tucker is downstairs in theo weather center. he's got more on what alsowhat sounds good, a relatively mild forecast. >> you said it. it won't be too bad.to temperatures will otop out in tp mid- to o upper 80s. we'll take that. could be a shower or storm like today, but much of the day willd be dry and partly sunny.ly let's get to the numbers and look, and at reagan national, we just bumped you will -- up to 81.to these temperatures are not bad considering what we've put upp with.th 77 in culpeper. looking at our radar, we'll dowe so in a minute after we look at temperatures to the north and west.. overnight, temperatureste comfortable, 66 at this hour a -- some showers offshore, and we have the frontal system fromyste sunday hanging to the south. the further south down 95 toto fredericksburg, richmond, you will have thicker cloud coverclu

and better chance for showersor and storms for the rest of us, just a few scattered showersew late this afternoon with partial sunshine expected and highs still in the comfortable range, 87 in washington, 86 in columbia more details on the five-day. i'll have it coming up.comi we continue to follow breaking news. a deadly hit-and-run in arlington. this happened around 5:30 this morning on 110 south near the pentagon. pleasant responded to a -- police responded to a call withc a body on althe road. the vehicle was gone when police arrived. we now know the man killed was a 62-year-old veteran who was onde the missing and endangered list in massachusetts.. two northbound and two southbound lanes of route 110 are closed as well as the exitth e ramp to washington boulevard d southbound 395. checking some of the other top stories, investigators are

trying to figure out what caused a raging fire at an abandoned school building.scho it started just after 11:00 p.m. at the former webb lry school ic north -- elementary school inel north eat.rth firefighters to evacuate the building, forcing them though tackle the fire from the outside. webb elementary school shut down in 2008. the building was being used as a warehouse by the office off property maintenance.ma montgomery county policey need your help to find a suspect wanted for a sexual assault. the alleged attack happened neae the hadley farms community poolm in gate burger. a woman said she was walking biopsy opposite the area aroundr 5 -- around the area when the man pulled her into a secluded area. she has given police a description of the suspect. still no word this morning on what caused this deadly car crash at a gas station in virginia. you can see on the veins video, police say john hollands washo

killed when his car flippedr several times before crashing into a gas pump. all the pumps were shut off juss after the crash huto prevent fie veand explosions. the big story we're following, update on the investigation into dc mayor vince gray's 2010 campaign. >> another person is facing charges. melin joins us live -- -- melanie joins us live. >> reporter: her name is jean harris, she owns two pr companies, dell international, and details international, asera she did work for mayor gray's 2010 campaign. according to the court documents, harris is facingis charges of conspiracy, taxcons fraud, and violations of federae and local election laws. prosecutors say that harris gotr friends, family and employees to make political contributions and then an unnamed co-conspirator

would reimburse the contributions through harris's company. according to the charging document, there were contributions totaling $21,550 in 2008 to federal political campaigns and committees, and $44,000 in 2010 to the campaign of what they called candidate "a," who we're told is gray. all of these were directed by and reimbursed by co-conspirator one, according to the prosecutors. the documents describe this co-conspirator one as somebody who has a close friendship andd professional relationship with harris. harris is known to have close ties with jeffrey thompson, he's a businessman and prominentsm government contractor, and he c has been under investigation for many esmonths as well. thompson's home and office and harris's office were raided byby the fbi on the very same day in

march. >> everybody's waiting to see with jeffrey thompson, who has already retained counsel, andune who is the largest contractor in the city, one contract, the medicaid contract is over $300 million so this goes beyong oejust campaign related things. it might actually go to the practices of government. >> reporter: harris is the third person connected to gray's 2010 campaign to plead guilty to making illegal payments. the court documents were released and some was called an information document, that cannot be filed without con extent -- consent. harris will be in federal court at 1:00 today. >> thank you very much. also in the district, house committee is scheduled to vote honor a bill that would ban abortions in dc after 20 weeks of pregnancy. it's being pushed by the nation

right to life committee. the bill is based on the claim that neat tusks can feel pain -- fetuses can feel pain. eleanor norton said the bill is part of an effort to undermine's woman's constitutional right to an apportion. the u.s. house of representatives is all set toll vote son repealing president obama's healthcare law.he a repeal is likely tomorrow in the house, but the measure wille not get anywhere in the democratic controlled senate. ca yesterday, the white house issued a veto threat. earlier on fox 5, the secretary of health and human services said if republicans repeal it,r it will turn the clock back on healthcare. >> we go back to the way things were over two years act where insurance companies got to picko and choose who had coverage and who didn't, and year after year after year, costs continue to skyrocket, and people got lessot for their healthcare dollars.ca that's really what rethe statust quo helooks like. that's what house republicans are voting to put back in place

