what you can expect to see and what else metro is doing to ensure your safety. >> plus,. a clear path to fulfill our mission in afghanistan delivering justice to al qaeda. >> president obama makes a surprise and secret trip to afghanistan he addressed u.s. troops and signed an agreement with the afghan president. big day on the campaign trail one republican presidential candidate gets set to call it quits another makes rounds in northern virginia. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts now. there is a live shot outside. it looks hazy to me, is that possible? we will find out in a moment with tucker barnes this is wednesday may 2nd, 2012 i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour happy you are with us on this wednesday morning the latest and figure out if that is haze

or just a blch kind of day. >> that is an accurate description. showers and thunderstorms moving through the area a lot of humidity, mild temperatures already upper 60s here in washington feels a lot like summer time there you go. thunderstorms continue to rage across the bay and now pushing east into cambridge, out towards salisbury, you can see all the flashing dark yellows reds indicating good rainfall rates south and east, southern maryland, dealing with rain showers two more showers out towards manassas and reston. all right. let's do some temperatures at regan national, 67 degrees, humidity way up, 84%, pressure steady, 30.00 inches forecast today, a couple chances for showers and thunderstorms otherwise cloudy mostly cloudy temperatures expected to be in the warm range again, mid-80s

for afternoon highs there is your forecast today bring along an umbrella not going to rain all day i suspect we will see sunshine but a couple different opportunities for showers and thunderstorms more details on the forecast in a minute julie. all right tucker on the roads this morning you will find it is slow going if you are working your way inbound along 66th the accident activity sycamore street at the shoulder, 7 minute drive, to fairfax drive out to the west where we have problems tree down sunrise valley, wheelie avenue and georgetown pike at walker road police are busy cleaning up accident activity at this location. travelling the top stretch of the belt way you are below speed, all lanes are open inbound new york avenue, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right thank you very much. more for commuters now, you will be noticing stepped up

security at metro stations today in connection with the anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. >> it is not just metro, airports, also on alert, fox 5s melanie alnwick following both angles live at the naval yard metro station good morning mel. >> good morning allison. u.s. homeland security and intelligence officials continue to say there is no specific credible threat directly connected to the anniversary of osama bin laden's death even sew there will be an increased security presence in and around washington dc and other cities as well security at airports for example in the united states europe and middle east have been increased especially on u.s. bound aircraft. the department of homeland security saying agents continue to monitor intelligence reporting and respond appropriately, there were some reports earlier this week they are concerned about bombs that would be inserted inside the bodies of militants but again that is just what they are hearing they are working on no

specific and credible threat about that. dc commuters will see increased security on metro we are told transit police anti terror teams will be on what is agency said is a heightened state of individual lens more transit police officers around they will see that greater presence on the cars and also at the metro stations perhaps on metro buses as well metro reiterating it does not have a specific threat as well but the agency well knows, public transit has been and could be a target that is why they are taking extra precautions and reminding riders, to report any suspicious activity or unattended packages and tony and allison, another place we observed what looks like a little more security than in the past was also with tour buses didn't see it this morning but yesterday driving around downtown dc definitely saw more than a few tour buses stop and be checked out by security officers that is the latest from the navy yard

station. >> all right melanie thank you very much. also new this morning president barack obama is on his way back to washington. >> commander and chief made a secret trip to afghanistan yesterday where he signed a major agreement and address add global audience about the future of america's mission there. more from doug luzader live on capital hill good morning doug. >> reporter: tony good morning shortly after the president addressed the nation last night from afghanistan there was a reminder of the many challenges that remain there. >> it didn't take long for the taliban to leave their mark a series of deadly explosions they say were in response to president obama's visit to with a remains a war zone. >> tonight i would like to speak to you about this transition. >> reporter: speaking to the nation last night the president outlined the agreement he just signed with afghan president karzai the 88,000 u.s. combat troops there will leave the country by 2014, but the u.s.

will continue to provide assistance through 2024, although the details are vague. the president's trip was secret, airforce one arrived and left before the sun came up, a schedule that reflected security needs and timing of a large u.s. television audience, on a day when administration marked one year since the death of osama bin laden. >> one year ago f base here in afghanistan, our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set, to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within reach. >> reporter: the u.s. he says is reaching out to the taliban to make sure that happens. as we saw after the president's departure results so far have been mixed. >> now all of this is being done in advance of this month's big nato summit in chicago where the future of afghanistan is going to be a hot topic. tony and allison. >> all right doug thank you

very much. we have a check of this mornings top local stories prince georges county police investigating an armed robbery near the university of maryland campus it happened 11:15 p.m. last night in the 4500 block of hart wick road the 35-year-old victim told police he was trying to open his car door when three men assaulted him the suspect stole his car which police later found in wheaton. new details on a murder in northwest washington, it is one of three killings that happened within the district in 24 hours. police identified this victim as dwayne brisbane he was found stabbed to death in his car 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning florida avenue he ended up crashing the car into the shaw tavern police are asking anyone with information to please give them a call. montgomery county firefighter being treated for serious injuries after battling this fire in chevy chase flames burned through the roof of the garden style complex yesterday

afternoon firefighter is expected to recover. another crew member suffered minor injuries, no one else was hurt. as many as 100 people have to find a new place to live the cause of the fire is under investigation. we will continue out there, we will be talking, campaigning making speeches doing everything we can to help defeat barack obama. >> tough words from newt gingrich as of later today he will no longer be campaigning as a presidential candidate he plans to officially drop out of the race this afternoon and will make the announcement in arlington virginia in a video message posted on his website he thanked supporters he won only two contests in south carolina and georgia his campaign reported being more than $4 million in debt. >> all but certain republican presidential nominee will be in northern virginia, mitt romney will hold a campaign event in chantilly where he will be

joined by virginia congressman. later romney will meet up with bob mcdonald at a fundraiser and private dinner for donors. mcdonald has been mentioned as a possible, vice presidential candidate. secret service prostitution scandal has been back in the headlines, peter king revealed during the investigation, three agents refused a polygraph test those were among the first three forced out of the service as the agency continues to pour over interviews with 10 of 12 women involved so far there is no indication any of them posed a national security threat. >> men while u.s. homeland security secretary janet napolitano is talking about allegations of similar behaviour in el salvador last year she said there is no evidence they hired strippers and prostitutes and does not believe there is a broader problem with the agencies

culture. >> 9 minutes after 7:00 a.m., still ahead, may day protestors turned violent here in the united states. big developments in china involving an activist at the center of a diplomatic tussle. >> controversial ruling in maryland how police collect dna from certain suspects we will hear from the state's attorney general after the break pgh >> as we head to break a live lookout side latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie coming up in just a couple moments. we will be right back 

that blind chinese activist is making headlines, he has left the american embassy and

taken to a medical facility in beijing he is not coming to the united states. china is demanding an apology from the u.s. after he hid inside our embassy for six days under a deal with the u.s., after he gets medical treatment, he will be reunited with his family, and will be allowed to study at a safe place in china. five men are under arrest, charged with plotting to blow up a bridge in ohio. the suspects were sold fake explosives from under cover federal agents. investigators describe the men as anarchists angry with corporate america and the government they are not tied to international terrorist organization it is charges carry the possibility of more than 20 years in prison. >> may day protests turned violent in california, police in oakland arrested 10 protestors last night, police first asked them to leave a downtown park but protestors threw rocks at them.

