man and why officials say the attack could have been a lot worse. particularly rough go out on the roads this morning. 95, a bit of a mess several stretches, and a fatal accident which lead to problems on 395, we will help you get around it all. >> powerball finally has a winner just one winning ticket sold for the power ball jackpot several other people still made out with $1 million including a lucky ticket holder in virginia. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts now a live lookout side northwest washington. not a bad start to the day, some of the coolest air, the coolest we have had so far this month, thursday august 16th, 2012 good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am sarah simmons in for allison seymour. right to tucker barnes. the latest on weather. hi tucker. >> hey, sarah how are you this

morning? >> good trying to keep you all straight. >> what a nice looking start to the day temperatures falling back to the 60s. fog out to the west dense fog advisory out to the west, communities like front royal plenty of sunshine, and should be a great looking day highs, it will be on the warm side upper 80s to 90s not expecting shower and or thunderstorm activity and the best part a little less humid think than we have had the last couple days, looking at satellite radar, look how quiet it is won't be much talk about later today bright, beautiful day next frontal system doesn't arrive until late tomorrow enjoy the sunshine. forecast, upper 80s to 90 washington dry conditions on thursday. see if traffic is close to perfect with julie wright. a very busy ride virginia crew in sky fox, this time around, it occurred on with your of our side roads this

happened to be at sprigs road, police are on the scene to help direct you around the crash involving the van. not much of a delay something to keep an eye out for, as you work your way around the corner. taking it back inside, top stretch of the belt way, delays as you lead new hampshire avenue, northbound i-95, improving out of fredericksburg, leaving route 3, delays out of stafford as you travel north courthouse road out towards quantico and making your way past dale city up towards the franconia, springfield parkway that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. another problem on the roads, leads our top stories an early morning accident 395, claimed the life of one person and sent three others to hospital. this happened around 2:40 a.m., southbound ramp exit 3 b duke street. the crash involved just the one vehicle it is unclear how it happened. our big story this morning, the shooting at the

headquarters of a con versa sieve lobbying group in -- conservative lobbying group in dc. federal officials say he shot a security guard in the arm. it happened yesterday morning family research council headquarters, g street northwest. melanie alnwick joins us with an update. >> reporter: well, sarah, two law enforcement sources have told associated press the suspect, 28-year-old freud lee was carrying chick-fil-a sandwiches when he walked in here wednesday morning. they have been a vocal defender against the president's comments, sparking loud comments across the country. he entered the hobby 10:45 a.m., wind morning got into an argue w. the security guard and shot him in the arm though

wounded the guard helped others tackle the shooter. corken made some sort of negative comments about the family research council before the shooting they strongly oppose gay marriage and abortion. he has been volunteering at dcs. lesbian, gay, trans sexual community center, working front desk for the last six months. people are trying to talk to family and neighbors, and what he intended to do. security guard did above and beyond what he was supposed to do. >> i would say he is a hero he did not allow the armed person, past the front door so he did his job. >> corkens car was found later at east falls church metro station he bought the gun used dc federal ting just last week.

executive director said he was shocked to hear one of their volunteers was involved in such a tragic act saying quote we condemn such violence in the strongest term possible they wished the security guard, leo johnson, a full and speedy recovery. thank you very much. in other news, a jury convicted a gaithersburg man in the brutal murder of his 12- year-old step daughter. david hang, stabbed jessica win over 40 times. a man burglarizing a wine bar northwest caught in the act on video. the bar on 11th street has been broken into at least 3 times in the last 10 days. the man seen here broke in

twice the third time was by a different man. 22,000 dc employees will get a big pay check get regular paid for money lost last fiscal year when they had to take four furlough days because the city is no longer struggling financially mayor grey says it is the right thing to do. he issued a statement that says in part we asked our employees to sacrifice an amount of income significant if many of them to help close what was then projected to be a budget gap instead, efficient management of government and unanticipated tax revenue gave us a surplus. mitt romney will attend a fundraiser in south carolina. paul ryan will continue his swing through battleground ohio. president obama is taking a break from the trail after his 3 day bus tour ended yesterday. he plans to spend today holding a meeting with secretary of

state hillary clinton and tim geithner. he returns to the campaign trail saturday in new hampshire n. the spotlight feature of medicare, nicole collins tells us why the president is being forced to play defense. >> reporter: running mate has been accused of wanting to slash medicare benefits for the nations seniors but the gop ticket turning that argument around pointing to cuts already made to the program by president obama. >> medicare reform, a touchy topic for the nations seniors. it is becoming a central issue in the race for the white houseboat campaigns tackling it head on. >> we need this debate. and we will win this debate. >> reporter: mitt romney and his running mate house budget chairman paul ryan criticizing president obama for cuts he made to medicare. >> the president takes $716 billion out of the medicare trust fund, to pay for obama care. i think this is something

seniors will be very concerned about. >> reporter: while defending his record on medicare he said a plan authored by ryan would force seniors to pay $6,400 a year >> my plan cracks down on fraud and waste and subsidies and insurance companies their plan makes seniors pay more to finance another tax cut for folks who don't need it. >> reporter: the president says he would extend the program by 8 years romney and ryan say their plan would not effect anyone over 55 and aimed at saving medicare in the long run. romney has not given full details of his plan but promised to restore cuts made by president obama and replace them with what his campaign calls real entitlement reform, nicole collins, fox news. you won't be seeing any presidential ads on tv september 11th. a new york based civic group,

sent letters to the candidates last week asking them to make the anniversary a day about unity not politics but the president -- both the president and mitt romney agreed. new this morning a plane flying from new york to moscow was forced to make an emergency landing in iceland, after receiving a bomb threat. according to russian media, new york police got an anonymous call after the flight took off saying there were explosives onboard. that plane was carrying 256 people it landed safely in iceland authorities are inspecting passengers and baggage. for the past year and a half in syria's civil war it has been difficult to verify video showing the horror of war until now. the group human rights watch said more than 40 people died in an attack on women and children in northern syria. a fox news reporter witnessed

he watched the syrian war plane drop a bomb on civilian apartments not once but device. the un now says syria has committed war crimes for a massacre in may. 7:10 a.m., another delay in a high profile murder case nearly three years after a shooting rampage at fort hood texas what is the old up this time? it has to do with the suspect's facial hair why coming up. policy change under way that could keep millions from being deported but not everyone is a fan of the initiative. we have reaction to the new immigration program coming up next. someone waking up a new millionaire this morning. where the winning power ball ticket was sold and why people in virginia might want to take another look at their tickets this morning. >> as we head to break a live lookout side at the washington national cathedral, tucker will be here with a complete look at the forecast julie wright has

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all right. someone in virginia though. someone out there. i am really happy for you. really am. >> are you? >> yes. >> see what you can do. >> we are all going to win the weather lottery today >> yes, we are. temperatures warm upper 80s. low 90s not a lot of humidity any time we take humidity out of the forecast that is good news. >> makes it a perfect forecast. >> wait until you see the weekend forecast. cool temperatures nice around here. 70 washington that is still, unseasonably cool for what we have been sort of dealing with this month. 62 this morning cincinnati, i want to mention, the heat this week is out to the west, this is kind of funny, excessive heat warning in pacific northwest later today, portland, and seattle. seattle's forecast high 91 degrees, they are giving all the resident as big warning, 90 degrees. >> wow. >> yeah.

