checking out the first lady. >> palin fired up after it was revealed one of the supervisors ousted over the scandal made a joke about her on facebook. what he said and why more agents could be out of a job. >> metro is making a move that could potentially save lives, the agency is inspecting all of its defibrillators after a man died from a heart attack earlier this week. we have a live report straight ahead. >> it's a case that made national news after this missing boy's face was among the first to appear on milk cartons. now a break in the case. why police are searching brick by brick in a new york city basement. we're going there live coming up. fox5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. there's a live view outside. you can see pretty well out there this morning, after the fog over the last couple of mornings. not a bad start to the day. tucker will have the complete

forecast in seconds. this is friday, april 20th, 2012. good morning, everybody. i'm tony perkins. >> i'm sarah simmons in for alison seymour. not too bad out there. >> it's not. a little cool. >> tucker has been calling it comfortably cool. he said early that's what he was going to call it. >> you got it, it is comfortably cool. we saw a couple of live shots and you can see the sunshine and in holly's shot, the fog. little fog and mist in spots. will burn off and will be a glorious friday afternoon. lot of sunshine expected. warm temperatures, mid-70s, with low humidity later today. quiet conditions over the fog and mist. nothing more than a few passing clouds. most of the day blue skies, as we have high pressure moving overahead. reagan national, 53 degrees. humidity, 89%. winds nice and light out of the north at 0 miles per hour. very light. shifting out today at about 5

miles per hour. plenty of sunshine today. warm this afternoon. highs in the mid-70s. i wish i could report the weekend is going to be great. it won't. i'll have details on the weekend forecast in a couple of minutes. let's do traffic and julie and i still rocking the red. are you there? >> i am here. can you not see me? >> now i can. there you are. >> how many fingers am i holding up? >> you look good. >> on the roads, i know, it was a late night for a lot of us who stayed up last night. good win. now we have to get to work. outer loop of the beltway, police on the scene of a crash with one light lane getting give. outer loop of the beltway slow leaving university boulevard around the georgia avenue. eastbound 66 low speed and again at the beltway. skyfox on the way to an accident at hunter mill road. we were hoping to bring you

pictures, probably in our next report. we'll bring you an update in our next report. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you. turning to the big story, the secret service prostitution scandal. there could be more agents off the job. >> a top house leader says he expects other personnel could be losing their jobs today. fox's doug luzader is following the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: a secret service supervisor who lost his job after agents were accused of partying and hiring prostitutes at this hotel, once bragged on his facebook page while protecting sarah palin four years ago, he was, in his words, checking her out. that drew this from palin. >> check this out, bodyguard, you're fired, and i hope his wife kicks his ocolee and sends him to the dog house. >> reporter: we've learned the agents prepared well in advance for their night on the town,

renting a party room back at the hotel. one lawmaker who is being briefed by the secret service chief suggests more will be fired. >> as the investigation goes forward and more evidence comes out, i think we can see him move against other agents as well. >> reporter: there are political overtones, too, for the white house. some republicans question the president's management skills. beyond the secret service incident, there's the probe into lavish spending at the gsa, and taxpayer losses in companies like solendra. >> -- not to make conclusions about an investigation before they've been reached. >> that was doug luzader reporting. another big national story is playing out in florida.

a judge in orlando is expected to decide whether george girl man will be release -- zimmerman will be released on bail. he says he shot the unarmed teen in self-defense. his lawyer will ask if released on bond he'll ask if his client can be allowed to leave the area due to concerns for his safety. police found a man shot on route 202 about 3:15 this morning. police believe he may have been trying to drive himself to the hospital. no other details as to what led to the shooting or where exactly it happened. the man that was found is expected to be okay. 21 years ago christine jarrett disappeared without a trace. now, more than two decades later, a howard county man, or howard county man may finally know what happened to her. police have found human remains buried in a concrete tomb under

a wooden floor in jarrett's ex- husband's shed in elkridge. police say it's likely the mother of two, who went missing in 19 91. >> every time for 21 years i looked at that shed, going, are you under there? i wanted to dig from my side to see sometimes, but i couldn't know she actually was there. it's shocking. >> police arrested christine's ex-husband, 57-year-old robert jarrett. he faces first and second degree murder charges in connection with her death. in burke, virginia, police searching for the person who tried to grab a 13-year-old girl as she was walking home from school with a friend. this happened between two town house complexes. the teen says she was able to break free and call police. the guy who tried to grab her took off. we are monitoring metro this morning. a troubling discovery made by

the agency after a man has a heart attack on board a train. the defibrillator at the station wasn't working properly. fox5's sherri ly has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. metro has these defibrillators at stations like this one and across its system. the idea, of course, is to save lives. but that didn't happen earlier this week when a 51-year-old man died. that passenger was on board a yellow line metro train when he was found unconscious. metro says he had a heart attack. a passenger went to the station manager at the pentagon station and got the automatic external defibrillator, but it wasn't functioning properly. metro later determined the battery didn't have enough charge for it to work. the train operator also called for help and arlington county fire and rescue arrived five minutes later but it was too late. the man later died at the hospital and now metro has

ordered an inspection of all of its defibrillators. >> within the next 24 hours we will inspect every automatic external defibrillator that we have deployed on the system to insure it is in good working order, and within -- by the end of the month we'll have brand- new state of the art defibrillators not only to replace the ones we have, but also put them at stations that don't currently have them. >> reporter: those inspections began yesterday and should be complete today. some stations have already gotten the new defibrillators as well. there is no guarantee that had the defibrillator been working in this case that this man would be alive today. chances are already fairly slim if someone suffers from sudden cardiac arrest. according to the american heart association, if a defibrillator is used within three minutes, it increases your odds by 74%. that's the latest here at pentagon city, back to you. >> thank you.

the first time since the super tuesday primaries we're getting a look at how much money presidential candidates and their supporters have been raking in. reports have to be filed today. the reports will also detail where the donors' money came from. meanwhile, republican front- runner mitt romney hit the campaign trail in ohio tuesday, days after president obama visited the state. romney picked up the endorsement of the governor there. but polls show romney trails the president in ohio with 200 days until the election. later this afternoon, president obama is welcoming the wounded warrior project's soldier ride to the program. they've been bicycling four days. it's in its 6th year. before 5:00 today, they'll get a welcome by the president on the south lawn of the white house. the space shuttle

"discovery" is on displace at the udvar-hazy center. it was a special day yesterday, as "discovery" settled into its new home. the list of the v.i.p.es on hand included former astronaut and senator john glenn. the shuttle display opens to the public today at 10:00 a.m. there's a family weekend tomorrow and sunday where you can race robots, even sign a real space shuttle tire. admission is free, but parking is $15. keep that in mind. time now is 7:10. a black hawk helicopter goes down in afghanistan with american soldiers on board. we're going to have the latest coming up next. >> nearly 30 years after he vanished, police launch a new search to find the boy who became the face of missing children in america. they are searching a basement this new york this morning. the latest in a live report after the break. >> on the two-year anniversary of the bp oil spill in the gulf, some relief for those

affected by the disaster. >> as we head to the break, here's a live look outside. we've got the latest on whether and traffic from tucker and julie coming up next. it's 7:11. 

