[music]. we've got to be ready. i love this job. that one shot in a story that can kind of speak for the whole story. these are real people, and you can't forget that. those moments, that's what i look for. i love it. hello everyone. i'm wisdom martin. welcome to beyond the lens, the dmv@work. well, we all know that the dmv is one of the hardest working

areas in the entire world, so right now we want to highlight some of the very unique jobs right here in the dmv, and we want to start with a growing trend. it's call microbrewing. sit back, relax, grab something cold if you like. fox5 photojournalist michael horan takes us right into the world of microbrewing. my name is nicole [hisoon], and i am a distiller of gin and vodka. my name is matt [witsig], and i'm the coo and head blinder at joseph magnus distillery. so, our goal is to produce and make some of the best bourbon you can get. with the gin, it takes kind of what i consider a constant hunger. if you're always thinking about food, you can make really good gin. it's all about flavors. it's all about good botanicals. it's all about balance. i love bright citrus, bright juniper, lots of spice, and you can kind of see that in the gins that i make. the most important thing is juniper.

this is what makes gin, gin. there are so many interesting little nuances to distillation. it was never something i planned to do. my absolute favorite thing about coming to work is being able to create something from start to finish, and then watch other people enjoy it. so, one of my big rolls here is, you know, i plan out all of our production. so, it's making sure that we're being as efficient as possible, that we're producing enough to maintain that we have enough product down the road. there's something different every single day. you get a really good inkling of how things are going to come when it's coming off the still. if you've got a good quality product coming off the still, good chances are that you're going to have a quality product down the road. business has been great. there's been a lot of demand for our products, so we're producing every single day. the great thing here in d.c. is that, you know, we're able to serve cocktails using the products that we make here. so, we have a full cocktail lounge in here that the bartenders create a new custom menu every single month. i wanted to be able to take a really powerfully flavored gin

that kind of was bitter and sweet and acid, and all of the things that taste like an entire cocktail. cheers. everybody thinks i wake up in the morning and start drinking, and then at the end of the day, walk away with gold in my pockets. it is not like that. if you can see how hot it is and how physical the work is, it's not quite the fairytale job that most people think it is, but is still one of the most enjoyable things i've ever done in my life. i love it. i really truly love it. so, i've got a joke for you, and here it is. why did the cop cross the road? we better leave that to the professionals who make people laugh for a living. meanwhile, we did find a former police officer who did cross the road to get some laughs. fox 5 photojournalist steve williams, joe hammond, and jason smith give us some insight into his hilarious life. [laughter]. my wife thinks every time something happens i'm supposed o get involved.

in a ski mask, told us to get on the ground and don't nobody say nothing. i'm the first one to hit the ground. i said not today. to me, it's being totally out the box. my wife will tell you, my wife will say, "why would you say that?" she'll laugh and say, "you know we're at a funeral." oh, was like, "oh, my fault." [music]. i'm in washington d.c., at my manager's house, running over some things. we've got a big show at the lincoln theater. i've got some things i need to run by you. it's a little club thing. that's the budget. she was instrumental in getting me the show [indiscernible]. is it green or not? is that green? is that green? no. that's red. i never seen a street with a camera that just don't mean nothing. we in baltimore, you need to use the signs. on, y'all ain't even got street signs. you just got some little junkie yelling out colors yellow. [laughter]. red. [music]. busy day it's always like this, busy days. how many y'all get a chance to do a selfie with your boss.

thank you so much for giving timmy a job, donnie. it's like a dream come true, you know. it's a dream. to think that i might be actually on donnie simpson. donnie simpson, thank you for coming back. you know, my first time doing actual radio full time, and i'm just elated. we got no faith in him. can't get no better than that. [laughter]. the rule, they got no faith in him. can't get no better than that. we're on majic 102.3, the real sound of dmv. good afternoon. i'm donnie simpson, along with my boys, ric chill, and timmy hall. hey, what's up donnie. timmy's got cameras here following him and stuff today, you know. a day in the life of interesting people, and they picked me. really? yes. yes. word. yes. make up stuff to do. i gave the wife a kiss goodbye. she was like, what? and you're not even married. [laughter]. i took somebody's kid to school. [laughter]. he's crying. give me a hug, son. you ain't my daddy.

the biggest thing i love, to see donnie simpson do his job. oh, really. yes. i wrote a couple jokes for him. for his little comedy thing. [laughter]. yeah, i know. you know, this little radio thing helped my career a little bit, just a little bit, you know. you can't have a bad day sitting next to donnie simpson. it can't happen. magic 102.3. you follow your dreams, this is what happens. you stay busy so you can get to your dreams. you know what this feels like, this is like comedy empire. waiting for lucious to come out of the alley. i'm here now at the venue waiting for the show to start, man. like it's me and a whole bunch of other comedians here tonight, man, but it's going to be a great show. we always have a good time. a lot of my material is based off of being a police officer. oh, man, it's hard being a guy. drink up tonight, because after the show i'm going to put my uniform on and pull you all over. oh, man, i can't even beat my son because of all this stuff happening in baltimore. my son messed up in school.

