thank you. >>> let's check in with allison oakley.hink my whole house is painted spongebob. my son is the biggest fan. my personal favorite, phineas and fe. >> i love that. >> that is brilliant. you get a little entertainment and a little music to go with your cartoons. >> we'll have to add another tv to the monitorrual now. >> love phineas and ferb. thank you guys so much. we'll show you route one. we have a big problem. this will ba fixture your morning commute. listen up. at woodside drive, there was a serious dent. now, it was an accident investigation. that means there was a fatality involved and they have to document the wreck. so they are taking all traffic off of route one and sending you over to 95. a lot of people peel o at route one. this will not be the place to do that. if you just take 95 and then you drive up towards the fsp or fairfax county parkway, you will be in better shape. this is 198 at swieter lane. there was an accident there and they are hooking it up and that should be out of there in the next five to 10 min

. >> i'm allison seymour in for gurvir. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> we'll say good morning to tony perkins this morning. it is quite a bit cooler than we had earlier this week. >> it is like fall. this will be short-lived. >> let's not rush changes too much. >> no, no, no, we'll have a nice day but summer returns for loo k tak a aook at the satellite-rar for our region. it t is quprettyiequiet. there are clouds out there to the west as tucker barnes was mentioning just a rthos time ago. our regional temperatures, awe quite cool start, 65 degrees here. 70 up in new york city and 70 in norfolk, virginia. pittsburgh at 56 degrees this hour. not a bad hostart to careorfo f sunshine. warmer than yesterday but belowe normal temperature. high about 85 degrees in the district. 86 at la plata. winchester, 84 for your high today. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> let's check in allison oakley this morning with a look at traffic. >> good morning to you guys. we have an accident already on georgetown

we talked to allison's boyfriend. he really was not aware of her background until she finally told him and also sent a letter explaining her background to his parents, because she thought it was important to do it at some point. it was not something they initially told people about. >> how is their name spelled? >> how is their name spelled? >> b-e-l-l-e-w. >> what have you learned about the difference between video, audio, and print? >> i am sure to an old hand like you, this is as obvious as night and day, but i learned a few things. one is that with video, you have to have pictures. if you do not have pictures, you do not have a story. we are scrambling for various pictures. with radio and audio, you need sound. in the refugee camp, my team spent hours getting sounds of goats and other things from around the camp, sounds that would place you in that particular environment, which is not all that important in print. one of the documentaries we did was in india. it was a very interesting story that we are going to go

. >> and i'm allison seymour. before the forecast though, if work, we are here to help you land that job. we have a panel of experts on hand this morning for inside tips on everything from getting your resume together, to what to wear to that all-important interview and how to make the most of your time when you meet a potential employer. the number to call is on your screen. it's 202-895-3307. again that number 202-589-3307. we're also holding a web chat on myfoxdc.com. >>> and this morning d.c. public school students have less than a week before they head back to class. are the schools ready for the students? we'll get it all when school chancellor michelle rhee joins us in about 30 minutes. >>> and more on the controversy surrounding michael vick. after do time -- doing time for dogfighting, we'll get more insight on what is ahead for vick as we're joined by the humane society president and ceo in the 8:00 hour. >>> and we'll start by troping the -- tracking the tropics. and bill has grown into a category 4 sto

steve and allison, back to you. >> thank you. >>> and 7:22 right now.ow is the time to save on your back to school shopping in virginia. details on how you can cash in on the tax holiday after the break. >>> and we're spending another friday at the fair. today holly is taking us to the howard county fairgrounds to find out what is new as they kick off their county fair this weekend.  at suntrust, we help you manage your money at home. and make it easy when you're away. and where ever you go, atm fees won't follow. get back to whateally maers switch to suntrust checking today suntrust. live solid, bank solid. >>> more heless people in the district will soon have a place to stay. d.c. plans to increase the number of beds by 10% this winter. the goal is to reduce the amount of hypothermia cases. homeless advocates worry there won't be enough beds because of the troubled economy. the number of homeless families is up 20% from last year. >>> book bags and sneakers all tax-free this weekend if you run in virginia. school supplies up to

tony and allison. >> sherry ly live in northwest. thank you for that. >>> and to speed up payment, the administration has tripled the number of people processing the paperwork. president obama promises every deal in the pipeline will get paid if the paperwork is correct. >>> if you're heading out this afternoon, it might not be a bad idea to grab your umbrella. >> tucker barnes joins us with a look at the forecast and a update on hurricane bill. >> thank you very much. and we have showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast this aftnoon. and plenty of midity. let's get righ a i . tydi let's get right to i theet in t t he afternoon, you could ershe t s s er fashs noow-- showers s tno r offoward western d mndalary lan closer. 'rg tt so we have the leading of edge m llwie ovy ati will move hesp moi red anth re and i think we'll understorms firing an msunorint firdeg up later today. temperatures right now, we are warming up. we're currently in the 80s. let's take a look at the temperatures. 88 degrees right now. humidity 59%. saving g

