>> no. >> but we'll tell you about it. first in the gulf of mexico, people are getting ready for tropical storm isaac. some folks are hunkering down in homes, some are in shelters, others are taking no chances and are evacuating. isaac is expected to reach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall later today or early tomorrow. one man who owns a summer home in louisiana got emotional when he talked about the possibility of losing everything again. >> all you can do is prepare for the worst and hope for the best. the rule in grand isle because if you want it, take it with you. it may not be here when you get back. >> folks in the low-lying areas outside the levee systems are being urged to evacuate. a hurricane warning is in effect from east of morgan city, louisiana, to the alabama- florida border and we have learned that president obama speak about isaac from the

white house at 10:00. tucker barnes has more coming up on the storm. >> we have an update at 8:00 this morning. they are trying to get eye wall going. see it at the top of the screen. storm surge at 6 to 12 feet, 15 to 20 feet across southeast louisiana and mississippi over the next couple of days. the other information, movement north and west at 7 miles per hour so moving very slowly. unfortunately the effects across the northern gulf will last for the next 24 to 48 hours. so slow-moving storm. more coming up on isaac in a

few minutes. we have some rain showers moving through very light sprinkles at this hour. this rain is associated with a cool front working through our region and will deliver a nice afternoon for us. we'll be in for less humidity. currently 75 in washington our humidity 84%, southwest winds at 5 shifting out of the north and west later today and you're really going to notice that drier air moving in so a nice comfortable afternoon. we have clouds out there at the moment for parts of the area but should be a nice afternoon with again not expecting additional showers with lots of sunshine temperatures topping out about 90 degrees. i'll have more details on our weather and more details on isaac coming up. >> thank you. a big story this morning thousands of officers from around the region are gathering this morning to bid a final farewell to a prince george's county police officer killed in the line of duty. our own melanie alnwick is live

in mitchellville at the funeral service for 23-year-old adrian morris. >> reporter: good morning. you know, i got to say i think this is when it starts to get real. behind me you can see the people have gathered here. >> dozen honor here, two dozen honor guard and mounted police. there is a flag over the entrance where the funeral procession carrying the body of officer adrian morris will arrive. skyfox over the scene where they are awaiting at the funeral home in beltsville soon they will leave the funeral home and make the long sad procession here over to

mitchellville where the officers are awaiting. as you may recall, officer morris was killed last monday in a car crash. he lost control of his cruiser and veered into a ditch while pursuing robbery suspects. those two suspects have now been arrested. he was only on the force for 2.5 years. but everyone says he just left such an impression on eveyone he came in contact with. he was only 23 years old when he died. but his family says that he has wanted to be a police officer ever sce he was a little boy. coming back out live now, we want to show you we have the program here for the funeral. i was just kind of flipping through it. it shows a lot of his pictures. he grew up in jamaica, that even when he was a little kid he wanted to be a police officer. he came here to the united states as a teenager first in florida. and then ee he eventually came to maryland at eleanor

roosevelt high school. then when he was 16, he joined the police explorer program. and in high school he lived out his dream of becoming a police officer. his family says in the program he wore the uniform proudly and represented everything that it stood for but that he would -- he loved so much working as a police officer that even when he was off duty he would listen to radio calls and would literally leave a meal to assist fellow officers. that was the kind of a young officer he was and leaving a huge hole here in prince george's county. >> big loss for the community and certainly obviously for his family and friends. thank you. new this morning the investation into a possible meth lab in arlington was a false alarm. it began as acalled for a domestice disturbance call around 10:30 last night in the

800 block of north monroe. when police officers entered the apartment, they saw what appeared to be a meth lab and called the fire department. hazmat crews investigated and called the "all clear." a 15-year-old shooter in baltimore is charged as an adult so his name can be released and police say robert gladden, jr., walked into the cafeteria at perry hall high school yesterday and shot a 17- year-old student. the victim is in critical condition. the suspect's father says that his son was being bullied. gladden, jr., is held without bond and charged with first- degree murder and first-degree murder assault. a somber welcome home for a fallen soldier from maryland. david williams was killed while serving in the kandahar province of afghanistan. yesterday hundreds lined the streets of frederick flags in hand in a show of respect to

sergeant williams. the 2006 graduate of urbana high school had just deployed in april for the very first time. >> i think it's very important for us to show our patriotism and our dedication to the fallen soldiers and to the military. >> it's the first time i have come out and i just really felt compelled that i wanted to do this today. >> sergeant williams is survived by a fiancee, his father and his sister. he is expected to be buried on thursday. tropical storm isaac forces changes for republicans. they had to reschedule some speakers at their convention in tampa. >> yesterday's opening session only lasted 27 seconds. republican presidential candidate mitt romney was planning to use the republican gathering to reintroduce himself to the american people. sarah simmons joins us in studio with more of what happens today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. with that delay happening yesterday, obviously a lot more is happening today. kind of a very big day actually.

