dead in an alley. police have one idea of what happened but still have a lot of unanswered questions. also ahead, marion barry on damage control once again. why he is being blasted for so called racist remarks about filipino nurses plus ... >> block, off the line. >> there you have it, capitals one step closer to the stanley cup with another huge overtime win to take the first round of the playoffs but they are just one of five great dc sports stories fox 5 morning news at 7 starts now. and it is thursday, april 26th, 2012, your eyes do not deceive you this is a live shot from dulles international airport that is nasa's 747 and on top, is a space shuttle.

this times the the enterprise which will be leaving our area and heading for new york tomorrow. >> deja vu once again. >> they've got it out early i guess for people to see but takes off tomorrow i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour i think we watched it 17 hours last week but it is still amazing. >> wow. >> good morning everybody the latest on our weather from tucker barnes, going to have rain today. >> showers in the forecast. yeah, that was very cool i want to see it again. let's get right to the radar showers developing south of the city not inside the belt way where they are getting close. in from the south, fredericksburg, 95, definitely rain showers, culpepper, manassas, shower activity, gainsville, you get some as well and this pushes into southern maryland across the eastern shore.

rain back in the forecast not going to rain all day but periods of rain a round this morning a bit of a break and another chance for showers later this afternoon. what is going on big picture off to the south and west, we've got a lot of rain shower activity a warm front trying to get in here and will give us a warm, humid afternoon highs 70 degrees later this afternoon, the cold front comes through that will have a tendency to cool us down later tonight. temperature now, 59 degrees regan national, mild humidity, 64%, winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour here is your forecast, 70 degrees, showers back in the forecast could be a rumble of thunder too temperature near 70 should feel good more details in just a couple minutes julie got busy in a hurry. >> right now we are talking to the crew in sky fox they are above a very serious accident which closed a portion of westbound route 4 in the out bound direction before you reach the exit for northbound 301. i guess this is upper marlboro

a couple vehicles involved, one over turned as you can see there is a lot of activity on that westbound side which has the roadway blocked coming eastbound, back inbound towards dc your lanes are open because of the equipment there in the median, flashing lights, there is about a 3-mile back up at this point headed eastbound route 4, trying to work your way in well before 408, headed in towards 301 and again the inbound stretch of route 4, remains open out bound closed off at the exit for northbound 301. take it back inside update the ride here in virginia, 395, below speed, toward seminary road 95 on the slow side as you travel across the occoquan. crash at green belt road clear to the shoulder expect delays from powder mills. we will start with good news seems the stars are aligned when it comes to dc

sports teams, caps pull out a game 7 win, the red skins will tonight pick up their most exciting quarterback acquisition in many many years, the nats have an awesome record, tops in the national league even the wizards have won 5 in a row and d.c. united is unbeaten in five games. >> eye. >> good stuff. >> the big story today, red skins will draft robert griffin the third as their new quart quarterback. >> so let's begin with the caps and melanie alnwick live outside verizon center. >> reporter: good morning allison, what is going on in washington sports some people are waking up wondering fit was all just a dream it was not they are waking up horse but happy after that just wild win, over the bruins last night players will have a well deserved day off no doubt, getting a win in this grinding

7 game series will give them a really big beast through the semi final -- boost through the semi finals. ward had a killer game winning shot, less than 3 minutes into sudden death overtime. i am sure right about that time there were tonnes of fans at home jumping up and down and screaming with them only the third post season win for the caps fans, since 1998 and the owner says, sounding like he likes the teams chances as they move on. >> you just look around and look vancouver is out pittsburgh is out you know some of the great teams, and so it is an honor to move on and we will figure out who we are playing but they deserve a couple days to catch their breath and let the fans celebrate back in dc.

>> reporter: i am sure the celebration will continue it was a record breaking series against the reigning champ boston bruins first time in nhl history a playoff series had all 7 games determined by just one goal. allison and tony the team will be back on the ice tomorrow i am sure there will be fans waiting for them. they will be there for a 10:30 a.m. practice media availability after that they don't know yet who their opponent will be that could be determined tonight if rangers beat ottawa other possibilities for them, in eastern conference semi finals, philly or florida, at least for now, we can soak in, the big win here live verizon center back to you buys. >> what a great series -- guys. >> what a great series. >> tonights nfl draft in the big apple excitement is building as red skins fans patiently wait for the word robert griffin the third will come to washington even though he has not thrown an nfl pass

the 22-year-old, is already being hailed as the potential saviour of the red skins but will rg 3 be if quarterback to bring washington its fourth super bowl title? >> we are looking forward to get some excitement, you know, and i hope that is what he can bring to the team just excitement. >> rg 3 is something special we haven't had since you know, forever. >> he looks -- just looks like a first class quarterback. >> now if red skins do indeed take rg 3 it will be the first time the franchise has taken a quarterback with the second overall pick since 1961. >> you can join the fox 5 sports team for draft day 2012 qv count down tonight 6:30 p.m. we will be live in new york at red skins park and fedex field,

tonight at 6:30 p.m. new this morning, police have made an arrest in connection to the death of 16- year-old felicia barnes authorities took michael johnson into custody late last night barnes sisters exboyfriend he was the last person to see her alive you may remember this case barnes olived in north carolina, -- who lived in north carolina vanished in 2010 she was found dead in the river months later no word yet on the charges against johnson authorities are expected to make an announce t about this case later this morning. dc police on the hunt for suspect accused of killing a 66- year-old man they believe was a tourist visiting from denver. gary dote rick was found dead in an alley tuesday on emmer son street northwest, authorities believe he was renting a basement apartment in the neighbourhood police think some sort of weapon was used to

kill him neighbourhood residents discovered his body but didn't hear any unusual noises. >> his upper body was up here. >> he had like a bag like a fanny pack under his head and it was open you could see letters and stuff inside. >> police are offering a 25,000 dollars reward for information leading to an arrest. the government of the phil paeans is condemning dc councilmember, marion barry the ward 8 councilman is under fire for the second time in a month this time for insensitive comments about filipino workers the ambassador is criticizing him for statements he made monday. he later spoke to fox 5 to clarify his statements. >> it is so bad you go to the hospital now you find a number of immigrants, particularly nurses from the philippines, no offence but let'sboro our own teachers let's grow our own nurses so we don't have to be

scrounging around in our community clinics and other places, and hire people from somewhere else. udc ought to be the pre mere nursing program, training program there is a shortage of nurses, and that shortage is so severe that this country has to invite nurses from other countries to fill those spots that is all i said. filipino ambassador calls his comments intolerant and narrow minded unquote. mitt romney picks up another endorsement more evidence he is becoming the official republican nominee for president. >> now neat gingrich is dropping out of the race, national republican committee says it will merge with the romney campaign. more from doug luzader. >> reporter: president obama is about to officially hit the

