the latest on today's forecast. >> hey, tony. i can't wait to hear more about the ukelele. [ laughter ] >> i'm serious! i'm looking forward to it. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> reporter: all right. we have the clouds moving in from the west. partly sunny start to the day. clouds this afternoon. could there be a shower or a thunderstorm? yes. in fact, scattered storms and showers will return by mid- to late afternoon. there again is a live look at your radar and you can see we're generally drive although we see cloud cover -- we're generally dry although we see cloud cover approaching. 76 in washington now. 72 in baltimore. overnight temperatures falling back into the 60s across much of the area here north and west. 72 in dulles, 70 frederick. upper 80s to 90, hot and steamy out there with scattered storms returning, 90 fredericksburg, 88 washington. tonight drier air moving in and cooler weather on the way for the weekend. details coming up. >> thank you. a major change to america's

immigration policy. the department of homeland security launched a new program today that would let some illegal immigrants obtain a work permit. the "deferred action for childhood arrivals" program offers a two-year reprieve from deportation. eligible applicants have to provide proof of identity and have been in the u.s. before their 16th birthday and cannot be older than 30 right now. also, there is a $465 application fee. critics say this policy will undercut the underemployed or unemployment in the u.s. even some immigrants are skeptical. >> what if they want to deport us after they have all our information, where do we live and everything? >> the obama administration maintains this is not a path to citizenship but opponents call the program back door amnesty. turning to the campaign trail, today president obama will be joined by first lady michelle obama in iowa on his final day of a three-day bus

tour there. vice president joe biden speaks at virginia tech in blacksburg and republican mitt romney is scheduled to attend fundraisers in north carolina and alabama. his running mate paul ryan is expected to campaign in ohio today. yesterday, all the candidates were attacking each other with harsh words. romney told a group of ohio miners that the president was waging a war on coal. but it was something that the vice president said in southern virginia getting the most attention. >> he said in the first 100 days he is going to let the big banks once again write their own rules, unchain wall street... >> boo! >> they're gonna put y'all back in chains. >> mitt romney immediately criticized the comment as, quote, another outrageous charge. and biden fired back denouncing the crit system bu did concede that he meant to use the term unshackled. congress is on a track for dubious distinction. according to "usa today," the

lawmakers are having the least productive year on capitol hill in the post world war ii era. out of 3914 bills in 2012 only 61 became law. not even the 80th congress the do nothing congress in 1948 passed as few laws as the current one. making headlines this morning a montgomery county man accused of killing his 12-year- old stepdaughter will learn his fate today. david hang is charged with stabbing jessica nguyen 45 times back in may of 2011. hang did not live in the gaithersburg home with nguyen 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 jury got the case last night. they will resume deliberations this morning. a judge has denied a request to delay george huguely's sentencing. the former university of virginia lacrosse player was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his ex-

girlfriend. huguely is sentenced to be sentenced on august 30. he faces up to 26 years in prison. the army psychiatrist charged in the deadly fort hood shooting case must enter aimee before trial. today major nadal hasan is expected to plead not guilty to 13 counts of premeditated murder because those charges carry the death penalty. hasan is accused of killing 13 people and hurting 29 others in 2009. a judge will rule whether to declare a mistrial in the case of drew peterson. this is the third time he considered a mistrial because of misconduct by prosecutors. the judge blasted prosecutors for ignoring his orders in the courtroom. he is accused of killing his third wife, charged after his fourth wife went missing in 2007. there was some severe thunderstorms to our north last

night and possible funnel cloud. this video comes from someone in owings mills, maryland. that's in northwest baltimore county and you can see plenty of lightning and possibly a funnel. the national weather service issued two tornado warnings in parts of maryland last night but doesn't look like this possible funnel cloud hit the ground. verizon presents its findings on the recent 911 outages to the metro council of governments this morning. joining us now to talk about what went wrong during the june derecho and what should be done to prevent it from happening again is jamie barnett a senior vice president at the potomac institute for policy studies but you also were in a position as well head of the fcc's public safety and homeland security bureau. so you're very knowledgeable in this area. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, allison. >> so give me an idea off the top here kind of what your take is. you have dealt with verizon and other issues in the past. what is your take on what

