into order. there is a nice looking picture, the first nice view to have washington national cathedral we have had to week. i am tony perkins. >> i am sarah simmons in for allison seymour this week. temperatures are going down a little bit getting to be that time of year tucker barnes. >> it is. temperatures a little cooler each morning. not a bad start to your day, partly sunny scattered storms returning. regan national 74, not terrible, 59 fredericksburg, 53 winchester. looking at radar quiet yesterday we had showers and thunderstorms working through this hour we should be quiet much of the day as we get into

the afternoon hours cold front, started to move through yesterday, still hanging out that will likely serve as an area of lift here for additional showers or thunderstorms to redevelop at least the possibility of scattered storms later this afternoon warm and humid, highs expected to be upper 80s to 90 and then changes drier air starts to work back in later tonight details on that in just a couple minutes, 88 washington 90 fredericksburg, a little cooler off to the north and west, fort royal, 58 degrees. more details in just a minute let's find out who is going where on those roadways julie.

we are starting off with the crew in sky fox they happen to be above i-95, 5 took a hit in maryland because of accident the crash at the belt way. outer loop of the belt way, new hampshire, the wreck is to the shoulder southbound 95, headed back out toward 19 , heavy and steady as you work your way southbound. 20 to 25 minute commute out of laurel headed towards 495. back inside more trouble on 95, 95 northbound crash toward the outer exit, cleared now in the back up, that is where we have a crash left side of the roadway blocked again a tough commute out ovoidal city, toward the exit for the capital belt way no problems to report, looks pretty good out of rockville shady grove road to the belt way. all right thank you. the big story, martin o'malley set to sign the contentious bill to expand gambling in the state. >> this comes hours after the general assembly hammered out various amendments and passed the measure. melanie alnwick live with what this all means. >> reporter: good morning sarah. a very long night here in annapolis approval in the bill in the house and senate means prince georges county could

have a casino built no sooner than july 2016 if residents there approve not only the bill but casino site as well. it was 1:00 a.m. in the morning when prince georges county executive baker sent out a tweet saying wonderful night in annapolis, voters earned their right to be heard on the gaming issue thanks governor o'malley and the general assembly. it allows them to offer table mes with real cards and dealers not just electronic slots and video machines and allows casinos to operate 24 hours a day. it is all about jobrevenue, analysis done by the governor's office predicts table games alone will add 1800 jobs. 2200 if one is built. opponents say those are low wage. expanded gaming will bring in additional $200 million by 2019 to the state's education trust fund the public debate isn't

over yet. >> we will jeopardize creation of those 10,000 jobs. 3200 jobs already existing at maryland live. >> each casino has its own deal clearly, there are reservations. >> lawmaker agreed to cut taxes paid by casinos to compensate them currently they pork over 67% of -- fork over 67% of revenue to the state. now after governor o'malley signs the bill scheduled for 10:00 a.m. this morning it will be on the november ballot for voters to have the final say. >> thank you very much. meanwhile maryland lawmaker do leave special session with work unfinished state house and senate were not able to come to an agreement on a bill to address a controversial court ruling about pit bulls that finding deemed them inherently dangerous meaning plaintiffs in civil cases don't have to prove

the animal's violent prior behaviour. landlords can be held liable in dog bite cases on their property. it is a sign things are improving a couple government officials say state agencies saved enough money first half of the year to give state employees year end bonuses. governor mcdonald will announce savings. verizon will formerly hand over its 911 failure to metropolitan washington governing. verizon said it will improve, communication between 911 directors and operators they are auditing the back up power systems throughout the region. new this morning, a homicide investigation under way in prince georges county the incident happened early

this morning 6100 lock surrey square lane -- block surrey square lane. we will continue to bring you the latest as it comes into the newsroom. jury continues deliberations in the case of a month golly county man accused of killing -- montgomery county man accused of killing his step daughter. hang is charged with stabbing 12-year-old jessica, 45 times in may of 2011. he did not live in the home with her and her family but detectives tracked him down using dna found at the scene and cell phone records putting him in the area at the time of the murder. the race for president took a turn toward personal attacks as mitt romney ended his bus tour with harsh words for the president. doug luzader has the latest from capital hill. >> reporter: policy wise there is a lot of talk about medicare

on the campaign trail but the personal attacks are just flying. president obama doubled down on federally funded green energy projects, touring a wind mill farm in iowa it was his personal jab at mitt romney that got all the attention >> you can't drive a car with a wind mill on it. now, i don't know if he has tried that i know he has had other things on his car. >> reporter: a not so vailed reference to a romney vacation 30 years ago when a crate holding the family dog was strapped to the roof of the car. then vice president biden speaking to an audience including many african americans effecting a southern accent. >> unchain wall street [ booing from crowd ] >> they going to put y'all back in chains. >> reporter: mitt romney was incensed. >> so mr. president, take your campaign of division and anger,

and hate back to chicago. >> reporter: romney campaign pressed a new spot. >> obama cut $716 billion from medicare why? to pay for obama care. >> reporter: his new running mate drove that point home when he sat down for his first extended interview yesterday. >> president obama is damaging medicare for current seniors that is why i think this is the debate we want to have and the debate we will win. >> reporter: the president's campaign disputes that charge but looks like medicare will play a much bigger role in this campaign. in washington doug luzader fox news. on the campaign trail, the president wraps up his 3 day bus tour in iowa and first lady michelle obama joins him. republican mitt romney fund raises in north carolina and alabama and congressman ryan is

attending a victory rally tonight in oxford ohio. sarah, a major change to immigration policy begins today young illegal immigrants brought to the u.s. as children can now apply the delay any deportation action the government may take against them. fox 5s. lauren demarco live in our net center with more good morning lauren. >> good morning tony officially being called, deferred action for childhood arrivals. it is actually a way to protect yourself if you are eligible, from deportation also to apply for a work permit now, the department of homeland security has a lot of information on their website we have been looking at that. some requirements you need to have been under the age of 31, as of june 15th this year and come to the u.s. before your 16th birthday and continuously resided in the u.s. for the past five years, also a $465 application fee and you have to

several documents in order. >> waiting for a passport we want to get them because obama might be asking for them we don't know what the requirements are but we are trying to get ahead of time and trying to have all our documents ready. >> u.s. officials are accepting applications for deferred action, young immigrants brought to the u.s. as children might be able to stay. similar to the dream act congress didn't pass in 2010. estimates vary but as many as a million young people could apply for this protection outside of houston's mexican consulate tuesday more than a thousand people lined up waiting for pass tort documents. >> we have a dream to reach our goals to be some body. >> their age and education lee kilometre an hourments applicants with significant criminal records -- educational requirements. applicants with significant criminal records could not be

allowed. >> what if they want to deport us after they have all our information where we live everything. >> now deferred deportations are not permanent applicants have to apply every two years obama administration is clarifying this will not lead to permanent citizenship. tonight in langley park, there is a clinic at 5:30 p.m. >> we will talk more about this issue during the 8:00 a.m. hour. coming up, 7:11 a.m., still ahead a major wireless carrier kicking off a campaign to help a certain group of distracted drivers to stay safe behind the wheel. >> why firefighters are fighting an up hill battle. yet another tv veteran a look back at the life of ron palilo.

