well, you can tell by looking at your screen there are water drops on our lens. >> need the windshield wipers. >> i thinkwe have them. maybe they'll come up in a moment. it's raining in parts of the area. in some spots, heavy rain this morning. it's tuesday, august 14, 2012. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm sarah simmons in for alison seymour. let's get to tucker barnes to get the latest on our weather. the rain is here. >> the rain showers moving through. will be us another hour or two. a break and showers and thunderstorms redeveloping this afternoon. big changes after a nice one yesterday. let's get to the numbers. moving through up 270, much of montgomery county with rain showers, through the district and points south. earlier had a thunderstorm towards dale city. i don't see lightning with this

longer. alexandria, you'll get a pretty good downpour shortly. annapolis, parts of prince george's county, you are likely to see rain showers shortly, although you can see to the west starting to become a little bit more sporadic. temperatures now, reagan national we are warm and humid. the current temperature in washington is 77 degrees. 74 in baltimore. remember yesterday we had upper 50s and low 60s north and west. today 10 degrees warmer. 68 in winchester. lots of clouds around. likely to be a break mid- morning through mid-afternoon, where we can see a little sunshine. that will fuel additional showers and storms later this afternoon. bring an umbrella. 87 the daytime high with cloud cover. coming up in a couple of minutes, i'm not sure what's coming up. let's go to traffic with julie wright. i don't know why i said that. [ laughter ] somebody get that boy some coffee.

>> yes, i need some. >> on the roads now, tucker, northbound i-95, the main line which is slow moving out of stafford this morning, continuing to quantico. this happens to be the acceleration ramp onto northbound i-95. incident moved over to the shoulder. slow moving traffic working into newing ton and towards the beltway. tucker talking about that band of storms moving through. van dorn street, on the wet pavement, not a big tieup yet. slows closer to route one. southbound 270 looks lighter here, north of town. 270 below speed in germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie, thank you very much. new this morning, a warning for residents in culpepper, virginia. officials are advising everyone on the south end of town to use boiled tap water or bottled water as a safety precaution,

following a water main break near the culpepper safe way. we have a pick here of the scene outside the south gate shopping center last night. there's more information on myfoxdc.com, click on web links. the derecho in june caused massive power outages, but a bigger person, parts of virginia lost 911 service. >> there should be generators and other safety measures in place. so the question is, what went wrong here? our big story this morning, verizon is now offering an explanation for it. melanie alnwick live in the newsroom with the details. good morning. >> there are backup systems, but in two key locations they didn't work. and also inadequate communication. those are part of the problems detailed in verizon's poststorm report. a company executive said verizon didn't know about the fairfax 911 outage until the

county called them. at verizon's central offices backup systems failed. that left one working generator at each locations that was not able to carry the full load. verizon says it was an extreme storm that downed more storms than hurricane irene. local lawmakers aren't happy with the response. >> i think it's a self- justifying report by verizon. and it begs the question of, what happened on the weekend of june 30th and why didn't you have backup? >> arlington central office serves as a relay center and the outage there meant verizon couldn't see what was happening in the rest of the system, which made the confusion worse and delayed repair response. verizon is now auditing all the backup power systems in

maryland, virginia and the district of columbia. in arlington the backup batteries failed after six hours. thank you. expanded gambling in maryland closer to becoming a done deal. lawmakers continue the special session in annapolis. a key committee voted 13-7 last night to allow table games and another casino in prince george's county. it passed the senate friday and later today the full house is expected to take up the bill. amendments have been added that call for getting casino owners in anne arundel county and baltimore more profits from the losses at the harbor. a local community is mourning the loss of a marine killed in afghanistan. he and two other marines were gunned down by an afghan police

officer on friday. his family says they're not ready to talk publicly about their son, but say he was married and last saw his family when he was home in april. police in montgomery county hope this sketch will lead them to a rapist in gaithersburg. a month ago a woman was attacked at knife point. officers passed out flyers, hoping to find a lead, but so far, there have been no arrests. the hunt is on for a sexual assault suspect near the georgetown water front. police say a woman was walking along cherry hill lane early sunday morning, when a man approached and groped her, then ran off. she was not seriously hurt. to the race for the white house, the new face of the romney campaign is wasting no time on the campaign trail and president obama is on the attack. doug luzader joins us with the

latest from both camps now. good morning, doug. >> reporter: good morning. less than three months to go now, and these guys are hop scotching from one potential swing state to the next. paul ryan arriving in denver. the new v.p. candidate attending a fundraiser in a state that is looking like a major player this year. democrat joe trippy and karl rove sees a complicated national picture. they say colorado can go either way. >> the one that's significant is colorado. moving that to toss up for romney is a big move. he's got to start picking up some of the slack here. >> reporter: the first numbers on ryan look encouraging for the romney campaign. his favorability rating has been up since just last week, from 23 to 38 percent. when you look at just the all

important independent voters, his numbers double. it's difficult to say what impact it will ultimately have on romney and the great unknown may be seniors, because of ryan's plans to overhaul medicare for those who have not yet reached retirement age. president obama, meantime, spent another day attacking ryan. he met with farmers and iowa, blaming ryan for blocking relief. >> i am told that governor romney's new running mate, paul ryan, might be around iowa the next couple of days. he is one of the leaders in congress standing in the way. >> reporter: we just learned that one republican whose name was circulated quite a bit as a possible vp candidate will be given a prime speaking role at the convention in tampa later this month, and that is new jersey governor chris christie. sarah. >> a name everybody had been talking about and still is. paul ryan has another event today in colorado before heading to nevada. mitt romney was in florida yesterday and wrapping up his bus tour he started in virginia

over the weekend. he returns to ohio today. president obama is on a bus trip today. his second day in iowa. yesterday he made a surprise stop at the state fair for beer and pork chops. the first lady is doing campaigning for her husband. as part of a two-day swing through california, michelle obama appeared on "the tonight show" fresh off her trip to london, where she led the u.s. olympic delegation. >> gabby douglas was also a guest on last night's show. she admitted indulging in post olympics junk food eating to the wrong person, mrs. obama. >> how did you celebrate? >> we didn't have time to celebrate. team finals and all around finals and event finals after that. but after the competition, i

splurged on egg mcmuffin. >> egg mcmuffin. >> gabby, don't encourage him. i'm sure it was an all wheat mcmuffin. >> whole wheat bun. >> yeah. >> very good. >> the first lady was also put on the spot about the kiss cam situation at a recent basketball game in d.c. coming up next hour, we'll hear her explanation of what really happened and how daughter malia helped them get back on the kiss cam after they were oed. >> i'm sure gabby's little body was able to burn that off. >> several of the athletes indulged in fast food afterwards. >> i'm sure. training how many years? still ahead, a verdict in the new orleans state wire tapping probe. what an investigation revealed. >> several states dealing with intense wildfires.

>> she was an inspiration to single women. we are remembering the life helen gurley brown. >> the streets are wet, we have rain falling across much of the region. tucker has the forecast, julie has the traffic when we return. it's 7:11. i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin' iced mocha. they make it exactly how i like it. medium, iced, with a turbo shot. french vanilla, hazelnut, caramel -- i love 'em all. they make it perfect every time. america runs on dunkin' coffee.

