involvement. ward 8 councilmember mary che joins us live. abortion righthome rule in the district, front and center. why an arizona congressman will be the target of protests. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts right now your live lookout side not a bad start to the day. rain showers during the overnight hours you've got wet roads but things look pretty decent on this wednesday, may 23rd, 2012 i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. it is a wet morning as rain continues to fall in some parts of our area. there is a flood warning from prince william county 10:00 a.m. this morning, coming from two days of heavy rain, manassas, bristol and authorities had the open the spill way gates at lake jackson dam just south of

manassas because lake levels were 6 feet above normal. there is a chance of more heavy rain later today. >> obviously that would be problematic in these regions. joining us with more on that, tucker barnes with the latest forecast. >> good morning. yeah, right now we are doing fine just clouds, but later today, potential for more heavy rain as you guys just mentioned. let's get right to the radar. the light green you see that is the flood warn which can continues for prince william county until 10:00 a.m. this morning. nothing happening at the moment but overnight they picked up rain south and west of the city. here is what is happening a frontal system you can see it on radar south and east of washington and with that in the neighbourhood that will serve as a lifting mechanism, focal point for more showers and thunderstorms to bubble up. once again showers and storms back in the forecast.

temperatures now, warm and humid, 67 regan national, 65 fredericksburg, 63 ocean city, winchester 67 degrees. forecast today, few rays of sunshine a few periods of sunshine, warm, humid, 08 degrees, scattered showers and -- 80 degrees, scattered showers and storms returning. if you like heat you will love the holiday weekend forecast. let's do traffic and julie wright has your latest. >> good morning tuck. we will say good morning to our crew in sky fox working their way northbound 395. if you leave the capital belt way toward duke street you will find the pace is heavy, slow and steady but lanes are open no problems reported at this time. we will take it back inside and update the ride elsewhere. travelling the inner loop, west 395, this is where we find slow traffic, braddock road down to 23 miles an hour as you work your way up the west side. inbound 66th, delays from manassas to the belt way a 30

minute ride, no problems to report inside the belt way headed over towards the tr bridge. outer loop you are below speed, 95 to georgia avenue, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you very much secret service prostitution scandal is sure to be a hot topic on capital hill. we may learn more about investigation when the director of the secret service appears s security economy tee. doug luzader join -- committee. doug luzader joins us live from the hill. >> reporter: this will be a grilling this morning the head of the secret service makes his first appearance before congress since this scandal broke. >> this will get into all the gritty details about what happened last month in colombia, that secret service agents allegedly brought prostitutes back to their hotel rooms, days before president obama was scheduled to arrive.

the director testified in front of congress before but never under so much fire. he will argue the president was never in any danger. in his prepared remarks he will say none of the individuals in the conduct, received any specific protective information, sensitive security documents, firearms, radios, or other security related equipment in their hotel rooms. white house spokesman, jay carney said the president is supportive. >> the president has addressed this issue on a couple of occasions he has great faith in the secret service, believe it is director has done an excellent job. >> reporter: so far sullivan has won praise for quickly addressing the scandal. 8 agents lost their jobs in ensuing investigation that also implicated a dozen members of the u.s. military. but more problems emerged this morning, the washington post reports four secret service agents who were dismissed will now fight to get their jobs

back. some saying they didn't know the women involved were prostitutes and that the secret service was under intense pressure to find scapegoats. and we all learned this week at least two dea agents are being investigated for possible misconduct in a separate incident in colombia, back to you guys. doug, thank you. another big story we continue to follow a guilty plea by a former aid to vince grade. thomas gore is a friend and long time campaign worker for the mayor. he had no comment outside federal court in the district. gore admitted to the judge that he would take out money orders, give them to another unnamed campaign worker who would then pass them to suleman brown. they totaled $660. his lawyer spoke about the mayor outside court. >>th inning in the -- nothing in the statement of defense

mentions any participation by mayor grey in anything. >> in court, gore also acknowledged brown was paid to stay in the race to continue making negative comments about then mayor fente. for more on the race in district i am joined by mary che thanks for coming in. how signature is this? these developments with the case. >> pretty significant in terms of an investigation that could touch close to the mayor, but so far, there is no information that suggests that the mayor himself was involved in anything and we as members of the public can't know precisely what he is telling federal authorities. it is fairly significant usually when someone enters a plea they have agreed to co- operate and furnish all the information they know. >> the lawyer we heard him say

as you said the mayor has not been directly implicated in any of this. is that what you would have said yourself as legal counsel there? >> certainly you have to portray the fact they are. i conducted an investigation, my committee of the council involving matters of hiring after the mayor took office but that led us to allegations by mr. brown. we made a number of conclusions in that report that money was paid by howard brooks, someone who took the 5th amendment and wouldn't testify before us to suleman brown. we did not have mr. gore in front of us. we couldn't determine who said to pay this money and precisely what the motivation was. we were somewhat stymied we don't have all the tools of a federal prosecutor but we were never able to trace anything to the mayor. >> the more significant parties and every person in this piece is significant, that is not what i am saying but the more

significant party who is might they be going after? might it be the mayor? is that the ultimate target? >> well, one doesn't know but if you get some body at the heart of the campaign, and they are co-operating, and there is supposedly some notebook where they kept notes about other payments presumably, some body other than mr. gore knew about this. some body other than mr. gore may have directed him to do this, whether it goes all the way to the candidate or another persons in the campaign. we found in our investigation that mr. brooks played a pivotal role in all of this and there may be other people in the campaign itself who might be implicated. it doesn't mean it goes up to the mayor. >> that he pled the 5th, howard brooks does that let him off the hook? >> i don't know he envoked his 5th amendment right in front of the council i don't know what his relationship is with the u.s. attorney whether he is co- operating with them or they are pursuing him or other high

level campaign people. >> do other possible campaign violations, do they start to come out now, some pretty damaging evidence or testimony was given by thomas gore yesterday. >> well, you know, there is something apparently, at other times this happened as well. people would give money to a campaign in cash. the law says you can't give more than $25. if people were giving lots of cash and it was unattributed what would happen is apparently they would take all this money and convert it into money orders which didn't have a limit of $25 attach you know, fake names to it, and just submit it that way. it looks as though that practice was going on here. who was doing it, how extensive it was, it is not known to us it may be known to the prosecutors. >> what happens next? >> well, what happens next is all of us are waiting for whatever other shoes may drop, that is to say, does the prosecutor have further information, are other people going to be indited or enter

into an arrangement to plead guilty to things. >> ward 3 council woman mary che difficult topic over to you tony. new this morning police are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident in clinton maryland. a man was hit by a car just before 11:30 p.m., branch avenue and kilometre an hour by road. the -- kirby road. the driver stayed on the scene. a man assaulted a young woman, 1:30 a.m., downtown area of an maypole's near the state -- annapolis near the state capital building. the woman was walking home from dinner she fought the man off. mitt romney is inching closer to ditching the presumptive tag in his qwest to be the republican presidential nominee. he swept the primaries