riot police fired tier gas and flash -- tear gas and flash grenades to break up the protest there were more peaceful protests in new york, seattle and here in the district. >> all right turning our attention to tucker barnes and weather what is going on. >> a little humidity out there, you encounter that this morning. >> yeah, and did look weird outside, looked very strange. >> yeah, it was summary >> i guess i am just not used to it. >> bad hair days last couple days. >> why you looking at me tuck. >> not you. >> he is looking at me. >> all right, let's go right to radar and take a look at the showers, and thunderstorms, generally south of the city, quickly pushing off to the south and east you can see all the flashing there, so if you are watching along the low eastern shore, down towards salisbury, cambridge, oxford, you are in for more showers and thunderstorms as that whole complex rolls to the east, let me mention, two or three showers here southwest of the

city as well approaching 95, all right let's open up the picture, a warm front just hanging out across the area, no hurry to get out of here, and that will serve as a place where the storms can get some lift in the atmosphere and give us the fuel for more showers and thunderstorms later today, you can see out west, towards morgan town, western maryland another round approaching we will see what this does over the next few hours. north central maryland likely to see showers and thunderstorms and then later today a pop up shower or thunderstorm in this soupy air mass. bring along an umbrella, be ready for a shower or thunderstorm most of the day will be cloudy warm and humid highs in the 80s warm now, 67 washington, 67 at the naval air station, 67 fredericksburg temperatures 15 degrees above nor mall later this afternoon, 10 to 15 degrees above normal highs 83, parts of virginia,

with sunshine will get near 90, very warm, a little cooler by the end of the weekend. >> friday looks like. >> a hot one. >> yeah. >> i was going to say a hot mess. but i will retract it. >> go with hot one. >> okay. >> 87, just straight sunshine. >> yeah. >> julie. >> 87 now when it is 87 too hot or 85 and below too cold. >> no, 87 you still good girl but i have to take a moment because i love you more than anything but why are you wearing ranger blue when it is rocking red wednesday. >> oh. >> i know you you have the color code thing going on. >> is this rangers blue. >> i lived in new york, it is not really rangers blue just blue. >> tucker get a red flower and put it on the desk for her. >> he said okay. >> on the roads lanes are open, travelling the top stretch of

the belt way leaving 95, dulles park headed around towards georgia avenue, typical slow down as you work your way westbound 495, bw parkway, southbound below speed approaching 175, travelling south, 270, delays in german town this is our camera shot, 355, south of the belt way, down towards cedar lane not sure why they moved the camera on us but here, that is where we have the accident activity, traffic is able to get by in each direction to the right, again heads up leaving the belt way continuing southbound. on the other side of town lanes are open no problems at the wilson bridge, inner loop of the belt way, leaving annandale a 15 minute commute, no problems to report this stretch of the roadway, duke street to seminary road average speed down to 47 miles per hour. thank you very much future of metro's dulles rail will be discussed in meetings today with transportation secretary ray la hood, phase two of the project could be in jeopardy

because of cost concerns and issues involving pro union labor deals, la hood is hoping to come to a compromise to keep the project moving forward, phase 1 running from east falls church to the edge of reston is well under construction expected to be completed by end of next year. we will talk more about this coming up 8:00 a.m. this morning, bob mccartney, metro columnist will join us live. no deal for dc city workers to get their pay checks before mandatory furlough days last year city council could not come to an agreement, the measure failed reimbursing employees will cost the city $22 million a compromise offered to pay back two days now and two more in june when the city will have a better idea of financial standing. >> maryland's top law enforcement officials want to over turn a court of appeals decision that prohibits dna collection from suspects charged with violent crime, the court ruled collecting dna from suspects that haven't been convicted, is a violation of

constitutional rights. maryland attorney general, has filed a lawsuit to strike down the appeals court decision he made his case on fox 5 news at 10 last night. >> appeals is actually came up with a different ruling on this issue, than every federal court in the united states and every other state other than minnesota we feel there is no invasion of privacy when a defendant is arrested with probable cause, for a dangerous felony and they put a q tip swap swab in their mouth -- swab in their mouth and take a dna sample. we live in the 21st century, have dna and ought to be able to use it we think there is a good chance the supreme court will take the case. police and prosecutors say the ruling could jeopardize conviction of 34 robbers, burglars and rapists whose genetic samples were taken after their were charged and will hamper ability to solve cold cases.

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memberfriends can be a big part of solving the donor crisis, 112,000 americans are waiting for organs. >> number of teens smoking marijuana is on the rise, according to a survey put out by the partnership at drug free.org nearly 1 in 10 teens are taking hits of marijuana 20 or more times a month the use of harder drugs like cocaine has stabilized in recent years but use of marijuana has grown from 19% in 2008 to 27% last year. dc based nonprofit group kaboom is out with its list of top cities that encourage children to play nine of them are in our general area. in virginia, kaboom identified four playful cities alexandria was recognized for working with the childhood obesity note work to assess the cities 86 playgrounds, norfolk and danville made the list maryland, baltimore capital heights, green belt, laurel and

tacoma park were named for increasing the quality of playgrounds some of them not really here in our area, but elsewhere. >> maryland did well. >> really well. >> 7:25 a.m., talking nats and caps after the break. >> taliban strike following a presidential visit to afghanistan on the one year anniversary of osama bin laden's death. more on that and in depth look how politics play a role here. >> as we head to break another live lookout side a little hazy out there, does that indicate we may have more humidity, these are questions many are asking. here is tucker he is coming up with the latest and julie wright will be here with a look at traffic stay with us 

there it is, standing ovation for harpers home debut against arizona harper struggled at the plate he went hitless in three at bats but did show off his incredible arm in the outfield he nearly throughout a runer that tagged up from third on a deep fly ball nats lose this one 5-1 unfortunately they stretch their losing streak to 5 games now. washington capitals return to home ice tonight for game 3 of their playoff series versus the new york rangers.

