with it, intense rain for many of you. the downpour caused flash flooding and more power outages. we'll take a closer look as fox 5 news starts right now. >> it rained so heavily, it wok me up. >> yeah. >> it was amazing.ama good morning, this is wednesday, july 11th. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymore. first, look at this.fi this was the scene in northwest dc after a torrential rain storm ripped through the the it caused flash flooding near 1st andar rhode island avenue, the highe water made it impossible for cars to drive through the street. >> that is not something we see very often in the district. that storm caused power outages. right now, about 900 residents are still in the dark. >> i would have blamed it on a

heat a couple taste ago, but this came out of nowhere, andwhr late last night. tucker barnes has more on the crazy weather. >> about two, three inches ofche rain in a short period of time in northern d parts of washingt. parts of the area didn't get anything, but we had a localized band of rain that got going about 6:30. and you can see the damage it did across the area. this morning, waking up to up cloudy conditions.on let's look at the radar, and if off to ao max 2, you can see quiet start. 74 in wash phone, 60s off to the north, and to the west. culpeper, 68, 57 this morning in hagerstown, cambridge 70.ri here's the radar, and the shower activity that was around last night, long gone. we nihave showers and storms dot towards the carolina/virginiania border. that's as close as they are. it should be quieter than yesterday, d with partly sunny conditions and highs in the

continuing past 28, it's heavy and steady, continuing to the lane divide, but no accidents, slow delays. we'll go back inside and update the ride.th little below speed here as you work in towards 123.

beltway inner loop approaching gal lows road be -- gallos ride, that's a check of the fox 5 on-time traffic. following breaking news from ohio. a train derailed this morning, sparking a fire on a freight train that was carrying farmr products and rythe chemicals hai been bucarning since theth derailment at 2:00 a.m. two people were hurt when theen explosion occurred, and policed in columbus, ohio, have evacuated everyone living within one mile of the fire. this morning's big story, claims of fraud dogging vincent's gray's 2010 campaign. >> rumors were confirmed, talking hundreds of thousands of dollars. melanie? good morning. >> reporter: the revelations keep coming.ep mayor gray would not talk to reporters who swarmed his office

yesterday, but a spokesman did assure us that gray would takeu all questions at a regularly scheduled press conference thiso morning.nf the guilty plea by harris basically confirmed there was ae out the books campaign to get gray elected. 75-year-old jeannie harris wiped her eyes as she admitted to theo scheme tuesday.me the plea agreement says an unnamed co-speed tore funneled $653,000 through her public relations firm. had she pled guilty to twoto counts of conspiracy conspiracy

longer be his contract. >> jeffrey have i thompson has none been -- jeffrey thompson has not been charged.e harris is expected to get two and a half to three years in prison under searchingpr guidelines.is another big story we're watching on, playing out onon capitol hill,. >> there is a vote in congress for try to overfurnish presiden- overturn president obama's healthcare plane. doug luzader has more. >> reporter: republicans in the house are just a few hours away from making this happen, own

even -- even if democrats say it's an exercise in fertility.il >> reporter: republicans will d: what they have done many times e before, knock down dthe president's healthcare plan and henot surprisingly, democrats don't like it. >> we're not trying to make lawr we are making a political point. >> reporter: just making points, because after the house votes tr tkill obamacare, the effort wil surely stop with democrats who control control

standing. >> reporter: one thing this doeg tfor republicans it gets modero democrats on the record supporting the plan.ti >> more politics on the hill. thank you. nk another big topic on the hill, tax cuts. president obama will host democratic congressional leadere ssat the white house today to w discuss his plan to extend thehi bush era tax cuts for the middlh class as well as jobs initiatives. meanwhile, on the campaign trail, mitt romney is set to make a pitch to african-american voters this morning at the naccp annual's meeting in hughes. the speech is aimed at the economy and showing independent

and shswing voters that he'sers willing to reach out to diverse audiences. in virginia, the sheriff's office want to know '04 who kill a reporter for the winchester star. p sarah greenhalgh's body wasdy found in her burning home onhome monday. investigators say it's a homicide case. greenhalgh worked at a freelance reporter for many years inma addition to her job at the winchester star, writing but steeple horse issues and government issues.go investigators say they don't believe her work was connected to her death. friends say they are outraged a and miss reat the -- mystified. >> these's the last person i would expect to -- she's the t last person i would expect to wohear about this. out this.

now fairfax county chairmanty wants answers. she is calling for a regional task force to find out why the verizon facility did not work. later on, she will ask the metropolitan washington councilt of governments to create that task force. pepco customers in montgomery and prince georgence county may have to wait a while

to see if their bills are going up.in there was a delay issued after the storm.or pepco originally requested a 4%r rate hike for its maryland customers. the decision was expected thisxp week, but eccould be pushed bacu another seven days. still ahead, a strange smell forced a plane to make anmake emergency landing.emla the latest from philadelphia after the break. >> a startling report about the number of hours metro bus drivers are logging. why it's raising concerns about safety. >> here is a live look outside. it's wet in portions of the region after last night's rain. we'll get the latest from tucker and july. ♪ ♪ ♪