i go in his room to go beat him, he turned around with a mike brown t-shirt and put his hands up. [laughter]. i turn around, his brother's videotaping, i said, i can't beat him. it's something i love to do. when it's something you love to do, you don't get tired. you don't get real. you just have the energy to do it. love you all, man, appreciate that. [applause]. now, that was a real comedian telling some real jokes, and not me being corny and trying to make people laugh. now, if you want to hear more of timmy hall being funny, you can tune into him weekdays on the donnie simpson show. stay tuned for more of beyond the lens, thedmv@work. i think this is just an amazing statement of who we are. this magnificent mural is called "28 blocks." the 28 blocks represents the 28 huge marble blocks that were brought into washington to construct the lincoln memorial.

this mural begins with a quote by frederick douglass about earnestness, working hard, which is the foundation of what we are as americans. these were immigrants from italy and freedmen from the united states, who did this work to create probably the most iconic memorial in washington d.c. i saw it from the florida ap going across the bypass. it's a really good view from there. 50.000 people a day can see this mural by riding up and down the red line between rhode island avenue and noma, and also our visitors who are on amtrak or marc can see it from the train station. with all the controversy with taking down the confederate statues, i think this is just an amazing statement.

history of this country, and what it takes to build. these things don't magically appear on the mall. it's a lot of hard work, a lot of craftsmanship, and the department of general services wanted to honor that. it makes me tear up. it's amazing. i love it.

he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam. born and raised in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away.

[music]. welcome back to beyond the lens, the dmv@work. let's talk about a father of faith. his jobs calls for him to get up really early in the morning and stay awake really late at night. fox 5 photojournalist eugene russell and mike fischoff,

they go with him throughout his extremely long day. my average day is remarkably inconsistent. three, two, one. now we're at shady grove adventist hospital. okay, good. i'll see you at 6:30 this evening. but the bookends are always prayer. glory to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit. god is the center of all we do, and if we put him in there, everything else goes right. good morning. it's when we push him to the side that things get a little messed up. let us pray. we make sure that no matter what we do, we're weaving prayer throughout our day. people have stopped going to a church. a lot of people have. but it's not because the mystery has gone away, it's that they haven't understood how incredible it is. we haven't taught them how amazing god truly is. [dog barking]. look, he's filming us. this is rue.

loyal dog, and she is extremely, extremely popular. she's my greatest tool for evangelization, i say. hi, rue. everybody loves rue. let us begin our prayers. in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit. so, today, i always teach on thursday in the eighth grade. and then i've just given you $168 in cash, and i'm walking away and i say to you, "oh, hey, michael, i forgot, can i have one of those dollars back?" so, we don't just make sure that they're running around and doing sports. we're making sure that they're not just learning their math and, you know, how to be great writers and computers. we make sure that they're going to be great people. god gives you 168 hours in a week and he says to you, "can i have one, just one back," that's mass on sunday. it's a day in the life of father bill byrne.

three, two, one. when pope francis spoke to congress, he recalled that this is the land of the free. the radio ad was an idea that cardinal wuerl had. hi. i'm father bill byrne. we are the land of the free because we are also the home of the brave. a nice 30-second blowing everybody a kiss from god, just saying god's love is good and joy is the goal. nothing can overcome the love of jesus christ in us. my life as a priest has been -- i've never once -- i love -- i mean, i love, love, love being a priest. i loved it when i first was ordained, and i love it even more now. a parish priest lives in the community, and that's what i wanted to do. i wanted to live and work with the people of god. it's sort of where the rubber hits the road. it's the front line, if you will, of where christ meets his people in love. we have to live like we know that. man, educating the masses from sun up to sun down,

definitely some hard work. well, coming up, we're talking about saving the bay while going after some of the most sought after salty treats. that's next. this is my passion chesapeake bay restoration. it's more than just a job. it feels a little bit like a hobby. a bad day out on the water is better than a good day where? anywhere else. yeah, ever since i was in school, i couldn't stand being inside, so this works out real well for me.

in an effort to save the bay it begins on your plate, it's about saving one of the dmv's most precious pearls. fox 5 photojournalist eugene russell and reporter melanie alnwick show us how the harvesters get it done.

ation to the rustic bay to do what i do for a job every day. miles upstream in the chopped tank river a barge unloads its final payload of the season. each oyster shell is carrying precious cargo. this one is probably about five days to a week old. baby oysters, seeds of hope for the future of the chesapeake bay. cleaner water, fewer nutrients those are some of the results that can happen from oyster restoration. their story begins where for some it ends with what oyster lovers call the mermaids kiss. every crack of the shell, each salty slurp, every pearly platter served at seafood restaurants in the chesapeake by region can be part of the effort to save the bay. not long ago these shells would have been discarded. the oysters used to be used for construction material to build roads. but marine scientists working with the university of

maryland, noaa and the oyster recovery partnership discovered that old oyster shells actually make pretty good nurseries for new babies. when they're juveniles, when they're only about a week old, they're about the size of a pepper grain. cleaned and aged, they end up here in massive tanks circulating with the chop tanks briny water. the tiny seed oysters feed for about a week until it's time for planting back in the bay. millions of oysters and a lot of hands are needed to coax nature along. it's a pretty good job, i like doing it, 100 degree days, pouring down rain, it doesn't matter, i'll still do it. field specialist megan moncassy navigates the planting reef maps and collects data about the sites and water quality. it's a lot going on, at one time, i feel little like an octopus at times. captain doug west guides the barge to each site.

