some have already left town foro memorial day weekend.rial this is friday, may 24th, 2013.24th, 013. ♪ oh, yeah, a little princee for you this morning. good morning, i'm tony perkins.k i'm allison seymour. i think we need dj chord in here every day.evda if we're going to start like that. >> this helps.>> t >> thankhi you, that's greats stuff. >> before we get to tucker. tuck we have evidence of how wild the weather got last night.nigh. the storm sent this tree crashing down into the 3200 block of pres prospect street in northwest d.c., it's being cut't up and taken away. >> tucker barnes joining us now. tucker, wild weather indeed last night. the thunderstorm warningsnd here in the city for a good portion of the hour between 11:00 and midnight.1 we are dealing with rainshowerss this morning. tohiday it's not going to be a - it's going to be a good looking

day. saturday and sunday looks great. there's the rainshower activity. and the system that has been tht moving through here since yesterday at this hour. already cool and dry air starting to filter in. in you can see the shower activityc and north end of the beltway showers. we have additional showers thatt are going to be moving through v the areain, so not looking at te rainshowers, and scattered and showers in the forecast througho the rest of the day andre a lost clouds. you saw holly's log the winds ew are going to pick up as well. w. reagan national it's 66 atat reagan national, dulles 60 andln we're at 64 at bwi marshall. ma believe it or not, you'ree looking at the high temperaturee for today. it's going to be in the cool col side. lots of clouds, winds will pick up and we will be cool. co a lot of sunshine for the week.. i will have details on that intt just a moment. a we will see traffic and findingd out about the roads and people getting in town. >> reporter: what is the the latest songs.atest >> there's so many.

>> reporter: ask dj to play that. >> i like the sos band if you u like that. tha >> me, too. >> reporter: [ laughter ] >> reporter: you might need an sos later on today. we are checking for the acciden that was reported on southboundt 270, south of montrose road heading to the split. so far i haven't seen any backup. coming out of germantown headed toward the split. outer loop of the beltway still holding steady, universitysity beloved, aroundle toll road to the delay. dela georgia avenue at the universitv boulevard, there's a crash southbound the lane is blocked. you will find delays on northbound 95 in wood bridgeride continuing across the aqua the. heading out to the 14th 14th street bridge. br sink hole repairs continue, blocked off at pennsylvaniapennn avenue, southbound 2 right lanee get by leaving new york avenue n heading toward the new york york scene. we you will find that the lanes are flocked coming off the

anacostia bridges. it was a scary scene on a major interstate in washington state after a bridge collapses l into a river sending cars and ad people into the water. wate this happened on the i-5 bridge over the scag get river north of the seattle at 7:00 last night.. amazingly no one was kivmentd three people remember taken to o not hospital. they are expected to recover. authorities are looking at the e cause of the collapse includingl whether an oversized truck mayuk have hit the bridge.brid here at home officials a hoe continue to investigate whatigat caused the parking garage at montgomery mall in bethesda toa collapse. coll one construction worker wasuctin killed and another one listed in serious condition. workers were on the second floo of the three story garage when a concrete plate weighing 25 tonst fell on top of them. witnesses say they were startlet by the collapse. co >> it was really loud bang, and that is why what i thought,

because i wasn't sure what it was. i didn't know, did a bomb go off? it took rescuers hours to free o the men. officials say more steelworkerse were in the garage at the timerg of the accident, none were hurt millions of people are expected toi take advantage of the long weekend ask travel forr memorial day holiday. >> experts say that gas prices,c while we have been reporting iss grass prices are up a little --- gas prices are up a little bit but fewer people are expected to brave the holiday crowds away from home. lauren demarco joins us live from kent island in maryland. lauren, good morning, how is itt looking. can't complain too much, because it's a beautiful morning out here.ing we are seeing a little bit of a sprinkle, but it's nice to be ne out on the water.e a lost folks looking to take advantage heading toward the het shore, traveling eastbound route 50, expect plenty of traffic along with the commencementcommn ceremonies at the naval academyc

going to be quite of packed there. i got lawn anderson with aaa. >> can you believe memorial day already? >> reporter: no i do not believe it. it. it depose so fast but i'mi'm excited for the summer. >> that's right, a lost lost washingtonians are, too.s are, . we are checking in 875,0005,000 heading out of town this this weekend. a lot of company, no matter ma where you're going, and the bayy bridge, folks tell us they're expecting over 360,000 peopleope using, that will be using the bridge this weekend.week so obviously, ocean city, and d houstoeastern shore, huge destit for washingtonians. >> oceanty is huge. the mayor will be rededicating the fishing pier which has been rebuilt since hurricane sandy.n and you did a survey about folks in new jersey that may be coming down here. he. >> absolutely. we found 8% said, you know if if

our beaches in new jersey arejey still beat up we will be in ocean city and the maryland mara beaches. so we're going to get some traffic, i think because of sandy, but you know, for the, fh most part, i think it's going to be our baltimore and washington folks who, you know, make the te regular trek to the beaches especially over memorial day. d. >> what about grass prices. they're nationally up just slightly from last year. how are we looking in our area.r >> in our area we're town tow $0.10 a gallon than what they were last year. year. our prices are $3.60 and they were 3.70 last year. l so we're in pretty good shape. . so not cheap gas, but nob is nos talking about $4 gas, either., you know, gas shouldn't be holding anybody back.ybody ba >> can't complain. >> you can't complain, but you u know the one thing that i think is putting a little bit ofof damper on our travel this theths washington area, especially is this sequester, because we got hundreds of thousands of federal employees, and contractors in

the washington metropolitan area.n a lot of them are looking at unpaid time off, that is becausa of sequester.ster. >> unfortunately and you saw an decline in the number of peoplee expected to fly als well fromfrm our area. >> absolutely. it was a fairly big, almost 10%o fewer people flying this holiday. i think our total number we're projecting 58,000 washingtonians will be flying away, and that is, i think about 10% of the people traveling, yeah. >> if you're headed, if you're o driving out across the bay bay bridge to ocean city today, you want to leave early get on thegh road or wait until later late tonight. that is the deal for all weekene to try to avoid the gridlock.id. latest on kent island, back tona you in the studio. >> all right, lauren, thank you, very much. much well an earthquake has hatled, magnitude 5.7 quake was quietly felt, but authorities say there were no immediateimme

reports of injuries or seriousos damage. the quake struck before befo 9:00 last night and there's beed a total of ten after shocks ranging from 3.6 to 3.5 magnitude. clean up is underway at moore oklahoma are just days after a tornado ripped through o that town. to. the ef5 twister killed 24 peoplp on monday including many young children, nine children we're we told. authorities say 12,00 12,000 hos were damaged or destroyed.destr. the boy scouts of america national council voted to allowl gay young men for first time in the 105 year history.hi the ban on leaders was not votee on so it will remain in place. supporters made it clear theyea will push to feet the ban on adults lift as well. theopponents are threatening to defect if it stays in place.