hazy, hot and humid, for allison. i'll have more details coming. >>> more defails are -- details are emerging about a shooting this morning in the 32nd hundred block of bening road northeast. police responded to reports of a man armed with a begun and when officers arrived they say the man refused to drop the gun. one officer ended up shooting the man who later died. the officer was not hurt. >>> now to a developing story out of prince george's county. dozens of drivers will need tires replaced after someone went on a slashing spree. karen gray houston just arrived at the san is here to tell us more now. what is going on, karen? >> reporter: this is a horrific incident of vandalism and it may have been caught on tape because there are police cameras in the area and they are operational. but i should explain the water. whoever slashed the tires, also did this with a knife or sharp instrument, made cuts in an above ground pipe. wssc working in the neighborhood and they made multiple cuts here and there. this is burn sid

i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm gurvir dhindsa. there will be a celebration tonight and then a funeral tomorrow and the body will be brought to our area. matt acland has more on how the world will remember the man known as the liberal lyon. >> reporter: following the service in boston tomorrow, the senator's body will be loaded on to a airline and then a motorcade will go to the capitol and then the motorcade will continue on to arlington fashional cemetery. long before the doors opened this morning, mourners arrived in boston. senator edward kennedy's body will lie in repose until 3:00 this afternoon. it is estimated between 20 and 25,000 people passed by his casket yesterday. the line so long, the viewing hours were extended to 2:00 in the morning. >> i'm just so moved. i love the kennedy family and just to be a part of this is so amazing. so amazing. >> reporter: the senator's final journey through his home state began at kennedy compound in cape cod. as the hearse made it's way to boston, people lined the streets and overpasses

and allison we'll toss it back to you. and we're doing buzz bin. >>> yes. he's turning up the heat with a new video. >> and plus more details about the burial of the king of pop. we are joined from l.a. with these stories and more, dex, good morning. >> let's start off with eric dane. there is a video surfaced with he and his wife, rebecca gay heart and carrie ann penich, it's the three of them, walking around the house filming each other, all nude. the girls get in the bathtub together. there is apparently drugs involved because at one point rebecca says, i'm so high i need to sit do you know. so the video has come out. their lawyers are swinging -- going after any website that post the video. we have not posted it, we just reported on it. but it's a pretty raunchy video. and the interesting thing is carey ann, she was rooming with mindy mccready the country and when mindy moved out, she took the hard drive with her off the girl's computer and now the video has come out. >> well you know mindy has had her own share of problems too. >> yeah. >> so this fits

. >>> and good morning, i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey.

i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour.let check in with -- let's check in with tony for the cuweather. >> we'll start with the conditions, 73 degrees right now at reagan national and relative humidity is at 81%. n been on the rise. 30.01 and rising. we've had some fog and it's burning off out to the west. td it's been well out to the west and east. and you can see on the sat-rad, it's out to the east and west. not much happening across the area. we won't see any records since the record high for today is to2 degrees but we'll be about a lo oftshs un sine today. hotunbut nooppressively show. 90 for the high in frederick, chantilly, 91, washington 92 for the high today. we'll have more on all of that coming up in just a little bit. >> we look forward to it. >>> and let's check in with traffic with lauren demarco. >> we have three new -- three new accidents on 66 eastbound after route 50 fair oaks. you saw some of the delays. but it's just past route 50 fair oaks, slow passing ffle mills and then on the brakes again at 123 an

it was about allison and catherine bellow. what is the series all about? >> is a series called "against all odds." it looks at the issue of social mobility, how do people who have terrible beginnings, who do not have very much, achieve something of interest and significance? we did a pilot last year with the young somali guy who fled somalia when the war broke out in the early 1990's as a kid. he ended up in a refugee camp in kenya. in this camp where there was only a rekeying school they had put up, he managed to get one of the highest courts on his high- school completion exams in english, even though it was not his first language. he was living in a one-room shack with no electricity or plumbing with his family. he managed to get into princeton university. i said it was just an interesting story, and so we told his story. this year we have decided we will do four documentary's, some in the united states and some overseas. >> you did this video last year. who are you doing the documentary's for? >> this is a public radio series. it airs on public radio s