black hawk helicopter crash in afghanistan. it went down during a night time mission thursday in the southwestern part of the country with four u.s. soldiers aboard. defense official says he was told not to expect survivors. the weather may have been a factor. the united states is preparing for possible military operations in syria. the pentagon chief tells lawmakers on capitol hill there will be no boots on the ground. secretary of state hillary clinton at a meeting of the so- called friends of syria group

is calling for a world wide arms embargo if they don't stop violating the cease-fire. two years ago today an explosion on an oil platform in the gulf of mexico led to the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. 11 people were killed on the rig, which was leased by bp and an estimated 200 gallons of crude spilled into the gulf for nearly three months. nearly 7300 residents and businesses harmed by the spill will get $64 million in additional payments because their claims with bp were short changed or wrongfully denied. let's say hello to tucker barnes again, get the latest on the weather. hello. >> nice start to the day. nice time of the year. >> i agree with that. >> warm in the day and cool at night. >> you can open the windows. wait, there's pollen.

>> we may get rid of some of that pollen this weekend. >> we have rain in the forecast both saturday and sunday. we'll talk about the weekend. let's get started with current conditions. we mentioned cool temperatures, parts of the area dipping into the 30s this morning. that's cool. 54 at reagan national. salisbury, 46 degrees. great looking friday. lots of sunshine. nothing more than a passing cloud or two during the course of the day. nice dry afternoon. got to lose the fog first, and we'll lose it in the next couple of hours. chicago and st. louis, the green, that's a cold front that will get in here tomorrow. i think the timing will be tomorrow afternoon. if you need to be outdoors, you have sports tomorrow morning, probably will get it in, and late afternoon the rain and perhaps a few thunderstorms. the front will get south of us

and we've been going back and forecast, thinking there would be a coastal low, and it's back on the map. cloudy cool and likely wet on sunday as well, with rain showers, perhaps heavy rain south and east of the city towards ocean city during the day sunday as that low passes. we've had a rain deficit the last couple of months, so much needed showers this weekend. 75 today. lots of sunshine. cloud up tomorrow. afternoon shower or thunderstorm. sunday looks wet and cool. monday and tuesday look cool, too. sunshine tuesday, only highs about 60 degrees. >> little chilly. >> yeah. those temperatures below normal for a change. >> thank you, tucker. here's julie wright now. she's got word on some problems out there on the roadways. >> absolutely, good morning tony and you guys. if you are traveling out to dulles, this accident is going to impede your commute.

let's go live to the crew in skyfox. traveling westbound on the dulles toll road coming from the capitol beltway, the center of the screen, that's the airport lanes, it's where the accident occurred leer at the trap road overpass. the airport lanes are closed. the far left side of your screen, that's traffic in the main line. it can squeeze by single file to the right. but it is already gridlock at this point, well before the toll plaza headed outbound in the direction of dulles as you travel from the capitol beltway. if you have a flight this morning that you're trying to get to, this is going to cause you some problems unfortunately. no word on the injuries. but it's serious. i got a lot of equipment here. you can see here as jeremy moves further east of the scene. we have a lot of equipment here. this is the main line to the left side of your screen squeezing by. looks like some folks are using the shoulder. airport lanes are completely shut down with this investigation. tieups leaving the beltway

westbound on the dulles toll road headed in the direction of the airport. eastbound, your lanes are open. east side of town, accident activity on the beltway outer loop, two left lanes are blocked here traveling northbound headed up and towards landover. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. that is a big mess. thank you, julie. the case of a little boy missing for almost 33 years is suddenly getting a lot of new attention. >> the disappearance of etan patz was one of the first such cases to be talked about nationwide and once again the nation is watching the block in new york city where he went missing as investigators continue a new search. robert moses is live in new york for us. good morning, robert. >> reporter: good morning to you and good morning, everyone. this will be a full scale dig i'm told, just behind me. this is where the investigators are focusing their attention. we're in the soho neighborhood in manhattan. this is less than a block away

from where etan patz used to live. his parents still live here. for nearly 33 years they've been waiting for answers. 6-year-old etan patz left his apartment alone for the first time may 25, 1979 to walk to the school bus. he had never been seen since. investigators are focused on a basement at the corner of prince and worcester street near where he lived. >> there will be a systematic removal of things like dry wall and eventually digging up of the basement, breaking the concrete and getting into the dirt underneath. >> reporter: many thought this man could be involved in the disappearance, but he was never charged in the case. though police and fbi refused to discuss possible suspects, sources say investigators are looking at whether a handyman who had access to the basement being searched on prince street

may be involved. >> we have good information that led to the probable cause, again, that led to the search warrant. we take the information seriously and we're committed to being as thorough in this investigation and cases like it as we can. >> reporter: etan was one of the first missing children to appear on a milk carton. his disappearance shocked this neighborhood. >> it's very hard. it's very hard. >> reporter: the new search brings back painful memories for sandy. she used to play with etan. >> i have my own children and nieces and nephews and i tell them the story about etan all the time and how they should be vigilant about their surroundings. >> reporter: a sign outside the family's apartment asks for privacy. sandy vega hopes the family receives closure. >> i'm never going to forget it, and i hope there's closure for his mom. >> reporter: another live look at the scene this morning here

in the soho section of manhattan. you can see that blue tent, that is guarding the entrance to the basement we're talking about, again, less than a block away from where etan patz disappeared about 33 years ago. we're told this search could take up to five days. that is the latest live from new york this morning, robert moses, fox 5 news. back to you guys. >> we hope this search leads to closure for that family for sure. robert, thank you. time now is 7:22. a woman's coca-cola habit is being blamed for her death. how much she was guzzling a day and what the soft drink giant is saying about it. >> starbucks is debugging its menu offerings. we'll explain next. >> and it's a day to give back to your community. earth day is this sunday. the national conference center is celebrating today. so later on our holly morris shows us what they have planned and gives us a lesson about buying locally.

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welcome back. 2011 saw the highest numbers of u.s. measles cases in 15 years. there are 50 to 60 cases reported in a typical year. most in 2011 were from foreign visitors or travelers who picked it up overseas. no one died. health officials blame low vaccination rates. if you drink 2 gallons of coca-cola a day, apparently it can kill you. it's what health officials are saying in new zealand after a 30-year-old woman died of a heart attack. doctors testified saying they concluded her habit of drinking 2 gallons of coca-cola every day probably contributed to her death. coca-cola is saying that its products are safe. tony? there will be no more

crushed bugs in your starbucks strawberry banana smoothie. they were using a red dye made from the juice of tiny beetles to color it red. now they'll use a tomato based extract instead. the items will be reformulated by the end of june. >> how are you supposed to feel about that? you were using beetles? >> tomato? i guess they'll use it so it doesn't taste like that. >> commonly used. >> people just don't like the thought. the caps at the ice last night for a crucial game four, and boy did they deliver. we have highlights next. >> new insight into the secret service prostitution scandal. we have an author joining us live after the break. >> another live look outside. there's national -- reagan national airport. we'll get the latest on weather

and traffic from tucker and julie coming right up. it's 7:27. 