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new developments this morning in syria are making headlines. the prime minister who defected last week says he's joining the rebels and he's urging other leaders to follow him and break with the regime. the rebels are claiming they shot down a syrian fighter jet, but the regime says that jet crashed after a mechanical failure. also this morning, u.s. defense secretary of state panetta says plans for a no fly zone aren't on the front burner. three people are dead and

several others injured after a shootout near the texas a&m campus. police say a 35-year-old man opened fire when a police constable tried to serve an eviction notice. there is no evidence that the new orleans saints or their general manager were wire tapping opposing coaches. that's the finding of an investigation by the state police. allegations surfaced in april. there was talk the team rigged the superdome to intercept radio communications by visiting teams. a new report says no evidence was found. wildfires continue to rage out west. crews are making some progress to the relief of several evacuated homeowners in northern california. this 2,000-acre fire was contained last night. meanwhile, in idaho, a 20- year-old firefighter was killed

after she was hit by a falling tree. >> central washington state, word this morning that a fast moving fire has burned 40 homes out there. they could use some of that rain out there we're getting this morning, tucker. >> we need it, too. >> here's the good news with the rain showers, will be out of here in another hour or so. a break and possibility of additional showers and storms later today. >> okay. we get a little bit of a break, though. >> yeah. >> that's the positive side, right? >> let's get to the radar. let me show you the shower activity. pretty good batch of rain been working through, generally washingtons, points north now. montgomery county, howard county, up into north central maryland. on the southeast side of washington we've had a pretty good downpour, just crossed the potomac not too long ago.

southern maryland, you'll miss this towards virginia beach. a few more showers in the morning forecast. bit of a break. may see a little sunshine. that will help destabilize the atmosphere. our cold front is to the west. see the rain showers towards cleveland there and central ohio? that's the cooler air, and that will get in here later tonight and tomorrow. a slow mover. we've got the possibility of showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon and in this again tomorrow, before we can call it all clear and back into a nice sunny day by thursday. temperatures 73 in washington. 70 in manassas. 68 frederick. yesterday we were waking up to low 60s and upper 50s. not the case today. the humidity is back as well. five-day forecast, warm and humid afternoon, 87, scattered thunderstorms. we'll do it again tomorrow. thursday, upper 80s. not a lot of humidity. highs friday about 90. this weekend, cool, highs in the upper 70s to low 80s

saturday and sunday. >> if you thought it was too hot for the beach, this is the weekend to go. >> beach will be in the 70s. >> that will be great. before we toss to julie, want to thank our friends at montgomery county fair yesterday. julie and i had a scoop of ice cream. >> adorable. >> i have to admit, julie is a better scooper than me. we had a great time. we were out there about an hour. met a lot of fans of fox 5, and they said to say hi to both of you and how much they enjoyed our show. we did the best we could to help out. >> love that. >> this is a great picture. this is roger, who was also on twitter and he tweets us in the morning, and tweets you, too, sarah and comments on what you're wearing. that's his daughter. that's my ice cream. i scootched -- scooped that.

there's ike leggett. >> julie, what i want to know is what was tucker doing if he wasn't scooping ice cream? >> he was eating the ice cream. >> i tried. once it gets caught in that scoop, it's hard to get out. >> you have the wet the scooper first. then you put it on there. >> yes, that is key. >> hot water, isn't that what you do? >> nobody was looking and i would get the scooper and -- >> don't say that. >> she's telling the truth. >> there were pigs and cows. i had a blast. [ laughter ] tucker looks at me and goes, this is typical at the wright house, isn't it? >> i had a lot of fun, julie. >> it is cool. thank you for inviting us out. on the roads now we're dealing with a mess. wet pavement. a lot of folks trying to get to work on time. southbound 95 in maryland, the

delays from 198 to the beltway, 13 minutes at this point. afternoon speed out of college park 16 miles per hour. and 28 miles per hour through silver spring. connecticut avenue northbound ramp to the outer loop, accident activity. inner loop leaving springfield headed to 66, 28 miles per hour. 395 below speed at 35 miles per hour. heading northbound trying to get past duke street. delays on the top stretch of the beltway from college park headed to silver spring on that wet pavement. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie, thank you very much. a birthday celebration in honor of legendary chef julia child is taking place in the district. the national museum of american history is displaying a new installation of child's kitchen as part of their upcoming exhibit of food in america. the kitchen will be on display until september 3rd in honor of who would have been her 100th birthday. tomorrow the museum is hosting festivities throughout the day and will show episodes of child's show, "the french chef." she died in 2004.

the woman responsible for making cosmopolitan magazine has passed away. helen gurley brown died yesterday at a hospital in new york city at the age of 90. brown first became famous for her book "sex when the single girl was was published in 1962. it was filled with advice on why being single shouldn't mean being sexless. brown then spent 32 years as the editor and chief of cosmo. when she took over, circulation was below 800,000. when she left it was at 2.5 million. she knew what she was doing there. >> it is hard to overstate her influence on american life. really is. >> she was credited for coming up with the saying, women can have it all. you can have it all. a lot of women, you know, strive to have it all. for her to write a book like that in 1962, she was a trail blazer. still ahead, a nationwide

crackdown on drunk drivers starts today. >> cars put to a new test. this is not your ordinary safety test. this one is designed to mimic the most dangerous sort of frontal crash. we're going to take a closer look. >> did you know this english past time is one of the most widely played sport in the world? holly morris is learning all about the game of cricket and its history. we're going to check in with her later on. [ male announcer ] in 1996,

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7:25. here's a live look at the roads. wet out there. be careful. today police nationwide are cracking down on drunk driving. later today they'll release new statistics and announce a new law enforcement campaign that includes more than 10,000 police departments across the country. in d.c., national highway

traffic administrator david strickland will hold a live demonstration of alcohol detection devices. the insurance institute for highway safety is out with new findings. the test simulates what it's like for the outer edges of a vehicle to hit a barrier. the institute developed the new test because it says small crashes are common. in the first such testing, 11 models were examined, all were 2012 vehicles. only the accura tl, volvo s60 and infinity g earned good ratings. 7:26 now on this tuesday morning. the political ad war is heating up. ahead, a look at the most controversial ones popping up in key battleground states.

>> plus, back to practice for the redskins and for the first time we are hearing what robert griffin iii has to say about his nfl debut. >> as we head to the break, here's another live look outside. we've got some rain showers across the area slowing things down a bit. we'll give you the latest forecast and the latest look at traffic when we return. stay with us.     [ male announcer ] the choice on debt...