allison, back to you. >>> tucker, i'll take it here. as the country continues to debate health care reform, target officials are targeting fraud. kathleen sebelius this morning spoke to the government's senior medicare patrol about the impact when the programs are taken advantage of. >> care seniors in this country is not cheap. the federal government this year, taxpayer in america, will spend about $425 billion on medicare and another $200 billion on medicaid. and any time that amount of money, $625 billion, is changing hands, you know that there are going to we people around who get their mits on some of that cash. >> and the obama administration has implemented additional resources to the problems including, the health care prevention enforcement action team known as heat. >>> an experimental vaccine for swine flu is ready in weeks rather than months. it will not question approved here for years. so it cannot combat the epidemic, but the company for the vaccine is g other countries. and there is aset -- a setback to the vaccine that

sarah, good morning. >> good morning, allison.does appear we do have some developing situation behind us. if you take a look, there has been a number of police cars driving through the neighborhood. we just saw this man that was down on the ground and an officer that appears to be taking him into custody. and welso see this man that is running through the neighborhood right now that police are chasing after. we do not know though if this situation is related to the shooting of a 13-year-old girl this morning. but as you mentioned, there are many neighbors who say this is really the last straw at this point. the good news being though that the 13-year-old girl was treated and released. but of course this is obviously still unr investigation and a very active scene out here as police continue to look for someone. again, the people you just saw, we're not sure if this is related to the shooting from earlier this morning, but police say, just to get you up to date on that shooting from this morning, that several shots were fired at a

. >>> a federal stimulus grant gives life to the allison transmission plant in white marsh. with the grant, workers will develop electric car transitions. allison transmission will share money with a plant in michigan to develop a rear wheel drive electric system as well there is no known specific amount that will go to the white marsh plant, but roosevelt leftwich at 5:30 takes a look at what this means for the overall local economy. >>> this fall it won't be just the first monday in october. it will also be the first term for the first hispanic supreme court justice in our nation's history. voting mainly along a party lines, the u.s. senate confirmed president obama's nomination of sonia sotomayor. >> and with this historic vote, the senate has affirmed that judge sotomayor has the intellect, the temperament, the history, the integrity, and the independence of mind to ably serve on our nation's highest court. >> the president called this a great day for america. sotomayor also is the third woman to serve on the high court. and senator mikulski was in washington voting. she

thanks for watching midday, i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm holly morris. the purple line connecting prince george and montgomery will be light rail. now comes the tough part, the money. sarah simmons has our top stories. >> reporter: the purple line has been ten years in the making but it still has a long way to go. today the maryland governor announced that the plan is in place for light rail but the next step is asking the feds for $1.5 billion in order to do it. the dream of the purple line is now on paper. after years of debate over bus or light rail, maryland alley made the announcement today. >> and we're here today to announce that we're delivering on that vision by moving forward with our plan to develop the light rail option for the purple line. bringing light rail to its d.c. suburb would be cheaper in the long run and better for the environment and por rider friendly. it would extend from bethesda to new carrollton in prince george's county. >> the purple line will be sleek, it will be quiet, it will be low to the ground. this is not your grandf

>> allison. >> jimmy: allison, where are you from?from long island right here. [ cheers ] all right, good. are you a fan of harry potter? >> sort of. >> jimmy: okay. have you read any of the boos? >> sort of. >> jimmy: i know what that means. okay, good. very serious. okay, higgins,hat do we have r final contestant to lick? >> steve: well, jimmy, allison will be licking this invisible cloak made from the hair of a demiguise, this invisibility cloak. the magical garme it renders whatever it is covering completely unseeable. itretails for $12. jimmy? >> jimmy: now you watching at home it looks like there's nothing here. but i assure you there's an invisibility cloak here and someone is about to lick it. your ready to lick the cloak? >> sure. >> jimmy: all right, good. prbably go right there wld be the best. oka ready? and -- drum ll, please. go for it. ♪ >> jimmy: yeah! righthere. very ne. [ cheers and applae ] let's take another look at that. ♪ [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that's fantastic. there's your t-shirt. thank you very much. he