yesterday, leaving him 79 delegates shy of clinching the gop nomination. he should reach that number next week when voters head to the poll in texas. today he will outline a proposal, about education in a speech at u.s. chamber of commerce in washington. later today president barack obama will deliver the commencement adaughters and sons at u.s. airforce -- address at u.s. airforce academy in colorado. he has used this platform before, for protecting americans in the age of war. since 2009 the president has delivered a speech to service academy graduates in annapolis maryland, west point and others. >> >> i incorrectly read mary che was from ward 8 at the top of the show. my a poll joys she is from ward 3. -- apologies she is from

ward 3. historic day in egypt, voters head to the polls a year after mubarak was forced from power. national and international importance of today's elections. >> on the hill, debate over the district's abortion rights heats up. a live report on the controversy over a bill to end late term abortions in the nations capital >> as we head to break, a live lookout side, 395 north, at the 14th street bridge as you head into town. traffic quite backed up there, we've got the latest on traffic from julie, latest on weather from tucker. we will be right back 7:12 a.m. does your phone share what you are seeing and hearing right now

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50 million egyptians are casting ballots for 13 candidates, but leading the pack are former government officialcandidates from the muslim brother hood. ronald regan presidential foundation is threatening legal action over the online sale of a vile allegedly containing dried blood from the former president. the blood is reportedly from the 1981 assassination attempt outside the washington hilton. the top bid so far is more than $14,000, there are two days left in the sale the seller says that that blood has been in the family's possession since the assassination attempt. nancy regan is slowly recovering from broken ribs. the 90-year-old former first lady was hurt after falling in her los angeles home 6 weeks ago. mrs. regan was supposed to attend a speech by paul ryan at the regan presidential library yesterday but because of her injuries doctors adviced her to

stay away from large events. 7:16 a.m., i am hoping today is the day we see the rain stop for a little while. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. okay. well, then bring on the rain. >> yesterday afternoon didn't turn out terrible. >> you are right. >> more of the same today. not a terrible day but we have the risk of showers and storms back in the forecast as early as this afternoon and some of those -- some of those showers could be on the heavy side. >> okay. >> all right. >> hang in there. the weekend will be a lot better. >> i can't wait. >> no, the humidity. >> yeah, 58 now washington, warm and hazy humid start to the day. 54 richmond. look at the cooler air north and west. wouldn't it be nice to get that in here. that will not arrive any time soon. chicago 47 and detroit, 53 degrees. looking at the satellite radar, we are looking at more of the same overnight we had pretty good showers moving from the west and just before they got inside washington, they fell

apart. so, some heavy localized rain to the west of washington. a mix of cloud, a little sunshine, lots of haze across the region, and later today, frontal system waiverring across the region, we will see what will likely see more showers and thunderer storms bubble -- thunderstorms bubble up. 08 degrees today, showers and storms less chance tomorrow, 40% chance tomorrow isolated risk friday, by saturday and sunday we will clear it out and look at the heat. 90 saturday, how about 93 sunday. >> all right. >> yeah, it is may don't forget. >> get out the bathing suithead to the beach and the pool. >> notice nothing is ever as good, determined with the term bubble up. i like it. bubble up. always bad. >> all right. >> you stay true to you. >> here is julie right no with an update on traffic >> i hard you say pull out the

bathing suits. it ski betsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini. >> yeah, that's the one julie >> why do i get the feeling tucker will be like this. >> you wear it. >> that's right with a big old smile on my face honey. on the roads talking traffic. if you are traveling the inner loop of the belt way, leaving braddock road, headed up towards 66. lanes are open no problems to report just below speed as you try to make your way past braddock road, 23 miles an hour. lanes are open continuing your trip on 66 out of manassas. slow going, 30 minute ride, business 234, headed toward the capital belt way. leaving the belt way towards duke street and crossing over the 14th street bridge. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. a new highway sign dedicated to a maryland trooper who was killed off duty two years ago will be unvailed

along interstate 495. it will honor trooper wesley brown. as you may recall he was shot and killed in 2010 working part- time security at an apple bees in forestville the shooter was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 25 years earlier this month. in the district police and fire department unions are demanding an investigation into the discovery of burned documents found at the fire department's training academy. the burning papers were personal documents for fire tighters and police in dc -- firefighters and police in dc. medical records, social security numbers and home addresses more records were found in a nearby abandoned car. fight for dc home rule will again hit capital hill, a group of protestors plan to target an arizona congressman. >> it stems from an online debate of a bill, restricting

abortions in the district. >> advocates for dc home rule say they do plan to protest this morning on capital him, at the offices of representative trent franks of arizona. the republican is pushing a bill that would ban abortions in the district of colombia, at 20 weeks of pregnancy. dc vote is organizing this congressional action day this morning. they say they do plan to talk to franks about a number of dc concerns, dc specific issues since he does seem to be so concerned about what is going on with residents here in the district of colombia, it was just last week when dc delegate, eleanor homes norton was barred from testifying at a meeting about that ban. they told democrats they could only call one witness. democrats said they had to choose a witness who could speak to the scientific nature of the bill. ordinarily, as a courtesy,

other members of congress would be able to speak as well. delegate norton stepped to the house floor to claim, congressman franks crossed the line. >> rules may well be what representative franks says they are, but he clearly has no sense of common courtesy. of committee, of congressional courtesy where as a malter of right -- matter of right, any such rule would often be waived particularly if the members own district was implicated. >> reporter: 8 states have passed legislation that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy that is when pro life advocates say fetuses feel pain in the womb. a similar bill has been moving through the senate. delegate norton points out it is sponsored by a senator from

utah. dc residents planning to make a steady stream of visits to the offices of representative franks on capital hill. back to you guys. >> thank you meal knee. it is -- melanie. >> it is just about 7:23 a.m. on wednesday morning it is a lot harder than it used to be to enlist in the army. we will explain why next. investor outrage, facebook stock prices keep falling now a big time investment bank is coming under scrutiny. what morgan stanley is accused of doing before friday's facebook debut on wall street. pgh >> plus learn, bake and share, hundreds of students in montgomery county will soon be headed from the classroom to the kitchen a little later holly will tell us all about the bread baking program. we will be right back 

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plummet on the nasdaq as the share offering is turning into a fiasco it lost 19% of value since friday's close. one reason an over supply of shares as well as an over valuation on its price. nasdaq is also under fire for the technical glitches that delayed stock owners friday. morgan stanley is now facing a subpoena for its role as the investment bank. its alleged the company may have given negative news about facebook's ipo to select clients only. u.s. army is becoming more selective in who is allowed to enlist now the iraq war is over and the war in afghanistan is winding down. according to internal documents last year the army took in no recruits with misconduct convictions they also stayed away from people with drug and alcohol issues. and it is now 7:27 a.m. on wednesday morning the nationals are celebrate manager than a win in philadelphia last night. what else they accomplished after the break. >> on the campaign trail the

