we showed you some of it yesterday. students bully a bus monitor to tears. this morning donations for her career vacation keep pouring in. and an update ahead as fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. well, as people like to say was it hot enough for you? it was pretty brutal yesterday. warm again today but hopefully not as warm. there's a little look at the hazy skies this morning. it's friday, june 22nd, 2012. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm sarah simmons, allison seymour is off, she'll be back next week and meantime some heat but not as good as it was yesterday. >> hey tucker. >> a little better today. high temperatures in the low to mid-90s instead of the high 90s. reagan national at 99 degrees yesterday was a record. let's take a look at the

morning temperatures and we are on the warm side. very humid conditions. 83 right now in washington. so we just never got out of the 80s overnight. and here we are off and running again. 81 baltimore. 76 this morning in ocean city. 73 in winchester. looking at the radar a few showers popped up during the overnight hours and a lot of cloud cover out there as well. the trend will be more and more in the way of cloud cover and a better chance of showers and some thunderstorms developing particularly mid to late afternoon as we have a cold front that will coming from the north and west. that comfort will provide some relief but the cool and dry air won't really get in here until late tonight. hot and sticky again today with high temperatures in the low to mid-90s. 94 fredericksburg and 90 for chantilly and watch out for the potential for afternoon storms. a look at the weekend in a couple of minutes. let's do some traffic and julie wright has the late test morning. good morning to you tucker. right now the commute if you are traveling eastbound along 66 the lanes here are open.

no problems to report leaving manassas continuing inbound towards the capital beltway. northbound i-95 this is been slow all morning long. that's been cleared to the shoulder but 95 still tied up with delays leaving dale city going to wood bridge. on route 1 heavy volume there as well. delays continue north of the prince william parkway in the direction of the occoquan. all lanes are open north of town. no problems reports on the beltway between college park and bethesda. here somes the sun and again outer loop starting to slow approaching university boulevard and delays continuing around to georgia. that's a check of the that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic -- that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. our top story this morning, the anniversary of the deadliest crash in metro's history. >> three years ago when nine people were killed when a red line train collided with another train. fox 5's lauren demarco is live in northeast with details on how people are mark, it this morning. good morning lauren. >> reporter: good morning sarah and tony. it will be a somber ceremony

later this morning when mayor gray unveils a brand new mag that has been placed here. it's on new hampshire avenue on the bridge of looking the crash site that -- overlooking the crash site that plaque will honor the victims and also some of the first responders from that day three years ago. the deadly crash. now following the crash, there was a makeshift shrine put up here at the bridge. this will replace it. this will be the permanent plaque. last year, on this second anniversary of the crash, there was a plaque placed inside the metroation and the hope is that next year there will be a permanent memorial park and garden set up. you'll remember two red line trains crashed back on june 2 #nd, 2009 between the stations. nine people were killed including one train operator and 80 were injured. metro also increased safety measures and staffing. do want the say that the

permanent park and garden that has been planned. the family members want it here near new hampshire avenue. some of the community members were concerned it could be a hot spot for violence. allen lou says we will continue to work to identify a location that meets the aspirations of the relatives and the community alike. hoping we will learn more today about that during the ceremony. also want to mention that new hampshire avenue will be closed off to traffic here at the langley bridge beginning at 10:00 a.m. back to you in the studio. >> all right, lauren. thank you very much. metro has spent millions of dollars and several years working to make the fixes recommended by the ntsb following the crash. where does safety stand now on metro? the general manager richard start will join us live at 8:30 this morning. new this morning, prince george's county police investigates a shooting of a man by one of their officers.

this happened shortly after 1:00 this morning on colt street in fair mount heights. police say they were originally called to the scene for reports of gunfire. somehow the officer and the man got into some sort of altercation which led to the shooting. the man is expected to survive. in the district police are searching for two suspects accused of shooting a man during an armed robbery. this happened late wednesday night on the 1300 block of g street northeast. police say a man was shot in the face after he refused to hand the phone over to the suspect. he is expected to be okay. this attack comes a week after the owner of grace deli was shot and killed on 8 street northeast. a virginia police officer accused of murder is now out of a job. the culpeper police department fired daniel harmon wright thursday after an internal investigation into the shooting death of patricia cook. it happened during a traffic stop last february. harmon wright claimed he shot in self-defense after cook tried to drive off with his arm caught in the car's window. he was indicted on a murder

charge last month. he's now out on bond and due back in court next month. now to the latest in the leadership fight at the university of virginia. support continues to build for ousted uva president teresa sullivan to get her job back and now the same board that claimed to have the votes to fire sullivan will consider reinstating her. will thomas back now with the new developments here. will? >> hi sarah, the university's board of visitors is planning to meet next tuesday to consider reinstating ousted president teresa sullivan. about with weeks ago as you know she was forced to resign creating a huge uproar from the uva, faculty students alike. yesterday she got the support of former governor tim kaine who said it would be justice if she got her job back. the deans wrote to the board. still the head of the board doesn't appear to be backing down. in a lengthy statement issued

yesterday, she again implied -- and added -- meantime sullivan is calling for civility in the ongoing saga. the rally of support for her earlier this week happened the same day that graffiti was discovered on uva's famous rotunda. sullivan asked that people stop abusive behavior to buildings on campus as well as to the interim president and members of the board and sarah of course we will watch what happens next tuesday. >> we will. thank you will. there's no word this morning who will become the new commerce secretary. this after john bryson announced the resignation following is recent seizure that caused two accidents in los angeles. he was only sworn in last october as commerce secretary. a disturbing bullying incident in upstate new york is making headlines once again this morning.

as you may recall, we showed you this video yesterday of four seventh grade boys verbally abusing a 68-year-old bus monitor. this morning the video is causing serious outrage as people from around the world roach out to help that -- reach out to help that bus monitor karen klein. a website has pulled in more than $440,000 in donations. meantime police are warning about vigilante justice because one of the boys involved has already received more than 1,000 death threats. the school district says it will punish the boys. catholics across the country including our area have begun two weeks of prayer and protests. the movement is called fortnight for freedom. these catholics gathered for a kickoff mass last night in baltimore. the church is calling attention to what it says is an attack on religious freedom which intensified over the federal mandate requiring faith based hospitals and schools to provide birth control and other

contraceptives. there will be a closing mass for the rally on july 4th in dc. a piece of history in maryland unearthed. the first state house. >> take a look at this. it is the foundation of the calvert house in st. mary's city. the historic structure was built after settlement for the founder governor leonard calvert. maryland bought it in 1662 to serve as the first state house. experts believe the house was likely torn down in the 18th century. >> wow. that's so cool to be able to come across that. >> yeah. >> neat piece of history there. the costs may be going up to borrow money. how poor credit ratings for some of the world's largest banks are affecting the world. >> and just hours after jurors get the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. a surprise announcement from his adopted son. a live update from bellefonte, pennsylvania is next. >> plus, have you heard?

going to be hot and humid this morning but things will cool down actually. later on today. so we're going to get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie coming up next. ♪ >> there you go. as we head to the break, a big party in miami this morning. >> yes, they are. >> the miami heat are the new nba champs with a 121-106 victory over the oklahoma city thunder. the heat also set an nba finals record for hitting 14 three pointers. lebron james had a triple/double and also the playoff mvp. he called it the quote happiest day of my life. this is the team's second championship in six years. it's lebron's first. we'll be right back at 7:10. >> know where they're not celebrating -- cleveland. that fridge in your kitchen may have crossed