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got good news for you. the nationals have kicked off their series in san francisco with a bang. top of the 1st, zimmerman scoring the first run of the game. the nats score 14 runs on 21 hits, and gonzalez pitched 6 and two-thirds innings and win 14-2. two a days are over for the redskins. today they'll get into their regular practice. yesterday robert griffin iii met with the media and he said his performance last thursday reassured himself and everybody else why the skins drafted him

at number two overall. griffin will likely get a lot more playing time this saturday when the redskins play the bears in chicago. >> then that will be his second time. >> yeah. >> so we can really see, you know. like you guys were talking about -- >> it's preseason. >> it's preseason, but everybody is super sensitive and focused on the -- >> not going to see too much. hopefully. they don't want to show their hand. we'll see how it goes. >> meanwhile, the nationals are unstoppable. >> they're great. >> the one blip the other night. 14 runs, man. >> usually seven out of 10 in baseball you're a great time. they're like nine out of 10. >> near number one. >> they really are. weather forecast not number one. probably like number two or three day. little bit down on the list. humidity is back. have rain showers moving through. need the rain, that's good news. not sure we need the humidity. that's back and will be with us

the next couple of days. steady rain showers hit-and- miss, working to the east side of the beltway, pretty good shower there just to the south of route 50. light showers working towards columbia, a few more out to the west, front royal and winchester. most not amounting to a lot, with the exception of that one in southwestern washington. we'll get this out of here shortly. not expecting a lot of additional rains this morning. i think the cloud cover will hold tough here for the next couple of hours. middle of the day, a little bit of sunshine, which will destabilize the humid atmosphere and showers and thunderstorms possible bubble up later this afternoon along a cold front which will be approaching slowly. this cold front will take its sweet time. will move in later this afternoon and tonight and be with us a good portion of the

day tomorrow, with the possibility of additional scattered showers and thunderstorms. 73 now in washington. 79 in annapolis. north and west, 60s. not as refreshing as yesterday morning, with low humidity. if we get the sunshine could drive pretty good thunderstorms later this afternoon. slight risk for severe weather, including gusty winds and could be some hail. just again, be ready for that possibility later today. really depends on the amount of sunshine we get. 87 today. plenty of clouds. chance for showers and storms continue this afternoon. winds out of the south at 5 to 10. later tonight, will remain cloudy overnight. evening showers and storms early. cloudy and muggy overnight with lows in the low to mid-70s. we'll do it again tomorrow with a slow moving cold front. 87. thursday looks beautiful. upper 80s and not a lot of humidity around here. friday looks nice, about 90. another cold front, this one

means business for a change. by saturday and sunday, cooler weather, upper 70s, low 80s around here saturday and sunday. so finally it will feel cooler for a change. let's do traffic and see what julie has cooking. >> tucker, talking about the montgomery county fair, and i mentioned the pigs, someone hit me up on twitter and said she has a pot belly pig. >> and you love pigs. you should have seen julie yesterday. she went crazy. >> i was just saying we can go see it. no problems reported here, volume heavy and slow westbound 495. the accident with northbound connecticut avenue on the ramp to outer loop should be cleared. expect delays north from 410. southbound 270, wall to wall traffic out of germantown, south of 118 headed to 370. the pace improves only to slow again through the interchanges in rockdale and live on 66.

not too bad in manassas, but delays in centreville approaching the beltway. thank you very much. to the campaign trail now, if you have a tv you've probably seen more campaign ads than you've ever wanted to. and there's still two and a half months before election day. some of the ads are repetitive. but are they honest and are they effective on the undecided portion of the voting public? joining us now stephen dennis, white house correspondent at roll call. the staff there is monitoring both local and national political ads throughout this campaign season. and you are among the staffers who are watching these ads. thanks for coming in. >> sure. >> first thing that i want to ask, the question we raised there, you know, really i think who the campaigns are appealing to the undecided voters at this point, the independent voters. can these ads effective and swing people one way or the

other? >> one thing that's been true for years now, is negative campaign ads work. they drive up the opponent's negative. what they try to do is take -- they all try to have a kernel of truth and turn into popcorn. that's what they're trying to do. but a lot of times what you see is, in order to get that big emotional response that you're looking for, negative emotional response, you have to distort, you have to make it seem like the other guy is a real villan. and you know, the truth is, often less exciting. so it's sort of like the movie version of a boring documentary. >> sure. >> and so -- >> spice it up. >> right. one thing spicing it up, and another thing is making it something that it's not. >> right. >> and that's something that it's good to look at these ads and decide, okay, what's the real truth behind them? >> let's jump right in. we have four we're going to try

to look at. the first one is an ad from the obama campaign, and this one is about mitt romney's taxes. let's take a look. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. i'll have to go back and look. >> did romney pay 10% in taxes, 5%, zero? we don't know. but we do know that romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the irs as part of the son of boss tax scandal. one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history. isn't it time for romney to come clean? >> that's one of the ads. how is this ad -- i'm not so interested in effectiveness, but in truthfulness. >> well, we don't know what romney paid in taxes and he said he's not going to tell us. it's been a problem for the romney campaign.

it's hard for them to explain why his father released 12 years of tax returns and said you should release tax returns when running for president, or else you might have something to hide. and his son says, okay, i'm only going to release two years and that's enough. he says he paid taxes every year. but if you don't have the returns, it's an opening for the obama campaign. i expect to see more of this. you'll probably see more based on paul ryan's pick, since paul ryan actually recalculated, under his road map plan, given romney a 1% tax rate. so you're going to see more hits on this tax issue until either romney changes his mind on those tax returns or not. as far as the $70 million charge, that actually has a local connection, because it's a bloomberg story about marriott. and romney served as chairman of the auto committee and the

irs said it was a tax avoidance scheme. it plays into, for the obama campaign, this whole issue of fairness. that's what they're really trying to base this campaign on. not about the economy, not about the unemployment rate. it's, is this guy going to have your interests at heart? is he going to be working for the middle class or working to enrich himself and his friends? >> i want to get to one of the other ads and i want to ask our control room, can we skip to the romney be not afraid ad? let's go to that ad. it's called be not afraid. let's take a look at this one. >> forcing religious institutions to go against their faith. mitt romney believes that's wrong. >> in 1979, a son of poland, pope the pope said, be not afraid. >> when religious freedom is threatened, who do you want to stand with? >> that's an interesting ad

there, and an interesting angle to go after the president on. what do you think about this one? >> i think this is more powerful ad because there is some substance here. talking about the health insurance mandate on contraception, which the catholic bishops are opposed to and you have folks saying, look, this is a violation of freedom of religion that i don't want to have to pay for somebody else's birth control if i don't believe birth control is okay. so that is -- that has more -- that's more of a real debate about real policies. should insurance companies have to cover birth control or not? now, the obama campaign runs ads saying, hey, i'm giving you this benefit. romney runs on saying i'm going to give you religious freedom.

those are more sort of here's a different philosophy. >> we had two other ads. we're out of time, unfortunately. we are going to do this throughout the season, so we can examine some of these ads more closely. and obviously you are doing that at roll call as well. thanks for coming in. good to see you here. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >> stay with us. we'll be back in a couple of moments. now it's 7:41.