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in sports, the nationals facing the phillys top of the 3rd, bryce harper steps up against roy hall day, 2 on base. he rips a triple, nats up by 1. two batters later, desmond knocks a solo home run. and the nats go on to win 5-2, it is their franchise best, 6 straight win over the phillys in philadelphia, they go back at it again tonight. let's make it 7 straight. >> yippee. >> nats are on fire. >> great having good teams around. >> very exciting >> i feel so validated. >> finally. yeah. >> d.c. united coming this season too. >> yes, they are. >> second place. more of the same, showers, maybe a thunderstorm this afternoon, warm and humid, highs 80 degrees. a couple more days of this, here is a live shot, you can see in addition to traffic

running smoothly, i guess, you can see the clouds across the area. we had a little sunshine early but it won't last. any sun you see will break down in the clouds and move back in. believe it or not it will only encourage showers and storms. >> unbelievable. i have heard you say that. >> a little counter intuitive. showerstorms return today. just like yesterday they could locally be heavy. you got to be ready for at least that possibility particularly the south and west, you already had flooding problems in prince william county. warm and humid, highs 08 degrees, probably a -- 80 degrees, probably a little sunshine as well. today, still showers and storms tomorrow just a few and isolated risk by friday. saturday and sunday will generally be dry, but guess what they will be hot. wait until you see this five day forecast. it will be really hot as you get into saturday and sunday. satellite radar, showers overnight, they fell apart early this morning right now we are waking up with a mix of cloud, a little sunshine, a lot

of humidity across the area. this air mass just kind of stuck in place here for another day or so. see some showers to our south, we will see them bubble up in the daytime heating later this afternoon, going to take another day and a half or so, to break down the pattern and get an area of high pressure in here. temperatures to start the day, not terrible, 68 washington, 71 annapolis and quantico, still holding on to some 50low 60s off to the north -- 50s and low 60s off to the north and west. here is your forecast yeah, i know more of the same 80 degrees, plenty of clouds, scattered showers and storms, you can probably eke out dry hours if you are going out to play golf. winds south, 5 miles an hour. mostly cloudy, showers storms possible 65 the overnight low, winds out of the east, 5 miles per hour. your 5 day forecast next couple days lots of clouds additional scattered shower, check out your weekend forecast, 87

friday, 90 saturday, 93 degrees, that's right, 93 by sunday afternoon. let's hope the pools open without a hitch. okay that is a look at your weather forecast. there is some body happy about the pools opening up. pools opening up, a perkins backyard barbecue we have all been invited to. i am looking forward to this weekend. >> yeah, he doesn't know about that party yet but wait until he finds out. >> dingdong guess who's here. >> that is a movie tony can relate to guess who is coming to dinner. >> on the roads you will find lanes are open 395, as you continue across the 14th street bridge. traffic, slowly to duke street across the potomac headed to the southeast, southwest free bay. lanes are open, inbound, north capital street. heavy and slow head out towards that third street tunnel. you are also going to find delays on the inner loop of the belt way, from robinson terminal, before braddock road

headed towards 66. slow road on the west side that is a check of your traffic. all right we are 5 months from the november elections and all indications are that there will be plenty of mud flung between now and then both thedemocratic and republican campaigns have been criticized for appearing to be onboard with negative ads and campaigning. joining us now to talk about this and other top political stories, jim innocenzi and while peter feen is away we are always happenty to welcome back david brown. thanks for coming in. >> you are welcome. >> let's start with the mud flinging. corey booker on sunday, on meet the press, and he expresses outrage at the obama campaign he is a democrat of course, both campaigns but the comments about the obama campaign coming out strong with the negative ads and all that kind of thing

and then finds he has to back down from that but, and david i will start with you are his comments on point? >> that is negative? yes, absolutely right. i think it has to be. i think carrie wasn't negative and nasty he didn't stand up for himself and got beat. al gore kept talking social security and bush said he invented the calculator and internet. but booker, great guy, smart guy but he wants the president too. so this is a good moment, national moment for him to stand out he got a lot of attention saying this. he is right, it is negative it is going to get worse but i think it almost has to. you can't disarm. >> jim, if he is right and we have seen this negativity now from the obama campaign, what do you thing that says about where the president stands right now. >> the president is in trouble. you know, if his numbers were very good, and mitt romney was running as an under dog, then i think the president will be talking more about his

accomplishments, talking about how things are moving forward, doing better and you know, i deserve another four year, he isn't he can't run on his record, so he has no other choice, he and peter and i talked about this in the past. he has no choice but to run a negative campaign. the funny part about it, corey booker was an obama spokesperson. they put him out as a surrogate on the talk showsome body didn't bother to talk to corey booker and he spoke his mind which is really interesting because, you know, here in washington dc, you sort of you know, follow the party line, if the president says this, you have to say this.

but in the real world, you are allowed to speak your mind. corey booker spoke his mind he got taken to the wood shed and had to come up with i guess the press is calling it the hostage video. he had to stand in front of something and say all these things he really didn't mean. that was probably a mistake i think from the perspective of the white house because america is like didn't he say this yesterday? i think it contributes to the sin simple in this country >> they may want to stop sending surrogates to the sunday morning talk shows. if the negativity is there and you agree it is there, it is very different from the campaign that the president ran, four years ago, when he was running for the presidency first time around where it seemed to be much more kind of high minded and not wanting to get down in the mud like that. >> right. not on personal matters but president obama was very willing to take you on an issue. very much so, on foreign and domestic. i think that is what got lost in this whole thing with corey booker, when we get down to specifics of what you are being negative about. if you are being negative about bane capital killing jobs that is true. they killed jobs in north carolina, a swing state. they killed jobs. if you get down to issues where

do you stand on tax policy or health care, let's talk about health care if you are talking about the issues and you are negative on the issues i don't find that negative. at the end of the day you stir up debate and then people have to talk about these issues even though it might be negative it is not personally negative. but the bottom line is, this is the first time the president is starting to talk about his campaign, he is running commercials for the first time and comes out with a negative ad and it blows up in his face. i think, you know, i agree with you david. i think talking ability issues and you know, having a contrast of issues is a very legitimate thing and every campaign does it we have done it for years and years but i think the thing about it tony is that in this case, the first time they went out and stepped on a negative issue they stepped on it and it blew up in their face >> chef let's talk about jim, the president's campaign manager, under the gun on hill bringing up issues about you