campaign trail as mitt romney locks up another high profile endorsement. >> is it easier to make ends meet? >> reporter: if you needed any more evidence all republican pro mentum is behind mitt romney the texas governor rick perry who previously endorsed newt gingrich is now a romney go as for gingrich he is now preparing to throw in the towel next week after romney swept all five primaries on tuesday. >> pretty clear the governor romney is ultimately going to be the nominee we will do everything we can to make sure he is effective. >> reporter: the race is a toss up right now, with registered voters evenly divided between romney and obama. the much discussed gender gap gives the president a 5 point advantage with women, romney is 4 points up with men. white house says the president is about to officially kick off campaign season with a series of rallies. >> this is about your future. >> reporter: the republican party says the president's re-

election effort is already under way and tax payers have been footing the bill for thinly vailed campaign stops like this tour of college campuses to talk about student loans. the tab for airforce one, about $180,000 an hour. the white house rejects that claim, saying the president won't start publicly campaigning until may 5th. with rallies in two big swing states ohio and virginia. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. it is 7:12 a.m. on thursday morning, coming up heated testimony in the john edwards criminal trial. >> show down over arizona's controversial immigration law lands at the supreme court. why the case could lead to sweeping changes in other states as well. also, is syria's fragile truce starting to unravel. next what is being done to end the latest round of violence. >> a live lookout side, this is one part of the area where traffic seems to be moving

fine. we do have some other problems elsewhere we will get the latest weather from tucker, traffic from julie in a couple moments stay with us, 7:12 a.m. 

welcome back. a huge explosion in syria making headlines. the government is blaming a massive blast in an arms factory on rebels, up to 70 people reported killed but the government claims only 16 died and there was heavy fighting in suburbs of the capital, damascus overnight locals reporting after meet being the blue helmets, un observers, gun men came and killed them. france is calling for the un to consider military action this morning. major verdict, from international criminal court at the hague judges just ruled former liberian president charles taylor is criminally

responsible for atrocities carried out in sierra leone judges unanimously found him guilty. military plans to reduce troop numbers over the next five years. lawmakers were told the army could layoff 24,000 enlisted personnel and 5,000 officers during the period through attrition. reductions are being made to reduce spending and because of the winding down of two wars. 7:17 a.m., talking weather once again. >> yeah, changes yesterday, beautiful, 70, sunshine, today cloudy, 70, rain showers. >> okay. >> maybe some thunderstorms later. >> could be. a warm front at the moment, later today a cold front we will see what happens much of the day will be cloudy. >> okay. >> all right. >> we need the rain. >> friday eve. >> all our sports teams are

winning. >> take it away tuck. >> yes as long as that is happening everybody is in a good mood. a live look at radar shower activity, washington we are getting sprinkles and the darker greens indicating rain definitely hitting the ground, south of the city down to mount vernon, down to 95, fredericksburg, la plata friends colonial beach you are getting rain showers, southern anne arundel county getting rain as well. this will continue for the next hour or two as this warmer air tries to move in from the south and east. there is your larger picture that sals, the waiverring -- that is also the waiverring rain. clouds rather think temperatures on the mild side. eventually out to the west cold front will get in here later today that will give us another round of showers and storms probably after the evening commute, 5, 6, 7, 59 in

washington we mentioned very mild outside, 55 bwi marshall and 58 at dulles, your 5 day forecast, rain showers around today, mostly cloudy 70, cooler behind the front, 63, all right here is the deal with the weekend clouds, saturday, cool temperatures showers, not going to rain all day saturday but we will have a period of showers hopefully sunday, partial sunshine, 60s. just the messenger. >> are you hissing. >> she was booing. >> hissing does seem more intense than booing. >> yes. >> that is what i wanted. >> julie. >> all of a sudden we see tony sliding a little lower to the right. >> be very afraid. >> all right. on the roads this morning we definitely have our hands full, problems to report as you guys make your way out bound upper marlboro eastbound 4, that is still blocked off with a serious crash as you work your

way over towards 301 and 408 accident occurred before 408, last chance for you today vert off of the highway, at 301, out bound, route 4, traffic being diverted off at 301 at this time causing significant tie ups for you guys travelling inbound, traffic backed up from 260, chesapeake beach, 301 at the scene of the crash. travelling the belt way, east of the wilson bridge no problems there. southbound, washington parkway, crash at green belt road your average speed out of laurel down to 15 miles an hour top stretch of the belt way below speed on wet pavement as you work your way past university boulevard and continue towards georgia avenue, southbound 270, approaching and passing 109 german town, 124 to 370, eastbound, as you work your way in toward the belt way an incident tieing up the right side of the belt way that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you very much. >> arizona's immigration law

got its day in court the supreme court. >> at issue whether or not arizona over stepped its bounds when it passed the controversial measure justices suggest they are ready to let arizona enforce the most controversial part of its law requiring police officers to check immigration status of people they suspect are in the country illegally opponents say they are encouraged. >> if you came clear through the course of today's argument the justices are concerned, about a system of mass incarceration, that is going to catch u.s. citizens and immigrants who are lawfully in the united states. >> just last night, mexico's president spoke out about the issue during a visit to texas. mr. calderone said he respects the u.s. laws designed to control illegal immigration but opposes arizona's new law thinks it is unfairly targeting immigrants. former aid to one time presidential candidate john edwards will be back on the stand today, in the edwards

trial in testimony yesterday andrew young told the court that his friendship with edwards began to unravel when edwards dropped out of the race in 2008. it was then edwards was trying to keep an affair and an out of wed lock child secret he is accused of using $1 million in campaign donations as hush money. his defense is that the money was a gift. 7:22 a.m. thursday morning, new details what may have caused tuesday's metro rail derailment. >> we all know northern virginia is no stranger to road construction but how safe are those work zones from drivers. the troubling results of a new study next. a great work outcome wined with a whole lot of fun the idea, behind hero rush 5 k firefighter themed obstacle course, holly morris is checking it out how you can get in on all the action. 

