chief about where this investigation stands today. >> plus, the secret service is looking into a death threat against the first lady and it was reportedly made by a d.c. cop. what allegedly set the officer off? the latest details in a live report straight ahead. >> word this morning mitt romney is close to choosing a running mate. we'll tell you who is reported to be at the top of his wish list. fox5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. there's a live look outside. that is a pretty picture from our tower cam in northwest washington. looks like a nice start to the day. tucker will tell us about that. don't get freaked out, but it' friday, july 13th, 2012. good morning, i'm tony perkins. don't get freaked out, i said. calm down. >> i'm alison seymour. you know, i believe in that stuff. >> do you really? >> i'll throw salt over my shoulder in a hot minute. >> don't aim it at me. >> tucker barnes, i'm going to

try to be calm this day. >> okay, allison. >> how is the weather? >> weather will cooperate today. that is not cursed. let's get to it. latest conditions in washington, mid-70s. 76degrees now. humidity, 56%. much of the area waking up to temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. not a bad start temperature- wise. satellite radar checking in, and a lot of clouds moving in overnight. the system we've been talking about moving back in our direction as a warm front. pretty good rain showers into west virginia and a few have tried to sneak close to the washington area. light showers to the west and south this morning, but much of this is not touching the ground, just humid to start your day. forecast for your friday, plenty of clouds around. a few scattered showers. it will not be a washout today. a few scattered showers, as high pressure will generally keep us dry, and high temperatures in the mid-80s with the cloud cover.

about 85 degrees at 4:00 p.m. more details on the forecast, hazy, hot and humid forecast for the weekend, that's your clue. details coming up in a few minutes. let's do traffic and julie wright has the latest. good morning. >> good morning, tucker. on the roads now south side of town delays outer loop of the beltway, leaving van dorn headed to route one. the accident activity in the thru lanes. tied up at the scene of this crash and complicating your ride out of virginia headed to oxen hill. inner loop, a better commute between 210 and 295. northbound i-95, hardly anybody out here. no trouble spots 395. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. julie, thank you. montgomery county police are

investigating a deadly motorcycle accident in montgomery village. the collision happened around 10:30 last night on east village avenue and double land road. officers say the man on the motorcycle struck the curb of the median, then hit a tree. the victim was 46 years old. also from montgomery county this morning, officers have hit the streets near park where a woman was sexually assaulted earlier this week. the victim was in green farm conservation park monday when a man with a knife grabbed her and raped her. since 6:00 this morning, officers have been passing out flyers to drivers near the park. >> this industrial park is adjacent to the area where the crime occurred. it's about 200 acres where there isn't a place to drive. it's all accessible by foot. oftentimes we'll cover residential and business areas that are around a crime, so people who frequent that area may know more information than we received initially.

>> you can learn more about the description of the suspect in this case by going to our web site at myfoxdc.com. an alleged threat against the first lady. it's apparently made by someone whose job it is to protect her. >> an officer with the police department is accused of making this threat. sherri ly has the information live outside police headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. d.c. police and the secret service are now investigating this alleged threat. the officer accused of making that threat is assigned to the detail which leads the motorcades for the president, the first lady, and the vice president, and that gives him close access to the first lady if he were to carry out any type of threat. a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation says the officer made that threat against first lady michelle obama after arriving late to a motorcade assignment

wednesday morning. the officer, who is a 17 year veteran was asked why he was late. the source says he said, i don't care about that expletive lady. i would shoot her in the head if i could. some city leaders are calling for a full investigation and whether the threat was made in jest or not, it is being taken seriously. after making the threat, the officer then used his cell phone to retriever a picture of a firearm he said he would use. the officer has now been reassigned. his police powers revoked. he could face criminal charges. that's the latest here at police headquarters. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. this morning's other top stories, former alexandria police sheriff james dunning has passed away. the 62-year-old was found dead

in his south carolina home yesterday morning. alexandria police officials say he apparently died in his sleep. dunning was the veteran sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that case. the pressure is building for mayor gray to address the illegal activity within his 2010 campaign. congresswoman norton released a statement yesterday saying gray must clear this up quickly. three council members have already called on mayor gray to resign. coming up at 7:30 this morning, washington post reporter robert mcartny will join us live for more analysis into this ongoing investigation. he's been writing about it for some time. jeffrey thompson, the man suspected of funding the shadow chain for mayor gray has left the accounting firm he founded. thompson's home and office were raided in march as part of this

investigation. he has not yet been charged. to the campaign trail now, president obama hits the road in virginia today, while rumors swirl this morning that mitt romney is getting close to picking his running mate. fox's doug luzader joins us live with more on the potential republican vice presidential nominee. doug, good morning. >> reporter: allison, good morning. not a whole lot of information to go on here, but we work with what we have. there's one report who says former secretary of state condoleezza rice is a front runner. she said she was not interested in the job, but there she is at the top of the report that says she could be a nominee. >> it's not me.

>> reporter: she moved to the heights of washington's foreign policy -- >> she is skilled in foreign policy, interesting. a lot of people like her. she's not seen as a political figure, which is a plus. also, she's never been a candidate, which is a minus. >> reporter: another potential minus, she was at the center of a number of bush administration controversies and on social issues she may be left of the party's base. romney has been tight lipped about the v.p. selection process and it's not clear where the leak may have come from. the last person to go through this heard the news about rice last night. >> you journalists, you're always looking for something to talk about. >> reporter: there is a fair amount of truth to that. most v.p. candidates aren't selected until just before the party convention. that's still more than a month

away. allison. >> we're just trying to get the word out, right, that's all. not a feeding frenzy. >> reporter: it's a parlor game we all love to play. >> thank you so much. president obama in campaign in virginia today and tomorrow, stopping in virginia beach first, followed by hampton and roanoke. tomorrow he'll be in the richmond area and then clifton and fairfax county. there is a lot of new information for metro riders this morning. we begin with the green line derailment that happened a week ago today. metro is advising its standards when heat restrictions should go into place. a heat kink on the tracks caused the train to go off the rails. meantime, metro is revamping evacuation procedures in the wake of a green line train that lost power near college park last week. metro says they know what caused a friction ring to fall

off a train last month. the agency found evidence the bolts were not tightened enough. inspectors checked every car to make sure the friction rings are installed correctly. this is the third time in the past six months a friction ring has fallen from a rail car. just about 10 minutes after the hour now. it's 76 degrees on a friday morning. still ahead, more violence and blood shed in syria to talk about, following the worst massacre in the up rising. >> more fallout in happy valley. a new report puts the spotlight on penn state officials and the late joe paterno and what they knew about the sexual allegations against sandusky. this morning, paterno's family is speaking out. >> plus, a call for answers following that 911 outage in nature fax county two weeks ago. two virginia congressmen talk to fox 5 about a federal investigation. we'll hear what they have to say. >> as we head to the break, here's a live look outside.

a nice picture this morning. things look good. tucker barnes will be here with the latest forecast. julie wright with a look at traffic when we return. it's 10 minutes after 7:00. it's the perfect match for the perfect moment -- oreo the dunkin' way. introducing the new oreo coffee coolatta and new oreo vanilla bean coolatta. taste the fun today.

