at nats park. >> look how thick that looks. >> i know fingers crossed. a couple tickets from straight up 7:00 a.m. on a tuesday morning. -- tick away from straight up 7:00 a.m. on a tuesday morning. >> i am will smith standing in for tony perkins as he is at nats park for weather day. >> today is fox 5 weather day with the nationals. tucker, tony and sue will be at the ballpark. this morning, with school kids from across the area. we don't want to dispoint them we will check with everybody starting at 8:00 a.m. >> there is a plan. this is going on rain or shine. >> rain or shine. >> kids covered, nats people have this all figured out along with the staff. it will be fun. i will still do this too. >> gwen is in checking out the radar. >> yeah,. >> the map. >> cross our toes. >> eyeballs. >> good morning allison, well, yes, the wet weather in the

forecast. take a look at our fox 5 radar. the back end of the rain is just now gradually moving across the dc metro. we are going to see breaks definitely the situation stands we could see some storms by this afternoon. keeping our eye on the skies, at nats park. let's show you how far this swath of rain is. you can see down to the south of dc pushing its way off to the northeast, the clouds in full force as well. it is a little sticky outside as well. this morning. with moisture and warm air. we have humidity up, 93%, continues to climb. current temperature 67 degrees, light southwesterly wind flow going on right now. out towards our neighbourhoods, 66 bwi marshall, 68 an nap police, frederick 64, dulles -- annapolis, frederick 64, dulles

64. clouds, rain, showers, looking at a few breaks. don't expect a burst of sunshine. then this afternoon, instability expected in the atmosphere. we are talking chance of thunderstorms, warming up to 79 degrees. now if i am not mistaken that is the temperature julie wright might like. >> you are getting very close. all it needs is to be a little warmer and sunny. on the roads right now wet pavement not helping our drive around town. this happens to be the outer loop typically slow between 95 and georgia avenue. outer loop as you work past connecticut avenue, past 270, accident activity before you commit to 270, tieing up the left lane of 2. delays travelling south on 270, approaching or passing 109. grid locked traffic out at german town leaving father hurly boulevard towards 370, more slow traffic out towards the belt way. you will find on the outer loop, accident activity has been cleared over to the shoulder. northbound 95, below speed as you travel route 3, towards

quantico, a 32 minute commute, all delays are opened, earlier accidents cleared. on the east side of town, before we go, tree down blocking the gw parkway, between vernon hugh drive and mount vernon highway. now to the east side of town. at the crash eastbound 50, buoy, 197, tieing up the left side of the road, riffer dale headed into northeast. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. some top stories we are following on this tuesday morning a police involved shooting in dc. >> investigators are looking into whether it is connected to another shooting. melanie alnwick is live in southeast. melanie good morning. good morning will. yes, the scene here is still blocked off, many many hours after this incident it happened 10:47 p.m. on monday night, and now we are getting close to what is it now, 7:00 a.m. in the morning sorry i have been here since very early. hard to keep track of one hour

to the next. 6th street, blocked off darington to galveston street. it appears they are keeping this scene blocked off it was quite a scene last night. we understand there was gunfire exchanged across these three blocks between some people. we do know that one police officer was injured with what they call a graze wound. there is a male suspect, there was a lookout for a male suspect when the alert first came across at 10:47 p.m. last night. the male suspect is now deceased, fatally shot by at least one police officer. that exchange of gunfire but details we are not sure. police think it may be connected to another scene, a shooting they were called to respond to that happened 10:12 a.m., only 30 minutes prior to that. not far away we have a map we can show you, proximity of those two locations. now that particular scene again

happened 10:12 a.m. in the evening, that was in the 4300 block of 3rd street southeast, dc police responded for an adult male shot in the leg. the two scenes may be related but they are not confirming 100% at this point they are. there was a third shooting scene here in southeast dc last night, that one was over on the 1500 block v street it happened 10:44 p.m. in that situation there were two men shot and wounded one in the foot and one in the arm. it just now appears the v street scene is related to the ones on 3rd and 6th. that is the latest from here in southeast. >> thanks for the update. new details on a person of interest, in the stabbing of a pregnant woman. police released this video of a man they are trying to find and identify the attack happened march 22nd overnight, 4200 block 9th street, southeast. the victim survived but the boy she delivered died.

an autopsy proved the infant was killed by the stab wound. prince george county police on the hunt for a suspect involved in a string of wobblies. suspects -- robberies. suspects wearing masks were targeting commercial businesses. police believe the pair committed at least six armed robberies since friday night. they hope new video will lead to an arrest. >> one significant thing if you look at surveillance footage or photographs we provided one suspect has a distinctive sweat shirt on with red lettering in the front and black lettering in the back. hopefully some body recognizes that sweatshirt and calls police. so far, no one has been hurt in any of these robberies. will. polls are now open for the dc council special election. residents in ward 5 are voting to fill a seat vacant since january.

former councilman harry thomas junior resigned, headed to prison for stealing public funds. there are 17 polling stations that will stay open until 8:00 p.m. tonight. only residents in ward 5 can vote. >> lawmakers in maryland resume special session 3 hours from now. inside the state house they are trying to hammer out a budget outside protestors are calling for a stop to tax hikes governor o'malley wants on workers earning over $100,000 a year to avoid $500 million in automatic cuts triggered by a doomsday budget triggered when lawmakers failed to pass a budget in regular session. virginia, house of delegates, blocked on openly gay richmond prosecutor from appointment, tracy thorn bagman received 33 yes votes, 33 no coming from republicans, 10 abstentions in his bid to become what gay rights advocates would become

virginia's openly gay jurist. less than 6 months until the november election, a new poll suggests the race to the white house may be neck and neck until the end. mitt romney heads to the heartland hoping to gather more support. president obama is back in dc, after spending time in new york. foxes kelly wright has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: president obama basked in the glow of supporters in new york, out thing his position in favour of same-sex marriage but outside the big apple several democratic senators up for re- election refused to endorse it, a sign the road to re-election could get bumpy. president obama's motorcade zipped through streets of manhattan yesterday from one greater number of witnesses ski fundraiser to the next according to -- glitsy fundraiser to the next.

according to a poll, romney is ahead by 3 points the poll was taken after the president made public his support for same-sex marriage he defended on monday as a civil rights issue. >> that is how we achieved women's rights, voting rights, that is how we achieved workers rights. [ applause ] >> that is how we achieved gay rights. >> 67% question his motivation, saying he did it for political reasons. only 24% said it was mostly because he thinks it is right. some are seeing warning signs within the president's base >> i think there is lots of opposition you look at poll numbers, it is about half of black america, does not like this, if you go into the churches it is much stronger. >> oh bomb ma campaign -- obama campaign is on the attack, casting mitt romney as a job killer. >> they have more money than their families will spend yet they didn't have the money to take care of the very people that made the money for them.

