fox 5s melanie reporter melanie on melanie alnwick has more. >> reporter: investors were worried about a slowing economy and friday's dismal jobs report looms and the president and his advisors say don't worry about that. the economy is on the right track. it was another new down day on wall street, a stream of poor reports for jobs, housing and consumer confidence. still dragging investor sentiment southward. in detroit, president obama pointed to the auto industry as one making a cocomeback. >> and -- a comeback. >> reporter: the president and his team say the country is on the road to recovery, even if it's slow-going. >> it's not a jobless recovery. that is incorrect. after the last recession in this comparable period, post- recession we had lost 100,000 jobs. we added 2 million jobs. very and a major difference a deep hole we're climbing out of. >> reporter: appearing on abcs this week, the chairman of the president's council of economic advisors said may had many things working against it, including high gas prices and continue to -- continued effects from the tsunami in japan. >

melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> gwen has an updated forecast when the news edge continues. stay with us.     >>> not a bad day today. some of you got a little bit of wet weather. we're starting out with plenty of sunshine for you. we'll have bright skies. humidity on the rise, and as well, we have a heat wave that will be returning. you'll have to prepare for that. late week we could see a little bit of unsettled weather. today wasn't all bad. temperatures into the low 80s for ow highs. now it's 73 degrees at national. 68 at gaithersburg. 69 in baltimore this hour. 69degrees at martinsburg. little mild outside. the heat to the south is about talking, because all of this will push up the mid-atlantic. mid-week, under the influence of a bermuda high, and that will push our temperatures well above seasonal. heading for the 90s. tonight, a ridge of high pressure building in, keeping our skies clear into tomorrow. odd shower or two that's kicked up to the south and more activity to the north of us. we've got this ridge of high pressure that will slide across an

melanie sloan, appreciate it. dana bash, you have been covering this from the beginning. thank you very much. anthony weiner said he'll be going to rehab "to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person". i spoke earlier with dr. drew pinsky adiction expert. >> anthony weiner has talked about going away for some sort of treatment. is there rehab for -- i'm not sure what the treatment would actually be. is that just kind of a -- there's a catch all excuse now i'm going to go to rehab and disappear for a couple of weeks and come back and make a comeback. is there something that he could be treated for? >> well, first address the rehab, that's a tern that really doesn't have any meaning anymore. is he going to a psychiatric hospital and getting treatment? is he going to treatment for sexual adiction or drug addiction? he's going somewhere. going to rehab. now, i don't know representative weiner obviously. but people that behave like this, i have treated many, many times. we tend to conceptualize these things as sexual addictions. yes, they can go away for intensiv

melanie sloan, what is the next step on this? is there an organization that actually is going to look into this beyond reporters? >> well, i feel confident that irs will take a harder look at this. again, mr. gingrich is a known quantity to theist and they really frown on the mixing of political and campaign activities and charitable activities. and this charity which really bears none of the hallmarks of a real charity doesn't seem to be involved in any real activities, and in fact it's sending misleading fundraisers to people asking for money helping a charity that doesn't have a charitable purpose. >> melanie sloan, thank you, shannon travis as well. to house speaker gingrich and other candidates through the eyes of a skeptic, very sharp and funny skeptic, bill maher, i spoke to him earlier tonight. >> bill, you've been pretty hard on the field of gop candidates so far. i think you said at one point you've seen and i quote more appealing lineups on an episode of "law and order special victim unit". did you change your mind at

joining us now, danna bash and melanie sloan of citizens for ethics and responsibility in washington. danna, was this resignation unavoidable? was there another way he could have handed it that he could have survived? >> well, i talk today some of his colleagues as i have over the past several weeks particularly today, and they say, yes, actually. the way that he hand eld it was atrocious. there's really no other way to say it. never mind what the core of this which was sending lewd photographs of himself that kept trickling out over and over and over over the past couple of weeks, but most importantly it's the fact that he just was so not truthful about the fact that he had done it, the fact that he not only said that he was hacked, which is not true then he didn't answer our questions, he didn't tell the truth and actually blatantly lied to in the media. but even more importantly to his colleagues. that really as one of his colleagues said to me, it's always the coverup. and the coverup at this point and the fact that he didn't tell the truth really did him in. >> but melanie, he al

