holly morris joins us live from the kennedy center with more. holly?out the addams family, you know that there is no hotter romance than that between gomez and morticia. when it comes to the musical, it also centers around creepy wednesday falling in love with a "normal guy." no dad likes to see their daughter fall in love with anybody, including gomez. this is douglas sills, and dare i say, bonjour mon ami. >> it's the morning show. >> reporter: it's later in the day somewhere in the world. thank you for joining us. the show is fun. >> high five. i like to hear that. >> reporter: i saw people in the audience laughing, connecting reliving the slow they loved back then, but young people liking it, too. >> everybody gets to see the characters they fell in love with, but in a new setting. young people that don't know the family very well are going to enjoy it and all the references are modern. >> reporter: talk about the show in terms of when it first hit broadway. had big names out there, nathan lane and didn't do well. >> it did well enough to run for a

holly morris, fox 5 news. >>> the washington monument could be closed until 2014, thanks to last year'st quake national park service is accepting bids to repair the monument they hope it will start this september, it will require massive scaffolding and take 12 to 18 months to complete. >>> heck of a lights show last night went on for an hour at my house. >> those were bad storms once again, 102 degrees yesterday brian, plenty of atmosphere fuel for these storms we saw that terrible micro burst damage in fled ricks burg. -- fredericksburg. we are getting a pass on the strong storms tonight we need it. outside the sun popped out, the boundary was making its way down to the south but the sun is out now and temperatures have responded and we did climb into the mid-and upper 80s, took until later this afternoon to get there, where it was sunnier, of course, especially to our north, out there a little we recallier today, let's talk about wealther -- earlier today. let's talk about weather headlines. 102 today, 105 saturday. next several days temperatures will stay close to average or just a

in annandale, holly morris, fox 5. >>> after the storm, the weather is still sticky. folks without power looking for relief and let's look at the forecast with gary. >> reporter: thank you, brian. thunderstorms are out there this afternoon and this evening. i want to focus on this quickly on radar. the storms are coming out of pennsylvania and just went severe for fullton, franklin, and adams county, southern pennsylvania. they're headed towards hagerstown. headed to hagerstown at 25 miles an hour and gusty winds, heavy rain. lindsay. >>> thank you, gary. coming up in sports, one american is left standing at wimbledon and plus does davie johnson not want the 10-year- old star to be an all-star? we'll hear from the skipper in sports as the news edge at 6 continues. ntinues.  . >>> maryland's attorney general is investigating reports of gas gouging across the state. the attorney general's office received multiple complaints citing gas stations in beltsville, college park and the arundel mills area. as it stands, maryland doesn't have a specific law against p

. ♪ >> reporter: this saturday marks the 182nd anniversary of belgian national day. >> fox 5's holly morrisng all about belgian's role in our area. she's at the belgian embassy. holly, we keep hearing this nice piano music. is that coming from the embassy? someone playing piano there? >> reporter: no, i think it's coming from wisconsin avenue there. thank you for adding in beautiful belgian music. if you want to learn about the country of belgian, who would you learn from other than the ambassador himself. we have a 9:45 appointment with him, and i think he's ready for us. hello, mr. ambassador. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: thank you so much for giving us time today. >> you are so welcome. we are very happy to have you here in the same week we celebrate our national day. welcome to my office. >> reporter: is your office always this clean or did you clean it up for us? >> i cleaned it up for you. >> reporter: i love a man that's honest. how do you usually start your day? >> we try to be here, my day starts early at home, read your newspapers and personal mails already and come to the offi

holly morris joins us live from the national building museum.ooks like fun. >> reporter: it is a lot of fun. it's cool what you can learn while you're here. the national building museum put a call out to the top firms in our area and said, we want you to do a hole for us. be creative. design something fun. they have done just that. each and every hole here is unique. you're not going to find it anywhere else. it all has some kind of educational component behind it, or inspiration behind it being maybe a project that's actually going on in our area as we speak. and that is the case with this hole right here. and my two guests, ashton allen and monique keith for studios architecture. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> reporter: fun different project for you all. >> definitely. we love participating in events with the building museum. when they asked us to do something for mini golf we thought, it's a great opportunity for us to showcase a project that's under construction now, and it's perfect for golf. it's got a lot of slopes and a

