roadways are more congested thousands of schoolchildren to class, the first in the d.c. region school. cameras will once again be snapping pictures. >> i have gotten tickets from it, so i know it works. the school's on-camera program does have its critics. some believe it's more about making money than children safety. >> i am think they are going it.board with >> back here live, the deputy f of d.c. special-education e over as interim princetendent in george's county on september 4. as for the cameras, there are 56 currently. be added in october. john gonzalez repor andting. the district is one of the nation's 25 largest school districts with 125,000 students and nearly 18,000 employees. the school district as an annual of $1.6 billion. >> a man in a hospital after a george's county police forced toaid he was shoot him. is when police responded to suspicious person n hill.aby lane in oxo police found the bloody man high on pcp. emergency crews tried to help man and he became combative. officer used a taser on the suspect. but the man managed to pull the prongs from his body. p

. >> so this will really be an interesting book for people in the d.c. region. >> one of the characters is almost d.c. we tried to show what a great city it is, beautiful, historic, fun, lots and lots of fun, you know, mostly the book is just about kids growing up like -- i mean they're privileged but every -- you know, every kid has sort of teen angst. but these kids are in the spotlight and they also are pawns in their sort of parents' gameplaying so that's the difference that mostly just a really fun romp. >> "capital girls" is about girls in the capital and we're local, and we try as maz said that we wanted d.c. to be showcased as sort of a character in the book because it's such an amazing place to live and a lot of people, i think from having spoken to friends, don't realize that d.c. is hometown for a lot of people. just a political center is what they say. >> right. they don't realize the life that goes on with it. give me an idea how much did some of the stories that are happening in washington, d.c. influence what are in the three books which -- the t

the d.c. region lost to new york city which lost to london. commitment would take a lot of thought even before going forward. >> wonderful partners, great venues, potomac river, chesapeake bay, so much going on around here, it would be a wonderful place to accommodate these visitors, having said that, it's an enormous undertaking. >> reporter: barbara lang was also part of the 2012 bid. >> it was a major undertaking. it would be nice if the regional partners would come together. woe can only do this if it's a regiona regional initiative. >> reporter: mixed feelings about the bid. >> absolutely. >> what about the 2024 olympic ntsd washington/baltimore area? >> no we can't handle the traffic. we can't handle electricity go out. we have a bad thunderstorm, everything goes out. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood news 4. >>> international visitors can always enjoy d.c.'s world class restaurants, and a local program is training the next generation of world class chefs. jackie bensen is showing us how it is helping teens who are struggling in

there have only been a handful of cases in the washington d.c. region, but more than 1100 people have fallen ill and 41 have died in 2012 from a virus transmitted by mosquitoes. >> i feel i am getting eaten alive by mosquitos every time i am here. >> we went to one of the worst places -- dusk at the dog park near four mile run. >> we have a striking number of mosquitos. >> the encouraging news is that most mosquito bites will never lead to enormous, and a good number of cases it started far from here. back in alexandria, george schultze is concerned despite his best efforts. more cases may crop up in the coming weeks. >> it might be early to start reporting cases -- i suspect later in the month we will see pockets of the. >> experts say the 5 d's are critical. deet 00bug spray. -- dress -- wear long sleeves. stay away during dusk and dawn. finally, drain standing water. >> great advice, thank you. tomorrow is one year since that 5.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked the d.c. area. tomorrow earthquake death -- experts will look at where things stand with

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statisticsrnment peoplee percentage of health insurance in the d.c. region. prince george's county has e highest at 17%. alexandria has 15%. fairfax and montgomery counties 13%. of arlington county have health not insurance. lodoun is 9%. >> eating moderate amounts of risklate could lower the of stroke. researchers followed the eating of men in sweden for 10 years and those who ate the most chocolate, about 2.2 ounces a a 17% lower risk of stroke than those who a little or no chocolate. newsweek has released their list the top 25 most stressful colleges. university and st. louis has the top spot followed the university of pennsylvania, columbia, harvard, and northwestern. >> georgetown ranked eighth by john hopkins. they looked at pressure on like prospective debt. >> there is a rare blue moon n the same day a forate service will be held on thest man to walk mend. neil armstrong died at the age of 82. again untilhappen july of 2015. they have paid tribute to him by looking at the mint to mar and week. him a -- looking at the moon that tomorrow and giving it a