hard to believe anyone could survive these conditions, but somehow melanie stafford did. >> i remember saying eo my god, i'm actually dying. the oxygen was so hot that when i breathed in, it burned my lungs, but you body will not let you not breathe in. >> she's not running into burning buildings. instead, you can catch her puttering in her garden. burned over 40% of her body, suffered brain damage that caused blindness. she cheated death that night. >> pure hell. my legs were so badly burned, i had to be in a wheelchair when physical therapy. since yesterday she has not stopped thinking about the firefighter yesterday. >> i have empathy and there's someone that understands what it's like to be there. >> and survived. >> yeah. it's a long haul. it's a long haul for people around he too. >> it's a long road to heal the body, but the soul never quite recovers. it's one reason she lives in rural sonoma county. >> i couldn't stand the sound of fire trucks going by me. >> she says what haunts her is why she lived. she was standing away from lieutenant -- was what she does know despite all s

hard to believe anyone could survive these conditions but somehow melanie stafford did. >> i rememberedg oh, my god i'm actually dying. the oxygen was so hot when i breathed in it burned my lungs but your body will not let you breathe in. >> reporter: she is not running into burning buildings these days. instead you can catch her puttering in her garden. after being burned over 40% of her body suffering brain damage that caused blindness she knows she cheated death that night and of it the hardest thing she has ever down. >> god. pure hell. my legs were so badly burned i had to be in a wheelchair with my legs up. when i did therapy it was just horrific pain. >> reporter: she said yesterday she hasn't started thinking about firefighter anthony valario. >> i do have empathy and there is somebody there that totally understands what it is like to be there. it is a long haul and it is a long haul for people around them too. >> stafford also says it is a long road to heal the body but the soul never quite recovers. it is one reason she lives in rural sonoma county. >> i couldn't stand the sou

boehner about that. >> reporter: melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> good morning, everyone. it is 4:30 on this monday. we are taking a live look at dull tess airport today because it is a significant bay. the large -- at dulles airport today because it is a significant day. air france uses this plane and is beginning daily nonston passenger service from dulles to paris. dulles is only the second airport served by. a-380. new york's jfk is the other one. i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's check in with tucker barnes. doesn't that look cool? >> to me, it looks a little strange. i guess you got to get used to it. double-decker. >> should be decent weather to be flying in here. >> it will be beautiful with some sunshine. we are not expecting any rain or thunderstorm activity. >> another nice day like this weekend. >> another nice day. we did have one lone thunderstorm complex get going. you can see it working from north to south. got some rain. there you go and that is out of here. much quieter weather. we'll have clear skies building in throughout the morni

joining me now is melanie sloan, executive director of citizens responsibility and ethics in washington and alan derschowiz. let me start with you, al derschowiz, this is a fall from grace for a man who could have been three or four years ago president of this country. are we going to see john edwards facing a trial for which he could be convicted here? >> he'll face a trial unless his lawyers plea bargain. this is a sleazy indictment. this reads more like an expose from the ""national enquirer"" than a legal document. it's filled with this stuff about the personal immorality and personal life, much of which is very irrelevant and very short on legal analysis and legal theory. for example, it says that part of the reason for the payment was to, quote, to facilitate the extra-marital affair. to facilitate the affair. what does it have to do with the campaign or making him president? and it quotes the law as saying that it doesn't cover payments that would be made irrespective of the candidacy. his defense is going to be that these are friends who were protecting him from exposure because

give a shout out to all of you for your great efforts reflected in all of these and i want to thank melanie and her staff for the department of the environment for her guidance. certainly rhonda simmons, you and the department of economic workforce development have been there because along with environmental policies, it's got to be job creation or job sustaining or the transitioning of jobs, and to be able to do that and present programs and retain jobs and change them consistent with the goals is as important. and then i also want to thank, of course, the center of environmental law here at the university for hosting this and making sure it happened promptly. as you know, i started out even as early as february by signing in to ordinance something that i thought was pretty dramatic change, and that is to work with our private sector in looking at the commercial buildings and seeing whether or not they could join in an effort to help us with our climate by reducing energy use. and it was quite precedent setting in signing that ordinance. but also knowing that while we were requiring that p

first off, i think, as melanie testified earlier it's very important to note that the duals are a very diverse population. this ranges from the young disabled to the elderly that are simply low income to the elderly that are frail to older individuals with intellectual disabilities. it's a very diverse population, and i think based on our experience working with other integrated-type providers, there are different approaches for different populations that we need to look at. in the context of pace, pace is very well designed for a very high-need, very functionally impaired population. the examples i gave earlier with respect to barriers to growth were really focused on the federal side. i would argue that there are an equal number, if not a greater number, of barriers that exist on the state side. one of which, and i'll just throw it out many this era that we live in today, you can get into a nursing home within a day typically. it often takes you four to six weeks to get into a community-based service program like pace. that is because of the eligibility determination process in most