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new developments involving a metro derailment, they believe human error is to blame twoemployees are on paid administrative leave under going drug and alcohol testing one set of wheels on a blue line trail derailed end of rush hour tuesday evening no one was hurt. metro's board is set to vote on a fare increase they will apply to bus and rail fares averaging 5% on rail. the amount of the increase will be based on how far you travel increases are set to kick in july 1st. people who drive this virginia are not paying attention when driving through construction zones according to a survey of police in northern virginia they found 40% of drivers who pass through a work zone are talking on cell phones, and texting. the most dangerous repave your in construction zones, even more hazardous than speeding

and aggressive driving. it is now 7:26 a.m. on this thursday morning. >> thursday. >> coming up a thriller in boston last night talking caps next. >> plus newt gingrich gets set to bow out as mitt romney looks ahead to november we are hitting the campaign trail with two former congressmen after the break. another live lookout side, the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie coming up in just a little bit some of you could see a few rain showers. tell you about that, 7:27 a.m. ♪

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in case you haven't heard capitals are headed to the next round of the playoffs. that's right, joel ward score it is winning goal in overtime for the 2-1 victory over the bruins, it was the first time in nhl history a playoff series had 7 games determined by one goal each game determined by one goal caps still don't know who their next opponent will be but guess what we don't care. >> bring him on. >> this is great. really great. >> i would like to talk to those anchors up in boston again wipe that smirk off their faces. >> stanley cup talk. >> that's great. >> way to go >> i went to bed after the second period but my brother

kept texting me i'm so nervous i can't take this. i got about 30 texts i should have got up and watch when they won i got a flurry >> i love it we are excited. >> people couldn't believe it. rain showers across the area, they will continue next hour or two, then a break, return this afternoon in the form of a cold front working in from the north and west, not the entire area, seeing showers at the moment but are seeing showers pretty good showers at that, just south of the city, washington, see light showers in the past 16 minutes to the south, down 95, rain steady down towards fredericksburg, just south of you, la plata, southern maryland, down to st. maries city and portions of prince georges anne arundel you will see rain before it gets across the bay the rest of us off to the north and west cloudy start to your day more rain showers expected maybe a thunderstorm too, a little later as the front moves in from as mentioned north and west here. let me show you the bigger

picture let's move on a warm front waiverring south and west of the area, when that punches north later temperatures should get near 70. and then as mentioned area of low pressure and a cold front out to the west will start to slide off to our north and east and when that cold front gets in here maybe late afternoon we will see another round of showerstorms developing 57 right now washington we are very mild, quantico, 62, yesterday, boston north and west, 30s. 58 out of dulles 52 martins burg. nice comfortable start to your day, 10 degrees, temperatures highs expected to be 70. lots of clouds showers storms back in the forecast need the rain 70 your daytime high winds out of the south at 5 to 10 miles per hour showers continue early by 9, 10, 11 they will start to wind t overnight, 50 your overnight low wind sticking up out of the west, breezy tomorrow lots of sunshine should be a beautiful friday cool highs low to mid-

60s. saturday not perfect sorry allison, clouds around showers back in the forecast and cool temperatures not going to rain all day saturday, here is good news, right now, sunday looks partly sunny, 63 monday that is weather traffic coming up julie wright has your latest >> >> on the roads you will find travelling eastbound 66, slow out of manassas to the car rest area again as you work your way fair oaks headed inbound, to this point before you reach the belt way an incident tieing up the right side of the road again inbound, towards 495, traffic able to get by to the west a little single file to the right able to squeeze by, travelling inbound expect to be on the brakes leaving fair oaks headed eastbound toward the belt way northbound i-95, slowing across the occoquan, leaving springfield to seminary road, 395, again leaving the 14th street bridge outer loop of the belt way on this wet pavement, slow going leaving

university boulevard, headed around towards georgia avenue all lanes are open this mornings crash occurred on the out bound side of route 4 upper marlboro all traffic being diverted off s 301. all traffic diverted on the 301 coming westbound your lanes are open but a lot of activity still at the scene with this ongoing investigation westbound 4, traffic from 260, chesapeake beach to 301. all right julie thank unite gingrich expected to formerly suspend hid campaign next week this come -- suspend his campaign next week this comes as mitt romney swept all five of his primaries. where will he go from here more insight on to the democratic trial, marty russo now ceo of russo capital strategies and robert walker former republican congressman pennsylvania, gentlemen thank you for joining us. >> good morning tony.

>> newt gingrich, going to bow out next week, why not bow out now as opposed to i am going to bow out next week. >> well, i am the national chairman of that campaign. there are two reasons, number one, he had made assurances to people down in north carolina, he is turning out good crowds and just thought he should follow through on that. there are a number of details that need to be talked about over the weekend and early next week he hasn't even really has a chance to sit down with staff, now since the tuesday election and so, it is just working through a lot of the details to know, just exactly what it means when we shut down and suspend a campaign, some time later next week we will have an official announcement. >> do you expect mr. gingrich to endorse mitt romney. >> yeah, i expect that will take place, and i think that he will indicate when he suspends, that that is what he intends to do, but he and mitt have also been talking and i think, that

there will be some kind of a joint appearance, at some point, to announce that. >> looks like he has rick santorum. >> rick certainly has drawn out the process here, and i think newt specifically did not want to do that. >> okay. marty let me ask you, with mitt romney being the presumptive nominee now, we've already seen this shift in focus now, in fact the shift occurred a couple weeks ago, really focussing just on president obama now are we going to see the obama team kind of start to tell the narrative they want to tell about what this president has done? >> well, i think the president already started the campaign, in fact, you know by saying that he thinks romney is an extremist, i think you know, that his initial into the

campaign but i think the president will point out how many times romney has changed position that is a better argument we don't know what romney stands for and i expect that will be a major part of the president's campaign mitt romney made it very clear he wants to go back to the bush policies, of 10 years ago wants to cut back, spending for the poor wants to eliminate trying to think of the word, feel like marco rubio where is my speech, you know regulation in questions what regulation is he talking about cutting, you want to cut regulation for food safety, water and clean air, we certainly don't want to cut regulation on wall street, last time we did that we had the biggest disaster in our history, what is he talking about. >> obama care probably would be a good start. >> well, he got it from the

heritage foundation. >> bob let me ask you marty makes a good point this is something your candidate talked about for months and months where does romney actually stand on some of these issues i won't call it flip flopping but he has adjusted his position. >> yeah, he certainly has. it was talked about during the primary season but newt and others but i think that is one of the things the romney campaign has to do they have to lay out a real program i think suspicion that still exists about his candidacy, among republicans is the fact they have not heard firmly just how he intends to do some of the things he laid out in a general way p. i think, both -- and i think both as the convention and lead up to the convention romney will have to lay out his programs in some specificity and you know, that is going to be at the heart of the campaign because the president also can't just criticize mitt romney he will have to run with his record. that is going to be the problem. >> here is what is interesting you say that is what is going to be the problem for the

president but from the things i read the president's team, as they have been getting together and laying low, to some extent up until the last few weeks they seem anxious to tell that story and run on his record >> i think given what he has accomplished over his period of time, you know, we had negative job growth when he got in he turned that around. he saved the auto industry, created a lot of jobs and frankly, he passed the national health care bill, based on a republican bill, drafted by the heritage foundation. the problem, the president has had let's face it we are politicians he couldn't get anything through the senate because republicans were fill busterring everything. in my 18 years in congress i probably saw two fill busters in president obama's first year we saw -- one of the things, i should have accomplished more, yes, if i had some help.

