this happened on the baltimore washington parkway in prince george's county just hours ago. latest on this investigation and the traffic backup it at this hour. plus, as the cleanup continues, thousands of waking up without power for a 5th straight day. an update on restoration efforts in a live report and friday's storms may have pulled the plug on several july 4th celebrations but not here in the nation's capital. and it is wednesday, the 4th of july. independence day. and you are looking at a live shot at the washington monument on the national mall where a lot of people will be gathered today. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. a quick announcement. there will be a pa trade down

constitution avenue starting at 11:45 and then the big fireworks on the mall. a capitol 4th. that concert starts at 8:00 p.m. officials are urging you to take metro. if you're going to driervetion there are a lot of road closures and restrictions. there is a full list on myfoxdc.com. another way you can spend this independence day is at the ballpark. great day for that tucker barnes and dave ross join us live from nats park on this, the nation's 236th birth day good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning, tony. >> you should be here, tony. you would love it out here on independence day, tucker. the grounds crew is getting ready for the 11:05 pitch. >> and 11:05 start, what's up with that? >> and they let us in, what's

up with that? >> always a shock when they let us in. they open the gates at 8:30? >> first pitch will be fine. we have to be concerned about the afternoon. let's talk about the weather quickly. the heat advisory, first up, because we have a heat advisory back in the forecast for later today. going to feel like 100 to 105 out here at nats park. if you are headed out in the mall, we expect temperatures in the 1200s again. we are in the 70s across the region, upper 20s, 60s, lower 70s. as we mentioned, our high temperature today, even hotter than yesterday. satellite radar has some showers overnight. pushing into northern maryland. i think we'll get rid of those as we continue to dissipate there over the near term and that will serve as the focal

point for showers. the timing on, this probably mid to late average. hopefully, we will be out of here by tonight we are hoping the storms will be done, with temperatures in the eighties. we need a quick game. let's get 9 innings, no ex- trainings. >> edwin jackson pitches well. >> woe want a 2-1 games rather than a 9-2 game. >> and how about the nationals? 14 games above .500. >> and how about this, we have a treat, tyler clippard voted pitcher of the month for the national league. >> and ale all-star. >> not yet. >> looks like double trouble in that scream. >> we'll give you what happening there. expect closures already in

place along constitution avenue, independence avenue, virginia avenue, a number of streets across the mall. better take metro. make sure you have plenty of water and, of course, sun screen. on the other side of the town, accident activity, crash occurred in the 4:00 hour closing a stretch of the baltimore washington parkway. south wound, we've also have closure there isat powder mill road. traveling between d.c. and baltimore, the better bet is to stake with i-95 as the alternate route. >> thank you very much, july. >> we have more now on that deadly accident that we told you about on the b w parkway. the person who died was hit as they goat out of their car. the victim had pulled over to switch drove with another person in their car. that other person was taken to the hospital.

their injuries are not life threatening around 1:30 this morning, in an apartment building in the 1600 blocks of 17 street southeast, a person died. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a dangerous situation for some metro riders. transit agencies says that several passengers climbed out of a rail car on their own in an attempt to walk to a station after a train broke down outside college park. metro says that passengers should never take it upon themselves to do that the riders who stayed put were taken out later on but they described a terrible scene. >> police told us that the tracks were hot. when we got out, we had to walk the tracks and, at that time, they told us they were, indeed, still on.

>> about a mile in between the tracks. thank god, we were not electrocuted. this is crazy. we never should have to do that. that's crazy. you have little kids, all kinds of kids. >> frustration continued once the passengers reached the station because there was no shuttle bus waiting for them. some told fox 5 they were stranded for nearly two hours. this morning, frustrations continue for those still without power. five days now since friday's violent storms here is a look at the latest outage number. pepco is reported about 55,000 customers without power. nearly 40,000 dough minnian virginia customers are without power and b ge reported nearly 35,000. pepco customers in the dark. we'll get an update on the restoration efforts. extra crews have been added

to help people get back on line. melanie is live. mel? >> reporter: good morning. we have been watching those numbers from pepco and bge as well on the maryland public service website. we see them coming down slowly, inch by inch, maybe a thousand here and a thousand there. that's the good news. but as you can see with the situation behind me, there is so much cleanup to be done. folks here don't need to wait until tonight to know that their power is not going to come back on before the weekend is back. utility poles are still down, homes and cars are damaged. dark traffic signals adding to the frustration. the tree canopy in those older neighborhoods now becoming something of a liability. some homeowners who spent a fourth day in the dark made signs as a way to vent their

frustration. governor o'malley says that the company is getting extra help. >> we have now seen an addition, really a doubling of out-of-state crews that have now arrived in maryland and on the scene in the field, restoring feeders and restoring lines. we have gone from 1000 out-of- state crews yesterday to now approximately 2000. total work force out there on the streets has gone from 6000 yesterday to 8000. >> and governor o'malley speaking about total work foes statewide. pepco added about a thousand people to the restoration he was in the last day. we want to show you why certain places are going to take so long to get back up. what you are looking at is a tight shot of a transformer that is on top of a utility pole that had fallen down. inside that transformer, we believe, according to a pepco representative, we talked to neighbors here, there could be some toxic chemicals, toxic

pcb. the top popped off. there is a little bit of a sheen on the road. not only are they dealing with power lines and trees, in some cases, they are having to deal with toxic chemicals to clean up, too. >> melanie, thank you very much. the storms that rolled through last night in our area forced the u.s. capitol to evacuate the west lawn for a short time. rehearsals were being held for tonight's concert. rehearsal started back after 10:30. if you can make it down to the mall for fireworks show, there are other places to celebrate. >> there will be plenty of works to see in northern virginia. they will be going off tonight in vienna, fairfax, arlington, leesburg, manassas and fredericksburg. can you head out to the

nationals park. we have not heard of any cancellation from virginia. and in maryland. several 4th of july celebrations have been canceled due to ongoing problems from friday's big storms these are the events that are canceled now. kensington, germantown, rockville, gaithersburg, they have all scratched their fireworks displays for tonight. president obama is celebrating the nation's 236th 4th of july at the white house today. he returns from camp david this morning and later will speak at a citizenship ceremony for active duty military members in the east room. the president begins a two-day campaign bus tour in ohio and pennsylvania. his republican challenger in november, mitt romney, is taking a break from his vacation to attend a july 4th parade. romney and his family you due to march through the center of a small town in new hampshire this morning. he and his whole family who now

total 30 in all have been at the annual romney family vacation this week. >> all the kids and grandkids. >> that's -- yeah, that's who is include > that must be quite a sight. the picture is quite a sight. >> that's fantastic. >> the time now i 7:11. another attack on u.s. troops in afghanistan and if you are going to the national mall for the celebration, we'll tell you what you can and can't bring along >> did you know thanked epps day was first celebrated in philadelphia on july 8th, 1776? that's when the declaration of independence was first read to the public. >> that's right. it was not until 1941 that congress declared the 4th of july a federal legal