two months after taking medical leave, we've learned congressman jesse jackson junior is being treated for bipolar disorder. hess suffering from bipolar 2, defined as periodic episodes of depression and hyper mania. they say he's responding to medication and regaining strength. vhr pulled chad johnson's reality series off the air, coming two days after he was arrested for domestic violence charges. his wife says he head butted

her during a heated argument. is anybody going to miss the reality show? did you watch it? >> i never watched it. >> i've seen basketball wives a few times. >> like a spinoff? >> i don't know. >> spiraling down for him. >> rough few days for that family. around here, rain showers start today. cloud cover going to be holding tough today. warm and humid. the humidity back after a couple of days of relatively comfortable air. and just hang in there. wait until you see the five-day forecast. got some changes. fall on the horizon. >> sounds beautiful. >> now it's rain showers. northeast washington, college park you're getting showers. pretty good thunderstorm has blossomed across the bay bridge. pushing through chestertown. that has gotten going in the last 15 minutes or so. we'll watch that as it presses off to the north and east.

few leftover showers for front royal. let's go to futurecast. early showers, 7:00 a.m., future cast being a little aggressive in the shower activity. 10:00or 11:00, little sprinkle. we think we'll get breaks in the clouds and a little sunshine during the day, and that will help fuel additional showers and storms late this afternoon. cold front coming in. that will be with us here overnight tonight into your day tomorrow. bottom line, little unsettled. plenty of clouds today and tomorrow with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for the next couple of days. 87 today and tomorrow. thursday looks great. sunshine, low humidity. friday looks nice. saturday, high temperature 83. >> it's going to be great. >> thank you, sir. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> does not mean it's the end

of summer. >> no, no. >> she's worried about that. >> i am. >> days getting shorter. we saw the sun rise later. >> on the roads now, very much a slow commute unfortunately because of the rain tucker was talking about that came through the area, leaving alexandria, leaving branch avenue, so coming southbound out of oxon hill to telegraph road, 16 minutes. will take time there. inner loop of the beltway slowing again, braddock road to 16 miles per hour. and northbound on 395, on and off the brakes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. average speed 15 miles per hour as you travel north of shurlington headed to the 14th street bridge. other side of town, open between college park and bethesda. no incidents to report. 95 and the bw parkway slow traveling south to the beltway. southbound 270 lanes are open. not too busy in germantown. slow out of rockville headed for the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-

time traffic. a fun game for all ages, but not many of us play this. >> that's right. holly morris is live in montgomery county this morning with details. hey, holly. >> reporter: hello, good day to both of you. here are some details. two teams, 11 players on each side. there is a pitch in the middle of the field. yes, i am learning all about the game of cricket this morning. bigger in our area than you mike think. we're going to show you firsthand live from the germantown soccerplex next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ♪ just came in to say hello ♪ it's time to say hello to our facebook fan of the day. we say hello to claude smith. he says his little girl wakes up every day and flips through the channels until she finds fox 5. you have to train them early, tony. >> that's right. >> his daughter is adorable. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day, post a picture under claude's

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welcome back. it is an international sport that has been around for centuries and we are talking about cricket. the first match recorded took place in 1646. >> amazing. >> i can't believe it's that old. and there is evidence the sport has been around since the 1300s. >> amazing. we're learning all about the so- called gentleman's game this morning with the washington cricket league. holly morris joining us. there are not many things you don't know all about, but i'm getting the impression this is one you're really learning all about it. >> reporter: i really am learning all about it. i thought i knew what to wear. i got my cricket whites on.

do you see nary another white out there? clearly i don't know what i'm talking about. i'm learning it's big in our area and it's a lot of fun. without further adieu, let me introduce you to the president of the washington cricket league and the vice president. gulf good morning to both of you. can we talk about the elephant on the field, i'm all in white. >> you're dressed right. >> reporter: i'm old school cricket? >> you are what we would call pure. >> reporter: pure. oh, lord. i'm anything but pure. that's something else. let's talk about the washington cricket league. you've been around for a while. how big is it? >> we've been around since 1974. it's when the league started. this league started with a few

embassy guys started playing at the washington mall and now we are up -- started with four, five, six teams and now we're up to 36 teams. it's pretty big. >> reporter: that is pretty big. when is cricket season? >> cricket season usually starts towards the end of spring, some time around march, end of march, april and continues up to october. >> reporter: it's a pretty long season. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: somethingy you guys play -- they're called matches. you play weekly matches? >> we have games every saturday and sunday. virginia, maryland, as well as the d.c. and we have fields in a lot of jurisdictions and we have games every saturday and sunday. >> reporter: let's talk about the field. we're here at the germantown soccerplex where they have a sign that says, cricket play only. specific fields for cricket? >> that is our fight now. it's difficult to get cricket only fields. in a lot of cases we have to

either share that field with softball and baseball. so we are trying, as more and more people get aware about the league, we are trying to get cricket -- >> reporter: more established areas. okay. what makes a cricket field a cricket field? >> cricket field, first of all, you see the pitch in the center. that's 22 yards. >> reporter: okay. >> that's your cricket field. it's what you need to play cricket. the real cricket, you have a clay field. this is more similar to astro turf. we cannot maintain the clay field. you have this outfield that is 65 yards, 70 yards from the center. >> reporter: there's 11 players on each side? >> 11 players on each side. and two get to -- two from the batting team and 11 from the fielding side. you will have 22 players participating. >> reporter: you play innings? >> you play two innings. >> reporter: let's talk about

this whole game can last an afternoon or two weeks. >> when cricket was originally introduced, it started off with a five-day game. and slowly, slowly, it has now gotten to the point where it is one day. and now they have come up with a smaller version which basically gets over in four hours. that's where you see the guys in the color uniforms and all that. >> reporter: got you. last question before we wrap up for this hour, any women that play? >> yes. we do have -- watch out. >> reporter: nice catch! >> we do have women, but of course we are trying to build on it. we just started our women program last year. >> reporter: great. >> we are building on it. we have some ladies that participate, but unfortunately because of some commitment, they couldn't be here. >> reporter: i'm here! myfoxdc.com is our web site. i'm the one lady that's here this morning. coming up in our next hour, we'll learn about the specifics of how the game is played. perfect english weather they

said. it's not actually raining, but a little moist. back to you in the studio. >> two innings and five days? >> i have questions about that. >> i know. >> thank you, holly. ahead at 8:00, a topic not sitting well with some maryland and virginia residents. we're going to break down the proposed commuter tax in d.c. >> coming up, an alarming study about kids who snore. the fox medical team lookings at the problems it's causing for little ones as young as two years old. wisdom martin is coming up here with tony and i'll be back in an hour after that. time now 7:57.

