♪ >> straight ahead, hurricane harvey takes aim. >> we're asking them to voluntary evacuate ton begin to do so now. the gulf coast of texas in the line of fire. the storm expected to make landfall tonight or tomorrow as a category three hurricane. right now, a state of emergency is in effect. evacuations are underway and the white house is on high alert. >> a d.c. couple walking their young baby in a stroller were robbed at knife point in the middle of the day along the busy 14th street corridor. they speak exclusive toll fox5. we'll have their terrifying account coming up. ♪ taylor

the pop starry leased her first new song years overnight and it's already a hit. but it's also a dark departure for the former country singer. we're breaking down the most talked about moments and sharing a sneak peek at the new music video. >> first though we're zip tripping down to fredericksburg. this morning we're hanging with hometown hero, hometown teams and taking a culinary spin around the world. >> and lifting a glass to our second to last zip trip of the season. good day at 9a starts when,. >> now! [ cheers and applause ] >> ♪ >> whoo! >> ♪ >> fredericksburg. >> man. >> let's hear it for fredericksburg. >> this is amazin

>> this is emacio dance and drill team. give it up for the ladies. >> way to go, ladies. >> ♪ >> this day has been amazing fredericksburg v have a our second to last zip trip. this town has represented hard. >> no doubt about it. >> absolutely. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love it. and the one time tucker is not here, we have actual campers. so camp is here today as well today. >> it's like weather camp mike. >> you know what i love about the last two hours of a zip trip, we get to cover so much ground. we've got your hometown team. hometown hero. we've got -- oh my gosh what else. >> might have must stops coming up. >> tucker tries it without tucker and i saw not one or two but three breweries down here as well. plus some other goodies as well. all of these great people that have been here all day today. it's amazing. >> a what great start to the day. >> yes indeed. send it bac

here. >> i hate to. we'll come back and see in you few minutes. we'll keep the party going here in fredericksburg. >> whoo! [ cheers and applause ] >> that is one awesome party. ally communities down 95. they've all represented. >> yeah. for sure. >> all throughout the whole zip trip season we'll have lot more coming up from fredericksburg in just a minute but first we do want to get to our big story this morning, that is hurricane harvey. right now the storm is a category two with wind speeds of 110 miles an hour but it is set to make landfall tonight or tomorrow and it might get up to category three. the outer bands packing heavy rain and heavy winds. they're already hitting the texas coast. in preparation state officials have declared a state of emergency and they're asking people living in the storm's path to evacuate. the one staying put though are stocking up on searches like food and water. bracing for the storms impact. wisdom has more on those preparations and the potential impact for us here at home.. this is somethingf

proportions. texas officials are expecting this to be the big one and they're telling people in the path of the hurricane hurricane harvey to get out before the storm hits because it's on track to become the biggest hurricane to hit the united states in more than ados decade. >> time is running out to get ready for hurricane harvey. >> i have been through four different -- been to four different stores. no water on the shelf. four stores. >> southeast texas bracing for what's expected to be category three storm. wind gusts likely to top 100 miles an hour. storm surging could reach more than 15 feet but it's the potential for 3 feet of rain that has forecasters really worried. officials say residents need to take vac weighing orders seriously. >> i'm not going to send a boat down there after we ask you to leave. we're not -- i'm not going to put one of my deputies live on the line to go down there and get you out. so you're on your own. >> harvey is labeled as a life threatening storm that poses a grave risk

worried about it until everyone at work was talking about it. >> landfall is expected by saturday on a large swath of coastline. even people who live nowhere near the coast in harm's way. dozens of counties a hundred mile inland are at risk for flooding millions of residents bracing and hoping for the best. >> i feel like we've had so many where it doesn't actually end up being as big as we think it's going to be so i'm kind of hoping it's going to be one of those. >> now the national hurricane center says that the storms could stall inland for days and that would mean heavy flooding. harvey could also meaning a spike in gasoline prices as well since a lot of oil rigs and refineries in, n that region are shutting down ahead of the storm. so it's going to have major impact on everything that's happening in that region and start to trickle out to the rest of the country especially when you start talking about gas prices. >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> thanks, wis. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, the white house is preparing for the potential political storm that could follow hurricane harvey. a major hurricane has often been seen as a

is in the oval office. earlier this hurricane season well underway. fema former director john kelly is now the president's chief of statue. the white house says president trump is in the loop on what's about to strike the lone star state. and the president has been briefed license continue to be upupdated as the storm progresss and certainly something he's very aware of and will keep a very watchful eye and stand by ready to provide resources if needed. >> political consequences of major hurricane can be significant for sitting president. president george w. bush was widely criticized for his response to hurricane katrina back in 2005. ♪ 90:00 sick right now it deadline for the debt ceiling inches closer and closer the president is still at odds with congress. he's criticized leaders of his own party senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan. yesterday tweeting that they hadn't done what he wanted in terms of the debt

therefore have created a mess in congress. on top of that the president claimed he will let the government shut down to get the border wall paid for. this morning the president tweeted in senate republicans don't get rid of the filibuster rule gone to a 51% majority, few bills will be passed. eight dems control the senate. ♪ now to a story you first saw here on fox5. two connected fbi raids just miles apart in prince george's county. the fbi says 12 people stole thousands of credit card numbers and sold them online as part of a bank and wire fraud crime ring. the raids took place at a home in temple hills and a home in fort washington. fox5 got exclusive video at each scene including several dogs removed from one of the homes as well as equipment that experts tell us is used in dog fighting scenarios. the fbi would not confirm if dog fighting was connected to their investigation. also in the news

afternoon walk turned into armed robbery. d.c. couple an infant son held up at knife point by two men in broad daylight in normal safe area of the city. for the first time the couple describes the incident in detail in an exclusive interview with fox5. our very own annie yu is live in northwest this morning with what they're saying this morning about that attack. annie? >> reporter: good morning to all of you. this is certainly an unnerving situation leaving a lot of the folks that live and work around here feeling pretty unsettled about the news. they're most disturbed by the fact that, you know, the sus suspects attacked the couple and their young son during broad daylight on a saturday afternoon along this busy corridor 14th street and corcoran. there are lots of businesses lined up here, lots of restaurants and eateries and coffee shops. again this happening in broad daylight in the middle of the day and so police, you know, are calling this a bold and brazen crime. this surveillance video was provided to us by d.c. police.

two suspects there as well as a black sedan a dark sedan that detectives are asking that you take a close look at if you recognize this man or the vehicle you're you were to do call dc police. the family spoke exclusively to fox5 and we are not naming who they are but they tell us that they just finished brunch on saturday and they were heading back to their car when the two men approached them. take listen to the couple describing the frightening ordeal. >> i looked down and he pulled out a box cutter, and as he was doing that, another guy had come into the front to me with the stroller, and i saw a knife in his hand as well and they both just crowded us in. they said give me your purse. give me your purse. i said i don't have one. i just have my diaper bag. >> bottom line it was violent they threatened us. >> yeah. >> with deadly force. >> it was by far the most terrifying thing i've ever experienced because we are new parents and we h

us you heard them say they were fearing for their lives. they complied with the suspects thankfully no one was injured. their six week old son was asleep the whole time but d.c. mess say a $10,000 reward is being offered in this case. if you have any information give d.c. police a phone call. that's the very latest here from northwest d.c. annie yu fox5 local news. >> thank you very much annie. well 9:10 right now. living the dream. coming up little later we'll introduce to you the newest powerball winner sadly it's none of us and tell you what she plans to do with her $700 million jackpot. >> i bought a scratcher that night that everybody was buying powerball. i won ten bucks. >> yes. >> then all right lottery wi winner. >> thank you. >> all right big winner. > first though we'll head back down to fredericksburg for a look at the five must stops and what you need to know if you want to call it home. >> and don't forget, though, the tischer auto group of laurel and fox5 giving away a one year

