as a live look outside, for some of you it's a fairly stormy morning. not everybody getting the rain or the thunder or the lightning. there's a live view over the district right now. this is friday, august 10th, 2012. we could be in for some more storms. good morning, everybody, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm alison seymour. happy you're with us on this friday. though the forecast isn't that great, but here's tucker barnes to put a nicer spin on it, right? >> i'll do the best i can. >> smile while you give it to us. >> it's friday. there you go. that's always a good thing. let's get your radar and kick it off. showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. need the rain, that's good news. but some of the rain coming down awfully heavy in parts of the area, particularly now south and east of the city as we get down towards southern maryland, leonardtown, if you cross the bay there.

looks like showers shortly in places like cambridge. fredericksburg, more heavy rain, as the first in a series of heavy rains are moving through. i think the rain will be with us the next couple of hours. temperature now at reagan national is 73 degrees. it's fallen 6 degrees in the past hour with the heavy rain that's been falling through the region. 80 annapolis. 60s to the north and west. 68 now in winchester. here's your forecast for today, stormy conditions. will be a bit of a break here for the middle of the day. but by late this afternoon and during the evening hours another round of showers and storms. highs only in the mid- to upper 80s, but very humid. more details on the forecast, i promise the weekend looks better, particularly sunday. those details coming up. let's do traffic with lauren demarco. >> good morning, tucker. slick pavement in some areas, but things are getting better. let's take a live look from trafficland. if you are heading inbound on 66th, heavy and slow traffic

from the fairfax county parkway towards 123. also 29, south of 66 is shut down in both directions. south of 15 actually because of a building fire. avoid that area if you can. earlier wreck 123 approaching 66, it's cleared out. same story westbound on the dulles access road. had an accident after the fairfax county parkway. that is gone at this time. 95, no real issues for you making the trip towards springfield. 395 slows from the beltway to seminary and again across the 14th street bridge. let's take a look at waze. we have somebody writing in about an accident on the outer loop of the beltway, just past the dulles toll roads. watch for that. traveling in montgomery county, outer loop heavy and slow from 95 college park to silver spring. reports of an accident near connecticut avenue. you can get the free phone app and join us, look for waze on your smartphone and download it. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. allison, over to you.

thanks, lauren. an investigation is underway into a church fire in prince william county. we are told the church near gainesville suffered extensive damage. no injuries reported. we'll continue to update this story throughout the morning. we have more breaking news, this time from overseas. the u.s. military confirms the death of three service members in afghanistan. they were shot dead by a man in an afghan army uniform. it happened overnight. authorities have not given many more details. this is the third deadly attack on coalition troops this week, all carried out by afghan's training to take over security. expanding gambling in the state of maryland, today is the second day of a special session in the state capitol. >> the governor called the lawmakers back for the special session. we get more now from sherri ly. >> reporter: tony and allison,

national harbor has a spot here for a las vegas style casino, the raceway is another possible location. today the senate will take a major step to that direction. they'll begin to debate this bill on the floor and it could be passed as early as today. legislators returned to the state capitol yesterday. a senate committee passed the bill, despite heavy opposition from the state's biggest casino owner. the bill would add a sixth casino in prince george's county, allow table gaming and allow compensation for casinos that lose customers to a new one. the house, which did not meet yesterday, will hold its first hearing today at 11:00. national harbor and mgm are lobbying for a high end casino, an analysis project the changes could bring in more than $200 million and jobs, but opponents

lobbied legislators to say no. >> don't bring vice within one half of a mile of the john hansen school. >> they believe table games at all five sites would generate about 1800 jobs. once a sixth site comes online, about 2,200 jobs. >> reporter: the path in the senate is likely to be easier where senate president mike miller backed the casino in prince george's county. but house speaker michael busch is more skeptical. miller yesterday said he expects they can get a deal done and he says it could be done, he hopes by next tuesday. that's the latest in national harbor. back to you. >> sherri ly, thank you. more blood shed in arlington county. this morning a man is recovering from stab wounds after he tried to stop a thief

from breaking into his car yesterday afternoon. the victim is in stable condition. the suspect is still on the the loose. it comes on the heels of four homicide in two weeks in that suburb. in maryland, a sad update to yesterday's top story. a second person has died in injuries sustained in an accidental house fire in capitol heights. the victim is 15-year-old ricky cole. the flames also killed her 5- year-old niece. man accused of a shooting rampage at a colorado movie theater will likely pursue an insanity defense. during a hearing yesterday, james holmes' attorneys told the judge their client is mentally ill. doctors will eventually evaluate the 24-year-old to determine if he is competent to stand trial. also yesterday, a group of news organizations asked the judge for access to documents related to the case. a move both the defense and the prosecution objects to.

the judge hasn't issued a decision yet. a crowd of thousands is expected to gather in wisconsin today to honor the six people killed last sunday in the shooting at a temple there. attorney general eric holder will speak at the event. the entire service will last 48 hours in accordance with sikh tradition. the temple reopened yesterday. today's service will be held at a nearby high school. the presidential race may now be an up hill battle for mitt romney. doug luzader has the story. >> reporter: we have new polling numbers here and they show how challenging this race is going to be for mitt romney. president obama touring an olympic training facility in the swing state of colorado, after complaining about his own contest in the role of outside republican groups. >> you've got these super pacs that are just, just going crazy. >> reporter: but the truth is,

it's the president's campaign and his outside groups that may be drawing blood on mitt romney. a new fox news poll shows president obama is widening his lead, up to 9 points, an eye opener for conservatives who say the attacks on romney have taken their toll. >> this poll is in response to the negative campaign against romney and its success. >> reporter: looking closer at the numbers on issues pertaining directly to the economy, romney is tied or leading. but on a host of other issues, including foreign policy and national security, the president has the advantage. look at the numbers among critical independent voters, where the president has an 11- point largent. what romney does have is a pending vp announcement. >> i certainly expect to have a person that has strength of character, vision for the country, that adds something to the political discourse about

the direction of the country. >> reporter: but the name of a v.p. candidate still a mystery, though we could hear an announcement any day now. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. despite the heavy rain storms we've seen in our area, the drought is getting worse elsewhere. it could impact not only the u.s. but the entire world. lack of rain is taking a toll on america's agriculture and that means globally could be a rise in food prices. 20% of the united states is in extreme drought condition and northerly 40% of the midwest is suffering. meantime, 90% of indiana, which is one of the nation's largest producer of corn and soybeans is in severe drought. tony? allison, robert griffin iii and the redskins are going to stick to the plan. >> let's go back to buffalo. the rookie quarterback played

for three possessions and finished four for six with 70 yards passing, and a touchdown. skins win, 7-6. we will have a closer look at this game and what's next for the new look for the burgandy and gold coming up. fun to watch. american's golden girls get the gold in japan. >> a small plane plunges from the sky. we'll tell you what makes this crash landing so amazing. >> but first, the nationwide search for a suspected wild pornographer. how you can help police. >> it's a soggy start to your work day. we'll get the latest traffic and weather from tucker and lauren, that's next. it's 7:10 now. 