. >> and i'm allison seymour. and we'll talk about some of those dangerous spots, ocean city might have some dangerous conditions because of bill. we'll see about that. >>> and looking ahead, students of prince george's county schools head back to school on monday and we'll be joined by superintendent william hite later on. >>> and coming up, the power of one comes hetfrom the power of two. we'll meet a local rabbi and a mom sharing the faith. >>> and you've probably seen her in knocked up, p ject gene's project comes up in the 8:00 hour. >>> and hurricane bill still brewing in the tropics could feel the impact as it whipped by the eastern seaboard, causing big waves. it's expected to pass by bermuda first, causing flooding there. and the secretary of state hillary clinton and her husband are there on vacation right now. >> and let's get the latest on our weather from tony perkins. >> good morning, everybody. we'll start with bill. let's look at that radar image we were showing you. bill is a category three hurric

. >> and again, steve and allison. school to start at 7:25, a big day for the district and for schools across the country. >> back to you. >>> sara, live, thank you. >>> and about 1300 students should get their permanent county. they spent their first week in temporary classes. the staff will work through the weekend. and officials said that human error and a new scheduling system caused the glitch. >>> the upcoming vaccine could make it a shock season. they're trying to decide if it will take one or two doses to protect against the swine flu. adding it with the regular flu vaccine, you could have to have three shots and children could need four. >>> columbia's president, the latest to contract the h1n1 virus is being treated at home. he started getting symptoms in argentina friday. the costa rican was the first head of state to get the swine flu. >>> and colorado's airpor academy implemented the plan to ward off the h1n1 virus. it started with a midsummer out break, a hundred cadets were infected and they stayed until

i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. we'll have more on a rain- soaked weekend in the forecast. >>> michael vick makes his return. it didn't take long to appear in his first game of the on se 'll hear from vick coming up. >>> and also ahead this morning, they were nine y oung students to help fight intolerance and change the makeup of america's classroom. green, a member of the little rock nine, will join us. >>> danys istill a tropical storm. s bunot so strong any more. the storm has weakened over the atlantic. winds are just about 40 miles upe hounpew.o ical storwaa tch for oaast c is still in to affect today as l swells ctxeedpel toexpected to dangerous surf and life- threatening rip currents. and it's possible danny may regain speed. >> 76 degrees here in the d.c. area. and we turn our attention to tucker barnes and what is going on with danny. > we've had a lot going on. h adwe unththrstorms overnight and wor flooding overnight in baltimore. and we're starting with clouds d humidity and the hpotential of more halfy

. >>> good news for the allison transmission in white marsh.federal stimulus grant is living life back to the plant. allison transmission will share $105 million with a plant in michigan to develop a rear wheel drive electric system. there are no specifics about how much money's going to go into the plant. >>> the first volunteers for the h1n1 swine flu vaccine in the u.s. roll up your sleeves for the shot later today. with drug companies under pressure, there are growing questions about safety. here's jeremy hubbard. >> reporter: the government wants nearly 160 million americans to get the n1h1 swine flu vaccine this fall. testing already begun in a handful of countries. the first three volunteers in this country will receive the vaccine later today in seattle. the world health organization continues to answer questions about the vaccine's safety. >> we should have early results during september, during the first half of september. >> reporter: researchers say there's no reason to believe the vaccine won't be safe. it'll be made in the same wa

i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. the date is august 5th, 2009. it is another muggy morning but a beautiful view of the washington monument this morning. >>> well get to weather in a moment. but first there is another story you'll be talking about at work today. an idol shocker, folks. paula abduhl saying she has quit the show, not coming back for next season. reps for fox and idol have confirmed this. how did they get to this. we'll share how paula broke the news and what a top idol producer has to say about it. >>> and we'll head out to redskins training camp and for another installment of dave versus dave and we'll find out who was the best kicker. and last year dave ross had progress in the kicking department. >> this one might be a clear winner today. >> we'll see. >>> and now straight up 7:00 and tony perkins has a look at the weather. >> it was a warm start for the day. a beautiful picture of the wash -- the washington monument. good morning. we'll show you the current conditions reported at reagan national where it's 74 degrees at this hou

i think one allison will get behind -- >> i do guess. i don't know that. i just guessed. >> i guess that's the show. oh, well. let's go out to iowa. another town hall meeting, another fiery meeting over healthcare. we saw it over tampa where things came out of hand. police had to step in. we saw what happened in st. louis. well, take a look at iowa last night. had said that he believes these are coordinated efforts to disrupt these town hall meetings. he said a national move to try to disrupt these meetings. >> there were 200 people at this des moines town hall meeting. it doesn't look like the same scene in tampa bay and st. louis. senator par kins feels this is a national effort. here he is from iowa. >> there was an interesting coordinated meeting to interrupt meetings and stuff. i don't expect that to happen here. >> so what is he referring to? "the new york times" reporting democrats are pointing out these people are showing up at these events may look like angry hecklers according to the democrats. but they are saying they are a grassroots effort by