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obama's dishonest campaign: another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. in syria overnight some 200 people reported killed in what's described as the worst massacre of the 16-month uprising. it happened last night in the northern privileges of hama. people in the village of tremseh say shelling lasted seven hours. when people ran out of their buildings they were cut down by syrian forces. according to witnesses, many were shot in the head, execution-style. here in the states, internal investigation accuses penn state officials of covering up sandusky's sexual abuse of children.

the report says school officials were more interested in protecting penn state's reputation. meanwhile, joe paterno's family say the accusations the football coach helped bury the claim is "impossible to accept." a flight traveling from new york to madrid was returned to the gate last night after suspicious wires were found in the bathroom. authorities say the wires did not belong to the plane, but they were determined to be nonexplosive. officials questioned and released a man and a woman on board the plane. 7:15 now. it's friday. >> always good news. >> always good news. >> and on friday, you know what we kick off the forecast with? >> what's that? >> the beach forecast. >> how could i forget that. >> always a good week to get to the beach. typical july weekend. temperatures in the mid- to

upper 80s. will be the risk of a scattered shower or thunderstorm saturday and sunday in ocean city, working towards rehoboth as well. temperatures mid-80s. water temperature, 78 degrees. that's running about 5 or 6 degrees above normal. >> that's very warm. >> not sure why. maybe it was the heat wave. >> does that have something to do with all the shark sightings? i'm trying to put the pieces together. >> could play a part -- >> carry on, tucker. >> cape may near 90 by sunday. locally we have clouds. lots of clouds in the forecast for your friday. a few showers here in the immediate washington area. if you're one of our viewers in west virginia and western maryland and western parts of virginia you'll see a few more showers. again, these have been light overnight. showers earlier in front royal and towards culpepper. most of this not touching the

ground. the main even seems to be to the west. it's moving back in as a warm front. later today i don't think you'll notice is so much with the cloud cover. in the weekend, the heat and humidity will return, with highs in the low 90s and risk of scattered thunderstorms saturday and sunday. another round of true summer- time weather after a bit of a break. five-day forecast, 86 today. could be a shower this afternoon. much of your day will be dry and cloudy. it's not going to rain all weekend. don't despair. >> when you say scattered, that's what that means, here and there, popup, and it's done? >> yeah. i think there's a good chance most of us will see something this weekend, but not raining all weekend. and monday and tuesday the mid- 90s. >> all right. it is what it is. >> thank you. let's go to julie wright now and get the latest on the traffic. >> it's the anchor man tossing to me. >> that's right. i'm using that voice. >> you have better hair, mr.

perkins. >> what's that? >> you have better hair. >> than what? >> anchor man. >> will ferrell, yes. >> thank you, allison. [ laughter ] >> read what's on the prompter. our wazers are checking in southbound 270 from eric, thank you, southbound 270 on the breaks out of rockville headed to the lane divide. lanes open. no problems westbound around 495. our wazers telling us a backup from new hampshire avenue westbound to coalsville road. no accidents. southbound of town, delays on the outer loop of the beltway from springfield to the wilson bridge. accident tying up the left side of the road, keeping you on the brakes past van dorn to the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thanks, julie. the backlash against local

utilities following the june 29th storm continues. two maryland senators want pepco and bge fined. council member alexander will today host an oversight round table. the future of 911 service in northern virginia is in hot debate after the system failed after the june 29th storm. >> local members of congress are asking the fcc to look into verizon's equipment and actions. representatives conley and moran joined brian bolter last night and criticized verizon for its response and not having backups in place that have been talked about since the 9/11 attacks. >> what we're saying now is look, guys, you know, you never know when a disaster or an extreme storm is going to

happen. you've got to have backup service. buy the generators, have them available at least the first eight hours after the event occurs. we don't think that's unreasonable. you know, you never know -- you can't plan completely for the future, but we know something will happen. we're going to have more violent storms in the future. in fact, they're going to become a pattern. the fcc really ought to require this kind of backup service for 911. people need to call 911 and find out what's going on and report when there is serious harm to their family. >> the flip side to that of course, is expensive and more regulation. >> well, we lost two lives in this storm in my district. what could be more important than a human life? so there's no excuse. this is the nation's capital. other utilities have backup.

the water utility, for example, in our community. when we lost water in the hurricane in '03, we created backup facilities so that wouldn't happen again. there's no excuse verizon not having this backup power. it was a life threatening situation. we had trees and live wires down. we had people with health conditions that needed to get to emergency rooms, and couldn't be transported. they needed to use 911 to communicate. and they couldn't. we were completely caught unwears by verizon. i might add, verizon's failure to communicate with local officials. they were uncooperative in the management of the emergency. that's unacceptable in the nation's capital. >> yesterday while taking with the official, i believe tony lewis from verizon out of richmond, that was my question, you know what happened. i understand that. why did it happen? you have these systems. what really happened. >> i guess they're still trying to figure that out. >> that's what i didn't hear

yesterday. makes sense now. it is a friday morning, and do you have a yahoo account? i do. you might want to change your password next. i have it, i never check it. might want to check it. >> also, last year, tainted cantaloupe caused a deadly listeria outbreak. a new push to restore the melon's reputation. >> you like saying that? i know you do. what started as a cartoon touring the country as a musical. holly morris is hanging out with the kooky addams family. we'll be right back. ♪

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yahoo is apologizing to its users after a security breach. hackers stole e-mail addresses

and passwords from 450,000 accounts earlier this week. they say they're fixing the problem. they're also changing the pass words of affected users and encouraging everyone else to change their pass words. colorado farmers are trying restore the reputation of their cantaloupe, this as those melons head back to store shelves for the first time since last year's listeria outbreak. they are funding an $800,000 tracking system to prevent future outbreaks. the city of san francisco has a new way to get people to stop using plastic water bottles. city leaders are considering a new law that requires any new buildings with water fountains to install bottle filling taps, that way people can fill up with reusable bottles instead of the plastic throw away

bottles. makes sense. it's 7:26 now on this friday morning. the scandal surrounding mayor gray's 2010 campaign continues to brew. we have a closer look into the investigation. >> plus, this next question is creating a lot of buzz. how would the current u.s.a. men's basketball team fare against the original dream team of 1992? next, what michael jordan and kobe bryant are saying about this debate. >> as we led to the break, a live look outside. there were problems out there. julie will tell us about it. tucker will tell us what the weekend is like. here is keith urban. ♪ singing along with the radio, it's such a beautiful sound ♪    