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>> your realtime captioner: linda macdonald. straight ahead at 8:00 , emergency outage. verizon comes clean about the 911 problems after the june derecho. what it says it's doing to make sure it never happens again. a race car's dramatic descent down the side of a colorado cliff after taking a turn too fast. >> the kissoff seen across the

free world. now the first lady tells jay leno the truth behind the lack of affection. ah, that's when they finally got the deed done. >> yes. >> doing your business in public on the late show. >> good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm wisdom martin. thank you for joining us. allison has the week off. tucker barnes is here. he has been busy this morning as we have had some rain showers and thunderstorms off to the east. >> yeah. in fact the thunderstorm getting stronger by the minute. i think we are done generally with the rain showers in the immediate washington area a few leftover. we'll get a break and see if they don't develop this afternoon. you will notice the humidity when you step outside. >> all i heard is we'll get a break. >> we'll see how long that break lasts. thunderstorms north and east of the city and across the bay. you can see it there pushing towards chestertown. the flashing is cloud-to-ground lightning. so pretty good thunderstorm across the bay pushing up into northeast maryland. a few leftover sprinkles and showers out to our west, a few

more east of the city towards crofto. toward the middle of the day peeks of sunshine which will destabilize the atmosphere. a cold front approaches later this afternoon we'll do it all over again with another round of showers and thunderstorms. we'll have to look out for that possibility. temperature at reagan national 74 degrees, cool things off a little bit with the rain. humidity 85%, north winds at 7 miles per hour. here's your forecast. generally a cloudy day today, a little sunshine in the middle of the day and again, just be ready for the possibility of additional storms later today. clouds will hold temperatures down a bit mid- to upper 80s. >> all right. thank you. good times, tucker. >> always good times. >> always good times with me, wisdom. >> like a thrill ride talking about the weather! [ laughter ] >> here's another thrill ride, julie wright with an update on traffic. >> i was waiting for wisdom to

bust out in song, ♪ good times ♪ [ laughter ] >> you never know at 4:30 in the morning, with wisdom, there's always a song! [ laughter ] >> reporter: check this out, this is northbound 3, 95 with a car stalled. northbound headed up from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge, this is the fella that stopped here in the second lane from the left. of course, this is the hov lane that dump you into the parking lot at the pentagon but the left lane is blocked at the through lines northbound experiencing delays from the beltway northbound to 395. inner loop of the beltway, branch avenue, on the brakes at 19 minutes from route 5 to telegraph road. landover headed from allentown, 30 minutes. 16 miles an hour out of college park, 25 miles an hour in silver spring. the inner loop starting to see that delay form from colesville towards kenilworth about 20 minutes and again all lanes

open. that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." an update this morning on the 911 outages in fairfax county and other parts of virginia that happened during the derecho in june. verizon is offering an explanation of what went wrong. melanie alnwick is covering this morning's big story. >> reporter: verizon says the june 29th storm was indeed exceptional and that power failures affected more than 100 of its locations. now in most cases, the backup system worked but in two kilo occasions it did not. verizon also lost the ability to monitor its facilities. a company executive telling the "washington post" saying verizon didn't know about the fairfax 911 outage until the county called to tell them. the problem called by nonworking generators at two central offices, fairfax and arlington. each central office has two generators n arlington, one of the two generators had air in the fuel line n fairfax, verizon says the auto start mechanism in one generator failed. the single generators left at each of those locations

couldn't carry the full load and the backup batteries drained. verizon is auditing all the backup power systems in maryland, virginia and the district of columbia. >> extremely important to us that we understand this could never happen again. so the way we try to do that is to figure out what happened as we have done in this report. we put in place these audits that will go around office by office and examine every possibility and ensure ourselves that we have at least cared for everything that we can imagine that a storm could bring. >> reporter: in addition to the outages, other centers lost the ability to get automatic location information from callers. verizon also had serious communication problems internally and externally which delayed the response. local 911 directors and lawmakers aren't happy and we'll tell you what businessic steps verizon wasn't taking coming up at 9:00. tony? >> thank you, melanie.

in the headlines, the full house of delegates will begin debating a gambling expansion bill today. has night a committee voted 13- 7 to allow table games at existing casinos and to approve construction of a new one at national harbor. the committee also voted to lower the amount of taxes to other casinos in the state -- that other casinos in the state pay. after a one-day delay, v- dot will begin removing dozens of dead or rotting trees in great falls a month after a tree fell on a car, killing the driver. new jersey's governor is known for speaking his mind and being heard. well, now he will have a really big platform of his own to do that. he will be delivering the highest profile address at the republican national convention later on this month. the formal announcement will come later today, but chris christie confirms to "usa today," yesterday he will be

the party's keynote speaker. he also tells the paper he has started working on his speech in which he will offer some, quote, hard truths about the trouble the nation is in. the role is considered a big political boost for whoever gets it. meanwhile, barack obama delivered it at the democratic convention in 2004. the candidates are hitting more battleground states on the campaign trail today. mitt romney continued his bus tour in florida yesterday and holds three events today in ohio. the new republican vice- presidential candidate starts out at an event at a high school in colorado and then paul ryan campaigns in las vegas. both ryan and president barack obama criss-crossed the hawkeye state yesterday, and today the president will continue his three-day tour of iowa. he will be at a farm museum later this morning, then speaks to middle schoolers this afternoon and tonight the president holds a campaign event at an art center. we now know why congressman

jesse jackson, jr., is on medical leave. he is being treated for bipolar disorder, a treatable condition marked by depression and hypomania. the clinic says it can be genetic or environmental. but also mentioned a possible link to weight loss surgery that jackson had in 2004. the admission sheds new light on the mystery surrounding jackson's disappearance from capitol hill. but it also raises new questions about when he can head back to work. the sister of a man who killed a law enforcement officer and an innocent bystander near texas a & m university says her family is, quote, distraught by the havoc he caused. police say 35-year-old thomas kafaw opened fire while being served an eviction notice on his college station home. he was eventually shot and killed by other officers. there is still no word on why he opened fire.

your money is getting more expensive to manage. still ahead we'll show you why banks and atm fees keep going up. >> first the border war over a commuter tax. we'll have the latest on that when "washington post" columnist robert mccartney joins us in just a few moments. here's a live look outside... we'll have the latest weather and traffic weather and traffic in just a little bit. 

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8:12. making headlines in the day ahead, a military judge in texas will decide whether to day that the trial of major nadal hasan. he is the army psychiatrist accused of a deadly shooting rampage in 2009. his lawyers say they need more time to pore over documents related to the case. the trial is supposed to start monday. today local developers will outline how they plan to transform the old lower mall

site. the mall closed on may 1, but a groundbreaking today will usher in work on a new open town center, shopping plaza. this is the artist drawing here of what it would look like. there is no word when the new construction could be complete. the u.s. air force will test a hypersonic jet called the wave rider. the 25-foot-long unmanned vehicle can reach speeds of mach six more than 3,000 miles per hour. it could fly from new york city to london in an hour. a team of engineers will drop it off a b-52 bomber off the coast of california. wow. that's fascinating. i get nervous when a car gets up to 95 milesperr hour. had. >> too much speed for me. >> tucker barnes has a look at the weather and has a cute photo to show us. >> let's do it. time for my "first 5" photo of

the day. his parents tell us the 6-month- old was due on super bowl sunday but he arrived a couple of days early to catch the big game. [ laughter ] >> awesome. now he is just hanging out waiting for the first season of washington redskins. >> even he heard about rg iii! >> and whose jersey is behind him? >> i think -- is that green? >> good call. i think it is darrell green i think. >> i think that's a d. i don't know. just guessing. looks like a 28. >> it's darrell green. >> we are supposed to be looking at the kid. [ laughter ] >> he is well-dressed, as well. he has on a nice hat,

