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drivers, police stoped doing the test tests last year. another sign of how close this fight is.s gh a new washington post abc news poll has barack obama and mitt romney deadlocked at 47%.at that's just about where they stood in late may.y. trying to sway voters on the campaign trail, the president ie hitting the road in iowa,io talking tax cuts. while republicans are trying too repeal the president'spres healthcare law. >> reporter: the economy might t be hethe biggest issue for vote, but taxes and healthcare will dominate the headlines thisth week. from president obama, an efforta to change , the subject. >> we're here today to talk about taxes.ut >> reporter: it's pivot away from last month ajob numbers.

keep lower tax breaks for mostm people, but raise them on those that earn more than 250,000 a years. a lower threshold than even some democrats support.at republican mitt romney calls the partial renewal a kick in the gut to many small businesses. the congress is under pressurepr to do something because all ofa the bush era tax cuts expire at the end. year, but even the white househo knows the obama plan is dead on arrival. and a republican effort info congress today rtto repeal the president's healthcare law probably won't get too far, either. >> it's like grounds hog day.g i'm tired of it. >> reporter: democrats may beem tired of it, ocbut housebut republicans will try to win aw ballot if not the war, and they do have the numbers to push fore a rsfull repeal in the house, en if it goes nowhere in democratically controlled senate. >> we gain our freedom again. the difference between theth liberals in this country and

conservatives is the issue of freedom. >> reporter: while the repealhi will go nowhere it will put somm conservative democrats on the spot, some that will cast votes against the president. p. from in the next hour, wewe talk more about the latest challenge to the act. kathleen is he peel -- sebelius will join us live.liv some potential good news, on capitol hill, the senate isis expected to begin debate on a democratic plan that would gived tax cuts to companies that hire more people.mo the plan calls for 10% tax credit to companies that hirehie new workers or will give raises to currents workers. it's a tuesday morning, and still ahead, change on the way for some exez pass users.

it could be years before thet washington monument opened to the public. >> we now know what caused inusd damage in fredricksburg. >> now a bad start to the day. we'll get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie. it's 10 minutes after 7:00. 

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a dc food stamp recipients who had to throw out food because of recent power outages have until tomorrow to file for reimbursement. according to the washington post. customers need to submit theth request to attest to the loss of food, and give the actual value of the food. about 140,000 people in the0, district are on food stamps.

we know it was a microburst that was to blame for the extensive damage in fredricksburg.frg the it was after 80-mile an hour winds tore through the area.the the storm completely destroyed the dance fusion studio.n and caused minor damage to other businesses. the storms left 7 people injured, and that, that video ii just amazing. >> it sure is. >> it cements like mother natura has a variety of ways to do some damage. >> yeah,. >> and ways, i never heard of a duracho. >> tornadoes. >> straight line winds. >> the next couple days, you won't hear about it. i can't gain teach the entire summer -- guarantee the entire summer. >> people seemed to be in bette spirits yesterday. >> temperature right now in wash phone, 76 degrees, overnight,ee

falling back into s,the 60s, so a nice start. i want to mention the front that moved through sunday that caused the problems with the microburst in fredericksburg. you can see it along the border with north carolina andan advantage, and that will sit there for the next couple of days, and across the rest of the country, you know what?ow a lot cooler, a lot morelo pleasant.t . louis, 72 degrees, chicago,, 71.ag of course, o,we weren't the onl ones that got in on the extreme heat.e break for many big cities as temperatures will be closer to where they should be. i mentioned the. frontal system, you can see the showers in southern virginia, and portions of the carolinas.he much of that activity will stay to the south, so we'll be in and out of clouds here in washington as you get farther north into southern pennsylvania, you'llpe see more sunshine.ore the farther south, more cloud

cover, and better clans to see storm or two. otherwise, the weather pattern remains quiet. temperatures each afternoon ines the mid-to upper 80s.up lows in the upper 60s and low 70s. we'll take the break, after thea last couple of weeks.s. >> tucker, thank you.k leetle -- let's go to julie. >> new problems to report.ro this is going to be on the outer loop of the beltway south of 270, but well before river road. the crew is heading home fromho msky fox. on the outer loop of the beltway, well before river roadl that's wherel the accident, an have two left lanes getting by the scene, a number of rescue equipment on the scene as well, so coming around that big curve and you pass old georgetowneorg road. they temporarily blocked traffic to move the vehicles out of the

way, but this is traffic that'sf coming fioff southbound 270 to e left, and coming around that big curve from georgetown roadgeor trying to head to this accident scene. so big delays forming on the northwest side of the beltway heading to river road.ri an accident south of 270.of you'll have to line up to the left to o get by. inner loop, no problems, back to the 270 spur. virginia, a hit-and-run crashn that occurred shortly before 7:00 a.m. this morning.s you will find a portion of 110 blocked off in each direction, southbound, approaching 395,oa ramp to washington boulevardsh remains blocked off because of the incident, but we are told from the police that north and southbound 110 have been shuten down on washington boulevardwa because of that crash.cr you'll find southbound ken worth well below speed limit.sp had that's a check much the on-time traffic.