know, e-mails sent, about health care reform or the e- mails improper, impersonal accounts et cetera et cetera et cetera. is there a legit, jim i will start with you, is this a legit concern, or is this you know, more politics just trying to distract him and the obama campaign 5 months out from the election. probably more politics but a stupid move on messina's part. one thing you know when you are involved in politics and government you don't mix the two. everybody has their own private e-mail account, and you talk to people, via your private e-mail account you don't use government -- well, excuse me except for elected officials like the president who uses tax payer dollars to campaign but operatives themselves don't do that stuff. they did, it is stupid and they ought to be taken to the wood shed. >> david you agree. >> yes, except they realize this is what went on in the previous white house they just deleted all the e-mails got rid

of the evidence and romney, i mean romney really took all the hard drives we have no record of what was said. >> is this tit for tat because of what happened. >> it is all inside the belt way this will be a close election. all elections for the president will be close. i actually think romney could win the popular vote and still loose the election. i think that is likely. >> you think that is possible. >> certainly, the other possibility romney could win big. you know, as they keep stepping on themselves as the white house keeps stepping on themselves and missteps you start seeing more and more independent voters leaving and supporting romney. >> all right. >> if you get the momentum going in one way especially the september and october, romney could win big. >> we have a lot of time to talk about this thank you both for coming in david see you some time soon, jim see you

next week. allison back to you now. >> thank you very much. 7:41 a.m., wednesday morning coming up a u.s. air bound airplane gets an unusual escort. fighter jets. why after the break. first, a sweet treat for you, today is slurp free day, just visit a participating 7 eleven store between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to get your free slurpee, the company created today's event to show off their new sugar free flavour is kick off the summer season. we will be right back. 7:42 a.m. 

a scare in the air. a u.s. bound flight travelling from paris to north carolina, fighter jets scrambled to escort the u.s. airways plane to an airport in maine after a french woman handed a note to a flight attendant telling her she had a surgically implanted device. there is no evidence the passengers or crew were ever in

any real danger. it is sentencing day for a new york woman who admits she faked having cancer to condo nors into paying for her wedding and caribbean honeymoon. she launched her scam two years ago telling her soon to be husband she was dying of leukemia and wanted a dream wedding. after the wedding her husband questioned the story, they divorced, she was arrested in virginia this past april. she isn't likely to do prison time but court officials say she will have to repay over $13,000 to victims. 7:46 a.m., tucker barnes joining us. nothing really to say there. >> moving right past that one. satellite radar, we have clouds in the forecast, again, warm and humid maybe a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. >> bubble up. >> it could bubble up. yeah, we got to look after that bubbling. satellite radar, not much action right now but later today as we mentioned, very unstable atmosphere.

what happens is, the air rises, allison, and the storms and showers bubble up so we got to be concerned about that later today. >> i do not like that term. >> here is the future cast. i will put it in motion. a couple showers around 1:00 p.m., by 4, 5:00 p.m., showers more numerous as this -- we continue to be under the influence of the same air mass here, day after day. a couple more days of it and then the forecast changes for the weekend. 80 today, gradually getting better and better by sunday, bright sunshine hot, 93 degrees >> that will be so right. >> yeah, good for barbecuing. >> thanks tuck. >> to julie wright and find out what is happening on area roadways. >> we are checking out the ride on the inner loop. it is slow going, we have delays stacked up from before the springfield interchange trying to make your way past braddock road, past 66th. all lanes are open, 395, a tough go, leaving the belt way

towards king street. gw parkway traffic lanes are open but you are stacked up leaving the cia headed back out toward it is key bridge. thank you so much. a fun, hands on program is teaching local students important life skills. >> yep, holly is live in rockville with details. hey, holly. >> good morning to you. you know what, if you are going to learn how to bake bread you might as well do it from someone baking bread for two centuries, king arthur flour is in rockville. we will show you why these young fourth graders are learning to bake bread but really are learning so much more. life skills live next fox 5 morning news stay with us pgh >> looking forward to that. in the meantime our facebook fan of the day, young mr. carlos campos he attends capital city charter school he has an important presentation coming up. we want to wish you good luck. for a chance to be tomorrow's

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theory 800 fourth grade -- nearly 800 fourth grade students are participating in a unique and educational event >> holly is there to learn more about it. good morning. >> good morning. have either of you made bread from scratch. >> sadly i have. >> oh, but that is a good thing. >> you have. >> wait a minute it was in a bread maker does that count? i did the dough and put it in. >> no bread makers that does not count. we are doing stem to stern from scratch and you are going to be amazed what we are learning in the process and doing it with the help of king arthur flour and paula grey.

good morning to you. >> good morning. >> who knew you could learn so much by breaking bread >> it is exciting. >> what is the most impressive thing so far is that your company has been around since 1790. >> that's right. >> and 100% employee owned. >> that's correct. >> that is cool. you guys think and you have this mission of going out and teaching young people to bake bread. why and what the kids are learning. >> right well, we hope three things happen. one they learn the skill. you can see these children are doing a great job measuring kneading and mixing. we want to learn to make the bread from scratch all by themselves using science and math skills. then we want them the go home and bake with their families so we want them to spend some family time baking they also get to eat part of what they make. so they will be eating their homework and then we want them to share. so as you know, they are going to be donating half of what they make like some of these loaves of bread, when we are done to food pantrys in the

area. >> just a brilliant concept. let's show them a couple things in terms of math, we are measuring flour. >> right. so as caitlin knows there is a proper way to measure flour. >> that is caitlin. what is the proper way. >> if you take the scoop right here and if you just tilt it a little and just pour it and you just kind of jiggle it into the cup and make it other flow. >> mm-hmm -- over flow. >> mm-hmm. >> you then take this and you scrape it out to make it level >> that's pretty cool. >> okay i know there is more but i want to get on to griffin i have a feeling he is doing our gluten development part what is that. >> he is our muscle man. as you stir that dough what happens. >> it starts to build up and get stronger while we are building it. >> like a chemical reaction. >> right. >> you can see it is really sticky and stretchy and globby. >> lilly is our expert kneader. >> well, with kneading you have

to put the dough but first fold it over then you take the heal of your hand, push it, out, towards in front of you and then turn it. >> wow you guys are good, i'm impressed and as paula starts to shape there i want to bring in anita o'neill she is with montgomery county public schools, 800 fourth graders are taking part this has to be one of the coolest field trips. >> it is. you can see by the excitement of the kids they are seeing the application what they are learning in class and able to talk about what they are learning >> i know king arthur does grades 4 through 7 across the country why do you all choose fourth. >> because they have sort of a prechemistry unite they just finished they learn about states of matter, solutions, mixtures how heat and temperature effect chemical reactions so it is a perfect blend of the chemistry that they have learned with the actual practical --

>> emphasis on the community involvement. >> exactly the giving back. >> okay. so you did it already. my gosh i forgot they have been doing it for two centuries she is done. give us a quick tip on the braiding. >> when you make a bread you take three ropebread them as you would your hair then tuck the ends under it looks beautiful. >> what is the best way for other schools watching this in greater washington area to take part. >> yeah, the easiest thing go to our website, king arthur flour.com and click on education and look for the life skills bread baking information our program is free. >> absolutely that is our favorite word. >> thank you. myfoxdc.com our website. we have a link to king arthur, montgomery public schooljohns hopkins university, montgomery county campus. are you guys available to come to my house and do a loaf oaf bread? >> sure. >> i love it. there is another science component here as part of this special day for the kids. we will talk about that next hour.

back to you. >> i love the smell of baked bread. >> yeah. >> thank you holly. >> coming up 8:00 a.m., a new initiative in the district focused on teens and their health. the director of the cities department of health joins us live with more details. >> we are going live to los angeles where tonight, a new american idol will be crowned. next hour a recap of the two final lists singing their hearts out in their last battle. 7:57 a.m. we will be right back back so, ah, your seat good?