making headlines this morning, federal investigators have issued a nationwide alert as they search for a woman accused of producing child pornography. they've released several photos, you're seeing them now, of this unidentified woman. investigators say she and a man appeared in videos with two victims, one of them possibly as young as 3 years old. goldman sachs will not face punishment for its role in the financial crisis. the securities and exchange commission commission has decided not to file charges against the bank over its billion dollar mortgage portfolio. goldman was accused of contributing to the melt down that crippled the economy. tropical storm ernesto is losing strength. it dumped dangerous rains and ripping roofs off of some homes

in the region. it's being blamed for the deaths of two fishermen who drowned. now we have a new tropical depression. >> we do? >> yeah. definitely picking up. maybe another one off the western coast of africa the next of days. >> oh, you have vacation plans. >> it scheduled around your vacation. >> you're mocking me, but i feel like it does. >> we have rain showers here. feels like a torrential downpour and parts of the area it is. currently 73 in washington. temperatures cooled off by 6 degrees in the past hour, so that's due to the very heavy rain we had. 87% humidity. winds out of the north and west at 13 miles per hour. want to focus here to our south and east. this is south and east of

washington, down 95, into southern maryland, yellows and rains indicating moderate to heavy rain rates. creeping up towards annapolis as well. most of us will see morning rain showers. morning commute i think will be a wet one. to the west, west virginia, we have a dry slot and additional rain showers and thunderstorms now into central ohio. here's the plan for today, morning rain, bit of a break, and later this afternoon the showers and thunderstorms, at least the threat of the showers and thunderstorms, will redevelop with the second band of rain moving through late this afternoon and evening hours. some of those storms could be strong as well. got to look out for that potential. your five-day forecast, once we get it out of here by tomorrow afternoon, less humidity and cooler temperatures. by tomorrow afternoon. sunday's high, 86 with sunshine, low humidity. monday looks great, upper 80s, back to 90 tuesday. we need the rain, let's hope we don't get too much at one time.

in much of the forecast today. >> thank you. let's go to lauren demarco, she's keeping her eyes on the rush hour. >> hey, guys. i get to see you. couple of new accidents to report. we have a wreck in northeast d.c., michigan avenue just east of north capitol streets. live look from trafficland, see what else we've got. as you travel 95 northbound, near the prince william parkway, activity here to the left side of the roadway. not slowing anybody down too much. good news. 395 delays from the beltway past duke street towards seminary.

66 slowing from waples. outer loop of the beltway montgomery county, slowing from college park into silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. allison? we are monitoring metro this morning. two red line stations, medical center and bethesda, will be closed beginning tonight. shuttle buses will be available. there will also be single tracking on the orange, blue and green lines. to find out details, head to myfoxdc.com and click on web links. traffic alert in fairfax county to tell you about. starting at 10:00 tonight until 4:00 monday morning, the ramps from i-66 eastbound and westbound to southbound fairfax county parkway will be closed. it's for paving work in the area. detours will be posted. this morning we're getting a firsthand look at a plane crash from inside the cockpit. take a look. this video was filmed june 30th during a flight above stanley, idaho. four friends were taking a

short trip to a resort when the small plane suddenly lost altitude and slammed into trees. everyone survived. the pilot suffered a broken jaw, but he'll make a full recovery. the other three were scraped up. they recently posted this online, so their families could see how lucky they are to be alive. and he looks stunned. it's 7:19 now. coming up, an unusual trip, i would say, from one casino to the next. we'll show it to you. >> plus, more out of this world pictures courtesy of "curiosity." we'll check in on the nasa mars mission. >> and later, marking 200 years since the war of 1812 right here in prince george's county. holly morris is live in riverdale park with a special look at the battle of bladensburg. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] in 1996,

president clinton and a bi-partisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work, and wouldn't have to train for a job -- they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain, old welfare. mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

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♪ we're back. >> bruce springsteen. >> dare devil nick wallenda did it again. >> yesterday he traveled between two atlantic city casinos 100 feet in the air without a net or safety harness. i wish they'd use a net. >> what's the problem? just use a net. >> no one would hold it against you. the walk took about 27 minutes. look at that, it's another feather in his hat. he has already set seven world records, including a trek across niagara falls back in june. nasa is releasing new pictures from mars, courtesy of

"curiosity." they are the first panoramic views of the gale crater since it landed monday. nasa officials say the color images of the crater are crucial to understanding the martian landscape. >> the images have given us our first sense of what this terrain is like. >> with those mountains in the background there, these deeply dissected mountain ranges, and it just looks a lot like what you see in the mojave desert. it's cool. >> the mission also includes analyzing rocks and soil and the search for chemical blocks for life. >> maybe it is the mojave desert. just kidding. one step forward, one step backwards for nasa. a prototype spacecraft crashed and burned moments after liftoff. no one was hurt. a team is investigating what went wrong. that's too bad. still ahead in our next

half hour, former redskin ken harvey, a good friend to the show, joins us live for a look back at last night's season debut. >> plus, american's golden girls help push america to the top of the podium. we'll check out the latest medal count from london. >> here's a live look outside. got some rain out there. we're going to get the latest on weather from tucker and the latest on traffic from lauren demarco. stay with us. 7:25. we'll be right back. ♪



take a look, team u.s.a. is your olympic leader, far and away. stand tall, america. america has extended its total lead to 10 over china, after a gold rush yesterday, we also lead in first place medals by two. russia is a distant third. u.s. women's soccer team helped push america out in front, winning the gold yesterday, after beating japan

2-1 in front of the largest crowd ever to see a woman's soccer game at the olympics. it's their third straight olympic gold. >> they avenge their loss in the world cup, right? men's 200-meter final, 19.32 seconds, bolt is the only man with two olympic titles in the event. in fact, jamaica took second and third place as well, sweeping the race. >> he is phenomenal. >> he is. president obama getting into the olympic spirit yesterday, meeting with young athletes training to be future team u.s.a. stars at an olympic training facility. >> everyone has the olympic spirit. good stuff. tucker barnes is here. it's been a busy morning in the weather department. >> sure has. rain showers, thunderstorms, some with heavy downpours

earliy morning. that's been slowing the commute, of course. gray, gloomy day today. not great looking today. but language in there, this weekend things will improve. >> a lot better? >> a lot better. let's go to the radar. showers and thunderstorm activity. yellows and reds indicating heavy rain rates. south of the city, charles county you'll get heavy rain, if you haven't already gotten some. and pushing into portions of southern anne arundel county, and annapolis, a good band of rain entering the bay. the rest of us getting some local rain showers. this will be with us here the next couple of hours. i think we'll see a bit of a break. let's switch maps. i think we'll get a bit of a break and later this afternoon