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welcome back, 7:15, making headlines this morning, another attack on americans reported in afghanistan. a man wearing an afghan army uniform opened fire on nato troops in wardak pro since in the eastern part of the cup from time to time five are them were wounded and they are reportedly u.s. service personnel. the five injured are now being treated at a medical facility. a little closer to home, a fireworks explosion in new hampshire set two children to the hospital. police arrived the family home on fire last night.

they noticed several fireworks in and around the residence. a total of nine people were hurt. a neighbor heard a lot of fireworks going off and soon saw several firetrucks racing by his whole. you hear that whistle and you think of the name andy griffith who entered ma'am of our homes as sheriff taylor. he died yesterday at age 86. just hours after he passed away at his home in north carolina, he was buried. >> he was americana. >> he was a great story teller. he used to be on the talk shows and would tell these long, funny stories that had some heart to them he was great. he was really great. >> i love matlock. i know that's not popular with

the young folks, but i loved that show. >> something happened here. he had two very successful runs on television, two different shows. >> i think carroll o'connor may be the other one. >> that's right, he is. >> he is a great loss, indeed. >> tucker and dave ross are having fun. here is one half of the duo. are you dying out there weather wise or are you okay? >> honestly, it's not that bad. we have temperatures in the mid- 70s. after enduring 90 to 100 here, does not feel too bad. we are doing preparations here. we had a late game that the nationals won 9-3. you can see them get the field ready. we're going to go for an early game at 11:05 this morning. they're going to open the gates at 8:30. if you don't have plans, come on down here. going to be hot here. high temperatures expected to be near 100. we have a heat advisory which goes in effect at about 12

noon. regional temperatures in washington. we are at 76 degrees, 77 in baltimore. 68 in haggerstown. ocean city, waking up, warm and humid. satellite radar, storms moving into pennsylvania and northern maryland into the overnight hours. some of those showers are holding together into northern month.com are you county. the trend will be for this shower activity full out here. we will have a risk of thunderstorms back in the forecast, mid- to late afternoon, so be ready for it. here is the five-day forecast. high temperatures later today near 100 degrees. you can see the heat wave continue right into the weekend. no relief until next week. more details on the forecast. we have a special guest coming up in a few minutes. let's go to traffic with julie. >> good to see you, tucker, great to see you at nats park. capital beltway, the lanes are open but the pace is starting to slow just a by. no accidents to report. southbound along 270 as you

work your way through germantown, keep in mind because it is a get raul holiday, the hoff rules have been lifted. we do have a fatal accident that remains under investigation, closing the stretch of the baltimore washington parkway. you will find traffic coming down north bound. southbound, you will find that the lanes are open. virginia, police are investigating a crash involving a tractor trailer, stay to the right in purseeyville, stay to the right. julie, thank you very much thousands of people will celebrate the 4th of july by pouring on to the national mall. national parks spokesman bill line joins us now with a preview of how to expect and how to ensure you have a great day and great night. bill, thanks for joining us. good morning and good to see you. >> good morning. >> any idea how many people you

are expecting? it's hard because of the heat. some people may stay away. >> it's hard to predict and we are not in that business anymore but we expect large crowds as the morning progresses, you know, there is a security sweep underway right now. the national mall opens at 10:00 and will remain open through the rest of the day. anyone coming on to the national mall or on to the west lawn will have to pass through the security check point. the vice is the less you bring, the better off you are. less is more, so to speak but some items you should bring along with you, water, gatorade to keep yourself hydrated. bring some trail mix or granola, something that has a little bit of salt in it that's going to help keep your electrolytes in balance. certainly your enemies are going to be caffeinated drinks and alcohol. those are really not a wise idea. alcohol is prohibited on the national mall to begin with.

both of those contribute to dehydration which is what we don't want. certainly, come on to the mall, stake out your territory, bring sun screen, lather up with sun screen. you know better the weather forecast than i do but be prepared for some showers if that were to happen. if in the worst case scenario which we certainly do not hope happens, if there were thunderstorms in that four-p.m. to 7:00 p.m. range, let's say, we have experienced with three times prior within the last ten years of evacuating the national mall if that becomes necessary. there is what is called a shelter in place program in which various buildings along the national mall, constitution avenue and independence avenue where visitors are allowed to shelter in place in those buildings. once an okay sign is given, visitors are allowed to come back on to the mall. hopefully we won't have to use that in this year. the other thing that we say to

people, when you are coming down to the mall, pack yourself with a lot of patience. going to be a lot of people here, a lot of children, expect that. patience is also going to be the word of the day. >> bill, excellent information. we have to graphics that we're going to put up because you were mentioning what people can bring and you were saying, you know, don't bring calf nate drinks, no alcohol. i want to show what people should not bring to the mall. not allowed on the mall. weapons, can, goes without saying. fireworks. don't bring your fireworks. alcohol is prohibited and grills. and fireworks safety. can you talk about that for thosclose to the area where the fireworks are going to be going off? >> absolutely. hopefully, we have an area that is cordoned off, in a secure area. knowing the wind patterns that we have on the 4th of july, that area is all closed off to the public. the public will not be allowed in that area in the first

place. the fireworks are generally going straight up but if there were to be a wind that would carry some of the embers in a certain direction, vein raully from the southwest toward the northeast, those areas are blocked off in the first place. we don't allow people in there. so as to purposefully avoid anyone getting hit. that's why we closed the world war ii memorial at 4:00 in the afternoon so that none of those embers burn or scorch the stones at the world war ii memorial. a tarp is put on the memorial: everybody remain safe. bill, as always, thank you. good to see you. >> good to see you, too thank you. it it wednesday morning. ahead, is it a go? next, an update on the second phase of the silver line. and did you know that the first president of the united

