continues its investigation into lavish over spending. in just hours gsa officials will face a pair of senate panels. plus ... >> i thought it was an extraordinary experience and the most coolest thing i have ever seen. >> couldn't have said it belter it sure was a site -- better it sure was a site to see. discovery sitting on top of the 757 this morning. thought it was a 747. >> that is what i think. >> details when you can see it on display as fox 5 morning news continues right now oh, yeah, it is me. trying to figure a thing out. 7:00 a.m. right now, live view of what's happening outside, it is a pretty start to the day, and it is a cool start to the day as well good morning i am tony

perkins. >> i am allison seymour. tucker barnes, who has a check of the day which might include well needed rain. >> you said it maybe some rain showers particularly southwest where it is already raining and as we get into the afternoon, low 60s let's kick off radar, rain shower activity, getting its act together, south and west of the city down towards culpepper fredericksburg you are likely encountering a light shower out west, front royal and winchester, all this out east and north, drier air across the immediate washington area, bottom line lots of cloudshowers, back in the forecast today, heaviest amounts by late this afternoon will be off to the south and west, of the city. all right let's talk cool temperatures right now comfortable 6 to degrees at regan -- 60 degrees at regan

national, humidity low, high temperatures will only be low 60s with showers developing it will feel cool out there particularly after we enjoy cool temperatures upper 70s. much cooler day highs low 60s by 4:00 p.m. more details on the forecast in a minute traffic and you know who we are talking to julie wright. >> on the inner loop of the belt way, that is where we find the crew in sky fox they have worked their way up the west side approaching 66 you will find lanes are open but the belt way is considerably slow leaving braddock and 236 headed up towards 66, thanks jeremy great shot as you work your way up the west side no problems in the back up just heavy, slow and steady, approaching 66 from i-95, all right back inside show you that trip on 395 as you leave the belt way, duke street remains heavy and slow before you break through, traffic slows inbound 14th street bridge receiving word of a crash in anne arundel county, shutting down telegraph road,

this accident involving a bus and another vehicle, with fire and rescue units headed in that direction you will find on the outer loop of the belt way, leaving 95, headed past colesville road. thank you julie, new this morning dc police investigating two late night shootings, including one that claimed a man's life. that happened on 14th place southeast just before midnight the victim was shot in the head. about 10 minutes earlier another man was shot on 53rd street, southeast, he was conscious and breathing, when police got there. allison. we are monitoring metro this morning the transit agency pulled nearly 100 buses off the streets, this after two fires in less than a week. fox 5s melanie alnwick is live at the bus depo in friendship heights good morning. >> reporter: good morning metro's safety department brought in an out side fire protection engineer to assist in the investigation into these bus fires the fires were both

on oh ryan 6 model -- oh ryan 6 model diesel buses all four of them in the fleet grounded. the latest fire was tuesday morning, it caught fire on route 60 in maryland there were no passengers onboard it was driven by a mechanic out of service it was the second incident in a week last thursday a bus caught fire i-66 fairfax again no passengers at the time no injuries there, but there is a troubling pattern. >> given the fact we have had two incidents in the span of less than a week the prudent thing to do is pull the whole fleet, 94 buses all are now off the road and will remain off the road until we have a full investigation. >> but it isn't just these two fires we just went back and searched metro's records and found in september 2010, again, metro took all of the oh ryan six buses at the time there

were 99 in the fleet, out of service after a fire on the belt way in springfield. january 2007 once again two of the same buses, fires in one week caused by faulty braking and air systems, in 2005/2006 they did a complete retro fit of all of the 100 buses in their fleet at the time because of early braking and air valve problems they purchased the buses in 2000 for $280,000 a piece. so we will see what they come up with this time as a cause for these fires. thank you. the big story the welcoming celebration for the space

shuttle discovery, it will be held tomorrow at the udvar hazy center in chantilly, thousands of people across the region, crowded several vantage points to look at discovery as she rolled in yesterday, pilots did not dispoint the 747 carrying discovery cruised lower than 1500 feet past many of our national monuments. >> it was awesome, shuttle went directly overhead, everything we wanted, good piece overhitsry wanted to see it. >> -- good piece of history everyone wanted to see it. >> it will take the place of enterprise which is being moved to new york next week. >> you are invited to tomorrow's shuttle celebration. >> smithsonian is having a welcome discovery ceremony, at udvar hazy center, parking lots

open 8:00 a.m., at 4:00 p.m. discovery will be moved into the hanger for permanent display lots of a list astronauts including john glen who flew on discovery, to become the oldest human to fly in space will be there. holly will be there too. >> yes,. and we want to thank you the viewer, you sent us incredible pictures of the fly overs we are urging everyone to keep sending us your pick which ares e-mail them to fox 5 news pix@g mail.com. >> great photo. i don't even know how many pictures we got but most of them are fantastic we thank you for that. >> oh, man. now for a check of this mornings other top stories in virginia senate kills an $85 billion spending bill the third time this year the state's budget died in senate, democrats voted against the bill because of a dispute over a high priority transit

project. state government operations could shut down in 10 weeks or less if a budget isn't passed. meantime in maryland some state employees and plan to unvail what they call a doomsday clock, counts to down to $500 million in budget cuts in july. they talk about those cuts on the website, those drastic cuts will go into effect july 1st unless the general assembly comes back, for a special session to change the budget. now to the continuing developments on capital hill, regarding abuse of your money, congressional committees are raking general services commission officials over the coals as foxes doug luzader reports it goes way beyond the las vegas conference we have been hearing about. >> reporter: this investigation moves to the senate as current and former gsa executives try to explain everything from south pacific vacations, to

missing ipods. what exactly was happening at the gsa wasn't easy to figure out even for the man who ultimately connected the dots. >> we turned over every stone every time we turned over a stone we found 50 more with all sorts of things crawling up,. >> reporter: current and former gsa officials struggled to explain what was going on in the agency that has become the latest poster child for abuse of tax payer money the one person missing, jeff neely the man responsible for holding that lavish las vegas conference that cost more than $800,000. his wife's photos of him in vegas didn't help. >> well, i see why mr. nelly is not with us today the only pictures we can get of him are in his hot tub suite. he and his wife planned a 17 day taxpayer paid trip to the south pacific, in part to celebrate her birthday. then, there were the missing ipods.

