really begin. >> former senator and virginia governor george allen scores a huge win to secure the republican nomination. he will now officially face off with another former governor, democrat tim kaine. this morning, candidate kaine joins us live. also ahead, disappointment for local families who were shut out of seeing their kids graduate high school. why they were left out. and what the school system is saying this morning. and a name change on metro becomes official today. what red line riders want to look for, as we continue. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. goods wednesday morning to you. it is wednesday, june 13. it is a beautiful live look over the area this morning. 69 degrees to start off your day. and a little birdie named tucker barnes tells me it is a fantastic one at that. >> looking like it. >> good morning to you, i'm allison seymour. >> i'm will thomas.

tony perkens is off. let's get to it. tucker barnes is standing by and tell us it is going to be a gorgeous one, tucker. >> a gorgeous one, will. in the afternoon hours, lots of sunshine expected. lower humidity. not only today but the next several days, featuring perfect weather around here for summer time. a couple of fronts coming through and the second one, the winds are pushing up in the next hour or so and the conditions start to dry out. a little humidity. and parts of the area, southern maryland, dealing with some cloud cover but most of the action is over and done with the rain that we picked up during the day yesterday. let's do the temperature. right now at reagan national, we are at 69 degrees. 69 at reagan national. the humidity is still up there. you saw a little built of haze will in the live shot. 84% and the winds out of the north at 9-miles per hour and let me mention the winds. picking up. breezy if not gusty at times this afternoon, with the winds out of the north and north and west. gusting to about 25. otherwise great-looking forecast. lower humidity. highs in the low 80s.

more details on the weather in a minute. let's go to traffic and lauren demarco has the latest. >> good morning. if you're traveling eastbound, the dulles airport access road, between trap road and route 7, we have reports of a car fire off on the right shoulder, and do watch for that. and let's take a live look from sky fox, traveling over 95 in laurenton, and things looking pretty good to the right of the screen headed northbound and hovs in the center and it looks like everyone is doing okay, and encountering delays through newington and 395, leaving the beltway. the mixing bowl. heading up to edsel road. often on the brakes on duke toward seminary and things clear out before you encounter the delays before you get across the 14th street bridge and head into the district. 66 jammed right here. leaving fairfax county parkway. past route 50 through 123. a little built of the sun in your eyes as you head inbound. and we also see some delays through manassas as well. and outer loop of the beltway, heavy past new hampshire avenue, we had some reports of

debris in the roadway. and watch your step. georgia avenue, typical slowdowns there. no problems on 270. a check of the fox 5 morning news. allison, will, over to you. >> thanks, lawrence. and just a few hours, the dc council will take a vote on an interim chairman. it appears one of the at large members has the votes to replace disgraced former chair kwame brown. sherry lee is live at the wilson building with all of the developmentses, sherry. good morning. >> good morning, will. good morning, allison. that special meeting is expected to take place at 10:00 this morning. and the vote taken to fill that interim chairman spot, under the city's charter, it must be filled by an at large council member. and right now, it appears that council member phil mendleson has the votes. the upheaval in the dc council comes on the heels of two resignations. first harry thomas resigned convicted on corruption charges and kwame brown stepped down pleading guilty to criminal charges last week. the council member mendleson is

expected to succeed brown as the interim chairman and sources say he can provide stability and won't shake things up. brown has a misdemeanor campaign violation and bank fraud. mary shay may be filling in but is not in the running, and is not in the vote, explaining on fox 5 news at 10:00 last night. >> we did this in '93. we did it in '97. i'm simply following the practice of the council in the past. why those names? you know, after mr. brown resigned, there were inevitably hallway conversations and people talking. and as a result of those conversations, it seemed to me that a consensus has formed around phil mendleson. what people have to understand is that the charter, the home rule charter says we must pick the acting chair and the acting chair protem from among the four at large members. >> now, meanwhile council member marion berry has been tweeting about today's vote and once said let your council member hear your voice and ask

do you even know what they are planning to do? well, among those plans from what we understand, michael brown is expected to get the chair pro tem position, the second in command basically. and with mendleson apparently the front-runner, it appears that vincent orange who is vying for the chairmanship as well will not have a chance at this. he is a long shot. he will have to try in the election in november. given how wide open this race is, and the typically low turnout for these special elections, who knows what is going to happen then. we could see another change again. that's at latest at the wilson building. back to you. >> we know the council is rarely boring in the district. that's for sure. sherry, thank you. to state politics now, it is official. two former virginia governors will square off against each other. come november. for a senate seat. george allen won the republican primary with 65% of the vote. closest competitor, jamie radke

won by 23%. allen will face tim kaine in the general election. kaine will join us live this morning about 7:15 to talk about the matchup. we expect to speak with george allen about the race tomorrow morning. a few other races of note in virginia. jim moran easily won the democratic primary to seek his 11th term in november. in district 11, republican chris perkins won the g.o.p. nod, to challenge democratic incumbent jerry conley in the general election. to arizona now. gabrielle giffords votes to help her former aide win the remainder of her term in the house. democrat ron barber defeated the republican jessy kelly in tuesday's special election, holding on to the seat has been a primary for democrats as they seek to regain control of the house in november. barber was giffords chief of staff and he was also wounded in the shooting rampage that severely injured the congress woman. presidential politics now. and presumptive presidential nominee mitt romney is focusing

on the economy. romney is in the district today to address the business round table at the quarterly meeting. more than 100 ceos of u.s. companies will be at the morning meeting which is held at the museum. the meetings are normally closed to the press but an exception is made today for romney's appearance. in the meantime, president barack obama will meet with israeli president shimon perez at the white house today. tonight, the president and first lady will host perez and his wife at a white house dinner. at that dinner, president obama will present the long time mid east lead wer a medal of fremont -- leader with a medal of freedom. the president and ceo of j pstled morgan will head to capital hearing testifying at a senate hearing regarding the botched trades that lost the bank $2 billion. the prepared remarks appear to have a couple of defenses as well as an apology for the trading loss and expected to tell lawmakers the bank is sorry to let people down but remind them that no private

investors lost money. another big story. as we roll on for this wednesday morning. day three of testimony in the jerry sandusky child molestation trial. yesterday, two key witnesses took the stand. former penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary testified he saw sandusky having self with a 10 to 12-year-old boy in a campus locker room in 2001 and eventually reported it to head coach joe paterno. the teenaged boy identified as victim one recouned alleged sexual attacks during sleepover's in sandusky's basement. >> it was plainly devastating to my client. i think anyone in the courtroom who saw my client could see the pain that it took him to get his story out. >> sandusky is on trial for 52 counts involving 10 boys over a 15-year span. he denies all the charges.

