with drama, coming up at 9:15, two local mothers joining us in studio to talk about their new young adult series set against the backdrop of washington, d.c. should make for good moves. magician josh norris joins us live in studio. this is him predicting today's headlines last week. he put them -- sealed them up in an envelope put them in another envelope. i sealed that up. we signed them. and today we'll open it up and see if he was right. we'll tell you where you can see his act live, coming up at 9:45. >> where exactly has that envelope been the whole weekends? >> here's that envelope. it has been locked in my desk drawer all weekend. i just took it out and i had it with me all morning right here on the desk. >> we can trust you're the only one with the key? >> that's why i have no key -- you mean to the desk? >> yes. >> yes. i thought you meant to the envelope. i have the only key to the desk. >> it looks like it's for real. all right. let's check in with tucker

barnes and see if the forecast is look be good. are you sure -- you have a desk right close to tony. >> tony thinks he is the only one with a key to the dis. >> oh, great. [ laughter ] >> we'll talk more about that later. let's see your forecast. it looks fine today. clouds moving through at the movement. temperatures right now in the upper 60s mid-70s here in town but afternoon highs back about where they should be upper 80s to 90. 75 in washington. comfortable overnight back in the 70s and low 70s. winchester 63. that's comfortable for the middle of august. radar quiet. there will be high, thin cloudiness from time to time today so not a perfectly sunny day kind of partly to mostly sunny afternoon. but it should be dry. no showers and thunderstorms today. that will get in here as we get into your tuesday. forecast for today about 90 in washington, 91 fredericksburg,

86 front royal. pleasant afternoon not too much humidity so we'll take it. that's a quick look at the forecast. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, a deadly accident involving a fairfax county police cruiser. this happened around 3:00 a.m. along franconia road at gum street east of van dorn. police say a car suddenly veered into the eastbound lanes and hit a marked cruiser head on and caught fire and the man driving was pronounced dead at the scene. the officer inside the cruiser a 30-year-old, seven-year veteran of the force was taken to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. police say the cruiser was not responding to an emergency call at the time. meanwhile, franconia road was closed for hours but traffic can now get by under police protection. to the district now police are investigating three overnight robberies that may have been carried out by the same suspect. this started in northwest with a robbery along somerset place around 9:40 last night. then just past 10:00, another

along riggs road in northeast. in both cases, the suspects were armed with a gun. then just before midnight a woman tells police that she was pushed off her bike along 11th street northwest. had she was robbed and they end with what appeared to be a mallet. the description is vague but list is say they are looking for three black men driving a four-door silver or tan vehicle. overnight d.c. police on the hunt for two transgendered suspects. investigators say they sprayed an officer with a substance that could be pepper spray. it happened around 4:00 this morning on "k" street in northeast. the officer was taken to a local hospital to be treated. sarah, the maryland house of delegates will meet this morning as a special session continues to work on a measure to expand gambling. on friday, the senate passed a bill to allow table games and a new casino in prince george's county. under the measure, the state lottery agency would become the state lottery and gaming

control agency. members would be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. that leaves the house out of the process. but one delegate says he will propose the creation of a house and senate oversight panel. >> turning to the big news over the weekend in the race for the white house. mitt romney's campaign got a jolt of energy by announcing congressman paul ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. >> the announcement is energizing both republicans and democrats. today romney and ryan are starting what's called a divide and conquer strategy. wisdom martin joins in us studio for more on the paul ryan -- joins us back in studio for more on the paul ryan story. >> reporter: this is all part of the strategy and it involves paul ryan heading to iowa and mitt romney going to ohio and florida. they are working as a time now to take on the president. -- they're working as a time now to take on paul ryan. >> reporter: the romney campaign starts week we charged. this election of paul ryan as romney's running mate added new energy as some polls show it's

badly needed. both spoke it cbs news on "60 minutes" last night. >> we are going to redouble our efforts and we're going to bring a message to the country. here's how you get the country back on track. >> reporter: president obama gave his own early take on the pick in chicago after attending more than 200 fundraisers while in office, five just yesterday, a new record. >> congressman ryan is a -- is a -- is a descent man, a family ma'am -- decent man, a family man, but his vision i fundamentally disagree with. >> reporter: while paul ryan's profile rose substantially over the past few years he is unknown to potential voters. >> guy put on a comprehensive plan rewriting the healthcare system. >> reporter: in a new ad democrats have wasted little time trying to define ryan before he defines himself. >> he is a right-wing ideologue. >> reporter: surrogates for the president made the rounds of sunday morning talk shows lashing out at ryan.

