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right? >> yes. and a serious one. >> oh, great. lot of sunshine, cool. high temperatures back into the 60s. low 60s. but should be a beautiful day. there's your radar and satellite picture. deck of clouds moving through the mid-atlantic at the moment, that's associated with our frontal system that got here overnight. once that gets south and east of us, we should be in for lots of sunshine in afternoon, and quiet weather pattern as we start the weekend. temperature, 51 degrees at reagan national. definitely cooled off overnight. our humidity is 50%. let's switch maps and wind out of the north now at 6. been gusting to 20 to 25 miles per hour. it will be a breezy day. it will feel a little cool, even with highs in the low 60s. mix in that wind, will feel cooler than that. nice afternoon. lots of sunshine. dry friday. 62 in washington. 64degrees in fredericksburg. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast. we'll go with a 50/50 forecast
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this weekend. i'll explain in a few minutes, allison, back to you. thanks, tuck. our big story this friday morning, redskins fans hoping for a very successful season after last night's nfl draft. that is because there is a new quarterback coming to town. robert griffin iii will be sporting the burgandy and gold. >> fox 5's sherri ly is live at redskins park with the latest on all the excitement. good morning, sherri. >> reporter: good morning, tony, allison. like a lot of people in washington, i bet you are excited about robert griffin iii's coming to washington. this is one of those things where everybody around town has been waiting for this to happen. we've been talking about it, and now it's finally happened. it's one of those things where you just can't help but be excited for the redskins. last night they made it official when they took rg iii as the number took overall in the draft. he comes to washington with high expectations. the heisman trophy winner is
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expected to be the one who may bring washington back to the super bowl. he knows they expect big things. >> feels great, you know, to play for a coach that i watched growing up. knowing what he's been able to do with guys like steve young and john elway. it's exciting. and to meet a new team and be in a new city and write our own legacy is intriguing. >> i hope the redskins let him play his game and he'll make a difference. >> will make the biggest difference of any pick we made since probably darryl green. [ chanting ] >> reporter: rg iii, that was the chant not only as fans around washington were watching the draft, but also at the draft itself, where andrew luck was taken number one, but he was overshadowed as fans and the crowd were cheering for rg
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iii. people here in washington now really hoping he will return the skins back to their glory. it has been 20-year drought since they have won a super bowl. they are ready for the rg iii era to begin. he'll be formally introduced in washington at a draft day party tomorrow at fed ex field. it's from 11:30 until 6:00. there will be a 2:00 press conference to welcome rg iii to washington. that party is free, but you have to get ticketsg iii mania around washington here at redskins park, into maryland, and in the district. everybody watching and waiting to see what he will do. of course, as the old adage goes, we're in first place right now, right? we can always dream of super bowl. >> we are every year. sherri, i got to tell you, i was at the verizon center last night for the wizards' game, and they showed the drafting of
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rg iii on the big screen, and it got a big cheer. it was pretty cool. >> reporter: absolutely. you can't help but get caught up in the excitement. whether you are a skins' fan first or whether perhaps you follow another team. this is one of those stunning players. you saw what he did in college, and you can only imagine what he'll do with the ball in his hands for the redskins. >> cross our fingers. >> looking forward to it. thanks. unfortunately not all the redskins news is new. meriweather was charged with driving under the influence. police say he was driving nearly 20 miles over the speed limit. and he reportedly smelled of alcohol, failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a breathalyzer test. he was taken to jail and later released. taking a look now at some of our top stories this morning, police in prince george's cone arrest a man on a violent rampage. this started with an attack at
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a day care in landover, where a security guard was beaten with a baseball bat. police say 26-year-old mickel tyrone stole a car, and when they took him to the station, he remained violent, kicking a hole in the wall and allegedly assaulting three officers. kids at the day care did not see the fight. police in the district and maryland are warning joggers to keep an eye on their surroundings, this after two separate incidents in the past two weeks where a man inappropriately touched a female jogger. neither victim was seriously injured and police say as of now there is nothing to link the two incidents. developing news now, we have just learned d.c. police plan to hold a news conference in about an hour concerning a
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case where a tourist was killed and two others assaulted earlier in the petworth neighborhood. we'll get an update from police at 10:00 this morning. check our web site, myfoxdc.com, all day for updates. tony? the mother of yeardly love, the lacrosse player murdered two years ago, is suing her daughter's killer. sharon love has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against george huguely. love is seeking nearly $30 million. huguely was convicted in february of second degree murder. a jury recommended he serve 26 years in prison. george zimmerman's lawyer returns to court today to discuss the money his client has received. he says he's gotten about $204,000 from supporters, but is shutting down the web site that zimmerman set up to collect donations. the lawyer for martin's family says zimmerman should be put back in jail, because he never told the judge about the money. he faces second degree murder
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charges for shooting martin in february. making headlines this friday, more trouble for the u.s. secret service. will thomas is back instudio with the latest. will, good morning. >> good morning to you. more hard partying allegations involving the secret service. that really is the new headline. if the allegations are true, it would confirm what many believed from the start, that the columbia prostitution scandal was not an isolated incident. >> reporter: about a year before secret service agents were caught with prostitutes in this columbia hotel, there may be similar behavior in advance of the president's visit to el salvador. that's what a whistle blower told a tv station in seattle. the white house wouldn't touch it. >> again, talking about, like, a rumor in a newspaper that as far as i know is not confirmed and i would refer you to the secret service. >> reporter: the secret service will only say they'll investigate any credible leads.