>> they are not used to it. >> exactly their typical high is low 07s. that is -- 70s. that is where the heat is this week. while the ridge is building out west a trough digging across, cooler temperatures on the way for the weekend. 68 in portland, and abegan they are expecting highs near 100, later this afternoon focussing north and west that is our next front north and west chicago, you can see how far away it is. until then we are expecting clear skies, just a beautiful day, there will be a few fair weather clouds that build in later this afternoon nice and dry for you our next chance for rain and or thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night with that cold front then behind that front i don't want to say a taste of fall but certainly a little taste of a more pleasant summer with saturday and sunday's daytime highs, low 80s and cool continues next week. >> looks beautiful. thanks tucker. >> to julie wright she has had a busy morning problems out there. >> i know tucker said fall all of a sudden people started

running into each other. okay on the roads right now, we are going to start off along i- 95 this is the big story all morning long, two separate accidents, 139-mile marker stafford our second occurred north of newington, all of which have cleared the pace is improving out of fredericksburg but delays still stacked up as you travel north, out of stafford making your way up toward quantico delays across the occoquan. may and steady, out of newing on the -- heavy and steady out of newington route 1, delays leaving the airport, up to 610 usual delays out of wood bridge, as you guys travel northbound, outer loop of the belt way, slow 95 over to georgia avenue, lanes open on the belt way, southbound kennel worth avenue, past eastern earlier, debris in the roadway, but again heavy volume as you work your way southbound that

is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks. you can score $20 in free gas today, dc area community bankers are giving it away to the first 200 people at the belt way plaza shell in college park. their goal educate and raise awareness about mistreatment from mega banks the gas station is located 5550 glen belt road event runs through 11:00 a.m. -- green belt road the event runs through 11:00 a.m. checking other headlines a small protest going on right now in london at embassy of ecuador. the wick wikileaks founder has been holed up there for months. britain says it has the authority to enter the embassy and arrest him any way. a judge in texas is delaying the trial of the fort

hood shooting suspect until a ruling on his beard he is accuse of killing 13 people in a 20 09d shooting rampage he was thrown out of a pretrial hearing in june for appear being a beard the military judge told him he couldn't return until he shaved. he said it is a religious issue, his trial had been slated to start monday. young undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children are lining up in droves to apply for a mu program allowing them to stay legally in the u.s. the temporary two year status is growing support and harsh criticism. >> reporter: across the country hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants are waiting in long lines for a chance an opportunity at living the american dream. >> hopefully this will give me the resources, the opportunity i need to live my dream >> county dense i can feel like

i belong. -- -- confidence i feel like i belong. >> i can't believe italy be able to apply for a job, id. drivers license i don't have to struggle. >> reporter: after voters argued president obama didn't fulfill his campaign promise to overhaul tangled u.s. embrace laws. >> you can have more opportunity and not going to get pulled over and major consequences. >> reporter: not everyone is in favour some are calling it a back door amnesty program. >> for kids here, no fault of their own they have a country they must return to, you can't break the law and be rewarded. >> reporter: arizona's governor jan brewer issued an executive order to deny undocumented immigrants, drivers license and other public benefits. >> they are here, illegally and unlawfully in the state of arizona it is already determined you are not allowed to have a drivers license if you are here illegally.

>> reporter: some say america is the only home they know. >> people here in the u.s., they don't think we are americans but we are. we grew up here. the truth is, that this is our country. >> a decision on each application could take several months policy is only temporary. that means if mitt romney is elected president he could put an end to it at any time in new york, aiynsley earhart, fox news. time, 7:21 a.m., a startling new study reveals several big u.s. companies paid their ceos more than they paid in federal taxes, we are taking a closer look at companies named in that report coming up. a warning about a popular infant seat. what the manufacturer is doing to make it safer for your child. >> tradition that began to promote the agriculture industry in prince william county. the county fair is in its 60th year. a big part is the food.

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back now, an important alert for new parents this morning a popular product being recalled the cpsc says there have been at least 84 reports of babies falling out of bumbo seats more than 20 involve skull fractures cpsc advises parents to stop using the seats immediately contact them for a free repair kit including a strap to secure babies in their seat. new study says more than two dozen big companies are paying ceos more than the companies pay in federal taxes liberal leaning institute for policy studies finds 26 large companies pay an average of $20 million last year of the 26

companies, 18 got cash back or tax credits from the government. the 45 page study attacks the corporate tax code and says deductions are letting companies cut their tax bill. an offer some people refused a restaurant in l.a. is giving a% discount to -- 5% discount to customers who stay off cell phones, while dining. at last check half of diners are turning the phones off, and getting the discount. why not? i mean, it shouldn't be that hard. >> a lot of people seem glued to their phones. >> can't see that in dc. >> you are right >> i can't see it happening. 7:26 a.m. on thursday morning, the nationals return home after a long road trip and while most of the team get the break today, bryce harper, hitting the field with kids in northern virginia. >> push to bring a casino to

prince georges county. not everyone is onboard with it. live after the break >> a live lookout side washington monoi don't mean to, it will be a pretty decent day latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie, next. 7:27 a.m. [ harry umlaut ] here we go.

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all the buzz in sports is about this guy. fee his hernandez finish being 12 strike outs he pitched the mariners, first perfect game, and 23rd in baseball history. good for him. get this, this is the third perfect game this season a record for major league baseball. >> day off for nationals after wrapping up a 10 game road trip in san francisco. steven strausberg on the mound earning his 14th win of the season. beating the giants, 6-4. the nats return home to face the mets tomorrow and hold a 4.5 game lead over the braves in nl east. meanwhile bryce harper isn't taking the day off, the rookie is hosting his

inaugural, bryce harper, pro camp on rebel road today, goes 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and free to 200 kids in dc region between the ages of 6 and 14. bryce will also be making a donation to greater washington urban league. good for him >> i imagine that will be well attended. >> now especially now when you are winning, man, everyone is excited everything is great. >> that is great commitment too they could not have gotten back before 2:00 a.m. last night. >> you are right. >> playing until 7:30 p.m. our time. >> flight back. >> got to get up early. >> yes, great. >> around here gorgeous day. warm, upper 80s to 90s. >> okay. no humidity. >> no humidity >> i don't care if you said it was 95. >> today is a perfect day to go to ocean city. >> okay. >> temperatures there, mid-80s. 68 washington, let's see, 70 regan national, 65