and tonight the potential for an additional round of showers and thunderstorms. there's your morning rain, and it's widespread, from virginia into upstate new york at the moment. this will lift to the north and east here. middle of the day, lots of cloud cover. might be a peek or two of sunshine. and off to the west our next spoke of energy this afternoon and tonight and could kick off another round of thunderstorms. be ready for that. the good news is eventually the cooler and drier air behind that front will move in and later tonight, during the day tomorrow, you'll notice the slightly cooler temperatures and the finally the humidity starting to kind of kick back here as we get into saturday afternoon. more comfortable air on the way, and i think by sunday, should be absolutely beautiful. temperatures now, fallen back with the rain, 73 now in washington. 79 in annapolis. 60s north and west. gaithersburg, you had a pretty good thunderstorm about an hour

ago. 68 frederick. 66 in winchester. here's your forecast today, mostly cloudy skies. slight risk for severe weather later this afternoon, so be ready for that potential. 87 the daytime high. winds out of the south here 5 to 10. showers and storms continue tonight. slightly cooler overnight, upper 60s, lower 70s. tomorrow the humidity will exit to the south, and take with it the hot temperatures for a couple of days. sunday's high only 86. back up near 90 by tuesday. but sunday and monday look fantastic. that's a look at your weather forecast. let's do some traffic and get the latest from lauren demarco. >> it's friday and the humidity is going away, this is great news. we do have a bit of bad news if you're heading southbound on 95 in maryland, leaving howard county. live look at that, there is a car fire. this occurred prior to 175. not the best camera angle here, but you can see everybody barely moving, creeping by

southbound towards 175. heavy and slow there again, car fire in howard county on 95. bw parkway no issues for you. traveling 95 in virginia, northbound, activity there to the left side of the roadway. doesn't appear to be causing issues leaving the prince william parkway heading across the bridge. 395 slow approaching duke street. reports of a disabled vehicle near the exit for duke. and off and on the brakes heading across the 14th street bridge. one of our wazers was reporting an accident on the beltway, on the turnpike, no delays here. but watch out for that. looks like new talks in sports. i get though redskins nation is breathing easy after a solid start last night in buffalo. robert griffin iii looked sharp

in his first experience and the redskins won 7-6. joining us is wisdom martin and harvey. >> robert griffin iii, you saw him. what do you think, limited but what did you think? >> i thought that was good. the big thing i saw, one, he's poised in the pocket. he had a little bounce, so you knew he could run if he wanted to. but he looked down the field. i thought that was good. what are the positives and negatives, threw the ball well, control. one thing i did see, he was looking -- >> for receivers? >> yeah. more into the game, people will key on that. >> what do we look for going forward, other than not staring

down the receivers? i'm sure they'll work on that. but going forward. >> i think what the coaches did was good, because the game plan was not to give so much guys will see what are you going to do? toss the ball out, roll out of the way. if you look at it, that opens up the door for him to be able to move, go down the field, throw it to the tight end. i think they'll start using the tight end. he had a special receiver and i think you'll see more of that combination. >> other issues, did you see other issues -- i know it was the first preseason game. people can't overreact. >> don't do flips. >> everybody noticed that. >> don't try to tackle somebody -- [inaudible] -- the big question was the o line. you did see some weaknesses in the o line. >> the running game looked kind of iffy to me. i know it's preseason. >> you could see the line getting blown back some. that's something you have to work on. the good thing is you have a quarterback that can move a

little bit. you don't want to rely on his foot speed to be the big game winner. >> right. make sure that offensive line can protect your franchise quarterback. we saw the guy who replaced him. i don't want to get you to hating on him. >> i'm not hating on him. when you get a chance to play, and you know in the preseason you have a limited chance, you have to catch every ball, even if it's one ball. if you're a quarterback, you have to make all the passes, even if it's someone else's fault, you have to yell in their face. my job is on the line. this is your chance to do what you got to do. he may be content to be number two, or three. but, but -- >> or just on the roster. >> right. when you get a chance you have to produce. >> right. one more thing about rg3, leadership, did you see any of leadership qualities that everybody is talking about? they were saying he was big in practice, and being a leader and the face of the franchise. did you see that last night?

>> one good thing, you want to see your quarterback, if your receiver gets a touchdown, run and do the whatever they were doing, you want to see the lineman, if he touches, concern that the quarterback got touched. i thought there was leadership in the way he handled himself in interviews. he's a well spoken guy. he said the right things. the good thing i heard on the interview, he said, the game was easy compared to practice. what that mean is, if your defense is doing their job, dominate in practice, the game should be easy. good teams win because you have good players going against them. i thought that was really good. >> you've been through this, because you played in the nfl for a long period of time. he's a rookie. what hurdles can he face going forward from here? again, that was first preseason game. next you have three more. what kind of obstacles will he face going forward? >> just don't read the press clippings. staying away from the press. the biggest issue is you can start thinking you're all that.

it can mess you up. or you think you're all that and you have a bad game and don't let it go. if you have a bad game, learn from it. that's what preseason is about. if you have a good game, learn from it. the whole thing is don't look at yourself as the guy and be in control. >> the difference between preseason and regular season is huge, right? >> preseason is like, we didn't get to them, that's okay. real season, i didn't get to you in the first quarter, but -- [ laughter ] i'm going to get you the next time. >> right. we understand where you're going with that. [ laughter ] >> that's all right. on that note, thank you very much for coming in and talking with us about football. >> i'm turning red. >> thank you very much, ken harvey, we appreciate it. tony and allison, back to you at the desk. >> we know how you guys talk on

the field. thanks, ken. it's 7:38 now, on this friday morning. still ahead, what to do this weekend. well, we're going to check out the new movies hitting the multiplex and where and when you can find the best deals on back to school clothes shopping. >> first, grading the airlines when it comes to ontime performance. turns out u.s. flights are getting better. 7:39now. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan

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making headlines, police have arrested a man in connection with an accidental deadly shooting of a 4-year-old boy. tyrone mcneal shot himself last month after finding the gun in the pickup truck. the stepfather is now charged with injury and cruelty to children. good news for those of you traveling by plane soon. it seems u.s. airlines are doing a better job when it comes to handling luggage.