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♪ you know what,. >> love it. >> i'm tired of hearing that song. >> are you? >> really? >> that's a good song. >> i hear it all the time taylor swift has a new one out. you can substitute in it. >> there you go. life will be grand. >> it won't as happy. >> you're the biggest bruno mars ever. >> love bruno mars. we also love zip tripping. >> yes, we do. >> every time we go, we got do see what the town has to offer. let's get back down to our zip trip team right now and see what's going on down in fredericksburg. good morning. hey, good morning to you team back in the loft. okay. fred burg we've said thi

morning. >> they showed up. >> they repped. >> absol aspect. >> from the crowd that's come out here. from the five must stops, the food and speaking of food -- >> here at fox5 we love food. [ laughter ] >> we got to give shout out to don man chose who beautiful spread this morning. >> look at this. >> can i tell you the shrimp to die for. a quick shout out to them. mike, when you come down here you won't get a taste of fredericksburg you'll get historical aspects you had the honor of getting five of them. >> five must stops. so hard to narrow it down to five. let's go right to it. five must stops of fredericksburg, virginia. >> at number five, the rappahannock river heritage trail. located in the center of fredericksburg. this trail stretches 1.8 miles and perfect for walk, run, bike or stroll. take in the beautiful scenery all year long on its paved route with views of the rappahannock river.

fredericksburg visitor's center on get crash course on the history of fredericksburg. buy a pass to the region's museums and historic sites and tickets to ride the historic trolley and carriage. at number three, liberty town arts workshop. explore artist studios or take class. liberty town is a 13,000 square foot gallery featuring more than 40 local crafts people and artists. it offers 27 active studio spaces and a wide range of classes. if you love art, this is the place to be. number two fredericksburg battlefield national park. this historic battleground was a focal point during the battle of fredericksburg in december of 1862. these hollowed grounds are open year round so there's no excuse not to take a guided tour or a hike through history. at number one, carl's frozen

list the on the national register of historic places, this family-owned ice cream stand has been in business for more than 50 years. the frozen custard is made fresh daily from all natural ingredients. original hot spot carl's has even been featured on the food network as some of america's best ice cream. ♪ >> all right. so those are your five must stops. again, fredericksburg so full of history especially military history and here to share a bit more about that carries stop talk spalding the superintendent of the fredericksburg and spotsylvania military park. >> i am. i'm happy to serve you. fredericksburg, this morning all the stuff you've already seen, right. >> i know, i know. what a great honor military park really dedicated to our servicemen and women. >> indeed. >> tell me about the park. >> the park founded early 1900s, but really it honors our history throughout the country. specifically focusing on the civil war history. >> um-hmm. >> what you can see in this town and the energy that you're feeling this morning, peoe

really care about their history. >> yeah. >> i think o o probably looked n road, right. >> right. that was an active road just a few years ago. but this area understands through history so well they said no we want to bring that back to where it used to be. i love that people are learning about history especially now with such contention involving statue. >> absolutely. >> and civil war. when people know total history it gives you better perspective. >> that's exactly right. when you learn about it, you love it and you understand it and you know how to care for it. right. >> right. >> it has deeper understanding of who we are as people. >> exactly. >> today is 101 birthday of the national park service. guys had ranger jenny on yesterday with pokie. and so we ask everybody to go out and find their park. come down to fredericksburg and find a park here in fredericksburg as well. >> these parks are open 24 -- year round. >> year round. the parks are open year round. different visitor centers have their own hours. you can check on that. wherever you are, your national park check it out nps.gov. find out about your park. >> that would be good

pointer. >> absolutely. you always want to check out online. >> how long have you been doing this. >> lord, i with the park service for awhile only had the opportunity to be here in fredericksburg for about year now. >> my goodness. you're doing phenomenal job and the history, i love history so much. fredericksburg is full of it unguys are completely just bringing it to life with the park and everything that do you to keep these memories alive. >> if you're not a history the river runs through. come and enjoy the water here as well. something for everybody here in fredericksburg. >> sold. >> kirsten stood spalding thank you very much. >> you're very welcome thank you maureen if you want to make this home. steve got some homes that you might be a toil move 92. right, steve? >> ♪ absolutely maureen. this is one of our favorite parts of the show when we come out here we talk so much about how great the community. a lot of people what if i want to do there. we'll hook you up. first a shout out to howard he just walked down the street he's walking his dogs in the green shirt. korean war veteran i woke up and saw you guys on tv i had to come down witness dogs and say hi. he went on with his walk we

out this morning. this is heather hagerman with caldwell banker if she looks familiar you helped out us with our zip trip in stafford not that long ago. >> i did. can't stop following you around. >> welcome back. always happy to have you. >> thank you. >> this is little different community when it comes to real estate than staffed for. old town feel here. >> in stafford we don't have this dense walkable downtown. but fredericksburg, we've been here for a long time. we have probably 30 blocks where you can walk and live gone to the grocery store. go to the butcher come to the park and all right here. >> we have literally everything in this community everything from right behind us brand new condos here. >> yes. >> including very nice penthouse up there. >> absolutely. >> which does not come cheap by the way even for fredericksburg. >> it does not no. >> price tag on the penthouse. >> 1.8 million. >> ouch. whole top of the building. >> it is. >> the other thing we have obviously are old houses historic houses if somebody wants those in the historic district there are rules to follow. >> we have an architectural review board that oversees certain things,er

of design especially on the exterior. you have to go too hard. >> good to know. what you can get for your morning start the $300,000 range. what do we have. >> cute little house on dan dread street right near the university of washington. four bedrooms, two baths. 9-foot ceilings built in 1927 a really sweet house. love it. >> that sounds amazing for that price tag. >> you get a lot. >> so many people commute from here. >> absolutely. >> let's bump it around the $500,000 range. >> this is different from fredericksburg planned communities this one in planned community cowan crossing brand new construction 3600 square feet. four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, basement, beautiful house. you can walk to starbucks, walk to chipotle so different sort of feel. you can still walk places th though. >> still pretty good price for people in d.c. i was just joking earlier i said in d.c. for a million and a half, say, if we go you might get two bedroom townhouse in some parts of here. here what do you get if we want

dollars. >> you can get a lot for your money here as i'm sure you can imagine. doris buffet restored a house on caroline street, 6,000 square feet, five bedrooms folks .5 bathrooms, gated courtyard. got an apartment. it's got two car garage. it's stunning. absolutely stunning. that's one example you can walk to the river from there. walk to the train station. amazing. we have lots of examples. >> i'm sure do you. heather we saw traffic literally at 5:30 this morning heading into d.c. how many from here make that drive every day into d.c. >> about 40% of our community commutes into d.c. daily we truly are bedroom community. >> a great reason why those people choose to live here. >> look at it. >> the real estate market is a big point of it. you can get a lot for mr. money. >> you can. we'll saw here in stafford and here fredericksburg. we'll catch up with you next summer. >> a mill and half, 6,000 square feet right here in fredericksburg. >> it sounds so good, steve. thanks so much. >> beautiful homes. >> really beautiful. >> love it. >> 9:22 is the time.

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mosque in the capitol city of kabul has come under attack. gunmen stormed the mosque as worshipers gathered for midday prayers. isis has officially claimed responsibility. police in prince william county say teen who went missing weeks ago was murder the the body of 18 -- the 18-year-old was found in a field earlier this week. investigators believe his death is gang related. so far three people have been arrested. linked to his disappearance but none are charged with murder at this point. hollywood has lost another star. jay thomas radio talk show host and actor with recurring roles on sitcom murphy brown and cheers has died. thomas also appeared on the show time series radon van his publicist says thomas passed away after battle with cancer. he was 69 years old. well the yankees and tigers through down in detroit this is just one of the three brawls during the game. tigers miguel cabrera was having words with the yankees back up catcher in the sixth inning when things quickly escalated

benches cleared. five players were ejected including both managers at figha scene on the field there. finally, all right. wholefoods no longer whole paycheck. amazon plans to make big changes at wholefoods as soon as they're multi billion dollar takeover is completed next week. i like the sound of that one. online retailer plan to cut the prices on bananas, eggs salmon and beef as well as adding special in store savings deals for prime members. so i like the sound of that one, guys. >> oh, sorry. [ laughter ] >> we were doing research. >> we're all working. >> whole wallets no more. >> checking that bank account. getting grocery stopping done. >> okay. [ laughter ] tucker has the day off. thanks erin in all seriousness. excuse me. denture slip that means that mike is stepping up to the plate to complete the this week's zip trip challenge. we'll check in with him after the break to see how his attempts at making breakfast are going.