fredericksburg, north and west, a little cooler 61, temperatures amazing, 61 frederick and 61 winchester, let me mention real quick dense fog advisory, out to the west places like front royal a dense fog advisory for another half hour temperatures cooled off enough fog was able to develop in a couple spots. we mentioned lack of humidity check out the dew point lower dew point, the more comfortable the air for most of the month they have been upper 60s low 70s. here are 50s. 58 current dew point air will be notice belie dryer, even though temperatures will jump upper 80s to 90 it will not feel terrible as we will have them in check our frontal system yesterday, a few showers faded off south and east cleared off overnight, bright beautiful sunny day a few clouds will move through north and west late they are afternoon not perfectly sunny but nice, that is our next

weather maker, north and west of chicago, get in here, during the second half of friday, up ahead, hot and steamy and showers and thunderstorms, cold front and then, that front will really cool us down for the weekend temperatures around here both saturday and sunday, believe it or not, will only be in the low 80s. yes, 89 today mostly sunny, winds north and west, 5 to 10 should be dry, not expecting showers or thunderstorms, a few clouds comfortable tonight, 71 overnight low sticky tomorrow ahead of that front highs low 90s behind the front by early saturday, should start to clear out, gradually check out the daytime high upper 70s low 80s. sunday great, 83, maybe a thunderstorm monday, highs continue to be below average. that is weather, traffic and find out about the traffic julie. >> time to go to the beach?

i have my bucket and pail here >> you literally do. >> that's right. make a sand castle. >> i would love to do that julie. >> grab tony's car and let's go. >> he doesn't want sand in his car. >> don't be a fuddyduddy. below speed, annona dale towards 66, 395 and arlington boulevard a 16 minute ride with lanes open southbound 270, not bad, definitely below speed, 3 miles an hour -- 31 miles an hour. 30 miles an hour out of rockville traveling the top stretch of the belt way, university boulevard, newington. we are still finding delays as you travel out of stafford, headed out towards quantico that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. why does julie have props? she is prepared for anything.

thank you. the plan for a casino to be built in prince georges county is moving forward. maryland general assembly passed the measure yesterday morning not all are pleased with the passage and that includes the maryland come troll whore joins us now. >> -- comptroller, joins us now. >> take me to ocean city with you >> i know you are on your way there. good luck out there. you issued a statement yesterday about it after everything was passed, you are very critical of this special session, and very critical of legislation what are your chief concerns. >> major concern is the process it is very clear national gambling industry has their tentacles, deeply into annapolis and into the process. only they, are powerful enough, special interest, basically they call a special session, and get the legislature to do what they asked them to do.

right after raising -- here is the proof, recently raised taxes on all of maryland, they are paying more taxes individually, what does legislature do, they come back to special session in dog days of august and cut taxes, for which casino moguls, buy up to 25% you and i have been around a long time but never seen anything this drastic, this special session where, essentially the process is high jacked by the gambling industry, as far as i could tell there were two people governor and senate president pushing it and end up with something which is i think going to be very bad nor the economy and reputation. >> in the past the governor and others have been critical they haven't been big fans of raising money for the state

from gambling revenue but seemed to turn around. the folks who run maryland live a lot of these people are saying these demands are crazy yet it all did go through you think the national gambling industry is using undue influence >> absolutely you follow the money, contributions to these elected officials and groups that are affiliated with them largely secretive, out of view of normal campaign disclosure, what we are seeing, is a bank robbery in broad daylight half a billion dollars from the tax payers going to be given to the gambling economy that is like that old story the emperor has no clothes the emperor were is walking down to the parade absolutely naked and everybody is too afraid to say you don't have any clothes on. that is what is going on right now. little boy finally said why doesn't he have any clothes on well, that session, in annapolis, will go down in

history, as if not the most -- i hate to use the word corrupt but implies lack of integrity but boy that was an exercise in just special interest, political power given this tough economy, to inject more gambling in on top of what we already have, which has not been very successful, my pitch to people, is whether you love gambling in casinos or hate them don't vote this fall, in a referendum, to endorse this travesty we just saw in annapolis. >> will you campaign actively to encourage voters not to vote for this. >> absolutely it is a bad deal for maryland, question is, who owns our government, when national gambling industry can demonstrate this kind of power, have the governor or senate president do exactly what they tell them to do, that is a

disgrace we need to over turn it at the polls, citizendemocrats in montgomery, prince georges area. they are the ones who provided the votes, for this, and they did it, i guess, out of good intentions, they think it is going the produce job, they think it will produce revenue. >> do you thing it will not produce the jobs. >> it will not. these promises were made to the previous introduction of gambling proved to be false, i am the controller i see the money come in and go out, and this is a real fools gold but the point is they come in and managed to get what they need to -- what they wanted and the only recourse we have is over turn it. >> not vote for it. >> i want to mention bob mccartney, a friend of the show has written a pretty interesting article about this, in this mornings washington post. >> bob mccartney has done a favour for those of us in the region because he is really

pinned the tail on the donkey with this follow the money article on today's front page of the metro section i complement him for investigative journalism he might take my head off some day but that piece today is very revealing and folks scratching their heads saying why the heck are we as democrats, who normally protect the middle class protect lower income classes why are we literally taking money from them through expansion of gambling, that article today explains that it is all about money >> i have to apologize for my producer we are out of time but i want to ask one question quickly, you talk about there may have been undue influence here, the national gambling industry is taken over the pros is you think it rises to the level of -- process you think it rises to the level of needing an investigation? >> i would strongly encourage anyone interested in open transparent government, concerned about the enforcement of laws, to pay close attention

to the money trail that preceded this and going to follow this, i hate to say it but it is a corrosive, ugly process and the idea of politicians doing any celebration saying we got 71 votes, where did you get them for? to take money from your own citizens, and give it to these ultra rich casino moguls, i about that. >> thank you for coming in to talk about it maryland comptroller. appreciate it. sarah. u.s. makes history in mexico on the soccer field coming up next. plus remembering the king elvis presley. fans were treated to a special surprise last night outside grace land more on that when we return time now 7:41 a.m. on thursday day

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elvis fans who gathered to remember the king got quite the surprise last night. the singers ex-wife pray villain and daughter lisa marie

greeted the crowd of thousands, who flocked to grace land for a candle lit i have i didn't like, marking the 35th anniversary of his death tonight in memphis there will be a concert, and tributes from singermusicians who worked with the legend. 35 years. >> hard to believe. >> love that outfit. >> mm-hmm. >> i told tucker i could see him wearing that. >> i should could. >> maybe is an idea for halloween. >> back of the closet. >> let's get to your weather 70 degrees washington, nice start to your day, very comfortable out there, lower humidity, step out, going to feel refreshing 54 gaithersburg. leonard town, 58 degrees. highs expected upper 80s to 90 not a lot of humidity should be a beautiful afternoon for it as we have lots of sunshine.