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to a victory. this morning the debate rages on, is this current crop of dream teamers better than the original dream team of 1992? that team of course consisted of michael jordan, magic johnson, and larry byrd. this video looks like it's from the '50s. >> from the 1800s. >> one says, there is no way this team could take jordan and company. >> why don't they get on the court and do it? >> they're 20 years older. >> but people would pay to see it. >> i would. >> what do you think? >> you know, i've been thinking about this, and i wonder if there's bias -- >> because we were -- >> we were older and it was all exciting. i'm with jordan, i think the 1992 team would win. >> jordan las six titles.

has a lot. >> we're all in agreement. 1992team-- >> how much fun could that be? don't have a chance -- >> is everybody professional? are they a professional team as well? >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> okay. >> they probably play professionally, but not at the level of the nba. >> clearly, they do not. >> but they tried. what you got for us? >> weather forecast, cloudy start to your day. might be a shower or two later this afternoon. much of the day will be cloudy. i guess we'll go to satellite radar. much of the shower activity not touching the ground. looks more enhanced than it is. we call it virga. not reaching the ground. measurable showers to front

royal, culpepper light showers. up 81 some shower activity. the main event is to the west. west virginia, western virginia, it's where most of the rain is. it's encountering a lot of trouble getting east here, as we have high pressure parked offshore and that will kind of keep things from really moving in later today. lots of clouds in the forecast for sure. could be a few showers as well. much of the day cloudy with high temperatures expected to be in the mid-80s. as we get into the weekend, this warm front will continue to push north and as we get into the more humid warmer air during the daytime hours saturday and sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms will return. i think a better chance of measurable rain around here tomorrow and during the day sunday. 76 now in washington. not a bad start. that's one of the warmer spots. 77 annapolis. 70 in manassas. 68 martinsburg. nice start to the day. temperature-wise, comfortable this afternoon. though more humidity. i think you'll start to notice the humidity later today and tonight. 86 today. mostly cloudy skies.

couple of showers out there. much of the day dry. best chance of rain to the west. winds out of the south and east at 5 to 10. cloudy tonight with scattered showers developing overnight. not expecting big time rains later tonight. best chance during the day tomorrow, with scattered showers and thunderstorms. some of those thunderstorms could be big rain makers. again sunday. and monday and tuesday, back into the mid-90s. it will once again feel like the middle of july for the middle of july. let's get traffic and she's all ready to go. julie wright with a big smile. it's friday. >> it is friday and you're talking about the heat and hottest show in town is the michael jackson cirque du soleil. guess who is going? >> tony and allison? >> i'm going! it's going to be a great show. i've never seen it -- >> are you going to be

performing, julie? [ laughter ] >> i don't think so. >> have fun. >> thank you. not a lot of fun here. delays from van dorn street headed to the wilson bridge. four car pileup. lanes open on the inner loop coming out of oxen hill. eastbound 66 delays from 123 close to the beltway. no incidents, just volume. north of town, lanes open south along 270 from hyattstown. delays open south through clarksburg and germantown. building fire castle boulevard, fire and rescue units headed in that direction. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. despite calls for his resignation, mayor gray says he will not step down. congresswoman norton is weighing in. she says the criminal activity

by some in the mayor's 2010 campaign is "deeply disturbing." for more on this we turn to robert mccartney, metro columnist with the ""washington post." he joins us via skype. this is something you've been writing about in the post and in fact in your may 26th column, you called on the mayor to explain what's going on, come clean, or resign. how do you feel now? >> well, i feel even more strongly now, tony, than i did before, that he needs to explain or resign. when i wrote that before, we were basically concerned about a couple of guilty pleas by top aides from gray's campaign. now we find out that it's much worse, what happened in the campaign was much worse than we

knew then. $650,000of illegal funding and more revelations coming out practically every day now. the mayor is saying anything, he's not explaining to the public what went wrong in his campaign, the campaign that got him elected. and i said before i thought he needed to come clean with the public about how he got elected or he needed to resign. so i think the arguments for that position are even stronger now than they were in may. >> one thing that the mayor has said repeatedly is that, you know, this is an ongoing investigation. is it reasonable for him to say, look, i understand that -- i understand what's going on here. there is an investigation, so i really can't say anything or don't want to say anything while that's going on, is that a reasonable thing to say? >> well, it depends on whether you look at it from the point

of view of the mayor being a potential criminal defendant, or being a politician and statesman, if you will, who is trying to lead the city. if he's a potential criminal defendant, then he shouldn't say anything, and his very experienced, very high priced lawyer, bob bennett is telling him don't say anything. anything you say could be used by the government against you. it could help the government make a case against you. so just keep mum. so from a legal point of view, that strategy makes sense. but it's awfully hard for the residents and citizens of the district of columbia to stomach that when we're talking about here, this is not some minor little detail, you know, that he happens to have gotten caught up on. i mean, this is the very basis

of how he came to be in power. we're talking about a very large sum of money spent illegally, three people have pleaded guilty, three top people, or three people from his campaign have pleaded guilty to criminal involvement. the guy, jeffrey thompson, the businessman who gave $650,000 in illegal money to his campaign seems to be cooperating with the government. there's at least a fourth person involved in all this. it just is not credible to me or to a lot of other people, including the "washington post" editorial page, which i have nothing to do with, another voice expressing views, it's not credible to us he didn't know anything about this. it's hard for him to govern and be a politician and be a leader of the city without explaining something, or at least saying, you know, more clearly what his

position is on all this. >> uh-huh. difference between what may be smart legally and what may be smart or wise to do in terms of the relationship with the public and all that. robert mccartney, we're out of time, unfortunately. we thank you for taking some time to provide more insight into this and we look forward to seeing you back here soon. >> thanks, tony. >> we'll see you again. it is 40 minutes now after 7:00. 20 minutes before 8:00 on this friday morning. still ahead, a mystery solved. >> after nearly a million views online, this wild motorcycle ride topping speeds of more than 180 miles per hour finally a break in the case. more on that next. >> and how does some free starbucks sound? not the coffee, but one of the chain's new refresher drinks. >> sounds pretty good to me, tony. from noon until 3:00 p.m. today, participating stores

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we are following breaking news right now from montgomery county. reports that some people may be trapped in an apartment fire in burtonsville. this is happening in the 14,100 block of castle boulevard. we don't know if any injuries have happened now. we'll bring more information as we get it. this happening in burtonsville, maryland. all right. 7:44now. tucker barnes with us once again to tell us more about today's forecast. warmer, but not bad.