>> you literally have harry reid saying nothing that comes out on the jobs front will ever get to the floor of the senate. >> it is not just the republicans that are the problem in senate, the real problem there is no leadership in the senate that is working this is a senate that for over a thousand days has not been able to pass a budget the reason why you have to pass a budget, reconciliation is tied to the budget the process by which you get real things done is through the reconciliation process and they haven't been able to get there because harry reid won't bring a budget to the floor. >> my only comment on that, would be the day after president obama gets inaugurated, mitch mcconnell, minority leader of the senate says i am going to spend the next four years making sure you will be a one term president and he has done that. >> i don't think mitch mcconnell's word has been the problem for the president. the president's problem is the back that his budgets that he

sends up, don't even get to see the light of day, i mean, they were turned down unanimously in the congress, if you can't budget you can't govern and the fact is, -- [ interrupting ] >> that was said by a democrat not long ago. >> usually you guys agree pretty well. okay good to have you both here we never have enough time thank you please come back again some time soon allison. all right thank you so much. it is now 7:41 a.m., it is a thursday morning next why you might want to think about buying a ticket for the next power ball or mega millions drawing we will be right back

welcome back. listen to this, the dc region is in the midst of crazy lottery luck. >> last night another million dollar winning power ball sold in dc at the congressional exxon, massachusetts avenue northwest, now take a look at

those tickets, here are the numbers from last night's powerball drawing they are 4-25- 29-34-43-power ball is 29 they've. >> this make it is second million dollar power ball ticket sold in dc in the past month. in virginia there is a new millionaire thanks to tuesdays drawing the ticket was sold at fast mart on levels road, just outside of fredericksburg, and you've probably heard of the woman from barryville virginia, near winchester who just picked up two, $1 million checks. yes, two $1 million checks from a powerball drawing, april 7th. >> it is our time people. >> she won twice? >> she won twice. >> unbelievable. >> amazing. >> that is -- what are the odds of that? >> right the odds i don't even listen to the odds. because who cares. >> that's right >> it takes one to win. >> that is all you need. >> we are all winners with the

capitals. >> you got that right. >> and tucker pointed out no one is rocking the red but him you are representing for all of us. >> julie is. rocking the red in spirit. >> to the radar, and there will be rain showers move in just south of washington we have two showers, light showers in dc as well and actually breaking out, north and east, laurel, light shower, annapolis too and you can see, all of this energy pushing east it will be with us for another hour or two, we will get a break and see more rain showers maybe a thunderstorm develop later this afternoon. let's push on to future cast that will do a nice job showing you what is happening here course of the day, put it in motion for you, 10, 11, dealing with clouds, generally a light shower sprinkle across the area, cold front later today by 6, 7, 8, it will press in from the north and west that will spark up another round of showers and clear it all out in for a nice looking friday we

need rain showers temperature mild, up near 70 it will be comfortable, bring along an umbrella, a couple different chances for rain. 70 today, 63 tomorrow, cool, cloudy a couple showers saturday, clear it out by the end of the weekend. >> thank you. >> here is julie with an update on traffic. >> all right guys, if you are travelling around the capital belt way now dealing with wet pavement of course bumper to bumper traffic inner loop on the brakes, braddock headed out towards 66 also find delays, if you are travelling 66 eastbound, headed in towards the capital belt way not only slow going from 7100, but an incident before you reach the belt way, kind of hard to see, you know behind the overhead signs as soon as this tractor trailer moves you will see the variable message sign moving everybody over to the left inbound, 7100, you want to stay to the left, one lane right will squeeze by they are in the process of moving all this out of the roadway. that will cost you time there.

again travelling northbound, 395, below speed, belt way headed toward the pentagon, toward the 14th street bridge, approaching father hurly boulevard slowing out of jr. man town headed -- german town headed south towards mva. no problems on the belt way between route 1 college park but it is slow going travelling in out of upper marlboro, accident activity in the process of moving over to the shoulder eastbound route 4, 301, significant tie up, friends coming inbound, chesapeake beach, 260 headed back to 301 that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> coming up running, but with a twist. >> holly has more details about a fun way to get a work out really holly? >> yeah, i am not so sure that my participants are using the word fun, but they are going to be challenged this morning, as we are live in clarks burg where they are gearing up for the first ever hero rush race this is a race that created by

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a dynamic new firefighter themed obstacle race is kicking off saturday. >> holly morris is at the high point farm in clarks burg maryland as they learn more about the heros rush race. all those words mean super difficult. >> they do. and they couldn't have timed it any better the first ever hero rush race, going on at high point farm is on national super hero day, and you know what, every super hero needs, a cape. and thanks to power cape.com,

who sent me this, complete with my own initial i am putting it on to help them when you are talking about super heros, synonymous with super heros there might be another super hero in your life you might want to acknowledge if you want to get them a cape, power cape.com, where you need to be saturday is right here in clarks burg. i am joined by dave and stuart, dave is the cofounder of the race the president, also a firefighter from hyattsville and stuart is the one keeping everybody in line. >> not a firefighter but still. >> a super hero. >> you too can have a shower truce cape >> i am very -- char truce cape. >> i am very jealous of your cape. >> everybody wanted to be a firefighter when they were kids, this is a chance to take a break. >> super popular. >> growing every year we take a different take you want to be a firefighter want to slide down poles, slide down a zip line,

go up, through scary dark mazes this is your chance to try it out in a completely different style race. >> stuart it is basically like a 5 k run. >> yep. >> and then talk more about the challenges people h face. >> you are on a 5 k run having a good time and instead of just doing a road race you are going to do obstacles. >> okay you know what, we have obstacles they will do saturday but look i gave them a callen lanening already -- challenge and said they could do as many sit ups as they want as long as i keep talking have i told you how long i can talk. >> myself and the other cofounder chris have been firefighters over 25 years each we just took the things firefighters do in training, made it a little safer for the general public and now we are -- there is 19 obstacles all simulate everything a firefighter would go through, they get the call at the fire