purchased by tax payers. >> we found this were about 115 ipods missing, apple provided us with some of the addresses where itunes were being downloaded, and one of the ipods was located in mr. neely's personal possession. >> his daughter had been using it to download music. almost a year ago inspector general, warned gsa executives about all of that out of control travel but trips with destinations including hawaii and napa valley continued in washington, doug luzader, fox news. president obama signaled it is all about the economy the president is hitting the campaign trail today giving speeches in ohio and michigan commander and chief holds a round table discussion with unemployed workers who are students getting job training at a community college in ohio this afternoon then tonight he speaks at a couple fundraisers

in michigan. allison, presumptive republican nominee mitt romney picks up endorsements from the top republicans in congress. john boehner says he has better ideas on the economy than president obama >> he has a set of economic policies that can put americans back to work and frankly, can trap sharply with the failed economic policies of president obama i will be proud to support him and do everything i can to help him win. >> republican leader mitch mcconnell also endorsed romney yesterday. >> 7:11 a.m., wednesday morning nearly a year after his death a family of osama bin laden is getting the boot from the country of pakistan. while many of us were watching discovery fly over dc from the ground our chopper crew had a whole different perspective. they followed the shuttles every move and we are going to talk to them about their amazing experience coming up next. >> plus this year's nfl schedule is out, coming up we

are breaking down the season pgh >> i haven't seen the schedule yet. >> as we head to break a live lookout side, more clouds, could those clouds bring some much needed rain we will get the latest weather from tucker traffic from julie in just a couple moments stay with us, now it is 7:12 a.m.

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making headlines this morning in texas a newborn abducted from his dying mother has been found safe. and a person of interest is in custody police say kay la golden was shot several times following a verbal argument in a parking lot outside a pediatric center near houston where she had taken her son for a check up. overseas obama bin ladens family is expected to leave pakistan some time today almost a year after u.s. navy seals killed the al qaeda leader at a

compound his three widowtwo children had been serving a 45 day prison sentence for being in the country illegally they were supposed to leave overnight but their deportation to saudi arabia has been delayed due to passport problems. football fans are all abuzz about this seasons schedule, the red skins opened the season on september 9th, in new orleans, the first home game is in week 3 when the cincinnati bengals come to town another key game in late october when they face division rivals and super bowl champion giants in new york, remember we beat them twice last year and the red skins by week is later this year it isn't until week 10. >> so you like it or no? >> from what i have seen i haven't seen the rest although i know we play dallas twice at the end of the season. >> on thanksgiving day in dallas. >> don't like that too much. >> yeah. >> don't really like that, but we will see. >> all right. >> you were saying the earlier part of the schedule looks

doable. >> i think the first month,. >> okay. >> very good we'll see. >> i am saying they now, we win three. >> it is a whole new year. >> okay. >> long way off. >> hey, right to your radar, light rain off to the south and west moderate rain, as you get south and west of full pepper all this -- cull pepper all this generally shifting north and east, let's shift maps, rain showers will continue, for on and off, cloudy and cool as well high temperatures only in the 60s look at that, something we haven't talked about, a lot of moisture south and west not a deluge but i think we could see maybe a tenth or quarter of an inch of rain in washington and points north maybe a half rther south and west of the city cool 60 washington 67 dulles, 58 baltimore our high temperatures

today only low 60s much cooler than yesterday, 70 tomorrow partial sunshine friday looks great weekend, not fantastic particularly sunday, have a lot of showers, cool temperatures. >> oh, boy all right tucker thank you. >> here is julie with the latest on traffic. >> back on the roads you will find lanes are open top stretch of the belt way, college park and bethesda, outer loop closed 202 to bw parkway, friends in sky fox are heading to the scene of a crash along telegraph road, 32 and 175, involving a bus hopefully we will have live pictures shortly, southbound 95, lanes are open coming in out of laurel down to the belt way earlier debris tieing up most of the belt way, 395 below speed duke street headed out towards seminary road. well, as we have been talking about now, yesterday, shuttle fly over was just spectacular. >> if you were watching fox 5s

special coverage you know we were able to share great images of basically the entire fly over thanks to sky fox. joining us now is sky fox photographer, jeremiah, on duty this morning how are you. >> pretty good how you doing this morning. >> good. >> first of all, the pictures you provided yesterday, spectacular. wonderful, and thank you for the hard work you did and that you do every day tell us your thoughts what was it like up there seeing it? >> i am surprised they are able to fly with the shuttle piggy backed on a 747 i am really glad i was able to bring all the shots back for everybody to see and glad you guys liked them. >> i talked to a photographer as i was leaving he said i wish i had put the camera down and watched it for a second just for me do you get a chance to be just a regular guy just for a second to see what was going on? or were you a photographer the

whole time. >> i basically had to be a photographer the whole time, we were actually just talking about that very same thing this morning how nice it would have been maybe to be on the ground and experience it, you almost have to be making sure you cover everything. >> i had a chance to really look at your work today look at the recordings from yesterday tony is right it was just fabulous. >> well, thank you very much for that. glad everyone liked it. >> hey, jeremiah, just from a technical stand point because you were on it all morning, how close were you able to get to the plane? i know you have zoom lenses but how close were you able to get. >> the closest we were able to get, doing the fly by in dulles we weren't more than maybe a half mile or closer away and the furthest was maybe 10 miles, i couldn't see it with my eyeballs out the window.

>> wow so you are just tracking it like we are waiting to see it because our pictures thanks to you and also nasa television as well, we never lost sight of it, except for the moments it was making its way here from florida, so you basically also had to know where it was in the sky. >> yeah, you had to be aware, where it was all times i wanted to make sure there was always a picture to go to so everyone could see it some times when it was really close it was easy to do when it was far away it gotchallenging. >> well, jeremiah, i just want to pass on from our viewers, i got a lot of comments yesterday, i know people have written in to our facebook page and all that stuff, work, job well done and again like i said we thank you for what you do every day it was very hard work and dangerous. >> thank you very much. >> thanks to bobby the pilot as well be safe up there.

>> yeah, good stuff. it is now 7:21 a.m. on wednesday morning, are you looking for a job? well, the list of the fastest growing industries is out, you just might be surprised by some that made the list. >> and kermit the frog, dorothy's ruby slippers, baseball used by babe ruth at a new smithsonian exhibit, holly morris takes us back in time to explore the great american story we will be right back and check with her later. 7:22 a.m.

for most folks the economy, recovery that is is slow but there are a handful of industries that seem to be growing during these hard times, self-tanning, yoga, and pilates studiohot sauce tony, hot sauce all made the list of america's ten fastest growing

industries. this new report was put out by ibis world the report says self- tanning products probably made the list because people are aware of dangers that come from regular tanning no word on hot dogs. >> okay. billion air investor, warren buffet announces he has early stage cancer. he said his condition is quote, not life threatening or debilitating his two month treatment plan begins mid-july. world war ii bombers are in southwest ohio for a ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary on the japanese homeland, four months after pearl harbour. >> 16 b 25 bombers launched from two aircraft carriers on this day back in 1942, of the 80 men involved in the raid only 5 are living survivors all in their 90s four will be on

hand for today's ceremony in dayton. still ahead, a union decades in the making and their dream wedding is in a rather unusual place. >> after two days of gop hearings two senate committees are getting their chance to grill officials, coming up, an in depth look at the agency accused of wasting tax payer money. >> as we take you to break a live lookout side the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie. that is next. 7:27 a.m.

a local love story, decades in the making a man and woman drew up in dc together, tied the knot yesterday at ikea, so why ikea? well t couple lost touch nor 30 years but reconnected through social media, two years ago they want on their first date, to idea, for swedish meat balls,. >> all right. >> the bride -- oh, they are in love. the bride says that was the best date she ever had. so they decided idea was the best place to become husband and wife. >> good for them. >> congratulations. >> they are so in love. >> which is great. >> oh, my goodness. >> i can tell you the meat balls are good.