it's been more than a month since deadly storms left thousands without power in the d.c. region.e families the recovery continues. tonight you have a chance to voice your thoughts on pepco's response to the storm. john gonzalez joins us outside pepco in northwest with more. good morning. >> many of the people in montgomery county will lost power if during that violent storm in june will tell you pepco once again drop the ball. many of them will get a chance to voice their concerns. >> the company has succeeded as a company while their service has failed. we have to change that so the company can only succeed if the service succeeds. >> that meeting will be at 7:00 tonight at the public service commission in rockville. the commission says it would like to hold a series of these meetings to try to get all utilities in the area to become more efficient. reporting live in north west washington, john gonzalez. >> crews are repairing landslide damage involving two homes in stafford county, virginia. today we will get a first look at the first phase of construction. in september the lan

the d.c. region lost out to new york city, which then lost to london. williams and other regional leaders emphasized any potential bid would take a lot of thought, commitment and planning in the region. board of trade president jim deniger. >> wonderful partners, great venues. so much going on. having said that, it's an enormous undertaking and a marathon, not a sprint. >> barbara lange was also part of the 2012 bid. a manch undertaking, and i think that it would be nice if regional partners would come together, but we can only do this if it's a regional initiatives. >> reporter: passersby had mentioned feelings. >> i think it would be great for the area and the olympic. >> reporter: what about the 2024 olympics in the washington/baltimore area? >> no. no. we can't handle. we can't handle traffic. we can't handle electricity going on. we have a bad thunderstorm, everything goes out. it's going to be so embarrassing. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >>> the man accused in the deadly shooting rampage in tucson may plead guilty. sources te

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kids in the washington, d.c. region head back to class. here is katlin, a first grader at andrew jackson academy. look at you, a round of applause. have a great day and year. you're looking at. today is the first day of school at st. mary's and culpepper county, virginia. so, keep the pictures coming. 7:16 right now. >>> all right. >> i love it. >> yeah. that's, that's -- is that haze? fog? what is that? or a bad camera shot? all right. >> all right. that's the football stadium. i know that. >> nice shot. thanks, sky fox. >> football season is around the corner. the real football season. not preseason. >> i think i say warmups -- >> pushups. >> got the super eyesight going on. >> yes. a winner. >> all right. >> that sounds good. a crystal ball going off in there. well, we have beening weather today. it is not bad at all. a little bit more sunshine today than yesterday and -- temperatures are going to be comfortable. we're starting off fairly nicely as well right now. 71 degrees at reagan national airport. the humidity is 75%. expect the wi

there are a number available in the d.c. region at any given time. josh casey says he was struggling working several jobs just to make ends meet. one day he searched the internet for apps that can make you money. gig walk as among the results. >> the one i'm doing today is take photos of georgetown university. two pictures of fobuildings so altogether. usually, i try to get one from the front, from the left-hand side, right-hand side. i always take more than two just to make sure they know i'm in the right place and it looks good. >> the gigs could be posted by an organization or company trying to check out the competition or by a business that wants to make sure its products are being placed properly in the store. what >> reporter: there are all gigs that involve going out to eat. >> purchase the meal and get a review about it. you get reimbursed for the cost of the meal plus $25. i have a lot of fun. you get to meet people. i get to talk to people. i don't have to answer to nobody. >> reporter: josh says he has made anywhere from $5 to $100 per gig

. >>> the rattle of thunder shook parts of the d.c. region. and some of the storm systems brought more than a few showers. >> this was the scene in maryland on cob island. sure looks like a funnel you can see on the water. the national weather service has not confirmed a tornado or a water spout. but they are looking into reports and could release more details. a lot of people were not in and around yesterday. that's a water spout he said. >> that picture is confirmation to me. >>> fighting a super bug. coming up next, a deadly outbreak at the national institutes of health has raised questions. >> find out how researchers were able to use a blueprint of the bacteria to trace the information. it's fascinating. we'll be back with more on that.  >>> new this morning, there's a push to allow alcohol sales in damascus, maryland. two residents are working to sway voters to support the change which will be on the november ballot. damascus is one of the few remaining dry areas in maryland. the population has grown significantly an

but the d.c. region has been holding steady. start-ups in maryland, d.c. and virginia hauled in $206 million. one start-up attracting money and attention addresses a long time social problem. ever walk into a wedding reception or party without knowing anyone else in the room? >> reporter: for don inspiration came from attending a wedding. >> i wanted to see where the cute girls were because i didn't know where anybody else was going to be. it was a destination wedding. i thought it would be call if i saw a seating before the #wedding. >> reporter: that led to event planning. >> i do everything from the floor plans and seating charts. we let guests interact with each other before and after based on where they're seating. >> reporter: that's what put social on the table. the platform draws data about guests from their social networks like facebook. planners can seat people with common interests together hopefully trading awkwardize -- [indiscernible] planners can publish a guest list before the event to get a head start on the getting to know you process. fo