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feeling good this morning, so are their fans. semin scored the go ahead goal, giving washington a 2-1 victory over the bruins. it was a great night for holtby. he made 44 saves. the series is now tied at two games a piece. game five is tomorrow in boston. what a great win. >> yeah. needed that. >> we needed that, absolutely. that's great. >> holtby, he's a rookie, right. >> he's a rookie. what a year he's having. >> he basically didn't play all year, and -- >> yeah. >> -- doing great. >> fantastic. >> needed him all along. what's going on? weather-wise, looking fine. no ice skating today because it will be too warm. >> all right. that's a guarantee. >> transitions are getting better and better. >> wait until 9:00. i can't wait. >> sunny and warm today. going to be beautiful. highs will be in the mid-70s. that's why you won't want to go

ice skating. plenty of sunshine. showers come in tomorrow. need the rain and we'll get some. want to time it out, i think mid- to late afternoon the rain will arrive. could be a thunderstorm, too. we could get a soaking tomorrow afternoon and early tomorrow afternoon. break and now it looks like this coastal will happen on sunday. still don't know the exact track, but looks like it will be close enough to bring us a lot of clouds, cool temperatures and potential for pretty good rains, especially east of washington, particularly east of washington as we get into the day sunday. 54 now in washington. 48 up at dulles. 46 baltimore. manassas, 39 for you. 52 in quantico. temperatures will get a chance to jump quickly. well into the 60s in a couple of hours, and eventually highs in the mid-70s. another quiet one. nice looking pattern for another day. high pressure overhead, giving us a quiet day today. late tonight, early tomorrow, clouds will increase and the cold front you see towards chicago and st. louis will get

in here. i don't think the rain will arrive until tomorrow afternoon. at least we can salvage the first part of saturday. by tomorrow late afternoon and tomorrow evening, the rain will get in here and we'll see about the coastal low. now it looks like it will track off the peninsula during the day sunday, bringing us a good soaking rain. we need the rain during the day sunday. lots of sunshine today. winds out of the south at about 5 miles per hour. cloud up tonight, but dry overnight, cool overnight. 52. mix of clouds with a little bit of sunshine tomorrow morning. the rain gets in here tomorrow afternoon with a cold front. keeping the clouds in the forecast and cool temperatures with showers and again, potential for pretty good rains sunday. monday out of here, and check out the cool temperatures sunday through tuesday, not much above 60. let's do traffic. julie, how is it going? not very well, unfortunately, tucker. let's go to the crew in skyfox. they have live pictures from

the scene. three-car accident occurred in the airport lanes. that's the center of your monitor here. it's where the accident occurred. a lot of equipment on the scene. but the airport lanes are closed. the bottom left of your screen, that is the main line of the dulles toll road and traffic is able to get by using the right lane as you travel from the beltway. authorities are telling us they're trying to divert people to continue with the beltway and not exhibit on the dulles toll way. there's a lot of equipment in the main line, three cars involved are in the airport lanes. this overpass to the bottom of your screen, that is trap road. again, between trap road and hunter mill, the airport lanes are closed. main line can squeeze by to the right. will have an impact if you have to catch a flying out of dulles this morning. eastbound the top right side of your screen, lanes are open, no problems there continuing to the beltway. other side of town, i want to map out this problem, beltway

outer loop, two left lanes blocked leer traveling north from andrews headed to the john hansen highway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. to the prostitution scandal now involving secret service agents. the white patience as officials investigate. three have already been forced out. and a key lawmaker says there could be more firings in a few days, possibly as soon as today. joining us live with more insight, ronald kessler "new york times" best selling author of books about the secret service, fbi and cia, also broke this story as well. good morning. >> good morning. >> looks like more heads are expected to roll. what do you think will be let go and do you think calls for the director stepping down, do you think he should step down as well? >> i think more members of

congress will call for his resignation. it goes back to a culture of lax in which i reveal in my book. for example, they'll even let people into events without -- [inaudible] -- what could be worse? when joe biden threw out the first pitch at the orioles' game, no screening whatsoever. that is the job of the secret service to protect the president and vice president. not doing that, something is seriously wrong. >> kind of speaks to, you were talking about maybe the overall culture. one of the agents released due to the scandal posted on his facebook page about sarah palin, former vice presidential candidate, saying in part on his facebook page he was really checking out the vice presidential candidate when he guarded her during the 2008 election. does this surprise you? i know you said you mentioned about the issue with the culture there. does this surprise you it seems this reckless? >> that was really shocking.

the comment about palin is almost as bad as seeing prostitutes, which of course, would open them up to blackmail and letting the russian foreign intelligence service in or terrorists in. this shows such unprofessionalism. this is a supervisor, a veteran. it shows, again, a lax culture that tolerates this sort of thing. normally agents are not animal house people. in fact, they have no time to do anything because they're so overworked because management has been cutting corners, not managing properly, they don't allow agents to do regular firearms requalification. they don't insist on regular physical fitness, and they give the agents the scores to fill out for themselves. we saw the intrusion at the white house by the party

crashers. i think that was another symptom of these, which the officers knew they weren't on the guest list, but let them in anyway, figuring hey, management won't back me up so we'll let them in. >> obviously this latest issue in colombia may have really raised the red flag here. do you think this is finally going to make some changes, start changes and are things already underway to get that ball rolling? what are you hearing from some of your contacts? >> well, comes back to president obama and of course, it's his life that's at risk. the agents i talk to say there could be an assassination because of all this corner cutting. so far, he's taking the attitude that if the allegations in the press are true, i'll be angry. well, the allegations are not in the press, it's the secret service itself, his own agency, that confirmed to me when i broke the story in the "washington post" that misconduct was involved and being angry is not exactly the way to fix an agency.

but, you know, this is a major washington scandal. i can't imagine that there won't be major changes in management as a result of all this. >> you feel the president hasn't dealt with it appropriately? you think something bigger needed to happen before now? >> well, sure. it goes up to the top. any organization, it's the ceo who sets the tone. if agents on the lower level perceive that management is winking and nodding and cutting corners and allowing people into events without screening, for example, that culture is going to be reflected all the way through the organization. >> real quickly, i've been reading some of your book, actually before this issue came out, and i thought it was interesting to read that a lot of the agents had talked about, saw a lot of promiscuous behavior in some of our past presidents. do you think over the years the culture developed because they saw things the presidents were doing in the past, that they

felt like if he can do it, i can get away with it as well? >> i don't think it's related to what the presidents were doing or weren't doing, and certainly were doing a lot of things, which i reveal in the book. no, it's rather every single day when at the come to work, they get this perception that corner cutting is fine, the management doesn't really care about how they do their jobs. that's what is really disturbing. if you -- if anybody is in an organization and thinks their bosses are violating procedures and dishonesty going on, which there is, they're going to start acting in the same way in many cases. >> ronald kessler, thank you so much for talking with us this morning. the author of that book about the secret service, also breaking many of the details of this story as well. thank you for joining us. >> thank you.