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carolina to rome forced it to divert. five crew members on the flight were taken to a hospital as a s precaution after becoming nauseous. still, no word on the cause of that odor. the plane will continue to run this morning with a different flight crew. two flight attendants andten several passengers were hurt after severe turbulence took atu flight fromrb aruba to miami. >> have you ever been on a flight with severe turbulence? it is scary.scar >> have you been on a plane with a bad smell before? >> yes. >> that's like every flight. at d some point, point,

a couple days. across the country, seasonal for the middle of july. the one exception will be the extreme heat in the desertde southwest, nevada right now, 95 degrees. don't forget, they are threerg ethours earlier, 4:15 in theth morning, 95 degrees there.g, 9they are expecting a high of 110. i was thinking 110, that's impressive, but we were 105 a few days ago around here, so,so again, temperatures prettymp extreme.er showers and storms across the carolinas. just to the south, that will work back to washington areak towards the end of the week, buo until then, i think today and

tomorrow, we'll be dry with highs right in the seasonal range, upper 60s to about 90, and for the weekend, if you hav weekend plans, there will be scattered storms around as a warm front arwill push through, and that will bring us warm and humid air for saturday and sunday. low 90s by saturday and sunday, swith >> can you get two? >> probably not.

[ laughter ] >> that means we have to go together!er [ laughter ] >> all right. well, vdot is moving the camera on 395 to the 14th streethe bridge. on the dc end, there's an accident that occurred, secondcu lane from the left, rrand that's what tieing up the commute. traveling northbound only 395, delays from the beltway, landmark, heading across thehea tunnel, to that accident scene.i if you are traveling in virginia, leaving springfield to gal lows road.roa that's a check of the on time traffic. driving a metro bus isn't easy, but imagine being behindn the wheel for 12, 16, or even 20 hours a day. >> that is what a new report found and it is raising concernc about safety as drives rack upc the miles on overtime. sherri ly is monitoring metro.

>> reporter: metro's rules just allow bus operators to work aa maximum of 16 hours in a day, but in some cases, this report found there were bus drivers putting in 20 or more hours a day, more than 80 hours in a week. when most people head home from a long, hard day of work, the metro bus drivers have d barrel begun. a metro report on bus driver fatigue found 8% of all shifts were 12 hours or more during a one month period.on of those, drivers worked 20 or more hours without 8 hours off 50 times. >> the bus driver should have more time to rest.re if you're driving, you reallyri need to have time to, you know, relax and then you pay better attention.te >> reporter: the report follows had a similar study on metro rail operators and workers done by the transit agency and

tri-state oversight committee. this looked at bus operatorsbus during july of last year. for some passengers, the findings raise concerns about drivers lacking sleep, while in control of a 16-ton bus.b >> depends on when they get their brakes, or whatever, you don't -- their breaks, you don' want them to fall asleep. >> reporter: some were found to work 80 hours a week, and in some cases ten days street. many metro bus facilityies lack break rooms. >> we don't know if he's working 20 houmissouri is driving.uri >> reporter: in -- the guy whoe is driving. >> reporter: they are looking k

phone calls.ls time is 7:20. a wednesday morning, and coming up, a warning for parents had use baby monitors to keep an eye on their little ones.th >> visitors can use a smartphone to find their way through eithe smithsonian museums and other attractions. >> still looking to take a summer vacation with the kids, but don't want to travel toovel far? gaylord national resort promise an unforgettable trip. holly is checking all the coole things they are offering. offeri.

monitors. the consumer product safetyct commission and the juvenile product manufacturers association have come out with a safety guideline to prevent strangulation. parents should keep the device at least three feet away from any area that a baby sleeps in.b there is also a label you can put on the cord to warn anyone who is watching your child. since 2002, at least seven infants have been strangled. they plan to protest at the wilson building over the cutting of more than two dozen librarians. a dc school policy reportedly took away funding for librarianf from schools with fewer than 300

students. schools with more than 300 students got the funding, but principals were allowed tolo decide whether to spend it on sometwehing erother than a librarian. p. google is teaching up with the smithsonian and mapping itap piroom by room. visitors can trace their steps through 17 museums including thi space museum, portrait gallery and national school.ai the map totaling 2.7 million square feet can be accessed, ias can't say that word. >> accessed. >> accessed with google map for android. >> that is a seemingly simplea word, but sewe seem to have trouble with that.at it's wednesday, and in the race to the white house, an inse depth discussion about thet controversial issues coming up.n >> a giant blow listen out. -- blow-out. the national league takes a bigb lead and never looks back. how did our guys do?

