lawsmed has -- lauren demarco has a look at the traffic.ll do it right after the break. @ >>> welcome back. a live look outside. capitol dome glimmering there with all the lights. beautiful morning, crisp and cool. a check of weather in just a moment. but first, as he waits to become king, it seems brit i'm's prince charles could add tv weather man to his resume. check this out. charles and camilla visited the bbc studios in scotland thursday and while there, they both tried their hands at the weather. it was somewhat planned ahead of time. scripts were written for them in the prompter, i guess. charles does a pretty decent job complete with a joke. let's roll it. >> in the west, rain will be lighter and patchier. there may be a few dryer interludes. there will be snow for the higher ground. the potential for a few showers. who the hell wrote this script? >> that is funny. the forecast is tailored for the royals which explains the snow in the forecast over their famed balmoral castle in northern scotland. >> the roya

let's check in with lauren demarco. when you're done, i've got a hat for you. >> thank you very much. i think we should leave the hats to tony and allison. >> i think they can get their >> just after 19 # is where we had the wreck in laurel. now, effect off to the side of the road in the grass there. your lanes have been reopened. southbound looks just fine and no problems on 95 in either direction between beltways. so we move on to traffic land. still seeing volume towards 121. no problems on the play in montgomery county other than that usual volume building on the outer loop as you head from 95 college park around into silver spring. 95, 39 a5 in virginia see something volume building in the typical spots your lanes are open. no accidents reported. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> i've just concluded that, for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same- sex couples should be able to get married. >> that was a portion of the president's interview yesterday. the presi

i will have all the details on that and lauren demarco is in. she has a look at your on-time traffic. we'll do it after the break.  >>> a live look outside over the beautiful skies of washington. i think i see the washington monument there. lights are glistening. cool and kind of wet morning. we'll check in with tucker in just a moment. first, a reminder about our special fox 5 weather day with the washington nats. it is coming up may 15th. tucker, tony, sue pal canada, the other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of school kids across the region -- sue palka. >> it is not too late for your school to take part. to learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. a little boss getting us going this morning. >> a little glory days. not sure what you're about. >> if you just want to bring your child, your daughter or son, you're welcome to do that too. >> sounds like it will be fun. the mascots will be out there, the presidents. >> yes. >> special guests yo

lauren demarco is in this morning. good for see you, lauren. >> you got it. you know how it works. nice weather, julie is off. in gainesville, route 15 between 29 lee highway and 66, 15 blocks in both directions because of a fallen tree. you do want to find an alternate route until they get that cleared out of the way. i-95, seeing some volume heading past 7100 through newington. your lanes are open. 395 looks good from the beltway autopsy cross the 14th street bridge. inbound 66, right here, we had some activity off to the left side of the roadway. still got some of the construction cones up there. looks like you are getting by with your lanes open at this point. route 50, take a look from another camera we have. there we go. this is route other hiding towards the bay bridge. nice light volume here across the bridge to kent narrows. i do want to talk about something else. good news on memorial day weekend is making head loon this morning. if you are planning a road trip, it won't cost you as much to get to your destination. gas prices have dropped but cheaper gas price could mean

let's do some traffic and lauren demarco. everybody running every direction this morning at 4:48? >> you know, it is not too bad yet but you can expect some unusual traffic pattern this is morning with a lot of folks getting ready to head out to the beach or north and south on 59 and also with folks still heading to work. inbound 66 just past route other, got some activity there to the side of the roadway, left shoulder. so your lanes are open but brief tap on the brake getting past that and flashing lights out there for you. 95 northbound, earlier construction has been lifted. you should be in good shape up this woodbridge, across the occoquan up through the mixing bowl in springfield. 270 running well. volume at 370 but everybody is moving. your lanes are open. on the beltway, construct has been picked up everother than on the outer loop near 201 kenilworth avenue. we do have reports that two right lanes are blocked. want to take a look at route 50 if we can. we had reports of construction between 704 and 197. doesn't appear to be causing any delays. if you arehooding towards th

