>> thank you, guys. coming up at 7:00, president obama, george clooney and a lot of money. a day after throwing his support behind same-sex marriage, the president has hollywood supporters and more on his big fund raising drive. >> mitt romney, he has some explaining to do. he is firing back over accusations of an alleged hazing incident decades ago. this morning he's telling his side of the story. >> plus, this magazine cover sparking a lot of debate about parenting. at what age should you stop breast feeding your child? controversy indepth. >> in a few hours the caps hits the hours for one last practice at home before heading off to the big apple for game seven. fox5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now.

there's a live shot outside, that's our tower that you're looking at there. i guess. how could you be looking at our tower from our tower cam? >> don't think you can be. >> that's someone else's tower. i'm tony perkins. good morning. >> and i'm alison seymour. stick with us, we're going to get it all together. tucker barnes is joining us right now, with a look at what's going to be a great weekend, right? >> gorgeous, starting with now. cool temperatures, relatively low humidity. bit of a breeze today. temperatures should top out in the mid-70s. get ready to enjoy a gorgeous friday and a nice looking weekend, too. satellite radar, i have nothing to show you. that is what you call a quiet weather pattern. looking at a beautiful start to your day. later this afternoon, one or two fair weather clouds as we're expecting mostly sunny skies. cool at reagan national. 53degrees. parts of the area, believe it or not, dipping into the 30s

overnight. humidity, 50%. that is considered low this time of year. winds out of the west at 10. it will be a little breezy at times, gusting to about 15 miles per hour later today. 74 in washington. 76your afternoon high in fredericksburg. we'll look at mother's day and the weekend forecast in a minute. lauren demarco is in for traffic. >> 295 slow approaching bennett road and pennsylvania avenue. skyfox is traveling the beltway into virginia. innerbelt, turnpike heavy and slow there in stretches. once you get up toward route seven, the pace improves into maryland. no problems to report on the beltway in maryland, other than a bit of volume on the outer loop through silver spring.

heavy and slow through centreville and manassas. mix of the typical volume and sun in your eyes, you clearing out heading into the beltway, where things open up for you. 95 making the trip northbound, had delays heading up throughdale city into wood ridge. was a disabled vehicle. it's cleared out of the way. you will find it remains heavy and slow. 395 jammed from beltway past edsen road to king street. that's a check of your on-time traffic. fresh off of his announcement of his support of same-sex marriage, president obama rakes in the cash from hollywood. >> mitt romney is having to fend off claims he took part in an anti-gay hazing in high school some 47 years ago. fox's doug luzader is following all this live from capitol hill this morning. good morning. >> reporter: the president's new stance on day marriage came

in time for this big celebrity fundraiser last night that brought in millions. president obama's west coast campaign swing ended up being something of a gay rights victory lap. by the time he got to george clooney's house for the main event, he had already stopped in seattle, where voters will weigh in on gay marriage later this year. >> and here in washington, you'll have the chance to make your voice heard on the issue of making sure that everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, is treated fairly. you will have a chance to weigh in on this. >> reporter: outside of these kinds of events, the reception to the president's new stand is more complicated in a country that is about evenly divided when it comes to gay marriage. the "washington post" raised eyebrows about the timing of its latest story on mitt romney, describing an alleged incident when he was a high school student, where witnesses say he forcibly cut the hair of a fellow student who some

believed was gay. romney didn't deny it, but said sexual orientation would not have been the issue. >> i did some stood things in high school, and if i hurt somebody i would be sorry for it and apologize for it. >> reporter: the white house says vice president joe biden apologized to president obama yesterday for accidently raising the gay marriage issue ahead of schedule. >> would have loved to have heard that conversation. thank you, doug, we appreciate it. the economy remains president obama's biggest challenge. that's the headline coming out of a new poll. the survey found 52% of people disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. 65% say they are disappointed in his handling of gas prices. both numbers are up from the ap's last poll, which was three months ago. the first lady is giving the commencement speech at

virginia tech this afternoon. she'll be joined by senator mark warner. both will deliver speeches to about 5,000 students starting at noon today. the first lady then heads to speaking engagements at north carolina at university. time for a check of the other top stories. the nine people killed in metro's deadliest crash will be honored today near the scene in northeast. d.c. mayor vince gray will join relatives of the victims and first responders to unveil a plaque this morning. in 2009, a malfunctioning electronic circuit caused two trains to collide. the woman suspected in last week's deadly hit-and-run in fairfax county now says she was trying to get away from the other car. her lawyer says the other car ran a stopsign and she swerved.

but arrington got out of her car is the allegation there, but arrington died after she was run over. mcmillan said she didn't intend to hit her with her vehicle. 28 people arrested for smuggling drugs into virginia. they're charged with running a cocaine smuggling ring that brought millions of dollars of cocaine to northern virginia over the last six years. many of those arrested were illegal immigrants living in the commonwealth. the feds say the cocaine came from honduras and they are trying to follow its path. >> honduras isn't a source country, so we're trying to figure out where it was produced, who was profiting from it. >> they hid the drugs in things like shoes and wooden frames.

another big drug bust in maryland in howard county. police found 170 pounds of postin a home. that pot worth half a million dollars. they discovered growing equipment, irrigation system and ventilation system in the home. so much excitement about this, the capitals are one game away from going to conference championships. >> everyone is the area is rocking the red. and fox's sherri ly is live where the caps are getting in a final practice before heading to new york for game seven. sherri, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison, good morning, tony. fans are welcome to come down here to see the caps hit the ice at 10:30 for their final practice. they'll head to new york later for game seven against the new york rangers. the caps are the underdog. the rangers are the top seed. forget the rest of the series. this is game seven and that's

all that matters. the caps took game six after being down 3-2 in the series, forcing tomorrow's game seven matchup in new york as the team keeps winning, the caps' craze is catching on. the team seems to be peaking at the right time now. they took out the bruins in the first round, and now hoping to do what no other team has done, win game seven against the rangers on their home ice. >> i think everyone has counted us out since the building of the playoffs. we have a good group, good character guys. we're confident in ourselves and abilities. >> reporter: they are 2-0 facing elimination in the playoffs this season. a win would give the caps their third ever appearance in the conference finals. that's one step away from playing for the stanley cup. let's not get ahead of

ourselves. they had to win game 71st against the rangers. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. the caps' fan base has grown this week by at least one. the goal tender is a new dad. his fiance gave birth to a son yesterday. that son is little benjamin hunter. >> congratulations to them. it's a friday morning and still ahead, jetblue is apologizing after kicking a toddler off one of its planes. >> and a growing number of former nfl players say the league didn't do enough to protect them against blows to the head. >> plus, it is a troubling story that prompted the fbi to add a new suspect to its most wanted suspects. the man accused of kidnapping

and double murder is over. the latest details next. >> heading to the break now. there's a plane taking off, that's cool. it is a cool, cool start to the day. tucker has a look at the weather. lauren demarco has a look at traffic when we return. it's 7:11. we'll be right back.     (bell rings) hi. yes? you know those delicious granola bunches in honey bunches of oats? i love those. we've added more to every box. really? wow! honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better.