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at reagan national yesterday, 90, one degree above normal.ee what we hadthan around here most of last week, and 9 at dulles, we'll do itt du again today, kind of partly topa rtmostly sunny day with highs expected to be upper 80s to about 90. going to be a little humid at times, particularly this mornint with the localized rain from last night. overnight, temperatures falling back into the 60s. to the north and west, 71 at dulles, you can see we still have 60s in frederick, and 68 miles start there, 73 in leonard town, water temperatures along the bay, upper 70s. looking at our satellite radar,t going to show you satellite in a minute, much more quiet.qu we had a local system goinggo across, right across the northern tier of washington yesterday, pushing to prince george and -- now a frontal

system we talked about on sundau is hanging out across the carolinaing. this front will -- carolinas. this front will hang out and push back toward us into fridays iand the weekend. as it does, we will increase the for scattered storms. so the weekend's not going to se perfect, not going to be a wash-out, but we will havewi showers and lstorms form the weekend, with highs about 90 or so.or partly sunny today, best chancen for a shower this afternoon wil be to the west, shenandoah mountains get the best chance, winds south and east at 5-10. partly cloudy skies, 70, not expecting much in the way ofy rain locally over the next 2424 hours, so good chance to dry out. thursday looks nice, temperatures in the mid-80s,mi and dthere's the weekendwe forecast, scattered storms return saturday night, sunday. that's weather. let's do some traffic -- oh,

we're going to wave it! it's the wave craze, and thank you from our friends checking in.ur this is reported by jay, who is traveling southbound on the george washington parkway. we received word they wereey checking for accidents activit. he says it's the right lane that is tied upth. southbound on the george washington parkway so heads up working to the potomac bridges. inbound new york avenue, slow moving traffic as you workou inbound from northeast for northwest. problems right now for though drafting northbound on 395, that is where we have the accidents activity on the dc end of the 14th street bridge.14 unfortunately, for our thvision, it's going to be under this, ore behind us this overhead sign.gn second lane to the left is what's blocked, and pig delays from the -- big did he lace from the beltway -- delays from the beltway. incident-free here, working pass

colesville road. that's a check of the fox 5 on-time traffic. president obama campaigns ib amthe midwest, saying middle cls taxpayers deserve an extension of tax cuts, his anticipated rival, mitt romney, was on thero stump himself calling the president the outsourcer and chief, who also wants to hikeal taxes for businesses. joining us for the latest is republican political strategisti jim henderson.ca how are you? and while jim is did, his usual sparring partner is away, we are welcoming another regular. this is marty russo. good morning.. >> nice to see you. >> to answer your question, we u did lose power for a little.po jim and i were talking off camera a little. we're now talking about big politics.

>> russo, we were talking about homemade italian sauce! >> that would be a nicer interview. let's talk about the new numbers, the poll coming out p olfrom the post and abc news saying mitt romney and barackeya obama are in a statistical dead heat. >> these polls are meaningless in my view, because basically what it's saying, certain people have made up their minds, butr there is 6% in a haven't, and that 6% is going to decide the election, and they are noton, paying attention. the election kicks off in september after the conventionsf and then youte start to see the candidates fine tune their message. you don't know what romney stands up for, just that he'll do a better job. the election comes, here's what romney want to do, this is what obama wants to do, and the polls will start showing where thew

american people -- i want to see the poll in mid-october. >> jim, could it be this close? does that mean anything? >> i thing marty's right.hi i don't think that it means a lot. a what it does mean that a lot ofo people have made up their mind. they're either with the president or against the president. and so what the rest of the campaign will be about are thear swing voters, those independent voters that last time did vote for the president, but this time, they are still waiting toa see what happens.. it's not surprising.ng as a republican, you have to say the incumbent usually should bea ahead significantly.gn marty could tell you that. you're the incumbent, you should be ahead, he is not, or is slightly. that's a problem for him. p roi think he has a big problem. >> i think the problem here, io don't think it's a pro romney anything. it's either for the prize or against the president.

i think that's the final decision. if you like what president obama's been obama's been yes, there are democrats thatdeo don't like president obama, so e you'll have a little bit of that, but i think what marty said is true. which if this election is do yoo like president obama and the direction he's taking this country or don't you, which is what the romney campaign isc trying amto do, i think the president has a problem.ob

and that's the whole campaign ia a nutshell.mp >> if you were one of the consultants in the administration, or on thenist reelection team, what needs to happen nor president obama? and jim, i'll ask you the same thing for mitt romney. >> i think they're holding backi until after the election, after the convention to lay out whatou t their vision is.is i think the president miss ad big opportunity in not supporting simpson -- i thought that was a framework you could start from, saying i don't like everything about it, but this idea about fairness in the taxb code, spending cuts that need a

spending, about the future ofabu this country.co they ignored it. so right now, every time the president does something, you alluded to it, we're going to raise taxes on everybody over $250,000, voters are now starting to look at everything with a little bit of a cynical eye about things. is it all political? is it really happening?ly is it real? are you doing this for the goodn of the country or to get reelected, and i think a lot is to get reelected. >> let's switch to congress. senate democrats going on the offensive, for lack of a better fterm, talking about small

businesses, keeping taxes there, cutting tax breaks for companies that outsource. why this, why now?, >> same reason why thewhy republicans want to bring up a vote to repeal obamacare.am it's all politics, it's posturing. the american people have serious problems and the politicians are still posturing. it sends the wrong message tome the people.sse we should be working on how do we create jobs? we can say how much is it going to affect hosmall business, but joint commission says they will be affected by 3.5%.

somewhere else so they don't have to pay taxes.pa can you imagine a person running for the president, saying i don't want to pay enough taxes, i'm putting my money in bermuda, in the cayman islands, what a candidate! >> you have the file word, but it needs to be fast -- final word. but it needs to be fast.o >> i'm flab gassed by the whole -- flabbergasted by the whole thing. >> thank you, guys.gu we'll be right back. right back.  