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time now 7:13. this morning, jerry sandusky's

fate is in the hands of the jury. the former penn state football coach now faces 48 counts of child sexual abuse after the judge threw three of them out. fox's steve keyly has been following the trial for us and joins us live from bellefonte this morning with more insight on what may happen here. now steve, just to kind of back up and take a look at yesterday. i think a lot of people were shocked at matthew sandusky coming out and saying he was abused but here's the thing, jurors can't do anything about it. >> reporter: shocked is an understatement because he was here on day one in the support section and remember, he is now 33 and came out when this first broke and said jerry sandusky never abused me as a child. but let me give you some background on him. he was a foster child at age 10 and started living with the sanduskies and tried to kill himself soon after and his birth mother says she always thought he was being abused. now the last day of the trial

he shows up and we see him here. that's where we have the video of him. why is he here and coming out the witness entrance? we learn he was here in case he was called as a rebuttal witness if jerry sandusky took the stand. he was only on the defense witness list. he was not the prosecution witness so they couldn't have called him if they knew about this even before the trial started. but they were ready to call him if they had to to rebut jerry sandusky's testimony if he testified and maybe everybody is thinking that's why he didn't testify or another reason. but we don't know sarah because the statement by his two lawyers didn't get into detail. no indication why she was not called -- he was not called as a witness or decided to tell the truth now if it's the truth because you know the defense lawyer would have torn him apart. why are you changing your story this late in the game? >> right, absolutely. let's talk a little bit about where the jurors are doing right now. they've been asking for some statements to hear more from mike mcqueary. what are you expecting to

happen today? >> reporter: well, the long day for them yesterday sarah. they had the closing arguments and then they districted for seven hours and they went all the way up to 6:00. and took a dinner break and then up to 8:30 and asked for the testimony read back of mike mccreery the assistant coach who testified for two hours and said he saw sandusky raping a little boy late in the showers friday night when he stopped in to do some work. also going to hear the doctor who testified just for 20 minutes this week on being called over to the matt mcqueary house and how visibly shaken and trembling he was when he tried to ask him what did you see. he was so upset that he was shaken and trembling and couldn't even talk. they're going to have that testimony read back to them and that will take two and a half hours today sarah and then they're going to deliberate. they're not going to go home for the weekend. sequestered in a hotel. they may go until 9:00 again tonight if nay don't have a -- they don't have a decision and

back to deliberating on sunday and saturday if need be. >> steve key lee a long day for them for sure. we'll check in with you hopefully next week. thank you. all right. time now is 7:16. >> tucker barnes is with us once again with more on today's forecast. what we got to what 99 at national yesterday? >> 99 new record. the old record was 98 set back in 1988 and one for the record books. hopefully none too soon. as far as anymore records and i don't think here in washington we'll see anything as far as records today. in fact highs in the low 90s and a little better than yesterday. >> emphasize little. >> still warm and humid. humidity 58% and our dew point temperatures are still running in the upper 60s and low 70s so there's a lot of water out there and you're really going to notice the humidity when you head out this morning. winds out of the north and west at 7. looking at our satellite radar, the -- rain showers you see back into central ohio. that's the cold front and that will start to work into the region later today. so a lot of clouds in the forecast particularly this

afternoon. and a bet every and better chance that we'll see at least widely scattered showers and showers and thunderstorms out of the front later today. then behind the front the cooler and drier air will start to work in. although today our temperatures will be in the 90s. all right, thunderstorms in the forecast later today and officially under a slight risk for severe weather. look out again for the potential for some very gusty winds and cloud-to-ground lightning and some torrential downpours if the storms get going later today as we've got -- all the ingredients necessary for pretty good storms out there later. the five day forecast, the good news is better from here. saturday and sunday look great. upper 80s and still going to be warm but lower humidity and early next week in the low 80s. >> it seems so nice and cool just a take the look at the temperature of of 89 degrees. now what's going on in the area roadways this morning, here's julie with the latest on traffic. >> i have to tell you guys it may be interesting the rest of

the morning drive for me because the ac in this building just shut down. >> faux! >> so the heir might be put -- hair might be back up in a ponytail today but i'll try to keep the clothes on. tony. i have permission she said do what you've got to do. >> i'm with her. >> there goes my shoes. northbound i-95 leaving the prince william parkway going to the occoquan heavy volume here because of the wreck we had before route 1. that's cleared and the lanes are open once again. southeast washington down to about 33 miles an hour. no accidents to report along this stretch. just volume as you can continue to work your way up to the inbound 11 street bridge. back out on the roads southbound 270 not too bad here in rockville. outer loop slows university boulevard headed to georgia. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right, thank you very much. stocks in europe are already

taking a hit after moody's downgraded 15 of the world's largest banks. here in the u.s. though dow futures are up despite that move. yesterday the agency lowered credit ratings of bank of america, citigroup and morgan stanley to name a few. the downgrade means it will now become more costly for banks to raise money by selling debt. moody's decision reflects the risk of losses banks face from volatile capital market activities. facebook losing popularity among teenagers apparently. research firm why pulse found 18% of teens prefer to use four square instead of facebook. 10% say pinterest is a better site for browsing. young adults say they like newer smaller social networking sites like instagram because they maintain their privacy. the survey showed more adults are now drawn to facebook. that's why because they're like oh the adults are here now. >> what are they doing here? >> what are they doing here, they're ruining our fun. >> i still prefer actual face- to-face contact and talking.

>> imagine that. hi how are you? people don't know what to say anymore. last week, we told you about an incredible -- an incredible man i'm sorry who swims with no arms or legs. well, coming up after the break, the incredible video of a man with no legs who climbed mount kilimanjaro. you don't want to miss that story. >> then take a look at this. it's not the scene you want to come home to. find out how this car ended up in a pool and who was behind the wheel. that's not fun. >> lindsay lohan by any chance? no. >> later, holly's getting a lesson in barbecue. man i've been to the event and it's great. if only smells can come through the it's screen, coming -- television screen. coming up how you can get your hands on dozens of delicious dishes, stay with us. 

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climbing. he described the mission as grueling and frigid but says he did it to inspire others. that is -- >> very inspirational. >> amaze. >> i know. kilimanjaro? >> seven days? >> that's -- pretty impressive. it is just like the man that we have here locally. no arms, no legs that was able to swim you know. >> right. >> across -- and for him he was likes this just -- what i've been -- you know how i live. >> you never know what you can do until you put your mind to it. on this friday morning an incredible gesture. find out what the wife of a cancer survivor donated to a hospital to help other patients. >> plus, staggering numbers about the number of hiv infections in the district. dr. lisa fitzpatrick sits on the mayor's commission for the disease. she's here to talk about the alarming spread and what's being done to stop it. >> first a live look outside. still hot on this friday morning. i hope you're flying somewhere cool on that plane. i don't know if they're landing, yeah it looks like they're landing doesn't it? >> uh-huh. >> if you're landing on the

plane you're going to be experiencing some heat here in the district today. some storms in the forecast may help cool things down. another check with tucker and julie on the other side of the break. ♪