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a huge blast making headlines in syria's capital. a fuel truck blew up in damascus. not far from a hotel used by un workers three people were injured none un staff. top pentagon staff are worried about iran's role in the syrian civil war. defense secretary leon panetta, and martin dempsey say iran is helping syria build and train militia to fight rebels. firefighters are not just battling wild fires but fighting mother nature flames are fed by wind, heat and dry conditions a fire in central

washington burned 70 homes and only 10% contained. state of emergency declared by hundred offs people, and they have been evacuated e officials expect more orders to comical fourneau, crews are using helicopters to stop a wild fire from spreading to homes near san diego. real dignified. the actor famous for playing arnold horshak has died his agent said he died yesterday of a heart attack in palm beach garden florida. he continued to make guest appearances on other tv shows and went on to teaching acting to high school students. he was 63 years old. time now 7:16 a.m., good morning to tucker barnes for the latest on weather. i am looking forward to the weekend. >> cool weather? >> yeah everybody is working for the weekend. >> we are always doing that.

>> everybody is working for the weekend. >> you know what works is a head band. >> yeah, even better. >> yes, we will be working for the weekend too. right to your numbers 74 washington, you knowa across country, because guess what the real heat out to the west for a change instead of around here. 74 in town. cooler air is driver out to the west, cincinnati 65, 67 chicago, then you get well out to the west there is your heat into the four corners, out in vegas, 89 right now, a lot of heat out there, what is going to happen with the jet stream, big ridge of high pressure will build out west extreme temperatures in the western statefor us that is good news because for a change, jet streams will dip down in our area we will have a cool down as we get into the weekend temperatures for a change will be well below normal our high temperatures on saturday and

sunday, will only be in the upper 70s and low 80s. get ready for major changes today, looking at partial sunshine could there be an afternoon thunderstorm yes will there be? possibly. a piece of energy, eastern kentucky and tennessee will start to push back and encounter our cold front hung up against the area currently. that will give us scattered showers and thunderstorms, night time hours, high pressure will build in, dry weather on the way tomorrow looks fantastic warm highs upper 80s less humidity and a lot of sunshine there is your weekend cool down could be a few thunderstorms saturday high temperatures only upper 70s and low 80s we haven't done that in months. >> no, we haven't. >> i am glad i haven't seen triple digits that was brutal. >> maybe we are done with that for summer. >> hope so. >> all right thank you much. >> julie is here with the latest on this mornings rush hour traffic. >> i cannot believe you people the triple digits.

>> we don't want to. >> you wait when i get this much snow on my drive way all three of you are going to come shovel >> you want trim dings. >> you said 85 and sunny. >> i like 85 and sunny i am not going to complain about triple digits, you start talking 3 feet of snow on the ground, i am hiding under the bed with the dog. jenny checked in police activity still here on the outer loop of the belt way where we had the earlier crash, past new hampshire avenue. lanes are open, and again travelling the outer loops heavy volume as you work your way southbound, 270, continuing down toward the exit. northbound i-95, problems here earlier this morning accident activity outer loop that cleared northbound 95, slow, earlier crash cleared out of the roadway so lanes are open

once again very much a slow ride northbound along i-95, mainline traffic on 3 -9d 5, -- 395, duke street. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you. at&t kicking off program to get people to stop texting while driving an intense anti texting campaign and will end next month with a pledge day september 19th. starting to day workers on wisconsin avenue northwest are handing out sticker and getting people to sign the pledge you are also going to notice they are wearing shirts with that slogan, no texting onboard trying to get that to stick. good idea. 7:20 a.m.,. >> more trouble for the dulles rail project. >> reinventing the toilet. kind of like reinventing the wheel should we try?

>> wait until you hear details. >> fresh from london olympics, coach from the women's gold medal basketball team joins us live and talk with crystal lainghorn of the mystics, stay with us

i'm barack obama and i approve this message seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? 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.

>> transportation secretary ray la hood is warning those over seeing the dulles project to shape up. la hood and several leaders from virginia, maryland and dc expressed concerns over recent reports the board spent lavishly on air travel, meal, and wine. they expressed outrage at reports of nepotism and lucrative no bid contracts going to former board memberemployees. fairfax county public schools repaying the federal

government $1 million after an investigation revealed the school system false fied grant documents. the settlement ends an 8 year legal battle over a multi million dollar grant awarded in 2000 the grant was supposed to fund programs for nearly 1200 underprivileged children in 2004 an audit by the school system revealed the grant application had forged signatures and other false fied documents. bill gates foundation wants to reinvent the toilet. >> scientists from around the world have taken up the call lane on the billionaires foundation is holding a competition to remodel the toilet for the 2.5 billion people around the world who don't have modern sanitation the new toilet must operate with a minimal amount of water without electricity or septic it must also operate at a cost of 5¢ a day the foundation hopes to field test its first promo types within the next three years. i was reading about this yesterday. >> good idea. >> sounds like a joke but in

many parts of the world they don't have modern toilet facilityit leads today seize and death. >> good for them. -- to, disease and death. good for them. >> videos are surfacing about support for the congressman from some top democrats, politics in depth, after the break. live lookout side right now, 270, a little dave mathews, i haven't heard him in awhile maybe you could listen to him today, a decent drive in, looks like hopefully any way the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie up next up next

hey, mom, good morning what are we going today. >> what are we doing today? >> sam, no. >> hello ben. >> how long you in town for? i need to calibrate my expectations. we are looking at a few clips from ben and kate one of the new shows to come this fall on foxes hilarious tuesday night. >> if you are laughing now,

wait until you -- i am. wait until you watch these shows at an exclusive advance screening in los angeles, enter to win this grand prized trip now on myfoxdc.com. you could be one of five first prize winners with each receiving a $50 american express gift card, or 15 second prize winners who each receive two tickets to advanced screening here in dc area. you must be 18 or older, live in dc maryland or virginia to enter. got the roll out the new season. >> yeah. >> always the great time of year. i remember being a kid when september rolled around >> i used to love it. >> the new showings came back or those who you love. it is the best time of year except for the fact you had to go back to school. >> all right weather, warm and humid across the region upper 80s to 90.