the series is tied at 1 game a piece, thanks to alex ovechkin's game winner monday his third goal of the playoffs, puck drops at 7:30 p.m. a good time was had by all. >> yes. >> i was at the nationals game last night that was exciting >> i bet it was. >> a lot of harper shirts surprised how many people have harper shirts. >> did you join the fan. >> we did >> i wish they had won >> they will be fine. >> our weather will that be fine? >> it will get better over the next couple days today will be a day where it will be rather summary, it will not rain but we will be humid it will feel like it could rain at any point and warm, temperaturesle 80s. >> yeah, hopefully shorts are out for the season. let's kick it off with a look at radar. we have had showers and thunderstorms moving through during the early morning hours they continue really, to be

honst they are quite strong south and east of the city, as we get down towards lower eastern shore look at the yellowreds indicating good rainfall rates flashing indicating crowd to ground lightning, it won't be long ocean city bethany beach and dewy beach out of here in the next hour or two, but deal with that as you head down to lower eastern shore over the next few hours. here in washington, generally quiet light shower working down 95, fredericksburg and more showers off to the north and west, you can see those diving into western maryland at this hour and some of this shower activity will likely impact northern parts of our viewing area by mid-to late morning we are not done with rain showers yet all because of a warm front, just hanging up across the area, and that will bringing cloud cover and just enough lift in the atmosphere,

rather unstable we can get showers and thunderer storms building up at any point we can see showers and thunderstorms bubble up i think we will do another round of this later this afternoon bring along an umbrella, it will not rain all day, cloudy, gloomy, mild temperatures currently mild, 65 washington, morning lows, really too cool here this morning, 59 quantico, 56 the current temperature fredericksburg and our cool spot, 59 degrees. your forecast today, lots of clouds around a little sunshine 80 for your daytime high scattered showers and storms back in the afternoon, showers and thunderstorms strong side they will linger into the evening hours and then just cloudy and mild overnight, overnight low of 62 degrees winds out of the east, 5 to 10 miles per hour here is your 5 day forecast as we get into tomorrow, that front will get just far enough north of us, that we will just see a scattered shower maybe an isolated shower or thunderstorm, hot friday 87, then start to cool it down for

your weekend, with partial sunshine saturday and sunday, could be a shower or storm around with a cold front by sunday, 78 your daytime high. that is a look at your weather forecast, traffic and she is rocking the red. >> absolutely tucker on the roads this morning unfortunately big delays along washington boulevard, as you leave 395 headed out towards the memorial bridge earlier accident on the memorial bridge gone heavy, slow and steady leaving 395 headed over towards the memorial bridge southbound, 355 leaving out towards cedar lane still traffic is able to squeeze by to the right as you travel southbound from the belt way expect heavy volume delays as you work your way southbound northbound traffic is able to get by to the right on the other side of town you will find lanes are open travelling the belt way inner loop, again 21 minute ride leaving 95 springfield headed out towards 66. we have problems north of town, up in howard county westbound 32 shut down before 29 right there at shaker drive westbound

lanes are closed off accident activity eastbound open for business you will also find travelling on the lower end of 270, bumper to bumper traffic, gaithersburg headed out towards rockville, shady grove road down to 20 miles an hour that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> president obama makes a surprise trip to afghanistan to mark the anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. it comes on the heels of republican presidential candidate mitt romney accusing the president of mitt sizing osama bin laden's death joining -- poll lit sizing osama bin laden's death joining us now are peter feen and david hersanye senior editor of human events newspaper. i wish i had some of your other staffers here with us so always good to have someone from the paper with us. clearly -- i won't say clearly but i would think a moral booster for the troops

over there, and a way to commemorate the death of osama bin laden and to kind of illustrate here is what we are going to do now, peter tell me what you think. >> the other point was the meeting with president karzai and the decision which he reinforced that that the troops will be out by 2014 helping them transition for possibly another decade but solid agreement and giving confidence that there is a turn over there, which i think is very important and it fulfills his promise. you know, i have to say, not that i give a lot of advice to my colleagues on the other side to the republicans but, i think if i were -- if i were mitt romney, and the team, i would do what ari fleischer suggested and zip it, you know and talk about the economy and other things but i don't think they will gain a lot talking about the president's foreign policy. >> do they have much to gain?

>> depends right now i think going there looks very presidential he came you know, most americans now even on the right i think are ready to leave afghanistan i think all that is gate when you start running ads that accuse the other side of not being as decisive that is where you get a little -- you might get in trouble there might be blow back. >> is it fair to say though, that you know pretty much anything -- i mean, yes, it is a political season, the run up to the election but he is the president, and he does -- he is going to do things some of which may appear to be political but there are things he has to do as president. >> killing osama bin laden is one of the most tangible accomplishments of his administration so i think he has every right to talk about it and i think going to afghanistan is fine but when he gets as i said before into accusing others of not wanting to be -- almost like accusing someone of not being patriotic i think it is taking it a bit

too far. >> one problem with this kind of discussion i think is that you know, you do have to stand on your own words which romney does when he says he isn't going to move heaven and earth to go after osama bin laden and not going to go unilaterally into pakistan and he has got to justify those words but you know, david is right, again a certain degree of not pushing it too far but i will take folks back to the 2004 republican convention where 9/11 was used just unbelievably at this convention, rudy giuliani, folks would read it, franks before came before them even mitt romney came and spoke and went after john carrie, so basically, you know, the use and of course the famous mission accomplished where the mission was not accomplished but you do have to watch this stuff if you over play it, david is right the american people will say okay i give you credit for it but you know,

pounding the chest a little too much -- >> right obama has to use the word we a lot not i did something you are thousands of miles away dropping people into another country to kill someone. mitt romney's words should be taken in context he was talking about a very reasonable contention that we have to get osama bin laden but don't need to you know, doesn't have to be our sole focus we have a lot of other things to do. >> let me ask you, the particular ad criticized the one featuring president clinton, would you have handled it differently if you were advicing and putting it all together. >> i think clinton first of all didn't go after romney at all, i shouldn't say that, clinton didn't go after romney at all, the approach on this thing i think was the right approach because first of all romney as a little -- making it like it was an easy decision this was

not an easy decision his advisors were divided i will make a point i think is hard for the white house and others to make had he gone ahead with this and it had failed, a la jimmy carter and the helicopters going down in the desert he was done his presidency would have been over. >> so there were serious considerations all along plus they didn't know osama bin laden was there they were not sure it was going to succeed, at various points in the discussion it was evenly split amongst his advisors so this was not an easy call. >> and when romney says well, this was a no brainer. >> not really. >> no,. >> david are republicans being disingenious, peter makes a point of the convention in 2004 use of 9/11, what a lot of people called fear tactics and all that kind of thing are republicans criticizing some thank they themselves do, ad nauseam some would say. >> sure some of them are being

disingenious when they do that as are democrats when they some times talk about what romney said when they realize the context of the statement was much more delicate i think it is politics election time, it is going to happen this is how it works. i think obama here has the high ground you know, he is the one who got osama bin laden and i think he needs to run with it a bit just be careful don't -- act presidential don't act political. >> i want to squeeze in one question short answers if possible newt gingrich he is out is there a role for him? where does he go? what does he do. >> i will leave that to david. >> the role he had before, i don't think there is a role for an elected office at all now >> i agree, gab fly. >> gab fly thinker. >> what happens at the convention i don't think i would give him a huge sticking role at that convention you never know what will come out