talking about providing economic development for prince george's county and for the washington, d.c. region. we have 40 million visitors annually come to the d.c. area. it's about capturing some of that in a resort style gaming facility that could create 4,000 jobs under one roof. >> reporter: that is delegate justin rock, a delegate from prince george's county. he voted for the bill. but six other democratic delegates from thiscounty voted against it, essentially voted against this casino coming here to national harbor. i'll let you know who those delegates are coming up at 6:30. >> we'll see you then. kristin fisher live at national harbor this morning. expanded gambling is just one of four of big ballot issues marylanders will vote on this november. the one getting the national attention is the same-sex marriage issue. voters will decide whether it's legalized beginning january 1. there will be a vote on the so- called dream act as well. it would give in state tuition rates to children of illegal immigrants who went to maryland high schools and whose parents paid their taxes. and voters

. >>> welcome back. 6:226789 another pleasant morning across the d.c. region as we've got generally clear skies, a couple of clouds. humidity levels are nice. we're in for another very nice day. kind of yesterday. just a couple of degrees warmer. here's tysons corner behind the graphics. looking good. 79 by 9:00. noon 83. this afternoon we'll get up to 89 by 4:00 or so 6:00 still looking nice with temps in the middle 80s. >>> good morning, everyone. the preseason is over for the redskins. they finished it up with the tampa bay buccaneers last night. but who really made a statement in that game? of course rg3 and most of the starters had the night off for this final preseason game. for the rest of them, this was their night to show they belong on this 53-man roster. kurt cousins with a deep throw to anthony armstrong. that beauty went for 46 yards, two catches, 61 yards for armstrong last night. brandon banks with a big game five-punt return for 66 yards. and this 47-yard reception down to the tampa bay-yard line. kurt cousins, a good night for the rookie. next

. >>> a vigil was held here in the d.c. region and almost 1,000 people held a candlelight service in rockville at the sikh temple there to pray for the victims as well. >>> coming up, should a convicted killer be spared the death penalty behaves low iq? the new developments in the case in texas. >>> a woman hit by a megabus in chicago. we'll get an update coming up next as we check more headlines. [ male announcer ] i in 1996, president clinton and a bi-partisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work, and wouldn't have to train for a job -- they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain, old welfare. mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> new this morning, atexas man has been executed despite the claim of his attorney t

we're talking about providing economic development for prince george's county, for the washington, d.c. region. we have 40 million visitors that come annually to the d.c. area. about capturing some of that in a resort style gaming facility that would create 4,000 jobs under one roof. >> reporter: that was delegate justin rock, a democrat from prince george's county. he voted for the bill, the gambling expansion bill. but six other democratic delegates from this county, prince george's county, voted against the bill that would bring this casino and all that business to their district. i'll let you know who they are coming up in half an hour at 5:30. >> kristin fisher reporting live from national harbor. >>> 5:03 now. pit bulls are still inherently dangerous according to the state in maryland, the law there. the bill aimed at changing that died early this morning in the special session as well. it would have addressed the liability concerns related to a court ruling about dog bites regarding pit bulls. the house and senate could not reconcile the differences in the bills. >>> the city of laurel,

the baltimore/washington, d.c. region made an unsuccessful bid to host this year's game. now, the organizers of that bid say, they're considering a bid for the 2024 olympics. several political figures say they are on board. what a boon for the economy that would be. >> i think residents wrote mixed reviews. it's good to have it. but my goodness, what it does to the region. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. hospital attack. an ohio man is accused of an unthinkable crime against his dying wife. >>> swept away. what caused an entire building to topple in india? >>> west nile. why federal health officials are warning about an extremely dangerous year for the virus. >>> a hot and humid day. will the rest of the week follow suit? the answer in your first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is 90 degrees with sunshine in central maryland. right now, the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. cleanup is under way, after deadly flooding hits northern india. buildings are under water. and in some places, you cannot even see the road. this is one o