this year they are on pace to post their best performances ever. to find out the best airlines, officials looked at how many bags were lost, delayed or damaged in the first six months of 2012. the top five with the best performances are virgin america, airtran airways, jetblue, u.s. airways, and delta airlines. the philippines picking up tons of mud and debris after 12 days of downpours sparked heavy flooding. the rain has let up, but it's being blamed for the deaths of 23. millions of others are still stranded. millions. what the power of mother nature can do. frightening thing. i feel like we keep saying it, but the weather systems around the world this year have been very unusual and devastating in many places. >> yep. >> just very, very tough. >> tough year for it. around here, overnight -- probably don't need to tell you -- good thunderstorms that got

rolling about 3:00 in the morning. still moving throughout the city. southern maryland getting the worst of it, with very heavy rain. possible of ponding out there on some of the roadways, particularly waldorf and la plata. west of chestertown, down south and west of chesapeake beach, another line of showers and thunderstorms dropping good rain rates. rain and showers with us this morning, and another chance for it this afternoon. let's go to future cast, let me show you what futurecast has in store. i'll put it into motion. first of all, i think around midday a break. might be still gray and gloomy out, but we probably will see a period here between 11:00 and 4:00 or 5:00 where not much rain. later rain and showers likely redevelop and could see a line of thunderstorms move through late afternoon and early evening. some of those could be on the

strong side. overnight, early tomorrow, our actual cold front will come through. that will hang up a little bit, so you'll wake up with cloud cover tomorrow, with a few showers and storms around. by tomorrow afternoon, sunshine, less humidity, and at last some cooler temperatures. highs tomorrow mid-80s. sunday looks beautiful. that's the pick of the weekend. monday and tuesday not bad, upper 80s to about 90. be ready for rain today, though. certainly the possibility of more heavy rain. >> thank you very much. >> lauren demarco is in for julie wright and she has the latest on the rush hour traffic. >> i love sunday. less humidity. going to fix the hair. >> your hair looks fine. >> you look beautiful, lauren. >> thanks, tony. thank you. tucker said nothing. that's okay. there is a new accident reported in northeast d.c., florida avenue and 3rd street. appears there's injuries there because of ambulance requested.

avoid that area. traveling in virginia, 29 lee highway, south of 66, the northbound lanes of 29 reopened. southbound remains closed because of a fire at a building there. let's take a live look from trafficland. northbound 95, i keep showing this shot here. it's cleared out. had activity on the left shoulder. everything is now gone. you should be in good shape. northbound 95 continuing into woodbridge, no issues. northbound 395 slows from the beltway towards seminary and again across the 14th street bridge. delays on the freeway as well towards main avenue. traveling the beltway, heavy and slow from 95 college park into silver spring. the left of your screen is the outer loop heading past 29. towards connecticut avenue the pace improves. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you. if your weekend plans are open, fox 5 is here to help you out. >> one option is hitting the

multiplex. a new addition to the bourne franchise. but there's a new leading man. jeremy renner is playing a different character, named aaron cross, but matt damon's jason bourne figures prominently in the story despite his absence from the screen. >> and the political spoof called "the campaign." kevin calls it a hard r comedy, okay, not for the kids. but still gave it four out of five stars. >> very funny. reminder for all of you parents out there, this weekend marks the start of maryland's tax- free holiday, in time for back to school shopping. at participating retailers, you won't have to pay sales tax on clothing and shoes priced at $100 or less. the sale lasts from the 12th until next saturday. coming up next, a trip back in time in bladensburg.

>> our holly morris is live at the riversdale house with a look at what to expect at a special commemoration of the war of 1812. holly? >> reporter: i know. this year marks the bicentennial and how much do you know about that part of our history, specifically prince george county's involvement in our history was an integral part and we're getting a history lesson as they gear up for the 17th annual battle of bladensburg encampment. what it is and why you may want to come out this weekend, it's coming up next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ♪

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mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. ♪ all right. time for our facebook fan of the day on this friday. today we say hello to robert kidwell. robert is a firefighter, as you can probably tell from that picture. he tells us he has been

watching fox 5 since the day he was born, tony. >> what? >> yep. and tuning in is a morning tradition at the fire house. we are so grateful for that. thank you. for your chance to be monday's fan, log onto our facebook page and leave a comment under robert's picture. >> we are grateful for them. >> yes, definitely. get geared up to watch history come to life with the sights and sounds of the war of 1812. >> this weekend you can see it for yourself with the battle of bladensburg at riversdale. fox5's holly morris joins us live. you're in riverdale park. we're confused. did it used to be perhaps riversdale park and they changed it? the house is riversdale, and the area is riverdale. >> reporter: right. we asked the same question this morning. you're right, it's riversdale house museum in riverdale park. and the people that can answer that question for you are standing next to me. this is samantha, the education

coordinator and ann watts is museum specialist. everyone at the station is wondering about riversdale house and riverdale park. sort is out. >> that's a mystery. we're not sure why the town is called riverdale park. we do know the man who conceived this house did name the estate riversdale. but some day maybe we'll know the answer for sure. >> reporter: or maybe not. maybe that's part of the intrigue and why you should come out this weekend. the other reason is the huge 17th annual battle of bladensburg encampent you are having. here's my question, the battle of bladensburg was not a good one for the americans. in fact, it was quite a low point. but from the low point comes great things, right? so why are we commemorating this? >> well, it is true that the battle of bladensburg was a bad defeat for the americans. the british marched up from nottingham and soundly defeated

the americans. most of the militia troop, and they were poorly led and poorly equipped. in fact, when they turned and ran, some people later called it the bladensburg races. of course, there have been horse races here as well. however, when the british then marched on baltimore three weeks later, the people in baltimore were determined that they were not going to be defeated. they stood their ground. the british tried to bombard fort mchenry, but finally gave up and sailed away. also at fort mchenry there was a man named francis scott key and he was watching from a ship, and he wrote a poem which was set to music which we call the star spangled banner. we like to say without the battle of bladensburg we wouldn't have our national anthem. >> reporter: let's walk and talk a little bit, because we are in the house. samantha, can you tell us about the mansion here and who lives here and the importance of it?

>> absolutely. this house is owned by rosa lee speir calvert. her family fled the french revolution and she married george calvert, a descendant of the founding family. we have history here and we're fortunate to have a lot of letters mrs. calvert wrote. from those we have a lot of information about how the house was furnished and a lot of information about who lived leer, what was going on here during 1812 and throughout the course of the time that mrs. calvert did live here. >> reporter: evidence of the importance of journaling. >> absolutely. keep your diaries, ladies. >> reporter: we're in the dining room. tell me about life in the mansion. >> the calverts had nine children who lived here. we have one who is right over here. caroline calvert and rosa lee. these are portraiteds of them. the other side, george calvert,

the master of riversdale. these were painted over a two- week period by a famous portraitist named gilbert stewart. he painted many portraits during the time, including one of george washington. >> reporter: the house will be open this weekend? >> yes, the house will be open for scheduled tours. we do have very good tour guides. >> reporter: the 17th annual of battle of bladensburg encampment is going on this saturday at the riversdale house museum in riverdale park, maryland. it's from noon until 4:00. it's free. coming up in our next hour, it wasn't a good battle for the americans, but they did have good bear and ice cream. at least we are. coming up in our next hour, we'll talk about the significance of that. back to you in the studio. ahead at 8:00, we are celebrating maryland fashion week. >> yep.

plus were the redskins able to deliver? we'll break down last night's performance against the bills. 7:56, fox 5 morning news continues after this.    

the push to expand gambling in maryland clears a hurdle, as lawmakers are set to take another crucial vote today. >> rg iii proves he is worth the wait. we are breaking down last night's preseason win over the bills. >> a gold rush at the london games. team u.s.a. is on top in the gold medal count, thanks in part to the u.s. women's soccer team, yes indeed. look how happy they are. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. i laugh a little bit, because tucker was over here giving me the stink eye when i was hyped up about the game last night. >> excited, but, you know -- >> let's not go crazy. >> because to wake some folks up. still 8:00 in the morning. >> incredible. >> you didn't get hurt, right? >> no. he did fine.