>> mid-80s. few showers to start your morning. in addition to the rain showers, cloud cover for all of us. mostly cloudy day today. temperatures with the clouds won't warm up much past the mid- 80s. few showers to our west, front royal. mountains out west, you are seeing a few showers. the rest of us, clouds and scattered showers this afternoon. let's go to futurecast, the rain to the west falls apart. never really gets a chance to move in. could be a scattered shower later. we still have high pressure protecting us to our east, and that's holding the precipitation at bay later today. 10:00tonight, lots of clouds around and a few scattered showers. a better chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. i think tomorrow morning during the morning hours might get scattered rain showers. 86 today. warm and steamy this weekend with highs about 90 to 92. again, best chance of rain will be tomorrow, though can't rule it out later today a few showers and again sunday.

monday, tuesday, mid-90s for daytime highs. >> thank you. let's go to julie wright to find out what's happening on the roads. hey, julie. >> we are concerned about that apartment fire that allison was talking about at castle boulevard. a lot of equipment has been called to the scene. traveling east of 29 keep your eyes peeled. accident traveling from springfield to the wilson bridge. was tying up the left lane, working from alexandria towards oxon hill. inner loop lane opens. 66 tied up and a backup headed to the beltway. slow traffic on the top stretch of the beltway leaving 95 to university boulevard. southbound 270, with lanes open, no problems reported, but below speed headed south of 109 to the scales. thank you. this video was posted on the

internet in april. this biker is riding nearly 200 miles per hour down a busy highway in british columbia. among the viewers, the police who have identified the driver as 25-year-old randy george scott. officers are filing charges and have added him to the most wanted fugitive list. you can see scott weaving in and out of cars on a road with a posted speed limit of 50 miles per hour. this is dangerous not just for him, but everybody he's passing and weaving in and out of. don't know how they figured out who it was. >> makes you sick to look at. it's 7:47, a friday morning. the weird and wacky family known as the addams family is calling d.c. home, at least the next few weeks. >> this looks like a fun show. holly morris has your back stage pass. >> reporter: it is a fun show. the addams family has taken up residence specifically at the kennedy center, where we are live and we're starting in their closet, so to speak.

we're going to tell you firsthand why you and your family may want to come out and see this spooktacular slow. it's all coming up on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ♪

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>> terrible sight. >> really is. we're going to shift gears now, this is friday the 13th. so you might agree this is the perfect day to meet strange newcomers to the area, such as the addams family. >> you know them well, gomez, uncle fester and even some of the dearly departed kin are in town for a musical production. holly morris joins us live with details from the kennedy center. good morning. >> reporter: magnificently macabre you could see. the addams family opened on broadway and didn't get rave reviews and they revamped the show. it's touring. i saw it last night. you will laugh and snap your fingers and have a good time. we're having a good time in wardrobe this morning. i'm joined by carlo who is one of the dearly departed that comes back to life. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: what's it like to play a dead person?

>> it's really fun. it's lively. >> reporter: it's lively. for people that aren't familiar with the musical, because it has its own story line, give us an idea what the show is about. >> basically theaddams family comes from the comic by charles addams, and it became a tv slow and movies in the 90s, and the kooky family is back, and the regular characters, morticia and gomez, and my character is one of the members of the family that comes back from the dead to help the family work out their issues and problems. >> reporter: oh, lord, it's only a two and a half hour show, they have way more issues. the story is wednesday wants to marry a quote, normal guy, and wants her family to be normal for one night as the future in- laws come over to meet them. >> right. >> reporter: you can't go back into your crypts until love happens, right? >> exactly. >> reporter: it is fun, the ancestors, because they take on

their own characters in and of themselves. explain how they work. >> yeah, we come from different points in history. i represent the native american era, and my costume looks a little bit like pocahontas. >> reporter: let's show the costumes. because you can tell whether you're a live character or one that lived before, because you guys are all in white, right? >> exactly. we have -- we wear white powder on our faces and we're mostly in, like, white garb. this is my costume. i play the native american ancestor ghost, and here's my skirt. this is my top. we have the flapper over here, comes from that era. >> reporter: it's fun, because the set and everything is so dark, you guys being all white, you almost glow on stage. >> yeah. and with the lighting and everything that comes down on us, we look dead, basically. >> reporter: you look dead, but not. >> right. >> reporter: at the same time. you have really great dancing, it's pretty fun. >> it's fun, yeah. a lot of dancing and we sing a

lot. we're integral parts of the story, so we're always around. >> reporter: you're kind of like the backup dancers. >> yeah. >> reporter: this is morticia's dress here. >> yeah. >> reporter: she has quite the plunging neck line. >> she does. >> reporter: how does it stay in place? >> honestly -- >> reporter: you don't know either? >> i don't think she uses tape, but -- >> reporter: really, it's like double sided duct tape. i'm not kidding. >> she has a supportive bra. i think it's magic. >> reporter: this was a front major on the post section that people might come to see the plunging neck line. you're from oxen hill, right. >> yeah. >> reporter: how does it feel to be back? >> amazing. i'm from the oxon hill area, so just across the way. to be back here doing the show

feels amazing. the last time i was here was when i was 12, doing a debbie allen show, she had a show for young people performing. to be back performing this national tour, feels awesome. >> reporter: has your family come to see you? >> we were here in baltimore, and they came then. they'll be coming back. >> reporter: was it nerve wracking? >> no, it was awesome, exciting. they've seen me perform a million times. >> reporter: they'll love it equally as much, because that's how family is, especially when you have a daughter performing. carla, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our web site. the show runs through july 29th. if you want to get your tickets, gomez will join us live in our next hour. we'll see what happens when i speak french to him, bonjour. going to pull my sleeve up. back to you in the studio. >> holly, thank you. we're going to continue the breaking news that we've been showing you pictures of now.

this is in montgomery county, a fire at an apartment complex. reports some people may be trapped in this apartment fire in burtonsville. this is happening in the 14,000 100 block of castle boulevard. avoid that area if you're getting on the road this morning. there's a lot of activity there. we know it was a two-alarm fire a short time ago. we don't know if that has changed. we do not know of injuries now. we'll bring more information. in fact, we'll be talking to the assistant fire chief there in montgomery county about this in a couple of moments. >> stay with us. it's 7:57 now on a friday morning. fox5 morning news will be right back. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.