. >>> you remember that derecho storm that tore through d.c. region in june. parts of virginia lost 911 service. >> there should be generators and other safety measures in place. so what exactly went wrong. verizon is now offering an explanation. fox 5's melanie alnwick join us with the details. >> reporter: verizon does have backup batteries and generators but there were problems from two key locations. because verizon actually lost at built to monitor the condition of its facilities in northern virginia, system alarms didn't get received and delayed verizon's response. the company says it simply didn't realize how bad the problem was at the time. fair fabs joint, prince william county and manassas were without 911 service for several hours on june 30th. the problems were caused by nonworking generators at central offices, one in fairfax and one in arlington. -- fairfax county. >>> in arlington, one of the generators had air in the fuel line. in fairfax, the verizon said the auto start mechanism failed. the single generators in each of the locations left were

school is starting back up all across the d.c. region. w invite you to post pictures of your students. >> this is tenicia. >> she has a whole photo shoot. >> mom already did the editing. >> she attends walker mill middle school in capital heights. >> those are great photos. >> look at her all ready to go. >> look at those shoes. >> i know. >> parkling. >> that's great. >> those are don't step on these shoes shoes. >> everybody is ready to go back. >> today, we'll have more sunshine than those who headed out yesterday. it will be just a little bit warmer as well. our temperature will be a little bit more on the rise. that is our weather headline. a bit more sunshine today and we'll get a little bit of a break in terms of the cloud coverage at least before the afternoon is all said and done. some spotty showers or a thunderstorm. i can't rule it out. it is possible this afternoon that one or two could pop up. nothing that is going to be major any. where a little bit warmer and temperatures will be on the rise as we head through into the lat

. >>> one year ago today, 1:51 to be exact when the earth moved all across the d.c. region. the magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit. who could forget the images? people inside, 555 feet above the ground bolted out as soon as it started shaking. the quake left cracks in the monumentnd closed ever since. >> you saw some of the people repelling down the side, doing some of the assessment and the repairs. but through the whole thing, it was in mineral, virginia. the shaking there was so strong that two schools were left damaged beyond repair. >> and that has been demolished and the new building is going up soon. at least at the county airport, they will also be taken down and rebuilt. but today our peggy fox got a firsthand look at the schools in session already, but still in transition. >> here we are one year ago and coincidentally demolition had just started here at the high school. the students have all gotten used to the temporary buildings in front of the school. >> we'll find this exact point where it ends with that. >> it sounds like the beginning of the school, but it does not

large, the size of a dinner plate. >> if you don't have allergies when you move to the washington, d.c. regionvelop them. >> i think that is true. >> why is that? >> we have a lot of foliage and flowers and lady bird johnson planted a lot of flowers. >> and you weren't allergic for those same kind of things can you develop an allergy here because there are so many? >> you can, in fact, when we do allergy testing, we test for things that grow in this area. just because you were tested in california, say, it can actually be different out here. >> i see. all right, well, we have to get all those medications. stay away from that. thank you so much, dr. burgess. >>> our time right now, 11:52. an update on panda watch, 2012, plus, meteorologist tom kierein will be back with more on a very come on, kids. we gotta go! oh, nah, i gotta go. oh, can you make that to go? these days, nobody has time to get sick, but minute clinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections, with no appointment necessary, so you

thousands of officers from around the d.c. region turned out for the funeral service. the police chief posthumously promoted morris to the rank of police officer first class. >>> we continue to track hurricane isaac for you this morning. >> the storm made its second landfall on the louisiana coast about an hour ago. there are reports of at least one levee breach outside of new orleans. we'll go live for an update when fox 5 morning news continues. >>> we are continuing to watch live pictures here coming in to us right there from our crews in new orleans as hurricane isaac continues to slowly churn around there and just dump more and more water on there. issues of flooding already a concern. as wisdom mentioned, a left i don't where some water has gone over the top there. we'll get -- a levee where some water has gone over the top there. we'll get an update when we come back. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand p

maybe eastbound around the d.c. region we could see a few scattered strong storms. we'll continue to watch out for that as we move on through. it's all because of a frontal boundary that will move through tonight and then stall to the east. that's why we'll have a better chance of storms there. good chance of storms that way. the whole system moves out. thursday looks great with plenty of sunshine. nice warm air. lower humidity with a high temperature near 90. not all that bad. evening forecast, partly cloudy. scattered storms, some strong. downpours and wind. once again, most likely to the west and northwest. temperatures 75 to 82 degrees. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and a pretty nice start. temperatures 7 63 to 72 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, chance of showers and storms south and east of the area. most of us should see a chance of sun and cloud mix. high temperatures, 84 to 89 degrees. then as we move in through the day on thursday, look at that. plenty of sunshine. we stay nice on friday with a late chance of showers and storms. high of 93. most of the day o