yes, there could be another thunderstorm in the forecast just like yesterday i know yesterday many of us didn't see much but in northern maryland, baltimore they got hit hard yesterday. it is possible we could see a few additional strong storms later the day, partly sunny, afternoon storms back in the forecast, cold front we were talking about yesterday, tomorrow beautiful upper 80s to 90. warm but not with much humidity or sunshine. nice looking thursday. cool down shows you the map a few minutes ago, upper 70s and low 80s. something to look forward to few you had enough of this summer heat. 74 washington, 72 leonard town, 60s further north and west, 66 manassas. 60 the winning number in frederick. 66 hagerstown as well right now and again with a mix of clouds and a little sunshine to start your day. all right, you can see the cloud cover and we have a little piece of energy out west, eastern kentucky and tennessee that will move into

the region later today what it will encounter is our cold front from yesterday, got just far enough into the area to kind of sit here and waiver, and try to fall apart, but as this moves into that cold front that will provide us with a lift an area of lift here, showers and thunderstorms redevelop this afternoon. more daytime sunshine, more heating we get better chances we will see afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms. good news we will get that front east of us tonight. 88 partly sunny skies, afternoon showerstorms return, winds north and west 5 to 10. showers and storms will continue into the early evening hours gradual clearing overnight a little dryer, 69 the overnight low that will be great temperature here in washington and there is your forecast tomorrow, it will be warm tomorrow upper 80s to 90 but without a lot of humidity and sunshine it should feel good. friday hot and steamy, 91.

that cold front means business. saturday and sunday daytime highs upper 70s and low 80s. that is weather let's do traffic. latest from julie good morning. >> good morning tucker. busy on the roads we still have delays as you travel southbound 95, 198 to the belt way 14 minute commute, 16 miles an hour outer loop as you work through college park headed over towards silver spring. now for cameras travelling down south wilson bridge traffic flowing freely, 270 rockville no big tie ups to report hitting the brakes out of rockville. northbound i-95, as you travel from dale city past the prince william parkway, two separate accidents one in wood bridge, lanes open traffic heavy and slow that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right julie. vice president biden makes way with a speech in southern

virginia he told an audience, mitt romney would wreak havoc on the middle class if elected the vice president said rom know plans to let big -- romney plans to let big banks make their own rules and put the middle class quote unquote in chains. jim innocenzi and emily executive director of young democrats of america sitting in for you know, jim's usual sparring partner, peter feen who is off vacationing. what is he doing? he is like his place in the cape i don't know. any way, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> let's start off talking about this comment made yesterday by biden he was mentioning to this crowd they would -- romney would unchain wall street regulation and saying after that, put you back in chains. some said he was talking to a

significant amount of african voters, some are saying this is a new low. >> isn't this the interesting part about having biden in a race you really never know what he is going to say i think his larger points that romney and ryan want to go back to failed economic policies that got us into this mess to begin with, unfortunately was lost by his poor choice of words, but you really never know what biden is going to say >> do you think it is okay what he said? >> no, i think it was an extremely poor choice of words given the context he was in virginia i understand later in the speech he thought he was in north carolina not that it makes it better but when biden goes off that is biden. >> it is one of those moments you just slap your forehead and go really? again? you really do. and i think the amazing thing is this guy has been doing this four yeargetting away with it four years if this was a

republican they would scream to get him off the ticket. just tone deaf and not a great thing to say in the setting he said it in. you know, emily is right, you know, his point was well taken if you would have said it in a different way but it is just more of the same. the sad part is, is there a lot of bigger issues we need to talk about now we will spend a day talking about the biden comments. >> let's talk more then about perhaps what you know people are talking about congressman paul ryan, obviously romney's pick both sides are saying different things about that. but there was some previous comments made, from erskine bowls. giving paul ryan a complement

let's listen to what he had to say about him >> he is honst, straightforward, sincere and the budget he came forward with is just like paul ryan, a sensible, straightforward, honest, serious budget and it cut the budget deficit just like we did by $4 trillion. >> emily, people look at this and say wow, he is saying he is on the democratic side he is giving complements here does this make democrats hypocritical. >> well, i think there is a different between respecting someone respecting their drive for public service absolutely respect that for paul ryan he had a drive for public service there is a difference between that and respecting him as a person and agreeing with his fundamental ideology and business of the country i definitely agree with jim, earlier points we should focus on the policies focus on what will make for a better future and the president has welcomed ryan to the race, and he

fundamentally disagrees with his vice. >> how much does this help? >> well, it didn't take long for democrats to jump all over paul ryan. and of course frankly paul ryan said there is a big difference between his view how the country should run versus how the president's view of the country should run but, what you hear, the whole you know thing about medicare and all the rest, that argument you have, it is sort of tampered by a guy who is bill clinton's chief of staff who basically said more than i just respect this guy he is a bright guy and has serious ideas which frankly is what i think you saw coming out of this weekend this is a guy i think this whole romney ryan ticket is now going to be about big ideas. i think it does hurt him because i think democrats look petty when they start scaring people and calling people different names and doing things like that. it goes back to what we were talking about which turns off a lot of voters let's have

discussions about policy not play these little games. >> i think it is sadly almost surprising, given our last vice presidential nominee, on the republican side he is coming in with strong ideas, with a clear vision, so i think, you know, we are very happy, everyone,. >> i think the voters in america really are looking for answers they want solutions for the problem. so for people to call each other names it just doesn't work any more i think they are willing to listen to both sides of the story. think this is a refreshingly good idea. we will see what happens. >> we will also see what happens as the conventions come up here quickly, looking ahead to the republican convention, we see chris christy and marco rubio having pretty big roles at the convention. is that looking forward to the 2016 presidential ticket? are there going to be rising stars in a sense? >> well, you presume that mitt

romney loses, you are talking about 2016, no. you hope mitt romney is running for re-election, 2016 but the bigger picture, a it is in the florida, marco rubio is a hispanic has a great story to tell, chris christy is a republican governor democrat state, said a lot of things controversial but they are blunt and in your face and not the politicalically correct thing to say. i think both cases it will be a good night for the republicans >> any reason we think sarah palin -- was there anything behind that why she wasn't asked to the podium >> i don't think it was her choice someone has a reason. they are also not asking the most recent former president, bush to speak they are trying to distance themselves from the most recent republican party of the past. >> thank you so much for coming in. >> you bet. >> maybe we can get her back in here to take you on soon.