>> it is a subject rom fee campaign and many -- romney campaign and many others are eager to debate. >> consider the problems, debt, 8% unemployment, health care, green jobs, gas prices, lobbiests you can go on and on and everyone of these cases this president has made a big big promise using his words, but the reality is it hasn't squared up. >> according to the poll, the top priority for americans is still economy. 62% versus 7% who cite same-sex marriage as their top issue. let's stay on the campaign trail for just a moment longer. republican congressman ron paul said he is not going to campaign in any more presidential primary states. it doesn't mean he is off the ballots but does mean he is shutting down his bid for the presidency. the congressman said to continue campaigning it would cost millions his camp doesn't

have. but he urges supporters to keep working in their states to push what they believe in. new this morning, a new president in france, francois hollande was just sworn in as the first social list president in france in 17 years after giving his speech this morning he is off to meet the leader of germany, then gets ready to come here to the u.s., where president obama will host world leaders at camp david for this week's g 8 summit. former editor of the news of the world tabloid facing criminal charges. rebecca brooks and her husband will be prosecuted for obstruction of justice she reports the news to have world, newspaper, owned by the same parent company as fox 5 was shut down by rupert murdoch in the wake of the scandal. russian rocket blasted off

with an american astronaut and two russian coz mow naughts headed for the international space station. they are scheduled to dock thursday morning and will start preparing for a private rocket ship that arrives next week. just as we are comfortably saying sarkozy, we have to say hollande. >> but that is easier for me. >> high five to that. thanks for the help. 7:12 a.m., concern about our waterways. find out where the potomac river stands on list of rivers most threatened by plus, coming up here on fox 5. are you lookin to book a get away. perpetually. yes. new flights coming to a local airport. a new law provided more options for travelers. details straight ahead. >> not that we need options we just want to go. >> as we head to break, a live lookout side, 395, the latest weather and traffic from gwen and julie as we continue

the list of endangered rivers comes out today. why the potomac is cleaner than it used to be it is named as most threatened. with congress considering drastic cuts to protect clean water experts say conditions could get worse. >> let's hope not and let's hopconditions don't continue to deteriorate outside. we want it to be nice as possible for the game later. >> rain moving across now with showers and things but things are looking better on radar i am happy to say. i think the guys will be able to sneak it in before things start to happen again by the afternoon hours. here is a look at our fox 5 doppler radar. we are on the back edge of that rain as it pulls its way out

now. our weather guys might be doing okay. however, areas to have eastern shore, easton, cambridge, thunderstorms now developed in that precipitation. so we will watch that closely as well. we do have a chance of seeing storms later on today. let's go to weather maptake a look where we stand. 67 degrees, regan national airport, sticky, humid, muggy, yeah, 90% humidity with a light southerly wind flow. as far as temperatures go elsewhere, currently 68 degrees annapolis, quantico warmed up to 71, 64 culpepper, dulles 64 and 63 frederick, 63 degrees martins burg. jet stream to the north of us live in that warmer air to settle us in. we are talking a high of 75 degrees, still a chance of thunderstorms by this afternoon and tonight, it will be mild as well, 64. we will see showers, and then thunderstorms possible again late tonight, but in between all this as you saw on radar we could get a break-in there.

the problem is if the sun makes a peek, clouds will stick around. we may get a peek of the sun, heating up the atmosphere and giving us instability where we have that front moving through this afternoon. storms could be back in the forecast. overall not doing too badly once again hopefully a little break for our weather guys. >> hopefully a break for the weekend. i am looking forward to it. >> oh, let me see the 5 day forecast. you will pay me for that. >> that means it will be good. >> it is only tuesday will >> i know it is only tuesday. hey, julie. >> good morning. >> a few more days. >> if will is passing out money i can guarantee, it will be a good saturday too. >> just pennys for the penny slots in atlantic city. >> that's it? >> yeah, honey i work at fox 5. >> okay then. on the roads travelling northbound along i-95, a touch commute all morning long. delays leaving route 3, to

quantico. a 30 minute ride, earlier incidents along the way have cleared. tree down, gw parkway. south vernon highway. left lane tied up at the scene. we are dealing with a power outage, if you come top an area, where the traffic signals are not working, treat it as a four way stop. 22 miles an hour and father hurly boulevard, toward montrose, a 30 minute commute. see you soon. health alert about a new strategy to fight alzheimers. the federal government is adopting it we will find out the details when the secretary of health announces it later today. she will outline the work already started. the health department is working to meet a 2025 deadline for finding ways to treat the disease. jp morgan shareholders will have their first chance to grill the company's ceo about

last week's $2 billion trading loss. jamie diamond and investors are attending the company's annual meeting in florida today. fall out has already begun the chief investment officer retires shares are down. the loss has critics of the banking industry, calling for stricter regulation by wall street on top of rules passed by congress following the 2008 financial crisis. flying cross country just got easier for travelers leaving from regan national airport, thanks to four new nonstop flights. virgin america will offer its first service out of the airport. in the past they could not fly between national and cities 1250 miles from washington, unless congress passed a law to authorize it. now a new law is being put in place, bringing in more competition. it allows carriers already serving national to make changes to their flight schedules.

>> i am excited about virgin that is a great airline. could be john edwards takes the stand in his corruption trial. the thing is heating up. details as we check top stories making headlines. later this hour the 21st annual northern virginia fine arts festival, takes place this weekend. holly morris is live with a preview. time now is 7:21 a.m., we will be right back i style everyone.

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topping headlines nationwide now, friends and family are holding a blood drive in honor of a georgia graduate student fighting a disturbing flesh eating bacterial infection. 24-year-old amy got the rare infection after cutting her leg while zip lining. she was near death for days and doctors were forced to amputate her left leg. amy will also lose some fingers but they are hoping to save her palms, which could alher to

use prosthetics. medical experts in italy testing samples from the remains of enrico des pades his body was exiled yesterday as part of an investigation into one of the vaticans most enduring mysteries, teenage daughter of a vatican employee disappeared in 1983, a former girlfriend, claimed the mobster kidnapped the girl and an anonymous call inner 2005 told a call in tv show, said the answer lay in his tomb. in john ed cards trial he could take -- edwards trial he could take the stand and testify. the one time presidential candidate who amassed millions as a trial attorney knows how to sway a jury. it used to be his profession. legal experts are split on whether his testimony would help or hurt him. prosecutor haves a high bar to

reach convincing the jury he used campaign donation not perm gifts as hush money for his misstress. brian mcnamee will return to the stand today. the baseball players former personal trainer is expected to tell the jury he injected clemens with performance enhancing drugs in 2000 and 2001. yesterday he testified he gave clement, would be of baseball's most successful pitchers steroids in 1998. tuesday morning. topping news in the district. rookie bryce harper. guess what, it is now former coach dale hunter. and it is all coming up as fox 5 morning news continues. as we head to break, yuck. >> like pea soup. >> a live lookout side. the latest weather and traffic