>> this is a victory for scouting. this is a victory for gay youtho the youth will no longer have to hide in the closet when they are participating in the scout activities and with their troops. >> the policy takes effect january first. george zimmerman'smerman's defendants attorney released photos and text messages from fm 17-year-old trayvon martin cell phone. >> zimmerman is the former neighborhood watch facingtch charges in the fatal shooting of martin. the photos show martin blowingog smoke, a gun and what appears to be a potted marijuana plant. attorneys for the martin familyi say the photos are irrelevant. zimmerman is charged withed with shooting and killing martin during a confrontation in a sanford community.unit zimmerman says he shot his gun n in self-defense. his trial starts next month. 22-year-old julian dawkins'

death is being called a a homicide.homicide. he was shot and killed by a deputy after leaving a party pay early wednesday morning. wednesy that deputy is craig pattersongt is a 17 year-old ret va 17 year force. the irs is closed today. it's one of the fist the first t ofiffirst offurlough days due te sequester cuts.sequeste the news comes days afters e her appearance on capital hillhl where she pled the 5th when when asked about the agency's targeting conservative groups. r yesterday soldiers from thee third u.s. infantry regimen placed small american flags atag mores than 200,000 graves. grav the ritual dates back to 1928. 1 and the flags will removed after memorial day.

it's a friday morning, of fo course, and still ahead on thiss morning as we reported earlier,e the boy scouts have lifted thee ban on gay youth, but not everyone is on board with thists decision and fresh off of that decision, representatives fromsr both sides of the controversy tc will join us live. live plus taking the field. rgiii starts gearing up for thee new season as well as the rest of the team. what he has to say about takingb the field forou game one. and we are used to seeing president obama like this in a suit and a tie, but this mornino a different look for the commandecommander-in-chief is me headlines and we got our hands on his prom picture from way way back when. when stay tuned for a look at that. oh yeah ♪ >> oh, yeah ♪ ♪ just love this music. mu ♪ ♪ he is on board. >> a little mariah carey for you. dj chord bezzer is with us. tucker and julie will be here ie just a few moments, stay withmot

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let's not do the news.t's >> we have a dance party. >> i can't do it depend. >> i can't d-- i can't doit agai i don't know what it was. dj chord is making us feel better. >> it's a party.t's a >> you know, we won't be here together on monday, won't we. >> services i know, we are. are. >> unless one of us is called into a meeting after the show. >> which is likely. lik >> they like to do right beforei thegh holiday. >> oh, no.h, we are all expected to becte here on monday. >> oh, boy.

it's that thing that it likes to do out there, tuck. kind of yuck in the morning. mo >> we need some rain. rain we promised cooler temperaturesa we're just during that transition. honestly today it's not going to be a great day. a lot of people traveling todayy so they don't need for today to be a great day. day. >> is the weekend okay.d >> yes, it's going to be okay. >> that's cool. co. >> but it will be -- >> but you're>> there. ther >> what do they say about a bad day at the beach. be >> there's no such thing.th >> really n light rainshowers across the area.the ea. the heavy weather came through last night with severe seve thunderstorms that came throughm ths e area. area. now we're dealing with the left overs. you can see very gray out theree and rather gloomy with sat scatt tedder showers anscattered showh it's cool and going to remainrea cool today and with winds winds picking up from the north and ad west. you may consider a jacket if jak you're going to be out for a t

period of time. it's going to keel fooler tha tl the last couple of days.. the yellows and reds and cleare skies in ohio and that will mov in later today and tonight. you may see sunshine, and wee, e will cool it down for the for te weekend. right now, saturday, sunday, monday, couldn't ask for nicer conditions, sunshine and cool. temperatures warming in the in e mid-70s by monday.mid- we got baseball games, operatiop rolling thunder from chesnee. the good news it's going to be e sunny and bright all weekend. wd >> thanks, tuck. thanks, tuck very good. now let's go to julie wright and find out what is happening on the area roads. julie. >> reporter: we got this for tucker, a little rihanna.nna. >> for tucker or is it for you?? >> reporter:[ laughter ] >> reporter: i said the sos, this is the sos from rihanna, ha might know this.ow >> this is on my play list. >> reporter: this is on your ur

play list? list? i can't wait to hear that. all right, guys out to the roads right now, what you're going tot find is a moving train aroundng the capital beltway. we on the got the lanes open an early morning crash at at qua a con haat the au the occoquan has cleared to the shoulder. college park and bethesda f if skyfox is still with us, they ty were over the accident.dent. involving a car and a bus, will you find the left side of the te roadway blocked off at this time.time. coming on georgia, heads up. no issues to report across the american legion bridge, and on route 50, traffic flowing freele each way between annapolis andol the beltway.th that is a check of fox 5 on time traffic. the redskins opens up up organized team activity.y. ota is that what they call them? to the media yesterday. ye >> as expected all eyes were onn

robert griffin the third and that repaired knee. knee. griffin practiced with a large brace on his right knee showed h no physical signs from his injury. he spent the day workout with other rehabbing redskins. his recovery is way ahead ofahed schedule and he hopes to be ons the field for training camp at r the end of july. ju. the knee feels great, i'm im able to do all the stuff outf ot there without any hesitation, that is the best part about it.. i'm excited about that.that. and you know, it's all about having that confidence, if you u put the work in, you know will you will have that confidence cf when you're out on the field.fi. it's about playing like you were never injured.injured. >> he would be comfortable comf playing week one even without a preseason snap. i think brian was out there as well. >> on the injured list or the good list.in g >> he had been injured. >> out there, too. it's 7:20. now it's a friday morning and coming up, a year-long

investigation finds dozens of bars accused of alcohol fraud. where they were serving rubbing alcohol as scotch, fraud. are you ready to ride out a summer storm? to not dominion power and holly morris is here to help. help. that is coming up.ing tucker says that is not cool. >> we will be right back. (horn blowing)

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welcome back an unbelievablb scam out of new jersey. 29 restaurants are accused of selling low priced liquor to customers who thought they were getting premium brands. in a few shocking cases cas customers weren't even drinking alcohol at all. >> it was actual tap water. another one was rubbing alcohol and caramel color to make it it look like it was a whiskey. >> that is ridiculous.