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carmax. start here. there's a live look outside. that's a pretty nice-looking shot. not too bad. that's from our towercam. going to be a breath day to be celebrating the 4th of july and a great day for baseball. >> sure is. that's exactly what tucker is

doing. he is enjoying the day and enjoying a preview of the baseball. he is joining again live from nats park where they are getting ready for a big game? >> yeah. the game starts at 11:00. they have had a big game last night, one 9-3 and we are expecting more good thing. let's dot forecast because we have some changes from yesterday. we have a heat advisory. baltimore under na heat advisory. if you are headed down to nats park, lots of water. get in the shade when you can because the heat will be extreme around here for the next couple of days, really, not only this afternoon. current temperatures, last week, we were at 76 degrees. 79 in annapolis. 899 in salisbury. a little better in the mountains. let me show you the satellite. we have a shower or two just to

the north into parts of montgomery county. there you can see it. that is falling apart but that will serve as the focal point for later on in the day. be ready for the possibility of showers and thunderstorms. jen raully, they will be out of here by 8:00 or 9:00 tonight, in for the fireworks. here is the forecast. heat wave continues for the next several days. sorry about that look at those temperatures. 98 tomorrow. things should cool off a little bitterliy next week. joining us now, two very special guests in addition to my he is seemed colleague here, dave ross. members of the softball amputee team. and matt is the shortstop extraordinaire. in case you don't remember, i had a chance to get beat up last night by these guys when i played in the game. you guys have been tearing up

ever since. >> we have been going all over the place playing ball. we have been on a hot streak. >> matt, what is it like for you to know that you are after going to going to to kansas city and be on the all-star team. >> i don't think that has sunk in yet. we are very proud to be part of the washington nationals. hope that bryce harper will be outr out, there too. >> coach, you have been coaching softball for over 30 years. when you get athletes like matt out there, what do you see in these guys? >> they have athletic background before they god injured in the service. they were just itching for something like this to get back on board with being an athlete on a competitive team. this thing has just taken off in a year and a half. we have been to 30 cities. it's amazing. we are booked for 2012, almost 2013. we are taking bookings for 2014

already. >> matt, let me ask you a question because you guys, as tick alluded tucker alluded to, you know. >> you know, we are looking forward to go against athletes. >> what are you saying >> well, you know, the scoreboard tells. >> i know what you are saying. >> when you see bryce harper and these guys comings out for bp, do you feel like you want to go out there and show what you can do? >> i'm not sure i'm quite at their level. these guys are great athletes, great guys. >> as members of the military, what does july 4th mean to you? >> we are both veterans. matt is still in the service. i'm an army develop ran. all those holidays mean something to us. they mean something.

for these two guys to get in the celebrity baseball game, two of the guys, you know, we want everyone to vote for bryce harper to be the fourth guy to get in. means a lot to everybody. >> you know what, seriously, you guys are our heroes and we appreciate what you do. go out to kansas city. >> hit a home run like you did against me last time. >> i'm going to try. i'll play for it. >> we'll be back in a couple of minutes. back to you. great story. look forward to seeing him in kansas city. >> good stuff. thank you, gentlemen, all of you. july wright is standing by with a look at the road. could you have taken this day off, perhaps? >> i could have, yes, not a lot happening out here on the road right now. federal hot day means lighter than usual and that means that

some road restrictions have been lifted. we have some activity. stay to the right. 26 coming towards manassas, a little delay passing the scenes. no problems to report. if you are traveling into downtown. keep in mind because of the big celebration happening on later on tonight, road closures across the maul, constitution that he have metro down down, be sure that you have plane at this of water with you. that's a check at fox 5 ontime traffic. >> july, thank you. we are following some breaking news right now out of prince george's county county. at least two children are being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in upper marlboro happening right now on van brady road. we believe that the children will be blown to shock trauma in ballot march where they have

some hyper baric chamber will be in use. we believe that a generator was being used. coming up, we have an update on the power situation. and the nationals have reason to brag. we'll tell you who made the all- star team and the big win last night. and another fun fact about the 4th of july holiday. did you know that the word patriotism comes from the latin paitria which means homeland or fatherland?

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some five days now after friday's vial exhibit and deadly storms, the cleanup and power restoration efforts continue. thousands have gotten their electricity back but at the same time, thousands of other homes and businesses are still without electricity. the impact of the storm now renewing the debate about whether to bury power lines, but relocating them under ground costs as much as $15 million per mile and that gets

passed on to consumers firefighters battling wildfires in the west once again have the help of air force tanker planes. the c-130 planes have been temporarily grounded after one of them crashed killing four crew members. but as of this morning, most of the seven remains planes are now back in business. that is welcome news as more wildfires flare up out west. a blaze that broke out yesterday north of los angeles already burned more than 250 acres. 7:42 and time now for a very special edition of sports breakfast >> that's right. dave ross joins us live from nats park with the latest on the nats and all things sport. hey, dave. >> hey, tony. this is a coup on our part to get out here. 11:05 first pitch, he had win jackson will toe the slab against the san francisco giants. what a great day on the 4th of july watch some baseball and

really good baseball. the nats have been on fire, take on the giants. fireworks art game and a lot during game. this is danny espinosa in the 2nd. did he get enough of it? off the top of the wall. watch ian desmond, an all-star shortstop. there is. 1-0. the pitcher, he can hit. jordan zimmermann laces this one down the right field line. 2-0 nats at that point and they would just pour it on from there. they led 8-0 at one point, thanks to desi. watch this swing by ian desmond. 14th home run of the year. the nats go on and roll the giants are 9-3. today is the last day that you can vote for bryceharper. so get to mlb.com and vote for bryce. yes, we are hope that go bryce can get enough votes and be the

nationals fourth all-star. he trailing david freese in the all-star voting. nothing against david frees but let's go out there and have him join his teammates. which teammates? we told you about ian desmond that will be desi's first appearance. he ranks first among nl shortstops in home runs. and how about gio gonzalez? this is cyst second all-star appearance. he made it last year as part of the oakland a's and about guy, stephen strasburg, let's hope that's the first of many. and let's get bryce harper. >> you voted 20 times.