in washington fox news. >>> still ahead, drama and humour for all ages holly morris gives us a sneakeek at the latest cast of characters that checked into the verizon center. >>> we are getting a break from the heat and as well, from the wet weather. i will let you know what to expect today as well as the 5 day forecast. we will be back after the break  >> more now on breaking news from the top of the hour. penn state remove add statue of famed coach joe paterno outside of beaver stadium. 20 police officers and 20 construction workers barricaded both sides to have street and sidewalk to help keep things orderly we will show you a picture now of where that statue used to stand you can me longer there. the status to have statue had been the focus of kittings since a report was -- critics since a report was released alleging cover up by paterno and others allowing sandusky to continue molestic boys. one more chapter the sad saga of penn state coming to a close this morning. >>> here at home melanie, we are starting to get a break from all the wet weather we are getting a break from tri

their summer out of the classroom and inside the real excavation of a 17th century estate. >> holly morris. mary's city in maryland with more. hey, holly. >> reporter: the stories our stuff can tell, that's what this is really about. they are indeed undigging treasures in historic st. mary's city, the first state house and they're learning all about a city that they knew was here. we just don't have papers to tell us about it. that's where dr. henry miller comes in, the director of research. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: what a puzzle you've been asked to solve. >> it's a huge one. entire vanished city, over 300 years ago, and not a map, not even good written descriptions. so it's in the ground. that's where our answers lie. >> reporter: you have found answers. how many objects have you pulled out of the ground so far? >> so far, about 5 million. >> reporter: wow! >> there's many more out there. >> reporter: it takes all to really get the full picture, right? >> absolutely. every clue is valuable. you never know how the pieces are going to go together until you get it out and

holly morris is there to tee off. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you.aple, right? do you know what the best thing is about this golf course? it's in air conditioning. this is a wonderfully cool place to play, and every single hole is cool of itself. i think a lot of people, even though this just opened july 4th, right? >> yes. >> reporter: have discovered this is the place to play miniature golf. >> yes. i think we've seen over 4500 people at this point. it's been just over 10 days and people have been patient and they're having a great time playing, for young and old. >> reporter: easy to be patient when you're cool. >> exactly. >> reporter: it's a great idea. tell me how this thing came about. >> sure. the building museum obviously known for fun, family friendly activities, as well as great exhibits, we were looking for something fun this summer, a little different, indoors, cool, literally and figuratively. we thought why don't we go to the wonderful architecture firms, designers and see if they wanted to develop this course. >> reporter: like a norm

holly morris is with julie zetlin live in northwest. >> reporter: good morning.e at vida fitness, the penthouse pool area. we are talking all things team u.s.a. with julie zetlin. she's 22 years old. beautiful. and ready to head to london to represent our nation. how long have you been training for this moment? >> it's hard to exactly say how long, but i've been doing gymnastics for 18 years, so it's been a long journey. >> reporter: at what point did you say, you know what, i want to go to the olympics? >> it was always a dream of mine since i was little, but probably became a real when i was a senior level gymnast, probably around 16 years old. >> reporter: let's let everybody know how good you are. you've heard me say she's the first time to represent the team since 2004. you're a bit of a trail blazer in this sport, for us? >> you know, it's weird to think of myself that way, but you know, it was a big deal to make the olympics for team u.s.a. this time around. >> reporter: why you? why were you able to make that leap? >> well, i've been around for a while, a

holly morris joins us from arlington. >> reporter: good morning. they call it renewal and remembrance. it's the 16th year that planet has done this. many of the professionals that come out that donate of their time bring their children. they make this an opportunity for them to give back as well. roger phelps is on the boards of planet. he is also a u.s. navy veteran. thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> thank you for what is going on here. i know each day it's important to you to be a part of the kid element of this day. talk to me about that. >> it's so important that our children learn what it means to serve. there is all kinds of different service. military service but what this represents today is a different kind of service. this is the service that their parents did with the landscape industry, installing plants, creating the types of environments that give back to the planet but to the psychology of the people that come here and how important the beautiful bed is to somebody who is visiting one of the people inturd here. >> the kids

i'm holly morris live in falls church this morning, with a look at with a you may be facing as you headthank you, holly. melanie alnwick is live with damage this morning, so is tucker barnes. >> plus, a gas shortage in the washington area. how long it will last and what you can do to avoid problems. we're checking in live with aaa. >> fireworks and the 4th, you may enjoy them, but chances are your pets are scared. tips for a stress-free pet at your party. >> speaking of parties, if you want to wow your guests, we've got a chef here. she will be cooking lobster burgers in studio b. lobster! >> little relief with the food. >> ready for that. >>> the entire d.c. region feeling the impact of friday's severe storms of course. >> we have live team coverage. tucker barnes is covering weather from northwest d.c. julie wright has the latest on the roads. and holly morris and melanie alnwick are checking the damage in virginia and maryland. let's begin now with tucker in d.c. good morning, tucker. >> reporter: i can tell you standing in the hot sun, i think they're warming up. couple of hours ago