>> thanks jim. thank you very much. 7:40 a.m., on this wednesday morning. still ahead, a high profile murder trial could come to a screeching halt today. we will tell you why drew peterson may leave court a free man. now that the london olympics are over the olympic flag has a new home for the next four years, 7:41 a.m., we will be right back 

the drew peterson murder trial is making headline it is judge may declare a mistrial after prosecutors mentioned the subject they were told not to bring up in front of jurors he is on trial for the death of his third wife thought to have accidentally drown in 2004 she was charged after his fourth wife disappear add few years later. the olympic flag is on its way to rio today the site of 2016 summer games, the president welcomed home the country's olympic pedal winners rio will -- medal winners rio

will be the first south america can country to welcome the games. plus they are hosting the world cup. >> all systems go in brazil. >> amazing how much work they have to do, buildings be built. >> in some cases, yeah, for some cities, olympics is a big boom to others it is not. >> we hope for the best for them we hope for the best for us today and our weather. >> it will be fine. warm and humidity expected upper 80s to 90. possibility of storms later today and expect yesterday, some of those could be on the strong side. >> okay. >> yeah, most of the activity north of us, north earn maryland and baltimore they -- northern maryland and baltimore. they got hit hard. last couple mornings temperatures have been a little better, backing up lower 60s 70s. future cast see what we can find and conditions for the

first half of the day partly sunny and then a tendency to cloud up later today there you go let's check out 4:00 p.m., scattered showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast, cold front try to get through yesterday, stuck p. it will feel a push later this afternoon and tonight to the east. as long as it is in the the neighbourhood we will have the rest of the showers and is thunder storms in the forecast. as we get into the night time hours, things should quiet down notice clearing check it out by midnight start to clear out less humidity good looking thursday tomorrow, with highs upper 80s to 90 but without a lot of humidity it should feel great. friday, hot and steamy, 91 degrees. lookout strong storms, late friday, saturday, sunday, cool upper 70s low 80s. >> all right beautiful weather i am so looking forward to that tucker. >> let's check with julie and get the latest on traffic. >> hey, you guys we had a tough ride on 95, now this is another accident, popped up northbound i-95 as you approach triangle

over turned vehicle, heads up out of stafford, headed up towards quantico and then the pace will remain slow, out ovoidal city towards the capital belt way, 395 on the brakes duke street to seminary road, inbound 14th street bridge, 32 miles an hour out of manassas, heavy and slow, inbound near 50 fair oaks back up to speed at the belt way, 54 miles an hour as you make your way over to 495, all lanes are open no problems to report fair oaks but down to 16 miles an hour as you travel eastbound this morning. you will find lanes are open if you are continuing northbound i- 95, no problems here in wood bridge but delays are still stacking up approaching triangle because of the earlier crash. laned open, southbound 270, falls road out toward it is split that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thanks julie. >> >> still ahead, o's limb pick success -- olympic success. >> hey, holly.

>> that's right if you want to know what it is like to win a gold medal look no further than the mystics. the coach is hanging out with us she is just back from being a part of team usas success in london and along with her, star of the mystics, on the practice court with us as well live at verizon center this morning talking all thingses basketball why you need to come out and see them for yourself. stay with us

i'm barack obama and i approve this messasage seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? 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.

she helped take the usa women's basketball team to olympic glory now she is back in town helping the mystics take over the court >> they are celebrating their 15th anniversary holly morris joins us from the verizon center

>> you have to be impressed they are celebrate egg their 15th anniversary if you go -- celebrating their 15th anniversary if you go, that is not their current jersey this is my retro jersey this is how long we have been supporting the mystics here i went through my closet found my mystics stuff i knew i would talk to special people and pulled outnumber 22, because i knew it was your former number. >> like it. like it. >> see how i represent >> way to represent. >> and crystal langhorn we have to start with you congratulations on your gold medal. >> thank you. >> that has to be an maizing experience. >> such a great experience, words can't describe it but when you are in that moment and putting you know, this time i wasn't able to put the medal around my neck because i was the coach but when you are in that moment and you are seeing the flag raised hearing the national anthem in a different

country and different city you know, you are not just representing your family or friends, i mean you are representing your whole country. >> i know you won the gold medal as a player in 88 does it mean something different as a coach. >> yes, it does. it is almost as if you are a proud mama. i was really happy for them to go through all of what they have been through and to experience that moment, you know, because it was a tough tournament, and you know, they accomplished that goal in such little time a lot of teams had many months and actually years to prepare, and we only had one month to prepare, and -- >> you clearly made a statement. >> yes we did >> i want to make sure we get this picture on as well you got a chance to meet the first lady i would thing that was a special moment as well. >> probably one of the most special of my life she is so personable and just, so genuine and you know, a person of her stature to have that type of,

you know, being that type of person, to me, is just kind of unheard of you know you kind of they are distant but she just you know represents our country so well she is a great ambassador and what a great moment that was. >> well, that is all in the history books now it is back to work. >> yes. >> with mystics and this young lady here, crystal, leading scurrier and rebounder last season now first and foremost are we going to see you in rye joe? >> yes, that is a goal. >> we want her on team usa four years from now. >> yes, and i am going to -- rio. >> yes, that is a goal. >> we want her on the team usa, in four years. what are you focussing on

now? >> offence. we really have been working on executing and getting better at that. >> since the wnba took that month off during olympics what did you do? that is in if middle of your season. >> we just did a lot of individual stuff working on skills, shooting ball handing, working on defense working on things to get better as individuala team. >> as you transition from coaching the olympic team back to wnba what is the biggest difference in type of play international versus what goes on here? >> i mean, definitely more back to back games. you are able to prepare a little better because, the space you have between games i mean, you are going at it pretty tough. >> what are we thinking how do you think we will know if you can turn it around this season?

>> i think it will probably start with this weekend we are able to come out with a back to back indiana and minnesota, just playing those games will make a statement. >> what about the wnba support some people might be surprised to think you are celebrating your 15th anniversary that says something there. >> it is huge. the league has been here for 15 years we are still going strong. >> what about you for 15 years? i mean wnba did you ever think when it started it would be around, 15 years later? >> i didn't. i am going to be honest i didn't. you know even me coming in as an older player, i got such a short time to play in wnba you know, even then i thought well, maybe a few more years. pgh >> thank you both so much for your time myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to the mystics find out their schedule see a game yourself. she has to go back to work she has to do some scouting >> yes. >> we will not see her any more. congratulations you are staying

around. >> yes. >> she is going to take us through a little training next hour. i love it when i get to look up to my guests in more ways than one back to you in studio. >> thanks holly. for the first time young illegal immigrants can file applications to avoid deportation and gain a work permit. ahead at 8:00 a.m., the author of a book called press 2 for english about his five point plan for reforming immigration policies here in the u.s. >> new photos continue to emerge from mars, courtesy of curiosity rover. time 7:57 a.m. wisdom is back with tony up next [ male announcer ] you paididn to medicare for years.