happened during the june derecho? >> you know, americans have come to believe that when they pick up the phone and dial 911 it's going through. part of the reason is that the companies did a good job about that. but 911 has to work during the worst times. and the derecho was like a hurricane so really there was a number of things that compounded whether it was maintenance, there may have been design problems, practice and procedures things that are now coming to light in this report. >> verizon has admitted at least a little bit here that they did have backup battery issues, generators that failed. verizon says it is auditing and trying to look back at that. but what kind of things should have been in place or was there anything in place to especially can an eye on verizon to make sure those things were up and running in the first place? >> well, all the carriers including verizon have backup and, you know, most of their backup facilities did work. but in this particular case, the central offices in arlington and fairfax went out

which not only knocked out the 911 service; it also took out their ability to see what was going on, the telemetry that monitors the system. when that happened, they should have had more people going out. they said they are going to change procedures. when they don't know what's going on in the network, they are going to treat that as a major emergency. >> how do we make sure what needs to be done now to make sure that doesn't happen again? how does the fcc need to get involved? >> the fcc has rules about reporting outages and that creates a great deal of accountability with the carriers. some of the carriers don't want to be out but there needs to be accountability there. one of the interesting things on this allison though is as we move to new broadband digital systems, there's no reporting for that system. so we have to have the same type of accountability as the legacy systems. >> verizon is supposed to be

meeting with the council of governments. there's supposed to be a work session going on. any idea, have you heard anything about this, what you expect would hopefully come out of this or how verizon would need to make changes, what they would need to do? >> there's already been a great deal of talk about maybe new procedures for expanding the exercises so they actually handle this type of emergency. making sure they have good connection with officials and that they go ahead and treat things like an emergency when the telemetry goes out. one other thing that i think is important, too, they have actually asked for verizon to bring someone to the emergency operations center so they are actually physically present with the people who are trying to handle the emergency so they can handle things like 911 outages. >> yeah. hopefully a lot had to be learned, unfortunately, during the derecho storm we're learning now and hopefully some changes we'll learn about later on from this. thank you so much, jamie barnett, for sharing your insight with us. >> thank you, allison. the big story this morning, expanded gambling in maryland.

the general assembly passed the contentious bill this morning. the governor will sign it in the next hour. melanie alnwick is breaking down some of the details this morning. melanie. >> reporter: tony, supporters are certainly cheering the bill's passage late last night which could allow a casino to be built in prince george's county. a vegas style casino. it was 1:00 a.m. when prince george's county executive rushern baker sent out a tweet saying what a wonderful night it was in annapolis. but the public debate here is not over yet. the bill also allows casinos in maryland to offer table games with real cards and dealers like poker, blackjack and roulette not just slots and video machines and lets them operate 24 hours a day an increase of about 32 hours there. supporters say it's about jobs and revenue, state analysts believe it will bring in an additional $200 million to the state's education trust fund in six years. lawmakers agreed to cut the taxes currently paid by the casinos to compensate them for

the increased competition. the measure was approved after a long night of wrangling with amendments and debates. >> i think we're over the much. we have been able to convince people this is an important revenue source for maryland and the it's strategically good for our gaming systems. >> each can so no has its own deal in the house. each delegation has its own deal now. so clearly the reservations. at the end of the day it's not clear this will be good for maryland. >> reporter: now, opponents are concerned that there aren't enough customers to support another casino and that the expansion would hurt those new casinos in anne arundel county and the ones set to open in baltimore of they also say their jobs are primarily low wage. now, tony, the bill again as you said is scheduled to be signed at 10:00 a.m. and an official bill signing ceremony and will go to voters for approval or disapproval in november. we'll see what happens. >> thank you, melanie alnwick. coming up, creepy or helpful? your facebook picks could soon become the tool companies need

to offer you deals. lauren demarco is back at 9:30 to explain how this app works. are you glad you're not on facebook right now. >> first, national fans are abuzz as the team inches closer to the play-offs but will we see star pitcher stephen strasburg on the mound through the end of the season? we're looking at his future after the break. it's 9:11. ♪ [ harry umlaut ] hey you know what, i speak european. [ sally umlaut ] european isn't a language. i think they speak all kinds over there. nah. it's basically one language with a few variations. my cousin has a passport. uh-huh. take this fascinating muller yogurt. frut up. means "fruit up." as in creamy yogurt down below. and a delectable, aromatic layer of blended fruity, moussey, uppiness on top. frut up. as the europeans say. in their language. wow. you really are bilingual. yeah, i dated a comma in high school. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy.

