word this morning he now wants to leave china. a midnight heart breaker for the washington capitals, rangers light the lamp in triple overtime to take game 3 and the series lead. dave ross joins us in 15 minutes. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts right now. look at that, we are even using the windshield wiper on our tower cam. yeah, it is drizzly out there, is what i would say, rain showers here and there misty, wet conditions, this is thursday, may 3rd, good morning i am tony perkins. >> and i am allison seymour. don't let that picture stop you from going out and having the best day ever >> i agree. >> tucker barnes standing by it would help if you would tell us the rain would stop but still have the best day ever. >> the rain will stop or you are going to have the best day ever. >> nice attitude. >> let's get right to radar, a

few showers, fog and mist, but partial sunshine by late this morning and very warm, humid afternoon possibility of a few more thunderstorms in fact we think we will be warmer than yesterday temperatures mid-80s. perfect day to get out and get done whatever you want to get done. currently a few showers up towards baltimore, hanging into northern howard county these have been dissipating in the last hour or so. see the showers holding together and falling apart as they get into maryland and out to sea and then the trend will take them out to the south and east. front out west, finally lift north and east and get in that warm sector later this afternoon expect a bump up in temperatures 57 washington, 59 degrees fredericksburg, 53 this morning in ocean city here is your forecast today, let me mention farther north and east you cooler your temperature will be, annapolis 70s. getting close to 90 across the

central and southern virginia, 88 fredericksburg. more details on the forecast coming up in just a few minutes, traffic, with julie wright. all right tucker on the roads this morning we've got our hands full accident activity reported 108, mount zion road this one involving a bicyclist, keep your eyes peeled for that activity on the other side of town lanes are open eastbound 66 as you travel in from manassas, towards centerville. slow going again from 50 to 123 and belt way, southbound gw parkway, southbound 123, reports of a stalled car, kennel worth avenue, headed out towards eastern, mainlines are open but as you can see brake lights are starting to back up your commute a problem, ramp, where we have a stalled vehicle partially blocking that ramp. you will find on the other side of town lanes are open, braddock to 236, virginia, southbound 270, still on the

brakes, arvana delays, german town, 36 miles an hour. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie thank you very much today's big story sentencing of harry thomas junior. >> former dc councilman embezzled hundreds of thousands of dc dollars. live at the federal courthouse, mel good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison. the sentencing hearing begins 9:30 a.m., we believe prosecutors will allow harry thomas junior to report to federal prison on his own. the excouncilman pleaded guilty in january to federal tax and theft charges after a long investigation into the misuse of public funds prosecutors say harry thomas junior set up his scheme to steal pubic money immediate -- public money, immediately upon taking office. money for youth programs was

funneled to his personal accounts in all $353,000 was spent on luxury suvs. lavish vacations clothing restaurants thomass attorneys are pressing for an 18 month sentence for their clients guilty plea at the time of the plea, the u.s. attorney called thomas' actions outrageous conduct that can only be described as a flag rant abuse of the public trust. >> from everybody i talked to, they seemed to tell me they can't be quoted but seem to think the recommendation of 46 months which is almost four years, is going to be a lot closer, to that, than it will be with the lawyers wanting 18 months. >> many people sent letters to the judge attesting to his long record of community service they are asking hoping he will only get those 18 months in prison instead of what prosecutors are asking for, 4 years he will have the

opportunity to address the judge, we do not know if he plans to do so. >> thank you very much. >> keep it right here on fox 5 we are far from done with our coverage of the harry thomas junior sentencing we will be live outside the courthouse bringing you updates all morning long. new this morning, a man and a woman are stabbed in the district and the search for their attacker is on this happened late last night 1700 block of 27th street, southeast. the woman went to the hospital in critical condition, the man was doing a bit better, the suspect was last seen running toward texas avenue. other top stories, the search is on for a man police say is pretending to be a lawenforcement officers after a woman said she was robbed by the impersonator she was driving in silver spring yesterday when a man in an unmarked car flashed a badge at her she says he called out saying he was a police officer

and continued honking at her until she pulled over when she complied he stole her purse and cell phone and took off. >> it worries me because i am with my 2-year-old daughter in the car if i get stopped over by someone who presumes to be a policeman that is something to worry about. >> you don't know whether to stop or not you want to be obedient. >> we do have some lookout information police say the impersonator was driving a black compact car with blue maryland tags, he is described as 26-year-olds. black, 5'10", 195 pounds, tattoos both arms, wearing all black including a black ball cap. >> help is needed to find a 12- year-old girl from fairfax county missing almost a week now. we will put her picture on your screen, ashley o'bryan, she left her home on oak leaf drive mount vernon area to go to a friend's house but never made it to the friends house last

friday afternoon ashley was last seen wearing a red and white jacket and yellow athletic shorts. one of the parents convicted of child abuse in bristol virginia will be sentenced christina moore admitted to nailing a piece of dry wall over a bedroom door way so her three young kids could not get out. they were not hurt, they are aged 4, 3, 18 months at the time of arrest last year the fathers children pleaded guilty in the case he was sentenced to three years probation and out patient drug program in january. diplomatic dilemma in china secretary of state hillary clinton and timothy gite near are holding high level talks -- geithner are holding high level talks in china but being over

shadowed. this -- to your point, couldn't come at a worse time for the white house just as secretary of state, hillary clinton and tim geithner begin a new round of talk s with beijing. >> reporter: which you think is upping the ante for the white house he now wants out of china after the blind chinese human rights activist escaped house arrest and sought refuge in the dust embassy only to be turned over to a chinese hospital in what appeared to be a voluntary move now he and his family fear for their safety. analysts see few options with the obama administration. >> it is a very big deal the u.s. has no choice but do exactly as he asks get him out with his family. >> reporter: what will secretary of state hillary clinton do already in china for a security conference she would only speak generally about human rights. >> because we believe all governments do have to answer to citizens aspirations for dignity and rule of laws, and

that no nation, can or should deny those rights. >> reporter: china meantime already wants an apology from the united states for in their mind interfering in the case. what appeared to be a resolution has become yet another diplomatic twist and a real test for the president who wants to engage china, but has promised to press the chinese government on human rights. >> now chen said he felt pressured by the united states to leave the u.s. embassy and return to chinese custody,. >> thanks very much doug luzader reporting. turning to politics, michelle bachmann is going to officially throw her support to the presumptive front runner, mitt romney, bachmann's endorsement will come when the two hold a campaign event later today in ports mouth virginia

it could help romney with conservatives who largely shunned him during the primary. 7:09 a.m. on thursday morning coming up a glimpse into the world of osama bin laden revealed for the first time today. >> death of a football legend leaves family, friends and nation in shock. the latest on junior seau after the break. another close one, things didn't turn out in favour of the home team. dave ross is back with a recap of the cap's loss in triple overtime >> that was tight. >> all right as we head to the break, a live lookout side misty, fog, out there as well the latest weather from tucker, traffic from julie coming up right now 7:10 a.m. never in my lifetime

