cuts. we know where the cuts will come from in our area. we'll have a live report as fox 5 morning news at 7 :00 starts right now. live look outside at some of the traffic in northwest washington, i believe. we'll have more on all of that coming up. this is monday, february 25th. good morning. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm alison seymour. happy you're starting your week off with us. >> indeed. >> and with tucker barnes who is here to tell us what we can expect today. sounds like it's going to be a decent day. >> yeah, should be a beautiful day. expecting highs in the upper 40s to about 50. little cooler than yesterday. but still lots of sunshine in the forecast. and the best part, less wind than yesterday. all in all, good looking way to start our work week. listen, we're cold this morning. temperatures overnight, highs yesterday, let's skip that map completely.

temperatures now in the upper 20s and low 30s, including 31 in washington. mid-20s at dulles. very chilly start. there's your satellite radar. generally clear skies for monday. high pressure been building in will keep things dry around here today. less wind. highs about where they should be, upper 40s to about 50. quiet forecast. things will change later tonight and during the day tomorrow. more rain in the forecast by tomorrow afternoon. i'll have details in just a minute. sunshine, about 47 degrees by 5:00 p.m. if you didn't get a chance to morning check out the full moon. moon rise tonight at 6:07 p.m. should be beautiful. julie has your roads. good morning. >> on the roads now we find the crew in sky fog above the beltway in land over past 450. lanes are open. traffic flowing freely on each side of the beltway on the inner and outer loop to and

from 50 headed towards andrews. earlier a problem inner loop south of ritchie marlboro road has cleared. to virginia, northbound 395 where we had problems in the hov lane. no one getting by at this point northbound 395 in the hovs north of edsel road. main line open, but vdot moving that traffic camera around, nobody getting by in the hov lanes due to a crash. all laned blocked hovs headed northbound. you are stuck in the hovs for some time trying to make your way past this scene. main line is open for business. let's continue with our cameras. lanes are opening on 66. traffic slowing out of manassas east of business 234, backup from 287 to 123 and traffic slowing briefly at the beltway, southbound along 270. lanes open germantown. tapping the brakes approaching the lane divide.

that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you. new this morning, police in prince george's county have made breaks in two big murder investigations. today, we'll learn more about them. one of those cases is the murder of 18-year-old marquel roz. the teenager was shot and killed on september 11th as he walked to school. ross is one of six prince george's county students killed this school year. police will also announce an arrest in the murder of darryl dean mcintyre. the 71-year-old was killed inside her home earlier this urning to the looming sequester cuts, congress returns from vacation today. >> but they do not have a lot of time until the automatic spending cuts take effect. as the count down continues, let's get the latest from melanie alnwick live on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you don't have to look far beyond the white house web site to see how this is playing out.

sequester is front and center. 150,000 possible do democrat civilian layoffs. here on capitol hill, there isn't much hope that things can be done to stop them. the first lady made a surprise live appearance from the white house last night for the academy awards show in hollywood. the oscar for the most gridlock, though, stays here in washington. as the president hosted nation's governors at the white house, the administration was making the case that not a single state would be spared in spending cuts. the president's secretary of transportation spoke of an approaching crisis. >> it's a huge cut. a billion dollars. 600million at faa which has the largest number of employees at d.o.t. >> reporter: there are political risks for the president, too. the administration has warned of things like massive airport checkpoint delays and if the worst case scenario doesn't materialize, it will bolster

republican claims. >> but to not cut 2.5% out of the total budget over a year when it's twice the size it was 10 years ago? give me a break. >> reporter: meantime, the president's insistence on another round of tax hikes is a nonstarter for the gop. in the days ahead, the administration will shift its focus to the pentagon, which will bear the brunt of the cuts. in addition to some of the defense cuts as well as the contractor furloughs, the white house also said in d.c., maryland and virginia we could have perhaps 31,000 fewer hiv tests available, or 5900 fewer kids getting vaccines. $700millioncut in environmental funding. all those possible impacts now listed on the white house web site. there is talk of perhaps a compromise that would allow the federal agencies to at least have flexibility in deciding where they're going to apply the cuts within their agencies.

with the sequester due to hit friday, there isn't much time to work out all the details. tony and allison? thank you. in afghanistan, president karzai wants u.s. special forces out of a key province. he's accuses them of working with afghan citizens to torture and even murder people in the region. the u.s. has rejected the claims u.s. forces carried out any such crimes. secretary of state john kerry has arrived in london. it's the first stop on a nine country trip. it's his first official overseas mission as secretary of state. this morning he sat down with british prime minister david cameron to discuss the situation in syria and iran's nuclear program. in cuba, the end of the

castro era is in sight. yesterday president raul castro began his second term, but announced it will be his last. castro says his country is at a place where it's ready for a younger generation to lead. today begins the last work week for pope benedict xvi. the 85-year-old pontiff is set to retire thursday night. yesterday he delivered his final public blessing in st. peter's square, telling the crowd, "god told me to go." he reassured the world's 1.2 billion catholics that his decision to retire does not mean he's abandoning the church. the pope has one final appearance scheduled wednesday. experts say as his final act as pope, he might change the rules governing conclaves to speed it up. cardinals from around the world have started to gather in

rome. washington archbishop donald wuerl left over the weekend. he and 116 other cardinals will meet next month to elect the successor. tony? thank you very much. police in takoma mark investigate an apparent murder/suicide. happened along flower drive around 2:00 sunday morning. the victims are david draugh and steven hickman. david was a teacher. school officials expected to release more information about his death later today. and police in virginia are searching for a person of interest in a double homicide investigation. police want to talk to 68-year- old john jeffries of fredericksburg. the bodies of 74-year-old ethel slack and her husband, nelson slack, were found inside a home on bunker hill road on sunday. d.c. council meets today to

decide whether to punish one of its own. it will consider a resolution disapproving of jim graham's conduct. multiple investigations have found graham told a developer he would support his bid for the lottery contract in exchange for the developer dropping out of a project around a metro station. graham disputes the findings. we've heard all of the doom and gloom sequestration scenarios. but is there any upside? >> still ahead this hour, we're going to take a look at some of the possible benefits of those automatic spending cuts now just days away from taking place. >> plus, history and danger during a wild weekend in daytona. dave ross will join us live with a look back. >> first, though, from the musical tributes to the biggest upsets to the most surprising moments, we're going to take a look back at a historic night at the academy awards. 7:09. we'll be right back.