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la plato neighborhood. there will be a mass of thanksgiving tomorrow. who president obama is awarding the medal of freedom to. >> a lot of stars will be in town this week to join the president for a special event. it's the annual white house correspondent association dinner tomorrow night. coming up next, columnist judy kurtz is here to tell us who is attending and the hot events going on before hand. >> here's another live look at the space shuttle "enterprise." it's set to take off on a flight to new york later this morning, mother nature permitting. we'll be right back.
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dylan, former secretary of state madeline all bright, john glenn. former supreme court justice john paul stevens, and college basketball coach pat summit, and tony morrison, and shimon peres. the white house is gearing up for a star studded affair this weekend. the annual correspondent association dinner tomorrow evening will be hosted by late night comic jimmy kimmel and will be packed with important v.i.p.s including of course the president and the first lady. there are a number of preparty festivities going
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help. her grandmother in turn dialed 911. >> i wanted to call her to see if she can talk and take the ambulance here. >> she says i wanted to call her to see if she can talk to her and take the ambulance here. she was getting her mom some help. a deputy arrived at the scene and said if madison hadn't made that phone call, her mother could have been in bad shape. madison's mom says they have talked about what to do in case of an emergency and she is proud she knew how to respond. way to go. imagine finding a huge black bear at your back door. this happened to one leesburg family last weekend. this is video of it. the homeowners say the bear came up on the back deck and pressed its nose against the door, looking into the house. fortunately, a bird feeder was more appealing than whatever was in the house, and the side tracked bear ran back into the woods. that's good. >> i don't want to see a bear on my back porch. >> i don't.
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>> i respect you and your distance. and ahead, ask allison. >> who won the big power ball jackpot. >> space shuttle "enterprise" ready for takeoff. details on its journey after the break. making progress now. that's a live look at dulles. it's 9:24. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together.
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do you know your coworkers are millionaires today? >> i heard. i'm trying to figure out who it is. >> i'm assuming it's not you. >> you see what i'm doing, i'm still here. >> good news for a group of people in pennsylvania, they won wednesday night's power ball jackpot. bad news, it has to be split among 48 people. that's still okay. the group works for the public
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transportation system. coworkers who weren't part of the pool say they saw a lot of people running down the halls and high fiving each other. >> that's funny. before we get to weather, the sounds of motown in studio this morning. human nature is on their first u.s. tour. get ready to move and sing along with these guys coming up at 9:45. >> they're the number one pop group in australia and have released their first u.s. album. >> can't wait to talk to them. >> yep. in the meantime -- >> great story, the lottery story. >> it is. >> isn't that great? >> and tony called you a big star. >> sweet of him. >> you are. >> no i'm not. the weather is a star. >> is it an insecure day? julie felt insecure. >> that's right. julie got me started. headed in the right direction here. nice looking day. lot of sunshine expected.
