was helping. >> wow. you are still learning thinking about what a great woman she

is. anybody else? tell me something real quickly? >> that she helped -- her first surgery was she pulled a bullet out of someone's cheek with a pocket knife and they persisted she didn't want to but they persisted. >> wow she was the red angel that is what they called her. i think we've got some junior rangers about to be inducted. >> we do they learned a lot let's get tote pledge guys you will repeat after me okay as a junior ranger. >> as a junior ranger. >> i pledge to do my part >> i pledge to do my part. >> to conserve. >> to con serve. >> the cultural and natural, resources. >> resources. >> of the national park service. >> of the national park service. >> all right i think they get hats >> they do. >> you tell me your name

>> isaac. >> show them your shirt. now what is here on your shirt? >> badges. >> you got all these junior ranger badges from all the different parks you have gone to. >> yes. >> that is amazing. >> i think you need to hire him >> he has more badges than i do. >> this is a summer program you can sign your kids up for all the national park services have them. we are running out of time but want to show this is a first aid kit, we can probably assemble this do you thing it is a good idea? who came up with it? >> clara barton. >> while this might be stuff that goes in a first aid kit today let's come down here and be very careful and check in with viva this is the actual first, first aid kit. >> it is. >> tell us about that. >> a lot of different things bandages gauze, seisors. >> you know -- scissors.

>> you know it seems simple, but it was such an amazing concept. as a curator what do you have to keep in mind. >> be careful with everything because it is so old and fragile we are trying to con serve everything so future generations can enjoy it. >> is there anything you have to do with the stuff? >> just minor repairs. >> if you had to thing one thing you thing was most special out of this kit what would you pick? >> probably one of the medicines, the salt or the mustard. >> well, you can come see all this yourself, myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to the clara barton historic site. next hour we might hear from clara herself i heard she might show up back to you tony and allison. that would be very interesting. thank you very much. we will see you next hour. >> good morning, in the 9:00 a.m. hour i am allison seymour

>> i am tony perkins right now at 9:00 a.m., tsunami warning for parts of indonesia's coast,. the search is on for a man who assaulted two women in alexandria, melanie alnwick is live with this investigation. >> then a rude awakening, man versus bear, why a california man was so distracted when a massive bear was going on right outside his home he didn't even know about it. >> and coming up, 9:45 a.m., act like a lady thing like a man. steve harvey's best selling book is about the hit the big screen. he will join us to talk about the new movie coming out april 20th and join us at 9:45 a.m. >> this is part of your ongoing effort to add more eye candy. >> yes, it is i don't think anybody understands how important it is. he is a good