after thousands of public complaints vdot is scaling on the e-z pass fee.s the s fee will be 50 democrats a month for -- $.250 a month for each device. new customers mr. have to pay the monthly -- fees are needed to keep up with the cost of operating the e-z pass program.r it could be another year and a half before tourists are allowed to go to the top of the washington monument again.ag >> that is thanks to the damage from last summer's earthquake. >> this morning, we are getting a live look at the monument, and still majestic as ever, but still evoff limits for the timeh being. the national park service is nos accepting bids for the $15 million repair project, and work is expected to start in september.be >> reporter: the 5.8 magnitudema

earthquake sha shook the capital last august give tourist at the top of the washington monument a scare. they ran down in a panic, nobodn icwas murder, but at engineering found, damage was done.wa >> i think we found the damage is, i don't think it's any worse than bee anticipated -- we anticipated. the challenge is the height ofih the damage. >> reporter: way near the top of the 550 feet plus struck cheer, there was missing mortar and cracks, plus there is wateris damage from the rain.e the monument has been closed to the public since the quake, which is a real downer for thewe million or so tourists who visit it each year. >> i am here in this country 40 years next month, and this isth the first time i came here so i can go up there.up and i wish it never happenedne like thisve.ike >> it's disappointing for the tourists, coming in to see t it's too bad, but it's better's safe than or. >> reporter: the park servicer: said the project will require

extensive scaffolding, probableo as ldmuch they used in restoratn in the 1990s.e but people thousand thought it looked show -- people tit looked so interesting, they took pictures. it mr. take more cash than hasth been september aside for the project the park service expects the work to take between 12 and 18 month. i'm heading to the national mall this morning, and in the 9:00 hour, i will join you again live with the superintendent of the national mall and memorial park. it's a fascinating place.ci lot of napeople want to see tha, so i'm sure a lot of people will be glad when it reopens.. >> yeah, already, the mall is am mess with all the other construction going on down there, so might as well get itgt done. >> may as well. make it one big project. the time is 7:20. still ahead, a disturbing case of animal abuse in fairfax county. why investigators say they are dealing with a copycat.p

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far fax county police are investigating an indication of animal cruelty after somebody stabbed a 13-year-old pony inp the back. this happened over the weekendwe in herndon. likely, those wounds werewe superficial, and that pony is expected to be okay.. but those who work with her say the pony, well, they say her mood has definitely changed. >> we spent so much time witht sothe houses, we know how they't feeling. she just looks sad, she

remembers what happened.. >> sadly, this is the second time in two months that thist same pony has been stabbed.en the suspect in the first incident is already in juvenilej detention. police are still looking for the person responsible for this mos recent stabbing. principles george county is closer to looking -- prince- - george county is getting closr to get its first whole food store. the owners want to build a development including housing, hotel, office space and whole foods, which would bring hundreds of jobs to the area, but opponents are concerned about the added traffic on routr 1. the store isn't expected to open for at least two years. the dollly llama is may go a visit to -- the dalai lama may pay a visit to virginia.v he will talk about compassionatm medical care. and hold a lecture on religion and ethics. ticket information for the event has not been released.

7:25 now on this tuesday morning. the all-stars return to kansask city for the first time since 1973. a recap of last night's home ru derby and a look head atat tonight's mid-summer classics.cs >> the issue of taxes. president barack obama says he is giving the mid-elf class a cut -- middle class a cut. >> julie wright will be here toe tell us about the traffic, andan tucker barnes has the weather. it's 7:26

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welcome back.>> festivities for the all-star game kicked off in kansas city with the home run derby.. batista would lose to the 2009 champ in the final.e field -- hit 12, batista had 7. fielder joins ken griffey junior as the only multi winners.

>> is it power or just how you hit it?it >> it's power a.po >> a little bit of both. >> you have to hit it solidly with the bat, and you have to be powerful.we >> yeah. >> do you think you could hit k one out? ou >> i don't know.now. i'm curious. >> i don't know.kn >> all right.ht probably not.ably maybe baseball, i don't know.kn >> you've got some power. >> i think next time we go to nats park, you should do it.t. >> they barely let us step onon the ground. >> okay. okay. [ laughter ][ >> we've got a nice-looking dayo it's going to be decent temperature wise, mid-80s for afternoon highs.a still going to be warm and humid. it's summertime in washington,wa but a welcomed break after the heat wave. temperatures overnight, i canca say this, they fell back into the comfortable range for most of us.of still upper 60s and low 70s70 west of the city..

71 in dulles, 72 in manassas,maa and 75 degrees here. open up esthe back, and there. ook at that, 50s, and 60s.nd 56 in pittsburgh. finally, we have a core of cooler hair, and we'll tap into that for much of the week here, and keep temperatures a fewmper degrees below average. not going to be cool, but cooler than normal. a front from sunday that faded down through the area is just south of us, and along that front, we're gag to see showers and storms bubble up during thed course of the day, the farther south you get, the more cloudcl cover you'll get and better a chance for showers ndand storms, as you hid to richmond, you havd the best chance of showers nower washington, i don't think we'll see a lot, but i can't rule out the possibility of a late-day shower or storm, so be ready for it, but honestly, much of uday is dry.

the front is just goes to waiver for the next few days. and then later this weekend, it will ride back up to washingtona as a warm front by about friday and saturday, and that's when the best chance of storms will get in here later this week.is we need the rain, so let's keep our fingers crossed. lows in the 60s and 70s, wednesday and thursday, partlypa sunny with temperatures right where we like them in the mid-80s, and there at the end t of the week is the best chance for a shower or showers and thunderstorms activity. let's see totraffic and see whae is going on. a lot is happening now, tucker, very busy commute on the roads. unfortunately, a fatal hit-and-run accident occurred before 6:00 a.m., and as a result, this has closed a portion of 110 north and south,n 395, d it's important to note tt the ramp from southbound 110 to washington is blocked off due to

this investigation.th just a fewis momented ago, sky was live above the scene of the crash southbound on the beltwaye that's the outer loop, it's confined to the shoulder, bumpeh to e bumper the outer loop of te beltway, heavily, slow and steady, all the way around toto the accident scene, traffic gridlocked on southbound 270 ou of gaithersburg so again, mainma line and local gridlock here ate 28r headed south to the spur heading to river road. that's a check of the fox 5 onx time traffic. very much.ver president obama called onca congress monday to extend taxexe cuts for ndlow and middle income earners. while allowing taxes to increase for families that make more thao $250,000 a year.re $250now, economists are weighinn we turn to dr. rothi. good to see you.se let's try to get a handle onon this.