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♪ every friday tucker has to try something new on our zip trips but today he's getting a little break because he's on vacation. that's the only reason why. >> lucky tucker. trying time off. >> right. that means mike thomas is stepping up to the plate and he joins us now live from spr. ll in fredericksburg what he's trying in today's try it tucker place. good morning. >> holly, good morning to you as well. usualy this tucker tries it but he's on vacation. usually tucker fails it. let's be honest here. we'll try and succeed. we're in downtown freder fredericksburg. this is adrian silver smith. >> how you doing. >> thank you for having us. >> we're making crepes today. we had to get things started early. is it time to flip already. >> time to flip. >> we'll get right into this. while we're flipping. he flip it

>> fairly easy. >> i'll take it after this.as wl me the history of sprelly. >> fascinating you do gore nay peanut butter gelly. >> i started in 2013. we have this business competition locally here in fredericksburg it was modeled after the show shark tank and so he said you shall enter in this idea so i did. i ended up talking about this idea for gourmet peanut and butter jelly sandwich shop that makes sandwiches and crepes i ended up winning the people's choice award at that compe competition. >> all right. >> and now here we are today. you got your own restaurant. we're making a crepe here. kind of like a thin pancake, right. >> that's exactly what it is. >> what's the secret here? you already got me started. >> so this is the spr. lly white chocolate al manned butter. it's one much our best selling flavors we make. >> one decorate this with strawberries and bananas and of course you got your -- >> is that chocolate. >> chocolateaz

right. >> what we got to do we got to take this corner and put it up there. >> let's grab that. >> here we go guys. >> put your finger on it and put it right up there. >> do the same thing on the other end. >> same thing that way. >> nice. >> there we go. >> we should put a sprelly shirt on you. >> would you hire me. >> i would absolutely hire you. >> he's lying. >> that's it. >> that's the crepe right there. >> yeah. >> all right. too hot to try or -- probably. >> eat it like a piece of pizza. >> i was not prepare. i didn't bring any forks. what we can do is use your fingers and get in there if you want or actually, watch this. >> it's like burning hot. >> burning hot. putt it down. we'll get into in just a minute here guys. that was mike's edition of tucker tries it. let's go. let's go. real quick. real quick. cheers, sir. >> cheers to you as well. >> guys, i'll send it back in to you. >> yummy. >> that look so good. >> looks amazing i think did you an amazing job, mike. >> really hot. >> it's

>> and he just burn his tongue. >> whoops. >> fall is right around the corner that means all new fall tv shows will be here soon and to spread the word about what's new fox's teaming up with local baseball team for a special fan fest. gary perfect timing because it's really going to feel like fall out there this weakened. >> oh, my gosh. i mean if you're baseball fan and you've never been to see the blue crabs i would say you got to do that. so christine is here. christine raise your hand. and jason here. who's the big guy in the middle? >> this is pinch. >> this is pinch. we got the fox fan fall fest coming up tonight right. >> yes. >> so jason, do you want to tell us what it is or would you like krysten to tell us what going on tonight. >> fox is fall fan fest at the ballpark we'll be previewing clips from several of the new shows coming up in the fall lineup. >> fox shows. >> fox shows, of course. sorry. of course, of course. [ laughter ] >> and we also have a big give away tonight that will involve a

helicopter, tennis balls and kit kiddie pools. >> i want to know more about th did little pre interview here and i know jason you'll be in the helicopter tonight. >> that's right. >> this sound crazy. helicopter and tennis balls. >> yes. we do multiple times during the year. helicopters we drop candy and let the kids run out and grab candy off the field after we drought. we do money drop we take the tennis balls and they have money numbers assigned to them. we drop those threat from the helicopter and people run out and grab those. >> how are you going to do it tonight? >> kind of the same way. we'll have three kiddie pools in the outfield and we are actually going to take and fly the helicopter across the outfield and then we'll drop tennis balls out of the helicopter. and basically the pool that accumulates the most tennis balls that section that will be assigned previous to the game will win a prize from fox. >> oh cool. your aim pretty good to have to throw it down? >> i think i've got it down. >> wow! tell us real quickly about the blue crabs down in waldorf because if nobody has ever been to minor league baseball game it's a completely different experience i would think

going to the -- going down to nats park.ly. family oriented environment. it's very cost efficient. >> economical. >> bring your whole family out y. what it is actually is it's an independent professional team that plays in the atlantic league professional baseball. >> very competitive. >> very competitive. you see a lot of people that come from major league backgrounds. a lot of major league expe experience. even major league lineage palmer rows the vaughns, et cetera. >> familiar names. >> correct. correct. and you get nice competitive baseball at a good price. and actually this year we are play off bound we are the first half freedom division atlantic league champions. >> that's awesome. good news. >> starting in about 21 days we're going to push for a championship the first one in southern maryland history. >> well, thank you so much for coming out. again, waldorf it's easy trip down. >> certainly. >> what's an average ticket price, christine. >> thirteen dollars. >> how can you beat that for the whole family. >> not a bad seat in the house. >> enjoy it. you

will be throwing tennis balls a. it's legally safe. tennis balls raining down at least it's not baseball, right. >> right. say bye pinch. [ laughter ] >> back over to you guys. >> thank you gary. can't beat that for family fun. every zip trip we like to take moment to honor the men and women who risk it all to save other as segment we call first responders fridays this morning steve hanging out from the fredericksburg police and fire dements. i wish i was out there with you guys. tell me what you have, steve. yeah, the fire department and the police department we're celebrating everything fredericksburg today. we'll start witness fire department. this is deputy chief mike jones. great to see you. thanks so much for welcoming us to your town today. this is great. >> thank you very much for being here. >> you're a lifer in this area. >> i've been with the department for 34 years, and keep going strong right there. >> thank fox for being here with 58 men and women of the fire department we greatly appreciate you coming by and seeing us. >> well we as well as every person in this commune appreciates your service you've given for you personally the

you have quite the diverse crews as well. you've been with the department ten years. >> fire service end to years. >> 20 years and one month. you're the new guy. [ laughter ] >> new guy. but it's got to be great though because you're welcoming new people on board as well as seasoned veterans here, right. >> we need both. we need a good mix of people that have been here a long time the people that that have shown up so we can have good group of people we can train people to take to take our lives as we move forward. people who have experience and people who want to learn. >> let me ask you this. you've been with the department 34 years you also grew up here. >> it's one thing to be born and stay some somewhere. what kept you here in fredericksburg. what's so special about this area. >> the best thing about this area is the people. when you come here, everybody is accommodating everybody wants to know everybody else. they like to get along with people and that's the thing you'll see this entire community comes together as a group. we work as group. we're a family really that's great thing. >> i appreciate it. we want to thank you very much from

fox speaking for the great people that came out today thank you so much for keeping everybody safe. we do appreciate it. >> thank you very much. not just fire department we're talking about though because we're also talking about all the other folks who keep people safe here in this great community that of course includes the city of fredericksburg police department. so we have human members of the department and we have k9 members of the department as well. so this is loki over here. >> k9lok. >> good to see you this morning. how long have you been together. >> just under three years. >> okay. you guys are best friends now. >> yeah. at this point. >> exactly. >> loki works a lot. does he have a specialty. >> he does. he has numerous specialties. >> okay. >> number one bread and butter is narcotics. >> he's more of narcotics dog. >> yes. >> i want to put him to the test and we'll chat again on the other side of this. do you a little test for us? >> we can. we'll give eight shot. >> what are we going to do. >> do track. we'll try to start these gloves and track down to his toy and

>> i'll step off to the side and let do you y trhing and let loki do his thing. >> so what we did earlier just so you can tell actually just, as i was walking up from the fire department, one of the officers, officer porter down here laid a track and a scent and low key is trying to follow that scent to what it is that he's looking for which as you can imagine with most dogs is hidden inside of his congress and low key found it just like that. that's great. >> good job. >> good boy. >> officer porter come on in officer porter who laid the -- you were so stealth did you that as we were walking up the other way. thanks so much for doing it. as far as the police department here, how long have you been with the department. >> one year. >> one year. okay relatively new. what is it about fredericksburg that keeps you guys here not just working but protecting this great city. >> everything about the department. it's great. they look out for their officers number one. and it's just comradery we have as group. and the friends ship we get oh make like a giant family. >> we appreciate

you were raised here. >> right downight dowly is what it's all about. thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> i appreciate i thanks for helping out today. >> absolutely. >> thanks you for your service. >> pleasure to meet you. >> not the great service and opportunities you have but you have a darn handsome dog there as well. >> he's a hard worker. >> now he gets his reward. thanks to the great people at fredericksburg police and fire departments. we'll send it back to the lot of right now. >> all right. appreciate it steve. it's 9:41 right now. coming up a salute to the beauty of diversity starring legendary singer and actress coming up after the break stephanie mills joins us live in the loft with more on her one of a kind career. where you can see her perform tonight and the special honor she's about to receive. we'll be right back. ♪

