good morning, i'm tony perkins in for steve chenevey. >> i'm wisdom martin. yesterday was interesting. >> we will get tucker barnes to elaborate on what will happen today. >> i don't know who the sports guy was with you, wisdom but was great. >> give him a promotion. >> double duty. >> you got it right. we are a little cool yesterday. upper 80s. it felt summery but the early morning rain held us back. i don't think that will be the case today. we will be bright and sunny to strart the day and it will warm us up quickly. there is the hd radar. the blue is the cold front up to the north and west. as that pushes toward the area, we will see showers and thunderstorms, at least the possibility of them bubbling up along the front. be ready for afternoon and evening rain as we get into our thursday. all right. let's see temperatures. 74 at reagan national. humidity 41%. winds out of the south and west at 5 miles per hour. highs later today low to mid- 90s. 93 in washington. 93 fredricksburg and 90 in front royal. >> thank you, sir. >> all right. it's time to check i

. >>> still ahead in this hour, tony perkins and other leaders of the christian conservative movementerry to be their presidential candidate in 2012, but not all republicans from the lone star state feel that way, one joins me next. and earlier today, casey anthony was found not guilty of murdering her 2 year old daughter, caylee. what criminal justice hides from view. that's coming up. perry >>> leaders of the christian conservative movement have apparently decided their best hope in the 2012 presidential contest will come from a candidate that's not yet declared he's even running. time magazine is reporting texas governor rick perry is the new darling for right wing religious icons, tony perkins of the research council, david barton has been documented on this program, and john hagee, the pastor so controversial, john mccain turned down his endorsement in 2008. time reports those three men think perry has a better chance of the nomination than rick san tor up and seem to be ignoring michele bachmann's momentum. perhaps perry's religious megarally set for next month have something to

i >>> still ahead in this hour, tony perkins and other leaders of the christian conservative movement want rick perry to be their presidential candidate in 2012, but not all republicans from the lone star state feel that way, one joins me next. and earlier today, casey anthony was found not guilty of murdering her 2 year old daughter, caylee. what criminal justice hides from view. [ female announcer ] now, give dry, damaged hair a whole new life! with aveeno nourish plus moisturize. active naturals wheat formulas target and help repair damage in just 3 washes. for softer, stronger... ... hair with life. [ female announcer ] nourish plus. only from aveeno. yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients heartburn solved. >>> leaders of the christian conservative movement have apparently decided their best hope in the 2012 presidential contest will come from a candidate that's not yet declared he's even running. time magazine is reporting texas governo

joining me now is tony perkins. >> all of the answers?i have some of the answers, the first one about the tornado in a dust stormment not really. you know -- storm. not really. you know, i can figure out why you would ask that because there are similar conditions that exist with the strong winds and tall kinds of stuff and here's the footage from the dust storm. that had not be good. but no tornadoes in a dust storm. however, they do -- they can spawn what's called a dust devil. which kind of looks like a tornado. not exactly the same. it is is a vertical uplift of air. but it's a dust devil, it's made of the dust and all the debris that's flying around in the dust storm. those do not ty to tornado strength. but i mother, they look similar -- you know, they look similar and you will see that in a dust storm. >> terrible name. >> it's appropriate really. what was the other question? >> i don't remember any longer. >> the footage of the dust storm in arizona -- how does the dust storm start? >> here's what happened, there was a big storm --

. >> and i'm tony perkins. there's a lot of strange news this morning. we're going to get into all of them this morning. >> we can talk a lot. let's turn it over to tucker barnes. >> we're half way through the year now. hard to believe. nice-looking start to the day. clear skies expected. lots of bright sunshine. you will love today's forecast. lots of quiet conditions out there. a couple clouds moving through. that's about it. some warmer temperatures towards chicago. here in washington, humidity won't start to creep up until later tonight. a good-looking forecast as we get into our holiday weekend. lots of 50s overnight. the city staying on the mild side at 69. frederick at 55 degrees. winchester at 57. there's your forecast. bright sunshine. warm this afternoon. it will be warm by 2:00 with highs in the upper 80s. more details on the forecast and a look at the weekend coming up. let's do some traffic with julie wright. >>> we're starting at 395. we have delays if you continue northbound. no incidents to report now as you work northbound. you'll find a