>> threw for a touchdown. >> pretty close to flawless. >> talking about rg iii. >> heavy rain, thunderstorm activity that's been rolling through the area overnight. will slow you, particularly south and east of the city, brandywine, waldorf, very heavy rain there. now pushing through prince george's county, through annapolis and anne arundel county as well. the rest of us, light showers, lots of clouds here for the remainder of your morning. little bit of a break midday. might be a few peeks of sunshine. later this afternoon and tonight, at least the possibility of another round of showers and thunderstorms. some of those could be strong with heavy downpours and lots of cloud to ground lightning, that kind of thing. we're in for a wet friday, bottom line. 73 now in washington.

humidity is up with the rain. 87%. winds out of the north and west at 13. pressure fallina little bit. 29.82inches. forecast for today, showers, thunderstorms this morning. a noon break, and watch the clouds move back in with the possibility of additional round of showers and thunderstorms with our actual cold front which will get in later today and tonight, and guess what, that will cool things down and best part, kick out the humidity for a couple of days. i'll have details on the weekend forecast in a couple of minutes. >> thanks, tucker. >> lauren demarco has the latest on our on-time traffic. hey, lauren. >> hey, tony. folks riding metro bus may not be on time now, heading along michigan avenue. northeast d.c. earlier wreck, michigan avenue at 4th street. and that's cleared out of the way just east of north capitol street.

everything gone, but residual delays for bus riders. let's take a live look from trafficland, see what else is going on. beltway, heavy and slow, outer loop to the left of your screen, 95 to college park into silver spring. no reported accidents at this time. just volume for you there. 395 looking much better leaving the beltway heading past edsel road. congestion across the 14th street bridge, eastbound onto the freeway toward main avenue. 66th, heavy now through centreville heading eastbound. toward route 50, the pace improves. no issues continuing in towards the beltway. tony, over to you. lauren, thank you very much. new this morning, an investigation is underway into a fire in the district. crews were called to an apartment building on new hampshire avenue northwest at about 3:00 this morning. firefighters found a fire and heavy smoke in the third floor hallway. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. investigators are calling the fire suspicious and are looking

into the possibility of arson. in prince william county, a church was damaged in an early morning fire. this happened in gainesville. this was the scene earlier at mount pleasant baptist church on lee highway. this photo was sent to us by fox 5 viewer brandon. fire officials confirmed there is extensive damage to the church. nobody injured. the u.s. military confirms the death of three service members in afghanistan, shot dead by a man in an afghan army uniform. this is the third deadly attack on coalition troops this week carried out by afghan's training to take over security. today is the second day of a special session in annapolis, as lawmakers continue to debate expanding gambling in maryland. >> we get more now from fox 5's sherri ly live at national

harbor this morning. sherri, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. good morning, tony. there was a major step to building a casino here, to expand gambling in maryland. the house will meet today, and it could get passed in the full senate as early as today. maryland lawmakers went back to work for a special session yesterday in an 11-1 vote a senate committee passed the bill, sending it to the floor for debate and possibly a vote today. the proposed legislation would add a sixth casino in prince george's county and allow table games. it faces stiff competition. opponents called on lawmakers to say no, but supporters believe the state will benefit. >> all about jobs, this is all about revenue, this is all

about economic development in an environment of fairness. >> our problem with the session special is it's unprecedented for a governor to call a special session on an issue without having first given the legislators a bill to consider without having given the community a bill to consider. it's unconsciousble to ask a citizen to take a 15% tax increase, but to cut a back room deal to give billion dollar owners of casinos a 15% tax decrease. >> reporter: senate president mike miller says he believes they can get a deal done by next tuesday. but house speaker michael bush is more skeptical. an analysis yesterday says the

changes would add $200 million to the state coffers and another 4,000 jobs. that's the latest here in national harbor. back to you. >> sherri ly reporting. thank you very much. also new this morning, a baltimore man is dead after police shooting in howard county. this happened last night after the suspect broke into his ex- girlfriend's house and threatened to kill her. the woman escaped and called police. the suspect then left with the couple's 2-year-old child. police caught up with him at a home in columbia. investigators say the officer opened fire after the unidentified man refused multiple orders to show his hands. also in maryland, we have a sad update to yesterday's top story. second person has now died from injuries sustained in that accidental house fire in capitol heights. authorities identified the victim as 15-year-old ricky cole. the flames also killed cole's five-year-old niece. turning now to the race for

the white house, amid the speculation as who mitt romney will choose as his running mate. he was waiting until his wife got back from the olympics, and now that she's home, he's expected to make the announcement in the next week. he kicks off a bus tour through four states tomorrow, beginning in virginia, and three rumored vp picks are joining him. virginia's governor, florida senator mark co-rubio, and ohio senator rob portman. a new poll is out showing president obama leading mitt romney. the poll finds 49% would vote for president obama, while 40% say they would vote for romney. the poll was conducted from sunday to tuesday earlier this week. a crowd of thousands is expected to gather in wisconsin today to honor the six people killed last sunday in the shooting at a temple there. attorney general eric holder will speak at the event. the entire service will last 48

hours in accordance with sikh tradition. the temple reopened yesterday. today's service will be held at a nearby high school. tony? allison, the man accused of shooting up a colorado movie theater will likely pursue an insanity defense. during a hearing yesterday, james holmes' attorneys told a judge their client is mentally ill. doctors will eventually evaluate the 24-year-old to determine if he is competent to stand trial. meanwhile, the bands motley crue and kiss are pitching in to help the survivors of the shootings and their families. at a concert last night, they announced they'll donate $100,000 to the victim fund. curiosity continues to beam back amazing pictures from the red planet. this is a 360-degree picture of the gale crater. nasa officials say the color images of the crater are

crucial to understanding the landscape of mars. >> beautiful pictures. where to draw the line when it comes to attack ads. still ahead on fox 5 morning news, we'll check in with fox news host john roberts, filling in for chris wallace this week, for a closer look at the negativity on the campaign trail. >> challenge accepted, sir! we showed you this video yesterday of a man slicing vegetables with nothing but playing cards. how hard can it be?