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♪ >> all right. that's a classic right there. we're rolling out the good day red carpet for this very next segment because our next guest is a legendary actress and performer who has one of the most diss ding tiff voices ever in music. she has five best selling al albums. ten billboard number one sin singles. we're talking about the one and only grammy award winning singer stephanie mills and later this morning we'll receive a very big honor from whur cafe mocha radio show. they're hosting a special luncheon to salute her beauty of diversity a

it will honor stephanie along with notable women, paper greer, april d. ryan. vivian pick card and more. that's not all. stephanie is also set to perform tonight at the birchmere for one night only. but before she does all of that, she graces us with her presence this morning. >> you said everything i was going to say. >> we had to make sure we got it all in. the more we say it the more people remember it and they spend money and they come out and put that money in your pocket. >> that's right. i'm so honored to be getting the award this afternoon. with pam greer and april ryan and our sponsor are aarp and toyota and orr hair care. i'm excited. >> how did you find it did they call you? send an e-mail when you are going to receive an award. >> eldridge is a friend of mine she sent me an e-mail and asked me would i come it and i said i'm there. even though i have show tonight i said i'm there. it's always so wonderful to be honored. because that's real humbling. even though y

you do p touching somebody. for somebody to say i want to honor you that's humbling to me. >> especially at 60. >> wow! >> i was just telling you i need to use some of whatever you're using. >> i need some of that many. >> especially when you've been in the business as long as i have. >> you look young. >> thank you. >> you look so young. >> thank you. >> you'll be popping at the birchmere. >> yes. tonight with my band. we'll get it on and have a great time at the birchmere. show starts at 7:00 their. >> okay. >> i'm there i'll be at the luncheon today along with pam greer and april ryan but, yeah. at the birchmere. >> so some of the things you're going to hear tonight hear a lot of old school good lot of old school. >> a lot of great hits. >> i do a little tribute to whitney houston because i miss whitney and michael and prince and all of them. i miss my friends so i do a tribute to her. and you're going to hear power of love, home, of course, i can't leave the show without doing singing home so y. what you showing there? you showing stand back

i open with that song. >> do you? >> yeah. i open with that song. >> wow! >> that's so funny. >> look at that. >> yeah. >> those were younger. >> is this in the '80. >> i'm in the '80s. that's the '80s. [ laughter ] >> yup. that's the '80s. stand back. sure is. we filmed that in new york. >> in new york? >> in new york city. >> where you're from. >> where i'm from, brooklyn girl. >> brooklyn girl. made it big. [ laughter ] >> i don't know about all of that but i have had a good ---a good time. >> awed good time. speaking of good times let's talk about some of your hits here. out all of great hits that you've had, which one do olive like the most? >> it's hard to say. >> you like to listen on the radio. >> it's hard for me to listen to myself never new love and power of love. power of will is one of my favorite songs. from the wiz be a line happens to be one of my favorite songs. did you watch the -- >> the live version. >> yes i have not seen it. > 40 years

>> couple 40 yearslayed dorothy? >> and here's the thing. we were talking about this as well. jermaine jackson friend of yours because of the wiz tell me that story about how you got connected into the whole music industry. >> you know i dated michael back in the '80s, and they used to come to see the show all the time. >> right. >> so, um, jermaine and hazel were friends of mine. he said you should come to motown i was like okay, i'm coming they gave me a contract. >> wow. it was that easy they heard you sing and it was that easy because i came in through -- >> you had connections. >> jermaine jackson and haze seal gordy jackson. >> you had the big voice. >> yeah. my voice was pretty big. >> you guess, really? >> i love to sink. i love to do what i do. i'm thankful and grateful that i'm still here and doing it the way i wanted to do it. >> you got any new projects you're working on. >> i have new songs i'm working on. it's different now. i have to to go about it in different way. >> you have to evolve. >> this business is not easy. >> also before i

were at the apollo theater at age nine? >> yes. i was -- tell thus story. that's a fascinating story as well. >> you know i lived in brooklyn, and the apollo theater the amateur night was always very very popular. >> uh-huh. >> so i went to the amateur night and i sang whose loving you and for once in my life and i won six weeks in row there. >> wow! >> so i did shows with the icily brothers. roberta knack, everybody, you know, if you don't, f you're not good, they would pull you off. i was too young to know whether -- so i just went out there and sang and did my best. >> lock where that all led to. >> here you are now. >> yes. >> all right. we're in the presence of music royalty. >> i don't know about that. >> ya'll, new york city, no. you're a big deal. you are a big deal. >> thank you. >> the show tonight we'll put the information right up there. >> oh, look. >> this is for the award ton tonight. >> yes. >> and there's the show right there at the birchmere. >> at the birchmere tonight. >> two for today for the legendary, the one and only stephanie

>> thank you very much for coming in. >> thank you. >> continued success. love your music. >> thank you one of my favorite "you're pushing a rush on more". >> like to know you better. >> yeah. i heard that couple times when i was coming up. >> did you, i'll bet. >> i'm sorry. >> you're so handsome. >> oh, wait a minute. >> ahh! [ laughter ] >> back over to ya'll. i'll blushing now. >> stephanie mills just called me handsome. >> i'm a huge stephanie mills. huge michael jackson fan. what's something we don't know about mj from back in the day that you can share? >> that he -- i think he was misunderstood. >> um-hmm. >> and i think -- he was painfully, painfully, painfully shy and just wanted to be the best and do the best for everybody. >> he did the best. >> he never said unkind word about anyone. >> right. never. >> aww. >> at commercial you can share where you got that suit. [ laughter ] >> okay. >> oh, boy. >> great inviter. culinary trip around the world without ever

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[ cheers and applause ] >> welcome back to our zip trip. you saw we went to fredericksburg, virginia. we actually taken you to italy with a culinary feast. this is or fina restaurant and this is did he kneel ya the proprietor of this amazing looking cuisine. >> thank you. >> my goodness everyone says this is the place to come to when you're fredericksburg for the best italian food. >> they say that, i believe t that. >> i believe it. my eyes aren't lying either what kind of cuisine are you doing. >> pretty much italy in every single region. north to south. middle. so we like to showcase every single region. and so i bring a little bit of everything over here. >> okay. >> starting from the north. >> what do we have here. >> we have pole len at a. fried polenta topped with cheese finished with christie prosciutto. >> colette tow cheese. what is that, mild cheese. >> don't mind if i dive in. >> absolutely. please. if you want me to help you -- >>o

myself. >> sure. go for for it. let me get a napkin. >> i don't need it. >> perfect. >> hmm. what's the sweetness. >> little on the bottom of the plate we put little figure reduction. like marmalade. >> i want to get through the rest. >> this one over here it's shrimp grilled and then finished with lemon sauce. >> okay. >> you got to clean it. >> what region is that from. >> typically from all over. >> i will say from rome down. >> okay. midday, down south. up it's north. >> okay. >> this. >> presentation of half rig rigatoni, thome oh toe sauce, ricotta on top. >> try the ricotta. helps the flavor as well. >> okay. it's ricotta cheese with little pasta. peck corino romano. delicious. >> okay. >> over here we represent itly from south up to north. >> risotto, scallops, pan seared th

with try colored carrots. >>fo to taste afterwards. >> absolutely yes. >> don't forget dessert. >> tiramisu. northern region to the connelly from south sicily and of course we have gelato on the side. >> were are you locate. >> we located 10006 carolina street. we're not far from here. >> i can tell you or fina if you're fredericksburg from the mayor who call it the bomb to others who say this is the cuisine you've got to try. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. i cannot wait to dive in. >> please any time. >> i'm calling dibs on all of it. all cameras on me. dibs on all of it. >> and wine too. >> the wine too. >> hey, you guys back in the studio, are you jealous yet? are you jealous yet? look at this. look at this. are you jealous yet? which camera am ion? this one. >> don't rub it in. >> look at that food, mo. >> bring it right on back for us? don't count on it. >> we've got a jam packed 10a headed your way. former american idol finalist casey james will perform life fo