we have a representative from a group in the d.c. region joining us to weigh in. so good morning to you, pete. >> good morning. >> thanks for joining us again here at the smartphone zone. >> nice to be here. >> i want to talk about these eight devices first off. so there's another date at the and of september where they are going to have a hearing talk about this whether it will actually happen possibly, they are waiting to see if it does at the end of september. so what's going to happen to people who own these phones. the consumers are going to be protected. if these devices do in fact -- if they have to come off the shelf, anyone who bought one will still have the warranties and still be able to use the device. consumers won't be penalizeed. >> do you think you should get one now? >> i think that if you really want one of these devices, yeah may be a time to get one but these big legal battles are -- they take time to sort out. this ruling is just the first of many lings that's going to come down and one of many lawsuits that are going to happen between these l

. >>> from a local olympic athlete to a push to bring the olympics here to the d.c. region. the same group that pushed for the 2012 olympics now wants to hold the 2024 olympics right here in our area. so what are the pros and cons of this? joining us with more insight is metro columnist with the "washington post" robert mccartney. good morning, welcome back. >> good to see you. >> your viewers and your readers miss you. so welcome back. >> i was only away for a week. >> we still missed you. [ laughter ] >> let's talk about the column now that talks about the pros and the cons and tony said he wanted to hear them. so can we break them down already and what would be good for the city and not so good? >> sure. they are not actually formally pushing for this yet. they are just talking about it. >> okay. >> the people who put together the bid that failed to get the olympics here for this current summer now talking about 2024. >> okay. >> a lot of people are very interested at least in talking about it. but it's a very big undertaking. >> sure it is. >> the pros are, you get this

d.c. metro region. . >> the first thing we did and we will start across the western region and that is starting nothing is more important than making sure it works at all times. >> and lowis said there is no timeframe on when they're going complete the audits in maryland, d.c., and virginia, this is the first time verizon saw the magnitude of 911 outages and stressed he hopes never to see it again. >>> a year now since a rocksville man working in pakistan was kidnapped at gun point. earlier today, warren weinstein's family issued a empassioned plea for the release. he worked as a development contractor and the e-mail said in part, he loves pakistan and lied there for eight years to dedicate his time and energy to working with the people. i don't understand why he was taken or if he is okay or being treated well. my husband is not in good health. the family's asking anyone who can help secure his release to contact them. >>> three people dead after a shootout. it happened around lunch. the police said a man shot and killed officers he later died. the second police officer and a woman were also h

d.c. metro region will be able to access care without worrying about do i care for my pan smear or clinical breast exam or my birth control or my prenatal care or breast-feeding support or pay for my textbooks. >> and what about the concern raised though? some people of faith who don't want to pay into a fund that they feel funds abortion. >> and there are 335,000 churches and other houses of worship that were already exempt. in addition, the administration need coins myself so any religiously assuming organization would not pay directly in any way to violate their belief. so, instead, the insurers would be paying for. that i think the central point here is that women should decide for themselves and employees should decide for themselves what they need and what insurance coverage they need and the employer. >> and the services have nothing to do with the insurance policies fund a huge abortion fund which covers all sorts of elective abortions, not just contraceptions but and a religious freedom issue. the first amend thement is quite clear that there should be no laws enacted which prohibi

d.c. this was the scene in june after that big storm, the derecchio that ripped through the area. like many places in our region, the d.c. residents often say massive power outages and that is a costly solution. matt ackland explains tonight. >> reporter: residents of the district won't soon forget the powerful storm that hit in early july. and in just a few minutes, more than 1300 trees fill in the -- fell in the city causing major power outages. >> and that is to get someone here soon. >> reporter: mayor gray blasted pepco at the time. he lost power at his home like many others. >> they need to move faster. pepco's pace of restores power is unacceptable and the speed of their response is disappointing. how many times have we been through this before? >> the mayor promised action and on thursday, led a task force to focus on preventing power outages in the future and many believe underground power is the option. >> how will we pay for it? and in my interactions, they feel like they have met their obligation and paid the bills on time. >> reporter: pepco's ceo sat next to mayor gray during the discussion and ag

d.c. metro region. >>> three people are dead after a shoot outnear the texas a & m university campus. this happened yesterday afternoon when thomas kafall opened fire on officers serving him with appear eviction notice. >>> both president obama and the newly minted vice presidential candidate were on the campaign trail in iowa. president obama continues his three-day bus tour through iowa today and congressman ryan is heading to denver. >> some of you may have caught the new show hotel hell. it features celebrity chef gordon ramsey. >> he tries to help owners fix their rundown hotels and bed and breakfasts. >> reporter: gordon ramsey lend his black light and being% east to hotels and innkeepers in desperate need of help. he travels america and snakes shocking discoveries along the way. >> hotel hell will make sure the next time you check into a hotel, you will know what to look for, how much to pay and you can become a little bit more unique with the experience. the first thing i look for, cleanliness, politeness and a warm welcome. i mean a really warm welcome no matter how busy you