coordinated shirts and socks. >> that's a great hat. you look good in that hat. jayden, congratulations! can't wait for redskins season and keep our fingers crossed we have a good year. i have 10 seconds left. [ laughter ] rain showers east at crofton and bowie a few more out to the west winchester through loudoun county. generally morning rain is done and we'll have a cloudy day, maybe a little sunshine. let's switch maps. the possibility of a cold front approaching from the north and west. you can see it into central ohio. as that approaches later this afternoon, we could kick off another round of showers and storms and some of those could be strong if we get any sunshine at all here during the course of the day. officially slight risk for severe weather later this afternoon so be ready for the possibility. if we remain cloudy for much of the day, i don't think we'll see severe weather but any sunshine at all will drive good thunderstorms later today. 87 today and tomorrow. less humid, very pleasant by

thursday. check your cooler temperatures on saturday and sunday. upper 70s and low 80s. afternoon high much cooler this weekend. something to look forward to. let's get the latest from julie wright. >> reporter: we have help on the scene to remove a disabled vehicle. this is northbound 395 here at the pentagon. second lane from the left is chosed at the scene. georgia avenue south from the capital beltway had an accident in the center of the road. police are still here at the scene. georgia avenue delays leaving the capital beltway. stick with connecticut avenue. outer loop of the beltway slower across the american legion bridge towards tyson. outer loop of the beltway from landover from allen road, 32 minutes. southbound 270 below speed from 85 buckies town to old georgetown road. one hour and 18-minute commute on 270 with all lanes open.

that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." a commuter tax in d.c. is getting a cool reception in maryland. it could raise $1.2 billion in new revenue, enough to fund an 8th of the district's $9.65 billion operating budget but what are the chances that the district will be able to charge a commuter tax at this point? joining us now to talk about that more insight on this particular issue is robert mccartney the metro columnist with the "washington post." thank you very much, always good to see you. >> good to see you, wisdom. >> let's talk about this. a lot of people not happy about this. every time this counselors, a lot of people work in -- every time this comes up, a lot of people working in virginia and maryland, the odds of this passing or where it is serious and could happen? >> pretty low. this has been debated for years and it's always run afoul of opposition from maryland, especially maryland and

virginia delegations in the house. it would require and congressional act in order to change this. but one thing it's important to keep in mind. if the district added a commuter tax, it would not add to any individual's tax burden because if you -- i'm a maryland resident, for instance, i work in the district. but i would -- if i started paying a commuter tax to the district, i would get an offset, a credit on my maryland taxes. so it actually wouldn't -- i wouldn't actually be paying any more. the district would be getting some of my taxes that it's not getting now and maryland and montgomery county where i live would get less. it's a question of dividing the tax pie between the district and maryland and virginia and northern virginia and suburban maryland in particular. >> so the areas where you live will be getting less so that would take money out of their pocket? >> right. that's where the real effect s it's not on the individuals. it's how the money you're paying is being divvied up. >> is that why they are so

opposed to this? >> absolutely. >> officials in the other neighboring jurisdictions? >> when d.c. got home rule, which was, you know, by act of congress, the charter that gave the district home rule said it couldn't have a commuter tax. and that was basically a concession to maryland and virginia and so that's why you would have to have a congressional act to pass this. every city in the country practically every city in the country has this power to levy a tax on people who work in its geographical area. but the district doesn't because of this peculiarities of its system of government. but, you know, steny hoyer the very powerful, you know, democratic -- number 2 democratic leader in the house, he is, you know, adamantly against this. he of course represents prince george's county and parts of southern maryland. he is adamantly against this.

he's a very powerful guy. ee lidge. >> cummings an american congressman is adamantly opposed to this. even eleanor holmes norton the d.c. delegate is strongly in favor of this. but she said i don't have many illusions how likely this is to pass. >> with so much opposition -- and every time this comes up, it seems to get kicked down -- why does representative darrell issa bring this up once again? >> that is a good question. >> darrell issa. last month the republican from california very powerful chairman of the house oversight committee which has ultimate responsibility, you know, as a committee for the district's affairs, he mentioned during a hearing that he thought we should look at this again and he wants to have hearings about this. i think he basically said that because nat ghandi the chief financial officer of the district was testifying and kept talking about this

structural deficit that the district suffers because it can't levy a commuter tax and also, incidentally -- not coincidentally, because the district can't tax -- can't levy property taxes on all of the federal properties or embassies inside this area. so that leaves a big gap in its property taxes, as well. he kept mentioning this and issa said we ought to look at this that we can't levy this tax. so let's have hearings about this. issa didn't say he would necessarily support it but said let's talk about this and let's have hearings about it after the election so i imagine we will but it almost seems like issa was -- sort of acting on the fly there. it does not seem as though there's like a big groundswell to change this. >> always good to see you this early in the morning and talk

about these important issues. >> 8:21. coming up, the first lady opens up on the kissoff see around the world. why she says she and the president wouldn't pucker up during the kiss cam at an olympic basketball exhibition. >> and later, it was the national sport of great britain but it's getting more and more popular right here in the u.s. our own holly morris is live in boyds maryland getting a lesson in cricket. 8:22. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] the choice on debt...

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♪[ music ] first lady michelle obama went on the tonight show last night. the first question jay leno asked was about an incident last month at the verizon center. >> of course. team usa was playing an exhibition game when the president and first lady appeared to refuse to smooch for the kiss cam. mrs. obama had a pretty good story for jay leno. >> okay. so here's the story. all right? this is the background. the girls and i went somewhere else. we met him at the game and i had just walked in and sat down and i just saw my face on the jumbotron and i'm still a little embarrassed. i didn't see the kiss cam part. so i didn't know we were supposed to kiss. and then malia came over after we got booed for not kissing

and she was -- she was just disgusted with us. [ laughter ] >> really? >> she said, why didn't you kiss? and i was like kiss what? what are you talking about? she said you were on the kiss cam! were you supposed to kiss and we like we're not paying attention. [ laughter ] >> all right. as you see right there, the first couple did get a do-over for the kiss cam and the press fought back to make sure it was recorded. >> really. >> we're just a couple of gals talking. >> all right. [ laughter ] >> this is how you got me on this show. >> exactly. tell me everything. >> this is the strangest -- >> jon stewart turns to ice cream to comfort robert pattinson in his first interview. he has been mia since news broke that his girlfriend had an affair with a married director. pattinson never mentioned his ex by name but told the host

that regretted never hiring a publicist to help him through the scandal. >> all right. an ambulance fee sees new life in one maryland suburb and getting your hands on your own money could cost more. in the next half hour we're keeping an eye on your cash. >> but first, what happens when you tack a turn too fast on the edge of -- when you take a turn too fast on the edge of a cliff? this is what happened. dramatic images when "fox 5 morning news" continues. [ male announcer ] do you support work for welfare?