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making headlines in afghanistan today, an american soldier has been killed at the hands of an attacker officials say was wearing an afghan army uniform. the gunman opened fire on nato troops inside a military base in the eastern part of the country. the taliban is claiming responsibility. this is the 20th killing this year involving afghan soldiers turning their guns on nato troops. jetblue says a computer glitch caused an 18-month-old

girl to end up on a government no fly list. the parents and their infant boarded a flight from florida to new jersey tuesday when they say an employee asked them to get off the plane. they were told the girl was a no fly. she's 18 months old. tsa agents were called to the gate and eventually the family was able to fly. the tsa disputes jetblue's claim and says the little girl was never on a no fly list. hall of famer who played 14 seasons with the redskins is suing the nfl and helmet maker over his health problems. his lawsuit claims the nfl failed to protect its players. his lawyer told the washington times the whole game needs to change. >> sad news. >> we certainly wish him the best. one of the all-time greats and a good guy. >> yeah. i don't know him personally. when i've met him, a gracious guy, humble guy.

it's 7:15. and boy, it's friday. >> friday. weather is perfect. >> yes. >> little cool out there, if you're running out the door at the moment, might want a jacket. had 30s overnight. >> it was chilly last night. >> it felt good. >> when i got up in my house, i could tell. >> it was cooler. cooler air is out of here, and by this afternoon back in the 70s. next couple of days, perfect. enjoy the spring weekend. >> excited. >> summer is around the corner. 53 in washington. but much of the area in the 40s, even 30s off to the north and west earlier today, culpepper. chilly temperatures across the region. cincinnati, 45 degrees. 44 this morning in chicago. as we get further west, warmup in texas, 66 in dallas and they have showers and thunderstorms down there. these temperatures little cool for this time of year. even in montana, 27 degrees at the moment. that's what you call a quiet

weather pattern. stretching to st. louis, to boston, south to atlanta. we have a ridge of high pressure protecting all of us. forecast today close to perfect. 74, 75, sunshine, nice breeze. not windy, just a nice breeze. low humidity today. tomorrow looks fantastic. warmer, near 80. mother's day not bad. little more humidity. i think the rain will hold off until sunday night and even with that it will be a few showers. not expecting a big deal sunday night. there's your five-day forecast. >> nice for mom, too. thanks, tuck. >> let's go to lauren demarco, she's in for julie wright this morning, and has the update on traffic. >> bright and sunny out there. take your sunglasses this morning. let's take a live look from traffic land, traveling the beltway in montgomery county, actually in good shape. left of your screen is the outer loop passing 29, and everybody is running at speed there. no delays reported.

66, this is where we have been seeing the slow traffic because of the sunshine delays through manassas and centreville and fair oaks, off and on to nuttily street. 395 jammed from the beltway, towards seminary. past that, things appear to ease out a bit. no problems crossing the 14th street bridge. 270 wide open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. back to you. big developments overnight in the case of a fugitive the fbi had just added to its 10 most wanted list. authorities in mississippi tracked down adam mays and the two young girls police say he kidnapped. >> he had been on the run with the girls nearly two weeks after police say he killed their mother and older sister. sarah simmons is back with more on how this happened. awful story. >> a bizarre story. acting on a tip, a swat team

spotted one of the missing girls last night in a densely wooded area, behind a church several miles from mays' homes. officers ordered him to come out with his hands up, but agents say he refused to raise his hands, pulled out a gun and shot himself. >> reporter: two young sisters from tennessee and their abductor had been found. they're alive, but he is dead. >> i'm pleased to announce earlier this evening troopers with the mississippi highway safety patrol and law enforcement arm of mississippi rescued the girls. >> reporter: the discovery puts the nearly two-week multistate manhunt to an end. mays is suspected in the murder of the girls' mother and older sister. their bodies were found last week behind mays' home.

mays and his wife teresa have been charged in their death. >> we believe he killed them at their home, put their bodies into the car and took the other girls and drove the bodies and the girls over the state line into mississippi where he disposed of the bodies. >> he was found behind a church. police say mays was a live when they moved in to apprehend him, but things took a turn. >> preliminary reports indicate he shot himself in the head and was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. >> reporter: as for the two sisters, it's not sure if they were with mays when he was spotted. they have been hospitalized for observation. >> i think they're going to be just fine. >> investigators say the girls appear to have been in the woods two or three days and

were suffering from exposure. as of this morning, authorities have refused to comment on a motive. but all around, just, trying to make sense of it, you can't. it doesn't make sense. >> thank you, sarah. it is now 7:21. it's a friday morning. still ahead, the medical milestone in the fight against hiv. >> in money news, a multibillion dollar loss for the nation's largest bank. how the markets reacted to the news next. >> a day of celebration in chantilly. it's this weekend. brings the community together all while benefiting local schools. our holly morris has a preview of all the fun a little later. we'll be right back.

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first drug known to prevent hiv infection could soon be on the market. the fda is not required to follow the panel's advice, though it usually does. a final decision is expected by june 15th. $2 billion lost by the biggest bank in the united states. j.p. morgan chase says it was a mistake. in a phone interview, the bank's ceo says the mishap was the result of a series of bad decisions. he said in hindsight, the strategy was flawed, complexed, and poor expected. stock plunge almost 7% in after hours trading last night and shares in british banks are down 3% this morning. 7:25 on this friday morning. coming up, a special thank you to some of our local moms out

there from their loved ones. plus-- >> that just looks ridiculous. >> what about it? it's a woman breast feeding her child. >> this "time" magazine cover creating a lot of reaction. next, what it's all about. >> it's very pretty out. chilly, the latest look at traffic from tucker and lauren in a couple of moments. we'll be back at 7:26.