of his mouth. >> good to have you here come back some time we will see you guys next week or some version of you allison back to you. >> 7:41 a.m., it is a wednesday morning woman who cashed in a $1 million lottery ticket may have to give up heroinings we will tell you why next. up in flames the studio of a popular actor, and writer and director, damaged by fire. more details, after the break

in atlanta fire broke out at actor and director tyler perry's production studio no one was injured but there was a partial collapse at one or two buildings in the complex the facility houses five sound stages movie neater and screening room, in march pop star ceelo performed for donors for a fundraiser for president barack obama at the studios. an arkansas woman who found a $1 million lottery ticket in the trash may have to give up the winnings, okay the person who originally bought the ticket is a woman named sharon duncan she threw it away at a

convenience store after the read out said story not a winner another customer then took the ticket from the trash but a judge ruled she is not entitled to the prize money it should go to the original sharon, sharon duncan. sharon jones plans to appeal the decision, lynn gave me more insight this woman who got it out of the trash can apparently routinely does this, just takes it out just to check again it is not like she has some sort of intelligence and knew the numbers were right and it happened to be a winner this time >> i think that is an interesting case. i think you can argue the first woman threw it away >> but the machine said it wasn't a winner. >> which was a mistake. >> interesting case. >> okay. >> we will see what happens. >> million dollars is a whole lot of money. >> yes, it is. >> maybe the lottery board will give them each a million dollars. >> wouldn't that be great. >> i don't see that happening.

>> arkansas a very generous state. >> wishful thinking. >> radar, showers and clouds, they continue to grape our area, i guess is the best way, yeah, showers off to the south and east more shower activity north and west of the city right now here in washington up and down the 95 corridor, a bit of a break clouds soupy plenty of humidity look at the flashing down towards ocean city big thunderstorm complex that will quickly push out to sea not before dropping heavy rain and cloud to ground lightning take cover now in ocean city storms are strong. go to the surface maps, all because of a warm front, not able to move we have high pressure off to the north and east, front is trying to budge north but just not going to get a chance to do so. hanging across the mid-atlantic it will serve as a place to get enough lift we will see more showers and thunderstorms redevelop during the course of the day not going to rain all day but will be mostly cloudy,

and we will have periods here where we have the possibility of showers and thunderstorms so, bring along an umbrella be ready for the possibility of a few more showers either way warm and humid temperatures in the 80s. a little better tomorrow as the front lifts just far enough north and east looking at sunshine tomorrow afternoon your five day, 87 friday, hot around the end of the week. >> here is julie wright with the latest on this mornings rush hour traffic. >> all right good morning to you guys let me take you southbound 355 as you work your way south of the belt way, accident activity southbound stretch of the highway open, headed down in towards bethesda, northbound fire and rescue still on the scene traffic squeezing by to the right, very little delay southbound, 355 incident after 410 east highway tieing up a lane there. be careful getting past the scene old georgetown road as you work over 355 bethesda for another crash, here is the commute along 395, washington boulevard leaving 395, as you

work out towards memorial bridge heavy, slow and steady gw parkway traffic, slow from cia headed out and northbound gw parkway memorial bridge accident activity tieing up the right side of the road travelling 32, before you reach 29, westbound 32 shut down because of accident activity at shaker road you will find delays leaving dorothy road eastbound heavy volume delays, lanes are open delays leaving 29 back over towards 95, southbound, 270, not a bad trip, below speed as you continue to make your exit from father hurly out towards old georgetown road let me scoot back over he commute with all of your lanes open that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks julie. hula hoop contest, carnival, rides and celebritys in all things you can find at this year's apple blossom festival. >> holly morris is live in winchester with that and more hey, holly. >> you are right. we are having a good time here

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festivals. this is a bonafied festival where a quarter million people make it a destination spot to come here and take part in the apple blossom festival and celebrate all that winchester has to offer and they offer a lot when it comes to this. they have been doing it quite some time. kathy and gail are two chairs they join me. >> good morning. >> so we will have a little fun i don't think we have enough energy. so, the shenandoah university pep band will help us kick it up a notch there are a couple signature events, you might want to be a part of steve give me some beach music. ♪ [ music ] >> all right, so as we hear a little wipe out i want to talk about this beach party you got going on. >> yeah, life is a beach friday nights. >> life's a beach friday night tell me what will happen at that beach party i hear it is back by popular demand. >> beach bums are back by

popular demand for our live music but we have a best body on the beach contest, for men and women, mechanical surf board this year. >> mechanical surf board? and these expert hula hoopers. >> they are part of our beach patrol they have been out handing out tickets and creating all kind of buzz about this year's event. >> how long have you been planning for this? this is one of 45 events going on. >> we take all year actually to put on these events, and we love it, i mean we wouldn't have it any other way. >> all right so with that, steve,. >> let's cut the beach music i need something with a little southern rock feel can you give me that? >> oh, yeah. >> southern rock feel ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> all right let's talk about saturday night america, what is that going on? >> that is saturday night, gates open at 7:00 p.m., and

band goes on around 9. the new event for the festival southern rock, great train robbery the main act, zz top. >> so you guys have like events every year but every year you take it up another level which is hard to do when doing it 85 years. >> very very hard. >> usually we do a national act this year we decided to change it up. southern rock event and we are going to have mechanical bulls, harley davidson is going to be there with their bikes, a bunch of their events going on should be fun. >> it is fun in fact, we have a harley davidson bike here with me. >> okay steve cut that. >> i have one more request. >> all right. >> can you give me a little let's see, i think it was when

george gerswin was writing rhapsody in blue, the time of the first apple blossom festival, a little rhapsody in blue to go with the theme rhapsody in bloom take it away ♪ [ music ] >> with that, i am going to bring in miss apple blossom herself, this is courtney good morning to you. >> good morning. >> tell me about the role of being miss apple blossom >> i serve as ambassador of the festival i won my title back in november and have the whole year. >> this is really a special honor. >> it really is and as a winchester native, it means so much to me. >> well, you are a wonderful representative of all that is winchester as you guys can see winchester knows how to throw down a party, myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to their website, so you can find out about all the different events going on through sunday, so we are not going any where next hour we will talk about the not one but two different parades

they have going on this weekened for you to come out and enjoy as well back to you in studio. that is a good marching band holly they are good. that's great. >> one year i am going to get out there because i have never been. >> neither have i i want to go. >>ry duck louse. -- redick louse. why part of the silver line project is in jeopardy. >> from a comic book to the big screen next hour, kevin mccarthy sits down with the stars of the super hero flick. samuel l jackson