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♪ we should learn new details about the prostitution scandal involving the secret service in colombia, the head of that agency is expected to get a grilling from lawmakers in capital hill, we have a live report straight ahead. then, a controversial new recommendation from a government task force. doctors should no longer perform prostate cancer screenings on healthy men. routinely every year like we've heard. we will talk about that plus a new push to keep area teens healthy, when we sit down with the director of the district department of health.

attention savvy shoppers, memorial day is a chance to save money but there are a few things you should not shop for this weekend. we will break it down later this hour. i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. the rain has lightened up for now. there is a chance or heavy rain later today. flood warning for prince william county is in effect until 10:00 a.m. this morning, this break-in the wet weather comes after two days of heavy rain which is did cause flooding in manases is, bristol they had to open the spill way gates at the lake jackson dam south of manassas because lake levels were 6 feet above normal. the big question for folks in that area, could they get more rain today, and could some of it be heavy tucker barnes is here to tell us. >> they have to brace for more. not a guarantee it has been hit and miss. amazing parts picked up 5, 6 inches of rain in the past few days and other parts of the

area. not much of anything. your radar and again, the light green that is the flood warning which is in effect until 10:00 a.m. this morning. notice the frontal system off to our south and east, that front is going the hang out in the neighbourhood across the mid-atlantic for another day and a half or so, with it hanging around we have potential for more showers and thunderstorms later today. just be ready for it, it is not going to rain all day, just like yesterday, but at some point we could see showers and storms, pardon the expression allison. >> bubble up. >> yes. >> 68 washington, humidity 81%, not much wind, shifting out of the south later, your forecast today, plenty of clouds, sunshine as well highs, warm, humid, 80 degrees. >> wait until you see the weekend forecast. most people like it. >> here is julie wright with an update >> still wondering is this the year tony p you are going to cannon ball off the high dive for memorial day. >> should i do it this year?

>> yes. >> let me thing about it. >> he has a cool bathing suit it is like a unitard with stripes and a hat >> you have to pose like this when you are wearing it. >> twitter is already blowing up they want video and the whole -- >> all right on the roads right now, 395, slow going belt way to king street again across the 14th street bridge. southbound gw parkway, grid locked from the cia past 123. inner loop bogged down, braddock road to 66th, and inbound new york avenue heavy, slow and steady as you work through the traffic light, northeast to northwest, accident activity only one lane getting by. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. our big story this morning the senate homeland security committee is holding a hearing today on the secret service prostitution scandal. >> director of the secret service will testify this will be his first public comment

since the story broke last month. fox 5s melanie alnwick live on capital hill with details. good morning allison it could be a very revealing hearing on capital hill this morning. secret service director mark sullivan is expected to tell the committee that president's security was never at risk senators are concerned about an agency culture, that may tolerate wreckless behaviour, 8 secret service employees including two supervisors have lost their jobs after the april 12th prostitution scandal. investigators implicated two dozen secret service personnel for heavy drinking partying and paying or not paying women for sex in colombia ahead of president obama's official visit. at the time of the misconduct, none of the individuals involved in the misconduct received any specific protective information sensitive security documents, firearms radios or other

security related equipment in their hotel room, end quote. so far members of congress and the president have given sullivan high marks for openness and swift action. >> the president addressed the issue on a couple occasions. he has great faith in the secret service, believe it is director has done an excellent job. >> reporter: senator collins is a ranking republican on the committee and says the investigation is ongoing she is very concerned about what she has learned so far including an unrelated incident that revealed dea agents entertained, foreign national masseuses in their apartment, she does not believe either of these incidents are isolated. the hearing gets under way 10:30 a.m. this morning. back to you. >> thank you very much. in other new it is dc police and fire departments are trying to uncover a mystery, discovered during a fire call at the fire department training

academy. personnel documents for firefighters and police were found burning. information included training and medical records, social security numbers and home addresses. more records were found in a nearby abandoned car. leaders from dc police and fire department unions are demanding an investigation. guilty plea from a former campaign aide to district of columbia mayor, vincente grey. no comment from thomas gore yesterday he is a friend and long time campaign worker for grey. earlier he admitted to a federal judge he would take out money orders give them to another unnamed campaign worker who would then pass them to suleman brown. a total of $660 worth of money orders gore also admitted to shredding a notebook with payment records. maryland governor o'malley, signed several new bills into law, it includes a highly contested tax increase to individuals making more than $100,000 a year.

couples who make more than $150,000. a tobacco tax hike both will boost funding for the education budget. maryland is nams officially the first state to ban -- is now also the first state the ban arsenic in chicken feed. brought on by health and environmental concerns and a new law updates maryland's legal definition of a child. children conceived and born using frozen genetic material from a parent for top two years after that parent's -- for up to two years after that parent's death. the search is on for a suspect accused of attacking a young woman in annapolis. it happened 1:30 a.m. sunday morning downtown. the victim was walking home when she noticed someone behind her. she felt uncomfortable so she crossed the street her attacker followed, came up behind her, dragged her into an alley. she put up a fight so he ran off. maryland man held in the suspect of a disappearence of a bethesda woman in aruba is

charged with indecent exposure. he and a woman were found naked in the back of an suv in an nap police parking garage. new push to promote better diet and lifestyle among dc teens. government panel now says healthy men shouldn't be ryeteen routinely -- routinely checked. more on all of that. stay with us, 8 minutes after 8:00 a.m. 