future cast. keep us nice and dry today generally clear nice and dry, off to the north and west a cold front will move in during the day tomorrow keep this in motion for you, and as this approaches we will be hot and sticky tomorrow up ahead of that front and then see scattered afternoon showers and thunder storms. tomorrow night at 7, behind that front, a real push for cool and dry air, going to be very nice around here for most of the weekend high temperatures topping out upper 70s, and low 80s, without a whole lot of humidity around, it will feel great. haven't felt that cool in 2 months. >> bull able to walk down the street without breaking a sweat. >> here is the thing about elvis even if you weren't a huge fan when i was young, flipping channels on tv or whatever if elvis was on, performing you stopped and watched him he was charismatic, just rivetting. >> yes. >> okay just extra sauce from

tony perkins on elvis presley. >> a little bonus. julie wright with this mornings traffic. >> bonus,. >> encore performance. >> you questioning that? >> i am just doing the traffic. inbound along new york avenue, delays getting to the traffic lights, northeast to northwest, heavy and slow, again slow traffic florida avenue, headed out toward the tunnel, this is 395, duke street we had a fender bender left lane that moved on you will find delays traveling from the belt way towards shirlington, eastbound 66 into the bright sunshine. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. all right history is made south of the boarder, the u.s. men's soccer team had a friendly game with mexico in mexico city, in the 80th

minute, brett shea throws a block. u.s. would hold on to win 1-nil first time team usa has ever won in mexico, in 25 games. >> all right >> all right. we are on fire. >> there we go. >> still ahead, bigger and better every year. >> holly live at another local fair this time in prince williams county >> i don't know what you had for breakfast but, you could have the doughnut burger, actually i think this might take care of breakfast and lunch. it is one of the many delicacies found this year at the prince william county fair. the largest county fair in the state of virginia we are live in manassas. coming up first hand why they promise fun for the whole family stay with us [ male announcer ] do you support work for welfare? barack obama has a long history of opposing work for welfare. "i was not a wild, huge supporter

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jay carter, our facebook fan of the day has been a loyal viewer since moving to the region six years ago and looks forward to julie wright's jokes every morning during her traffic updates. she is a funny lady. >> all right good for you. hey, if you are in the mood for fried food and fun for the whole family you will want to catch the prince william county fair running all this week. i don't know why they fry everything >> i think they are trying to do something to us. >> holly joins us from the fair grounds you have had your share of fair food lately >> i don't know if they are trying to do something to our food or arteries. if you are in the mood for fun or fried food you may or may not be in the mood for fun but come on we are always in the mood for fried food you can find a lot of that here manassas, prince william county fair, the largest fair in virginia, this year, they are

saying fun for you. chris the event manager good morning. >> good morning. >> 63 years going strong i guess you guys got this fair thing down. >> we are trying. >> well, you are doing a pretty good job i was reading you are expecting between 90 and 100,000 people to come out how has it been going. >> good, attendance is up overall from last year >> i know you have a lot of the old standards, people come to the fair you have new things as well give us highlights what is happening. >> we have a couple new rides on the midway we are excited about some new attractions in the grand stand, monster trucks for the first time ever this year demolition derby, new food stuff is fantastic, we have a couple new acts out hire, new exotic animals. >> is it hard to come up with new things when you do something every year? >> it is we spend a lot of time going at it we start next month or two, we will start planning for next year.

>> wow. >> yeah. >> takes a whole year to get it all together. >> yeah. >> for people coming out in this big final weekend for the fair what is the best way to go about negotiating it? >> start at one end take the entire thing in. >> how long should it take you? what is a good average fair visit? >> 3 to 4 hours would get you into everything depending how many rides you ride >> i think it would take 3 to 4 hours just to digest that doughnut burger. without further adoe thank you very much i will introduce you to shane english with little richards. >> good morning. >> how does one get into fair food? >> i got into it from a friend when i was younger. >> mm-hmm. >> i came out and just liked the work and environment and see people have a good time. >> did you like the food? >> i like the food but have to watch my diet. >> a little hesitation there. all right, let's talk about some new things and some old things you have going on this year. >> our newst item is the fried

bubble gum. >> now at what point does someone go, i got it we need to fry bubble gum? >> i guess, sitting around wanting to try different things some people get tired of the same old food. >> what is the whole fascination with frying everything? >> just deep fried this is american -- >> best of americana deep fly frying it. we have the -- deep frying it. are these chick lets? >> yeah,. >> and then the doughnut burger here. >> doughnut burger crispy cream doughnut. we patty our own meat and just put the donuts on the grill. >> how are these selling in. >> really good we have one location, in winston salem and we go through 100 dozen donuts. >> really? >> yes. >> this year. >> that is a fried snicker.

>> yes, ma'am. >> that is the winky. >> fried winky just a bunch -- winky. >> just a bunch of fried surprises. >> this is a roast beef sandwich and roasted corn that goes with it as well. >> lonely healthy item on the end of the table. here is what you need to know myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to the prince william county fair website. coming up next hour we will talk about the agricultural side. i know you want me to try the fried bubble gum so you know all in the name of work. >> we're waiting. >> and? >> i will be chewing for awhile. >> give us a review later. >> let us know. >> all right thanks holly. she is game for anything. >> ahead at 8:00 a.m. back to school time while you may have thought about new

clothes and school items, a doctors trip is important. >> kevin mccarthy sits down with the stars of sparkle including jordan sparks. >> for some reason didn't sound right. >> we well, she is not in that group >> they dished about american idol. time now 7:57 a.m. right back after the break wisdom on deck coming up wrap

>> your realtime captioner: linda macdonald straight ahead at 8:00, gunfire inside a conservative lobbying group in the middle of chinatown. how a hero guard stopped anyone else from getting hurt. plus, wildfires burning out of control out west. the progress emergency crews made overnight and why mother nature isn't helping at all. and later, stuck in the middle. we are going to show you the dramatic efforts to free a small boy trapped in the frame of a stone balcony. got to be scary. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm wisdom martin. allison has the week off so i'm

filling in for her. >> tucker barnes isn't on vacation. he didn't win the lottery so he is here to talk about weather. >> right. a beautiful day, lots of sunshine, lower humidity. this is the kind of day we wait for all summer and should be just a nice afternoon. 70 in washington. humidity 78%. north winds at 7. cold front got through here late yesterday and the slightly cooler, drier air has started to move in and you really will notice the difference this morning. radar quiet, no showers and storms today. i think it will generally be quiet. a few clouds later this afternoon. it won't be perfectly sunny but a nice afternoon with dry conditions and high temperatures just about where they should be upper 80s for afternoon highs. changes tomorrow some showers and storms and then a cool weekend. wait until you see that. i'll have that for you in a minute.