but for folks who follow manufacturing in maryland, they're saying the allison plant already had a leg up. >> yeah, made an investment already. this local plant has been involved in everything from creating a product, the hybrid, which is sustainable and a green product, to being zero landfill free, and actually putting solar panels on the roof. >> reporter: any investment in the power train could trigger more investment in green technology in the state. he says right now manufacturers of all sorts of products want to be able to tap into cost- saving green tech, and a new investment in allison could lead to other new involvements. that could give maryland manufacturers a competitive advantage. in general. general motors moving toward their fuel cell car, the bolt, the electric car, those are all examples of proof that it's moving in that direction. >> reporter: now another gm facility in michigan will share in the $105 million grant. it's not known how the cash will be divided between the two facilities. roosevelt leftwich, abc 2 news. >> thanks, rosy. >>> 25,000 temporary foreign work

as allison marrow from wbir tells us, what happened while she was in the hospital will stay with her family forever. >> reporter: a sea of green shirts, bracelets, balloons, shoes, even bandannas waited for 30 minutes saturday to hug 16-year-old smith. >> i feel awesome, so excited. >> reporter: but in reality, the so-called green team has been waiting three months for sequoia to come home. >> it was very frightening. a lot of times she was so unstable. >> reporter: after she faced life-threatening injuries -- >> working throughout the day trying to keep her to that point she would make it one more day. >> her favorite color lime green soon decked the halls at the medical center. >> people kept asking us and telling us they were praying for us because of our shirts. they saw that. >> it was amazing the support that her friends and family and church gave her. >> reporter: but the color and the prayers didn't stop with sequoia. >> but then the youth would start seeing other people in need. >> we started visiting others. >> reporter: even started singing songs like the one that brandon

different. ( applause ) >> reporter: different because, according to friends like former law clerk allison barked of,let judge has a big, engaging, new york personality. >> yeah. she is fun. she-- she works hard and plays hard. >> she's incredibly funny. >> reporter: melissa murray clerked for two federal judges, including sotomayor, and when both judges came to melissa's wedding, sotomayor challenged the other judge to a dance-off. >> i think people enjoyed seeing that, seeing two federal judges duel it out on the dance floor. >> reporter: the judge is also known for her cant-miss christmas parties which included salsa dancing inside the federal court of appeals in manhattan. >> out in the hallway. >> of the courthouse. >> in the courthouse with a great spread of food and usually a d.j.. >> reporter: but what allison always recalled from the party and sotomayor knew and invited everyone in the courthouse. >> the peel who worked in the cafeteria, the security guards, the custodian are equally as important as her colleagues. >> reporter: in manhattan today, a group at the development school

. >> i'm allison seymour in for gurvir dhindsa. >> we start with breaking news from asia this morning as the piof lo a pang jet has been killed and several other people injured after a plane skidded off the runway at a resort island in thailand. the jet hit the control tower on an island about 300 miles south of bangkok. it was carrying 70 people and landed in heavy rain. there you see theet for over of what happened. reports say say most of the injured are tourists, some with broken legs. >> dram at you can pictures there. sir, it is going to be a little bit warmer today. my question to you is with that warmer weather, does the humidity also inch up a little bit? >> oddly nough, no, it does not. it will be warmer. the humidity level will be about the same or maybe less than it was yesterday. >> a good trade-off. gentleman i agree. take a look. we'll start with the satellite- radar composite, show you how things are shaping up across the region. we are right in the middle there. you can see if you want some clouds and a little bit of precipitation, you have to go well to the north acr

allison transmission will get federal stimulus money to help develop a rear drive electric system. it will provide some stability for the plant which is already a model of efficiency for the automaker. >> allison, they really are the workforce of the 21st century. they went from an old industrial model, went to the community colleges, got trained and embraced new ways of organizing to get work done, brought in new technology. >> a gm plant in michigan will receive similar funding. >>> a rodgers forge-based bank has 15 days to sell itself or merge with another bank or it could become the second maryland bank to fail during this recession. the baltimore business journal is reporting that the bradford bank was told that it is significantly undercapitalized. bank execs are reportedly working to meet federal banking regulators' deadline. >>> an annapolis man has died after a hiking accident in croatia. 23-year-old brandon wild fell 120 feet. wile was reportedly traveling with his girlfriend who has family in the balkan nation. they had hiked up to a church, but after reaching it, weill