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topping sports headlines, dale hunter stepping down as

the caps head coach after less than 6 months on the job. what's up with that. hunter says he wants to return home to ontario canada to run the junior hockey team he owns and spend time with his family. >> this is a tough decision, i enjoyed coaching these guys here, and being back to a team that is -- i would figure it is not my team but still my team you know. and so, it was a tough decision the make but it was the right thing for me and my family. >> hey, he had a great season after all. hunter instilled possession oriented system with an emphasis on defense and blocking shots. got the team into the playoffs but they lost in the second round to the rangers. >> disappointed by that. >> yeah, we were rocking that red. >> we were will. baseball now, bryce harper hit his first big league home run as nationals beat the padres, 8- 5. he became the youngers major leaguer to homer since 1998, --

youngest major leaguer to homer since 1998. >> you sound like you are ready for espn. >> okay. tracy and xavier and maddie also homered for the nats. today is fox 5 weather day with the nats. we are excited. tucker tony and sue will be at the ballpark this morning with school kids from across the surrey john, we will check with -- region, we will check in with them. they will meet the weather team and stay for the game against the padres hopefully that will happen this day. one of them, maybe it is not such a rumour one gets to throw out the first pitch at the game >> i wonder which one it will be. >> maybe sue will save the day. >> yeah, they've got the grass covered but some of those stands, a little later filled

with kids attending fox 5s weather day rain or shine they will cover you, so if you are seeing this now before you head out, still head out. it is going on for sure. >> great for the kids. >> a fun day. rain drops are coming down and they have been coming down since last night but radar is giving us a really good impression of a clearing, a little bit of a break at least. that will help out our weather guys and our weather queen sue palka. a live look at doppler weather radar. a little red, a little yellow, with where we have pockets of heavier rainfall, areas east. you can see dc just on the back edge of this, so we are going to get a little bit of a break. that is at least good news for my colleagues out there. let's go to our weather maps now. here is a look at where we stand in terms of temperatures mild outside, double 6s kicking in for dc same for baltimore, 68 annapolis, 64 dulles, warmed up to 71 quantico, 64 at martins burg, same at

hagerstown and frederick, and 4 degrees -- 64 degrees at cull pepper, temperature 67 in dc humidity is another factor. 90% humidity, with all the warm air and moisture in the atmosphere it feels muggy outside. that is not a great comfort level. winds from ist south, 7 miles -- from the south, 7 miles an hour. as we deal with this frontal system, by this afternoon expect to see a difference, a bit of a break. thunderstorms isolated and scattered in nature. tomorrow another set of clouds and a front come thus sets us up on wednesday for a chance of showers and storms. today showers, a break, chance of storms later on, 79 dealings our daytime high, 5 day forecast, julie. we have our hands full, northbound 5, we have reports

of accident activity tieing up the right lane. 202, arena drive for a stalled car, northbound, 301, cedarville road. power failure effecting your commute, 210 at marshall hall. if you come to an intersection with lights not working treat it as a four way stop. accident activity near our vanna, down to 23 miles an hour as you head southbound and delay, father hurly boulevard toward montrose road, a 50 minute drive out of german town south, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. drivers may soon be able to sound off about parking in the district. councilmember mary chase is planning a round table meeting this summer. the goal to get feedback how policy makers should approach the debate over lack of parking and cost. they have faced backlash over high meter rates, extended

hours and lack of parking in the district. chairman brown good morning welcome back to the show. >> good morning thanks for having me on. >> you have been vocal about the parking issue saying you want to have a special hearing about this to address this, any timeline for that? your general thoughts about what a pain it can be to park in the district. >> not just a pain to park in the district but residents are tired of fees, looking at speeding cameras, looking at you walk across the street when it is a red light you get a $250 ticket, looking at putting 7 bags of quarters in a meter just to run across the street to starbucks. people are tired of fees. we are going to take a comprehensive look at feesome could be useful for certain reasons but we don't want to be in the business of creating full fees to run the government. that is unacceptable. >> it does so help with the

city business, how do you reach that compromise. >> what happened we have the district of columbia is strong. we have a billion dollars in reserves. we are voting on the budget, the first jurisdiction to pass a budget. virginia hasn't passed theirs, maryland hasn't passed theirs my colleagues have worked hard p. the district is strong. the question is, are we raising fees to run the government? are we raising fees to get out of the financial constraints we were in. i think we are passed that stage now >> any time table for hopefully a special hearing, councilmember che said this summer she is looking at it with a discussion. >> we will look at all of the fees in the district of columbia and how much they have increased to make sure they are in line with the jurisdictions. they are in for the right reason. we are looking at a special committee. council member che is looking at parking. >> speed cameras.

>> when you caulk to residents they are -- talk to residents they are tired of fees. all right. today's special election, almost a chance to hit the restart button for the good people of ward 5. >> special election. it is raining but we want everyone to come out and participate. we look forward to having the voters decide in ward 5 who they want to represent them. >> how tough would it be for that person, they hit the ground running really today you are looking at budget issues other important issues that person has to come in and catch up. >> yeah, i think they all signed up for the job. they are all out campaigning for the job. once they get it they have to step up to the table and perform. we look forward to working with them, whoever he or she may be. come when the votes are certified. >> they know what they are getting into. >> that's right. they are asking for people's votes, out there working hard. this is what they signed up for. i am sure whoever wins will be more than ready to take on the challenge. >> let's talk about that budget

you have said you will be the first to pass, in this area, maryland, having a problem, special session coming back on that, virginia, we are looking at different fees and what not. tell us about dcs budget. >> these are tough times i want to say how proud i am of all my colleagues, stepped up to the table. this council will vote on a budget today, no new taxes proposed in this par it can lair budget. no -- particular budget. no new fees sent down, in the majors proposal. we are excited we want to make sure, making sure residents can live here, affordable housing, spend an incredible amount of housing on the trust fund. $18 million. make sure my proposal we have, the local rent supplement, to get folks out of hotels and shelters. we want to make sure the people who live in this building get to live in district of columbia, and make it the diversity it is. >> the mayor asked to be

approved the budget, with some differences what are they? >> there are clearly differences we want to thank the mayor for his work but one, we are going to put money where our mouth is on affordable housing, summit, they talk about affordable housing we will dump close to over $20 million in affordable housing take care of seniors in the budget, continue education reform. focus on our lowest performing schools. make sure those who need it most have opportunity to get the resources necessary to continue. strength and domestic, that is a big issue, money cut out of the budget. we were able to reallocate $120 million on the mayors contingency list and cut that in half. we are excited about the work we have done. also the major and i worked on an initiative to do 23 parks, playgrounds in district of columbia, we want you to be able to go in your own neighbourhood and go to a playground and spend time with your child. we believe in promoting family

atmosphere. there was an issue dc workers getting money back for furloughed days will that issue come up again or is that dead in the water. >> we will deal with it in june. let me stop and thank councilmember david kananya and mayor, making sure health care is available for all here in district of columbia, a lot of hard work, pressure from the news and press about it. that is what the district is about, agreeing to disagree on certain areas but coming back to make sure those who need it most are represented we will do that today and pass this budget with no taxes no commercial, no lottery, no slots no nothing we will do the work of the people to make sure, when they live in the district of columbia, the city is strong. we have some of the hottest restaurants in the country. >> you don't have to sell me on it at all.