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>> your realtime captioner: linda macdonald. straight ahead at 8:00, vegas style gambling gets the green light in maryland. now the final say is in the hands of the voters. we'll have a live report. plus a health alert about the food on your breakfast plate. why one new study says eggs could be as bad as cigarettes. and later, a closer look at the state of immigration reform in the united states with author

robber is van any, his new book, press 2 fo english. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> tucker barnes has the latest forecast. looks decent. >> not bad. partly sunny skies, scattered thunderstorms later with warm and humid conditions expected upper 80s to about 90. >> we know this routine. let's start off with a look at your temperatures. ocean city it seems like much of the reasonable has gone to in the past week. 76 degrees. looking at our satellite-radar, notice -- wow, notice thunderstorms from last night.

big thunderstorms across north- central maryland across baltimore with flooding issues overnight. starting off partly to mostly cloudy. we'll see breaks of sun during the course of the day fueling storms this afternoon. that cold front from yesterday still hanging out in our neighborhood. 88 in washington. 90 fredericksburg. 88 la plata. scattered thunderstorms return later today. >> thank you. >> julie has the rush hour traffic. >> reporter: 95 has been the eyesore this morning. we had accident at triangle overturned vehicle. northbound 395 better than expected across the 14th street bridge across the potomac. gw parkway stacks up heading for the key bridge. eastbound 66 coming inbounded leaving fair oaks lanes open no problems towards the capital beltway. slow stretch out of rockville towards the split.

that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." thank you. new this morning, as of today, young illegal immigrants can begin applying to have the government delay any deportation action against them. this is thanks to the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. the program offers eligible participants a two-year reprieve from deportation. but it is not a path to citizenship. president obama announced the controversial program back in jean after congress failed to pass the "dream act." critics of the program say it's back door amnesty. the maryland general assembly passed the bill for gambling. melanie alnwick is following the developments of the big story live at the statehouse in annapolis. >> reporter: good morning. it was certainly a very long tuesday evening here in annapolis as opponents of the bill lobbed amendment after amendment in the house of

delegates. it was eventually approved and passed over to the senate for approval. that happened well after midnight. governor o'malley is expected to sign the bill this morning and that means that maryland will allow a casino to be built in prince george's county, no sooner than july of 201. it also allows casinos in maryland to offer table games not just electronics and slots. they have not been allowed to do so thus far. supporters say it's all about jobs and revenue. opponents say they don't believe there are enough customers to support another casino in the state and that the jobs are primarily low wage. voters will have the final say in a ballot referendum in november where whether to approve the measure. >> the voters i think passed the original slot machine bill with nearly 60% of the vote so i think yeah the voters will uphold this and let me go out on a limb, i think the voters of prince george's county will,

as well. >> reporter: lawmakers did agree to cut the tax rates paid by the casinos to compensate them. currently they have to fork over 67% of their revenue to the state. and they would reduce that amount by as much as 16% depending on the location of those casinos. state analysts believe that expanded gaming in the state will bring in an additional $200 million a year by 2019 to the state's education trust fund. but as we can see, tony, the debate still is far from over in the public eye. >> all right. the voters will get their say. melanie, thank you very much. summer is over for students in one virginia suburb. today louisa county public schools are back in session. officials say they spent the summer fixing earthquake damage at all six schools. but louisa county high and thomas jefferson elementary are still shut down. those students will continue going to class in modular buildings. as the white house race

heats up the attacks become more brutal. yesterday presumptive gop presidential nominee accused president obama of running a campaign of division and hate. now, at the same time, both vice-presidential candidates are taking their share of shots. hundreds of union protestors greeted congressman paul ryan last night in las vegas and joe biden is taking heat for remarks he made in southern virginia. >> he said the first 10 0 days he is going to let the big banks write their own rules, chain wall street. >> boo! >> they're going to put y'all back in chains. >> mitt romney slammed the comment saying the white house is sinking lower. biden denounced the criticism but said he meant to use different words. president obama wraps up his tour in iowa with the first lady and mr. romney will

campaign in alabama. in the headlines, a fire in washington state has destroyed at least 70 homes and scorched more than 40 square miles since breaking out on monday. some 900 people have fled homes in the path of the flames. so far, no injuries reported. meanwhile, in idaho a 20-year- old firefighter died fighting a blaze when she was hit by a falling tree. and fire crews in california are continuing to battle wind and triple-digit temperatures to stop the spread of multiple wildfires. health officials in dallas county, texas, are preparing for a full force aerial attack against mosquitos. they are trying to combat the rapid spread of west nile virus. at least 15 people are dead and more than 380 others infected across the state. the cdc says the united states is seeing the largest spike in west nile cases since 2004.

all right. three people were hurt when a fuel truck exploded in syria's capital this morning. it happened near a parking lot used by the army command and near a hotel used by u.n. workers. the u.s. is concerned that iran is melding in the syrian civil war. defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman mark dempsey say iran is helping syria build and train a militia to fight the rebels. should the united states shut its borders? still ahead at 8:00, author rob sobhani joins us live with his five-point plan to fix immigration. >> but first, got your tickets? how much is tonight's powerball drawing worth? and how many people are hoping to get lucky? it's 8:08. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] do you support work for welfare?

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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. looking at the day ahead a montgomery county jury could return a verdict in the david hang murder case. he is the man accused of stabbing his 12-year-old stepdaughter to death last may. prosecutors say he killed

jessica lynn because he was angry his divorce from her mother was taking too long. also today, the ma n accused of a shooting rampage at fort hood will likely enter a not guilty plea. major nadal hasan faces 13 murder charges but can't plead guilty because he faces the death penalty if convicted. jury selection in the army psychiatrist's trial is scheduled to begin monday. and finally, powerball fever returns! tonight some lucky lottery player could win $305 million. the virginia lottery expects to sell more than a million tickets alone at a rate of 2,000 per minute at peak times today. >> mm, mm, mm. >> man, it would be nice to have that amount of money >> you know what? i would take 1% of it. >> well, yeah. >> i'll take $1,000. [ laughter ] >> you know. >> something. >> just give me something. make my day go a little bit better. [ laughter ] tucker barnes is here. i don't know if he is playing the lottery or not but he has a dual task right now, tucker, weather and cuteness.

>> i will take the whole thing, you guys. [ laughter ] >> you're greedy! >> oh, yeah. at this particular time all. time for my "first 5" photo of the day. she loves the pool! >> yes. >> the earlier you get them in the pool the bet engineer that's true, isn't it? >> a natural swimmer, swimming for the american team in a couple of years. naturally she loves watching the weather here at fox 5 so she knows it's a good day to go out and play in the pool. >> she is adorable! >> love the picture. >> i say give the thumbs up for going into the pool the first half of the day. into the afternoon, parents might want to bring you in because of thunderstorms. here's your personal forecast. your pool forecast for today. did julie look like that when she was four months old?