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making headlines here at home and around the world, a local community is mourning the loss of a marine killed in afghanistan. 31-year-old gunnery sergeant ryan jeske was from herndon, virginia. he and two others were gunned down by an afghan police

officer on friday. his family says they are not ready to talk about their son. he was married and he last saw his family at home in april. in syria's civil war, the rebels say they shot down a syrian fighter plane. unverified video shows the jet engine exploding but the regime says this morning, that the old soviet mig crashed after it had some kind of technical problem. later the rebels released a video they say shows a captured pilot. unlike previous captured soldiers who were summarily executed this prisoner says he has been well treated and calls for others to defect. take a look at this video. the driver takes a turn too fast. slides off the edge of a cliff. it happened sunday on the pike's peak international hill climb. the car flipped a dozen times but neither the driver or passenger were seriously hurt. they wrote on facebook that they were both just a little

beaten up. >> amazing. >> a miracle. >> kind of car is this? >> i guess it's a special -- >> is it a special -- is this some kind of race? >> apparently. i saw video of this earlier. apparently it's some kind of race they do in the area and he lost control when he hit the curve. >> special protective -- >> it probably had a roll cage. >> still. even in a roll cage, you see that, and you're -- >> two people? > that's like a movie. >> my next question is a car race a good idea on steep mountains on a curve like that going full speed? >> people like these challenges. i personally don't. >> again, when i get up to 80 miles per hour, i'm a little nervous. >> ned less to say i won't be participating in that. >> i never get that fast. >> over the speed limit, by the way... [ laughter ] >> in the past i have. >> okay. gotcha. >> not in my adult years. >> all right. [ laughter ] >> tucker? >> you were driving before you

were an adult? >> i'm going to get my publicist to get me out of this. [ laughter ] couple of rain showers across the area. south and east, let's see, clinton, you might have had a shower just a minute ago. that's about it. we have one other one here off just north looks like crofton, maybe bowie getting a light shower that's about it. so we are done with the rain for the time being. later today, possibility of additional showers and storms. we have the possibility of thunderstorms developing along a cold front so there's your morning showers. most of the rain now in northern maryland pushing up into pennsylvania. there's the cold front. that will approach later this afternoon. this is going to be a slow mover here and we'll start to get in here later tonight be moving through during the day tomorrow even into tomorrow evening it will be pushing to our east. so behind this cooler, drier air. but for today, lots of clouds around. i think we have the risk of additional showers and storms today. you might see a little period

of sunshine here midday. sunshine will fuel storms as the atmosphere will become unstable. rain cooled us off, 78 annapolis, 60s north and west, winchester and hagerstown 68. cloud cover holds things back a little today. 87, warm, humid afternoon, scattered storms returning. bounce around a little bit, sunshine thursday and friday. saturday looks cool 83 degrees. that's the weather. back to you. >> thank you. the controversial ambulance fee in montgomery county will stay. the volunteer fire rescue association decided to give up its fight to have it reversed. that means patients could be charged between $300 and $800 for a ride to the hospital as early as january. the association reached a deal with the county that would give volunteers 15% of the revenue. they will monitor ambulance calls to make sure they don't

drop because of the fee. if it seems like it's getting more expensive to maintain your money, a right. a new survey shows banks are raising rates on everything from monthly service fees to atm and overdraft fees. and the requirements to avoid those fees are getting harder to meet. banks blame those hikes on a new law that limits how much they can charge stores when customers pay with plastic. the legendary editor of cosmopolitan magazine died. helen gurley brown died yesterday at a hospital in new york city at the age of 90. brown first became famous when her boch, sex and the single girl, was published in 1962. she then spent 32 years as the editor and chief of cosmo transforming the racy magazine into single girls handbook to sex and glamour. she died. now when she took over,

circulation was below 800,000. when she left, it was at 2.5 million. you may know her best for her costarring role with george clooney in "up in the air" where she played a young woman struggling to find her place in a cutthroat industry. in the new animated movie paranorman, anna kendrick gives voice to a teenaged cheerleader who can't stand her family especially her little brother norman. our movie critic talked to kendrick about her role and why most movies just don't have enough zombies. >> i think zombies inherently make everything cooler in life just in general. and i think zombies need to be in basically every movie of all time. >> okay, great. it's funny, yesterday someone was asking me like to describe the film and i realized that i was like it's, you know, it's funny and it's warm and has themes about families and bullying and accepting what makes you different and it to your advantage and an

adventure and these kids coming together and there's zombies. great. so it's like there's so much going on in the film that i forget that it's always kind of at the backdrop of like a zombie invasion. >> you could hypothetically drop zombies in any classic movie of all time, what would make it cooler. >> casablanca zombies, african queen zombies. like, you know, kind of water treading zombies in african queen. >> your character has the most fascinating arc in the movie. i love the change without giving anything away that scene that you change. and i wanted to ask you, did you ever have to deal with like prejudges? your character prejudges norman at first and doesn't accept him for who he is but eventually something happens. did you feel like you were prejudged before walking on to an audition? >> in small ways, i remember being in a waiting room where every blonde girl was in the room for about 15 minutes and every brunette was in there for like 3. and i was just thinking, i should just go.

it's like, you know... they have clearly like made a decision already like based on, you know, hair color. so yeah, i mean, that's like a very specific example. but, you know, i think yeah, there are always situations where people are like not you not you. and the great thing about this was like they would see me as this kind of, uhm, force of nature cheerleader. they see whip smart casey as a dumb jock. they see tiny sarcastic as a bully. these are created people obviously. but i think it's great when they can see qualities in people that other people don't normally see. >> that's an interesting little cartoon movie. it may have some interesting plots to it. maybe good enough to spend a car that or two on. a dollar or two.

why the sounds of snoring from your child's room may be a problem. coming up. >> and the nats' giant victory in san francisco. we'll be right back. it's coming up on 8:39.

> pagan and it's gone. the offense pounded out a 14-2 victory with 21 hits, five players with at least lee hits each. geoo gonzales got his 15th win of the year. nobody was pitching for san francisco. they play tonight. the nationals have the best record in baseball. >> this would have been a joy to watch. [ laughter ] >> the cowboys opened up their preseason in oakland. >> safe to say both teams will have to make some improvements on offense. the first drive, tony romo finds dez bryant on the right side or is going to, hold it, there it is, it's coming, right here. i can see the future, there it is. 24 yards on that play. and that would be the one bright spot for big dallas. in the end, though, dallas would go on to -- tony romo

having problems already. they would only muster a field goal for this game. still good enough for a win, though. 3-0. what does that make oakland? >> really. >> wow. >> not good. [ laughter ] coming up a little later, grading the states when it comes to the national obesity epidemic. we'll have a live report on that. >> but first it's a game the bats and balls but it's not our national pastime. holly morris is live in -- oh- oh, she's gearing up. she is live in boyds, maryland are more. >> holly! >> reporter: good morning, all in a day's work for me. it's a little cricket 101. that's right. we are learning the international sport of cricket as we are live at the germantown soccerplex in boyds, maryland. coming up we'll talk bat basics of the game how you, too can suit up and get on the field. plus we're going to talk to the person that's the head of cricket in the whole country. it's all live next on "fox 5 morning news." we get the big guests here, stay with us, coming up next.