fox 5 is monitoring metro this morning. two red line stations, medical center and bethesda, will be closed beginning tonight. shuttle buses will be available. also will be single lane tracking on the orange, the blue and the green lines. to find out details about specific delays impacting your ride, head to myfoxdc.com, click on web links.

we have a traffic alerted in fairfax county starting at 10:00 tonight until 4:00 monday morning, the ramps from i-66 eastbound and westbound to southbound fairfax county parkway will be closed. this is for paving work in the area. detours will be posted. president obama will mark the month of ramadan tonight. he is hosting the evening dinner at the white house. the white house has invited muslims from across the nation to attend. it is 8:14 now. tucker barnes has been busy all morning in the weather center. we deserve a break, tucker. you have something nice to show us. >> let's cool down. time for my first 5 photo of the day. special preseason football edition, everybody. >> cute! >> love it, love it! >> super cute. >> that's a fierce look on the

left there. picture of aubrey and rileigh. both two years old. >> hey, girls. >> i love this. they have fans of both the redskins and ravens under the same roof. >> that is great. >> cool. >> they're twins? >> great photograph. i assume they're twins. >> they're both two. >> they look just alike to me. so cute, that is the bottom line. >> great photo. >> it is. >> i like it. they're adorable. >> want to mention about the redskins, ravens didn't look so great last night. >> they won, right. >> they won. to send your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com, click on mornings. we love the picture. >> hopefully both girls will have a lot to cheer about this year. >> hope so. want to talk about some rain, thunderstorm activity. generally rain across the area at the moment, with a big band of moisture that's been working through here. and heavy rain locally, just south and east now of the

district. parts of washington, including southeast d.c. getting the heavy rain. let's focus in a little bit, and to give you orientation of that, southeast side of the beltway, clinton, parts of alexandria, southeast d.c. getting heavy rains. potential for ponding on the roadways. if you can, might want to wait 15 minutes or half hour. this is pressing off to the east. and things will lighten up. heavy rain, washington south and east here in parts of charles county and prince george's county. let's do temperatures. it will be raining on and off throughout the day today. we'll get a break midday. but later this afternoon the potential for additional showers and storms. 73 now in washington. 70 baltimore. 60s in the mountains. hagerstown, 68 degrees. here is your forecast for the day, high temperatures only in the mid-80s. good chance we'll see additional showers and storms later this afternoon and tonight. tomorrow things gradually improve. 85 with less humidity.

sunday looks fantastic. monday, too, highs in the mid- to upper 80s with low humidity. that's weather, let's do traffic. lauren demarco has a look. >> thanks. things picking up now. few incidents reported. northbound bw parkway after the beltway prior to powder mill, accident reported there. 270 southbound near shady grove. i didn't see anything on the cameras, but reports of an accident from police. live look from waze and see what our wazers are saying. north capitol street near new york, reports of an accident there. major, how it's described by a wazer. you can get the waze app, it's free for your iphone or android, and you can get on the fox 5 wazers group and let us know what's going on. also help you as you head into work. trafficland, we've got a lot of volume traveling the beltway. heavy and slow on the outer

loop. 270, wreck near shady grove. 66, delays headed into centreville. no problems 95 in virginia. but 395 still heavy off and on from the beltway up towards king street, then again heading across the 14th street bridge. 27 washington boulevard slows leaving 395 to head toward the memorial bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. tony? lauren, thank you very much. both president obama and mitt romney are using negative ads during the race for the white house. but where does one draw the line. plus, speculation is growing about who mitt romney will pick as his running mate. joining us now live with more from the campaign trail, fox news sunday host john roberts filling in for chris wallace this weekend. good morning to you john. good to see you. >> good morning, tony. how are you? surviving the rain all right? >> it's coming down pretty hard here, as a matter of fact. let me ask you something, if the campaigns have gone this negative this early, i can't imagine what the ads will be like in october. >> you know, tony, every four

years we say, this is going to be the most never campaign we've seen. and every election cycle they manage to tick it up a notch. but i have to say that i think that this ad from priorities u.s.a. really takes negative campaigning to a whole new level, with all of the context removed, it looks like a pretty damning spot in terms of mitt romney. then when you put all the context back in and you know the real story, i think the onus is back onto priorities u.s.a. is what were you thinking when you came out with this ad? and the obama campaign saying we don't know anything about this guy's story, and turns out they had this conference call back in may, that they are now acknowledging, it's really beginning to look like they took this one way over the top. now, in the same manner, there are a lot of complaints about the welfare ad that mitt romney's campaign put out there. so you know the old saying

there's got to be honor even among thieves? when it comes to this negative campaigning idea, maybe they need boundaries around it. these negative ads really, really work. so even if you're found out at the end to have been stretching the truth or crossing the line of truth, the damage might have been done. >> and i guess that's why continue to do them. shedding some light on all of this and on what's going on overseas, you have john mccain on the show? >> we do. he'll be joining us in the studio here on sunday and as well, the chairwoman of the democratic national committee will be with us. of course, we'll be talking about the ads with both of them. and senator mccain as well will handle a lot of the international news of the day, including the terrible situation in syria. join us sunday morning, tony. >> we look forward to it. thank you, john. we want to let all of you know you can catch the show here on sunday morning at 9:00 after fox 5 morning news.

coming up, rating robert griffin iii -- i had an itch there -- we have highlights of the rookie's first time on the field in burgandy and gold. >> marking 200 years since the war of 1812 with a special beer and ice cream. that doesn't sound quite right, but that's what we're going to do. holly morris is live in riverdale park looking back at the battle of bladensburg. we'll be right back. it's 8:21. 

♪ so far so good. robert griffin iii, he looked as advertised in his redskins debut versus the bills. >> the rookie quarterback played for three possessions. he finished four for six with 70 yards passing and a touchdown. the skins win the game 7-6. >> same thing, you know, at the end of the day this is what we do for a living. i play football for a long time. the game hasn't changed, just the size of the people and talent level. it was fun to get out there, run around, in the redskins

gear for the first time officially. something i won't forget. >> you like the new jerseys? >> i don't like it at all. >> looks like a collared shirt. >> i don't think it's goldy enough. >> they will face the chicago bears next saturday. got to mention baltimore. >> let's do it. >> got off to a rough start. quarterback completed 9 of 12 passes for a touchdown. half time they were trailing the falcons 17-7. ravens came back in the second quarter, the backup quarterback threw 32nd half touchdowns and they win 31- 17. nfl made history during one of last night's preseason openers. shannon easton broke the on field gender barrier becoming

the first woman to officiate an nfl game. she might not get to ref more games, though. she is a temporary replacement. while the full-time officials are locked out amid a labor dispute. hopefully we'll see her more in the future. a runway worthy fashion show here in our own studios. >> still ahead, we're going to preview maryland's 8th annual fashion week, going on right now. time now is 8:26 and we'll be right back. you're watching fox 5 morning news.    i got the chance to start my own n business.

