annie yu, i'm sorry. annie yu. >> it's ok. so the poem i'm going to read is book of lives.y name is a book of lives. i press leaves inside, scraps of the city, one crumbled bus ticket, a number -- numb washed with rain, a torn photograph of two little girls. my name settle map of the world. a body of continents and stars. on an airplane i look at the map. flights intersect. travel miles and seas, hours and clouds, a window bird trills by my bed. power lines crisscross streets like threads in the sky. a book of lives is a month of saturdays, a sea-- seahorse from per ru, perfume at my neck. look inside a red suitcase. you'll find letters to no one, objects found and lost, a plastic white fan, contradictory j. -- jade green, city grids, the last bite of an ice cream cone. these are all my names. i savor these words on the tip of my tongue. a book of lives lived in my right hand. i caught your pen in the other. all the rivers flower into the sea. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> next up is -- next up is marcela ortiz. >> ok. this is the first time i'm reading in front of pe

ending on tonight's show the finder. >> we have been mentioning this, the year of the draw gone and annie yus showing did you dragon and annie -- dragon and annie yu has been showing us how they celebrate  >>> the star of foxes new hit show called the finder, to doubt you have seen the trailers and we are so excited to have you join the show good morning to you. >>> good morning to you thanks for having me. >> can i just say one of my favorite shows of all time was magnum pi and this show looks very magnum pi there is a good reason why. >> thank you for saying that that is one of my goals is to kind of draw inspiration or i draw inspiration from magnum and yeah, it is kind of that is one of our goals is to go after kind of for this show to be a little bit of a throw back to the magnums and rock ford files and those sort of shows they were straight fun and entertaining. >> the shows that i love personally too. >> tell us about the finder what exactly every week are we going to see walter sherman do. >> well, the one thing we will see walter do every week is number one, find somet

>> it's just a bunch of chickens with no wings. >> annie yu is preparing some of those foods. among, she joins us now from mad fox brewing company in falls church, virginia. good morning, annie. >> good morning, tony and allison. another fun football fact for you, the average super bowl party has 17 people. that's a lot of people. what makes a great food for everybody? sandwiches, right? that's what we are preparing today. our executive chef cunningham is. good morning. good morning. how are you doing? >> i'm doing good. we are preparing these pork sandwiches. why don't you walk us through? >> it's actually easy to do it. what i've got is you start with pork tenderloin and all you do is cut it in about four pieces. i cut it so that it butterflies out and you wound it out so it's a really big piece. and then basically this goes into a butter mill -- butter milk marinade. you can either pan fry it, or if you have a deep flier or deep pot with oil, you can deep fry it and this is how it comes out. at that time digsal way is just your fried pork sandwich, kaiser rolls which we mak

annie yu is at the hilton at tyson's corner. >> she is standing by with wedding experts to learn whatd morning audrey, wisdom a lot of people are going to the chapel it is wedding season april kicks off wedding season joining me now is the wedding expert sandy good morning. >> good morning. >> before we shop the beautiful looks what seems to be the biggest trend you have been doing this over 17 years over the years i am sure you have seen a lot of transformationrotating around what seems to be the trend in 2012 >> i love texture, it is huge, three dimensional aply kays on dresses just -- aply kays on dresses just beautiful what is always a trend is a bride's own personal style. >> speaking of styles we have three here, so let's start with the first look. >> this is erin in a really cute jenny yu short dress. >> jenny yu like annie yu. >> a short dress perfect for like a vineyard wedding, backyard wedding, i think that her style is wonderful vintagey she has a cute little fast they tore in her hair -- fastenator in her hair. >> let's talk about the shoes they are not traditional looks

dealers are in down for the big washington show this year. >> this morning, annie yu is learning more about the show and what it has to offer. she joins us now from the arts and cat center from the university in northwest d.c good morning, annie. >> there are so many neat things that see here. we are talking about so many dealers, ranging in jewelry, paintings, books, and furniture. and you're going to get into en gauging with some expert. good morning, john. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. you are look very nice today. thank you. >> you picked up some key pieces. these are a pair of georgian arm chairs. >> they are beautiful. some people think of paint as a second class citizen. never think of that sometimes, the wood is easier to carve and get more details. same thing. these are could have had in a silk. you would think that is delicate to use but these can be recould have had in a heavy linen and be done in one of those new indoor outdoor fabrics that resist soil and staining so they can be used in many ways. they will be great to an instant hall. you can use those to soft

let's check in with annie yu. >> are we in the presence of greatness this mock.peaking of important people. we have president barack obama in the house. these students are gearing up for a very big show tonight. it's called blacks in wax. we'll learn more about the show. powerful snipets that you will see. >> while we miss them dearly, we know that they represent -- >> let's keep black history going in honor of black history month. this figure stater became the first of a can american woman to win the singles in 1982. she was a full-time pre med student at stanford university. who was it? s it? answer coming up later. you can take a guess by heading to our facebook page. we'll be right back.  the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light.