>> fascinating. >> yeah. >> see what happens. will be a lot of changes obviously, coming out of this, or appears as though there should be. it is 7:40 now on this friday morning. still ahead, a big payout to the family of legendary penn state coach joe paterno. >> dick clark didn't know it, but played match maker on american bandstand in 1962. that story coming up after the break. ó

making headlines, penn state has agreed to pay millions in dollars and benefits to joe paterno's estate and family members. it's part of his employment contract. the school turned over four checks yesterday worth more than $3 million for bonuses that covered this past season, bowl games and his entire career. also included in the contract, the use by his family of a suite for 25 years at the stadium. however, the family's lawyer says the money is not a settlement, meaning they could still sue the university in the future. the world is remembering dick clark as the tv icon, a

powerful producer and entertainment industry legend. one new jersey couple is remembering him as the man who changed their lives. they met on the set of american bandstand in philadelphia and the 60s. the couple stayed friends with dick clark ever since. i love these stories that continue to come out. like dick clark helped me to live happily ever after. >> wonderful. >> yeah. pretty cool. cool temperatures to start your day. we'll enjoy a warm afternoon. lots of sunshine expected. beautiful friday in store. mid-70s for afternoon highs. >> very good. and we should enjoy today. because we have changes. >> exactly. we'll look at those in future cast. currently, 54 in washington. 40s to the north and west. dulles, 43 degrees. going to the beach this weekend, people starting to open up the beach houses, temperatures will be in the 70s tomorrow and it will be a mixed

weekend. most of saturday dry, but sunday looks like a washout. here's your futurecast, doing fine today. 6:00, 7:00 tonight, conditions about perfect. mid-70s. lots of blue sky, low humidity. enjoy your afternoon, because we'll see clouds increase tomorrow morning and look at that, by 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 tomorrow afternoon, cold front arrives in the north and west and could spark off in addition to showers, few thunderstorms. be ready by that late in the day tomorrow. that will get out of here. look what comes back early sunday morning, i've stopped it here at noon, but i think the rain will get going by 5:00, 6:00 in the morning. this coastal low we've been flipping and flopping on for the week, now it looks like it will track close enough that we'll have clouds, cool temperatures and a good chance of rain during the day sunday. weekend doesn't look great, but we need the rain, so that's good news. 60 monday and tuesday. >> sounds wonderful. thank you, tucker.

i hope you're not trying to get to the dulles airport this morning. here's julie wright with the details. >> it is a mess. we're going right to the crew in skyfox so we can explain what is going on. it's the three-car accident that occurred in the airport lanes, which is the center of your screen. ongoing investigation in the airport lanes remain closed. what has changed is over to the left that is the main line. the main line underneath track road has been reopened. we had a lot of equipment responding in the main line. the main line is open once again. if you are traveling from the capital beltway headed outbound to dulles, you don't want to commit to the airport lanes. instead, use the main line. it is heavy and slow, but it is moving and open. and that will help you out if you're traveling to the airport. unfortunately, if you had a flight now and you were trying to get out there, it's not going to be easygoing for you, unfortunately. the airport lanes to the center of your screen remain closed

because of this three-car accident which remains under investigation. the better news, if you will, is the main line is open and moving, albeit slowly, traveling from the capitol beltway. eastbound lanes are open. north of town, traveling southbound along 270, the accident activity here just south of 117 coming out of gaithersburg continues to block the right lane with fire and rescue on the scene. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> be careful out there if you're headed to the airport. keep an eye on traffic for sure. increasing awareness and appreciation of the earth with a day of service. >> it's what earth day is all about. holly morris is live from lansdowne, virginia. >> reporter: good morning to you. i'm hanging out with somebody who knows all about mother earth. this is farmer dave. we are life in lansdowne, where they definitely know how to celebrate earth day. they make it an important day each year. this morning we're going to

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this sunday is earth day. >> today holly morris is with a group of volunteers participating in a day of service. holly, the fog is still out there a bit. you have work underway. >> reporter: the fog is not stopping us. this is a day they put on their calendar each year. not only do they acknowledge earth day, but national volunteer week. good morning to you. >> good morning, holly. >> reporter: clearly this is an initial that means something to

you all. >> it's huge. it's a great day for our staff and community. we bring in the ecology club from the middle school, we release animals, bring in the loudoun county transportation services department to talk about how to do more with less, if you will. it's a huge day with us. we have dave here to talk about how our relationship started on local farm and fresh products. >> reporter: dave lay, farmer dave as i call him. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: really, this is about thinking differently year long to help save mother earth. hopefully we're inspiring you in the process. tell me about this relationship and how it got started. >> the short story, i did a conference with local farmers two years ago. dave was inspired by that conference. we had a couple more meetings and he came to me with the idea to make canola oil.

>> we're growing canola in frederick county. we use so much fuel in the orchard side of things, that we had to do something to kind of beat these high fuel prices, so we've started growing canola. we combine it, press the seeds, jug it. it's all natural, no chemicals, no nothing. totally natural. >> reporter: you use that to power your tractor? >> we sell the frying oil to the conference center, and we get the used oil back. we pick it back up, take it to our biodiesel plant, put a gallon of vegetable oil in it and get a gallon of diesel fuel out. this is running on 50% biodiesel oil. >> reporter: these are grown in greenhouses also powered by the oil, right? >> we use the lower quality

biodiesel to heat our greenhouses in the winter. we have lettuce, spinach and tomatoes year long. >> reporter: i have an idea. why don't you cut us up a tomato? kurt, you're talking about the fact there is also another side of this, which is to buy local so people can eat local? >> absolutely. and it keeps the economy going. it differentiates loudoun county that we have the commerce side, we have the rural side. we'll have 500 people attending the valor awards today that the salad, the lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, all come from local products. >> reporter: the good thing is because you're buying it local, obviously the shelf life is longer, right? >> the lettuce was cut yesterday afternoon, spinach last night. the lettuce will keep, the way we do it in these tubs, it will last, you know, two weeks. does not come from california, load a truck across the country

-- >> into a warehouse. >> another cooler on the east coast. >> reporter: from your farm to here. the valor awards is a big event. >> big event. farmer dave can give us about everything we need. >> reporter: let's see how good you are, farmer dave. >> probably the best tomato you've had all day. >> reporter: it's the best tomato i've had all day. thank you very much. it's the best one i've had all week. >> i'll send you home with some. >> reporter: all month, then. we have a link if you want to find out more. we have more wonderful things in terms of earth day coming up in our next hour. we're going to talk about planting trees as we continue to celebrate earth day. back to you all in the studio. >> we're a little jealous, holly.

tomato straight from the garden. >> you know those are good. despite slow steady growth in the job market, unemployment remains generally high. but not for some physicians. coming up, we're going to take a look at some of the hottest jobs out there today. get ready for a good laugh. the hilarious jim jeffreys joins us live instudio. he is in town for a show and we're going to have more details on that as well coming up.

they can save lives when they work the way they should. but now metro is replacing dozens of its defibrillators after one of them fails when it's needed most. >> man charged with the murder of trayvon martin back in court this morning asking to be set free. why some legal experts say george zimmerman has a real good chance at bail. >> he disappeared more than 30 years ago, walking to his school bus stop. now a new search in the case that changed the missing children's movement. good morning, everybody. i'm tony perkins. >> i'm will thomas in for alison seymour this morning. good to be with you, sir.