>> also you know her as reina on power and if you do you might be in mourning today. but dan cheh the real reina is coming in to the loft. stay tuned for that. >> taylor swift new music video i think it's a distract. that's what i think. >> oh yeah. >> we'll talk about it when we come back. ♪ ♪♪

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james will be performing live for us. power shocker that left fans fuming and live in the lot of donshea hopkins who plays reina is here live to dish all about it. tv host actor comedian michael yo is here for a red hot celebrity dish. and look what you made her do. taylor's new single burning up social media. and now we have a sneak peek of her new video. let's do this, d.c. n-3, two, one, roll it. the 10a starts now. ♪

we start the 1. couple words of business before we get to why we're hnk you fore rocks. the rocks are awesome. >> i love that they do this. when i talk to the police dogs handler earlier it's police dog's birthday. we have cupcakes. >> happy birthday. >> for the police dog. happy birthday to loki doing a great job of protecting the people of fredericksburg. >> as if we haven't eaten enough in our last segment more food. >> combining we have beer and doughnuts. isn't that great way to start the day. >> breakfast of champions. >> we're starting with sugar shack which is here in fredericksburg virginia maureen and mike this is what i want to you keep an eye on you see that giant doughnut. >> yes, we do. > it's lard to miss. we'll see a theme here. we're going to go sugar shack doughnuts thanks for coming out today. >> the doughnuts are delicious way the by the way. >> thank you. >> follow us back here to our first of three breweries. strange ways brewery. >> keep an eye on the doughnut they do amazing thing it looks familiar because sugar shack did doughnuts

brewery right here in fredericksburg. you're located where. >> near the fairgrounds. >> all right. check them out there. that looks good. >> that does look delicious. >> mike. >> this is samoa porter. they go with the doughnut. >> beer an doughnut does it get better than that. >> let's pair it. you drink that. i'll eat that. >> mazing. >> delicious. like a dessert beer. >> that's delicious. >> fantastic. >> pace yourself. pace yourself. this is red dragon brewery and we actually drove right past you guys when we came down here today. when in the middle of the night you weren't open yet. >> no. you were here setting up. notice the theme. >> yes. >> yet another dough in you. >> what are we drinking here? >> we have our ipa very sit truce see it looks like a wheat beer, though. orange juice ipa. >> orange juice and doughnuts but really beer. >> all right. we got one more. pace yourself, fellas. pace yourself. we have got one more. >> that's delicious. >> come on

another doughnut. sugar shack representing with awesome run for spencer devon brewing. my goodness, what do you have there? >> this is our northern h hospil neck hop farm harvest ale. hospitals hospitals grown in george county. >> double fist with this one. >> you guys are located right down the street from where we are right now. did you try it yet. >> i d it's delicious. >> it is delicious. >> nice light beer. it's good. hmm. oman. >> my mouth is full. s to back. >> thank you very much. there's your beer and doughnuts breakfast. we know what we're doing for the next hour. what are you doing? we'll send it back on the loft. >> we are holding it down good we're not eating. >> right. >> it is national banana split day by the way. i hope you're celebrating the gang is all here as well as paul wharton. welcome, hey, hey. always love having you on fr friday. >> happy friday. you're looking good. >> that's why i love having him. say it again. >> hi, paul. >> you look wonderful. >> thanks. >> all right. paul -- >> i'm just kidding. >> you look special,

>> i'm just saying. >> shh. >> now that that's out of the way. get to serious news. first at 10:00 this morning, hurricane harvey pick up speed and strengthens as it moves closer to the texas coast now classified as category two storm forecasters expect it to grow unfortunate toll category three it could make landfall as early as tonight. devastating rains could dump up to 35-inches in some areas. officials say residents need to take evacuation orders seriously. the national hurricane center says the storm could stall inland for days. for more on the storm's path and impact gary mcgrady joins us live with that. >> everything you said is true and more. that satellite picture i don't know if you noticed rye at the end looking at the satellite picture the red and it showed the eye co coming back into formation. a couple of things to note here. at least we know now it's still a category two hurricane. hurricane hunter is in and out of the hurricane, it'

already thish the overnight per, too. so as soon as they find anything that would be indicative of the major hurricane force winds, they'll let the hurricane center know and they'll upgrade this to category three. i'm hoping that that doesn't happen. everyone is hoping that that doesn't happen. but what i'm seeing red on the radar, in the last few frames, is concerning as well. outer bands already impacting texas. they've already had nearly tropical storm force winds up through ports of corpus christi you see this band right here that's a band of thunderstorms around the center much that is shrinking and contracting. that means that this hurricane is getting stronger. there's another band right there. this will probably come all the way around before it it's all said and done. the most up tense part of this hurricane east and northeast center the hurricane force winds right now are very close around the center, it's true it will continue to be moving slowly towards texas and the big concern here the storm surge, the wind and the flooding for several days throughou

texas and i hate to say this. but the hurricane center forecasters are using words like grave, histo historically danges storm here, because of all this flooding. you guys mentioned it. locally maybe 35-inches of rain threw the weekend as this storm stalls. so lot to be heard from from harvey over the next several days. guys, back in to you. >> all right. state of emergency in texas and louisiana that just let's you know how serious it really is down in that region. 10:07 is the time. let's get back out to steve and maureen because they're going to talk about our hometown hero right now. ♪ hey. indeed we are talking about hometown hero right, steve. >> wisdom thank you very much we love to spotlight everything in the community and obviously we have some fun with the restaurants and the beer and everything else. but we like to talk about the people who are doing such great things in the community as well. and sarah that puts you on the hot seat today for all the great things you do in this community. we're joined by sarah you're working with a non-profit and getting youngsters involved

growing things as they they grod we're a non-profit that started 20 years ago. so i'm not the hometown hero downtown greens and the youth farm program is our hometown hero and the youth farm program we started a year ago, and it's been super successful. we've got some of our great great kids here. hi. >> wave everybody. and so basically we teach them how to grow their own food. we teach them how to prepare it with the help of a guest chef, and we also teach them some business skills and we sell the food at the farmers mark once month we're starting them young. >> how young. >> third, fourth and fifth grader. >> okay. i would imagine they love it. any time you get the kids in the dirt playing. >> it's fun. >> muddy and growing they must love it. >> we have really good time film speaking of good times, so from the ground to the table. >> somebody has to pay for this stuff, right? >> and then repurpose it for our co

>> that's where sean comes in. >> that's where sean comes in. >> yea. [ cheers and applause ] >> so sean is with foodie which is a local restaurant that is amazing and has been so supportive to us. the whole time and they buy some of the produce that the kids grow and serve it to you in the food. >> sean is the chef at foodie you see the sign behind me here. [ cheers and applause ] >> very popular in this town. >> very popular. why get involved with a project like this watch does it do for you. >> greatest gift you can give children to teach them how to grow their own food. grow the respect for the food. we luck out to foster this relationship with downtown greens. we have their food regularly we same it to the same town we grow it in. we're really lucky restaurant to be right here in town with such a neat group. >> full circle. >> i love it. >> sarah and sean i tell you for everything do you, for just making these kids realize that there's so much more to life than perhaps

not, we honor you with hometown hero plaque just a token of our appreciation. >> thank you. >> for everything you're doing and continue to do. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you so very much. keep up it great work. kids you keep up the great work too, okay. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> great partnership. teaching them the partnership skills as well. >> thank you. >> start them young. i was working in the strawberry field when i was about their age picking strawberries. >> and look at him now. >> you never know where you'll end up. >> thank you for all your hard work. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. and your commitment fredericksburg. we'll see in you few minutes. send it back into the loft. >> wonderful. we love our hometown heroes. don't forget this. tischer auto group of laurel and fox5 giving away one year lease on a new 2018 cook all right tlx at the zip trip finale one week from today. friday september 1st at national harbor. now to enter all you have to do is go foxdc.com now through august 2 27th clinic on the cop test link register to be one of only