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temperatures should be in the low to mid-60s for afternoon high temperatures. right now we're 53 degrees. again, these temperatures cooling off joe night. cold front came through and temperatures to the north and west of the city still in the 40s. 46 gaithersburg and frederick. 49 martinsburg. winds are back. out of the north and the west. winds gusting now to 25 in washington. 29 in hagerstown. it is going to be a breezy day. bring along a jacket. even with lies in the low 60s -- highs in the low 60s, will feel cooler with the winds. you'll notice the drier air. things got humid yesterday. behind the front, which is fading off to the south and east. conditions are drier. mostly sunny, too. out to the west not a lot to talk about. a good looking friday. things will break down here as we get into the weekend and change. by saturday, things will cloud up and we'll have rain showers
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by saturday afternoon, saturday night. today's forecast, 62. lots of sunshine. breezy, cool out there. winds out of the north and west 10 to 15. great looking friday. cloud up tonight and be cool out there. 45 overnight low. not going to rain tonight. tomorrow morning when you get up, just cloudy. by tomorrow afternoon, the rain showers will move in. if you want to time it out, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 the rain moving in from the west. will be with us tomorrow night. by sunday morning, things will clear out. sunday afternoon, partly sunny, 62. and wouldn't you know it, by monday and tuesday, lots of sunshine, temperatures back near 70 by tuesday. that's a look at the forecast. have a great weekend. allison and tony, back to you. well, i'll see you in a few minutes. thanks, tuck. it's time for ask allison. it is friday and today's question is about dealing with an illed parent. that's half of this drama. a viewer writes, my 83-year-old mother is in rehab after a fall, and my partner of 34
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years is undergoing chemotherapy for throat cancer. i would prefer to care for them in the same building when my mother returns home. however, my older brother has power of attorney, and my family does not accept my homosexuality. my mother and i are close and she would like for us to be there, but my family won't allow me and my partner to live in her home. i don't believe i'll speak with my family after she passes, but for now what should i do? i don't want to further drive a wedge between us during this last chance for all of us to be together. should i back off and visit the house when no one is around or should i push harder to be able to assist in her care? this is such a big question. and i have decided to speak from the heart and how i really feel about this. this is my opinion, and i hope it helps you. thanks for writing in. my heart goes out to you. you are dealing and coping with the sickness of your mom and partner of 34 years, dare i say, much longer than most
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marriages last. the last thing you need to be doing is deal with this family drama. you're trying to take care of your partner and mom, and i admire you for facing your responsibilities. now, because your brother has control of things now, the idea of moving your partner in the house is probably out of the question. okay. but, that should not stop you from caring for your mom, seeing your mother whenever you want to. you said you are close to your mother. you'll regret not pushing to see and care for her when she returns home. again, i haven't contacted my legal contacts for advice, but if your family tries to ban you from seeing your mother, i can imagine, you're there and you're not allowed to spend time with her, you might need to seek the advice about your right as her son. don't worry about driving a wedge between you and your family because you already said they don't approve of your relationship and you don't
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expect to have much of a relationship with them after your mom passes. so don't let that stop you now. it can be uncomfortable, but at the end of the day it's your mother that needs you and you need. perhaps arrangements can be made for you to visit your mom when your brother isn't around. you said you might be open to that. whatever you need to do. though i can feel you want to spend time with your family, so i would push for that, too. you wanted to take care of them in the family home. i don't think that's going to happen, and at the end of the day i think what's important is you see your mom and take care of your partner as well. you might want to split the time, give your undivided when with them. and take care of yourself. if you're in the same house and running from room to room, caring for both, that could wear you down. you'll need a break, too. even the drive between houses will be time for yourself. spend as much time with your mother as you can, and i honor
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your long-term relationship with your partner, but i wouldn't try to push moving him into the house. the goal is to put your family differences aside for now and be with your mom as long as you can. that's your birth right and don't let anyone take that away from you. i also want to say i have a couple of questions i've been -- we could take it to the shot now -- a couple of questions i'm trying to get more advice. and they're not as serious as this. this one seemed urgent. viewer, i hope that helped you. and i hope your mom has a speedy recovery and lives for years and years, and your partner as well. i answer questions every morning in the 9:00 hour on fridays. myfoxdc.com for a link to ask allison. good stuff. coming up, steven tyler, loved her voice, but her song choice may have sent her home. find out who was kicked off of "american idol." >> plus, why a song writer is suing elton john more than two
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the person who leaves the competition tonight is elise. holly, you are safe. >> maybe a total, not a total surprise elimination on "american idol" last night. 28-year-old elise testone sent home. the teacher from charleston, south carolina had been in the bottom three six times this season. steven tyler warned her it was too risky to perform songs people weren't familiar with. apparently he was right. holly and skylar were in the bottom three. only five contestants remain. space shuttle "enterprise" is on the move.