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>> late they are hour, an a list packed film hits theatres this weekend, samuel l jackson, is one of the stars, in the avengers he sat down with kevin mccarthy their one on one is coming up. that should be entertaining i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour happy you are with us. we say good morning to our dear dear friend tucker barnes. >> good morning. >> are you tucker l barnes. >> a. >> avengers. >> avengers. >> samuel l jackson tucker a been barnes. >> i won't tell you what hero i am until later. >> you don't need to tell me. >> right to the radar here, thunderstorms south and east of the city ocean city and bethany beach all our favorite places dealing with showers and thunderstorms, i don't think bethany point yet but you can see it is all pushing east showers thunderstorms down there they will push out to sea, right here in washington, generally just cloudy to start

your day but more showers and storms up stream. let's switch maps show you, the bigger look there you go, you can see the showerstorms pushing into western maryland and we will see if those don't hang together here and bring us another round of showers and storms next couple hours. bottom line a warm front in the area today and that will present the possibility of showers and thunderstorms, throughout the day i think, a better chance this afternoon as we get daytime heating, highs in the low to mid-80s bring along an umbrella, not going to rain all day periods of sunshine as well and you will notice humidity the next couple days, steamy out there, temperatures 80s. >> you know, with the l in samuel l jackson what it stands for? >> larry. >> julie wright do you have a guess what the l in samuel l jackson stands for. >> no. >> he roy. >> really? >> yes, samuel lee roy jackson. >> i did not know that. >> wow your friends later. >> i am trying to think of when that is going to come up.

[ laughter ] >> as a rule to bring it up. >> all right. on the roads right now, you guys, very much a busy drive, especially for those in howard county, westbound 32, before you reach 29 accident activity in lay only the right lane able to get by extensive back ups, eastbound route 100 before i- 95, a four car pile up tieing up the left side of the highway, 270, old georgetown road a 40 minute commute coming across the wilson bridge lanes are open a little below speed, st. barn bus to telegraph, and gw parkway, northbound memorial bridge accident in the right lane that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. new this morning, a bombing in afghanistan, seven people died in blasts in the capital of kabul early the morning a gun fight followed the explosion which happened outside a compound housing hundreds of foreign workers. the attack came after president barack obama gave a speech to

the american people, on the war. the president had already wrapped up his surprise visit, he spoke to the american people again marking a major turning point in the decade long war in afghanistan, the president promised to end the war there, and signed a long term agreement, with president karzai spelling out the withdrawal of u.s. troops in 2014 now in his address he said it opened a new chapter in relations with afghanistan. >> my fellow americans we've traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war, yet here, in the predawn darkness of afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon, the iraq war is over the number of our troops in harms way have been cut in half, and more will soon be coming home. >> now the visit came exactly one year after the killing of osama bin laden. allison, mitt romney marked the one year anniversary of the u.s. attack that killed osama

bin laden with a stop in new york city romney will be campaigning in northern virginia, the presumptive republican presidential nominee is holding a fundraising event 10:30 a.m. in chantilly later tonight he will be joined by bob mcdonald for a fundraiser and private denar for donors at pentagon city ritz carleton. romney donors are being called upon to help pay off the campaign debt of newt gingrich the former house speaker is expected to announce he is dropping out of the race for the republican presidential nomination today he will make the announcement in arlington this afternoon. gingrich has not come forward to endorse romney but a spokesman says that could happen in a couple weeks. another big story metro beefed up security following osama bin laden anniversary, it has been one year, since the terror leader death. a lot of increased security at metro and airports, melanie alnwick has more on that she

joins us live from the navy yard metro station. good morning melanie. >> reporter: good morning. department of homeland security has not issued a heightened alert officials continue to say there is no credible active plot to try to mark the anniversary of osama bin laden's death but know that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, has demonstrated an intent, continued intent to try to attack targets here in the u.s. and security officials are not going to let their guard down, airports will be part of that increased individual lens not only in the u.s. but -- vigilance not only in the u.s. but in europe and middle east aboard u.s. bound flights department of homeland security will continue monitoring intelligence reporting and respond to protect the american people. in washington dc key transportation points are getting that extra as well metro says transit police anti terror teams and patrol officers will be in a heightened state of individual

lens they say riders may -- vigilance they say riders may see an increased number of uniformed officers. the same as homeland security metro officials are saying they have not received any specific threat hear but do know public transportation has been and will continue to be a target, for some of these perhaps terrorist threats they want to remind riders that they also have a role to play in security today and want to make sure everyone is on alert want people to report soapies house activity or unattended packages. >> all right thank you very much. some of our other top stories the search is on for the suspects accused of an armed robbery right near the university of maryland campus this happened 11:15 p.m., last night 4500 block hart wick road the 35-year-old victim told police he was trying to open his car when three men assaulted him, the suspects stole his car, which police later found in wheaton

maryland. maryland attorney general filed a lawsuit to strike down an appeals court ruling that prohibits dna collection, from suspects charged with violent crimes the court ruled collecting dna from suspects that haven't been convicted is a violation of their constitutional right. the ruling could jeopardize 34 convictions and will hamper the ability to solve cold cases. this just in, to fox 5, police have made an arrest in connection with an apartment building fire, in chevy chase so far no word on what charges the suspect will be facing, that fire broke out garden style complex on terrace drive yesterday afternoon, flames engulfed the roof area, one firefighter is recovering from serious injuries but will survive, another firefighter suffered minor injuries, assistant fire chief scott graham says the flames spread fast. >> the garden apartment complex

was connected by a breeze way of sorts, the fire had spread into the attic which is a common attic area, over top of all of these garden apartments, the initial attack was made inside the fire apartment but however, the fire had quickly spread into that attic area and atop an adjoining garden apartment. >> up to 100 people are out of their homes because of the fire. >> also just in to fox 5 word of a large water problem in prince georges county. we know hyattsville capital heights are effected, wsse received hundreds of calls, some customers have low water pressure or none at all. wsse says they are not sure if it is a water main break or leak right now they would only like to hear from people who spot a leak or see water running down the street. if this is you, if you have information on this, call the number on your screen 301206

very small, (301)206-4002. >> time now, 8:09 a.m., wednesday morning u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood working to cut dealwork with compromisings among local leaders all in an effort to move forward the dulles metro rail we have the latest on the future of the project talks today coming up on fox 5. >> creating household tools out of items you already own helping you save cash as we take a look at alternative uses for every day items stay with us it is 8:10 a.m. 

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saturday when it is close to the horizon, tides around the world will likely be particularly high and low as well, the last time we saw a super moon was march of last year, this is it rising over brighton england. impressive. >> beautiful. >> like that. >> okay. >> a little you know, you walk out the door and see it >> a little like what is happening. >> right. well, we will all be prepared. >> we've told you about it. >> tucker barnes always looks to help make us prepared when we walk out the door every day nothing new. >> hey, allison before we get to weather let's do my first 5 photo of the day one of the cutest pictures ever. this is the pass fier posse everybody. >> you are right. >> yep, the pacifier posse that is what the grandmother calls them. i think we are working from left to right 2-year-old amari. >> hi.