>> i did vote 20 times. >> he desevers it. >> he does. >> a game for the fans and what guy would you rather see play than bryce harper right now? >> very exciting time for the 19-year-old bryce. even if he does not, he is an all-star in our mind. >> and he has lots and lots of years. >> he will still get out there and rock the vote. >> let's get to the forecast because we have big plans. >> i'll just step outside. >> if you are headed down to the mall, going to be hot. lots of water, and get in the shades if you can because these temperatures are going to be uncomfortable today. we have a heat advisory which goes in effect at noon. 79 in annapolis. 81 in salisbury. surface map, weak cold front pushing through as we speak. and that heat index will be in excess of about 100, to 100 to 105. look out for scattered storms.

we'll get them out of here in time for the fireworks and the heat wave just continues. blistering heat. highs near 100. going to feel like 100 plus. more coming up in a few minutes. more from julie wright. i need that rocket popped right now. >> i bet you do. >> two of them one for you and one for d ross. got it. on the roads, not a lot happening, tucker. roads are wide ening. a lot of folks have the day off completely. 270 out ofier map towrntion still an easy drive. no problems reported on 395. preparations for tonight's big fire work display down at the mall already seeing closures on constitution avenue and virginia avenue. that's a look at the fox 5 ontime traffic. >> thank you, julie.

this morning, holly is cooking with martha washington. >> she is here to explain. how amazing is this? how old is this woman? >> that's the night cream >> and she is the hostest with the mostest as we are learning. we are starting the july 4th at the home of the first president. we are checking out an exhibit called ho cakes and hospitality, cooking with martha washing tonight apparently, breakfast was a big deal. we'll find out more about that and a whole plate of activities to celebrate america's birthday all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. 

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she says she can't go one morning without watching fox 5. hopefully you have a chance to sleep for the holidays. for us. if not for yourself, for us. to get a chance to be the facebook fan of the day, log on to facebook and click. this year, the home of the nation's first president is hosting a day with a first take on history, all about food. >> holly is in mount vernon learning about hoe cakes and hospitality. >> reporter: did you know that general washington and martha washington were very well-known for their hospitality? the year was 1798. that year, they hosted 677 overnight guests here at the estate. those overnight guests would then be here for breakfast in the morning which was served

promptly at 7:00 a.m. and they would have a big dinner at 3:00 in the afternoon. you can learn more about this if you come out to this new exhibit called hoe cakes and hospitality. here to tell me about it is katy schuler. great to be here on the 4th of july. >> that's one of our fourth days here. >> last year, you had some 8000 people? >> 8000 people, yeah, lots of people having a good time, taking advantage of the military reenactments. >> right now we are in hoe cakes and hospitality, cooking with martha washington. why is it so important? >> what's great with this exhibit is that it hems to connect washington ton a human level because everybody cooks. with the whole farm to table movement, people are really interested in knowing where food comes from. a lot of the washington food

came from right here on the plantation. you can go from the garden to the kitchen and the dining room and the exhibit ties it all together. they have some 125 exhibits or items on display. one will be on display through tomorrow and this is pretty incredible. >> this is one of my favorite things in the exhibit. this is called martha washington's cookbook but it was really put together by about six generations of women, women and their husbands. it dates back to the 17th century. >> reporter: so what martha washington got that cookbook, it had a century already on? >> yes. she may not have cooked from it, but there were some familiar recipes that we can relate. and then cakes made from marigold. >> this is only on loan until

tomorrow. that's why you might want to come tout today. >> we wanted to talk about these hoe cakes because we have big breakfast eaters here. apparently, general washington was a big breakfast eater. >> it was. breakfast was served about 7:00 to 7:30, always promptly at the specified hour. >> he only waited five minutes for his guests. if they were not there, too bad. >> that's right. he was very prompt. and he blamed that on the cook. he said he did not want to keep the cook waiting. >> that's right >> that was his preference for promptness. >> they were like pancakes made from corn meal. according to the recipes from martha washington's grandfather, which we have on display, you have to start it before and let the batter rise over night and get up in the morning. they were called hoe cake because by tradition, nellie, they cooked them on a hoe or on the griddle as we say in the

south. it could be a breakfast on the go take your big flat hoe, heat it on the fire. >> i heard something about heart shaped waffles? >> i think of this like a william sonoma piece from the 18th century because that's a waffle iron and it's shaped like a heart. what a fun thing? >> and he likes bourbon coffee? >> bourbon coffee, a special kind of coffee that came from the arabian sea. we have a receipt which is really fun from the presidential years. they ordered 50 pounds of coffee in january and more in april. in two months, that's 170 pounds of coffee. >> there was a special connection to our first president. >> you know what strikes me the most about this whole thing? this week, a week where many of us have been without power, they did all of this entertaining without no refrigeration, no running

water, no microwave and, yet, they entertained. >> exactly. that's what makes it fun for us to think, well, how did she do? well, come be amazed. they have a full day of activity tonight. it's only on display through tomorrow. but the exhibit is here through august. we have that recipe online at myfoxdc.com. the president always served up dripping in butter and honey. coming up in the next half hour, you scream, i scream, we all scream for ice cream. the first president did, too. we're going to learn how to make 18th century style ice cream. >> what a fun look at history. >> thanks, holly. coming up next hour, we are heading back to nats park. dave ross standing by with

reliever tyler clippard who was named pitcher of the month in june and movie, kevin mccarthy will break down his pick of the best and worst movies of the year so far. 

too many problems, you know. too many situations like this. >> straight ahead at 8:00, outage outrage. some parts of the region will celebrate independence day like they did in 1776, without electricity or air conditioning but the show must go on, at least here in the nation's capital. we'll take you live to the national mall for a look ahead to the capital fourth. happy independence day to you. i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm tony perkins. we have tucker barnes standing by at the place to be along with dave ross. tell us what's happening with today's forecast.