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we are monitoring dulles airport this morning. we're going to keep it up on your screen to watch out for takeoff. >> we'll be putting a box up there. >> there it is! >> should be shortly. >> elton john sued for allegedly stealing lyrics? >> okay. we'll get to elton john in just a moment. we'll stay with the space shuttle "enterprise" leaving our area. leaving its home at udvar-hazy heading to the intrepid museum in new york city. so, you know, if you're out and about -- well, not in you're out and about, right now, you want to go if you're near reagan -- what it is, dulles -- is this helpful to you folks? >> "enterprise" never flew missions. >> nope. >> it's nice and clean. >> it was a prototype. >> we get the battle scarred one. >> it is not doing a fly around, no plans for it to do a fly around since got that
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with "discovery." it will do a fly around in new york city, around the statue of liberty. so new york city gets their turn today. impressive sight. >> pretty. >> isn't that great? >> funny allow the optical illusion seems like it's moving slowly. >> that's a great shot. >> yeah. >> very nice. >> and off you go. thank you so much. we've enjoyed you at udvar- hazy. hopefully folks in the big apple will enjoy you, too. >> "enterprise" will be at kennedy airport for a while. i don't think they move it to the museum until june. if you're going to new york, you could see it if you're flying into kennedy, and later this summer at the intrepid. >> you think they'd ever let anybody go on it to look and see? >> they say no, because they don't want the wear and tear of people going inside the shuttle. >> even if you put a velvet rope and you looked around? >> that's what they're saying. maybe you can convince them otherwise. >> i think that would be super cool. >> absolutely. >> when you see that, you're
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like, okay, i get it, i've seen that shoot off, and can see it anymore. to see, like, where they slept and worked and stuff. >> and the pay load area. >> yeah. >> that would be great. >> especially on one that never flew any missions. >> right. maybe it doesn't have all that stuff. >> oh. >> okay. >> you are so smart. >> there you go. it's off on its way to new york city. we may try to get to the elton john story coming up in a little bit. stay with us. we'll be right back. i'really miss you. my new apartment isn't that far away. it's 4.2 miles away ! with this droid razr... motorola... verizon 4g lte... video... skype. you're gonna get lost. this has gps. well, that makes me feel better. me too. i'll go get two from the back. okay. this mother's day, get the droid razr by motorola.
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new york city. >> awesome sight. still an awesome sight. >> uh-huh. more than 200 science celebrities will be part of the u.s.a. science and engineering festival this saturday and sunday. >> fox 5's holly morris is at the washington convention center to preview this event. >> reporter: it's great we are just showing the picture of the space shuttle being delivered up to new york, because we are in the space area now of the science and engineering festival, the u.s.a. science and engineering festival going on this weekend. and i have a space celebrity here with me. she was the first female private space explorer. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: that is quite a title. >> well, i guess so, yes, one of the first that flew to space station without being a professional astronaut. >> reporter: with that, she is
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a professional engineer. you got your bachelor's degree at george mason and masters at gw. >> yes. >> reporter: it's served you well. tell me how you were able to get into space and what that experience was like. >> it was a childhood dream of mine to go to space. i went to the engineering school and became an entrepreneur and my success in business helped me become titled sponsor to space exploration. as a result of that, i got to go to russia and fly on the soyuz. >> reporter: you spent eight days in space? >> yes. >> reporter: tell me the moment you realized, i'm in space, what's that like? >> incredible. first of all, i felt like i'm
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dreaming. didn't think it's real. the moment you're floating and you can look out the window and actually see our planets so beautiful, and so fragile out there, it's the first time you feel like you have an out of body experience. >> reporter: i can imagine. >> you're looking at our planet and you feel very small and at the same time you feel empowered and you feel like you can solve all the problems of the world. >> reporter: what will be your message this weekend? >> i believe our universe is filled with lots of mysteries and as humans we have this curiosity and imagination, which is unique to us. and we need to put it to good use to learn about our planet and universe, to learn how we can make things better. we need more scientists and engineers and astronauts, and i encourage all of them to have fun and learn a lot in field of science. >> reporter: what a role model you are.
