by d.c., i would say -- >> sure. >> -- tucker barnes. love for different reasons, but love nonetheless. >> maybe not today. i have hot weather to report. highs near 100 later today. heat advisory starting at 12 noon. thunderstorm activity to our north and west. you can see that complex holding together overnight. frederick, up 270 towards hagerstown, showers and thunderstorm activity. it's temporarily giving us cloud cover and holding back the temperatures just a little bit. currently at reagan national we are 78 degrees. 78 at reagan national. humidity, 74%. wind out of the south and west at 10. winds picking up today. breezy afternoon, with the winds gusting to 15 to 25 miles per hour later. heat advisory 12 noon through 8:00 this evening. expecting high temperatures in

the upper 90s, close to 100. mix in the humidity, which will be on the increase today, and it will feel like 105 plus in parts of the area. air temperature, 100 in washington. 101 fredericksburg. possibility of a few more thunderstorms today, some could be strong in this summer heat. more details on the forecast. gets better for the weekend. that's in just a minute. back to you. tucker, thank you. checking some of our top stories this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what led to an accidental shooting that killed a 4-year-old boy. this happened yesterday afternoon in woodbridge, virginia. police say the boy somehow got hold of a handgun and shot himself. they say a relative found him inside a parked car. no one else was hurt in the shooting. officers still don't know who that gun belongs to. meanwhile, police in virginia trying figure out what set off a murder-suicide. this happened inside an

apartment in the 3000 block of trevor house drive in oakton around 7:00 last night. officers say a 27-year-old man shot and killed his roommate. the gunman later died at a local hospital. reports this morning the movie shooting suspects sent a notebook to the university of colorado describing the assault. but the school now says the package was delivered monday and is not confirming the contents. the reports by several news organizations come as the first memorial service was held for one of the victims and two more funerals are planned for this week. the survivors face a lifetime of recovery, but three of the hospitals caring for the victims say they'll limit or completely wipe out their b victims have no health insurance.

in the wake of that shooting, president obama is acknowledging his administration has not done enough to prevent weapons from getting into the hands of criminals. he is pledging to work with lawmakers from both parties on this issue. republican challenger mitt romney says changing laws won't prevent gun related tragedies and he mistakenly said most of the weapons obtained in the colorado movie massacre were done so illegally. some of the other stories making headlines this morning, police are on the hunt for the suspect accused of abducting the mother of baseball hall of famer cal ripken. she was forced from her home in maryland earlier this weekend at gun point. lauren demarco has the latest. >> there are a lot of questions about this case this morning. and the motive remains a mystery. >> reporter: mother of baseball

legend cal ripken, jr., violet ripken, is recovering after surviving a terrifying ordeal. >> she was located unharmed in her vehicle in close proximity to her residence. she was assessed by paramedics where she was not northbound to be injured and at this time she is resting with her family. >> reporter: police say an armed man abducted the 74-year- old from her aberdeen maryland home tuesday morning. he allegedly drove her around in her own vehicle before dropping her and the car off some 24 hours later. >> we believe that he drove throughout central maryland and at this time we are not sure what locations he was at, what times he was driving and what counties. >> reporter: her neighbor spoke to violet upon her return home. >> had a gun and gloves and mask on. she couldn't recognize who he was. tied her up and put a mask on her, he was going to do something else first and told

her to get in the car. he wanted her in the car. >> reporter: police are on the hunt for a suspect and have issued a warning for residents. >> white male, late 30s to early 40s, with a tall thin build. we believe the male is still armed with the handgun and should be considered dangerous. >> mrs. ripken is said to be doing well, but shaken. she was married to the late cal ripken senior, and they had four children. police are unsure of the motive and tony, mrs. ripken was saying to neighbors she does not believe the suspect knew of the famous connection to the woman he abducted. back to you. >> all right. we'll be looking for more answers. thank you, lauren. first time we've heard that music. the time is here, the redskins hit the practice field for the first day of training camp.