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

welcome back. in sports, game 2 for the nats in san francisco. this would be tight most of the way but the giants broke it open with four runs in the 8th inning. brandon belt had three hits and the runs for san francisco. they win. the nats are 3.5 games ahead of the believes in the east because the braves beat the padres. nats ace stephen strasburg is inching closer to be shut down

for the season. the gm has been clear about limiting number of pitches to avoid injury even if the team makes the play-offs. jonah carey is a writer for grantland.com and author of the extra 2%. jonah, can you hear me? >> i can, tony. how are you? >> i'm good. good to have you on with us this morning. the talk has been because he had tommy johns surgery, that they want to limit his exposure to pitching to maybe 168 -- i'm sorry, 160 innings or so which he will be approaching in a few weeks. should they sit him down? >> well, actually, the very recent news is that they are looking at 1 80 as a cap but it's still a situation where washington has not had a mayoff team since 1933 and their best pitcher may be benched by that.

you could talk about the theoretical things about benching the guy. but if you go into the play- offs for the first time in 89 years, i have a problem with not going in with your best pitcher. >> many fans do. okay, let's say you're trying it preserve his arm, protecting him from further possible injury. but you know, there's no given that we would be back in the play-offs next year. >> that's right. it creates a tough situation. it's sort of one of those hindsight 20/20 doles because you could say well, gee, if they had an innings cap, why didn't they bench him in april, may, june, july, skip a start here, limited inning there, that's kind. issue because, fine, if you want toly. his innings, there are ways -- if you want to limit his innings there are ways to get through the season and allow him to pitch in the post- season. but he hasn't skipped a start. what are they going to do, sit him out for a month and a half and come into the play-offs rusty? they don't have anywhere to go.

the guess the devils advocate argument is they didn't know they were going to contend and need him for a potential world series run but you have to think of all contingencies and they're stuck now. >> i have to say i have been very supportive of the team this year saying many times they have been well managed and i think generally they have. but in this situation i think you hit the nail on the head. at the beginning of the season you have no clue where you'll wind up. but really at the all-star break, at that point you knew we're in very good shape here and it seems to me -- you know, what do i know? i'm just a fan. but it seems to me maybe you slow down his rotation at that point to try to preserve him. >> there are a couple of things to say in their defense. chien-ming wang and john lannan two guys projected as possible fillins it take some innings have been awful or injured so that's been an issue. number 2 is he hasn't thrown more than 7 innings in a start

all season long. so complete game complete game complete game, they're yanking him after 6 more often than not even when he was pitching well. they are trying a little bit. i would argue they haven't been aggressive enough about limiting him if indeed 180 is the goal. >> continuing the devil's advocate argument, some would say -- i don't think anyone says, hey, we'll be okay without stephen strasburg. however, we do have gio gonzalez and jordan zimmerman. they both have been doing very well too. so maybe is it possible management is thinking, okay, we would like to have strasburg, but if we can't, we're covered? >> sure. i would add edwin jackson and detwiler to the list. jackson a great signing this off season if you want to talk about great management. one year $8 million for a solidly above average pitcher, it would be nice for us to all make $8 million but for a major league pitcher that's a bargain. one through four, still go into the play-offs, with one of the best rotations in all baseball

one through four particularly with geo and zimmerman. i'm bullish about the offense now that they have jason wirth back and others. this is a good compete team. it's a situation where i'd say this is a very good team without strasburg but potentially a great team with strasburg. >> i think that's exactly right. jonah keri, writer, baseball enthusiast, we thank you for being on the show this morning. hopefully we'll see you again sometime. >> thank you. all right. coming up, flushing the pipes. details on a new toilet challenge ahead. >> ah yes. okay. also, reunited, a mother raccoon finds her babies after the family is rescued from a chimney. aww. >> so cute. >> you know? they are cute. but they're -- >> they have those things going on. >> yeah. you don't want to miss the video. first, let's check in with holly. are you improving your

basketball skills? >> reporter: i'm improving my watching good basketball skills. i know when i'm outplayed. sole i'm handled the court over. we are live at the practice courts of the mystics, where an amazing opportunity is going on. you're seeing some young players and some professional players all working together because it's part of what the mystics organization is all b we're going to talk about their youth summer leagues live later on "fox 5 morning news" stay with us. i'm officially riding the bench now. [ malele announcer ] the choice on debt...