they see him as an inviting target for the same reason many conservatives cheer his choice. his tough talk on budgets and entitlement reform especially when it comes to medicare will move the race in a new direction. while the new romney-ryan team scored big in online fundraising over the weekend, the president's schedule left him little room to breathe. not only did he attend five fundraisers yesterday, first lady michelle obama had two of her own in california with another one today. and that's the latest from the campaign trail at this point and, of course, we will keep watch on this and see what happens next. back to you guys. >> wisdom martin, thank you. >> both campaigns raising a lot of money. >> never a dull moment. >> thank you. in local news, a maryland congressman says he is against letting d.c. tax commuters. representative elijah cummings told the baltimore sun the move could lead to a turf war in which everybody will be taxing everybody else. republican congressman darrell

issa who chairs a house committee that oversees the district's affairs, recently proposed the idea again saying it should be looked at after the presidential election. an effort to remove decaying trees kicks off this morning in fairfax county just weeks after a dying tree fell on top of a car and killed a driver. melanie alnwick is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. well, drivers in the great falls area should be on the lookout for tree removal crews over the next several weeks. they are going to be taking down trees that v-dot surveys found were hazardous either dead or decaying with as they called multiple defects. v-dot and arborists crews inspected trees in the great falls area after an old oak tree fell on july 17 killing carl roeth as he drove past. the roots of the tree was practically nonexistent and

half of the tree was dead. after that was removed a second ancient oak feet away was taken down after being deemed unsafe and now 59 other trees will be removed in the great falls area. residents said it is a long time coming. 25 will be taken down on riverbend road, 15 on brownsville road west of difficult run, 7 on beach mill road, 6 on georgetown pike, four on walker road and two on utterback store road. we know that v-dot told us they expect crews to get started sometime after 9:00 this is morning. we believe that that's going to be over on the riverbend road area. we drove past there earlier this morning. a lot of those trees have been marked. that may cause traffic disruptions. v-dot says it doesn't routinely survey the health of trees along its rights of way and are

asking residents to report unsafe trees. >> thank you. the wife of a maryland man who was abducted in pakistan one year ago is pleading for her husband's return. elaine weinstein is releasing a statement on the one-year anniversary of warren weinstein's kidnapping. she says he is in poor health and is missed by his grandchildren who ask for him every day. the 71-year-old is an aide worker from rockville. gunmen broke into his home in pakistan last august and abducted him. he is 71 years old. football and reality tv star chad johnson is now out of jail and out of a job. the miami dolphins released him after he was released from jail yesterday. johnson is charged with domestic battery. his wife says he headbuttedded her during an argument that started after she found a receipt for a box of condoms in his car. the wife is one of the stars of the reality show, basketball

wives. >> oh, boy. trouble brewing in paradise. >> too much detail. >> more than we wanted to know. we want details about the new redskins -- [ laughter ] >> let's moveon. >> we don't need to know about the receipts. >> what we need to know is if rg iii is worthy of the number 2 overall pick and i think thursday in the first preseason game against buffalo we're all very happy with it. now we move on to the number one pick in the draft andrew luck for the colts because athat for the rest of his life at least his career, they are going to measure these guys against each other. and yesterday, last night, andrew luck looked the part of a number 1 draft pick. let's look at his first action as an indianapolis colt. remember, he is replacing peyton manning. big shoes to fill. first pass of his preseason career goes for a touchdown. >> short pass. >> but he recognized the blitz. he dumped it off 63 yards later andrew luck one pass, one touchdown, not bad. later, more andrew luck and

this is why the scouts drool over the kid because he surveys the field, has the hot read, marx the perfect throw, big- time arm, corner of the end zone. colts win easily 38-3. rg iii, check, everything looked good, andrew luck, check. both guys looked sensational in their first go-around. back to the skins for a moment. le on thursday night we were all talking about rg iii. one guy catching the coach's eye is a runningback who is a sixth round pick, alfred morris really carried the mail on thursday night in buffalo. pretty good stat. 15 carries to lead the team. 54 yards. and right now, with the injuries that the skins have for running backs, this kid has a real chance to make the team. take a listen. >> helping me with pass throw and, you know, running game and learning the offense, you know, owning it. all of them have been helping more so dy, so very helpful to us and very appreciative of