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winds off the ocean, and that has had a tendency to stabilize the atmosphere. we think it's going to be nice and cool, not cool, but dry.n and as we get into friday and the weekend, scattered showers and thunderstorms re appear with the warm front, and will bring us symptom chances for showers and storms, still need it,

believe it or not, across thet,a area for the weekend. 9 today, warm all the way to 91 by sunday, so nothing extreme. best chance for rain friday night, saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon. >> thank you, tucker. here's julie wright with the latest on traffic.te >> very busy on the roads, we're still dealing with the accident activity on northbound 395 as5 you work across the 14th 14th street bridge.14 accident activity thbehind the overhead sign, that's why wew don't have a good eyeball on ito is what i like to say, but unfortunately, can't see it from this particular angle. we can see in the distancee flashing lights, so we know it's along the left shied, and that'i contributing to the delay that'e slow, land again, as you work across the potomac to the exite for the southeast/southwestsou freeway, be careful. vdot, thanks for the head's up. accident inbound new yorkinb activity. they've been moving the camerat around, but you can see we havee the center of the road that is tied up. tied up.

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>> that is due to accident activity that is tieing up most of the road at this point. some traffic is able to squeeze by under police direction. to our cameras, we had accident activity inbound new york all the activity cleared, still slow-moving. and 395, still gridlocked, beltway open across the potomac, accident behind this sign. tieing up two left lanes. that's a check of the on-time traffic. a storm rolled into our area last night, bringing some heavy rain. >> downpour was very localized as tucker said, but resulted in serious flash flooding. take a look at this. it looked more like a river in the city streets. this was scene near 1st and rhode island avenue in northwest dc. as you can see the high water made it impossible for cars to drive through the streets.

the torrential rains caused some power outages. this morning, about 900 people in the away are still in the dark. -- in the area are still in the dark. house republicans are just hours away now from a big vote, and they are hoping the 31st 31st time is the charm. their goal of returning president obama's healthcare plan. democrats called the vote an exercise in few filth. that's because -- futility, that's because it won't pass the senate, and even if it did, the president said he will veto t but it's a chance to get moderate democrats on the record supporting or opposing the law before the november election. this is the first vote to repeal the law since the supreme court upheld it two weeks ago. the same day the households its vote, the president will meet with democratic congressional leaders. he was trying to sell them on his plan to temporarily extend the so-called bush era tax cuts

for the middle class. in the meantime, mitt romney will spend the day making his pitch to african-americans. he is to speech at the naacp annual meeting. the big story this morning, dc mayor vincent gray is expected to address fraud allegations against his 2010 campaign. >> a former campaign aide admitting to funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit funds to help get gray elected. melanie is following the developments. >> reporter: it just keeps getting more interesting. when former campaign aide and pr executive virginia harris pled guilty in federal court, she confirmed what many had whispered about for months that there was an off the books campaign to get the mayor elected, designed to conceal who was paying for it. 75-year-old harris's agreement says an unnamed co-conspirator

funneled $653,000 through her public relations firm, that she then spent on campaign materials, consultant, supplies and other expenses. she admitted admitted to shreddg documents and admitted the co-spear -- co-conspirator oftenned to pay for her to leave. prosecutors say harris and this co-conspirator have been making straw donations since at least 2001. the associated press says two people familiar with the investigation identified businessman jeffrey thompson as the source of the funds. his manage care company has the city's single largest contract worth $322 million a year. harris said her conspirator didn't want the mayor to know about his support for gray. >> what made this shadow campaign sinister was how it was paid for had.

the shadow campaign was entirely off the books. finance was secret, corporate money, so the dc voters had no idea who was influencing them at the ballot box. >> mayor gray would not talk to reporters yesterday, who camped out in front of his office. the mayor is to hold his regular biweekly press conference and an aide did say he will take all questions from reporters. >> interesting, because he has not talked about this previously. >> no, he has dodged questions, and said we're going to let the investigations work through. we'll see if he answers questions today. >> thank you, melanie. the fauquier county sheriff's office want to know who killed a reporter for the winchester star newspaper. sarah greenhalgh healthcare plan bold was found in her -- greenhalgh's body was found in her home. she worked at a freelance reporter for years in addition

to her job at the winchester star, writing about county government issues, pleasant don't believe her work was connected for her -- to her death. the head of fairfax county is looks for a task force to look into the 911 problems during power power outages. they will ask the council of governments to investigate. the storm hit on a friday night, you'll remember, and 911 service was knocked out on saturday morning and was not fully restored until tuesday morning. it is official, maryland residents will vote on whether to up hold the same sex marriage law during the november election. opponents of gay marriage have been fighting against the measure since governor o'malley signed it into law earlier. authorities said they had succeeded in getting the number of signatures needed on their petition to puppet the issue on the ballot -- put the issue on the wallet. the nationals make a big