looks like we're there, tony. >> yeah. >> the 85th annual oscars was one for the history books. >> we have a look at all the winners and losers. >> these nine movies took us back in time and all around the world. >> reporter: making oscar history on hollywood's biggest night, first lady michelle obama announced the best picture winner, "argo." >> everyone in the movie, worked on the movie, did anything with the movie, thanks. i want to thank our friends in iran, living in a terrible circumstances now. >> reporter: not since 1989 has the honor gone to a film where the director wasn't nominated. >> you're not entitled to anything. i'm honored to be here, honored to be among these extraordinary movies and i'm really honored

to win the award. >> daniel day lewis. >> reporter: daniel day lewis took home the expected trophy for best actor. becoming the only person to win three in that category. jennifer lawrence fell on her way up to accept best actress. >> look at my dress. i tried to walk upstairs in this dress, that's what happened. yeah, i think i just -- they waxed the stairs. >> ang lee. >> reporter: in a surprise, life of py's ang lee took home best director. ♪ dreamed a dream in time gone by ♪ >> reporter: ann hathaway was able to give another passionate speech for best supporting actress. >> i had a dream. and it came true. and that can happen and that's wonderful. >> reporter: supporting actor had all past winners competing

and now christoph waltz has another oscar to his collection. >> you slay the dragon because you're not afraid of it, and you cross through fire because it's worth it. >> seth mcfarlane pretty bad oscar. >> reporter: there was plenty of comedy with seth mcfarlane as host. his song and dance numbers included uncomfortable jabs at the famous, even though he had plenty of celebrity friend join him on stage. he also got a visit from captain kirk himself. ♪ >> reporter: james bond received a tribute, and adele picked up a trophy for "skyfall" past song. cast members from les mis and jennifer hudson contributed to a musical medley.

"life of pi" had the post oscars. >> let's talk about it the rest of the show now. >> it will be great. >> very fun. >> the 10 minutes i saw looked good. you said it dragged on at the end. >> the first part was, okay, i'm waiting for the show to begin. i was a little tired of captain kirk, i'm sorry. >> here's the thing i don't get, every year the show goes long, it's too long. why have a 90 minute preshow of people walking the red carpet? start the show at 8:00, tighten it up, get it off by midnight. >> why not? >> i don't know. i got to agree with tony on that one. >> tony had a lot of time to talk when he didn't have time. i agree, tony. >> that's not the point. >> speaking of things going too long -- >> oh, come on! >> let's do temperatures. nice looking day. should be a beautiful day. highs about 50.

lots of sunshine. 32 now in washington. 30 boston. big storm out across central portions of the country. denver heavy snow, 13 degrees. 46 in san francisco. developing drought to the west. that's going to be a big summer issue if the trend continues here. for us, sunshine today. high pressure keeps things dry. the white you see heavy snow. blizzard warning. that will be dragging towards the washington area. looks like primarily rain for us as temperatures will be in the mid-40s. western maryland, towards cumberland, west virginia, western virginia, may start as a winery mix for you. parts of the region to the west have a winter storm watch

tomorrow. there's your seven-day forecast, accu weather, 48 day. maybe a quick wintry mix, transitioning to rain, 46. and by the time we get into friday, saturday and sunday, first few days of march, yeah, looks like it comes in more lion like than lamb like with cold temperatures. >> as long as it leaves like a lamb, that's fine. >> it should. >> thanks, tuck. >> let's find out what's happening on the roads. >> we're busy in virginia northbound along 395. it's where we have tieups in the hov lanes at edsel road. tying up the left lane of two. traveling northbound you're on the brakes from springfield in the hov lanes heading northbound to edsel road. main line of northbound 395 slowing from the beltway continuing towards seminary road. northbound i-95, trouble here before route one in woodbridge. right side closed. delays slow in stafford, but now a backup leaving dale city

to this accident in woodbridge. maryland, lanes are open. no issues reported south on the capital beltway. colesville road, university boulevard, langley drive for another crash. kenilworth avenue, traveling southbound lanes are open. down to about 42 miles per hour headed south towards east capital street. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. we have breaking news to bring you. this is from the vatican. it has just been announced that pope benedict xvi has changed church rules to allow college of cardinals to begin the conclave sooner than expected. usually cardinals must wait 15 days until after the pope dies or leaves office to begin the process to elect a papal successor.

it's 19 minutes after 7:00 on this monday morning. coming up next, a wild weekend down in daytona. dave ross will join us live with nascar highlights. >> and later, the fast track to the best education. holly is live at kidsville, with ways to give your child a head start. [ female announcer ] the magic begins when jif fresh roasts peanuts

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7:23 now. topping today's sports breakfast, danica in daytona, and is the great eight back? >> maybe. dave ross is here with all the details. good morning, sir. >> good morning. great sports weekend, especially saturday. the caps won, wizards won and terps won. >> how about that? >> nice winning weekend. is he back? been a lot of clamor. people wondering about alex and is he back? he certainly looked the part saturday night, taking on new

jersey. not one, not two, but three goals in all. part of a 5-1, big win to give them their sixth of the year. more importantly, i think we saw alex and the people at the verizon center thinking the great eight is back. eight goals tied for the team lead. the caps see carolina tomorrow night. after you get your third goal and a hat trick, everybody throws their hats on the ice. wisdom martin on record saying he would not throw his on the ice. big day for danica patrick, history setting weekend, as she held the pole position to start the race. didn't finish there. had bangups on lap 33. tony stewart and tony harvick go down and out, finishing 41 and 42. tony stewart has never won the daytona 500. back to danica and history.

she takes the lead on lap 90. first woman ever to lead a lap at daytona. and she held that lead for five laps. down the stretch they come and jimmie johnson wins his second great american race. holding off dale earnhardt, jr. to win. earlier, a very awkward moment here as our own erin andrews sees 50 cents. she turns to the side and says, no, on the cheek. not sure what was going on with 50-cent there. she kept her composure. >> i don't find it awkward. he came in, realized what he was doing and turned here. i do it all the time. >> it's happened to me many times. >> really? >> yeah, sure. >> this is one of those things -- >> you learn how to --

>> they're blowing it up. we are blowing it up for no reason. he comes in -- >> he shouldn't be going for her lips anyway. >> right. she handled it very well, right? it's blowing up on twitter. >> this is what you do, oh, hey, how are you? and turn around. >> i find it comedic, i will say that. >> i find it a nonstory. >> it is comedic. >> because i'm the only woman in here. any woman knows, a friend comes in here, they come in here, you turn here -- >> we get it. >> you don't get it. >> i do. she did the right thing. it's presumptuous of him -- >> i don't think he was going for the kiss on the lips. >> oh, he was. >> fifty-cent, come on. still ahead, why sequestration may not be all doom and gloom. we'll take a closer look at the possible upside of the automatic spending cuts. >> live look outside. we're going to check with tucker and julie for a look at

traffic and weather, that's next. 7:26.    land o' lakes spreadable butterr with canola oil is made with sweet cream, canola oil and salt. just three simple ingredients. what's in your spread?

the plains states are bracing for another round from another nature, days after a storm dumped a foot or more of snow across the midsection,

another system is taking aim. the national weather service has issued a blizzard watch for parts of kansas. but texas, oklahoma and missouri will also get hit. forecasters say this new storm could leave behind at least 15 inches of snow. man. >> we will ease your burden. give us like 3 inches. >> we'll take a little bit of that. >> that will be fine. >> right. >> give the kids one day where they don't have to go to school. >> just one day. >> i agree with you. been waiting patiently. they need the snow out west. they have to build up that snow pack, it's important for their water tables later in the summer. >> good positive spin. >> upside to it. around here just sunshine. >> i taped the les mis section of oscars for you to watch later. >> good. >> i brought it to work. >> yes. >> to relive it one more time. >> one more time? >> yep. >> allison. [ laughter ] >> i feel like once wasn't enough. please sing it to me.