annie yu will fill us in on a mid-winter family festival. it is only tuesday we got you covered we will check with annie later i can't stand these spots. those spots are e actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. >>> welcome back to in today's health alerter the government has an ambitious goal for finding a cure for alzheimers, by 2025 they hope to have an effective way to treat the illness. 5.4 million people in the u.s. have some sort of dementia and that number is rapidly growing, as people get older. >>> new research suggests, babies don't learn to talk, just by hearing sounds they are also lip readers, babies are so smart. florida scientists discovered babies shifting from intent eye gaze to studying mouths around 6 months old that is the stage when a baby is backling, and -- backling gradually changes into dada and mama. >> it is a

you. >> there was a delay. >> a little bit of a delay. >> get i don't know our dancing shoeings annie yuaking us back to 1962 on to the set of the award winning musical hair spray she joins us from signature theatre arlington virginia. hey, annie. >> hey, tony and alison. it is a lot of fun out here, being at this hair spray location, signature theatre this theatre is not just a fun place to come and see shows but gives back to support fine arts education joining me now is eric safer the cofounder and artistic director thank you for having me out here. >> thanks for coming. we had a good time. >> lots of laughs. >> tell us about the theatre here and all the wonderful things it does. >> well, we have been here 22 years and we just came here 4 years ago and we have an open house every year that is all free and we also have, a program called signature in the schools where we bring -- write a new world premier play for kids and they perform it and they perform it for nine classes, that get bussed in for the show and then do it for our own audience as well it is great. >> it is really great a

because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> welcome back, annie yu is tempting our sweet tooth. >> sheng how to make easter themed treats good morning. >> good morning i am tempting your sweet tooth and having a lot of sweets out here with my good friend robert the chocolatier and coowner of flurrer hand grown chocolates let's address the name of the store. >> it is a fun story we knew we wanted it to be lighter airier, wanted to have a spring vibe so we were originally going to go with bloom, but blooming chocolate if you google it, refers to a fat bloom or sugar bloom when chocolate turns grey we didn't want people to google that. >> what does fleurier mean? >> to bloom or to blossom. >> so you went the fleurie route. >> yes. >> we are about to make this scrumptious route. >> super simple. >> it is. >> so what we have two ounces of honey that goes in, and then we have about three ounces of white sugar and two and a half ounces of dark brown and a teaspoon of salt again and then we have a quarter teaspoon of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and then we have about five fluid ounces of cream, f

pounds off than those who ate low carb localry breakfast without dessert >> love it. >> this morning annie yuing more about an experience called week for chocolate in georgetown. >> you and your valentine can enjoy a sweet deal, annie you having fun. >> lots of fun i have had lots of sugar i am coming down from it i had my pink berry chocolate frozen dessert, your frozen chocolate here from chocolate cake and now, we are goito do some strawberry covered, chocolate covered strawberries and cupcakes, now, i am going to explain this to you one more time here you go you log on, you purchase the packet for $50, there are 5 tickets you pick the one for wherever you want to go there is a menu to shows what you can get at each location. the manager at godiva what do we get. >> you get two of our wonderful strawberries one in milk chocolate one in dark two truffles, so it is a really good deal. >> i am going to pick out my strawberry and dip it in my chocolate. >> there you go, that is it. >> you get truffles, milk chocolate, one milk one dark chocolate. >> we will save those off air and what are some

the opportunity of a lifetime we will tell you her story when we come back first let's check with annie yu. >> hey, tony looking to sell your home or stay in your home longer, you know that bathroom and kitchens are very important but there are other trends you should think about as well did you know, green courses are coming back and the hot new trend for 2012 stay with us l an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. >>> bwi marshall airport will soon offer charter flights to cuba. the service will begin in march, the week before paul den ticket the 16th is -- benedict the 16th is scheduled to visit the country. bwi marshall is one of the few airports allowed to provide service the cuba. >> tomorrow edgar a