>> 1-year-old isaiah. >> hey,. >> and 8 month old jatari. >> yeah, in the back. >> they are adorable. >> so cute. >> they are so cute. >> if you look on the right hand corner you will see they are red skins fans. >> that's right very good. >> that is so cute they look like some body just said, kids, and they all had their pass fiers in. >> all at the same time. >> really cute picture. >> to send your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. big thank you to the pacifier posse. >> first one of those we have had here. >> this is great picture. >> a lot of competition now >> the best. >> to see the whole gallery go to our website. >> right. >> all the kids are there. >> that's right. >> myfoxdc.com. >> sentinel sat rad, showers and thunderstorms south and east of the city, probably don't need to tell you, very

heavy rain, break here in washington mostly cloudy skies, more rain developing north and west we will see if that doesn't get us here shortly, bottom line lots of clouds in the forecast for you day, it will be warm and humid again, afternoon high temperatures 80s and possibility that we will see showers and storms kind of spring up, in the soupy atmosphere during the course of your afternoon, much of the day will be dry but you got to be ready for the possibility of a few showers and thunderstorms. mild temperatures, 65 washington. 67 out at dulles and fredericksburg and 58 ocean city, currently getting that heavy rain with thunderstorm activity five day later this afternoon 83 washington and scattered showers and thunderstorms redeveloping later today. thursday 85, 87 friday, we will be hot by the end of the week and a cool down this weekend highs by sunday only in the 70s a little relief. all right that is a look at your weather forecast now traffic and julie wright has

your latest go caps. >> i know so you stayed up late, at the nats game how you going to stay up late to watch the caps. >> i think a nap is in order. >> i do too. >> 9 to 10 this morning. >> tucker barnes is sleeping. all right well, rock the red tonight tucker on the roads, you will find, problems out here, travelling westbound 32 before you reach 29, that is where we had the accident activity right lane eastbound 100 before 95 the wreck tieing up the left side of the highway. father hurly boulevard to old georgetown road, german town headed for the split you will find your lanes are open travelling the inner loop of the belt way leaving braddock headed up towards 66 still very much a slow go washington boulevard tied up delays, 395 to memorial bridge northbound gw parkway, at the memorial bridge the accident sits in the right lane that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. transportation secretary ray la hood hosting an important meeting later today

with a number of agencies involved with the dulles metro rail project. now the goal is to flush out details so that the project continues to move forward, joining us now with more insight to this, is robert mccartney, metro columnist with the washington post. bob we always call on you when we need to sort out detail what is is happening in and around the belt way good morning. >> this meeting is particularly important the second time transportation secretary la hood has had to get involved the get the project back on track he got involved last year when it looks like it might fall apart because the costs had gotten too high. and he called a meeting of all the stake holders, which was the airports authority, which was over seeing the project, building rail to dulles and hopefully beyond, the state of virginia, fairfax county, louden county, those are the main stake holders the main people involved, and last year they had gone over budget and

he basically got everybody together and everybody agreed to kick in more money, and they reached some other compromises, but now, it looks like it might fall apart again, and so he is intervening again, to try to straighten things out. >> how big of a deal is that, this is the federal government, getting involved in essentially what is you know local business, but we all know this is how those lawmakers get here and there themselves, it is sort of a whole jumble up of agencies and who does what. >> this whole thing has been a jumble from the beginning one reason why it has been so complicated but the federal government has a lot of money in the first phase of the project very lit until the second, which is the one they are fighting about now the first phase is finances being billed, that will get it between the silver line through tyson's corner to reston so now they are fighting basically over financing to get it from reston to dulles airport and as

i said, hopefully, but not necessarily, two stations beyond dulles airport, into louden county. so there are several issues that have to get sorted out here one of the big ones is, that the airports authority wants to have a pro labor union provision, in the building contract s both the state of virginia and all republican louden board of supervisors don't want that pro significance, frankly this is largely symbolic, in practical terms this doesn't have much impact but both sides feel strongly the democratic dominated airports authority board and republicans on the other side la hod has to try to make -- la hood has to try to make sense out of that. money is still an issue the louden supervisor who is have not signed off on the final deal here they are very worried that the costs are going to be so high, that tolls on the dulles toll road basically paying for most of the second

phase, are going to go so high, in coming years their constituents will be furious and vote them out of office. >> governor mcdonald was on the show last week, but to speak to the point you just made he needs to look at whether it is cost effective. >> he says he supports it there is a lot of scepticism about whether he really supports it. because they have been very difficult, the state of virginia has been very difficult in this, in recent negotiations, they are threatening to withhold $150 million they have promised which is crucial to the deal over this labor union issue, they are also very critical, of the airports authority board, and its management which admittedly has had a lot of problems although i think it has done better recently, the -- the state of virginia is threatening or making noises about trying to take over the whole project they had the

project originally gave it to airports authority during a previous fight over who was going to run this thing now they are making noises about maybe taking it back because they are unhappy how they have handled it. >> see how these talks go today bob thanks for joining us. >> it is a hot topic for me. >> hot topic indeed. all right thank you very much 8:22 a.m., on this wednesday morning, escaped chinese activist reunited with his family in beijing after spending time at the u.s. embassy how is the case impacting relations between the u.s. and china that story and more coming up next as we check today's top headlines. >> late they are hour, the annual shenandoah, apple blossom festival dinners, dances, parades, celebrities music so much more, holly morris is there, with a preview, fox 5 morning news will be right back  see life in the best light.

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after getting assurances he will be treated as a normal citizen his case create add delicate human rights crisis just when the u.s. and china were meeting. three of twelve agents implicated in the prostitution scandal, are refusing to take lie detector tests they were among the first to be forced out of the agency secret service is still pouring over interviews with ten of the twelve women involved so far, there are no indications that any of them posed a threat to national security. it is 8:26 a.m., one local man receives a big honor for a brave act why he is being recognized by the washington nats and mayor grey still ahead. >> and coming up next after the break, rookie fee not bryce