>> right it is a very good price for that entire little cafeteria. >> fantastic. >> have you had the meat balls too? >> no, but family members have. >> my mom used to take me to idea i would just go for the meat balls. >> i don't believe any of this. >> yeah. >> i put it on our friendship. >> tony doesn't know about idea >> i have been there but didn't see any meat balls. >> swedish meat balls. >> wasn't looking for them. >> they are famous for their meat balls. >> where are your lamps and where are your meat balls. >> rain showers, off to the west, and actually, some reports of pretty good rain falling south and west of manassas, cull pepper picking up rain, fredericksburg, getting a band here developed south and west, the theme around here today pretty good rain south and west of the city here in washington not so much although we are going to be cloudy, periods of shower activity farther north you get generally just clouds maybe a

tenth of an inch of rain later today good to see rain on the map we really need it haven't had much here in the month of april just about a tenth of an inch so far for the month our deficit is running now several inches for the year. let's switch maps show you the swath of moisture south and west, there you go and we got an area of high pressure off to the north trying to pump in dryer air that will keep us temporarily dry not all of that is touching the ground you can see the theme will be increasing chances for rainfall and a lot of clouds underneath the clouds and showers, cool temperatures highs only in the lower 60s for daytime highs, we are already close to 60, not going to budge a whole lot later today, 60 right now washington, 54 gaithersburg off to the north and west cool temperatures 52 frederick, 51 currently in martins burg, leonard town, 59 degrees get ready for a cool one bring along a jacket probably a rain jacket if you are outside. 62 degrees, mostly cloudy

skies, showers likely we will take it later tonight, clouds start to break up late, showers possible, early 50 your overnight low your 5 day forecast as we get into tomorrow 70 with sunshine by this afternoon, friday looks great weekend not as great, second half of saturday, looks like a good soaking rain maybe by sunday and monday cooler temperatures 60s sunday. that is weather traffic julie what's up. >> well, the crew in sky fox hanging out with us now i know we just talked to jeremy and jeff they are above this accident scene, involving a bus and other vehicle, closing a portion of southbound 170, south of 32 before you reach 175, again the southbound lanes remain closed i don't think anybody is getting by on the southbound side a lot of damage to the vehicle i believe everyone on the bus has been taken off the bus for now we know the roadway remains closed off in each direction from live picks as you travel 170, between 32 and 175 all lanes currently blocked fire trucks on the scene as well we will

keep you posted with more information as it becomes vailable great shot. taking it back inside, update 395, northbound, it remains heavy and steady out towards seminary road, washington boulevard crossing over the 14th street bridge, 66 tied up with delays out of manassas, slow traffic nutly to the belt way, outer loop, remains slow 95, westbound 202, wreck is in the west lane. >> thank you congress gives more testimony about alleged abuses at the general services administration a house panel heard about tax funded trips to hawaii and guam, lavish partymore than 100 missing electronic devices including ipods one traced to the child of a gsa executive. joining us now are democratic political strategists peter feen and jim innocenzi to weigh in on this we already started talking about this. you know this is crazy, i would

imagine we can find agreement here, that the charges and what appears to have happened is outrageous and outrageous use of tack payer money whichever >> this is -- tax payer money. >> this is the reason why congresses approval rating, public officials approval rating is 8% because of this kind of stuff, this is what happens in washington dc this kind of nutty stuff, who is paying attention to what's going on? why are they continuing, to just oh, this is okay, maybe we can -- this is not okay. i mean this is why -- this is what happened this is how you get the tea party people get upset this is how they are spending their money >> they feel this is the government overall. >> exactly right. >> that is the biggest problem and the saddest thing about all this when we had the scandals at the pentagon, $400 hammers, everybody went what? >> i know. >> so then you say okay this is the way it all is this is not

the way it all is but when you have something like this, these people should be fired put jail >> prosecuted. >> yes. >> isn't it criminal? >> it is especially if you are paying for your wife and your kids birthday party, first of all, the humorous it would take for someone -- what is important here is the more people that feel they can be whistle blowers they can come out and say, this is wrong, i am against it and nothing happens. >> jim. >> that is exactly right, because it is inherent when you have such a huge bureaucracy the adage is how are we going to get caught, they are never going to catch us, we can just justify it. you can't justify it folks get in there and think they are just like a corporation, they are not just like a corporation they are spending tax payer money, where you have a if he douche area responsible to be

-- fiduciary responsibility to be -- >> let me ask about blame this is an embarrassment for the gsa jim i will start with you is this an embarrassment for the obama administration. >> not totally but where is the oversight on something like that, i think, the president ought to do somethings to fire people immediately, because the longer this hangs on, the more there will be blame because of the fact that they haven't done anything to stop this kind of thing. >> these folks have been fired and some put on leave for the investigation i totally agree i would have my own independent investigation i would start this whistle blower program to stop this kind of stuff look, some of these folks come out of the corporate world where they have these lavish kind of meetings and -- but that is not -- it is tax payer money. you shouldn't do it. >> that's right >> i want to move to an offshoot of this, and peter you sent us an image, a web link i

want to go to the house oversight committees website, and you know, they are talking all about this, of course, this is a page they have, pretty much bashing the obama administration, for the gsa scandal, is this fair or not? >> this is a taxpayer funded website tony. this is put together by daryl isa and his group now jim and i had a little back and forth on this, look, you take -- we are not taking politics out of politics not taking politics out of government. but i am saying you put something like this up, you set a different standard that is fine for the republican national committee but not right for congress and you know what happens, then the next guys that come in do the same thing and you rachet up this stuff. >> jim. >> my guess is, they put this through the attorney. you can get outraged about this peter, but there are federal

rules and regulations about this stuff the president does this all the time uses tax payer dollars to campaign. you know it as well as i know it. >> to do something like that? >> the website is over the top but this isn't the first time these guys have done this stuff. >> you just said it right it is over the top if people -- if our side did the same thing if the white house put a website up attacking mitt romney, that is my point look as we were saying back and forth on e- mails they pound their chest every politician does it you look at the white house.gov website it talks about the accomplishments of the -- >> it is political. >> they are reporting this is what we are doing. >> one minute left. richard will jam son, he is kind of -- william son he is kind of called out the administration for their mother may i approach for speaking on foreign policy will we start