that. >> you can see he has good running skills. he has that forward lane, he has good instincts. it's going to be fun to see him over the next throw game to see if he still plays at a high level but i anticipate he will. >> the thing is, after you get draft, they don't care where you get drafted. forget about that. you're no longer a sixth round pick, overall, you're a redskin. can you make the team? alfred morris is making some guys reevaluate the roster. >> what do you think about the chris cooley experiment? >> i don't think it's good, not fullback. he should make it as tight end. >> thank you. you're on the way to do the radio. >> yes. >> thanks for doing the show last week. ratings were through the roof when you were on. [ laughter ] >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. coming up, high drama in the district. scandal among teenaged girls all part of a new young adult

theory. >> sitting down with the two authors of capital girls, more on how the children's lives influenced the books and the possibility of it hitting the air too. 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. yeah, when i smell all those things, i know fall is in the air. the fall collection brought to you by air wick and the national park foundation. something in the air wick. 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.

seen this? mitt romney claiming ththe president would end welfare's work requirements? i'm barack obabama and i approe this message the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements at all." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work. and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts.

all right. you know, when the kids grow up and they go away to college some parents get sad by that. but maz rauber and amy reingold sent they are girls off to school and then start writing books for young adults. the first book in the series is capital girls concerning the adventures of well-off young washingtonians. there's a lot of parties, lots of shopping, dating, powerful men and a mysterious death, as well. so the authors published a book under the dual pseudonym ella monroe and join us now. thank you so much. >> thank you for having us. >> first off, how did ella monroe come up? your name maz rauber and amy reingold is nothing like ella monroe. how did you come up with that?

>> well, publishers like to have single bylines for books and it's easier for readers to find them in stores. st. martin's our publisher said a presidential sounding name would be good and my mother's maiden name is monroe so we came up with monroe and we both admire eleanor roosevelt so there you go. >> so what gave you the idea behind the book? i understand both of you have girls and met when they were kindergarten playmates. so that's the back story. what gave you the idea surrounding this to do this story? >> how hot d.c. has become when obama was running for president. the city became aive look and our kids were so excited about politics and we thought, wow, this is what maybe the idea of politics and teens and all the excitement and life of teens in d.c. could make a great book. >> give me an idea of what

we'll notice in the book. i was reading some information about it that feels like we are going to hear about and read about real places we see and go to in d.c. >> yeah. >> so this will really be an interesting book for people in the d.c. region. >> one of the characters is almost d.c. we tried to show what a great city it is, beautiful, historic, fun, lots and lots of fun, you know, mostly the book is just about kids growing up like -- i mean they're privileged but every -- you know, every kid has sort of teen angst. but these kids are in the spotlight and they also are pawns in their sort of parents' gameplaying so that's the difference that mostly just a really fun romp. >> "capital girls" is about girls in the capital and we're local, and we try as maz said that we wanted d.c. to be showcased as sort of a character in the book because it's such an amazing place to live and a lot of people, i

think from having spoken to friends, don't realize that d.c. is hometown for a lot of people. just a political center is what they say. >> right. they don't realize the life that goes on with it. give me an idea how much did some of the stories that are happening in washington, d.c. influence what are in the three books which -- the throw books are already written and just one is out. so how much does that influence them? >> well, i mean, it's all just a big sort of fantasy. but i used to be a reporter covering various scandals on capitol hill be and the clinton. even kind of back then, i noticed the kids -- even though every president tries to protect his kids from whatever is going on, they still somehow are used to a certain extent, you know, chelsea was a buffer for her parents. the bush girls were caught underaged drinking in texas.