checking other top local stories now. police were called in to calm down angry parents at the high school graduation. this after the parents say they were shut out of the ceremony. last night's graduation was supposed to be on ballew's football field but because of the rain the venue changed to the church nearby. and that location quickly filled up forcing police and security guards to turn away parents and relatives and friends clamoring to get inside. dc schools said in a statement said that we deeply regret any confusion or disruption to the graduation. school officials claim once the ceremony began, any remaining attendees were escorted to an overflow room at the church. a fairfax county teenager and his parents will appeal a decision that so far bars him from attending his graduation ceremony. the washington post is reporting that chris shoe maker is one of three herndon high school students banned from graduation tomorrow because of a senior prank. the students put baby oil on

several hallways and stairs last week. and no one was hurt. the occupy dc and k street protests in dc a thing of the past all together. they packed up all of the remaining tents and camping equipment and have moved out of mcpherson square just blocks from the white house. only some garbage and flattened squares of grass are left now. the protesters are now operating out of offices at 16th and l street and plan to hold an official goodbye ceremony at mcpherson square come this weekend. we're monitoring metro for you this morning. one red line station is officially getting a new name today. the new york avenue florida avenue gallaudet university stop is called noma gallaudet u. a ribbon cutting ceremony today. noma, short for north of massachusetts avenue. >> as we mentioned a few minutes ago the race for the u.s. senate in virginia is

officially set and charging democratic candidate tim kaine joins us live in a few minutes. also in this half hour, can maryland handle another casino? one that would be right in our own backyard? what a new report says about taking a gamble on the national harbor site. >> and then when you think of venice, of course you think of vacation, right? >> you might picture the canals and gondolas but probably not that. a tornado. up next, the damage done when wicked weather hits one of the world's most beautiful cities. fortunately, nothing like that around here, as we take a live look outside. a beautiful morning for you. we will get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and lauren, coming up next. 7:11 now. we'll be right back. ♪

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a wave of deadly bombings in iraq. topping this morning's headlines. 63 people are dead. more than 200 others hurt. in five coordinated attacks in and around baghdad and other

cities. the attacks which targeted shiite pilgrims are one of the deadliest since u.s. troops pulled out. syria is now a full-blown civil war site. that is the assessment from the united nations this morning. and the u.n. is condemning the use of children as human shields and the targeting of children for torture and execution. and meanwhile, secretary of state hillary clinton is accusing russia of escalating the violence by sending attack helicopters to syria. this morning, syria is lashing out at her, accusing the united states of interfering. in a rare tornado, it rips through venice, italy. take a look for yourself. it destroyed the roof on more than a dozen buildings. and it turned -- it turned into water spouts over the lagoon, tore through several of the islands surrounding venice. the twister smashed several boat, ripped up trees and luckily did not do damage to the historic center of venice. >> incredible. i would imagine a lot of the

structures wouldn't be able to withstand much of those winds. so good thing it didn't kind of come into that area. >> they have been around for a couple hundred years. tornadoes rare over there. >> around here, a beautiful looking forecast for your wednesday. >> super. >> i couldn't remember what day of the week it was for a second there. >> wednesday. it should be a nice day. 70 degrees at reagan national. up one degree. humidity still a little bit high. 81%. but the dew point temperatures have fallen and we will show you in a minute because the winds have picked up out of the north and it will be a breedy day and winds out of the north at 13 and gusting 20 to 25 later this afternoon. and current temperature, we mentioned the 70 at reagan national. 70 in ocean city. and notice off to the north and west, frederick is 63 degrees and hagerstown, 64. and we will show you the dew point temperatures and what the dew point temperatures do, is they measure how much water is in the atmosphere. these numbers yesterday in the upper 60s and now falling into the midsy. notice off well to the north off toward martinsburg and

hagerstown, in the upper 50s to low 60s. bottom line, much more comfortable air out there today. bright sunshine. not expecting additional rain. a nice-looking couple of days here. here is the satellite radar, the front is out of here. we will look at mostly sunny skies build in today with the area of high pressure, and the next five days couldn't be better. here is the five-day forecast. 80 this afternoon. a little breezy. nice and cool tonight. overnight lows in the upper 50s and low 60s. and look at the weekend. 81, 82 saturday sunday. looking good. >> thank you very much, tucker. >> the commute is looking good. good morning, lawrence. >> good morning, well we do have a few things going on. i want to start off with a new incident that we received, popped up, it is reporting by those with the smart phone app. let's look at ways. southbound bw parkway, an accident reported described as minor. that's good. but it is between powder mill and nashly goddard and watch out for that and continuing further south, things under speed with us, up to 13 miles an hour reported down toward the beltway, through green belt. and let's head on to traffic

land and see what else we've got going on. traveling the beltway outer loop, to the right of the screen, heading past new hampshire avenue and steady and slow through silver spring. past georgia avenue before it opens up. a typical stretch of delay. we had reports of debris in the roadway, so watch for that. and 66, very heavy, from 7100, past route 50 toward 123, the sun in your eyes. and regular volume delays. some delays through manassas. 95 northbound jammed here as you leave dale city up past prince william parkway. we have reports of a disabled vehicle tying up a lane. slowing everybody down there. and 395 heavy from the beltway to port seminary and then crossing the 14th street bridge. will, over to you. >> thank you, lauren. with virginia's primary day behind us, one of the most anticipated u.s. senate contests heats up. the matchup between republican george allen who won last night, and democrat tim kaine who was nominated by his party is being closely watched. not only in virginia, but all across the country. we expect to speak with george

allen tomorrow on this broadcast. this morning, check it out. we have tim kaine, the former governor of virginia, joins us live from richmond. mr. kaine, good to have you with us. >> good to have you with us. >> virginia has sent a message that they have had enough of failed policies coming out of washington. i read your statement last night. congratulations on the nomination. are you ready for a fight, respect you? >> when george allen talked about failed policies coming out of washington, that's what the u.s. is election is about, because george allen is a senator in washington and part of the fiscal wrecking crew that started with surpluses an turned them into massive deficits. he voted for spending. he voted for debt. he voted to increase his own pay. and many of the things he voted on are continuing to create fiscal problems for the nation today. >> in your estimation, mr. kaine, how much of your fate in this race is linked to president obama? do they know you enough to make distinctions? you decided to head to the dnc

after all. >> i have been in elected office for 16 1/2 years in virginia and virginians know me pretty darn well. i was a city councilman. i was a mayor. i was lieutenant governor. i was governor. and they know me and they know george allen. >> so certainly the race between president obama and mitt romney will be a factor. but i think people know me and my record. and they know george's record. and what they really want to know is what are we going do? what are we going to do to grow the economy and find fiscal balance. and especially what are we going to do to break a culture in washington that is more about gridlock than producing results for people. and i think that's what virginia voters want to know. >> we continue to hear. that i think the polls indicate that. no more important issue than the economy to folks. as governor you left office with a smaller budget than when you began. i imagine you're going to make an effort to point that out. >> yes. i'm the only governor in modern times, i guess, since they measure budgets, who left office with a smaller budget than when i started.

i had to cut $5 billion out of the state budget. including cuts to my own salary. both as lieutenant governor and as governor. and i had to make those tough decisions with backbone and brains but also heart, trying to balance out the need to make cuts with the important goal of keeping the economy strong and protecting the vulnerable. we don't have a lot of people in the senate who had that experience. and certainly george's six years in the senate were years where he was voting to dramatically expand spending and debt, increasing his own pay. we really can't afford those policies going forward. >> i have to ask you this this morning. you are in a rather i guess unique position of being able to bounce ideas off of former republican virginia governor, there comes the smile, right, aimed lin wood holten jr., your father-in-law. what is that like? >> it is a blast my father-in- law was the first republican governor in modern times in virginia and at age 89, he is a

font of advice. and when i'm smart, i follow his advice. but that has been -- he is my political hero. it is interesting to have a political hero of the other party, but linwood always put virginia first, and was always looking down the road to try to do the right thing, to lead us into a better future. and it has just been a remarkable experience to be able to benefit from his wisdom along the way. and work together, and talk about our pride with virginia. >> and tim kaine, good to speak with you this morning. we look forward to having you back as the race continues. >> appreciate it, will. >> thanks, will. capitol hill showdown shaping up over abortion rights in dc. we have new information next. plus a boon for folks who like -- boots for folks who like the idea of a casino near the national harbor. and new trouble for george zimmerman, the man charged with killing trayvon martin. his wife is arrested in this

case and the charges she is facing in connection with this high profile case. time right now is 7:22. we'll be right back. 