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>> brittany spears and demi lovato will be judges on x factor. look at demi all blond. they revealed the new judges last night. >> they will sit alongside simon cowell and l.a. reid. simon had a quick answer when asked how did he convince brittany to say yes. >> i charmed her. >> he is adorable. he is completely adorable. he didn't have to try hard. >> i am so excited to be here, but yeah, i guess you called and that is how it got set up. >> just takes a proposal. >> oh, no. >> the next season debuts on fox 5. i love demi's story she had a little problem she went into rehab for. >> right but i am scared of their energy, brittany spears no stranger to making news headlines is demi lovato just

getting healthy again an older star versus younger i am scared of this. i am not going to be surprised if there are clashes. >> they are going to have to notch it up and be entertaining no one is making money in the music business. >> and brittany did not save the $12 million. >> 15. >> demi is like how much are you getting. >> yeah. >> any way we will see. >> we will get a break on the way now, from the rain. we will enjoy what we have so far, our weather guys need it out there today. let's take a look at our fox live radar, for you, and show you what is happening now. back edge of the rain is gradually slowly pulling its way out. there are some thunderstorms east however, embedded in all of this. we kind of dodged that bullet so far today, but not out of the clear 100%, still another round we could be looking at this afternoon. let's look at our maps now. here is a look where we stand

in terms of temperatures 67 degrees, regan national airport, 64 dull let, 66 at -- dulles, 66 at bwi marshall, that humidity is up there 90% with a light southerly wind. today talking mainly rain showers, could see a thunderstorm popping up here and there. we got to watch it closely. midday says thunderstorms with rain but could have breaks could see some of that more east. definitely later on today, still under the gun. our high today, very mild and warm, 79 degrees. >> yeah almost hot. >> muggy. >> yeah. >> imagine if it was sunny out. >> that would be nice. a check of your on time traffic good morning julie. >> good morning guys. again you mentioned this earlier this morning we are talking about it police week. we have a group that is making their way northbound on 395, they were in the hov lanes heading northbound toward it is 14th street bridge that was slowing down as we had traffic stopped here. i am getting hits off twitter people telling me there is a rally, if you will, being held

just outside the belt way along 210, at harley davidson place and you will find delays continuing northbound, 295, as they make their way through southeast, headed toward the 11th street bridge. southbound 270, no surprise still below speed german town headed out towards the lane divide. a good 40 to 45 minute commute. outer loop remains slow, outer loop to georgia avenue. thanks julie. all morning i have been hearing from julie and sarah about the humidity. >> please i used your hair spray in the make up room. >> then your hair isn't going any where. some artistic creations on display in reston. >> holly is live what you got going on today? >> i've got a wonderful preview this morning as the 21st annual, northern virginia fine arts festival. you are right it is not only for maizing artists but all you art lovers out there as well. we will tell you why you want to make this part of your

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21st annual northern virginia fine arts festival is friday, saturday and sunday. >> time to get your creative juices flowing. holly movie's is in reston to preview the -- holly morris is

in reston to preview the event. >> this is a destination festival not only have they done it for 21 years it is such a high level 50,000 people make sure they come out and see what they have to offer each and every year it is juried the best of the best will show case their wears. it is all done because of the greater reston arts center. damian st. claire is the executive director good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you -- let's be honest you must be excited about the forecast for the weekend. >> absolutely we got all the rain out. >> exactly that takes that stress out of the way. >> absolutely. >> when i was reading about the festival this year, it said returns to reston with a twist. so what is the twist. >> we are opening friday night, a 3 day festival, we are going to catch downtown work force here and some people come out for dinner in reston town center. >> testament to the fact people want a show like this and want to see what is out there. what will people find themselves involved in. >> well, 200 amazing artists, children's activities s some

wonderful music activities during the festival too. >> i would venture to say some people, i know there is people who come every year but the new people who come may not realize, that the gallery here exists places like this are here for them to come and explore, and be inspired so to speak. >> absolutely. grace runs year round, we run this gallery throughout the year, do the festival and in 40 schools across fairfax county. >> how is the mission going with grace. >> we need people to come out to the festival and donate and support but we need people to come into the gallery, support artists buy art work and just have a good time. >> can a novice art lover find something here? because some times when you think about juried shows you thing maybe i don't have the taste to figure out what is good and what is not. >> i almost bought a piece this morning but there is tremendous art work here, art for everybody something anybody can find and start a collection. >> art is what you love any way who cares what critics say >> right. there is 200 artists all

different styles some body will find something they love. >> the wonderful thing about this show too, you can see the artists at work meet the artists talk the them about their work we have two we are going to meet this morning we will start with ann, damian thank you so much. you obviously love this festival ann you have been a part of it 20 of 21 years. >> yep i have. i was here at the beginning when we didn't have tents we just stuck our work out there, on a little flat and people came s it has been awhile but any way we've had pretty good weather too. over the years. >> tell me a little about your medium and what inspires you. >> um, i guess color, is what inspires me. and i usually start with a drawing, and i just like it to be lively and fresh, and some how because my composition tends to exploit out ward from the center it usually ends up looking like a garden. this is the very beginning i will cover over a lot of this, but -- >> what people may not realize,

you can see she is painting but you are doing mixed media you put paper on there as well. >> yep, i slapped some paper down and then some timesly tear up an old painting that wasn't working and use that,. >> repurpose. see look at that you are even green in your art work. ann thank you so much. look for ann. another person you are going to want to look for is aiolis is she is a sculptor one of the aword winning artists from last year thank you for coming out. >> thanks for having me. >> tell me about your work >> i work in a very unique material, polymer clay i mostly sculpt women and women's lives. >> what make this is different from regular clay >> it doesn't go in a kiln. you can bake it at home. i can work in a home studio, be home for my kids and have

control over it. it is wet the whole time and doesn't dry until you bake it. >> then paint oil on top. >> right. >> you said you obviously do a lot of female pieces you just draw inspiration from your own life. >> news other women i know anything interesting to me and i feel like i have something to say. >> what do you thing about this festival compared to others. >> great festival, grace is a wonderful gallery, and it is a beautiful place to be everyone here are very supportive of the artists it is terrific. >> the place you need to be come this weekend may 18th through 20th, 3 days, the 21st annual northern virginia fine arts festival. admission is free they like for you to give a voluntary $10 donation going towards grace when you give that donation they give you a $10 gift certificate to a participating restaurant here. >> next hour a big part of this festival is the children's harts tent. this isn't just an adult festival. what your kids can find themselves in, in the 8:00 a.m.

hour. >> thanks holly. straight ahead at 8:00 a.m., for the second time in a week, a national news magazine is stirring up debate due to a controversial cover the latest is news week with the headline, and the image of president barack obama. we will take a closer look at effectiveness of these attention grabbing covers. nationals weather day, tony, tucker and sue, live at nationals park, about to welcome a big group of school children. we will check with them after the break. sarah is in for the 8:00 a.m. hour see you again at 9:00 a.m. 