>> there is a renewed sense of hope and much of it centered on the new face of the franchise. dave ross is live at redskins park. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i think we could probably have said that same refrain the last 10 years. renewed hope. this year you're right, it's real. it's something you can feel here, because of that guy you mentioned, rg3. yesterday here at redskins park, held a press conference for 30 minutes. who does that? he answered every question we had and did it with class and dignity. it shows why bruce allen and dan snyder and mike shanahan have been to taken by this young man. he exemplifies everything they want in a leader. that's what he'll be asked to do, lead this team on the football field. we asked him yesterday, do you ever get nervous? >> i think i was more anxious, maybe a little nervous for mini

camps and otas. now that we've been through the offense and had a trial at it, got a taste of how fast the game is and just what i need to do as a quarterback to help this team win, i feel a lot more comfortable. it's actually more relaxing. nothing else going on outside of football anymore. we're in training camp, so we're pretty much on lock down. for a guy like me, that's a good thing. >> reporter: right now there is nothing going on until 10:45, and the walk through morning practice, if you will will take place. half hour ago, bruce allen was out here. he's excited for day one of training camp. he did a little impromptu interview. and i asked him of course about rg3 and why it was important he's here on time. >> it's really up to the young man, though. it was important to robert to be signed. and he's the one who really said, you know, i want to get in on time, i want to be with my teammates. it wasn't for anything that we were doing special on the

field, because you really only had 12 or 14 guys. he just wanted to be a part of the team. and we recognized that and obviously there was no issues. >> reporter: when you give up, swap number ones, give up two future number ones to get him, when was it that you said, i got to have this kid? >> we made that decision early. it was in february, as an organization we met, addressed the weaknesses that we had in our franchise. obviously the quarterback position was something we wanted to do. it was a rare year where we were drafting low. we were going to be at number six. and we decided we'd like two quarterbacks. when we made the trade, we weren't sure exactly what quarterback. so the month of january, february, we did a lot of research on those two young men and we knew either one could be a great redskin. >> reporter: the second young man he was talking about is andrew luck, who was the number one overall pick by the colts.

the things that concerned him, health. everybody so far is healthy. and the other thing, punctuality. everybody is here on time. 3:00they take the field for the first time with robert griffin iii behind center. back to tony and allison for now. >> good way to start. >> thanks, dave. coming up, a new easy fast transponder is making it easier for people in virginia to switch lanes. we'll explain coming up next. >> a new eye opening documentary follows cancer patients and sheds light on the business of treatment. actress and director diane ladd came to d.c. to promote the video. she sat down with our sarah simmons. we'll hear from her when we come back. time now, 9:09. wow,

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o'malley has issued an executive order focusing on finding ways to prevent problems with future power outages. the order clears the way for proposals for improvements to infrastructure, including the possibility of burying power lines underground. downed power lines were a big problem following the june 29th storm that left thousands in the dark for days. vdot has introduced a new e- zpass transponder. it allows driver's to switch between the toll paying mode and the new hov mode. it's designed for the new express lanes also called hot lanes, set to open on 495 later this year. they say the lanes will also expand public transportation in fairfax county. >> it's a game changer and we are going to be able to now provide bus service, something that we had not had before, on these new hot lanes. i can tell you from working with the fairfax county office

of transportation, that is a number one priority. >> vdot says you can still use standard trueness ponders -- transponders in the express lanes, but not in the hov option. speaker michael bush says next month's special session is to discuss gambling in maryland, specifically in prince george's county. aids experts say it's not enough to focus on pregnancy and pills when working to curb the hiv epidemic. currently the united nations' main goal is to prevent mother to child transmission. during the aids conference underway now in d.c., experts say focusing on poverty and sexual violence is a major to keeping the virus from

spreading. one in four people living with the disease is female. a new documentary called "cut poison burn" focuses on the war on cancer and how the disease is taking a toll on our children. >> actress, director, and author diane ladd was in washington to promote this documentary and she sat down with our own sarah simmons to talk about it. we want to warn you, there is a graphic image in this story that you may not want your children to see. >> this is something that's near and dear to your heart. it's this documentary that is coming out that is called "cut poison and burn." i got to tell you, i saw a little bit of it online. the impact it has in talking about health care, the way it is today, explain to me a little bit about this documentary. >> well, i think it affects everyone, everyone's life. because this child, the parents were forced to use chemotherapy

and they do not know the exact amount of chemotherapy that a child can absorb. that has not yet been determined medically. and they forced them to use chemotherapy and it kind of turned the child into a bit of a monster. >> yes. >> you can see it for yourself. and then the fact is, at the end, they actually overchemod the child and he hemorrhaged. >> the other thing i thought was interesting when i was watching the rarely is how they were pointing out how big of a fight the drug companies would put up and the fact we haven't made advancements or the advancements aren't allowed to take place, for instance, the drug companies won't pack up and go away. how much do you think that's an influence? >> i think they're making enough money they don't have to insist to put a cage around people, what kind of integrity is that? you should have the right to