you must attend in person and one lucky viewer will go home a winner. now you must be 18 years or older to enter. get ready to ride, folks. complete rules online entry available at foxdc.com/contests. all right. 10:11 is the time. we made it an entire hour without talking about taylor swift's new song. >> ♪ >> guess what? >> are you breaking out in hives just -- >> oh jeez. >> withdrawal. >> that's all going to change coming up next. after the break we'll show you the brand new video and share -- >> wow! [ laughter ] >> okay. okay. >> lyrics we're talking about comedian michael yo will join us live. he's clearly excited about this. >> oh! >> talking about -- >> taylor swift this morning. [ laughter ] >> first though we'll go back out to fredericksburg and check in with our junior reporter for a look what else is on its way this morning. good morning. >> hello my name is madison harris and i'm today's fox5

coming up, stops by the loft for a special performance. and power fans dishing on season four with the stars from the show. and you don't want to miss our hometown team. only on good day d.c.! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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♪ okay. [ laughter ] >> all right. 10:14 is the time right now. >> that means it's time to check what's trending this morning we're bringing in some outside help. >> major help. >> this is big time comedian and insider host michael yo. he's here with us this morning. >> yes. >> yes. >> round of applause for me! [ applause ] >> yes. thank you. here we go. okay. so first up, are you ready. >> just jump whenever you want now not that i had to tell that you. >> we have talk about taylor swift's new song. >> it's awful. >> oh. >> it's awful. >> okay. i'll let you set it up. [ laughter ] look what you made me do. it's the first single off her new album reputation if you haven't heard it it's definitely a long way from her country roots. sneak peek at the official video debuted about an hour ago on her instagram page. the full video will premier at the vha awards. fans are all about the new song

they're all picking it part looking for clues into what it could really be about. lyrics include lines "hating your tilted stage". >> yikes. >> kanye west. >> could be a reference to ka kanye. >> okay. >> "i don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me". >> guess, guess. katie mr. rear people are sa saying. she sings about having a list of names getting smarter and ha harder. >> boyfriends. >> rising from the dead and i got mine. ya'll got yours. ya'll get yours. the official lyric video went online just before midnight and already has more than 4 million views on youtube alone. fans have already made note of the darker and seemingly angry tone to the song. >> is it angry? is it really san angry. >> you know what's angry. >> michael here's line from it. >> one lyric in particular stands out. "i'm sorry the old taylor can't come to the phone right now. why? oh,

>> oh, my god. >> she's dead. oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh.. >> i heard that lyric that changes it's whole thing. >> what did she real dollar? >> nothing. >> the chorus said look what you may me do. what did she really do, michael. >> she did nothing. >> i've interviewed taylor swift several times i want to put this out there. the nicest person you'll ever meet in your life. >> she was. >> it doesn't sun like the nicest person. >> this is the thing. you have three years to come back on kanye west. >> sure. >> your come back i hate your tilted stage. >> your tilled stage. oh, look what you made me do. it's like a spoiled little girl. >> sure. >> to you two pop stars should not get diss fight. >> right. [ laughter ] >> she's winning. >> they're both winning it's not like back in the day ll cool jay was going against cool mod. >> or mwa going against ice cube. those were real battles. >> this is garbage. >> like if you want to

taylor swift wanted to be hard, you would be like atlantis moriset in the '90's she did not play games. she had women scared of her. dudes scared of her. i was petrified of her. >> she psycho. >> she was. the video you ought to know she was walking around in the desert in a sweater. who does that. crazy people do that. good do we really want taylor swift top that hard? you know what i'm saying. >> i don't -- i love taylor swift. i like her music but i don't like her trying to be hard. she's not. you're taylor swift and she has a line in there about gun. come on now. taylor swift with a gun. >> madonna changed her sound and did differ things. >> madonna never came out and said i'm going to come after y you. >> she had differ sounds and different styles along the way and it always kept her relevant. >> taylor is all right relevant. i think she should move on with the whole thing. >> you just within the best way to show somebody -- you have to just move on. act unbotherred. >> i think it's going to be huge hit. >> it's going to be huge hit

any song she would have won. she can have came out with anything. >> she came out with what she wanted. >> okay. it's going to work. it's going to be big. but i just think the whole dissing thing when you're a pop artist it's like ridiculous. it's soft. it's ridiculous. >> what's the message to young girls, though. >> exactly i'll ask my girls what they think about it. i think everybody can relate to it what i try to teach them mommy moment nobody makes you come out of your character. nobody can make do you anything. for me that song is against what i try to teach. >> i don't care like the non accountable. look what you made me do. >> no, no, no you choose what you do. >> if you their we're reading too much into it how many down loads are eye balls on the vi video. 3 million. >> over 4 million now. >> people are watching this thing, and i don't know about being a role model. i don't think taylor swift is trying to do that. >> right. >> but i do know she's a very business savvy person. >> oh yeah. >> to create a battle with another pop star is great for business, but it's not believable to me. like i don't believe

it down. >> what do you think about them performing together at the mva'. >> i heard that. since taylor swift will do her own video at the mva's she's going to premier it, that might go against katie because it's all about katie. >> okay. >> you know but, everybody saying, look, the world is messed up right now. let's get back together. i can't see this happening. i be on the red carpet on the mva's i'll be bringing all that action. >> i'll be there. >> inside scoop. >> nice plug for the show. let's talk about you michael yo. you're in town for the dc improv show. >> you're right. are you so excited. >> so welcome to d.c. good i know. dc is amazing this is my first time here. >> what? >> this is my -- yes, i was here for one night for the correspondents dinner when obama was in. >> back for your eighth grade trip. >> i've never been here. field trip new york city. >> in eighth grade. everybody does that. >> any of been here except that one dinner two years ago. and i

my first time but this club is such a legend if you're in this club you've done something that's why i'm so excited the dc improv. can people expect from your show. we've seen you doing the yahoo thing. >> i talk about my life growing up in houston texas all white school my dad is black with pld in nuclear fiss sick my mom s korean she dropped out of high school. i talk about being married have a five month old baby now. >> you look particularly rest. >> i just push it out. you know. [ laughter ] >> i tell everybody my wife is white. i'm black and asian we gave birth to a panda. [ laughter ] >> we have panda. we have a real life panda. but it's just fun. it's a family friendly show. i don't curse. i don't go out there. pick on people in the audience. >> i don't have to curse at them to do that. >> i'm going to pick on in you a second after the cameras. >> but it's a fun family friendly show. it's my first time out here i'm so excite. two shows tonight and two shows tomorrow. >> we're excited that you're here

in the loft when you're here. >> look at that. hopefully taylor swift will come out to my show tonight. >> you know what, that taylor swift thing it could be the new brandy and monica from back in the 90's. >> i believe those girls would have fought. katie perry and taylor swift they ain't fighting. >> i will give my -- that's so sweet. thanks michael. >> yo, panda. >> okay. all right. all right. >> we got one comedian here, paul. [ laughter ] >> let him do the heavy lifting. >> all right. >> paul is opening tonight for michael yo. >> opening and closing on the same night. >> it is 10:22. she's a star in the hit show power. she was. and this weekend she's helping empower teens across the dmv. first, though, actress donshea hopkins will join us live in the loft. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪♪