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ahead at 8:00 a.m., a violent night in the district. three separate shootings all within the same hour, one of them deadly. now police want to know if they are connected. a live report straight ahead. voters in ward 5 head to the polls today in the district for a special election. they will decide who will replace the former councilman, who resigned amid-scandal. time for our second annual weather day. the fox 5 weather team is at nationals park along with school children from around the

region. hopefully they will get a good crowd. >> fingers crossed. >> good morning i am sarah simmons. >> i am allison seymour. >> let's get things started with tony and tucker. you guys look, no umbrellas. >> great. >> official jersey and everything turn around so they can see. fantastic. >> very cool. >> tony wants one too but he is going to have to -- >> i got to do something to ea it is the second annual weather day here at nationals park sarah and allison and we think we've got very good news. it was pouring rain just a couple hours ago. right now, not raining here over the park things look good for today. >> not a pretty start but big improvement even in the last half hour. definitely peeks of sunshine shortly. >> that will be nice. >> we did that last year. i think it will be dry for a good portion of the day and kids are going to -- we will have a good time. >> we have a couple thousand kids on the way out here from area schools, surprises for them and lots of fun n. the

meantime the official weather forecast. >> as mentioned we are standing out here, rain generally stopped in washington still light rain showers east. let's go right to hd radar. overnight pretty good showers and thunderstorming rolling through the area. we are seeing breaks in the clouds, south and west of the city. we will see a period here, dealing with at least sunny breaks see if we get scattered showers and storms redevelop lolling later this afternoon. temper -- redeveloping later this afternoon. temperature 67 degrees. highs will be upper 70s a few of us will touch 80. a look at your forecast. get rid of early showers and storms mostly cloudy highs close to 80 degrees. >> it will feel like summer time. a good day to play some baseball and beat the padres again. of course the nats beat the padres last night. see if they can do it again this afternoon.

>> you heard who is pitching. >> who? >> strausberg. >> very nice. let's find out what is happening on area roadways. for that julie wright. >> you guys look great out there. you do. you look wonderful now who is buying the hotdogs and cracker jacks have you decided that yet? >> that is all you care about. strausberg is pitching we are performing in front of 2,000 kidyou want a hot dog. >> you are performing? >> not the first time. >> can i get my money back. on the roads right now. you are finding what is happening with the drive on the outer loop as you work your way around, college park past coalsville road, remains heavy and steady, westbound 50. accident activity blocking the two left lanes. you will find on the outer loop delays headed north, up central avenue towards the bw parkway. 395, hot spot, from the belt way up and across the inbound

14th street bridge. thank you. new this morning, a police involved shooting in dc. >> investigators looking into whether it is connected to another shooting, fox 5s melanie alnwick is live in southeast. melanie. >> reporter: good morning allison. not too long ago we had evidence vans pull up now we have crime scene technicians out here on 6th street, southeast in between darington and gavel son streets. -- galveston streets. they are combing the area looking for evidence. police out here also with metal detectors combing the area here, going up and down the sidewalk and paying particular attention to a vehicle. hard to see it is tucked back there, by one of the entrances to the apartment complex. they have been going in and out and paying close attention to what looks to be an old ford explorer back there. what we can tell you we know some time around 10:47 p.m. last night, is when this

incident unfolded there was an alert went out, for a black male, in a black -- blue jacket, blue jeans armed with a gun and at the time they said it was a shooting. now we know dc police were involved in the shooting here at this scene. we are told there was an exchange of gunfire, one officer was sent to the hospital here with what is described to be a graze wound and then the male suspect fatally shot, by at least one police officer, and we are told a gun was recovered here at the scene. this is the 4200 block again of 6th street, southeast. but 30 minutes before this incident happened, there was a shooting, over on the 3rd street southeast, that was at 10:12 p.m. in the evening last night. 4300 block of 3rd street is not far from here. dc police there responded for report of an adult male shot in the leg. sours tell us, police are looking -- sources tell us police are looking for a

connection. there is a third shooting scene here in southeast last night. that was in the 1500 block, d street southeast. that incident two men were shot and wounded one in the foot and one in the arm we do not believe the v street incident is connected to the incidents on 3rd street and 6th street here in southeast again, we will see how long officers are here on the scene as they continue to collect evidence in the case and we are hoping to get more information, as the day unfolds, allison and sarah back to you. >> all right thank you. prince georges county police on the hunt for two armed suspects accused of committing a string of robberies, new surveillance video from a crime scene shows the suspects wearing masks one pointing a gun there while the other empty it is cash register. police believe the pair committed at least 6 armed robberies since friday night targets gas stations, convenience stores and fast food restaurants. to virginia where evidence from

the uva murder trial involving two former lacrosse players will be shown today and tomorrow in circuit short in charlottesville. people will be able to say george huguely's videotaped police statement and text messages over infidelities sent between huguely and yeardley love, three months after huguely was convicted of 2nd degree murder in the 2000 death of love. polls for the dc council special election have now been open for a little over an hour. residents in ward 5 are voting to fill a seat vacant since january. former councilman harry thomas junior resigned and is now headed to prison for stealing public funds. whomever wins today's special election will have to hit the ground running. >> this council will vote on a budget today, they will be no new taxes proposed in the budget. we added no new fees, than with a was sent down in the mayors preposele we are excited about that -- preposele we are

excited about that. chairman brown was on earlier today, here on fox 5 morning news. there will be 17 polling places up and running for the special election until 8:00 p.m. sarah. polls are opening in oregon and nebraska for presidential primaries but as ron paul announced last night he is quitting the race mitt romney no longer has any challengers. romney has a slim lead over president obama in a new cbs new york times poll it shows him ahead of the president by 3 points it was taken after the president made public his support for same-sex marriage. some see warning signs within the president's faith but he defended it yesterday as a civil rights issue. that is how we achieved women's rights, how we achieved voting rights, that is how we achieved workers rights. that is how we achieved gay rights. >> i think there is lots of opposition you look at the poll numbers, it is about half of

black america, does not like this, if you go into the churches it is much stronger. >> meantime the ad wars have begun with new political attacks from obama and romney campaigns. a look at this mornings other top stories investigators still trying to figure out how an illegal immigrant worked for two decades of security supervisor at newark's liberty airport. the man from nigeria used identity of a murder victim who died 20 years ago the stay in the country. he was arrested yesterday and faces charges including identity theft. >> overseas and the group human rights watch claims a prison in iraq supposed to be shut down last year is open. prisoners at the detention center in baghdad were tortured and abused. it was closed in 2011 and iraqi authorities took it over if december. human rights watch says iraqis are still held there illegally.