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holly morris is live in falls church this morning with the t holly? >> reporter: well, the situation here is another powerless situation in falls church where we are live this morning. we've got traffic lights out, a boil water advisory is on. we'll give you the information you need to know to get through yet another trying day as our coverage of the storm's aftermath continues here on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.  >>> before we get to weather and traffic, let's get you caught up on the work and school situation. federal government is open today with an unscheduled leave and unscheduled telework policy in effect. nonemergency federal workers must notify work if they plan to take leave or telework. meantime, maryland state workers can also use liberal leave. the d.c. government is open. montgomery county government is open. fridge county government is open with liberal leave for employees. >> let's tuck about schools now for a minute. the following public school systems and their summer programs are closed today. d.c. public scho

i'm holly morris. how about starting your day off with that beautiful picture.look at the southwest water front, where we are live, and where we are hanging at the washington castle stadium on the wharf. picturesque and perfect place to play with the hottest ticket in town as the washington capitals are back in action. the capitals are coming off that undefeated season last year where they took the whole title, second time in only their five years of existence and they're hoping to repete this year. we've got the owner coming out. he's going to talk about the outlook for the season. we have pace, the captain of the team. he also is maybe going to give us a tip or two on our serve. and let's see, down there we got murphy jensen, the coach, always charismatic. he'll be hanging out as well, giving us all the reasons you need to come out. the season wraps up in a week. four games left, so you need to come out and have a whole lot of fun. >> sounds like a good time. thank you. let's say hello to today's eboo jason tells us he and his wife allison dig our show and we

we go for holly morris at the springfield office on backlick wood. >> reporter: good morning to you. these crews really have been doing a herculean job and they have been doing it day in and day out since the storm sit. there are many more days to come. dan jenes seventy with is virginia dominion power. he joins me this morning. let's verdict fight numbers. >> we are down in the northern region about 179,000 cut mir still without power. >> reporter: so your goal was to get about 08 to 58% back online by tonight. >> we are almost there. we may be there. i'm not a mathematician. >> reporter: but you are making progress. >> we are definitely making progress. >> today, we wanted to kind of go through the day in the life of the crews here because i think it is hard to people to understand what it is these crews face each and every day. so how does the day start here and how do you go about determining where you're going to go? >> we have planner whose work all night long and they look at what work is left out there and they put that together in packages and so for each crew, when they com

holly morris will show us a whole new twist on mini golf. interesting.ght back [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women, planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris on this monday. you and i have a tea time and you won't believe where it is. we are live from the national museum. it's the coolest two holes you've ever seen. this morning we're going to play the course, talk to the curator why they decided to do this, and most importantly find out how you can take a shot at it yourself. sarah, wisdom? >>> sounds good, thank you. >> best k

holly morris is live at the old dominion speedway with the need for speed. hi, holly. >>reporter: that's what they say, tony, all those other sports, they're just games. we're talking about racing and wreckin'. no better way to spend a saturday night, even more so here at old dominion speedway as they are gearing up for the third annual nascar day all for a good cause. coming up live later, we're going to have our own mock race plus tell you too how you can get behind the wheel of a race car. it's all ahead on fox 5 morning news. look at that, the pace car is even running. 3q every day, an average of 5,000 people switch from cascade to finish dishwasher detergent. that's about 150,000 a month, over 2 million people so far. with finish quantum you get incredibly clean, sparkling dishes without having to rinse them first. now see for yourself why millions have switched to finish. join the finish revolution. and now you can try finish quantum for free. visit us on facebook. >>> as we mentioned earlier, redskins fans are breathing a sigh of relief. yes. >> robert griffs fi

holly morris will head out with them as they attempt to turn on the lights for people in springfield to give us a firsthand look at exactly what it is like to take on such a massive job. >>> new video into our newsroom this morning. water spilling from a large sinkhole in college park. it is happening along hollywood road near route one in college park. wssc says it is the result of an eight-inch water main break. so water has been shut down in the area impacting about 15 customers. we are told at one point a pepco truck got stuck in the hole but it was able to get out. crews are headed to the scene to repair the road. >>> also new this morning, d.c. police want you to take a look at this surveillance video. it shows 405 men breaking into francis gregory library in southeast. they start by peering into the window and then they smash one and get inside. you can see them stealing computer monitors. the burglary happened last tuesday, june 26th around 5:30 in the morning. >>> imagine being stranded at an airport for nearly an entire day. it has happened to some people. it is not fun. up