>> huge headlines. >> so you feel sorry for these kids in a lot of ways as much as the parents try to protect them. there's only so much they can do. >> i understand, too, in the book part of it -- you have tomorrow pretty good players. one girl is the daughter of the chief of staff to the president. >> dating the president's son. >> it gives you an idea how interesting it could get. i have to ask you, how do your real-life daughters feel about this or your real-life children, you know do a lot -- are a lot of people afraid that's a story about me or not so much? >> i'm sure a lot of kids would think, oh, i can recognize this character or that. but nobody -- it's just a composite of different stories, different people. nobody is -- >> there were a couple of twists early on that my daughr read and said, mom, you have to take that out. that's too close to so-and-so. don't embarrass me, mom. [ laughter ] >> well, thank you both. the book is "capital girls,"

the first of three books coming out. when does the next one come out? >> november 13. >> during the election. yeah. >> absolutely. thank you both for coming in. we appreciate it. >> thanks a lot. >> tony, back to you. >> thank you. a week after landing on the red planet, "curiosity" is getting an upgrade. already. up next, a look at the newest images coming from the rover. >> and, honest or sneaky? an experiment tests people in the d.c. region. find out how well we did first. now, let's check in with holly. >> hey, tony. >> reporter: you might not expect to run into a barn owl up close at a county fair unless you come to the montgomery county fair where we are live this morning at the gaithersburg fairgrounds and raptors up close is one of the many special programs they have for your family. we'll talk about that and more all live later on "fox 5 morning news." stay with us. 

back now with an update on

the rover "curiosity." it's undergoing a four-day brain transplant a software upgrade from flight mode to prepare for operations on mars' surface. meantime, one ucla scientist analyzing the images sent back from "curiosity" says mars has tectonic plates and likely experiences earthquakes. or mars plates since they're on mars. it may provide a glimpse how earth once looked. he says tectonic plates haven't been seen on any other planet in our solar system. >> very interesting. ice tea company honor tea commissioned a nationwide experiment when customers were given a choice to pay or not pay when no one was look. the company set up 50 unmanned kiosk stocked with beverages and a jar asking for a dollar based on honor system. how does the district stack up?

>> yeah. last year, we were pleasantly surprised overall. we went into it not nothing how honest consumers -- not knowing how honest consumers were going to be. we thought consumers would be maybe 40, 50% honest but all cities last year were surprisingly honest most over 90%. >> honest tea. we'll post the results on their website later on this month. >> very good. >> everybody is around and watching. you're not going to, you know, cheat. >> feeling lucky? now may be a good time to grab a powerball ticket. the jackpot is $305 million for wednesday's drawing. no one matched all six numbers in the multi-state lottery drawing on saturday. but several people did make out nicely. five powerball tickets won a million dollars because they matched five of the six winning numbers. >> get the tickets ready to go. everybody is going out, pools will start in the offices. heading home, u.s. athletes pack up to leave london finishing the 2012 games

strong. we'll show you the stylish closing ceremony ahead. >> and happy healthy pets. annie yu is here with adorable dogs up for adoption. >> so adorable. >> why you could be behind your dog's weight problem. >> what? >> of course. >> aw. >> how to fix it. we'll be back. in [ male announcer ] do you support work for welfare? barack obama has a long history of opposing work for welfare. "i was not a wild, huge supporter of the federal plan that was signed in 1996." [ male announcer ] on july 12th obama quietly ended work requirements for welfare.

you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. mitt romney strongly believes work must be part of welfare. the romney plan for a stronger middle class: it'll put work back in welfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

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>> cool. >> that is so neat. >> end what adele supposed to play? -- >> wasn't adele supposed to play? was that just a rumor? >> i think the spice girls need to update their name to spice women. >> were people excited about the reunion? >> no. i don't think so. >> i was excited about adele. >> did posh smile or frown? >> missed it. i don't believe. we're doing fine today. upper 80s to 90 which is seasonable but without a lot of humidity. it should be a decent dry day. you know, if you have to get out in the yard, been holding off, waiting... >> don't put that kind of pressure on me. [ laughter ] >> sarah admitted -- >> it's monday. >> -- at 4:30 in the morning that she was meant to get out there all day yesterday. a live look clouds moving through the region at the moment. it will be a perfectly sunny day kind of partly to mostly sunny this afternoon. 80 in washington not bad. 80 annapolis. still upper 60s and low 70s

north and west of town. 76 dulles. much of the region here was in the upper 50s and low 60s this morning. so again, very comfortable start for the day one of the nicest so far this month. 76 in fredericksburg, 60s in winchester, 66 degrees, 73 right now in culpeper. temperatures cooperating, so is the humidity. dew point temperatures currently in the low 60s. this is why the air doesn't feel so bad. 61 right now in washington. that current dew point 66 in leonard. you get the idea. 61 martinsburg. anytime numbers are below 65 doesn't feel bad. should be a decent day temperatures and humidity. that will remain in check like yesterday. satellite and radar, there is the cloud cover. you can see the milky white. the high, thin clouds we are not expecting any showers or thunderstorms today. our next best chance for that will be tomorrow. there is a cold front out to the west and that will increase the clouds around here later this afternoon and tonight. i think most of the showers will hold off until tomorrow