i'm allison. back to you. >> thank you. >>> fox5 will have complete coverage on the life and legacy of eunice kennedy shriver on air and online. you can see a photo gallery and leave your tributes and condolences onour website. myfoxdc.com. >>> the music world is mourning a real guitar hero. les paul died today in new york. paul pioneered the solid body electric guitar later used by the legends. he first introduced the les paul broadcaster in the late 40s. today his guitars are one of the most widely used. he died from complications of pneumonia. >>> new rules, ready to roll out csa is making changes. get ready for big brother the next time you book a flight. plus, the coast implicated in this scandal speaks out. don't miss his public apology next. >> and are he redskins ready? >> brian, thank you very much. keeps raining and stopping, then raining and stopping. either way, they are going to play the preseason opener for both teams. who is going to play? who is not? and antwon randle el coming up

this is what allison is talking b. hard to believe it's 11:00 a.m. 72 here in washington. 69 degrees out at dulles. 70 in frederick. 73 in hagerstown. extremely cool temperatures. again if we break out in a little bit of sunshine i think temperatures will eventually bump up to the 80-degree mark. if the clouds hold thick here for another few hours, we may top out in the mid-70s. so definitely well below average temperatures today. but things will be changing as we get into the weekend so definitely enjoy the cool air. save a little bit on the air conditioning this afternoon. there's your satellite picture. most of the shower activity is fading off at this hour to the north and east. and things are really starting to quiet down. there's the clearing line. it's not too far off the north and west, out towards harpers ferry. this line will continue to push towards washington during the course ever the afternoon. i think we will see by late this afternoon more of a mix of sun and clouds out there. and again some quieter con

. >> reporter: good morning, steve and allison. we understand senator kennedy will be laid to rest here at arlington cemetery at 5:00 saturday afternoon. this is a private service for a very public man who touched the lives of so many. senator kennedy's body will be taken from cape cod to boston by a motorcade. the repose will be at john f. kennedy library for public viewing and president obama is expected to deliver the eulogy. he'll be buried at arlington national cemetery. the massachusetts senator touched many lives. >> i had the honor of working on some of his campaigns and being at his house once and i just felt i needed to come and contemplate and thank him. >> reporter: katie waited on the senator at a local restaurant. >> he got coffee and hung out with everyone. he was a really good guy. he tipped me $40. >> reporter: kennedy was a regular at kincaids restaurant in foggy ottom. >> i would be hard pressed to name anybody in congress who stands for the same ideals that he stands for. >> he liked good wine. he would get a ni

and allison and lisa, thank you so much for everything. has a look at the weather. >>> good morning. nice people are here today visiting from indiana, illinois, south carolina, from the lovely community of windy city. we're in a windy city here today, wouldn't you agree? we have some serious weather about which to talk and that's interior california continues to bake. temperatures whether climb up into the 80s and the 90s and nearly 100 degrees. it is hoped that jimena, the hurricane off the baja, mexico peninsula will spread much needed moisture into california later in the week, but that's latter in the week. today hot interior california. some thorps over the rockies and we'll see some rain and thun >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by the mercedes-benz you must experience. the amazing e-chas. >>> kind of a chilly august about # 1s here in new york. let's go back to wl a. and julie. >> thanks a lot. up next, need a hug? the truly touching story for you when we return. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. taking its rightfu

>> allison. >> jimmy: allison, i sense an accent. >> i'm from london. >> jimmy: wow, all right, wow.t. here we go. [ laughter ] now, allison -- this is good. now, have you ever air drummed ke this all by yourself without an air band? >> maybe. >> jimmy: oh, really? are you a ringer? >> i'm secretly drummer. >> jimmy: really? oh, my god, this is going to be exciting. oh, look at that ring you have. >> thank you. >> jimmy: no, not this guy. i like this guy. >> oh, you like the camera. >> jimmy: yeah, the camera. it's kind of cool. yeah, it's awesome. all right, so, you're going to rock it out. here you are. you're not wearing flip-fls are you? >> no. >> jimmy: all right, perfect. you get points off for that. [ laughter ] all right, here we go. right here. do it for london. roots, take it away. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yeah. very good. great job. right over there. hey, buddy. come on over. >> hello. >> jimmy: how you doing? >> good, yourself? >> jimmy: doing great, yeah. what's your name? >> alex. >> jimmy: alex, where are you from? >> poconos, pennsylvania. >> jimmy: reall