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8:11 a.m., look at this a twister crashes the wedding of a couple in kansas. they had just said their vows, when the video of their wedding catches a tornado forming over a wheat field. this happened last week, the couple is now on their

honeymoon in oklahoma. just kidding. but the wedding pictures have quickly gone viral. the couple said these not only capture their special day, but also the essence of kansas. >> good. so they are not upset about it. >> here is what's crazy. tornadoes are so frequent there, that the guests are just kind of you know, oh, there is a tornado. >> no out-of-towners there. because we would all be running and screaming. >> yeah. >> very interesting. >> lady has her baby out there. congratulations. >> on the wedding. >> and glad no one was hurt. >> indeed. >> tucker barn s with the latest on our forecast and more,. >> absolutely right tony i think that is a coolest thing ever that tornado. >> it is. >> time for our my first 5 photo of the day. time to get happy. this is -- >> he is cool man. >> just chilling. >> so cute. >> all right, alton sew is 4

months old, and -- alphonso is 4 months old. >> oh, that baby is cute. >> just hanging out. >> he has baby swag. >> he does. they have sunglasses now for babies. >> yeah. >> the whole market out there. >> all right, to send your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings thanks for sending in the picture hope you have a great day. not going to need the sunglasses so much today and tomorrow but by this weekend you will need them in a big way. warm and humid, 68 washington cooler air and dryer air off to the north and west. wouldn't it be nice to get it in here. 58 detroit, and if you have it on your map chicago, 55 degrees. cooler and dryer, off to our north and west. looking at satellite radar more of the same cloud cover continues across the region. risk of showers, perhaps a thunderstorm this afternoon and

very warm and very humid air mass, that frontal system from yesterday, is now just hanging out to our east, so with that right across the mid-atlantic we have the risk of additional storms later today. be ready, bring along an umbrella. not going to rain all day, just like yesterday but have the risk of showers and storms later this afternoon here is your 5 day. 80 today, still showerstorms tomorrow isolated risk friday and then lookout here comes the heat, saturday and sunday highs 90s. 93 degrees by sunday afternoon. all right. that is a look at the weather, traffic and someone with knows all about sunglasses, julie wright. >> yes, unfortunately i don't walk around with a binky in my mouth too. on the roads, you will find lanes are open travelling the outer loop of the belt way, it is below speed leaving college park, past coalsville road past 270, all lanes are open. you are going to find northeast washington, slow going getting there on route 50, leaving river dale and she haverly.

south dakota avenue, michigan only one lane able to get by. southbound, average speed down to 17 miles per hour. thank you very much many teens and young adults in thedistrict of columbia, face many challenges, a new public health campaign has been unvailed to promote better choices in diet and lifestyle. the i care about me campaign was launched this week. joining us now, director of the district's department of health to talk about this. good morning. >> good morning. glad to be here. >> good to have you here. >> i got to say, some of the stats are startling. before we get to those, tell us about this campaign, i care about me tell me what it is about and what you are trying to do. >> the campaign tony is all about empowering young people. take care of their own health. what a good thing to do at the end of the school year, during

the summer time when people are going to go to the pools, going to park, recreation service, we got together with park and rec department and created this campaign, so that we can educate the people, about their own health. who better to take care of themselves than me. >> mm-hmm. >> we are going to tell each of the teens they are uni way the good lord made them they need to be the very best they can be and that is by adopting healthy behaviours. and that is eating right, doing the exercise, and protecting themselves against sexually transmitted diseases. >> why does this seem to be such an issue in the district? why are so many teens at such great risk? why are so many obese with stds and all that. >> i think people are not paying attention. when you are young at that age there are other interests that are very important homework, friends, the other thing that is we do, and as teenagers, not paying enough attention to what they are eating and whether

they are exercising or taking care of themselves or not. this is a campaign, where the teen will be involved in keeping the other teens so they are among themselves a way of starting the discussion. so they could take care of themselves it is not being done in a way, you do that, you do that but being done in the context of their future. they are healthy, they are staying in school. they can go to college they can go to university they will have a job waiting on the other end but if they are not healthy, then we got all these difficult circumstances. some of the stats i just want the read in the district of columbia, 25% of young dc residents aged 16 to 23, have at least one child, a average age is 16 years old that in and of itself is problematic because women, girls really who are young, have young immature

bodies, presents problems for them and their babies. >> yep. 16 years is not for entire district it is for teenager, among the teenagers who become pregnant. >> got you. >> very small segment of it but even though the numbers are small, you know, less than 100 but still, a hundred lives, people could have a better career, could have gone to school, gotten a job, gone to college, and this puts a holden that. we want to make sure -- hold on that. we want to make sure to show them what the future holds. >> you are going to talk to teens. teens will talk to each other but what is the role of parents in all of this and what if a teenager doesn't have a strong adult role model in their lives. >> i think the school is one part where we are paying a lot of attention on exercise, now a bill that we will be implementing next year, it will be a big issue for the

district. exercise, healthy eating, stuff in the school but the way to warm up for the school next year, is to really when children are coming in, now for summer jobs, 14,000 children who will have summer jobs in district this year, will go through this program, and then we will be in touch with them through social media, the media they understand if they have a question they can always ask without being embarrassed or some body knowing. >> got to ask you about this other thing we saw this task force come out last week and recommend that men, otherwise healthy men, should probably not get psa screenings for prostate disease because getting those screenings you could find some other issue there, and some times the treatment for those issues is worse than if you don't have the screening at all what are your thoughts. >> as a physician myself and public health professional i disagree with the recommendation. this is one of those things a lot of respect for the task

force but some times they make this one size fit all recommendation that is not very good. in the district and among african american community the rate of prostate cancer is very high. so, when i look at the district, for which i have responsibility for i can't make that recommendation for my doctor i have to tell them to go ahead. before the viewers were watching if you are an african american man between the ages of 45 and 75 please go to your doctor and ask for the test. >> get the test. >> it may save your life. >> also, i care about me the campaign for teens, there is a website where you can get more information about this, if you go the our website at myfoxdc.com we will connect you to that website. can you give the information quickly do you know the website. >> www.dc.gov hash tag about me dc. >> very good. about me dc we will link you there at myfoxdc.com. thank you. allison back to you.

8:20 a.m., a wednesday morning. top silicon valley executive facing charges for alleged low tech fraud involved buying and selling legos for a profit. details coming up next on fox 5. >> later this hour, holly getting hands on science lessons a program that teaches life skills to local kids. we will check with her coming up up [ dogog barking ] mom!

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the investment bank under the lead under writer in facebook public stock offering is under investigation. regulators are looking into whether morgan stanley selectively informed clients one of its analysts cut his revenue estimates for facebook, before the stock started trading last friday. shares for facebook are down more than 18%. morgan stanley maintains it complied with recommendations. a top silicon valley executive is accused of using high tech tricky to his -- trickery to get his hands on children's toys.

he printed his own bar codes, and bought lego at discounts and resold them on ebay. okay. an iowa man arrested for drunk driving buzz his passenger -- but his passengers a zebra and macau parrot. the man was charged, with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, he says he and his girlfriend treat their animals like their own children 13 he wanted to bring -- and he wanted to bring them to the bar. >> they love going for rides. they are just a part of the family here. we don't have little kids here so these are our kids. and we treat them like our kids they come in the house we take them outside, take them for walks, we take them for car rides. >> yep, the man is disputing the charges claiming he wasn't actually driving he was turning over the keys to someone of a

better mind. >> i was going to say who was driving the parrot or zebra. >> that was the cutest little tiny zebra in the world. >> why you take them to the bar. >> why have them in your home. >> many questions. >> dogs and cats make better house pets. >> drinking was involved. 8:26 a.m., now, on this wednesday morning, along with firing up the grill, a lot of folks will be hitting the stores this weekend to cash in on a big memorial day sale. so which deals are worth it and which should you skip. we will check with fox consumer reporter on the other side of the break k pgh >> also ahead our movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy sits down with will smith to talk about his new film, men in black. fox 5 morning news will be right back 