but by tomorrow afternoon, the decent chance of showers and thunderstorms around her as the front moves through. behind that front more seasonable air for the middle of the week. no upper 90s, no triple digits this week. 90 today, mostly sunny skies, warm this afternoon no doubt about it. west winds at 5 but not terrible humidity so it should be an okay afternoon. cloudy tonight becoming increasingly muggy overnight. 74 the overnight low ahead of the cold front and there's your five-day forecast. as you get into the next couple of days, looks like our best chance of thunderstorms this week will be tomorrow. wednesday, thursday, friday, upper 80s to about 90 degrees. that's what i call just fine for the middle of august. all right. that's a look at weather. tony and sarah, back to you. >> you f. are you making your dog fat? canine obesity is one of the fastest growing health problems seen in dogs today and the extra weight can lead to a great number of health problems and it can be easier for smaller dogs to pack on the

pounds quickly. >> annie yu is learning more about obesity in small dogs and here's how you can help. >> reporter: diet and exercise are obviously a big part of some of the reasons why your dog can become over weight and no one knows that better than valerie, the owner and founder of bistro bites. yoshi is your dog. your line is all natural healthy snacks. >> yes. >> and you made this just for small dogs in mind. >> right. the problem that i had when i first got yoshi was she was about 10 weeks old and weighed about 8 pounds and the problem that i had is i couldn't find anything small enough. so what i did was what most of us do is we break up bigger bites for the dogs. but you find out that there's no way to control how much they get. there is no way to control the calories or the portions. that was a big problem plus i also looked at the ingredients and realized that there were a lot of things that they really

didn't need that we don't get like meal, chicken meal. we don't eat that in our food so why are we feeding it to our dogs? so i made bistro bites using buckwheat flower without gluten and gluten allergies are a big problem with dogs. you find that with a lot of dogs when you start changing their dog food, get sick. that's a gluten allergy. so bistro bites was no glutens in t outside of buckwheat flower it has garbanzo or coconut flower whether it's savory or sweet and it's all natural. the veggies are what we eat on our diets, peas, carrots and broccoli. >> because it's natural you can give it to the cat or other animals. >> we found that one of our folks actually went home one night and they were late and they had actually had some of the chicken lives and their cats just ate it up. so -- >> reporter: there are some breeds that are actually prone to becoming obese.

let's talk about that before we jump into some of the products here. >> right. and you'll find that it's just not just, you know, the smaller dogs like terrier or dachsund. the cavalier king charles is a big one. >> reporter: dachshunds so two pounds could add a lot. >> some of the larger dogs. you would never think that a bernice mountain dog would get heavy but they do. so you have to be careful with all the dogs you feed. >> now, what are some of the tips for people that are working to get their dogs' weight down? how do you incorporate some of these into their diet? >> it's all about portion control. so one of the things that is unique about bistro bites is actually the size. for a dog 10 pounds and under, this is the small size. for someone like yoshi, mediums are -- they are the right size

about 4 calories each. >> 4 calories. >> these are our training treats. and it's peanut butter and applesauce and buckwheat flour. so you know, the good thing about these is we package them in a one month supply. and the reason we do that is, you know, although you can find smaller biscuits on the market today, you get hundreds in a box. and you have no idea how much to feed the dog. so this actually, you know, you learn two to three treats a day is really what the dog should get. >> excellent. thank you. these are available on your website, bistro-bites.com which we linked to our website. i'm sure a lot of you are wondering who this little girl s her name is sky and, of course, sky didn't come alone. she brought her friends along. we have the s girls here because they are all named with ss. sophia, sugar, sadie and sky. they're all from the same

litter. they are shih tzu mixes and they are from muttsmatterrescue.com and they are ready to go looking for forever homes. how can you say no to these little fluffy faces? log on to our website, myfoxdc.com, for all the details. we'll have next on "fox 5 morning news." stay with us. 

batman has met his match at the weekend box office. the bourne legacy was the top moneymaker raking in more than $40 million. the will ferrell and zach galifianakis political comedy "the campaign" was second. "the dark knight rises" dropped to third. followed by hope springs and diary of a witchy kid: dog days. >> good movies that are out. have you seen the campaign yet? >> no. i want to see it this week.