>> good to see you. >> let's start with good news. looks like another nice friday. >> yeah. all fridays are nice, but this one will be particularly nice, as we'll have a lot of sunshine and temperatures in the 70s. >> he's got to work all weekend long. i think you're the hardest man working in weather today. >> yes, and the only one apparently. i'm not looking at you, tony. [ laughter ] >> hey! >> here's your satellite radar. clear skies and got a little fog in spots. fog will be out of here shortly and looking at blue skies and 70s for afternoon highs later this afternoon. 54 now in washington. humidity up. that's the mist and the fog in parts of the area, 90%. wind shifting out of the south later. the pressure, 30.00 inches. that will be steady today. will fall later tomorrow. quiet now. cold front to the west.

that will get in here tomorrow, bring us a chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. more details in a minute. good looking friday. >> i heard you say good beach weather. guess where i'm going? >> to the beach? >> around noontime. >> good thing you're not headed out though dulles airport. they have major problems. here's julie wright with amazing pictures. hey, julie. >> unfortunately, tony, the crew in skyfox had to land. they need to refuel. you are absolutely right. we do have the major tieups to report for those continuing westbound on the dulles toll road. the main line has been reopened. that's good news, working west of the capital beltway. if you are traveling westbound on the dulles toll road, main line is open, but the airport lane remains closed there at trap road. that's the last place you can get off the main line, and

towards hunter mill. airport lanes remain closed. the main line is open. however, it is very slow from the capital beltway outbound on the dulles toll road trying to get to the airport. if you have a flight, plan your trip accordingly. i know flying is stressful enough as it is. you'll need to allow extra time this morning. the main line is open, but it's extremely slow from the capital beltway. traveling in virginia, delays 395 headed to seminary road. boundary channel road crossing the 14th street bridge. accident northbound 4 inside of the beltway at walters lane. 66 tied up leaving farrow oaks and approaching the capital beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thanks, julie. gunshots and a mystery. police found a man who had been shot inside a car in landover. happened overnight. investigators believe he may have been trying to drive himself to the hospital. no other details as to what led to the shooting or where

exactly it happened. good news, the man is expected to be okay. new details in the secret service prostitution scandal in colombia. we're learning the agents involved rented a party room in the hotel before that evening began. investigators are still trying to interview some of the women involved. they have their names, since the women had to register hotel. and we hear there could be more firings. >> as the investigation goes forward and more evidence comes out, i think we can expect to see him move against other of the agents as well. >> that is representative peter king. three agents have lost their jobs since this story broke. 18 more officers and military personnel remain under investigation. another big national story today is playing out in florida. a judge in orlando is expected to decide whether george

zimmerman will be released on bail. he's the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. zimmerman says he shot the unarmed teen in self-defense. if granted bond, his attorney says he'll ask his client be allowed to leave the area due to concerns for his safety. legal experts say zimmerman stands a good chance of being granted bail, since he has prove he's not a flight risk and turned himself into authorities after charged. a troubling discovery made at metro after a man had a heart attack on board a train. the defibrillator at the station wasn't working properly. fox5's sherri ly is live at the pentagon city metro with more details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, will. metro is inspecting all the defibrillators at stations like this one and across its system. it also plans to replace them. no one can say whether that 51- year-old man would still be

alive today if the defibrillator had worked, but it certainly would have increased his odds. that man was aboard a yellow line train when he had a heart attack earlier this week. metro is now inspecting the defibrillators. it has 46 of its older automatic external defibrillators and it plans to replace them with new state of the art devices by the end of the month. metro says that man identified by sources as eugene mccrae was found unconscious on the train. the operator radioed for medical assistance. fire and rescue arrived five minutes later and began advanced life support. prior to that a passenger got the defibrillator from the station manager, but it didn't work. metro says the battery didn't have enough charge for the device to deploy and the man later died at the hospital. >> i don't know all the details of how it happened, but i think they thought he was sleep, because, you know, i go to

sleep on the train. >> smart technology, seeing a rhythm in which it can shock the system and hopefully bring them back. >> reporter: the defibrillators are really designed so anyone can use them, and if used within three minutes it increases the odds of survival by 74%. metro is strengthening its training and inspection of the defibrillators so they're inspected ever day to make sure they are working properly. the transit agency also plans to add dozens more defibrillators to stations that currently do not have them. that's the latest in pentagon city. back to you. >> still already good coming out of this. sherri ly, thank you. tony? some of our other top stories this morning, police say they may have cracked a two decade old cold case. 21 years ago christine jarrett

disappeared. her ex-husband told police she left the house after an argument. he was a suspect in the case from the start, but law enforcement never had enough evidence, until now. police have found human remains buried underneath robert jarrett's shed. police are still waiting for a positive i.d. on the body, but they believe it is his ex-wife. jarrett is now in custody. he now faces first and second degree murder charges. there is a new search for the missing little boy who started the campaign of missing kids on milk cartons. >> etan patz was 6 years old when he disappeared in 1979. his story changed the way america searches for its missing children. he was last seen walking to his school bus stop a block from his family's home in lower manhattan soho. now fbi agents and new york city police are searching the basement of a building in that same section of manhattan. the search is bringing back painful memories for one of his childhood friends. here's more. >> i have my own children, and

i have nieces and nephews and i tell them the story about etan all the time and they should be vigilant about their surroundings. >> a sign outside the family's apartment is asking for privacy. a girl abducted in california several years ago has been found in northern virginia. stephanie cano disappeared from her los angeles home in 2006. police believed her mother kidnapped her, then took her out of the country. but they recently got a tip that the two were living in sterling, virginia. that's where they were found and the girl's mother was arrested. it's nine minutes after 8:00 now. coming up, the u.s. and more than a dozen other nations now threatening the use of force against syria's government. >> also ahead, more celebrations welcoming this guy, the shuttle "discovery." we're going to tell you about a fun event happening at its new home this weekend. 