have your choice of medicine for your body, if you're an adult. and even if it's a child, and you're an intelligent adult and you sign a consent that at least they know you're trying to heal your child. it's not like you're ignoring it. this child, the documentary is called "cut poison burn." and it will be out in theaters in october. in the meantime, you can go to the web site cutpoisonburn.com. that's simple. you can pull it up. people say, i don't have the money but i want to see it. they have sent out free copies to people. i think everybody needs to see this. you need to see what's going on. it could be your sister, child, brother, husband, it could be you, god forbid. this is a disease that takes us down. some people get cured. very few, rare. you have to find people who

care and are honorable. you have to take, in my opinion, good vitamins and things to stop the free radicals. cut poison burn is one of the most amazing documentaries i've seen. >> i think a lot of people will agree. diane ladd we thank you for coming in and sharing with us today. >> my privilege and pleasure to be here. >> so disturbing. >> uh-huh. that was sarah simmons with diane ladd. coming up, more controversy for chick-fil-a. >> the mayor of boston saying don't bring your chain restaurant here. wisdom martin has the latest. time now is 9:18.

welcome back. 9:21. the backlash is mounting for a fast food giant. >> chick-fil-a's president reiterated the company's stance against gay marriage.

wisdom is following this story for us. >> chick-fil-a has not been shy about their feelings announcing their opposition to same-sex marriage. the latest incident has prompted one big city mayor to fight back. for years now the baptist family that owns chick-fil-a has given millions to the organizations fighting same-sex marriage. small protests against it have popped up. the latest began earlier this month when the company president told a christian news organization that chick-fil-a supported "the biblical definition of the family unit." later said in a radio interview "as it relates to society in general, i think we are inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fists at him and say, we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage." boston's mayor has since sent mr. cathy a letter and it says in part "i was angry to learn on the heels of your prejudiced statement about your search for

a site to locate in boston. there is no place for discrimination on boston's freedom trail and no place for your company along side it ." now, the mayor's letter to chick-fil-a has drawn lots of comments on a boston facebook page. the leadership in chicago has said the same thing and now they don't want chick-fil-a to expand. >> i'm surprised mr. cathy, why he would delve into this. i don't know why he would say, this is what i believe, but has nothing to do with the company. >> this is an opinion he's had like a year and a half, maybe two years ago that came out and there was a fire storm then.

they calmed it down. and now someone asked him his opinion about it again. he was specific and here we are. more trouble for chick-fil-a. i don't understand it. who knows. >> thank you, wisdom. coming up next, a man recently released from jail didn't even make it off the ground before he was arrested again. you will not believe what happened. >> also, it's a busy time for eric benet. he performed last night at constitution hall. he just released his new album, "the one." he recently tied the knot and became a father again to a new baby. he found time to stop by our studios. i'll sit down with him after the break. we'll be right back. ♪ n. mittney is jt so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest.

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do you remember this video? police say this canadian motorcyclist turned himself in.

he was wanted after this youtube video with speeds up to 168 miles per hour. he probably went faster than that, because that's where the speedometer topped out. if convicted, he could spend up to five years in prison. while that guy may be heading to jail, there's one man who doesn't seem to want to leave. this is rodney dwayne valentine. he's charged with trespassing at a county jail in north carolina. he was released from jail, but refused to leave unless authorities gave him a ride to a motel. so he planted himself there right outside the jail. authorities gave him a few hours to leave. when he didn't, they arrested him. >> where is he now? >> back in jail on $500 bond. there's a time to stand up for your principles. >> won't give me a ride to the motel? >> i'm not leaving until i get a ride. he's not leaving. >> apparently that happens in some cases. people get comfortable and --

>> do you think that's what it was? >> that is true. >> so psychologically it was a cry for help? >> we don't know. we're reading into it. >> he might not have had a way to the hotel. >> i'd walk, frankly. >> feets, don't fail me now. >> temperatures now are, kind of all over the place because of this shower and complex thunderstorm off to the north been holding temperatures back a little bit. still think we'll be dealing with a lot of heat and humidity later today. heat advisory goes in effect at noon today. 79 now in washington. been creeping up after overnight lows in the mid-70s. 82 quantico. to the south and east, in the

