attention to mr. tucker barnes who is downstairs dancing as well. he's got the latest on our forecast. hey, tucker. >> hey, tony. i want to check you out dancing at 9:45. >> okay. >> me, too. >> let's get to it. temperatures in the low 70s. humidity, still low clouds, fog. give it a couple of hours, it will burn off. brighter day this afternoon. brighter afternoon with plenty of sunshine and an isolated risk for a thunderstorm. 74 washington. 67 in observation city. generally quieter conditions than the last couple of days. high pressure will nose in later, should dry things out at least a little bit. could be an isolated storm later today. most of the day should be dry. featuring sunshine starting later this afternoon and much of the weekend, bright sunshine with hot temperatures around here. in the 90s starting tomorrow. today mid- to upper 80s for afternoon high. 86 in washington. could be an isolated storm. more details on the forecast,

and we'll talk about the weekend and holiday on monday in a minute. back to you. tucker, thank you very much. more space history is set to be made today. we've got live pictures to show you from space. this is where the dragon space capsule is going to attempt to dock with the international space station. wow, these are impressive pictures. these are new pictures coming in. sarah simmons is back with the details on this historic mission. hey, sarah. >> the dragon capsule which is operated by the private firm spacex made tests to see if it was ready for today's docking, which is planned to happen around 11:30, possibly earlier. it will deliver a half ton of supplies. it become the first commercial vessel to visit the space station. yesterday dragon came within one and a half miles of the space station in a practiced fly by. earlier on fox 5 morning news,

we talked with phil mcalister, special assistance for program analysis at nasa about the mission. here you go. okay, apparently we don't have the interview from him right now. hopefully we'll hear from him in a bit. docking expected to happen about 11:30, if not sooner. nasa says we'll see more these commercial missions in the future. the cost savings for nasa allows them to put their money into developing new programs. they are working on a deep space capsule. allison and tony, back to you. >> thank you, sarah. the holiday weekend is our big story. >> for many of you, memorial day weekend gives you a chance to spend time with your family and maybe even take a trip. we're going to tell you more about that coming up in a little bit when we go to sherri ly live in kent island, maryland. we'll have that for you shortly.

lon anderson was with her earlier. very animated, giving the tips away. if you plan on hitting the roads for the holiday, now is a great time to install the waze mobile app. it's free. it provides gps navigation. all the incidents on the interactive map are populated by users and there is a voice activation feature. soon our julie wright will be incorporating it into her traffic reports. once you download it, join the wazers group. the search is on in the district for two young men who police say stabbed a cabdriver. this happened around 1:00 this morning near 5th and kennedy streets northwest. the cabdriver is expected to live. a man was stabbed in a different incident on 7th street northwest around 2:00 in the morning. he too is expected to survive. there is a guilty verdict

in the trial of a woman charged with hitting and dragging a bicyclist who later died. christy littleford's defense was she thought she hit a deer so that's why she left the scene and left 30-year-old natasha pettigrew to die. pettigrew was running for a seat in the u.s. senate and training for a triathlon. she was riding her bike on route 202 when she was hit. littleford is facing two years and two months in prison when she is sentenced in august. a sec member of mayor gray's 2010 campaign staff is coming clean. howard brooks who was a finance consultant pleaded guilty in court yesterday. brooks admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate. if convicted, brooks could get a maximum of six months in prison and probation. d.c. council member marion berry continues to make headlines. the latest comments ironically came at a meeting he held to

apologize to the asian-american community. as he spoke yesterday regarding a statement he made last month, he made this slipup. >> the jews caught hell, polacks caught hell. >> he was referring to people of polish heritage in that comment. berry and asian community leaders pledged to keep talking. bonuses on the way for county employees for prince george's county. the council yesterday passed a $2.7 billion spending plan that increases money for schools and public safety and does include a one-time bonus for most of the county's 6,000 workers. they have endured pay freezes for several years. holiday weekend our big story again this morning. our sherri ly is live in kent