>> it was only two weeks ago that the supreme court ruled the law was constitutional.io tony? there's some potential good news for u.s. businesses and employees. today on capitol hill, the senate is expected to begin debate on a democratic plan that would give tax cuts to companies that hire more people. the plan calls for 10% tax credits to companies is that hire new workers or give raises to currents employees.es if you were hoping to return to the washington monument soon, don't get your hopes up. visitors may not be allowed baca inside the monument until 2014.2 >> there may be some changes to the grounds around the monument. we are live from the national mall to explain.pl >> reporter: allison and tony, the monument suffered damage from the earthquake, and theynd have to do repairs, so there is a possibility it could be close in the 204. joining -- 2014. knowing me now to talk about the

repairs, robert vogue, thanksgu e,for coming out and braving th heat. tell us about, we know it sustained some damage during the effort quake, tell us about some repairs that have to be done.e. >> it's growing to require extensive -- going to require scaffolding all the way around it and up the top, all 555 feet, so that's going to be a big effort, and we have to repair a number of large marble panels at the very top that were cracked.. about 50 stones that need to be repaired, and reinforced. so it's a big task, and he'sd made even -- it's made morema difficult by the deneed to go al the way up so high to make the repairs. but we are on task, we've done o very thorough analysis of the damage, which is necessary to put out our solicitation for bids for people to make repair work, and where on task and on

schedule with newsing who willo do that work -- announcing who will do that work. we don't nope the exact time frames -- don't know the exact time frame until we award the bid. >> we might be done in 2013, but we're saying 12 to 18 months at this point. when we award the contract, we'll have a better idea. >> reporter: and you are sayinga ndthat some of the flags at the base may have to be changed because you havget large equipment in to do the repairs. >> that's true. we will have to take about 8 to8 10 feet of the stonework aroundn the plaza area, and some benches out in order to get the scaffolding in place and get a crane in there. >> reporter: right.>> >> so we're committed to doing the project as fast as we can s we can get the. 6 to 700,000 visitors back up into the monument, but we want to make sure we're doing it right. this is obviously an icon of

washington, and the united states and we want to make suree the monument is repaired perfectly for posterity. >> reporter: traffic is always a an issue here in dc during the week.he is that going to be affected? >> we do not anticipate it affecting traffic. >> it should be all good. thank you very much. today, we got it straight fromst the rahorse's mouth, the experte talking about the repairs on te washington monument.mo >> very latest info. coming up, the uss cole was a long ways from home when ithom was attacked by terrorists. >> it has been almost 12 years since explosive blew a 40-foot- by 60-foot hole in thein destroyer, killing 17 sailors. the ship's commander is in the studio, out with a new book. raw emotion about that tragic day, which he calls the start o

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nearly 11 months to the dayo before ntthe september 11ed terrorist attack, the uss cole was at a fueling stop with anstp explosion hit the ship. it was the first known collect assault on the u.s. by then little known group call al-qaida. the commander is out now with a new book about what happened aboard the ship, including theth loss of 17 sailors, and manym more injured, 37 sailors injured.re retired naval commander saysma what happened on the cole was tragic, bumper to bumper theth political response may have jus been as costly.as c -- but the political responseli may have just been as costly. thanks for stopping in.oppi we want everybody to know you will have an opportunity to meet the commander at a book signing today at noon to 1:00. we will give the details after