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>> washington capitols returned to home ice for game three of their playoff series against the new york rangers the series is tied at one game apiece thanks to ovechkin's game winner on wednesday. all right meantime no shortage of excitement at nats park last night bryce harper made his major league home game debut. >> number 34, bryce harper. >> fans gave the 19-year-old a standing ovation but bryce harper struggled at the plate he went 0 for 3 with two ground outs bryce did shine in the outfield again making a perfect throw nearly nailing a runner tagging up on a deep fly ball

arizona won 5-1, nats have lost five in a row now. they will get it together. >> he was out that was a great throw. if you watch replay he got him >> is that a bad call. >> yeah. they were already down. >> it is cool that harper got that hometown welcome because he was booed i thought how bad for him. >> in l.a. >> i know he is an athlete he is used to that kind of treatment but it is nice. >> yeah, that is good. >> yeah, it is nice. >> exciting. >> it is exciting. >> new young blood coming into washington. >> what we need. >> mm-hmm. >> julie i thought you said it wasn't what we needed when we talked about quarterback thing. >> i didn't say that. >> all right we will talk in a minute. >> tony. >> i am not getting involved. >> especially there. >> with the all the wall thing we did. >> i don't know that was a gag i don't foe what i said. >> all right then i take it

back. >> temperatures. mist, fog, low clouds hanging across the area, and we have a warm front trying to move on through. but it will not get a chance to move too far north and so we will be, this is what we will look at all day in and out of the clouds, and the possibility of more showers and thunderer storms bubbling up today but we will be warm gain this afternoon highs will top out low 80s currently 65 washington, humidity way up 90%, we just saw that in a live shot winds out of the north and east, 8 miles per hour, one round of showers and thunderstorms, particularly south, southern maryland, pushing off the low eastern shore that is out of here but look what is off north and west, up stream, another round of showers, this will generally stay just north of washington. if you are in the montgomery county louden county, howard county, rain showers maybe a rumble of thunder that is what we will be dealing with all day this warm front waivers across the area, not getting a chance

to move north and east, because of that, we will skip that map, i don't know what that is about because of that we will deal with the possibility of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day today, warm, humid, 83, your 5 day forecast this one we got right, 85 tomorrow partial sunshine, and that front will get just far enough north and east tomorrow, that i think we will just be an isolated shower and thunderstorm, nice and warm friday, 87, and right now, most of the weekend should be dry temperatures cooling off upper 70s by sunday. that is a look at your weather forecast, tony and al season back to you. >> -- allison back to you. >> if you are looking to save money don't spend another dime on tools for jobs around the house. turns out, you may already have all the tools you need. >> fox consumer reporter steve is live this morning with a look at alternative uses for every day items can't wait to see what you have. >> good morning. yeah, all about taking the things you already need, and using them to do the things you need to do right.

let's look at a couple pictures first i want to show you this everybody has these in their house toilet paper rolls you have this little cardboard roll what do you do with it how about strapping them together creates a nice cord storage system for all those chargers and cords you have lying around the house or check out this, never hit your finger again, when you use a comb, to hold a nail that you are trying to tap into the wall maybe to hang a picture, project around the house not a bad deal this is one of my favorites those little clips that come on bags of bread and baked goods use them to label cords on your power strip, that way, when you are under the desk or behind the credenza unplugging things trying to figure out what the heck does this go to any way not a bad idea. let's look at stuff we have brought in for you this morning we will start over here drier sheets a lot of folks have them in their house they are great for removing static cling but did you know, that if you get

them wet and start scrubbing they are a really great way to remove soap scum, from the glass in your shower or the tiles in your bathroom. >> not a bad deal a lot of folks clean their house with white vinegar but i want you to grab a bottle and head to the garage did you know it is a great way to get all of that road grime off of your windshield wiper blades on your car. a little too early in the morning right now for a cocktail but, it is not too early to get your jewellery cleaned, vodka is a great cleaner for gold and for stones like diamonds you can soak your jewellery in a little bit of vodka if it is super dirty take a nice soft bristle brush, now the trick is, once it is clean, you just want to wipe it off and let the vodka stay on your gold giving it a nice shine as well. >> steve how did you learn that? how did you discover that steve or should i just call you after the show. >> well, one day >> go ahead. >> right, one day i didn't

finish my drink and passed out. >> oh,. >> sorry. >> all right, a lot of folks have this in their drunk drawer that roll of tape you never know where the beginning and end is grab a tooth pick use it as your guide pop it on the end and you never have to worry about wasting tape because you peeled through the whole roll and finally for you, you are having a nice dinner party got folks over you light some candles afterwards you have dishes and you have to peel the candle wax off of the candlestick holder but, before the party if you grabbed olive oil and a paper towel and wiped down your candlestick holders you put a layer of oil on them that way when the candle wax drips it will stick to the oil and not the holder and it will peel right off. >> that is amazing. great stuff. >> love it. >> all right steve thank you so much that is wonderful i like that >> i am going the try all of that stuff thank you so much.

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dc city employees will not be paid for four mandatory furlough days last year, the city council could not come to an agreement on a repayment plan and the measure failed. reimbursing employees would have cost $22 million furloughs were ordered because of a budget short fall. we will have more on this in a live report coming up at 9:00 a.m. these are wiz z times for former white house -- busy times for former white house party crasher, terek salahy. he says he is pro business and

wants less government involved in people's lives, he has been involved in politics before, on both sides of the aisle. no, that is one part of my life the hollywood tv side of it, you know, obviously, people are going to know that story the best, but really, prior to that, i mean prior to my marriage, was always what i loved in virginia, just going back to my old roots of virginia agriculture, virginia politics things i have been passionate about my whole life. >> salahy is in the process of divorcing his wife mikail the current lawsuit is whether he defrauded winery patrons for tours they didn't get. why one local man is being recognized by mayor grey and the washington nationals. >> avengers, hits theaters this weekend, and our movie reviewer

kevin mccarthy sits down with stars of this new film we will have his interview with samuel l jackson coming up next holly. hey, allison we are live in winchester this morning where they are gearing up for a huge festival, their annual apple blossom festival and there are two events you don't want to miss. hey, look up here one of them is a fire fighter parade going on friday night. and the grand feature parade saturday, we will tell you how to make sure you have the best space along the route, all live next on fox 5 ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack

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what's going on? installing cable. you know this is an ikea, right? yes, but look at this sofa! it's so comfortable. we don't want to leave. have you been living here? can i have dinner at michael's house? they're having meatballs. don't be back too late. you know it gets dark when they shut off the lights. okay. i can stay. you know, you can just buy the sofas and take them home, today. for a limited time, get up to 15% back on select seating. ikea, the life improvement store. you may remember, this vicious dog attack caught on camera in northeast dc a man put himself between the kids and the dogs to protect those children >> the dogs went after that man, seriously jr.ing him, last night he was injuring him last night he was honored for his actions by vince grey and washington nationals. >> hot dogs, peanuts, hot dogs.