island, maryland, with travel tips. >> sherri ly, are you there? >> reporter: i am here. forget the traveling, the sun is out. i'm going to stay here and soak it all in. tucker said it was going to burn off, and it has. the bad part is if you are heading to the beach, you are going to have to deal with the traffic. bay bridge over here, you can see the traffic is getting heavier. a lot heavier than a few hours ago. it will get worse. if you're heading out there, you're going to have a lot of company joining you in your misery in the traffic. about 875,000 people aaa estimates will be hitting the roads and the skies this memorial day weekend. the unofficial start to the summer. nine out of 10 of them are going to be on the roads. that means it's going to be awfully crowded. across the bay bridge, expecting about 300,000 vehicles to cross heading out to the beaches and maryland and delaware. the good news about all this,

though, if you are on the roads, the gas prices are dropping. the last seven weeks in d.c. now, the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.76. if you want to save a few bucks and you can get to maryland, it's $3.59. and starting out in virginia, that's the cheapest gas around at $3.47. in fact, it is more than 27 cents cheaper than memorial day weekend last year, another reason to head to the beach. >> the roads are going to be very crowded. with the weather forecast that we've got, hot, humid, 90 degrees, i think we're going to see a lot of people deciding to go, probably some of of those who didn't indicate they might be taking a vacation. >> reporter: a lot of those people who might be last-minute decision makers heading out to the beach. they're waiting on that forecast, waiting to see what it's going to be like. hear the low gas prices. you could have a lot of last minute people heading out to

the beach. the one thing aaa says, even though we're seeing more people traveling, a lot of people are pinching their pennies and looking for cheaper hotels, restaurant deals, that type of thing. and you could use that savings, because if you are heading across the bay bridge, folks, if you can remember, the toll went up to $4. that's a big change from the $2.50 last summer. that's the latest on kent island. back to you. >> a quick question, do you get to stay at the beach all weekend and report from there? >> reporter: you know, i might as well stay put, because i'll be back with you on memorial day. so you know, will they book me a hotel and can i buy new clothes? >> we'll check on that for you. thanks, sherri. coming up, his case put thousands of children on milk cartons and prompted a national missing children's day. coming up, more on the man who claims he killed etan patz. >> one foundation is working to

track down missing children, including one from gaithersburg with tips how to keep your children safe. >> d.c. mayor gray and chuck brown's family say an all day public viewing will be held tuesday at the howard theater. we'll be right back. 

to killing e tan patz. a photo of etan taken by his father was the first one on a

milk carton. today, may 25th, 33 years ago was in honor of the missing boy. unfortunately, thousands of children go missing each year. 65% of those cases involve children of color. form bet anchor jackie reid joins us live to talk about the mission to curb this problem and how to keep your kids safe. jackie, are you with us? >> yeah, tony, good morning. >> happy to see you. from the news from new york today, this is the appropriate time to be talking about this issue. tell me a little bit about the work that you do and the organization black and missing. >> the black and missing foundation is an organization that really focuses on trying to help families of color find their loved ones once they go missing. as you mentioned earlier, 65% of the missing cases that involve children are children of color. but those cases go uncovered by

the national mainstream media. that's a big part when it comes to recovery, or at least closure for those families with these missing cases. black and missing not only works to increase awareness of these cases, but they work with the individual families to help them, because it can be expensive to go into try to find someone, putting up fliers. they help the families deal with the police and trying to find someone once they go missing. >> we're going to show a couple of photos, a few photos of some missing children from this area. you may be familiar with some of the cases. talk to me, though, a little bit about, i think efforts have improved, probably largely due to the efforts of the black and missing foundation, in terms of getting coverage for these children. why do you think there has been this disparity between coverage for white children who are missing and not so much for

children of color? >> well, as a journalist i've worked in several newsrooms across the country, and it's my assumption, there's been no official study of this, of why this happens, but what i've experienced is, there's just subconsciously no relationship to the faces when they see these faces of children of people of color, this is just no relationship. felicia barnes went missing in baltimore a year ago, and her case was a huge case. but basically, the baltimore police department told me how frustrated they were trying to get national coverage on this particular case. her case was really no different than that of natalee holloway's case, who gets coverage on a regular basis. >> pretty much had to beg for that coverage. they did ultimately get it. one of the things you work for is being proactive, not just reactive. can you tell me about that? >> yeah, because a lot of families do need to realize what they can do in advance.