first, i assume that anyone who gets the fax cut, if the fax cut is extended -- the tax cut, ifi the tax cut is extended, it's ad good thing. >> what under's doing, it's affecting a good portion of the population, so from that standpoint, it is definitely -- keep in mind this is less about trying to stimulate the economy today, and more about what n ppens come january 1 when the tax cuts effectively expire from the previous administration. if something's not done, wedon would see another $400 billionb for revenue. re >> as you say, not so much aboub stimulating but kind of more maintaining so that we don't have trouble in january? >> absolutely. in fact, it's more about keeping this already shaky economy from tipping over in recession. it's very possible, that without something happening about the

tax cuts that we could see the economy fall back. >> and nobody wants that. >> that's right.ri >> let's talk about what the republicans are looking for. for the most part, they are saying we want to extend the tax cuts, but we want to include everybody, not just those making less than $250,000 a year. are there some advantages toto doing that? >> well, in one sense, wee, already had that. last year, we had the debt ceiling crisis, the agreement that came out of that from both sides was let's go ahead and extend the tax cuts across the board for axeveryone and thend we'll deal with it again down a the garoad. we're back down the road again here a year later, and thisth whole issue of policy deferment, the fact we don't do anythingan seriously about comprehensive tax reform is an issue for this country as we approach the so-called fiscal cliffcl phenomenon at the end of the year. >> there's some talk of, in

fact, even nancy pelosi said let's raise that limit, insteadn of $250,000 a year, let's raise it to a million dollars a year.a what impact would that have onhv the tax cut? >> again, we're talking about putting an additional, i think it's $1.4 trillion over the course of the next ten years in terms of additional deficit as i result ciof keeping the tax cuts in place for at least the folks that are, the households makings $250,000 or less, but by and large, this has bigger impact around small businesses, for example.am the president's proposalt's yesterday talked a little about that, but 900,000 small business owners file under the individual tax code, and as a result ofesul that, they could be faced withad higher taxes as well, and we can ill afford put --pu [ indiscernible ] >> you mentioned the unemployment rate, because for

some, myself included, it's hard to get the exact correlation between the tax cut bill and unemployment. its potential impact.im >> and the timing of this is ath little funny in the sense that there really isn't much correlation between what thisat proposal is designed to do. it' designed to keep us from -- thi is nothing about trying tory inadjust a 8.2 high unemploymenn rate. >> do we know how much of a taxa increase, if they don't get the tax cut, we're talking primarily high income earners, how muchr their taxes newould go up? >> yeah, the highest marginal tax bracket is 35%. it would head to just south ofso 40% if they don't get any further relief.r re >> all right.l do you expect, you know, i don't want to insert you into the political debate, but do you expect that something will get

done, that we'll see somes extension of some of the taxt cuts? >> we have to. we have seen this story play out over and over again in various ways, and it really is politicao brink. we will see something happen. i believe, if not before congress leaves, it will probably happen certainly around that election time, in my mind, but more importantly, something will happen before the end of it has to. >> and something needs to happen in the long term as well. >> absolutely. >> thanks for coming in.ha nkwe appreciate it. allison, back to you.to still ahead, tensionste running high in egypt after a show of defiances against thatn country's military rulers.ru >> and three decades aroundde s natalie wood's death. a change to her death certificate, right after theter break. 

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checking headlines now, inn, eequipment, there is a police -- egypt, there is a growing crisis at the parliament. even though the military orderty

it disband. the new president callednt parliament back, setting up a show-down of sorts with the army. he is backed by the muslimmu brotherhood who called for afor massive protest in cairo. there is no constitution andcons tiit's unclear exactly who is in charge. it's been more than 30 yeare cincinnatily wood died -- since natalie wood died, tmz istmz reporting that a coroner has changed the official cause ofse death from accidental to undetermined. wood was best known for her role in west side story. died in 1981, after drowning on a boat drip.a natalie wood's case was reopene last year for further investigation. the owner of item have another says he sold hishis kentucky derby and preakness winner to a farm in japan forfo $10 million. that was 5 million more thanio another over, "i'll have another" retired with an at thew point done injury the day before

he was to run in the belmont stakes in an attempt to become the first triple crown champion in 34 years.in >> what are they going to dogoin with them? he >> you know what they're going to do with him.ith >> oh, yes. >> let him live a long life. >> he'll have another! steven strasbourg and gonzales will likely pitch an anyone, but harper and trout were getting a lot of theth attention, the outfielder is leading the american league in pitching. >> i know it's going to be, you know, trout this, but i've been hearing it since i got selected, too. when bryce got selected in the number one pick, i realize hey, i'm 20, he's 19, 19, 18, there's going to be some talk about us.