let's go to julie wright for the rush hour traffic. >> the rush is on. we are still trying to make it in on time. not easy now. we have delays as you travel southbound along 270 out of urbana at 31 miles an hour. again starting to slow here at 45 miles an hour in gaithersburg and 35 out of rockville towards the split. top side of the beltway the outer loop you will find delays as you work your way from 95 around the georgia avenue typical but the inner loop traveling into the sunshine a 20-minute commute leaving colesville towards kenilworth. that's a that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." thank you very much. our big story this morning, the suspect in the shooting at a conservative lobbying firm in d.c. is held on charge of assault with a deadly weapon. federal officials say he shot a security guard in the arm yesterday morning at the family research council headquarters on "g" street in northwest. melanie alnwick is there live with an update. reporter: tony, authorities are treating this case as an

act of domestic terrorism. the family research council is a conservative lobbying group that strongly opposes gay marriage and abortion. some liberal organizations have gone so far as to label them an antigay hate group. this morning both sides liberal and conservative are condemning the shooting, which may have ties to chik-fil-a. police say the 28-year-old suspect floyd lee core kins made some kind of negative comments about the organization before he got into the altercation with the security guard and shot him. the guard tackled him and the shooter said this wasn't about him it was about what the organization stands for. the suspect was taken into custody without a fight. he lived in herndon, virginia. he had been volunteering on

weekends at an lgbt organization. he is described as kind, gentle and unassuming. >> it's unbelievable to me. scary. it's just the gun violence in the last month or so. it's just really, really scary. >> that's the kind of thing that neighbors and people throughout the community are saying. d.c.'s lgbt center's director posted a statement on their website this morning signed by 40 local and national organizations saying they utterly reject and condemn such violence. back to the chik-fil-a issue. two law enforcement sources told the "associated press" that the suspect was carrying chik-fil-a sandwiches when he walked inside the lobby here of the family research council. [ no audio ] >> we lost that shot from melanie but we'll get more information about that shortly. meanwhile, we are following breaking news right now from afghanistan. nato says a helicopter crash in the southern part of the country has killed 11 people

including 7 international troops. three of them were american. we'll bring you more information about this as we get it. new this morning, investigators sound the "all clear" after a bomb scare on a flight from new york. the plane was en route to moscow when an anonymous caller phoned in the threat. it made an emergency landing in iceland. police searched the plane, its baggage and passengers but found nothing. three dozen wildfires continued to burn across four states out west and firefighters are getting no help from mother nature but despite the high heat and dry weather crews in california say they are making progress. as a precaution, some evacuation orders are still in effect. right now the flames are about 15% contained. over in washington state the taylor bridge wildfire has scorched at least 22,000 acres and dozens of homes. >> there was a lot of good times here. we had a lot of good times here. and it was a nice place.

>> thankful and... feeling so bad for the people -- people that have lost their homes. [ crying ] >> we don't know for sure what houses are standing and what's not. >> just the waiting and wondering is the worst part. >> in addition to the fires burning in california and washington state, there are more fires burning in idaho and nevada. wisdom, new this morning, a four star army general under investigation for allegedly misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars. defense sources say general william ward spent the money on lavish travel, hotels and other items. his fate is the hands of the defense secretary leon panetta reportedly waiting an outcome from a report. ward was the head of the new u.s.-africa command. the trial for the alleged fort hood shooting suspect is delayed because of a beard. it was supposed to start monday but back in june, a judge banned army major nadal hasan from court for growing facial

hair. he refuses to shave on religious grounds. the trial will have to await an appeals court ruling on whether his beard can be forcibly trimmed. here's some good news for someone out there. it will be more than a good morning for someone in michigan. it will probably be a great morning. >> that is because someone in the great lakes state bought a winning powerball ticket worth $337 million. the winning numbers in wednesday night's drawing are on the screen: it was sold 45 miles north of detroit. no winner came forward. eight tickets matched five winning numbers worth a million dollars each one sold in virginia. good luck. >> yeah. >> best of luck to you. summer is almost over -- already over for the students. but for the rest of us the break will end before you know it. but are you ready for that?

still ahead at 8:00 we'll sit down with a health expert who says parents need to do more than shop for clothes and supplies. >> plus, the best news for some drivers -- some drivers could hear all day, a free gas giveaway here in the dmv. we'll tell you where and when coming up next. ♪ [ music ] >> and later the special guest who helped fans honor the king on the 35th anniversary of his death. it's 8:08. we'll be right back. here is elvis presley. ♪ [ music ]

the did i ahead in college park will bring free gas for some drivers. d.c. area community bankers are giving away $20 in free gas to the first 200 people at the beltway plaza shell in college park, $20 so two gallons. [ laughter ] >> the gas station is at 5550 greenbelt road.

the take back your banking event is from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. this is individual fro from an event yesterday in baltimore. also the lawyers for two former penn state officials will be back in court today to ask a judge to dismiss charges related to the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. athletic director tim curley and former vice president jerry schultz are accused of covering up claims the former coach abused children. it corn a bad day for facebook. the lockup agreement with shareholders ends which means investors will have the option to dutch about 270 million shares for the first time that could send the social network stock price plummetting. >> that doesn't seem like a good deal for facebook. >> i think tucker went all in on facebook. >> didn't you invest heavily in facebook? >> not funny, tony. [ laughter ] >> sorry.

>> i'm just kidding. [ laughter ] >> today we say hello to... cute as can be: he wakes up every morning really every morning, and he sees us every morning. >> and a few episodes of "cops"! [ laughter ] let's get down to business. overnight temperatures fell back into the upper 60s and low 70s. very comfortable conditions out

there. and as we get into the daytime hours today, we are expecting highs in the upper 80s to 90. currently 73 in washington.70 dulles. 71 ocean city. temperatures are cooperating and not a lot of humidity. great looking day. bright sunshine later this afternoon as you can see here the mid-atlantic very quiet. we don't have any cloud cover. big storm north and east of boston. next cold front north and west of chicago will -- we'll worry about that tomorrow bringing thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. today's forecast lots of sunshine, high temperatures in the upper 80s to about 90. again not a lot of humidity so a nice one. tomorrow it will be kind of hot and steamy highs in the low 90s with the possibility of late- day showers and thunderstorms, then the cooldown starts saturday, sunday, monday, high temperatures in the low 80s without a whole lot of humidity around here, should be a beautiful weekend. that's a look at weather. let's get the latest on traffic from julie wright. >> i think that bear was bigger

than the baby. >> a little guy. >> teeny cute baby. >> on the roads lanes open no problems reported south on 270 but definitely below speed here at 31 miles an hour still making the struggle out of urbana and then 43 miles an hour in gaithersburg, 33 again slowing from fallsberg to the split. a slow go out of college park into silver spring. 95 on the brakes south from 192 to the beltway and again on the inner loop we had an incident at university boulevard cleared. around kenilworth 18 minutes on the inner loop headed east and then south towards college park and greenbelt. 66, 27 miles an hour out of manassas so tough to fair oaks. 16 miles an hour towards the beltway. that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." well, school is starting soon and while you may have gone shopping for all the new clothes and the school supplies, you may not have considered a couple of health related issues that should be a

