julia child. coming up at 9:30, the author of a new biography is here. >> sarah simmons is here with this hour with a rita's giveaway. don't show up empty-handed. today's event is to help sick babies in need. what you need to bring. how about that clip with julia child and lawrence. [ laughter ] >> like that. >> love it. it's straight up 9:00 now. we have tucker barnes in the weather center to tell us what we can expect. >> more of the same warm and humid to start the morning. there are thunderstorms out to the west, might see a scattered storm later today although most of the day is hazy, hot and human. there is a live look at your radar and your thunderstorm activity getting going here in the past half hour or so towards charlestown. just east of winchester looks like front royal getting pretty good thunderstorms. closer to the metro area, quiet with plenty of sunshine around here will it will be hazy and

hot for all of us later today with high in the upper 80s and low 90s. right now in washington, 78 degrees. 76 baltimore. 77 this morning at ocean city. 70 in winchester. our highs back in the 90s. 93 here in town, 91 baltimore, cooler out west, front royal 88. we'll be hazy, hot and humid today. changes for the forecast this weekend. cooler and drier air on the way. i'll have more coming up. back to you. thank you. in our big story this morning, maryland's special session begins. lawmakers are getting called back to annapolis to take up legislation on gambling. >> governor o'malley wants to expand gambling to allow table games like blackjack and a new casino in prince george's county. the special session is supposed to start at 11:30. a senate committee is due to vote this afternoon. voters will ultimately decide the issue come november. we now know what caused a

deadly house fire in maryland. flames trapped family members inside their home in chapel oaks. our own melanie alnwick is live on the scene with an update now. melanie. >> reporter: fire investigators say this was a tragic accident caused by an overloaded electrical circuit in the first floor living room. now, neighbors say jayden, the 5-year-old girl, was super chatty, had a great smile and liked to ride her bike. her 24-year-old father james was described as a man who worked hard to provide for everyone in the family including his mother and 15- year-old brother. when firefighters arrived four minutes after the call, the father told the firefighters about the children upstairs. one team battled with hoses, another set up ladders and a third rushed up the ladders to rescue the children. neighbors describe the awful

scene. >> the house in flames, then they brought a man out screaming for his daughter. then they brought his daughter out. she was lifeless. >> i never seen no lifeless body like that before being carried out of the house like that. burns all over they arms like it was too surreal it was like too real life-like. i can't even explain it. >> reporter: the 15-year-old boy was stabilized and is in crit kit but little jayden just couldn't pull through. she died around 8:00 p.m. the 15-year-old is in critical condition. the father james is in critical condition with third-degree burns over 50% of his body. investigators say they are still looking into the events leading up to and after those smoke alarms went off. firefighters will be back here in the neighborhood today tony, talking to neighbors about fire safety. >> just an awful story. melanie, thank you. in other news, prince george's county police have released new surveillance video showing what they believe is a

maryland man abducting an 8- year-old girl. charles amofa was arrested earlier this week. he is accused of kidnapping two girls from a value village thrift store in adelphi on two separate occasions and sexually assaulting one of them at a nearby playground. this is video from the first incident which took place july 9th. you can see a man and little girl walking outside of the store. police say he attempted to sexually assault her. but she was able to fight him off. the second incident happened monday involving a 6-year-old girl. police in prince george's county want you to take a good look at this surveillance video. it shows a suspected serial bank robber at the capital one bank located on marlboro pike. the suspect is linked to five robberies in the district heights area. the most recent robbery happened tuesday afternoon. in the race for the white house, another new poll has president obama leading mitt

romney in virginia and two other battleground state. the poll of three swing states shows 49% support the president to 45% for the republican candidate mitt romney. both camps are focusing on the commonwealth in the next few days. vice president biden has a three-day tour through virginia next week and romney kicks off a four state bus tour beginning in virginia with governor mcdonnell this weekend. yesterday in iowa, the gop warned that invests will shy away from the u.s. if reckless government spending continues. >> if they think we are going to get to a point of massive deficits and the potential for economic challenge, why, they're going to have a hard time investing in america. we're going to have to show them that we're serious about reining in our excesses. >> romney is reportedly close to announcing his pick for a running mate and political watchers expect he will name his pick by this time next week for vice president. now for a look at the big issue that came up yesterday.