as we head into the weekend, we want to wish happy mother's day to all the moms out there and all the mom figures out there. >> mom figures? >> yeah, because a lot of grandparents take care of their kids. >> got you. >> uncles, even, dads. >> you can't open it up to everybody. >> mom. >> uncles? we asked you to write in to facebook with some words of wisdom from your mother. david richards said, my mom always told us to save money for a rainy day, and it's been raining a lot lately. >> courtney writes, my mom's

best advice was you can't change what has already happened but just make the best of the future. >> very nice. looks like it's going to be a nice mother's day, too. >> should be fine. going to be a little warmer sunday and humid. most of your sunday should be nice and dry. this weekend will be one of our better ones this year. >> have you sent your mom a card yet? >> no, we're going to do that on the internet. e-card. nothing wrong with that allison. >> no, moms love that. >> great. i'm working on it. >> you can send a gift online, too. >> thank you, allison. >> okay. >> plan is still coming together. >> okay. we'll talk about that. >> i love my mom. reagan national yesterday, 70 degrees at reagan national. temperatures actually trended a little cooler than average yesterday. 74 average daytime high now.

these are yesterday's daytime highs. today a little warmer. mid-70s. you'll notice two things, warmer today and less humidity. otherwise, lots of blue sky and a beautiful day. in fact, we're starting off with beautiful conditions, but a little cool. 53 in washington. 45 in gaithersburg now. 45 at dulles. leonardtown 50 for you. 53 in annapolis. this is a quiet weather pattern. not much for weather people to do. high pressure will build through the area. high pressure off the coast. with that high pressure, lots of sunshine the next few days, cool nights, and as we get into sunday, that area of high pressure will get off the coast and we'll get return flow. humidity on the increase sunday and a few more clouds with the possibility of a late day shower or evening shower sunday. otherwise, good looking weekend. sunshine, breezy out there. 70 the daytime high.

winds gusting to 15. not as breezy as yesterday. take along a jack if you'll be outdoors later this evening. 77 tomorrow. low humidity. sunday looks good. monday and tuesday a few thunderstorms. not going to rain all day. 75 monday and tuesday. that's your weather forecast. let's do traffic and lauren demarco has got a look at your friday drive. >> i love the use of technology, but e-card, you have to do better than that. >> all right. all right, okay. not going to hear the end of this. >> looking out for your mom. >> okay, i got it. i feel the pressure now. >> okay. your mom can say thank you to us. let's take a look at what's going on on the roads. 66, we've been dealing with that sunshine delay. traveling eastbound, off and on the brakes. heading past 234, once you get to centreville things begin to

ease out for you. still heavy leaving route 50 fair oaks. inner loop through annandale, pot holes have been sealed up. good news there. heavy towards king street, and again here crossing the 14th street bridge to head into the district. inbound 50, no problems for you. florida avenue, some volume, but everybody is moving and no accidents reported. allison, over to you. the cover of the latest issue of time magazine is sure to turn heads. it shows a mother breast feeding her three and a half- year-old son. the article the picture illustrates is about attachment parents and asks, are you mom enough? joining us is dr. libby, pediatrician and chief of pediatrics and the founder and president of the virginia pediatric group, and also dr. libby is the president-elect of

the medical society of virginia. i wanted to add that and say congratulations to you. >> thank you. it's an honor to be here. >> still finding time to help us out, so we appreciate it. doctor, this is the cover, and it shows a real mom. she's a los angeles mom, and she's still nursing her child who has to stand up on a school. but still can reach the breast effectively, because he's three and a half years old. when you see that, weighs your first reaction? >> it's time's swim suit cover. they have a great opportunity to sell a magazine based upon an interesting picture. attractive mom, an interesting child, looks mature, has a sparkle in his eye. makes you wonder what he's going to be like as a teenager. it is something that you use to sell a story, a magazine. it's a very specific niche. >> very specific niche and in reading more about this, i realize it comes from a book

called "the baby book." he has three tenants of attachment parenting and they are this nursing on demand, basically, regard of his of the age of a child. and also wearing your baby, holding your baby close to you with the slings as long as that can happen. and also cosleeping or having the child in the bed with the parents. when you hear those three -- let's start with the cosleeping. i've always heard that this could be pretty detrimental to a child in their normal development. what do you think about that tenant? >> you know, all these things relate to really what you have to consider of a primitive culture. when you look at our evolution and the way we live thousands of millenia of years ago, you have to expect people literally had their babies attached to them, because you didn't have places or situations to leave your baby behind. it would be dangerous. cosleeping was a natural and expected experience.

and you could keep your baby quiet while the animals roamed outside the cave, whatever that might be. and breast feeding, that was the most natural and certainly by nature the normal way to feed a baby. as long as you could, you would. teeth come in much later and you couldn't create a feeding pattern. these are things steeped in our basic history as humans. when you look at them, for instance, cosleeping, i think cosleeps is something that's natural, it's a very individual choice, certainly personality of the parents. the nature and temperament of the baby, that delivers a lot of influence on whether you choose to do that. it can be a fairly hazard in the first months of life. >> we've done those stories. >> in my own practice in the last few years, we lost two

babies cosleeping. one was found wrapped in a pillow and dead in the morning. the other one, the mom rolled over on the baby during the night, unaware, and that caused the demise of that child. really, really devastating and terrible situation. if people want to cosleep, they have to be careful and understand the risks and understand there are certain conditions they have to set up in their bed and bedroom so they don't put themselves and child at risk. >> understood your point that time magazine is selling issues, copies. but the question is, are you mom enough? when a mom comes in who hasn't slinged, used the sling all of her infancy with the baby, if a mom hasn't nursed until they're two, the question is, are you mom enough? as a pediatrician, what's the answer to your parents that come in? >> my role is not to judge, but to help guide people in their

lifestyle, in their personality choices. what works for them. sometimes it's a partner that makes it inconvenient or impossible. sometimes it's a job. many people have to go back to work within a couple of months of delivering a baby. it makes the whole process a very, very individual choice, individual needs. some babies are very easy. they are easily fall into a schedule. they'll sleep well, eat predictbly. there's not a problem for the parent to have to accommodate that situation. other babies are more demanding. they really require a more interactive and supportive and on-touch type of a mom. there are lots of variabilities there. >> our time is fleeting, unfortunately. let me just ask you this question, are we damaging our hurting the child, basically, if we sort of set up this precident that you're always going to be here with mom, you're going to get your milk

from mom? >> i don't think you can say it that way. limit setting has been a problem in our society. that's when you start to breach the boundaries of what is good for a child developmentally. i think there are a lot of pluses, probably way more pluses than negative in being responsive and accommodating to the needs of your baby. >> there's so much more to talk about. unfortunately, we to cram it into these four minutes. we appreciate your insight. >> thank you. >> come back any time. this is dr. russell libby. very interesting stuff, tony. >> really is. thank you much. it's 7:39 now. coming up, prince charles the weather man? we have his debut coming up. it's the real thing. >> as more states move to pass laws against texting while driving, a new jersey town is taking it a step further. >> we want to tell you about a