romney and ryan both arrive in tampa midday as republicans work to get their convention back on track even as they keep a watchful eye on tropical storm isaac. reporter: the gop chairman gaveled the start to the 2012 republican national convention monday but it was brief. a majority of events and speeches happen today and while all are keeping one eye on tropical storm isaac, delegates say there is a job to be done this week. >> well, we came here for a particular purpose, that's to elect romney as president. >> we can't not do it because this is the mechanism for nomination. >> reporter: with monday's rain day behind them mitt romney says he is ready to get the convention on track and expressed faith in his wife who is slated to speak this evening. >> great convention ahead. >> reporter: tough talking new jersey governor chris christie is gearing up too to deliver tuesday's keynote speech. >> another badge of honor for a republican. >> reporter: and even as they focus on the business of the party, governor romney says everyone is also thinking of

all those in isaac's path. >> i talked to the people in the storm's past and hope they are spared any major destruction. >> reporter: romney came to town earlier than first planned so he could see his wife's speech to the convention this evening. others who will take the stage tonight include new jersey governor chris christie and romney's former challenge eric santorum. of course, tomorrow, vice- presidential candidate paul ryan is also set to speak and then romney on thursday so afull week ahead. >> there you go. both sides who want a casino are stepping up. mgm casinos will build a casino if it gets approval. the company contributed nearly $2.5 million in recent days to a group called for maryland jobs and schools. that's the ballot issue committee supporting the passage of the plan. radio ads have already started

airing, tv ads begin this week. in the district, two groups will hold the first of several meetings to talk about parking and traffic camera tickets. councilmembers mary che and tommy wells are looking into ways to reduce speeding and red light camera ticket fines. those fines go up to $250 in in the district but similar tickets only $40 in montgomery county. councilmembers are holding a meeting at 3:00 p.m. today at the wilson building. councilman wells joined us in studio earlier this morning to talk about this. >> the point of the task force is not to find out if there's a problem. we know there's a problem. we want to really have the best policies with fines an infractions. since we have cameras all over the city, let's have a fine system that matches what's needed to bring the behavior down in order to get people safe but at the same time not cause an unnecessary hardship.

>> in the meantime ddot meets today to discuss parking tickets. you can express your thoughts at that meeting at the old council chambers on fourth street in northwest. that meeting is at 2:00 p.m. making headlines around the country now, family members of some of the 12 people killed during a midnight movie showing last month in colorado plan to hold a news conference this morning. but the subject is mostly a mystery. they say there are some behind the scenes events that need to be discussed publicly. the suspect in the shootings is 24-year-old james holmes. picture there. he faces charges of murder and attempted murder. defense attorneys have said he is mentally ill. another earthquake hit southern california last night just as experts said last weekend's series of quakes seem to be slowing down. on sunday, a swarm of tremors caused power outages and knocked mobile homes off their foundations. last night, a 2.4 quake struck about 100 miles east of san

diego around 7 local time. the u.s. geological survey says tremors earlier yesterday seemed to be slowing with most under a magnitude 2.5. a tragic story from the eastern shore where a 21-year- old man is now charged in the deaths of 70,000 chickens. the sheriff's office says joshua shelton was found lying in the power control shed of a poultry farm in delmar on saturday. they say he had cut power to 3 poultry houses, denying the chickens of food, water and cooling fans. authorities say shelton was found wearing only a t-shirt and boxers and he smelled of alcohol. gas prices creeping back up towards $4 a gallon mark and tropical storm isaac is it not helping. coming up after the break, i'm chatting live with fox business contributor phil lynn about where the prices may go and if you should be concerned. >> and we're also following

some breaking news concerning the redskins roster a day after it seems graham gano had the job as a new kicker and it may involve a kicking castoff from the ravens. we are talking about all of this at 9:30. time now 9:12. we'll be right back.  president clinton: this election to m me is about which...