hearing about it now? i know it has been more of the economy is mitt romney going to start talking about foreign policy more of that debate now jim? >> i don't know as it becomes timely, as we have news -- as we have problems in other parts of the world i think you will hear that stuff, but eventually, the focus, peter would like to say is on jobs and that is what the focus will be on, and you know i think they need to stay on the jobs and economy because the president had a poor record on it so far. >> let's face it, you know, he got osama bin laden he has taken care of the war in iraq which was a disaster we are winding down in afghanistan it is not that there are not problems in the world but this president did an extraordinary job of foreign policy they will play with it but not go after him. >> gentlemen thanks for coming in. >> you are welcome. >> always good to have you. >> allison back to you. >> thank you very much it is a wednesday morning, rock legend

tom petty can breathe a sigh of relief, police found his stolen guitars, next what tipped them off and, smokers, you need not apply a big city in texas may soon require workers to be tobacco free we will be right back

>> making headlines, two of the last five bodies recovered from a capsized cruise ship in italy have been officially identified as a cup approximately minnesota. they were the only americans -- as a couple from minnesota. they were the only americans who died in the accident. 30 people were killed when the ship hit rockturned on its side in january. the ships captain is under house arrest while he is investigated for criminal charges. smokers in one texas town could find it hard to get a job the city of forth worth is considering banning the hiring of smokers the idea is being proposed as a cost cutting method that could save millions, some city resident says the plan would infringe on employee rights. >> mastery solved.

five guitars, stolen from tom petty and the heart breakers have been recovered and a security guard is under arrest they were taken from a sound stage last week where the band had been rehearsing for an upcoming tour police in southern california say the break came when one of the instruments was pawned at a shop in hollywood for $250. why would you thing you would get away with that. >> i know. good they have them back >> they are about to go on tour so kind of need your guitars. >> funny if they just came out. >> air guitar. >> wouldn't that be worth more than $250 >> sure but if you are pawning it you are just trying to get quick cash. >> how do you know? >> i know the criminal mind. >> we know idea, you know the criminal mind >> i watch a lot of tv. >> okay. >> any way, tuck, so getting this rain? >> rain moving in from the south and west, heaviest rain south and west of the city all day not going to be a total wash out, but we will have --

we need the rain. >> at what point. >> 45 minutes. that would be the 8:00 a.m. hour. there is your radar showers getting close. >> people want to know tucker. >> again off to the south and west, it is already raining, down towards manassas and dale city, fredericksburg you already had a good batch of rain this will lift through next couple hours, we will probably get a good break and rain will redevelop this afternoon and early evening hours let's do future cast, see what that shows us and put it in motion lots of clouds cool temperature, highs low 60s. future cast indicating possibility of rain showers, generally across the washington area, northern suburbs by 12 noon a bit of a break and redevelops here by the evening rush hour, 7, 8:00 p.m. tonight and get it all out of here and sliding down by tomorrow, thursday afternoon, again we need the rain, we are running a big time deficit not

going to rain all day cool and cloudy when it is not raining high temperature 62 degrees, nice warm up here thursday and friday right now the weekend, doesn't look great,. >> fair warning >> again we need the rain. >> what would be bad if the criminal went to the pawn shop said this is one of tom petty's guitars and the pawn shop guy said give you $250. bring me a van hailen guitar we will talk. >> wow was that a back hand smack at tom petty. >> no, that would be insulting. >> okay. i wanted to make sure i heard you correctly. wow. all right. on the roads now you will find we do have some problems to report, inner loop of the belt way, lanes are open, heavy, slow and steady, 95 to 66, 25 minute commute, 395 tied up from the belt way headed out towards washington boulevard more delays across the inbound 14th street bridge travelling inbound on 50, maryland the accident activity after 202 is what is tieing up the left side

of the highway, we have reports of accident activity inner loop of the belt way near route 5, branch avenue. telegraph road, 170 i should say remains closed off between 32 and 175, accidentic solving a bus there -- accident involving a bus there were injuries the person driving the vehicle has been take on the a hospital. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. a wide range of artifacts, this is how wide tony from 1620, to like recently. >> really wow. >> basically, now on display at the national hue see yum, of american -- museum of american history. >> holly morris has details. >> well, it has things like a turntable, a sony walk man and an ipod what do those all have in common? all a part of the american story, which is why they are part of a new exhibit called, american stories that can be found only at the smithsonians national museum of american

history where we are live. why they thought they needed to have this new exhibit and why you need to come out and see it. all live next on fox 5 morning news stay with us pgh >> nice to see that 45 again. >> yep. >> time to say good morning to today's facebook fan of the day troy howard, troy writes i am a proud husband, father of five and grandfather of one, i wake up every morning to fox 5 i am a proud life long washingtonian, diehard red skins, hoyers, nationals and caps fan thanks for watching. i know the teams like your loyalty as well. so all around good guy troy if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day post a comment under troy's photo. please we will be right back 7:49 a.m. 61 degrees  [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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a new exhibition at american history museum allows you to take a journey through time. >> more about the american stories exhibit. i am never more jealous than when you have like all this access to the museums all alone. >> i know. not only do i have access, so i can get up close with the new exhibit but i also have the best of the best coming out to talk to me about it, including, the man himself. kermit the frog if you are going to talk about the american story you need kermit to be a part of this if only he would come alive but when i said i had the best to have best, i wasn't lying i have the curator of the exhibit. good morning. >> good morning. >> the great thing about this exhibit, a lot of things people know and people come here to washington to see kermit the frog because they know he is here but a lot of the things they don't know that is the purpose behind the exhibit. >> right we are flying to use

objects people know to get them to think about what it is to be american, understand we have things in our collection that help us tell those stories. >> i just thought of something, which the smithsonian is always asking we need to push a button and have can he remember the >> -- kermit come alive. >> that is the next version. if you are trying to tell the american story, with 100 objects, how do you pick those. >> it is really hard especially when you have over 3 million to choose from, really an overwhelming experience we try to pick some familiar objects like kermit and some objects in here this old looking chair could be at your grand fathers house was the chair war key bunker sat in, in all in the family, the 1970s show it is a regular old chair but tells the story what life was like in the 70s. world was changing women's lib was happening, society was

changing and archie bunker it was hard for him to seep up with that it was -- keep up with that it was a wonderful show to look back on. >> this is one of those things, one time you all took that off exhibit and there was an up roar. >> right. >> people want to see those things this enables you to not only see those things but then to perhaps, put next to it something they wouldn't expect to see, then challenges their idea what american history is. >> one of the things we recently collected is this beautiful pink dress that belonged to a young girl in chicago, you know every day american and she -- her family came here from mexico her mom was never able to have her quinceanara in mexico, the annual 15th birthday celebration she thought it was important for her daughter to have it here in the u.s. she wasn't sure but she was glad she ended up having it. >> that is an interesting facet of the american story, that