later, we're going to check inng with holly morris, live at ther, city open.pe checking out a differentnd oo competition. holly? >> reporter: they have a lot going on here!! world class tennis, and worldwo class cuisine, competitions involving both. we are live in the court side cafe. tell you firsthand how e both, u should experience both, startint tonight. it's all right next. next. wow, look at this bed! this nightstand! this wardrobe! what are you doing here? you're in ikea. my dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. >>> holly is live with they is details, hey, holly. >> reporter: good morning, thist is not just an app world tourd event, it is officially also a wta tour event, which means you can come out here and see the best men and women take to the court. this is such a wonderful experience. they have expanded it.it jeff joins me in the court side cafe where the air conditioning works so well, i had to put myt jacket on. n. you

and holly morris is showing off her green thumb, maybe both of them.s on what to add to your garden late in the game to keep it looking great. time now, 8:20. oreo and dunkin' are the perfect match for the perfect moment. enjoy the new oreo coolatta and donut today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> everyone they say wants their 15 minutes of fame. >> even felines. a reporter from grand rapids, a live tease for the morning news, and got a surprise visit from a cat hanging by. the cat climbed up and sat on her shoulder. you have to give her credit for keeping her cool. >> how did she keep her cool so much? >> i don't know. i would like to see a cat jump on your shoulder. >> you know i would possibly be fired depending on my reaction. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so would tucker and i. we'd be laughing so hard. >> yeah. good for her. that's bizarre. >> it was a cute cat. >> it was. >>> coming up, heat and age. >> what you need to know about the impact the rising mercury can have on your body and it does depend on how old you are. that's the new information. we'll be

holly morris is in northwest d.c.wers and more. >> reporter: tony, i have the answers, including the answer as to what jean claude van dam is doing now. in 2011 he was the voice of master croc in kung fu panda ii and was offered the role, he turned it down, but word on the street, he'll be in ex spendables 2. >> he should be. >> reporter: in addition to that, you can have jean claude van dam on saturday thanks to this guy here. good morning to you. that is the name of your mussel dish, right? >> for saturday, right. >> reporter: anybody can do mussels in white wine. >> absolutely. >> reporter: you're kicking it up a notch. >> we have the beer, balances well with the mussels and bacon. adds a great element to the dish. >> reporter: mussels will take on the favor of what you're cooking them in? >> in you can make a great soup or broth, you can probably make a good mussel dish. >> reporter: hard to cook them, easy to cook them? slow and -- >> everybody has their own methods. i use the saute method, some use the steaming

. >> holly morris is going right along with a dominion virginia power crew and will get and00- close look at what it takes to do the job. >> they are probably saying how can i live 30 minutes from the president and not have power for days and days. there is a reason for that. we have looked a lot at what customers are facing each and every day when they don't have power. butt crews are facing a lot as well. we want to give them a voice and see what it is they have to tackle. we are going to head over to the district office and we'll start our morning there. they be, the crews are going to roll out and we are going to go along with them. we'll see what they see from the time they arrive on site to the time that they leave. hopefully that will happen in one location by 10:00 a.m. this morning. we have a long news prament so we'll see actually firsthand how long it takes. there are thicks they have to face. they have to prepare the site. we take all of that for granted. we don't really understand. -- we have a long news program. with dominion virginia, their goal is to have 08 to 85% of

. >> holly morris joins us. ennis. >> he sees them now, though, holly. >> reporter: you see them, and you see the coach there. he's a lthe cheerleaders were h year. they've only been around five years, and they've won the whole thing two times, so they deserve cheerleaders and more. >> we're living the dream! >> reporter: murphy was complaining about coming up early until these three lovely ladies showed up. >> talking about this perfect season in d.c., and what's wrong with that? >> reporter: it really is perfect. doesn't matter who is playing -- >> or what time. holly, you're a big kastle game. >> reporter: actually, the cheerleaders are here. we thank them for coming out because it adds to this rock and roll tennis that makes it so much fun. >> it's all about the atmosphere. what they bring to the tennis here, i keep reminding them, we defeat our opponents with the fans, the music, the girls, and our team before they get here, because it's kind of like a rock concert. not quite a kiss concert, but definitely s