>> you know, they don't let me out of the station without some supervision. >> i'm here with the parental consent here. [ laughter ]. >> you know, we have four rain drops falling here. >> yes. don't despair, anything that falls here will be temporary. >> so we will be fine by first pitch. >> yes. it will be fine. >> ire temperature will be close to 1200. be ready for it. all the counties in orange should be changed from last evening. the heat advisories have been issued. reagan, in the 70s all morning. 76 degrees. does not feel terrible out here. >> no, pretty nice. comfortable. 69%, humidity. not much to think about. >> except for those rain drops. >> slight radar a few rain drops moving through. this is part of a frontal system that's falling apart across the immediate area. the heat and humidity today, we'll get some good those.

potential for thunderstorms, between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. some of them could be strong in this extreme summer heat. we are hoping to get it out of here for the forecast tonight. here is the forecast as if you are headed down the mall. warm and muggy. mid-80s. will be on the warm side. >> hey, dave, coming up in a couple of minutes, we have some special guests. >> the president is going to be here. teddy roosevelt has never won a president's race in the history -- >> until today? >> well, this is the 4th of july, right? speaking of race, we'll go to julie wright. >> yes, do you think that julie can win it? >> at least today. >> at least today. it's the 4th of july. >> why not? he deserves it. i make you guy as deal. if teddy wins, i'm buying the nutty butty for both of you. >> deal, i'm all in. >> good deal. go, teddy.

>> all the roads right now, you're going to find the lanes open. easy drive right now as you work your away cross the potomac. restrictions have been lifted in virginia and maryland along 270 but not route 50. still an easy drive if you are traveling between college park and bethesda. that's a check at fox 5 ontime traffic. >> julie, thank you very much. we are following some breaking news from prince george's county county. four people, including two children were sickened this morning by carbon monoxide. this happened at a home on van brady road in upper marlboro. the children's father told authorities he had trouble waking those children up. they are now on their way to shock trauma in baltimore where they have a hyper bearic chamber to treat c op d there were reports that a generator was used in the garage at home.

allison? >> thanks, tony. our other big story, power crews have made bigprogress turning the lights on across our area. that's day 5. pepco reports 60,000 outages in the district. dominion working on about 40,000. across northern virginia. and bge still has about 36,000 customers. many people in the dark are boiling in more ways than one. they are upset sew thinking have -- are upset that they still don't have power. some people in bethesda reported to taking their protests to the street. >> where are we living? we are not in afghanistan, not in a third world country and

here in america and this county is so wealthy. >> the power has been on for two days now. what's the problem? we are only what, 100 feet away. >> today in montgomery county, residents it take storm debris to the shady grove transfer station. it will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. officials stress it is for residents only a deadly start to the holiday break. in d.c., one person died when fire broke out in an and. in the 1700 block of 16th street. so far, still no word on the victim's id or what sparked that fire. a person is dead after being hit by a car on the baltimore washington parkway. one other person was transported to the hospital. this happened around 4:00 this morning and forced the complete closure our of the highway.

sources tell fox 5 that the person who got hit just got out to switch seats with the passenger. have word on the victim or the passenger or if any charges will be filed. today, thousands are expected for the july 4th celebrations. for more, here is sarah. >> reporter: this is quite an event that takes a lot of security down here as well. park police, u.s. capitol police have been down here going through security, that type of thing. they have a lot of tents and that type of thing set up. they are already prepared for everyone. you have the port-a-potis, and the tents as well. with the heat, people need to make sure they take precautions while down here for that lots of water but there are here prepared in case there is any emergency for folks down here, any heat-related illness. there was a little bit of a

rough rehearsal last night. the u.s. capitol police had to evacuate the west lawn down here on the national mall. they had to evacuate that area when they were doing the capitol 4th concert. the storm rolled through but they were able to get things back on track and get the rehearsal up and going at 10:30 again last night. for folks who have not been down here, i know people watching this maybe have been down here for the 4th of july fireworks celebration. but for those who have not, there is, as you know, security is very tight down here and bill line, spoke person with the national park service talked about what you need to know if you are coming down here tonight. >> the less you bring, the better off you are. less is more, so to speak. some items you should bring with you, water, gatorade to keep yourself hydrated. bring some trail mix or granola, something that has a little bit of salt in it that's

going to help keep your electrolytes in balance. certainly your enemies are going to be caffeinated drinks and alcohol. those are really not a wise idea. alcohol is prohibited on the national mall to begin with. >> that's not the only thing prohibited. weapons, you cannot bring down here. that's a no-brainer. do not bring fireworks or grills down here. just bring water and stay hydrated. that's the best plan. if you cannot make it down to the national mall for the 4th of july celebration, there are lots of other events going on as well, other fireworks show happening locally. let's take a look at those. plenty going on in northern virginia, going off in virginia, fairfax, arlington, leesburg and manassas, that's just a few there. you can head to mount vernon for a daytime smoke fire work show over the potomac river at 12:45 this afternoon. we have not heard of any

displays in virginia that have been canceled. the unfortunate of maryland, national harbor, bowie, district heights, greenbelt, takoma park and poolesville. in maryland, as we learned yesterday, several 4th of july celebrations have been canceled due to the ongoing problems after friday's storm. kensington, germantown, rockville can and gaithersburg. they have call scratched their fireworks displays for tonight. the celebration is scheduled here. going to be a lot of road closures. already, in fact, a lot of road closures in place right now that will be taking place you can find those on myfoxdc.com. just click on web links. the best bet is just to take metro if you can. it will be a little bit easier trying to get down here to the national mall. back to you. >> good advice. >> thanks, sarah. this will be a working holiday for president obama and his presumptive republican rival. mr. obama will return from camp

david to celebrate the nation's 236th birthday at the white house. he will deliver remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in the east room this among. later tonight, the famesly will host a 4th of july barbecue and concert for military heroes and their families on the south lawn. mitt romney will take a break from his vacation to march a new hampshire independence day parade. it will be his only public appearance during the week long campaign break with his family. president obama is also celebrating one other birthday today. his daughter melia turns 13 years old. fox 5 is monitoring some big news out of metro. it appears that loundoun county is jumping on board the silver line. the board of supervisors jumped on phase 2 that will run from

dulles airport and beyond. it will span 23 mimes at a projected cost of $2 billion. metro is trying it figure out what led to a dangerous situation on the green line. a train broke down outside the college park station. some passengers climbed out and started walking down the tracks. we are told that passenger hit the emergency button and got out. the train was eventually pushed into the station. metro is reminding passengers to never do that, never walk on the track. the washington nationals will try to ring in independence day with a second straight win over the giants. and a little later, in this half hour, dave ross joins us live with a preview on a one on one with the baseball reliever of the month. and keeping you safe from yourself this july 4th. how you can score a free ride home if you celebrate a little too much. too much. first, though, bringing the fight against a.i.d.s. to your local pharmacy.