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a balanced approach that asks the wealthy to pay a little more, eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion. two plans. your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. back now with a toilet challenge from the bill gates foundation. his 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 the minimal amount of water and without electricity or septic systems. so that's a challenge. but it must also operate at a cost of 5 cents a day. the foundation hopes to field test its first prototypes within the next three years.

and the air force hypersonic jet reaching speeds of over 3,000 miles an hour but isn't releasing details until later today. the experimental aircraft is designed to fly 6 times the speed of sound. the wave rider doesn't have a pilot wanted was expected to reached mack 6 after dropping from a b-2 bomber over southern california. >> amazing. lottery five is back and there's still time to get your powerball ticket. tonight's jackpot stands at $320 million. if you win the lump sum cash option is $213 million. the virginia lottery expects to sell more than a million tickets alone at a rate of 2,000 per minute at peak times. luck in love and care of their human friends have helped a raccoon family in arlington. the humane society which shot 24 video was called in to deal

with to baby racoons stuck in a chimney. three others were previously removed by animal control including the mother. they were nursed and placed in a special container in hopes mom would come back and find them and she did! getting them both out of the box in the middle of the night. crafty racoons. >> amazing. >> yes. >> what? >> isn't that amazing? >> yes. >> because they come around and they're looking in boxes and stuff anyway. >> yeah. >> they get into all kinds of things. i'm sure they sniffed them out. >> cute. >> i'm glad they were reunited. the world is celebrating pie. we're not talking about eating pie. >> you look like a raccoon there. >> i try. [ laughter ] >> those abilities come out once in a while. >> welcome to the future. we have seen it in a movie but is your smartphone invading your privacy? lauren? >> hard to kept a straight face over here. >> reporter: we're talking about facial recognition software and how it could maybe one day save you cash.

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feel like a robot should take over. ♪ [ music ] smartphone information. you may be familiar with the idea of checking into social networks like facebook. well, it's just in the testing stages, but the check-in as we know it could be getting a major face-lift and may help you save cash. lauren demarco explains. >> reporter: this reminds me of the movie minority report. it came out in 2002. but the movie is set in the year 2054. so take a look at this. you hear the ads talking to tom cruise as he walks around a mall. he is being bombarded by all these audio ads and commercials. supposed to be based on technology that scans consumer eyes to identify them and target them with specific deals and offers. and this is what i thought of

when i first heard about the service that's tentatively being called face deal. it's something that's being tasted in real life but instead of scanning the eyes it uses facial recognition to offer consumers deals in stores, restaurants and bars. so how does it know what your face looks like? all those photos that you have posted on facebook. it would also use a social network to track your shopping habits and offer you customized discounts but all of this only if you give permission. so you log on to facebook, verify your likeness, grant permission. when you're recognized you will be checked in and digital coupons will be sent to your smartphones, mobile apps or text. facedeals is only in the testing stages through select businesses through a company called red pepper. no word whether it will be called that because it's similar to facebook. they are planning to take it worldwide.

facebook is not commenting specifically on facedeals but i got a statement this morning from someone saying we are focused on helping people make to use. decisions about the app developers agree to our policies. if they violate there are automated systems, internal policy teams or user reports and we take action. so in the early stages, but guys maybe one day we'll see something like "minority report." >> how do they know what ads to target your way? that's what i don't get. >> they monitor your shopping habits online and things you like on facebook. >> basically where you are. if you go into a tgi friday's and sit at the bar and there's a camera and it recognizes you, then it sends to your smartphone a deal for free nachos with such-and-such. that's creepy and cool. >> i was going to say creepy or cool. i'm not sure. >> both really. >> if you get a lot of liquor ads or something like that perhaps maybe you should change