sunny start to your week. should be gorgeous out there. it will be gorgeous for anne hathaway after winning last night. upper 40s to about 50 today. yesterday was 54. dealing with the wind yesterday. less wind today. rain returns tomorrow. generally rain for us if you're out to the west, west virginia, western maryland, you have a chance of a mix at the onset. even for you, will transition to rain. march comes in like a lion. not too stormy, but cold the first few days of march, with highs about 10 degrees or so below average as we get into the end of the week. cold this morning. 32 washington. 30 leonardtown. lots of 20s on the map. manassas, you're 21 degrees. 23 culpeper. 26 martinsberg. definitely february feel. make sure you're properly attired. lots of sunshine this afternoon and quiet. should be feeling pretty good mid- to late afternoon. highs about 50. upper 40s to about 50.

generally sunny skies. won't be perfectly sunny. little bit of cloudiness from the south. high pressure will keep things dry today. not expecting any rain or wintery mix around here later this afternoon. tonight quiet. as we get into tomorrow, this storminess taking shape down in the south and to the west will team up on the washington area and bring us a couple of waves of low pressure. good chance of rain around here. i think tomorrow morning will be dry, but by tomorrow afternoon, with a chilly rain around here, highs in the mid- 40s, rain by the evening commute. 48 today. mostly sunny skies. less windy than yesterday. night time hours, overnight lows, probably where they should be, 33. partly cloudy overnight and chilly. there's your accu weather seven- day, maybe a few flakes locally. generally a rain event tomorrow. wednesday and thursday, little unsettled with showers around. cooler temperatures for the kickoff of march. we'll do traffic with julie. good morning. >> on the roads, northbound 395 this is where we had problems

earlier at edsel road. hov lanes were shut down. no longer the case. traffic is flowing again traveling north of the capital beltway. traffic slows in springfield northbound on 395. lanes open northbound on i-95 approaching route one. accident activity was here involving a truck. it's confined to the shoulder. lanes are open, but traffic slows leaving 630 courthouse road, leaving stafford, delays dale city woodbridge and newington to edsel road. outer loop of the beltway below speed towards georgia avenue. we'll show you what else is happening. if you are continuing to work not on 295, below speed, down to 22 miles per hour, to the inbound 11th street bridge. gw parkway traffic slowing from 123 to the key bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you. congress has just four days to avert the beginning of

sequester related budget cuts. while some have warned of a scorched earth future if the budget slashing begins, there are some in congress and elsewhere who say the process may have an upside. here to talk about if there is indeed an upside is a staff writer at roll call, and a frequent guest of the show. i'm happy that you're here, talking once again about the sequester and what it means. i guess the big question is, is there an upside to these budget cuts? >> if there's an upside, it's that there are budget cuts that are going to be coming into effect here one way or the other. this was -- these were arranged in such a way that lawmakers when they were putting them into effect said they would never come into effect because they're so onerous in the way they're implemented, sort of the, as the saying goes, meat ax approach of cutting the budget. if there's an upside, i suppose it would be, and some would argue because it forces the

cuts to go in effect in some way, because congress is proving itself incapable of doing it through a more reasonable perhaps method of moving forward. >> i just got to go offscript and ask you, then, what does this say? they put the cuts into place saying this will never happen, and lo and behold it might happen. what can we take home from this? >> well, we've been through these sorts of near misses before. we've had that with the sort of budget situation in january that caused us to all be around new year's eve. i think i was here on new year's morning. >> right. >> there are all sorts of lessons maybe, but maybe there aren't, because we just keep going through the same thing. >> right. >> i think the question is, do we see the same situation play out thursday and friday? >> okay. congress returns today. we said it, four days.

what's the realistic chance here that anything can happen to stop these cuts from going through? >> well, look, what we saw, what we're going to see this week, anyway, is that there's going to be some test votes in the senate. there may be competing proposals from democrats and republicans. neither of which have sufficient support to actually pass. because the democratic proposal has tax increases in it. and it's unclear exactly what the competition of the republican proposal is at this point. doesn't look like it will get many, if any, democratic votes. looks like everybody needs to gird for the possibility the sequester will come in effect, at least for a little while. the question is, okay, we get to saturday, does everyone then suddenly wake up and decide there's something else they have to do and cut a deal because either the market doesn't like it or people in general start getting more

agitated? >> big article in the post yesterday, and i'm wildly paraphrasing this article, but i'm asking you, or i'm saying that the democrats, they say, there is a fear that there's been no surprise the republicans have said we need to cut spending. these cuts take place, the democrats are worried that maybe people will forget that they were up in arms about the spending cuts and life will resume in the second week of march with these cuts and it will go forward and the republicans have gotten what, you know, what they have said needs to be done in the first place. is there a fear people will become complacent quickly and say, okay, now we're shrinking government is a good thing? >> if the cuts are implemented in the way that the administration yesterday and on friday was starting to talk about the way that they will be implemented, i don't think there's any chance that people stop worrying about them too quickly.

transportation secretary ray lahood, for instance, is saying that there will be airports that will basically be closed because their air traffic control towers, smaller, more rural airports, that will basically be closed, and that larger airports you could see an extra hour waiting in line at the tsa security checkpoint at reagan. i don't think that that's something people are going to soon grow acustommed to if it were to actually happen. i think the question is whether or not those sorts of immediate consequences actually come into effect, or if that's somewhat of an exaggeration on the part of the white house. >> i'll have to leave it there. i wouldn't be surprised if we see you again this week. it would be my pleasure if you came back on the show. we'll be right back. thank you so much. 

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>> i think it's funny. not everyone can take home an academy award of course. even the nominees who didn't win go home with a little something special. >> that's right. swag bags are a hollywood staple and this year's oscar bag is worth, ready for this, just under $48,000. included inside, a $12,000 vacation to australia. >> what? >> a pair of $350 limited edition tennis shoes. $5,000gift certificate to a plastic surgeon. >> you're playing around. >> it's true. $600treatment for acupuncturist and circus lessons for their

children, and condoms and windex. i've seen the gift bags. you have to be, you know, you have to come to the thing in a big limo with a big trunk or suv, because the bags are huge duffle bags. >> gosh. >> crazy. >> you have people, tony. >> you have people. >> by the way, the irs is on the it. they have to pay taxes. >> they do. >> what do they care? now thank you, because now i've been brought back to reality, because i would not want to pay taxes on it. thank you. >> do you have a story? >> i do. >> yeah, right there. from hollywood's best to the best of the worst, the razzy awards were handed out over the weekend. leading the pack, twilight breaking down part 2. the final installment in the series won seven over the weekends, including worst picture, worst actress for kristin stewart, and can we talk about her at the oscars last night? don't have time.