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♪this land is your land ♪ this land is my land >> it is 8:14 right now. five americans are rottedly shot in afghanistan. they are recovering in a military hospital after a man in an afghan army uniform opened fire on them. and pakistan is finally reopening the border to the afghan border. last night, secretary of state hillary clinton said that the u.s. is sorry for the deaths of

24 pakistani army members and the u.s. gave pakistan a billion dollars to reopen the routes. and fires are burning in ranch land, 50 miles north of los angeles. the f.d.a. has approved the firstover-the-counter in home hiv test. the ora quick hiv test detect the infection of the virus. users will have results within 40 minutes. results are not 100% conclusive which means that people should always get additional testing at a medical facility. it is a sobering statistic. july 4th is the deadliest day of the year on the road according to aaa. we'll have an interview but how you can get some help if you had too much to drink. >> very good. and tucker will have the weather and dave ross will have a preview of what's happening

at nationals park this morning. 

hey, i wasn't quite ready there. >> shall i start? >> yeah, go right ahead. >> tucker barnes is at the ballpark telling us about baseball and the weather.

take it away. >> early start going to be a very hot day today. should be sunny, beautiful for a good part of the day with a risk of a few storms. some of those storms will be on the strong side. if you have plans, get ready for that possibility. kicking off with temperature, warm, humid but not terrible. 77 right now at reagan national. 70 in haggerstown. ocean city waking up to some hot temperatures. let's go forward and take a look at our map across the country here. want to point out a couple of features. we have a weak cold front moving through the washington area. temperatures will be strong enough that it will fire up a few storms during the course the day. the timing on the storms between about 2:00 and 8:00 today. we are hoping, fingers crossed that the storms wind down by the fireworks get going later on tonight but any time you talk about summer thunderstorms, they have a behind a -- a mind of their

own. heat wave continues. blisserring heat. 98 tomorrow, friday, 100. not much relief. we're going to be about 10 to 15 degrees hotter. it is a soring statistic. july 4th is the deadliest day of the year on the roads. if you get carried away, drink too much, do the right thing, don't get behind the wheel. sober rides are offered for those who need to reach home safely. >> joining me now is the president of r. a. p. thank you

so much for the lives that you will safe tonight and all these other holidays. >> thanks to the 55,000 people who have used this program since 1993 when we first started using it. it is a lifesaver. it is offered throughout the years. we offer it on is st. patrick's day and new year's eve. people are surprised that we offer on 4th of july but that's caused by the fact that many people are killed. >> that's a surprise. this feels more like a family sell brags but statistics don't lie. >> you need to have some safety valve. we do public education work. you have to have safety net. we are hoping to soberize that. >> what people need to know about getting in on. this first of all, you have to be 21. >> legally drinking age in

d.c., virginia and maryland is 21. >> and the call has to originate from the greater d.c. area and the only restriction that is we will pay up to a $30 fare. the am fare for this program is 26 to $27. if for some reason, the fare is $35, we'll pay for the first 30. and you are on the hook for $5. >> how about if somebody says, i need a ride for this guy or gal, how do you get in on this? >> that's a good point. people call for other people. responsible servers and bar owners make the call. it's 800-200-taxi. we operate from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. the follow day. for six consecutive hours. when we contract nine different can be companies to pull this off. we have cab companies

contracted around the beltway. if you think about it, that's one of the largest designated drivers army on the eastern seaboard during the hollidays. >> you say that 55,000 have taken advantage of it? >> since we started in 1993. >> there will be people who need this and, you know, goodness forbid that cab is not available because somebody else is saying, i'm going to get a bunch to drink and getting a free ride. not saying this happen but can i, like, toyed, call up in advance and reserve a cab? >> you cannot reserve a sober ride cab. all calls have to go through that 800 number. this is well orchestrated. nine different cab companies pull this through. we are vetted people to make sure they are of drinking legal age, make sure that the calls originate in the metro area and the fact that we get the closest cab to them these are

actually paid for cab rides. they foot the bill up to $54,000 a year. in the cab system, the sober ride is in the same cue as a pay cab ride. going to be a 30-minute ride. no more than for a sober ride. >> this is not meant to be taken advantage of which i think-- which is wonderful. that's a necessity, not a convenience, if you will. >> exactly. >> before we let you go, a bunch of new laws go into effect. nothing how it relates to us in mauer land but in virginia, the interlock law went into effect. >> it means that anybody convicted of dui now in the commonwealth of virginia, and 29,000 people are each over, they will have the fine, have their license taken away for a year. they have to get an ignition

interlock device for a minimum of six month. that's kind of like breathalizer now. >> r. a. p. has to be happy with na? it's good move. >> this is kurtericson. it is 10:00 this evening until 4:00? >> six consecutive hours. >> tony, over to you. it is 8:26 now on this 4th of july. coming up in the next half hour, looking for answers after a five-day emergency outage across parts of northern virginia and the video of the day. a road literally buckles in the heat. we're going to show you what happens when one driver didn't notice. we'll be right back. çk max!