8:12. time for a look at the stories making headlines. syrians are bracing for a second week of protests. troops are shelling rebels. meantime, the defense secretary tells lawmakers the u.s. is working on possible military options and secretary of state hillary clinton is calling for a global arms embargo if syria does not honor a cease-fire. wounded warriors projects headed to the white house this afternoon. president obama is welcoming the soldiers ride on the south lawn. the project is now in its sixth year and helps troops heal physically and emotionally from their wounds. space shuttle "discovery" is officially on display and you can take the kids to see it upclose this weekend. the udvar-hazy center is hosting a family weekend tomorrow and sunday it's free to get in. parking is $15. >> that seems like a deal. >> and other stuff they have,

too. great museum. >> big plans this weekend? >> no, i do not. >> maybe the rest is good, coming off a morning show. tucker, i guess for people heading out today, the weather is shaping up to be nice. >> going to be just about perfect. more on the weather in just a second. but it's 8:15. you know what it's time for. fox5 photo of the day. >> how about this? this is different. >> this is cute. >> this is great. >> all right, everybody, this is 2-year-old aden. making one of his many funny faces. that's a face i make most mornings when my alarm goes off. >> when tucker walks in, that's his face. [ laughter ] >> his mom says it's a blessing, he's happy and healthy after being born early at 23 weeks. >> good for him. >> i think he's smelling something in his diaper. [ laughter ] >> great face. >> that's adorable.

thanks for sending that in. >> hopes that puts a smile on your face. go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings to send your child's picture. >> will might be right. >> good face. super cute. 56 now in washington. 51 baltimore. dulles 51 degrees. fredericksburg, 50 degrees. going to be a great looking friday. lots of sunshine. high pressure will give us warm temperatures. mid-70s for afternoon highs, and dry today and tonight. few shower activity towards chicago, that cloud cover and that cold front will get in here during the day tomorrow. i think your first half of saturday will be kind of cloudy. then by saturday, mid- to late afternoon, showers and perhaps thunderstorms will move in and we'll be wet from there. sunday we'll get a coastal low. the combination of the cold front saturday and the coastal low sunday will keep things wet around here. we need the rain. but the timing is not great with it. five-day forecast, 75 this

afternoon. cloud up during the day tomorrow. afternoon shower or thunderstorm a good possibility. sunday looks wet with showers and maybe rain. maybe heavy rain east of the city if at that low gets close enough. monday, few showers and 61 tuesday. cool spell starting sunday. let's do traffic and julie wright has a look at your traffic. >> that little baby, leave it to you men to talk about the diapers. that baby is saying, mama, i step to the beat, i don't eat those beets. that's what that face is saying. so cute. tucker, you only wish your face looked that good in the morning. [ laughter ] all right. on the roads now, we definitely have our hands full. a lot of slow traffic left on the beltway, traveling into the sun, inner loop towards georgia avenue. outer loop below speed, university boulevard around connecticut avenue. in virginia delays into the sunshine headed over towards telegraph road. if you are planning a trip towards dulles, if you have to

pick somebody up or trying to make a flight yourself, this is what we know, if you are traveling westbound on the dulles toll road, main line is open. the airport lanes, airport lanes are still closed with this vehicle. closed west of trap road but before hunter mill. airport lanes are blocked. main line is open, but slow leaving the beltway continuing outbound. if you have to pick somebody up or heading out yourself, allow more time, more time than usual. thank you, julie. a scandal rocks the secret service and giving the elite force a black eye. they'll be talking about it this week on fox news sunday. the host of that show, chris wallace, joins us live from capitol hill this morning. good to see you. >> good morning, tony. >> let me first say, it's our first chance to have you on our show since the passing of your father, and all our condolences

here at the fox 5 family go out to you and your family. he'll certainly be missed. he set the bar very high. >> thank you very much. that means a lot to me. all the folks who just watched him on tv over the years, but felt they knew him, and i guess they really did, been watching him on sunday nights for 40 years, it's meant a lot so thank you back. >> my pleasure. let's talk about the secret service situation. you're going to the top and get information about what is going on there and what will be done about it. >> yeah, we'll be talking to joe lieberman, the head of the senate homeland security committee, secret service is under that department. i covered the secret service six years when i was covering the reagan white house. these are extraordinary people. they literally have pledged they would take a bullet, step in front of a gun to protect the president. and then you hear about this kind of misbehavior down in colombia. of course, the question is how did this happen?

break down in discipline? has it happened before? we'll be examining all of that with senator lieberman. >> if you get a chance to ask the senator this question, we're hearing about this facebook posting by one of the secret service, by a supervisor, as a matter of fact, should these agents be posting anything on facebook or twitter or anything like that? >> well, i am surprised and you're right, and one of the things we're hearing about is he had slightly salty comments about sarah palin and checking her out when he was in her protective detail. it just -- i'm amazed that that kind of lack of discipline would have happened and i gather governor palin, rightly, was not amused by it. that's a long way from there to hiring prostitutes. but it shows a certain breakdown in discipline. so you wonder how long this has been going on. it's hard to believe this was the first and only time this has ever happened. >> you also will be talking to governor mitch daniels and

there's, i guess the parlor game has begun now as to who might be romney's vice presidential candidate. >> that's right. daniels is certainly on at least the media's short list. i don't know if it's on romney's short list. very successful governor of indiana. created a lot of jobs. turned a big deficit into a huge surplus. a lot of people thought he should have run for president. he would excite the conservative base which still has doubts about romney. we'll talk to him about his interest in possibly being the running mate. >> and insights about the economy. >> he certainly does. he was the budget director under george w. bush and was a political aide to ronald reagan. he's been around a long time. very smart guy. very sharp guy. be interested to hear what he has to say about the political scene. >> chris, we look forward to the show sunday. good to have you back on our show. thanks for being here.

>> thank you, tony. >> fox news sunday of course, this sunday morning at 9:00. >> bright and early. two years after the worst oil disaster in u.s. history, new report is out about how safe seafood is coming out of that region in the gulf. that is coming your way next. >> and later, holly is getting an early start ahead of earth day. she's planting trees this morning. we'll check in with her later, and also meet turf mutt, a dog who is the mascot on this day of service. >> love that name. >> 8:21 now. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. we're drinkin' dunkin'. dunkin' iced. some people wake up with an alarm clock, i wake up to dunkin'. sometimes, when i need a little pick-me-up, i'll go get a dunkin'. it hits the spot. you're ready to go. dunkin' keeps me going. america runs on dunkin' coffee.

a team of american scientists are heading to the highest place on earth to study the effects it has on heart conditions. they're setting up a lab on mount everest and will monitor nine climbers trying to scale the peak to learn more about how the human body is affected by high altitudes. usually you see gas stations and fast food signs along the highway. now in virginia you'll see signs promoting wineries. governor mcdonald has announced virginia will use the signs in an effort to attract more visitors to their wine regions.

virginia is home to more than 200 wineries and fifth in the nation for wine grape production. some reassuring news two years after the gulf oil spill according to federal health officials, the gulf seafood on the market is safe for you to eat. they say diseased fish aren't allowed to be sold. scientists are cited lesions or other deformities in some fish as a possible sign of long-term damage from the spill. however, they can't say for sure that's causing it. >> at least good news. safe to eat. the last thing that region needed was more bad news. >> absolutely. it's 8:25. coming up next, the jobs are out there. you have to know where to look. we'll tell you which areas are hiring now. >> when was the last time, we were just laughing about this, when was the last time you shopped at a local record store? >> are there any? >> like maybe vintage stores, right? many of the businesses are struggling in this digital age, the ones that still exist. find out what big names in music are doing to show them a

little love. >> speaking of music, something special coming up next hour. the bacon brothers are leer. actor kevin and his brother michael will join us instudio for a performance. that is live in the 9:00 hour. ♪