>> -- and lauren demarco is in this morning. who is on the roads?> should be a pretty smooth trip this morning if you are making the trip back from the beach or from north or south on i-95, also not a bad bet. in maryland, traveling 95 between beltways heading southbound, no real issues to report here. in howard county, everybody running well. no accidents or incidents. bw parkway also looks good between beltways. now, let's move on to traffic land. route 50 headed back from the beach. that is approaching the bay bridge there. 359 in virginia running well up to the 14th street bridge. hov restricts lifted to the holiday. 66, noers right now out of manassas. you should be finding things wide open as you continue towards centreville and from your 50 fair oaks in toward the beltway, you are looking great. >>> ecofriendly buildings may be good for the environment but they hay not be so good for birds. >> some people believe we are seeing an increase in the number of deaths among birds flying into buildings so they are looking at ways to stop the rise. w

let's do traffic with lauren demarco. >> we do have nice light volume right now. reversible roads if the district are carrying two-way traffic. maybe some of that sunshine sun glare in your eyes because the sun is rising and it looks like a bright one. no traffic to speak of. nice trip through montgomery county and prince george's. 66 looks good out of manassas. no problems passing 123 in toward the beltway. let's take a look at wa dise. for sort of an overview. we don't have it. it just kind of crashed out on us. let's see if i can bring it back. -- let's take a look at waze. >> you can log on and see was going on out there. folk are able to contribute to our traffic reports. going to be talking about that a lot coming up. this is what fox are saying. thanks to joining our waze group. traffic is at a crawl and what is that a picture of? very funny. thank you for that. if you would hike to get -- if you would like to get waze, you can download that. >> the grin opened to traffic 75 years ago. >> -- the golden gate bridge opened to traffic 57 years ago. >> i aparad

lauren demarco has got it. >> thank you. if you are traveling 66 today, you are going to find some volume. got he lot of folks heading into work and probably some increased roll yum with everybody heading toward the beach. let's take a live look at 66 heading past route 50. you will find yourself on and on the brake. also deal be with show traffic heading out of manassas towards centreville. this is 270 at shady grove. some volume there but you are moving. no real issues to report as you head down towards the split in bethesda. your lanes are open. 95, slowing from lorton into newington. 395 gets it is all-clear. nice trip across the 14th street bridge. let's take a look at route 50. the usual recommendation, leave either very early or very late today if you want to avoid the beach back-ups. crews will be working on the green and red lines this weekend. buses will replace green line trains between greenbelt and fort totten and some red line trains will be single tracking. over to you. >> thank you. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gra

let's do some traffic with lauren demarco. >> it is me. i'm here.few things popping up right now as you travel the beltway. we are dealing with the wreck on the outer loop. we could take a live look from traffic land. the good news is it has been moved off to the right shoulder. it is on the outer loop prior to 355. hopefully, that was moved off in time before things start to heat up with rush hour that we won't see any major delay. looks like things are picking up from what they were just a few minutes ago. traveling 270 as you head southbound heavy and slow from the monocacy river off and on down 21. 66 seeing the volume delays here through manassas and then towards centreville. once you get to route 50 fair oaks, nice easy trip in towards the beltway at this point. 95 slowing through dumfries and aagain here. same story as you head toward the mixing bowl. no problems to report on 395. nice trip across the 14th street bridge into the district. over to you. >> thank you. >>> georgetown university's landmark clock tower is keeping time again. worker

let's check in with lauren demarco. how are the roads looking? >> the roads are actually looking pretty good. i'm just going to comment on the humidity. love that as well. in the make-up room, we were saying yes, it is not humid today. hair is looking good. thems are looking good on the roads as well. sky fox is checking out 66 making the trip inbound. we are seeing heavy volume building between the rest area and centerville but then closer in towards the beltway, everybody running pretty smoothly right now. the headlights heading towards you. things not seeing much a problem so that is great. traveling the beltway itself, no real problems to report in maryland or in virginia. let's taken a live look from trafficland. heading around the outer loop, still running at speed here past new hampshire avenue. you will find some volume building between colesville road and georgia avenue but no accidents or incidents to report. nice trip across the american legion bridge. traveling 270, nice trip out of frederick all the way in toward the beltway. 95 and