about yesterday's retreat, dc city council thank you. >> thank you tony. >> all right this morning annie yu has been learning more about a new exhibit at the merican history museum. >> slavery at thomas jefferson's monticello include many artifacts and descendents of enslaved families at the plantation, annie joins us from the museum. good morning. >> good morning tony and allison this is an exhibit you will want to bring the entire family to your kids will have interactive things they can really get useful information out of they have interactive program where the historians interviewed descendents and they have things where they can pick up the 10-pound nail bucket to see what the enslaved had to do back then, joining me now is dr. rex ellis here one of the cocurators at the museum good morning sir. so here we have mulberry row talk about this and some of the artifacts this is really going to help us understand the lives of enslaved families. >> et was one of the only industrial complexes, they had a way of determining where he would place certain of the enslaved in the community if they

first, let's check in with annie yu. >> reporter: so we're learning a lot this morning. there are three different types of sharks, and the guy in the corner is called -- he canca do a fun trick. we're going to show you that you after the break. break. >>> here's today's trivia's t odquestion, not only did jorge washington carver -- george washington carver investigate these -- 75 products from this food item as well. almonds, pecans, walnuts orlnut cashews?s the answer is coming up later, if you want to take a guess nowo head to our facebook page. page. the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 calories. do the swap today. race for the white house ishite heating up.eati a new poll shows a surging rickr santorum is runnin

annie yu is getting a lesson in proper warm up techniques we will check with her later. >> good mom there annie. good form when your deep-dish masterpiece doesn't stay in the dish easy-off oven cleaner cuts through five times more grease than the leading all-purpose cleaner. cook with passion. clean with easy-off. , any luck finding a car? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroughly reconditioned and backed with a five-day money back guarantee so come find the one for you today, at carmax. way to go, neil. >>> welcome back sober ride proved to be a huge success this season. since december 16th, the anti drunk driving initiative provided more than 2,000 free cab rides, almost 400 people used this service on new years eve alone. that is nearly 55,000 cab rides since 1993. >>> since new years day, fell on a sunday, it is being recognized

. >> first let's check with annie yu talking weddings. >> hi sarah, you know when you are planning aedding you will work with a number of vendors more than 10 i am sure and so far we have showed you how to find the perfect bridal gown, food and drink and venue and the next biggestlement is the flowers. stay with us  >>> gas prices in dc have gone up 31¢s in 31 days the current average is 4.17 a gallon a little lower in maryland at 3 president 97. the average price in virginia -- 3.97 the average price in virginia, 3.90 the average price has gone up to 3.93 a gallon. >>> if you are planning to drive over the holiday weekend be prepared to shell out a lot at the pump here is a look at average trips to drive from dc to new york city and back in a four door sedan that will set you back $106 in gas, a round trip drive to philadelphia will cost you 62.50 and if you are heading down to raleigh, you will have to pay $115.50 to fill up your car. >>> good news for air travelers this morning, a new study says quality of flying is getting better. private researchers found airl

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. >> another good story >> out to annie yu living on the adventurous side this morning hey, annie. >> hey, tony and alison, terrapin adventures is one of many adventurous places in maryland there are plenty more if you are looking for something a little low key, exciting we have something coming up for you. >>> very cool today's trivia question how many teeth does a healthy adult dog have? 28, 32, 36, 42. the answer coming up later if you want to take a look now head to our facebook page fox 5 morning news is back after the break  >>> national pin ball museum found a new home downtown baltimore the museum will open at its new location january 14th, it is going to be at the old factory building water street baltimore it originally opened in 2010 in the shops at georgetown park but lost its lease less than a year later the new local museum or new museum includes pin ball machine history gallery and game room where visitors can get their hands on vintage games. >> what is old is new again in northeast, college students turning to a century old hunting boot now a

annie yu celebrating mardi gras. >> good morning allison, does this look familiar to you. >> hi allison. >> this is our fan of the day. how crazy is it that she is here at bayou bakery she comes up and she is like annie, i'm fox 5 fan of the day we just wanted to say hello again okay that is enough. we are continuing to party here outside bayou bakery arlington virginia coming up we will learn more about the history of jazz that is a very important element in the parade experience go for it you don't want to go any where, stay with us >>> such a treat thanks annie. >> today's trivia question, charles chuck cooper the first american to be drafted into the nba which team was he drafted to? the answer coming up later but take a guess now, head the our facebook page fox 5 morning news back after the break we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. no animal by-products. no meat and bone meal. when you put my chicken on the table, you kno

first, annie yu at the auto show can you pick me up a new ride please. >> you really do need a new ride>> i do annie. >> you stick around we will show you some really cool cars and we will tell you what is in store for the future, automakers are constantly coming out with new and impressive fun details. stay with us on fox 5 morning news  never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> welcome back 9:22 a.m., strong winds prompted nfl officials to evacuate a tent filled with football fans waiting to get autographs from current and former players the tent set up in the stadium where super bowl will be played this sunday in indian