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inspiring story. this one out of connecticut. where a woman has donated a diamond engagement ring and a wedding band to help cancer patients. st. vincent's medical center says they were secured with medical tape to a note left in the chapel. it read i would like to donate the ring to cancer patients. i had it apprised. it is worst $3,300, thanks and it was signed cancer survivor's wife. they checked footage but was unable to identify the donor. very nice. >> what a nice gesture. >> right when we have some uplifting stories. >> i do too. the temperatures on the up and up too. >> they have been for the last couple of days and they will be again today but not quite as high as yesterday when we had a record at reagan northerly. low 90s and -- national. low 90s and not comfortable conditions for the next day or so. but the weekend featuring more sunshine and less humidity and slightly lower temperatures. let's do yesterday first and the high temperatures a reagan national the asterisk you see

we hit a new record. 99 degrees yesterday at reagan national. the old record was 98 set back in 1988 which was a very hot summer if you remember. bwi marshall 100 degrees, that tied the record that went back to 1923. back in 1913 tied the record there and triple digits at bwi marshall. all right 83 degrees now in washington. just knocking the chance to really cool off overnight and we got steam and heat out there at the moment with some cloud cover as well. 83 in annapolis. off to the north and west, lots of 70s. 78 this morning out at dulles. 75 frederick and gaithersburg. you get the idea here. steamy very warm start to your day. it will be a hot afternoon but not quite as scorching as yesterday. radar showing a few showers firing up and maybe a shower out to annapolis and across the northern part of the bay and then a few showers here east of winchester. still not a terribly impressive amount of rain at the moment and you can see -- we're starting to get some showers

develop in along a trough ahead of the cold front and here's the cold front oftest north and west. expect cloud cover and a pretty good chance of widely scattered showers and storms and as i said a few minutes ago some of them could be on the strong side later today. you want to be ready for that. its arrival i think anytime after 2:00 today. and be ready for it. becoming mostly cloudy and showers storms back in the forecast. 93 your daytime high and still on the uncomfortable side with the humidity. winds out of the north and west at 5 to 10. early storms and then we'll start to clear out late tonight. the best part a little less humidity and slightly cooler temperatures overnight. 730 the overnight low. here's the weekend forecast and you got outdoor plans? the beaches look great tomorrow and sunday if you're going up to baltimore to catch the nationals and orioles, just about perfect up there. high temperatures in the upper 80s and low humidity both days and check out the early next week temperatures. highs on monday 85. only 80 on tuesday. with some sunshine. good news, okay that's a look

at the weather. let's do some traffic and there she is, i feel like i should be going to a hawaiian luau with julie this morning. julie? you don't like it? >> i love it. i'm complimenting you. just feel like we need a hula hoop or whatever. hula skirt. i'm out of here julie, take it away. i don't know what i'm saying. >> see tony. so busy thinking about the grass skirt. he can't think about what he's thinking about. all right on the roads right now you'll find outer loop of the beltway near new hampshire avenue definitely below speed at university boulevard. the lanes are open. 95, 295 quiet right now southbound out of laurel. all lanes are open no problems to report south on 270 heading for the lane divide 395 below speed here leaving duke street up to king and again slow moving traffic over the inbound 14th street bridge. leaving the springfield interchange not too bad. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie. thank you very much.

a new study may save some parents heartache and confusion. it shows that readings of marijuana in a baby's urine test may be false. researchers found everyday baby products like shampoo, baby wash and bath soap are triggering positive thc levels. the research suggests that residue on the skin is to blame. scientists say the study is crucial because it shows hospitals should doubled tests as well. -- do blood tests as well. fox news received one response that claims the type of testing is at fault. well, a tick may be to blame for meat allergies along the east coast. researchers at the university of virginia are studying the lone star tick. they believe the tick's saliva can brigger an allergic reaction to meat. there have been about 400 cases on the east coast. and most of the infected people have now become vegetarians to avoid the consequences. researchers say they're still

trying to prove that connection. sarah? all right, thank you. a new study says the hiv infection rate has nearly doubled over the past two years for poor african-american women in the district and health officials say many women who are infected probably don't even know it. joining us now is dr. lisa fitzpatrick and we also have with us today as well dr. gregory pappas with the d.c. department of health. you are also involved in this study. thank you both for coming in today. we really do appreciate it. let's first just talk about what -- what really accounts for the increase, doctor if you could start us off? >> i'm very happy to be here today. it's great to be able to talk about this. d.c. has a very serious heterosexual and msm epidemic, no question about it. however the study was a little bit misunderstood in the press. there were two studies that were done were compared and actually the methodology is

very different. the issue is not so important. it's not important to say that we have a big increase. we have a big problem in the district of columbia and also continue to have a problem among men who have sex with men. we have two or three people every day who are diagnosed with the disease. >> now, there are 90% -- i guess that are african- american. why is it that it's so much higher among african-american women than versus other races? kind me more background if you can here. >> well, one of the reasons is that once the disease gets started in a small group it spreads within that small group. so that it's -- it's a momentum that gets going. with that said. all groups in the district of columbia have epidemic rates of the disease. the world health organization says it's something greater than 1% in the population so whites, hispanics and blacks, men and women all have epidemic rates of hiv in the district of

columbia. >> dr. fitzpatrick, what is it you think that needs to be done to reverse the trend? of course working at howard university is something you look at here locally. what do you think can be done? is it more education about protective sex? what do you think needs to be done to reverse the trend? >> i think there are many things we can do to reverse the education but i'm very happy that dr. papas is here. we know that hiv is a problem in the african-american community in washington, d.c.. but the people who are invited to be in the study were all connected in some way because they're from the same networks. so i don't want people to get the impression that black women in washington, d.c. have a rate of 12% because that's not true. but i think education is key. i still have patients coming into my office, they're diagnosed with aids. even in 2012, as reality as a month ago -- recently as a

month ago i had a woman who came in and the questions she asked about hiv were so basic. she had questions about how hiv is transmitted and she wasn't aware there was treatment for aids. people aren't making -- they're making a distinction between hiv and aids. when both are equally treated with the same medication. aids is not a death sentence anymore. so i think education is really critical. >> well, and the study also apparently puts a link between poverty and the hiv infection. what poverty related factors are we looking at that really increase the hiv infection? >> well, for lot of the parents that i see -- a lot of the patients that i see they have social challenges that are commonly known in hiv. these include homelessness, mental illness whether it's depression, severe anxiety, bipolar disorder. we also see a significant -- >> substance abuse. >> significant number of patients with substance abuse. but for our clients most of them are struggling with

alcohol addiction, some crack cocaine use but it's mostly alcohol is what we're seeing now. >> give us an idea for anyone watching out there. this is an opportunity to educate as well. where can you go get free testing? tell people what the resources are that are out there. >> there are many places to get tested in washington, d.c.. there is a hotline that people can call. d.c. real talk in order to get an hiv test. you can come to our hospital howard university or united medical center. to be tested for hiv and at both places you can be linked to hiv treatment in minutes. >> if i could add -- >> sure. >> 93% of adults in the district of columbia have health insurance. 96% of kids ask for the tests. we need to destigmatize the disease and make et part of your general medical visit. when you go to the doctor ask for the test. >> even if you think that --

i'm okay. it's the people that don't realize. >> exactly. >> you know. it could happen to anyone. >> recommendations out of the department of health is everybody needs to be tested once a year. gay men need to be tested twice a year. that's our official recommendation for the district. >> i think it's important for people to ask for the test. but let's be realics. it's up -- realistic, it's up to health care providers like myself to make sure that people are tested for hiv and it's not happening despite the high rates of hiv. the patient i just talked to you had seen several physicians who never tested her for hiv. we have also a responsibility to identify hiv routinely in the patients. >> absolutely, responsibility on both sides for sure. the patient and the doctor. we thank you both for coming in. dr. patrick and dr. papas, thank you so much for coming in and shedding more light on this very important issue. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> all right, thank you very

much. it is 7:40 now on friday morning. still ahead a pair of great white sharks paying a visit to the popular beach town in the northeast. >> take a look at this. a real life hot wheels track. it's the real thing. find out where it is and when you can see it in action. that's when we come back. stay with us. 3q what's my secret for sunday lunch?