the women's vote. as fox's doug luzader explains, the race for president may be turning into a gender war. >> reporter: you don't have to dig too deep into the polls to found a real gender gap in the race for president and that is something that both campaigns are painfully aware of. president obama takes the stage in colorado embracing sandra fleck the woman whose' dustup with rush limbaugh pushed her into the political spotlight. this is an all-out effort to win over women and paint republicans as against their interests. >> when it comes it a woman's right to make her own healthcare choices, they want to take us back to the policies more suited to the 1950s. >> reporter: the numbers in colorado may bear that effort out. the president leads mitt romney among women there by 8 points although republicans say that's only part of the story. >> he is winning women this time around but by 50% less than he got last time around

and he is running even worse among men than he is last time around, hence the races in today's gallup tracking 47-46. >> reporter: and romney does have a big advantage among men. again looking at just colorado, it's 17 points! for his part, romney was in iowa with a gender-neutral message on the economy. >> if entrepreneurs and businesspeople around the world and here at home think that at some point america's going to become like greece, or like spain or italy, or like california -- [ laughter ] -- >> reporter: but behind the scenes the romney campaign is trying to close that gender gap among women. the last time around, exit polls showed that the president carried a pretty big majority of women voters. 56%. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. we have had our fair share of rain around here but for some maryland farmers in hasn't been enough. help could be on the way for those affected by the drought. maryland's governor is asking

for federal drought aid for 13 of the 23 counties in the state including anne arundel, charles, calvert and prince george's counties. farmers in our area have lost between 30 and 54% of their crops. the national resources defense council meantime will announce the result of an analysis that ranks maryland and virginia as one of the toxic 20. that name is for the worst 20 states for air pollution produced by electric power plants. this is the second annual assessment they have done using epa data it evaluate places where people are exposed to pollution from power plants. the wait is just about over for redskins fans. tonight we'll get our first glimpse of robert griffin iii in game action. the redskins kick off preseason in buffalo against the bills. game time is 7:00 p.m. the new franchise quarterback will see about 12 to 20 plays. so just how important is the

preseason? >> i think it's different for everybody. get loose get back into the rhythm, young guys to kind of prove themselves show that they belong in the nfl and on this team. i guy like myself to get reps at a new position so i can come in and be a good backup player and special teams. it depends who you are and how you fit in and depends on what you're trying to get out of the preseason. >> all right. we'll see how it goes. the u.s. pulls ahead in the medals count. we are checking the olympic headlines next, plus could d.c. host the olympics one day soon? robert mccartney is here after the break with the breakdown of the pros and cons of the city hosting the olympics. >> i want to hear that. very interesting. new pictures from nasa's curiosity rove. what some are saying the red planet resembles, when we come back. time now 9:09.  [ male announcer ] in 1996,

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check the summer olympics now, allyson felix finally has that gold medal. she won it in the women's 200 meters. she came from behind, yup, to fly past jamaica's shelley price and others got bronze. in beach volleyball kerri walsh jennings and misty mae- traenorer of the u.s. won their third olympic gold. they defeat fellow americans april ross and jennifer kessy. mae-traenorer will be retiring from the olympics after this year. thanks to help from track the usa is on top in the medal county: julie zetlin is showing off

her skills in the rhythmic all around. we talked with her last month before she left for london. bethesda boasts another big name, as well. let not forget katie ledecky's gold medal win. we are keeping an eye out for the results in today's right mim all around. we'll let you know how zetlin does. from a local olympic athlete to a push to bring the olympics here to the d.c. region. the same group that pushed for the 2012 olympics now wants to hold the 2024 olympics right here in our area. so what are the pros and cons of this? joining us with more insight is metro columnist with the "washington post" robert mccartney. good morning, welcome back. >> good to see you. >> your viewers and your readers miss you. so welcome back. >> i was only away for a week. >> we still missed you. [ laughter ] >> let's talk about the column now that talks about the pros and the cons and tony said he wanted to hear them. so can we break them down already and what would be good for the city and not so good? >> sure. they are not actually formally