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headlines, san better dean is the third california city in less than two weeks to declare bankruptcy. it faces a $45 million budget short fall and the prospect of not being able to pay workers. stoughton animal moth lakes, california, have -- and mammoth lake have declared bankruptcy. in scranton, a view of public workers has filed a lawsuit against the city and three workers unions planning to

filed a motion to hold the mayor in contempt of court. last week, the mayor ignored a court order and cut the pay of about 400 city workers to federal minimum wage. $7.25 an hour. he says the city is broke. he cut his own pay. all the dry and hot weather in the nation's middlesex is causing a spike in corn prices. the severe drought is devastating corn crops in the midwest. corn in indiana and illinois is the worst mitt, but the drought is also affecting onions, potatoes and cabbage crops in other state. in wisconsin, the governor has declared a drought emergency. >> that's bad news. how about good news? 74 degrees, that's good news, right? but tucker has even more. >> time now for, my first five note of the kay, and -- photo of the day, and today, we have two for the price of one! >> look at that!

>> this is isaac, and isaiah, no, isaish. i want to get that one right. the brothers will be 4 on august 4th. and they are dressed up for their parents wedding. >> this so cute! >> they are ll dressed. >> they are so cute. >> handsome boys. i like the blue. so happy birthday to you guys, coming up in a couple weeks. >> i love to see little kids dressed up like that. >> it was worth the wait. >> they are so handsome. >> go to myfoxdc.com, and click on morning. mope you have a great day. -- hope you have a great day. it's going to be nice. i think temperatures will be near 90, and a lot of sunshine. currently 75 in washington, 80 in quantico. winchester, you're in the 60s

overnight. remember the front we've been talking about? it has faded down into the carolinas. at least temporarily, and it will drag with it most of the moisture we had around here yesterday. so bottom line, partly cloudy conditions, high temperatures in the upper 80s to about 90. tomorrow, we'll be decent, and friday and the weekend, return to the warm front and see scattered showers break out, i think second half of friday, saturday afternoon and sunday, the risk scattered showers in the forecast. so the good news, nothing too extreme. bad news, we'll have showers around here this weekend. much of the area still dell needs the rain -- definitely needs the rain. now to traffic, and julie wright. good morning. good morning, tucker. we're still much busy as you travel 395 coming across the 14th street bridge. the accident activity tieing up two left lanes as you work across the bridge span. had the beltway heading north,

gw parkway that is cleared, expect delays on the cia north. heavy slow and steady at the lights. heading to the third street tunnel. outer leap north is slow from 95 -- outer loop north is slow from 95 on. that's a check of the fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you very much. in maryland, higher taxes may be chasing the wealthy away. a new report says wealthy maryland residents may be moving out of the state due to recent tax hikes. the study conducted by the anti tax group change maryland shows 31,000 residents left the state between 2007 and 2010. this has some concerned, including the montgomery definitely -- delegate, luiz simmons. >> thank for having me. >> this study was done by an anti tax group, bumper to bumper

the study seems -- but the study seems to be corroborated by irs numbers. do you think higher taxes are driving the wealthy out of montgomery county and out of maryland in general? >> i think it's a problem. yogi bera was found of saying the future ain't what it used to be, and i think here in montgomery county, it may not be what it used to be. the federal government is shrinking, our taxes are not competitive with virginia. our sales taxes are, income taxes, corporate taxes, and even though this might be an anti tax group, that doesn't mean they're wrong. i am reexamining the irs data and the office 6 the comptroller has assured me they are reexamining it, so i think we'll have another analysis of it. however, i can say as a practicing attorney, i've seen many clients go to virginia, or choose not to expand in

maryland. the problem that we have here, tony, is we don't live in the new york/connecticut/new jersey area. if people are not happy in connecticut, they don't have a lot of choices. if they are not happy with the tax environment in maryland, they can move to virginia or north carolina, or even delaware, and i think this is the difference between our situation and the situation of some of these other states. so yes, i think it's a problem. in the past, it's been anecdotal, now i think we see the data emerge. >> do you see a time when the county is going to have to raise taxes on the less wealthy to make up for the lost revenue from the more wealthy residents moving away? >> in the last legislature, governor o'malley and the general assembly raised taxes on folks who were making over $100,000, either individually or 150,000 when you were a joint

filer, so we've gone back and raised taxes on people that we said we would never touch. the problem in montgomery county is that we're going to be faced with another tax increase, the county council is talking about the possibility of raising property taxes on top of the state taxes. the state government has -- on countyies like montgomery. in was a disaster for counties like montgomery. so we will be incurring over a hundred million dollars in new costs over the next five for six fiscal years, which may or may not be offset by other so-called sweeteners. the answer is taxes will go up in montgomery county. i don't see the county council has the political will, nor perhaps should they, to cut the budget to the bone. so we're in a vice here. we only receive $.19 for every dollar that we send to annapolis, where baltimore gets