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morning, a selection of documents seized in last year's u.s. raid on his house in pakistan will be posted online later this morning by the army's combating terrorism center at west point. the documents show osama bin laden was some times ignored by al qaeda field commanders who dismissed him as out of touch. >> junior seau's family isn't blaming the nfl for his apparent suicide tmz is reporting the former nfl great never complained of concussion related problems and didn't appear to be suffering depression there are reports he shot himself in the chest so scientists could study his brain. there is a positive outlook for the economy ahead of tomorrow's april jobs report leading economists suggest steady hiring will get strong enough to push unemployment rate below 8% by election day and they also think it will be at least three more years before unemployment falls below 6%. 7:14 a.m., man that news

hit like a tonne of bricks, junior seau died at 43 years old. >> terrible. >> and just a lot. >> great football player and all indications of a great person. everybody reporting -- >> you saw, immediate response by people just going to his house and everything, from the community, and i mean it was almost instan tape yows. >> i imagine this would have been -- instant rain yows. >> i imagine there would have been movies for years to come. >> as you said, no one knows what happened yesterday tucker and i were talking there is all this speculation no one knows why this happened. >> more to come on that. sad story, switching gears tucker, a drizzly start to this day. >> a little fog, some cloud cover, it is the maritime layer, winds out of the east, pushing into the ocean it will only be temporarily as we get into the late morning early afternoon, breaks from the

clouds and thing we will finally burst into that summer scene we have been seeing for a couple days highs expected to be around the mid-80s lots of changes in your forecast for thursday, 56 washington, there you go, cool temperatures baltimore, 55 in manassas, open up for you a little bit and sort of a battleground here across the mid-atlantic, cooler north and east, boston 47, 60s well into the 60s and 70s to our south, we thing warmer air will get a chance to punch into the region later today ahead of a warm front moving in. all right i will skip showing you satellite radar, that's fine we will talk about the 5 day, 85 later this afternoon, chance of a scattered shower, and or thunderstorm later today, most of the day will be dry, even with sunshine by late morning early afternoon, bring along an umbrella, just in case by 5, 6 tonight, pop up storms, tomorrow looks hot, cool down for the weekend, could be a storm saturday, sunday, monday

looks sunny, temperatures in the 70s. >> nice little break. >> i say i am ready for the warm weather but i think the 70s will be a nice break. >> do it slowly. >> thanks tucker. >> here is julie with more on this mornings rush hour traffic. >> good morning to you all once again, right now authorities tell me they are checking for an accident on the belt way, a car fire, both loops over in the area, 202, we will keep you posted about what they find in your next report travelling southbound, 270, you will find lanes are open, but the pace is down to 25 miles an hour, on and off the breaks german town, down to 24 miles an hour if you are travelling southbound, ken nil worth avenue, lanes are open, continuing south into southeast washington but the ramp, partially blocked with a stalled vehicle, be careful outer loop of the belt way, river road travel doesn't look bad but we have reports, there is an accident on the belt way, tieing up the rest of the road, keep your eyes peeled for that

as you travel off 270, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic >> i know you are heartbroken last night midnight, the caps although that happens,. >> ohings. >> the caps come up short. >> she heard you. >> i'm off mic >> i apologize, the caps come up short in triple overtime, and bryce harper steals the show. >> let me come in here. >> dave ross is here with all of the mornings latest sports. >> you know, it was a tough game. here is the thingy want to be encouraged the game was an incredible game you are rivetted watching this game and then you get the play and all the air goes out of verizon center and walk up to day five hours later and go oh, we are down to 1 now. as great a game as it was, but they have been here before same thing happened against the bruins we lost game 3, and it came back and some how rallied,

game 7 as we all know. let's hope they can do it again we will take you back to that historic night, verizon center, this is john carlson, tieing this game up, we can do this thing you go into the first overtime, alex ovechkin, the horn went off, everybody thought it was in, take another look, it is off the post. >> look at that. >> he can't believe it, we go to third overtime got to get energy bars everybody is so tired. shoots it in front, bad lind quest off the post, again, so the king was very good but also very lucky, braden hopi not lucky there. right there and end this thing. >> hopi stopped 47 shots. >> simply amazing the thing is he is now gone toe to toe with

tim thomas of boston and lundqvist of the rangers, and held his own. so there is no blame, nothing but praise for braden hopi and all the caps for that incredible effort. got to fire it back up 12:30 p.m. early ice drop saturday. >> let's talk about bryce harper and nats better news nats park, hot bed of sports these days, here is bryce and people know, don't run on this guy see that arm. >> already. >> didn't take long. pro hawk, mohawk not sure what it is. almost got his first home r right here, but high off the wall missed it by 2 inches. >> very close. >> and then here is wilson ramos with bryce on 2nd. this isn't far away here comes harper young, 19 doesn't know better knocks the ball out of

the catchers glove and has presence of mind to go home and touch home plate. doing everything, on second, led off the 9th with a double down by 1, desmond, 2 out, did he get enough of it? oh, you bet. walk-off 2 runs, game winning homer and celebrate like you just won the world series boys, that is the way you break a 5 game losing streak, nats win 5- 4 just fun to watch this team feel the energy bryce harper brings it is contagious. >> this team has turned things around i know it is early but this team turned things around. >> caps, d.c. united. >> thanks. good stuff. >> moving along, as we move the prompter along, 7:21 a.m., thursday morning, still ahead maryland lawmakers make progress in an effort to prevent millions in cuts plus. >> make over for the national mall, yeah, this morning we are

getting a look at what changes are in store. and draws a lot of spectators every year, what is that? talking about the kinetic sculpture race in baltimore unique vehicles that travel through land, mud and through water holly will introduce us to a team participating later this morning it is 7:22 a.m. 