pushing for this yet. they are just talking about it. >> okay. >> the people who put together the bid that failed to get the olympics here for this current summer now talking about 2024. >> okay. >> a lot of people are very interested at least in talking about it. but it's a very big undertaking. >> sure it is. >> the pros are, you get this amazing spotlight on the washington area. and it would be the washington region basically from baltimore to just north of richmond for the venues you need for the olympics. all two states and the district and pretty much everybody would be involved for something like this. you know, obviously you can make a lot of money off it potentially. that's important to check how much you can make. but obviously, huge showcase -- >> some say it doesn't really do much financially for a city. so that's out there looming. >> it's varies. some cities have done well and some have lost money. they think that we would actually have a good chance of making money because we have so

many facilities in place already. so many stadiums, not only football stadiums, baseball stadiums, but also all the university facilities that we have in this region could all be put to use. i mean, you know, obviously university of maryland, george mason, george washington, the baltimore stadiums, the washington stadiums. >> no shortage of that, right. >> you wouldn't have to build as much as some people would have to build. you could just take advantage of what you have. now, would you have to build something, obviously -- you would have to build something, obviously, but it's the biggest sporting event in the world. it's the head of the board of trade told me it's in my column this morning in the paper, it's like three super bowls a day for 2.5 weeks. >> right. >> obviously you would have every hotel room from baltimore to fredericksburg would be packed for 2.5 weeks. obviously the restaurants and it's a great showcase for the region. >> might be a little tough on the locals. >> well, it would be --

>> but we could suck it up for 2.5 weeks. let's talk about the cons. we have some issues in our area. >> there's two sort of different set of issues. the first is could you win? what would it take to try to win? we spent $10 million, you know, private money in the failed attempt to get it last time. so that's a lot of money to spend of the there's a lot of competition. first you have to get the american endorsement. you have to beat the rest of the american candidates and then the rest of the world. they think america has a chance of getting the olympics in 2024. that looks like the american year, 2024. it will have been 30 years since atlanta. and everybody else has had the summer games since then. so that would look like a good chance. but you know, you have to get everybody together and getting everybody together in this

region is a challenge. you have different jurisdictions. you have the sort of, you know, bad reputation for the district government right now with the corruption investigations and those scandals. that doesn't help. oddly enough, i was surprised about this, oddly enough, the most notorious problem we have, which is traffic, does not seem to bother people that much. it might hurt us in terms of the reputation. but in terms of the actual event opener people -- los angeles did the olympics. they have worse traffic problems than we do. but apparently the organizers are able to persuade people to stay at home or use public transportation. they add tons of shuttle buses. we have, you know, better-than- average mass transit system even though it has massive problems. people think the traffic wouldn't be that bad. obviously it was hugely disruptive for many years but there's a lot of rewards to be had if you get it. >> i would agree with you, bob. this is robert mccartney of

course with the "washington post" metro columnist. thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> over to you, tony. >> thank you very much. an emergency medical team flew to antarctica to rescue an american researcher and they are now on the way to new zealand. the american scientist had a medical emergency and the u.s. research station on antarctica didn't have the facilities to care for the patient whose name and cannot aren't released. it was a tricky landing overnight as antarctica is in the middle of winter right now and it's very rare for planes to land on the ice runway at that american station. nasa's roferon mars has raised its mast and now curiosity is using its high resolution cameras to zen us more pictures. they are being stitched together to make a panorama. it's sending the best views so far since touching down. it took eight months traveling 352 million miles to get to mars. scientists say the martian crater where the rove landed