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thousands of customers remain without power five days after the deadly and violent storms. it's' renewing debates about relocating them under ground. >> however. the cost is $15 million per mile. and that cost is passed on to customers. heading downtown today, the best bet will be metro. there will be rolling road closures. a parade down constitution avenue starts this morning and then the big fireworks show at 9:10. and a capitol 4th concert starts. >> looking for another kind of entertainment, a dog fight in between new york.

son yatch black widow thomas and joey chestnut will defend their titles. they joined their contenders in a weigh in officiated by mayor bloomberg. >> those are a little gross. >> i agree. >> tucker barnes who himself has indulged himself in an eating contest here on the show. >> he will attest as to how gross it was. >> he joins us with dave ross. >> that's something that i will never enter again. we have not eaten yet so far this morning. i can attest to that. >> we have special guests. would not be a nationals game or the 4th of july without talking to some presidents we have t. j., george washington and teddy roosevelt who has never won a game. >> but abe lincoln says no way is he going to win a game. >> we have some questions.

>> it's not often that we get honored with four presidents. >> and thomas jefferson wrote the decoration of independence. t. j., what was that like writing that so long ago? no problem, piece of cake. >> no problems for t. j. >> he just whipped it out overnight? >> yes. ready to whip it up. >> this is be a hamlin con in case you don't know. >> do you ever visit martha's vineyard with george? >> he does not? george, you never have abe over? that's unbelievable. >> i have a question here for t r. >> t r, you have not won a race yet. going to be hot. any special preparations for you before the big run? >> a lot of water? that's good advice. stay hydrated. >> how do you guys look so good being from the 1700s. >> nice tie on, the bow tie.

they are ready. >> i tell you this, tuck, we want to see teddy do it. we are all voting for bryce harper but people want to see teddy roosevelt win this race. >> should be the big day today. >> if ever there is going to be a day, today, is your day? is today going to happen? the others say no. >> a little chest bump there. >> hot, humid today. afternoon thunderstorms. a few clouds out here at the moment but it's going to be in the upper the 90s. >> george is giving -- i don't have a choice about this forecast, right. i feel intimidated. >> back to you. >> and tyler clippard at 8:40. funny, funny stuff. i love those guys. i really do. >> and we love those guys out there, too. >> yes, we do. >> five days now after the storm. officials in northern virginia want answers from verizon why 911 emergency service was knocked out for 48 hours. the storm cut power to a

verizon facility in arlington which knocked out 911 services in fairfax and arlington. arlington national cemetery was hit hard by the storms on try day. three of the nation's oldest trees were knocked down. eight large trees were destroyed and more than a dozen others will need trimming. there is a small number of headstones that were damaged. they will be replaced. the video has gone viral. a huge bump in the road sends an suv flying into the air. take a look for yourself. this happened on a wisconsin freeway earlier this week. it was so hot that the extreme heat caused the road to buckle you can see what happens when an suv tries to go over it. take a look. >> oh, wow.

>> it launched, airborne. luckily. no major injuries were reported. >> man. >> i guess you just don't expect to see it. >> wow, that's like in a movie or something. >> right. coming up a little later, our movie critic, ken mccarthy gifts us his top five movies of the 2012 and batter up. dave ross will join us again live from nats park with a preview of today's july 4th matchup the san francisco giants. we'll be right back. 

♪to be in america ♪ to be here in america we are at the mid-way point of the year so it's a good time to take a look back at the best movies from the first half of 2012. joining us now is movie reviewer kevin mccarthy with 106.7 fm >> trying to avoid the strong manly hand shakes will i miss you >> we have not done this in a while. >> i have the blue and red down. >> i planned to wearing red, white and blue and forgot. >> we look amazing. >> let's talk movies. your best so far this year?

>> i mean, obviously, june just ended we are six months into the year. this has been a very, very good year for movies so far. i put together a top 10 list. the other 5 will be on the website. there are five very solid films. these are my favorite movies of the year. some may not be the best. starting with number 5, moon rise kingdom. have you seen this yet? >> i have not seen it. i hear very good things. >> i love bottle rocket and dashmore. i think this is a brilliant film in the sense that we as the audience, get put into this. the music is great, beautifully shot. bill murray, bruce willis, great cast. it's playing everywhere now. it is a question quirky film

and people -- when they are watching it, it is a very emotionally engaging story. everybody needs to see it. i give it a 5. that's my number 5 of the year. >> he is an acquired taste. >> he is. good filmmaker. >> my parents told me, should we go see moon rise kingdom? i said, i don't know. that's a movie that's a little bit strange. >> what's number 4? >> number 4, the raid redemption. this is an all-out action movie. i grew up watching all these john wu movie like the killer, and i'm a huge arnold fan from predator to commando. this one made my jaw drop. i'm sitting there in the theater and i did not know what emotion to feel because is so blown away by the epic awesomeness of these things. i didn't know what to emote. i just started laughing because it's so amazing. and the thing is you actually

care for this lead character going into disability, trying to make his way without and get back to his family. and look at these scenes i'm surprised that we are showing these. >> it comes out on dvd in mid- august. it is a phenomenal as film. that will blow your mind. that's an indonesian film. >> we have a minute and a half left. >> hunger games. i was blown away by this movie because it was a strong female- led character. we need more of these in hollywood. i feel like jennifer lawrence had this emotionally. she was an epic character. this movie transcended the teenage genre, everybody from the teenage audience the book was intended for. 92 years old, you will love this movie. i give it a 5 out of five. >> next? >> cabin in the wood. >> really? >> a game changer. much like scream, wes craven

scream. the movie reinvents the horror genre. the last 30 minutes will make your jaw drop >> it's funny, scary. everybody needs to see it on dvd. if they have not seen a date yet, hopefully in september, the dvd will be out. and it's done by the derek tort avenger. and prometheus. audiences want to be spoon fed every single answer about a movie. the fact that we are still talking about this movie weeks after you leave the theater, all the questions are not answered for you. that's a sign of a great question. phenomenal 3d. ridley scott's first sci-fi filth many. love, love prometheus. >> gives you something to think brchlts why not leave a theater and talk about it. why not do that? >> so much fun. worst movie of the year so

far? >> right now, john carter. i hated this film. >> a lot of people did. >> here is why? >> it cost reportedly $250 million to do make, $1,100,000,000 to market it and it flopped. that movie could have been put towards more original independent type of movies. it was bland, terrible with 3d converted. the guy who conducted it did wall-e. he is a phenomenal derek to. i don't know if that movie was ever may. if i heard him say "carter, john carter" one more time, i was going to leave it. and the rest is on my website. 21 jump street is any number 10. a little piece of cool information, the cameo with johnny depp, depp played that character the entire film, not just that little reveal but the entire movie. watch it again on dvd. he is him the whole time.

i liked the movie, too. >> thank you very much. >> happy 4th of july. >> happy 4th to you. >> is his name taylor hitch? >> yes. >> two words about that movie, taylor kitch. >> friday a movie coming out called savages. you're going to want to see it. he is amazing in it. >> i will be reviewing it along with spiderman. >> stick with us. we'll be right back. max!