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we're taking a look at some of the big stories making headlines been an arrest in the alleged sexual assault of a 3- year-old boy at a day care. 21-year-old randolph king is charged. a woman says she walked into a classroom at the zion baptist church and saw a man sexually abusing the child. no word on the suspect's connection to the day care. district government says its web sites were the target

of a cyber attack, affecting several agencies including the mayor's e-mail page. hackers claiming responsibility. tucker is apparently prepared for our winter weather. >> well, i got gifts for you guys. >> this rarely happens, right. >> yeah. that's kind of cool. >> put it on? >> yeah. >> is this my long awaited christmas gift? >> it's still on the way. big game sunday. >> yes. >> they sent us these scarves. the first 7500 fans a give away -- >> this is a quality product here. >> in the world of soccer, these are big. >> everyone wears scarves to the games? >> yeah. kind of a european thing. >> you need to go to a game. >> i would love to.

>> let's go this spring. they've been playing great. undefeated in their last five games. >> sweet. >> the capitals and nationals. >> memories of my dad taking me to the earthquake games. >> that's right. >> they're a lot of fun. >> they are. and you know, giving away 7500 of these, that should put fans in the seats. >> absolutely. >> great. >> good marketing there. >> let's get to our temperatures. reagan national, 56 degrees. 56 at reagan national. looking at comfortable conditions across the area. temperatures will jump quickly into the 60s and eventually mid- 70s. should be comfortable afternoon for you. 50 now in fredericksburg. 50 in winchester. little fog and mist across parts of the area. we'll lose that shortly, and a bright and beautiful afternoon. should be dry for friday and tonight if you have outdoor plans tonight. high pressure keeps us dry

today. this is our weather maker for tomorrow, from chicago and st. louis, a cold front bringing us afternoon showers tomorrow. if you have a baseball, soccer game, that kind of thing tomorrow morning, i think you'll be okay. it will be cloudy. by tomorrow afternoon you'll see the rain moving in. fine this afternoon, 5:00. things look great. overnight hours, clouds. 5:00tomorrow afternoon, so i think it's an afternoon nationals game tomorrow. probably will get that in and the rain will arrive as its ending. we'll get this rain out of here tomorrow night. look at the day sunday, the coastal low we've been talking about going back and forth, looks like that will track close enough that we could see some rain and the potential for heavy rain south and east of the city by sunday afternoon. we'll stay tuned, we'll fine tuned how close that area of low pressure will get. looks like we'll get beneficial winds this weekend. there's your five-day forecast, 75 today. today is perfect. tomorrow we cloud up with afternoon showers and thunderstorms. sunday, showers, perhaps rain,

depending on the track of that system. cool, only about 61. we stay cool early next week, clear it out by monday afternoon. that is a look at your forecast. go d.c. united. will, over to you. thanks, tucker. a reminder about the fox 5 job shop. today's job of the day is from northrop looking for a pr rep for its arlington location. for details and to see our other listings, head over to myfoxdc.com and search job shop. despite steady growth in the job market, unemployment remains generally high but not for some jobs. recent stats from the labor department show while the general unemployment rate stands at 8.3%, several jobs are posting lower unemployment rates. let's bring in josh howarth, regional vp and with the staffing firm of robert hath international. what are some of these hot

jobs? >> in general, it's information technology, as well as accounting. you'll see financial analysts posting very low rates. accountants, auditors, software engineers in the i.t. area. >> the trend seems to be these are the skilled workers, correct? >> correct. college degreed, overall college degreed individuals are just over 4% unemployment rate now. so significantly less than the national average. >> a lot of folks who will be watching this segment now are saying, look, i don't have these skills. i have been working the same job for 10 years, 15 years, and now i'm out of work. so what is your advice to them to get back and sort of have a shot at some of these competitive jobs? >> i think number one, if you're in a position where you can get a college degree obviously would be a huge help. but if you can't do that quickly, then taking courses at your local community college or taking continuing education

courses to gain skills in these areas, i.t. and accounting. if you have the skills but they're out dated, networking. meeting with as many people as possible through networking groups. some of the people you meet could be your next employer. >> you really can't say that enough, can you? these job seminars they have, get out there, meet the people who are hiring. certainly is as part of what you do, you are interfacing with these hiring managers in our region and across the country. are they having a tough time getting the skilled workers, the lawyers, hr managers, et cetera? >> absolutely. we did a recent survey and over 60% of hiring managers said they're having a difficult time finding workers for their skilled positions. >> that coincides with the lower unemployment rate in those areas. why is it troublesome? i'm sure someone unemployed would move for a job? >> yeah. i think that there's just kind of a gap between the unemployed

pool from a skill standpoint and what the employers are really looking for. so again, if you're in that unemployed pool, the key is to go out and do whatever you can some of the things i mentioned previously to gain the skills to make yourself marketable for these positions. >> a lot of folks, josh, are spending so much money on college tuition. what does it look like for people graduating say this year? people entering the job market for the first time, what's the outlook? >> much better than it's been. we found that over -- hiring managers in general are planning on hiring about 10% more recent college graduates this year than they have in previous years. so that's obviously very encouraging. with that said, it's still going to be a very competitive market, because more people are reengaging in the workforce. expecting 30 to 35 applicants per position. >> because of that, do you see some people now trying to achieve their graduate work as

opposed to trying to enter the job market? they figure i might as well stay in school longer? >> absolutely. i think that's been happening the last two or three years with the downturn. because of that we're seeing a lot of those folks figure up the degrees and entering the workforce. >> josh, thank you for coming in. good advice. >> thank you. it's 8:37. up next, before mp3s, cds, even before cassettes, there was vinyl. now some big names in music are hoping they can use the medium to convince you to support a struggling industry. >> help for thousands of homeowners. what's happening this weekend that could help you save a lot of money on your mortgage. we'll tell you about that. >> first, the perfect way to share photos of your kids or show off your pet wherever you

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the inf is meeting in the district the next couple of days and trying to get more countries to pony up more money in case the european countries need help. vinyl records are back. did you know tomorrow is record store day? big name artists are using the day to release music on pressed vinyl records only, including katy perry, david bowie and paul mccartney and the late james brown. big crowds expected today at the washington convention center. it's day two of the american dream event, organized by the neighborhood assistance corporation of america. it brings together the biggest lenders and gives homeowners and new home buyers free help with loan modification and

first time mortgages. one woman who was there yesterday says her mortgage payment was cut from $2,900 a month down to $1,300 a month. that is a real savings. this continues through monday at the washington convention center from 8:00 a.m. until 8 # p.m. each day. there's more information on our web site at myfoxdc.com. that is great. >> i mean, it's the difference between keeping a home and not for some people. >> absolutely right. 8:42. up next, we want to get your friday off to a fun start. one of the biggest stars in comedy, jim jeffries, will join us live in the studio. >> he said he just came in from australia. he might be a little punchy, tony. >> i don't know. >> you behave, now. first, holly is going green in lansdowne. >> reporter: good morning. we're planting a tree. but we're really doing so much more than that as we're live at the national conference center this morning, where we are all