d.c. metro region. congressman gerald connolly, jim moran and frank wolf have sent a letter to the fcc complaining about those 911 outages and asking for help. >> there was an error in one of the -- air in one of the fuel lines in one of the generators and two, there was a second mechanism in one of the generators that caused it to automatically start when there's a power outage that also failed. what's most important to us is if your 911 call couldn't go through, we had a problem. >> the bottom line is does it work? the whole point of 911 is in an emergency it works. we could have had people die on the weekend of the derecho who needed emergency care. >> connolly, moran and wolf are asking the fcc to reconsider a regulation that was proposed after hurricane katrina. it would require telecommunications companies to provide at least eight hours of backup power at all cell sites. >>> fire ripped through an office building at fort belvoir in arlington today, sky fox over the screen as firefighters battled

region. >> there are new schools opening their doors, a bunch of new principals, and booming student enrollment. first day of class montgomery, frederick, charles, the district of columbia, and catholic schools in the d.c. archdiocese. >> reporter: good morning. all the bus routes as we can see behind me are in full swing. 6:30 right about the time when buses throughout the region are heading out and picking up students and getting them to school. right about 7:00 here at the walter johnson high school. and one of the people that they are happy to see happens to be dr. joshua star, the superintendent of montgomery schools. this is your second year. how is this year different for the you? >> i did a lot of listening and learning last year. it's taking what i've learned from the community about what people want to see in the schools and putting it into action. >> reporter: enrollment is a big deal. we're talking about a record year. my kids go to montgomery county schools. and i hear a lot of not necessarily complaints, but challenges with crowded classrooms. >> we have 149,000 kids this year. we're growing every year. we try to keep class size manageable. but it's a manner of money and space and we have

. >>> folks in the d.c. region are licking their chops.taurant week kicks off today. 200 restaurants offering special meal deals for the week. some of the area's top eateries are participating. for more information go to myfoxdc.com and click on web links. >> i just made my lunch plans. >> very good. >> i'm getting a discount to eat. >>> coming up next the make up artist to the stars kym lee is going to join us with a look at her work in "sparkle" with whitney houston. she is going to provide insight into whitney houston. >> and an australian adventure at the movement county fair. holly morris is live in gaithersburg with the details. >> hey, holly. >> reporter: we are going to have that aussie adventure but right now we are have another adventure, one of the many fun things you can find here at the montgomery county fair where we are live. why you and your family want to come out and experience this yourself. stay with us! this is the way to start the workday. ♪ [ music ] i'm drinking dunkin'. medium iced, cream and sugar. dunkin' iced al

. >> the d.c. regionly home to some of the best colleges in the nation; it's also home to some of the best college parties. according to a survey out by campus flash, six of the top 15 party dorms are located in this area. the list includes two dorms from the george washington university, and catholic university, one from georgetown and one from loyola college. >>> what is the best movie ever according to a recent film critic survey? tastes may be changing. the orson wells film "citizen kane" topped the survey insights and sounds magazine for 50 years but this year another movie took the title. alfred hitchcock's vertigo. best movie ever. >> ever. >> more than 800 movie experts participate in the poll once every decade. this year vertigo trumped it by many votes. >> i'm glad. i thought "citizen kane" was a little you know... i'm okay with it. >> i understand that. >> it seems like their readers need to be a little younger though because i don't know what else is on the list. >> but all time of all time? o

. >> there are a number available in the d.c. region at any time.casey was struggling working several jobs to make ends meet. one day he searched the internet for apps that can make you money. gig walk was among the results and he said it's made all the difference. today's mission? the one i'm doing today for you guys is take photos of georgetown university. two pictures of four different buildings so eight pictures altogether. usually i try to get one from the front, from the left-hand side, right-hand side, so always take more than two. make sure i'm in the right place. >> reporter: the gigs could be posted by an organization or company trying to check out their competition or by a business that wants to make sure its products are being placed properly in the store. >>> i did a few jobs for a company where you walk in where they have the seamless stickers. i did 100 of those. >> reporter: there are also gigs that involve going out to eat. >> and actually purchase the meal and give a review about it and you get reimbursed for the cost of the meal p