and worst supporting actor for taylor lautner. other winners, adam sandler and rihanna in herdy because in battle ship. was that her debut? what's up, tucker? >> sunshine, upper 40s to about 50. >> good, no rain. >> but tomorrow rain is back. we need the rain. 9-inch deficit the past year. we could use it. >> okay. >> spring flowers, soon, and you're going to want them to -- >> prosper. >> been doing a lot of dog washing lately. >> everyone getting muddy. cold start to your day. upper 20s, low 30s. lots of sunshine this afternoon. up to 50. yesterday we were 54, though a pretty good wind made it feel cooler. 32 washington. 26 pittsburgh. detroit and columbus are both 21 degrees. you can see that still a february feel here across the mid-atlantic and much of the

country, as these temperatures are cool. all right. there's a lovely look at parts of washington. unfortunately no clouds or radar on that. here's your futurecast. 5:00tonight, rush hour, nice and quiet. bright sunshine today. less wind, about 50. tonight we'll cloud up and by tomorrow, late morning, early afternoon, rain for us if you're a viewer to the west, parts of west virginia, western maryland and western virginia, in fact a winter storm watch out to the west. may start as a wintry mix. rest of us, cold rain tomorrow and will be around for the evening commute. get ready for a good soaking rain tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow tight as our next storm system moves through. 48 today. wintry mix, mostly rain tomorrow. and cold to start the month of march. highs about 10 degrees below average by friday and next weekend. >> going to be cold for a

while. >> still that time of year. >> okay. thanks, tuck. >> let's go to julie now with the latest on traffic. >> well, on the top stretch of the beltway, nothing out of the ordinary. below speed leaving college park. inner loop slowing between georgia avenue and colesville. southbound 270 on the breaks leaving shady grover continuing to the lane divide. and traveling in virginia, still on the slow side, northbound on 395 headed towards edsel road. earlier problem in the hov lanes now cleared. southbound on kenilworth avenue down to 8 miles per hour leaving east capital street continuing towards pennsylvania avenue. east capital street blocked off from bening road due to a water main break. southbound on the gw, 123 to the key bridge, now down to 31 miles per hour. east on the dulles toll road, on the brakes from 286 to fairfax county parkway.

66on the brakes in manassas and again 286 to 123. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. thank you, julie. 7:46. coming up, how to get a jump start on your child's education from your own home. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning to you. we are live at a place called kidville. and if you are five years of age and younger, you might be interested in this, too. coming up, we're going to talk all about its concept, and yes, how you can recreate some of it in your own home and why it's so important to do so. it's all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. you guys are superstars.  [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation,

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good morning. >> reporter: as a parent of a 15-month-old, so much pressure, right, to start early. >> right. >> reporter: the amazing thing is there are a lot of options out there in terms of getting your kids involved in a young age. kidville is one of them. it's where we are checking things out this morning. we're beginning on the creative side. look at us, we're in the studio. art is one of the many things they do well here. we have the owner of kidville here. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: tell me about the overall concept of kidville. >> sure. we're in downtown bethesda and we offer children's classes for newborn through five. gym, art, dance, birthday parties. drum and guitar lessons, haircuts, summer camp. a little bit of everything. >> reporter: the thing that strikes me when you talk to that is that you offer zero to five. >> yes. >> reporter: there's not a lot of places that offer for newborns. >> we have a music class, big muscle for little babies, wee

wiggle, classes that -- >> reporter: wee wiggle is a class. she's not saying we wiggle. you come as a parent -- >> right, you have to be prepared to wiggle as well. >> reporter: why those ages, zero to five, to get them started? >> this is a great way for them to explore, they're developing fine motor skills, and really the benefit for parents is the fact that they get to get very messy here and you don't have to do that at home. >> reporter: it's a win/win for everyone. >> exactly. >> reporter: we're going to check in with mary beth, she's leading our class here. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: from the beginning to the end, what kind of development do you see in terms of art classes? >> we see them becoming more social. using their senses. we try to get them really messy as you can see. we try to get them it upping things and tasting things and

smelling things and talking about it as well. >> reporter: really, as i'm listening to you talk, it's about finding out what their options are out there. it's really an entry way to discovery. >> for sure. and we're all about discovering and really exploring and letting the children explore through play. >> reporter: we want you to explore through play in your own home. so kidville, since they're experts, is giving us tips of art projects we can do at home. >> sure. as you can see, the little ones are partaking in paint cicles, which is easy to do at home. take tempra paint, pour it in a cup, not styrofoam. put a posicle stick in there. and pop this in the freezer and it will freeze overnight, and all you do is rip the cup off and then you end up having this. the kids just can draw on paper. >> reporter: that is so cool.

>> yeah, and of course as it melts a little bit, then it becomes a little more, a little easier to paint. >> reporter: what wants to tell me what they're making? can anybody tell me about their picture? tell me about your -- what are you making there? what are you making? >> a big circle. >> reporter: a big green blob. i like that. what's another project we can do? >> this is a public you'll probably have at home -- product you'll probably have at home. cool whip and jello. this is what we call yum paint. they can then take their fingers and draw on tinfoil, and you know, eat as well at the same time. >> reporter: yes. from a mother whose child just ate dirt for the first time yesterday, this is the perfect

paint i need. >> this is. as long as you can not let them get confused in the fact this is a product they can eat and the paint is not, you're good. >> reporter: yes. then there's that. are you going to do volcanos? >> volcanos are easy to do at home as well. and it's just play dough and mix vinegar and baking soda. >> reporter: you have a spring session coming up? >> yes. it starts in early may. 16 week semester and goes until the end of august. we do summer camp for 2, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds and we sell those in two week sessions. it's a great option. >> reporter: excellent. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to kidville if you want to find out more about the opportunities they have here. coming up in our next hour, we are going to check out the gym, because you know what, these little muscles, they need big play time and we're going to have big time play time in our next hour and talk about the importance of that as well. back to you in the studio.

>> that's greater. >> thanks, holly. time for our facebook fan of the day now. we say hello and happy birthday though leslie diamond. happy birthday to you, gorgeous face. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day, like our facebook page and then post a comment below ms. diamond's photo. happy birthday to you. >> happy birthday. still ahead, oscar fashion. we're going to check out the best and the worst dressed from last night. >> plus, major reforms for the way the commonwealth pays for roads. if virginia's senate passes a new transportation bill, actually it did on saturday, it could mean big changes for how much you pay for gas and groceries. "washington post" columnist robert mccartney joins us live with details. 7:56. fox5 morning news continues.