for example, having a recent photograph of your child. having your child fingerprinted in advance. if they do go missing, you can have those things to hand over to authorities. knowing what your child is wearing. i know it may seem extreme, but knowing what your child is wearing. if they go missing, what did they have on? what did their hair look like? glasses, braces? the features that makes them stand out. if your child is young, knowing they know their full name, their address, how to use 911, if they're older and latch key kids, the safest way to walk to and from school. things like that can make a huge difference when it comes to whether or not your child goes missing. who they play with. we look' etan patz case, he was confessed by the offer of a

soda. even if they're familiar with someone, not to change their routine, or accept anything from anyone without calling you first. the alternative is your child may be abducted and we don't want that. >> one of the things to remember, no one thinks it will happen to them, but the parents of these missing children thought that as well. thank you very much for spending time talking to us this morning. we appreciate it. anyone who wants more information about the organization, black and missing foundation, can go to our web site at myfoxdc.com. we'll link you to theirs. thank you. good to see you this morning. >> thank you, tony. coming up, it's friday, and you know what that means. it's time for another ask allison. take a look at this picture of cora jackson. her daughter wants to know if cora is making history as the last surviving child of a negro soldier in the civil war. i have an answer for you, it's coming up next.

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♪ tell me something good ♪ time for this week's ask allison on this friday before memorial day. here's today's question. and it's just in time for memorial day. of course, a time to honor our fallen american heros. keep that in the back of your mind as we read the question. i wonder if it's possible for you to find out if my mother is the last surviving child of a civil war union negro soldier. my mother is cora jackson of washington, d.c. she'll be 93

years old soon. her father is alonzo johnson. he was enslaved along with his parents, sisters, and twin brothers in maryland. his brothers ran away first. then he ran away and joined the effort in the civil war. can you tell me if she is the only surviving child of a union war union soldier? of course i love this question, and i thank you so much for sending it in. i want to show you a picture. we showed it to you earlier. but here is a picture of this viewer's mom, mrs. cora jackson. there she is. hello, mrs. jackson. she is the daughter of a formerly enslaved man. she is living and her father was a slave. and he would go on to be a member of what was called the u.s. color troops who served in the civil war. a little history. it's estimated some 180,000 african-american men, 10% in

fact of the union army, served as soldiers. 40,000 died over the course of the war. we have pictures to show you. 40,000 would die. 30,000 would die of infection or disease. they fought to end slavery and gain their freedom. it's important to note that african-americans also fought on the side of the confederatesy. most often they were coerced than offered voluntarily. they are hired out by their owners or made to serve in the confederate effort. there's a picture of some of the men that we are talking about there, u.s. colored troops. to the answer, i reached out to the african-american civil war museum for help with this one. their mission, of course, per their web site, is to preserve and tell the stories of u.s. colored troops and african- american's involvement in the civil war. the assistant director and curator of the museum answered this one. she writes, the museum only

knows of one other surviving child. that child's name is luke martin. and mr. martin's father was luke perkins martin of the 35th usct, or u.s. colored troops. so dear viewer, it looks like your mother, as far as this museum knows, is one of only two surviving children of african-american civil war soldier. there you go. if you know differently, you're out there and know someone maybe who is also a surviving child, let me know. but the museum says there are only two they know of and they knew of one before. perhaps this is a discovery for the museum, too. >> right. now they'll have to get her information. >> exactly. she is 93 years old. still living and she'll have a birthday soon, so happy birthday in advance and thank you viewer for sending that in. if you would like a question answered, send it to me, head to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab for a link to ask allison. who saw chaka khan on "american