of the 29 restaurants, 13 were at tgi fridays, eacheach restaurant could have its license suspended or revoked. re river water, you got to mako an effort to get the water. >> that is what one customer cu said he thought it was.ht it >> a new consumer report rankspk the most op pop ular airlines among flyers. >> virginia america scored top, including comfort, cleanliness l and service much. mu the report is based on reports from 15,000 travelers, hawaii and alaskan airlines rounded up the top five, and spirit airlines came in last. la time right now -- note to self. 7:24 right now.7 a controversial vote ends in adn controversial decision for theio boy scouts of america. am gay members, scouts themselvesoh are now allowed, but openly gay leaders remain banned. coming up officials on bothn boh

sides or people on both sides of the issue going to share their reaction. plus he became an internet sensation. we're tossing his big macto the side and helping to rescue e two women.women. the city of cleveland and mcdonald's are both honoringring him. find out how. and as we head to the break a live look outside, get the latest weather and traffic on this dj friday. we will hear from tucker and julie when we come back. 

we're right here. folks are headed to the beaches and >>elsewhere, lkit's exciting. it's time to have a little time. be safe. fe. we will see you when you getn yu back on tuesday. t >> no getting away for us.ay fo. you are listening to the music of dj chord bezze chord be >> tucker just asked mim if does an early set. >> at 7:30. we appreciate him being here so early because i'm sure he he

doesn't get up anywhere nearywhe this hour. >> he is usually getting homegeo right about now. >> exactly. right, here is a little secret. i actually secretly like the empty city. city. >> fewer people.>> fewer >> i already noticed it yesterday afternoon.ye >> it's nice. >> i got to get out and notice.. >> yeah, it is nice.nice. >> one of the advantages of not being able to go to the beache like everybody else. let's go to the weather. it's not going to be a great da at beast and it's nobeach at tht going to be a great day around here tomorrow. 64 regular an national. we started the cooling process. of course, yesterday we were ine the 80s, and the big thunderstorms, bringing in thest cooler airor and it's here to sy for the next couple of days, 52 this morning in winchester, if i in cumberland.cumberland. much, much cooler air. ai and maryland cumberland,

63 degrees. and big time winds out of northwest sustained at 24 gustss to 30. here comes the cooler air, 18 up in frederick. fr the last piece of energy movingg through and thaty is bringing us rainshowers not so much here at the beltway at the moment but pretty good rains up 95 toward baltimore, a nice batch of rainn out to the west 66, and gettinge to gainesville, this is going to come moving through. rainshowers in the forecast over the next cull o couple of hours a late afternoon and sunshine working in as well sort of the back edge. you can see blossoming the the rainshowers, and the back edgeda of our cold front it sticks out to the west. that is clearing out in ohio. in that will move in later tonighto a great weekend, a lot ofof sunshine around here.ro calm conditions, and cool cool temperatures, and we will bed wl cool tomorrow. 67 today and no doubt about it. it will be cool today are as well. plenty of winds out there. 10-15. gusting at times, we it will bei a bit of a breezy day, jacket,

you definitely want a jacket, gradual clearing, much cooler overnight. if you go to cobalt. if you are going to cobalt bring a jacket winds at 10:15. 10:15 70 tomorrow, it is so cool. >> 71 on sunday and 75, looks, great for the memorial day monday.m that's weather. bit way, we're going to warm itt up. bit end of next week in the in e 90s. >> yes, tony in, in the 90s, kid rock. >> i love it. >> it's a good song, yeah. >> reporter: now who -- who who did this originally? >> the hook of it? >> skinner. >> yes, from alabama. >> reporter: we y liked this. h all summer long, i thought this would be great for tuck ore his ipod. dj chord, woo-hoo! let's get on the roads and weade show you 95, as we continue southbound i-95, we're still quiet traveling to and from wood bridge, a longstanding crash thr

at a occoquan has cleared. cl heading toward the carolinaa beaches, and virginia beach alle lanes are open right now. now. it's quiet. no issues to report for those continuing on the top stretche of the beltway, early morning crash cleared at colesvillelle road. pennsylvania avenue is where thw detour is at 14th street bridge. now we will pop up the waze mapa our waze are checking in with slow traffic, giving us the the heads up at kenilworth avenue, at a complete stand still so bel on the look out for that. th 50 is great. no issues to report between be annapolis and the capitals andhp beltway. that is a check of fox 5 on time traffic. julie, thank you very much.h yesterday the boy scouts ofs america lifted a long-time bando on openly gay scouts members, ultimately day and leaders remain barred.barred. joining us now for more reactioo on what is a historic vote is

mr. sprig who i. thank you for being with us. >> also, paul is deputy press secretary a.. let's start with reaction, and it's peter and paul. paul, your reaction to this this decision yesterday n i think it's a historic first step. step it's great news for the kids in this country who want to be ao a part of scouting, which is an an american institution.ic there's work to do, the ban is n still in place for leaders. someone is working to get rid of that. >> your opinion.>> you >> we're very disa pointe disapn this decision, which weighedweid against the people participatina in scouting even to the scoutinc survey. this will inject sexuality and politics into scouting in thesc way that it doesn't belong there. >> let me ask you, let's go back and get what happened yesterdayh

out of the way first. so the ban still remains,remains though, on leaders and adults. d >> correct. >> you hinted but let's hearlets your opinion on that measure or that part not being talkedlked about. >> that part was not up for a a vote.vote. that hopefully will come next. it might be a few years down the road, but our hope is thatat scouting will be inclusive forsr everybody. it's not about sexuality, it'ss about moral character andharactn there's no correlation there.ti anony adults of good moralmora character who wants to volunteeo their time to help children should be able to do so. there's no injection of of sexuality into the boy scouts sc because of this. this is just making the boy scouts more inclusive. >> peter speaking to the ban onn adults not being talked about ot voted on this time? >> i think ironically the onee n area where we have common ground is the belief that this new policy is illogical and incoherent. the boy scouts need to take a a position as whether they believe homosexual conduct at any age at

any context is consistent with the vow and the scout oath or is it inconsistent. inconsist previously their view on thatheo was clear, now it's muddled. and so, we think they should have remained with the clearview point that they had before n >> peter you are saying that tht that goes against the code the e oath should be morally straight, homosexuality does not fit witht that anywhere in the scouts. is that your opinion?opinion? >> exactly. >> that is the core of why they won their decision before the te u.s. supreme court back in 2000. the right to maintain these th machine stades wamembership stas was a core value that they had a right to express.express. now they undermine theundermine perception that it's a core value by allowing open and avowed homosexuals to serve as scouts.