this morning, george zimmerman's wife is out of jail, on $1,000 bond. shelly zimmerman was arrested yesterday. she is charged with lying to the court about the couple's financial situation during her husband's bond hearing. george zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. the judge revoked his bond earlier this month. zimmerman remains behind bars with another bond hearing set for june 29. his wife has an arraignment set for july 31. the house and senate are not seeing eye to eye when it comes to an abortion fight concerning dc. a smat panel passed a spending bill that does not include a ban on city-funded abortions for low income women. the house version does have the ban. the senate bill only has a ban on federal money being used for

that purpose. another step forward, giant step in fact in the push to build a casino in prince george's county. experts told the state lawmakers the state can hand al sixth casino. maryland live opened in ann arundel county last week. the third casino operating across the state. and there is already plans for two more. analysts and consultants alike say there is enough interest to justify adding another place to gamble. but it will be up to you, the voters, to decide, in november. time now is 7:27. a different kind of presidential poll on the streets of dc today. and it promises to be the most delicious. this election season. >> like that, cindy? >> i like the sounds of that. >> plus on the campaign trail, maybe not so delicious. i don't know. president obama and mitt romney both making a.m.ance in the district today. -- appearance in the district today. this good for supporters. this as the president's approval rating dipped to the lowest level in months. our political strategist joins us after the break with today's

top political headlines. we'll be right back. 7:27. i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin' iced mocha. they make it exactly how i like it. medium, iced, with a turbo shot. french vanilla, hazelnut, caramel -- i love 'em all. they make it perfect every time. america runs on dunkin' coffee.

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morning. guy burrell will be on constitution avenue and 15th street northwest a gude humor ice scream truck. sea is he heads up one of the largest ice cream distribution companies in the mid atlantic and he will be giving out 2012 free bars, get it, 2012, to anyone who passes by. if you plan to vote for barack obama you wil if you plan to vote for mitt romney, you will go to the right. he says it is sure to be one of the most delicious polls of the election season. >> i can't wait to see the results of that. >> that should be good. let's make a vow to report the results. >> we will let you know what happens. >> matt is listening. >> a beauty or a beast? >> we went to the show. wonderful. disney's production of the smash broadway hit broadway and the beast in dc. if you have the opportunity to get it -- ♪ beauty and the beast. >> tucker is like go to the maps. go to the map, please. >> thank you very much.

>> tony took the gong away. >> you know when you get out. you do a little bit and you get out. >> here is your rain. a quarter inch at reagan national. dulles, about three fifths of an inch. bwi bwi, about a third of an inch. not much rain in the past week and not getting much for the next week. good thing we got a little more rain yesterday. and no more rain in the forecast. we're done with it. a little cloud cover across the lower eastern share of southern maryland as the back end of a series of fronts moving through. you can really see the back edge of the cloud cover. hang in there, mostly sunny skies today. and here is the best part. less humidity later this afternoon as the winds really start to pick up out of the north and northwest and move in the drier air from the north and west. speaking of, look up to the great lakes, and clear sky, and high pressure out to the west and that's going to build on through for the next several day, like sunshine and low humidity and the temperatures about 0, you will love the -- 80, you will love the next five

days. temperatures right now at reagan national, 70. cooler north and west. frederick at 63. and 64 in hagerstown. so just about a perfect afternoon here, we will be a little breezy at times. in fact gusty winds expected out of the north gusting to 25. the daytime high, and there is sunshine out there. later tonight, mostly clear and a few clouds overnight. 61 the overnight low. open the windows and enjoy the nice cool refreshing air. off to the north and west, temperatures in the 50s and how about this for a five-day forecast, as we get into the friday and the weekend, and i know we have a big baseball game and father's day, and a series of baseball games and yankees/national, look at that, low humidity, the temperatures in the low 80s. very nice all weekend long. that's a look at the weather forecast. before i toss it to lauren, i want to remind you that i opened up the flood gates of fox 5 weather. tweeting with you, if you have questions about allison, or will or lauren, or what goes behind the scenes, please tweet me and i will answer your questions.

>> no questions about me. let's do traffic. >> i don't know. i can answer questions about myself, tucker. i'm a little nervous about you answering questions about me. we're flying over the bw parkway. a wreck at nasa goddard. it has cleared out. i saw some slowdowns closer to the beltway. but as it heads farther north, it looks like things have cleared up for the most part. good news. there 295 northbound slow leaving eastern avenue for the wreck and 201 northbound at the beltway. broken down vehicle blocks a lane. so be careful there. let's head on to traffic land. as you travel the beltway, and in montgomery county. dealing with those typical volume delays. heavy and slow from before new hampshire avenue and silver spring, and past georgia avenue, and then once you get to connecticut, everything opens up, beltway in virginia, inner loop starting to slow leaving the mitching bowl to annandale. a -- mixing bowl to annandale. heavy delays 95 northbound

leaving the mix -- 395 northbound leaving the mixing bowl to seminary. things break free and then slow across the 14th street bridge. 66 remains jams from the fairfax freeway to 13. virginia's senate matchup is set now. and all indications point to it being a tight race. in the meantime the presidential race remains very close according to a new poll. that survey has other bad news though for president barack obama in it. let's talk about all of this, with our bipartisan team, democratic political strategist peter fan, good morning. >> and republican political strategist, jim cinacenci back with us on a wednesday morning. let's talk about george allen's win and the result, arizona, the democrats hold on to the seat. let's start with you. >> the arizona rate turned out to be not much of a race. barber, the democrat won by seven points. this is only to fill this seat

until november. they have to have another race in november. kelly, republican, had said he was going to run. he is reconsidering that. because this new district map is a little more democratic. so barber may have the juice to hold that seat in november. you know, i think that george allen race here in virginia, jim and i agree with this, this is going to go to the wire, i think. a very, very tough race for both of these guys. this is going to be a state that is a little more democratic. but you've got an environment which is tough for the democrats. so i think kaine has the edge right now. but this is going to be very, very close. >> i think that is right. the democrats had a win in arizona. it is a democrat seat. but special elections are always a little dicey for both parties. because you just never know who is going to turn out in one of those things. so this was a -- it had to be a hold for the democratic party. barber barely mentioned the

president. ran away from the president. you're starting to see more and more democrat candidates running away from the president. and you know, just as you're going to see in virginia. tim kaine, who was chairman of the democratic national committee appointed by barack obama is -- we know, probably won't mention barack obama's name at all much in certain parts of the state of virginia coming up this fall. you're starting to see more and more of that. you know, as peter said, there is a lot of head winds against the democrats right now, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better any time soon. >> you know, what makes some of these interesting is that virginia is a battle ground state and the presidential as well. so you're going to see a lot of advertisements on both sides. romney is not particularly popular there. i mean i think you're going to see kaine talk about his role as governor, what he did, and you will see this holding the line on spending, which he did as governor. and you know, i think in arizona, you've got now a senate race in play and barber will talk a lot about being a moderate and a fiscal