priority right now. joining us now to talk about this is dr. jessica muma a pediatrician at inova cares for children clinic. thank you for coming in and talking with us. a lot of people are focused on running to the sort getting all the clothes and everything us you need supplies for school but there are some health issues that you need to be focused on, as well. one of the things that we are talking about is immunization records and immunization, as well. >> that's right. so a lot of parents don't realize that there's not many appointments left at this point. so if your child needs certain shots before they need to go to school, they better make their appointment now. >> also, older kids and getting innoculations, they should go to the doctor and take care of everything at one time. >> yes. >> if they can. >> especially age 10 and 11. there are certain vaccines that you need to go into 6th grade. so if your child hasn't had those vaccines they should make an appointment now. >> we have a graphic on the screen. we'll talk about this, as well. school time sleep because they

have been off all summer, who knows what they have been doing. my kids have been with their grandparents break all the rules. so now you have to retrain them and get them back into eat and sleep mode. talk about that. >> most children go to bed way too late and sleep in very late and then when they start school, they are not well rested and can't concentrate. so start having your child go to sleep at a regular school time and waking up early so they are ready to go. i would say start at least two weeks before the first day of school. >> to try to get them back on a regular schedule. also, talk about the policy for bringing meds to school. parents should find out about this as well? >> yes. number one and number 2 medications are epi-pen for food allergies as well as inhalers for asthmatics. so if your child needs to have those medications at school, they should request a school authorization form which needs to be filled out by a pediatrician. >> and also we want to talk about a lot of students, young people, bikes, buses and cars. >> that's right. >> that's also something that

parents need to be concerned about because we're talking about transportation getting to and from school. what are some of the things that parents need to be concerned about or get ready for with those issues? >> if your child is going to be take the bus talk to them about proper behavior on the bus, not distracting the driver, safety at the bus stop. don't leave your young children unattended at bus stops for safety reasons. if you will be bringing them in a car, make sure you follow all the laws about car seat safety and if you are transporting other people's children, make sure they are in booster seats, car seats, securely fastened with seatbelts so they are safe, as well. if your child is walk, they should wear brightly colored clothes or fluorescent vests so drivers can see your child. >> backpacks, there's a lot of discussion about backpacks, the size of backpacks and how this may affect a child walking around with this backpack with all these books in it. tell us about what's the best

-- what should you do as a parent? >> every year i see at least two to three young children even 7, 8-year-olds who have back injuries from backpacks so it's a very real thing. you want to make i'm sure that the backpack has two straps, that they're wide and their child is using both straps they are not just slinging it over one shoulder. try to pack as few books and supplies as possible. if there are a lot of book, get extra copies at home so they have one set in the locker and another set at home so they are not transporting a lot of books. >> these rollaway backpacks are these good? you're rolling them on a wheel instead of carrying them on your back? >> yes. they are a good idea. but a lot of schools have steps and some schools have laws against rolling backpacks. i have written notes for some students that they can take the elevator and that they are required to have a rolling backpack for those situations. >> you mentioned writing notes. anything else that parents need to know as far as like getting a note to a teacher or should they talk to -- if there's any other issues or concerns they have, they probably should talk to the teachers about it

beforehand? >> that's right. a lot of times, they need to have a doctor's signature on that note to be valid so you need to make an appointment for that. >> doctor, thank you very much for coming in and talking with us this morning. very good information for parents out there as they get ready to head back to school, get those kids ready for another year of learning. tony, back to you. >> those backpacks can be heavy. thank you very much. coming up, lining the gates of graceland to pay tribute to the king. >> plus, if you think you're having a bad day, just be glad you're not this little boy. we'll show you how rescue crews managed to set him free. and later, holly is live at the prince william county fair with exotic animals. coming up. it's 8:20.

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. i'm drinking dunkin'. medium iced, cream and sugar. dunkin' iced all day long. dunkin' keeps me going.

it gives me the boost i need. dunkin' iced keeps me moving and grooving. i run on dunkin'. america runs on dunkin' coffee. ♪return to sender address unknown ♪ >> a little elvis presley in case you didn't know the distinct voice there. it's been 35 years since elvis presley died at his home in memphis. but the king can still pack them in. tens of thousands of people lined the gates of graceland overnight for a candlelight vigil. they do this every year. the crowd, though, this year got quite the surprise. elvis' ex-wife priscilla and their daughter lisa -- i can't talk, i'm sorry -- daughter

lisa marie, greeted the fans. the first time that both women have appeared together at the annual memorial. and the tributes don't end yet. tonight there will be a concert featuring footage from some of presley's best known shows and performances from singers and musicians who worked with him. >> interesting. you see a lot of things on the streets of new york. and now something new is turning heads. check this out. a man is offering mobile dna tests from his rv. the who's your daddy rv is the creation of -- [ laughter ] >> this is legit. it's the creation of jared rosenthal. he takes the cheek swabs and sends them to the lab. he said there have been the stories of heartbreak and happiness like a woman reunited with her father or a man who had a tattoo of his son only to find out the child was the result of an extramarital affair. maury povich will be very proud

of this. >> doing a show from the van. >> clearly. a big scare for a boy in china. he got his head stuck in the frame of a stone balcony. rescue crews had to use hydraulic pliers to widen the gap so he could eventually wriggle free. >> oh. >> he was okay. he was tearfully reunited with his grandmother. scary thick for a kid. >> it is. >> gosh. >> good thing he is okay. still ahead in our next half hour an update from the campaign trail. president obama's bus tour ends but the attacks are far from over. why the white house is now under fire for its role in the death of osama bin laden. >> but first, a sighting worthy of shark week off the coast of cape cod. look at that. 8:25. you're watching "fox 5 morning news." we'll be right back. @ñ

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world, in light of recent events district regulators delayed their audit into the d.c. mayor. according to the washington manager d.c.'s office of campaign finance is creating an interim audit report that won't be released to the pun. this change comes after three people close to gray's campaign pleaded guilty to campaign violations. another shark sighting near cape cod. experts say it's likely a great white. take a look at the video. a crew looking for tuna spotted it about three miles from barnstable in the bay. experts confirm another great whiten counter this month when a man was attacked in the area. a standoff outside the embassy of ecuador in london. britain issued a warning last night about asylum requests about wikileaks founder julian assange. three people were arrested. live pictures from quito the

capital. ecuador will grant him asylum. a british judge ruled he could be extradited to sweden to face alleged sexual misconduct. he fled to the asylum in june and asked for asylum and they will grant it to him. >> weather is going to be absolutely beautiful. nice start to your day. temperatures in the 60s and low 70s. it's going to be warm this afternoon, 80s to 90 without humidity. >> good thing. >> that's a great thing. >> we'll take it. >> we should be dry. overnight low this morning, 69 degrees. that is our coolest temperature so far this month. that gives you an idea how warm it's been. 72 leonardtown. 60s in the mountains out to the west. 64 in winchester and 65 in martinsburg. i want to mention the dew points. they have fallen, as well.

and we are expecting a drier day today. noticeably drier than yesterday as far as humidity. our frontal system brought showers to the east. mid-atlantic lots of clear skies this morning, should be a bright beautiful day. a few clouds this afternoon, but again we are not expecting showers and storms. our next chance for rain late tomorrow with scattered showers and thunderstorms arriving and a cold front. this cool front means business when it gets through here late friday early saturday. temperatures will cool dunn and we are going to be looking at highs only in the upper 70s and low 80s around here for the weekend. here we are today doing just fine. high pressure keeps us drive and here comes the front tomorrow. we'll cloud up in the afternoon with scattered showers. 8:00 tomorrow night scatter showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. hot and steamy ahead of the front. today nice, 89, sunny, quiet. 91 tomorrow with scattered storms. weekend nice upper 70s low 80s.