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bars in the district will not be extending their hours, vince grey wanted to keep them open an hour late tore generate extra cash for the city but dc council voted down that proposal over concerns it would increase crime some members advice they increase their alcohol tax. >> maryland lawmakers will meet in a special session to avoid a

doomsday budget. governor o'malley and house, agreed legislators will go back to annapolis, on the 14th, they need to make changes to the budget to avoid 500 million dollars in cuts that would go into effect in july, the special session should last only a day or two. tony. >> we are getting a good look at the final plans for a national mall make over, the winners of a design contest to overhaul neglected areas will be announced today one of those areas is the washington monument grounds what you are looking at are artists rendering done by the winning firm part would include a new ampitheatre, cafe and walk way to the basin. the garden would include a restaurant that would include an improved water basin that could be used for ice skating in the winter. >> interesting. >> it is 7:26 a.m., a lion takes extra interest in ad ther will at a zoo in oregon, -- in

a toddler at a zoo in oregon. >> plus an old myspace account is coming back to haunt george zimmerman. the very latest on the high pre file case after the break -- profile case after the break. >> another live lookout side a better picture than some we have seen although you see the traffic back up julie wright will be here to tell us what is happening on the roads tucker will tell us about the wait inner a couple moments we will be right back, 7:27 a.m. [ female announcer ] safeway presents

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a lion, boy that lion, look at that he wants to eat that little kid. >> no, he doesn't. >> it is a mommy, no, first of all that is a female lion. >> all right. >> she wants to cuddle him. >> that is not cuddling that is i want a snack this is in oregon, this lion going crazy with that toddler sitting there, the toddler totally unphased, by the huge animal towering over her. >> say hi. >> the glass is very thick, zoo workers say the lions are always intrigued by the young visitors adding the video proves the exhibit is very safe, which no one was questioning it is just fascinating the toddler is completely calm. >> it could be a young lion

cub. >> what is with the big mouth opening. >> that is how they carry their young. >> also how they eat. >> nothing happened just cute video. >> i just don't want tony to put the lion in a bad light. >> cute video to have day every day from the zoo seems like. >> it does. >> we love our animals. >> earlier we showed an elephant, playing the harmonica at our zoo. >> what? >> yeah, i don't know. >> at national zoo? >> yes. >> okay. >> hang in there, we will get a chance to show it later. >> next four hours. >> all right, weather not nearly as interesting but, we've got fog across the area eventually we will see big sunshine that will warm us up in a big way, and we are thinking back to sum tore day as temperatures -- summer today as temperatures should be awfully close to 80s. if we can -- middle 80s if we can get any sunshine at all we will be in the warm, humid air

mass. storms bubble up as we watch the air mass in place, hot tomorrow mid-80s maybe 90, across central virginia, and then a cooler weekend, as the front gets in here, that will trend our weather down. hypes back in the 70s. -- highs back in the 70s. a pretty good band of showers, thunderstorms off to the north earlier this morning they have been following here, still a few left over showers howard county up through baltimore, pushing across the bay, stevensville might get a shower, that is all part of this pretty impressive line of showers and thunderstorms you can see we are developed during the overnight hourdiving down to mid-atlantic, it is running into stable air, maritime layer of air i have been talking about across the mid-atlantic, and that is causing showers to fall apart. a front out west, that will lift north and east when it does so, we will be on the warm

side of things later this afternoon, again expecting warmer temperatures could be a pop up shower today, and then we will await the arrival of that cold front, 55 washington 54 your current temperature frederick, 57 in annapolis, forecast today, on the warm side, 85 this afternoon mix of clouds and sunshine by late morning, scattered showers and storms, winds out of the south and west, 5 to 10 could be an early shower just mild overnight, sticky with plenty of humidity 66 your overnight low, tomorrow, is a hot one mid- to upper 80s, 87 the daytime high, near 90 and then your cool down for the weekend, by sunday, monday highs in the 70s let's look at weather, julie wright has your latest. >> on the roads you will find your lanes are open very much a slow go around town, between college park and your exit for georgia avenue, 108 shut down between zion and field crest because of an accident

involving a bicyclist, no one is able to get by, the trip south 270, has yet to loosen up, down 28 miles an hour, slow trip out of german town to the lane divide almost a 30 minute ride, no incidents to report along the way inner loop of the belt way, leaving 95, to 66, a 16 minute ride lanes are open, 395 below speed as you continue your way past seminary road, headed inbound towards the 14th street bridge, live, heavy and steady as you work your way across the potomac, lanes open below speed headed out towards southeast, you will find the ramp partially blocked has cleared. thank you very much more twists and turns in the trayvon martin case, george zimmerman the man charged with 2nd degree murder in martins death is facing backlash for an old myspace account he had living in manassas. earlier this week zimmerman's legal team launched social

media sites on his behalf to respond to questions surrounding their client and raise money for the case. all the latest developments, paul butler, former federal prosecutor and law professor, george washington university, thanks for coming in. >> great to be here tony. >> we have seen these myspace things he wrote, about 7 years ago, in what he wrote, he makes you know, fairly disparaging comments about mexicans, that kind of thing, refers to apparently an ex-girlfriend as a hoe seems to be bragging about getting some charges leveled against him reduced and pleading out on some charges, here is my question it is provocative reading will it impact the case itself. >> well, some of it may be relevant he racially profiled on myspace he says mexicans are stealing cars and they are

robbing people, he doesn't base that on any evidence, so it supports the idea the prosecution will use at trial, that he is a wreckless guy, who goes off kind of ad hoc and focused on race. ironically he is part hispanic himself but that doesn't stop him from saying racist stuff on myspace. derogatory terms about women not so relevant but he brags about beating a case or getting reduced charges in a case, he says he won in part because his friends didn't snitch on him, so he doesn't look like this real up standing law abiding citizen defense is trying to portray him as. >> could the defense possibly successfully argue look these are postings people write all kinds of stuff bragging and trying to look like the big guy on their social media website, could they argue this is irrelevant. >> they could but for one thing there is stuff trayvon martin put on social media, like facebook that doesn't make him

look good either there is one photo where he has gold fronts the other stuff he is bragging about or talking about drug use so they are probably going to try to use that as evidence both of these guys on social media are not casting themselves in the best light looking like thugs so could that be an issue in a criminal trial absolutely >> things when it comes to this type of thing are rarely black or white, pardon the pun, but you mention george zimmerman had mexican heritage as well he is making these comments about mexicans the pictures show him with friends and it is a racially diverse group of people so could, if it is brought up by the prosecution could defense say well, look, he is just spouting off at the mouth, look another the pictures of his friends shawled -- look at the pictures of his friends that should indicate he doesn't hold prejudice in his heart >> right now, race is not in the case form ally. he is not charged with a hate

crime. would he want the jury to know he has african american friends of course he will let through characters witnesses or some other way try to get that out. >> social media, you know, a lot of talk about social media, the attorneys, mr. oh mara and the attorneys representing george zimmerman have set up a website, where they dialogue about the case, i guess answering questions and all that. isn't that unusual. >> weird i don't know what he is doing again i guess the defense fund part of it trying to raise money for defense, nothing wrong with that, lawyers are like any other professional should get paid for their services but the other part it is like he thing it is jury is going to be facebook friends or tweets and that is not how you try a case you try a case in the courtroom the other stuff, is a diversion i am not sure what is going on there, it is kind of

questionably on ethics grounds >> is it possible we could see the bar association say you don't want to do this. >> the bar associations are conservative they don't like stuff that is real new lawyers like every other profession are trying to figure out how to deal with social media you got to engage twitter and acknowledge the power of facebook but man this is moving it really quickly i think they will look at it. >> we should point outlaw injuries have begun embracing social media but usually it is for advertising or solicitation. >> lawyers typically don't like the press to try the cases we like to try the case before the jury when you talk about the merits of the case on facebook it is just a little different. >> very interesting we always appreciate your insight. >> great to be here. >> allison back the you. >> 7:39 a.m., 56 degrees on thursday morning college student taking legal action after he was arrested and thrown in a holding cell, for 5 days. next what the dea is saying