lauren demarco has got your friday look. what's going on?ed for that weekend forecast. looks great. now things actually still heavy out there on the roads for this hour. live look traveling on 95 in virginia, northbound pretty heavy through dumphries. 395, heavy leaving the mixing bowl, continuing off and on up toward seminary road. heavy there. then delays after the pentagon, heading across the 14th street bridge. 395 also slow approaching the 3rd street tunnel. no accidents reported, all this just heavy volume. also had sunshine delays around town particularly on 66. still slowing here through manassas. once you get to centreville, pace improves. everything opens up at 123. pot holes sealed up at annandale. allison, over to you. >>> thank you. the underwear bomb plot is topic on this week's fox news sunday. fox's shannon bream is in for chris wallace. good morning. >> good morning. >> this big announcement by the obama administration on president obama's choice to support same-sex marriage. >> it's a hot topic here and across the country.

let's do some traffic and lauren demarco has got your latest. who is going to work on friday? >> well, a few people. some good news for you if you are heading out. construction should be wrapping up. we do have a couple of accidents but they are not causing delays at this point because of the light volume. let's take a live look out there as you travel the beltway. we did have the earlier wreck on the inner loop between 123 and 267. that has cleared out. everybody running well as you head up towards 66. now, traveling i-95, we did have reports of a wreck southbound near the occoquan. light volume so that is not much of a problem. northbound here at mile marker 133 in stafford, we did have reports of a leap blocked. not seeing it in that camera angle but do watch out for that as you travel north. nice trip across the 14th street bridge into the district at this point. all of the potomac and anacostia rivers are running at speed. sarah, over to you. >> thank you. >>> metro is now pulling all of its alliance six buses from service at two caught fire last month. metro says the fir

since it is hot out, that means jury is off and lauren demarco is in this morning doing traffic.ood morning. >> good morning. what do i have to look forward to here this summer? we do have a lot of wet pavement because of some of the storms we saw overnight. you will likely be traveling at speed. watch for any wet spots there. a live look at the beltway as you travel near river road. nice, light volume at this hour. river road itself if you are heading inbound, river road is shut down in both directions because of a fallen tree approaching goldsboro. if you are traveling inbound, can you make a right on goldsboro, left on massachusetts and head back up to little falls to get back to river road if you are making the trip inbound at this point. you will be forced to make a right onto goldsboro. no real problems as you head out of frederick. 66, dulles toll road think the green way all incident-free as are 95 and 359 in virginia and your hov restricts lifted for the holiday. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> here are some memorial day events going on around the area today. there w

lauren demarco, fox 5 news. >> i'm right here. >> there you you are.n't have that hands- free feature but you do want to spread the wort about an incident. you can always accepted a message to julie wright after that. we want to make sure we are helping people on the roads and not creating since the. you don't want to be typing into your phone while you are behind the wheel. >> she is already incorporating it into her traffic reports. you've been kind of excite about it so far. >> i am. i have been really excite about this. this is a way wei to interact with commuters. it is better, i feel like, than cameras because we actually bet real time information and again, i just wanted to point this out. we were able to talk about a major accident that has been tying up a portion of the marlboro pike this morning. this person comes out of forestville. he remains anonymous. you don't always have to give us a title. as long as we get your information, he is also a member our fox 5 group. is a fox 5 wazer. now, lauren was pointing out the the paper clip we had an

let's do traffic and lauren demarco has got another look at your traffic.weekend. >> thank you, you, too. nice memorial day for everyone out there. now things are looking pretty good. volume easing out at this early hour. we'll start to see things pick up as we head into the afternoon. if you are able to head out, now is the time. traveling the beltway, to the left of your screen is the outer loop. had reports of a disabled vehicle as you approach georgia avenue. looks like you're in good shape here. no issues to report on 270. we are still seeing police activity on norbeck road between georgia and layhill, so watch out for that. 395 northbound, dealing with the delays heading from duke towards seminary. other than that, we are in pretty good shape around town, particularly route 50. no real problems crossing the bay bridge. if you are heading out for the holiday weekend, there is something that you should download to your smartphone. it's called waze. this is something we're going to start using here in our traffic reports. julie wright will be talking abo