>> those two are just hilarious. >> you saw it? >> no. i mean those two in and of themselves are just hilarious. it will be great. i can't wait. sorry for all you single guys out there. jennifer aniston is off the market. never had a chance. get real. her publicist is confirm the former star of "friends" is engaged to her boyfriend justin theroux. they have been together over a year, she is 43 and he is 41 engaged to a younger man. >> cougar. >> they known each other for years and started dating last year after working together on a comedy. >> sorry, tony. >> no interest. an evening of mind reading and magic. love this kind of stuff. coming up josh norris is in studio with a few tricks for us. plus, we'll tell you where you can see him live. >> and holly is having a little fun at the montgomery county fair this morning. she learned how to milk a cow, spend some time with the animals down under, and next we got the birds of prey coming

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what would you do if you knew tomorrow's headlines today? our next guest might be able to answer that question. he is josh norris an illusionist and magician who will mystify audiences on fridays during august here in washington at hotel elix. >> we are going to see. >> we showed this video earlier and we are going to do this in a couple of moments where on thursday we met for the first time, you had a yellow envelope. you had me put it -- we put it in this -- in an envelope. and everything is all sealed up signed and all that. >> i signed it, you signed it and it's been in your possession. where did you hide it?

>> i had it locked in my desk drawer. so there is the video of us doing it. so we are going to open this up today and you supposedly have written out headlines specific to the olympics. >> yeah. we had the closing ceremony. and my goal was to guess the medal count for each of the top three countries and the u.s. specifically. how many goals they would get. >> first let me ask you about yourself. you're from this area? >> yeah. i grew up in maryland near mt. airy central maryland and i went to the university of maryland, been here all my life and moved to washington, d.c. in 2005. >> you're a mentalist and a magician? >> and a ma magician. i started off doing sleight of hand. lately i have been studying body language, hypnosis, more interesting and combining it with magic is making for a different show. some of the reviews are great. >> you want to show us something right now? >> show you something classic first. okay. so magicians always have you pick cards and they are known

for doing sleight of hand, fancy things with cards. grab one out of here. >> take it out? >> yup. >> okay. i'm going to look away. show it around. show it to the camera. >> don't look at the monitor. >> i'm not. i'm looking down. [ laughter ] >> you got it? >> got. >> as i go through, just say stop. >> stop. >> here? >> face down. go back inside. sleight of hand iser which use my hands to find the cars. this is very different. i'm going to use shadows. see the shadow on top of the deck? you will see the cards start to move like this. one cart will jump right from the center just like that. check it out. i don't want to touch it. [ laughter ] i love this stuff. i watch it all the time. i watch super closely and i'm always amazed. that's really great. >> awesome. >> the show at the hotel is a little larger scale than this but it's not as big as an illusion show only about 50 seats. >> so everyone is close.

>> everyone has a great seat. the furtherrest row back is five rows so you get the beauty of close-up magic and some of the production values of a stage show. >> let's put up it information. hotel helix every friday in august. >> right now this friday is actually only 6 tickets left for the 17th and for the 24th we only have 20 tickets left. >> should we do this now? >> yes. >> when i came in i brought a yellow envelope. sealed inside a white envelope you signed and dated and all of that. the important thing for you is your signature. the important thing for me is my signature. that's how i know that everything is fair, as well. >> i have my signature, stamp, date august 9 which was thursday and the closing ceremony, some of the events were still going on yesterday. i want to show somebody embassy. pull the paper out.

what i have done is i went on the olympics website and i printed out the totals, the medal counts for the top 5 countries as well as the golds and silvers and all the breakdowns. if you open that up into the center. my first prediction was regarding you can turn it aroun everybody can see. turn it around. read off just the names of the top three countries in medal counts. >> united states, china and russia. >> here's the really interesting thing. look at the total medal count. this is the good part. >> united states 104. china 87. >> i missed that one by one. 86. >> russia 82. >> how many golds did the u.s. get? >> 46 golds. >> 46 golds. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> now, there were some specific events. there were some specific events in the olympics. one of which i felt i had a really good chance of predicting the other of which i wasn't too sure about. we'll get rid of the first