>> welcome to nats park. >> reporter: this was not just any tuesday night at the ballpark. no, welcome to andre hawthorne night. >> it is a great day i feel good. >> reporter: that is andre still nursing serious wounds on his left arm >> i am just glad that i got them. >> reporter: 11 days ago mr. hawthorne was mauled by two dogs outside his home on queens street northeast that is him getting attacked the frightening moment, videotaped by a neighbors security camera, andre stepped in to distract the dogs from neighbourhood children who were literally running for their lives, after jumping on to car roof tops. >> i don't look at myself being a hero, i am just a person, who did what he should have done. save the children's lives. >> i told him i think it is the bravest thing i have ever heard anyone do and he basically said some body had to help those

kids. >> reporter: being honored this night by the washington nationals his boss, katherine silver >> he has been with us since the first day at the ballpark one of our original ushers you don't take a job like this for the money you do it because you care about people that is the ultimate example, some body who took care of those children. >> reporter: dc mayor grey, honouring hawthorne with the proclamation. >> well, it was just an incredibly courageous act that literally saved lives and we owe him a deep debt of gratitude. >> reporter: nats pro sended andre -- presented andre with a team jersey signed by all the players. >> he is number one in our hearts. >> reporter: what most nats fans will long remember is the big league nats park debut of left field sensation bryce harper. >> this may be the season of bryce but the pregame this night was all andre hawthorne who told us what he would do if the mayor handed him the keys to the city. >> my first order of the day would be all dc employees get a

day off. >> how about it mr. mayor. >> if he was the mayor he might realize how difficult that would be. >> but this, this is pretty sweet. >> in southeast, bob barnard, fox 5 news. good for him. yeah. >> good for you. what a thing to do. >> okay he has played iconic figures in movies from pulp fiction to unbreakable samuel l jackson is on the big screen as the comic book hero, colonel nick fleury. >> fleury. >> fury. >> am i hungry? >> colonel nick furry >> i remember when he was a sergeant any way he talked with kevin mccarthy about his new movie the avengers. >> trying to give them back the world. >> trying to save it.

>> seeing these characterses, seeing them on screen when you finally sit down do you find yourself emotionally engaging and enjoying the action or criticizing. >> no, i go to see the film hopefully the film i had in my head is a good film the film this time, is actually greater than the thing i had in my head which is really cool because, i am not around for everything, so, the things that i am not in, when the characterses are interacting or talking to each other or you are finding out things about each characters and what is happening very interesting and engaging. and how i fit into that, is always intriguing and kind of wonderful, sort of revelation for me, when i am watching it. >> i truly thing you have the greatest job in the world it is amazing you get to be all these great characterses and go back to being yourself on a daily basis.

hypothetically if you could be one of your characterss in real life for one day who would it be and why? >> if i could be one of my characterses for one day. that's a lot of them well, actually, if i had to be one of my characterses for one day probably mace winders, so i could you know, be all gay lackty call, and have my light sabre and do a little damage. and sort of be all knowing. >> for geeks like me we geek out what is something that makes you geek out? what does sam jackson geek out about. >> golf things, hole in ones, excellent shots, you know, holding out from the fair way chipping in ordinary stuff but i also geek out when i go to a comic bookstore, you know, issue i have been waiting for is there and i need to get my hands on it and i can finally read it >> kevins interviews with more

stars of avengers tomorrow, scarlet johan son. >> holly morris out in win chester virginia, to learn about the shenandoah, apple blossom festival the event is in its 85th year, good morning. >> good morning to you and there are two signature events, that you might want to consider being a% of come this weekend, and they both happen to be parades, but first i want to give big accolades to the shenandoah, university pep band they are really just giving us a lot of energy they are part of a lot of the events part of the reason they are so good is because of my man steve you guys are awesome. >> thank you very much. >> since you have been so much fun i saw you looking at me in the bucket of the fire truck >> i have been eyeing it up for awhile. >> you might be able to lead the band from the bucket. >> sounds like a fantastic idea. >> walk on over with jesse. he will get you in there. i need you to give me something

patriotic. okay you give me something patriotic while steve gears up for that as we stand in front of this amazing fire truck it is aapproximate foe to talk about firefighters parade, friday, 5:30 p.m., lloyd winters is the director of the firefighter parade and page gum, and her husband, are sponsoring a special part of the parade. let's talk about the significance of this parade, pretty historical in and of itself. >> yes, the 80th anniversary of the firefighters parade, since inception, very entertaining for everybody to come by, a lot of people are excited about the 80th we do have the 9/11 flag coming this year, which page will talk about that, with everybody coming in it has been working well. >> this is one of the largest parades in the country, it is the oldest firefighters event and involves more than just the local firefighters there is a significance to this truck.

>> yes, ma'am, the large trucks come from 100 miles away to come be in this parade, this truck here came from long island, gainsboro fire and rescue purchased it from the volunteer company that had the truck it participated in the 9/11 fire, just a lot of history behind everything. >> page you and your husband are local business owners here in winchester you are sponsoring the 9/11 flag why did you choose to do something like that? >> we thought it would be -- this is a national treasure like our star spangled banner, it is to be able to honor our local heros here in our community. to help us. winchester is lucky to have people like you and your husband. the parade is 5:30 p.m. but not the only parade apple blossom festival has a grand feature parade can i get

something steve. >> yeah. >> all right. ♪ [ music ] >> yes, shenandoah, university pep band will march in that parade. this is one song they will play, barry let's talk about the parade this year. >> all right thank you holly thank you for coming we will have a great parade this year, grand feature parade will be the 85th, and it is as old as the festival the very first one was may 3rd, 1924, and except for during the war years, world war ii, the parade and the festival have gone on continuous. so tell me about the grand marshall and some celebrities people get to see. >> we have a tremendous number of celebrities coming, we have had them throughout the years everybody would recognize the names of our grand marshall this year marrow lopez, -- mario lopez we are so excited to have him, we have a wonderful queen coming this year s her name is -- and her name is jasmine door set.

>> and she is tony dorsets daughter thank you barry, so much, the parade is at 1:30 p.m., saturday, if you want to find the best spot, go to myfoxdc.com we have a link to their website, the apple blossom festival and will show you where the parade will go both routes are the same, firefighter and apple blossom but if you miss it, in its entirety you have a chance to see it on channel 5, we will rebroadcast it. more in our next hour back to you. >> great fun holly thank you so much. 8:55 a.m., wednesday morning, and, coming up next hour we shine a spotlight on good things happening at our local schools we will check in on a huge art festival at walt whitman high school in montgomery county. >> furloughed workers, should they get paid back now the district has a budget surplus. matt will break it down in just a few minutes stay with us 

right now, attacks in afghanistans just hours after president barack obama announced a deal with afghan president karzai. when he says troops will draw out next. plus no, deal, dc city employees will not be paid for four fur loued days last year -- furloughed days last year. matt hack lynn joins us. coming up 9:15 a.m., a 5 month old bucket list caught the nations attention just a few days ago sadly she is among thousands to die of a rare disease a local mother joins us to share her son's battle, somehow she is keeping his -- and how she is keeping his legacy alive with a foundation to fight spinal muscular atrophy. >> local students displaying their art work from paintings to sculptures, wisdom martinis