>> been in the top town ofown baseball, is impressive, and it's going to be a lot of fun, i think. being here for the first time, i'm trying to take it all in, and try to enjoy my elf every moment -- myself every moment ir can. enjoy it with the family as much as i can.can. >> imagine being that young and that talented? that's great. >> and having a beard that good! >> 19? >> i couldn't grow a beard like that. >> i can't either.er. coverage gets underway at 7:30 and it's all here on fox 5n >> i do like the randomness of fox 5 news. and more, tony has been namedn the permit morning man, 7-10 -- permanent morning man, 7-10. tucker is still the weather guy but you know, welcome. >> newer. >> i've been filling in for manm months, but it's been madem

official, and as i said, i'mi' humbled and honored.nd i said i love working with you. i adore you.you. [ laughter ] >> it's going to be tough, for obvious reasons. >> tony, it's wonderful, anda you're family.you' >> i want to say you guys are both great together. even when i'm not here, i love to watch you in the morning.mor >> you watch when you're off? ea yeah. >> wow, that is saying something. >> if you're in town. >> let's get to the say the light and radar. -- to the satellite and radar. a system down in carolinas.

here in washington, partly sunny conditions start your day.yo this afternoon, apparently to mostly -- partly to mostly cloudy, temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s.up can't rulepe out the possibility of some showers sneaking northwe rsinto the immediate area so be ready. i think the day will be just dry and kind of partly sunny.ly let's do the pop-up temperaturs for today.toda our highs will be in the upper 80s, 87 in washington, and a d look at the 5-day, we're featuring temperatures, actually a few degrees below average. best chance of rain is saturday and sunday, so we need the rain, hopefully get some at the end of the week.e >> thanks, tucker. now to julie.l >> it's official, julie.li >> that's what i'm thinking. tucker is stepping up and taking over the weather. does that mean that tucker hasha

to do all the tony's debts?de there's lunches to be paid off. >> i have a clean slate now. >> i didn't agree to that! >> tucker is like get my agentag in here now! congratulations, mr. perkins. i'm not letting you off theth hook, just tell you that. southbound 270, bumper to bumpe0 , traffic as you work out of rockville, out to the southbound edge. the accident at the bradley overpass has cleared, butt unfortunately, big delays not only on 270, but around the curve from old georgetown road, to what was the accidents scene moving traffic on the loop. also hein virginia, we are dealg with a fatal crash that remains under investigation as a resultu you'll find this portion of 110 still shut down in each direction knee 395, and the ram from southbound 110 to washington boulevard is closed.

that's a check of the fox 5 on-time traffic.e the music man is now in dc.. >> holly is standing by at arena stage with some of the cast members. >> reporter: good morning! we're doing our own production number. i have a great seat of fun heree when you see this greatth production, it is isin the roun, we're going to talk about that, and how to get tickets live next, on fox 5 morning news. stay with us! ♪

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>> this is melissa, the dance captain, will and julie are par of the ensemble, thank you for getting up so early for us.for i know you're so excited aboutex that! first, let's talk about this show. this is quintessential musical theater. >> yes, absolutely.s, this is one of the all-time classics of the musical theaters one of the those icyou don't

realize you know it until you see it, and then you realize all the fun. >> you know, one of the things that comes with doing something that is so well known is how do you recreate that so it'so memorable for the people thateol have seen it ten times? >> we are lucky to have a creative team, with our director to maintain the integrity of th show, and it is a classic andsi people know it, but also addalso something new and exciting to it, and molly is great atg staying true to the script and troupe to the small town feel. >> let's talk about this theater in the round.th you can't hide. >> no. no. >> so what are the challenges as far as for you as dancers? >> once you add the lights in, when we first get on stage, it can get confusing and you don't know where you're facing, but

its exciting to perform, you have to stay in your character the entire time, and every ensemble character is a full, well rounded character, and molly worked with us to makeo sure we have that so everywhere in the theater you feel like you're a part of the world. >> i really noticed that the front rows, because you are on multiple front rows, are really close. i'm interesting for you all, dol you literally connect with the faces of people?pe does that help or is it a distraction? >> it helps, it helps. one of the first numbers we do, we sit right on the end, we literally address the audience, look there their eyes, and wean invite them into our world, it'r an unique experience, because they are literally right there. there are not a lot of places in have that intimate city. >> what does this show off --

intimacy? >> what does this show have to offer? >> i was amazed with the talent pool, to see how big -- big kids do it.do but i think this show in particular is awesome becauseom it's not your typical fluffy music man that people think they're coming to see, and itan does have heart and there's a lot of small town intimacy. >> this big kid want to learn a movement or two, so we're going to try to take on the shipoopi. that's not a bad word.wo melissa, tell me what we're going to do. d >> this is part of the chorus from shipoopi. right, left, jump, step, push, and then kick right, left, right, left. and you do it with your left.

>> let's forget this lesson! let's try it once, and we'll show them how these big kids do it. five, six, seven, eight.ev step enpush, push, kick right, left, right. left. perfect! >> left leg. [ laughter ] >> let me hand it to you all.y show us how you really get the energy flowing for music man. >> as they move around, thean r2 at arena stage, myfoxdc.com issg our website.r we have a links to theirs, tickets are going -- we have a link to theirs. tickets are going fast.goin you did hear g them talk about e big kids, the stars of the show, they're going to join us in the 8:00 hour, and might evenr, perform aas well.

high five on that!on back to you in the studio. >> good job! >> pretty lift this early in tht morning. >> and good job holly. does getting married orarri having a child make you less happy at work?at a new study says yes.sa the fox medical team takes a closer look. >> at the top of the hour, kathleen sebelius joins us live. she will talk about the affordable care act thata congress ctis to vote on tomorrw on whether to repeal the law.w we'll be right back. 7:57. @ñ