the scenes next. 8:43 a.m. . >>> from ordering food online to food safety in the kitchen. >> lauren demarcooday from the smart phone zone. good morning lauren. >> good morning. i want to talk about grub hub it is a website ap that has become one of the nations top online food ordering services if you want pizza or spring rolls, fire it up and check out a list of restaurants near you who deliver. grub hub has unvailed some new technology called the order hub. that is a tablet ap for restaurants to use your request goes straight through to them. someone on staff can confirm in a matter of seconds. until now restaurants have been using, faxes, and phone service to take the order. my gosh. how five years ago. the reason this is all making news is because grub hub has 1300 participating restaurants in 300 cityallison you just talked about this, news about the company going public in the next year or so. grub hub is free for consumers available for iphone and android phones. >>> now, something else to talk about this morning is food safety. 1 in 6 americans will get sick from food bourn illness a

lauren demarco takes us behind the scene. >> hey, guys what have you got cooking. >> i just couldn't believe i was looking at him after watching him on tv for years, so it was amazing. >> it was like a solar eclipse. >> reporter: they knew they were being filmed for a segment on the show but didn't expect dr. oz to make a house call. >> i think it is a huge opportunity i feel blessed we were chosen. you know, i feel here we are, we are representing you know, other american families, who work and just have the same struggles we do. >> reporter: as a bonus dr. oz brought along, dc restaurant owner and chef, mike isabella. >> would you help us how to make these meat balls healthy. >> of course. >> you guys should be back at the table. >> reporter: a whirl wind of cuttakes then everybody stood around. >> you guys are doing awesome you guys are going to be on tv. >> feels fun. >> you are going to try to eat healthier. >> yes. >> you make a big promise to dr. oz. >> we promise. >> reporter: laurie says she wrote into dr. oz for help because she and her family are in major need of change. >

fox 5's lauren demarco has more from the smart phone zone. >> good morning.l started back in 2007 with a couple of savvy guys who decided to blow up an air mattress and rent out their spare bedroom in stead of calling to a b & b and they called it an airbnb and the concept was was born. it has been used to book more than five million nights worldwide. i spoke with representatives from the company and a local couple would used the service. >> we have had people from virtually every continent except antarctica. >> reporter: mike and eileen beard use airbnb to rent out homes in their silver spring home inform the past three years, they've had several hundred bookings. >> they get the local experience. when they're traveling to washington, d.c., they are going to get a chance to see all the big sights if they are here for tourism. we give they want local aspect. >> reporter: the airbnb web site and app pretty much define user friendly. plug in a price or search by neighborhood or ameant, check out the host profoil and send them a message if you are interested. >>

lauren demarco takes us behind the scene. >> hey, guys, what do you have coke something. >> i couldn't i was looking at him, after watching him on tv for years. it was amazing. >> reporter: the desosa's knew they were being filmed for a segment on the show but didn't expect dr. oz to make a house call. >> think it's a huge opportunity, and i think blessed we were chosen. i feel here we are, we're representing other american families who were with the same struggles as we do. >> reporter: as a bonus, dr. oz brought along the d.c. restaurant owner and chef, mike isa bell a. >> would you help us -- for the rest of our lives? >> of course. >> and stay here. >> stand by. >> uh-huh. >> and you can go to the table. >> reporter: there was a whirlwind of cuts and takes and the two guests stuck around for healthy cooking 101. everybody was able to loosen up. >> i have been watching and you are doing awesome. you're going to be on and tv. do you realize it? >> it was so fun. >> and you're going eat healthier? >> yeah. >> and make a big promise to dr. oz. >> reporter: know. we promise. >> reporter

lauren demarco, joining us now.e have a look at the roadways. >> she has something for the weather guys too. >> i heard it. >> right now things are looking good on the roads, nice light volume out there. a live look from traffic land, if you are travelling in northwest dc, we did have reports of an accident, wisconsin avenue, western, you are not seeing it from this camera angle. if there is anything there you should be in good shape. light volume, 270, no problems out of frederick in towards the belt way, nice easy trip, nothing in your way, 66, 28th, toll road, green way all running well as are 95 and 395, hov restrictions lifted because of the federal holiday. out bound douglas bridge, right lane blocked disabled vehicle, stay to the left, if you are heading back from the eastern shores now is a good time to go. no problems approaching the bay bridge, want to leave before 10:00 a.m., . back to you. >>> our top story of course, memorial day holiday. >> president obama is taking part in wreath laying certificate my