tony perkins and i put our large heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather related or otherwise. i am handling the business today. i will do my best with a weather question. this is a good one. what i like to do is get involved in family disputes. this comes from miss see robinson who wants us to settle an ongoing dispute between her and her husband. >> be careful. >> i'm a little nervous. miss see writes i say the sound of thunder is from the lightning hitting the ground. he said it's from the cold air hitting hot air. so, which one of us is right? >> i tend to go with mr. robinson. i wouldn't think it was miss see's explanation. >> you know what, i'm going to stay away from the question altogether. >> that's fine. >> i will try. miss see, here is the deal. you are bought right in some ways but you are both wrong in other ways. >> all right. >> the true answer is not either of your ideas here. what happens is -- let me first say the parts you got right. you say it's from thunder -- lightning hitting the ground. not from lightning hitting the ground but the lightnin

that is the fun segment where tony perkins and i put our famously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question comes from michele burgess. she writes: my son always sneezes in bright sunlight. why does the sun trigger sneezing? >> i did not know that. >> let me kick off by -- we have a crack group of researchers here that do this for us. you know, we've got various unterns. let me thank jolene anderson for answering this one. here is what happens. when you step out into sunlight, your eyes -- there is a pathway that your eyes send it your brain that you need to restrict your pupils. because you need to take in less light. are you with me? >> yes. >> you also have your nose, triggers pathways that will let you know if your nose is being irritated. that sends a signal to your brain to let you know you need to sneeze. okay. so what happens in certain groups of people, the signals get crossed. so when the eyes constrict rapidly in the bright sunlight, it sends a message to the nose that it is being irritated and they start to

that is the incredibly interesting segment where tony perkins and i put our famously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. we've got another video question submission today from the children at a beloved start day care. here is the question from shakira and amber. >> hi, fox 5. we and the children were wondering what to he do with all the courtroom drawings? >> they are asking what happens with courtroom drawings? i'm not sure why -- why they're watching that much. >> perhaps this watching a little court tv. >> we have brought in none other than mr. bill hennessey, an expert. he has brought us images from some of the high profile cases in recent history. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate the question. >> we want to get to the bottom of it. what happens to the courtroom trawgz. >> i own the courtroom drawings. i have them going back about 30 years. i have abeen doing this for just about 30 years. and the television buys the right to air them. the ownership of the drawing remains with me. i have them. it is about 5,000 drawings i'v

tony perkin happened to the bra on this thing. what a way to get the morning started. welcome back from vacation. >> one-day vacation. everyone else gets megatime off. i get a day. >> that is because you're so important. you're the franchise. we can't do without you. >> okay. that's enough. we have a lot of clouds out there. another muggy start to the day. we know the routine, folk. temperatures in the 70s. humidity in the 70s and 80s. just not pleasant. there is a look at your satellite-radar. plenty of clouds moving in. we'll see a good amount of cloud cover i think during the early portion of the day today. we'll get some sunshine going in here a little bit later on so don't worry about that. let's take a look at those temperatures and show you what we've got. 79degrees right now in the district. yikes! that's warm. 69 at dulles. 74 at bwi marshall. your day planner for today, plenty of clouds this morning. with that see partial sunshine during the day, hot, humid, you know the routine. look for a high today once again into the 90s and as is typical, chance of some

that is the incredibly interesting segment where tony perkins and i put our fabulously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question, it comes from bret kirk. bret wants to know where did the term goose bumps originate? >> usually there, a wager involved. >> okay. tony is off today, by the way. the term goose bumps was first entered into the webster dictionary back in 1933. so it has been and if quite a while. the term used to be called gooseflesh. >> i hear goose pimples a lot. >> i never heard gooseflesh. >> that looks kind of gross too. here is the deal. the term is lynned to a goose because our bumpy skin resembles that of a goose that has recently had its feathers plucked. >> we would have a new name for it today if it was a new thing. >> exactly. i guess they would take the feathers off the geese and it would resemble goose bumps. with know what it looks like. there are a two theories why they occur. let me just mention this. they start from a stimulus that causes an involuntary nervous discharge from the sympathetic nervou

also done, the american family association, is put up some new co-sponsors, james dobson dobson, tony perkins, richard lamb, god's lobbyists in washington. these are substantial figures on the religious right on the political side. these are the kind of figures that won't get perry in so much trouble but the people who will attend will say i like those people too. >> doesn't he have to finesse that a bit and take a guy like john hagee, doesn't he have to sort of take their concern seriously that they might feel like they were being thrown under the bus by rick perry? he's tried to court an association with these people and they do, after all, have influence among social conservatives even if they are seen exotic from the point of view of mainstream religion. >> the mainstream religion and media and the rest of us who noticed this at our level see this large. but at the same time, rick perry, like george bush and other politicians can microcast. they can go to these smaller groups on e-mails, on websites, in personal appearances, with representatives and can speak directly to social conservati