special guest this morning, comedy legend john lovitz is in town. he's also been making headlines this week with harsh comments about president obama. he'll be here in the 9:00 hour and we'll talk to him about that and more. behalf behalf behalf behalf 

garden parties, ribbon cuttings and occassional major wedding. the life of a royal. >> britain's prince charles can add tv weather man to his list of duties. take a look. >> in the west, rain will be lighter in patches. maybe a few dry interludes. aha. there will be snow for the higher ground of the highlands. the potential for a few

flurries. who the hell wrote this script? as the afternoon goes on. >> i love it. prince charles cracked a few jokes during the live broadcast. he and camilla both took turns at the weather wall yesterday as they toured the bbc studios in scotland. how cool is that? >> i'm struck by how many people want to get up on that weather wall. >> it's fascinating. we have political figures and others who come in -- >> major players, right. >> -- who say they want to do the weather. >> batman. >> yeah, batman. i think that shows him in a light you don't usually see. i love it. >> great. and of course the english take their weather seriously. >> i like that map. it kind of n. >> that was interesting. >> the bbc, okay. and he said they had a script. >> i think they prepared one for him.

that's one of the weather secrets. no script. you never can tell. >> i like everything about that. >> if things don't work out as king -- >> i think he gets a couple of days as king. >> me, too. he's waited long enough. >> sure has. what have you got for us? >> little cool now. later today, sunshine, mid-70s. >> good. that's good. >> nice looking friday. generally a good weekend, too. look at to the west and north of city. much of the area of coastal washington in the 40s this morning as well. gaithersburg, frederick, 40s this morning. lots of cool temperatures as we have this cool chunk of air working across the region the next couple of days. futurecast, no issues today. lots of sunshine. one or two clouds this afternoon. 5:00, there's cloud cover north of boston. even tomorrow we'll get a few clouds during the afternoon. but mostly sunny skies expected

tomorrow, with temperatures in the upper 70s. clouds will start to increase overnight saturday and early sunday. i think most of your mother's day should be dry. but the humidity will be on the increase and a little warmer, touch warmer, near 80 by sunday. next chance for shower and/or thunderstorm activity monday. >> thank you. allison, i haven't wished you an almost happy mother's day. >> thank you, lauren. >> and to you at home, as well. happy almost mother's day. a look at trafficland, really just volume. 95 northbound slow. southbound reports of a disabled vehicle, but it's moved off to the shoulder. northbound also slow spots heading to the mixing bowl in

springfield. 395, heavy traffic from the beltway up, past edsel road. inbound on the freeway, heavy and slow there towards the 395, 3rd street tunnel jammed at that point. no problems on the beltway in maryland. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. lauren, thank you very much, for the wish of happy mother's day, lauren. it's being called the biggest and best event chantilly has ever seen. >> thanks, lauren. holly is standing by with details. happy mother's day in advance, holly. >> reporter: more than an e- card, i agree, lauren. i got your back. i am enthralled with a robotic basketball player. you can only find this in chantilly. chantilly high school will be part of what they're billing as

the biggest and best event to happen in chantilly, virginia. we need to bench this robot -- oh, there we go. he scores! and you'll score, too, when you come out to the festival. we'll tell you all about it when we come back. we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, 13-year-old max. today he is a 7th grader at liberty middle school in centreville. what's more, tonight is max's bar mitzvah in chantilly. he says he is excited. congratulations, max. he watches every morning with his mom and loves ask the weather guys. max will be earning a weather merit badge at scout camp this summer and hopes to be a weather guy himself one day. if you would like to be monday's fan of the day, post a comment below max's photo on our facebook fan page. congratulations again.

if you have a sweet tooth, and who doesn't, right, sweet that tooth and yourself to a free cupcake today. georgetown cupcakes will give one to each customer. you get to choose the flavor and block out some time. even when it's not free, it's lines -- >> i can imagine what the lines will be today. the first annual chantilly day festival is this saturday. >> holly is at chantilly high school today to learn about what surely will be a fun event. good morning. >> reporter: it is going to be a fun event. it's not often we get to do first ever events. we are super excited about that, as they are as well here. and they promise it to be memorable for all involved. that promise especially comes from this lady here. she is the chairwoman of the

dulles regional chamber. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: tell me why you felt like you all needed this event. >> i moved my firm to chantilly in 2007, and i joined dulles regional chamber of commerce. as an architect and planner whose passion and career is profession is to build environment that's sustainable, creating a chantilly day was a step in the right direction in order to create a sense of community here that could help us to move forward. with the future growth that is also economically, environmentally sustainable. >> reporter: what's going to be going on saturday? >> saturday we are going to have a huge event. it is going to be a lot of fun.

we have different entities here from chantilly france, we are delighted to have them here. we'll be giving awards to businesses and local organizations, students and schools. and the volunteers will help us put this day together, and all our sponsors. at the same time, we are going to have activities for children. we will have a taste of chantilly. we'll have a huge business expo, and a lot of fun. >> reporter: like 10 events in one. >> it is. >> reporter: going on. >> it is. >> reporter: normally we can show it all, but we're just giving you a preview. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: hello. tell me about simba. >> simba is a 13-year-old american eskimo. two-time cancer survivor. we relocated here from alabama about five years ago. >> reporter: she has a prepared statement? >> she does have a prepared statement. as the official mascot of the

chantilly day pet parade, it is indeed my pleasure to welcome all four-legged friends and even those missing a limb or two, to the chantilly day pet parade. pets, feel free to bring your humans out for a walk. be there at 9:00 a.m., since our parade starts at 9:30. >> reporter: this is where you bark, simba, on cue. or not. that's great. they're going to have a pet adoption and parade, and booths celebrating all things chantilly, like these brilliant minds here. your names? >> linda. >> blare. >> melissa. >> sherry. >> reporter: tell me what we have going on here. >> it's the robot, her name is susie. we have a lazy susan.