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making headlines, federal investigators have issued a nationwide alert for this woman, she's accused of producing child pornography. they've released several photos

of the unidentified woman. they say she and a man appeared in videos with young victims, one as young as possibly 3 years old. a suspect gets into a confrontation with police in colorado. the swat team was called to the home after a man allegedly attacked hiss father and mother. he threw a police robot at officers. when they tried to smoke him out with tear gas, he threw the canister back at them. they tried to subdue him with a stun gun. but he didn't seem to be phased by that. syria, fighting continues. rebels say their withdrawal from the front line district was a tactical retreat and they're promising a new counter offensive. meanwhile, the u.n. says 150,000 refugees are in dire

need of assistance. 8:30. we say good morning to tucker barnes. >> good morning. >> good morning. still raining out there? >> yeah, in some parts, particularly in northeast d.c., southeast d.c., very heavy rain locally here. some of the roadways could be ponding and could have local flood issues here over the near term. you'll see the shower and even thunderstorm activity for parts of the area. continues to roll to the east and north here. will be with us for another hour or two. then a bit of a break. yellows and reds indicating good rain rates now. southeast d.c., you can see northeast d.c. pushing out to route 50. we've seen heavy rain locally here this morning. south and east, southern maryland, you too dealing with rain. the flashing here, that's pretty good thunderstorm activity crossing the bay now and approaching cambridge and oxford. we have heavy rain for your

morning hours. to the west, still light showers, but that's the back edge of this band of rain. things should improve here over the next couple of hours. the bigger picture, you'll see the big band of rain. stretching to upstate new york. we'll get a break here. shortly things will wind down. still mostly cloudy here during the middle of the day. i don't think it will be raining. later this afternoon and during the evening hours, look out for that band of rain, and behind that, cooler and drier air will finally start to filter in tonight and during the day tomorrow. believe it or not, we're going to take a break from the humidity around here later tomorrow afternoon and during your day on sunday. sunday looks fantastic. futurecast, there's your break starting at 11:00 this morning. couple of spotty showers. 6:00, 7:00 tonight, another line of showers and thunderstorms become organized and push through overnight. be ready for that later this afternoon. some storms could be strong. 87 this afternoon. tomorrow morning clouds to

start your day with a few showers. gradual clearing later and a nice looking saturday evening. sunday looks fantastic. monday, too, with highs in the mid- to upper 80s, without much humidity for a change. that's a look at the weather forecast. allison, over to you. thank you very much. you don't have to go very far for high fashion. maryland is currently celebrating its 8th annual fashion week. the event brings together designers, models, hair and make-up artists and of course celebrities. you don't have to go very far to find out information, either, because we have it for you now on the events you can still take part in. joining us with more information, teresa dire, one of the founders and executive producers of maryland fashion week. good to see you. >> thank you. >> and john spokes, the director of communications. good to see you as well. >> hello. >> hello. how exciting. we're in this right now. teresa, how is it going this year? >> it's going great. we're past excited. we've got a lot of things going

on. we have a lot of people talking about it all over, tweet and facebook. we're excited. we have designers coming in. this is our 8th annual year. >> this year it's the bold and the beautiful is the theme? >> bold and the beautiful. >> tell us about what we've missed already and what's going on so far. we'll talk about things people can still go to. >> the great thing about maryland fashion week, it's full service fashion. we began with a breast cancer awareness, which is fantastic. bold and beautiful, so the things we've changed are we're making things bolder, bigger. push and pull for pink. we've had workshops for marketing, fashion photography. >> excellent. >> branding, legal papers. then we went on to, tonight we're going to have a networking event. so we can bring together the designers, the models, people in the fashion industry. we have, on saturday we have a

kids' showcase. then an international showcase and sunday is the grand finale fashion show, where we have designers and models from around the world. we have designers from around the world. if that's not enough, we give away a scholarship to a state of the union who is really artistically inclined. >> where did this love come from? i know you're one of the founders of this event, fashion week. where did this come from? >> well, it started i want to say back in 2005. i had a vision, i was working with kids and helping different companies to coordinate events and everything. i wondered if i should bring my own event together by watching how they were pulling it together. they weren't really a lot of people i used to help with the events, a lot of the models, you have to be this height, that height. i can't have you on the runway. so i decided i would do a show and coordinate fashion week and

i would have all sizes and ages on the runway to give everybody an opportunity to have their day on the runway. >> when you think fashion and both of you can weigh in on this, you think new york, paris. >> exactly. >> you might not think maryland. are you trying to change that? >> we are trying to change that. we think maryland has a lot of talent and creative designers here, just like new york, just like l.a., just like miami. and the governor, he gives us a proclamation every year for the state of maryland for maryland fashion week to help us economically, to grow here and build our own fashion capital. it's important to us that people understand what we're trying to do for maryland fashion week. >> john, i know we're not finished with this subject, but let me finish with you and talk about some of the things, how we can find out what's going on. the web site we can link our viewers to. >> go to mdfashionweek.com. you'll find our facebook, we

twitter. we have models' life. mdfashionweek.com to find out about all the events taking place, to find out about the designers, how to buy your tickets, everything. we want to talk about joe dyer, her husband, one of the cofounders of this. the team is fantastic. we want everybody to come out and discover the local talent, as well as international talent. >> we're going to give you more incentive to do that, because coming up in the next hour we're going to show some of these designs and talk to a designer. i know you brought something. >> i do. i have a gift here. i was like, i have to give ms. allison something. it's our bag with our logo. you can carry your stuff around. >> i'll carry that proudly. >> and we have a t-shirt. >> nice. thank you very much. thank you so much. later we're going to see some of the designs you're going to highlight during this week, the

event. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> good luck there week and go to the web site for more information, the information that john gave. thank you both. >> you're very welcome. >> tony, over to you. thank you very much. it is now 8:38 on this friday morning. still ahead, proof of how determined u.s. athletes really are. what happened to a u.s. track star during his race and why he didn't stop. >> and check this out, we showed you this video yesterday of a guy trying to slice pieces of food open with playing cards. coming up, we're goina try to s stay with us.  [ male announcer ] in 1996,