back to work. congress reconvenes to try and avoid massive spending cuts. this morning a clear picture of where those cuts will come from

in our region. we'll have a live report from capitol hill. approved, the virginia senate votes for a sweeping transportation bill. we'll look at the changes for driver's and shoppers in the commonwealth. >> plus, the road to gold. a look back at the actors, actresses and movies who earned an oscar. good morning. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm alison seymour. happy you're with us this morning. >> we're also happy tucker barnes is with us this morning to bring us good news regarding the weather. >> certainly for your monday. lots of sunshine. upper 40s. maybe 50 this afternoon. >> can't complain. >> yes, end of february, we'll take it. in fact, temperatures now bouncing up into the mid-30s. cold overnight. a lot of low 20s. culpeper got down to 23 degrees. very cold start to your day. 34 at reagan national. better than an hour ago. dulles 30. bwi marshall 32. after a chilly start, lots of sunshine. beautiful in northwest washington. less wind than yesterday. and a nice quiet forecast to

kick off the work week. there's a look at the satellite radar. a little cloud cover. not perfectly sunny, but mostly sunny for your day. high pressure keeping things dry. not expecting rain or wintry mix here today. but chances increase tomorrow. more details in a minute. plenty of sunshine. mid- to upper 40s. maybe a few of us will get to 50 this afternoon. once again, less wind than yesterday. >> thank you very much, tucker. now let's check in with julie wright for a look at your on- time traffic. >> busy on the roads this hour. still busy with the outer loop slow trying to get past colesville road. inbound 50 tied up leaving 410 headed to northeast. inner loop slowing northbound leaving virginia from fairfax towards bethesda. southbound 270 better than expected. traffic starting to slow near

falls road towards the lane divide with no issues. lanes open on the inner loop headed for the wilson bridge. also the water main break tying up east castle street and the trip southbound on the gw parkway backed up at 31 miles per hour from 123 to the key bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. thank you very much. massive budget cuts are on the horizon as we continue to get closer to the deadline at the end of the week. >> but with congress just getting back in town from vacation, the sequester appears more likely to go through, despite white house action over the weekend. fox5's melanie alnwick is live on capitol hill with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

allison. the white house is hoping to ratchet up pressure a little bit. it's put out a state by state compilation of possible budget cuts. in d.c., maryland and virginia that includes billions in lost pay due to furloughs, families missing out on day care and vaccines and big cuts to environmental efforts as well. congress returns to capitol hill today, looking for ways to rework the automatic spending cuts that will hit every single line item at every federal agency. administration leaders say the spending reductions will furlough hundreds of thousands of government workers and contractors, clog air travel and slash education funding. sunday the secretary of education says schools will have to spend pink slips to 40,000 teachers and 70,000 children could lose access to head start. the transportation secretary vowed that safety will not be compromised. he did say cuts to the faa would be phased in and essential services would be protected. still, both men expressed their irritation with the way it's all coming down.

>> the fact that this is so easily avoidable is why i'm so angry. if folks would work together, compromise, find middle ground, it doesn't make sense. >> now it's the congress' opportunity this week as they come back from listening to their constituents about all the hurt that will take place as a result of this sequester, i believe these members of congress will push their leaders to say let's fix this before friday. >> reporter: there is some attempt at a compromise we're hearing here on capitol hill, perhaps by giving federal agencies the flexibility to not have to go into every single line item and cut, but decide for themselves where they can place those budget reductions. in the meantime, the white house is going to be hosting the nation's governors today. president obama saying he's looking for a few good partners. hopefully to also pressure congress to get something done.

tony and allison? >> thanks, mel. afghan president karzai wants u.s. special forces out of a key province in weeks. he is accused them of working with afghan citizens to torture, abuse, and even murder people in the region. the u.s. military has rejected those claims. the announcement comes about a month after president obama met with karzai here in washington. at that meeting they discussed the possibility of leaving about 9,000 troops in afghanistan under certain terms after the 2014 withdrawal date. secretary of state john kerry is in london, his first stop on a nine-day, nine- country trip. it's his first official overseas mission. he sat down with british prime minister this morning to discuss the situation in syria and iran's nuclear program. next, he'll visit is germany, france and italy before heading to turkey. "argo" won best picture at

the academy awards last night. and today, two hostages from the iran crisis will be on capitol hill. ben affleck's movie has regenerated interests in the events surrounded the crews in 1979 # and at 11:00 this morning, two ambassadors are talking about how the crisis is very relevant to today's policy toward iran. in a follow-up, major breaks to two murders. police plan to announce arrests in both cases later today. they include the murder of 18- year-old marquel ross. the teen was shot and killed back on september 11th as he walked to school in capital heights. he is one of six prince george's students killed this school year. the police chief will announce the arrest in the murder of gerladine mctire. the 71-year-old was killed inside her home earlier this month. one person is recovering this morning after their vehicle went off the memorial

bridge and into the water. this happened last night around 10:00. the driver suffered nonlife- threatening injuries. u.s. park police say the victim was driving an suv when it somehow crashed through a barrier on the south end. the bridge was closed for several hours but reopened around 2:00 this morning. it is now 8:07. it's a monday morning. virginia lawmakers pass a major new transportation plan. >> it has plenty of impact for you, whether or not you live in the commonwealth. robert mccartney with the washington post will join us to discuss the changes headed for the state. >> plus, keeping your eyes healthy. later this hour, how you can cut down your chances of developing macular degeneration. we'll be right back with that story.

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that was found abandoned on the side of a highway. it requires constant care with feedings eight times a day. it's kept in a wool pouch inside the woman's coat all day long. no word on what type of monkey that is. really cute. >> not sure how that made news in america, but it is cute. >> look at that. >> that is a cute monkey. let's find out what's going on with weather. but before that, speaking of cute -- >> yes. let's get a cute little baby on our show, shall we? >> yes, we shall. it's our favorite time of the day, my first 5 photo of the day. this is miss london. >> hello, london! >> cute as can be. >> yes, she is. >> little growing to do before the sunglasses fit right. here's what london loves to do, loves to play dressup and always ready for her closeup. >> i can definitely tell. hello, sweet face! >> cute as can be.

here's what else is happening with london, she won't eat until she's picture perfect for her high chair. >> i bet that carries on into her teenage and adult life, too. >> really? >> nothing wrong with that. >> the trend is set now, yep. >> things aren't just right in the highs chair, you're going to -- >> yep. >> i just interviewed a woman who is 105 and her press release said the same thing, she likes to look just so on camera. >> really? >> uh-huh. >> all right. getting london started at an early age. we love the smile. and the shirt says princess. >> daddy's princess, i think. she's cute. >> to send us your child's picture, myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. london, perfect wearing those sunglasses, you'll need them today. we'll have a lot of sunshine splashing the area. should be a decent day. you it's cold. 34 now at reagan national. 30 boston. we'll do a tour around the country. last week fargo and

international falls in negative numbers. 19 at international falls and 12 at fargo. denver had big time snows over the weekend and that storm continues to crank up to the west. you can see it. look at the white on the map in central portions of the country. big winter storm and a lot of rain for parts of oklahoma and a lot of rain into the deep south, into mississippi and alabama and georgia. and guess what? that's headed in our direction later tonight and particularly during the day tomorrow. just like our setup on friday, where we had a little bit of a wintry mix and transitioned over to rain, we'll do that again tomorrow. i think the morning commute will be fine tomorrow. but by tomorrow early afternoon, certainly for that evening commute tomorrow we'll probably have rain across the area. if you're a viewer well out to the west, it could start as a wintry mix and could linger there longer. winter storm watch is posted for parts of western maryland and west virginia for late tonight and early tomorrow. there's your accu weather seven- day. 48 today. mostly a rain event for us