so how do we measure up in the d.c. region? we'll break down the numbers after the break. >> and as we head to the break... ♪ [ music ] >> ... here's a live look outside. that's a pretty picture, the sun coming through the clouds. >> majestic. >> we'll get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie coming up next. it's 13 after 7:00. we'll be right back. he's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. ♪[ music ] ♪ i got to go back, back to school ♪ >> all right. back now on "fox 5 morning news," we continue to celebrate back-to-school time. we're sharing your first day photos. she says

miscommunication between a supervisor at the reagan national tower and another at the regional center that directs approaches to d.c. controllers at reagan apparently never got clear instructions to reverse the direction of take-offs because of bad weather. so the regional control center sent landing planes directly into the flight path of departures. a formula for disaster. >> the faa says it will get to the bottom of the miscommunication and it also wants to know why it learned about this incident from a reporter and not from its controllers or supervisors. i spoke at a background meeting of controllers and they reminded me just how difficult and tense their job is and how proud they were that while it may have been a mistake today, it was a front-line controller who averted disaster. >> jim, thanks to you. >>> now to the major security breech forcing the government to shut down a nuclear weapons site tonight. take a look at this picture. she is the reason why. an 82-year-old nun who cut through fences, got through hi-tech security. why? what does it say about how secure our sites are? >> reporter: this nun did w

prices in the core of the region, d.c., arlington, and alexandria all saw a housing boom in 2005. a big powerball ticket drawing tonight. >> are you buying a ticket? >> i think so. correct the jackpot is an estimated $320 million. they expect to sell 2100 tickets a minute in virginia alone. we will reveal the winning powerball numbers tonight on abc 7 news at 11. >> are you going to play? >> absolutely. >> 5:35 right now, 69 degrees. >> still ahead, how local community is helping a young boy at bank of america, we're continuing to lend and invest in the people, businesses, and organizations that call greater washington home. whether it's funding an organization that provides new citizens with job training, working with an anacostia school that promotes academic excellence or supporting an organization at serves 5,000 meals a day across d.c., what's important to the people of greater washington is important to us, and we're proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger. >> this is nibbles the bunny. we are at the montgomery county agricultural fair. we'll be

d.c. area, you can see the number of planes in that region right now. jim avila reports on the planes coming too close for comfort and the new questions over who is watching out for the passengers. >> reporter: drama at 1,800 feet over washington's potomac river. >> stand by. we're trying to figure this out for you. stand by. >> reporter: in full view of the faa control tower. a commuter airliner takes off in the wrong direction while a second jet is cleared to land on the same runway. a near miss. serious danger of a possible collision. with one plane a mere 800 feet higher than the other and less than a mile away. traveling at a combined speed of 300 miles per hour. that's moments apart. >> in an airport traffic area, somewhere between 10, 15, and 12 seconds. >> reporter: but before the jets can intersect, an alert controller standing right here, orders the landing pilot flying u.s. air flight 3329 to immediately change course. >> 3329 turn right, heading 1-8-0. and we were clear at the river back there. what happened? >> reporter: the plane turns rig

this was the scene after the june derecchio rind through our area, like so many places in the region. d.c. residents face massive power outages following major storms and there may be one solution but it's an

region. except in d.c., where it jumped up to 90. we have an east wind continuing.e expect more of a south wind today. continuing to be generally out of the east and southeast, which kept us from getting very hot. that's going to change over the next few days. as pretty warm temperatures in the low to mid-90s, we expect to be probably in the low to mid-90s in the next few days. and just a slight chance as this area of low pressure kind of moves off, we're getting some sinking air, which means the chances of showers aren't as great as they were, like yesterday. but to the west of us, still some showers. we could still see a shower or thunderstorm around the region later tonight. now, as that front kind of moves through the area, it will kind of break up. high pressure moves in. and the winds go more to the southwest. here comes additional heat. friday and saturday. probably in the low 90s. and just a minute ago, literally just a minute ago, tropical depression 5. winds at 35, heading out to the west and northwest, heading out at 18. it's about 850 miles east of the w

the screen after the june derecho ripped through our area and like so many other places in this region, d.c. residents often face massive power outages following major storms. there may be one solution, but it's expensive. fox 5's matt ackland explains. >> reporter: residents of the district won't soon forget the powerful storm that hit in early july. in just a few minutes more than 1,300 trees fell causing major power outages. >> let's get someone out here as soon as possible. >> reporter: mayor gray lost power at his home like so many others. >> they need to move faster. pepco's pace of restoring power to me anyway is unacceptable and the speed of their response has been disappointing and how many times have we been through this before? >> reporter: mater prompted action and on thursday led -- the mayor promised action and on thursday led a task force to prevent power outages in the future. many believe underground lines is the only option. >> the question is how we will pay for? i know supermarkets and other places feel they've met their obligation. they paid their bills on time. >> repo