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>> our area is well represented. michael phelps ruling the pool. >> yesterday terrance jennings of alexandria grabbed the bronze in taiwan dough. and juliedetlin, but unlikely she'll make it to tomorrow's final. >> too bad. >> the u.s. women's soccer team beat japan yesterday 2-1 in front of the largest crowd ever to see a woman's soccer game at the olympics. it's the team's third straight olympic gold. >> an unbelievable story from the track. manteo mitchell of the united states finished the race with a broken leg. he was competing in the 4 by 400-meter relay when he fell and his fibula snapped with about 200-meters to go. he kept running. the relay team finished second, advancing to the final tonight. apparently he broke the bone earlier in the week, but it

snapped during this race. he didn't know it until then. >> i mean, these athletes are so amazing. >> yeah, really, really are. it's incredible. >> unbelievable. coming up, we have a piece of civil war history and it's coming to life in maryland. >> holly is life with more on the battle of bladensburg. holly, good morning. >> reporter: exactly. it all has to do with ice cream and beer. and the war of 1812. no, really, it's all connected, and there's an event going on this weekend that you'll want to check out. we are live this morning at riversdale house museum. coming up, more on what appears to be one tasty celebration, live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ñ [ female announcecer ] safeway presents

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♪ i just came to say hello ♪ time for our facebook fan of the day. we say hello to robert kidwell. we salute you, sir. he is a firefighter in prince george's county. he says he's been watching fox 5 since the day he was born, and he says tuning in is a

morning tradition at the fire house. we thank all of you -- >> we do. >> and salute you in the dangerous work that you do every day. for your chance to be monday's fan of the day, log onto our facebook page and leave a comment under robert's picture. this weekend you'll have a chance to join the war of 1812. >> the celebration kicks off with the annual battle of bladensburg encampment at riversdale, yes, i said riversdale. holly morris joins us. >> reporter: riversdale is on riverdale park, and they've been doing the battle of bladensburg encampment. they have more special things plan. the rain putting a little bit of a damper on our outside

festivities this weekend. going to be a beautiful weekend. >> absolutely. we have the reenactors coming in. part of the star spangled banner historic trail. dancing tomorrow. all kinds of thing. then in another 10 days, august 24th, two weeks, we'll be having the big anniversary, the 198th anniversary of the battle of bladensburg. so a lot of different things happening, and folks need to come out and have fun. >> reporter: and take time to come in the house. it's beautiful. >> absolutely. >> reporter: the war of 1812 bicentennial, but really the battle of bladensburg didn't happen until 1814. >> that's right. >> reporter: all the history we're learning. >> exactly. it's a multiyear celebration. we've been doing a lot of stuff. we've been working with the town of bladensburg and prince george's county. one of the things we've been

doing is this stuff here. >> reporter: aaron, i'm on to you. he's like, i'll be a part of the second segment, the one with beer and ice cream. want to start with beer or ice cream? >> let's start with the ice cream. we contacted the university of maryland. if you want to go ahead, we'll pop that open. >> reporter: good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: with the university of maryland dairy. tell us more about the ice cream. >> star spangled explosion ice cream. strawberry base, with red white and blue sprinkles and chocolate canon balls. >> reporter: that was your cue to start scooping, by the way. >> this is something we worked with the university of maryland dairy, we called up the folks at the university and they are fantastic about working with communities.

they developed this ice cream for us. >> reporter: how popular is this flavor? >> phenomenal. people love it. it's one of the better flavors that we carry, not only at the dairy, but other affiliates for the university, like the golf course and people just are enjoying themselves with this sweet, delicious historically flavored ice cream. >> reporter: that was well said. i love it. i think three scoops will be enough. i have to have -- yeah, i'm going to grab a spoon. i have to eat the ice cream and wash it down with 1812 beer. mike franklin is with franklin's restaurant and brewery. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: tell us about this brew. >> it's called the battle of bladensburg. what we did, since unfortunately, we lost the battle, we decided what we'd do is put an american spin on a

traditional bitter. using british malt and american hops. >> reporter: what makes that taste different? >> it's a traditional beer they would have drunk a couple hundred years ago. slightly less alcoholic version of a pale ale. >> reporter: it's perfect for 8:50 in the morning. oh, it's pretty good. and actually goes very well with ice cream. i'm not picky. and you'll have this this weekend? we have this this weekend and at the brewery right now. we'll be brewing this next year and the year after to celebrate -- >> reporter: because the celebration continues. thank you. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to theirs. the encampment is this saturday, noon until 4:00. free. we are going to head outside, take on the rain and talk more about the reenactment and encampment in our next hour. breakfast of champions.

i'm sure the olympians are having this, too. >> thank you. we are joined by wisdom, sarah and tucker. we're going to try something a little bit different now. >> yesterday at 9:00 we showed you in video. a man training to set a world record slicing food and veggies with playing cards. i think i may have said that what's the big deal? let me tell you something, i said i was going to do it, i was going to try and we decided to do it in front of everybody, all of you guys. we're going to see how hard it is to do. we're going to give it a try. >> we have zucchini here? >> yeah. >> this is a particularly thick skinned vegetable. >> i think so. but that's what he was doing. >> none of us have tried this yet. >> no. >> how are we going do it? one at a time? >> one at a time. >> who is going first? >> i'll go first. >> he was closer.

>> he was right up on it. >> oh, tony. >> just do it one time? >> go ahead, tucker. >> yeah. >> you at least hit it. >> going a second time? >> go once, and we'll try again. wait, wait -- [ everyone talking at once ] >> here we go. >> wisdom can do this. [ laughter ] >> that's how you got to do it. >> i got to try it.

>> no way! >> higher, higher. >> tucker's is bleeding. can i try again? >> i can't believe i did that. >> i can't believe you did it either. >> come on. [ everyone talking at once ] [ laughter ] >> this is too easy. >> i'm out. >> can i say something? [ everyone talking at once ]

>> now i'm getting too close. >> keep trying. >> go ahead. >> can i tell you one thing, we all just did this, that guy has been training for 10 years. we'll be back in just a few moments. >> i didn't do it. i can't do it. you are the boss, sir. we'll be right back. >> i can't believe we did it. [ ha re we go. [ sally umlaut ] what? the five stages of muller. ah yes... stage one: suspicion. "it's a yogurt, how good can it be?" stage two: revision. "actually, this ain't bad." stage three: surprise! "look at this cool cornery thing! i love this stuff!!" stage four: desolation.

"it's gone!" stage five: anticipation "i guess i could always have another"... "have you been through the five stages of muller yet?" "yeah, just now." [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy.

good friday morning. i'm alison seymour. >> i'm tony perkins. right now at 9:00, breaking news out of afghanistan, where

three americans were killed overnight. details are ahead. >> lawmakers head back to annapolis today to consider expanding gambling in maryland. sherri ly is live to explain why yesterday's meeting was a big step for developers. >> if you live in or near the district, you know rental prices can be up there. but many more new units could bring changes. we're talking with a real estate experts about the changes we could see over the next few years. >> later this hour, he created some of the most iconic characters on his show "mad tv." coming up at 9 30:00, michael mcdonald in studio. where you can see him live here in the d.c. area. before we get to that, we have had weather. some storms, area of heavy rain. tucker barnes is keeping track of all of it. >> thank you very much. we had a severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of maryland. let's get to your radar. see the shower t