idol"? that's another thing. you know i love that question. >> great question. and happy birthday in advance to cora jackson. coming up, a tribute to wounded warriors, a special festival this weekend in virginia. >> members of local symphonies are coming together to create one orchestra. more on that event is ahead. >> plus, a preview of some of the music. ♪

an officer in arlington delivers a baby right on the side of the road. he is an 11 year vet with the police department. he was pulling over a driver not wearing a seat belt, and another driver ran up saying her sister was in labor, and they weren't going to make it to the hospital. as traffic flew by, the 6- pound, 3-ounce baby girl was

delivered. unfortunately, the umbilical cord was rapped around her neck, but the officer unwrapped the cord and she started to breathe. nothing is as good as that first cry. >> they named her middle name is based on his name as a tribute to him. >> stephanie. >> yeah. >> i'm so happy everything turned out. >> fantastic. >> that baby was coming on out. >> i wouldn't know what to do. >> it happens all the time. the good thing is, you don't have to do much. it happens. >> right. like-- >> the cord, obviously, yeah, yeah. so. >> all right. >> fear not be tucker. you'll be okay. >> great story. okay. >> something just kicks in. >> all right. i'm ready for it. >> like a lion. >> let's get to your forecast. we keep looking at traffic today. it's running smoothly as you cross the bridge into the city. >> you can tell the weekend has started. not as much traffic.

people are gone. >> cruising along. very nice. >> i got the impression yesterday a lot of people were splitting town early. still got the clouds and fog in the immediate washington area. starting to see breaks in the clouds and partly sunny conditions reported in places like annapolis. winchester 70. you can see the temperatures are generally off and running, particularly where we're getting the sunshine. quantico 77. frederick, 75. all of us warmer than yesterday. yesterday our high in washington was 83. talking about the possibility of afternoon showers and storms. today, i think just an isolated chance for an afternoon storm. you can see the cloud cover and the fog hanging tough. still got a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. we're going to dry it up a little bit. out to the west and mountains, we'll have sunshine and it will slip in later this morning. the afternoon, partly to mostly

sunny afternoon. warm side, temperatures in the mid-80s. chance of an afternoon storm. great looking weekend at the beaches. isolated storm there, really any day. the best chance will likely be memorial day. most of the weekend sunny and dry and cooler than in washington. 70s at the beaches. water temperature in the mid- 60s. let's show you what's happening. pattern has been changing. big dip in the jet stream most of the week, what brought us the stormy weather. this jet stream has lifted to the north. high pressure will build in and look who is back? our friends, hazy, hot and humid. get ready for afternoon high temperatures by tomorrow, about 90 degrees, and sunday and monday, well into the 90s. heat index approaching the mid- 90s by your holiday on monday. 86 today. partly sunny. warm and humid out there. isolated late storm a possibility. 86 daytime high. wind out of the south, 5 to 10.

72 the overnight low. here's your weekend forecast. get ready for heat. lots of water if you're going to be out and about this weekend. 90 tomorrow. 92 sunday. 92 on monday. and again, mixing that humidity, i think the heat index will be mid-90 by monday afternoon. that's a look at your weather forecast. have a great weekend. tony, over to you in studio b. thank you very much. this sunday there is a memorial day tribute to wounded warriors, including an orchestra, chorus and other musical acts and more. this morning hd myers joins us to talk about this event, he is the executive director of the wounded warrior trust. thank you for joining us. you've got the quite the nice looking group. >> some of the great members of the symphony. >> you were saying this is the