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♪ >> hey, guys welcome back to beautiful fredericksburg, virginia. we're here with june roar reporter one of our favorite segments. maddison harris in the house. hey madison. >> hi. >> i'll quiz you first and you can quiz me. deal. >> deal. >> so madison harris is your name. how old are you. >> i'm ten years old. >> all right. you're in the not in school still on summer break. where you going school good i'm going to lee hill elementary in the fifth grade. >> fifth grade. all right. there we go. middle school. big year. >> it's actually still elementary. >> you're right. you're right. she's got me already. all right. at

things to do. >> i like to play with i m liked and, yeah. >> that's good. all right. now here's what we're going to do. i'll turn this mike over to you. you can ask me any question that comes to your mind. all right. here we go. >> what is your favorite part of your job? >> favorite part of my job is the people i work with. so like tucker, allison, steve, maureen, wis dollar they're all great. holly wisdom. we have a great group of people. i love coming in to work every day and working with the people. >> okay. what's the hardest part of your job? >> hardest part of my job getting the weather right. everybody knows. it's very difficult when like say where you have snowstorm coming up and we got to say, hey, this is how much your neighborhood is going to get and this is how much your neighborhood is going to get. um, so that is -- especially snow that's the toughest part of my job. >> do you get to travel with your job? >> occasionally. they just sent me down to south carolina for the solar eclipse. so that was kind of the first real travel i got

every now and then of course wes one. so every now and then we get travel a little bit. >> any other questions? >> hmm. no. >> no. we're out of questions. yeah. >> all right. i got one more for you. shout out to your family whose all your family members here. >> i'd like to say hi to my mom, my dad, my memo, my brother, my friend heath and troy. my cousins and my grand ma and grandpa. >> you did so well you got some fans. come on bring them in. bring them in. maddison number one reporter here in fredericksburg. great job maddison. >> thank you. >> all right. guys, we'll send it back -- you send it back. zenning it back inside. >> sending it back inside. >> great job. >> very good. [ applause ] >> yes, yes, yes. >> good job, girl. listen from american idol to the good day loft, coming up next next singer casey james joins us live with special performance of his new single. right now

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guys, thank you forom >> one of the reasons why we brought the cheerleaders and varsity football team when is the first game coach. >> tonight. 7:00 o'clock. >> first game tonight at 7:00 o'clock. >> when was the p. [ cheers and applause ] >> we'll get the season started. coach, have i to ask you one question. this the varsity football coach. your jack says baseball on it. this is football season. did we get confused here. >> no, no, my lucky jacket. this is my lucky jack every time we have a big win i'm wearing this and i believe in that. it's like carpal m the like tcb. >> never superstition in sport. >> there's very -- i'm very superstition. >> i wear the same shorts i've worn for the last five years tonight. [ laughter ] >> listen, it work because this is a school an team that has had so much great history. coming off nine-three season you guys went deep last year. how you feeling so far going into the opening game tonight. >> feel real. good we feel better than we were last year. these kids -- >> i know you feel good because you've been talking

back here. >> had great off season. a goode grades. good job on the feel. i'm real proud of them. they've done real good community work. we have a great community. and these kids are hyped up ready to go and our community is hyped up and ready to go. >> coach, i want to ask you about that. look, i know it's one thing to be excelling on the football field, but i know as a coach you're looking for these guys to be great young men as well. how important is it here in this community to be helping to raise these young men? >> they do a great job. they do lot of community service work. they keep their grade point average over 2.0 which is something that -- [ cheers and applause ] >> one of the few school districts in the state of virginia that has 2.0 regulation to play football and play sports and these kids do a great job act comey we have a great faculty led by peggy langdon. [ cheers and applause ] >> we're real proud of what they dodge they did grate great job at the soap docks derby this summer. >> for the last month they've been at camp it this hat not

catching a little break. you ready to go tonight. >> yes, sir. >> we getting a win. >> yes. >> that's what i want to hear. i want to you introduce to meal me. the cheerleading coach. [ cheers and applause ] >> and like coach does double duty coaching baseball you're coaching cheerleaders for football, cheerladers for basketball. you're coaching softball. you're doing everything. >> yes, i am. i enjoy it all for the kids. >> everybody ready to go tonight? >> yes, we are. they've been working hard and we're ready. >> let me ask you a question, coach i mean this with all sincere are the we see cheerleaders getting the crowd pumped up. how does the coach get the cheerleaders pump up to get everybody else pumped up? what is your secret. >> i just get excited and they know i love them and they work hard. so i encourage them to do their best haven't fun doing it. >> do you guys have fun doing it. >> yes! >> you all ready for tonight. >> yes! good all right. listen we want to show our small bit of appreciation to you. i want to give you this for the cheerleaders so you can have this. [ cheers and applause ] >> show our appreciation. we want you guys the best tonight. >> thank you. >> company i want

for the football team. >> thank you very much. >> to be our hometown team we hope you guys bring home within tonight. thank you very much very much. >> have great season. thank you very much for doing this. this is great for our community. great for our school. our administration. you guys are fabulous and i thank you very much. >> coach, we appreciate it. it's our pleasure. >> thank you. >> thanks very much good luck to everybody have a great season in all sports. [ cheers and applause ] >> back in to the loft. all right. love it. >> love it, love it, love it. >> great day. you'll love this too if you are a fan of the original american idol, we have a treat. that's because our next guest is a former idol alum we're sure you'll remember this pretty face. this texas may tiff casey james during his audition for season nine of idol casey made it all the way to the top three before he was eliminated from the competition. but that didn't stop him from becoming a music super star. he just released a new album called "strip it down" and he's currently on tour which make the stop tonight at the tally hoe theater in

we'll hear about life after idol in moment. first here to perform this new single "different kind of love" please welcome casey james. ♪ ♪ you looking for someone who knows the meaning of respect, i got you, woman ♪ >> ♪ and if you're tired of feeling put down run around second best you know i won note treat you that way ♪ >> i pick you up. take you out, make you feel like you're the only one in town. in the world tell you girl this is how i feel ♪ >> ♪ when it comes to love, i've been working

day until i die right here by your side, oh, never going to make you cry, baby, mine is a different kind of love ♪ >> ♪ sometimes i'm pouring a glass of wine, dinner and some candle light on tuesday ♪ >> ♪ sunday watching sundown come around you and i both feeling groovy ♪ >> ♪ i lift you up, you can count on me to never ever let you down, understand i'm a man on my word so when it comes

love, well, i've been working overtime every day till i die right here by your side ♪ >> ♪ oh, never going to make you cry, baby, mine's a different kind of love ♪ ♪ ooh, ooh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, i lift you up, you can count on me to never ever let you down. understand i'm a man of my word, so when it comes to love, whoo, i've been working overtime every day till i die right here by your side ♪ >> ♪ o

gonna make you cry, baby mine's oh, hey baby, mine's a different kind of love ♪ ♪ ooh, ooh a different kind of love baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪ [ applause ] >> all right. yes. >> whoo! >> all right. i got a different kind of love for you right now. >> ut-oh. >> so good. casey james welcome to the loft. it is such a pleasure to have you. >> it's good to be here. >> so i've been reading a lot about and your new album that's coming out your new single, everywhere i look it says, i'm just happy to be playing the music i want play. >>

that's it. that's exactly it. i mean i'm out doing what i want to do. there's nothing better than that. weren't you doing it back then? >> you know what, to a certain extent, you know, but you kind of have to,, when you have there's many hands touching projects things change a little bit. no one can change what you do life. >> right. >> the freedom of being an independent artist, it's liberating. >> that's exact it when you hear the record and come oh see the show, those things are exactly the same. they connect, you know, whereas i feel like there was a bit of a little bit of a difference in the oldy school. >> american idol had its place. >> yes. >> it did. >> it's a part of your life an part of your identity. tell me something about american idol people wouldn't know or would be surprised to know ab about. >> you know, i think for every like ten seconds of video that you see there's probably about three hours of something being recorded, you know, that's the -- something people don't know. also not everyone -- i think people just assume that everyone loves each other on the show and it's not always that way. >> what, everybody doesn't love each other? stop it. i can't believe

>> like real life, you know. sometimes you have friends. but die make a lot of really wonderful friends from the show. >> what's the biggest lesson that american idol taught you? >> oh my gosh. pay attention. pay attention. because things happen just like super fast. >> you can miss it, right. >> you got to be aware. >> what do you think about the new american idol. do you think it's going to work. >> i hope so. >> it's on different network. it's not going to work. >> i hope it's going to be horrible. i real dollar things that give guys like myself and women an opportunity to showcase themselves. i'm doing right now what i did for 11 years and nothing happen. >> then in an under stan. >> yeah. then all of a sudden you have this audience. so it's a wonderful thing. >> dude, you have an 18 month month old and another on the way. you've been doing more than music. >> little bit. yeah. [ laughter ] >> we won't talk about that on the morning show. but, yeah, it's been -- i couldn't be more happy. i feel like, upping, i'm in the exact place i need to be. i feel like that's the first time maybe in long time that has happened. >> goo f

>> there is no other dad of thas than do you. i'm just saying. >> that's a big compliment. >> casey james will be performing at tally ho. >> that song that voice. >> i wish i can sing i have terrible voice though. >> hit a high note. >> you've got a great personality. >> girl, i know you like me. >> okay. michael yo. >> i give you a different kind of love. >> at the d.c. improv. >> he'll give you a beat. she is the star of the hit though power and this morning she's in d.c. to help -- power! >> empower teens. thank you michael yo. coming up next we're sitting down with donshea hopkins to talk about the show and her special event. okay. hit it. take us out. >> "i'm give you a different kind of love".