i addicted to what i'm doing. is to have the oysters fall into the water, they go through a stream of water and go over the side without blasting them in the water. long days come with the territory for captain and crew but they're never a chore. this is my passion, chesapeake bay restoration, it's more than just a job, it feels a little bit like a hobby. out here success is not measured in instant results but by the passage of time and tide. for those who work in the oyster restoration world, cleaner water and healthy marine life are their pearls. melanie alnwick, for fox 5 beyond the lens. so we talked about summertime, being out on the bay, being out on the water, that is some really nice work, not just for the worker but for the photographer and the reporter as well. hey, speaking of nice work we're going to go from the water to the sky because the next person we're going to talk to, he takes to the skies to protect the food that you eat.

up next we're flying high in the sky. in the helicopter, i loved from the very first time i got in it, not having a runway, it was like "god i'm free." [sound of helicopter engine]

it's an ariel ballet over the dmv's farmland so now how about we go up, up and away with fox 5 photo journalist dan grudovich i've had people pull over and i land and they go, "how do you get from here, this car to what you're doing? that is the coolest thing i've ever seen." and you know, you start with some flight lessons. i've been a skydiver and then i learned to fly and i happened to be looking through the trader plane magazine and i saw a bankruptcy sale for the biggest helicopter

outfit around. i figured if a place with a dozen shifts is going out, that's going to open up a window for one. i called up and called an instructor and said, "let's stat helicopter right now.' my biggest pleasure from it is being a part of the agriculture process working so well. we increase the amount of grain in the world like 150 million pounds every year. we spray pumpkins, we spray christmas trees, there's one county where we spray mosquitoes and they've never had a west nile virus outbreak in that county. all the adjoining counties that don't spray have had west nile virus. we're standing in a pumpkin field which is a good example of what a helicopter can do. when it comes over the downdraft from the blades will cause all sorts of leaf rustle and the spray that you are putting on get on the undersides of the plant. from a rough look at it you're low, and you're slower than

a normal aircraft, there's a lot more finesse to it. we're at different heights for different crops. different speeds for different crops. the hazards are you are right down where you'll hit a deer's antlers, you know you're that close and wires are a hazard. so you learn to scout the field before you go in, identify the hazards you remember where they are. you look at what livestock could be harassed. what neighborhood could be harassed while you're doing it and design your spray based on that. so you're fully engaged, you have a long day but you are fully engaged. you are not doing an acrobatic show, but the only way you're making money is when spray is coming out of those booms and you're paid by the acre so you turn as quickly as you can. and part of efficiency of the turn is to maintain a constancy of speed. you are anticipating what it's about to do because it's

talking to you with a little bit of movement and you put in the correction before it actually happens, just be it a slight initial change. i like once you get in that rhythm and you got everything just right and the turns are coming out right on the mark and you're seeing the hazards, you're just tuned in get that groove going and you know you do it all day. the farms i spray for the crops are just getting better and better and better and it's pretty neat. hey those aerial moves give new meaning to the phrase, "how low can you go?" see what i did right there? see what i did? hey, we better get out of here right now. thank you very much for watching beyond the lens the dmv at work. and we want to thank you very much for working hard on this labor day. and as we close, we want to leave you with a couple of clips of some of the hard working people and their unique jobs right here in the dmv. i'm wisdom martin. it's everyone's dream come true. people go on vacation to the chesapeake bay to do what i do

for a job everyday. this is my passion, chesapeake bay restoration, it's more than just a job it feels a little bit like a hobby. my name is nicole vasoon and i am a distiller of gin and vodka. the great thing here in d.c. is that we're able to serve cocktails using the products that we make here. there are so many interesting little nuances to distillation. it was never something i planned to do. my absolute favorite thing about coming to work is being able to create something from start to finish and then watch other people enjoy it. my biggest pleasure from it is being a part of the agricultural process working so well. the hazards are you are right down where you'll hit a deer's antlers, you know you're that close.

the crops are just getting better and better and better and it's pretty neat. >> right now at 11:00 the clock is ticking deadly hurricane irma will make landfall in florida this weekend and last minute preparations and evacuation. >> pregnant woman set on fire and her injuries so terrible doctors had to deliver her baby early. witnesses are telling us new details about what happened. >> and rescue crews spent hours full pulling people from a nasty crash involveing a b bus. your news starts now. >> and we begin with a developing story in loudoun county, virginia, right now investigators are looking through the wreckage of deadly bus crash in leesburg. sky f