81 saturday, 83 sunday and monday. i don't think it's more than an early shower on saturday so new have plans saturday, you'll be fine. that's a look at weather, tony. back to you. >> thank you. >>the decision on whether to expand gambling is now in the hands of maryland voters. governor martin o'malley signed the bill yesterday. the new law makes it possible for a sixth casino in prince george's county and allows table games at all existing sites and there's a tax break for current casinos to make up for lost revenue because of the added competition. voters will vote on the referendum in november. it will need a majority of votes statewide and in prince george's county. illegal immigrants between the ages of 15 and 31 can now apply for work permits and protection from deportation for two years. it's all part of president obama's deferred action program that went into effect yesterday. illegal workers nationwide are taking advantage of the federal program. yesterday hundreds of people

lined up outside casa's offices in langley park to fill out their application. casa officials expect to assist at least 10,000 people in the upcoming days. turning to the campaign trail, president obama is take the day off after wrapping up his bus tour in iowa. and mitt romney is at a campaign event in ohio this morning. the topic of the day seems to be medicare with both sides trying to scare voters. mitt romney says president obama is running a campaign driven by hate. the president's people say governor romney is unhinged. >> my political definition of out of touch is, a swiss bank account. untold millions in the caymen islands. and refusal to let anybody know what your tax returns say in the last few years. >> mr. president, take your campaign, the division and anger and hate back to chicago and let us get about rebuilding

and reuniting america! the president takes $716 billion out of the medicare trust fund to pay for obamacare. i think this is something which seniors are going to be very concerned about. >> my plan reduces the cost of medicare by cracking down on fraud and waste and subsidies of insurance companies. their plan makes seniors pay more to help finance another tax cut for folks who don't need it! >> the president and romney are agreeing to take a break from campaign ads on the 9/11 anniversary. a civic group in new york asked them to make september 11th a day about unity and not about politics. thank you very much, wisdom. another massacre in syria. this one was filmed by fox news. a reporter watched a syrian fighter jet bombing a town near the border with turkey and this morning dozens are reported dead including a baby. scores were injured most of them women and children. the bombing run sent panicked civilians running for cover.

after it there was nothing but rubble. last year's war in libya a no- fly zone was imposed by nato but the u.s. is not seriously considering it at this time. a big setback for the u.s. air force. a hypersonic jet test ended in a crash over the pacific ocean. the unmanned military craft successfully detached from a b- 52 bomber it hitched a ride on and fired its rocket booster as planned but before reaching its planned top speed of 3600 miles per hour, six times the speed of sound, a control fin malfunctioned. the air force has only one of the vehicles left. no word if it will try again. it's 8:35 on thursday morning. still ahead kevin mccarthy sits down with the girls of "sparkle" and finds out why they are the real stars of the new movie. but first, the biggest hit that may have helped the nats beat the giants. it didn't happen on the field. we'll explain next. >> and as we head to break,

time now for another of "that's my take." today a closer look at the troubled postal service and ions on how to fix it. >> and now, "that's my take." with wttg vice president and general manager duffy dyer. >> the u.s. postal service is broken and nearly broke. the post office recently reported that it lost $5.2 billion for the quarter ending june 30. since 2007, the u.s. postal service has lost $25 billion and it is losing $36 million a day. it gets worse. the u.s. postal service recently stated that it list making a payment of $5.5 billion to cover future health benefits and added that it will miss an additional payment of $5.6 billion due in september. and they may run out of cash in october. what's to blame for this mess? clearly the emergence of email and electronic commerce has had a big impact but so does

congress who in 2006 mandated that the usps stick to delivering mail as opposed to offering new products and services. and regarding those missed payments? it was congress that mandated that the usps pay $5 billion a year into a fund to cover future retiree health costs a fund that already has $45 billion enough, the postal unions say, to cover costs for decades. in fairness, the senate did recently pass a measure that would have allowed the usps to provide retirement incentives to approximately 100,000 workers and to recoup an $11 billion overpayment to an employee pension fund but the house decided to take no action and go on vacation this month triggering the initial default of $5.5 billion. it's time to sit down and make the tough decisions that will lead to a new business model for the postal service and the only people who are authorized to do that is congress. and when they do get around to

it everything must be on the table including closing some post offices and processing centers, dropping saturday delivery, allowing the usps to compete with the private sector by diversifying services and products and empowering them to override when necessary union collective bargaining agreements and privatization which would allow them a chance to be financially viable by being freed from the interference of congress. "that's my take." let me know what you think. go to myfoxdc.com and click on "that's my take" or send me an email at tmt@wttg.com. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday.

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all right. in sports, the nats wrapped up their road trip to san francisco with strasburg on the mound. top of the third tied at 2 espinosa home run to right center to take a two-run lead. way to go, nats! they won 6-4 giving strasburg his 14th victory of the season. >> yeah! the giants suffered a serious blow before the game. their leading hitter melky cabrera was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone.

>> felix hernandez the 2-2 -- he got him! >> look at him! i love the reaction. you heard it. felix hernandez is the first mariner to pitch a perfect game. hernandez is the 23rd player to pitch a perfect game overall. it's also the first time there have been three in one baseball seasons plus safeco field is now the first park to have two perfect games pitched in the same season. how about that! good stuff. bad news here. a big setback for the maryland terrapins. quarterback cj brown will miss the entire 2012 season with a knee injury. coach randy edsel says brown tore his acl in a noncontact drill. it's a tough loss for brown and the terps because brown is the only quarterback on the team with any on-the-field experience. tough for the terps. let's hope this quarterback can stay healthy. the redskins new franchise quarterback took time out from the field to play tour guide. but he may need to do a little

brushing up when it comes to d.c. landmarks. take a listen. >> left turn on the right there's trees. on your left there's construction. [ laughter ] ♪ [ music ] >> i know what that monument is but really not sure -- lincoln memorial. that's the jefferson memorial. >> all right. the new nfl video shows griffin taking a ride around his new hometown. now, look, check this out. one of those double-decker buses number 10 did get some exercise when he had to quickly duck under a tree. look at that. you may want to take franchise quarterback -- not let him do that. >> don't ride on the top of the bus. a lot of tree branches going after him there. you know what? i used to be a tour guide. i can give him some tours and -- >> you may need to work in a out. trees and construction, not that good. coming up next on fox 5 the impact of "american idol" and whitney houston on the other stars of the new movie "sparkle" and our holly morris is hanging out with the animals

at the prince william county fair. holly. >> reporter: hey, right now i'm specifically hanging out with a dairy goat and meat goat. can you tell the difference? i know the people that can. we are going to get everything we need to know about goats and getting judged at the fair as we are live in manassas at the prince william county fair this morning plus they even have exotic animals here. we are going to show you that too and give you all the reasons you might want to come out this weekend live next from "fox 5 morning news." stay with us.

i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin' iced mocha. they make it exactly how i like it. medium, iced, with a turbo shot. french vanilla, hazelnut, caramel -- i love 'em all. they make it perfect every time. america runs on dunkin' coffee. seen this? mitt romney claiming the 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."