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speed, accuracy and dexterity. austin beat them all winning the title and $50,000 in prize money. good for him. >> all right. watch out, guinness. we have video of a real-life fruit ninja. don't miss it. >> bon appetit! she wrote more -- look at that great picture. she wrote more than a dozen cookbooks and has taught many americans how to cook and taught us all about food. coming up next, i'm sitting down with the author of "dearie: the remarkable life of julia child." ♪ and i... ♪ >> gives me chills as we head to break. remembering whitney houston. she would have been 49 today, born in 1963. beautiful royals have that will live forever. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] safeway presents

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a food ninja is making waves on the net. a 48-year-old man from eastern china is challenging the guinness -- [overlapping speakers] >> he is practicing. >> he is challenging the guinness world record for throwing make cards to slice up fruits and vegetables. >> wow. >> there is a world record for flowing playing cards to slice up fruits and vegetables. he has been training for 10 years and has even progressing to dicing up watermelons. >> what? >> his goal is to cut up 18 cucumbers in 60 seconds by the end of the year. [ laughter ] >> what? >> i like his uniform. >> that's quite a goal. >> check this guy out also making waves on the web. a daredevil teenager in russia doing pullups from the top of a 360-foot tower no safety equipment. >> was he forced to do this? >> the craze of climbing high structures to do dangerous stunts has taken off in russia since last year, tony. that's why he is doing t

authorities are trying to, of course, clamp down on the trend. they have made several arrests since the spring. >> come on. that's just crazy. >> yeah. >> that shouldn't be encouraged. >> look at that. he goes all the way off. >> so we all saw the diver from germany have the big problem because he had slippery hands, remember? >> yeah. >> he fell on his back. >> look at that. >> you miss and you're done. >> so of the two crazy videos, the slicing of cucumbers with cards, what's the more reasonable one? >> oh, yeah. most definitely. slicing cards in your home on the ground -- i'm going with that one. slicing fruit. >> wouldn't it be hard to slice fruit with a -- >> that's the point. >> i think i have to try it when i go home. >> let us know how that goes. >> okay. [ pause ] [overlapping speakers] >> do you doubt that i could do it, tucker? >> allison, i know you could do it. >> i'm a natural athlete. i don't think now that about me. >> get a little video of you at home doing that. >> i want to see what you can do. >> i will do that. >> all right. >> she is not going to do it.

>> i will. >> let's -- >> well show it tomorrow! >> can't wait. >> we have to get moving. radar showing you the showers and thunderstorms. might want to start stretching now, allison. >> there you go. >> it's all in the wrist. >> there was a look of determination and there's probably some training that's going on there. >> he has been training for 10 years! >> you can't just walk up and do it. >> we'll see. showers and thunderstorms off to the west. charlestown, creeping to the east, leesburg, reston will be next. there you go. you see it moving very slowly got its act going about an hour ago it will be what we see around here later today. we start to transition to a cooler, drier air mass for the weekend. today still hot and humid. the bigger picture, there you go. generally quiet although the showers and thunderstorms break out to the north and west in the immediate washington area and well off to the north and west there is a series of areas of low pressure and a couple of

frontal systems and they will start to push towards the area later today. so hot and humid air mass up ahead of it. our high temperatures later today in the low 90s. and then we'll start to watch this move in later tonight with a lot of clouds and i think tomorrow's pretty much a soaker. we'll have periods of showers and maybe some strong thunderstorms around here in fact we're already in the slight risk for severe weather tomorrow afternoon and evening across the area as we have the potential for -- just the potential for strong thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon as that cooler air starts to move on in. right now 81 in washington. 83 this morning in annapolis. 81 in leonardtown. off to the north and west, looks like maybe a rain cooled shower in martinsburg and winchester. 2:00 most of the activity in action is north and west of town. sun in the immediate metro area. then later this afternoon, tonight we'll start to cloud up and notice that tomorrow morning, at 9:00 a.m.