fox5's holly morris joins us live from historic st. mary's city. holly?porter: if there was any interview you would want to get in 1633, what do you think it would be? >> with the governor. >> the first governor. >> reporter: the first governor of the state of maryland. who happens to be here now, live on fox 5. leonard calvert, good morning to you. >> good day to you. >> reporter: i know it's busy being first governor. >> without a doubt. >> reporter: you're taking time to play games with us. >> i heard you would be here so i did want to take respite from my normal duties. i rarely get a chance to play. >> reporter: what have you been dealing with? >> you have no idea. all of the challenges. new laws, new land, new people it seems to be. my goodness, for instance it makes so sense to have a law about how fast a horse and cart can go down the city street. very good. if you have no streets and very few horses and carts. so we have to adapt the laws to what we have here. >> reporter: i understand you selected this site as the first capital. what did you lik

holly morris joins us from arlington national cemetery with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are talking about a big day of charity. 400 members. 50 children coming out later to take part. they are giving of materials and their time and service and it's to renew this wonderful monument of arlington national cemetery and remember obviously those who have given the ultimate sacrifice and those buried here. phil fogerty is a member. he has organized the event in the past. good morning. >> good morning, holly. >> reporter: thanks for coming out on this soggy day albeit cooler. >> we will take it. >> reporter: explain what will go on today. this is no token giving here. there is real work that will happen. >> yeah. for 16 years we have been coming out to arlington every year. it has grown. we have done more acres and things. at one time it was lawn care then tree care and irrigation system is being reworked here. the scope of work continues to grow as does the folks that come out to do it. >> obviously everyone here that lives in our are

. >> holly morris joins usually from historic mount vernon. never had a piece of cherry pie?are you sure? are you sure american? they have a naturalization. >> i thought it was apple pie. >> apple pie, cherry pie. >> maybe today i'll do it for george washington. >> you know what goes great with pie? ice cream. they are making ice cream here today. that's one new events they are having here as part of their 4th of july celebration at mount vernon. they are having a naturalization ceremony, military music and reenactments and all the daytime fireworks that they usually have but this is new and that's why we are doing it this morning. this is a process. you cannot just run out to dairy queen back in the 18th century and get a soft scoop serve. >> gail is the manager of reenactment. people will be surprised here. >> very much so. what you put together earlier is now cooked and whisked and ready to go into the ice cream freezer >> from start to finish, how long would it take to make ice cream? >> a couple of hours at least. >> maybe it makes the treat all that sweeter. >> of cours

.  >> reporter: good morning, everybody, i'm holly morris. happy friday.week it's been, right? what a weekend it's going to continue to be as the sun is already out. it is hot, humid, and we aren't the only ones thirsty. how are your plants and lawn looking? i bet they're dried out. we're putting garden row on the road this morning, we're in brandywine. they're already sweating and hard at work. we're going to talk about your container plants, how they're holding up, what you can do to kind of respruce them back up. we're going to talk about now being a good time to shop at the nursery, if you know what you're buying and finally, transforming your outdoor space. you can put a patio in on a budget, we're going to see it happen this morning. back to you in the studio. >> i love it. thank you, hol e. >> garden guru derek thompson. time for our facebook fan of the day. today we say hello to joshua dixon who i'm told is at the beach. joshua says he's been a fan for 10 years, since allison interviewed him as a member of the d.c. youth ensemble. >> do you remembe

. ♪ >> reporter: good morning, everybody, i'm holly morris on this thursday morning we've taken a roads we are live at historic saint mary city where we are digging in the dirt and literally uncovering the past. talk about history you can get your hands on. you're looking at an actual archeological dig and what they are finding is the first state house of maryland. we're talking about a building that was built in the middle 17th century. what we're going to do this morning is talk about why this is so important, why we need to find this, why we need to recreate it. we're going to talk about all these students working early this morning. they're part of what's called the field school. we'll find out about that. also they have a weekend coming up called the tidewater archeological weekend where you can come and be a little indiana jones yourself. wisdom and sarah, it should be amazing. i hear the first governor himself might be showing up, right here live on fox 5 morning news. >> going to get their hands dirty there. thanks, holly. >>> it's time for our facebook fan of the day. we want

. >> fox 5's holly morris is standing by in falls church with the latest there. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning, tony, allison. you know i believe in reporter involvement, right? >> sure. >> reporter: well, i don't have power. and i haven't since friday. so this is what it says, it says that i know what it feels like. i know your frustration level, and i also know your thirst for information. you want to know when everything will be restored, when it will be put back on. if you live leer in the northern virginia area, this is what i can tell you, they are working as hard as they can. you can probably hear the generator that's going. it's not too far from me. let me take you to these pictures. the city engineer came moments ago really, fired up the generator, because they're doing what they can in order to get the traffic intersections working until the full grid is up and running. this is a busy intersection. it's really like the intersection between annandale and falls church. to treat it like a four-way stop is easier said than done. multiple lane