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time for our facebook fan of the day. today we say hello 20 jay carter. he has been a loyal viewer since moving to the region six year, and he looks forward to julie wright's jokes every morning during her traffic update. how about that. >> interesting. >> thanks for watching. to be tomorrow's fan log on to our facebook page and leave a comment under jay's picture. when it comes to be a prize winning animal it takes more than cute and cuddly in

president prince william county. >> reporter: i have an important fox 5 follow-up on the fried bubblegum. i was chewing it and kept thinking at some point i should be able to blow a bubble. right? well, i suddenly realized that i could actually swallow it, that it is not really technically fried bubblegum. here is the secret recipe. it's actually a big marshmallow. it's a fried marshmallow. they take the bubblegum syrup for the cotton candy and put it into the batter they use to deep fry it in so it has a bubblegum flavor and decorate it with real bubblegum on top. actually, okay? yeah. >> sounds better. >> reporter: actually it was pretty good! >> all right. okay. now i might try it. >> reporter: so look out. i got two left. one for tony, one for wisdom. i'll bring it back. >> that will work. >> reporter: i don't want to overindulge. [ laughter ] >> reporter: i am indulging in

all things agricultural right now because this started out as an agricultural fair now in its 63rd year. it is still that. it's a good portion of it. it's the kids in the 4h program that make a difference. this is kendall, erin and mary, the manager of the barn. >> the goat program focuses on dairy goats which are bred like dairy cattle for milk production and the meat gets to which life the beef cattle are bred for the meat. >> reporter: so tell me about your meat goat here and why you think the goats's going to do so well in the competition. >> i have worked with her a lot in the 4h and showed her before and the junction have always liked her. >> reporter: what do they like about her? what makes a good meat goat? >> a long goat with muscle. they have to have -- like here is's a boer goat so they have to have certain breed characteristics with a curved head and nice horns and their skin has to be black underneath the hair.

>> reporter: you have the right shirt on. ask me about goats. you indeed know. what makes a good dairy goat? >> you want a got that -- >> reporter: this goat likes to eat my green shirt. just nibble. excellent. wonderful. not as good as the fried bubblegum. >> you want a goat that produces a lot of milk and good kids and you want just a goat that is friendly and stuff. >> reporter: well, you know what, i know that a kid is the baby goat. but i think 4h produces good kids. it's very evident in both of you. so good luck in your competition. so of course you're probably not surprised to see goats at the fair but you might be surprised to see exotic animals at the fair. and this brings me to darrell stanley with carolina camels. his daughter angel. okay, darrell. >> reporter: good morning. >> these are animals out of south america. this little boy here, this is the mountain [ non-english language ] much more rare than

the white nosed which are lowlands. >> they're handsful. >> he is the mountain koala mundy is over active very rambunctious, about a year old. >> reporter: does he love the fair circuit? he loves being around people and being around here. >> reporter: you have a lot of fun things and different animals. why do you think this kind of animal encounter is good? >> everything we do is educational. with children today, so many grow up in an area where they are not around animals, they are not interacting with animals. and that way they can at least interact with some of these. >> reporter: what are some of the other cool things we have here? >> we also have over here -- hold on, come here -- [ pause ] >> reporter: a whole pen of

stuff. >> yes. we have our sheep, our goats, this here is actually zach, he is our zeboo, actually a cow from the middle east. >> reporter: so you think the quad amun did i is ready for the segment to be over? >> i think so. >> reporter: i think darrell is ready for it to be over. the fair runs through sunday. myfoxdc.com is our website. coming up in the next hour, i know it's the 35th anniversary of elvis' death, i think we had an elvis sighting here. we'll see coming up in the 9:00 hour. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. they play members of a 1960s group on the road to stardom. tika sumpter, ejogo and jordin

sparks are interviewed. >> well, ladies, pleasure to see you. >> we're excited that you saw it. >> i loved it. >> reporter: other people seeing it are -- [overlapping speakers] >> reporter: my favorite scene is the initial scene where you have your first show in the club. hypothetical but obviously i loved your career on "american idol." >> thank you. >> reporter: if simon, paula and randy were in the crowd to judge that first performance what would they have said? >> i think randy would have been like for me, for you, it kind of was a little shaky at the beginning but then you tore it up at the end, doll. then he would have been you have this sexy thing going on... simon, horrendous. paula would have complimented our dresses. >> our nails and hair. >> reporter: i love -- everything that's going on in this movie a deeply emotional film. i have been doing this for a

couple of years and i interview actors and it geeks me out to sit down with you after seeing you in a movie and i'm in the back of my head i'm freaking out that i'm sitting down. when you walk on the set and you're across in an iconic person like whitney houston, do you geek out and how do you stay in full character and not every day i was just -- i can't believe we're here. people would give their right arm to hear her singing in her dressing room -- every day we were freaking out. i was exhausted telling myself to calm down by the end of the day. >> she made it easy when the cameras were rolling to stay right there because she was so professional. she was such a good actress. but you really were looking at the mother as opposed to whitney and so you could play against that and not until the camera stopped that you went -- did i just say that? >> like whoa. >> in the moment the work really comes alive.

and she actually was so full of humility and realness about her. i don't think people necessarily realized because she was such a huge icon. and that's who showed up every day at the set. >> she is also comfortable under any pressure no matter what but when the cameras were off, she was joking around. we were like a big family. >> we were trying to see if she was asleep -- >> i have to hear this. >> it's a scene that actually didn't make it but when we were sneaking out in the initial, you know, in the initial script we're looking over her making sure that she's passed out and sleeping so we can leave and we're leaning over her and the camera was behind her head so you couldn't see her face and we're leaning trying to look scared and trying to make a face at us and we were just oh!! >> all right. "sparkle" opens tomorrow. nba superstars and celebrities teaming up for a game of basketball. still ahead in our next hour where you can catch the action and how it's helping a good cause. time now 8:55. we'll be right back.

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good morning. i'men to ten. >> i'm sarah simmons. allison is off today. right now at 9:00 we'll be following breaking news out of afghanistan where a nato helicopter has crashed. we'll have the latest straight ahead. >> plus, hail the hero. a security guard takes a bullet at the family research council's headquarters where police believe the gunman may have been coming from and what he told the guard moments before opening fire. melanie alnwick is live with the latest. >> reporter: before you head to the store, a few recalls to tell you about this morning including soup from wegman's and a popular baby seat. >> plus, how nba players and artists are coming together to raise money for area nonprofits. this is video of last year' game. wisdom martin is back l