what is american, it is a whole bunch of cultures now living here and creating their own story >> right it makes up the whole american story. >> when you have this here this is what you call signature exhibit, people will come but also a place for you to add new acquisitions how often does that happen. >> we had things almost every day you know, when you have collections this big, we reach out to people to find out what they have, some times people contact us but what we are doing, we have collected things from 9/11 this was the camera used to film the first plane hitting the world trade center, by some french documentary film makers in new york doing a documentary on firefighters, they just happened to be in the right place at the right time. >> this story will continue to be told on one side which we haven't gotten to yet, is the very beginning, a fragment of plymouth rock now you have things town 2008 but time moves on so you will continue to get

things to help tell the story. >> american history 'cause not stop. >> this is what is missing, we are hoping people will think about things they know, from you know, school or from popular culture but also really hoping people will think about the things they have in their homes that help tell their experiences. >> seinfeld couch, good ideas,. >> myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to theirs if you want to find out more put your own suggestion online if you want more from this exhibit next hour stay with fox 5 we have a whole lot more coming after the break 

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that was set off by two fires in less than a week. and very interesting, his presidency was plagued by scandal but a new book puts the spotlight on president nixon for a positive accomplishment, advancing the role of women in the federal work force we will talk with someone who is featured the main subject of the book, in just a little bit the book is called a matter of simple justice. good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour hope you stay with us the entire hour it will be a good one. >> it is. >> tucker joining us with stormy weather. >> well, some rain showers and honestly we need it, let's get right to the radar, because it is something we haven't seen much of in the past couple months. >> i shouldn't say stormy i just couldn't think of a rain song. >> you have time ♪ rain drops keep falling on my head ♪ >> just beautiful, a duet, speaking of which we will do a little karaoke in the 9:00 a.m.

hour. >> can't wait. >> showers from the south and west, pushing in to reston and lees burg already manassas, dale city pretty good rain all this will be pushing through, and that will be the same around here today lots of clouds on gain off again showers not going to rain all day not terribly stormy day but periods of rain showers, cool temperatures that is the other theme today, 60 degrees, regan national, 50 now win chester, 57 ocean city, our high temperatures believe it or not, only low 60s. yep, a couple degrees below normal, cloud cover and light rain showers, so, probably a jacket i mean it is going to feel cool, after temperatures in upper 70s yesterday, near 90 monday, 62 for a daytime high, pretty cool. >> thank you. >> julie right now and find out what is happening on the roadways a couple problem spots. >> you mean you guys couldn't think of misty elliot, ♪ i can't stand the rain ♪ >> yes, which is a remake from which song julie

>> by gosh, tony. >> was it frieda payne. >> we will figure it out. >> yeah, got to fogle on air. >> on the road -- google on air. >> on the road, outer loop of the belt way, no surprise, problems to point out, inner loop of the belt way, very slow, 95 to 66, 25 minute commute, belt way from 395, slow headed up and around the inbound 14th street bridge accident activity, from 202 still in play, tieings you up on the left side of the road, campus way for accident activity reportend checking both loops of the belt way, 495, north and southbound, route 4 for accident activity that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks julie, new this morning a driver is rushed to hospital after their car collides with a school bus, this happened in anne arundel county, route 160, 6:40 a.m.

this morning, there were no kids on the bus the driver was not hurt however, the cars driver was taken to shock trauma with life threatening injuries, that is a look at the wreck, route 170, closed between 32 and i-75. to the district where a man was killed in the late night shooting, on 14th place, southeast, just before midnight, 10 minutes earlier another man was shot on 53rd street, southeast he was conscious and breathing when police got there. this mornings top story nearly 100 metro buses are out of service. >> after two fires in less than a week melanie alnwick is live at the fox depo in friendship heights with details plus the latest on metros investigation. good morning allison, both fires happened on the o'ryan 6 model diesel bus passengers should not notice any service

disruptions this morning, it put its fleet of reserve buses on the street instead while the investigation into these fires continues, all 94 o'ryan 6 buses in metro's fleet are grounded until further notice, tuesday morning, it was one of those buses that caught fire on route 50 maryland there were no passengers onboard the bus it was driven by a mechanic it was the second incident however in a week last thursday an o'ryan 6 bus caught fire i-66 fairfax again no passengers at the time no injuries, there, but there is not the first time that metro has had to take these buses out of service, september 2010 all o'ryan 6s were taken out of service, 99 at the time after a bus fire on the belt way the cause then was attributed to a hydraulic pump leaking into the engine and all the pumps were replaced january 2007 there were two o'ryan 6 fires in a week very similar found to be caused by faulty

braking and air valve systems metro says it does not believe age is a factor in these recent fires but the board may have to consider stepping up the replacement schedule. >> we bring on 100 new buses every year, we have a fleet of just under 1500 buses every year you get about 100 and you have this rolling pattern of 100 buses get replaced by 100 new ones that is the cycle we find ourselves in, if we have to take additional steps as a result of having these 94 on the side we will work with the board of directors to figure out a solution for that. this should not be a surprise to the board of directors in adegrees to the incidents in 2010, and 2007, in 2005/06 metro had to do a complete retro fit of all o'ryan 6 buses because of early braking and valve problems they purchased this group of 100 buses in 2000 they are 12 years

old they were $280,000 a piece, so we will see what happens with this investigation here tony and allison, find out what the cause of the problem is this time and whether metro is going to step up its replacement of those vehicles back to you. >> melanie alnwick live. in some of our other top stories dc business man at the center of a federal investigation into campaign donations has resigned from the board of the health care company he owns. jeffrey thompson stepped down from dc chartered health plan last friday his offices and home were raided by federal agents last month several dc elected officials have been subpoenaed for information on his campaign contributions thompson himself has not been charged. now to the scandals being investigated by congress first the house hearings on the general services administration, lawmakers yesterday were told of questionable spending at the agency went way beyond the $820,000 vegas conference the man at the center of the

spending scandal, jeff neely was a no show yesterday the chairman of the house committee said he is so outraged he is ready to gut this agency. >> we continue to see, that you are not giving us the information on a bipartisan level to show us how these expenditures were happening, i am prepared to systematically pull apart gsa. >> this agency apparently is structured so people in washington don't have accountability, even though the line runs straight up to them. that is very very troubling. >> after two days of hearings in the house, this morning, it is the senates turn to grill gsa officials. in the other growing scandal rocking the federal government, the head of the secret service is appointing an independent investigator, director sullivan was peppered with questions from lawmakers who now say 20 women were in that colombia hotel room they are asking if there was any