our holly morris is going along with dominion virginia to find out what it takes to get your power back moved to her first location. we'll check in with her live. >> a lot of people are racing to file insurance claims. coming up in a few minutes, what you need to know to make the process smoother. >> plus, can you get your homeowner's or renters' insurance to pay for all the food you lost? >> coming up, something fun to take our minds often the storm. the founding fathers of our great country are here with us. we're going to learn about madam tussaud's first celebrate america event. >> good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. >> a quick note, federal agencies are open today. but employees have the option for unscheduled leave or telework. d.c. and montgomery county public schools are closed, including activities. however, most prince george's county schools are open. in virginia, several schools in fairfax county closed today. you can check the bottom of your screen throughout the morning for an updated list. >>> here's a look at the latest power outages in our area. still

holly morris has the details on the new trend taking over d.c. and aren't we going to be stylish?morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. like i need a reason to shop, right? this is shopping for a good cause. it would be a disservice if i didn't shop. see how i rationize all that? this is a win/win situation. you can find amazing thing here at amazing prices and help the mission of goodwill in the process. i have two special guests with me. brendan is chief marketing officer and lisa is goodwill fashion blogger. i bet you didn't know goodwill had a fashion blogger. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: i thought this was the first one in the d.c. area, but first one in the country. >> that we're aware of, yes. >> reporter: give me background how it works. >> goodwill's mission is to provide job training and services to people with disabilities and disadvantage. people donate their goods and we resell them. we've been having successful trunk shows and the popup shop is an evolution of that. >> reporter: we want to see what kind of savings we can do this morning. you have y

i'm holly morris. happy july 4th to you.t better place to celebrate than at the home of our first president. that's why we came to mount vernon this morning. as you can manage, they have lots of fun things planned. we're going to check out things that are new and different that you have not seen. we'll start with hospitality here at the visitors center. on display only through tomorrow is martha washington's cookbook. and we're going to talk about what the president ate for breakfast. he loves these hoe cakes, swimming in butter and honey. we'll talk about that. he apparently really liked ice cream. we're going to learn how to make ice cream 18th century style this morning. they'll be doing those demonstrations as well for all the visitors who come out. they're going to have free birth did i cakes while supplies last. and they have 100 people that are going to become u.s. citizens and a special naturalization ceremony that's going to be going on today. we will give you all the information that you need to know. come out here

and fox 5's holly morris says you can.he is live in brandywine with the grand master of gardening, derek thomas. >> reporter: the grand master of gardening, there he is. and not only have we done a patio on a budget, but we've done it in a timely fashion. >> right. there. >> reporter: this was not here when we started a few hours ago. >> patios have come a long way. all of these look like stones. you can get a patio done on a budget, whether you want to be a do it yourselfer or have it professionally installed, you can create a great space like we did during the news show and we've got a couple finishing pieces to do here. >> reporter: not only is it something that can be done efficient but easily? >> relatively easily. once you get everything set up, it's just as easy as that, holly. we brought in the big guy. we brought in the expert here with us this morning. >> reporter: come on over. >> hello. >> reporter: well, hello. are you waving to me? >> he's going to get ready with everything we need to know. >> reporter: you'v

i'm holly morris on this monday morning. i'm standing in the rain and loving it.e most beautiful and sacred places in all of d.c. we are live at arlington national cemetery. as you can imagine, taking care of the grounds here is quite a task. today they are getting wonderful help. it's the 16th annual renewal and remembrance day. it's put on by the professional land care network. it represents hundreds of lawn care professionals across the nation converging on cemetery day to spruce it up, take care of trees, air eat and plant. we will talk about the projects and what they will do on this special relatively cool and damp monday. sarah and wisdom? >> at least it's cooler than it has been for this. a great cause out there. thanks, hollie. >> that does it for the 6:00 hour. >> now to tony and allison. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. thank you very much. >>> coming up at 7:00, breaking overnight a police-involved shooting in fairfax county. the latest details straight ahead. >> heavy winds, pounding rain and hail. another rounds of severe storms is causi

. >> holly morris is part of the cast of the musical now playing in d.c. joins us live from the kennedy center. >> reporter: their house is a museum when people come to see them. they really are a scream. i came last night with my family, and we all enjoyed it. we laughed and walked out snapping our fingers. these are two of the big reasons why. we have doug back with us, who is gomez, and jonathan, who is the dance captain. look at them all ready. ready to do a little tango. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: we were talking about jonathan's role in the show, or i should say roles. it's amazing when you're the dance captain. explain what all you have to know. >> i'm a swing, and i have to swing from part to part. i have to be responsible for knowing all the ports in the chorus and i understudy the part of lucas and i teach new cast members. >> reporter: you have to know the entire show inside and out? >> yes. >> reporter: your job is easy. >> that's what people don't understand, all the work that goes in. if somebody gets hurt during the show or gets sick, he's go