tomorrow afternoon. kick off march with highs in the upper 30s and low 40s. let's do traffic and another princess, ms. julie wright. >> aww! traveling across the american legion bridge, heavy on the inner loop, from fairfax into montgomery county. little bit below speed here. outer loop slowing out of montgomery county headed towards the dulles toll road. toll road itself below speed traveling eastbound, leaving 286 continuing inbound towards huntedder mill. outer loop slowing from 95 to georgia avenue. inbound 50 tied up from delays heading into northeast. slow traffic on 395 leaving the beltway trying to get past edsel road and seminary road. south on the gw parkway slowing from 123 out to the key bridge. 66 eastbound, slow leaving centreville and again approaching the capitol beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on

time traffic. thank you very much. virginia lawmakers have approved a historic transportation plan. the senate voted saturday, and it eliminates virginia's gas tax paid by consumers and raises the commonwealth sales tax. it's in an effort to raise money for road work and construction. joining us is robert mccartney columnist at the "washington post." >> good to be here. >> big deal. long time coming. >> 26 years. 27 years. >> wow. and it's something that the governor really has staked much of his legacy on. >> oh, this is his legacy, he's the first governor in 27 years to get major new funds for transportation. >> let's talk about, and we're going to slow a graphic that shows several other things included in this legislation. then i want to ask you

specifics as we characterized it as fewer taxes for virginia commuters when it comes to the gasoline tax. that 17.5 cents per gallon gasoline tax goes away. >> on the retail level. but they add the tax on gasoline at the wholesale level. >> it's 3.5% wholesale on gas. 6% tax on diesel fuel. state sales tax goes up from 5% to 5.3. that affects everybody. >> that affects everybody. in our area, it goes up to 6%. tax goes up to 6% because there's extra money for northern virginia roads. and goes up higher in the hampton roads area. >> car titling tax increase and $100 annual fee for hybrids. let's talk about the 17.5% retail tax that goes away. >> on gasoline. >> on gasoline. 3.5% wholesale tax on gasoline.

>> right. >> does that benefit me as a driver? >> the net effect on gasoline taxes is to basically bring it down to 10 or 11 cents a gallon. and the wholesale instead of retail level. there's actually a reduction in the gasoline tax. but that is more than offset by the increases in the sales taxes and other fees. obviously, if you're going to raise money, you have to have a total net bottom line tax increase. if you're going to raise significant amounts of money. that's where the money is coming from. >> all right. the sales tax, do we know how much that's going to raise? a lot of money. 5.3%. >> yeah, they have detailed charts showing how much money it's going to raise over each year going forward. it's a five-year plan. the bottom line is that there's more than a billion dollars a year of extra money for roads and transit by 2018.

and the net effect, the estimate, and this is very rough, okay, but the estimated net effect is per citizen $15 a month. >> more? >> more. >> all right. i want to talk about that 100- dollar fee on hybrid vehicles. at this point doesn't affect a lot of people, though there's more encouragement for people, has been encouragement to go out and by hybrids. i would assume some of those considering it would think, what? >> the justification -- there's arguments on both sides. the justification for that is if you're paying to a large extent for roads through your gasoline tax, and you're driving a car that uses less gasoline, then you're sort of getting a free ride. in other words, you're not paying your fair share of the road maintenance, of the road upkeep. so they want to have some extra fee to basically get money from you, because you're still going

to be using the roads on your hybrid, but not paying as much as gasoline users. people on the other side, especially liberals and environmentalists, they want to reward people who drive hybrids or electric cars or other low gasoline using vehicles, and so they don't like, they hate that part of the deal. >> there was some -- it was looking like this might not get through, or might not be passed at one point. and then all of a sudden at the end of the session, everyone got their act together, the house passed it last week and the senate on saturday. what changed to make it go -- >> yeah, what really happened at the end, there was this last- minute tug of war between the democrats and bob mcdonald, the republican governor over whether to -- or how to tie this thing to a separate issue. basically the democrats were saying that they weren't going

to vote for the transportation package unless mcdonald agreed to make it easier to expand medicaid. and basically expanding medicaid and extending medicaid, health insurance to sort of lower income people who are working, not the poorest people. they already get it. but one of the big promises of obama care was to expand the number of people who are poor -- >> the working poor. >> working poor, but not the ultrapoor. sort of basically, you know, anywhere from $250,000 to 400,000 more virginiaens. mcdonald wants basically reforms in the program before they expanded and he had very strict requirements for how that was going to happen. and the democrats basically wanted to make it easier to expand medicaid and basically they got -- they managed to extract a concession from mcdonald on that. there's still going to be cuts. there will have to be cuts in

medicaid before it gets expanded in virginia. but it's not going to be as hard as it was before, because the democrats basically went to the wall on this. >> we are out of time. thank you for coming in to talk about it. we'll be hearing more about it in the days ahead i'm sure. allison, back to you. thank you so much. 8:21now. it is a monday morning. there's breaking news today from the vatican. what we are learning about the conclave to replace the pope. >> plus, new controversies casting a shadow on benedict's final days. >> keeping your tiny ones in shape. holly morris has tips for exercises at home for your whole family coming up a little later. lucky charms?!

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pope benedict xvi marks his final week as pope with a big announcement. short time ago he signed off on allowing the date of the conclave to be moved up in all the cardinals are in rome. usually they wait 15 days to begin the process of electing a successor. on sunday, the 85-year-old delivered his final public blessing in st. peter's square, telling the crowd god told him to go. his decision does not mean he is abandoning the church he said. the pope has a final public

appearance scheduled for wednesday before he will officially retire on thursday. in the meantime, a new scandal is clouding the final days of his papacy. the vatican confirms british cardinal keith o'brian resigned. three former priests have filed complaints accusing him of acting inappropriately with them in the 1980s. the vatican said it was accepting the resignation because he reached normal retirement age for an archbishop. cardinals from around the globe have begun to gather in rome. washington archbishop cardinal donald wuerl left yesterday, and will join the other cardinals in electing a new pope. still ahead this morning, as we age we could be losing our vision. an eye doctor will join us live

to share the signs and symptoms of macular degeneration. >> plus, the hits and misses of hollywood's golden night. we have a style expert sharing his best and worst dressed list coming up. it's 8:26. we'll be right back.    