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welcome back. if your summer travel includes a stop in massachusetts, well, listen up. two great white sharks are paying a visit to cape cod beaches. the sharks were among seven tagged last year. these sightings led to some beach closures but right now all massachusetts beaches are open. one shark researcher offers this advice if you want to swim stay away from seals because they are shark food. thanks for that. also check this out. hot wheels comes to life. this double vertical loop track is in l. a.. on june 30th two professional race car drivers will speed through the loops in front of a huge crowd. the stunt will need to be very

calculated but the drivers don't seem to be too concerned. >> that's pretty cool. i mean -- you know. >> it will be cool to see. >> the little kids. >> i've always wondered you flow playing hot wheels and stuff. could a car really do that? >> you were wondering just jed. >> when i was playing hot wheels. >> you're about to find out. >> i assume -- how would you test? >> yeah i guess -- >> who's going to go first? see if your car goes around it. that's okay. >> all right. all right, forecast warm and humid. lots of warm and humid start. temperatures right now in the 80s. yeah sorry about that. and we'll have highs eventually in the low to mid-90s so it's not going to be a comfortable day but a little better than yesterday and by tomorrow it will be a lot better i promise. just hang in there. another day here with some steam and heat around. 83 right now in washington. 77 to our gaithersburg. 79 this morning in leonardtown. 81 salisbury. all right cooler weather and air just off to the north and west. just off but around the corner, detroit at 65 and so is

chicago. and that cooler air will start to filter in behind a front that will get in here later this afternoon and tonight. and by tomorrow, our daytime highs will only in the upper 80s but a lot less humidity out there. so the forecast gets better from here. all right we'll do futurecast together and lots of clouds in the forecast for friday. we'll see showers and storms develop later this afternoon. they're kind of widely scattered but any of the storms could be on the strong side. just be ready for that later today. then later tonight we'll start to clear out. so the forecast will get better as we get into the weekend. in fact i'm going to show you the five day. even though i'll run out of time still show you the five day. >> you go for it. >> 88 tomorrow and 89 on sunday. the beach looks great. >> you got it in. let's talk with julie wright and get the latest on traffic out there. hi julie. >> what's he trying to do put me on pause doing the five day? >> i think so steal your traffic time. >> i know right? eastbound 66 if you're traveling inbound this morning areaching 123 down to about 37 miles an hour. thankfully all of the lanes here are open with no problems

to report at this time. okay over to the cameras outer loop of the beltway below speed from new hampshire avenue headed to university boulevard. again the lanes are open and just divided by the jersey wall continuing around to silver spring. southbound 95, 295 quiet coming in out of laurel. no problems to report there. 395 remains heavy and slow leaving duke street continuing to seminary road. again no incidents to report, but it remains slow up to king street and again approaching the inbound 14th street bridge. the lanes are open approaching braddock road and gallows road. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie, thank you very much. this morning keeps getting better. it's friday. it's going to be a cooler day. >> yes. >> yes. and a perfect summer dish. holly's talking barbecue this morning. hey holly. >> reporter: oh summer dish. i thought you were talking about me. >> we meant you too. >> reporter: we are live this morning in ran am having get time at the safeway head quarters for their safeway

annual barbecue battle that will be going on down in d.c. but this morning we're getting an amazins' preview of everything that's going to happen and we're going to kick it off with the reigning grand champ. there he is, we're going talk to him about the secret behind his sauce and plus give you all the information you need to know to come out and be a part of the fun this weekend. it's next on the fox 5 morning news. stay with us. >> all right, thank you holly and as we head to break, hello to the facebook fan of the day. it is jenny. jenny tells us she's been a fox 5 fan for more than 20 years and her kids love watching with her every morning and i assume those are her two little cuties right there. what's that isaac? i think one of the name is isaac. i can't read the other one. they got three children. so cute. and by the way, one of them she says her 8-year-old wants to be a meteorologist just like tony and tucker. >> oh. >> inspiring kids around the area tony. >> technically i'm not a meteorologist. >> i know but that's all right. we're going to skate over that. your chance to be monday's fan

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yeah. >> are you ready for some barbecue? >> yes indeed. >> let's get the weekend going early. >> no, no, you have to at least do this. >> this weekend is the 20th anniversary of the safeway barbecue battle. >> i love this event. holly morris is live in ranham, maryland. what i like about this is on fridays when we go this they go all-out. they really do. >> reporter: i know. just for us. isn't it amazing? >> that's fantastic. >> reporter: also for the employees here at safeway. whatever. they're having a special little prevow lunch for them here but it a big deal. they do go all-out and what's even more amazing is this just

pales in comparison to the major festival down on pennsylvania avenue this weekend listed as one of the top summer summer festivals in the country and right here in our area. i'm getting my breakfast right now. trace here from justin, texas is cooking me up a one eyed jack. they are with the cross-country cookout and this is a smoker and grill here. come on boys from texas they know barbecue right? this weekend at the festival which this right here i know you saw a little preview there but here's mine. lock at this. eggs in the bun and on top. we got a little ham, cheese and a hamburger. hmm and let's see it's only six minutes before 8:00. i love my job. and i also love this guy right here. this is heath hall. and of course everyone knows him from our area. he is with pork barrel barbecue restaurants in alexandria but more importantly, the reigning grand champion of the barbecue

battle. now, where does that fall in comparison to all that you have done in your life? >> i tell you it's one of the highlights of our barbecue career. you know our very first conditions test was the safeway battle in 2009 and so three years later in 2011 to be able to win it here in our home turf at the very first contest is pretty exciting for us. >> reporter: and i want people to understand, this is not even the grand champion trophy. >> the trophy is about 7.5 feet tall. it's a nice -- >> reporter: it can't fit in the car right? >> 2312 mount vernon avenue in alexandria. virginia. so come see us. >> reporter: what have you got ow here and for the weekend? >> we started out as a sauce and rub company. this trophy gave thus commercial commercializing the products and we've got four sauces, we have got the south carolina style mustard sauce,

great on pork, chicken, seafood. our original sauce which "men's health" magazine named one of the best barbecue sauces in the country. our sweet version of that and then the brand new sauce for all you north carolina folks out there. our carolina vinegar. killer on a pulled pork sandwich. >> reporter: and i know a thing or two about that. i went to school in carolina. now listen, remind people how you got started and get to be so successful in a short period of time? >> we were senate staffers and the senate was debating pork barrel spending projects, man i wish we had some barbecue. and then -- >> reporter: not that they don't have good pizza. >> i ate there for four nights in a row. just didn't want a fifth night. we merged the two conversations, the earmarked pork barrel conversation with our dinner conversations came up with the idea and here we are a few years later. we're in about 45 states now selling our stuff. we're competing all over the

country in barbecue competitions. >> reporter: so what's the key to competing? i know a lot of people that do this and you know still trying to get the first local win? yeah. i think simplicity is the number one thing i can say. when we first started we were super complex cookers. trying to do a five star restaurant at a contest is not what you want to do. we were hauling all kind of stuff. now i can fit everything i need in the back of the truck and haul the trailer. simplicity. simplicity is my first thing. the second thing is don't cook what you want to eat. cook what the judges want to eat. which was another problem. i like a spicy profile on my meats. but in the judges' world, sweet always rules. at least flight that's -- >> reporter: you got to play to the audience. >> right. >> reporter: you have to cook big amount right? >> usually about 20 to 24 chickens and four to six slabs of ribs and somewhere in the neighborhood of two to three 14, 20-pound bris colts and this weekend because of the on

-- briskets and this weekend because of the on site judging components probably about 18 pork butts. >> reporter: in a short amount of time. >> thanks holly. >> even better to belly-up to the table with you. >> come to the restaurant. >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the safeway barbecue battle that's going on this saturday and sunday. 20th anniversary. hit it talk about playing to the audience. of course remember they have live music this weekend as well. 30 bands on three stages. we're going to have more morning fun coming up in our next hour, back to you all in the studio. >> love it. >> hungry. >> all right. coming up in our next hour a fox 5 viewer is going over the edge. he is rappeling 15 stories to help the special olympics. >> student chases his college dream with a remake of the jackson 5 classic. you don't want to miss how he got into school. we'll be right back.