threat to the united states or president we are learning they have taken lie detector tests. >> president obama signals it is all about the economy he is hitting the campaign trail today giving speeches in ohio and michigan, the commander and chief first told a round table discussion this afternoon, with unemployed workers, students getting job training at a community college in ohio tonight he speaks at a couple fundraisers in michigan. another big story preparations are in full swing for tomorrow's welcoming celebration for the space shuttle discovery. >> being held at its new home the udvar hazy center in chantilly, thousands of proud americans, crowded vantage points across the dc region to get a look at the final flight she came in on the back of a modified 747 and crews lower than 1500 feet passed many of our national monuments the public is invited to to morrow's special welcoming ceremony. the marine corps drum and

bugle corps will strike up with stars and stripes forever, discovery will begin moving from dulles on to the udvar hazy property surrounded by 20 astronauts all in blue uniforms former astronauts that flew on discovery many of whom commanded discovery missions. discovery will take the place of space shuttle enterprise it is being moved to new york next week. yesterday's fly over made for an incredible photo optica look at the screen now we have been getting in a lot of cool pictures from our own viewers, showing the shuttle as it flew right over them. we've received many of these pictures we thank you for bringing them in look how low in that photo you can still share yours with us send them to fox 5 news pix@g mail.com. and our facebook page has been lighting up comments on

discoveries final flights, one hershey kiss grant says this is the coolest thing i have ever saw i was out at gravelly point park and it was perfection. >> here is the info for to morrow's welcoming celebration at the udvar hazy center in chantilly, parking lots open 8:00 a.m. official festivities begin 11:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon discovery will be moved into the hanger for permanent display lots of activities, and special speakers and holly morris will be there tomorrow morning. 8:11 a.m. on wednesday morning coming up next what is putting more pressure on virginia lawmakers to pass a budget. >> also ahead, women play a huge role in the federal work force of course and a new book places much credit of the opening of that door in the hands of a controversial president we will talk with a woman featured in the book a matter of simple justice, 8:11 a.m. picking a wireless network

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8:14 a.m., time for a look at stories making headlines results of dcs primary set to be released more than two weeks after the vote in the district election officials will certify results including the at large council seat in which councilmember vincente orange narrowly beat his challenger. senate kills an $85 billion spending bill the third time this year the state's budget has died in the senate, because of a dispute over a high priority transit project, it could shut down in 10 weeks or less if the budget isn't passed. >> earth day is this sunday and a big celebration will take place on the national mall, it is free, and open to the public from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in addition to speakers and interactive exhibits musical headlinesser including cheap trick, dave mason and the kicking daisies will perform.

that is a big celebration. >> yes, it is. >> oh, but sunday, might not be the ideal day as far as weather here is tucker barnes. >> you got it, it will feel earthy on sunday. >> appropriate. >> let's continue to my first 5 photo of the day this is 5 and a half month old maleah. >> yeah. >> precious face. >> so happy. >> mm-hmm. >> all right get this guys she is sitting up in her bumbo for the very first time. >> that is what it is called supports their little back and they can sit up like big girls. >> actually called a bumbo >> i think that is the brand. >> okay cute as can be. >> you can tell we had our children a long time ago. >> she is adorable. >> newfangled stuff. >> really cute.

>> adorable. i love her dress. to send your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on pictures, you will need a rain jacket we have showers, just off to the south and west much of the area getting rain you can see, hey, we haven't talked about rain in more than a month seems like, off to the south and west, manassas, dale city getting good rain soon to move into reston dulles and lees burg. here in the city inside the belt way it won't be long and then this will move north and east, so annapolis, columbia, you will get rain in the next few hours. temperature now regan national, 60 degrees, humidity 42%, your winds out of the north and east, 7 miles per hour those winds will lock in the cool for the day high temperatures only going to be low 60s it will feel cool particularly after the recent warm weather, there is your five day forecast partial sunshine tomorrow and friday, 74 degrees, now as we get into the weekend, we will cloud up on saturday, i think we will have a period of

showers and thunderstorms by saturday afternoon as tony mentioned earth day we have showers, temperatures in the low 60s, by sunday afternoon so 64 degrees your daytime high sunday that is weather, allison, i am tossing to you >> i am all set just chatting up with our guest so excited she is here but a lot of people remember president nixon for his diplomatic efforts with china, water gate or his debates with john f kennedy in the book, a matter of simple justice, author lee, makes a case for nixon as a major booster of advancing women in the federal work force, the main focus of the book is barbara hackman franklin in 1917 she was given the tasks -- 1971 she was given the task of recruiting women for high level jobs. i want to know your secret to youth you have not aged a day >> how very nice thank you. >> thanks for coming in today.

>> my pleasure. >> i don't know a lot of people know what is now history,. >> right. >> and i dare say i think a lot of us take it foregranted we are just in these position we are in but you were on the forefront of all this. what was it like in 1970? for women in government and high ranking position. >> well, things really were different and hopefully, when younger people read this book they will realize how different things were. you know society back then, you don't remember this either but it was not of one mind about what the proper role for women would be and what we were really wanting was equal opportunity, of course the women's movement was making a lot of noise which was very helpful i think but equal opportunity not to be stereo typed if a woman wanted to work outside the home she had equal opportunity there, if she didn't want to, wanted to be a stay at home mom or do all of

the above, that there would be no stereo typing about what was good, and what was bad about that role she could just choose a lot has changed since then. >> a lot has changed. >> that is wonderful and opportunities have opened so much for women s much of what happened back then, led by president nixon has really made a difference. >> did it come directly from his office he was going to make sure women were a presence in the federal government. >> yes >> amazing. >> he was unexpected in a way people did not expect that president to do it, he did and i do not believe the advances that are shown in this book, would have made -- been made without presidential leadership he decided, to advance women in the federal government, because it was something he could directly influence, and what he did, was three things actually, one was to require action plans

from his cabinet secretaryagency heads about advancing women and he wanted them back in a month and he wanted to know who was going to be in charge. then i was the second piece of that puzzle brought in to recruit women and monitor how the departments and agencies were doing, and then the president would know and write a note here or there and then jane was brought in to watch over women in career service. >> how were you noticed back then? what were you doing and you know how did you then set about finding these qualified women that is the thing people need to understand these women were qualified this is not just okay fill this role now how were you noticed first of all >> they were probably over qualified at the time. well, we didn't have a pool of women i went about building that went around the country networking all over the place and building with women's groups and others and building a talent bank then it was a question of plugging them into

jobs that were coming up, and the whole personnel i was in presidential personnel, actually, was that whole operation, helped with that and it worked it was a key thing to me, we beat our goals after a year we tripled the number in top jobs and moved a thousand women up into the middle many were in jobs women had never held before and that was the breaking of the barriers, and the higher levels, hem lane bentley was chairman of the maritime -- helen bentley was chairman of the maritime commission, dixie lee ray later became governor of state of washington and i could go on like that, but in the middle, the gs 11 to 15 that is when the first women became tug boat captains. >> i was going to say. >> and marshalls. >> i know there was resistance. >> without question, again, because society was not of one mind this was a great idea, so