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a tragic story making headlines out of arizona, five people including a toddler were found shot to death at a home near phoenix the shooter is among the dead. investigation was slowed due to possible hazardous material in the backyard. tests are being conducted on the unknown liquid found in 55- gallon drums. a san diego college student taking legal action after he was left handcuffed without food and watt inner a holding cell, for 5 days. this happened last month, after officials busted daniel chong during a drug raid the drug enforcement administration said he was accidentally left in a holding cell and apologized for the or deal. he has since filed a $20 million claim against the dea seeking damages for pain and

suffering. paralyzed defensive tackle, eric la grande is making his mark in the nfl yesterday the tampa bay buccaneers signed him as a free agent he broke two vertebrae and suffered a serious spinal cord jury during a kick off -- injury during a kick off return in 2010 his coke at the time, was greg -- coach at the time was greg shiano he used his 90th and final roster spot to sign his former player the contract is honorary no money is involved but officially he is made a member of the tampa bay buccaneers he will get a jersey will be on the sidelines for some games. >> that is the best. >> that is a fantastic story this guy i saw an interview this guy is sharp and he was destined for greatness in all likelihood he was a great player with rutgers and you know, unfortunately, suffered this -- he is paralyzed. >> right. >> making some strides but paralyzed that is is great. >> fantastic story. >> gets you all choked up in

the morning. >> yeah, he was very positive. >> yes. >> that is a good thing. >> we have some mist out there, fog. >> yeah, temperatures cool, the fog and mist holding things down a little bit to start your morning later this afternoon we will pop into the 80s forecasting that for a couple days going to get it right eventually. >> you got it right two days ago. >> well, i personally got it right yesterday the front literally is hanging up across the area, for the past two days exactly where it waivers, 30 miles here or there, but we will get it far enough north and east all of us will be well into the 80s. >> okay. >> a lot of climbing to do. >> 54. >> that's right, we have a lot of climbing to do. when the sunshine breaks out it will climb quickly. >> there is that front we are thinking it will be up into northeast maryland pushing as far north as pennsylvania, new jr. see later today, if we can get it that far north we will

indeed be in that sector, we can see scattered storms pop up, humidity and temperatures, well into the 80s. that front still in the neighbourhood a cold front could kick off another round of showers and storms, rain showers a couple different chances for it, next couple days, honestly most of today should be a dry one, 85, this afternoon, especially if we get that front north and east of us cool they are weekend highs, sunday and monday. thanks tuck. >> to julie wright, find out what is happening on the roadways hey, julie. >> i heard that. >> he is nervous. >> hey, julie. >> i apologize in advance julie you know i love you. >> aha that is supposed to make me take it easy on you? >> i am hoping. >> did you hear tucker? >> what did tucker say? >> i thought it was funny. >> yeah, i never listen to tucker either.

>> you are not helping north of belt way, slow, inner loop remember we mentioned the car fire what we saw, truck over heated brakes on the shoulder inner loop of the belt way, central avenue, more problems, unfortunately on the trip to the belt way, accident over turned dump truck, northbound, georgia avenue, inner loop that would take you back over college park area, this ramp is closed because of this accident activity if you are travelling southbound, 270, lanes are open, slow going as you work from route 80, headed southbound towards the lane divide, we also have the fatal crash that closes 108 between zion and field crest involving a bicyclist there is an ongoing investigation, back over to 270, mentioning delays, 28 miles an hour, arvana 45 minute trip headed out toward it is lane divide that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> time to say good morning to

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weekend, holly morris is live there ahead of this annual event hey, holly. >> it is a lot of fun i mean when is the last time you drove an elephant i am telling you this is a mode of transportation this is bumpo, seno bumpo this year he will take part in the 14th annual, kinetic sculpture race on cinco de mayo, where we are live and coming up, we will give you all the info you need to know, so you can come out and be part of this fun, live next fox 5 morning news, stay with us he handles nicely  [ female announcer ] walgreens introduces nice!

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the 14th annual kinetic sculpture race is going on this saturday. >> holly morris is at the american visionary art museum as they get ready for the fun event. you will travel for a good

story won't you? >> absolutely winchester yesterday, baltimore today, let's see where we end up tomorrow but right now we are all about the whacky and imaginative. the 14th annual, kinetic sculpture race only put on by the visionary art museum. this is the director of communications, senor, how much fun is it, that the race falls on cinco de mayo. >> it will be a tonne of fun for us we are going with a fiesta team as you can see bumpo and fi fi behind me are festive and sporting mexican attire. >> so, for people that are not familiar with this race, give us an overview. >> well, definitely, the race is 15 miles, of human powered vehicles, driving 15 miles

throughout the city we go into the water, and go into patterson park, we do the mud course, mud obstacles, sand obstacles, hills, up hills, downhills and -- >> mostly made of recycled bike parts. >> exactly, exactly. the vehicles are all put together, by normal every day people and some are put together by schools and teams. >> i am not sure about normal. >> none of us can really be considered normal. >> but these are all works of art what is the real point of this? >> to have fun and we call it a race but you know it is not really a race holly because the actual -- actually the winner comes in right in the middle not the first to finish but the middle. >> striving for mediocrity. >> that's correct. >> or much coveted, second to last place award. >> exactly that is where things can get very interesting. >> right. >> you want to be not last.

>> second to last. >> yes. >> very good. well, nick is not going any where we will check with him late tore check rules and awards but i have team walobo here standing by so first introduce yourself. >> i am miss em met, art teacher,. >> my name is amanda one of the parents at the waldorf school. >> i am a student at the waldorf school. >> go waldorf school. let's talk about why you decided to be part of the race and what we are standing next to. >> well, she is walobo a she wolf because wolf is our mascot. our school's mascot. why are we doing it? just to have more fun more joy, to bring the community together,. >> and are we learning anything in the process? >> no. >> learning to have fun that is important. >> what doe with have going on here mom? >> our sock poupt which needs to be -- puppet which needs to

be visible during the race at all time we thought it could hang out here between walobo's massive jaws. >> we are going to climb inside i understand you might even be doing some navigating here on the bike. >> mm-hmm. >> so let me try to ride this -- have you tried to ride this yet. >> no. >> does it look like it might be different than your regular bike. >> yes. >> stick your head out here we are. hello. >> so you also have the ride it and operate the mouth can you show me that. >> yeah. >> let's see, everyone can see from the outside. >> so do you think this is crazy? you just told me your mom and teacher are the most crazy of all. okay our secret is safe inside the walobo here. here is what you need to know to be a part of this it is just as much fun to be a spectator as a part of it, the race kicks off 10:00 a.m., saturday, myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to american visionary

art museum, hard the get this to talk like it is talking, coming up next hour, we will talk about best places for you to see the race and talk to another team as well back to you. >> you are a pretty good pup tier. >> thanks holly. this morning a long running drama will come to a close former dc councilman, harry thomas junior will learn his fate for stealing money from the city at the top of the hour a live report from outside the courtroom >> ahead at 8, young healthy athletes collapsing and dying for seemingly no reason at all. the heart breaking stories leave parents wondering if there is anything they can do to lower the risk the fox medical team will take a closer look. 7:57 a.m.