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breaking news, a body found alongside a busy highway.e >> we have the latest from the investigation, and how to getge around the big traffic backup. >> plus, dc corruption accusations,. >> the fight to preserve healthcare reform. while republicans tries to pass a repeal. a live one on one with kathleen

sebelius.se good tuesday morning.ay i'm saler -- allison seymore.se >> good morning, not a bad day, yesterday turned into a nice afternoon, people were much more relaxed. >> i agree. >> yep. >> so today more of the shame. temperatures in the 80s, can be a shower, a thunderstorm south of the city.c >> can't complain about that.ut >> we can deal.de >> and the truth is we need theh rain. fingers crossed, we'll get a little this week. i think chances are best south of the city, maybe a scattered shower here, but most of the dat will be dry.be 79 in washington, overnight lows mid-70s here in town. and then upper 60s and low 70s to the north and west, but we're expecting a nice rebound.. 73 martinsburg, 70 in winchester, and salisbury, 76.sr much of the area is dry, the shower activity down to the

south, and we've had a little thunderstorm activity pushingtii towards ocean city, and bethany, so we'll watch that. as i said, most of our day willy be partly sunny with highs expected to be just a few degrees below average. might be a scattered shower oro welate day storm, day dry, 87 te high. thanks, tucker.t we continue to follow breaking news out of arlington. police are investigating avest deadly hit-and-run. it happened around 6:00 on route 110 north near the pentagon and arlington cemetery. police responded to a call for c body on the road, and vehicle nearby. the vehicle was gone when police arrived. two northbound and two southbound lanes of route 110 are closed right now, and police are asking drivers to avoid thee area. we're going to talk live with

arlington county police in a few minutes. another challenge to the forward able care act.re house republicans are about 4 hours from voting on a bill toil overreturn the president's law.d it follows an emergency meeting bye the house rules committee yesterday, but the vote would be a symbolic effort after the white house issued a veto threat. in the meantime, new numbers from the department of health and human services show exactly how many people the expansion of medicaid programs have helped in the first half of 2012. but those service, like mammograms and cancer screenings would be in jeopardy if theif healthcare law is repealed.re joining us now live withwi details, health and humans services secretary kathleen sebelius. th anks for joining us.us >> good morning, allison, how are you?ar >> doing well, thank you.ha nkbefore we talk about this, wht will happen in congress tomorrow, let's start with goodr news t for the administration. what is your reaction to theion supreme court's up holding theth

president's healthcare reform act? >> as you know, the president signed the law in march of 2010, and felt and has been asserting sings then the law waswa constitutional, so we've been'v hard at work for over two yearse implementing this forward able -- affordable care act.ca we rewere pleased the decision d find the law constitutional, gave us the green plight to go ahead, so it's frustrating for the 30th time the house ofus representatives plans to vote to repeal the affordable care act, but the conversations are different than prior to march of 2010 because now really they arr voting to take away benefits from millions of americans who are relying on the new law, the new benefits. here in dc, we have about 30,00 seniors who are on the medicare program, who are now accessing

free preventive services like mammograms and cancer screenings, who have over 600 folks in dc who saved last yeary about $528 a piece because theye are getting some prescriptionpr drug discounsel, long joe due for the sign years who spend the most on prescription drugs, 300p young adults here tiin the dc aa are now able to get healthhe insurance, staying on deliver parent' plan until the age ofa 26, which has been such a realr relief for so many families, and something that has neverg th happened before in history, allison. about 300 families, i'm sorry, 300,000 families in dc in august will be receiving over $150 in rebates from their insurance companies. whoever heard of getting money back from an insurance company? but this is because the company did not spend $.80 of ever health dollar on benefits.

they spent it on ceo bonuses and salaries, so they owe customers money back. and that has never happened before. that's what congress is voting to take away, all of what i've just described and a lot moret would be parliament of the repeal efforts. ef so people would be losing those benefits, those young adultsyo would unbe uninsured, seniorsre, would have to pay more for their prescription drugs, preventativp services would be a copay, so to get a colon cancer screening, you would have to pay some out ofme pocket money, and we know fewer people would access the services so the conversation is different now.er we're hoping congress works with us, with the president to actually put the benefits in place, improve the law where it needs improving, but let's move forward, let's not go back tot the days where insuranceinsu companies got to pick and choose who in america got coverage and who didn't.d >> we appreciate you have sopr much ectaking some time to joini this morning.

in is health and humans services secretary -- this is health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius.s another day on the road fort the hetwo leading presidential candidates. president obama heads though iowa to push his middle incomeil tax break plan.ea mitt romney will campaign in colorado. he's expected to discuss his energy policy. meanwhile, a new poll shows the two white house hopefuls in ape dead heat fuwith less than 44 months until election day.ion according to the abc news washington post survey, bothey candidates are, tied at 47%. that's virtually unchanged sincn the last poll in late may despite month of bad jobs reports and the supreme court'so landmark healthcare decision. now to a developing story out of the district, federal authorities are charged another person in connection with an ongoing investigation into mayor

gray's 2010 campaign. we are live from u.s. district court with the story now. melanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. jean clark harris is a local prr executive who worked for mayorma gray's campaign. according to court documents isu that were released latel yesterday, harris is charged with conspiracy, with tax fraud, and violence of federal and dca election laws. prosecutors say harris low pressure solicited donations from friends, family and employees and then an unnamed co-conspirator reimbursed them i for the money. according to those charging documents, there werehere contributions totaling $21,550$ in 2008, to federal campaigns and committee, and $44,000 in,0 2010 to t00he campaign of what they call candidate a, who we're told is dc mayor gray. awful the contributions districted by and reimbursed by

this co-conspirator one, the document described could conspirator one as somebody who has a close friends him and professional friendship andl profession -- a close friendship and professional friend ship. the office were raided by the fbi on the same day in march. >> i don't see how the mayor can be happy about this.bout press conference on wednesday, it will be interesting to see if he gives the same explanation which i can't say anything about this, i'll just have to continue to be mayor and play it tout. t but this isn't good news for the mayor. in any shape or form. his campaign payed thisd individual -- paid thisth individual $20,000 in august of 2010, and people are going to say what did she do for your

campaign? >> reporter: harris was paid to do communications work for gray's campaign. she is the third person connected to that campaign to plead guilty for making illegal payments. jeffrey thompson's name did not appear in court documents, thedm court papers released are what they call a criminalcr information, which means that a plea agreement is likely. harris is expected to appear in court at 1:00 today. >> thank you so much. today immigration and transportation takes center stage at a dc council meeting they will likely vote to limit the -- the council is expectedex to debate bills that would set a minimum fare for the smartphone only transportation service, ann allow police to resume breath testing of suspected drunk drivers. with the breath -- breath plies

error machines. more honor the breaking news we -- more on the breaking newsr we brought you aeat the top of e hour. >> a body found by a busyb roadway. >> baseball's big night, the new king of the long ball is actually a prince. ally a prince. >> the wait to see the insight of the washington -- inside ofse the washington monument got longer. longer. 