prediction. the top one here is the women's 4 by 100. >> i saw so many i don't remember what i saw. >> we got the gold medal back and they broke the olympic record and won gold. >> usa takes gold and new olympic record. >> that was my gimme. that is the one i think everyone saw coming. the next one is basketball. i don't think anyone thought it would be as close as it was. >> wow. >> what did i write about it is. men's basketball usa takes gold. we assumed that. and wins final by 7 points. which is what they did over spain 107-100 i think. that's phenomenal. that's really, really amazing. josh norris, thank you, man. that's good stuff. appearing every friday at hotel helix on rhode island avenue. wonderful stuff. >> i want to give you two tickets to the show. i'd love you to come see me sometime. >> i intend to do that. holly morris can tell us

what's going on at the montgomery county fair. that was great. >> thank you. >> reporter: we're having fun out here in gaithersburg as we always do when it comes to montgomery county fair. they know how to do it right. it is the largest county fair in the state of maryland. and, of course, first and foremost it's an agricultural fair. one of the things they pride themselves is people getting up close and personal with the animals. you might have heard in the news as of late about some county fairs especially in the midwest dealing with swine flu problems and that raised concerns so we wanted to check in with the vet who is the head vet here at the fair and has been for -- >> 20 years at least. >> reporter: give or take a year. so what do people need to know about the swine flu concerns in the fair? >> we have no evidence of any swine flu here. that was the states were ohio, illinois and indiana. i think about 153 cases so far up to date they found out

there. the signs are five, not eating, coughing and weigh haven't seen any signs of that at all. everybody was fine this morning. they were moving the pigs today and they all looked great. >> reporter: are there precautions? >> if you have very young children, old, if you have some kind of immunocompromised system, don't go through the swine barn, okay? that's true no matter where you go. >> reporter: gotcha. >> wash your hands after you come through if you have touched any. animals, that's a smart thing to do no matter what and if you are sick don't come not fair. the farmers and exhibitors know if their animals are sick they don't come to the fair so if everybody does that we don't have any problems. >> reporter: very good, thank you, doctor. appreciate it. thanks forgiving us a little time. now we're going to give a little time to raptors up close thanks to jason caldwell who is a licensed -- hello, good morning. you know what i feel bad. i didn't properly introduce this guest. who is this? >> this is a female barn owl.

>> reporter: she wanted to have her due there. we are just at the time. ing animals here in "fox 5 morning news." tell me about raptors? >> we travel to educational programs with live birds of prey doing conservation, schools, scouts, fairs, teaching people about what they can do to help raptors in the wild. >> reporter: you are a master falconer, as well. what does that mean. several permits when you deal with raptors, one of them is an educational permit. a master falconer is who takes birds of prey and hunts with them or lets them do what they were made to do. so my father and i are both master falconers. we can take certain birds out and let them hunt. certain birds are injured and they are just educational program. she looks a little rough. she is melting. >> reporter: a bad hair day. >> she was hit by a car and has a pin in this right wing. it sags a little bit so she was rehabbed at the blue ridge wildlife center. >> reporter: we have been

there. they do wonderful work there. can you show us another bird? >> i can. >> reporter: how many birds do you have with you? >> i have 8 birds with me this week at the fair. easy girl. >> reporter: when she does something like that, you know, it's just, what, she's saying hey? >> yeah, a little bit of stress. owls operate as much by hearing as they do by sight. so think of all the sounds they're hearing right now. >> we were talking about this earlier. literally has stimulation over overload because their hearing is so amazing. w do we have here? >> magic, a male harrises hawk. 100% healthy. he was imprinted on humans so he cannot go back to the wild. he was bred in captivity. he is one of the only birds from the southwest u.s. not indigenous to this area. >> reporter: what is the biggest misconception about the birds you show when people learn when they come to your show? >> i think a lot of people -- there's a lot of different things but i like to be a help to people and identifying the

raptors. a lot of them have misconceptions on what they can kill and what they can't kill. a lot of think the pets are disappearing because of birds of prey when a lot of birds of prey eat mice and small things. people worry about dogs disappearing. it's not these guys. >> reporter: thank you very much. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the montgomery county fair, runs through saturday and you can come out. don't forget to look up for the raptors up close a show you don't want to miss. we'll have more of our show when we come back. stay with us. closed captioning on fox 5 brought to you by luna. [ female announcer ] safeway presents

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