conservative because that's exactly what gabrielle giffords was. so each race, they're doing this individually. >> that's the only way they have a prayer. the problem though, with the strategy, is if there becomes a ground swell of support against the president, a lot of these guys that are kind of on the edge could lose because of that. and we saw that years ago, and you know, you see it from time to time going all the way back to reagan and carter, where the incumbents who were really moderate members of congress lost because carter took a bath on it. and so i think that is why you are seeing a lot of democrats right now running away from the president. >> let's talk about some new numbers, a lot of story, a lot of different stories with that. and just trying to get to the bulk of it here. reuters poll shows that the job performance of the president in the people's opinion has dropped from 50% a month ago to 47%. and that is also good news then for mitt romney. they came in within like a point or so about who they want

to see in the white house. with that same poll. peter, what can we make of this? and as a strategist what do you do now? >> first of all, you don't panic. the republicans have come together after the tough nominating process, number one. secondly, the president's numbers, 47, 48, is about where he has been for a while. that 50 number is a little on the high side. and if he were down at 40, 38, the kind of numbers that jimmy carter was getting into, then you begin to really go whoa. the important thing i think right now is that a majority of americans think that he has helped the economy rather than hurt it and where as congress in that poll, 70% of the people think that congress has hurt the economy. they do not like what is happening in washington. there is no question. jim and i have talked about that for a couple of years now. if i were -- you know, on the obama side, i think what you have to do is do the contract.

this is about who is going to stand out for middle class families. who is going to help working people. who is going to help those having a tough time. is it somebody like mitt romney with his policy, with his taxes, that he brings to rich, tax breaks for the rich or is it obama? >> what do you say the best strategy is? >> the best strategy goes awry when the president comes out lat like he did last friday, that the private sector is doing just fine. >> is that still out there? that statement? >> i guess it is. >> jim just put it back out there? [ laughter ] >> the problem is he had to go back out at 4:00 in the afternoon and say well, i'm wrong. and so when you have these gaffes, and these self inflicted wounds that you continually see, plus have you guys like tim carville and sam greenberg, noted democratic consultants saying the obama administration and obama campaign is doing this all wrong, they need to change the

messaging, that doesn't help things. and if everybody were on the same side on the democratic track, that would be run thing but you're seeing splintering. you see bill clinton out there not necessarily helping the president from time to time. it is a bigger head than just the economy when guys on your own team are not helping you. >> whenever things get tight and tough, the critics come out. you know, the pundits come out. and this is what i think the obama team is very good at. they're very good at analyzing this, and taking it all in, and staying on message, and pushing hard. i think that the point that carville and greenberg make, which is the same one i'm making, which this is really about the middle class can and that's what a lot of folks have said since the reagan democrats way, way back in michigan and other states came over, you got to win those people back and win independents. right now the independents are going first for obama, and they don't like romney, then they're going well, maybe, romney. this is the critical group that you got to win.

>> he is right. it is a volatile election right now. and they need to -- if i'm the president, you immediate to calm things down if you're go -- you need to calm things down if you're going to move forward. who knows. a long way to go. >> we appreciate you jim, coming in. and peter, you too, you had a long night last night. >> the primary in nevada, for congress. >> maybe we can beat him. >> and meet him. >> that's right. >> we will see you next week. >> thank you. >> jim and peter, thank you very much. will, over to you. time now is 7:42. coming up on fox 5 morning news, a health alert about spray cans. and an expensive prank call casting taxpayers big time. hundreds of thousands of dollars. still ahead, what the coast guard is saying about a hoax right off the jersey coast. to! juvéderm® xc, is the gel filler to! your doctor uses to instantly smooth out lines right here. temporary side effects include redness, pain, firmness, swelling, bumps, or risk of infection.

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>> the army brass quintet is here. >> there we go. >> it is still in my ear. i am going to have to take it out. >> a sunny and beautiful day. the perils of tv. with low humidity. and i guess i don't need to yell to you. our winds are picking up out of the north and west later this morning. be ready for windy conditions. the satellite and radar, you can see the rain showers out of here. the cold front is now to the east. we will watch the drier air moving in from the north and west. look out to the great lakes. nice and quiet. high pressure builds in with a couple of beautiful days around here. this is really nice for the middle of june. 70 right now in washington 64 in gaithersburg. salisbury, good morning, 72 degrees. expect highs later today about 80 or so. low 80s for some of us. and winds here, as well. and they will be picking up out of the north and northwest gusting 20 to 25. right now current winds 13 miles per hour. here is the five-day forecast. and how about this for perfect? next five day, lots of sunshine, and low humidity, and high temperatures each day in the upper 70s and low 80s.

and overnight lows in the low 60s. so we're looking great in the next couple of days. >> that is looking good. >> thanks, tucker. >> let's head over to lauren he did marco with a look at the roadways at 7:46. good morning. >> as you head southbound bw parkway approaching the beltway, watch for delays off and on. same story 95 southbound from beltsville over to college park. a live look from traffic land, once you get to the outer loop of the beltway, you will be on the brakes, delays from college park past new hampshire avenue, the good news is things are starting to thin out somewhat, continuing to silver spring and once you get to coalsville road and it does appear to be opening up. 66 romaines heavy and slow. from the fairfax county parkway to root 150 to 123. and nuttily street to the beltway, looking in good shape. looks good from virginia. i will say. 270 southbound through gaithersburg. some delays there. here are your 370, just volume here, and off and on the

brakes but no lanes block. 95 northbound a bit of volume from newington in to springfield. it is 395 395 that is heavier and those delays from the beltway. duke street to seminary. a brief break. and then a slowdown across the 14th street bridge. will and allison, back to you. >> thank you, lauren. when you see traffic light that, allison, aren't you thankful you come to work so early? >> i actually am. >> me, too. you zip right into work. >> still ahead on fox 5 morning news, a special honor for a group of local firefighters who were nearly killed trying to save lives. first though time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. today is alicia mcmillan and alicia tells us she has been watching for more than 20 years. >> whoo! >> and cannot start her day without coffee or fox 5 morning news. >> she is saying where is lark mccarthy? >> that's right. >> where is lark mccarthy? especially on this day. >> and thanks so much for your late, aleasha. we really do preesh it.

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a practical joke is costing new jersey taxpayers more than $300,000. the u.s. coast guard says someone called in a yacht explosion on monday afternoon saying dozens of people were on board or in the water. three people were dead they said and nine others hurt. and the call prompted an expensive rescue operation that lasted about five hours. in the end, officials located nothing. it was a prank and the coast guard says the call was a hoax. and that it was made from land. not water. a health alert for you this morning. this one may really surprise a lot of you. concerns about the safety of

spray tans. we've heard about tanning beds an we're talking about spray tans. the report says dha the active chemical used in spray tans has the potential to cause genetic alterations and dna damage. an it was approved for external use notice 1970s but never approved by the fda in tanning fooghts boths or all over spray. new information now that getting a few hours of medication training may change your brain and for the better. a new study found people developed changes in the white matter of their brain after learning the mindfulness medication method. it has been around for a while but this form of practice involves periods of intense focus and concentration, these physical changes suggest short- term medication can improve self control. your mood. stress, and immunity response. >> well, they are injuries that you can't see. with an impact that lasts long after the troops return home from the battle field. the military is looking for new

ways to treat post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. and today fishes will break ground on a new facility at fort bellfour. focusing specifically on diagnosis and treatment. it is expected to help as many as 1,000 service members each year. it was a terrifying fire that turned out to be arson. seven firefighters rushed into a burning riverdale maryland house, thinking someone inside was trapped. >> they almost didn't make it back out. fox 5 wisdom martin reports six of those men are now back at work. >> it is firefighter kevin o'toole's first day back at the bladensburg volunteer fire department. >> it is a great feeling. surrounded by the guys who are pushing through this. >> 21-year-old o'toole and a group of fellow firefighters nearly lost their lives in the line of duty back in february. now, congress woman donna edwards is recognizing the sacrifice they made. >> it really moved me when i read about the incident in february, and moved me enough