it up a bit. [ laughter ] >> you're with your mom, like, oh. [ laughter ] >> why are you getting all these ads? >> yeah. >> a glitch. >> yeah. thank you, lauren. >> wild. >> interesting. >> exactly like "minority report." >> i wear a fake moustache in public. [ laughter ] >> so attractive. >> which is why people run away from you. >> now you will have to change now you've told your secret. >> got to keep myself safe for the cameras. [ laughter ] let's do the weather. upper 70s, you can see the clouds kind of rolling through the area. partly sunny start to the day. we will see a little sunshine from time to time. that will fuel at least the possibility of some afternoon thunderstorms just like yesterday. yesterday, the storms got going just to your north in baltimore. it's possible we could see those develop around here this afternoon the be ready for that much of the day otherwise dry and warm and humid. temperature 78 now in washington. 78 degrees as we go to max 2 and you will be able to see the

temperatures in other places are on the warm side, as well. 78 in annapolis. 77 this morning in leonardtown. mountains a little cooler this morning holding on with the cloud cover to slightly cooler temperatures, 70 right now in martinsburg and hagerstown. expecting upper 80s plenty of humidity out there and again if we get any sunshine that will help the thunderstorms develop here during the course of the afternoon. what's happening? cold front trying to come through last night. eh stopped right in place. and we need a little push to get it through. and this little piece of energy out to the east, it's going -- excuse me, out to the west will be pushed to the east this afternoon and will be the focal point for thunderstorms developing this afternoon. so again, i think much of the day you'll be dry but as we get into the mid- to late afternoon, just like he said why, we'll see storms develop and some of those could be strong. futurecast, we should be fine for the morning hours. later this afternoon at about 4:00, futurecast indicating some pretty good storms

developing particularly off to our west and to our south. so we'll see what happens here. eventually we're going to clear out tonight and here's the good news. drier air will start to work in so tomorrow morning when i wake up, upper 60s and low 70s but without a lot of humidity around. tomorrow will be a great looking day with bright sunshine and not much humidity. partly sunny skies today, afternoon showers and storms back, 88 your daytime high. north winds at about 5 to 10. evening showers then gradual clearing overnight upper 60s, less humidity overnight so that will feel great. and a good-looking thursday. upper 80s to 90. but not much humidity. friday we get steamy and hot again up ahead of our next cold front. this one will bring us much cooler air for the weekend. highs saturday and sunday only in the low 80s. overnight lows back in the mid- 60s. if we can get there that will be our coolest temperature so far this month in washington. we'll take it. all right. that's a look at weather. sarah and tony, back to you at the desk. if you look at the graphic behind us, you'll get what we're talking about. matt geeks and all fans of the

number pi, that's the symbol, the population of the united states has reached pi million people. that's the number pi times 100 million. the ratio of a is your couple for instance of a circle to its diameter is 3.14159265 and on to infinity and the u.s. population hit 314, 159,265 yesterday. >> i don't know if you notice this, but okay. >> i'm having math anxiety coming back to mow from school. it was a short celebration that we have already exceeded that number by the way. >> we would hit that and 7 seconds later we would go past it. but there you go. cool. >> yay. >> okay. moving on... chad johnson's wife is calling it quits. how the former football player responded on facebook next. >> a round of beer on the president. what he told a crowd at this state fair when we check in with the buzz bin coming up next. 

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mark the 35th anniversary of elvis presley's death. today, tens of thousands of people will start lining up at the gates of graceland to pay their respects to the king of rock and roll. fans will have a chance to take part in a candlelight vigil that's expected to last until tomorrow. it will also be allowed to visit presley's gravesite. 35 years ago tomorrow elvis presley died of heart disease and prescription drug abuse. he was 42 years old. >> hard to believe it's been that long. calling it quits now, chad johnson's marriage is over as he finds himself somewhere between a rock and a hard place. >> yeah, not a good weekend for him. and the president picking up a few brewskis on the campaign trail. time to check in with my favorite, dax holt of tmz. >> hey, dax. >> reporter: good morning, how are you? good. >> all right. so let's talk about chad johnson here. i think we have a new report holder now for the shortest marriage in hollywood? is this right? >> reporter: that is accurate.