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the nationals will celebrate america's birthday trying to send the san francisco giants packing. it is the american way. [ laughter ]. >> dave ross ace the park. let's make sure they are crum set when they leave d.c one guy who might want to come in this game out is a man to my

right, tyler clippard, closer extraordinaire. thank you for getting up this morning. we know it's a rarity for you. what's it like playing in an 11:00 a.m. game? >> i don't know. that's rare for us. i'm not a morning guy. i have to drink coffee to wake up. once the juices start flowing. we'll get going. >> what is it like playing with this crowd? it's different. the energy is different. it's a lot of fun, a lot more fun. the fans here in d.c. are great sports fans. they have been itching for a people like this. we are happy to give it to them and we want to keep it going for them. last year, you were the nats' lone representative. you could be on this team easily. the rush that you get as a closer getting out there, what's that like? >> it's a lot of fun.

it's been something that i've been looking forward to in my career to have a chance to close games. i've been able to do that a little bit here, last couple of months and it's been a lot of fun, a little more enthusiasm. a lot more fun. >> you have three too many mates. two are going to go for the first time in ian desmond and stephen strasburg. have you talked to those guys? >> >> i don't want to ruin the surprise because that's part of being an all-star. gio had the experience with me last year. he can tell those guys. >> he kinds of gets it. he is a vet now he is more of a talker now it's good for them to get out there. >> have you voted for bryce harper. >> i have not yet. >> you have not? >> they are pushing the vote. we voted. >> i've been trying to kind of

stir up some twitter interest and hopefully everyone get out there and vote for him. >> tell me about bryce harper, what it's like to be 19 and being able to handle the big stage that he has. what is he like as a team state in. >> unbelievable mature at 19. he is up here doing amazing things in the big leagues at such a young age. it's amazing to think about how mature he is at his age. his baseball iq is through the roof. >> you guys dream about being 19 -- rib him about being 19. >> every chance you get. you have to give him a little jab every now and again make sure he knows where he is at. >> 11:05 start time. what are you going to do until then since this is so early? >> i don't know. go for some coffee, wake up and get some food and hopefully

i'll be awake by the 9th. >> we hope to see you again closing out. >> you never know. somebody could fall out and say, i'm not going to go and tyler could be going. he has the jet on stand day. >> no doubt what would a founding father have to do with almost everyone's favorite frozen treat, ice cream? it was a big hit with both george and martha washington but not just the typical flavors that we have come to love. >> holly morris joins us live from mount vernon. can't wait to hear this. >> thinks going to be -- this is going to be a lot of fun because this is different here. they are having the usual day filled with celebration. right now, we are hearing to "god bless america" as we stand in front of the president's home. i'm joined by gayle casesie, the manager of interpretation.

good morning. i'm feeling patriotic here hearing the band play. i don't think i have spent much time here in the garden the. >> it's recently been redone. we have a vegetable area in the center of some these square plots, flowers that washington had in the 18th century and if you look around, especially behind us, you will see banana trees. they kept those in the green house in the 18th century. >> we are making our way to the green house. all this healthy stuff is great, but we want to talk ice cream, gail. >> you bet. >> you guys going to do something that you have not done before which is making ice cream. >> that's right >> reporter: how do you know that the general and mrs. washington loved ice cream? >> they purchased an ice maker. >> what else would you do with it, right? >> yes. >> take us through.

where do we begin? >> we make chocolate ice cream. we have the chocolate display set up. >> reporter: was this his favorite flavor? >> i don't know. i don't know if he made that. he drank chocolate, so this may be a possibility. >> reporter: over on the ice cream side, this is the cream machine for ice. and you can see it's just a long tubular copper cylinder, and it has a lid on top. and the purpose for that was to go back and forth to keep the cream in motion. and if you visit our kitchen, you will see the same thingucke >> what are all these ingredients over here? >> these are spices that go into the chocolate and they would have also gone into the ice cream. you have more of a coloring

than a flavor, annise. cinnamon, cayenne. >> in ice cream? >> in ice cream. >> nutmeg and vanilla. vanilla not being as popular in the 18th century as it is today. >> reporter: where do we go from here? this looks like a chemistry experiment. >> it does. first, we need to get our ingredients in a bowl here. what you need to do first is snip off some sugar. >> reporter: okay. how do i know how much? >> just snip off how much you can get. >> i didn't get very much. >> i think what we will do is take a knife and slice off some sugar. >> and i put it in the wrong place. i should have put it in leer. >> break up the sugar, pound it first and you can put it light

into the bowl. >> i was trying to eliminate a step there. >> it's in the bowl. >> now, you have to grate your chocolate. >> now, , i'm thinking they don't make their ice cream in advance? you have to make it on get? >> you have. you have to make it and put knit a bucket of ice and salt. and eat it immediately. >> i hate to eat my ice cream immediately. >> they are making these demonstrations from 10:00 until noon so you want to come out early and start your july 4th here. we have a link on the website and the ice cream recipe on our website as well. we'll see how this all turns out coming up in our next half hour. i'm tired already. >> geez. >> a lot of work but i bet it's going to be worth it.

>> going to be a star-studded night on the national mall. >> we will sit down with one of the performers, the robert cool bell from kool and the gang. 

we are still out in parts of the area but, tonight, the show must go on. the show will go on the national mall. coming up, sarah simmons has a look and what you need to know if you are headed out on the road. >> among the performers, kool and the gang of the be sure you stick around until 9:45 because robert kool bell will join us and an early game for the