single biggest event that's been held for wounded warriors. >> it is. it's the largest event of the history of the country. our sponsors, budweiser, parent university, there are so many sponsors. we have an air show. we have para troopers jumping out of planes with wounded warrior flags and american flags. some will use parachutes. we have six bands, marcus johnson, the black birds. we've got more than 100 members of the symphony. free beer from budweiser. free pepsi. free vitamin water and wine tasting. >> i want to stress here that the symphony, 200 members, 500 chorus, they're all coming together? >> they're coming from all over the country to play. we're going to have somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 some

odd thousand people that are there. we're going to have more than 5,000 members. military and wounded warriors. going to be an incredible event. people will be watching on the jumbotron. we have five polo matches going on. the d.c. divas are putting on a football exhibition. long fence built a special stadium. what's really cool is we had 144 softballs donated. all autographed and signed by members of an elementary school. when they go into the crowd, the foul balls go into the crowd, they stay in the crowd like at the nationals. >> cool! >> very cool. >> it's going to be a great event. i think we have information to show. if you want to take part in the event, you can head out. memorial day tribute to wounded warriors at the plains virginia. it's sunday from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. if folks are interested in tickets, where do they go? >> go to bfwwt.org and they can

get tickets. it's the most beautiful part of the countryside. looking on this event from the hill, you'll be looking at the stage, and we have a gabled tent that covers the symphony. the six bands are spectacular. the food is spectacular. i really urge everybody if they want to have the best time they've had in their lives, and i might add that we have children's games and we have free ice cream and snow cones and popcorn and cotton candy all presented by parent university -- >> who does not want to go to this event? it's sunday. it's information is at myfoxdc.com. . what are you going to play this morning? here it is. ♪

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pop star elton john is reportedly recovering in a serious respiratory infection. tmz reports he was admitted to a los angeles hospital wednesday. he has been released, yesterday. he was supposed to form four concerts in las vegas this weekend, but he had to cancel. the d.c. area is going down in men and black history. >> a few weeks ago our movie critic kevin mccarthy asked you to help decide what to put in a

time capsule. here it is. an rg3 t-shirt and -- that thing is scary -- and a ryan zimmerman bobble head doll. there's the rg3. will smith put in the famous men and black glasses. the capsule will be buried at cape canaveral and dug up in 43 years. very cool. kevin asked will smith one of your questions. you can submit questions for him to ask charlize theron next week. you can take a trip to hawaii here in the district. >> holly morris is getting a hula lesson this morning. that's coming up next. >> and speaking of dancing, a transatlantic battle of the

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♪ >> so soothing. >> isn't it? the national museum of the american indian is celebrating hawaiian culture all weekend long. >> reporter: you can feel like you're on vacation and learn

something in the process. aloha. >> aloha. >> reporter: of course, you guys will be taking part in the festival this weekend. you'll be dancing and teaching as well? >> yes. >> reporter: tell me about your group. >> we're kind of a diverse group from everywhere, from hawaii and everywhere. our school of the arts teaches the language, the hula, its meaning and a whole bunch of things that pertain to hawaii. >> reporter: what's the key to the hula? >> well, like this celebration, spirituality, healing, all go together. >> reporter: anybody can learn it? >> anyone can learn it. it's encouraging, it's exercising. practice breathing for voices and basically, you know, history. >> reporter: you think i can learn it? >> sure. tradition before we start. present you with a lei. >> reporter: thank you. aloha. >> from hawaii. one of the first thing we had from hawaii, the nut is oily,

and we put them on sticks and use them to create fire, a light. >> reporter: thank you, i'm honored. this will help me do better dancing? >> i hope so. >> reporter: you have to be barefoot. why? >> because you can feel the ground. in hawaii, it's very spiritual activities come from the ground. >> reporter: got you. >> we're going to teach you a number. it's called "everybody do the hula." very simple. hands on the hips, bend slightly. two steps to the right, two steps to the left, with the music. ♪ there you go. hand movement, everybody. ♪ everybody do the hula ♪ ♪ come and do the hula, hula with me ♪