that will introduce a risk asas they brought themselves out frot under the protection that thetit supreme court granted them 13 years ago.years >> he is talking about a casese that happened 13 years ago. their views have evolved much ev like the rest of the america. ar peter's view is become be increasingly the minority.ity. we saw that yesterday. that ye this is not about sexual conduct. this is about opening an open institution to all boys who want to be a part of scouting. so you know, it hurts the self e esteem of a child when you sitwi there and you look at a group o boys and you point out one of them and say sorry you don't do' belong this here and you don't t in.in. this will hopefully start to remedy that.remedy th >> there's a group of kids meeting and one person may be excluded. how do you -- -- >> the iron see is, think thatth what the scout leadership wasers trying to accomplish was to say that boys who experience same

sex attraction who involuntarily experience same sex attraction should not be excluded from disowscout oning on that basis however what people don't understand, is that was thed, it effect of existing policy.polic. the policy we do not proactively inquire about someone's sexual orientation. >> don't ask don't tell.ll. >> they prohibit open and avowed home he ihome sexuals, there's n for a boy who is not sexuallysel active to declare himself an open homosexual, unless he is declaring that in some point het is intends to engage in a a homosexual relationship, or he is intending to make a statement about the homosexual movement, o both of which the scouts don'tnt want. >> let me ask you, there's some within the organization thatgann they will meet later sometimemee

conservatives within the group and talk about forming another r organization for boys, what iss your reaction to that. >> i think that the boy scoutseb will be just oyfine the way they are. i don't see another organizatior coming in taking away fra fra thinker highways door. -- take away from their th history. >> this is not about sex. this is about open an collusive scouting for all.all. this is about opening up the bo scouts to all boys. >> my last question, really is,, and comment is that there's somo that say that perhaps differents groups will just do exactly whah they want to do operate how theh have always operated. so this is a binding decision de across the united states for all troops? >> i think that what we will have to wait and see, some chartering organizations some ot the churches and sioo forth that chatter it may immediatelymediay withdraw from the scouts in

principle.princie. others may continue to operate as they have, and see if the national scouting organizationon forces a confrontation. either way, i think the inevitable long-term result wilm be a massive, a loss of of membership from the boy scouts. >> you disagree with that. th >> i don't know what is going to happen with the membership. i don't see a huge change. i think that the world has move and this country has certainly moved toward a position of supporting equality. like i said, he is in the moin orty anminority and becomingbecg increasingly so. >> peter, senior fel fellow, thk you both. we will be right back.

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town northwest 17th streetst it gets underway at 2:00 p.m. on tuesday, may 28th, themay 28, practice online rat callization will be a subject of theect o te briefing of the muslim affairs a council featuring homeland security and religious experts.r that briefing begins at 12:30 at ann 99 elm street northwest. and wednesday the national coalition of homeless veteransrs will convene their annual meeting addressing the need for housing for thousands of veterans. the conference begins at at 9:00 a.m. and is being held atsh the grand my yach grand hyatt h. thursday, nasa administration an speaks about the first ever eve conference looking at setting ethical standards for astronauts who will be sent on long duration space missions.mission the event is at 10:30 at the national academy sciences 2101 constitution avenue northwestno and friday may 31st, the winners of the 2013 pulitzer

prize for photography will display their award-winning worn and talk about their coverage of news around the world in a format the museum.mu that gets underway at 2:30 at 555 pennsylvania avenueue northwest. that is the run down for the week of 2013. 20 reach us on twitter with thethe hash tag capital run down.. i'm tom fitzgerald. we will see you next week. next there you have it. 7:44.7:44. tucker is here with the weather. rainshowers continue acrossw there region. straight to the radar. it's not going to be a great looking friday for you.or you. scattered showers and coolerd sa temperatures are here to stay. >> for the next few days at least n a couple davis but the seven-day forecast.ve les a shower activity it's not falling totally heavy but a lott of clouds and depend, you might want to bring an you will breami a if you are going to be out ant approximate in the next coupleue of hours.ho let's talk holiday weekend and

the frontal system should clearh the coast lay tonight and earl tomorrow we wil. we will gradually clear out and our friends from canada thatcana will build several days around o here. it will be cool and breezy tomorrow with high temperatures it in the upper 60s to 70s,70s, cooler at the beaches only 60 ao but it's going to be glorious gr arn here, all of your outdoortdr activities all of the systems go here. by monday mid-70s and back in ab the 80s by the middle of nextext week. near 90 by next saturday andextt sunday of the we turned thed the corner be too the first day of june. right into the summer. >> thank you, sir.sir. let's get the latest onhe ln traffic for that.c th we go to julie wright.ight. >> hey, julie ♪ julie ♪ ♪. >> reporter: there you go,. >> all right. >> reporter: there you go, iouo like this. oh, yeah!eah! oh, yeah! [ laughter ] , this is fun for me.

i love dj friday. i do, it's a lot of fun. our wazers are checking in. in. remember waze is a free app on n your mobile phone.l p we will show what else is working on the roads.e not a lot. no if you're taking off headed outd of town now is the time to go. still quiet out of rockville,ro, headed out shady grove toward the split. it remains closed off atat pennsylvania avenue because ofea the sink hole repairs. 295 at a cross the 14th street bridge. that is a check of fox 5 on time traffic. thank you, julie.nk y i like itou, too.too. in our talkers today, we waw hailed a hero for helping to rescue three ohio women in prisoned for a decade.or a decad you remember that story, i'mst sure you do? now he is being rewarded forrde free burgers for life. more than a dozen restaurants in cleveland had offered charles ch ramsey a chuck card. he can tuesday it to ge use it e

hamburger. he was eating mcdonald's when'sn the hear the victim scream. sc the fast food restaurant hasresa offered to give ramsey free food for a year.for >> he is set as far as burgers g and fries. frie after he graduated highed hh school, look at this picture,, president obama senior prom prom picture is making the rounds. rn the photo was obtained by time magazine. it shows the president at age 1 with his date and friends.. >> why? >> i don't know.>> i don't it just came out it looks good.d he looks pretty cool for that ft period of time.pe he is wearing a lathe, because,a he was going to high school in hawaii. there you go.. >> wonder where all of those people are now. it's arbitrary things coming upg every now and then inside batonn down the hatches.tches forecasters are predicting a very active hurricane season. don't worry, fox 5 molly morriso

is getting us all prepared, at least with information. >> reporter: i'm getting gettig prepared, too to be safe, i'm im standing up to be safe, because they are giving you and me a lesson in electricity. just how dangerous it can be, c, and how you need to be safe anda what you need to do after a a storm comes through. do i look official? officia? >> you look. >> i can always look the part. . but you got news you can use coming up next on fox 5 morning news. an vertis stay with us. whether i'm telling people about how they could save money on car insurance with geico... yeah, a little bit more of the lime green love yeah... ...or letting them know they can reach geico 24/7 using the latest technology. go on, slather it all over. don't hold back, go on it's these high-definition televisions i'll tell ya' they show every wrinkle. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.