to say, you know what? we just need to value these men and value their service. >> it was february 24, kevin and six other firefighters rush nod a burning house, in riverdale -- rushed no a burning house in riverdale house. >> we pulled up and we thought it was another basement matter. let them hold for a second. but it changed on us. >> we went in and expected people to be trapped in the house so we went in and wanted to make sure there was nobody in there. >> seconds after they got in, a torch flame engulfed the group. all seven were taken to the burn unit at washington hospital center. kevin was one of two firefighters with critical injuries. >> imagine the shock seeing him the first time. he had about 50% of his body burned. >> kevin spent almost two months in the burn unit. with severe burns to his arms and hands. >> and going through hell. he is still going through some tough times. and we will get him through it. >> getting through, it and trying to get back to normal. >> they continue to rehab and recover.

mentally and physically. >> i owe everything to this fire department. >> the firefighters say they're glad to be alive to tell their story. and after all they've been through, has the experience changed their mind about risking their lives? >> laying in the hospital you are thinking do i want to do this? and then you actually, you get back into work, you get back to the station and you start hanging around the guys and had is what i want to do. this is what i was meant to do. change of pace now. with sports. a thrilling game one of the nba finals. played out in oklahoma city last night. and the thunder were down by double digits, at the start of the second half. and came back to clinch game one, 105-94. and tomorrow, it will be game two. also in oklahoma city. it is day three. lots of numbers here this morning, right? >> one more. >> day three of the four-day mandatory mini camp for the redskins. so far, so good for the team's franchise quarterback. >> coach mike shanahan says

robert grif iii has done everything right, and has not missed a workout and arrives early and stays late. and lindsey will be at the palestiniany camp and watch for her reports tonight starting at 5:00. >> maybe rg3 is taking mindfulness meditation breaks. >> yes. >> father's day is this sunday, everybody. and being a dad is a tough job. if you do it the right way. >> we will introduce you to one author who says he is doing it right. and he has applied what he learned in the business world to life as a daddy. in fact he he calls himself, ready for this, chief daddy officer. >> the cdo. >> i love that. >> and next hour, we are getting a jump start on wishing the army a happy 237th birthday. strong as ever. the army field and brass band, performing throughout the next hour. >> how are they going to blow out the candles?  [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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straight ahead on fox 5 morning news, at 8:00, a change of leadership, on the dc city council. today, we could find out who will take the place of former

chairman, kwame brown. >> plus a heads up for red line riders. which busy stop will have a new name by the end of today? >> and later, a video you have to see to believe. a toddler is ejected from an suv. during a rollover crash. but get this. he then gets up and walks away. so it has a happy ending there. >> i'm just watching it as you were reading that. >> a little tease. >> you have to wait for that one. >> a good tease. good morning, i'm allison seymour. >> i'm will thomas. tony has the morning off. happy wednesday. we call it hump day wednesday which means we're inching closer to the weekend and hopefully we're in for a good weekend weather-wise, tucker. >> a gorgeous weekend and a really nice afternoon expected as we have plenty of sunshine. lower humidity, and a wind out of the north and northwest. >> and lots of activity in studio b. >> yes. i'm hearing voices this morning. >> yes. >> i'm hearing lots of voices. there is your radar. the frontal system, a couple of them coming through and the second one draped across the city at the moment and once that gets to our south and east, are you really going to have the winds picking up behind it and that will usher

in the drier air that we've been talking about the last couple of days. today is a beautiful afternoon. temperature right now 70 degrees at reagan national. the humidity is 81%. and winds are out of the north at 13 gusting to about 25 later today. and the pressure is starting to rise 29.93 inches. the forecaster for today, upper 70s and low 80s. no more rain expected today. low humidity. >> no interference of rain. >> yes. >> you like that? >> we wouldn't want to have that. >> thanks, tucker. let's talk traffic with lauren standing by. good morning. >> good morning. we are thankful for the lag of rain on the roadways as well. a little bit of sunshine is causing some delays earlier but we can't complain about that. let's head on to the areas around town, reports of an accident, connecticut avenue south at kensington. that is reported by a fox 5

wayser. and inbound bw parkway, slow traffic there. and some folks are reporting a complete standstill. an earlier wreck before east capitol street and delays southbound bw parkway from before the beltway. traffic land, beltway itself, traveling the outer loop, heavy and slow before 95 college park to georgia avenue. we also have some spillover delays southbound 95, slow through beltsville. 270, we were seeing slow traffic from gaithersburg all the way down to rockville and the split. off and on. not looking too bad falls road but give yourself extra time there. 66 remains heavy and slow. leaving the fairfax county parkway. really hoff and on through central -- really off and on through centerville and past route 150 and toward 123. the sunshine is in your eyes this morning. that's a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. will, allison? >> thanks, lauren. the big story this morning, the dc council trying to say goodbye to all of that drama. moving forward today.

>> and voting on a new chairperson later this morning. sherry lee is live at the wilson building with a preview now. sherry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. good morning, will. ever since kwame brown resigned last week, some of the at large council members have been jockeying for position to see who would get the vote to become the in rim chairman. and right now -- interim chairman and right now the votes seem to be stacking up for phil mendleson. today's vote at 10:00 this morning, continues to shake things up for the dc council reeling from harry thomas' resignation and criminal conviction and former chairman kwame brown. sources say middleton appears to have the votes to succeed brown. sources say he is seen as someone who will not change things much and will bring stability to the troubled council. brown pleaded guilty last week to felony bank fraud and a misdemeanor campaign violation. the chair pro tem is expected to go to michael brown. if mendleson gets the votes as expected we hold the position only until a special election in november for a permanent chair.

>> what i think needs to happen is that we don't look at additional change on top of that. that we really kind of just tried to settle down, and get back to the business for which citizens elected us, and that is legislating and oversight. so just focus on that. and i'm going to talk to members about ideas they might have, that improves our understanding of ethics issues. >> now, mary chay, who has been filling in as the chair, is not in the running. that's because the city charter requires that the acting chair be chosen from the at large council members. there are four of them. and as for those at large members, there is one. david i can kittanning who says he does not want this job. that's the latest from the wilson building. back to you. turning to battle ground virginia now. george allen swept tuesday's

senate primary, setting the stage for a dual between two former governors. the former u.s. senator brushed aside three conservative rivals in yesterday's republican primary. and allen lost his senate seat in 2006 and this time he got 65% of the vote and closest competitor is jamie radke toen who 23%. two other candidates trailed far behind. we wilke speaking live with former senator george allen in the next hour but in the last hour, democratic challenger tim kaine weighed in on this race. >> when george allen talks about failed policies coming out of washington, that's what this election is going to be about. because george allen was a u.s. senator. he was in washington. he was part of the fiscal wrecking crew that started with surpluses and turned them into massive deficits. he voted for spending. he voted for debt. he voted to increase his own pay. and many of the things he voted are on continuing to create fiscal problems.

