of the city a lot of cloud cover to start your morning hang in there later today, sunshine returns a little less humidity temperatures mid-80s should feel a lot better and garage gradually this -- gradually this forecast will get better from here. shower activity light, south and east, southern maryland, low eastern shore. getting in on the shower activity it will linger longer for you for the rest of us, should see sunshine breaking out by early afternoon and kind of a partly to mostly sunny late afternoon for us. temperature right now, cooler than yesterday, feels so much better than yesterday, 70 degrees, humidity 71%, winds out of the north, nice change of direction, 7 miles per hour your forecast today, and is, we should lose some cloud cover, partly sunny afternoon high temperatures 84 here in washington. more details on that forecast, gain, not a bad looking 5 day. back to you. cull pepper virginia police

officer, behind bars this morning, facing several charms including murder. officer daniel -- charges including murder. >> officer daniel wright, shot patricia cook in her car in february he claimed it was in self-defense. melanie is live in the newsroom with reaction to the inditement. >> reporter: cull peppers mayor is asking the community to join in the healing process, so as he says the town can regain the citizen's trust again. the attorney for patricia cook's family told us his clients are relieved to finally have an inditement after so long. 10:00 a.m., february 9th. officer wright responded to a call for a suspicious vehicle in a catholic school parking lot initial reports said, after the officer asked to see cook's identification she closed her drivers side window on him and started driving away dragging the officer along and he only fired when cook failed to stop despite repeated commands. cook's husband spoke with fox 5 in february and said he just didn't understand that account.

>> there was no power windows,. >> how do windows work? >> crank. old fashioned crank. >> why he would shoot a 54-year- old unarmed woman, five or six times i don't know. >> yesterday, the common wealth attorney said he would not use the term trapped and dragged to describe what happened to the officer although he did say there was a brief struggle at the window. harman wright turned himself in late tuesday night being held without bond until a june 8th court hearing. this is interesting tony and allison in a separate development, harman wright's mother, has been charged with forgery of public documents. this is unrelated to the shooting incident. investigators say she was working as a secretary to the chief of police a few years ago, and in 2008/2010 she tried to remove negative information from her son's personnel file. the common wealth attorney did decline to say exactly what that was. hmm. all right thank you very much

melanie alnwick reporting. in other news a metro worker recovering from serious injuries after being hit by a train. this happened at a rail yard in shady grove. the worker was trapped under the train for about an hour, he was conscious and talking to rescuers while they tried to keep him calm and get him out. the train was coming into a building used for maintenance when the accident happened the worker was flown to shock trauma in baltimore with what appeared to be serious leg injuries. mitt romney clenches the republican nomination for the residency. he surfaced the magic number of 1,144 delegates needed with a big win in texas primary. in a post victory statement he said he is honored and humbled to become the presidential nominee and quote, we will settle for nothing less than getting america back on the path, to full employment, and prosperity. end quote. to local politics dc council

will welcome a new member, kenyan mcduffy will be sworn in. he won a special election earlier this month to replace harry thomas junior who resigned before pleading guilty to embezzling city funds for personal use. he will serve the remainder of the term which runs through 2014. >> looks like voters will decide maryland's new gay marriage law come november. activists who oppose gay marriage submitted more than double the signatures needed to bring the law to a referendum. the state board of elections now has 20 days to verify those signatures. governora mali signed the same- sex marriage bill back in march but doesn't take effect until next january. one recent poll found residents would up hold that law 57% to 37%. allison, making headlines a springfield virginia soldier was killed in afghanistan, when his helicopter crashed on monday. the department of defense says