house go down the pole, get on the truck breaking down doors, searching through mazes for kids, taking people out on the stretcher, diverse set of obstacles that will challenge them here at high point, very diverse terrain. >> are you guys tired yet? >> all right, i am about ready to send you down this is how the race will start. >> yep. >> so tell me, why are you rushing? >> because i can. >> because you can. >> go. go,. >> why are you rushing. >> because what he said. >> because you can. >> why? >> because we love this stuff. >> so how is the race going to work come saturday what do people need to know. i know there are a few limited spots left. >> yeah, there are a few limited spots but really opportunity to come out with your family we have two kids races, one for miniheros one for junior heroone for adults to go out it is a fun time to get exercise but have fun getting exercise >> you thing people will have a new appreciation for what

firefighters do? >> absolutely. >> it will be a great family atmosphere like a real fire house, you come, relax, have some food great family and team event. >> people will see this and want to be a% of it to sign up. >> -- be a part of it sign up. >> hero rush.com, registration is closed show up on the day and take your chance. >> i will take my chance on this fire pole here we go. where do i go from here? >> let's just say hayden won't be having any brothers and sisters. just kidding we will find out more about the obstacles why they are doing this what people can encounter as they come out here and be super heros themselves. >> ice pack quick we need brothers and sisters for hayden. >> be careful out there. >> coming up, simple way to help change a life tonight donate to a good cause just by going out to eat. details in 20 minutes.

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♪ as we approach the one year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden a new warning from the fbi about possible terrorist activity. more controversial comments on the mayor for life, marion barry the full story coming up. yep, it is a crucial win, a win for the washington caps, takes them one step closer to the stanley cup, fox 5s. melanie alnwick live outside verizon center coming up this has everybody in a good mood this morning. good morning i am tony perkins >> i am allison seymour just got to catch the buzz -- enthusiasm by the announcer. >> this morning i couldn't stay

up to watch the game when i turned on the radio to wtop before they reported it the guys on in the morning i could hear it in their voices i knew they won i could hear them smiling, sure enough 30 seconds later they said it. >> great. >> tucker rocking the red in honor of the caps. >> yes, i am and nationals. >> everybody playing great. rain showers moving through the areas, all that pushing east, now, starting the break out a little bit north and west, and just north of the city as well, getting light showers, beltsville, this will get out of here you will see more rain develop later this afternoon why you ask, warm front moving through at the moment, later today a cold front will move in from the north and west, a couple opportunities, rain showers, perhaps a thunderstorm adds well. 59 right now washington, much milder than we were 24 hours

ago, humidity, 22%, trying to keep that warmer air in here we should top out upper 60s and each a few low 70s maybe mid- 70s well south later today lots of clouds around showers on and off, and again maybe a thunderstorm, much improved forecast by tomorrow ditails on that in just a minute. let's go the julie wright find out what is happening on area roads. >> you didn't stay up and watch the game how can you sleep during a game like that. >> i had the block it out i had to block it out to get some sleep. >> i can't once they scored first period i was just like oh, my god. >> i understand. >> then you are just up half the night. then about the time you get ready to go to bed that is when you got to wake up. okay travelling eastbound, 66 headed in towards the capital belt way incident before the belt way, second lane from the right, big delays, 7100 headed eastbound 66 inner loop slow as you work

from braddock out towards 66 we still are dealing with accident activity out bound 4 one lane able to get by at the scene big delays coming westbound chesapeake beach a lot of folks hitting me up on twitter telling me they are taking route 2, and using that as their work around. thank you julie. new this morning a terror warning from the government, comes a few days before the one year anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. u.s. officials say there is no specific or credible threat to the united states but, they are concerned a lone wolf terrorist could use the anniversary to avenge the al qaeda leaders death several terror groups have called for revenge against the united states because of that killing. >> police if baltimore arrested a man in connection to the death of 15-year-old alicia

barnes. her sisters exboyfriend was taken into custody late last night. barnes who is from north carolina was visiting her sister in baltimore in 2010 when she vanished outside the apartment complex her body 'cause discovered a few months -- her body was discovered a few months late inner the river. search on for the suspect accused of killing a 66-year- old man in northwest dc that man, was found dead n an alley tuesday on emmer son street, northwest authorities believe he was renting a basement apartment in that neighbourhood police think some weapon was used to kill him they are offering a 25,000 dollars reward for information leading to an arrest. allison president obama is gearing up for the general election the president is expected to headline his first re-election rallies next week official says the president is holding back to back rallys in ohio and virginia, first lady michelle is set to join her husband at these events these are the president's first non-

fundraising campaign events. and we could be just days away from newt gingrich officially pulling out of the presidential race, gingrich publicly admits mitt romney is the likely gop nominee his campaign aids say he will formerly suspend his bid next tuesday he has won two primary contests georgia and south carolina but wracked up almost $5 million in campaign debt. vice president joe biden about to give a speech on foreign policy in new york this morning. he says mitt romneys views on foreign afars would return the united -- affairs would return the united states to policies of george w bush if we return to those they would have america go it alone. >> ward 8 councilman, marion barry under fire for the second time in a month for what some say insensitive comments about asian workers this time he

targeted filipino nurses. >> in fact, it is so bad if you go to the hospital now you find a number of immigrants who are nurses, particularly from the philippines no offence but let's grow our own teachers let's grow our own nurses, and so that we don't have to be scrounging around, in our community clinics and other kinds of places and hiring people from somewhere else. >> in a statement on the embassy website the filipino ambassador said barry's pen sent for blaming asians, who only want to work for their american dream, he owes them an apology for his latest tirade. a report, human error may have been to blame for tuesdays blue line derailment that was the most likely cause of the mishap at the rossland station. metro spokesperson said two

employees are on paid administrative leave under going drug and alcohol testing that is routine we should point out for an incident like this. >> meanwhile get ready to pay more to ride metro or park in its lots. metro's board is set to approve a series of fare and fee increases that will take place july 1st. bus and rail fares will go up 5%, with the actual amount determined by distance a passenger travels. people using pay per fare cards will pay more than those with smart trip cards. well, dc is seeing success across the board when it comes to our sports teams caps pulled out a game 7 win to take the first round of the playoffs. >> nats have an awesome record, tops in national legena the wizards have won five in a row and d.c. united is unbeaten, in five games again, this morning the big story is the caps win against the boston bruins, fox