>> i bet. >> partly cloudy skies today, into the afternoon the -- partly sunny skies into the afternoon, the possibility of storms concern. could be numerous. tomorrow nice and dry low humidity, upper 80s to about 90. should be a beautiful thursday and a cooldown this weekend. high temperatures by saturday and sunday believe it or not only in the upper 70s and low 80s. so we haven't done that since the beginning of june. there's your satellite-radar. cloud cover off to the west and south and some rain showers into eastern kentucky. a little piece of energy out there and that's going to slam into our cold front that tried to come through yesterday. bottom line on the forecast today partly sunny. we are going to heat things up. and then as that rain shower activity moves in from the west, we'll probably see some scattered showers and thunderstorms develop around here later today. so i would be ready for that possibility anytime after about 2:00, 3:00. there is your forecast. 88 today. tomorrow looks gorgeous. cooldown for the weekend, not going to rain all weekend. i got a facebook message asking about saturday night. you should be fine saturday night. i don't think we'll have a big-

time rain around here but cool, 82. that's weather. let's do some traffic with julie wright. >> reporter: more importantly, what's happening to saturday night, am i invited? that's the story! [ laughter ] >> right now i'm working on an invite for me. >> tell her i'm the plus one. we'll get in. >> reporter: all right. on the roads now this is northbound 395 here at duke street heavy volume past landmark towards seminary road. the pace is better across the inbounded 14th street bridge. dw parkway stacked up towards the key bridge and you will find traveling that 14th street bridge corridor no incidents to report across the potomac. lanes are open at each of the anacostia bridges at this time. traveling southbound along 270 lanes are open no trouble spots to report out of germantown headed for the split. that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." could the solution to the nation's unemployment problem be close the borders for five years? that's one of the propositions

in a new book by rob sobhani. his book "press 2 for english" charges into the issue of immigration reform. he argues that a flood of immigrants is taking away jobs from chronically underemployed americans many blacks and relatively simple ways to shore up the u.s. economy by limiting immigration. rob sobhani joins us now. thank you for coming in, sir. a different topic we're talking about with you today. >> yes. >> and it's a provocative one. >> very. emotionally charged issue. >> i know you're very emotional about it. before we get to the meats and potatoes of the book, you are critical of our immigration policy or as it's been over the last several years, today we have this new initiative. the deferred action for childhood arrivals. young illegal immigrants can apply for delayed deportation and apply for work permits. what do you think about this program? >> i think the extent that these children are given a

chance for education it's good because an educated person is what our society needs. what i would have liked to see president obama have done is attach a caveat to it where armed with a degree from our colleges in public health or maybe economics or accounting, they would go back to their home countries and serve for two years in their home countries so they become familiar with the problems in their home countries so that their children don't have to leave, so their children could be the foundation of building mexico, el salvador, honduras, because at the end of the day, i think it's important that service be part of whatever we offer those in this country illegally, as well. >> you also argue that one of the underlying problems is that in some of these other countries, poor countries, because it's so poor there, that's why people want to come here which we all know. but you say that our government should do something to help support those poor economies. >> yes. i'm a foreign policy expert and

wrote this book from that perspective. if american foreign policy starts focusing on latin america instead of pacific, we will create wealth in our southern hemisphere. let's just take an example. today we have 240,000 el salvadorans in our community in microloans for these salvadorans, hard working folks to be able to go back to their country, $3 billion is a huge amount of money, so they all pool their resources together, they go back to el salvador, open up a chipotle, a mcdonald's franchise, now what we have done is we have allowed a group to go back voluntarily, absolutely voluntarily, but then we have created jobs for the african-american community. one -- >> here. >> here in our country. one of the biggest unjust happenings in my opinion is that both political parties have abandoned the african- americans. >> you say that is because the

young african-american community, those are the people who frequently lose jobs to these illegal immigrants. >> absolutely. absolutely. today in ward 8 in washington, d.c., we have 33% unemployment. in baltimore, 44% of african- american teens are unemployed! 44%! when today, 1.7 million more young people enter the workforce because of the president's executive order, what's going to happen to these young teens? it's only natural that they are going to get into trouble. and that's not right. we need to find justice for both sides of the equation. >> what about the argument that some people make, though, that, you know, people -- you're saying that some of these jobs are going to illegal immigrants. but what about the argument that some people make that some young americans don't want these jobs. otherwise, they would be applying for the jobs. they don't necessarily apply for the jobs. and some of them aren't qualified for even some of the most basic jobs because of lack of education or opportunities.

>> i don't buy that argument. i think politicians are being very disingenuous to the american people when they suggest that you and i are lazy and don't want to do those jobs. i live in an area where a mile from me is a place called tobey town. it's african-american. it's an enclave full of people ready, willing and able to work. but they can't. why? because when you have a huge pool of labor, wages go down. and when wages go down, who will want to be able to work at $5, $6 an hour? what we need to do is create wealth south of the border so there is a magnet for those illegal immigrants to go back voluntarily but so our american population especially african- americans gets a chance at the american dream by allowing this broken immigration system to continue, we are relegating minorities to

third class citizenship. >> your five-point plan for immigration policy, start with make english official u.s. language. enforce immigration laws that currently exist. five-year immigration moratorium reevaluate the reunification of families and the like and promote economic growth in poorer nations. >> the last point promoting economic growth, if we just redirect part of our trade from china to mexico and el salvador, last year tony we imported $8 billion worth of toys from communist china. imagine if we manufactured that in central america or mexico. that's the biggest magnet we could provide for legal and illegal populations if they so choose to go back. that's what we need to do. >> some people say making english the official language which many states have getclaired that and putting a moratorium an immigration is a little harsh. you're the son of immigrants from iran. >> exactly. if i didn't study english, if i did not know the english

language, i wouldn't be sitting here talking with you. it's very important that immigrants learn english because studies show their wages increase by 30%. so english should be taught. english must be the official language because it's the glue that holds us together. as far as the moratorium, i believe we should keep open the country for refugees who are escaping political persecution, religious persecution, but the moratorium that i'm talking about is so that we can get a handle on our immigration problem which is tied to the economic vitality to america. neither political party is addressing it and that's why i wrote in book. it impacts our economy. >> one word answer really, the obama administration, what grade would you give them on their immigration policy? >> i think spot on in terms of wanting to provide education opportunities, but i would -- not spot on because i think that part of electioneering, i see a pandering that's going

on. one side panders, one side slanders, and in the middle american flounders. >> we are out of time. i would love to have you back sometime to talk about this more. >> i would love to, too. >> rob sobhani, the book is "press 2 for english." we'll be right back. in the people, businesses, and organizations that call greater washington home. whether it's funding an organization that provides new citizens with job training, working with an anacostia school that promotes academic excellence, or supporting an organization that serves 5,000 meals a day across d.c., what's important to the people of greater washington

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tens of thousands of elvis fans are lining up at the gates of graceland to pay respects to the king of rock and roll because tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of elvis presley's death. >> man. ♪ [ music ] some sad news in the entertainment world. >> one of the stars of the 1970s hit sitcom has died. >> oh, a truly inspiring lesson, mr. kotter. [ laughter ] >> very funny on that show. ron palilo the actor famous for playing arnold horshak died on "welcome back kotter." he went on to teach acting to

high school students. ron palilo was 63. >> interesting to see john travolta a long ago with all that long hair, heartthrob back then. nasa's mission to mars is shedding new light on the red planet every day. still ahead in the next half hour we'll sit down with the director of the program here in d.c. for a closer look at what "curiosity" has found. >> good stuff. but first, a breakfast warning. i don't know what the deal is with eggs. are they good, bad? are had he good, bad? could eggs really be as bad for you as cigarettes? the latest study when "fox 5 morning news" continues. it's 8:27. this is the plan for back to school.