we have some showers around and perhaps thunderstorms and then it enhances by late in the afternoon tomorrow 2:00. looks like we have widespread showers across the area and thunderstorms. partly sunny hot and humid. we know this forecast. scattered afternoon storms back, 93 the daytime high, cloudy, warm, muggy overnight. air-conditioners will continue to hum for the next couple of days but they might get a break finally for the weekend. tomorrow clouds, 87. good chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. saturday doesn't start promising with cloud cover but i think by afternoon, we'll see some sunshine. you will notice the humidity is out of here and the cooler temperatures move in for a couple of days of. 67 early sunday morning. only 86 on sunday with sunshine and less humidity. all right. that's a look at the weather forecast. tony, over to you. >> thank you. julia child, she changed the way americans cook and how we think about food. but she was much more than just the french chef. bob spitz wrote a book that

traces the fascinating road julia child took to unexpectedly find herself world famous as the authority on all things related to the kitchen. the book is called "dearie: the remarkable life of julia child." and bob spitz joins us now. sir, thank you for coming in. it is a pleasure to meet you. >> tony, my pleasure. >> i have to say, i'm a huge beatles fan. i read your biography of the beatles which was quite remarkable. so very thrilled that you have now written this. before we get into this, i want to show a little clip. we had julia child on this very broadcast a couple of times, i think in 1996. there's lark mccarthy with her. >> i was lucky enough to meet her in 1992 in italy doing articles and a friend said we know you have some time over there, would you mind being an escort for an older woman? and i said, you know, i don't do that kind of work. half are. >> they said it's julia child. i said i'll be right over. [ laughter ]

>> she was traveling around italy. she was 82. i was 42 at the time. she needed an arm. her legs were bad. and i had the privilege of doing nothing but eating and talking with this woman about her life for 3.5 weeks. it was a fabulous experience. >> let me ask this. having met her and spent some time with her, it that make it easier or harder to tell a truthful story about her? >> it made it easier because i had her voice in my ear and not that voice, the voice -- you know, we know that voice -- i swore i wouldn't do that. [ laughter ] >> but i had her real voice in my ear. and so i could write with authenticity and that really helped. >> one of the remarkable things about her and there are many that you cover in this book is, you know, we all know julia child but when you think about it, we knew her from middle age on. it was a long process to get to where she was and she kind of didn't know where she was

going. >> julia didn't even know herself from middle age -- until she reached middle age. her life was an all-out adventure a search for hef self. at the age of 30 she had no idea what she was going to do. she came to washington, d.c. and she wanted to join the war evident and joined the oss, the premiere spy agency and she was with men and women off to southeast asia. at the age of 40, this woman didn't know how to cook. she couldn't even boil water. she learned how to cook at the age of 40. at the age of 50, had never been on television before. and by 51 she was on tv and became -- you know, a -- a pop icon in the mode of johnny carson, kermit the frog, oprah winfrey. i mean, that kind of beloved pop icon in just a short -- but at the age of 50. it was just a great adventure. >> tv careers are ending at

that time. >> exactly right. >> she was on tv, she was on pbs and it's rather startling. you write about the fact that in very many ways she helped make pbs, certainly helped save it. >> she launched it. pbs before it was called net, national educational television, and it was only a local situation. they showed local community college professors talking on tv, maybe a symphony orchestra. julia was the very first star on national educational television and she was syndicated. no one had ever done that. this was before sesame street, mr. rojers. because of julia the network took off. she was the backbone of pbs. >> there is so much to say and talk about. we're out of time. it is interesting to me and you will have to come back sometime because i'm fascinated by the fact that between the beatles book and this book you take on subjects that you would think there's nothing else to write

about. >> hm. >> yet you uncover a whole lot of stuff and teach us more. >> thank you. [ laughter ] >> great stuff. bob spitz, "dearie: the remarkable life of julia child." you'll be back in town next week? >> i will for the opening of julia's kitchen, the re-opening at the smithsonian. >> 100th anniversary of her birth. >> exactly. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> tony, my pleasure. >> we'll be right back. what does fall smell like? head north, to someplace pristine like acadia national park. there is nothing like the parks this time of year. the falling leaves, the crisp air, the perfect inspiration for air wick's fall collection.

