holly we've been very impressed with these young people.y're doing some great work. >> reporter: they are doing great work. and we had such an opportunity this morning because that was a breakfast meet and greet and that's when we got to meet the five finalist. and now it's down to brass tax. the competition is going on. each team takes their design up there. and they have 15 minutes to present and then they switch out. this is an all-day thing and the winner will be announced at 3:00 this afternoon. now this is called the ability one national engineering design challenge and competitions like this can't happen unless there are wonderful groups and organizations that sponsor them. and the director joinsme this morning. >> good morning, holly. >> reporter: tell us what this program is all about. >> generally the ability one program is a program designed to find employment opportunities for people with disabilities who wouldn't have employment otherwise. and the strange thing is that most people haven't heard of it but almost everybody in the

holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is an important month and there is a very special date and time frame that is celebrating the 50th anniversary. it was february 1st, 1960, when four young black men sat down at a counter in woolworths in greensboro. and they were asked to leave and they didn't. after that sit-in, that protest, it proved successful. it sparked a wave of young people to protest against civil rights or for civil rights and woolworths was desegregated. and here a portion of the counter sits in the american history museum they are having special events. a lot of reasons for you to come down here and be a part of the history. chris wilson is the director of african-american programs. it's good to see you again. this is a big month for you. you have a lot going on. >> we do. we have programs related to the lunch counter. and we have brought that strategy and planning that folks have had to do to get the lunch counter sit-ins going, we bring that to live. we'll take visitors through a tranning session on h

. >>> holly is at the fashional engineering design challenge in arlington. we always listen to you. >> reporter: you shouldn't be listening to me. you should be listening to the young people i'm with and because they are truly are the brightest and best. coming up we'll tell you about the engineering design challenge and not only will we show you what they've come up with but i think you'll be impressed with who the devices help. it's all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. pillsbury crescent rolls, so warm, light, flaky... you'll never have to call them to the dinner table twice as simple as bake them, frost them, devour them. this sunday delight your family with pillsbury. >>> think green and sporty. honda's new crx hybrid goes on sale. it will go into distribution in the u.s. midyear. prices haven't been decided yet. >>> a new weapon in finding terror at the nation's airports as new body machines are being rolled out starting at the boston logan airport. they can detect objects hidden under a passenger clothes and show a detailed view of the bo

hi, holly. we'll hear from holly coming up after the break.be you did not know about before and it's cool. that's all coming up. ♪ [ female announcer ] discover black silk from folgers... ♪ with bold rich flavor that's exceptionally smooth. wake up to black silk. like 2009 h1n1, wash your hands and get your flu shot. regularly disinfect surfaces. and talk to your friends about doing the same. let's help spread protection against flu viruses like 2009 h1n1. you'll never have to call them to the dinner table twice as simple as bake them, frost them, devour them. this sunday delight your family with pillsbury. they come in all colors. pink is for piano lessons, except for when it means pot roast. green is for groceries, girls night out or going to the arc.... yesterday is so yesterday. merge your facebook, outlook and family calendars into o calendar. the palm pre plus is the first 3g smartphone smart enough to keep up with mom- just $149.99 on the network with the most 3g coverage: verizon. >>> a medical journalist retracting an article from 1 y

we'll talk to holly coming up. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: did the waltons take way too long to say goodnight? mom: g'night john boy. g'night mary ellen. mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. jim bob:'nht. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. no secrets. i take care of myself, and i eat yoplus. it has the great taste of yoplait, plus antioxidants, plus fiber and probiotics, plus calcium and vamin d. this new yoplus gives me pro+active nutrition. when you've got yoplus, you don't need secrets. try new yoplus for free at yoplus.com... and plus up your yogurt. >>> good morn b everybody. on this friday morning, when a huge snowstorm is going to hit, what better place for me to be live unanimous noah? that's what we're talking about today. and they have a whole new ex

and this holly, i'm holly.t you. >> nice to meet you. >> she is with noah's national ocean service. >> good morning. tell me about the sea >>> it's pulse of our ocean. explains how we do that through observations through space and on the water. we do it through things like. this is actually located in alaska and it takes a lot of fish observations, we can provide general information back to the public. the public can go and collect information on the fish throughout the united states. and we do nautical charts. no noah provides the charts. >> why they do everything for safety. not only for people, but for the planet itself. >> absolutely. and that's where we move to next. talk about when we take the ocean, we see hear areas that maybe the ocean isn't feeling well. we do the same thing and work on that. one thing i want to point out, marine debris, you really don't want to sit around cigarette butts. we develop programs to prevent and reduce the impacts. we like to advocate that people reduce, reuse and recycle

the actress was found dead in her holly woods home in december. according to an assist tan coroner no illegal drugs were involved. she was using a pain reliever for menstrual cramps and an antibiotic and cough medicine. >>> florida officials say a man was killed by a shark attack off the atlantic case. 38-year-old steven howard schaffer was kite boarding yesterday when a lifeguard spotted him in trouble about 500 feet offshore. he paddled out on a large surfboard and found schaffer surrounded by sharks. schaffer died at a hospital. experts say he's the first person killed in a shark attack in florida in five years. >>> dubai's government is reporting the discovery of its first new offshore oil field in decades. a statement from the city state's ruler gives no details on the size or potential of the fine but promises it will, quote, boost the economic capabilities of dubai. a million year building boom and bust coupled with shrinking reserves has left dubai with $80 billion in debt. wolf? >> they could use some of that oil. abu dhabi has a lot of o