80s. 81 in leonardtown. 84 in salisbury. there's the heat building to the south and west where you have clear skies. to the north and west we have rain showers that continue across northern maryland. that's been holding temperatures down so far in places like frederick where it's 70. 72 in gaithersburg. upper 90s to 100 today. the dreaded heat advisory is back. goes in effect at noon today through 8:00 tonight. all the counties in orange. not just the immediate washington area, into virginia, north over to philadelphia to new york city, under a heat advisory as well. we're expecting high temperatures upper 90 to about 100. mix in the humidity, humidity back with a vengeance, unfortunately, later today, as it creeps up, our heat index will feel like 105 plus. will be a very uncomfortable day, dangerous heat. lots of water. lots of breaks if you're outdooring. we're expecting yet another day, another blast of summer least for the next couple of days. there's your rain shower

activity. you can see it's locally to the north and to the west here. up 270, frederick getting rain showers. up into baltimore county getting rain showers. this is pushing to the east. but the cloud cover associated with this rain shower activity is spilling down into washington, baltimore, annapolis. you can really see it. at least temporarily that will hold the temperatures back. we'll get into the clear skies out to the west. and our temperatures will soar here before long. at least temporarily holding temperatures down. this may play a role in our future high temperatures later today. otherwise, big ring of fire, it's what we call it, working around our area of high pressure. core of heat to the west, hot in places like st. louis. 107again yesterday. that's headed here later today. 100 our afternoon high. heat advisory starts at noon. sunny, very hot. possibility of a few additional late-day storms and of course anything that gets going in 100- degree heat could be on the strong side. be ready for that possibility.

winds out of the south and west 10 to 15. a breezy afternoon. 80 tonight. no relief overnight. warm, muggy humid conditions tomorrow morning. here's your five-day forecast, not a lot of improvement tomorrow. 96. gets better this weekend. scattered storms saturday give way to a nice sunday and monday with lower humidity. highs in the upper 80s. we'll take it. that's a look at the weather forecast. tony, over to you and a special guest. >> yes, indeed. our next guest is no stranger to the stage or our show. eric benet's new cd features a new duet with his daughter and a tribute to his new baby. he has dropped by to see us before he continues his summer tour. good morning to you. thanks for coming again. >> my pleasure. >> and especially a night after

a performance. how much sleep did you get? >> four and a half hours, which is like a lot. last night was incredible. we are on tour, until august 6th. constitution hall. the first lady came. >> oh, that's great. >> attorney general eric holder's lovely wife came. it was incredible. >> did you get to meet them? >> oh, absolutely. not only did i meet her, but she made it a point to say, look, i'm listening to your cds all the time. with that sentence, i think she inspired about five more albums. >> i mean, obviously you love all your fans coming up. but to find out you have fans in important places listening to you at the white house. that's pretty cool. >> yeah, that's pretty dang affirming right there. it was incredible. >> how are you enjoying this tour? you're on the road a lot. >> yes. >> not constantly. but you're out there a lot. >> i get a couple of days. usually five days on, two days

off. sometimes i get to fly home to the wife and the lovely, lovely lucia. >> lucia bella? >> love the name. >> there she is. >> and your wife. >> my beautiful wife. and india is second year in college now. >> you spread it out. >> yeah, man. will be interesting. build in baby-sitter. so that's good. >> we don't always talk about the person stuff. it's out there. first of all, india, second year usc. what is she studying? does she want to sing? she's on this album with you. >> yeah. she's doing this incredible song we wrote together, and we describe our relationship in this song. she has such a phenomenal voice. she's doing a narrative studies and also doing a minor in music

business. so i'm so proud of her. >> if she said to you, i want to do what you do, would you say go for it? >> the parent in me would, you know, try to curb all, you know, i remember when i was her age, i sound so old, but when i was her age, i went to college and i dropped out. my parents, after two years of college, they were like, what are you doing? but now i have to just stand behind my daughter and i hope that she finishes, and she will. but i want her to follow her dreams, too, you know. >> whatever they are. >> yeah, whatever they are. >> same for lucia. are you back to -- are you used to being a father of a young infant again? >> it's like riding a bike, but i ride the bike so much better now. when india was born, i was a kid, you know. and there was the joy and love

of being a father for the first time. but there was some fear and apprehension, because i didn't really know what the heck i was doing. can i do this? i was a single parent as well. so, but now, there's the wisdom and the experience, and not only that, but i have this amazing partner in my loving wife to do this with. it's incredible. >> has this helped form the material on the album? >> absolutely. i'm the type of artist where my life is basically my album at any given time. so wherever i'm at emotionally and wherever i'm at in my life, you're going to see that in all the songs of my records. the song with india, about our relationship, the song for lucia is a lullaby my wife and i wrote for the baby. it's a lot of feel-good, old school r&b. >> that's what we know you for. >> that you don't hear enough of these days.