51-year-old chief warrant officer john prat and another soldier were on the chopper when it went down, in kabul. 50 years in prison that is the sentence handed down today against former liberian president, charles taylor . he was convicted last month of supporting rebels 234 sierra leon in their campaign of sexual slavery and ordering children to serve in the military. he is the first head of state convicted of war crimes since world war ii. turkey and japan just expelled syrian diplomats in protest to triodes ' deadly attack -- friday's deadly attack on civilians. more than 100 people were killed during the massacre. fox 5 talked with jay jay green about what may be motivating the government and president. >> the group asad is a minority

part of the muslim culture there, and if they don't fight for their lives, then, that is pretty much game over because there is a sunis and shiite's and other sects there they have to deal with,. >> uns top human rights body will address the massacre during a special session friday. so far the syrian government denied any responsibility. 9/11 recovery workers and first responders will be honored today for their work in the months after the terror attacks today marks 10 years since the formal end of clean up operations at the world trade center site. workers removed nearly 2 million tonnes of steel and concrete. a special tribute will be held tonight. >> family, friends and fans are remembering a dc music legend. yesterday thousands of people said their final goodbyes to

chuck brown. his family held a public viewing at a howard theater. ceremonies honouring the god father of go go will be going on all week here in the district. >> the city will host a public memorial. will thomas back with details on the tribute. will. >> allison, tony good morning to you. as you know he grew up in dc and dc is where thousands of fans are gathering to say goodbye. the public memorial service is set for tomorrow at the dc convention center, from 12 to 4 expected to be very well attended, just like yesterday's public viewing at howard theater. while fans waited to enter the theatre and pass by the open casket the as motte fear was more like a -- atmosphere was more like a celebration. they lined up chuck brown was dressed like you would see him on stage dark suit, orange vest, orange tie, fedora and sunglasses big party outside. even little ones getting into

it. impressive list of speakers, and performers tomorrow. a special performance by the chuck brown band, featuring sugar bear. now live to our studio, james funk will join us at the 9:45 a.m. mark to reflect on the life and legacy of chuck brown and perform with the go go band, proper utensils they are sounding good. guys let me just add, the area near the convention center, this is going to be l street between 7th and 9th, it will be packed, closed, for most of the day you are encouraged to take public transportation metro stop will let you off right there, so you don't need to drive at all. ♪ [ music ] i think it will be fun. they wanted to show it together. >> tomorrow will be quite the

day >> i think it will be and quite fitting the legacy he leaves behind not only the world because the world knew his music but dc this was his town he grew up shining shoes near the howard theater now we will remember him tomorrow. >> thank you. speaking of someone we will all remember a journey here at fox 5 is coming to an end. >> dave ross to explain that. >> it is a bitter sweet day for us here at fox 5 because yes, we are saying goodbye to our sports director dave feldman. many memorable moments through the years including this at dupont circle you remember snowmageddon when i ambushed feldy. he got me back we will try to get him back one last time when fox news continues. i can't believe he slammed me live on tv. but that has what he does when you poke the bear. coming back after the break. that still hurts by the way 

>> for the past twelve and a half years our sports department has been under the leadership of one man, dave feldman. sadly for us, today is his last day and night here. while we are happy for him he is going home, it is a bitter sweet day for us. we got him up early on his last day to join us live in studio, here is the man dave feldman thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> we are going to make you work a full day. >> even tony and allison are clapping. >> can you believe that. you have a studio audience. when you look back on the 12 and a half years you have covered everything there is to cover is there one or two things that stand out. >> favorite thing was maryland winning the whole thing. >> 2002. >> gary williams, next year they went. >> you got up to do the morning show next. >> gary went on live with us and he never went to sleep and went on live with us on the morning show because you produced that. >> yeah.

>> travelling with the terps that and at monk getting inducted into the hall of fame in canton and they gave him a 20 minute standing ovation and would not let him talk and he was so emotional. >> for me personally, obviously there is one thing that stands out and that was we compete everywhere, you and i play a lot of golf, i think i beat you in tennis, bowling. >> never beat me in tennis or golf. >> i think i beat you playing one on one in basketball besides all that. >> thank you al allison, cheerleading may be the only thing you every beat me at and i don't know that you want to lead with that. >> we will go right here take a little memory lane, dave versus dave. take a look. >> without further adoe, our first installment of dave versus dave. with colt brennan, >> chris coolly. >> first ladies of football, washington red skins cheerleaders. >> stay with it, don't stop me.