be. it's not what tourists want for hear. >>ha the washington monument to be closed to the public for another year and a half.ha the national park service isice accepting bids for thef $15 million project to re power the damage done by last year'sl 5.8 magnitude earthquake. they hope work can september. it will take 12 to 18 months too complete. coming up in the next hour, we'll talk live with the superintendent of the national mall, and memorial parks.pa

well, we know now that it was a microburst to blame for the extensive damage in fredericksburg. the weather service confirmed that after 80-mile an hour winds tore through that area. sunday's severe storm destroyed the dance studio that you see here. and caused minor damage to symptom other businesses.er several people, or seven people actually were hurt.al on the heels of a heat waveh it may not seem like a stretch to think it's hotter than ever. research confirms in a suspicion. noa hat. says the lower 48 states set a new record for the warmest 12 month period since m they started keeping track back in 1895. the average temperature in june was 71.2 degrees.es that's 2 full degrees higheree s than the 20th century average. so we suspected it might be in record-setting heat.re >> so far, the average for july

is much higher than that. we're only midway through july. aren't we? we're not even midway. so we have to see how it pans out. you know, lot of people areop going to say hey, is this global warming? >> i think i'm kind of saying. >> p okay. it's organization. tucker -- it's okay. tucker barnes?tuck no stranger to crazy himself. >> you're right, right.ri time for the live photo of the day. today we say hello, this is miss -- madeline newerry. she turned 1 in june. she loves to keep cool in her little pool. >> who doesn't. she is, i love that face. look at that little nose and the cheeks!ee

>> look at those delicious arms! >> she is adorable.s really cute.re and you know madeline, -- go to myfoxdc.com and click on morning. very, very happy birthday. and you know what? our highs will still anybody summer range, mid-to upper 80s, but again, no extreme heat expected for our tuesday. is today tuesday? >> okay. thank you. 79 in washington, 81 in quantico. cooler temperatures off to the north hand west. getting a close-up of the area, and not a lot going on, and that's because our frontal system is off to the south.e that front is going to stay into the neighborhood for the nextt couple of days, so we will see

clouds from time to time. could be some showers, but our next best chance for significant rain showers won't arrive until friday and saturday. that's going to be the timet period when it moves in, and we'll have the best chance for showers around here.a until then, enjoy the rest of the cool temperatures, 87 today wednesday, thursday, friday, temperatures a few degrees below average, and best chance for ach shower or storm is friday and saturday. more details on the forecast in a few minutes. allison? >> tucker, thank you. we want to go back to the breaking news we talked about.le a deadly hit-and-run accident in northern virginia near the pentagon. >> sarah simmons is back to reveal what we've learned aboutr the victim and what's happening with traffic in that area. >> reporter: this investigation is really tieing up traffic. back ups on route 110 in bothin directions heading to the pentagon, so it's a traffic nightmare right now. we'll get more in a moment, but

first, take a look where this happened. police are telling us the accident scene is on 110 northbound between arlington cemetery and the pentagon, and there is somewhat of a strange story emerging about the victim. we're joined by justin. can you hear us? >> yes, ma'am. >> first off, tell me what time did this happen? and what are the circumstances surrounding this accident? >> initial 911 report was 5:36 a.m., we had a passing vehicle call it in saying there was a vehicle on the side of th road which appeared to be a body lying in front.n police and fire personnel responded to find deceased 62-year-old male from massachusetts, and the striking vehicle friend the scene.e we have fridentified this victim in this case. we're waiting to release his name pending notification of next of kin, and trying to

identify why he was in the area at the time and locate the striking vehicle. >> this is the part where people are finding this to be a bit strange, apparently, the victim was on the missing and endangering list out of massachusetts. is that correct?co >> that is correct. he was reported missing by am girlfriend. >> do you think this was somebody that wrecked on their own? do you think there was an abduction? >> it's too early to go into details or indicate why he was reported missing and in danger. it was just an alert that was ia the system. as soon as we ran his name. right now, this is southbound lanes of route 110. >> southbound of route 110.11 >> between arlington national cemetery and the pentagon still? >> just prior to the exit rampt to washington boulevard and southbound 395. >> okay. >> the connector ramp has been

shut down. >> any witnesses that you know of? >> there was a reporting party, you know, of the accident and we were working with those individuals,. >> we have been getting some conflicts information, what'sio, important 20 note is the lags part of that interview where hee rvsaid southbound along 110 coma from arlington cemetery heading

to 395. there is one lane available but unfortunately, traffic is gridlocked from 66 headed southbound on 110, out to 395. that's 395 its self, and --d itself. leaving the beltway. >> which has cleared, expect delays leaving germantown. we had problems to report if yor were traveling eastbound alongst 66.bo lanes open, ongbut delay, about2 minutes from manassas. fleas a check of the fox 5 -- that's a check of the fox 5 onfo file traffic. keeping track of -- new way tonw

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stress. dr. mike is live with was on keeping things in check. >> an abandoned school up in flames. the latest into an investigation of a massive fire it the old wells elementary. wells elementa

checking some of the topec stories, investigators ares, trying too f iigure out what caused a -- are tieing to figure out what caused a raging fire that the school building. it happened at the old webbold elementary school. the firefighters battling the flames had to evacuate, forcinga them to tackle that fire from outside. webb shut down in 2008.