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good morning at 8:00, i'm alison seymour. >> i'm tony perkins. before weather and traffic, we go right to the breaking news in montgomery county. take a look at your screen. you're seeing it here, a fire at an apartment building in burtonsville, maryland. >> skyfox is live over the scene. it's in the 14100 block of castle boulevard. we understand four people had

to be rescued. let's get the latest from montgomery county assistant fire chief scott graham who is on the phone. you're on the scene as well? >> yes. good morning allison. >> good morning to you. can we say this is good news that everyone is out, or are there still people believed to be inside? >> no, we made eight rescues via ladders upon our arrival. we're at the woodlake apartments, the 14000 block of castle boulevard. the fire was on the rear of the building, and extended into the roof structure of the garden apartment. there were people inside, of course this time of day not everybody has left for work, et cetera, so there were eight rescues that were affected via ladders from our first arriving companies. the fire is still an active working fire. we have approximately 100 firefighters here on the scene.

at this time we're not reporting any injuries, either firefighter or civilian. again, we're very early into the incident and it's still an active incident, and as more detailed information as to the origin and cause of the fire becomes available, we'll let you know. >> obviously we know this is ongoing, so it's a fluid situation. do you -- has anybody indicated to you all that hey, there's someone in this apartment or that apartment? do you know of anybody trapped? >> we have worked with the management company throughout this active rescue and this active fire fight to identify occupants of the apartments, and actually have gone through to search those apartments as best we can with the volume of fire that we have. >> all right. we hope to hear from you, in fact, hopefully that you will check back in with us as you mentioned. looks like a total loss, a devastating event this morning, and we appreciate you taking time out to talk to us.

>> thank you. >> that's assistant fire chief scott graham with montgomery county. he says there have been eight rescues there. no knowledge of anybody being trapped in this apartment and obviously will take time to put this down. very dramatic pictures. but they have already improved in the last 10 minutes. >> right. and another reason to call those firefighters heros. eight rescues by the ladders. we'll continue to be on that story for you. tucker barnes is with us. got more to say about the weather. >> quieter skies to start your day. maybe a shower later. most of the area cloudy and few sprinkles later this afternoon. show you the radar in a second. temperatures comfortable, 76 in washington. 68 frederick. ocean city, 64 degrees at the beaches there morning. here's your radar. much of this is not touching the ground. it's falling from the sky, though we have had light rain

showers that have made it all the way to the surface off to the west and south this morning. watching out in west virginia, portions of western maryland, those showers are reaching the ground for you. we have a warm front moving through, so possibility of a few scattered showers for friday. better chance for the weekend. more details on that coming up. enjoy the relatively cool temperatures, highs in the mid- 80s with the cloud cover today. thank you, tucker. >> cool compared to the mid-90s next week. relatively cool. >> thank you. julie wright can tell us what's going on on the roadways, including whether or not the fire is impacting traffic. >> it is. that castle boulevard, that stretch north of bridge cheney, we have that closed off, as you just heard, over 100 firefighters on the scene to assist. and the fire is actively burning. their work is cut out for them. avoid this area if you can, bridge cheney north, i should

say castle boulevard north of bridge cheney. inbound along 66, westbound towards capitol beltway, the crash before sycamore street is slowing down traffic. thru lanes before the wilson bridge has cleared. accident active inbound new york avenue at bladensburg road is gone. georgia avenue checking for accident activity in the ramp headed to southbound georgia avenue, delays headed east from connecticut avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you very much. new this morning, and staying in montgomery county, police officers have been out early hoping to drum up new information in a sex assault case. officers are landing out fliers to drivers near green farm conservation park. a woman says she was attacked by a man at knife point and

sexually assaulted. there is more information about the suspect description on myfoxdc.com. if you have information in this case, please contact montgomery county police. alleged threat was made against first lady michelle obama. >> it was apparently made by someone who is sworn to protect her. we get more on the threat from fox 5's sherri ly who is outside police headquarters in northwest. >> reporter: good morning. that officer is a 17-year veteran of the d.c. police department and he's accused of making that threat after arriving late for a motorcade assignment. the secret service and d.c. police are now investigating and that officer's police powers revoked. a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation says the officer is assigned to a detail that leads the motorcades for the president, first lady and vice president. according to the source, the officer made the threat against the first lady after being asked why he was late for his motorcade assignment wednesday morning. the source says the officer

replied "i don't care about that expletive and would shoot her in the head if i could." >> i was very shocked that a metropolitan police officer who guards the first family would even make that kind of a statement, even if he made it in jest. >> as long as we know he's not wandering around with this gun and threatening people, you know, i think we should let this unfold a bit before we go too far. >> reporter: according to our source, it was a lieutenant who either heard the remarks or heard about the remarks that reported it to his superiors. this officer could face criminal charges. d.c. police did release a statement only saying simply

that it was investigating what it called an allegation of inappropriate comments. that's the latest here at police headquarters. back to you. >> sherri, thank you very much. president obama is taking his campaign back to the commonwealth for two days. today he'll visit the southeast and southwest corners of the state, with stops in the virginia beach hampton area and roanoke. tomorrow he'll be in richmond. he carried the old dominion in 2008 and could be crucial to his re-election hopes. rumors swirling around mitt romney being close to picking a running mate. last night the conservative web site the drudge report says condoleezza rice is at the top of the list. she has kept a low profile since her days in the bush administration. now she is on vacation and has not commented on the reports.

but in the past she has denied any interest in running for elected office. d.c. leaders are looking for more answers from d.c. mayor vincent gray in regards to the illegal activity in his 2010 campaign. this comes days after a gray aide admitted she helped run a shadow campaign. congresswoman norton released a statement yesterday saying the mayor must clear up the matter quickly. three council members have called on the mayor to resign. the mayor has made it clear he has no plans to do that. another new report shows that penn state's top four officials, including football coach joe paterno failed to stop jerry sandusky's serial sex abuse. >> still ahead, we have a closer look at the coverup and what it means for the school's future. >> plus, why longer waits could

be the new norm for metro. >> first, better late than never, where you can catch some fourth of july fireworks today, friday the 13th. tonight, really. it's 8:09. coming up on 8:10. we'll be right back.   ñ

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with fireworks at the montgomery county fairgrounds. last month's storm forced officials to postpone the show last week. i want to know from tucker, will the weather cooperate this time around? >> good question. >> but i have other stuff i want to, especially cuteness on this friday morning. >> let's get cute and we'll talk about fireworks coming up. time for our my fox 5 photo of the day. we say hello to 17-month-old jaden. >> he is a cutie. >> his mom says he's full of energy, loves attention from people young and old. and this is an important skill, knows how to kiss his way out of trouble. >> i find that that is an early trait that maybe sticks -- if they know that young, it stays with them.