>> reporter: you do your hands so gracefully. >> and sway to the rhythm. let your hands and eyes tell the story for me. ♪ everybody do the hula ♪ ♪ around the island we go ♪ and the cocoa palms, and the rainbow ♪ ♪ show the beauty of hawaii ♪ that looks good. we're going to pick up the speed. >> reporter: oh, we're doing beyonce style. hula. ♪ everybody do the hula ♪ come and do the hula with me ♪ bend your knees and sway ♪ then we sway to the rhythm ♪ everybody. >> reporter: how can you not smile? i'm laughing. ♪ around the island, no u-turns ♪

and the cocoa palms ♪ >> you're doing really good. i'm going to go faster. >> reporter: oh, my word. now we're polynesian dancing, i think. >> i was just teasing you. ♪ >> reporter: tougher than you think. you guys actually performed at the wolf trap and all that? >> yes. when they come, they ask us to support them with the dances. >> reporter: you're going to do something special for us now? >> sure. going to take you to the island of maui. >> reporter: take us to maui. ♪ [ singing in hawaiian] ]

♪ >> reporter: wonderful dancers. i watched them with a bit of a tear in my eye, because it is a special day here, because the person that sets up all my wonderful segments and everything, paul, is leaving us. he's saying goodbye, and he is going to pursue his dream in l.a. so paul, i was kind of hoping you could visit us on location. at the least, i hope you're watching. we have put together a hollywood survival kit for you as you head west. a mirror to make sure you're looking good, sunglasses, teeth whitening kit, spray tan. i found the extreme value l.a. looks hair gel for you, because you will need a lot of this. when you're doing your research for things out there, you need

the national "enquirer" and the globe magazine. when you miss us here in washington, here's a snow globe. when you miss washington and snow, this is a reminder. and words of encouragement for you. and most of all, because i know you're going to end up on the walk of fame, we have made you your own personal star, paul, because this is what you are going to be, just take it around with you, and there you go. put it on the floor, and you have your own walk of fame. in all seriousness, you've been wonderful, super fun to work with, paul. you have worked tirelessly to make sure we always have good tv. you do such a wonderful job. we will miss you daily. you have created some of the most memorable moments for me personally helping me celebrate wonderful things. and i just have to say this, not a lot of people have the courage to do what you're doing. i admire you and i just wish you the best of luck. remember me when you're on the

cover of "people" magazine. unless it's about a scandal, then don't mention my name. we love you and miss you. you are a star. back to you in the studio. >> a star indeed. so sweet, holly. thank you so much. we will miss paul. hip-hop crews will battle on the ball room stage tonight. this morning the cultural director of the alliance and julius, the executive director of urban artistry joins us. welcome to fox 5, everybody. >> thank you so much. >> tell us about this event tonight. >> tonight the final event, so it's the final battle featuring

french and american dancers. [inaudible] >> i love it. there's the no. it's in arlington, virginia. tell us about the dancers that will be representing d.c. >> some of the dancers that are representing d.c. are the dancers are urban artistry and the dancers from decipher and their dance company. >> you talked about bridging the cultures. why is that so important? >> because i think hip-hop -- [inaudible] -- it was created in the u.s., and to show our french people hip-hop and bring it back leer in its birth country. >> how has the whole festival been? >> [inaudible] -- a lot of great exchange with local partners like julius. >> julius, what are we going to see today? >> what people will see, a

bunch of talented dancers speaking with movement, with motion, trying to share a little bit of their cultures, where they come and how much they care about the dance. they'll be exchanging dancing, sharing the floor. >> who do we have here, before we get started? >> from my team we have one of my artistic directors, russell campbell. and we have risky rockmonth, one of my artistic directors as well. >> take it away guys, and we'll see you at the end of the show. we need to get out of here before we get trampled.

    

♪ quick look at the forecast. 86 today. isolated storm later, but i think most of the day will be dry. weekend looks great. hot, highs in the low 90s sunday and the holiday monday. >> transatlantic battle of the dance crews, it's tonight. starts