presidential leadership i think really counted, and i think what he did, as i have thought about this over the years, you know, the women's movement was this wonderful noisy but it was kind of controversial, over here on the left, a president like richard nixon he did it, i was there, moved equality right into the mainstream of american life made it legitimate made it okay that to me allowed them or helped to cause a bunch of other things to happen in that timeframe like congress passing title 9 equal rights amendment so it changed the tender of the conversation in the country about women >> i am sorry i have to end it there there is so much it is all in this book matter of simple justice you would go on to be commerce secretary of the united states by the way i owe you a debt of gratitude and

president nixon a debt of gratitude talking about something other than water gate which always seems to sort of dominate the conversation thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> again the book is a matter of simple justice, over to you. >> it is a great story and his was a fascinating presidency thank you for coming in. >> this year's nfl schedule is outcoming up breaking down the red skins season. plus holly morris is hanging out at a really cool new exhibit, some of the smithsonians most famous features are back on display along with a few new things they are all coming together to tell american stories you have a preview coming straight up

>> the nfl release for the 2012 season, burgundy and gold, opened the season on the road saints september 9th is that good? >> we will see. >> their first home game is in week 3 against the bengals, their first match up will be giants in new jersey we got them. >> not until october 21st? >> that is what it says they have a by week in week 10. >> thanksgiving day trip to dallas they host the giants

again december 3rd, the beautiful the belt ways is just six days later we play the ravens and regular season ends against the cowboys at home on december 30th go red skins. >> yeah >> baseball history was made in denver last night, the rockies jamie moyer became the oldest pitcher to win a major league game at 49. >> is that his wife? >> i thought that was the actor on 30 rock >> any way, the left hander pitched for 7 enings, throwing 78-mile an hour fastballs in the rockies win over the padres he has been pitching in the majors since 1984. >> wow. >> yep first shuttle discovery launch 1984 he missed all last season because of ligament surgery. >> good for him 49 love it. >> what is the blond lady on 30

rock. >> jane krakowski. >> prom is an exciting and fun time for high school students but also the dangerous season for deadly road accidents. >> how to make sure the big night is a safe one especially if your teen is riding in a limo and is that recommended we tell you next you're the best mom ever. thank you, sweetie. oh... ♪

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chantilly. official festivities begin 11:00 a.m., discovery will be moved into the hanger nor permanent display at 4:00 p.m., tomorrow,. in just a few hours the world will know the final winner of the huge mega millions jackpot i thought we were supposed to find out yesterday. the illinois lotteries single winner finally came forward and will be revealed today that person will receive a $219 million check illinois requires its winners to go public. all right. >> what's going on tuck. >> rain showers. >> finally. >> south and west we do need the rain and looks like mother nature will deliver, partially today. >> not a lot. >> will it be a deluge. >> not a deluge. thank you for putting that out there. >> right to your radar, there is your live shot a lot of clouds washington creeping in just inside the belt way now, some rain showers, which have been persistent, south and west of the city, during early morning hours, it is getting closer and closer and won't be long before we see rain even

here in washington, not going to mention rain all day today but a lot of cloud cover and cool temperatures to go with it and we need every single drop we can get, we are running a big deficit here several inches so far for the year. heaviest rain off to the south and west, maybe a half inch, when we start to wrap things up later tonight. the big picture coming from the south, a swath of moisture, south and west of the city, this is a weather pattern that will take high pressure north, trying to keep things dry what is really happening we are getting enough cool air at the surface, getting over running that is causing the rain showers they will with us here on and off throughout the day by later this afternoon the cloud cover and the shower activity will hang around. along with the cool temperatures check it out. currently 61 washington. i think our afternoon high will be 62 degrees, cool afternoon, 54, in gaithersburg, 50 hagerstown. 55 this morning leonard town, 61 in annapolis your five day forecast, showers today, get them out of here this evening

should get clearing late tonight early tomorrow morning, left over shower tomorrow morning yes but then afternoon sunshine highs near 70, friday looks great, 74, cloud up with showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast, second half today, sunday looks like that could be a wet one temperatures 60s. sunday doesn't look great. all right, that is a look at weather let's go over to tony. all right tucker thank you very much. as we head into prom season, parents might be wanting to know what to look for to keep their teenagers safe on the big night. captain tom of the montgomery county police is joining us this morning with more on that thanks for coming in. >> good morning tony. >> you are here because prom season really begins this weekend. >> yep. starts this weekend through the first week of june. >> okay. it can be a dangerous time we all know, seems like every year we hear some bad story from somewhere about teens drinking driving that kind of thing what are -- you have a task force,

that handles this correct. >> right we put out extra officers, that have received enhanced training on detecting under age drinking and learning how to close those under age drinking parties they are all out working the holidays over the next weekend through the prom season outlooking for these kids out there and helping to keep them safe. >> you have a number of pieces of advice you want parents to know obviously kids need to know somethings but there are somethings you want parents to know and somethings you suggest they do. >> right it is really important parents communicate with their kids know where they are going who they are going with, and know the expectations that there is going to be an alcohol free they have to trust but verify, get them to their prom safely, limos are a good consideration, make sure that i will mow has gone through our training and they are alcohol free they can go to the project prom, graduation website and

see those limo drivers or limo companies that participated. >> you guys do provide specific training, it is an advanced training for limo drivers. >> absolutely makes sure they are alcohol free there is a contract everybody understands expectations and what they are going to do when they get picked up. >> i know the public service commission in maryland expressed concerns about some of the limo companies and all that stuff. >> right so we tried to help out and enhance it there. >> in fact, you do suggest to some extent as long as we have the right company and driver not a bad thing to do, because then you know the kid isn't driving. >> it is just an extra span of control parents can have and feel safe obviously if parents could drive that would be the best solution but kids are not a big fan. >> that doesn't happen a lot. >> every kid should go to the after prom party, these are especially planned activities to keep kids safe during that dangerous time during midnight and 5:00 a.m. they are always looking for

volunteers but most times, at gyms and athletic events and kids have a really great time and finally, parents should be up at night when their kids get home to greet them give them that big kiss good night so they know their kids made it home safe and they are alcohol free, but most importantly, if their kid gets in trouble, in any way shape or form they need to know, they can call their parents and come and rescue them >> that is good. >> that communication is key no matter, if you make a bad decision if you find yourself in a bad place, pick up the phone and call and the parents will come no questions asked discussion in the next day because keeping our kids safe getting them home is key for this prom season. >> that is extremely good advice wonderful. all right captain, thank you for coming in we hope it is a safe prom season. >> allison back to you. 8:38 a.m. wednesday morning coming up next what rule could force some pools to close this summer. >> ahead looking for a new way to listen to your favorite