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at the gas pump. tropical storm isaac is threatening gulf coast refineries and if they have to shut down, you could feel it in your wallet. joining us now from chicago is phil flynn with price futures group. he is also author of the daily energy report and is a fox business contributor. i have several questions. first tropical storm isaac. i understand it's in the gulf. that could cause some of these refineries to shut down for a period of time. but is it going to affect everybody in the country? how many people get their oil from the gulf? >> it will affect everybody in the country if there is major damage mainly because some of the biggest refineries in the country are in the gulf of mexico. you only have to look at indiana and california where they lost refineries and see the ripple effect.

if you get a shortage of oil or gas at one part of the country, they have a tendency to move oil and gas around to fill those needs. and if that happens, of course, all prices go up. the other thing you have to keep in mind, 70% of all oil production is offline in the gulf of mexico as of last night. that drives up the cost of oil when you have less oil higher gas prices. >> no pun intended here but isn't some of that oil already in the pipeline as it were and so how quickly will prices rise? it seems like this happens and prices rise overnight which is nonsensical to me. >> it wouldn't be if you understood what's going on down in the gulf of mexico right now. people are panic buying. wholesalers are panic buying. in the washington area, you may have only seen prices go up a penny or two. in the cash markets in those areas, they have gone up 30

cents a gallon overnight. the reason that is, is because when those refineries are shut down, if they have to meet contracts and get supply those prices go up almost immediately. so there's definitely a threat to supply. i'm impressed that the market isn't up more than it is and the prices haven't gone up more considering the fact of the track of the storm. we are going right into new orleans. some of the major import terminals are at risk. some of those refineries if they get flooded we could see a substantial rise in prices across the country maybe 30 cents a gallon. obviously if the storm doesn't do any damage, you will get a hurricane bonus. prices will probably fall more than they went up in anticipation of the storm. >> at the beginninof the summer

there was talk there could be a downturn in gas prices and they dropped for a time but have been going up. what happened? did we not get the downturn? >> we have had had a run of bad luck. it's been like murphy's law. i think right now, long term gasoline prices are nearing probably a historic peak. we are seeing a big shift in oil production in the country. we are going to be less dependent on oil imports from the middle east. and at the same time, we are creating cars that are going to be more fuel-efficient in the future. so i think that the era of high gases price is coming to an end. but mother nature has her say and she is having that say in delaying that prospect next couple of days. >> all right. phil, good to have your analysis on our air. we appreciate it. good to see you.

hopefully we'll talk to you soon. >> thank you. well, the redskins quick to scoop up a former raven who got the pink slip. breaking news this morning that billy kun difficult is joining the burgundy and gold. >> we just found out. we'll talk about that in a few moments. also, isaac slowly turning toward the gulf coast could reach hurricane strength today. up next preparations are under way. we'll also get a check with tucker, who is tracking the storm. stay with us. it's 9:26. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland.

welcome back, everybody. skyfox bringing us a life picture here. what we're attempting to show you is the thousands of police officers and people from around the region in prince george's county, there you see the procession there going -- they will gather to bid a final

farewell to a young hero, prince george's county police officer who was killed in the line of duty. of course, he is 23-year-old adrian morris. today that funeral service is taking place for this fallen prince george's county these are the latest pictures courtesy of skyfox. >> this will be a long procession as it travels along in maryland impacting traffic in the region so be aware this has begun and will be going on for some time. in other news, the gulf coast continues to brace for tropical storm isaac. folks are fortifying their homes some already in shelters then there are those who just aren't taking any chances right hand agetting out of town. a state of emergency has been issued in louisiana, alabama and mississippi. >> transportation resources are available for those who need help, shelters available for

those who need help and others with resources, pets and special medical needs there are resources available. >> our concern is that residents may decide to wait until later tuesday night or wednesday to start leaving or moving from the area. that would put you in the dark in perhaps 60-mile-an-hour winds in the rain. those are not the conditions that you want to move your family forward. >> the mayor of new orleans did not activate mandatory evacuations, although one of our reporters earlier did indicate there were now some mandatory evacuations in place. >> i find that strange especially when you think new orleans and hurricanes of course you think the worst. i find that strange that they wouldn't make those mandatory. >> yeah. obviously, i'm not privy to when the evacuations -- whether they're mandatory or not. it's still only a tropical storm. that's probably a big player. maximum winds only 70 miles an hour. with katrina the winds were 125