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an endepth look at safety on metro. three years to the day of the deadly red lynn crash is your commute truly safer? the general manager will be with us this hour. he leads one of the region's top psychological districts. what's the -- school district. what's the first year been like for montgomery county's joshua star? we're going to speak be the superintendent this hour -- with the superintendent this hour about it. and it will be quite a sight today in northern virginia. everyday folks rappeling down a 15 story building. >> yeah, if pipes kind of give you the willies you might want that turn away -- to turn away for this one. but one of the own fox 5 family members is going to be up there doing it. a live look at what's going on. good morning and thank you for joining us on this friday morning. we've made it to the weekend. i'm will thomas in for allison. >> and i'm tony perkins. tucker barnes is here with i think some good news.

a bit of a cooling trend. >> a transition right? >> better news. yeah. i mean we're not quite there yet and still very warm and humid to start the day but hang in there. by tomorrow at this time we'll be talking about sunshine and lower humidity and a very very pleasant weekend so that's something to look forward to. let's get started with a look at the current numbers. and right now we're 83 degrees. 83 in washington. not a very pleasant start. humidity up 58% but our dew point temperatures still in the upper 60s and low 70s. lot of water and haze to start the day. all right looking at the radar we have had a few showers spring up particularly north and west of the city frederick and hagerstown getting a few showers and we'll see the trend towards more cloudiness today and eventually a chance for all of us to get in on the showers and perhaps some thunderstorms. best chance for that will be later this afternoon as the cold front that is currently out in the ohio valley really starts to press close to the area. so be ready for the potential for a few strong thunderstorms later today. high temperatures a little cooler than yesterday. we'll be in the low to mid-90s

by early afternoon ahead of the front. >> but the cooldown is welcome this weekend. that's for sure. >> thank you much. now to julie wright and find out what's happening on the area's roadways. >> who's having the pool party? >> i thought you were. >> i'm going to the barbecue bash. i'm going to go. >> it's good stuff. i judged it one yore, it's the best food i tell you. >> uh-huh. that sounds yumny. all right on the roads right now you'll find southbound along 270 thank you allison down to about 40 miles an hour out of gaithersburg headed southbound along 270. again the lanes are open with no problems reported right now. nicky is checking in and down to about 10 miles an hour headed southbound out of rockville. meanwhile you will find the lanes are open northbound 395 no problem spots to report here as you work your way north of duke street to seminary road. lanes are open in both the express lanes and the main line. slow moving traffic along the 14th street bridge at this hour. no problems reported at the wilson bridge and traffic smooth between oxon hill and alexandria. that's a check of your fox 5 on

> all right, julie. thank you very much. today marks three years since the deadliest crash in metro history. >> it was the day two red line trains collided killing nine people and many others hurt of course. fox 5's lauren demarco is live in northeast with details on how the city is honoring the victims today. >> reporter: good morning, a somber day as the d.c. region remembers the lives lost. there will be a ceremony later this morning where d.c. mayor vincent gray will unveil a plaque that has been placed here. we are on the new hampshire avenue overpass. the bridge that overlooks the crash site is where the plaque has been placed. it will honor the victims and also the first responders. now immediately following the crash loved ones created a makeshift shrine and just about everybody acknowledged that was not a proper memorial. last year a plaque was placed inside the fort totten metro station but you need to pay to get inside.

now for next year for the fourth anniversary, mayor gray is planning a memorial park and garden. that will hopefully be a permanent reminder as well. you'll recall two red line trains crashed on june 22nd, 2009 between fort totten and the takoma park station. the nine people that were killed did include one train operator and 80 people were also injured. following the crash the national transportation safety board found that equipment malfunctioned. since then the ntsb has said that metro has been more receptive to its recommendations. coming up at 8:30 this morning we're going to talk with the metro's general manager richard sarles to talk more about safety. that's coming up in our next half hour: also want to mention that today, is exactly three years since the crash and that's the legal statute of limitations. so any legal action that needs to be taken would have to be filed by today. several family members -- or family members of victims have filed lawsuits. there's a total of 20 and as

recently as tuesday, metro had cross filed and they are again some of the manufacturing equipment companies they're trying to see who will have to pay for the remaining claims. that's talliates here in northeast, back to you in the studio -- the latest here in northeast, back to you in the studio. checking headlines this morning the board of the university of virginia will meet next news to consider reinstating -- tuesday to consider reinstating ousted president sullivan. she was forced to resign two weeks ago. that created a huge uproar from the faculty and many students. yesterday sullivan got the support of former tim kaine. also, the deans of ten of uva's 11 schools wrote to the board urging sullivan to be reinstated. still, the head of the board, helen dragas doesn't appear to be packing down. in a lengthy statement issued thursday she again implied saying the days of incremental

decision making and higher education are over or should be. dragas added that we did the right thing just the wrong way. jury delicious will continue this morning in the child -- deliberations will continue this morning in the trial of jerry sandusky. shortly after jurors got the case yesterday, some shocking evidence was released. matthew sandusky one of jerry sandusky's adopted sons came forward saying he was also sexually abused by his father. but because the case had already wrapped jurors are not aware of these new allegations. time now 8:07 and new this morning a man recovers after being shot by a prince george's county police officer. this one happened in the fair mount heights section of the county on colt street around 1:00 a.m. police were first call there had for reports of gunfire and at some point the officer and the suspect got into an altercation and the shooting happened. police say the suspect who was shot will survive. a virginia police officer accused of murder is now out of

a job. culpeper police department fired daniel harmon wright today after an internal investigation into the shooting death of patricia cook. it happened during a traffic stop last february. harmon wright claimed he was shot in self-defense after cook tried to drive off with his arm caught in the window. he was indicted of mud last month and -- murder last month and now due back in court next month. a case of the flu apparently made dozens of high schoolers ill at a summer camp in virginia. students attending a congressional medal awards foundation camp at george mason university got sick wednesday night and into thursday. about 15 were so sick they had to be taken to the hospital. >> when we were leaving someone just fainted and it came on really quick. people just started puking from there on. >> we thought it was something we ate but everyone was feeling ill and we thought it was dehydration. >> public health officials

samples to confirm whether this was an outbreak of the norovirus. coming up a busy first year for the superintendent of montgomery county public schools. we're going to have sit down with joshua star with a look back and a look ahead. >> if the miami heat silence their critics last night. a recap of their big win which set an nba finals' record. we'll tell about that too. stay with us. it's 8:09. >> lebron looking happy. >> yep. @

take a look at your new nba champions. the miami heat waking up with their second championship in six years. although i'm convinced a lot of them never slept. they're still partying right? lebron james capped his title bid with a triple/double and chris bosh added 234 points and dwyane wade -- 23 points and dwyane wade scored 20 in the team's 121-106 victory over the oklahoma city thunder. they dominated the heat also set an nba finals' record for

hitting 14 three pointers. james who is named the playoff's mvp called it the happiest day of his life. look at him doing the dance there. >> uh-huh. all right, now another sports note don't forget the battle of the beltways. part two. takes place this weekend. the orioles host the nats this weekend and you can see tomorrow night's game right here on fox 5. game time is at 7:00 p.m. >> say that again? part two. >> part two! >> and part two they're going to have some good weather out there huh? >> yes, they are. in fact to it will us more about here is -- to tell us more about that is tucker barnes but first mr. barnes into the weekend with a smile on our face. >> our cute doctor right? >> coolness factor now will because we have to cooldown a little bit and time now for my first 5 photo of the day. this is -- m a.j. ani everybody. >> very cute. >> it's a cool and cute factor. >> beautiful smile, she is 22 months old and mom says -- you know what mom says?