$1.12 for every dollar they spend. we have serious, serious demographic changes in the county. our schools have many children on free and reduced lunches, we have many children with disabilities who need a good teachers and good system, and yes most of the money is going to other counties through the state income tax, and we're forced to raise our own property taxes to address our own needs. we are in a vice. it's a very difficult problem, hand as i said, the future in my opinion is not all that rosy, and i think we have to face it and begin to address it and say what are our approaches and strategies going to be there, vis-a-vis competition with states like virginia, where 40%, and i've been able to verify this, 40% of lost of citizens went to northern virginia, or virginia. that's an extraordinarily high number of people to go to a single state and i would be more inclined to believe, although there are many factors that cause people to move, i think the fax climate is -- i think the tax climate is a factor.

>> certainly, we look forward for what you find out in your own studies about all of this, and hope to talk to you in the future about this. dell good luiz simmons, -- delegate luiz simmons, thank you. florida teen forced to make a life and death decision after he's attacked by an alligator. we'll hear how he managed to escape. >> amazing story. >> and later, a feast fit for an ogre. holly morris is live at national harbor. that's not her, that is shrek. but we're going to find out what shrek, and what is it? >> theona. >> those are not their triplets though. [ laughter ]

a british man is lucky to be alive, thanks to an open sun roof. >> look at this video caught on surveillance camera. you can see a car crashes at high speed, and rolls to its side. the passenger flies through the car's roof. there he is coming out there. wow, and lands face first on the ground, amazingly, he walked away, unscathed. >> gets right up. >> he's lucky that car didn't

flip again. wow! couple of tourist from canada got lucky, all four passengers in this hot air balloon walked away without injuries after crash landing in an arizona field. authorities say strong winds in the area forced the early descent. still ahead in the next half hour, share sharing money goes s social. >> peer lending. >> do the benefits outweigh the risks? we are live with the answer. >> an update on a developing story, a freight train off the rails in central ohio. we will be right back. it's 8:25. 75 degrees now. 

breaking news from central ohio, that's where right now,

firefighters are battling a massive blaze on a derailed freight train. the train jumped the tracks just before 2:00 a.m., then exploded. it was carrying agricultural chemicals. six hours later, it is still burning. a huge protest in madrid this morning. 25,000 spanish miners have been marching on the capitol for the last three weeks. they are angry at huge cuts in government subsidies for the mining industry. but the prime minister announced more tax cuts to get a shippen bailout. and riot police fired rubber bullets at the miners. the justice department and the fbi have launched the biggest-ever post conviction review. that, according to the washington post, thousands of criminal cases will go back under the microscope to determine whether the defendants were wrongly convicted or deserve a new trial because of faulty forensic evidence. this comes after a report on

wrongful convictions and flawed evidence back in april. >> interesting to see what that turns up! it is 8:30 now, and tucker barnes is joining us again. >> so we're trying to get the forecast just right today. >> okay. >> get the rain out of the forecast, no extreme heat. >> okay. >> mother nature is trying to get its act together. >> right. i'm part of that. >> i'm working with mother nature. >> okay. >> still going to be warm. >> temperatures near 90 this afternoon, so going to be warm. that's typical for the middle of july. take the rain showers out for today. >> let's get you numbers. we mentioned niceover night, temperatures in the had lower 70s, 75 had in washington, 75 at, down in -- 75 at fredericksburg, and winchester, 70, so nice start to the day. not much going on on radar.

we are quieter, we had the impressive storm system move in last night, dropping two to three inches of rain in a short period of time, and now, the frontal system associated with some of that rain is to the south. that's good news, and we're not expecting this to ride north until friday and saturday, so i think today will be partly sunny with highs expected to be in the upper 80s to about 90, so we'll be warm, and still hot this afternoon, but not a terrible-looking day. 89 this afternoon, partly sunny skies, could be an isolated storm, mainly west. winds from the north and east this morning, and with the winds off the ocean, that is stabilizing things. partly cloudy, calm, 70, the overnight low. and next couple of days, temperatures will hang out in the relatively comfortable department, mid-to upper 80s. as we get into friday and the weekend, that front i showed you in the carolinas will work back to the area. that will increase our chances

for showers and storms around here, with highs saturday and sup, around 90. it won't rain all weekend, these will be scattered storms. allison, i will toss it back to you. if you can't get a loan or you're tired of investments only yielding you 2 or 3% return, there is a new way to borrow that has some consumers cashing in on both sides of the equation we are talking about peer to peer lending? >> reporter: the idea is interesting. we're going for skip the bank and hook people up with people missouri want to borrow money. signed like a good idea, and it's interesting to me exactly who is turning to this new kind of lending. folks who want to borrow cash at a lower rate to pay off high interest credit carpet. here's how it works. you post the details of the kind of loan that you want on the websites. there's prosper.com and