hope to see you next week. >> is it you or is allison here. >> allison is back. >> well it's been fun. [ laughter ] >>> and let's take a look outside courtesy of tower cam and see how things are looking out there. 73 degrees, and tony, are things changing out there. it looks darker than before. >> i just stepped outside a moment ago. there is a little bit of haze on the horizon there. this is in northwest washington. and it's a mix of clouds and sun and that's the way it will be during the course of the day today. a few spots of haze during the morning hours before that wai ffo w noi want to ao lkt tyou about a flood watch. not in affect in washington. ll utot hostt eae . it's in affect until eat is evening. right on the edge of the screen, the counties in green, o trd te th ti coe thunn es counties in green, so we're talking about extreme eastern maryland and into delaware and into the forth and east. flood watch because you could see more rain there. you've had quite a bit of rain in the last few i days and it could lead to flooding. here is a look at the sat-rad. and again, the pre

and allison and lisa, thank you so much for everything. look at the weather. >>> good morning. nice people are here today visiting from indiana, cbcbcbcb, south carolina, from the lovely community of windy city. we're in a windy city here today, wouldn't you agree? we have some serious weather about which to talk and that's interior california continues to bake. temperatures whether climb up into the 80s and the 90s and nearly 100 degrees. it is hoped that jimena, the hurricane off the baja, mexico peninsula will spread much needed moisture into california later in the week, but that's latter in the week. today hot interior california. some thorps over the rockies and we'll see some rain and thunderstorms over the . >>> good morning. here is first warning doppler weather radar. i'm on a scan sha shows moisture, all of this stuff here i'm pretty sure is not, but you see below the circle l i am pretty sure it is. we have been watching shower activity through the course f the morning, down to our south. we have a bigger look there and some of

i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. >> students are ready to get back to school. s tartugaastarts august 31st an we'll sit down with superintendent jerry weeks. >>> and the latest on hurricane bill. some could feel the impact of bill this weekend as it pushes swells our way. rights nowit's still chuing in the ocean. it's been downgraded to a category three but its winds could pick up to make it a category four again. >> let's check in with tony perkins and find out what is going on here. >>> we'll keep monitoring that storm. the next update from the inrricane center is at 11:00 rn. e stnorin bi m is goehre storm hrth maximum sustained winds at o20 miles per w e12andow edo v the area. making for a fairly pretty sky btt oliornin a lettc bit of cloud cover. no precipitation this morning. we could see some later on today. but this morning we remain precip free but not moisture free. there is a lot of humidity out there. looking at the current conditions. 75 at reagan national. we've bounced back up to 75. relative humidity

this is from allison adams. if you go out randolph road east and go across georgia. you go a little further, you turn right on allentown or something and brookside gardens is back there and it's spectacular. you know what? allison did everything right. if you want to send us a picture, go to our website. go to wusa9.com. click on weather, and you will see where to submit your best shot. and again, please include your name and hometown. >>> some improvement in temperatures, 91 tomorrow. big thunderstorms possible tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night into saturday morning. they may extend it into saturday afternoon now. 85, should be okay for the game at night. 85 on sunday. remember that tornado warning we had last night in st. mary's county? this is a fantastic picture now, courtesy of laura hamlet. that is a wall cloud and some of the folks and some of the fire departments and rescue squads said they found tiny rope tornadoes. that's what prompted the warning yesterday at about 4:30. a leftover shower or thunderstorm. winds southwest at 10. we'll take a quick peek at

. >> and i'm allison seymour. his release was based on compassion at grounds. he's dying from cancer but many family members of those who died were hoping for a different outcome. matt aand is following this outcome. >> reporter: the white house today said it deeply regrets the scottish decision and many families from here in america are outraged over the release. >> this is the video many people never wanted to see. ab dell acrod relieving a prison in scotland. but today the scottish justice secretary said the release was motivated by scottish values to show mercy. >> let justice be served, but mercy be showned. compassion and mercy are about upholding the beliefs that we seek to live by, remaining true to our values of the people, no matter the severity of the provocation, or the atrocity perpetrated. >> reporter: but this move has angered many people, especially famy members of those who died during the lockerbie attack. >> we do not believe he should have been released. they said it's -- he showed no compassion for those on board the flight. >> reporter: th