. >> like so many other places in the region, d.c. residents often face massive power outages following the storms. there may be a solution to this problem though but it is probably an expensive one. matt ackland takes a look. >> reporter: residents of the district won't soon forget the powerful storm that hit in early july. in just a few minutes, more than 1300 industries fell in the city causing major power outages. >> let's get someone out here soon and as quickly as possible. the time is overdue. >> reporter: mayor gray even blasted pepco at the time. he lost power at his home like so many others. >> they need to move faster. pepco's pace of restoring power to me anyway is unacceptablened the speed of their response has been disappointing and how many times have we been through this before. rotor mayor promised acts and on thursday led a task force to focus on preventing power outages in the future. many believe underground power is the only option. >> the $64,000 question is how will we pay for it? i know in my interactions with

d.c. is great for government jobs. that's a given. but did you know that the region has also become a hot bed for technology start-ups. the national venture capital association ranked the top ten cities for start-ups. in the country for our partners at "u.s.a. today" and washington, d.c. came in at number five. we are particularly strong when it comes to business-to- business start-ups. the region now home to shopping powerhouse living social and troop swap which is a daily deal section for the military. >>> the middle class is getting smaller. in the u.s. middle-income earners are defined those making from $39,000 to $118,000 a year for a family of three. the middle class shrank to 51% of adults last year from 61% set back in 1971. >>> if you have a company laptop, you could be putting your business at risk and you don't even know it. out of the 60 or rather 26% of workers who reported having office laptops, 61% have critical sensitive information stored on them. here's the problem. a significant number of these workers may be putting their company or themselves at

d.c. area still at the lowest jobless rate among the nation's top cities. the regionad a 5.7% unemployment rate. in d.c. it was 9.1%. suburban maryland came in lower at 6.2%. northern virginia had the lowest jobless rate in the region at 4.5%. >>> wouldn't it be great to be in two places at once? well, microsoft is working on a robot that will allow people to do just that. here's the downside, though. some offices could be run by a virtual boss when the real manager is on vacation. at microsoft's research hardware lab, engineers are working on how to be in two places at once. one idea is to have cameras on a robot so you can monitor the office at a distance. >>> thanks, jess. >>> it is 6:38. in nine minutes, a little morning magic. learn where you can see a live performance and it includes happy hour. >> howard says weather won't make you happy. hot, humid, 9 0s. a couple of -- 90s. a couple of storms here and there. keep it right here. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mit

region. south of d.c., next few hours maybe a few showers there. it's also going to slide off to the east. maybe a shower in extreme southern maryland. and the lower eastern shore before things begin to dry out. enough for things to just clear out. overnight tonight. that weak area of high pressure gives us a nice day tomorrow. most of wednesday looks pretty good. by late wednesday and thursday, this high moves back off the east coast. winds go back to the southwest. and here comes more humidity with that next front. maybe a shower by late wednesday night. better chance on thursday or friday, as that front comes through the area. and looks like it will begin to dry out again for the weekend. so a chance of more thundershowers, thursday into friday. maybe even into saturday before it begins to clear out. southeast winds. it will start off in the north. becoming southeast to east, 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, still nice and warm. for tonight, it will be clear to partly cloudy. but lower humidity making it more comfortable. upper 60s. low to mid-60s in some cooler suburban areas. sun and clouds.

some news about the regions of unemployment numbers. d.c. drop to 8.9%. the lowest level in more than three years. maryland's unemployment raised by 7%. and -- is just under 6%. having around the nation, air raids happening in dallas targeting mosquitoes. >> the west nile virus has killed 12 people and now. >> overnight the war on west nile virus doubled in size. two warplanes added to the fleet spring within 100,000 acres of land in dallas county. the target -- mosquitos. the worst ever break out of west nile virus. half are in the dallas. they have. has already left 10 dead and more than 200 ill. >> you do not need to know any more. >> this is the first time in almost half a center that dallas county has taken to the air to spray pesticides. this has some residents on edge. >> recovered are part of the yard. just to be extra safe. court's others are more concerned about the virus carrying mosquitos than the strong chemicals used to kill them. >> i do not want anybody to get this. if it means that they have to go and spray it do it. >> spring will resume