this is our chief programmer. >> we wrote more code than we've written. she shoots baskets, as you saw earlier. >> reporter: get her to shoot. tell me what you'll be doing. >> we go to offseason events outside of the competition and show people what the robot does and a lot about what first robotics is about and what engineering is about. >> reporter: what do you like about it in general? >> we can always come here. >> reporter: could we put this on the wizards' lineup? that's pretty good. chantilly day festival, the first ever is this saturday, may 12th, 9:30 to 6:00 in the babies "r" us parking lot. parade starts at 9:30. coming up, we have the high school band, and we'll talk to

the person donating the space for the event. back to you in the studio. a former washington redskins great has a big beef with the nfl. coming up next hour, why art monk is suing the league. >> also, what's new at the box office this weekend. our movie reviewer kevin mccarthy gives us his take on "dark shadows." cannot wait for that movie. the more products we touch around the sink,

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♪ [ dad ] we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. ♪ this morning allegations that republican presidential candidate mitt romney participated in anti-gay bullying when he was in high school. they are claims first reported in the "washington post" and new at 8:00, the alleged victim's family is speaking out on that story. >> redskins legend art monk is the latest big name player to go after the nfl over concussions for his days in the league. the health problems that linger. what he and others are claiming. good morning, sherri. >> reporter: good morning. we are rocking the red with the caps today. their last practice here in arlington before they head to new york for game seven against

the rangers. we'll have all the latest on the caps' craze coming up. thank you, sherri. we are looking forward to that. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. we're also looking forward to a great weekend. good morning, tuck, you have the details. >> good morning. perfect start to the day. may 11th, but feels like early april. >> it does. >> little cool with 30s and low 40s to start your day. beautiful afternoon. mid-70s, lots of sunshine today. light winds out of the north and west. >> very good. >> it really is perfect. check out how quiet this satellite radar is. i don't even have much in the way of cloud cover to talk about at the moment, as we just have high pressure building through thearea. lots of blue sky and sunshine for friday. i think most of the weekend should be dry. maybe a shower or two by sunday. more on that coming up. temperatures, 53 now in washington. humidity down, 52%. still got breezes out of the

west and north and west, maybe 15 miles per hour day. but not as windy as yesterday. forecast, sunshine, little breezy this afternoon. high temperatures a little warmer than yesterday. we'll go 74 for a daytime high by 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon. thank you, tucker. >> let's go to lauren demarco with the latest on the rush hour traffic. >> good morning, you guys. we are looking pretty good. mostly volume, not too bad in the way of accidents or incidents this morning. been rather quiet as far as that goes. let's take a live look now outside, as you travel the beltway, some delays on the inner loop approaching route one, college park. do watch out for that. outer loop, trafficland, check that out, heading into montgomery county, not much of a problem passing new hampshire avenue. brief delays in silver spring. 395, virginia, heavy and slow

leaving the beltway, and off and on. 66 delays through leaving route 50 fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. tony, over to you. a u.s. soldier is gunned down in afghanistan and the taliban says they did it. it was at a military base in eastern afghanistan. nato is not giving out a lot of details, but reports say a man in of a afghan army uniform opened fire on troops inside the base. one of the fbi's most wanted fugitives is dead after a multistate manhunt comes to an end and two young sisters he's accused of kidnapping is safe. police say adam mays shot himself yesterday after he was surrounded by a swat team in mississippi. he was accused of killing the girls' mother and older sister in tennessee nearly two weeks ago so he could abduct the other sisters. his mother-in-law says he

thought those children were his own daughters. >> when she came home approximately two years ago, she told me the reason they were arguing so much was because there was two little girls that he was just absolutely obsessed with. he was claiming that those two children were his and my daughter said he lived, sleeps, eat and breathes nothing but these two children. >> police say those young girls were taken to the hospital for observation. mays' wife is on jail for murder charges related to the case. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is making a stop in north carolina today. his americans comes day -- appearance comes days after voters there passed a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

>> as the gay marriage debate rages on, romney is responding to claims he bullied a high school classmate presumed to be gay. the "washington post" was the first to report these claims. they interviewed former classmates who say they helped or witnessed romney cut off a classmate's long hair. romney spoke about the accusation yesterday. >> i don't recall the incident myself, but i've seen the reports, and i'm not going to argue with that. there's no question, but that i did some stupid things when i was in high school, and obviously if i hurt anyone by virtue of that, i would be very sorry for it and apologize for it. >> the "post" says the student, who was allegedly bullied by romney and others died in 2004. family of that alleged hazing victim is speaking out against the claims made by the "post." they cast doubts on the accuracy of the story, and in a statement they go on to say, we are grieved john would be used

to further a political agenda. president obama will be campaigning in nevada today. last night he attended a high dollar fundraiser at the home of george clooney. he told the crowd, obviously yesterday we made news. we've learned the vice president, meanwhile, apparently apologized to president obama shortly before mr. obama did that interview. on sunday the vice president stated his own support of gay marriage without permission from the white house. president obama told biden the move helped him decide to go ahead and do the interview. the first lady will attend graduation ceremonies at virginia tech later today. mrs.obama will address graduates at today's commencement along with current senator and former governor mark warner. she'll deliver addresses at north carolina a and t university and oregon state in the coming weeks.

the woman suspected in last week's deadly hit-and-run in fairfax county now says she was trying to get away from the woman who died in that incident. mcmillan's lawyers say harrington ran a stopsign. mcmillan pulled away from the scene, knocking arrington down. the d.c. man accused of killing a man visiting from colorado goes in front of a judge this morning. michael davis is charged with killing the 66-year-old last month. davis is already in jail for two other assault charges. a propane tank explosion at the national building museum in northwest has left one man severely burned. the museum spokesman says the flame caused a problem during a

fundraiser being held yesterday for the nonprofit group miriam's kitchen. firefighters say it was a minor explosion. they are dominating conversation in our area. the washington capitals just a win away from the eastern conference championships. >> in a few hours they'll hit the ice for one last practice at kettler ice plex before heading to new york. sherri ly is there this morning. you're standing outside, but can you feel it? >> reporter: you know, can everyone feel it? it is crazy for the caps around washington now. you can look here and this is definitely some caps country. the practice starts at 10:30 this morning, open to the public, and it's free. the caps getting ready for game seven against the rangers. now that is the only game that matters. they forced the rangers into a

game seven after being down 3-2 in the series. the caps have said they're not ready to go home for the season. what better way to keep it alive than to take game seven. caps' fans have been rocking the red. as the team keeps winning, they seem to be putting it all together at the right time. the caps have been in this situation before, with their backs against the wall, and this is where they do best. >> it's one game thing now. both teams are going to be pumped and to play a game seven, you know, winner takes all. comes down to one game. you play these long series, but it comes down to one game now. >> reporter: the caps beat the boston bruins, last year's stanley cup champions, to advance against the rangers. they are looking to do what no team has done before, and that is to take out the rangers in a game seven on their own home ice. but tony and allison, there is

a first time for everything. >> especially with our caps. thank you so much. >> reporter: that's right. it is now nine minutes after 8:00 on this friday morning. just when you think your budget can't be stretched much further, people in some parts of maryland are going to see their water bills jump. >> also, an international drug ring that investigators say was in business for years has been busted now in northern virginia. details when fox 5 morning news returns. 8:10.