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8:29. there's a look at the skies. beautiful picture. that's good. >> yeah. going to be a nice day. >> good. tucker is here to tell us. >> those look like stratus clouds. >> those would be -- you might be onto something there. higher levels of the atmosphere. >> good job. >> me? >> yeah. >> thanks, tony. >> let's do some weather and you saw in the last shot, sunshine across the area. at least partial sunshine.

it is cold. cold start to your morning, as temperatures for parts of the area still in the 20s. that's even with plenty of sunshine for the past hour and a half or so. 34 now in washington. manassas 28 degrees. 28 in culpeper. 20s in marted understandburg and fred martinsburg as well and fredericksburg. should be a nice looking day. highs in the upper 40s to about 50. the best part, less wind than yesterday. a good looking start to the work week. won't be perfectly sunny today. but generally mostly sunny. clouds across central virginia. high pressure keeps us dry today. developing storm system just like the storm we had friday, most of the energy goes up into the great lakes and a big swath of warmer air as well as moisture move in tomorrow. this will be tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. looks like we'll get a good period of rain showers around here. well out to the west could be a wintry mix transitioning to rain in the afternoon and

evening hours tomorrow. futurecast, 6:00 tonight, no issues. nice and dry. evening commute nice and quiet weather-wise. cloud up tonight. by noon tomorrow, rain moving in. the white and pink, that's the wintry politics mix to the west. evening commute tomorrow exacted with rain before it quiets down wednesday. nice today, mostly sunny. 48 the daytime high. snowflake tomorrow possible and a lot of rain. 46 and a few showers wednesday and thursday. we start off march cold, these temperatures about 10 degrees below average. low 40s by friday and weekend. that's weather. i am tossing back to you. tucker, thank you very much. last night at the oscars, the top six awards went to six different movies. they really spread it around. it's hollywood's biggest night out. it was a close race in most of the categories at the 85th

annual oscars. >> and the oscar goes to "argo." congratulations. >> making oscar history, that's first lady michelle obama announcing the best picture winner, "argo." not since 1989 has the honor gone to a film where the director wasn't nominated. daniel day lewis became the only person to win three oscars in the lead actor category. jennifer lawrence fell on her way up to accept the best actress statue. >> you guys are standing up because you feel bad that i fell and that's really embarrassing, but thank you. this is nuts. thank you to the academy and thank you to the women this year. you were so magnificent and so inspiring and not just those of you in my category. it's been so amazing getting to know you and it's been so nice and you've made this experience unforgettable. >> overall, the academy awards

will be remembered as a night where life of pi won the most with four, and les mis and "argo" tied with three each. the stars lit up the red carpet last night, but who really set the bar really all the way up high when it came to fashion? style expert george worrell and back with us to help sort through the best and the worst of 2013. it's so good to have you here. >> good to see you, good morning. >> so good to have you here. i actually am going to chime in with mine after the style expert. let's see your best dressed picks. you start with reese witherspoon. what did you like? >> everyone was so well dressed this year. let's do the complete package, and the hair, the gown, everything went together. reese witherspoon is not the

madison avenue beauty. you could tell something was done and she was coming out for an affair. >> george, let me say is it hard for women to wear that strapless well? i'm distracted at times. she distracted me a little bit with the top. without saying too much, if you can see it on the big screen. >> i can see that. usually they can't fill it out. she filled it out a little bit and was able to just walk. >> she does look beautiful. jennifer garner, head to toe, you're right, the shoes, i don't know if you saw the shoes, matched perfectly. i know we're getting away from matchy matchy, but on this evening she looked like a movie star. >> it's personality, too. it's three things, inner, outer and then your clothes. her personality, it was gucci, fabulous. but it was just the back. did you see the back? >> i didn't see the back. look at her right there. she wears that top so well. i love that top. >> she's a small girl. but she did it really well with the right jewelry. >> beautiful. >> she was poised.

>> i love it. your last pick for wonderful is octavia spencer. >> i don't think you have to be a 2 or 4 to be fabulous. >> i agree with that. >> and octavia, she had on the right undergarments. look how she walks. groomed properly. her hair, her skin. >> earrings. >> beautiful. >> look at her there. >> yeah. >> i would agree. >> we're breaking the faux pass you have to be a certain size to be fabulous. >> let me ask you a style question. i'm saying it with l-o-v-e. the bottom part of it, the skirt, if you are a larger size, does a skirt like that, are you hiding too much? maybe if she had gone a little slimmer? what do you think? what's the rule here? >> she's slimming down from last year. you are what you are. >> okay. >> i just think, i saw where the silhouette comes in. >> i see that in her waist. >> it didn't come way out like a table. >> okay. okay. i'm going to go with that.

here's probably -- because everybody did look beautiful. this is the fun part, though. who looked bad? all right. oh, we're going to do mine. let me put in mine here. i thought that the best dressed for me, kerry washington. i adored this. she looked like a princess to me. >> she did. i loved the texture. this one came with controversy, but i like prada and anne hathaway. look at the color. >> i think she maybe should have had more of a tan. >> okay. >> she looked a little washed out to me. just a little. >> i don't know. i love that. and that tiffany's, that necklace. but she's getting, little controversy about, again, the top of that. but the back of this dress was stunning. >> i would not have chosen something around the neck. she should have just did it in

the earrings and bracelet. for me. but who am i? >> who are you, what? this is george worrell. let's talk about the worst. brandy is more of a reality star, but this thing here -- >> i don't know. >> what is going on? >> we both picked that? >> yes. we're back with your picks but i'm right on with you. >> this is horrible. did you see the shoes? she looked like carmen miranda. >> what is she trying to do? >> and it pressed her breasts almost to her back. when you wear dresses like that, you have to have figure, meaning hour glass, some hips to fill it out. she didn't have it. >> second for worst was helen bonham carter. for me, i'm not surprised. >> shh from les miserables?

>> goes without saying. third one, sandy bullock. we love her, we do. >> there are many things. >> there were many things. >> the hair. >> right. >> the dress. >> it's just -- why did you pick her as one of the worst? >> i just didn't like it. it made her head look bigger. her shoulders broader. >> right. >> it's not hourglass. she just didn't fill into the dress. >> she's prettier than that. >> yes. it just didn't accent her. >> we didn't want to leave out the men of the evening. we're going to get to who you say is the best. jane fonda, i know she's a legend, but that doesn't mean we can't say we don't like that dress. that's me. i don't like the dress. i love the color yellow. she's gorgeous, beautiful figure. no. and also did not like kristin stewart's outfit. this is -- okay. >> she seems like she's still recovering. >> right. and she did have a problem, had a little hobble.

no excuse for the hair and the whole thing. >> the whole thing. but it's also inner. three things that i talked about. >> that's what you were saying. >> inner, outer and your clothes, meaning how do you feel about yourself. your skin, hair, teeth. your clothes should always be last. >> right. >> if she schlepped over, we're going to see that. >> okay. >> probably wouldn't have looked so bad if your posture was better or felt a little better. >> i love that. love that assessment. for the record, george likes chris pine best dressed overall. he's all over the internet, you can see him for yourself or here. bravo, you look wonderful. see you in star trek 7. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] deliciousness can happen at almost anytime.