>> he was convicted of stealing more than $350,000 from the city today former dc councilmember, harry thomas junior learns his fate, just how much time will he spend behind bars, we have a live report coming up. the nfl mourning the loss of a legend, police think

former linebacker junior seau took his own life this morning those who knew him closely are reacting to the news. topping sports news here in the district, a midnight heart breaker for the washington caps, dave ross joins us with the highlights. good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour really hoped they would pull out another win. >> they did everything but, triple overtime. >> hit the post a bunch of times that hurts. >> it is not over. >> no, it is not over >> they will win the next game saturday. >> okay. >> i like that. >> nice putting it out there. we will see sunshine at some point next week. >> i like that, a third of attitude from your guys. >> all right. >> that is our disclaimer actually i think we will see sunshine later this morning here is your radar a few left over showers southern pennsylvania, earlier we had some in baltimore s howard county, ann arun dell county, fallen -- anne arundel county

fallen apart here, last hour or so. we will watch that lift later this morning and should see late morning early afternoon sunshine will warm us up in a big way, 56 washington, our humidity way up, 90%, winds out of the south and east, at 6, they were out of the east earlier today, that is a change and your forecast, for today, a scattered storm later today, 60s late this afternoon high temperatures expect to be back in the 80s cool start nice mild, warm humid finish to the day. >> thanks tucker. >> before we get to julie news just in, could impact your commute and it is sad news unfortunately a woman killed riding her bike in montgomery county, police tell us the victim was hit by a car just before 6:30 a.m., on route 108, that area has been closed to traffic, while investigators remain at the scene. again near 108. julie wright with a look at traffic in other areas this morning julie good morning. >> good morning we do have

problems unfortunately on the roads including but not limited to this over turned dump truck, exit on to the inner loop of the belt way, take you into the direction of college park that ramp remains closed not sure if this dump truck is loaded with anything or had anything in its trunk portion but, there is a fuel spill needs to be cleaned up northbound, georgia avenue, ramp to the inner loop remains closed outer loop flowing from 95 around towards georgia avenue as tony mentioned we do have 108 shut down because of this fatal crash, 108 blocked off between zion road and field crest until further notice, 124 is open at this time, southbound 270, still struggling on the top side, 23 miles an hour trying to get out of arvana delays continue german town, lane divide now a 52 minute ride no accidents to report at the wilson bridge that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you the big story, former dc councilman harry thomas junior will be sentenced

for embezzling hundreds of thousands in city money. >> prosecutors asked the judge for up to 4 years in prison, melanie alnwick is live at the federal courthouse with more. >> reporter: good morning tony. today is the culmination of a very long investigation, into financial dealings former councilman harry thomas junior in january he agreed to plead guilty to federal tax and theft charges, at 9:30 a.m., here in federal court he will learn exactly how long he will spend in federal prison for those crimes prosecutors say harry thomas junior set up a scheme to steal public money almost immediately upon taking office as the ward 5 councilman in february, 2007, and that scheme continued for several years city grant money intended for youth recreation programs was instead funneled to his personal accounts in all, $353,000 was spent observing suvs. lavish vacations, restaurants, they are pushing for an 18

month sentence for their clients guilty plea at the time of the plea agreement the u.s. attorney called thomas' actions outrageous conduct that can only be described as a flag rant abuse of the public trust again we do expect harry thomas junior here in court he will probably show up relatively soon, joining me is matt, he will be in court what do we expect today. >> well, most people you talk to say harry thomas junior is likely to go to jail today, that is really not a question what many people are wondering is for how long. as you mentioned 16 months a year and a half is what thomas' attorneys want but the u.s. attorney, wants much more than that, almost four years, so the hearing begins 9:30 a.m., we believe harry thomas will make some type of statement, the u.s. attorney won't be in court he will talk afterwards no word if harry thomas will come out and speak as you know when he

did plead guilty to those charges he came out and made a statement basically apologized to his constituents and then moved on from that. one thing that a lot of folks have been asking about, will he -- if he is sentenced to jail will he be taken to jail right away that will likely not happen he will have to report to the clerk there will be a date set up and then, that is when he will have to report to prison now that is if the judge decides, john baits decides harry thomas should go prison is all these questions, still need to be answered. >> right. you hear the words from the prosecutors they used harsh language describing what he did with public money but he does have a lot of support from the community. >> he does over 90 people including his mother wife, children, other people within ward 5, all wrote letters to the judge, asking for leniency, but the u.s. attorney, says this guy is a public servant he stole from young people funds meant for youth sports in dc, and basically, the judge should

throw the book at him. so we will see, maybe it will be right in the middle maybe he will get a harsh sentence maybe the judge will decide to be lenient we just don't know. we will have it late inner the day. >> we know we will hear from matt as soon as we have something for you. thank you very much matt. tony and allison back to you guys. >> melanie and matt thank you very much. checking our other top stories this morning the search is on for a man who stabbed two people in dc late last night, a woman and a man were attacked on 27th street, southeast, at last check the woman was in critical condition, the man conscious and breathing, when police got on the scene. >> montgomery county police on the hunt for a man they believe is pretending to be a police officer, this after a woman says she was robbed, by the impersonator, it happened yesterday morning on avenell road silver spring a woman says the man driving an unmarked black car flashed a badge at her and called out saying he was a police officer.

she says he honked at her until she finally pulled over when he stole her purse and cell phone and took off. we do have lookout information for you police say the impersonator was driving a blackcompact car with blue maryland tags, 26 years old, african american, 5'10", 190 pounds, short curly hair tattoos both arms wearing all black including a black ball cap at the time. allison, a jury in arlington county, has convicted falls church politician, michael gardener of molestic two girls during a sleep over for his daughters 10th birthday last sum her is -- summer he is a former chairman of the falls city democratic committee he denied the charges when he took the stand, dna evidence found on the girl's pyjamas was from gardeners saliva. >> family friends and fans are in shock over the apparent suicide of junior seau.