new era in france, a new socialist president, was just sworn in to office in paris. he is hollande he took the oath of office in a ceremony before a crowd of 400 guests he is off to meet the leader of germany then gets ready to come to the u.s. where president obama will host world leaders at camp david for this year's g 8 summit. 8:10 a.m., tuesday morning coming up a progress report virginia and maryland both work to hammer out a budget. special tribute to fallen officers as national police week continues. our weather day coverage continues live from nats park. tony and tucker standing by with a special guest. we will check with them after the break [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan

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budget in regular session. they are voting on governor o'malley's package that raises taxes on people who make more than $100,000 a year. they shot down two budget proposals by governor mcdonald one would have allowed $3,000 worker state bonus another would have complicated virginia's contribution to the dulles rail project. flags across the nation will fly at half staff in honor of peace officers memorial day and police week. later this morning at the capital, president obama will speak at a service paying tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year. all right. it is rainy out there that usually means traffic tie ups i don't know julie wright is joining us now. has this wet weather effected the commute. >> not helped it. we started off 4:30 a.m., with sarah and will and hit the ground running, accident after

accident still have problems here. inbound out of buoy, this is where we have the crash at 197 tieing up two left lanes, heavy volume coming in from 301 towards the belt way. stalled car reported 202 at arena drive watch for that. coming out of green belt, average speed out of laurel on the bw parkway, down to 16 miles an hour northbound not looking much better delays as you continue from the belt way towards 197, alan town road, outer loop of the belt way, 24 minute commute, inner loop of the belt way, we still find delays braddock to 66 average speed down to 21 miles an hour for those travelling on 395, belt way to the 14th street bridge, 31 minute commute all your lanes are open. now that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right boys take me out to the ballpark. tell strausberg i am ready. >> yeah. >> you should come out here it will be a good dame today, steven strausberg pitching, game time 1:05 p.m. >> hometown team. >> that's right.

very good. >> first time ever. before we get started with the weather forecast and we have a special guest, i want to do the cuteness factor of the day >> my first 5. >> time officially for my first 5 photo of the day and this is nelson junior everybody. nelson junior from maryland. isn't he adorable. >> what a cutie. >> his mom says nelson enjoys watching fox 5 news and literally chuckles every time i do the weather. >> so do i. >> i don't know if that is making me feel good or not. >> should. >> well, i appreciate it and appreciate your mom sending us this picture to send your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com click on the mornings tab. >> we will call him chuckles. >> we will talk about that later. >> let's get to your radar and guess what, we have peeks of sunshine here down here southeast washington things are grab julyly going to

improvement -- gradually going to improve. things will improve after the heavy deluge overnight. and thunderstorm activity. west of the city and south starting to see quieter conditions. after several hours where we are not expecting much in the way of rain and thunderstorms. temperature warm, and humid out here, 68 degrees right now regan national, 65 out at dulles, frederick 64 degrees s in fredericksburg, 69 expect warm, muggy afternoon and generally, just a few scattered showers in the forecast high temperatures expected to be in the upper 70s, and hang in there if you want bright sunshine and low humidity, by the end of the week into the weekend, things should be just about perfect you know the nationals have a big series against a local rival orioles, friday, saturday and sunday. you can see things are looking great for the weekend. we are now joined by andy, the chief operating officer with the washington nationals good to see you. >> how you doing.

>> great. happy to be here for second annual weather day. my favorite andy story last year we did the story all morning long promoting weather day, big game today, all that kind of thing a few minutes before the end of the show, andy was standing 10 feet away from us on the cell phone going what? when did they do that because they cancelled the game because of rain. we are not going to have that this year. >> no cancellations. fox 5 brought their natitude. >> this is a great endeavor, our second time doing this and a fun thing for the kids. >> a great partnership with fox 5 we bring out 1500 kids to the ballpark for an interactive session of weather and science. my daughter reese said do i get to be weather helper, but i have two best guys to help me out with the 1500 kids. so thank you. >> we are looking forward to doing it again this year. let's talk what is going on with the nats what a year. this is fantastic you have to

be excited. >> new energy. >> unbelievable. fans have shown up in droves this year, the team is in first place we play san diego with strausberg on the mound. 1:00 p.m. today, who would have thought, two first place teams in the area, orioles against the nationals, right here sunday at nationals park. >> you can feel fans have been waiting for this. fans have been supportive of the nationals we knew this would be coming and now we are seeing result of all the effort that the team has made to build this team up. >> you are seeing young talent come through, bryce harper hit his first home run as a e best ional yesterday. pitching staff in all of baseball, starting 5 and bolten in baseball seeing this group come together in a way, that i think we expect it but i am not sure everyone expected this will be a very good team for a long time. washington is seeing something special. >> tell me about the natitude. >> you guys are bringing it today. that edge and attitude here at

the park. >> did that go well, take back the park. >> it went great. a big thank you to fans who came out to support the team. i told people, the fans announced their presence, and let the phillys know where we stand. >> you guys make it fan friendly that is appreciated looking forward to a great game and grease rest of the season. >> i look forward gosh great rest of the season. >> i look forward to this with you. we have more to bring you as well from nats park throughout the course of the show. right now back to studio. looks like it is holding out for you. >> good deal. >> coming up, a big step forward today in the fight against disease that attacks the brain. what federal health officials are doing to fight alzheimers. >> fine arts, crafts performances and live music all things you can find at a festival in northern virginia this weekend. holly morris is checking out what the children's art tent has to offer. we will check with her live

from reston a little later on. look at them all busy crafting.

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childhood rather than accomplishments as world war ii alleyed commander and president. time coming up 8:25 a.m. on tuesday. still ahead a local police officer, facing some low gal trouble for his part -- legal trouble for his part in a deadly shooting. coming off his endorsement of same-sex marriage, president obama is on the cover of a magazine. we will talk more about this cover and the controversy now coming up next. after the break, headed back to nationals park for our second annual weather day. tony and tucker are standing by with the game day forecast. we will be right back ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an icon and quite another to have done it generation after generation.

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tuesday morning. stories making headlines, the husband of a woman killed in a church parking lot by a police officer is now suing the officer who fired the shot. for $5 million. patricia cook was shot to death in culpepper in february. police say the officer responded to a call for a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot. cook then reportedly tried to drive away with the officers arm trapped in her car window the officer shot cook through the glass. her car hit a telephone pole and she died at the scene. north carolina where it is not clear what she may know but john edwards oldest daughter is set to take the stand. she sat behind her father nearly every day of his corruption trial now in its fourth week. earlier this month she left the courtroom in tears following testimony about her mothers reaction to her fathers affair with rielle hunter. first lady michelle obama will be kicking it today with worldwide soccer star, david beckham. beckham along with the rest of the l.a. galaxy will be at the white

house to be honored for the 2011 mls championship, after that, the first lady and baeks will hit the south lawn for a soccer clinic with kids from america scores program. how exciting is that. >> it is exciting. tony and tucker are hanging with pretty big sports names too today. >> like david beckham? >> not quite. >> how is the weather out there? wiping the seats. oh, you guys are busy. >> you are the best. >> wiping the seats off. a whole bunch of folks out here drying the seats this is where the kids will sit for weather day and i didn't think they would put us to work like this. >> we have to do whatever it takes tony. >> yeah. now what is going to happen, i don't think we are going to do this, but before the game starts, these folks are going the dry off all the seats out there. that is quite a job if you ask me. >> just between you and me my arm is starting to get tired. >> would you rather not be on tv. >> it's all right. >> what is your name.