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>> and speaking of steve and allison, they are in now to bring you the rest of the news., gurvir. >>> coming up on fox 5 morning news, we're following three big stories developing while you slept overnight. amid threats of violence from the taliban, voters are heading to the polls for elections in afghanistan today. polls remain open for another half an hour. this will shape the future of afghanistan but could also greatly affect the american presence in the country. we'll talk to the former ambassador to afghanistan. ednd>>e k ty nnloedki o to the future. his wish to change a state law to find his replacement into and hurricane bill weakens but remains. it's impact on local

i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm holly morris. thdepartment of education, health and homeland security gave advice on should schools close as many did this past spring. feds advise schools not to close if only a few schools have the flu. those who do get it should stay home 24 hours after fever symptoms have ended. if a swine flu outbreak gets bad, the feds may recommend students stay out of school for five days, even if only another family member has the flu. >> we are learning more about a possible swine flu vaccine and what it will do to make you stay healthy. >> it's probably going to take more than one shot to keep the family protected. >> lauren sivon has more details. >> reporter: if you thought getting one flu shot was a bit much, try three. scientists believe the swine flu vaccine will be most affective if given in three doses weeks apart. the clinical trials kicked off last month should tell experts more. >> we should have early results duri the first ha september. what this will tell us is whether we need one or two dos

. >> and i'm allison seymour in for gvir dhindsa. >>> storm clean-up is under way in some parts of maryland after tornadoes touched down on friday. two touched down in frederick county, one in carroll county. you see pictures of just some of the damage up there. >> 72 degrees out there in the #:00 hour. >> a little bit of haze we saw in the live shot. -- 72 degrees out there in e 6:00 hour. >> we'll see improvement in the situation as we knock down some ofvehamso e dweoclveud hasome clouds but much. most of thecloud cover is lwel to our souh eld aneast across southern maryland and portions ofd southeastern virginia and, of course, out to sea as well. but for us, things look good in our region. airports, current temperatures, 72 degrees in washington. 71 at both dulles and bwi marshall. the forecast for today, becoming mostly sunny after some morning haze and some morning fog. gradually mostly sunny day, a warm day. not quite as humid as it was yesterday. we'll look if the highs s. erally in the upper 87degrees for your high in annapolis. 88 in frederick. 90 in waldorf. that is a look at wha

allison has the story. >> this kitty bank is full of cash, and checks. >> i hope they buy stuff for the cats and dogs. >> reporter: jordan just turned 6 years old and instead of toys she asked her birthday guests for donations. >> for my birthday instead of presents. >> that's awesome, jordan. >> people put it in the bank. >> on tuesday she donated $350 to the woods humane society near san luis abyss poe. >> $353.70. >> yea! >> jordan and her family have spent countless summer days at the no-kill animal shelter. there they pet and play with all of the dogs and cats. >> she always wants to buy puppy bones. empties her bank to buy puppy bones and we thought what could we do with the kitties. >> she is a very giving girl. she could spend all day here. hours. >> reporter: at a young age she has already found a passing, baby pets. >> i just like them. >> and she is already hard at work trying to make their world a better place. >> it is amazing because you think of how many surgeries that will perform or how much medication it will purchase. >> for cbs news, i'm allison reader. >> don't forg

. >> vote, allison, i know you're with us. >> you have one up here, dave. >> nicely done. thank you for playing along. >> great. >> well, you have to move the things. >> well, yeah. ingly i'm always for the underdog. >> of course, you have to be. >>> what's happening. >> well, the temperatures have gone up and the humidity is dropped a little bit. >> taking a look at the airport temperatures at reagan national, up to 73 degrees and we're up at dullis. 72 in both of those locations. these are the current temperatures, 55 in cincinnati. 75d liann r ileanttk ocd phoenix at 92 degrees. 4!, ni 11x, oeni1111 >> oh! > x,>>nioe actnilly, they had th ar hottest month ever july. y. j ulst > ehe> s treatelhe a radar r you know, not the most active map we've seen. e have rain thwoins e west and great lates th, 's itth ff o of the coast of carolinas and georgia and south eastern virginia and a little bit of lightning showing up. here's the forecast today and the next five. high in the upper 80s and sunshine and not as humid as yesterday. and tomorrow, a hance of a thunderstorm and a sl

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. >> reporter: allison smith started showing up at the hospital this morning with doctors briefed them about the vaccine. >> we make the vaccine jesus they will be looking to see how much of the vaccine the body needs and whether it requires more than one dose. >> the potential is to see when is the time to handle the response. >> reporter: it sounds great to volunteers before she wants to be protected before the fall. >> i don't know if i would have gotten the vaccine you no he with limited supplies and all that. this is going to cover me this season. doctors leading the trials say they expect some results in the next few weeks with the hopes they could be ready for use by october. >> doctors believe the flu-like symptoms will be the only risks. >>> caught on tape, dozens trapped on a roller coaster. what caused it to break down? >>> my husband is not the secretary of state, i am. >> what sparked an angry response from hillary clinton. >>> this is called a ghost bike, a memorial to a biker killed here last week. will the memorial stay? the answer when we continue. >>> more cooling sho