>> he is the 8th member of the 1994 super bowl team the die before the age of 45, foxs aiynsley earhart has more. >> mr. seau has deceased. >> reporter: junior seau was found dead in his home on wednesday with a gunshot wound to the chest. police say it appears to be a suicide. >> a handgun was found, near the body. >> reporter: his career spanned more than two decades and three teams. many across the country, will undoubtedly be left saddened by his passing. >> not only of san diego tragedy, but a national one. >> reporter: none more saddened than his own mother barely able to speak she makes a tearful plea for her lost child. >> i don't understand who would do this to my son. but i pray to god, please, take me. take me leave my child but it is too late. >> reporter: those who knew him say he was liked by many and are taken aback by this

tragedy. >> junior was superman, he was a great lead era great person. >> always seemed so pleasant this is shocking. >> reporter: he spent a large part of his career with the san diego chargers the team president says he was an inspiration on and off the field. >> i heard some body say, no coach had to give any inspirational speeches because he clearly was the leader in that locker room. off the field he had his charities and all his good works. >> reporter: chargers fans are reacting to the news they created a makeshift memorial outside his restaurant in san diego. >> it is really really saturday. he was a wonderful human being. >> reporter: seau amassed 545 tackles, 56 and a half tacks, 18 receptions. some say his accomplishments will land him in the nfl hall of fame in new york, aiynsley earhart fox news. his death instantly drew comparisons to the death of former bears player, dave

dursson he left a suicide note explaining he shot himself in the chest so scientists could study his brain for concussion related medical problem. seau's family tells tlc, he never complained about concussion if he was passionate about preserving his brain he would have told a family member. >> terrible loss and a lot of questions. >> 10 minutes after 8:00 a.m. now, topping sports news, last night, man, a tough loss for the caps, but huge night for the nats rookie phenom, dave ross joins us straight ahead. >> kevin mccarthy sits down with m ruffalo and scarlet johan son to talk about the avengers we will be right back 

in virginia, local leaders are still trying to agree on a deal for silver line's second phase of construction. ray la hood hosted a meeting

yesterday to discuss their differences between the different agencies involved some virginia lawmakers along with leaders in louden county felt the current agreement is a pro labor union deal they have pushed officials to withhold funding, until the airport authority changes incentive this part of the silver line would go through dulles airport to louden county. >> all right. 8:15 a.m., tucker barnes standing by with more on today's weather and before we debt to that of course. >> cute -- get to that of course, the cuteness factor of the day. time for my first 5 photo of the day this is, there you go, nora. >> i was just saying, i was in a conservation with someone we were talking about names you never hear before and hazel was one i mentioned. >> how about nora. >> you hear it every now and then. >> occasionally. >> a cutie. >> a doll. >> so is that her full name? >> i assume that is her first and middle name. >> this is nora hazel her

family says, you can probably dell from the picture she is a little fashion -- probably tell from the picture she is a little narks us at that. >> cute. >> quite a look. >> go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. i know it doesn't look like it outside right now we still have fog, you will need the sunglasses later today. one left over shower, east of annapolis, down towards stevensville, otherwise we are relatively quiet, a lot of cloud cover, dealing with the fog and mist, associated with this frontal system, waiverring across the region. we think it will lift far enough, we will get into the sunshine and warm sector temperatures expected to be in the 80s. expecting a warm up. 57 now washington, 59 fredericksburg, and let's see

55 ocean city lots of sunshine, by the middle of the day and then see if we don't get a scattered shower or thunderstorm this afternoon, 85 daytime high tomorrow a hot one 87, late day storms and then cool it down this weekend, highs near sunday and monday lower humidity back into the low to mid-70s. that is the weather forecast, let's do traffic, julie has your latest. >> all right tucker, well, on the roads a very busy morning, we do have somethings to talk about, northbound stretch of georgia avenue, where i find the over turned dump truck before the belt way. we are told from police, the dump truck was carrying roofing materials, they are in the process of cleaning that up. meanwhile, if you are making the trip north of town, you will find 108 remains closed off, between diane road and field crest that is where we have a fatal accident involving a bicyclist, 108 will remain closed until further notice. southbound, 270, map it out, route 80, to 85, all the way

out to the lane divide over an hour commute that is with all lanes open, meanwhile, into southeast, 295, on and off the brakes, inbound, 11th street bridge, down to 43 miles an hour inner loop flowing, braddock to 66 down to 19 miles an hour as you work your way up towards annandale and making your way from springfield to annandale. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. man, what a heart breaker for the washington caps, great game but a tough loss, meanwhile, at nats park, rookie, bryce harper is on fire. dave ross joins us with a little sports. what a time to be in the nations capital >> it is a good time. >> awesome. >> to see bryce coming up. >> it has only taken him a couple games. >> and you know it is funny i don't think any of us expected him to be up this soon when he came up you thought is he ready he is ready. >> caps are ready. >> they are playing great

hockey too but last night rips your heart out would you rather lose 5-1 or 2-1 triple overtime in a classic game. >> this way to be honest. >> i too. it is funny because i watched the whole game we have seen the highlights, alex ovechkin almost winning it off the post in overtime, literally they lost by an inch. >> an inch. it hit the post twice. >> i hate to say it you can chalk it up to bad luck. there is ovechkin getting an energy bar they had to go to triple overtime. >> off the post. lundqvist knows he is lucky, braden was great all night, there you go, marion your game winner, 5 minutes to go third overtime i thought we were going to four. i mean this is going to go on the fox morning news this morning. it is a great game i just hope now, after suffering a loss like that, and it is, just gut wrenching loss, get ready to

play now saturday at 12:30 p.m., early drop of the puck, saturday verizon center again, they lost to boston, similar fashion came back. >> what i take from the bruins is that, this team, i got to say this team right now is a well managed well coached team they seem to handle the losses okay. >> he is well coached dale hunter has done a better job than i thought he would do, to turn this team around what i mean is the way they play now. we are seeing in the low scoring game, defensive intensity, ovechkin dropping down to take block shots they didn't do that before they have all bought in hopefully they can continue this great run bryce. >> yeah. >> talk about the pro hawk mohawk i don't know ; the guy can rake as the kids say. that was an inch from being his first home run ever. he just missed it and here he gets a little lucky this is why

you use two hands and bottom nine, bryce on second base desmond just gets enough for third home run of the year and walk it off. look at the guy. he is not just september,. >> do you know why they are reacting like that? they are having fun. >> they are having fun. >> it is that youthful energy that a 19-year-old brings and get out to the park people, right now real quickly, out in anaheim last night we had more major league baseball history, jared weaver pitching a no no >> i don't know this. >> oh, it stays in the park, a second no no of the year if you remember phillip umber had a perfect game. kind of the year of the pitcher now. >> it is. >> these guys, first and foremost, i think i am going on record, we will get a no hitter at nats park.