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welcome back. a look back at the daytona 500, where it was her day, but his victory. danica patrick became the first woman to lead a lap in the race in the top series. she eventually crossed the finish line in eighth place. the first to see the checkered flag was jimmie johnson. he spoke with our wisdom martin live on friday here on fox 5. >> what makes the daytona 500 so unique, and what is it like in that winner's circle when

you do win? >> there's nothing like it. the history of nascar, the history of this race is what weighs on everybody's minds. it's such a difficult race to win. the draft is very tricky to get right. inexperience in most cases pays off. >> two days later he sped across the finish line for his second victory. his title earned him $1.5 million. >> sweet. 8:43 now. it is a monday morning. still ahead this hour, macular degeneration. do you know the signs and symptoms of this often age related condition? an eye doctor will join us live to tell us what to look out for. >> plus, keeping your kids fit. fox5's holly morris is live with a preview of how you can make healthy fun in your home. holly. >> reporter: we are learning a lot this morning, tony. in fact, when you think about getting your kids active, think about the first lady. she's a big believer with her let's move campaign.

the question is, what are you doing to get your kids going? we are live this morning in kidville in bethesda, where they are all about getting your kids active. we're going to talk about big muscle play time and why it's so important, live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. [ male announcer ] here's a friendly reminder --

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this week, sorry, tony, first lady michelle obama is on a tour to highlight the third anniversary of her let's move campaign. it promotes nutrition and fitness for kids. >> this morning we're looking at what parents can do to promote fitness at home. holly morris joins us live from kidville in bethesda. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're talking about physical activity in general. it's so important for your kids to get moving, be it at home or at a place like kidville where we are live and learning a lot this morning. we've moved over to the gym now. you can see i'm talking louder because the kids are having a lot of fun. we have the owner here. i have a feeling this is a popular place. >> yes. we have a lot of fun things to do for the little ones up to six years old. >> reporter: you know, when i think of kids, kids are our

potential and are energy. this is a great place to get it out. why is it so important to get our kids moving? >> well, i think childhood obesity is a big issue, and doing things physical in the gym is a great way to combat obesity. and also, physical activity is great for socialization for children and developing fine motor skills. a lot of what we do in our classes. >> reporter: when we were talking earlier, because you have classes from zero to five, new parents especially get worried about my kid isn't walking or doing this soon enough. this is a good place to work on those things. >> right. we have classes that start as early as six months and we focus on a new developmental activity that helps them. >> reporter: we should bring up the fact, especially if you come with your young kids, this is not a day care. you're not dropping your kids off here? >> no, this is something you can do with your children. 45 minute, 60 minute class one time per week. >> reporter: which is important for you to have that time to

interact with your kids. >> yes. and i think many moms and dads love it. great bonding experience once a week. a lot of moms and dads do it with their friends. great social experience as well. >> reporter: makes sense. i'm going to check in with the instructor. dave, what is this controlled chaos we have going on? >> our big muscle building blocks involved in our classes we do. we encourage them to build towers and try to take risks and maybe knock them down. >> reporter: anybody have big enough muscles to knock this over? >> i don't know. >> reporter: nice! high five me, kevin. yeah! i like it. good stuff. there is a whole lot of fun going on here. but as you develop the classes, do you also work with parents to kind of, there are things they can take home with them to do with their kids? >> exactly. all of our classes we do skills in the gym, but we try to do one or two activities they can do at home to reemphasize the class that day, whether balance or coordination, that they can

do at home. >> reporter: what kind of difference do you see? 16 week sessions? >> yes. >> reporter: they develop so quickly. >> we emphasize structure. but the big part is if they're not feeling the structure, we let them adapt, and as they see the progression and get older through the class, they come over and do more with the structure we have going on. >> reporter: i want to check in with a couple of parents here. we see a lot of moms that come out. tell me your name. >> stacy. >> reporter: which one is yours? >> i have two. ryan in the red shirt and logan in the blue shirt. >> reporter: what's this experience meant for you and your family? >> it's wonderful. they're my second and third children. kidville wasn't around with my oldest. >> reporter: first one was gypped. >> she still wanted her birthday party here and begs to come to do make-up classes with them and loves the open gym, the play, the art.

is jealous they're here and she's not. >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to kidville. they have spring sessions coming up, and summer camp opportunities. it's not just for moms and kids. we got a dad here. okay, dad, tell me about your experience. >> kidville has been great. i think it's a great time for her, and it's nice for parents to get out of the house for a little bit -- >> reporter: great time for you, too. >> it's a great time. i work from home, so it's nice for my wife to take a break. >> reporter: my gosh, and giving his wife a break. that's great. we've done art, gym. coming up in the next hour we're going to explore the music options. we're hopping on the rocking railroad in our 9:00 hour. back to you. >> i remember those days well. thank you very much, holly. as the baby boom generation continues to age, we're likely to be hearing more about age related macular degeneration, an eye disease that mostly affects those 50 and over. the prognosis can be scary, but

there are preventive measures and treatments. joining us now is dr. richardgarfinkle, board certified, and he's written on eye health. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> you come bearing a prop, which is good. let's define the term, and we hear about wet macular and dry. what is the disease? >> macular degeneration is a chronic and often progressive disease of the central vision. it's the central part of the retina. when it becomes damaged, our ability to drive, read, recognizing faces, threading a needle, become impaired. so the typical person will have, as you described earlier, no symptoms at the very beginning. those can develop mild visual impairment and often as it progresses. >> we have photos of an eye

with wet macular degeneration, and then dry. let's start with wet. tell me what we're seeing here and what the difference is between the two. >> what you're actually seeing here is a circulation test that helps us identify and detect what macular degeneration. these are abnormal blood vessels which grow, which are the hallmark of wet macular degeneration. as we do this test we can confirm what we suspect clinically when we examine a patient, and find they do indeed have wet macular degeneration and recommend appropriate treatment. >> and we have dry, how is that different? >> the dry consists of yellow deposittities, which are combinations of proteins, fats that get deposited. that's what we look for when we

examine somebody to detect whether they have it. >> we say it's age related. what else cause us this, and who is most vulnerable to developing this disease? >> let's start with the premise that this is a genetically based disease. so we're born with the genetic profile that's going to determine to a great extent whether or not we're going to develop macular degeneration. on top of this profile and this risk is going to be environmental factors. for example, smoking would greatly modify one's risk, even if they were at low risk for developing macular degeneration, that's going to raise their risk, as are other things that keep us healthy, like low blood pressure, all the heart healthy environmental risks that are recommended by physicians also help reduce your risk of developing macular degeneration, vision loss. >> all right.

there are tests, and you brought one of these, i guess this graph. we have a closeup of. we'll go to that in a moment. let's go to the closeup of the graph. i've taken this before. this is something that you take when you go to your ophthalmologist. >> right. it's the technology that began in 1945, actually. and it's a very nice inexpensive way of determining whether or not somebody is converting from what we call dry macular degeneration to the more severe wet. you see distortion during the development of the wet, or you can see blotches in your vision. this is a screening test or screening tool and can be helpful and used as a home monitoring mechanism for patients with dry macular degeneration. >> you brought this device in, and this is -- is this new?

>> this is new. it's fda approved device. it's based on a very interesting principle where we can see misalignment of lines better than we can small letters on an eye chart. these misalignments are projected through this machine, and people with macular degeneration using it take this test daily. it's monitored and evaluated by an independent reading center. and after a baseline is established it can determine whether or not you are developing wet macular degeneration. >> do you have to buy this or rent it? >> this is leased and so there's a monthly charge for the monitoring primarily part of it. as long as it's needed, the lease would be in effect, and if someone were to develop wet macular degeneration, there would be no more charges. >> bottom line, if you have it if your family or have the risk factors, go to your eye doctor. thank you for coming in this morning.

>> thank you. >> stay with us. we'll be back with more fox 5 morning news in a couple of moments.      [ male announcer ] what are happy kids made of?

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