>> does it? >> yeah. i think so. >> good negotiator. >> yeah. i couldn't refuse that sugar from him at all. >> love the picture, love the smile, jaden. thank you for joining us here on my first 5. go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. jaden, we hope you have a great day. i don't know if he needs a hat today to keep the sun out of his eyes. lot of clouds around as our warm front is pushing back into the area. let's go to the maps. 79 at reagan national. nice warm start to the day. dulles 74. bwi marshall 74. cooler today. highs only in the mid-80s. few showers out there. northern maryland, perhaps enough to reach the ground for you. few more to the west and western maryland. main event continues to be into eastern kentucky and west virginia. much of that rain shower activity will not make it into the washington area. will try, but high pressure will keep us relatively dry today, although a lot of clouds

around with possibility of a few scattered showers today. as we get into the weekend, warmer air trying to move in. hazy, hot and humid around here saturday and sunday, with scattered showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. some of the storms could arrive as early as tomorrow morning. got to look out for that. five-day forecast, 86 today. highs near 90 this weekend. mid-90s by monday and tuesday. that's weather, allison. back to you at the desk. thank you. new report says penn state officials had chance after chance to intervene, but instead turned a blind eye to sandusky's abuse of children. the report faults the university's board of directors

and top officials there. we have attorney and former federal prosecutor jason frankle. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> doesn't get bigger than this one. >> really is. interestingly, this is a 200 page report. very much part of my practice i get involved in investigations of companies and you have to conduct the investigation and write a report. judge free really put together an impressive presentation that really worked its way through the facts of what occurred. but in particularly, focused heavily on the duties of directors of a major university and the failures of those directors as they allege in the report, of those directors to act as they were supposed to. so this is a very impressive

and interesting presentation. back to where you started, which is the implications to civil litigation, it really becomes a road map, in the sense there's a lot of information that's not become -- yet become available to those who have sued the university. the victims in this case. what a report like this does, it begins to open up and tell completely the story, because what they've done is, they being judge free and judge sporken, present the facts to the special committee of the board to say this is what happened, these are the corrective measures you need to take going forward. i think that's really what this report is. it's well presented and well done. >> joe paterno, former president of the university, the vice president of the university, athletic director, this report says it all empowered sandusky to continue with this behavior because the

culture was so strong there, that they didn't want to face any bad publicity. this is a scathing report, really. >> scathing report. the first recommendation, i believe was the first recommendation in the report, was to address the issue of culture. the cultural issue is not an issue that's unique to penn state. what happened at penn state really amplified the issue of culture. it's something that we in the corporate world is called tone at the top. is the corporate tone one that will encourage and support improper conduct as long as the reputation of the organization does not appear to be hurt in the public eye and continuing to perform or do we say the law comes first, our culture comes first, the integrity of the institution? i think the critical point there in terms of the culture

highlights how, if these issues do get swept under the rug, it's one of those matters that at some time when it blows up, it takes on a greater magnitude. >> you talked about the board of trustees, they weren't told right away. then when they were told, still carried on -- >> exactly. if they're not told, it's difficult to say there's a duty to respond, a duty to act. but once the board does become aware of the facts, the board has duties to its members, in this case the students, the state of pennsylvania, and that's where there was a stemmatic failure. they did not respond to their duty, and that's what the report addresses directly. >> quickly running out of time. let me ask you, what happens now? do we see more trials? what's the ramifications? >> i think what this does, this really provides a road map and

ultimately the civil cases will proceed. sandusky is going to jail. he was convicted. the real test is going to be when a report like this is issued, does the company, in this case penn state, respond as the recommendation dictates? does it take the correct measures to the trustees, residents of pennsylvania, students can say, we are going to have the right culture going forward following this template? >> thank you as always. >> you're welcome. >> tony, over to you. allison, thank you very much. coming up on fox 5 morning news, paying it forward, from beyond the grave. how one family fulfilled a brother's dying wish. >> plus, you know them, they're creepy and kooky, and all together spooky, and now they're playing at the kennedy center. we're talking about the addams family and later holly morris is going to get a dance lesson from one of the stars. it's 8:21 now. we'll be right back. 

one man's dying wish is now bringing happiness to random waiters and waitresses. i think they call them servers now. that's the new term. before he passed away last week, aaron collins told his family he wanted them to buy

pizza and leave the server a $500 tip. that's exactly what the family did. >> that is so great. aaron's brother presented the server with the cash after the mail. on each bill he wrote the web address of the site he created in honor of his brother. the family did this earlier this week, and since then the family has raised more than $10,000. that's enough to leave 23 more servers a $500 tip. >> that's very cool. that's great. this weekend the box office is going back in time. in fact, it's going all the way back to the ice age. yep, the fourth film in the series hits the big screen. it features the voices of jennifer lopez, and ray romano. coming up, we'll tell you how you can win a pair of free

tickets. it's friday the 13th. still ahead, lowering the standards for metro service. why passengers might want to get -- [ sneezed ] sorry. tried to stop it. >> good tv, man. we have the crash caught on tape. oh, oh boy. we're going to be right back with that and more. it's 8:26.     [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.

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at 8:29, a check of your top stories. first saw it here on fox 5, a fire tearing through part of an apartment complex in montgomery county. happened within the last hour at woodlake apartments in burtonsville. firefighters rescued four people -- eight people by ladder. everyone got out. no one was hurt. no word on what might have caused the fire. and the worst massacre of

the syrian uprising was reported in the northern part of the country last night. activists say more than 200 people were killed in the village. people there say shelling lasted seven hours and when people ran out of their homes and buildings, they were cut down by syrian forces. this morning u.n. monitors are trying to get to the city to investigate. finally, man, this video, a car in new jersey runs a red light, causing a horrific car crash and it's all caught on that red light camera there. there it is. the accident happened last month. a vehicle was hit in the side after speeding through the light, that's when it went airborne. it flipped. amazingly the driver survived with minor injuries. air bag probably saved his life. >> sometimes you see the results of the accident and you

say, how did that car get there and now we're seeing video. it's relatively easy for a car to get airborne. >> right. >> it really is. >> just the right angle. >> right. >> he's okay. he or she is fine. all right, tucker barnes. kind of wild video. let's switch gears. >> let's get to your travel forecast. if you're traveling to the beaches, going to be -- not going to be a terrible weekend. most of the weekend should be accident. will be showers and thunderstorms, at least possibility of showers and thunderstorms with high temperatures in the mid-80s. i wouldn't cancel plans. not going to be a rainout a possibility. rehoboth, low to mid-80s. water temperatures impressive, 78 degrees, running several degrees above normal for the middle of july.