lendingclub.com. then your peer investors get to log on and check out all the different vesting opportunities, and they decide exactly where they want to invest their cash with no bank needed. >> there are so many questions. i have not heard of this. my big one is, how do we know they're legitimate? i have to know that. >> you know, the people are vetted, the borrower is vetted, to on the enviousing side, you are lending to -- investing side, you are lending to legitimate people. and there is no fdic protection. if you lend the money out and the borrower skips town, that's no insurance to protect that so you are out the principal. there's an unique way the websites try to mitigate in a risk. just like you would never take

your whole pile of cash and invest it in one company in the stock market. same thing here. you don't until, if you have five grand to lend, let's say, you don't give all that money to one person, maybe fund 10, 20, even 100 different loans at 50 or $100 increments. if one or two people default and you lose 100 bucks, it's not a big deal, considering that some investors are talking about returns of 9 or 10%. that is certainly substantially more than you get in a cd or money market. >> this is so fascinating. so no risk for the lender, any risk for the borrower? >> there is a risk, i think that sometimes there's a misconception, people think gee, anybody can get a loan, so i can call these people. not true. you still have to have decent credit, that's still an application process, and while the rates start competitively, they can do that because you're skipping some bank fees and

passing the savings to the consumer, read the fine print. some rates can go up into the 30s. and if you're borrowing money at 30%, you may want to think twice about whether you're making a wise decision of borrowing in the first place. that's more than your bank would charge you in most cases. check it out, myfoxdc.com. >> and people will be checking. thanks so much. very interesting. florida teenager is attacked by an al got tore, and lives to tell the story -- alligator and lives to tell the story. caleb was on a river bank when he saw the gator begun gunning for him. he grabbed the gator first, but was pulled under water and he chomped down on his arm. the boy made a split second decision, he lost his arm from the elbow down, but got away with his life. >> he started to pull me down, and i knew it's either, i've got

to lose this arm or i'm going to die. so i put, took me feet, and put it on his mouth, and i tried to jerk my arm off, trying to break it free. i feel good now, i'm alive, my brothers are alive. that's about -- >> wow! my goodness. >> what when he was able to -- when he was able to get away, he put spider webs on his arm to stop the bleeding. he said that was pure instinct. >> how do you have that sense? most people would go into shock. >> i'm glad he's relatively okay. he has a great mind. it's not too late to get in shape for summer. learn some simple ways to get beach fit. >> first, a giant blowout in kansas city. we're going to look at some all-star highlights, next.

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and geo gonzales. >> sending three players to the all-star game. desmond would have made it, would have made it four players, but he sat out with an abdominal injury. >> as for the game, the national league jumped occupant of the gate fast, the nl scored five first inning runs off justin verlander. it included a three heaven run triple by pablo sandoval. all three nats players got into the game, gonzales, and strasbourg pitched one shut-out inning each the bryce harper got a walk, but lost a fly ball in the lights. we talked with nats fans watching the game at a bar in bethesda. >> it's cool for the city, it's awesome that bryce harper made it in. i think a lot 6 people are pumped, and the fan base is growing. >> it's great they were all

there. it would have been great if test month could have been here -- desmond could have been here. >> the giants had a good game. the nats begin the second half of the season in miami on friday. it won't be hard to recognize bryce harper when he cruises past you. his custom-made mercedes benz am-z was delivered last week. it's so pretty! it has his initials, uniform number and curley "w" on the back. you see it there. that's even a bat rack built into the trunk with his last name strapped across a speaker behind the bat rack. >> must be nice. >> it's all about, i mean it's all about him right now, it should be, but a young guy. >> all right. >> top of his game. this morning, the gang from shrek is cooking up a fairytale feast. >> holly is live from the gaylord with more. >> reporter: you can have

breakfast, or you can have breakfast were shrek, the gang is all here as we are live in the harbor. coming up, we're going to talk about how you and your family can get on this fun event. and plus, i don't know, i'm going to try to work my connections. see if i can get an interview with feona myself. she is a princess. man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me.

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two big singers, july 27th would you sing it for us, since the music died? [ laughter ] >> okay, for a chance to win two

tickets to the show, go to our website, myfoxdc.com. >> i like that rod stewart song. >> you must be 18 to enter complete rules are also on the website. >> that's cool. who is heart and who is soul? i think rod would be soul. >> yeah. >> and she would be heart. summer is in full effect, and if you plan to hit the beach soon, you need to get started. >> we are in studio b, master trainer at the fab body factory. well cool workout -- they have cool workout to get you on the right path. >> and he has lots of energy, because he just ate cinnamon rolls before he came up. that's exactly what you're supposed to do! >> a double espresso shot.