>> you don't shy away from the contemporary stuff. shaggy is on the album. who else? >> shaggy, lil wayne. it was a chance to do things i had never done before. this is the first time i'm releasing a project on my own label, jordan house label. it's empowering to have your own label. feels like i'm taking control of my career for the first time. >> good for you. it's gone well so far, so i trust it will continue to go well. we are thrilled you came by. come by any time. >> thank you. >> yes, and allison, usually she gets to talk to you, but i got you this time. >> what's up? >> when we come back, a new california law is cracking down on paparazzi. the charges one photographer is facing after chasing justin bieber. >> also, michael jackson's children get a new guardian. that is next in the buzz bin. it's 9:37.     

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cracking open the buzz bin this morning. look at this picture. with criminal charges against the photographer accused of chasing justin bieber earlier this month. a new california law aims to crack down on photographers' reckless pursuit of celebrities. the photographer faces up to one year in county jail and $3,500 in fines if convicted. >> we don't know what that picture is, paints him in a negative -- >> christmas card maybe as a joke. michael jackson's family is in the middle of a bitter dispute and his children are at the center. >> a california judge are taking the kids away from their grandmother. now katherine jackson says she is hurt by the court ruling. the judge temporarily appointed one of michael jackson's

nephews as legal guardian of prince michael, paris, and blanket, after conflicting reports over katherine jackson's health and whereabouts. their grandmother says the judge's decision to take them away from her was based on lies. >> i'm devastated that while i've been away that my children, my grandchildren have been taken away from me. >> five of michael's brothers and sisters have recently called on the executors of the es state to resign. they think the will is a phony and the executors have engaged in criminal activity. melanie alnwick is spending the morning with very talented children. we'll find out how they are showcasing their abilities. >> did you say talented children? >> yes, i did. >> i have three of my own, and they are having fun with derek thomas this morning. i'll check back in with them --

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trips to the grocery store are about to take more out of your pocket. about 60% of the u.s. is dealing with the worst drought since the 1950s. that is causing prices to spike and they'll likely stay high through most of next year. in a report released yesterday, the usda says grocery bills will go up by about 5%. beef prices expected to see the biggest jump, followed by dairy products and eggs. as food prices rise, you may want to spend more time on your garden. this morning allison's children are making crafts with derek thomas. having a good time? >> unbelievable. they had a good time and the projects are beautiful. let's check back in with derek now. did you not do these?

they're beautiful. >> i did not. i have to say, your girls are so well mannered. >> thank you, derek. >> thank you so much. >> that is such a lost art. >> thank you. >> it's been a joy working with them. we started out with empty vessels, a few succulents. >> right. >> we've got three great, great, great projects. >> unbelievable. >> you know, first and foremost a succulent garden. we started out with this guy. we had, like i say, just the empty vessel and we put in the soil. we put in the little baby starter plant. and we added the rocks. i have a quiz question for you. why did we add the stones at the top? >> because the stones are moist and that's great for the soil and the plants. >> very, very good. and that's going to help maintain the moisture, particularly like if you guys go away or what have you, right? so this is your succulent

garden that you'll be able show off to all your friends. >> what do you say? >> thank you. >> did you have fun making it? >> yes. >> you did a really, really great job. really great job. we started out with just this, you know, blank plant. >> right. >> we picked out the different plants and everything like that. now-- >> did you give her the baby succulent because she's my baby? >> absolutely. >> oh, derek. >> absolutely. they'll grow in as she grows in. now, young lady, you've had a little bit of experience with terrariums before. >> yes, i have. >> you did a wonderful, wonderful job of mixing up the textures and you want to tell me why we mixed them up? >> the textures adds a better feel, and because it's decorated and just one plant wouldn't look as decorated as two fancy plants. >> decorative? >> decorative. >> that's right. with the different textures there's more interest in your

arrangement. then you also added these glass beads. what that's doing for me, it's giving it a nice pop of color. the interesting thing about your terrarium, when you go away, what can you do to make sure it's self-watering? >> you can put this top on -- >> on this. >> right here. and it provides air and you put it on top of this -- >> wow! >> very good. >> we have our skyscraper terrarium. >> for sky. good job. >> now the final big girl project, right? we started out with air plants. i want you to show the viewers here, we have one more left to do. show them how easy it was for you to put this together. what we did here, allison, we