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biggest in recent memory. police say they found 170 pounds of pot in a laurel home. that worth half a million dollars. they also discovered growing equipment, irrigation systems, and a ventilation system. if you live in montgomery county or prince george's county, get ready to pay more for your water. rates will go up 7.5% starting july 1. that averages out to about five dollars more a month on a typical bill. part of the money will be used for pay raises for the wssc workers as well as rehabbing aging pipes. tucker has been giving us the best news had it comes to the weather on this special weekend. we want to get more on that, and also a little more sweetness before we head into the weekend. tucker barnes, take it away. >> it's what mother's day is all about. >> let's do it. time for our my first 5 photo of the day. this is abigail, everybody. >> hi, abigail! hi, cutie.

>> guess what she's up to? >> in her pool. >> spring fun. >> in her brand-new pool. >> nothing like a brand-new pool. i've never had one. >> we can get you one for your birthday. >> one like this. >> exactly. apparently she's excited about not only the new pool, but her minnie mouse bathing suit. >> lovely. >> she wants to say good morning to her grandparents who we are told are avid fox 5 morning viewers. >> did the mom and dad send this in and it's a surprise? >> i don't know the details, but we can find out. >> how cool. >> i hope abigail is watching now. >> me, too. she's adorable. >> sweet. >> we love it. you can enjoy your pool today, and tomorrow and sunday. pool weather on the way. music just keeps going. yeah. i feel like i'm going to start

dancing. 57 now in washington. cool temperatures off to the north and west. pittsburgh, 49 degrees. cool temperatures. we had 30s around here earlier this morning. looking at the satellite radar, that is what you call a quiet weather pattern. chicago, st. louis, cincinnati, atlanta, all the way to washington and boston enjoying clear skies. it's because high pressure is keeping us all nice and dry. should be beautiful today. gorgeous tomorrow and a few more clouds on sunday along with slightly warmer temperatures and more humid. but i think most of your weekend should be dry. maybe a late shower on sunday. here's your five-day forecast. 74 today. warming up near 80 saturday and sunday. scattered showers and thunderstorms monday and tuesday. that's your forecast. let's do a last look at traffic. lauren demarco has got your friday look. what's going on? >> i am getting excited for that weekend forecast. looks great. now things actually still heavy out there on the roads for this hour. live look traveling on 95 in

virginia, northbound pretty heavy through dumphries. 395, heavy leaving the mixing bowl, continuing off and on up toward seminary road. heavy there. then delays after the pentagon, heading across the 14th street bridge. 395 also slow approaching the 3rd street tunnel. no accidents reported, all this just heavy volume. also had sunshine delays around town particularly on 66. still slowing here through manassas. once you get to centreville, pace improves. everything opens up at 123. pot holes sealed up at annandale. allison, over to you. thank you. the underwear bomb plot is

topic on this week's fox news sunday. fox's shannon bream is in for chris wallace. good morning. >> good morning. >> this big announcement by the obama administration on president obama's choice to support same-sex marriage. >> it's a hot topic here and across the country. we have a couple of key senators to sit down with us. we have dianne feinstein with us, and she is connected to a number of these issues. first of all, she's introduced a bill to repeal the defense of marriage act. she's been on the front lines of that issue. she'll be with us in studies to talk about that. and she is the chair of the select committee on

intelligence. we'll talk to her about that bloom plot, and the concern many within the government have, and outside the government, about leaks about that information and exactly where they may be coming from. >> we look forward to that. also another exclusive interview, you're talking with the chair of the senate republican conference on the defense budget and what might happen, looking at pretty steep cuts here. >> yes. we'll talk to him about the fact the senate hasn't had a budget in more than three years. also the fact he was one to endorse romney early on in the primary season. he's campaigned with him. is he possibly on the short list for vp? we'll talk to him about those things and more on sunday morning. >> we're looking forward to it. thank you, shannon. >> have a great day. >> you, too. you can catch the show sunday after fox 5 morning news. >> very good. it is 19 minutes after 8:00.

metro is taking action after a recent derailment and fires on board two of its buses. >> and we're checking in with holly with a preview of the first ever chantilly day. see what the city is celebrating. >> as we go to break, mother's day is sunday. and on our facebook fan page we asked you to tell us about the best advice mom ever gave you. this is from julie who writes, mom said listen before you speak. great advice, julie. we'll be back in just a moment. it's 8:20.

we are monitoring metro this morning. a metro employee is fired after last month's derailment on the blue line. metro says the track switch was not aligned because the worker didn't clamp it properly. a new plaque to honor the victims of the 2009 red line crash will be unveiled this morning. it takes place at 10:00 a.m. families of the nine victims have been asking for a plaque to be placed. d.c. mayor gray will be joined at the ceremony by first responders and chairman of the

national transportation safety board. metro is pulling all its o rye en6 buses from service. >> metro says the fires were in the hydraulic system and caused by two different hoses in the buses that were not properly installed. no one was hurt in the incident, but after the second fire, metro took all 95 of the buses out of service. metro's bus chief says the design is too dangerous to put the buses back on the road, and metro' gm says it makes more sense to replace them rather than fixing them. >> we didn't want to take the risk. if we had made all the modifications, it probably would have been okay. this is a faster thing, will give us better and safer buses and more efficient buses, too. >> the buses were due to be replaced in a few years. metro is using its fleet of reserve buses until the new replacements begin arriving in september. 8:24 now on this friday

morning. coming up next, the first lady taking time to honor military moms and wives with a special afternoon at the white house. >> also ahead, redskins hall of famer monk filing a lawsuit against the nfl, saying the league didn't do enough to protect players from concussions. we'll be right back.