good morning everybody, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm sarah simmons you seemed sure about that. >> that's what it said in the pressers. >> welcome to fox 5 morning news. all right, the weather? >> but first, there it is. the space shuttle atlantis is all fueled up and ready to go. however the weather may not cooperate for the morning's historic launch. only a 30% chance the skies will be clear for liftoff. despite the forecast, nasa managers gave the okay for fueling the shuttle a few hours ago. the 12 day mission is the last of the space shuttle program. a million people are lining the space coast this morning hoping the watch the final launch -- to watch the final launch of the space shuttle. >> it is really sad. >> it is bittersweet. it's been a workhorse. >> what would the gas bill on that be? >> ooh boy. we don't want to know. >> might want it to go. >> so much of it is used up so quickly. >>> good luck, i think the weather down there is going to be tough. but around here the potential for some pretty good rains later today and in fact, we have a flash flood watch. that's coming up i

i'm tony perkins. >> i'm wisdom martin. steve chenevey is off today. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> we do know of one storm- related death, a 56-year-old man would was killed as a tree fell on him as he was riding his bike on the c & o towpath. this happened near poolesville. >>> let's talk about what is going on right now with the weather. tucker? >> yes, i'm ready to talk. it is getting quieter and quieter. that is the good news. can't rule out the possibility later today. we might get an isolated thunderstorm. just be ready for. it i don't think they'll be as widespread as they were yesterday when we had a lot of problems. later today, one or two thunderstorms in this rather summery air mass. let's get right to the radar. see the shower activity kind of fading out during the overnight hours. the daytime heating is there that it needs to feed the thunderstorm activity. out to the west, a few more showers. we have a cold front wavering across the region and that will serve as a focal point for a few more showers and thunderstorms to bubble up later

i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour.ere is a look at some the stories we are following for the 9:00 hour. all eyes are on florida as we are waiting to see if the shuttle will take off. the crew is getting ready to go even though mother nature is threatening with rain. >> it's that time of the year. family hit the road for vacations, making theme parks the destination. but you know those are pricey. >>> and the history nerd is back. do you recognize this building? a viewer wants to know what happened to this historic t c hotel. that does not even look like it's anywhere around here. that looks like williamsburg. i have done some digging. i have the answer for this mom and her boy. >> interesting. i don't recognize the building. >> you should no. you are far too young, sir. >> why, thank you, allison. >> another youngster working with us this morning is tucker barnes down in the weather center. he is a scrappy young fellow. >> i love that question, allison. i can't wait find out the answer. i will answer the question weath

i am tony perkins. >> i am alison seymour. >> yes' storms so strong they turned deadly -- yesterday'sstorms so strong they turned deadly, a tree fell on a man riding his book. >>> arlington virginia some residents will spend their holiday cleaning up homes, yards, cars are covered with trees, branches and other debris that came down in last night's storms. >>> in dc the national mall was evacuated thousands were there to watch the dress rehearsal for the capitol 4th concert, eventually it did go on but had to be closed to the public. >> i grew up in wyoming when they say thunder storm i don't mess around that i don't want to be the tallest thing on an open field. i just moved to dc i was looking foreward to this but there is always next year. >> don't wait until next year, catch the real concert and thefireworks tonight of course we will check with sarah on the national mall in a minute. >> in the meantime we check with tucker barnes. >> yeah, i love your red, white and blue ensemble. >> love yours as well. >> mine is in my heart if you are trying to say something. >> really getting i

and tony perkins the family research council president very well-known in the christian community, he'sndorsing him or saying he hopes he gets in the race. >> clayton: and evangelicals, pushing to get in the race and a quadrant of the base. >> dave: a big one. >> clayton: and a lot of money, haley barbour in the weighing in, who he's going to support. we'll keep our eye on this and a look at the rest of the headlines. >> ainsley: horror in boston harbor, one man is dead there, one seriously injured after a 30 foot speed boat apparently breaks apart and capsizes and police say two were thrown into the water and suffered head and chest injuries and the coast guard is investigation how that happened. a fugitive murder suspect is back in police custody this morning. 24-year-old james brewer, his picture. he escaped from a washington d.c. courthouse on friday, by swapping i.d. bracelets with another inmate. on the run for almost 24 hours before police say he turned himself in. s' charged with the murder of a retired army sergeant and additional charges for eluding custody. frontier airline c