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>> claude tells us his little girl, who is adorable, wakes up every day and flips the channels until she finds fox 5. isn't that great? he says that even kids love tuning in. we love that. and congratulations, claude smith on a beautiful little give. for your chance to be a fan log on to our facebook page and leave a comment under claude's picture. have you ever been caught in a sticky wicket? >> that sounds funny. >> that's the metaphor used to describe a difficult circumstance generally in the sport of cricket. this is a sticky wicket. >> we are learning all about the game this morning with the washington cricket league. holly morris joins us. i didn't know those gloves were that big. >> reporter: this is something like the terminator would wear!

and then he was like aim a little concerned that they are so thick! [ laughter ] >> reporter: that i need this much patting in terms of playing cricket? we are indeed learning all about it. now, i'm not usually a diva but i said you know what? i'm not going to learn to play cricket unless i can talk to "the" most powerful person in the country in terms of the game of cricket and guess what, low and bow hold, they delivered. this is gladstone, the president of the usa cricket association. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: thank you for coming out. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: who knew the head of cricket in our country lived right here in our area. >> oh, well. a lot of people know. [ laughter ] >> reporter: a lot of people in the world of cricket know. that's right. and you know what? i understand that cricket is actually -- although it's an age-old game, it's gaining popularity as of late especially here in the u.s. why do you think that is? >> well, because of the innovation pattern right now and also the national cricket

conference [ indiscernible ] to globalize the sport so more or less, you know, you're trying more or less throughout the world to educate people about the sport, you know, and a lot of benefits about it. >> reporter: what's the biggest challenge in terms of breaking into the american market? >> first of all, you know, cricket takes up a lot of real estate. and also, you know, before the traditional sport because of the length of the game,america really didn't have time to be playing six-day games especially local. >> reporter: our attention span isn't that long. >> i don't know about the attention span but you have to acquire the type of, you know, i would say you have to acquire that kind of taste or that kind of -- >> reporter: this is a big mission to get kids involved in it so that they can start to acquire that taste at a young age. >> well, the thing about it now is that you have three forms of the sport right now. you have a 20/20 game which is more or less more suited to the american marketplace. the game lasts about three hours. similar to baseball,

basketball, football. then you have the 50 over game which last a day and you have the test cricket which is traditional. >> reporter: do you have the game that lasts 2 minutes? >> no. >> reporter: darn it. that's about how much time i have left. so i'm going to get a quick lesson in. thank you so much for coming out. my teacher is the president of the montgomery county cricket association. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: he is the one that suited me up. this is your traditional wear here? >> yes. this is the pad to protect your knee and shin, the shin guards. these are the gloves that help protect you from -- >> reporter: serious gloves. >> serious gloves because the ball is very hard. >> reporter: travels at what speeds, about? >> about 90 miles an hour. >> reporter: oh, gosh. can we make these thicker? [ laughter ] >> reporter: helmet for safety and your basic bat. >> to hit the ball. >> reporter: so is it most like the sport of baseball? >> it is very much like the sport of baseball. >> reporter: so three strikes

and i'm out? >> no. you have only one strike to get out. once you're out, you're out. >> reporter: pressure is out, one strike and i'm out for the day. [ laughter ] >> reporter: so you hold it. now, when you swing a bat for baseball, you swing it level, right? but this i'm doing lower? >> correct. >> reporter: like a golf swing. >> that is correct. >> reporter: when i see the pitch it's fast pitch softball? >> yes. they come over and the pitch -- let's go. >> that's a good one. >> whoo! >> excellent shot! >> how about that! is there any sunshine thing as a home run. >> yes. we get six runs when you had the a home run and home run basically means the ball is crossed and it's outside the boundary line. >> nobody is going to run and get it? >> no. >> reporter: you must be an excellent teacher. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to montgomery county cricket league. we have to the washington, d.c. cricket league and, of course, usa cricket league, as well.

coming up in the next hour they really do have a push for kids so we have some little kid cricket players coming out. we'll talk to them about their newfound love for the sport. back to you in the studio. >> i must say, holly, i'm learning a lot. thank you very much. we all know the value of a good night's sleep. but lots of us still tolerate bed rattling snoring. we know it's bad for adults. now a new study shows it's also behind some serious problems for our kids. for more on this we turn to fox medical team's dr. jo live in tampa. good morning, doctor. this is from the journal of pediatrics. tell us what they found. >> reporter: you know, these researchers looked at two and three-year-olds and found that snoring increased the risk of behavioral problems so they called these persistent snorers. these are kids that snored maybe twice a week, both at ages 2 and 3. so over a two- year period. and their risk of having these behavioral problems was about 35%. so again, i think the concern is we know that snoring later

on in adolescents, that can cause lots of problems as well that can sometimes be due to obstruction, obese. that can cause issues. but now they are saying it might also fact our toddlers. >> what kind of behavior problems did they track? >> they said it was hyperactivity, attention problems, maybe even depression. they also looked at things like cognitive function which they did find a correlation with but it wasn't statistically significant when they all theerred the numbers for various reasons. so when they looked at these particular kids, there was such a high rate of it, i guess the concern is that for parents, for pediatricians, i think they had they want to get the message out that if your kid is snoring, it's time to go to your doctor. >> is there any solution to this? diet, exercise? anything else? >> reporter: you know, here's the interesting thing. they did so it trending up on the bmi so the kids were

heavier. but not statistically significant not like older kids. kids that were breast-fed did so much better. if he this were breast-fed for five months it seemed to de-- if they were breast-fed for at least five months it seemed to decrease the possibility. also exposure to tobacco smoke. they measured the tobacco in th urine. they knew the child was exposed during pregnancy or childhood so they also found a correlation with that. so the more smoke, the worse it was. >> we are learning more about the obesity epidemic in the united states. correct me if i'm wrong. in this new study it says there are no states where the rate of obesity is less than 20%. is that right? >> that is correct. i think colorado was a winner. i think they were at about 20.7%. we saw huge numbers, no pun

instead. we saw some big numbers in mississippi, louisiana, they led off, west virginia was up there but it wasn't just states, you know, south of the mason-dixon line. we also some problems up as well. so the take home message for this is that the rates have climbed considerably since 1999 and 2000. but they seem to be somewhat steady when you compare them to 2007 and 2008. so are we plateauing? you know? hopefully are we going to go down? that's the question. >> the amazing thing is this comes at a time when more people are working out and eating better. >> reporter: they are. so maybe that's the key. maybe they are holding it at bay. but, you know, they estimate the cost at $147 billion. so that's billion dollars. 17% of our youth was considered obese. so again, you know, we're doing a lot and i think people are hearing it and i think parents are getting the message. but sometimes i think

translating that into an effective solution, you know, that can be extremely difficult. >> dr. jo, good to talk to you this morning coming to us live from tampa. see you soon. >> thank you. well, it's teen pop with a classic rock sound. still ahead in our next hour, the band new hollow joins us live in studio before tonight's show in baltimore. "fox 5 morning news" continues after the break. [ male announcer ] in 1996,

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