the interview, but i want to talk about the events that day. could you take us back almost 1m years osago, sir? >> uss cole had pulled in fored what we thought would be a restock for fuel. we started refueling about 10:30 that morning, and i was at my desk doing paperwork when at 11:18, there was if a thunderous explosion. you could feel all of the guide ed destroyer trust into the right at lights went out, power went out, ceiling tiles popped out, and everything on my desk came up about a foot and slammed down. within a matter of minutes, we were able to determine we had been attack. we didn't know how or whatwh happened. many people thought it was as fuel explosion. i went into my cab din, grabbed a pistol, 9 million-meter. -- 9-millimeter.9- >> at that time, set the stage,

we're looking at the -- you said that's 40 by 40 hull, we saids 60, 40 by 60, but 40 by 40 hull that was blown into that ship. >> -- a hole. >> two garbage barge. what we didn't know when wekno pulled in, because ofecau intelligent shorts false, al-qaida had been there for a year, watching the ships, watching the boats that came out, where they came up, how long they stayed alongside, ands that third boat we thought was the third garbage barge came to the sam spot where the previouse one thad been, and detonated, killing 17 of my sailors.s >> this is before 9/11, when wee thought we were what, maintaining the peace in thatn part of the world? >> we were the 27th ship to pull in, we were trying to do engagements with the government of yemen to build military tomil

military connections and government to government connections, tragically, wew underestimated the threat that al-qaida represented in that country and that port, and tragically, my crew paid the price. >> and you say that you still talk to many of the members,me right. >> yes. i stay in touch with them on almost a daily bye basis. they are heros. do we do enough to say they are heroes?ro >> hopefully this book, front burner, will give an opportunity for the american people to really learn about that tragic event. a lot of people read what was it the paper, there's a lot oft misinformation out there, and this is the accounting that toot me a long time to sit down at the keyboard, re living it, second to second, minute by minute. my crew gave me a lot of great interviews to make sure the facts were solid in doing it,it, but now, we have the story soor the y american people can truly learn what heros i was blessed to command that day. >> 11 months after though, you

have 9/11, and everybody is paying attention now.nt in ioyour opinion, did 9/11, cod that have been prevented? the massive attack on that daya been prevented or any parts ofy that if we had been paying attention? >> that's the great unanswered question. we will never know if we had donny response by the clinton or bush administration, whether it would have tipped our hand, toh learn the plot was in action, but by doing nothing, we sealed our fate. >> if you had to blame the president then, blame the president coming in, what is to blame here in your opinion? have you assessed blame?as >> i don't like tos get into blame, i think what uss cole shows, when you have a disconnect in national security policy, because of politics, which is really what you had, you had one administration when we were attacked, we were a month away from an election, the

nation then got consumed byc onhanging chads.ging when the bush administration came in, the clinton administration did nothing in response to the attack, exceptac try to get k,out of office witht leaving any political baggage og the table. the bush administration came in with an attitude that the attack on uss cole was somewhat stale,t and if anything should have be done, it should have been done by the clinton administration,a or started, but they were forward looking, not backyard acting, and nothing happened.g it was a great deal source of frustration and crew that theren was d no response to 17 sailors killed. >> so much more to talk about, and so little time too do it. but we appreciate you coming in. we want to give you the information on the book signing. it is an hour, noon to 1:00 p.m: tejera damage foundation -- at the heritage foundation. are commander lippold will be there.

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home runs, and look who makes the catch.th makes the catch.t a police officer hanginghe out n the stands. blue jay hoe shea bay teeth -- jose baptista racked up somesom runs. can anybody believe i never did sports? batista would edge trumbo with the runs. field -- hit 12 home runs, including a 476-foot bomb to defeat batista who had 7. fielder joins ken griffey, junior to within -- >> that makes no sense to me. >> fielder had 12 home runs ands

he won? and the others had 13? nats have three players in kansas city for the all-star game. strasburg and gonzales willwi likely pitch an innings, but mike trout and bryce harper are getting the attention.on the angles outfielder is leading in hitting. >> they are in the all-startar game, they were in the minors.mi >> mike trout, bryce this, you know, i've been hearing it sinc i got selected, into, and when bryce got selected number one pick, i just realized hey, i'm 20, he's 19, 18, there's goinge' to be some talk about it. >> being around the top talent in baseball is impressive, and it's just going to be a lot of fun, i think. being here for the first time, i'm trying to take it all in, and enjoy every moment.