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our own holly morris is giving us a hands on look at the task at hand. it is complicated. she is with a dominion virginia crew in annandale. good morning. >> reporter: it is complicated. i last saw you two hours ago. we have only come 2 miles, but it took us that long to get here through rush hour, back into this neighborhood, which is still heavily damaged. dan is with me from virginia dominion power. the first thing you said when we got here, this is reality. >> this is what our crews will be facing for the rest of this effort. it's neighborhoods like this when you get in, the neighbors can't even get out. there's trees across the road. on this one road, just looking, we have three different jobs our crews have got to fix to get these people back on. >> reporter: this is what you were talking about earlier this morning, saving almost the biggest jobs for last, because they'll be the most time consuming. let's talk about the process of how this works and how long it will take. >> what we've got now, we have tree crews here. they are waiting to make sure safety is always o

holly morris is live with more. i can't do it. >> we're not in sync. that is every day.hat is every day. >> we'll be right back. we'll work on that during the break. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] when a president doesn't tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead? the obama outsourcing attacks: "misleading, unfair and untrue." there was "no evidence" that mitt romney shipped jobs overseas. candidate obama lied about hillary clinton. so, shame on you, barack obama. [ male announcer ] but america expects more from a president. obama's dishonest campaign: another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >>> good morning, everybody. happy friday. not just any friday, it is friday the 13th. so there is no better people to spend it with than the dark and dysfunctional addams family, which has moved into the kennedy center where we are live this morning and where the musical is playing and is spooktacular to say the least. we are getting an inside look at the show. listen, it did not get rave reviews on broadway, so they

i'm holly morris on this tuesday morning. i am calling all fashionistas and bargain shoppers.ou need to be both, because we are live at pepco's edison place gallery where the goodwill shop has popped up. these are from goodwill. if you put on some of these outfits, you'll look like you need to be on a high fashion runway. here's what we have planned for this morning. we have a fashion backlogger here. she'll-- blogger here. we'll talk to the architect who designed the place about the look they were going to. we'll talk to pepco about this gallery and what it's used for on a continual basis. we're going to talk about a fashion design competition kicking off this week. really, all of this is in preview to a huge fashion for good will even that will happen in the fall. so sharon, wisdom, if you need me to do personal shopping, let me know. >> all right. >> my wife would want those yellow shoes there. >> reporter: done! >> thank you. i don't know what size. that's all right, get them. >> thanks, holly. time for our facebook fan of the day now. today we say hello to jamie lyons. ja

. >> holly morris is getting behind the wheel with nascar to tell us more about the youth for tomorrow park has been here since the early 50s0. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ >>> could charlie sheen bring his winning ways to "american idol"? now the show's producers say it's a possibility. sheen says he would be up for the shag even though he -

. >>> i am melanie alnwick filling in for holly morris. largest muslim community in washington. they are in the middle of ramadan which is the holy yeast month of the year. coming up, we will learn all about ramadan, what is it and how dot area muslims celebrate and we will talk about the special celebrations and the food they have. it will be a great morning of learning. interesting things going on. wisdom and sarah, one of the tough things, i know the food looks good. i don't know if you can make it through the fasts because you can note eat until the sun goes down. >> that is tough. >> what would you do without your chick-fil-a. >> that is rough. >> thanks. >>> time for our facebook fan of the day. they are decked out in matching pittsburgh steel steeler shirts. >> that does it for the 6:00 hour. >>> time to send it over to tony and allison to take us the rest of the way. >> thank you and good morning to the both of you. coming up at 7:00 on fox 5 morning news, breaking news out of iraq. a wave of violence kills dozens making this the d

i'm holly morris. you know what it's almost time for? the olympics. we are only 15 days away.ecifically at the penthouse pool. we're going to talk about special things this health club is doing to help promote and celebrate the olympics. if you still want to go to the olympics, we have a travel agent coming up. people are still trying to get tickets. we'll take airfare, hotels. and then we have julie zetlien and she and her family are headed to the olympics. she is a rhythmic gymnast. she's the first to represent us since 2004. we're going to talk to her. she's not just going, her family is going. so a lot of red, white and blue patriotism this morning. >> i don't need to go to london. i just want to hang out at that pool. >> reporter: i know. i feel like i'm in l.a. >> thanks, holly. we'll check with you later on. that does it for the 6:00 hour. >> time to tend is over to -- send it over to tone e and allison. good morning. >> good morning. thank you very much. coming up, more trouble for d.c. mayor vincent gray, as calls for his resignation grow this morning. we're learning