. >> but you did an excellent job and a big shout out to lauren demarco she shot video for us and wase pictures and lauren also ran so again a big thank you to everyone who came out yesterday. they raised $55,000 for their charities we hope they invite us back next year. that is the goal. at least the goal for us we hope to come back next year thank you again. >> tucker you did great with the zumba its impressed. >> it was sad. >> are you -- it was sad. >> are you working on those at home. >> ihand seen the video until now. >>> accident activity, north capital street, tieing up the right side of the road causing delays, at the 3rd street tunnel. no problems inner loop of the belt way, bogged down with a delay from robinson terminal, towards 66 inbound gw parkway, leaving the cia headed back out toward it is key bridge. accident activity before 123, cleared over to the shoulder. outer loop of the belt way, below speed. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> pga tournament returns to dc with the at&t national. the tournament which is hosted by tiger woods will be held at con

lauren demarco will explain that in a minute.continue to work your way eastbound, around 495, congested travel right now for those continuing along the belt way, leaving 95, around towards georgia avenue, in toward silver springs moderate traffic reported by smarty, if you would like to become a part of our group we would love to have you. it is a way for us to interact and show what you are seeing and knowing on the belt way and what you can report to us on our map. how to join and what you can do is lauren demarco our smart phone guru. >> thank you. so much fun to toss back and forth to you usually i am filling in for julie. the waze ap is available for iphone and android users also a beta version for blackberry it provides turn by turn gps navigation and real time traffic updates. and the best part it is all free. take a look. >> let's get started. with waze gps is not just when you are heading to some place you have never been before. use it daily. waze learns your preferred route and lets you know what traffic events you wil

. >> and lauren demarco, fox 5 news. >>> it was nice to see the sunshine. >> yeah. >> absolutely gorgeous. and look at the camera, looks like the winds are picking up. the beautiful blue sky and what are we looking at for the evening? >> nice to see the blue sky. and we're winding down out of this crazy pattern of daily deluge of heavy and slow-moving thunderstorms. we don't want these to catch you by surprise and not everyone is seeing this thunderstorm activity, we get down toward the culpeper area and some in stafford, spotsylvania and some heavy rain and lightening and some are transporting heavy rain and we're mindful of that. last night again, prince william county and faulkier got a lot of heavy rain and light check the rate of rain and not too far here. one or two of these can have an inch and a half of rain per hour and that difference, they're moving tomorrow and have not moved. we'll see if they can get closer to the district overnight and we'll keep them in the forecast longer and around culpepper and stafford and those are here and that is going farther south and might affect

. >> lauren demarco was there for the big surprise. dr. oz show, that's tonight at 5:00 but for now she has got a preview for us. >> reporter: she lives in columbia, maryland and she is concerned about her eating habits and lifestyle and also those of her two kids and her husband. so she is looking to make a change and she wrote into the dr. oz show asking them for some help. they have sent two producers out to her house and they are working with her, going to feature her on the show, what she doesn't know is that today there is a big surprise in store. dr. oz himself is making a house call. he's here, getting briefed right now and he is about to walk into their house and surprise the family. we are getting a debrief right now. dr. oz, can i talk to you quick? what are you going to be doing with this family today? >> we brought the whole team down like a lot of american families we've got laurie and paul, they are working, got a couple kids. they want to do the best things for their family but they are making big mistakes. they love th

lauren demarco has more from the smart phone zone. >> it all started in 2007 with a couple guys who decidedtress and rent out their spare bedroom instead of calling them a b and b they called it an air b and b. since then, it has been used to book more than 5 million nights worldwide. i spoke with a representative from the company and a local couple who uses the service. >> we have had people from virtually every continent. >> they use air b is b to rent out rooms in their sill tremendous spring home. in the past three years they have had several hundred bookings. >> they get the local experience you know when they are travelling, to washington dc they are going to get a chance to see the big sites if they are here for tourism we give them the local aspect. >> reporter: air b and b website and ap pretty much define user friendly. plug in a price or search by neighbourhood or amenity check out the hosts profile and send them a message if you are interested. emily jeffrey on the company's director of consumer strategy and insight says it has come a long way since it started in 2007 and recent