>> what. >> she says she loves to take pictures. >> that's great. >> you can tell it shows. >> she's got kind of a combo going on there. can you tell what team the hat is? >> i can't quite read -- >> that's the yankees in the background. >> gloat a little yankees and new jersey devils. >> a red carpet pose going on there. [ laughter ] >> very cute. >> she is. >> adorable. all right, to send in your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab and we hope you have a fantastic day and thank you so much for sending in your picture, we love it. great smile. all right, let's do temperatures 83 degrees right now at reagan national. guess what? that was the overnight low temperature 83 degrees. so you can get the idea here just not cooling off a whole lot overnight. 80 baltimore. 79 this morning patuxent naval air station. not a great combination to start the day. things will gradually improve. we shouldn't be dealing with quite the heat we had around here yesterday with expects highs in the low to mid-90s. let's talk about the cold front. it will approach from the north

and west later this afternoon. and the storm prediction center has already put us under a slight risk for severe thunderstorm activity. so just be wary that later today some of the storms could be on the strong side with some damaging winds, some hail and the potential for pretty good downpours as they move through. behind the front cooler and drier air and by tomorrow when you get up should be a beautiful day lots of sunshine and lower humidity. high temperatures in the upper 80s. if you're going to the bay or down to the beaches, this weekend great looking forecast as well. temperatures in the mid 8 #s but there's a good-looking weekend forecast for you into the day tomorrow. all right, that's a quick look at weather and traffic now with julie wright has got your latest. julie you out there? >> i'm here. i'm here just a lot going on right now. tucker for those around the beltway at this time the outer loop remains slow leaving new hampshire heading into the work zone at university boulevard. southbound 295 and 95. behaving nicely no problems to report there. gw parkway northbound at

morningside. authorities checking for accident activity at this time. i know the anchors have been talking about this this morning. roadwork beginning tonight 9:00 until 5:00 a.m. monday one lane basically on the beltway between the springfield interchange and the wilson bridge is all that's available for you this weekend. again it's all part of the long- term construction project and again one lane available and also note that if you're traveling northbound on i-95 beginning at 10:00 at night they will shut that down so that you are denied access to the outer loop of the beltway. so folks coming northbound out of newington and springfield will be forced to head north on 395 or the inner loop. you will be denied access to the outer loop. a lot of construction over here east of i-95 for your weekend commute. you don't have to travel that way, think of alternate routes or just avoid the area if you can. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you julie. nearly a year now since dr. joshua star became the superintendent of montgomery county schools. it's the district with the highest graduation rate in the country and the doctor joins us

this morning to talk about his first year on the joe and what he hopes -- job and what he hopes to see going forward. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> nice to have you back as a matter of fact. and you know we talked to you at the beginning of all of this. and now with the one year anniversary approaching let's talk a little bit about what you learned during that year. because i know that you spent a lot of time going around and listening to people. that was one of the big things you wanted to do. >> yeah, i spent a lot of time listening and learning and engaging in folks with conversation about the future we want to see in montgomery county. people love their schools in montgomery county. signature element of the brand, it's key to the quality of life in montgomery county. and i just have been so imprezzed with the hard work of the employees, the enthusiasm of our kids and how much our parents love the school system. so it's a great place to be and i've had a wonderful year. >> there's a lot to be happy about in montgomery county schools. some high rated schools. nationally and locally. but i'm sure people also venture to hear about things that concern them. what were some of the things

that people expressed to you? >> i think one of the things we can really prize ourselves on in montgomery county is the academic success we've had. but developing social and emotional skills and perseverance and grit and thing like. that really thinking to think about all the great strengths we have and help the kids be successful in the next century. that's the work of the next few years and i'm excited to do that. >> what are some of the areas that you identified if you can give any specifics what you can help -- where you can help student in thoseways? >> increasing the interventions, we know some kids struggle. how do we make sure they get the help they need and partner with the community agencies and our business and higher ed. how do we make sure the teachers are constantly learning and improving their skills? how do we make sure the teachers really have everything they need as well as all of the staff to help the kids be

successful? >> the school board just approved i think $1.2 billion for the school system. it's the minute mum amount required by law. is it enough money? >> well, it's enough for now. you know. the approach we took is that in in order to move forward we have to really make sure that all of the expenses andry lined to the -- are aligned to the strategies. i have a sacred trust with the taxpayers and i want to be sure it's lined up to the organization we need to have in order to move forward. >> many of the employees and specifically the teachers have received a pay raise. some teachers if i understand correctly. two pay raises that come out to about 5% increases. >> we were able this year to figure out within the minimum maintenance of effort budget we were able to figure out a way to give all of the employees a raise that they very, very much deserved there. they are absolutely worth every penny. we have some of the greatest employees in the country. we have an incredibly collaborative unions that have led to the great success we've

had. we invest in the people and get a great return on the investment. >> obviously everybody believes in paying teachers and school potentials and the like well. was there any thought though in maybe giving smaller increases and using some of the money to restore some programs? >> as we go forward with our community and our budget processes is incredibly collaborative with the teachers and parents and our employees' associations. we look at what the priorities are and this year we really felt the compensation was important. and knower going to be looking at how do we properly resource this things that are going to help move us into the future. taking a hard look at that and i invite you know a lot of folks to weigh in on how we should do it. >> there are -- you know some montgomery county employees have received a bonus instead of raises. there's some good reasons to do that. is that something that you might do in the future or is that something that was looked at during the past year or so? >> we didn't consider bonuses this year. we felt we wanted to build it into the base and really felt the employees are worth it and

we recognize they've made sacrifices over the past three years by voluntarily giving up any compensation and really helping us you know weather the financial crisis. that's happened and so we need to continue to invest in our people. they are essential to our kids open success. if we don't have great people, we don't have a great school system. >> what do you want parents to know most about montgomery county schools going forward? >> we care about and love each and every child in the school system. we want each and every child to graduate and being great people and able to really fulfill their dreams in the 21st century. >> thanks for coming in. >> thanks so much for having me. >> we appreciate it. will back to you. still ahead a bus driver taunted by a group of bullies, the video went viral this week and this morning, is worldwide campaign in show of support for that victim. >> plus, still looking for something to do this weekend? this is a live look outside. why not head out to the national capital barbecue

battle? it's an annual event. it is fun and features live music, a lot of activities. holly morris live with us this morning with everything we need to know. time now 8:21. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. got my bearings. ♪ a little bird told me about a band. ♪ an old man shared some fish stories. ♪ ooh, my turn. ♪

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this viral video of a bus monitor being bullied in upstate new york is sparking outrage worldwide. as you may recall, we first showed you the incident yesterday. of four seventh grade boys verbally abusing 68-year-old karen klein. this morning people are reaching out to help this grandmother of eight. a website set up for her has already pulled in more than $440,000 in donations to give her a nice vacation. how about one every six months for the rest of her life? >> i was going to say that would be several nice vacations. police say she does not want to press charges partially because of all the criticism that has been directed to the boys. the middle schoolers have yet to apologize to her but police say they do regret their actions. the school district says the boys will be punished. a breast cancer survivor can now take a dip in seattle's pools topless. >> yeah, this is the final ruling after a months long battle with the city parks and

rec department. 47-year-old jody jakes says swim tops were too painful against her scars. >> if i called myself a man, and walked into that pool, they would have no problem with my body. but if i am a woman who's had breast cancer with the exact same body and i go in there, then it was offensive or inappropriate. >> parks and rec officials will review current or future requests to swim topless on a case by case basis. time now 18:26. a -- is 8:26. a heartwarming story that's going to inspire you to give your children dessert for dinner tonight. >> plus, three years after metro's deadly red line crash. those killed will be honored with a special tribute and today the transit agency is still working to improve safety. so where do things stand right now after the break, metro's general manager richard sarles joins us live with a progress report. stay with us, we'll be right back. 