miles an hour when it made landfall so big difference in the intensity of the storm. doesn't mean it's not dangerous. the first bands of rain starting to approach new orleans. let's go to the radar. you can see the tropical bands now starting to move into portions of louisiana and mississippi and that's the leading edge of isaac as it moves in from the south and east. still, the center about 100 miles to the south and east of the mouth of the mississippi river here so this is going to be a big story. you can see the rain just starting to move in and i think the rain totals will be absolutely staggering when we're all done, maybe 20, 25 inches of rain for parts of southeast louisiana, mississippi here, over the next couple of days. let me show you the bigger picture. what's been happening overnight isaac continues to do its best to intensify. still a tropical storm, but don't be surprised at all if it's not a hurricane shortly. there is the eye trying to develo and the eye wall.

it's been doing the best it can to contain that wall. once it gets going, it will intensify and official forecast calls for a strong category 1 hurricane over the next 24 hours. and winds will be approaching about a 90 maybe 100 miles per hour in gusts as it moves inland just to the west of new orleans over the next 24 hours later tonight into early tomorrow so again, storm surge 6 to 12 feet lots of rain and a very slow moving storm. that's the other big story. the winds 70 miles per hour but the storm only moving at 7 miles per hour. and we'll bring some heavy rain and a slow-moving storm not good news for northern gulf of mexico. for us, we're looking brighter. we had showers move through early. we'll get rid of showers and on the live shot sunshine broke out. should be a beautiful afternoon around here just a thin band of rain showers. we have a cold front that's moved through early this morning. and with clearing off to the north and west, a lot of sunshine building in gorgeous day for us. high temperatures upper 80s to

90. here's the best part. less humidity than what we have had around here for the past several days. so humidity will be waning. 76 now, highs in the upper 80s to 90 this afternoon. 79 in leonardtown. let's see. culpeper 73. here's the five-day forecast. and again, i want to emphasize how nice the weather is going to be around here. it will be warm today, but without a lot of humidity should feel good. comfortable tonight, next couple of days, high temperatures in the 80s. we'll warm up to the low 90s by saturday. let me mention looks like the remnants of isaac could bring us some rain showers, programs thunderstorms, could be a wet day sunday, monday, question marks but at least the possibility. so remember, we could see some rain before the end of the weekend. wisdom martin has joined us on the set as we do a little sports. >> all right. >> this has become necessary all of a sudden. >> right. >> it would appear this morning that there's a little

controversy going on add redskins park involving the starting kicker. yesterday we thought grant gano thought the starting job was his, released rackers, they kept gano but now they have hired billy cundiff who the ravens cut yesterday and they are releasing graham gano. gave ross is on the phone with break news -- dave ross is on the phone with breaking news from redskins park. dave, can you shed some light on that? we lost him. we'll reestablish the connection but this is what's being tweeted. >> here's the deal. graham gano was the guy for the redskins. he didn't even kick during the preseason. he's not hurt. not to our knowledge. he didn't kick. so clearly he was going to be the guy for the redskins then out of the blue, all of a sudden the ravens dropped by billy cundiff who missed the field goal last year and now all of a sudden we don't want gano we want cundiff. >> i thought i saw gano kick during preseason both him and

rackers kick but dave, we have dave ross on the phone. dave? >> i am here. [ signal breakup ] >> okay. it sounds like you're a robot on mars. [ laughter ] >> let's try it for a moment. what are you hearing? what's going on? why has this decision been made? >> reporter: well, this a big surprise to me because i heard them say rackers was cut yesterday and we all assumed gano won the job and while his percentage was only 73.8% in his three years with the skins it was one of the lowest in the league, he had missed 10 kicks last year but five of them were because of bad protection up front so even the coach told me hey, he only missed 5 kicks last year, 31 out of 36 is better than 31 out of 41 so i was surprised and gano was when he walked into redskins park and saw espn's chris russell and said hey, i have been given a pink slip, they have billy cundiff. i don't know how much of an