welcome back. may is hurricane preparedness month.ca >> it's never to soon to get ready for what mother nature has in store for us this season. holly is preparing at dominion. >> reporter: they saw the the

hard hat on me. we need to give i you a pink nk one. check this out. they ran it out to me. i can work on down power lines with a little feminine flare. as i i am kidding, this is serious business.rious the hurricane forecast is out,cc they say it's going to be a busy one. we just saw how deadly stormsde can be in oklahoma and we have e storms roll through last night. we're headed into that season ss where the potential is there for downpour lines.do you need twno understand what yt need to do and not do in terms of coming across a dangerous dag situation. that is where bernie comes in, o he is a safety specialist here at dominion power. >> good morning to you. you. >> i'm doing well. i'm >> we are heading into a busy season for all. >> yes, we are. y >> with the storm situation situ coming in we at dominion powerr safety is the number one priority. >> sure. >> we built this trade trade tr to get the information out to the public. t and certainly first responders.e

one thing we always run into ar the trees on the line. we have sometimes we have limbs on the line. >> this is, we say it on the on news over and over. if you come across a down powerw line or a tree and a line don't touch it, and we're going to see why. >> here say good reason right here. >> that is what happens when yop have a tree ta falls over on the line and even a limb. limb. it looks innocent. you can't see it, you can't taste it. it. >> you don't any if the wire is hot or not. >> absolutely. >> so it's best to stay clearr from it. >> stay away from down power por lines. >> we have another situation we run intosi frequently, this is five times a year we run into a situation with a ladder. aluminum ladders are great to to have but when everybody carries them upright, our lines are are everywhere. this is what happens -- if someone walks into one of our lines. >> wow! >> i mean, it's serious businesr and people at home piet b mighte

going, how they able to do thatt >> i wish they could feel how hw thick these arms are on this gear that you put on me and these gloves are.oves if you go on with nothing, no you're dead. >> absolutely. >> these gloves and sleeves tha is our line man's lifeline.life they take care and protectsd pro them, and also the hard hat, cast at 20,000 volts are tested at 6,000 volts for foot. foot all the clothing they have on is fire retardant clothing. >> what you can't see as well, and had he have the knowledge. they have been trained on how t deal with it. it. >> yes, absolutely. >> we have one other thing to talk about is generator safety. it it's a great piece of equipment to have if it's correctly hooked up at home.up t if you have a generator, have aa professional take care of it, do not install it into your panel l box because what will happen is, you will put high voltage intolo

our lines through a transformer. i will give you a demonstrationo on what we have with that. >> what are we watching. >> the voltage is coming out off the generator through the transformer. we had 8,000 volts on that linee coming from a generator.gene >> wow. >> so if there's a down powerr line someplace out here and youu come off, you may not -- your yr lights might be out, but youryor neighbor may have a generator incorrectly hooked into hisintos house. >> what do you need to do toto make sure your general operators hooked up correctly.correctly >> have an electrician to do tt have a switch. if they come out and hear a generator running, we will openn up a meter. >> sometimes electric companiese and power s companies are in ana difficult situation, becauselt i there's a lot of damage and people get impatient, you know,

they want their lights back on immediately. and so then they go out and tryt to fix things themselves, and really, patienc patience is nota virtue but it kib could be a lifesaver. >> if anything you can take awa from this today, stay away fromm down power lines. >> wait for the professionals t show up. car accidents are the same same thing. wait for the professionals toioo show up? thank you it helps us visualizeu and helps us appreciate the wor you do.th link to virginia power. coming up we are going to talk k more about hurricane season andd being prepared with it and coming up with an emergency plan for your family and how to go go about doing that and why it's so important. back to you in the studio.in t thank you, holly.lly. important information todayy yep. he was running out of timerg so he decided to leave a messag bind for -- behind for hisnd fo friends and family.

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>> ♪ >> there you go hot music for y you this morning as you look at what is going to beouni a cool y today. we're back now with you at 8:00 a.m. on this friday. good morning.rn i'm tony perkins. >> i'm allison seymour.mou another workweek is coming to a close, everybody and that means it's dj friday. dj cord is live in our studios and he will be with us all all morning long. >> it's a good time. we love this. thank you dj. he will be at the cobalt, 17th and r street, dupont circle. a bridge collapses dropping carc and people into the water in washington state.wa the latest on a search for a

cause. for many, the summer vacation season starts today. millions are expected to take advantage of the memorial day weekend with a trip out of town. we have a closer look at the holiday travel forecast liveive from kent island. >> and a little later this hour, get ready, ladies, for a sizzling performance and men, too.too straight from las vegas, one of the hottest tickets around the guys from thunder from down d under are here with us in studio. excited about thank yes, i know you are -- excited about that. >> yes, i know you are. >> we should all be excited about that.t. it's the thunder from down under. before we get toll tucker last night's storm sent this crashina down in the 3200 block of prospect street in northwest d.c. there's thunder everywhere, not just down under. und we're bringing you the good time later but this was the bad kindn >> an inch of rain at bwi

marshall. not talking about severe weather today. we'll have a lot of clouds. going be a gray day with coolol temperatures and temperatures topping out where they are right now, mid 60s. >> i slept through it last night. >> we have real old trees around the house, you know. >> i hate that, too. i have big old trees near myr house. >> you love the trees until it starts storming. >> we'll good to radar. i'll show you the rain showers. they do continue. it's hit and miss. scattered showers out. there we're dealing with the back end of this frontal systems that moved through last evening. it won't be a beautiful day by any means. we'll see afternoon sunshine but cooler and the winds have picked out of the north and west. there's clearing now the ohio. things will gradually improve. some of the day you may esunshine and late this afternoon to tonight, it should clear out. much cooler tonight. lows back in the 40s believe

it or not. get ready for a cool down. temperature right now, high temperatures only in the mid 60s later today with a pretty p good breeze out of the west. sunshine in the weekend forecast. details in a moment. >> thank you, sir. sir >> we get a check of the roads with julie wright and ontime traffic. >> visit via toyota.com forr special offers. a lot of thunder, you said allison. it's d studio. >> thunder from down under, julie. >> i need to do my reports inpor the breakroom now. [laughter] all right. northbound 14th street here att pennsylvania avenue the roadway is still blocked off between pennsylvania avenue and new york avenue and that is due to the large sink hole. 395 comes across the 14th4t street bridge.dge light volume from the potomac to the d.c. water front.