try to enjoy it as much as i can. >> they're kids! they are teenagers. coverage of the all-star game gets underway at 7:30 right heri ongh fox 5.fo do watch. >> amazing. >> it's like those people areeo pljust destined, those special people. >> remember tiger when he was just 12?ge with it.orn >> right, born with it. >> p let's get to the weather forecast. looking fine, temperatures will be back in the mid- to upper 80s, yesterday we hit 87. today, we'll be there again with pleasant conditions.pl warm and humid eaduring the coue of the day, but of course, afte, we put up with the last couple weeks, temperatures will cooperate.t 83 in quantico, 79 this morning in leonard found, overnight --

leonard town, overnight, temperatures back into the 60s. so very comfortable start to the day. this afternoon should be more of the same as we deal with a mixh of clouds and sunshine from time to time as we have this frontal system to the south. showers activity associated witt a cold front, and it will stayd to i the south.e at times, we'll get a little cloud cover farther north, and some showers.me particularly this afternoon and during the evening hours.veni we could see some scattered showers, but otherwise, we should be fine with partial sunshine around here today, and temperatures in the mid-80s. why the cooler weather?we that big dome that was around here into the weekend, we have wethe record-setting temperaturt it was an impressive area of high pressure.ss this has finally slackened up, and allowed a dip in the jetstream, so cooler s temperatures are here to stay.to believe it or not, highs in the 80s all week, that's going tot'

s be slightly below average.lo thew average daytime high is 8. for today, plenty of clouds, still some sunshine, few showers late this afternoon, 87 the daytime high, winds from the east 5-10. and clouds will linger tonight.e some r showers with an overnight low of 71, and your 5-day forecast, that's a nice-looking week for the middle of july, with temperatures in the mid-80 avenue. overflight lows about 70, 60out healthcare law north and west of the -- 60s north and west ofan the city. the front gets to the south, working back into the region.re that's a look at weather. back to you guys. >> thank you. you'll want to hear this. the national weather service says a microburst is to blame for the damage in fredericksburg sunday. 7 people were injured when thehe roof was torn off a danceda studio, sending it flying. winds 94 as high at 80 miles an hour. if you thought the first half oa this year was unusually warm, well, you were right. turns out january through june

of 2012 was the warmest on record in 28 states, and more than 100 cities. that is according to the folks at noaa, looking at numbers than go back to 1895. hundreds of thousands wereho without power usduring intense heat last week, and in what sounds like deja vu, more dc firefighters are facing backlash for using a fire truck to fill pool for a block party.y. >> apparently this isn't the first time.ti paul wagner telephones us they did the -- telephones us they did this a week -- tells us a week ago they did it a week al. -- >> reporter: runs a host down rn newton street to fill a large inflatable pool in the middle of the block.e a second photo from the fire department's computer aided dispatch shows engine 11 wentne out 1of service at 10:15.. >> chief involved determined it wasn't a private pool, and howpo he came up with that is beyond me.

it's not a municipal pool. >> reporter: engine 11 is stationed at 14th and newton northwest, just steps from where the block party was being held. neighbors said the firethe department had performed thepe service before, and they didn't see any problem with it. >> i don't see any reason why they can't, they went right off the hydrant, and just, within about 15, 20 minutes, the pool was full.s >> reporter: but a week ago a w saturday, firefighters from engine 30 in northeast filled this private pool as other unitu responded to a heavy volume of storm-related calls.ca the chief said it wouldn't happen again. our citizens look at it as an expedient way to get the pool filled quickly, but yoy have to understand, that's notta our purpose.our we'll have a conversation with the chief, we're at it right now. >> reporter: but the residents on newton said they saw nothing wrong with getting a little

help. >> i don't see a problem with it. personally. but i just think that we've been doing this like a tradition. >> they weren't here for 15, 20 minutes, and as fast as they can wind the hose up if they got a call, they could have. >> reporter: but as the firefighter union pointed out, water costs money, and firefighters are to be paid for saving lives, not filling pools. >> reporter: the investigation is ongoing, but it wasn't donewa as a favor snwith anyone with connections in the fire department. the chief says in fact, the whyh was turned down at the highest level and for whatever reasonw was not filtered down to the officers in charge of engine 30. >> the fox 5 newsroom, paul wagner. coming up, an american idol