upgrade it is but certainly a surprise at this stage of the preseason. >> hasn't cundiff -- okay, the ravens released him for a reason. hasn't he struggled the last year? >> he has. and he is a i will bit older in the -- he is a little bit older and was kicked from the cowboys. i think they think he is more -- he has been through the fires of the envelope more than gano and if this team -- eight games last year were decided by 7 points oar less played a lot of close games they think a veteran kicker with the tenure more so than gano might be able to more of kicks in pressure situations. ironically as wisdom just said, he missed the biggest kick in ravens history last year a chip shot that would have put them over time in the afc champion against the patriots and here we are six months later and he is looking for work and found it with the redskins. >> the ravens were paying billy $2 million a year. do the redskins have that kind

of money to pay him? >> not really. that will make an interesting cap number. we talked about guys like chris cooley and whether they can keep him. if you are going to pay billy cundiff $2 million to kick, that will be at somebody else's kick. i'll be curious to see how it goes on friday when they have to cut 22 more players on friday. >> billy cundiff was kicking on a team that was relevant as far as the play-offs are concerned so him missing is a big deal. >> yes. >> in order for him to be relevant with the redskins, you have to be in a relevant situation. i think you know where i'm going with this. so if you are depending on your kicker to be the difference, you're in trouble. >> well, they believe wisdom they're not that far away and they had so many games last year decided by a touchdown or less that a kicker could help out in those situations. think about it. it's not just three points or less. they are thinking if we're in 50-yard range and lock this guy in and think he will make a percentage closer to 85% versus

73%, all of a sudden you changed the third down calls, that maybe they didn't have the confidence in with graham gano sitting back there but that's the rational is that billy cundiff will be more dependable in the long stretch this year in close games versus graham gano. i don't know if that's accurate but that's whatter in thinking. >> maybe they think a change of scenery will be good for him. dave ross, thank you very much for calling in shedding some light on this. again, apparently the redskins have signed rejected ravens kicker billy cundiff to the squad. thank you, gentlemen. >> always a pleasure. [ laughter ] >> we'll see how it goes. a show of support for prince harry. that's coming up next in the buzz bin. stay with us.  what does fall smell like?

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all's well that ends well, shakespeare's famous play hits the stage and you can take part. coming up, holly is telling us howget in on this free event. >> those are the actors. tired of the jiggles? are you tired of the rolls? how you can blast away your belly fast. simple tips from dietician diane welland when we come back. time now 9:44. this is the plan for back to school. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99.

a major part of slimming down is eating all of the right foods, of course. but we know that exercise is integral in losing weight. diana welland is a registered dietician and the coauthor of

the complete idiot's guide to belly fat weight loss. we saw tips on how to eat well and you brought in some wonderful dishes. those recipes are in the book. but i want to say the book is available at amazon.com, barnes & noble, all those places. when you pick it up, what is in it for its readers? >> well, it will give you all kinds of tips not only how to eat but also other lifestyle tips on how to lose belly fat because eating is a very big part but it's not the only part. and that's why we're going to be talking about physical activity. that's also a big part. stress can affects your belly fat and sleep. >> how much you sleep. i love that because -- you say about an 80/20 ratio. 80% is what you eat, 20% is how you move your body. >> yes. if you think about sleep and stress, they affect what you eat. not only affects what you eat but how much you eat. >> i could not agree with you

more. >> okay. so you brought -- i mean, this looks like artwork but it's actually a recommendation on getting a routine down so if you get some of that coveted sleep, right? >> absolutely. the first thing you should do is shut off all the eleronics. people go on the computer. but after that, try to get into a routine that will help you sleep better. tea is a great routine. this is a regular tea. you can also have decaf or herbal tea, glass of warm milk, anything that will help you relax, you just need to wind down the last half hour before you go to bed to help you sleep. >> here's a big question. a lot of us don't get the amount of sleep we need, the eight hours or whatever is recommended. how about if we get six hours and really good sleep like the quality of sleep? does that equal out the time that we're not getting with a little shut-eye if you know what i'm saying? >> you really need the quantity

of sleep. >> okay. >> obviously, good sleep is better than having a restless sleep and as we age it actually gets harder for us to get that quality sleep. so you really want to kind of as we said if you wind down, have a really nice routine, some people take a bath before they go to bed, just relax and then that also reduces stress. >> speaking of stress, that's the other part of this, sleeping stress. you brought a prop to show how to get rid of that stress. >> squeeze a ball. take deeper breaths. that's calming. the problem is, we have sort of a low level of stress chronic stress in our lives and this chronic stress is actually what raises cortisol levels which makes food more appealing and especially sugary foods and foods that aren't necessarily