5s melanie alnwick is live at verizon center with more hey melanie. >> good morning yeah, we have already had a few people coming by honking their horns yelling go caps so i think maybe that will happen a little bit more here hopefully, at the verizon center as we get into the semi finals capitals have a well deserved day off, last night on the way home, mike green tweeted he can't wait to get back to dc with a big old smile on his face and the coach told reporters post game this is what hockey is about, winning overtime in 7th game that is something special it was a special game joel ward the unlikely hero of the night with a fast back hand rebound off charging mike, killer game winning shot just 2:57 into sudden death overtime. the caps announcer had that crazy call. people were jumping up and down in their homes screaming with them big props to the rookie

goalie, braden this is only their third post season win for the caps since 1998 we have been waiting a very long time for this, no doubt putting away the bruins in the grinding series will give them a big boost going into the semi finals. >> huge. you know, rewarding for suwant as much as i can in this series and help the team win i knew guys, you know are relying on everybody i just want to chip in and hopefully take a load off the big guys. a lot of guys in this series, team players everybody chipping in it was a record breaking series, against the reigning champ, first time in nhl history a playoff series had all seven game determined -- games determined by one goal they will be back on the ice tomorrow for a practice at kettler ice plex we will have to wait for the results of two big game 7s tonight. >> million knee alnwick thanks.

it is now -- melanie alnwick thanks mel. >> it is now 8:10 a.m., more on the excitement building around robert griffin the third ahead this hour fox 5 morning news. >> who? >> rg 3? >> after the break more than 150 dc area restaurants coming together for a great cause we will talk with one of the organizers of dining out for life, about just who this benefits and how you can help stay with us 

it is 8:13 a.m., here is a live picture from dulles airport, your eyes do not deceive you, that is another 747 of nasa and yes, that is a space shuttle on its back enterprise it is expected to leave dc for new york tomorrow it will fly low over the statue of liberty and new york city skyline the shuttle goes on display at its new home intrepid, sea, air and space

museum this summer. i can already picture it passing behind lady liberty. >> 8:13 a.m., let's head on over there to tucker barnes see what is going on this day weather wise and also, get a little inspiration from our cuteness factor. >> thank you. down to business and let's start with the cuteness factor of the day, it is my first 5 photo of the day. >> a two fer. >> double trouble three year eliah and 7 month old aiden. >> might be aaliya. >> yeah. >> all right thank you. >> all right. >> tony is looking at my sternly. >> no,. >> aaliya. >> very cute. >> apparently she is truly her brothers keeper he loves laughing at everything she does just like a good younger brother should. >> how sweet that is a beautiful picture. >> gorgeous kids and a beautiful pick. >> to send your child's picture

go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings hope you have a great day bring along an up bella, rain showers across -- umbrella, rain showers across the area. live look at radar, most action south and east, down into southern maryland, getting in pretty good rain showers, waldorf, in on the rain, a band here north and west of the district as well, montgomery county pushing into howard. morning rain showers, if we don't see more showers and perhaps thunderstorms redevelop later this afternoon, let me show you the big picture this morning a warm front later today a cold front, so the combination will give us a lot of clouds we are expecting mild temperatures once again highs upper 60s low 70s when that cold front comes knocking later today a few more showers and thunderstorms behind the front cool it down sunshine back in the forecast. here is a look at your 5 day forecast highs today 70 degrees showers and storms back in the forecast, much of the day will just be kind of cloudy,

overcast, and we will wait for that rain later today and then during your day tomorrow, breezy, clear, sunshine, 63, weekends so so and showers on saturday and cool temperatures sorry about that hopefully we get it out of here sunday and monday highs in the 60s that is weather, julie still celebrating get some sleep >> i know come 9:00 p.m., at least let me drive home. on the roads tucker, travelling the belt way, inner loop a slow go, approaching van dooren headed out towards springfield out of our camera range, tieing up the left side of the highway delays 66th, travelling in from manassas, 7100 all the way to the belt way, 495 earlier accident cleared, braddock road headed out towards 66 bw parkway stacks up leaving the cia and 270, getting through the rockville interchange well below speed leaving 124 to the belt way that is a check of

your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you. eat out, and you don't have to feel one bit guilty about it nearly 130 restaurants, throughout the area, will pledge a minimum of 25% of their sales to support food and friends, it is all part of the annual event called dining out for life. joining us with more details, craig schneider man executive director of food and friends what an honor to have you with us in studio. >> thank you. >> this must be really important. >> a very important day dining out for life is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year we hope to raise $300,000. >> i just believe that goal can totally be met, based on the success even from last year. >> that's true with 130 restaurants participating, there will be hundreds of thousands of people, dining out, throughout the area, and many of those will be dining out, at the 130 restaurants, that are participating with us, it is a great choice you can go

to an inexpensive restaurant high end restaurant, dc, maryland, virginia, every neighbourhood has dol restaurants if people log on to food and friends.org they can find the restaurant they want. >> and also i read the whole foods in the district you can often do which i often do the salad bar and the hot bar they will donate, a great deal of their proceeds to it. everybody is onboard. >> we need to back up and talk about the good work food and friends does who will this benefit exactly. >> food and friends takes care of people with hiv, aids, cancer and other illnesses, we provide home delivered meals without charge, 6 days a week, 52 weeks a year, so these are meals that are medically specific to meet the needs of our clients people absolutely depend on us we provide nutrition counselling and all this is done because of support from the community. >> the need is so great too

without organizations like food and friends, i would hate to thing of the consequences for some of these folks who can't get out or don't have a support system. >> that's right a lot of people depend upon us for their daily food. many of us have family members and friends who can take care of us when we are sick but the truth of the matter sickness some times goes on for months and years wears out even committed caregivers food and friends is always there. >> food and friends is there. this year i read, originning in a national effort, so this is happen -- you are joining in a national effort so this is happening here. >> across the nation, it makes a big impact but the truth of the matter is, there are many more people critically ill than we can take care of and we have grown a lot, 60% in the last 8 years, but we know there is always someone else waiting for us to arrive at their door it is a powerful motivation dining out for life puts the dollars

in the coffers of food and friends that we can provide meals we have more than 12,000 volunteers, only 50 staff we make very good use of the money contributed to us, but there are 3,000 people who depend on us and there will be more. >> we were just showing for the folks at home some of the restaurants involved in this are donating 100% of the proceeds i thought i saw like 110% in one. >> that's right. >> tell us about this how generous that is. >> it is very generous, people can go on the food and friends website and see how much every restaurant is donating, but whether it is 25% or 110%, it is a big impact, it makes a big impact on our work and the other thing i would like to remind your viewers, is that they can make additional contributions at the table, and 50% of the money we raise actually comes from

supplemental table contributions people make, so these are dollars that are well spent and they are greatly needed we take care of children adults we have clients from 3 to more than 100 years of age, and every part of the community there is not a zip code in this community, where we are not providing for many many people. >> all right. when you go out to eat tonight, and just for refresher where you can go, take your meal home, check out the website food and friends.org and find those 130 participating restaurants thank you craig good luck tonight. >> thanks so much. >> over to you. >> thank you both. 8:21 a.m. thursday morning, the john edwards trial heating up, plus, another person is now helping take control of brittany spears personal affairs, up next fox 5. then later this hour, what does it take to be a hero? holly morris is finding out introducing us to a new kind of race called the hero rush race. fox 5 morning news will be