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information on a sweet treat for you and yours. today is slurp free day. >> woohoo. >> slurp free day. >> yep, like slurpee. >> this says slurp free day. >> visit a participating 7 eleven store, any time between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to get your free slurpee. they created the event to show off their new sugar free flavour. lauren is it slurp free day as i said? thank you. >> also from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. >> that's what i said. >> that is a play on 7 eleven. >> it should be 7 to eleven they are open 24 hours a day. stingies. 7 eleven. >> it is a play on the -- >> that is great. i am going to get one. >> but the name of the store is 7 eleven >> back in the day those were extended hours most stores were 9 to 5 i don't know if that is true that is what i believe.

>> but the slurpee give away should be 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. >> we have to go i am being told. >> all right we are going tony. >> gorbachev >> trying to do what is ask -- gosh. trying to do what is asked of us. >> we are rebels tony. >> 70 at the they vail air station and you know what -- at the naval air station and you know what, a lot of warmth and humidity in the forecast and potential for more showers and storms not going to rain all day but to be honest a better chance than yesterday. bring along an umbrella. be ready for the rain showers they could pop up at any point, as the atmosphere is unstable here. we will get it to rise. hang in there as we get into the end of the week, it will change and things will gradually improve. future cast put it in motion, note the shower activity popping up at 2:00 p.m.ment future cast suggesting most action north and west of the city.

we will see if that verifies, showers continue through the evening rush hour most action west of the city got to watch prince william county where you have had flooding concerns and then it dissipates tonight before we do it all over again one more day tomorrow. tomorrow more sunshine than today, but things will gradually get better. 80 this afternoon, plenty of clouds and showers back in the storm forecast. 65 your overnight low, your 5 day forecast, 82 tomorrow storm around isolated storm risk friday and here comes the heat saturday and sunday, 93 degrees by sunday afternoon, a lot of heat, barbecue at tony's house. we are going to invite everybody. >> i have a gate, a fence, and a drawbridge which is going to be up. >> that's right. for many people memorial day is a chance to save a little money but there are a few things usual not shop for. >> fox consumer reporter steve is live in dallas with the sales you should hit and those

you should skip. we will start with what should we save on hey steve. >> reporter: good morning to you both yeah, it is all about timing. item cycles rock bottom price once or twice a year based on availability for seasonal discounts or because new models are coming in. seasonal item this is a great weekend to buy things like picnic supplies, paper plates, ketchup, mustard, napkins all those things will cycle to rock bottom prices this weekend if you need them stock up. believe it or not cook ware will also be a great deal this weekend not because people are using it, but because they are gifting it. college graduation season people are getting their first apartments, wedding season, folks are getting married, cook ware is a good gift retailer knows that so they mark it down. believe it or not tires will be a pretty good deal this weekend as we kick off the summer driving season. >> okay so those are the seasonal sales, what about you know, what is not seasonal. >> you know, when we are talking about the new model

stuff, people forget more than just cars have new model years for example, mattresses will be a great deal because believe it or not, the new models are coming out. i sleep great on last year's mattress knowing i got a good deal you might want to do the same. also major appliances, we talked about them coming out you know being introduced to the market in january, at the consumer electronics show now they are hitting store shelves last year's models need to be discounted so they can be sold and moved out. also a great time to haggle for a gym member shim all those folks who made new years off the fitness wagon and people who are diehards are exercising outside so that means gyms are emptying out so time for you to swoop in and haggle yourself a great deal. >> is there anything stores are telling us is on sale, on sale but really isn't on sale? >> you know, not that it is not on sale but maybe it is not exactly the best time to buy.

patio grills, you know for outside are going to be a good deal this weekend, they are probably going to be a better deal 4th of july weekend. also laptop computers, computer accessories a lot of folks are having those graduation sales right now, but i will tell you the best time to buy a laptop computer is actually during the month of august during those back to school sales when the prices are even less. >> all right bottom line here we go. best part about getting a great deal, telling some body else all about it. share your great deals this weekend with the world, you can do it on my facebook fan page we have a link on your station website. >> thank you steve. >> good stuff have a great holiday weekend. 8:35 a.m., dc notorious for heavy traffic and grid lock on the roads but according to a new survey, it is getting better. we will take a look at numbers on the other side of the break. >> 25 new sounds are being added to the library on congress national recording history. this is one of them.

there you go, prince. we will reveal others when we come back

good news, things could turn around when it comes to traffic in the district.

new numbers released by traffic information company show it is average driver in the dc region was stuck in traffic for 45 hours last year, that is an improvement believe it or not from 2010 when it was 56 hours. overall, honolulu tops the list of most congested cities where drivers spend about 58 hours stuck in grid lock last year although who would mind the view when you are stuck in honolulu but i digress. new york is in second place, followed by l.a. 25 sounds that shape the american cultural landscape are being inducted into the library of congress, national recording registry. every year the library preserves 25 recordings that are deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically significant. the new list includes donna summers hit song i feel love. >> all right. >> there you go. i am surprised they chose that one. >> listen to that. in the background. >> that's why. >> that is different.

>> purple rain by prince, the grateful dead's famed 1977 barton hall concert, some selections are truly historic including the only known audio of former american slaves who were interviewed in the 1930s. that i would like to hear. >> that is significant. >> wow. >> time now, 8:40 a.m., wednesday morning the final performance show of american idol season 11 is in the books now the top two contestants hoping to win over america and our votes we will head live to l.a. for more on that on the other side of the break. >> plus will smith sits down with movie reviewer kevin mccarthy to talk about men in black three. holly. >> well, talking about men in black we will make things glow because we are learning how to make glow sticks, thanks to one of eleven companies taking part in a special day at johns hopkins, university, montgomery county campus, we are live and fourth graders are learning about science.