they have knocked out kim kardashian and kris humphries. they were only married for six weeks but evelyn lozada has filed for divorce. we broke that news yesterday on the tails of the domestic violence arrest with chad johnson and now he has apologized. he sent out a statement saying yesterday that he wanted to say his sorries to friends, familiar his, anyone that he disappointed and that he plans to get back into the nfl, which i'm not sure is going to happen. the dolphins were a last-ditch effort for him. no one else wants him. he messed that up along with his marriage and also his tv show everyone's kind of distancing themselves from him at the moment. but nevertheless, he has started to go back on twitter and if you see his twitter picture, he has changed it to now in between rock and a hard place. it's like a street sign that says that. that's where he claims he is right now. >> well, at least he has a sense of humor about it. dax, he just got married last month, right? >> yes. july 4 was his marriage.

and already, that is coming to an end. >> okay. >> all right. now let's move on to president obama. descended on a beer tent down at a country fair. >> yes. i love this. so he went to the iowa state fair. he showed up and he was just having a great time. and i got to tell you, the crowd loved him! he went to go grab some beers from one of the tent vendors and just because you're the president you can't just walk:and grab some beers. they had to send the secret service over with bomb-sniffing dogs checked out the area said it was okay but he walks up, buys two beers and then starts yelling that everyone needs to get some beers, plops down money and buys 10 extra beers for the next people in line. and you got say that was a very happy crowd when the president's buying your beer. >> yeah. >> someone kind of -- they called him out, wasn't that the deal? is that what you said? they said, hey, are you buying or something? >> yeah. it was everyone was joking with him and so he ended up, you

know, saying four more beers and laying it on. that was funny. >> another round on me! [ laughter ] >> keep it going. >> all right. >> how cool would that be you get to update your facebook with the president just bought me a beer. >> i know. you don't hear about that every day. that's for sure. dax holt, thank you. >> thank you. have a good day. >> doesn't that happen to you whenever you go out? round of beers for everyone. i try to. whenever i go i buy rounds of beers. >> that happening today? >> absolutely. >> tony, back over to you. >> you can spot him with the fak moustache. >> thank you. 9:43 now. taking the ukelele back to its roots. after the break, the hula honeys are in studio. there they are. they are in town for a rare performance on the east coast. and they are going to perform live for us. ♪ [ music ] >> plus, learning from the mystics. holly is learning about the team's youth summer league

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well, this morning, holly is on the courts with some of the stars from the washington mystics and this season has plenty to offer fans of all ages. holly is live at the verizon center where she is getting in the game with a whole new generallation of players. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. one of the reasons that we wanted to come spend the morning with the mystics is because they are celebrating their 15th anniversary. and the wnba can only continue to celebrate anniversaries if young talent continues to be cultivated and emerge and the mystics have that be one of their missions. and that's where dave comes in the senior director of camps and clinics. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: i think that this is one of the things that maybe

people don't even realize that the mystics organization does. >> absolutely. a few years ago -- this is our fifth season of the mystics youth summer league. we recognized there was a void there of organized basketball for young girls residing in the area. so we got together with some partners of ours, d.c. department of parks and rec, the greater washington sports alliance, and put down a plan and a organization in place called the mystics youth summer league. we're in three divisions. >> wow. >> reporter: 1 and under, 13 to 15, 16 to 18-year-olds. 13 and under. this year we have over 50 teams and over 500 girls participating so it's come a long way in five years. >> reporter: so clearly there was a need. >> absolutely. we really recognize that need and wanted to provide that, you know, like i said fill that void. >> so how does the summer youth league work? >> the summer youth league an 8 week regular season. we organize the times through the logan rec centers. the games are played throughout all eight wards of d.c. eight week regular season like i spade. the championship games are here before and after the mystics

game. >> how cool is that. they get to play at the verizon center. it is amazing for them to get this time here this morning to play with the professional players and to see them as role models. that must make a difference. >> absolutely. we're joined by the metro ladies celtics who play in our 12 and under division. it makes a difference. they play on the practice court with the girls today. we start every season with a tip-off event at one of the low rec center where the en team is them instructions, new films, autograph sessions, and time to meet with our ladies of the mystics. >> reporter: we thought we were give them time to chat with the ladies themselves. so i'm going to call you over so time out. it's a full-time out. [ laughter ] >> reporter: i have the young ladies. young ladies come on this side and then crystal, jasmine and natalie over here. so i'm going to start with you. this is your chance to get to ask the professional basketball player any question you want to ask them of the all right? >> uhm, what are your work