former israeli prime minister omar is spieling after israel's -- smiling after the court cleared him of major corruption charges.r he smiled and greeted supporterg after the verdict rewas announc, but was found guilty on a lesser charge on breach of trust, and he has other legal problems.lems he faces trial for a bribery scandal. it's 8:31 now, and tuckerd barnes is here with another look at the forecast. you're right, yesterday afternoon, man, you, it was just

so much more, everybody was lighter and happier, it was really good.re >> i mean temperatures in the 80s. that's where we should be thisld time of year. >> it's weird, it felt a little cool in a weird way. it's a whole mental thing. >> like in march, when we're in the 60s and we get that one 80-degree reading, it's like mai it's hot. >> and temperatures in the upper 70s and low 70s, it's been ait long time.'long today will be just like yesterday, periods of sunshine with clouds moving through from time to time, and we expectwe highs in the mid- to upper 80s. currently 79 in washington, 75 in fredericksburg, ocean city, some showers, 75 degrees fordegr you, and 70 in winchester.te the area west falling back into the upper 60s overnight.0s so nice start to the day. let's do the temperature trend,e and this week, the trend is working in our favor, as highs will be in the comfortable

range, mid-to upper 80s, butbu we're going to trending a few de. 89 is the highest daytime average that we have during the year, so in other words, reaching the peak of the heating season in washington. satellite, radar, there you go, the system hanging down here, periods of clouds that will bubble up north with the shower activity, and i can't rule out the possibility of a couple showers. best chance of that is washington and south, down to fredericksburg, richmond, you have the best chance for showers and storms, and eventually, thiv front will work back up and over the washington area at the endon of athe week, and most of us wl have a better chance of showers by friday and perhaps into saturday. the 5-day, most of wednesday and thursday look fine, and best chance of showers and storms o this week, friday f and saturdad all right, that's a look at weather. let's toss it to allison.

thank you, tucker. does getting married or having g child make you less happy at work? new study shows a link between major life events and job satisfaction. plus, we know about the linkt between sleep deputiry operation, obesity and other diseases, but did you know missing sleep has the same effect as medical stress?es hi, dr. mike. >> okay, so let's talk abouttal this new study, i am married and i have three kids, i show upsh here relatively cheerful. age i included in this study or am i against all odds? >> well, it depends on how oldo the children are.ch what this study found was that your job satisfaction was at ita highest right before you have a ouchild, and then it plummets right after you have the child,t and that hecan last for up to fe

years. so if your kids are under 5, you still may be having some of the effects of decreased job satisfaction from having that child. >> is this greater in women?in you know, the whole maternalol instinct ande all that? >> yes. clearly, in this study, what they found was that women tendem to suffer more.suff they have lower job satisfaction than men, and one might hypothesize that's due to the t fact that now mom is the major care-giver of breast feeding, and up all night, and makingd sure -- and not to take awayta from the guys, because look, i've been there and done that. i was a snag, a sensitive new a age guy, and got up every time my wife did, every two hours, but basically women suffered more. >> does it talk at all about maybe if we had longer maternity leave? or does it get into that, thist new research? >> well, what this study reallys

brings to light is the fact that hey, this can go on for five years! and so employers need to be aware that this could have a long-term effect on their employee, and when they're backt from hematernity leave, which is very, very important, you haveim to understand hey, look, it's just been six months, and these folk may still have somehave problems, so you need to work with them, because remember in a a happy employee is going to make less mistakes, and you'll be more pro -- productive.du >> this research about sleep deprivation, the same effect as physical stress? how does this work? how did they do this study? >> what they did, they took healthy people, and kept themp t up, allison, for like 29 hour, and then checked their whitethe blood cell count, so what'sso that?t' when you go to the doctor and they check blood work, they do a

complete blood count, and that includes the white blood cells, which are the major cells that go around take care of infections and things like that. those cells increased in number when they were sleep deprived so the theory is that not only as you mention can sleep depravation make you gain weight, be miserable at work ant everything else, it can also increase your risk of havingf some infections and mess up your immune system.te >> wow! >> interesting. we know sleep is important. now we really know how important it is. amazing.g. and i always knew you are a snag! i knew i loved you for a reason. >> allison, i love you, too. >> have a great day there in the city of brotherly love.ly >> it's getting mushy around here. tom and kate's two weeks notice. still ahead, how much the formet couple -- how the former couple

kept the big split from getting ugly. >> we will be right back withba more. ck more.

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prince fielder is the king of the home run derby, he launched 12 out of the park, beating out batista. the all-star game is tonight, right here on fox 5. >> the nats have three all-stars going, a lot of attention willwl go to bryce harper who got into the game things to some injuries. he is sitting .2 -- hitting 28t with two inhome .282. two are expected to play in innings. bryce will chomp off the benchff -- come off the bench. >> being around the top talent in baseball is impressive, and it's going to be a lot of fun.o being here for the first time, i'm trying to take it all in,ta and trying to enjoy myself everl

moment i can, and try to enjoy it with the family as much as i can, and really enjoy myself. >> harper is the third youngesth player to go irto the mid-season classic. you can catch the all-star game here at 7:30. in case you missed it, the texas rangers got a big on-fiel scare sunday when some storms rolled in. take a look. >> as you can see, that loud thunder clap sent players frompl both teams running for cover in the dugout. it caused a 45 minute delay.mi nuthe rangers won 4-3.wo on another quick sports note, a soccer star received ata public r warning after testing positive for a banned substance, but the olympic goaltender wille get to play for the u.s. national team in london.

officials say they found thisthy substance in the 30-year-old'syr system during a test on june 15th. he says the banned substance was -- she creased -- stopped taking it when she found out. the music man marches into washington. >> check this out. i am at the orchestra pit.orch in this is where the director usually sits, but not now.t the two stars of the show, undes in thousand, and here with us -- -- they are here now.he stay rewith us. with us.