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welcome back. it's 8:46. fox5's holly morris is at the national conference center today in lansdowne. >> volunteers there are getting ready to participate in a day of service for earth day on sunday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they are already participating here. the earth gives us so much, right, so can't we give one day where we give back to her? you can do it in different ways. we are getting inspired this morning by one group in particular. this is sebina, head of planet. happy earth day to you. >> to you as well. >> reporter: for people that aren't familiar with what

planet is, give them an idea. >> we are the national association for lawn and landscape professionals, and every year, this is the fourth year we do planet day of service. we have members across the country giving back to the earth, over 35 states. we're excited. >> reporter: i would guess that the professionals part of your network, they see day in and day out the abuse the earth takes. this has to be a pretty good thing for them to take a day and do things the way they want to. >> absolutely. a lot of our members are landscape industry certified, so they care and nurture the green spaces across the country, so they know what it takes to take care of the earth. >> reporter: it's not like you have to do some major lawn care or landscape project in order to make a difference. it could be as easy as planting one tree. >> absolutely, absolutely. planting one tree has great benefits for the environment, and it's just planting the

right plants in the right places and that's what our members do. >> reporter: how do you know where is the right place to plant the tree? >> the best way to find that out is to work with a professional, a member of the landscape industry. you can find those members on land carenetwork.org. lots of resources, too, on the internet. >> reporter: let me check in with my workers this morning. they're doing a good job and working hard. tell me your name. >> grace. >> reporter: and so, now, what's the big deal about planting this tree? >> it is good for the environment. >> reporter: it's good for the environment. how many trees have you planted in your lifetime? >> about 10. >> reporter: about 10? how old are you? >> ten. >> reporter: about 10? on average that's one a year. where are you going, my man. tell me your name. >> jack. >> reporter: having fun? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: how many trees

have you planted? >> maybe three. >> reporter: three? what do you like about planting the tree? >> helps the environment. >> reporter: and pretty fun to get dirty from time to time. you can admit it. helping the environment can be fun. i know there is someone here that really knows about saving the environment. in fact, i guess you could say he saves the environment 1 yard at a time. here we have turf mutt. no, not talking about you. this is chris with turf mutt. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. >> happy earth day. >> reporter: yes, happy earth day. tell me about our four legged friend. >> he's the face of a national organization with the discovery channel. he's in classrooms to help children understand to become an environmental steward at home. we want to create a new generation of environmental stewards doing the right thing, right plant, right place, wise

water use. when we learned about planet's day of service here to celebrate earth day, he wanted to show his support. >> reporter: how do you know turf mutt is making that connection? >> his program is growing nationally. he's in tens of thousands of schools. who knows your yard best? your dog. think of all the dogs in the country. it's sticking, it's working with kids. the schools are using it. he has a sweepstakes, 17,000 contest entries. >> reporter: clearly, he's had tv training. he's been posing perfectly all morning long. >> isn't he a great dog? >> reporter: he is a great dog. and you can do something for the earth as well, myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to planet. we have a link to the national conference center where we are live. coming up in our next hour, we're not done, we have someone from the blue ridge wildfire center coming out. we are going to release an owl that's been rehabbed back into the wild. back to you all. >> very cool. thank you very much. it is friday, we made it

through the week. we could use a good laugh. we've had good laughs here. here to help us is comedian jim jeffreys, one of the hottest comics out there. he is in town for shows tonight in falls church. good to have you here, sir. >> thanks for having me. i like how you went, thanks for that holly, because we aren't listening to holly. earth day, plant a tree! >> don't reveal the secret. >> i love how we start off -- i have to say, hasn't the earth given us so much? of course it has, holly, it's the earth. it's not like you go, hasn't the earth given us a lot more than saturn. saturn has been rubbish. >> saturn has not stepped up to the plate. checking yourself? >> checking myself in the monitors. i got that bloated look that you get from the plane. check my bald spot. >> i have to say, we're very

thrilled you came in. literally, jim just landed and just came in from australia. >> i just came in from australia. i was playing the atheist convention. >> really? >> yeah. there were thousands of people in a room talking about nothing. i'm not kidding. that was the whole thing. >> that was the point, i guess. >> the money was amazing. even if i find god, i don't think i'll own up to it. i just think for career purposes -- >> playing the atheist convention. anyone who has seen you, you're provocative, i would say. you talk about topics that a lot of people, you don't talk about this in company. >> what are these topics? >> religion and -- >> you can talk about religion and politics. it's more the sex jokes and stuff like that that people get really -- see, i have a lot of nephews and nieces and my mother is proud of me to an extent, because i make good money. she used to hate it, but now

that i make good money. when my nephews and nieces are over, she plays the dvds but turns the sound off. my one of them took my 5-year- old niece, took my dvd to school for show and tell. >> how did that go? >> they can't read. i don't know how good the education system is australia. i assume it's as good as america. vinyl day, vinyl day is before earth day, and vinyl records not biodegradable. >> true. >> that's just spitting in the face -- >> of earth day. doesn't make sense. >> but they have a more authentic sound. >> i love vinyl. >> i love it. >> me, too. >> the sales are up now. let me ask you a question, you told us, you were nice and shared this with us, you recently got your green card. >> i got my green card. i'm allowed to stay in america. they can take me off me in any

state. >> you're fine. >> john lennon had it for like a day, and -- >> well -- >> i went to see where he was shot, and they have that step where mark chapman waited for three hours, got the autograph and he drove away, and he waited four more hours and we all know what happened then. i sat there, and the security guard went get up. i said, i want a photo. he said, you get up right now. i was like, where you were you 20 years ago? little bit late to the party. i got the green card. came back into america again. i was on the fast -- >> came straight through? >> didn't give me the whole, why are you here? why are you so pale? do you have tuberculosis?

>> that's the way you were treated before? >> i did get a tuberculosis x- ray. when you're as pale as me it raises -- the real problem is, i have a drug problem. >> right. do you want to keep this green card or not? >> you should see me without the cocaine, if you think i'm fat now. good morning, washington! >> he'll be performing tonight at the stake theater in falls church, two shows, 8:00 and 11:00. are you going to take a nap? >> not as wide wired as i am now. i'll be up for days. >> thank you, jim, for coming in. we appreciate it. >> hey, barack, he's watching. big fan of you and your family. i was going to come to the easter egg hunt, but i was out of town.

>> i'm sure he's waving back. coming up, a former wnba all-star will be with us.

good morning and welcome back to fox 5 morning news. i'm tony perkins. >> i'm sarah simmons. allison is off this morning. the man charged with the murder of trayvon martin is arriving in court. why some legal experts say zimmerman has a good chance at making bond. >> plus, more embarrassment for the secret service. and the latest twist to this story has sarah palin blasting the agency. we'll head to capitol hill for a full