>> key tin. >> what do you do here. >> work in ticket sales. >> and you come out here and dry the seats too. >> yep, clean and pristine. >> very good. job well done get back to work please. >> you have other work. >> let me do a quick look at the forecast. generally good news most of the rain with us during overnight hours is out of here. gradually improving conditions doesn't mean things are not wet to start your day but most of the day will be partly to mostly cloudy a chance of a few more scattered showers. we are looking at the hd radar most of that action, activity heavy rain from overnight is well east of the city and we should look at sunny breaks coming up quick look at your 5 day forecast, a few more showers and storms in the forecast. today they will get the game in this afternoon come out and join us there is your 5 day gets better and better by the end of the week temperatures 70s, low humidity and bright sunshine. nationals have a long home stand. orioles next weekend.

>> speaking of orioles you can see the game saturday night, 7:15 p.m., fox 5. >> only about a thousand seats to go. >> very good. now let's find out what is happening with traffic, for that, we go to julie wright. hey, julie. a thousand seats. >> we are going back to allison and sarah. >> back to you guys >> appreciate it. for the second time in a week a national news mackenzie is stirring up -- magazine is stirring up debate. the cover is calling barack obama the first gay president. joining us now with opinion on advertising and market branding experts, chris lester, cofounder of cheap good morning good to see you. >> great to be here. >> sharon hicks is executive director and ceo of the national black justice coalition good morning. >> good morning. >> thanks for coming in today. chris let me start with you. when you saw this ad, what did you think? did you just think cha ching for news week or something

deeper. >> on the surface, cha ching for news week it is ability relevance and -- about relevance and business for them. on relevance it is redirecting the conversation back to them. and today, more than you know, ever in history this conversation is taking place in a lot of different ways. i think they -- part of fanning the flames of this from a controversial aspects is about getting attention back to news week and making them a relevant part of the conversation and back on the business side, has historically been good for magazines. >> all right. sharon tell us about your organization, and i want your opinion when you saw this cover as well. >> national black justice coalition, empowerment for the lesbian, gay, trans gender community, we are focused on the black, lgbt community and making sure it is not lost, there is a community at the intersection both black and

lgbt. >> when you saw this cover,. >> honestly i was like as a black woman i am so glad if they are going to make a pun on words it wasn't a dark faced, like they did back in the day,. >> exactly. >> okay. >> the halo was flattering to me this is saying the president is the guardian angel of the lgbt movement. tony morrison was the first to say bill clinton was the first black president and that was a complement, that everyone in the country was like shock and awe as well but culturally, it was tony morrison saying he gets us. >> right. >> do you think that is myth and chris i will ask you that too. people came out oh, so disrespectful that is a whole other issue but do you think that point was missed? all host like paying homage to this sitting president, who has embraced the civil equality of the lgbt community, do you think it was missed? >> missed because we are so

polarized politically in this country. everybody is you knower sensitive, everybody trying to find a reason to be cotree verbal. i will take the high road. to -- controversial. i will take the high road. to me a black man his face highlighted, with a halo over his head, i look at that, the story and sentiment of andrew sullivan he expressed earlier this week, is saying, we look at barack obama as the guardian angel and we should be flattered he is larger than representing all communities and in this case, calling him the first gay president i will equate it to us calling bill clinton the first black president. >> it was really about bill clinton getting and understanding the black community and now we have the first black president, we are saying, he gets the marge nillized community i am -- mar generalized community, this is martin luther king we all want a civil rights leader for the

black community he was a world leader he did much for many the same way we had the controversy over who the architecture of his statue was. we are showing the controversial covers this has nothing to do with the marriage equality issue. there is that picture you were talking about. do you feel like news week took all of that into consideration, when they put this on the division within the black community, within the black church within the black community was this racially motivated in your opinion? >> i think they took it all into consideration. >> racially provocative. >> yes. >> i think they knew what the outcomes would be. i think what are the right buttons to push right now and how can they push those in a way to get this conversation to a level that makes them central to this conversation, i agree with sharon. i think this is progressive cover. that no matter what your position is, it moves the agenda forward. >> does it alien ate buyers out

there? does that matter. it may but doesn't matter, recent polls have shown gay marriage is supported in -- that, you know, predominant support, in our population. so, i think that it is a calculated risk. i think they are looking at that purely from the perspective of the issue, and how they can bring that into focus. >> let me give you the last word. we hit on that oh, it is disrespectful that same person might say there is nothing wrong with being homosexual, gay, trans gendered is this two different -- are we talking out of both sides of your neck. >> yes, because for you to says the disrespectful it is almost like saying there is something wrong with being gay. there is not. the president is being revered for repre community that has long standing oppression and he is stood up and to me, this cover honors

his excellence his leadership, his courage, on behalf of the lgbt community >> i wish we had 5 more minutes to talk about this. very interesting from both sides, basically, the social side of things and then money side. thank you so much appreciate it. thank you for coming no today. >> great -- coming in today. >> great to be here. >> time 8:38 a.m. on tuesday. facebook is raising the stakes just days before plans to go public on the stock market and, as the british tabloid phone hacking scandal continues to shake out, word this morning some big time players will face charges for their part. more on that coming up next and let's take another live look at nats park where fox 5 weather team will be all morning long it is part of our second annual weather day, we will be right back. there it is on the big screen you knowow what, this looks just like

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morgan chase. president obama said last week's loss of $2 billion shows need for the new rules that regulate wall street. congress passed them two years ago but many are still written and have not taken effect yet. first crim fall charges are filed in -- criminal charges are filed in the phone hacking scandal in britain. the former editor of news of the world tabloid and four others face three allegations of conspiracy. rebecca brooks and her husband will be prosecuted for obstruction of justice. news of the world newspaper owned by the parent company of fox 5 was shut down by rupert murdoch in the wake of the scandal. in just a few days facebook will go public but not everyone is buying into what could be the biggest internet ipo ever. according to a new associated press cnbc poll half americans say the social network is expecting asking price is just too high as the company plans to raise the price at which it will sell the stock half of the

people surveyed are calling it a passing fad despite the fact that 900 million people around the world currently use that site. yeah. it is hard to imagine it was just a passing fad. we all build our lives around it some people do. >> sure. >> a lot. >> i am still hoping my face account will come back because i know it will. >> you still have it activated? 8:43 a.m., tuesday morning. a first for bryce harper and the caps on the hunt for a new coach. >> all right. >> sports is next. >> holly morris getting creative holly. >> in fact, i might be standing next to the next rembrant. renoir. pollock these are all -- i thought i saw it in you. these are all creative minds if you have one as well you will want to bring them to the 21st annual northern virginia creative arts festival. we will tell you how you and your family can be a part stay