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history was made at the international court at the hague judges convicted charles taylor of war crimecrimes

against humanity for his role in one of the most brutal wars in modern africa. they say he used child soldiers, and supported rebels in sierra lee own in the 1990s he used to be the president of liberia and the first lead odor to be convicted by an international court -- leader to be convicted by an international court since world war ii. they say the north korean missiles are fakes. analysts say they are a mix of liquid fuel and solid fuel that could never fly together the conclusions are casting more doubt on north koreas claims of advanced missile technology. >> former aid to john edwards back on the stand today in the edwards trial testimony yesterday, andrew young said his friendship began to unravel when edwards dropped out of the 2008 race it was then edwards

was trying to keep an affair and out of wed lock child secret he is accused of using $1 million in campaign donations as hush money for his mistress he says it was a gift. trial of the man accused of killing members of jennifer hudson's family continues in chicago today. on wednesday, disturbing photos of the victims were shown in court including that of the singer and actresses nephew. that led to the oscar winning hudson the leave the courtroom along with her sister they also left tuesday when pictures of their mother were shown. the man accused of the killings is hudson's former brother-in- law. brittany spears has another person to assist in managing her personal affairs, spears fiance now has permission from the court to help with decision making aspects of her personal life however he will not have control of her assets. spears fiance will join her father as coconservatory she has been under court ordered

conservatory ship for four years after some erratic behaviour and a messy divorce. 59 degrees on thursday morning, debate over arizona's immigration law could lead to sweeping changes. we will talk with an editor for role call. big night for football fan latest on the nfl draft when fox 5 morning news continues, 8:27 a.m.

excitement for the burgundy and gold, nfl draft is tonight and the red skins are expected, i think a chicken just came into the studio. the red skins are expected to draft robert lee griffin the third he put baylor football on the map and won the 2011 hysman trophy this is him this week he show cased his personality in

new york before today's big day appearing on fox and friends of all shows. all right. join the fox 5 sports team for draft day 2012 qv count down, starting at 6:30. we will be live at red skins park and fedex field covering the draft from top to bottom. the hype and excitement well under way in dc allison you wear it well, right here, creation of local t-shirt maker, fred fila of fans only, and he says, printing equipment is ready to churn out shirts the minute griffin the drafted by the red skins. >> hopefully it won't be andrew luck at the last minute. >> and the shirt says the most interesting man in the league. >> it is an interesting title,. >> yeah. >> you know what i am very excited about this, but this

poor kid. >> a lot of pressure. >> we should is not be putting this pressure on him. >> he was built to like take the pressure he is a champion athlete. >> you are not automatically built to handle this pressure. >> once you win the hysman trophy. >> doesn't mean you are equipped to handle the pressure. may be but he is 22 years old i had a swept earlier that said will he lead us to -- a script earlier that said will he led us to the super bowl. >> when tucker started weather it was 3, 4 years before he knew what he was doing. >> you were sweating like that guy on broadway. >> some days i didn't want the leave the studio. >> that is what made us all love you tuck. >> it was funny. >> like we love rg 3. >> weather forecast i think i got it down, rain showers, off to the south and they are

moving through, picking up intensity just a little bit here, as we are watching pretty good band of showers here, down route 50 out towards annapolis, out towards i don't have then and buoy, -- cough ten and buoy, and then most of the action here, south and east, southern maryland, waldorf, la plata we will get this batch out of here, more rain perhaps a thunderstorm later today really into the evening hours, cold front approaches north and west, let me push on, cold front off to the north and west, as that moves in later today possibility of more showers bring along an umbrella, future cast, put it in motion for you, there we are at noon cloud cover could be a shower or two, late they are afternoon rain showers redevelop, as that front moves through, clear it out overnight, 70 today, cooler tomorrow breezy, weekend, so so, showers and temperatures saturday, sorry about that, and

then start to warm it up with more sunshine by sunday and monday that is your forecast tony and allison back to you. >> thank you very much. supreme court justices heard arguments on arizona's tough immigration law yesterday, that includes provision requiring police to check immigration status of those they believe are in the country illegally after they have been lawfully stopped for something else, jason dicks editor for roll call joins us. good to have you here. supreme court, discussing whether this law will stand. capital hill is proceeding with hearings on this matter, particularly, the chuck schumer hearing tell us how this is playing out on capital hill. >> kind of like everything seems to play out on capital hill these days a lot of rancour, accusations, counter accusations depending on your political party and a lot of

threats of legislation and it will likely produce very little. >> and you know, legislation part of it, chuck schumer, if you present legislation that will block state's ability to you know, enforce this kind of thing, does a lot of that depend on what the supreme court does. >> well, one of the interesting things about what the supreme court was talking about yesterday regardless how you feel about the arizona law or other laws that have -- are follow hoeing in its footsteps about -- following in its footsteps about taking a tougher approach to immigration any time congress wants they can pass a law that explicitly pre-empts other states, and says like this is actually the law of the land what arizona's viewpoint is, they are stepping in where the federal government has failed to do so. >> because, right, they are positioning governor brewer in particular is that the feds aren't doing it we have to do it. >> correct. >> what is going on, on the

hill, generally speaking, democrats are against what is going on in arizona and in some other states and republicans are saying hands off this is the way it is going republicans say democrats are grand standing is that a fair criticism. >> there is a very political element to this, the -- on one hand there are a number of people upset for years, with the idea the federal government failed to secure the border. on the other hand you have a very -- a growing hispanic population, particularly in swing states that might be crucial to the presidential election. and democrats have placed themselves in a position where they are saying we need to take a comprehensive approach at the federal level to address this, and they are also positioning themselves as friends of the hispanic community the problem with that is that for years, congress has been stale mated this goes back, well into you know the early part of the last decade, when republicans and

democrats joined together, you know, two powerful people, john mccain and teddy kennedy, john kyle and teddy kennedy and they could not get an agreement when they had divided government, so, the problems are fairly intractable but each side is you know doing their own grand standing for sure. >> are republicans put in kind of a tough position, because this is an election year, and everyone is talking about the hispanic vote being very important and hispanics in general are against this law, does that put the republicans in a tough spot. >> et does put the republicans in a tight spot, in terms of the hispanic electorate, however, you rarely lose, running as sort of like the candidate of law and order, and this goes back, you know, to a decade, and so, on one hand, you know, you have one party saying, we are a nation of lawthose laws need to be enforced and where there is a gap we need to step in and make

sure, this is taken care of on the other hand, you have people saying we need to accommodates we have to look at a broader solution and accommodate people here and not be deporting in a mass setting. it was interesting like looking over the case law looking over the arguments, that this is more almost, about more than just hispanic versus law and order it is also about some of the most basic questions of government that we face, states, powers over federal government, powers. this is you know as old as the republic and just sort of playing out interestingly if it were not for the health care case this would be the preemanant case interestingly it will also be decided in weeks if not days of the health care case, in june. >> big decisions coming from the supreme court. jason thanks very much. we will see you again allison. 8:38 a.m., job of the day