i'm holly morris on this thursday. my question is what are you doing saturday to celebrate?t is belgian national day, after all. you didn't know that? that's why we are live at the belgian embassy, where the ambassador has graciously invited us to come in and spend the morning. we're going to talk all about belgian heritage and how strong it is in the d.c. area. we'll be cooking up mussels and talk about belgian beer and chocolates and belgian waffles. something has to do it, right? i think it will be a good morning for me and my crew. we'll talk about the day in the life of the ambassador. what does he do here all day? plus, there is a big celebration on saturday that you might want to be a part of. back to you. >> i imagine he does more than eat waffles and chocolates. >> reporter: maybe that's how he starts his day. very productive after that. >> today's facebook fan of the day is andrea. she says she is a big fan of fox 5 and the waze app. she says without it she would have been late for an important meeting. we're glad it's helping you out. log onto our face book page i

holly morris is live at national harbor. that's not her, that is shrek.find out what shrek, and what is it? >> theona. >> those are not their triplets though. [ laughter ] a british man is lucky to be alive, thanks to an open sun roof. >> look at this video caught on surveillance camera. you can see a car crashes at high speed, and rolls to its side. the passenger flies through the car's roof. there he is coming out there. wow, and lands face first on the ground, amazingly, he walked away, unscathed. >> gets right up. >> he's lucky that car didn't flip again. wow! >>> couple of tourist from canada got lucky, all four passengers in this hot air balloon walked away without injuries after crash landing in an arizona field. authorities say strong winds in the area forced the early descent. >>> still ahead in the next half hour, share sharing money goes s social. >> peer lending. >> do the benefits outweigh the risks? we are live with the answer. >> an update on a developing story, a freight train off the rails in central ohio. we will be right back. it's 8:25

. >>> for a behind the scenes look, holly morris joins us with some of the stars of the show. , >> reporter: good morning to both of you, there's a reasone rewhy the music man one five tonies, it's a classic.a and when you do a revival, people come in with expectations and you want to meet them, and when you try to do it in your own new way, you want to exceedo those as well. they've done it here at arena stage, that's in large part because of the two wonderful people that got up early and are here. kate baldwin and burke play marianne and harold respectively >> for people in a have beenve many shows, where does this stand? >> this is one of the best. don't you think?you >> i think it's a clever script and score. >> the most clever script andos score.t it's been out there for some time. >> 1959? date -- '57. >> how do you put a twist on itt >> i have robert preston to compete with a small task. i just wear a preston mask. you see the masks? mine's robert preston, what dops you do, kate? [ laughter ] >> i didn't know they madema those.e. you know, i think you just have work with

. >> holly morris joins us live from mount vernon.ar this. >> thinks going to be -- this is going to be a lot of fun because this is different here. they are having the usual day filled with celebration. right now, we are hearing to "god bless america" as we stand in front of the president's home. i'm joined by gayle casesie, the manager of interpretation. good morning. i'm feeling patriotic here hearing the band play. i don't think i have spent much time here in the garden the. >> it's recently been redone. we have a vegetable area in the center of some these square plots, flowers that washington had in the 18th century and if you look around, especially behind us, you will see banana trees. they kept those in the green house in the 18th century. >> we are making our way to the green house. all this healthy stuff is great, but we want to talk ice cream, gail. >> you bet. >> you guys going to do something that you have not done before which is making ice cream. >> that's right >> reporter: how do you know that the general and mrs. was

holly generic connections with myriad kinds of texts, poetry, memoir, s.a. and fiction. the title of this is indian joe morris, modern militant indian or alcatraz proved a point and painted in 1972 on board 48 by 108 inches and courtesy of the department of the interior national park service. this particular view of the u.s. was created by john smith. it is untitled but is a memory map done in 2,000 on paper. thirty-six-34 courtesy of the artist. in the book there are several versions of this same painting. one in particular that struck me as being very interesting is this same image is all brown. is called the browning of america. in this one, edgar is the painter, walk to oklahoma and trail of tears 1836 evoking the cherokee trail of tears and with so many the cherokee nation died as they were displaced into oklahoma and it is part of the sine proje in atlanta, georgia and these are 18 x 12 inches. and a great deal of time talking about indian art, called the national museum of the american indian and the observation that it takes as its mission the task of completely rewriting of the territorial text takin