>> also yesterday, chris went on to win the republican nomination in the 11th district. and he will take on democratic congressman jerry conley come november. congressman jim moran won the democratic primary to run for election in the 8th district. and haus majority leader eric cantore cruised to victim in his primary race. to arizona now, democrat ron barber won a special house election to finish the term of former congress woman gabrielle giffords. the 66-year-old served under giffords and survived the shooting rampage that led to her resignation. will? also new this morning, the morgan chase heads to capitol hill. jamie dimon will reportedly apologize to members of congress today with the huge trading loss that cost the bank, ready for this $ 2 billion. he will tell the senate banking

committee what steps the bank is taking to make sure it doesn't happen again. another day of testimony in the self abuse trial against jerry sandusky. >> today, prosecutors will present more evidence against the 68-year-old former penn state assistant football coach, and yesterday, the jury heard from another accuser and star witness, mike mcqueary. in graphic testimony, he told prosecutors he saw sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in a penn state shower about a decade ago. the boy he said looked to be about 10 or 12 years old. sandusky denies accusations he abused 10 boys over a 15-year period. a heads up for metro riders. starting today, a busy red line station will have a new name. dc mayor vince gray will join transit agency officials to officially shorten the name of the new york avenue, gallaudet university and it will be known

as noma gallaudet u. the new york name will be a secondary name so you know where you are going. the new handle is a campaign to limit the length of metro station names. >> nice to have a new name. but make sure the escalators work, right? >> you're right. 8:09 on this wednesday morning. coming up later, why it is never too soon to be thinking about, ready for, this back to school? on the first day. >> well, at least we're not talking about thanksgiving sales, right? >> you got that right. >> plus, what happens when you take the lessons learned in the board room, and apply them toward parenting? we will sit down with a single dad at the chief daddy officer, and author now, to tell us some tips how to raise up our kids the right way. >> can't wait to hear that interview. and a little bit later, check this out. colorado up in smoke. and an update on efforts to contain the wildfires burning out west. and as we head to break --

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away. hopefully they will get an upper hand there very soon. >> you hope so. >> 8:13 right now. let's say good morning to tucker barnes with the weather and something special for us. >> yes. >> tucker. >> thank you very much. and let's do it. time now for a my first five photo of the day. and today, we say hello to two beautiful children. it is time for my first five photo of the day. that is me stalling because i want to say hello to 5-year-old aricellas and her new baby brother 7-month-old leonardo. >> let's call her little a this morning. >> they look just alike. so cute. >> and don't get in my shot. this is my picture, right? >> she is saying hi baby brother leonardo. >> the parents tell us the baby

brother is like a baby doll and the whole family wakes up between 7:30 and 8:30 in the morning. >> excellent. >> a great big thank you. and we love the children of your children. adorable. >> to send your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com. and click on morning. all right. guess what? if you're headed to the playground, an absolutely beautiful day today. as everybody gets out and about. and the temperature roit now at reagan national, 71 degrees. 69 at dulles. 70 in fredericksburg and lower humidity is the theme as winds pick up out of the north and west. a lot more comfortable than it has for the past couple of days. the sat rad, cold front, to the east and southern new england, getting shower activity. and in washington, a little bit of colloid cover hanging around. -- cloud cov hanging around but by this afternoon, i think it should be mostly sunny and must drier than what we've had around here. the five-day forecast couldn't be nicer the next several days. lots of sunshine. with high temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. overnight lows in the 50s and

low 60s. and we should be dry here for your weekend. for your father's day weekend. that's a look at weather. let's do traffic and lauren. >> i was going to say we should remind people to maybe send in a little note about how to pronounce their baby's names so we get them right but it is fun watching you try to pronounce them. >> thanks, lauren. >> i think it is fun. >> all right. very cute kids. let's take a look at ways to see what folks are saying about the gw parkway. we have an accident reporting in the northbound direction north of wee highway. but delays northbound and southbound between 13 and 395. give yourself extra time this morning. let's move to traffic land. traveling northbound 395, going to find delays from the beltway up to seminary and then again getting across the 14th street bridge. as we've been seeing here. beltway itself, traveling in virginia, not too much of an inch for you.

66 still dealing with very heavy delays through centerville. and past the fairfax county parkway. all the way to 123. there are you, looking at the beltway there. the outer loop starting to slow a bit leaving the american legion bridge heading to tyson's. that's a check of fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. even under ideal circumstances it is tough being a parent and doing it solo makes the job even more of a challenge. so when chris became a single dad of a little girl, he decided to take what he has learned in the business world and translate it into his parenting guide. he tells how he did that, and how you can do it, too. in the new book, it is called chief daddy officer. business man. dad. and author. chris joins us now. what a pleasure to meet you. >> my pleasure. >> welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> now, when i read that, i'm thinking but sometimes you know, you might not want to run your family like a business. it might be a little too ridge, too strict but it worked for you. can you tell us the secret? >> well, the secret is, is that when you run a business, any

good ceo i know runs the business from the heart and so you must run your family the same way. plenty of examples in the book how to do that. it is not really rigid. people need to know what the limits are. and at work, we have processes and procedures, we have manuals at hr and so on and so forth. and at home, there were rules of the home. and so it isn't really that much different. but you don't rule as an administrator. you rule from the heart. you always manage it from there. >> dad's day is coming up. and i have to get this question out of the way. as a daughter, and with daughters, with a wonderful dad, too. what do dads really want? what is the secret? is it just enough to say love you, dad, here is a homemade car? is that enough? because, you know, that's how we kind of want to believe it is. but from a cdo, i would like to hear from you. >> i will tell you this. it is -- there is no tie, no

cuff links, no present physical thing that will actually tell you how much you are loved or how much you are appreciated more than a note, and a card, hallmark does a great job but original writing is terrific. and my daughter, i have been very fortunate, she has been a prolific writer all along and there are an infinite number of her writings in the book so if i may show you a note i received from her two weeks ago, on the morning of her wedding, she is married now, she is actually as we speak on her honeymoon. >> are you okay with that, dad? >> i am now. i love her husband. >> excellent. >> but the idea of getting there was kind of troublesome. >> i'm sure. >> anyway, here is my father's day present. she says today as i walk down the aisle, i will have my number one man walking by my side. every day, i cherish the

blessings that i was born with, and i can only pray that as i turn a page in my life and start my own family, that i will be half a great of a paren as you were. i will then feel i succeeded. >> that's beautiful. >> that's what dads want. >> absolutely. >> it takes the steps to get there. so for the dads watching, the parents watching, especially those parents out there raising a child on their own, what tips can you pass down that we will find in your new book? >> there are a great many of them. the single biggest thing is it starts in childhood and one of the greatest lessons in adulthood, is teach them how to lead. and leadership is empowerment. self empowerment for adults. empowering children as a parent. and that means to give them the right and the barometers to make their own decisions. in my case, it was something as simple as allowing her to make a decision she needed to make.

it was late high school. senior year in high school. and she told me that she wanted to take a year off from school before she went to college. i was thrilled with the idea. and i asked her what she planned to do with that. she said well, i'm going to work a little bit in retail and take some classes and then i will apply in a year. i told her that was a great idea, she needed to take a year off, but in that year, my plan for her was that she will do something different, something that will benefit her and someone else. >> and i gave her two options. one was amore core. the other was peace corps. >> she wrote to me in another note, saying, snice suffice it to say i started filling out college applications because peace corps meant no blow dryers. >> you got that right. >> and so the decision, it was herself. i did not tell her you need to do this. i gave her options. >> the option. >> and that is leading them to

make that decision. and it is probably one of the biggest skills and the biggest attributes that any adult can have. >> i laugh because i just had this conversation in my house. my child is just going into 6th grade but her dad is on board with taking a year off and i'm not. i like that idea. i will try to use that down the road. and so many more of your tips in the book. i want to pass on some book signing events that you can go and talk with chris, and get your book signed, barnes and noble in bethesda, tomorrow. that is thursday at 7:00 p.m. and also barnes and noble tyson's corner mall saturday, june 16. again, at 7:00 p.m. and book is chief daddy officer. i threw out my notes. i wanted to hear you speaks and the note was lovely. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> happy father's day to all of your viewers. >> happy father's day to you. >> what a wonderful letter. we got a little closer to the tv and went like this. a hometown basketball hero, leaves oklahoma city, and --