. >> first we want to check with annie yu getting a peek at a hip hop version of a classic story. >> how fun is this you are taking a traditional tale of pinnocchio and remixing it into a hip hop musical it is not just about dance or choreography or music, they have a turntable out here with a dj mixing things up it is a lot of fun, very interactive and will get you bouncing in your seats, coming up we will play with the turntable >>> before we get to that, today's trivia question in what city is the christmas addict monument located. the answer is coming up later if you want to look now head to our facebook page so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. hey, i love your cereal there-- it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way. lady, i just drive the truc

. >> plus why the trial for the bp oil spill has been pushed back first we want to check with annie yu. >> good morning tony, so both teams here were selected for world championship that is a big deal in this world, and they beat out 14 other teamcoming up one of the teams will perform their winning routine. stay with us h us >> today's trivia question, who is known as the father of the blues? was it robert johnson, muddy waters, william christopher handy or bb king the answer coming up later take a guess now head to our facebook page fox 5 morning news will be right back after this break ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like

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bikes, all things that you can find at the international motorcycle show this weekend. >> our own annie yueviewing the big show and joins us now from the washington convention center in northeast d.c. good morning, annie. reporter: good morning. it's actually in northwest d.c., the washington convention center here, and if you come out here this weekend, you're basically immersing yourself in bike culture because there are so many things to see. there are over 400 bikes and there are a few unique ones and some things for the kids. mike joins us again. let's start with this bike. what makes this so unique? >> earlier you had the ducotti italian jacket on, now we're talking about an italian motorcycle. this is a 7 racer and it's absolutely a beautiful motorcycle. this is a cafe racer, so what does that mean? this is one of the biggest growing segments of the motorcycle community right now, of course, inspired by the show on the speed channel, folks getting into older, nostalgic looking motorcycles. this is stunning all the way around. the best part is you can't actually buy this motorcycle r

. >>> and we are getting you ready for valentines day this morning our annie yu is live, at the brandhwest later how to keep your skin looking and feeling great. we will be right back ? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroughly reconditioned and backed with a five-day money back guarantee so come find the one for you today, at carmax. way to go, neil. >>> wizards looking good on the road and a tiger woods break down. >>> it is kind of weird if you told me friday we would be saying wizards win and tiger breaks down i thought it would be reverse. good news for the washington wizards they only had coming into play one road win all season, went to detroit, they are not that great but wizards looked good and tony what i liked the best about this this is a team with a lot of decisions to make with one month to go before the tr

and proper prune -- improper pruning can ruin your landscape potential annie yu is getting tips fromhomas with thomas landscape good morning. >> good morning alison. derek and i have had so much fun outside but we were ready to come inside right derek. >> we brought the pruning gear inside. >> and now we are going to do some valentines debut kays it is just around -- bouquets and it is just around the corner this year guys do something different for your sweet heart go out to the grocery store and pick up bouquets how many did you buy. >> it is a guy's challenge we have here or girl's, girls can get into it too more the guys i want the guys to get creative this year i got three sets of bouquets from the yes market but you can get them at any grocery store whatever, spent under $35 for everything that you see here, we've also brought in some of our pruning from our outdoor pruning which we are going to incorporate into our bouquet. >> we are going to incorporate that into the bouquet, now some pointers when you go to a florist and you are paying $200 for a dozen roses or something. >>

annie yu introduces us to -- adorable. >> annie yu introduces us to these puppies. >> stepping on ouroot pedal that moves the tell prompter. >> fox 5 morning news will have the weather when we are back ♪ so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we don't care anymore? >>> clusters, they're awesome so no way they're good for you. but i guess that's okay right? actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? ya know? cancel the gym membership. bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. >>> remember the movie the hang over fortunately what happened in vegas stayed in se das but for a trio -- vegas, but for a trio of brit, down under, they drank too much on vacation, they broke into os kale yancey world to swim with the -- os vail yancey world and swam with a dolphin. they stole a penguin. no one was harmed but they are facing quite a few charges this is insane. >> they are insane. >> yeah. >> that is ridiculous. >> okay. >> glad the penguin is okay