in issues on 270. 2 a lot of folks may be leaving town later on this evening. e now is the time to go. it know it doesn't look great. it's cloudy but tier said it's going to chain and it's going be great. what is happening on 50? so far so good headed to the bay bridge but the naval acade my commissioning graduationdu ceremony is taking place this morning. slow traffic off 50 and 97 until 1:00 this afternoon. a lot of folks are heading out there for the ceremony and celebration. that's a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. >> the holiday commute will be snarled in the pacific northwesn after an interstate bridge collapsed. >> it happened last night on 95 north of seattle, washington. the bridge is over the. t >> skaget river. r >> it came down sending cars and people into the water. three people went to thehe hospital but should be okay. ♪ >> we were very fortunate thatou

when this call initially came in some of the deputy boat operators were on duty andnd within minutes of being able to launch a boat and be out there and try to rescue the people inn need of help. >> it happened on i-5.5. i believe i misspoke there, i-5. engineers are looking into witness account that's a truck hit the bridge causing thehe collapse. >> a construction worker is in i serious conditions after a part of a parking garage collapsed. another construction worker was killed in the accident yesterday afternoon. workers on the second floor of three story garage when a concrete plate weighing 25 tons fell on top of it. the building was not open to the public. witnesses say they were startled by the sound. >> for many people memorial dayi weekend is the unofficial start of the summer vacation season.s. >> while many families go aheada for the holiday some say the the

economy may impact the number of people who travel. we're live with a closer look at what you can expect thishis weekend. >> lauren imrk morning.en >> i'm going to say wind. it's picked up getting chilly ch hopefully things are better heading to the beach this b weekend. >> on route 50 we have a steady stream of cars going across the bay bridge. it's going to pick up as we head through the day. 8 75,000 washingtonians expecteo to travel this weekend. 360,000 of them plus are traveling across the bay bridge. it will be heavy at times. your best bet early or then again leave later at night. it's always the case be carefull and be sure to have gas in case you get. the national average $366 --

$3.66n. our area the gas prices are down an average of 10 centsc from this time last year but still we are expected to see some fewer people traveling, some story if you are traveling by the skies. if you are flying. for the summer we know that there's 208 million people peo expected to fly. f that's up 1% from this time last year but again in our area thatt number is expected to be down some. i talked with lon anderson aboub why it may be particularly in the washington region. >> the one thing that is putting a damper on the travel in the washington area especially is this sequester because we have e hundreds of thousands of federal employees and contractors in the washington metropolitan area and eye lot of them are looking at unpaid time off because of sequester. >> that said, the amount that wt will see in a decrease is very slight. just a few percentage points.

we'll still have plenty ofent people traveling.ra in you are heading out today. 95 north or south or route 50 head out early or wait untilil later this evening. that's always the recommendation.re if you ex-pass or you are -- ezpass maybe car pooledding to t the beach don't forget it because those lanes are faster. >> the irs will not be open today. it's the first of five furloughh days due to the sequester cawtzr >> we learned that irs official lois lerner has been placed on administrative leave.mi >> five days after a tornado devastated his town the mayor of moore, oklahoma is suggesting storm shelters but mandated for all new homes. the proposal is the first of its kind in any state but some sayoe

the plan is too pricey. monday's twister killed 24 people and damaged 123,000 homes with total damages estimated att $2 billion.illi >> it's considered a win lose lo for both sides. the debate to allow openly gay members to the boy scouts. the boy scouts of america national council voted to allow gay kids for the first time in 103 year history. >> the ban on gay leaders was w not voted on so it remains in place. liberals are working on getting the ban on adults lifted as well and conservatives want the new n rule reversd. >> president barack obama giving the address for the naval academy's graduation today. tod >> he is expected to speak at navy marine corps facility at 10:00 a.m. there won't be the typical flyover by the blue angels

because of budget cuts. the president opens up about u drones and guantanamo bay.ay. >> chris wallace host of fox news sunday will join us live to discuss that next at 8:10. 

♪ mary j. blithe got me through my first year in tv in ute can a, new york. >> did she really. >> i played it every day as i cried. >> did you miss home? >> i was in ute can a new york in the blizzard of 1993. >> that's not fun. dj cord with us all morning long. we'll talk to him in 15 minutes getting to know him. >> i can't breathe. i was over with thunder from downunder. >> getting rehearsal. >> we have to make sureake everything is okay.ng >> getting the music? >> yes, it is. i it's time for tucker to tell us what shaping in the world of weather and give us cuteness. >> i'm embarrassed tucker about

my behavior. >> i know. >> this is our favorite time of day. >> dylan! dylan!an! [laughter] what a face! >> awwww! >> it's reflecting. r >> baby face. >> this is dylan, everybody. kind of hanging out watching tvt in this picture. >> a little. >> a little man shirt on today. so cute. >> hanging out. >> >> make them cute. you love them. give them all the good stuff they need in the beginning of o their lives. >> he is adorable. >> go to myfoxdc.com and click d on morningings. thank you, dylan, thank you family. love the picture. let's goat t get to the picture. ocean city head together beaches. it's goag a promising weekend. the reason i say promising and

not fantastic is it's going togn be cool down particularlyarti tomorrow with highs only 60. 6 plenty of sunshine. it will be cool and breezy. winds out of the north and weste at 15. water temperature on the cool side. typical of this time of year. today not a lot of fun at the beaches. starting tomorrow bright sunshine each day. showers at the moment across the area. there you go. note all of that touching thehe ground but we'll see scattered s showers for the next several hours. a lot of clouds and sunshineshin this afternoon but it's going to remain cool with high temperatures only in the mid m 60s later today as we're dealing with the back end of the frontal system. there you go. see the showers blossoming in the last hour or two. two later tonight we clear out and we, too, will be in beautiful shape for the weekend. lots of sunshine saturday,atur sunday and for your holiday on monday with a warming trend. mid 70s monday. let's do traffic and somebody else left speechless this

morning julie wright. >> i've been giggling. [laughter] >> there we go. that brings it all. ♪ >> don't forget the naval academy, commissioner and graduation ceremony takingi place. you will find closures around the taylor boulevard. it's due to the mid shipmen march. quick peek at the cameras. we'll pull them up for you. no issues to report around town. lanes open along the top stretch of beltway. inner loop looks great leaving st. barnabas road. roa no issues to report on 95. northbound 395 coming off the 14th street bridge headed outut of pennsylvania avenue shut down due to the large sink holeole repairs underway. that's a check of your fox 5

ontime traffic. >> thank you very much. the president lifts the vail -- vail on some of the secrecy -- lifts the veil on some of the secrecy at guantanamo bay. chris wallace joins us.s u >> how are you, tony? >> good. you have heavy hitters to talk about it. will it make america safer is in the drone program controversial. it seems to me that you heard h less talk about it this week with everything else going on, , it kind of got lost in the mix a little bit.. >> obviously, you know with alla the scandals going on the subpoenaing of reporters records, the irs that was competing for attention. this was an important speech for the president. i know that the white house cares deeply.