>> hands can't move bud. >> no. >> some times you don't want to mess with it too much. >> yes, thank you. >> jason campbell the kicker. >> right left and kick. torso high, get low, don't be lazy >> i think i am going to pass out. >> exhale. >> dave rosss face is purple i am not sure that is normal. >> good job dave. >> oh, man. >> that was embarrassing. >> oh, my god he is 0 for 2. pop pop. up down. >> lorenzo alexandre. >> here we go. >> pretty good. >> two left, go right. >> get it together. >> can we buy you dinner. >> this guy beat you. how does it feel? >> you saw red fury coming out

of you. >> oh,. >> i didn't push off. >> wow. >> fumble. >> there you go. punched it out buddy. >> see that is what we did. >> grey ma'am. >> chris samuels. >> he was kissing the back. >> oh,. >> love it. >> oh. man. >> he sicked himself so bad. >> space space space line 47. line 47. pgh >> i am not doing that and i honestly don't think you should either. >> not going to get there. >> chest and butt and chest and butt. >> that's better.

>> and good and good. >> what is he doing he doesn't even have the pompoms in his hand >> i think we got this as long as i don't screw it up. >> i think he lost something. >> i don't know. >> i don't know who got the better of who in all of this competition. >> well, i will totally admit that out of all our competitions all the years you beat me in two things. >> that's it. >> cheerleading and pottery. so you figure out what that says about you athletically, rich dunn our producer off camera who was the punter,. >> good kick >> he says that you are one of the worst athletes he has ever seen. >> the other staple, we will let that slide, the other staple of you in twelve and a half years here was know your

opponent. pregame show and you hosted that every week with one rick doc walker. >> right. >> we thought let's do a know your san francisco but instead of just you and i having this competition why don't you have it with rick doc walker are you here? >> oh, my goodness. >> he is here feldy. one last time. >> how are you. >> good. i'm good. >> thank you very much if you gentlemen could please sit down. quit the little fric frac. >> i had no idea you were coming in >> i had no idea you were leaving >> i was going to send you an e- mail. >> well, that's okay. >> doc would you like to answer first >> i just want to say that athletic array of talent that i just witnessed, is one of the reasons why most guys who are athletes, don't get into

sports. you know, that was terrible. seriously i was embarrassed. the mess i got to see in that, i am kind of glad you are leaving. >> all right here we go, question number one ready. >> what do we do just yell it? >> doc can answer first. >> know your. >> san francisco. >> okay ready. >> this could be embarrassing. >> question number one, alcatraz means what in spanish? dave feldman on the clock. >> pelican. >> doc you agree? >> no, he is the guy on the spot. okay. >> doc do you agree always a competition. >> no. >> you don't agree >> i don't agree with anything he says. >> b pelican. dave feldman is one for one. i've visited and doc served some time in alcatraz. >> no,. >> because he took someone across the state line >> i am not doing know your opponent.

>> this is dave's little manoeuvre i wouldn't have come in. this is you. let's see you do what i had to do. >> doc was in college took someone across the state line. it was the man act. >> here we go. question two, only three questions. there are how many hills in san francisco, a, one continuous hill, b 21 or c 43. >> 43. >> correct. two for two and your last question. >> okay. >> question number three, right now, who actually found gold at sitters mill,. >> i know it is not east wood or brody so a. >> correct. perfect three for three you know your san francisco. >> thank you. >> now by the way, which is good because doc when we did it with five questions normally got one out of five >> yeah. >> and that was two out of

three. >> what did i usually get >> four out of five. >> and because that is your boy, you go out in glory. we know how bothered you get when things don't go your way. dave, happy trails. >> thank you >> i will miss you. >> you are the best. >> i know. >> you should. >> if i got to work with me, i would miss me too. >> when you showed up and you were focused,. >> that means every show. >> please check the ratings. >> about a quarter. >> we were happy. >> feldy happy trails. we will miss you. thank you for everything. >> thanks buddy >> back in a moment 3q every day, an average of 5,000 people

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>> maryland live casino makes its grand opening next wednesday. workers are still adding finishing touches when complete over 4700 gaming machines also