surprised it's that warm. temperatures around here are pleasant. 79 in washington. 77 annapolis. lots of 60s overnight to the north and west. 70 seems to be the number. satellite and radar, some showers early this morning, particularly west and south of the city. much of what you see across the immediate mid-atlantic there the washington area is virga. it's falling from the sky but not touching the ground. rain showers touching the ground are out to the west. what's happening is it's following an area of high pressure in our region and the rain showers are falling apart. i don't think we'll see a lot of rain today. maybe a scattered shower or two. could be a shower or two tonight. better chances tomorrow, as this warm front punches north and we'll be in that warm humid air mass tomorrow. could see showers and thunderstorms bubble up tomorrow morning. five-day forecast, 86 today. low 90s tomorrow with hazy, hot and humid conditions and

scattered showers and thunderstorms. also mid-90s in the forecast by monday and tuesday. that's weather, allison, tony. thanks, tuck. monitoring metro this morning, new details coming out about the investigation into a derailment last week and the power outage. >> plus, a proposal that is getting a lot of buzz from riders. why metro wants to lower the bar on wait times between trains. fox5's sherri ly has all the details. good morning. let's start with the derailment. what have we learned about that? >> reporter: initially metro had always said the probable cause was a heat kink. but they didn't provide further information. what we know now is that section where the derailment occurred had been inspected by workers who were walking the tracks one day before the derailment. there were no speed restrictions at the time. metro tells us they were actually evaluating the least at that time, and whether to

institute the speed restrictions, but the tell-tale signs they were looking for were happening about the same time that that first heat kink happened. they also tell us that they are now developing some new heat restriction guidelines for situations just like this. they could come as early as today. what that means is they would look at the temperatures and other factors and then decide whether to lower the train speeds likely to around 35 or 40 miles per hour. metro also told us that last year they began replacing their track with more heat resistant rails that could handle temperatures up to 105 degrees. the current standard now was only up to 95 degrees. and metro tells us they had not gotten to this section of track along the green line yet. they also told us they discovered a second heat kink the same day as the derailment. in that case they were repair

it before anything more serious happened. tony and allison. >> metro also had the other incident near college park where hundreds of stranded aboard a train that lost power. we had riders evacuating along the tracks, complaints about the meltdown in communication. have you learned anything about that as we monitor metro? >> reporter: allison, there were actually a series of mishaps when it comes to the power failure. they're blaming pepco's power outage at a main feeder. metro now says the storm knocked out a tower that provides its radio communications, so it had no way to communicate with the train operator. that operator had to leave the train, go to a land line phone to reach the control center. that caused some delays. the operator metro says claims she did not tell passengers to evacuate. they say they're not going to dispute that and they're instituting a new policy saying they will respond when power goes down within five minutes

now, they're not going to wait, because they say people here waited too long. >> if i can ask you one more thing, a lot of metro riders talking about metro's proposed plan to lower the bar on wait times to as much as 30 minutes between trains. i would imagine people are not happy to hear about this. >> reporter: absolutely not, tony. metro says it had -- it was not going to actually lower its service, but it wanted the minimum standards. what this really came down to was a numbers game. metro said its track work was impacting the time performance. if they lower the bar to the standards, then the ontime performance looks better. they were proposing a minimum wait of 15 minutes between trains during rush hour, or 30 minutes offpeak. the board committee said 30

minutes too long. they amendmented the proposal to 20 minutes and said there should be two standards, one for normal service and one for when track work or other things are occurring as far as construction on the lines. but a lot of people were really concerned that this could end up lowering the standards, lowering service on metro. currently it's six minutes between trains during rush hour and 12 minutes offpeak. so the compromise here, 20 minutes is now the minimum standard offpeak. this really, again, a numbers game. boy, people were really mad about it. >> it's all about the statistics. thank you very much, sherri. we appreciate that. summer, it's a great time to shop for fresh fruits and vegetables. do you know how to find the best deals? >> still ahead at 8:00, our sarah simmons joins us live with ways to save while eating healthy and locally. >> there you go. first, we have an update to the

olympic outfit outrage we told you about yesterday. who is now joining the call to make them made in the u.s.a., as opposed to made in china. coming up on 8:38. we'll be right back. 

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the second half of major league baseball season begins today. nats is still in first place in the national league east. they'll face off against miami tonight. the new uniforms for american athletes to wear at the opening ceremonies of the olympics are causing a fire storm. >> quite a fire storm. as we told you yesterday morning, it's not the color or the style that has everybody up in arms. critics are outraged the uniforms you see here were not made in the u.s., but in china. lawmakers are pointing the finger at the olympic committee's decision to manufacture the wardrobe overseas, while the american textile industry struggles. >> i think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a pile and burn them and start over. if they have to wear nothing but a singlet painted by hand, it's what they should wear. >> pretty strong reaction. we got other things to really

worry about. but this is important. the olympics committee released a statement saying ralph lauren is an american company and it supports american athletes. the talk about the uniforms being made in china is nonsense. >> made there or not? >> they said it's made there, but doesn't matter. >> also not attractive. the addams family and our holly morris is live at the kennedy center with a sneak peak. it's impossible to say addams family, i have to say addams family ♪ it's a cultural thing. >> reporter: and snap. if you're going to talk to somebody from the% chance of of addams family, might as well be gomez. it is a must see musical for you and your family. we're going to talk to him live next on fox 5 morning news.