so, what we're going to do is turn this into a hold holly pop.st gently remove one out of the two bones and what you are left with is a beautiful lollipop. if you try to copy this, i'm going to come after you. hit it with flour. we're going to go to the deep fryer. just hit them with our famous hot sauce. just a touch of butter. toss them up a little bit. serve with the homemade blue cheese and you're ready to go. game day. i was a busboy and one morning the breakfast line cook di't show up. and the owner was walking around this local diner, freaking out. i kept looking at him, i said, i can can do it. he's like, you're a busboy, what are you talking about? i said, i can do it, it's eggs, toast, i can do it. after not much of a choice, he said, do it, get back there. i did it, i was making apple fritters for the regular customers, he was like what's going on here? and everybody really enjoyed that and since then i haven't looked back. what we have here is a six ounls patty. a little dijon mustard. it cooks up into the burger. the burger has been

it becomes a situation where stephen hollis captured by august schiffer. and august schiffer and howard chappell are effectively doing one another behind the lines. it becomes this giant cat and mouse chase as to who will find you first. and chappell is being hunted left and right by schiffer's men. and tragically, during this time period, stephen hall is tortured, water boarded, he was balled up and tortured. it doesn't reveal much. it's largely an effect it, but tortured and then killed i august schiffer. and what happens is that crime creates this thing called war crimes case number 36, where we have in august schiffer's own words exactly what he did on a daily basis. so this book is in their own words, not only in the american words, but also the worst of the germans as well as the italian partisans that were there. the manhunt continues and chappell does some of the most extraordinary things. he tries to basically -- he takes out a bridge, single-handedly, where he storms across it, heavily defended ridge with a tommy gun and captures most of the brid

i'm holly morris and i know there are a lot of kids home today because of the snow, which, lucky forou. because i'm going to show you something that you're going to want to make your parents bring to you. because we are live at the smithsonian national museum of american history. and we are in the spark lab. it is super hands on for kids and where they can become their own inventors. in fact, resident eccentric steve is mad at work to show you how things happen here and how we can all have that eureka moment where we might create something that changes the world. and another reason year here is because 50 years ago this week the greensboro lunch counter sit-in happened. part of the counter is here. and we'll see that. and some of the special things surrounding that anniversary and the fact it's black history month. so we have a whole lot going on. >> it sounds like fun on a snowy day for children and parents. >>> now to a new york landmark. yesterday was the umpire state run-up. more than 200 people sprinted up 86 flights. the stairwell is only wide enough for two people at a time. a

[laughter] >> in holly and recognize a flawed public defender system is a flawed criminal-justice system and you can't have a functioning criminal justice system if you don't have a good public defender. don't accept higher caseloads and aim high. >> a transcending policy value that makes it creates a safe place for bipartisan cooperation and cultivates the climate for legislators can hopefully enact practical public policy. >> more leadership from prosecutors and prosecutors would speak about the importance to the general public. i think it would make a difference. more leadership from the federal government, which i heard this morning, and i should say keep it up and it was wonderful to hear. and resources, lots of resources. did i say resources? resources. thank you triet [applause] >> thank our panelists. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we are adjourned until the 10:45 workshops. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] and now more from the justice department conference held yesterday with a discussion on ways to improve and change the ju

. >> holly record book you could say.y first batman comic book sold for more than a million dollars. jon: whoa. jane: i bet you are comic book kid. jon: not so much. jane: i'm a little geeky. might have have a few in the library. taking away the most expensive book set by superman just a couple days ago. by the way jon knows i'm kidding. jon: you're kidding come on. jane: they both original sold, jennifer, 10 cents each? >> you're saying jon is super anchor. jon: now i wish i had been a comic book kid. >> we put him in a comic book. jon: i was around in 190 when those things came out. >> the last time this comic book changed hands is 40 years ago. the seller of the comic book just recently, bought it for $100. now it is selling for more than a million. but part of the reason why this comic book went for so many money is that the superman comic book sold just a couple days ago, broke the record with a million dollar price tag. and, that was three times higher than that comic book ever had sold for before. it was a game-cha

i think we need to restore the smoot holly -- smoot-hawley tariff act and eliminate nafta, cafta, etc, and renegotiate any trade deal we have with a foreign country and let it be done by way of treaties and not so-called agreements. a treaty would require a two- thirds majority. correct me -- host: do you think that could work its way through the senate? caller: a good question. we do have some people good people in the senate, byron dorgan. i don't know about most of the others. . caught up in the tree frayed nonsense, which in my book, it should be fair trade. host: columnist paul krugman writes in this morning -- six louis on the democrats' line about trade and jobs. -- st. louis. caller: it will not do anything until we get rid of cafta awnd nafta, which bill clinton really loved. our senators and congressman, they don't work for the people any more. so i'm not looking for any trade agreements that will bring jobs to our country unless you are in the military industrial complex. if we are not using depleted uranium and dropping an innocent people we are not doing anything. i don't

. >> the highway trust fund will require $10 billion. 8 billion would be for hollis -- highways, 1 billionwe will have a more precise estimate of that figure. >> our highway people are in communication all the time in terms of what the plans are. so it is not as if we are not providing technical assistance, and it is not as if they do not know at some point congress will pass a transportation bill. we're working with them, and some stimulus money have been done with authorization. >> i think the problem is the commitment we have at the current baseline levels. but the fact of the matter is, if we're talking about that, the money is not authorized, there is no plan. $8 billion for highways, another building for mass transit coming out of the general fund. it will work with the plan if in fact we have certainty, but i do not see any effort to do that. >> it does not sound like the fact of the matter. last fiscal year, this fiscal year, they are going into next year, and that was jim filing down outside. how can we move the ball? forward with,(lan. >> the president has asked congress for an 1