>> dee ann is going to teach us to get the beach body and that kind of thing, you majored kinesiology, and public health, public and community health. so you know what you're doing, girl. you're going to show us some moves. >> i definitely am. >> how many different ones? >> four different moves. are you ready? >> i guess to. here we go. all right, so we're going to start off on the mat. so start off with some mountain climbers to get the heart rate up. bring your knees up off the ground, squeeze your nafel into your spine. there you go, keep the heart rate up. here, we're working the abdominals in the middle, and working the --

[ indiscernible ] we would all love to have that imaginary torso. so we're going to start off like this. into the spine again. come up. good, down to your elbows, keeping the core nice and tight. >> how many of these? >> about 10 to 12 reps of these. that's number 2. good. that's going to be working out the obliques,. >> what's the next torture move? >> now the back. on your backs. >> this is going to be a great

position for the camera. >> i want to let you know my mike known is hindering me. >> yeah, right. okay. shoulders up off the ground, bring the opposite elbow to the opposite knee. >> like that, like that? >> two, three, four, bring both knees in, and extend both legs. good! >> this is easy. >> yeah, right! >> okay. three, four, back in. >> both knees in. >> in a hurt! >> one, two did that hurt. >> and 10 of these, too? >> yeah. >> okay. >> you guys are great. >> my abs are tight, i don't need this. i'm kidding. >> okay. you have to makes it in with cardio and all that. >> right, and a clean diet. >> of course. >> i'm assuming that honey buns

and cinnamon rolls are not on this diet. >> sweeteners and sugars, we do not want. >> it can be burned in their memory, let's show this on the screen. do we have that? there it is. >> stay away from fried foods and mcdonald's. get away from the fried chicken. and the alcohol. alcohol, does nothing for fat burning. stay away, reduce the sugar from unnatural sources, so no cookies, no candy. drink lots of water. it's been very hot. drink an ounce of water every day, and -- 8 ounces of you eat 80% of healthy, clean unprocessed foods, and 20% r el. >> oh, wow. >> of whatever else you want? >> sure. >> that includes cinnamon rolls. >> that does. you can have your cinnamon

rolls. >> moderation. >> moderation is the key. >> thanks for coming in. >> you're welcome. thanks for having me. check out our website, and twitter. >> tony and allison, back to you. >> i can actually do those. good. are you ready for an ogre-the top-breakfast? >> you're killing me. >> we're getting up close and person with our favorite dream works characters. holly is at the gaylord. >> reporter: did i hear you earlier when they were showing a picture of shrek having to clarify it wasn't me? >> yeah, i did do that. >> reporter: come on! i must be in need of a serious make-over! maybe people would think we're brother and sister, but i would take shrek as a brother. when it comes to animated

characters, shrek literally and figuratively is larger than life, and it is good for see you! happy as always, looking good, and having breakfast with some of my new best friends. your family can do this as well, and they can only do it right here at the gaylord national resort where we are live. where i'm going over to amy. good morning. it's let's talk about shrek-feast. >> this is our weekly character dining experience. it happens every weekend saturday sunday morning from 777 to 11:00 a.m. >> you can buy tickets in advance and right here. $29.95 for adults, $19.95 for kids, and it includes a full breakfast buffet, which is amazing, and then for dessert, this luscious green chocolate fountain h. >> having dessert for breakfast?

>> he is starting on dessert. swamp tooth is the drink, and they become a honorary ogre, and the characters -- >> i'm guessing it probably sells out? >> we encourage people to buy the particulars in advance, either on the website, they are call our telephone number, or we have them available, if there is space available, you can come to the hotel. >> reporter: the other fun thing, you can actually talk with some of the characters. like fee own in a, and we have -- fiona. and we think we have it worked out, we're going to have an exclusive interview with the princess. good morning, fiona. >> it is good to see you. what is shrek's favorite thing to eat for breakfast? >> it's scrambled eggs with raw

onions, and toast with eyeball jelly. >> reporter: stop it. had sweet or sour? >> there's a hints of sour. >> reporter: tell me about this swamp juice. >> i can't tell you everything i know, it's a secret, but the chef here came up with the secret recipe, but i do know there's toe guts and swamp. >> reporter: high in fiber. you have flee ogres -- three owe betters at home, what do they like? -- ogres at home, what do they like? >> the same as their father. >> reporter: the ogre babies do not do dishes at all, but shrek does help. >> he does? he's a very if today type of dad all the kids that come to breakfast, they get to be honorary ogres. >> reporter: who can tell me who shrek's best friend is?

>> donkey. >> reporter: on the ground diagnose ogres have layers like what? >> onions. >> reporter: since you have your ogre ears on, let's take the ogre oath. by the power vested in me, i pronounce you honorary ogres. let me hear your ogre roar. i think they're too full. myfoxdc.com is the website, we have a link to the gaylord to find out more about your family having the brake fest -- breakfast, and now, tony, you can mistake me for shrek. >> thank you. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and d mike bryan

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mayor gray is expected to speak publicly today, after a former campaign aide admits hundreds of thousands of dollars were concealed during his campaign. melanie is rich with the latest on this investigation. a big day on capitol hill as the house prepares to vote on the president's healthcare law, look at the political implications the vote could have. >> later, with the future of the "american idol" judges in the air, the show is eyeing new stars, including charlie sheen. the terms he wants brought to the table ahead. >> speaking of idol, marcus johnson is in studio. he'll perform for us, plus out with a new line of, you may not believe it, but wine. we're going to catch up with him and talk about that at 9:45. >> teams sob -- to be