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hot legs. two music legends have teamed up this summer. you have a chance to see them for free. rod stewart and stevie nicks, their 2012 tour comes to verizon center july 27th. for a chance to win two tickets, go to our web site, myfoxdc.com. you must be 18 to enter and a legal resident of d.c., maryland or virginia. complete rules are also on the web site. all right. it's summertime. that means great shows, but also farmers markets in our area are in full swing. what do you need to know to get the best deal on locally grown products? >> sarah simmons is learning more and joins us live from mclane, virginia. hey, sarah. >> reporter: i love coming to the farmer's market. it's something i try to do every week. it's amazing. as you know, if you've had produce at a farmer's market, how it has that certain taste, especially the tomatoes. with me today to talk more

about what you need to know, is the coordinator of the market and also called the market master. high-end title you have. >> absolutely. we are here every day, rain or shine, 115-degree weather or not. >> reporter: you have tips on what people need to know. not necessarily the best deals, but what you're going to get when you are there. first off what i thought was interesting, is high season. buy what's in high season. >> absolutely. >> reporter: some of these places are year round. >> our markets run may to november. and our tables are heavy with tomatoes and corn and watermelon and this is the peak season for farmers markets. it's when you'll get the best deals on these things. tomatoes, and everything else looks great now. >> reporter: also you say buy in bulk. why is that so important here? >> well, many of our orchards and most of our vegetable farms will sell cartons or crates of

things. if you have a family, and your kids can't get enough of peaches, ask for a crate. if you're doing a squash dish, ask for a carton as well and they'll sell it to you. >> reporter: i hear this a lot from people, we want to address this, some people say, well, produce tends to be more expensive at the farmers' market. you were telling me, or we have seen, if you buy this produce, which is different than what's at the market, it will cost more than here. >> absolutely. you are truly getting the best deals on the local produce when you come directly to the farmer here in the farmers market. there are stores you can buy locally in. but this way you're able to speak with the people who grow your food. our farmers picked their things last night. >> reporter: that's pretty fresh. >> oh, yes. >> reporter: tell me about what ask about seconds means? it's important for anybody looking for that deal. >> absolutely. if you're canning or baking

with things, for example if you're doing a peach pie or a pasta sauce, many of our farmers have bruised fruit, things that taste as good and ripe and fresh, but maybe have a bruise or things that aren't quite as pretty, so they have a seconds container and they'll sell them to you for a very big discount usually. >> reporter: that's pretty good. it's important, too, i guess, as you come out, it tends to be the same people here, the producers, you kind of develop a relationship with them a little bit. why is it good to get in good with the farmer? >> well, if you get in good with the farmer and you have a question about how a particular new type of eggplant tastes or a new type of melon tastes, they can crack one open on the spot and let you try it. and questions about what they use in terms of pesticide, if you're concerned about the sustainability of the farming they're using, come out and talk to them. they're more than happy to answer questions you have and will be more knowledgeable than

somebody in a grocery store. >> reporter: especially here in faiwere saying that the people that are here are the producers, are the farmers. people who maybe work with the farmers closely. >> absolutely. >> reporter: they know what you talk about. not brokers in some places. describe the difference. >> all our farms come within 125-mile range of the county, and we require all the vendors be producer only. that is a farm can't sell their things to a third party and have that third party come through our market. so you know the person you're taking to either works on the farm and brings their things to market, or in many cases it's actual farmer here. >> reporter: may, thank you very much. before i toss back to tony and allison, show them big bertha, as we'll call her, that we have here. tony is very much looking forward to the segment about how to know if you have a ripe melon. >> absolutely. >> reporter: we'll be talking to farmers coming up. tony and allison, back to you. >> i think you knock on it.

>> you thump it. got to sound hollow, i think. darkly delirious, that's one phrase being used to describe the musical comedy, the addams family. >> the show offers a little romance too. holly morris joins us live from the kennedy center with more. holly? >> reporter: if you know anything about the addams family, you know that there is no hotter romance than that between gomez and morticia. when it comes to the musical, it also centers around creepy wednesday falling in love with a "normal guy." no dad likes to see their daughter fall in love with anybody, including gomez. this is douglas sills, and dare i say, bonjour mon ami. >> it's the morning show. >> reporter: it's later in the

day somewhere in the world. thank you for joining us. the show is fun. >> high five. i like to hear that. >> reporter: i saw people in the audience laughing, connecting reliving the slow they loved back then, but young people liking it, too. >> everybody gets to see the characters they fell in love with, but in a new setting. young people that don't know the family very well are going to enjoy it and all the references are modern. >> reporter: talk about the show in terms of when it first hit broadway. had big names out there, nathan lane and didn't do well. >> it did well enough to run for a long time. but the critical response was mixed. the principals got reviews, but they were iffy on the body of the work itself. what was great is, as is the case now on broadway, when broadway is no longer the end, the creators rewrote for the tour. that's where i came in and i

got lucky to get the original creators to come back together and having watched nathan and bebe do it for a year and a half on broadway, they rewrote it. we have probably three to five new songs. we have a huge new plot point. the show is rewritten and this is the show that will get published. >> reporter: how do you follow nathan lane? >> ten steps behind. i'm kidding. i didn't think about it too much. these are great actors, very different from one another, and i approached it, you know, i was lucky enough to go to graduate school for straight theater and i approached it like any role. with the great help of our director, who has more tony awards than we have teeth in our mouth, you bow down to jerry and he says, that works, that's less so, do this, do that. i didn't worry about it. >> reporter: which is good, because you get wonderful reviews. >> thank you. >> reporter: he is hysterical

in the role. why did they not do, they're creepy and they're kooky. they didn't sing it. the audience is there clapping. >> we needed a full score of songs to do a muss cal. and that guy is no longer around. they licensed just a little bit to give you the flavor of it. i think what the composer did, young and up and coming broadway composer, he eases you into it, but you get a taste of the original. as soon as the orchestra starts playing, you hear, da da da da. [ snapping ] >> reporter: and the audience is there. i sang and they weren't singing. >> i heard you. when the curtain is open, everybody is relaxed and open. they're going to take care of me and honor our great memory of these folks. oh, you're really getting to me now. that's our symbol between morticia and you. first, we have to make you

addams worthy. it's a morning show. >> reporter: we're ready to tango. we're going to do that in our next hour. we have a link to the kennedy center at myfoxdc.com. it runs now through july 29th. >> that's right. >> reporter: back to you. >> what is going on? >> i don't know. thanks holly. coming up, new evidence from the trayvon martin shooting investigation could be mixed news for accused killer george zimmerman. >> still ahead at 9:00, we're going to take a closer look at what it might mean for his defense. >> an update on the breaking news you first saw on fox 5, firefighters rescue eight people from a burning apartment building in montgomery county. it's 8:55. we'll be right back.    [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.

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we have been bringing you this break news story from montgomery county this morning. a fire tears through an apartment building. some people living there terrified as the flames force them to be rescued down the firefighters' ladders. we'll get a live report from the scene. >> a district police officer under investigation after he allegedly made a threat against the first lady. sherri ly is live this morning to explain what happened. >> and later in ask allison, a parent agrees to have a neighbor's child come over and the two kids are together before and after middle school, only to learn her daughter doesn't get along well with the other girl. i'm giving advice on new arrangements and maybe stay friends with the neighbor. >> little bit tricky. >> yeah. >> we have good viral video ahead, including there fast and furious biker. he is on the lam this morning. you won't believe how fast he is going in this video. that is coming up later.