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in the headlines a homicide investigation in prince george's county. the incident happened early this morning in the 6100 block of surrey square lane. a man was found shot and killed.

no word on a suspect or motive. >> look at this from the music city. a rare sight at nashville international airport. two planes crashed but not in the air. no one was on board. the engines weren't running. officials say the larger gulf stream was being towed along a ramp when it broke loose from the tug. it slammed in a parked beach 90 aircraft lifting it partially off the ground. the faa is investigating. a study indicates eating whole eggs is almost as bad as smoking. they examined over 1,000 people and found that egg yolks do as much to clog arteries with cholesterol as smoking. smokers have a build-up of plaque inside their arteries. the study concluded that eating eggs had two-thirds of the effect of smoking. >> i say, you know, all things in moderation. when you hear all these studies, moderation.

>> i will just take it off my children's plates from now on. >> they can have an egg. [ laughter ] >> i'm extreme. see that, now you can't eat eggs. >> great. >> now we don't eat eggs. >> what next, chickens bad for you? who knows. >> that's coming next week. >> that's why we need to go to mars. >> that's enough of that. >> we know the rocky diet of the five egg yolks is not good. remember that? >> i remember that. >> just kidding about the eggs. we don't need any letter. i'll let my children eat eggs. >> let's do the forecast before you two get in trouble. >> i'm leaving. [ laughter ] 76 in washington. you know what? we are in for a warm, humid afternoon. high temperatures upper 80s to about 90. yes, there could be more thunderstorms in the forecast this afternoon. i'll show you why. 70 in manassas. 66 in martinsburg and hagerstown. fairly comfortable start to the day but humid. cloud cover moving in from the

west, partly sunny day today like yesterday. we'll get some filtered sunshine and periods of sunshine here during the middle of the day, and that will help fuel additional thunderstorms. what's happening, cold front from yesterday hanging up across the area and this little piece of energy is going to swing into it so we have a decent chance we'll see scattered showers and storms today. about 4:00 you can see the showers and thunderstorms starting to do their things. some could be strong. eventually we'll clear out late tonight and tomorrow, slightly drier air moves in. so even though temperatures will be back in the upper 80s, it will feel good around here tomorrow without much humidity around. 88 today, scattered storms. 89 tomorrow, low humidity. it should feel pretty good. friday hot, steamy, cooler this weekend, highs in the low 80s. that's weather. wisdom, over to you. the amazing successful landing of "curiosity" has captured the attention and the imagination of millions of people across the globe and now

we're taking a closer look at mars with the latest images from nasa's curiosity rover. joining us now we're going to turn to an expert to talk about this with more information on this is doug mcchristian director of the mars exploration program at nasa headquarters right here in d.c. thank you very much for coming in to talk with us. appreciate it. we are going to start off talking about these images. let's put them up now. the first four we're going to talk about. the first is the msl landing sites. >> this is not a brand-new picture but it's important for context. you can see where we landed and all the different pieces we leave behind. the descent stage and some others. what's important about this is the context of where we are. you see this light toned area on the upper right and then you see where we landed off to the left of that and just straight south of below that -- below that light area is another what the scientists call a unit. these three are very interesting because it looks like this is actually potentially water runoff from

the sides of the crater in ancient mars. so we have three different areas to look at right away given the scientists something exciting within a couple of hundred yards of the landing site. >> there is a possibility there could have been water there at some point, based on this. the number 2 picture we'll look at here rtg and explain what this is all about. >> this is one of the things that really makes this rover very different. this is a radioisotope thermal generator. it creates electricity with the decay of plutonium. this will produce electricity for us for almost two decades, no solar panels, no dust build- up. so it's a constant trickle charges on the batteries which is great. what's also neat about this picture is it gives you an idea of what the hardware looks like. you can see in the lower left corner looks like a little stick poking up. that's a sun died so it does a number of things for us. it allows us to understand what the angle of the sun is so we know where to point and not to point cameras. it's a calibration target for our cameras so we can understand exactly how the focus is working.

and what's also cool about that is that's a leftover from spirit and opportunity. we still had one on the shelf so we reuse things whenever we have the opportunity to save money as best we can. so you can see the antennas. the coffee can sticking up is the antenna where we send commands into the rover. and a communication antenna. the northern rim of the crater is about 20 miles away so you can see how far and how large and how deep this crater is. really interesting context picture. >> let's look at the third one here. the view of the blast zone. >> so when we came down on the sky crane, and we rolled the rover down on the cables and set it down, those eight engines on the sky crane were still running and what we found is four blast areas two on each side of the rover where those engines have actually blown the dust away. now, we see them on the right and the left. these are on the left side of

the rover. what's interesting about these is that it's blown so much material the way it's taken it down to the underlying bedrock. the next picture is a zoom in on that right hand one. >> mm-hm. >> and what you can see in that if they will bring it up -- there we go -- is layered rock. this is a really interesting thing. we have never seen anything like this on mars before. so it's going to be very interesting to explore this with the scientists. so there's fragments that have come off. a vertical piece there looks like we actually broke it off of the underlying material and it's like a piece of bread standing up on the end. so it's very interesting. i'm going to put a plug it for our website. >> all right. >> people can go to nasa.gov/mars and all these pictures and more are available. you can download these panoramas we're now taking in high resolution and zoom in and zoom in and zoom in and get right down to the pebble size and see what we're doing and follow the mission with us. >> we have 30 seconds left

here. how big a deal is it when we get these images back? we were just kidding about when we were going to mars to set up colonies. how big a deal is this, in less than 30 seconds? >> it's very important. this is what sets the context. you can do a lot of science with this. we have already seen stratified layers and sediment in the mountain. that's the history of mars. we are going to learn a lot, not only about science but what can the the planet do for us in the future in terms of supporting civilization. >> we'll have to have you back as more images come in. >> absolutely. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. >> cool stuff. it is now 8:38 on this wednesday morning. still ahead, living the dream with jennifer garner. our movie critic sits down with the star about the odd life of timothy green.

a battle of the beltway is brewing off the field. the nationals and orioles are in a bitter dispute over the nationals television rights and how much the team should be paid. the os control the national cable tv rights but this is the first year that the nats can appeal for more money. the "washington post" is reporting that the team is

asking for up to $120 million per year. they received $29 million last year. that's a big difference. the teams have already missed two deadlines to reach a deal. and here's news you don't want to hear. the redskins have lost a big piece of their defense for the season. tackle chris deal will hit the ir list after tearing the acl in his left knee. coach shanahan said he hurt it on monday. he was a 7th round draft pick out of west virginia last year. >> chad johnson, his wife filed for divorce from the former nfl wide receiver. three days after his arrest for domestic battery and 41 days after the couple got married. johnson has also issued his first statement since the scandal on his website. he says, he will let the legal process run its course and that he loves his soon-to-be ex-wife and that he will stay positive.