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we have news just in to fox 5. prince william county police say they have made a major break in a 32-year-old case through recent dna findings. this is the cold case of cynthia gotsell who disappeared back in 1980 from the tacoma park maryland area. two years later in 1982 prince william county authorities

found skeletal remains in hay market. dna from those remains went into a national database in 2001. it was another decade before dna samples from the family was selected and just last month, authorities learned the samples were a match, allowing them to identify the hay market remains as those of cynthia. police plan to hold a news conference later today. now, to some of the other top stories this morning. the dc council will vote on a temporary chair today. phil mendleson appears to have the votes needed to take that spot from quake brown who resigned after pleading guilty to bank fraud charge. michael brown will become speaker pro tem. another day of testimony in the self abuse trial against jerry sandusky. today prosecutors will present more evidence against the 68- year-old former penn state assistant football coach. yesterday, the jury heard from another accuser and star witness, mike mcqueary.

and a disturbing and shocking video from texas of a toddler tossed from an suv during a police chase. a police dash cam caught the suv after it lost control and flipped over. now, the child lands on the ground but gets up. trying to walk towards the car before someone scooped him up. hard to watch that. >> unbelievable. at least he was able to get up. silver lining there. silver lining in the weather department today. a break from the rain we saw yesterday. >> a break from the rain. a break from the humidity we had around here and the hot temperature, too. >> it is a win-win. and in the five-day forecast. >> another win. >> all wins. >> four w's. >> yes. >> so we've got a nice streak going here. >> yes. >> as we get into the afternoon hours, it will get a little breezy around here. in fact i will show you the winds in a second. and satellite radar, cold front out of here and taking with it the rain showers, a few clouds lingering and not perfectly sunny, especially this morning in the south and east. away from shore.

where the clouds are langing tough. the trend is more and more sunshine later. with high pressure across the great lakes moving in, drier air will move in shortly as well. it will be beautiful around here later today with high temperatures about 80 or so. and noticeably less humidity than we've in the last couple of days. temperatures not bad right now. upper 60s overnight here in washington. and currently 72 degrees. and 66 in gaithersburg. 73 this morning in annapolis. highs upper 70s and low 80s today. so again, with the sunshine, lower humidity it will not feel bald. >> here are the winds. gusting out of the north at 26 miles per hour. so winds will be a factor today. and in quantico, 22. and manassas, 20. and you can expect the winds gusting to 20 to 25 miles per hour a little later this afternoon. and nice-looking five-day forecast. temperatures upper 70s. and low 80s. and the next couple of days, with bright sunshine. and lower humidity. weekend plans, go for it. saturday and sunday, they look fabulous. >> a quick reminder, i am tweeting with everybody, as best i can this morning,

checking out for julie wright. if you would like to talk to me, tweet me at fox 5 weather and answering all kinds of fun questions this morning and will continue to do so until 10:00 a.m. will, toss it over to you. >> thank you, tucker. for most of our children, it is day one that school is out. and if you're following the forecast, tucker's forecast, it is getting hotter and kids just keep getting more expensive to keep busy, right? >> keeping yourself cool can be more expensive these days. let's say good morning to fox consumer reporter steve noviello joining us live from dallas. we are turning to you mi friend to keep us cool with sizzling savings. how about it? >> well, we're going to work on that summer budget for you this morning. we will start with keeping cool around the house. and really, what it is all about is really considering what things actually are going cost you. i hate when people tell me just crank up the thermos stat a little bit and make it hotter and be miserable all summer. it is not an option. especially here in texas. what you can do is consider what things cost. for example, did you know that

rung the ac will cost you 35 times more than running a ceiling fan? so you can still stay cool this summer and maybe save a few bucks in you go out and get yourself a nice inexpensive ceiling fan for your home. we have six or seven in our house and it helps with the cooling costs during the summer. lots of laundry to do and sweaty kidding running around, i know line drying stuff outside is a little old- fashioned but when you consider it could save you hundreds of dollars this summer, you might give it a second thought. so fans are the answer. i like that idea. let's talk about keeping the kids entertained. i have nieces and nephews. no kids of my own yet. it gets expensive, doesn't it? >> it does. you guys in dc have an incredible advantage over most cities in the rest of the country. that there is a ton of free stuff to do. we will get to that in a second. but first, here is a really quick and easy tip for you. a great farmer's market here in dallas. i love going. there i hate when what i buy

goes bad. a quick tip, chop up the fruit before it turns bad, and freeze it. it makes a great deal for smoothies. a great frozen treat for your kids. but let's talk about keeping the kids entertained. a simple internet search, free dc activities and literally there are a ton of things to do. we did a quick search in your area and suggestions that were made was a visit to the bureau of engraving and printing, free daily performances, 6:00 at the kennedy center millennium stage. free admission to the national zoo. when you talk about the amount of things to do in dc, there is valely no reason for it to cost you a ton of money to keep those kids entertained. do a little bit of research first. and the world is at your doorstep. >> i like that idea. what i keep talking to my friends about are summer camps and how expensive they are and maybe the free ideas that you mentioned it could save some people some serious money, these camps are ridiculous. this next one might have a lot of people rolling their eyes

because we're talking about back to school already. but steve, you say now is the time to think about it. >> you know what? absolutely. this is just like we talk about, christmas or we talk about any other anticipated expense. and the nice thing about back to school is this. it happens the same time every single year. there is no reason for all of those extra expenses for back to school to catch you off guard. you will need to buy school supplies. you will need to buy clothes for the kids. maybe school uniforms. whatever the case is, you will need the cash on hand. so i want you to start saving it now. and 10, 20 bucks a week. whatever it takes, to get you there, and also, i want you to consider lay away. it was incredibly popular last year during the holiday season. and i think a lot of folks really forget that lay away is available all year long. so if you need those school essentials, go ahead and go shopping for them now and put them on lay away and make the cash payments an in staums during the course of the sum -- installments during the course of the summer and the goal is to be debt free and pay for

back to school in cash by the time august rolls around. >> a good goal. at least we're not talking about black friday sales. for those of you who are rolling your eyes talking about back to school sales, hey, it is all about savings. steve, live in dallas, this morning, thank you as always. allison, over to you. >> good to see you. >> thank you. well, more news now, just in to the fox 5 newsroom, a fairfax county elementary school has been evacuated. this is hally elementary in fairfax station. fire officials report there is smoke, showing from the school, believed to be coming from a classroom. again, hally elementary school in fairfax county, has been evacuated. and we will give you more details as we get them. of course students still in school in fairfax county until friday. we'll be right back.  [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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july 4th, right around the corner, of course. and we now know who is headlining the nation's independence day celebration on the mall. actor matthew broderick. and country singer josh turner and a dozen u.s. olympic athletes and performances for the capital 4th on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol ahead of the annual fireworks display. coming up in a little bit, we will have a special performance by the army brass quintet in honor of the military branch's