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u.s. alone since the spring.. now, her husband leonard's novel is the first of three planned books, and tells the story of a teen dropout seeking his father's killer. former "american idol"an contestants could be headed tohe the judges panel. >> adam lambert has been in talks with idol negotiators for some time.so the news comes two weeks after jennifer lopez hinted she might not be able to return next season. i had not heard that.hea so far, no comment from fox. >> pretty good. >> probably. still ahead, fighting cancei ghand obesity. >> an event this weekend aims to raise awareness about healthy life-styles. and how to make a few changes without losing flavor. he's cooking for us after the break. i'm hanging out with theut bright stars of music man, as wa are live at arena stage.a

and yes, of the kids in the cast are joining us. they are warming up.ar they will talk to us about whatu they're doing int the show, whh they like about it.ou the new director of our programming will talk about this show and what still lies aheads this season. this season. this is the plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of sharable data and add up to 10 different devices, including smartphones and tablets. the first plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. now add a tablet for only $10 monthly access.

cutting down tv watching to less than two hours a day extend your life expectancy by a little morc than a year. the authors of the study say it doesn't prove sitting longer will shorten your life.li >> good, sings that's what we mainly do.in a good diet and regular

medical screenings are component s of a healthy life-style. we have a friend from the salt and pepper cooking team, he is chef danly. now, welcome.om >> welcome. how are you? >> are you and salt breaking up? >> no. this is not -- >> he just couldn't be here?er >> right. we're focusing on healthy diets for folks who are cancer victims, people from that suffel from diabetes.fr you don't have to sacrifice flavor. this is one of my favorite turkeys. >> it smells good. >> it's some of the turkey that's been marinated in honey and ginger. we lightly cook that, you don't have to use cannoli oil or olive oil, you cpan spray.pa that's what i like to do when we

talko about healthy cooking. using non-stick pans, but to heighten the flavor, we have,we try to use different waste of bowing sistering the flavor. use a -- bolstering the flavor.l this has no artificial preservatives. >> and d id you use that, thattha melted in there? >> it made it's own sauce.wn >> they wanted me to make it in bite size portions like a wrap, but today, we'll do it almost like a giant ---- >> sure. >> s o we have our turkey cooking, put some pepper jam in it. brian it with the juices -- combine it with the juices. they wonder how whee do this. we had some sliced orange on here. folks thing with sandwiching, do chips or something crunchy, but we're going to use natural fruit.

we peel oranges the same with melons. we just come around the fruit.th >> it's faster. >> and then once it's done, you'll see it we're going to too those with somebody that's rare, some cinnamon. when you try that later on,la you'll see how the cinnamon just bolsters the flavor. heightened flavors without adding a bunch of unnecessary stuff. >> sugar and all of that stuff. >> now we're almost done. we have some sliced cucumber. the zest from one orange, it's just the coloring on the outside, the lemon, just the yellow part, the lime, or just green. we shave that on the inside. add some natural apple cider vinegar, it's a great antioxidant. >> you know all the health tricks.th >> i've been doing this for a

minute! >> little bit of oil, salt, pepper. >> that's good. for those who can't tell, we have a little audience here today, and i can hear them chuckling. >> the reason we're doing thisdo is because of this health expo,l you are doing the featured demonstration, and it's about healthy eating, ways to do that, particularly for minority communities, for everybody really, but communities who ten to eat more of the processed foods. you can get away from that.ha >> we're almost done now. take the wonderful turkey inl this other pan, i'm sorry, i'm chewing as well. never trust a chef that doesn't taste. we're going to take the flat bread, add all-natural, it'sna called toziki sauce.

take our turkey, because we're almost done. >> how long does the turkey ---- >> in turkey cooked about two to three minutes on both side, it's thin, butterflied. lay that on top. >> this looks really good. >> some of my students are probably saying, why don't you make that for us? sliced tomato now. >> it's tox touch can i.can you can -- turkey. you can buy that the a whole foods. -- by this at whole foods.wh this is one of the best producte sti've ever tried. >> while you're doing that, lett me show you the information about the health screening this weekend, and this is being prove moments by the national cancer institute pan institute of health, the community health expo in silver springs, this saturday in 10:00 a.m. to