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was found lying naked at night on a texas road. police say he became combative and threatened to shoot officers and they also discovered his crashed vehicle nearby. travis was taken to jail, arraigned and released on bond. blood test results are pending. >> too bad. >> it is. he's clearly -- he has had some troubles. he really has. so... see how that turns out. now, in other celebrity news, bay and jay, you know who i'm talking about? now it. >> yes. beyonce and jaycee are now the top earning celebrity couple according to forbes magazine pulling in $78 million last year. beyonce made 40 million of that despite taking off most of the year to prepare for her little old baby blue ivy. rounding out the top five tom brady and gisele bundchen david and victoria beckham, brad and angelina and will smith and his wife. >> must be nice to be them. >> gabby douglas may only be 16

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if you are looking for relief from the heat or a fresh delicious treat head to rita's newest location in fairfax, virginia. >> sarah is there this morning and joins us live. i know all of you already have delicious icy treats. i have two names in case they want one for me. the allison avalanche or the seymour swirl. just saying. >> in case they want one. >> in case them some names. >> reporter: in case they need some names just to get them going to get this location off to a good start. put your face on the wall on everything, i'm sure. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it will be great. hey, i got to tell you guys, you would be amazed at the amount of people out here. if you can take a look behind me now, these are the folks that are lined up since 5:00 this morning. >> yeah! >> reporter: 5:00 this morning waiting for some of that free

regular sized rita's water ice. and it's just -- the people out here are so enthused to be waiting around for this but along with that, is they are helping out a good cause and with me to tell us more about that is rico, one of the owners here of the new rita's location. can you believe the crowd? >> we're excited. we can't believe the turnout. it's partly rita's but it's a good cause. we are's using our grand opening to support something we really believe in to help folks with brain tumors and we are supporting the national brain tumor society as well as the children's national medical center. so what we are doing for the first 50 guests who come here and bring a new hat, they will be able to win a free year of italian ice from rita. >> reporter: that's amazing. that's a lot of ice. >> whoo! yes, it is. [overlapping speakers] so we have really tried hard to ensure that folks bring something that can help the

children who recently underwent brain surgery and when they're leaving the hospital they will be able to cover their heads and we have also, you know, encouraged people even if you're not the first 50 people in line, bring some hats for a consolation prize. >> reporter: what have you got lined up for people today? there's some trivia games? >> we have trivia and folks going down asking people if they know the rita's jingle. we have some free samples. we have some face painting, some tatoos, you know, there will be a lot of entertainment. i think the line hopefully stays long the whole day. we'll be able to give out as much free ice as we can. we will not run out so be sure to come down. >> reporter: i'm going to put someone on the spot. you said rita has a jingle. do you know the jingle? >> i'm sorry, i don't. but i love rita's. >> reporter: that's all that matters, right? >> exactly. >> reporter: what is the jingle? >> what i'd like to do if i could bring our kids on, there's four owners and the

kids could give it up for one quick second. come on, guys. one, two, three. everybody wants to be cool... ♪ everybody wants to be cool -- >> reporter: trying to choreograph. while we're listening to the wonderful rendition of the theme song, we want to let folks know that it's starting at 10:00 a.m. this year in a few minutes that the doors are going to open the first 50 guests in line will get free rita's ice for a year. >> that's right. so the way that's being paid out is they will get packages of coupons so they can get a free ice a week for the next 52 weeks and in addition to the first 50 people we will have consolation prizes for people who waited and hats. >> reporter: this is near and dear to you. >> a close friend of ours had brain cancer several years ago

and she's become an advocate in this community so something we wanted to support and then the other piece of that with the children, you know, something obviously that we would like to help with also. >> reporter: all right. rico, i think you're off to a good start by the looks of this line that i cannot see the end of by the way down here at fairfax boulevard in fairfax. they are the newest rita's ice location, tony and allison. doors open here very soon. i got a sneak peek in there. looks good and the ice tastes spectacular as always. back to you. >> ah, i may have to stop by there later. all right. sarah, thank you. didn't know there was a rita's jingle. thank you. [ laughter ] here's a new take on mommy and me fitness. don't be surprised to see these new mothers getting in shape with belly dancing and the babies are in on the action too. >> it's taking place at "greenberries" a shop in a, mar find holly morris with some