the president felt a decade in we have enemies and they are trying to kill us but there's a need to reset the war on terror. forfor instance, on drones he wt to set more guidelines and restrictions on a president for him going forward for other presidents after him on when itw is appropriate and when it isn't to use drones. as far as guantanamo is concerned he felt that since hee took office in 2008 that it hurts us as much as it helps us because of the fact that other countries don't like it. other countries it's a recruiting tool for terrorists and he's going to make another effort to one transfer a lot of prisoners out of guantanamo and eventually to close it. we'll see whether it has muchuch opportunity to do that when we talk to lindsey graham and dick durbin. unpopular move on capitol hill. they don't like the idea of terrorists, the ones weapon

can't release ending up onn american soil.ca >> you are talking to a gentleman of some stature in washington, bob dole. i have to say in reading the information about your show this weekend, just astonished to reao that he is approaching 90 yearss old.o >> yeah. he will be 90 in july. i think a great american, nomeri question about it. he served in world war ii, particularly apropos for this weekend. lost a kidney and the use of his right arm. ar spent three years in the hospital and has become america's veteran at least in the case of world war ii. we'll talk to him about that, t the dysfunction in washington, we'll talk to him about -- you know, this was the guy who was the party chairman under richard nixon. you know, he has been around for really most of the last half

century in washington. we'll talk him to on fox news sunday. special interview. >> we're out of time. i want to mention you have the coowners of mission barbecue restaurant as the coowners of the week. looking forward to that. you can catch that right after fox 5 morning news on sunday. >> still ahead at 8:00, under the microscope, maryland schools are under an audit. we'll go inside the money mess. >> holly is helping us preparesp for what could be a bumpyumpy hurricane season aahead. don't miss the report later. it's 8:20. we'll be right back.

>> maryland republicans are calling for an investigation into the findings of an audit on how public schools in the statee spent federal stimulus money. >> the department of educationn found baltimore city schools spent more than 4300 on a pair p of dinner cruises, over 1500 for catering at school events and more than 1400 for theater tickets. prince george's county schools were criticized for similar.

the person in northern virginia who won $1 million in that huge powerball jackpot will be revealed later this morning. t >>hi this lucky person will be presented one of those big old checks i presume at the food lion in lorton, virginia. the ticket for the $500 million jackpot was won in florida but the winner hasn't come forwardfw yet. >> it's 8:24 on this friday morning. coming up per allison's request, the most popular male revue is here. >> i'm going with good for the show. very, very funny. it's girls night out, everybody, right here on fox 5 morning news. where you can find the thunder from down under.nd

♪ stretch it out. [ laughter ] >> also, he's been helping uss groom to friday. we have a quick one on one with the dj cord next. stay with us. 8:25. ♪ summertime. ♪

>> we've been joined all morning long with dj cord. we mentioned earlier tonight yor are going to the at cobalt. >> starts at 10:00.0:0 goes to three.ree. a five hour set with a little

take home with that beforehand. >> you really play a wide w variety of music, right? >> yeah. from all genres.enre i pant people dancing. that's where i get my emergency. people are not dancing. i can't feed off of it. i >> one of hottest dj's in town voted the first runner up. 2010 the best dj in town. high accolades. tell me about the venues, cobalt. >> a place called cake on a tuesday night. >> close the tbliernz a reason.

[ laughter ] close the blinds and close thehe front door it's a lot of fun. it's such a great energy. the room is always picked. it's not a huge venue like town. it's only 70 people but the energy that comes with that is fantastic. you see the people walk in and stumble at 6:00 on the evening in a saturday is quite entertaining. >> it's about having a goodood time. we're glad to have you here. if people want more informationn where can they go? g facebook dj cord or sound cloud dj bass cord. >> keep playing. we have tucker barnes telling bus the weather. take it away. >> thank you very much. love having him here all morning. fantastic. a couple late showers to start your day. it's cool today. temperatures in the mid 60s 6

for daytime highs. h this is the back end of frontal system. cool right now 60 at reagan national. temperatures overnight aroundght the cooler and drier air. you can see the temperatures are on the chilly side after 80s yesterday. 57 in baltimore. 53 this morning. m here is the setor up for the weekend.eken online here on track for a gorgeous weekend. high pressure will give us plenty of sunshine. it will be cool and breezyree tomorrow with highs only about 70. a little cool on memorial dayay weekend but otherwise a great looking forecast for the next n seven day. there's the accu weather sevene day forecast. saturday, sunday, monday. suns sunshine with a nice warning trend. all right. i'm supposed to toss it to thunder from downunder, i want to intro due you to my special group granite from the mid

atlantic. hit it. have your baby what w a man, what a man, what a mighty good man ♪go ♪ ♪ a mighty, mighty good man >> can we please seat real male revue. ♪ [laughter] >> really? really, guys.. anyway i'm here with thunder from down under, the real male revue this weekend live at ram's head, center stage in maryland live. five performances. per there are million is tickets, just a few tickets, right. >> get on the web site quickly. it's really hard for me to stand here and concentrate but i'll do my best. let's introduce, everyone.ne. hi, everyone. hi, daniel, hi brad. >> i'm shannon. >> i apologized for all

womenkind and all my sisters when she see you. how wild zit get? >> really wild. we get scratched, claw marksks handprints. >> it's hard being beautiful, isn't it? >> yes. >> how often do you tour? >> we live in a suitcase a lot.. >> what do people get when i i come to the show. >> what is it like. li it's a bit of nudity and craziness. >> how far down do we go as far as the cloth something in. >> we leave something to the imagination. >> that's nice. okay. so when they come out, do you, it's a whole number. num here we have our chippen dales. do we liken it to the same revue. what do you in the show.

>> no cang rooz or wallabies. >> what are you going to do for us right now? >> a dance. >> can i leave?an i >> no, no you have to stay right here. this wasn't in the -- okay. [laughter] >> can i go? this is thunder from down under maryland live. ♪ ♪

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♪ >> a minnesota teenager loses his battle with bone cancer but leaves an impressive impactct beyond. the 18-year-old turned writing i music when he learned he was dying. he record the song clouds to signify his friends and family.d it shot up to number one on the itunes top 10 list wednesday two days after he died. proceeds from the soundcloud will go to a fund to fund research for childhood cancer. n wow. >> what a great song, a

it's a good song. s if a beautiful song. that is something. k-mart hopes they have another viral hit on their hands. >> i hate these prices. >> sounds like you could use some big ass savings. >> save $-- >> they are big gas savings but it sounds like something else. this is not first time this retailer is has done this. they posted the latestates commercial on a youtube page on wednesday. they hope it creates as much buzz as in to mail, ship, my pants commercial. >> i first time i saw that one my the dow cropped open and said what? >> big gas.as. >> funny. >> korean pop star psy was seenn making the rounds at the can

theys -- cannes film festival but it wasn't him. the real psy tweeted seems likee there's another me at cannes say hi top behind.ind he fooled separate celebrities including the bond girl and actor adree -- aadrien brody. >> he's the fake psy so that'sh' how he got it. >> 8:41 on this friday morning. i'll change back to my clothingc that his on early. you have to change your clothes. >> no, no. it's a whole -- anyway thunder from down under fantastic. f coming up we're celebrating the graduation along with your family. find out whose search is getting the fox five spotlight today. t mother nature is getting in whaw mother nature has in store fore

us this summer. holly? >> thunlder -- thunder from don under, the guy says, my wife hah a ticket this weekend. that's different thunder. we're talking about beinglk prepared for a storm.ar this is whated you could call brains of restoration operation when power comes out. how they are getting ready for the season but also how you and your family can be prepared. we're going have a kitt you can put together could be the key for your family riding out a storm. it's live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.