1500 permanent employees, and even maryland residents who never go there, will see a big pay out. the largest taxpayer in the state of maryland, spend over $400 million a year to the education trust fund, make over $30 million a year in local impact grants to anne arundel county. a couple restaurants are also opening at that location, families can enter the restaurants without ever stepping foot on the gaming floor. still ahead this morning, engagement rings seem to pop up everywhere in drinks desserts, as people try to surprise their fiance and now, sand. a lesson to be learned. sand is not a good idea,. we've been listening to james funk and proper utensils, they are in studio b paying tribute to the late, great, chuck brown. a live performance at 9:45 a.m. we are paying tribute to dogs this morning you are

looking at a william wagman there called nest he is famous for his pictures of weimaraners he is one of 25 artists that has everything to do with dogs. live at strathmore unleashed we will make dog houses out of stay with us 

hind sight is certainly 20/20 for a denver brain surgeon who decided to propose to his girlfriend by burying the wedding ring. this happened in florida. he wanted to do something creative and hoped his girlfriend mary would dig the ring up out of the sun but forgot where he buried it. she found a local company who brought out a metal detector they were able to locate the ring and she did say yes.

>> happy ending. >> brain surgeon. okay. >> not brain surgery. >> maybe it is. >> imagine the horror. >> look over here. >> because you know my sense of course i am like picturing a 4- carat ring just because of what he does. >> meanwhile a little 2-year- old,. >> right. >> there you go. >> all is well that ends well. >> yes indeed in our forecast today too. >> very good. >> you have been doing some very wonderful segues today. >> i have a manual. >> weather man's guide to segues. >> it is a best seller. your radar, shower activity continues, some viewers say if you are watching south and east, showers have been hanging tough here for a good part of the day, southern maryland, st. mary city, across the lower eastern shore. dealing with showers but i think the trend will be to take

them farther and farther east, during the day. not a beautiful day for you if you are in a lower eastern shore. no doubt about it for the rest of us, a few left over sprinkles hang in there by this afternoon we should gradually see more and more sunshine a big improvement in the forecast cooler temperatures a little less humidity than yesterday. the bigger picture and we will get down to the carolinas, that is remnants of beryl. that is having an influence on our forecast this morning. we are getting some of that moisture, streaming north ward, enhancing the rain rates south and east of the city. and pulling our humidity up a little bit. you can see, that if you are north and west of the city, just generally, cloud cover and out to the west, west virginia, ohio we have clear skies. later this afternoon, we will trend towards more and more sunshine here, as beryl continues to push off to the north and east, race on out of here and we should see gradually improving forecast. all right temperature right now regan national, 71 degrees, 71

washington, 64 gaithersburg and 68 manassas, these temperatures much cooler, more comfortable than yesterday, yesterday daytime high was 91 degrees, 74 quantico, expect highs in the low to mid-80s maybe 83, 84, sunshine later today. future cast, put it in motion for you, you can see, that by 4:00 p.m., there you go remnants of beryl off to the south and east, looking at partial sunshine by mid-to late afternoon and then clear out tonight and set up for a great looking thursday. tomorrow low humidity high temperature only upper 70s. today, 84, a little better than yesterday. early clouds, afternoon sun, less humid south and east of the city, southern maryland, low eastern shore i am sure the clouds will hold tough for you. rains out of the west, 5 miles per hour partly cloudy, comfortable overnight. 63 degrees. 60s north and west of the city your 5 day forecast, 79, tomorrow and a few more showers friday and saturday, and then we will get it all out of here,

sunday looks great, highs near 80. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> coming up music world says goodbye to another star, plus, hollywood loses the man behind tmz. >> those stories plus why kim kardashian is demanding to see airport surveillance video. we are checking with harvey levin himself after the break  hello! honey?

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in the music world, grammy winner, doc watson passed away in north carolina yesterday. his wide ranging style, influenced generations of musicians he was blind since a child and no stranger to tragedy. meryl fest a popular event that draws in crowds across the nation was named after his son who died in a farming accident. doc watson was still performing until the end with a show

scheduled next month in north carolina. he was 89 years old. tony thanks. another loss in hollywood this time, an executive who brought us shows like tmz. >> all right time to check in with harvey levin. >> what a pleasure to talk to you what a sad loss for you it must be. >> well, it is a huge loss. jim taratori was the guy who ran tele pictures the division, that owns tmz and back in 2006 he decided he wanted to get into the digital business and he came to me, and the two of us worked together, we came up with the concept, and jim, had to navigate this through warner brothers which is our parent company, which was no small feet trying to convince them hey, this is a good idea. he was a brilliant man and let me just say, in addition to tmz jim created shows like ellen,