taking a look at some of the headlining -- the stories making headlines this morning. parents across the country are serving banana splits for dinner in honor of the 21-month- old boy from pittsburgh who is unfortunately dying. roy january roberts was born with -- ryan roberts was born with down syndrome and a heart defect. everyone wanted to know how they can help ease the pain. well, ryan's mother told them to make a memory with their child like maybe by eating a banana split for dinner. that's when her friend made a facebook page called ryan's banana split party and ever since then pictures have been pouring in of parents giving their kids ice cream for dinner. >> it's a nice idea you know and really maybe the bigger message is trying to create quality with your children. >> spend time with your kids. we wish that family the best. all right tucker all ready

for the cooldown. >> ice cream for dinner certainly in the forecast tonight. we're going to be hot and stickdy out there. >> maybe for lunch. 85 right now at reagan national. >> the overnight low 83 degrees that's going to set a new record for the overnight low minimum temperature. as you can follow that. but these are definitely steamy temperatures and we're going to be hot again today although not hot like yesterday. 83 right now at annapolis and looking for any relief out there cumberland doing better. they had a thunderstormier today and they'ren -- earlier today and they're 72 degrees to the north and west here. 81 fredericksburg. just very, very warm. quantico 85 degrees. all right changes in the fork not going to be quite as warm today. we have more in the way of cloud cover. a few showers break out this morning particularly just north and west of the city. just north and west of washington and then the cold front further off to the north and west and when this front gets in here later today. we'll see an increase in clouds and a mostly cloudy afternoon and a better and better chance

of some widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. all of us are not going to see the storms but those that do some of them could be on the strong side later today. just be ready for the potential with some cloud-to-ground lightning and of course some torrential downpours and maybe some hail with the storms. here's the futurecast put it in motion for you and a few sprinkles this morning and you can see we're mostly cloudy this afternoon with some widely scattered showers developing by rush hour. here we are at 11:00. the good news clear out late tonight and by early tomorrow morning mostly sunny conditions here in washington. noticeably less humid and by tomorrow afternoon in the low 80s. it's going to be a really good looking weekend. going down to the beaches clouds tomorrow morning but i think you too will see mostly sunny skies by afternoon and a nice weekend for all of us here tomorrow. all right, there's your five day forecast. and93 this afternoon in the upper 80s by saturday and sunday. could be another round of thunderstorms monday and then cooler tuesday, wednesday our daytime highs only in the upper 70s to about 80.

something to look forward to. that's weather and back to you at the desk. we've been telling you all morning long about the plaque that will be unveiled today to honor the victims in metro's deadliest crash, nine people were killed and another 80 hurt when two red line trains collided. for the past three years metro has worked to make improvements to keep you safe. joining thus morning the metro general manager richard sarles. >> good being here. thank you very much. >> let's get right into the accident just a lit. an electronic circuit malfunction led to the crash. since then you're been running the training on manual. will they go back to automatic? a lot of folks saying the stopping is her i can jerky right now. >> we've done a lot of work already to improve the system and we've installed and tested a monitoring system which is necessary before we go back. we have other work we're doing recommended by ntsb and once that's done and we've done the analysis then we can return to automatic train operation. >> metro has really focused on

improvementing safety in the past three years, talk about what you've done. lay out the plan and how you've done it. >> part of it has been investment. investments of significant sums of money to comply with the ntsb recommendations. the fda recommendations. part of it is the system i mentioned and part of it is ordering new cars to replace the oldest cars in the fleet, the ones that were in the accident. those are some of this things we're doing in terms of spending money. the other part is management and really making a good safety culture at washington metro. we've worked that the and doubled the size of the safety department and everyone has to be focused on safety. >> the ntsb chairman debra hurtsman is saying metro is more receptive to the changes. on one hand, kudos to metro. on the other hand it raises a question was there a time initially you weren't receptive? >> there was a time where recommendations from ntsb weren't being addressed as quickly as the ntsb wanted it to be addressed but this board made the decision that we were going to comply with all the

ntsb recommendations, put our full effort behind and it we've been doing that. already submitted to the ntsb 17 for closure out of the 27 and making progress on the others. >> the metro was locking horns with the ntsb what was that over? >> i think -- really it was getting the priorities straight. and we've got our priorities straight. safety is our most important priority. the board has directed that. i report directly to the board on safety issues so they understand what's going on and can make the right decisions along with me. >> when you have a multimillion dollar budget priorities often miens where you put the dollars first and funding a big issue. congress is now dealing with this correct and. >> yes, they are and we are hopeful and we have strong support from the congressional delegation for full funding that has been promised to us by congress and we hope that comes about because if it doesn't we would slip back on the progress we've made. >> any hurdles in congress right now. >> they're going through the appropriations process. we're encouraged by what the

delegation has been able to achieve and we hope it sustains itself through the normal process. >> we've been talking about the memorial plaque that will be unveiled today near the crash site. mayor gray is behind a memorial park. will metro play a role in this perhaps pony up some money? >> well, the administration has done a very good job planning the morning and -- of planning the work and really moving forward with it. our money really comes from the district and other jurisdictions and our money is their money. >> july 1st fare increases roughly about 5% across the board. on one hand a tough pill for passengers to swallow. on the other hand when you hear about what it costs to make safety improvements. what it costs to purchase new trains. do you think the message is betting out there to passengers and they may be more sympathetic? >> i think they understand we have a lot to do in terms of maintenance but also introducing new services. we have new bus services going into effect already this month as well as in the coming months as well as improvements in rail service. >> all right, richard sarles you've got the ntsb behind you

at least this morning. good to see you sir. thank you for joining us. thank you both. still ahead on this friday morning, a piece of history is uncovered in maryland. it dates back to the 1600s. >> and a local neighborhood all abuzz but not in a good day. coming up next the constant sound that is keeping people awake at night. every night for the past two years. we'll explain. stay with us, it's 8:37.

we are in maryland for this one. check it out. an ancient find in st. mary's city. archaeologists discovered what's believed to be the foundation of the first state house. it was built centuries ago for the founder and first governor of maryland. the calvert house was an courth the -- before it became the state house. experts below the house was likely torn down in the 18th century. >> i assume that's not the entire foundation. part of it. maybe a closet or something. >> we know no dinosaur bones. >> all right. all right to virginia for this one. a vienna neighborhood is all abuzz about an office building for the fbi which is doing apparently just that. buzzing. >> yeah, it turns out the strange sound has been going on for years now. about two years now. neighbors say they're fed up.

the noise is coming from 23 rooftop air conditioners that cool the fbi's computers. people in the neighborhood have heard the buzzing every single day for the last two years. they say it is starting to take a toll on daily activities. >> something that -- that disturbs your sleep and so it's really disrupted life around here. >> honestly i am amazed that the citizens, the residents around here have been so patient. and i'm amazed that we've been so patient. >> well, the town manager complained about the sound and all he got back was a letter claiming the noise didn't violate vienna laws. >> fascinating you know tom fitzgerald's story is on myfoxdc.com. i listened to it. it really does sound like a loud air-conditioning unit or something. so it's kind of a big mystery out there. >> hopefully they can resolve that. >> let's hope so. still ahead a unique and thrilling fundraiser that's taking place in arlington today. it will not only raise your heart rate but also raise money and awareness for the thousands of special olympic athletes.

we've got details on the edgy event coming up next. >> yeah a little bit "mission: impossible" pa realing down the build -- rappeling down a building. and holly morris standing by. good morning. >> reporter: we are smoking out here. it's hot. but it smells good. in fact i'm spending a little quality time right now with brian the grill masters because he's in charge of the johnsonville grill. the largest traveling grill in the world. earlier i said like 1200 brats an hour? only about 1300 short. 2500 brats an hour and yes they will be cooking them up this weekend as parking lot of the national capital -- part of the national capital barbecue battle. we're telling you all about it next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. the more products we touch around the sink,