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the men in black are back with will smith and tom any lee jones as agents jay and kay. kevin mccarthy sat with will smith. >> he asked a fox 5s viewer question. the viewer will likely be happy with the answer will smith gives. kev what up. >> it is an honor to meet you. >> i love how you travel back in time and deal with the younger version of tommy lee jones if you could travel back to an early will smith set and find yourself and say will play this part differently with the advice you have now what would you do. >> that is interesting. see, from my extensive study of time travel for this movie, i realize you got to be careful because if you change one thing

you change everything. >> right. >> and as i sit here today, my life is as good as it has ever been so i am like, happy, inspired and all of that, so i would be very careful to go back and mess with stuff. not good and bad i believe everything that happens, there is a lesson in it. i would leave myself alone. i feel like i did pretty good >> i love the fact that you don't really know tommy lee jone's character as well as you thing you do. looking back on your career if you look at all your characters what is one you thing you know the best and one that is still mysterious. >> mike lowry from bad boys. like, that is my alter ' go. that is who i would be and how i would ask if i didn't give myself any restraint. the one that i know the least, that is interesting probably

the character from seven pounds. yeah, it is like i really can't relate to misery. >> i love the ideas like, with men in black having the movies come together and all of a sudden, with the third movie, we answer a question, that ties all three together. right. so with you know there is something -- that is that three there. i think there is a possibility for bad boys. >> i love what the neralizer does. if you can go the opposite way and create a device that helps you relive a moment and give you a more vivid memory. >> i think the day that independence day, came out, was one of the most bizarre days in my life.

i could actually feel my life changing forever. >> wow. >> it was really rare. i was in a hotel in new york and i was looking, i was probably on the 20th floor and looking down at a movie theater on friday night and i could see the four corners and the line came out and went out and down the street and came back down the other way to get into the movie theatre and i just remember standing there thinking this is different forever. i am never going to be the guy i was before tonight. >> hmm. >> that is a great interview. >> he is very thoughtful, i love that. >> yeah. >> we will have more men in black tomorrow when kevin sits down with the two actors who play the same role, tommy lee jones and josh brolin. >> i would have taken that for kevin. >> yeah. >> that is how much i like him. >> you might not thing that baking bread and hands on science experiments go together. >> holly morris is at an event

for local fourth graders that uses the two for an educational program. >> this is a great day going on at johns hopkins university, montgomery county campus. there is a whole lot going on it does focus around making bread but they are learning a lot more. but don't tell them right because education is not fun. well, it is here. chris is with johns hopkins she joins me. >> good morning. >> who knew baking bread could insight so much. >> it is lots of fun and baking bread has a lot of clients involved. yeast needs sugar, we will point out whether or not yeast needs sugar to grow. my friends isaac and cynthia will set up an experiment where they add yeast and water and flour to a bag. >> you got the lab coat on go ahead and start. >> isaac will add sugar and cynthia not. we will see after we incubate this whether yeast grow in the presence or absence of sugar >> why does this work so well into what johns hopkins does. >> it is about making the

pipeline of scientists from an early age through masters anddoctoral programs. here at the montgomery county campus we have welcomed our colleagues in the bay owe tech industry, -- bio tech industry, other parts of academia, to help us to inspire children to do science. >> i think i distracted you these kids listen so well they haven't started yet they need you to tell them to start. as they start you can tell us through the magic of television what happened here. >> yes, add your half teaspoon of yeast. through the magic of television we did this before. thank you julia childs what we found was in the bag that had sugar in it, we have lots of gas production, co 2 and that is no sugar. so there we know -- >> in the bag. >> yes, it is. >> i have to move on i want to show you other things the kids will do. diane is riding hard on the bike and mary is the one telling her what it is she is doing. so what have you got going on today. >> so today, diana is powering

different kinds of light bulbs and what she is finding is that it is pretty easy to light these energy efficient light bulbs, we have cfls and leds she is learning about energy efficiency. >> here is the great thing, these bulbs never go out. as long as you keep riding for the next couple years you will be able to light this room. what do you thick of this day. >> fun. >> are you thinking how did i get chosen for this experiment other people are baking bread and i'm riding a bike. >> yes. >> kidding you. >> we want to come down here. this is where the nutrition side of things come in. good morning. >> good morning. >> what are we doing here. i will have you guys make a plate, take four items try to make a healthy plate. >> trying to make a healthy plate. ice cream is dairy and i think

let's see, i am not sure what all of this is. maybe this is more dairy. oh, what is this? >> japanese. >> what did you choose over there there is lots of colors on your plate i am thinking what? >> i am thinking you did not pick a healthy plate. >> what? i thought that was dairy what are we learning through this activity >> we have been trying to teach the children using this little plate format when you are making a meal you want to visualize your plate and make it a half, vegetablefruits always make half the plate and the other half, half grains and half protein in your case we have none of the above but in your case very good job, proteins, fruits and vegetables. >> are you trying to show me up? >> here is the bigger question, which one tastes better? i am just kidding you are right she did a good job.

you are smart. high five me. i am strong too. hurt your hand didn't i. we have a link to johns hopkins university and king arthur flour if you want to find out more about their life skills program. in our next hour there is a huge community sharing part of this project today, and we will talk about that in our next hour. back to you. the final performance show of american idol season 11 is in the books, votes are in. tonight we find out which final lists will take home idol title. nicole collins is live in los angeles with insight into what we can expect from the finale show. good morning. >> good morning allison. yeah, we've learned about several performances we will expect in tonight's result show including a tribute to the la >> reporter: it was a battle between the california teen with the grown up voice ♪ [

music ] ♪ >> reporter: and the jam bam rocker from georgia. now the waiting game ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> we went out there, had a blast. >> i agree. like, i guess, we are the top two in the end and we just went out there and sang our hearts out. >> reporter: sanchez and phillips, both belting out three songs each, one of the selections, destined to the it be first single released by the season 11 winner randy jackson says it is all about the songs for him calling phillips tune genius while not crazy about jessicas. >> she sang it well because she has that big old voice. it was a weird night for us the two of them are so different. >> reporter: super star music producer, jimmy who worked with both contestants says it will be a tough joyce for millions of idol fans. >> jessica's first two songs scored higher than phil lips.

>> idol judge and aerosmith front man steven tyler was also torn. >> reporter: you can expect another tribute to robin gibbs of the bee gees, allison. >> that and much more nicole thank you so much. >> here is another reason to tune into american idol finale tonight, you could have a chance to win a vip ticket package the see aerosmith in concert jiffy lube live. watch the finale tonight, of course to see aerosmith live performance and then log on the to myfoxdc.com answer a question about the performance that is how you register for the chance to win the concert prize pack. >> very cool. all right time now to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day carlos campos attends capital city public charter school he has an important presentation coming up we wish you good luck and thank you for watching let us know how that

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>> good morning i am tony perkins. >> right now at 9, secret service scandal. the director will appear before a senate panel to answer questions about agents engaging in prostitution in colombia. middle school students

paying tribute to the late chuck brown. fox 5s beth parker shows us their new mural. did an idol contestant get done in by their original song. why jessica's fans are upset and phil phillips fans feel it is his to use. tabby bonet is out with a new project he joins us in studio plus how you can score a free copy of his latest work. all right. a couple tickets from 9:00 a.m. now let's head down stairs check in with tucker barnes. what's going on. >> good morning allison more of the same. cloud cover across the area threat of showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast later today, not going to rain all day but a good chance this afternoon we will see scattered showers and storms. let's kick it off, hd radar, you will see, generally quiet