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picture. monday is say holiday and you may be getting more shoutouts than you normally would, shotouts. it's a holiday. >> it's time once again to open our fox 5 online yearbook. we give our congratulations to alexis harris. take a look at this. she's graduating from the barbara ingraham school for the arts in maryland.ylan her sister posted this picture p saying her family is proud of her. beautiful. >> it's gorgeous. you can upload your graduates picture and an old graduationrau picture of yourself. y why not celebrate and remember? just look our myfoxdc facebook page. >> want to think about somethina fun i'm a part of this weekend and i'm hoping you come out and support this mission. in honor of national missing children's day which is

tomorrow, this organization is black and missing foundation. they are hosts a walk. it's a 5k to bring awareness to missing -- it's everyone. in this case people who are missing who happen to be persons of color. a lot of times we -- there's a criticism that we don't hear on the same level missing children from all different races and backgrounds. so this organization, black and missing, looks to change in a. it's bam5.organize. i'll be there to kick things off

and epathawill be here too. all the information is on the i web site.web >> good day for it, too. hurricane season begins june 1 as you know but the local power come companies have been spending time getting ready for months. >> they are at regionalion operation center in herndon, her virginia this morning. too funny about this for the show this weekend. w >> i know. quite a few people glued to the sell vision here -- television here. hopefully people are glued to the television for this segment as well. we'll talk about something very important. we're at the regional operationr center, here., it's when a storm comes through and power is out in the area they assess the situation and come up with s the game plan in order to get everyone online. are you doing what you need do?

kenny wilkins was a part of thee special training session last summer with fema and as you were with him is when superstorm sandy hit.nd two months ofy that and you goto to see firsthand the response rs and what was used. what were the lessons learned? >> there were a lot of lessons learned from hurricane, superstorm sandy. sa one of those is being prepared. we need to be prepared all thera time for the impending weather. though we're not in tornado tor alley like they were in oklahoma we want to be prepared for the storms coming. we're going to have hurricanes happen in this area. we urge the customers to be prepared for this storm. prepared with a go kit and contingency plan for the family. where are you going to do? what are you going to do. >> as we watch people work here. it's calm today which is good. how does dominion, virginia go o about getting ready for storm

season. >> it's a three day drill thatht we good live and do everything just as if the storm had impacted our area. are so we prepare, we send out messages to the state eoc, the emergency operations center for the state. we prepare customers and ourselves. we do mute call aid calls to make sure we know the process we're going to do to get crews here when we need them. >> i was thinking about your time spent with fema. that storm was forecast.ecas everyone knew it was coming. it was in the a surprise yet still people weren't ready. is it the age-old, i never think it's going to happen to me we weathered this and that storm. sandy was such a magnitude thatd it impacted an area not normally impacted that heavy. people were not prepared for that. the time that i spent there at fema i'm deeply appreciative of

dominion for allowing me the tonight -- and also fema for putting up with me for three months -- but it allows me too prepare myself and family fory o the next impact on the storm. >> if we're talking about being prepared. you are are saying what can i do? what is a tangible example off something i can do this.his. is lena. len we're going to talk about the -- this is lena from the dominion power. let's talk about the emergency kit. this is something you can put a lo ct of things in. one gallon of water per person r per day. >> how many days should you prepare for? >> three days. >> important to have an emergency first aid kit in case you need it. something that allows to you communicate with the outside world. radio operated radio or television is good to have.

>> battery operated. >> did i say radio? r >> thank you. we have here a battery operated flashlight as well and because you are using the batteries gooo to have extra batteries on hand. >> absolutely. >> what about things peopleeop wouldn't think of. >> you think you can to the atmm if you need cash. if we have a major power outaget you can't go to the atm. put money in a sealed tight envelope or baggy and then you have it when you need it. also food for three days hygiene item. >> you were talking about something maybe people wouldn'tp think of in terms of papers. paperwork and information.an >> when you are in a situation s like that, you want to know what your insurance is, what does your insurance cover. at least have the phone number.. we suggest putting that information into a sealed tightt baggy as well or putting it on a disk or electronic device so you can have access to it when youno

need it. >> wonderful, wonderful information and heed the call. we don't have storms coming right now. now is the time to get you and your family prepared so you'll be ready if and when it strikes. sometimes when you are prepared there are storms that are devastating we saw that in oklahoma. coming up in the next hourr we're going to talk bay deady bear drive we can be a part of f to help the kids out there. back to you in the studio. >> getting out of town. thousands iting had the road foo memorial day weekend. >> if you haven't left your you house yet, we're getting you ready, checking the roads in an live report. r fox 5 morning news continues after the break. 8:52 now. first that's my take. >> now that's my take with wttg vice president and gm duffy dier. >> did you ever wait in a long line hungry and thirst only to be told when you got to the head of the line there's no more foof

or drink? now you know how the d.c. charter schools feel.eel. a study released found that d.c. charter schools per pupil pup funding in 2011 was $13,000 lower than traditional public schools. among the schools study denver, l.a., milwaukee and new york the per pupil funding gap was the largest in the district. they say it be equal for both b sets of students but what tilts the scales unfairly is the fact that they also receive funding f for operations and facilities. but there's good news, the gap is being narrowed. for years the charter schools s had longed for more space to grow. they didn't understand why thers district wouldn't allow the charters to occupy some of the schools that were closed due to low enrollments. maybe grair announced monday that 16 former d.c. public school buildings will be made available to charter schools and community organizations.

this represents a big stepep towards leveling the playing field. in this one/win situation what a the district gets in report are higher graduation rates and higher proficiency levels invels math, reading and science.cien to me it sound loiks a goodd return on their investment. i what do you think?nk? go to myfoxdc.com and clicken c that is my take or send me an e-mail at tnt@wttg.com.

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