237th birthday. >> have you ever been down to the mall for that? >> when i was a child, all the way through, but now with a family, i haven't to dare do it yet but maybe this year is the year to do it. >> with all of the crowds, it is spectacular to see. game one of the nba finals between the thunder and the heat. it is now in the books. >> the difference came down to a 4 th quarter rally. and this one is a thriller in oklahoma city. the thunder roared ba can to outscore the heat by 10 points in the fourth. and they go on to win 105-94. and kevin durant led the way. with 36 points. and 8 rebounds and that's hour home boy, right? lebron james had 30 points. and just when it mattered in the final period just a few. game two tomorrow night in oklahoma city. 8:42. time to get frenchy. >> a little fancy pants. >> melanie alnwick is live in northwest to explain what we're talking about. mel, good morning. >> good morning, allison and will. we are talking fancy and

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it is the largest specialty food show in the nation. and it is going to be going on in our area. did i say that right? it is going on. >> it is going down. >> that's what it is. it is going down. >> the fancy food show is here and the buyers go all out to bring you the rare goodies. >> should have said get ready to get hungry because melanie alnwick is learning more about this this morning. joining us live from whole foods in northwest. at least one of the whole foods. there must be half a dozen? >> hey, mel.

>> absolutely. more than, that will. that is because of the growth of specialty food products and it is what consumers want. of course the fact that have you grocery stores to bring specialty food products to you in your own kitch continue is a pretty wonderful thing and this assignment is right up my alley. this is an insider thing. the general public can't go but what happens there is eventually going to happen here. >> we have 2300 exhibitors at the fansly food show and wonderful products from next door, from maryland, and products from italy and from singapore, from all over the place. >> and anything you see, both of the things you see in the store, they are specialty products that started in someone's kitchen? >> most of these things started in someone's kitchen or somebody's idea and they have come up and introduced them at the fancy food show. we're expecting 180,000 products to be there. >> vitamin water, a big company. >> environment water started there 8-10 years. i remember the people in one little area. >> way back when. >> yes.

and some of the other things here. some of the wonderful products here. all of the salad dressings started. there all of the wonderful olive oils an vinegars coming in from spain and from italy and now from california. wonderful products. right now, we have local people who have made wonderful specialty foods. >> we have ridge francisco and michael gernoga are with the live best group. >> and have you been exhibitors in the past. is it an exciting show? >> yes, it is. we were first time exhibitors last year. new vendor. and we're excited to come back this year. with a full booth. and you know, to just get all of our products out there and the exposure has been tremendous. >> what i love is this actually started in your kitchen. and you guys were trying to figure out what you're going to do next in life. >> we both lost our jobs. and decided that we wanted to recreate ourselves. reinvent ourselves. and we're foodies. we're next door neighbors. we live on elizabeth lane. >> that's where the name came

from. >> that's where the name came from. and we decided to create a line of all natural gourmet simmer sauces. and go out into the food world. and here we are. >> and so this is from your kitch ton my kitchen, right? >> exactly. >> and the whole idea here is you make a restaurant quality meal in 20 minutes or less, and we have four simmer sauces. and today, we're doing our mediterranean tome mow with -- tomato with a little bit of shrimp and lemon picata and chicken and you can just put it with pasta or rice and you have dinner. >> it is a hard road for someone cooking at home. >> it really is. for us, we start started in the business and are you talking about our career? >> it takes a lot of work to get it done. >> it takes a lot of work if you're making it from scratch but i think of these as a gourmet convenience food. >> that's terrific. we don't have a lot of time. and we have to run. we got to get in susan saremko.

you are local. >> yes. i am locele. >> and what do you have, your own specialty ice cream. >> all of the dairy comes from small local farms and as you can see, no food coloring which is why so many of them look like they're the same color. >> is this a dream come true for you to be able to go to the fancy food show this year? >> yes. >> how does it change your life as a business person? >> hopefully it will expand recognition of our company and our product. and introduce us to potential new customers. >> potential new customers. i know you have some stand-bys. and hopefully more and more people are going to be able to taste it. and i'm going to taste it right now. will and allison, i will try to bring some back for you, but i can't promise and which one is the ginger that i really wanted to try? >> this one is the ginger. >> this one is for me. if you are nice to me, i may bring some back to you. >> melanie i'm always nice to

you. please pry to remember that. >> thanks. the united states army tomorrow celebrates the 237th birthday. this gentleman is standing here for a reason. what better way to honor the special time than a music that has led our men and women in times of war and peace. >> with us this morning, the u.s. army field ban brass quintet. good morning to the quintet. here with us. >> good morning. >> and a special good morning to their director, master sergeant scott cameron. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you today? >> good. >> doing well. can you tell us about the band's rich six decades history and the bigger point to the united states army. what you don't for the army. >> wonderful. the united states army field band, we're based at fort meade maryland with 60 years of history. we started after world war ii. they started as a combat soldiers coming back. and what they did is they sold war bonds to help support the war effort. and since then, we have, toward the united states -- toured the united states continuously. >> let's talk about you. i understand you are like a

rock band. they're like from city to city. how many days a year are you actually on the road doing this? >> that's a great question. we're on the road at least 100 to 120 days a year. we travel in three buses and we go from town to town. and we give performances to the united states public. and it is a great show. >> groupies? [ laughter ] >> well, we want you to do a special good morning for the other gentleman who is joining us. if you could introduce them? >> on trombone, aaron caterman from fargo, north dakota. french horn, bob cherry from bridge month, michigan. and phillip mons, from pella, iowa. and a james wood, james wood is from north carolina. >> go back to phillip. can you play the love boat theme really quick? >> he wasn't even on, he is a bass. >> thank you. >> and what about the dynasty

open, the big horns and he says maybe my grandma watched that show. >> oh, no. >> i'm like oh, i'm so old. >> and i'm needing to ask, we are coming on a special birthday celebration 237 years with the u.s. army. what events are planned? what do you have planned for the special week? >> so many events in this region for the 237th army birthday. today there is a cake cutting. we're here supporting it. tomorrow, another cake cutting at the pentagon. and on saturday, there is an army run. and the final event is the army birthday ball held in washington, d.c. that's a huge event and the soldiers get together and they honor veterans past and present. and it is just a wonderful time. >> master sergeant, what are we going to hear this morning. we want to give you a couple of minutes to play us out. >> wonderful. we have a special arrangement of the birthday song, which we've combined with the army song. and that's written by one of our staff arrangers, greg passcul. >> okay, come with us and we

will get you in place and a little stars and stripe, right? >> yes. stars and stripes. >> okay. take it away, gentlemen. ♪ ♪ ♪ you have a minute left, gentlemen. as we go to break. take it away, again. ♪

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. back now for our 9:00 hour. hi, everybody. i'm allison seymour. i'm will thomas. a lot ahead. the d.c. council trying to say goodbye to all the drama with today's vote for an interim city council chairman. sherri ly is live with how the votes are stacking up. a big change coming your way. new plans roll out in just two weeks. what you need to know before you make any changes. we're back with today's smartphone zone. look at her jump. she's determined to get the food on the counter but can't seem to jump hard enough. first i'm making it a boy dog. now a girl dog. you get the point. her clever maneuver to satisfy her craving. you don't want to miss how smart she is. >> it's what they do when they're not at home. you're right. a little later celebrating father's day, a megabrunch involving delicious