actually started with these -- you can go ahead. we put glue on the plant, which won't hurt the plant. we used a piece of driftwood. put those on there like that. we're going to hold that in place until the glue sets. >> sure. >> we're going to take a little bit of moss and put a little bit of glue. be careful with the glue. there we go. we're going to put that down there. why did we do the moss? >> because it holds the water to the plants. >> absolutely. because these air plants get their moisture from the air. you're going to take care of this by once a week spritzing it with a mister, right? >> yes. >> very good. >> how do you care for the terrarium? >> the terrarium -- >> takes care of itself? >> what you can do is while you guys are around, you can leave the terrarium open. >> i see. >> give it some air, give it water. if you're going to go away, you

can put it in. you have the skyscraper. if you're going for two weeks, it will be self-watering of the the succulent garden, you can water this about once every 10 days to two weeks. >> wow. really low maintenance. derek thank you so much. >> before we wrap, the girls have one thing for you. while they were toiling for the hour, they also created a succulent for mom. >> a mama succulent to go with the baby succulent. thank you, girls. thank you, derek, you're wonderful. thanks, now you're uncle derek. really wonderful projects that kids can do. girls, i'm so proud of you. good job. back to you, tony. >> very nicely done. thank you to all of you. from trash in fashion to rocking robots, the ymca thingamajig convention is putting kids to the test. our own melanie alnwick has been in upper marlboro this

morning. >> reporter: welcome back to the ymca thingamajig invention convention here in upper marlboro, maryland. you are looking at some of the talent competition. they're practicing and warming up. these kids have made it through their local ymca levels and they'll be showing off their talents and what a better environment to do it in. this is something that -- this is really fun. this is called trashin' fashion. they're learning about recycling, not only are they recycling, they are making fashions and clothing out of this. let me see what we've got here. come here. show me your dress. tell me what you made. >> i made a dress because i love dresses and when i was throwing all my trash bags away, i thought i can make one -- i can make a dress, because i love dresses. >> reporter: little cat walk. let's see it. show it off, honey!

that is great. that is absolutely wonderful. it's not just about fashion. it's also about invention as well. come over here. tell me your name. >> rihanna. >> reporter: tell me what you've got here. >> dieotribe. it's based on an exercise game. you can roll it on a certain number. you can choose an exercise and say you choose 30 pushups, you have to do 30 pushups. >> reporter: all right. let's see them. i'm not going to make you do the 30 pushups now. thank you very much. we want to talk to janice williams. janice, you're the program development coordinator here. this is awesome. >> it is definitely something that is exciting. we're really so glad the children are motivated. and really curious about things that are going to be a part of really their future. so they've got trashin'

fashion, robots, experiments that allow them to put their hands on science and really understand that it's everything they do and it really is about their future. >> reporter: this is something we were talking about, if parents are seeing this at home, and i want to get my kids involved. plan ahead for next year. >> they should plan ahead. this is our 18th annual. we'll be here again next year. it's really something we do every year, all year round to engage our children in science, technology, engineering and math, and getting them to be physically fit year round. we're excited about the children that are here and really do invite those people who are interested in these kinds of things to check it out. >> reporter: you can tell everybody is having such a good time here. if you want to check it out for yourself, come down, it's free and open to the public. back to you. >> melanie, thank you very much. >> melanie, thank you. coming up, an 18-mile space jump that you don't want to

miss. >> and tomorrow is friday, time for another ask allison. if you have a question you'd like to ask me, head to myfoxdc.com, click on the morning tab for the link to ask allison. tomorrow we have a really interesting one. in the wake of electric cars. >> okay. >> we'll have a demonstration from an owner. ♪

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welcome back. look at this, it's a sky diver jump that's out of this world, literally. baumgartner says the 18 mile jump was practice. later this year he hopes to

jump 22 miles, hoping to break the record. during that jump, baumgartner will be wearing a custom made body suit aimed to allow him to travel faster than the speed of time. >> that's mission control -- okay. >> not the -- >> not nasa. >> okay. >> army of people with him. >> sure he has. for something like that. you don't just -- >> how does they get the money to do it? >> looks like lease sponsored -- he's sponsored by red bull. what is he jumping out of? >> so many questions. when a story has more questions than it answered in the story -- >> i don't know. fascinating. i have no idea. >> what have you got for us? >> i'm not sure. >> what can you tell us? >> apparently not much. there's a live shot. got clouds hanging across the area. fingers crossed we'll hold the temperature down a degree or two later today. otherwise,