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thank you so much. we've been talking about the retirement of the shuttle and where the program was, here they're all about where the program is headed. you're a busy guy. >> i am busy. >> reporter: busy is good. tell me what we're looking at. >> orion, moons and mars, basically building blocks to take humans to all those places. >> reporter: what do you want people to get out of this, as they come and experience it this weekend? >> first off, we want to tell the story that we're making progress. this is a test capsule that is a test from two years ago to test the abort system. we have another test in 2014, and the first test with the heavy lift rocket in 2017. so there's actually a lot of
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stuff going on. it's kind of hard for some of us that have been with the shuttle so long to see that program come to a close, but it is all about the future and this is where the future is. >> reporter: the future is obviously in our children. there has been a lot of effort made to really make this weekend something special for kids to take part. how much of a difference do you think something like this can make in a child's life in terms of what they want to be when they grow up? >> that's me. i'm a kid of the apollo era. i was captivated by the experiences of that time. sent me through high school, college to become an engineer, out of college into nasa at the age of 22. >> reporter: very good. >> i think it's these great missions that inspire kids to really take on the whole field. >> reporter: absolutely. you know what, people need to have their kids be captivated this weekend. the second u.s.a. national engineering and science festival is going on at the convention center saturday
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and sunday. it's free, and it truly is an opportunity of a lifetime. back to you in the studio. >> holly, thank you very much. fascinating stuff. love that. elton john being sued for allegedly stealing a song, stealing lyrics. song writer guy hoff claims he wrote a song in 1982. >> it was based on his affair with a russian cruise waitress. he said three years later elton came out with the song, nikita. when asked why it took song to sue, he said he lives in africa and news travels slowly. they've sold millions of albums and australia's number one pop group, human nature, is storming the u.s. with their
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tour. >> first they join us in studio and we are thrilled to welcome human nature. >> didn't take us 20 years to decide to come. >> one night only. >> introduce yourselves. >> michael,. >> and drew. >> phil. >> you're brothers, correct? >> yeah. >> we are happy to have you here. your first u.s. tour. you've been here for a while now performing in las vegas in a big show. >> we've had. been in vegas the past three years. it's fun to finally get out of vegas and go and see more of the states. because a lot of people come and see our show there. but it's fun to see this half of the world. our first time in d.c. >> why motown? >> for us, we've been a group for 22 years. >> really? >> the group of motown -- >> you started when you were in middle school. >> 2 and 3. >> okay.
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>> that was our inspiration. the four tops, temptations. we love these guys. they've always been a huge influence on us. we had an album of motown songs, which was a huge hit in australia. it's just always been a huge part of our career. >> you look the part. you look great. >> thank you. >> you've had nine or 10 albums in australia. it so happens, the first album here in the u.s. is the motown record. you don't just sing motown. >> no. we've been perfecting what we do for the nine or 10 albums -- we had a pop career in australia with our original hits. we've been singing motown for a few years now and the support of smoky robinson, he's been a huge part of what we've been doing. it's amazing music. like andrew said, it's music we've been close to for years now. >> it's my favorite music. >> one night only, 8:00 p.m., the warner theater. what is the crowd going to see
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tonight? tickets are still available. >> energetic show. we dance, full band behind us as well. pretty much every song they could think they know from motown, we do. >> human nature, the motown record. also a dvd human nature sings motown, check them out. what are you going to sing now? >> "just my imagination." >> fantastic. here they are. human nature. ♪ ♪ i stare through my window, and watch her as she passes by ♪ ♪ i say to myself, you are such a lucky guy ♪ ♪ to have a girl like that ♪ ♪ is truly a dream come true ♪
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arrest. this is what d.c. police chief kathy lanier will talk about in a conference this morning. the personal arrested is linked to the most recent attack last night. we'll get new information at 10:00 this morning. be sure to check our web site at myfoxdc.com for updates throughout the day, and of course we'll wrap it up this evening at 5:00 and 6:00. all right. tucker, with a have you got? >> nice looking day today. enjoying plenty of sunshine. little breezy. winds out of the north and west to about 20. high of 62. the weekend forecast, lots of clouds, with rain showers tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. i think tomorrow morning will be cloudy, but cool. daytime high only 56. gradual rebound, some sunshine and warmer temperatures early next week. >> 56, what is that, tomorrow? >> tomorrow. >> i don't like
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