it is intense like the other guys won't talk to the pitcher you know, >> i love when that happens. >> the drama, they feel all by themselves jared weaver went through that last night pitch add no-hitter congratulations to him i can't wait until we hear that. >> i like that call. >> thank you dave ross. appreciate it as always. >> 57 degrees out there, 8:21 a.m. on thursday morning emotions running high at the john edwards trial his daughter left the courtroom in tears find out why when we check out headlines. later this hour holly is checking out a unique event going on in baltimore it is the kinetic sculpture race takes place this weekend she will join us live with the preview we will be right back ♪

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testimony from a former advisor to john edwards is making headlines the exaid took the stand yesterday describing elizabeth edwards reaction to a report in the national enquirer her husband was having an affair mrs. edward who is died of breast cancer in 2010 confronted him in a parking lot or actually at an airport i believe, then in a fit of rage she apparently ripped off her shirt in front of her husband's staff. during yesterday's proceedings,

edward's daughter left the courtroom in tears. to the race for the white house, michelle bachmann is endorsing mitt romney she will reportedly make that endorsement later today at the joint campaign appearance with romney in ports mouth virginia, newt gingrich made his exit official in arlington virginia, while gingrich said he would help romney beat president obama come november he did not use the word endorse yesterday. in china, the united states is confirming the blind activist, wants to leave china with his family the u.s. said he had a change of heart after he said he would stay yesterday. he is reportedly begging president obama to let him fly out with secretary hillary clinton, secretary of state hillary clinton the diplomatic dilemma is over shadowing the high level talks between the secretary of state and chinese leaders. 8:26 a.m., thursday morning local toddler admitted to

mensa. >> stories that make any parent shudder, young healthy athletes, collapsing and dying, for seemingly no reason. but is there anything parents can do to lower the risk. we will check in with the fox medical team straight ahead, after the break ♪

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quite a story a washington dc toddler becomes a youngest member of a prestigious high iq institution. emmaliy roger was admitted to mensa as a baby doctors worried she was developing slower than most. bad eyesight was the cause of the little girl's issues, once she got a good pair of glasses things changed at 15 months she could recognize letters and write before she was 2. she has an iq of 135, the top of her

age group. isn't that something. >> unbelievable. >> you know what, i mean doctors mean well and everything some times you got to challenge the doctors. >> intuition, parents intuition, mom's whatever, goes a long way too. >> let me just say we welcome her to mensa [ laughter ] >> we welcome her to mensa. >> okay. >> i need a pair of glasses. >> you might need more than that. >> that is his problem. >> that is what i took away from that. >> tony that is priceless. >> a lot of clouds and fog, across the area but we will see sunshine today and i said we will get into that summer time heat, we have been expecting it got close yesterday, just out to our west here in washington the clouds held tough and temperatures topped out mid-70s today back to summer time most of the legion should get into the -- region should get into the 80s scattered storms, much of your day dry, mid-to late afternoon, a few storms pop up just like yesterday and we will

be hot tomorrow upper 80s. low 90s. across central virginia, during the day tomorrow, cooler this weekened cold front that will get in here, things will cool down, sunday and monday, high temperatures back into the low 70s. this is sentinel sat rad, you can see off to the north and west, pretty good showers and thunderstorms developed overnight they have fallen apart in the last couple hours might be a left over shower, towards southern pennsylvania, northern maryland, caroll county getting light showers that is about it, fog, mist, and maritime layer, winds out of the east, have been holding tough we think that will break down a little bit and finally going to lift up into southern new jersey later today, gradual improvement, a little more sunshine and become hot and teamy, at least warm and steamy this after non-as highs get a chance to top out, in the 80s. currently, we are cool, 57 in washington, 63 right now quantico, 58 in annapolis, let's see off to the north and

west, 57 martins burg and winchester so we should get a big warm up shortly, sunshine starts to break out, 85 forecast high this afternoon a close call parts of the area upper 70s while if you are across south central virginia, you will be close to 90, 87 tomorrow and then behind the front things will cool down after a few more storms, tomorrow, sunday and monday highs low to mid-70s. all right that is a look at the forecast allison and tony back to you at the desk. >> thank you so much. the dea apologized for accidentally leaving a college student in a cell without food or water. daniel chong was busted during a drug raid in san diego last month the 24-year-old claims the dea agents told him he would be released but ended up being left in a cell for five days, he kicked and screamed to get attention of officers, all to no avail he had to resort to drinking his own urine to survive. i had to do what i had to

do to survive. >> he screamed, hundreds of times for help he began to dig into the walls, thinking he could get water that way. >> his lawyers filed a $20 million lawsuit saying his treatment constitutes torture under the u.s. and international law. we have just an incredible update about that brave mom whose story captured the nation as you may recall two months ago, stephanie decker lost her legs protecting her children from the ef-4 tornado that swept through her hometown now she is standing for the first time since that deadly storm. she is using a specialized bionic knee and prosthetics to walk up and down, a support bar. >> i don't mind sharing i don't feel you know threatened by not having my legs any more, i feel like i have an opportunity to be able to help other people, that are struggling with

probably the same thing. >> decker took those first steps in a new pair of nike sneakers with her husband by her side. >> you never know what you can overcome. >> you got that right. >> time now, to check in with fox medical team, today's topic, heart health. >> concerns over health risks for student athletes, plus, some good news for chocolate lovers, deana joins us live from detroit want to start with, the risks that student athletes face you know, we some times hear these stories as we get into the warmer summer months tell us what is the issue what is happening. >> well, you know, tony, what happens is you have a seemingly healthy young athlete collapse and die on the playing field and it is so heart breaking so catastrophic then we try and say to ourselves what can we do to prevent this. it renews a debate should we screen these athletes with ekgs look at their hearts i talked

to several cartologyists, -- cardiologists let me give you bottom line research first of all when you take your young athlete in for that you know, that evaluation that they have to get that signature you have to get, before they can play a sport, that actually needs to be a comprehensive test american heart association says there is a 12 point exam, that doctors need to be following, when it comes to getting that health history, and that health check up of athletes, so that is very important, personal history, family history and physical exam. another thing i learned, that in that exam when doctors listen to the heart beat, simple just listening to the heart beat they might be able to detect a heart murmur, detect other problems, so that is a key step in that exam, a quiet room a good listen and then, family history, that is so important, or the child's personal health history any fainting that has gone on, family history of sudden cardiac death of heart disease,