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are you lookin to buy sell or maybe even rent? there is a mobile ap that has been created. lauren demarco took the smart phone zone to georgetown to find out how it works. >> reporter: well, springtime in dc with the weather warming up, we also have the housing market warming up. and here to talk more about that, is the founder of beasly

real estate jim bell. he has a brand new ap. first, i have some questions for you. >> of course >> i heard that the housing market, after these six tough years is finally maybe bottoming out. >> financial times most recently, declared that the bottom of the real estate market has been reached we are seeing increased activity across the market. multiple offer situations, on the majority of sales, under a million dollars. >> it has been awhile. >> it has been awhile. this prolonged period of the market being a little soft has given buyers a great time to educate themselves interest rates are a record low, so, it is a great entry point for people to come into the market as buyers, sellers are seeing some of their losses come back, which is i think good news for them. >> okay you said, biggest thing when people are looking for a home go online 70% of people go

first online. >> we've learned 70% of buyers are online before they engage a real estate agent and that is one of the reasons we developed the iphone application, we want to give our clients and the public, the ability to use real time data, very very quickly, but also enable that with google earth technology so they can get information about the property, you are interested in, exactly where they are located and then all the comparables around them. >> show me how it works. >> this is the real estate ap we are going to the top button, finding the closest home this will pop late from the gps function and for example this is a house we are standing right here. >> in front of. 3274 p you can see how quickly this is processing this and it will immediately pull up for example all the data on the house and photos, you can flip through the photos standing outside of this house, you can bet a sense what it looks like

from the inside. >> the first thing you want to see. >> right this is all the data about the house itself now if you want to see all the homes around you this is 274 feet away, 420 feet away. >> as you move as you walk or maybe if you are driving and pull over in your car and refresh it will move with you. >> it does. it also will give you, the sold comparables around the property. houses that recently sold. >> all populated by mls. >> all populated by mls and gives you exact information, this is not information that we use for example, price per square foot analis this gives you real time data, real time sold data on housecondos within a certain geographic area. >> different than some of those other apes. >> and to so it is incredible.

talks about rentals. >> and commercial. >> every real estate type is populated when you hit your search function and you can certainly fine tune the search function, by doing the advanced search you are only looking at one bedroom condos. >> okay. >> you can search under one bedroom condos and find that. >> all the contact information to get in touch with you if folks would like to do that as well. >> if they would like to download the ap go to apple store and search for beasly real estate or go to the deride store or -- android store or blackberry store it is free in washington maryland and virginia and this hopefully will help all those consumers. >> we are going to put a link on myfoxdc.com head to the mornings page look for the smart phone zone for more on that and after seeing that house, on this ap i kind of want to go check it out. >> come on in >> i will see you guys later i

am going to tour a house. >> back to you in studio. >> that segment could potentially have cost her a million dollars. >> potentially. >> if she buys the house >> can't go wrong with the location in georgetown. >> holly morris is at high point farm to learn more about this unique firefighter themed obstacle race complete are smoke holly good morning. >> i know this is the real deal here i hope they have gas masks somewhere. it is super fun a 5 k race, cue smoke as we speak and has five obstacles for you to go through they have fun names, mazed and confused horders hell, hazmat, guess what this one is called smoke jumper i have people up there, previewing it. this is the first time they have had a race like this it is being put on by veteran firefighters but they will take it around the nation this is a chance for people to kind of do

something new and different in their fitness regiment, brian i want you to come over here brian is kind of trying things out with me this morning i am guessing you are a fit guy. >> hopefully. >> hopefully. >> you have done the regular 5, 10 ks what attracted you to this. >> just, i have been running these for almost a year now, and just the idea of running a race, with schools that incorporate your entire body, so just running running running. >> a full body work out. >> yes, it is. >> go on and climb on up there. not only is it a full body i would say it makes that 3 .1 miles go by a whole lot faster because you are distracted by doing all these things. >> yeah, it never gets boring. >> never. >> exactly. you know how many people they are anticipating being out here this weekend. >> no idea to be honest. >> my super cape just fell off. speaking of i will have to reput that on. my super hero cape, the event happens to be on saturday which just happens to be national

super hero day did you know it was national super hero day brian. >> i did not. >> i didn't either but the power capes.com sent me this wonderful cape with my initial so i could sport it to encourage that. let's head out here this is supposed to simulate, like a wild fire like coming out of a helicopter, going in and fighting a wild fire. you have another special reason why you are doing the firefighter race. >> i am, at first i signed up just because of the thrill of the experience but right now, me and one of my friends we are running for his mom, just to dedicate this race to her. >> very nice. >> so looks like here i go. i am going to go off, hello. there i am. that really gets you going dave. >> yes, it does. >> how fun, dave the cofounder firefighter with hyattsville,

and so, let's talk a little bit about taking this across the nation. started in the washington area. >> it is a bit easier to plan the event so close to home after this, minnesota, michigan and ten other cities across the country bringing 20 obstacles, like a circus we hit fair grounds, great farm locations like this, paint ball facilities so forth all kinds of places. >> we are talking about how it is fun for participants is this a fun spectator sport as well. >> it is we are one of the only obstacle course companies we allow, speckty tores go out and -- spectators to go out and watch their family and friends complete. we did focus groups they want to see their family and friends go down these obstacles and take pictures we cater to spectators and kids as well >> they want to cheer them on

with that i will send off my participants as you guys come down. head up, we are heading to the next obstacle run that way, run that way, faster faster. if you want to earn a super hero cape you got to run faster. >> i don't even know if i have any more but hey, it works they have a few spots left, for this saturday, if you want to come out oh, do we have an emt. we will talk more about it in our next hour stay with us. super hero to the rescue i will make sure you are okay. are you okay? land o'lakes spreadable butter with canola oil

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