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down as capitals head coach after less than 6 months on the job. he says he wants to return home to ontario canada to run the junior hockey team he owns and spend time with family. he got the team into the playoffs but lost in the second round to rangers. here is george mcfee whether he tried to change hunters mind. take a listen >> chef no, because there is no grey in dale's life. he is very decisive. and the only thing i asked dale was does this have anything to do with anything that is going on here and he said absolutely not he loved it here. this is his team always been his team. it is the only team he ever wanted to coach. mcfee doesn't have a specific time table for finding a replacement, but it may happen by the nhl draft, in june or perhaps not until august. there is number one. >> that was bryce harpers first big league home run in last

night's 8-5 win over the padres. harper became the youngest major leaguer to homer since 1998, tracy and nati homered for the nats. will get a pronouncer on it, nagi. >> call us if you could we would love to know. >> put you on. >> fox 5s holly morris at the greater reston arts sent they are morning. >> she has a preview of the northern arts festival going on this morning. >> good morning. this is a festival that truly is for the entire family because they have some 200 artists that will be showing off their creations, it is a juried festival, wonderful things for art lovers to come out and see. for the little artist out there, there is a special place for them to come, and actually create and do. that is the children's art tent, jean love land is the grace art and school director. she joins us good to see you again. what i love about this is the fact that we are fostering not only a love of art in kids when

they are young but also encouraging them to be artists. as we get older we get more inhibited and don't think we can create. >> that's right. these children all enjoying one of the art activities in the art tent this year. >> which are. >> this year we are inspired by the performance group international contemporary ensemble and we have a music related theme. so our projects this year all relate to music and highlight some programs we have here at grace. they are creating musical monsters. >> they have -- if anyone should doubt bringing their kids, i actually had to tell these kids it was okay for them to talk. they were so engrossed in their projects. i often wonder when you are creating art projects for kids how do you know, like what is a good level of project for the right age. >> well, one of the things we do, we do try -- we have a younger table for the younger kids they need simpler will projects with less directions then we create, projects that

allow flexibility like this one. you can make this as simple or complex as you want. >> when people come out to the festival how does the art tent work. >> within the art tent, which is located right here in the park we have five different tables with five activities, several of them are for younger children several for older children and outside, we have the community mural that everybody even adults can paint on. >> so, is it important for us to note this is not a babysitting tent. >> not a babysitting tent. >> she thought that was funny >> because you do not come and drop your kids off there. >> right. >> children under 12 need to be accompanied by an adult and we are open from 10 to 5 saturday and 10 to 4 sunday. >> you get to take the projects home. >> definitely. tell me your name. >> bailey. >> what are you creating. >> flowers. >> those are pretty. >> so where did you come up with this idea. >> i just thought the green cds

looked like lilly pads. >> they do. that is pretty cool. what do you like about creating art. >> i really like how you are free to do whatever you want, and there is no boundaries. >> she is a no rules artist i love it. i love it. all right tell me your name. >> jack. >> what are you working on. >> making my monster a mouth by using brown and taping or glueing on, some pink bit tons. >> -- buttons. >> okay jack do you think a monster should wear pink if you want it to be scary. >> no. >> it is a kinder gentler monster. >> tell me your name. >> andrew bare let. >> what are you doing. >> making a pig. >> so how did you come up with this idea >> i just thought pink. >> i like these guys they are not afraid to deal with pink they are in touch with their gentle side. who is your favorite artist?

>> myself. >> you like the create. you thing you are pretty good. >> no. >> not true. what is your name. >> dominic. >> okay what are you working on. >> i am working on like this little guy i don't know what i am going to do but. >> just going with the flow. >> yeah. >> what is this here? >> um, i am not sure kind of like a little clown kind of. >> just going to reveal itself. >> yeah. >> what do you like about putting that stuff on there >> i like that it is colorful. >> yeah, i like it is bright too. i have others on the other side i want to make sure i get in as well and so tell me your name. >> olivia. >> what have you been creating. >> well, i have been creating a candy monster,. >> mm-hmm. >> and a monster mouth, a hawaiian ghost and a scary man. >> a scary man. wow you have done a lot of projects. >> mm-hmm. >> you must really like art.

>> i do. >> what do you like best. >> what i like best about art is that you get to like create stuff that some people have never made before. >> oh, so yeah, you get to do originals that are all you. these are all olivia originals how much will you sell these for in your booth because clearly you will have one. >> well, maybe. >> one last little artist. >> now what are you doing? >> i am making a dog and cat. >> you are making a dog and cat. so what do you like about being here at this table and creating stuff. >> because you get to do a lot of art. >> you get to do a lot of art and fun things do you hang those in special places in your house? >> no. >> no? we need to get a gallery for this one in her home. all right here is what you need to know myfoxdc.com our website. we have a link to the 21st annual northern virginia fine arts festival, as you can see, they've got lots of fun things

for all different ages coming up next hour we will talk about what is called the art cart and their opening night party. back to you. >> remember that time when you knew what to do with the construction paper now it is like oh, do we have the budget for this? >> first smell of the glue in grade school. >> the paste >> you didn't eat it did you. >> no, not always. >> okay. well, social security administration is out with its list of most popular baby names for 2011. >> so jacob tops the list for boys, sofia for girls rounding out the girls list isabella, emma, oh livery yeah, and a -- olivia, and avv. >> for boys wilsonings -- ava. >> for boys wilson,. >> if i had a girl i wanted to name her ava. >> that is pretty. >> time furnace book fan of the day, wendy -- time for facebook fan of the day, wendy from cull pepper virginia she turns us on

at 4:30 a.m. we start at 4:25 a.m. you can turn us on then. >> bonus 5 minutes. >> her favorite segment is ask the weather guys and loves traffic because julie is so perky. if you would like to be to morrow's fan of the day post a comment under wendy's photo. coming up 9:00 a.m. hour, the sesame street gang rolling into town. there they are. >> love it. >> tour stops ate military bases across the country featuring its newest characters whose parents are deployed overseas. >> our weather day coverage from nats park, sue joins tony and tucker after the break. man it will be a long day for sue. what a trooper. along with others as well. saturday's match up nats park against the orioles the game will be broadcast here on fox 5, coverage starts 7:00 p.m. we will be right back 

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>> good tuesday morning i am allison seymour. i am will thomas. a rash of shootings overnight in the district including one where an officer opened fire. melanie is live with the latest on the investigation. then, is your toddler over weight? a new study finds moms are having a tough time noticing thosic at that pounds on the kids. -- those extra pounds on the kids. i will chat live with dr. mike about this problem and how it can be fixed. a little later, some very special visitors in studio, sesame street characterses are in town for a good cause. we will learn more how they are helping the uso plus a new characters. >> oh. >> i know it is exciting. >> feel like a debut here on fox 5. first a special day today, at nats park, local students are joining tony a