that is when you might want to take your child athlete and maybe get an ekg or take it a step further, a lot of it comes down to, personal situations, and personal histories, but, the bottom line is when this happens it is devastating we try and figure out how to prevent it from happening again. >> good tips for parentrecommendations. also making headlines something lighter and more evidence, chocolate is heart healthy but depends what kind you are eating right gina. >> yeah, we keep talking about this, not just chocolate lovers, but they have done more research on chocolate, san diego state university the bottom line to their new research we told you how dark chocolate is good for your heart, good anti inflammatory product, all that good stuff now this new research they found when the people were eating the dark chocolate, is that their good cholesterol

went up, bad went down good went up. the key we keep talking about it has to be dark chocolate and i just want to show you something we have here, tony and allison, these are cacao nibs you take the cocoa beans from the tree, that has the good stuff they roast the beans, they are left with these little nibs they are trendy, they are expensive but i want the give your the idea we are talking about the benefits found in the bean when you eat white chocolate there is no cocoa in white chocolate it is butter and sugar we are not talking about white chocolate even milk chocolate butter sugar a little bit of cocoa, that is why you want like 70% cocoa high percentage of the bean then you are getting the good stuff. >> so the big giant hersheys

almond milk chocolate is not what you are talking about. okay just joking. >> you can have a little square of that >> i had to take all the fun out of it >> thank you so much. >> all right. 8:38 a.m. on this thursday morning. >> it is thursday. >> yes, now, we know some airlines have been talking on new fees, but, $100 for a carry on? details coming up next. >> and an date on mayor -- an update on mayor grey's proposal to let bars stay open later into the night if dc fox 5 morning news will be back with that answer [ sneezes ]

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8:47 a.m., welcome back. target stores removing the kindle, the giant retailer is pulling amazon's e reader from its 1700 stores and website, target is creating minishops of apple products in a couple dozen stores this year. the company has been trying to stop shoppers from looking over products in stores then buying them online from amazon. great idea. >> what? to do that. >> right.

>> we all do. >> the star studded film avengers hits need theaters tomorrow. >> -- hits theaters tomorrow. >> kevin mccarthy talks to scarlet johan son who play it is black widow and mark ruffalo who plays incredible hulk let's take a look. >> are you doing -- >> yeah, everything, i did,. >> what about just flying around. >> yeah, and saving ironman. >> jumping and all -- i the every sequence >> i love seeing your characters, with all these awesome men a strong female characters is important in an action movie looking overall the action movie what is would have been cool having a female

in that role as opposed to a male. >> there are certain movies. >> diehard. >> i was going to say like taken. just like have to make it through some crazy circumstance. >> the fugitive. >> yeah, that would be rad. the hulk the musical >> yes. >> is that not brilliant. >> dude. >> it would be amazing. >> such a good idea. >> we need you to come in >> what if i say no. i will persuade you. >> hmm. >> looks good. >> it does look good i have high hopes for it i hope it lives up to my hopes. >> i think it will do so well i am not even going the first weekend. >> i can understand. >> we will have kevin's review of avengers tomorrow morning or maybe wait until after his review. >> there is a very unique event going on in baltimore maryland

this saturday. >> holly is at the american visionary art museum in baltimore learning more about the kinetic sculpture race we have done this one before. >> we have done this one before and always love to come back and do it again because the creativity is limitless and just when you thing this is the best year, the next year rolls around and they come up with, another wonderful theme and people that take part in it just really go above and beyond, this year it is on cinco de mayo it has a fiesta theme. everything about this race is fun. >> that's true. that is very true. >> including the role. >> especially the rules. >> some are very legit. the main rule holly, that sort of defines everything about the kinetic sculpture race the vehicles have to be human powered that is very key >> i thought it was the mandatory fun regulation. >> that is pretty important as well you have to have fun while doing it but all the vehicles have to be human powered

another good rule is at that that all the vehicles -- is that all the vehicles have to carry a sock creature of some kind there is an award for the best sock creature given out end of the day, the vehicles, we have some of them behind us, that will be competing there is an extra challenge pilots cannot leave the vehicle during the entire race they have to stay in, so they can't be pushed or pulled by any outside forces they have to pilot it all from within the vehicle. >> is everybody on the team called a kin netinaut. >> they are just the pilots and then you have the pitt crew. >> maybe because i became a new mom re¢ly i tuned into the moms high anxiety rule. >> it is definitely an important one. >> which means every person especially a pilot has to be able to exit safely. >> especially important when we are in the water entry, that

you know obviously. >> and then there is the rosie ruiz rule you have to stay on course. >> yes, no cheating. >> i want to be on the committee that comes up with the rules they have a good time >> i think you would be good at that. >> very good i think everybody involved has a really good time especially my next group here because these are just a group of fun neighbors and friends, and they have come up with the yes, we can can. this is jill tell me a little bit about your team. >> well, we are a group of neighbors we have a vehicle that is going to have four people on it, and we are going to have six can can dancers ands, that will be -- can can dancers dancers dancers, that will be moving in synch.

>> we have 3,600 wine corks. >> we have a lot of neighbors who were happy to contribute. >> paul you are an engineer you are making all this work. >> that's correct >> what was the most difficult thing. >> emptying the wine bottles. >> that wasn't difficult but i know some people are looking and saying this isn't a vehicle these are just parts. >> that's correct >> your actual vehicle weighs. >> 1400 pounds. >> that is amazing. >> tell me your name >> ashley. >> madeleine. >> grace i am playing mad line >> i had a feeling tell me about being part of this. >> the most fun grown ups get to ever have, kids have fun too but my favorite part you just figure out how to do it i have done all kinds of hot glued and glued, stapled, i have sewn things to things you wouldn't think would be connected. >> what is your favorite part

>> i enjoy all the obstacles, it is really funny to watch the awards ceremony, some teams go crazy when they win >> chef speaking of awards you won the 13 last year which was. >> lucky 13 award given to the sculpture that has the most unlucky things happen to it >> it will be a better year this year what are you hoping for. >> to finish we broke down a block after the starting line and pushed it for 10 miles if we can get a little further than last year. >> the most important thing is you will have joux if you make her head fall off. >> marie antoinette is a bobble head >> find out more about the kinetic sculpture race going on, kicking off at 10:00 a.m. this saturday we will talk more about what goes on here, coming up next hour back to you in

studio. >> art work alone could stand you know. >> yes. >> thanks. >> a quick reminder for you about our special fox 5 weather day, with the washington nationals coming up may 15th, tucker and i and sue and other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with groups of school kids from across the region, you can still sign up your school group or, if you are a parent you just want to take your kids out it is a great way the come outline about the weather watch us do a little bit of the show and all of that and then stay for a ball game if you want to learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day go to myfoxdc.com click on the mornings tab. >> just a few minutes from 9:00 a.m., the time that we are supposed to get some new and rare insight into the mind of osama bin laden. >> u.s. military is about to release some documents found in the raid that took osama bin laden's life. >> rnb artist and grammy nominated producer tank will be

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