rosie, the bachelor, i cannot tell you how many shows and i will give you just one example of jim, when ellen came out, and you know she was poisoned in hollywood, none of the studios would touch more, because they were afraid the south wouldn't like her midwest and ellen couldn't get a job. jim realized what a great talent she was, and jim decided he wanted to do a talk show with her and he went station by station, around the country, and met with almost every general manager he could, and convinced them one by one, why this was such a good bet and it was a hard sell but jim was a consummate sales man, amazing producer, and as i think -- i don't even need to explain, he was right about ellen. >> sure was. he will be missed 58 years old. >> sad news harvey. let's switch gears a little bit, kim kardashian returning

without luggage? >> she was on british airways and she -- when she got back, she realized her luggage was lighter than when she left europe. to me the headline there is kim kardashian actually picked up her luggage [ laughter ] >> but i guess she did and then she went inside and she realized a lot of stuff was missing, she had gone to tumi a really expensive luggage place and there were things inside missing from tumi some souvenirs, that were missing but the big thing was her dad, robert kardashian, had given her these vintage sunglasses which were you know everybody has like one thing from a parent or relative, you know who has died and that was her thing and they were gone. so she is ticked off and she is contacted british airways and she wants to see surveillance video she wants to nab these culprits >> i hope she finds it people thing to be celebrities are just prey and not going to miss it but i bet they didn't know

the significance of those sun glasses i hope she finds her things >> i do too. we are on team kim on this one >> yes, we are. we stand behind her today. >> for a change. harvey we are checking out from dc but want you to know we are sorry about your partner and of course we love your show here. >> love it. >> thank you guys very much. good talking to you. >> you too. what a treat. >> yeah,. >> i mean the show, it must have been a risk, who would ever think okay you are going to get the storys from the paparazzi, they start off being the bad guys. >> you got to give it to them for originality. >> and the thing is, everybody enjoys the show, from younger people to people tony's age. >> right. >> sorry >> i had nothing to do with that. >> wow. >> tony over to you. >> tucker thank you. i love the show. 9:40 a.m., america has gone to the dogs. a new exhibit honors man's best friend with work from 25 different artists. holly is live this morning,

with a look at the pieces plus, she is learning a few skills. >> of course we continue to honor and remember chuck brown this morning. this morning musicians who had the chance to play with the go go legend join us in studio hear from james funk and proper utensils, that is them there. hear from them after the break. stay with us does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4glte network and motorola, whatever you want to do... droid does.

back now with an exhibition that has gone to the dogs. have we used every dog joke possible. >> we love everyone of them. holly morwas are more on strait -- morris, with more on strathmore unleashed. >> believe you me we have tried to thing of every dog pun

possible. we had a good time doing it. you will have a good time coming out to strathmore unleashed it is indeed a dog's life. harriet is back with me the curator. there is all levels to art here to experience when it comes to show casing man's best friend. one of the big names that will draw on people. >> william wagman all the pieces in this room are by william wagman and he has done pieces for sesame street, pieces for museums, the american art museum, smithsonian featured him. his dogs, the weep rainers, he started with one -- weep wipers, he started with one, d weimereimers. he started with one, you see them dressed up the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. >> i am familiar with that.

>> he gets so close up, you could just feel how soft. >> don't you think it is true when we take pictures of our dogs or you see pictures like this, you are like what are they thinking if only they could talk. it does envoke their personality. >> what are they thinking and how do they get along. the picture of the neck it is just they are so close i could be like that i want to curl up like that. >> well, one of the things we are curling up, is paper because you do have an interactive art thing, origami i thought we were doing dog houses but we are actually doing dogs this is a project anybody can do. let's walk through it. >> right part of the make a dog take a dog, and so that you can leave your work here, as a small part of the exhibit. >> what would be the point in that? you contribute. >> yes. >> i have a piece of art that