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welcome back. time now 8:45. more than 60 people in our area are coming face-to-face with the real challenge today. over the edge is an extreme found raiser for the special olympics and this one involves some of the bravest people to rappel from the top of the hilton hotel in crystal city. rick jeffreys is the president

of special olympics in virginia and he is standing by. good to see you sir, thank you for joining us. >> thank you will for having us. the over the edge in northern virginia for the first time. >> this is the second day of the two day event. just briefly talk about what is this. lay it out for you. >> we're having folks that are fundraisers actually have to raise $1,000 each for the right to rappel from the top of the hilton here in crystal city. it's the small challenge compared to the special olympics' athletes every day. we have the market cornered on this today. we have 15 media folks rappel yesterday. it was about 99 degrees and i think we're cooling down a mere 92 yesterday when the folk -- today when the folks go. >> let me ask you this. the notes from the planning department say there's visual support that's what we call it in the business during these segments. brendan o'connor will be rappeling in the background. he is one of the fox 5 clogs as you know -- colleagues as you

know rick. we can only imagines this year and dear to our heart. maybe we can pan off as i ask you about the participants and how far does $1,000 really go when it supports the athletes? well, if you're looking at sending an athlete to one of chapter events it would send seven to one of the great chapter events which is one of the opportunities for them to travel across the state and meet new folks and develop relationships in all parts of the state. it would also support 100 athletes for the entire year in a local program. so $1,000 goes a long way to helping support special olympics athletes but not only that giving them the opportunity to interact with the community no prove their value. >> hey rick we're wondering where brendan is. is he coming down the building? >> well, brendan i think is here on the roof behind me. getting ready to go over right now. we were talk to be him earlier trying to calm the nerves but i think he's going to do well. this is practice pray bell

right now. each gets a practice time before they actually go down the 15 story rappel. which he'll do probably about 15 or 20 minutes after he completes this practice run. >> we are all very nervous for brendan as he begins his descent down the hilton hotel. let me talk more about the business at hand here. the special olympics you would agree rick, really more than just a sports program. >> well, it's all about sports will but then again not really about sports at all. it's about relationships between people. you know the -- the life of a special olympic athletes the challenges is not easy they face every day. the challenges the real hoes in our program -- heros in our program, the parents face is not easy. this is an opportunity for folks to get involved and a little bit different way. and be able to give back to special olympics. we also have another wonderful special event coming up at dulles airport which will come up in september. called the plane pull where corporate teams get to pull a

747 plane on the tarmac. we did a polar plunge that did $1 million last year. if you want to jump in the ocean a winner or pull a plane on the tarmac at dulles we are your people. special olympics virginia. >> i think we should give brendan a little round of applause. he made it down safely. and you know rick, the extreme idea is designed to give participants like brendan a taste of the fears, the obstacles, the challenges that special olympics' athletes face themselves right? >> absolutely. you know the challenge is not just one of discrimination or rejection or working against low expectations. there are transportation issues, housing issues, educational issues. employment issues. these are the challenges that our guys face every day and the parents -- their, pierce is not like those of us. their experience is 24/7 for a lifetime. brendan finished about a one minute challenge and going to have about a four, five minute when he does the five stories,

but that's small compared to the challenges they face every day. this is an opportunity for them to take a little challenge and give back and support our guys and the channel of a lifetime. >> i think we all agree brendan getting the feet wet with the small one. all right rick jeffrey with the special olympics in virginia. good work and we'll check in with you again. >> thanks to the friends from fox for having us. >> you bet. >> good for brendan. >> and everybody taking karen -- >> that's just the practice. >> you go. speaking of raising money for a good cause, holly is learning about the event this weekend that raises money for the boys and girls club. >> the 20th annual national capital barbecue battle will once again spread out on pennsylvania avenue. but they get ready for it in lanham, maryland. this one is a great one for you. easy one you get to taste some great food. >> reporter: somebody's got to do it will. someone's got to take a tough assignment and right now i am

doing research on coffee. one of my favorite things. because seattle's best has a brand new truck that they are debuting here at the national capital barbecue battle put on by safeway and they're going to be having free samples and that's just one example of the wonderful things you can get yourself involved in this weekend. greg is also learning with me about iced coffee and thank you for putting the coffee over ice this morning. >> yes. >> reporter: here, so greg -- you got your little coffee. let's cheers and let's say cheers to your 20th anniversary. >> how about that. >> reporter: does it seem like 20 years? >> no, like yesterday but it's gotten bigger and better than ever. >> reporter: i know i was talking to one guy. he goes it gets bigger and better every year. we never turn anyone away, we just close down more streets downtown. >> the safeway sampling pavilion is fantastic. we have 50 different types of fodderer sampling here

including open nature australian lamb chops, we have rancher's reserve steak samples and a whole tray to carry all the food with you as you go around and get 50 samples. >> reporter: we talk about indulging ourselves we're at least doing it for a good cause, not just good but a great cause. let's talk a little bit about this really benefits the boys and girls club. >> reporter: over the 20 years this event has been able to raise $1.2 million for the boys and girls clubs of greater washington. this here per due has partnered with us and for every per due purchased at a safeway store this morning they're donating a portion to help send a kid to camp through the clubs. >> reporter: as it gets bigger and better everyone year and there's a mass -- every year and there's a mass of humanity. what's the best game plan? >> i think a lot of people like to go to the safeway sampling pavilion because there's a little line and also two stages so you can see bands playing too. at both end of the event.

really like a concert. we're celebrating the culture of barbecue. >> reporter: it is a culture. >> when you come to everything from barbecue to watermelon to the music. to fun, there's kids' rides which are free. and there's interactive exhibits. the whole event is nothing but a party. >> reporter: and it's not often that you can lasso a calf down on pennsylvania avenue. but you can this weekend. let's make our way over here greg. over to trevor because he's with rancher's reserve. >> i'm good yourself. >> reporter: tell me about you. >> rancher's reserve is love to safeway stores. it's 100% tender guaranteed. >> reporter: and so what's the best way to cook the rancher's reserve? >> this time of year with weather like this i don't like turning on the oven inside. i'd recommend thousanding it on the grill -- throwing it on the grill. >> reporter: i just got my best brat grilling tip which is low and slow. grill the brats for about 25 minutes over low heat. only use the tongs to turn them every once in a while. not to pierce them because you want to keep the juices inside.

are you impressed? >> yeah. >> reporter: i learned that from the grill master on the johnsonville grill. what's the best tip for steaks? >> a little bit hotter for the steaks. i like three and three, if you can hold your hand for about three seconds about three inches from the grill grit. you're good to go. any more or less you're not in the temperature zone. >> reporter: have you ever lassoed a calf? >> it's been a while. >> reporter: we're going to try it. i think greg one of the best plans of attack with negotiating the barbecue battle is one stop eating now. so that you have plenty of room right? then pace yourself. >> that's right. and it's going to be nice this weekend too. so you know the heat really shouldn't be a huge factor. it's going to be hotter today. >> reporter: trevor! look at -- you know what? give this guy a cowboy hat. i see a lot of cowboy hats around and you need one right there and you need to come out this weekend. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the national capital barbecue battle put on

by safeway celebrating its 20th anniversary. coming up in the next hour we'll have more. we have a lot more on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. hand me this lasso, here we go. how do i start?

they've started something. all right. thank you will. have a great weekend. well, straight ahead on fox 5 morning news, at 9:00, marking three years since metro's deadliest day. we're live at the scene of the crash with how the transit agency plans to pay tribute to the nine people who died. >> plus, more signs the economic meltdown isn't over yet. a credit rating agency downgrades 15 big banks. including many here in the u.s.. so what does that mean if you