ethics? >> work ethics? >> well, we all have really good work ethic to be here. you know, we work really hard. played in high school, played youth, went to college and played. so just a lot of hard work and here even at this level, we're practicing all the time usually get a day off here and there maybe once a week so it's a lot of hard work. >> reporter: good basketball doesn't just happen. you have to work at it. >> what kind of things motivate like you before a big game to play? >> reporter: good question. >> very good question. i think whether it's a big game or just another game, just any game is just exciting in its own right, just to, you know, you get it play basketball again and be out there with teammates it's a lot of fun. >> when you were younger did you always aspire to be in the wnba or did it just happen? >> i started playing when i was 10 and then it was just fun, something to do. but by the time i was around 13, i said that i was serious about it. i was, you know, following the wnba and i wanted to play in

the wnba. >> reporter: that's where you wanted to be, right? >> uhm, did you always want to play when were you little? >> who wants to answer that? >> uhm, i actually didn't play at all at first. i was just -- i started make because i was tall and my brothers played so i ended up liking it and now it's my career. >> reporter: one piece of advice for these young ladies? >> uhm, always work hard. i mean, you asked about our work ethics and that's really important and you can build on that as you get older. >> just say the one thing is the road to success is not smooth. it's bumpy and you will have setbacks but you have that goal in your mind keep going. >> i always tell kids now with technology stay off the social networks as much as you can because it's going to get you. so stay off. >> there you go. excellent advice right there. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the mystics. they have a home game on sunday, a special home game because old time mystics team

will be there. little miss is on this team. come see them all get in on the courtside action. back to you. >> thank you. tonight, the strathmore is taking the uke back to its roots part of a free outdoor concert series. joining me are the hula honeys and two emcees. hawaiian artists are going to perform for us. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. it's so relaxing. it takes you back if you haven't been to hawaii transport you there for sure. let's talk about the event at strathmore. we have marcy and cathy to talk about it. so tell me how did you get involved with this? obviously you're both ukelele enthusiasts yourself. >> marcy and i are local musicians with a national and international touring career but we do a lot of work with strasmore and about four years ago, strasmore sed let's do an outdoor concert with cathy and marcy and do one of your

special things. we said let's focus on ukelele. people are loving playing the ukelele and so we put on the first annual ukelele festival and it was such a big hit that it's become an annual event. last year we came dangerously close to breaking the guinness world report on the most ukelele players playing at one time. >> dangerously close? you weren't even trying? >> we broke it for two hours and then somebody else beat us but that's okay. and this year, we took it a step further because the community involvement has gotten so big. we have had a four-day event of classes and workshops with the hula honeys and marcy and myself, bruce hutton and tonight is the grand finale huge celebration with all of the acts from uke fest as well as students playing in ensembles. it's a fabulous all ages family event. >> it seems to be making a comeback, i understand. you hear it more and more obviously the popularity of the event. >> you hear it more and more and then the more -- the more

it grows, the more it is set to grow because more people are interested in playing. there are new people taking up the ukelele every day. it's the fastest spreading instrument in the world. and we just think of it as a little package of joy. >> certainly s with us the hula honeys from maui. we thank you so much for coming all the way here. and they sound beautiful and you make me think of my honeymoon. your name, i'm sorry? >> ginger. >> and we have robin? >> robin. >> so what are you going to play for us? >> go ahe . >> a song entitled [ non- english language ] about diamondhead. ♪ [ music ] >> take it away. ♪ [ music ] [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ [ music ]

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let's look at your five-day forecast. scatter showers or thunderstorms. tomorrow will be beautiful. low humidity, highs about 90 and look at your weekend. cooldown high. it in the low 80s by saturday and sunday. >> we have the hula honeys here in studio give us a little lesson on how it play this. >> it's a nice friendly instrument. >> it is. >> that's the whole point. it's so friendly and it's so accessible. and all ages. at our camp the youngest was 4 and the oldest, we're not allowed to tell. >> you can play with just one finger. >> take us out.