as good for us, makes them a little more appealing to us and also reduces or energy expenditure and, you know, helps -- -- >> that's okay. it's all in there and it's all in the book. >> right. >> before i let you go, i want to ask quickly if you're just starting to exercise, how much should we be doing? and should we be also as we get into it more say the moderate to experienced person with working out, how much should we be doing? >> you should be doing at least two hours a week. >> that's not bad. >> not that much. >> the good news is the take- home message is diane says it is not that hard to lose that belly fat. a lot of us struggle with that but diane says it's not hard. so don't take it personally when she calls us idiots. it's for our benefit. diane welland, the complete idiot's guide to belly fat

weight loss. thank you. back to you. all's well that ends well the latest production on stage at the shakespeare theater company and until september 5 catch it for free part of the annual shakespeare free for all and anyone can get in on the act. holly morris has more. >> reporter: good morning. to be or not to be involved in the family fun, that is the question. the answer is, you're crazy if you don't take advantage of this wonderful opportunity that they have been doing for 22 years now. the shakespeare theater company this year is, like you said, all's well that ends well. and i am very pleased to let you know that i am joined by three of the handsome actors part of the show. tony and two others. good morning. >> good morning. >> are there any ladies in the show? >> no. just us. [ laughter ] >> somehow you all drew the short stick to come out here. tell me about your thoughts on this whole concept of, you

know, a free-for-all getting everybody exposed to shakespeare. >> oh, it's the best. yeah. it's -- i have done not here but another shakespeare in the park somewhere else and it's amazing -- this is no longer in the park, obviously, but to see hundreds and sometimes thousands of people come in and know that a lot of them either don't regularly go to the theater or don't get to see shakespeare. it's a different audience than we're used to and it's fantastic. >> what would you say? sometimes shakespeare can be intimidating or maybe it just really s how do you say to them go on, give it a chance? >> well, shakespeare is intimidating on the page. when you first open up a shakespeare play and read it it is hard to get used to but when you worked on it and you're telling the story it opens it up in a way that's just beautiful, beautiful storytelling. it's so very exciting and he wrote it for people who weren't

necessarily educated. so it's not as hard as it seems at first glance. >> you will get it. just give it a chance. >> it's not like it was in high school when you were -- it was forced on you and you had the read the whole thing in one night and didn't get it all and that. it's more fun. a lot more fun than that. >> reporter: when we talk about shakespeare in terms of acting, all serious actors do shakespeare. you're in school so for you to play a part like this do you feel like you're developing as an actor? >> immensely. shakespeare is such a challenge and it's sort of this, you know, holy grail in a sense, like if you can accomplish shakespeare, understand shakespeare, you sort of feel like i don't know confident t gives you a lot of confidence if you can dissect the script and understand the story line that's going on. >> reporter: i know your role involves a lot of comedy for the show. is it hard to do comedy in shakespeare? or is it naturally funny? >> i think it's just like i think each one of us sort of

it's a -- it's a very comedic show in a sense and that's why people like it but the comedy is in the words and so if you sort of just like let the words come out, i mean, like -- >> i'm the clown of the show sort of. i would say. >> yes. >> one of the two clowns. >> these are real persons. >> everything is like a circus clown. just like the -- i don't know. the comic relief. >> and his character is a great example of what's so great about shakespeare is that on the one hand, you can say he is perfectly ridiculous with you he is a human being and provides a really interesting part of the story because our relationship a big part of the play is why does my character spend anytime under the influence of this character? but i personally have in my life as a kid, you know, had a couple of bad influence this is my life that other people -- >> reporter: haven't we all? you know? but we get away from them. before we go, i know you played

your character in 2010. is it fun to come back into the role? is it like riding a bike or do you do something different? >> it's like riding a bike, the lines come back and things you remember, but definitely one of the reasons to do it is because there is a chance to do it differently and better and there are new people and it changes everything because you're talking to a different person, this is a different space and it's more exciting. i think of we have kicked it up a couple of notches. >> reporter: you need to see them come kick it up a couple of notches. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the shakespeare theater company. you can get in a lottery the day before the show or stand in line outside the theater. we'll have more "fox 5 morning news" when we come back. stay with us. it's time to change the way we clean. it's time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. and free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. new lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach.

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