3:00 p.m. at the civic building. there will be free presentations , yoga, zumba, and demonstrations. you made that so big. >> that's mine! studio audience will fend for themselves. thank you very much, sir.ch tell pepper we said high. >> we will have more in a bit. where am i? >> allison? we are starting off your da with singing and dancing as weda go behind the scenes with a look at the music man, it's where we find holly. >> reporter: 76 trombones lead e r:big parade, and should lead yu to arena stage where music man is playing right now to rave reviews, and david is the director of artistic

programming, just appointed to that role this month. congratulations to you. >> i feel like i have the best job in the universe. >> reporter: no, i do, but you can , have the second best job.e let's talk, you're now in charge of the artistic vision for areno stage. >> i get to activate artistic vision, and make sure everything we're doing is delivering the best in american theater.a i travelme the country, meet new artists see the casting, help pick the plays, make sure what we're delivering is a great product. >> what is the product coming up? >> a red hot season october 23, and it starts with kathleen turner. this fall, we have an amazing season of musical inspired play with one night with janis joplin, and world premiere blues. >> reporter: you were described as a deep-thinker with a strong

-- i think what we do is celebrate the american spirit. this organization, this theater has been about deep thinking and deep spirit, so i think i'm a good match in that way. >> reporter: nothing celebrates the american nspirit more than t music man. which little bird told me you also were in the music man when you were younger? >> i was 15, i was mayor shin, i said i didn't quite do as good s job at ours, i didn't havedi facial hair, but this has touched everybody's liches, andi that's why it's a great american classic. it is a great american classic, cornerstone of the american theater. >> reporter: talk more about the particular production here and o what people will get out of it. >> it's really about community, love, life, and the way the community comes to life through the arts, so one of the mostth amazing things e i love about te production is going in and

seeing daughters, seeing it with their fathers one of the reason we do the musicals is to open up the flood gates, introduce a ne generation to the theater. >> reporter: and nobody can introduce young kids to musicals tbetter than young kids. good morning, river city kids. >> good morning snowmold are you guys? >> i'm almost 15. >> almost 14.. >> i'm 11. >> reporter: and i'm almost -- a ndwon't say.t telephone me about being in thet show. this is a big deal for you all. >> it's just so much fun, especially being in the castng i with the amazing actors and actresses. the show is so fun to do. >> do you learn from the stars? >> yes, yes. >> all the stars, everybody is so nice to us, because we're not, this is kind of, i don't know, this is big, and everyone in the cast is so supportive and

really nice, and they have good chemistry. >> reporter: what are some things they've told you? >> sorry. >> they told us that no one, everyone is a star, every role is part of the whole picture,wh oland no role is not important n the show. >> reporter: so you guys are very grown up already, but when you get more grown up, like who's your role model? who would you like to be like? >> let me hand it over to the river city kids. let's see a little of what youwt can do, superstars! 

a look at the five-day, 87 this afternoon, could be an ice slated shower or storm, --to isolated shower or storm.or partly sunny wednesday, thursday, best chance of showerc is friday and saturday, but temperatures in the 80s.80s. we'll take it.it you got to try chef's food.h it is excellent, you know that anyway. the battle family, oscar, karen, in is quinton, his brother lynn,

and you guys have a sister, right? she's not here today. they're here because quintonqu wrote a book called big blizzards, illustrated and written by quinn, all about weather, and it is fantastic with great illustrations and the like, and quinton was kinds enough to dedicate the book to me because he watches the showth every morning.e quinton, thank you very much for doing that. did you learn about all this inn school? >> yes. >> do you love the weather? >> yes. >> do you want to be a weather man one day? >> no. [ laughter ] >> i like that. what do you want to be?be >> i want to be a basketball player. >> you know what?wh that's the better choice. thank you for that. that is very, very nice of you. i appreciate that. >> nice-looking plan. thanks for coming in. gabrielle want to be a