it is 8:28 now. in a few hours, john edwards' defense lawyers are expected to ask a judge to dismiss corruption charges against him. after two weeks of testimony, the defense says the prosecution failed to prove the former presidential candidate purposely violated the law by using campaign finances to hide his pregnant mistress. if the judge does not grant the motion, the defense will start presenting its case on monday. president obama is waking up in los angeles this morning,

after picking up a record $15 million from george clooney's fundraiser last night at his house. the president goes to reno, nevada later this morning to talk about homeowners struggling. mitt romney is also talking about the economy today in north carolina. tomorrow romney gives the commencement address at liberty university in virginia. a special tribute to military mothers and wives today, the friday before mother's day is always celebrated the military spouse appreciation day. yesterday at the white house, first lady michelle obama and vice president joe biden's wife invited the wives to the white house for a fun afternoon. the first lady thanked them and gave a shoutout to her own mom, who she called her rock. that's awesome. >> yep. mother's day is special. i want to give a quick shoutout, not to my own mother

now, but to long time viewers dr. lewis brown and his wife there, watch the show and support the show. thank you so much. but this is all about a gift from their kids. they sent me a little package, it had little box of chocolates in it, and a card and this bear. the bear is from basically the kids, and it's little lewis, whose dad said, little lewis is my biggest fan and his sister, marietta. it says, united states marine corps. thank you so much. it's a sweet keepsake. >> sweet. >> you didn't have to do that, and i appreciate you, and your parents, too. thank you so much. happy mother's day to all the moms out there, including me. >> happy mother's day to you. on sunday. >> and my mama and grandmama who is with my mom.

four generations of women that -- >> yeah, yeah, because you still have your grandmother. >> my grandmother, who is 96ier old, and my mom, and there's me. >> i have my grandmother, too. >> we're seriously blessed with that. >> i feel sorry for your husband on that day. he must be working hard. >> i always say, i'm not his mom. let the kids make my cards and let's go out and eat dinner. >> that's great. >> i don't really like it when he gives me a card. it's okay. >> really? >> i'm not his mom. that's how i feel about it. it's just me. >> i've got a live shot for you. going to be a beautiful day and weekend. >> yeah! >> got outdoor plans with mom or grand mom, go for it. next couple of days will be great. i think even sunday we'll be looking at quiet conditions across the area. this is a beautiful start to your day. little cool. expecting bright afternoon sunshine. dry conditions and temperatures in the mid-70s for daytime

highs later today. still cool now. warming up. overnight lows in the 30s and low 40s. 57 now in washington. check out manassas, 41 for you. 53 at dulles. 55 in frederick now. all of us should be in the low to mid-70s for afternoon highs. breezes starting to pick up again. will calm down overnight. our last few minutes here, winds out of the west and north at about 10 in washington. 8in gaithersburg. it won't be as windy as yesterday, but some breezes out of the north and west at 10 to 15. look at the clear skies, all the way out to chicago and st. louis. if you're traveling, you should be fine, headed to the beaches. nice and quiet. cooler down there, but a lot of sunshine both today and tomorrow and a few more clouds sunday. otherwise, good looking

forecast, sunny, warm afternoons. cool nights through the start of the weekend. sunday our area of high pressure keeping us dry today will shift around and our winds will come out of the south, increasing the humidity and the cloud cover for the day sunday. i don't think we'll see rain on sunday. maybe a late shower, and i think the chance of that will be in the evening hours. 74 today. 77 tomorrow. near 80 sunday. cool it down with more cloud cover and storms monday, tuesday. that's a look at the forecast. allison and tony, back to you. i'll take it, thank you. health alert this morning, new hope in preventing the spread of hiv. a drug has been approved. it's being recommended for those in high risk groups. a hall of famer who played 14 seasons with the redskins is suing the nfl and a helmet maker over his health problems and he has several more players

backing him up. >> fox 5's sarah simmons is back now with more on this lawsuit. you're hearing it more and more, and i'm sure it's controversial. did they know what they were getting into and all this? >> right. >> hot topic. >> there are more players coming forward, adding their names to this lawsuit. more than 60 former nfl players have filed a suit saying the league didn't do enough to protect them from concussions. leading that pack of players, the most recent pack in this case, is art monk, a former wide receiver who spent 14 of his 16 pro seasons with the redskins. monk says he has short-term memory laws, headaches and speech problems from concussions suffered on the field. of course, this is an ongoing controversy between the league and former nfl players. more than 1,000 now are suing the league. monk started his career with the redskins in 1980 and was inducted into the hall of fame in 2008. he also won three super bowls

with the redskins. monk and the other players involved in the suit claim not enough was done to inform them about the dangers of concussions in the past, and not enough is being done to take care of them today. the suit also claims players who suffered concussions were told not to be overly concerned and were sent on the field minutes later after suffering one. monk's later told the washington times the whole game needs to change and the league is defending itself, or the league, i should say, rather, is defending itself, saying they did not intentionally try to mislead the players. of course, this is all going to shake out in court. and we'll see whose said to believe here. we'll have to find out. >> we'll be watching. thank you so much. time now is 8:35. it's a friday morning. >> that's right. coming up next on fox 5 morning news, one of the nation's biggest banks says it lost $2 billion in 6 weeks. j.p. morgan chase left with lots of questions to answer.

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they're looking for a pharmacist in fairfax, virginia. for more information on this, head to myfoxdc.com and look for the job shop. we've got a big money story this morning, as the largest bank in the u.s. admits its taken a huge hit. >> j.p. morgan chase says it's lost $2 billion in the last six weeks. how did it happen? >> they've announced a $2 billion mistake. a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its money has back

fired. j.p. morgan's ceo says it was the result of a series of bad decisions. >> in hindsight, the strategy was flawed, complex, poorly reviewed, poor executed and poorly monitored. there were many errors, sloppiness and bad judgment. >> the loss occurred over the past six weeks. liz mcdonald suggests workers at the bank made a bad gamble. >> what i'm hearing is this got so big that they were warping the directions of the derivative markets. betting that the credit of a number of companies their bonds would improve when they didn't. >> the company's stock has plunged almost 7% following the announcement. senior washington correspondent says while this doesn't

farewell for the bank, the lending institution is still in good standing. >> we will be getting guidance from the regulators that the investors and market was not spooked and we're not getting any of that kind of guidance. so that i think is can be reassuring. >> a. in of lawmakers said the bank made risky bets it had no business making. it is 8:41 now. coming up next, we are headed to london, or outside london, to check in with our movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy. >> he'll tell us why he is across the pond today. >> big celebration in chantilly, virginia this weekend. holly? ♪ >> reporter: hey, guys, we are live this morning at chantilly high school, where the marching band is getting in an early morning practice. they are fired up because they are gearing up for the first ever chantilly days festival. how you can be a part of it,