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tom cruise and katie holmesi have e worked out a divorce settlement.nt >> holmes's lawyer says she iss forward to starting the next chapter in her life. holmes and cruise issued separate statements saying they remained focused on protecting their 6-year-old daughter suri. justin bieber has the need for speed. he was pulled over on a l.a. highway after going 80-mile an hour. the teen said he was driving that fast to get away from the paparazzi. he even called 911 for help. tmz got a recording of thatf call.t take a listen of what he toldhe the dispatcher. >> i know i'm driving fast, but they're the ones that are dangerous. he let all the paparazzi get around my vehicle while doingil the citation. >> okay. >> i felt like, like he didn't even pull me to the side. he could have pulled me to a side parking lot.si he just did it right in the

middle, he didn't care. >> bieber was given the citation for speeding and then filed a complaint against the paparazzi for allegedly ma -- harassing him. you'll be able to read about glee in the comics.co there's a new collaboration in the works called archie meets glee.ee it's set for late this year. the story will feature some favorite glee characters andlee written by one of the show's writers. my question is, who is still reading archie? >> i love archie.ve >> do you still read it? >> no, i don't still read it, but that was my favorite. remember marianne the librarian, and the upbeat tune,n

shipoopi.i. for a behind the scenes look, holly morris joins us with some of the stars of the show. hey, holly., >> reporter: good morning to both of you, there's a reasone rewhy the music man one five tonies, it's a classic.a and when you do a revival, people come in with expectations and you want to meet them, and when you try to do it in your own new way, you want to exceedo those as well. they've done it here at arena stage, that's in large part because of the two wonderful people that got up early and are here. kate baldwin and burke play marianne and harold respectively >> for people in a have beenve many shows, where does this stand? >> this is one of the best. don't you think?you >> i think it's a clever script and score. >> the most clever script andos

score.t it's been out there for some time. >> 1959? date -- '57. >> how do you put a twist on itt >> i have robert preston to compete with a small task. i just wear a preston mask. you see the masks? mine's robert preston, what dops you do, kate? [ laughter ] >> i didn't know they madema those.e. you know, i think you just have work with what you find exciting and what you, what draws you to the task and what you connect with and use what you got.yo >> do you connect with your character? that's right. >> i do. i've been listening to the score since i was a kid!! we had west side story, music man, herb albert and the tijuana brass, and those were the three albums we had, so we would be running around the living room, saying what do liyou talk, whato

you talk, we didn't know what it meant, so i've grown up with this. you just feel so, like you'veke done it all.a >> now, you might be sitting at home, saying knows two look burke originated the role ofof gaston in beauty and the beast. and kate was nominated for afor tony for phinean's rainbow.hi does that make it easier orneke tougher to i come into an arenaa n like this?ike people expect award-winning performances. >> they do, but quite often, yo have people who say i've seen you in this and i loved youry performance in this, and in a way, it's kinds of lovely because you get people rooting for you.for i think that quite often that it the case as opposed to peopleo

being skeptical or more harsh. >> they want more of you? >> i saw robert preston, i saw eddy albert, van johnson, and after them, you're my favorite. >> stop it!>>! >> so basically, i'm last. >> we talked to the dancer a little last hour about this theater in the round.r it is such a magnificent space.c for you all as actors to play to all sides, and have nowhere tono hide, how is that? >> it's more like real life. you don't spend your life justli playing to one side -- >> right. [ laughter ] >> but, you know, it does feel more free, because you get toge move any way you want.yo because in that respect, every,e you know, everybody is going to see all sides.see there is no way to hide. >> the only reason it seems unnatural is because we spends a great deem of our career -- dea

of our career facing one way. >> so it's a challenge in a way i know you're on this, i -- let me come between these two.th esi would love for you to sing o me, but he only has eyes for her. but thanks for coming on. let's hear the lovely voices, the skin like peaches, voice like cream, that was the washington post review. you review is for yourself! there were bells on the hill but i llnever heard them ringing ♪ ♪ no i never heard them at all, till there was you ♪

♪ and there was music and there were wonderful roses, they tell me ♪ ♪ in sweet fragrant meadows of dawn and you. ♪ there was love all around, but i never heard it singing ♪si >> music man runs throughthro july 22, myfoxdc.com we have a.m link there to get your tickets and you can hear firsthand why you should be getting your tickets soon. in the next hour, we'll talkwe about this show and what else lies ahead. there are worse ways to start a morning! let me just say that.

my turn, kate. i want a hug. >> oh, i thought you wanted itwa with kate. >> thank you, holly.u, >> that's funny.s it is time for the facebook fan of the day, and today we say hello to lifelong fan much. she is tuned in over the of course of three decades and ten kids.ki congratulations. ten kids. >> that's a lot of kids! that's why she's been up early. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan, log on to our facebook pagb and leave a comment under thisun picture.de coming up, an inside look atside one of the deadliest al-qaida- attacks on the united states before 9/11. >> we're going to sit down with the former commander of the usss cole. you're watching fox 5 morning news.g we'll be right back.

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what investigators believe happened. >> she did consulting work forng mayor gray's campaign, and now dcpr executive jean clark harrir is to k appear before a judge today. melanie is live with a look at the charges and the expected plea deal. and later, 17 sailors lostsl their lives in what the commander of the uss cole says was a spark on the war on terror. he is here to talk about that tragic attack on the uss coleus and his s new book.bo >> the fight against cancer and diabetes comes to the silver screen. how to make a healthy mealhe alwithout losing the flavor. you don't want to lose