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the backlog of orders. quick reminder about the fox 5 job shop now today's job of the day is a speech language pathologist with medical connections in gaithersburg maryland this is a 13 week travel assignment, for more details, and to see other listings head to myfoxdc.com search job shop. 8:43 a.m. from the notebook to message in a bottle, nicklas sparks really knows how to write a love story we will hear from him about his latest project coming up next. >> plus, for all of us history buffs, holly morris has a really cool exhibit just for you good morning >> i do good morning to you if you had to pick a few objects to help tell the american story would you include an 1889 sewing machine or 1873 type writer smithsonian has done just that, we are at the museum where they have a brand new exhibit that tells the american story here is a bigger question for you if you had something you thought was a part of this or should be, would you denate

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if you eve had a good cry at the movies in recent years, chances are nicklas sparks had something to do with it, more than a half dozen of his books have been made into movies nearly guaranteed to make audiences teary eyed. >> his novel the lucky one is the latest to get the big screen treatment opens friday, nicklas sparks talked with kevin mccarthy about the process of transforming a novel into a movie. >> i always wanted to ask an author this question because you write books all the time, if you hypothetically could throw yourself into the world of one of your favorite books of all time and live this that world what book would it be and why? >> you know all of them are really set in the region where i live, so to speak, maybe something like the notebook because in the end you know, you know they have been happy their entire lives but really they are all set in eastern

north carolina which is where i live i have been married 23 years felt like it was fate when we met and you know, so, i kind of do i guess live in that region and i have that kind of warm relationship with my wife so it is kind of that thing >> what is something you think, has been cut out of your books into a movie you think that would not have worked in a movie ever what are elements of your book it would not work. >> with a does not work in a film is introspection you cannot film someone thinking if you have someone struggling in we will take this film for example i am able to really cover through introspection what logan is going through, the reason behind you know, the ptsd essentially he is going through, so here you read that introspection and say how do we show this, how do we show this, it is these walks that they film, with his dog, and the camping out and the arriving and so you try to show it an get the sense of what you are

feeling so introspection doesn't work you can't film it, other things work great in film even better than a book anything with a lot of excitement, a car chase, a great scene where they are very passionate works great on screen you know, these kinds of things, work better on film than in a novel > ryan depositling and rachel mcadams both made fun of me i told them i cried in the notebook can i get your approval. >> of course it is because that is the purpose of what this film is supposed to do. this is what the novel is supposed to do. move you through all of the emotions of life. so you don't want the cry the entire way through i would say we have a problem here. >> at the end. >> because you should feel the joy or passion you should be interested and feel all the emotions that is what i am trying to do that is why when we put together the films and we cast them and you hire directors because you want them to be able to actually put all

the emotions of life on screen as well and sadness is part of that. >> tomorrow morning we will have kevin's interview s with the stars of the lucky one. now fox 5s holly morris is at the american history mu see cream. >> she is learning more about the american stories -- museum. >> she is learning more about the american stories exhibition that opened >> it is good to see these artifacts again. >> that's right they wanted a signature exhibit, that had some of their more iconic items people travel here to see, a baseball signed by babe ruth but also wanted to have an area that was kind of a nice introduction to american history, and kind of take people through the ages, telling them how america came to be so they have it divided up into five sections, chronological, starts in 1776, goes all the way through 2008, there are five different historical eras we are making our way over to the 1900, to

1945 era the emergence of modern america, you will find thing like the microphone, used to do the fire side chats by roosevelt, and it is with great pleasure i introduce bob he has an item he donated to the museum. good morning to you. >> good morning holly. first of alltel me about the item you have now part of this exhibit. >> sure a few years ago after my father passed away we were cleaning out the house in the back corner of a closet my wife found a purse a satchel we opened it we realized it was a treasure trove of my grandmothers legacy she was a survivor of the concentration campcame over in 1946 she never shared much of her story with us we found birth certificates my grand fathers death certificate, where he died, and we in conjunction with the

smithsonian filled in gaps and were able to see in fact while most people went for six months and then went to an extermination camp she was taken there in 1942, august of 42, and stayed there until it was liberated 1945. >> now did you instantly know -- as you went through you were like i can't believe there is this and that, but did you instantly know this is something that not only needed to be preserved but needed to be shared with america. >> i don't know that shared with america, we certainly felt strongly it should be preserved the story of the folks who came over either just before the concentration camp era, in nazi europe and those who survived and came over hasn't been reflected other than through the holocaust museum we called the smithsonian and asked if they might be interested. >> okay so seriously do you google smithsonian, call the general number how do you go about contacting them to say hey, i think i have something you need to look at >> i give my wife credit for

that one. i did grow up in the area i have been going to the smithsonian since i was a little boy that was a natural fit, susan was able to call around and we got in touch with bill, the project manager for this exhibit, he was very excited, came over to my fathers house, looked at this material as well as some others and said, we are doing a piece on american stories in just a couple years this would be a great part of that story. >> so, you know, it is a couple years time and now it has come to fruition you caulk in here and see it -- you walk in here and see it there is only 100 objects they chose to be a part of this one of them is yours what goes through your mind. >> first of all just a privilege to represent the people who fled nazi europe and survived the camps and there are many of those stories but you are right you walk in and see americana, plymouth rock, so again, immigrant story but

one that goes back to the entire country, you've got ben franklin's clothing and walking stick, but then you've got sports memorbilia, as you mentioned not just babe ruth but apollo onos skates, you've got different things from the various wars, you've got pop culture, the ruby slippers kermit the frog,. >> it is hard to pick one item that stands out the most because they all stand out perhaps that is why they are all a part of this amazing exhibit, myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to the smithsonian national museum of american history if you want to find out more you heard bob talk about benjamin franklin's suit we will take a look at that next hour it will only be here for three weeks that is why you need to come see the exhibit now back to you in studio. >> holly thank you. >> all right time now to say good morning to today's facebook fan of the day he is troy howard, troy writes that i

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good morning welcome back to fox 5 morning news i am tony perkins >> i am allison seymour. at 9, two bus fires in less than a week metro is taking action pulling nearly 100 buses off the road because of safety concerns what is the long term plan we are live on this story. >> the latest on the gsa scandal, reports that out of control spending within the general services administration, went way beyond the las vegas conference we have been hearing so much about. a full report is coming up. and we gave you a little preview at the end of the 8 but we are trying some thick fun here in studio -- something fun here in studio today the harry karaoke band is here live, they tour our area when they play members of the audience take turn s with the mic today, tony tucker and maybe me too will give it a shot i am really shy when it comes to stuff like that >> it is fun >> you he