>> hm. >> the way that turned out is terrible, just bad. coming up next, a peek at disney's odd new movie with star jennifer garner but first we'll talk to holly morris showing off her skills on the basketball court with some of the city's best. holly? >> reporter: you know i got skills wisdom you saw them, right? >> yes. >> reporter: live on "fox 5 morning news." right now if you have wondered how a professional athlete trains you're going to get a firsthand look live on the practice court this morning. hang in with the mystics. i got crystal, natalie and jasmine showing off their skills. coming up we'll show a midseason workout next on "fox 5 morning news." stay with us.

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log on to our facebook page and leave a comment under angela's picture. >> happy birthday to you. in a new movie opening today a young couple dreams of becoming parents and their wish comes true in a very unexpected way. jennifer garner plays the woman who suddenly finds herself with a mysterious son in "the odd life of timothy green." movie reviewer kevin mccarthy talked with her about the movie's message of trying your hardest to make your dreams come true. >> my favorite part of the film is when you write down the dream qualities of what you want your child to be. we all want different and better qualities than ourselves. what are three characteristics you wish you had if you could write them down and put them in a jar and come to life like that? >> i wish i had a natural sartorial gift and i had some crazy great sense of style where i made jeans and sneakers look good. i wish that i had -- that i was just a good -- really good at

some art form like singing or art or drawing. >> great actress. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. i'm okay but i wish i was really good at it. and i wish that, uhm, that i had a crazy fast metabolism. >> i love the whole idea of the fact that you're making mistakes throughout the movie because you're learning and then this whole theme of new mistakes. what's one mistake you think you made as an actress that helped you become who you are today as an actress? >> oh, my gosh. there are so many. you can't even imagine at the end of the night when you're working you go home and at least for my i lie in bed and i just go through my mind like what i wish that i had done differently. but you watch it through your fingers like this and then you learn from it and you just try to do better the next time. but probably the best teaching i ever had was i did a play in new york with kevin klein and i was on stage every night for i don't know 12 weeks or whatever and just getting to do it over

and over again all the way through every night was just the best exercise. >> you played so many amazing roles through your career. what's the one role that you think taught you the most about who you are? >> the role that changed me the most was probably playing sydney bristow because i played her for five years. we kind of started to blend. but i became a stronger person from playing such a strong woman. >> this movie obviously the interesting thing is with you and your sister and the whole competitive about the child. as a mother yourself, do you ever feel competitive about your own kid? >> that instinct is there. i don't think anyone doesn't have it. but i have it pretty much in check. there have been times where something has flipped out where i felt why did i just say that? but it's come my way, too. so it's all part of the, you know, you have to put on your tackling pads if you are going to be a parent. >> we have more movie interviews from kevin tomorrow including the cast of "sparkle." we are going to talk hoops now. washington mystics are back in

town and getting geared up to celebrate their 15th anniversary this season. >> amazing. today we are getting to know some of the new players. holly morris joins us live from the verizon center. hey, holly. >> reporter: i guess we'll talk basketball now because we have been talking hair, noticing your manicure looks good. [ laughter ] >> reporter: we're just a bunch of girls hanging out on the practice court. it's fun. you remember crystal. fifth year in the nba. >> i'm old. >> you're the veteran. >> reporter: jasmine thomas is in her second year played her college basketball at i don't know some awesome school called duke, go blue devils! and then here is our rookie, natalie who played her college ball at noteer came. my first question for is the wnba everything you expected and more? >> it's definitely more. it's a lot more than i expected. and you know, i love my teammates. they're great. and yeah, just having a good time. >> reporter: what do you think

is the biggest difference between college and professional ball? >> there's a big difference but probably the size of the players. they're a lot bigger and taller a little bit intimidating. >> reporter: do you find yourself becoming more fierce as the season goes along? >> i think so. >> reporter: your smile scares me. having a lot of fun here. so we thought it would be fun to just kind of off the olympic break you had a month off but i know you're working out heading into the second half of the season to do a little training like the way you girls do it. have you heard about my basketball skills? >> a little bit. [ laughter ] >> reporter: were they good? >> uhm -- not so much. >> reporter: then that's a lie, i'm awesome! [ laughter ] >> reporter: so where are we starting? >> we are going to start with me with ball handling. during our olympic break we took some time to really break down personal individual skills. we did some ball handling stuff so i'm going to show you a drill and you do it the best you can. >> i'm going to rock it. >> very simple but it gets

quick. so right hand low. >> look, the rookie lost it, too! [ laughter ] >> there you go. >> i'm going to be looking down for quite some time! so once one masters -- >> your legs might burn a

little bit after this. >> reporter: they move on to what of this? >> we move! >> you move, yeah. >> we can go to half court and come back. >> reporter: now we're dribbling and walking? >> yeah. >> reporter: oh, my gosh, let's go. >> reporter: it is a lot of times about going back to the basics, right? even when you're playing at the top, top level. >> definitely is. you don't get -- usually you don't get time to do that as a team of the you usually have to do that on your own so that break has helped us. >> so that's good. you still have to practice by yourself, right. >> yes. >> reporter: what's next? >> next we're going to do a drill. a lot of post people do it but guards too. working on your form called miking drill. so you go right up and keep switching sides.

>> you want to work on your form. she is shooting her layups exactly how she would as if she is in game. jumping off the opposite leg. >> showoff. [ laughter ] >> you can try to step off your right foot off your left side. >> you're doing good though. i mean, we have been doing these just for you. >> what are you looking at? you get out here and do it! let's see rookie do it. >> don't miss a layup, nat. she already lost the ball. >> there she goes. >> reporter: when is your next home game? >> sunday. the 19th against chicago. >> all right. very good. myfoxdc.com.

we're not done here. keep going. [ laughter ] >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the mystics. next home game is sunday. come on out and watch these ladies in action on the court. they got good stuff to show. we'll have more good stuff in our next hour. back to you. >> we are so used to doing everything well. this was quite startling to see. >> especially after she made the shot earlier right out of the gate! she's good skills! and then i see this. no she didn't. [ laughter ] >> reporter: trying to make me feel better? [ laughter ] okay. >> keep trying. that's what's important. speaking of sports. shutting down stephen strasburg. not a popular move. looks like it could be inevitable. >> still ahead in our next hour we'll take a look at the arguments for and against pulling the ball from the pitching ace in the middle of a potential play-off run! it's 8:55. sarah is coming back in a minute.  release me, momigus!

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big changes. $465, that's how much it will cost young illegal immigrants to stay in the united states. >> the requirements they need to avoid deportation and why some are skeptical. >> and a future of stephen strasburg. will the gnats ace stay on the mound as the team heads towards the play-offs? an analyst weighs in on whether or not he should be pulled from the mound. that's at 9:15. >> and later this hour, the hula honeys are taking the uke back to its roots. doesn't that make everything just all right? ♪ [ music ] >> a preview of tonight's fest at 9:45. good morning, i'm sarah simmons. allison is off this week. >> i'm tony perkins. it calms you down. ♪ [ music ] >> tucker es