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we have a correction about the plaque being dedicated to the victims of the 2009 metro red line crash. we are learning that the associated press put the event on its day book, or events, items that were happening today. that's called a day book. it's unclear when the plaque unveiling will actually take place. hope to get you more information on that. thank you very much. tim burton's homage to the cult classic soap opera dark shadows opens today. kevin mccarthy is in west sussex, england, to interview the cast of another movie, but he joins us via skype for his take on dark shadows. how are you doing? >> reporter: i raced here because i wanted to talk to you

guys. it's beautiful here in england. i'm excited to be speaking with y'all this morning. >> we're glad you're with us, too. "dark shadows," i've seen the previews, and i have high hopes for this movie. and i'm not the biggest tim burton fan. this movie looks dead on and very funny to me. >> reporter: i'm a huge tim burton fan. i grew up watching his movies, which is why i was excited to sit down with him. he's taking on a gothic soap opera. over 1200 episodes. it was like a huge show. people would race home and watch the show at 4:00, because there was no dvr back then. you had to schedule your life around the shows you wanted to watch. and it was a poorly made television show. set pieces were falling down. actors bumping into set pieces and forgetting their line. almost like an ed wood film. not a well done show, but

everybody loved it. now johnny depp is taking on the famous character. he wakes up 200 years after being buried alive as a vampire. i think johnny depp, he is the only reason this movie truly works. there's so many great parts and aspects to the movie. well shot and well directed. it's just there's no real focus on a coherent story line. but depp is so funny and well acted, that you enjoy your experience. you don't love it, but you enjoy it. i felt like his hands, fingers, were really the star of the movie. ava green was fantastic. the music was great. danny elfin's score was beautiful. i first hour was great, and the movie falls off towards the end. i want to say it is being released in imax. it was not shot in imax.

go for the regular 2d. stay home, rent sleepy holly, edward scissors hands, sweeney todd. since i'm here, i want to go to fleet street and get a haircut. >> that's quite a collaboration they have going on, tim burton and johnny depp, elfin, this whole crew. i think the 8th one they've worked on, something like that? >> reporter: a great duo. these directors obviously know what actors they want to work with. and depp and burton are two of the greatest collaborators. not the classic burton movie. decent job, but doesn't stand out as one you would want to

watch over and over again. fun and enjoyable, but falls apart towards the end. >> thank you. tell us about why you're there. it's to interview characters for another big movie. >> reporter: i'm here for snow white. i'm going to sit down with kristin stewart from "twilight." we're doing the interviews at a castle, actually. i'm flipping out about it. recently over last year i sat down with kristin stewart and we geeked out about taco bell. i have purchased them two ten dollars gift cards which i'll present them tomorrow in the interview. i'll give it to them tomorrow. hopefully they'll remember. it will be awkward if they don't. >> hopefully they will remember. you're the man, kev. we'll see you when you come

back. >> reporter: thank you. check out my interview online with tim burton. it's a fascinating interview myfoxdc.com. >> thank you very much. see you soon. >> got to love kevin. he makes us feel like we're there with him. >> enjoys it. >> that's great. holly morris is at chantilly high school today. >> she's there to learn about the first chantilly days festival. >> reporter: this is going to be a great weekend event for people to be a part of it. it's great if you live in chantilly, and it's great if you don't live in chantilly and want to see what chantilly is all about. that's part of the purpose behind this festival. eileen curtis is president of the dulles regional chamber and roy is the director of baby management company. they're here because something like this doesn't happen without a public/private partnership, which is what's going on here. i'm like, okay, people love

living here and working here. almost like a bit of a fairy tale. >> it is. if cinderella were a place, it would be chantilly. we have the international washington dulles airport, and the air and space museums. like cinderella, we do not have a spotlight that's been focused on chantilly. our purpose as a chamber is to do that and create a wonderful day to celebrate chantilly. >> reporter: sometimes it's be careful what you wish for. you have this gem and you're opening it to everyone. you want everyone to come in and take part. >> absolutely. everyone is most welcome. it's 9:30 to 6:00 tomorrow. we have things ranging from parades to pet adoption, to business expo, taste of chantilly, a sunset concert with the merchants of cool. >> reporter: roy, where you

come in, you've helped donate the space so they can have this amazing festival. for you, to have a day like this, why is it so important? >> first of all, my theory is that chantilly days is an idea whose time has come. ultimately, public/private collaboration. it's a perfect canvas to hold the venue. >> reporter: as we're celebrating all that chantilly is now, there's a part of this about what the future of chantilly will be, and that's where our wonderful kids come in, who are here this morning. the marching band of chantilly high school. i'm going to check in with chris singleton. he's been keeping them in line this morning. brag a little about the band. >> this is a great band we have here. in december we went to hawaii and we're -- >> reporter: can i be a part of

the band? hawaii? >> yeah. it was a great time. it was part of the pearl harbor memorial, and we have a lot of things coming up as well. there's also our jazz and pizzazz event, the 23rd through the 26th. go to chantillychoral.org for tickets. >> reporter: and you have this thing coming up, the chantilly festival. you'll be playing in the parade? >> yes. and after the parade there's a band showcase. and then a little bit later the jazz band is performing. >> reporter: since we're fired up about all things chantilly this morning, do you think you can give us a little fight song? >> absolutely. >> reporter: all right. take it away. ♪

♪ >> reporter: the first ever chantilly day festival is going on saturday from 9:30 until 6:00 at the babies "r" us parking lot at metrotech driver. there is something for everyone. coming up, did you know chantilly had a french connection? we'll find out about that as we continue to celebrate all things chantilly this morning. back to you in the studio. >> all right. that will get you moving on a

friday morning. >> pretty good band. >> thank you. today's facebook fan of the day has a connection to chantilly. that's where 13-year-old max will celebrate his bar mitzvah tonight. congratulations to you, max. he says he watches the show every morning with his mom, and he loves ask the weather guys. we thank you very much for that. max says he actually hopes to be a weather guy himself some day. if you want to be monday's fan of the day, post a comment under max's photo. still ahead on fox 5 morning news, the man himself is here, comedian john love its, hello, jon. happy to have you here. >> yes. >> you know him from everything. >> of course you know him. >> "saturday night live," the movies, tv shows. he's in town this weekend. before he hits the stage, he is right here live.

we'll talk to him at 9:15. stay with us. (bell rings)

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welcome back on this friday morning. i'm alison seymour. >> i'm tony perkins. coming up, allegations that republican presidential candidate mitt romney participated in anti-gay bullying when he was in high school. they are claims first reported in the "washington post" and now the alleged victim's family is speaking out about that story. >> then caps mania. they are headed north for game seven with the rangers. sherri ly is live here as they prepare for their last practice at home. >> comedian jon lovitz, that picture there, he could be running for office, jon lovitz is in town for a few shows. first he's bringing his