is being exhibited at the strathmore. >> right. >> come and see my art. >> square and we fold it >> >> fold in half. >> right. pretty easy. >> turn it towards you and then you have to decide on the ears. i am looking at the ears back here and you fold -- >> whether you want long droopy or short. >> that's right >> you fold however you want the ears. >> you want the ears to match in theory >> you don't have to. >> one ear up, one down. >> then you just want to fold the bottom. >> why is it so important to get kids engaged and involved in art, at such a young age? this is one way to help do that. >> well, because then they start there, and then they imagine what else it could be. if they can invent something else they may see something else in this. it is the beginning of an

invention. >> so you can decide, for the eyes, however you want, or eyebrows, and then you have a nose, of some sort, and then it comes down, like that, and you can have it that way. >> look at that. >> that's pretty fun. >> those are very cute. >> they are and you can -- if you want of course, you can have you know, you can have -- >> now you are really -- this is origami advanced. i see you spent a lot of time thinking what goes on in here with strathmore unleashed this is a wonderful example, one example what goes on here at the mansion. >> it is. there are tours, there is tea at the mansion, there are historic tours, education classes,. >> mm-hmm. >> does it cost anything to come to the exhibit. >> no. it is absolutely free.

>> and we probably should say, you probably can't actually bring your dog into the exhibit. >> well, opening night, we had what we call yappy hour for the first time people brought their dogs in. >> how did it go. >> all the dogs were brutefully behaved. >> -- beautifully behaved. >> if you come now leave your dog at home. >> this has been a wonderful morning we very much enjoyed it you have heeled perfectly all morning as the perfect guest. myfoxdc.com we have a link to strathmore. >> thousands across the area are honouring the god father of go go chuck brown. that includes those who played with him on the stage over the years, fellow musicians heavily influenced by chuck brown we are joined by close friends of chuck, james

funk and proper utensils are here good to see you guys, quite the group. got to thank you for coming in. i know this is a very busy period of time i know you are going to be at the memorial service and you have lost your voice a bit. >> yes. >> thanks for hanging in. there proper utensils want to introduce the band. >> yes, antonio, lloyd, john, jb, tony, tony, nathaniel, and my man dialo. right here. >> quite a group. i want to talk to these guys among original members of the soul searchers, let's just get your thoughts about chuck brown, his passing, what he meant to you personally. >> well, he is a great mentor to me. he taught me a lot in the business first thing he told me was to learn the business and learn the people in the business, and that stuck with me. until today. but he is a great loss because

i am hoping that, we as musicians keep the sound, keep the legacy, alive and going. so i am counting on the listeners. >> you can count on the viewers for sure. let me say, a lot of going home ceremonies, we are saying, it is not a time to be sad, be happy but has a sense of sadness. i haven't noticed that with chuck -- with the ceremony yesterday people would just like break out into dance and song. really that spirit is still coming through. would you agree. >> yes. when you thing of chuck you thing of good times, the spirit, he always gave you a free spirit. even when you feeling down when you leave you feeling better. at least you forgot about it for that moment. so and he was that type of individual. >> chuck brown and the soul searchers we know the name well know the band well. gentlemen introduce yourselves

again. >> lloyd finchback i met chuck, 44 years ago, almost to the very day, back in 68, i ran into him in southeast washington and we've been together, we acted together for ten years together after that. we branched off from there and 44th anniversary of the soul searchers. >> john buchanon, jb i got with chuck, for the first time in 1970 and when i graduated from college i walked right off that stage on to the soul searchers stage, 1971 and played with him up through 86, 16 years, he has been a mentor to me, spirit, all of our music we cowrote music together he was one heck

of a musician. >> you know everyone talks about go go but the soul searchers could play anything that is one of the hallmarks of at that group. absolutely incredible. >> chuck was a visionary and he was very -- had a lot of fortitude and knew exactly what he wanted to do, and he had a sound in mind, he -- and he evolved from one point to the other and that is why he is today and we had so much stage charisma. like jd was saying he mentored musicians for the last 50 years. >> absolutely. >> and the fact that he was still popular even at his death lets you know, how much impact he left. >> people always talk about music you don't want to talk you want to hear it. can you play something for us? james tell us what you are doing for us. >> something from our latest cd called mission accomplished but, it is a thing about mission impossible. >> mission impossible. >> all right. >> james funk proper utensils

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