special little guests. >> reporter: you remember connor from the cooking crass? he said he knew how to d a belly roll. connor, show them. let's see it. oh, look at that! connor, high five me. you are the coolest little 7- year-old i have seen in a long time time. i love it. the cooking class is one of many classes here at "greenberries." rachel is the owner. good morning. >> hi. >> reporter: this is the most fun little destination spot i have been in a while. >> thank you. moms love it. kids love it. with our play area here. a lot to offer. >> reporter: how do you come up with your class ideas? i was looking at your fall schedule. you have a multitude. >> right. a lot of instructors approach me with ideas and i'm open to almost anything hopefully they're certified and all that. it all started with cloth diapering.

our first class was cloth diapering, make your own baby food and blossomed from there. we have a music class coming up. so it just keeps building. >> reporter: between you and me, i'm never going to take the cloth diapering class. >> i understand. >> reporter: i might take this one the belly dance class. it's really a whole lot of fun and i think a little bit ingenious. rachel, thank you very much. renee is the instructor. you just keep on going, girl. you're looking good. tell me how belly dancing and babies all go together. >> well, belly dancing historically is for childbirth. so this class is part of a dancing for birth series started by stephanie larson. we separate prenatal to post- natal because there are different needs. this class is specifically for babies who enjoy dancing with moms and for moms to be with each other and get back into shape again. >> reporter: there's a couple of things that i think are brilliant about this.

one is the fact that it's all standing. babies at this age they want to be held and want you to walk around and usually if you put them down they melt down. >> exactly. we have a philosophy. babies kind of run the class. it for them to keep moving around, if they need to, don't get hung up on the movements. just be here to enjoy as much as possible. >> reporter: the other brilliant thing i think about the class is the use of the scarves because we have a couple of little kids getting fussy and the jingling, the bells it gets their attention. >> exactly. exactly. they love it and some of them try to get it in their mouths. [ laughter ] >> to make it smooth so they get into the dancing as well. >> reporter: the thing about it is, it does also make working out fun and convenient for the moms. >> exactly. >> reporter: you don't have to have child care. >> you don't need a babysitter and we are so open and receptive it doesn't matter what happens during class. >> reporter: before i go, i have to introduce, you just

keep on leading the class. but i have to introduce you to the stars of the show because clearly they are. this is calliope and her mom and ania and amelia. obviously i didn't even ask the moms their names because i just identify them by their cutie patooties. can liepy is almost a year old. >> right. >> reporter: what do you like about the class? >> it's just nice to have her here and even though it's her nap time she's still with me. >> reporter: she is going to nap really well later. let me check in with ania's mom. tell me about what she thinks of the class. >> she seems to love it. she loves other babies. this is a great way for her to get together with other babies. >> reporter: and for you to get together with other moms. >> right. >> reporter: this is my girlfriend amelia and amelia's mom. for you as a first-time mom, how is a place like "greenberries" helpful? it's amazing. there are wonderful classes. i love this one. especially having a baby, you kind of want to get your body

moving again. and having her is an extra added weight. >> reporter: there you go. an extra added weight that you want to eat up. i totally missed the boat. i should have brought hayden he could have had three ladies to choose from. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to "greenberries." check it out. we'll have more "fox 5 morning news" for you to check out when we come back. stay with us. 

the excitement is growing for redskins fans. tonight we'll get our first glimpse of robert griffin iii in game action when the redskins kick off preseason against the buffalo bills. we're told the rookie quarterback will see about 12 to 20 plays. game time is at 7:00 p.m. >> can't wait. >> there is your five-day forecast. 93 this afternoon. look out, there will be at least the possibility of scattered showers and thunderstorms. real good chance of them om