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>> let's go get them. >> you can't fix this. there is no taking care of this. >> but i'm going to be the one to end it. >> okay. that was a promo for upcoming episode of stars network hit series power and as you can see the season has been filled with even more twists and turns than ever before, and as the season is local coming to an end we're sitting down with one of the

donshea hopkins stars as reina saint patrick daughter of james saint patrick played bio marry hard wick. she's a singer, dancer, model ton night she wants to empower you hosting a special and greet in waldorf, maryland but before she hits the red carpet there she's life in the loft to dish all about her career, power, the event and so much more. hello. >> hi. >> it's good to see you breathing. [ laughter ] >> a lot of people have been telling me that. >> i saw on twitter somebody was like -- >> i'm alive! >> let me know you're okay. reina, let me know and you're like i'm all right. >> i'm all right. >> the character if you don't watch i don't think it's spoiler at this point it's everywhere. >> it's everywhere. your character just got killed off in a really sad and emotional way. >> yeah. how are you feeling? >> i'm okay. at the time when i like saw the script, well, courtney camp the creator of the show told me. she fueled me into her office

we were finishing up episode eight. my mom told me. i was like come on. >> you're whole courtney wants to talk to someone it's either like they're dead or she's going to make you series regular. so i was like 90% i'm dead. >> 10% i might be a series regular regular. let's see how this plays out. >> how did you feel about it like as an actor. >> as an actor it sucks because like you're losing your job. >> right. >> i mean power -- >> honesty, i love it. >> power is one of my favorite jobs so it really suck as an actor. for my career it sucked. >> as person i was really hurt at the time. >> um-hmm. >> and because i thought reina we were going to see her more especially this season since she developed so much. >> right. >> and then when she told me i was like wow. >> hmm. okay. but you know you left a mark. >> yes. good this mazing run on this super popular show and we were talking off camera. you know, do you want to say thanks to d.c. because d.c. -- yes, thank you dc. we have the highest ratings for po

>> love it. [ applause ] >> number one show on d.c. >> whoop whoop whoop. >> d.c.! >> but there's, you know, you are working on your music though. >> yes. i read that you're like a competitive ice skater as well? >> yeah. i used to competitive figure skate. >> do you still do it for hob bee. >> i mean reina's world is different from, you know, your real world. were you able to sort of relax and get on the ice through -- >> i actually had to stop when we were shooting season two because i broke my arm. >> okay. i broke my arm from my shoulder. >> ouch. >> it shattered, um, my arm and then it went all the way down to my knuckles and they were like no, you have to stop. i broke my whole arm. >> my goodness. glad you're objection with that. >> i'm okay. >> tell us about your music. >> i have my did he by music out 3.2 a available for downloading and streaming every i co-wrote and co produced everything thon. >> a kind of music. >> pop. there's a little bit of hiphop. i can spin bars. i can rap. i like singing. >> what do you think about taylor swift's new song. >> have you heard it.

we'll tell you about it in just a minute. taylor. >> oh, okay. >> i heard she -- did she colab with someone. >> she did and i forget what it was. katie perry. >> here it is. not with katie perry. >> i didn't think so. she's colabbing way sworn enemy. >> it's look called look what you made me do. it said tailor can't answer the phone. oh, why because the old taylor is dead. we don't need to worry about that right now. [ laughter ] >> okay, taylor. >> let's talk about you're doing in town. >> yes. >> tonight and waldorf maryland i'm doing a teen swore ray empower team swore ray so there's the -- >> there it is. >> it's about girls, girl empower many but boys you guys can come out, too it's a team swore ray it's for everyone. we're here to empower the girls tonight. >> have you turn 16 yet or still -- >> i am. >> 15 years old. howl how does it feel to be in

story that will hopefully help somebody else who needs to know that how great they are? >> if it feels amazing because a lot of people have been telling me i'm role models to them especially with the whole thing that happened on power. people were calling in on the radio shows that have been on. oh, my daughter loves you and they were like you've had such an impact on everyone's life, and always be a part of our household. you'll always be a part of -- >> i love that. >> our fan base. i was like wow, thank you. so, um, i never -- i didn't realize how much of an impact i actually had on teenaged girls and i love it. i had the same talk with tuesday with my instagram and twitter i answer their questions you're such an inspiration to me. >> lot of people shy away from that being a role model. how do you feel about it. >> i feel great about it. >> i love it. okay. reina come back maybe it was dream sequence like soap oprah. >> maybe. you guys can -- hash tags out there. bring reina back.

re they're petitions. gofundme pages and people are making funeral arrangements for reina. >> oh no. >> some people are like go to my gofundme. sign the petition to bring her back. you guys can get on it if you want. >> i love reina. >> it would be good to see reina back on the show. >> yeah. good i mean, i think it would be nice to see my face back on the show. love to see my face back on the show. [ applause ] >> get her back on the show. this is donshea hopkins reina on power, of course, but so much more singer, actor and all that of nice to meet you. >> nice meaty. >> have a good time in waldorf. thank you very much good wis, back to you. >> 10:50 is the time. bringing it strong this morning. one last taste of the town. one last taste, paul. >> that's it. >> that's it. >> i'm ready. >> we'll head back down to fredericksburg where our global -- our global food tour comes full circle back to the good old united states. we'll be right back. ♪

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better way to do it than with our guy matt thomas and can i becca here in fredericksburg. can i becca where does the name come from. >> combination of the names of the founds. >> okay. >> you've been here how long? >> we've been here as restaurant since 2008. >> okay. long time. >> yeah. >> entrenched in the community. what kind of food are you doing. >> we do modern american. we do a little bit of a mix. we do a raw bar. >> this looks fabulous by the way. yup. so we do almost all virginia oysters. >> okay and so on top these are tan engineer out of thes for the islands if you're familiar and then these bottom ones here from the rap hahn knock. >> okay. >> lobster and fun stuff like that. >> is that snow crab i see? >> it is. yeah. >> i've had my eyes on that. >> while he tackles the food tell us about the drinks much do you amazing cocktails. >> we do cocktails kind of as a drink specialty. >> start with this beauty. >> that's called a clover club. we do mixture of originals and then our take on classics this is classic cocktail. >> okay. >> and it's

infused gin. >> okay. >> then we add some fresh lemon juice. >> we make a raspberries syrup from local raspberries. that adds a nice fruit flavor to it. >> i like this. >> we add egg white that's what that foamy top is. >> egg white? >> i gave eight real good shake. >> it's like meringue. >> this one. >> this is a tiki drink we liked to tropical drinks. >> polynesian. >> we love these tiki mugs. this one they're almost always rum this one is rum we infused with fresh why chi fruit. >> puts hair on the chest. >> it's a little strong. >> tiki drinks are supposed to be stopping. >> i'll be the judge of that. >> i made pineapple syrup that goes night and fresh lime juice. >> that's good. that's good, though. >> this is all made with fresh ingredients. >> we make a lot of our own syrups, cocktail bitters that's what this stuff is. >> okay. anything we can make ourselves, we try to do it to sort of put our own signature on it. >> okay. i know you've got more fine dishes here. some of your cuisine. we got minute left. we

fredericksburgp you something et the spirit of this town. what's that the cheerleaders from james monroe high school young cheerleader a 12-year-old named armani in her third stage of fighting cancer right now. goodness. >> cheerleaders wanted to make sure she got a shot out. hope you get well soon. keep fighting. cheerleaders will keep cheering. everybody on this side will keep everybody safe here. >> first responders. >> thank to you our first responders. >> thank you so much. >> the k9, the restaurants. the dj who's been here all morning long. >> dj1 of the best -- this has been one of the best zip trips. thank you so much. >> the finale next week. everyone will be out there. cheers! >> cheers! cheers to fredericksburg. [ cheers and applause ]

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