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melanie alnwick has the latest. >> reporter: the deadly strain e.coli is being blamed for making more than 2,000 people sick. the u.s. food and drug administering is stepping up its surveillance of certain produce from european countries. the house commissioner stressed calm heads and tight lips over the deadly e. coli outbreak. during an address to member nations in france, he said the outbreaking limited geographickically and warns against any ban on any product. >> it is crucial that national authorities do not rush to give information on the source of infection which is not proven by bacteriological analysis. as this spreads unjustified fears in the population all over europe and creates problems for our food producers selling products in the eu an outside of the eu. >> reporter: that is a specific reference to germany pointing its finger at spanish farmers early on, an accusation that proved to be false but led to major economic losses for spain's produce market. >> i would ask the european commission to immediately activate all mechanisms to c

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they always blame the peasants in this case the american peasants are being blamed for the american mélanieis by the banking occupation well look at this headline from the other side of the atlantic from london forget entrepreneurs only banks can create wealth. this is an editorial from deborah or who is quoted as being one of britain's leading social and political commentators she says we must hope the banks become less sick and less mad and realize that to save themselves they must save everyone you know their market fundamentalists who believe in their god which is mammon and they are the gatekeepers to the mammon and they're saying that only we can allow for you to have access to god of money well ok so this woman says entrepreneur has been said so many times over the past thirty years create wealth right this minute the foolish government is sitting around waiting with bated breath for glamorous entrepreneurs to get on with doing just that so why are entrepreneurs being so shy she goes on to say so again thirty years ago as i said in the beginning wages have been coming down all of the

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melanie sapper was caught in a fire back in 1995. the oxygen was so hot that it burned her lungs. she was also burned over 40% of her body and suffered brain damage that caused partial blindness. sapper says since thursday, she has not stopped thinking about firefighter anthony valero. >> i always like to let them know that i do have empathy and there is somebody there who totally understands what it's like, understands what it's like to be there. >> and survive. >> yeah. you know, it's a long haul. it's a long haul for people around me, too. >> she spent nearly three months on life support, but she was finally released from the hospital after four months. then she had to undergo speech therapy and relearn simple things like getting into bed and putting on clothes. >>> funeral services for lieutenant perez may be held next week, but the fire department tells us nothing has been finalized yet. meantime, the san francisco's firefighters union has established trust funds for the families of both lieutenant perez and firefighter paramedic valero. you can find a link and more informati

melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> here in the united states, we have our own problems with foodbourne illnesses. the centers for disease control reports that more americans got food poisoning last year, mostly due to salmonella. there was a rise in illnesses related to e. coli. the increase may be attributed to more testing. >>> one of president obama's key economic advisors is calling it quits. dr. austin is resigning as chairman of the president's council of the economic advisors, returning to his teaching job at the university of chicago. president obama described goldsby as one of america's great economic thinkers. the treasury secretary is now the only senior official on the team that inherited the financial crisis and recreation when president obama took office. >> the white house is preparing to honor the german chancellor with a formal dinner. president obama calls him a trusted partner whose decisiveness he admires and respects. tonight's dinner will be in the rose garden and feature a menu of tuna tartar and ravioli. james taylor will introduce the -- will entertain the gues

during our campus correspondent luncheon here at channel nine studio, stephanie loew, melanie dunningey jones will be highlighted for their work and we'll announce our scholarship winner as well. if you want to see work of our campus correspondent, go to d c.highschoolsports.net and see how you can apply and other contests that we have on the website. >>> time for the united airlines travel cast fog and haze at dulles visibility 4 miles, light winds. should be comfortable. if you're taking off this morning, we will see a threat in chicago for storms. columbus 87. chicago a holiday around 90 degrees. st. louis 96. denver hot, but storms, 92. these storms could cause delays. 101 in phoenix. real good on the west coast from los angeles at 65, the same in san francisco, 65. reno, showers 61 and seattle looking mostly cloudy 73. so a pretty good day here at least in the east. >>> 6:53, 66 degrees, mostly sunny in most spots although national reported mostly cloudy. 78 at noon, 83 at 5:00, high of 85. moderate air quality. we'll talk about the heat when i show you the seven-day in a few min

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on the 26th we are going to continue the lunch and learn a series of the director of the archival melanie has been. should be fascinating. this is a historic banking house again a week from this thursday. in the defendant 24 upcoming we will be screening they're rediscovering to a alexander hamilton. this is the pps document recently released and questions can be answered because the producer director will be in the house. now turning attention to today and matthew algeo and the president is a sick man this is mathews third book. his second, harry truman's excellent adventure which traced the trip in 1953 that got a lot of great press, and in 2009 the "washington post" called it one of the best books of the year. and additionally before that he wrote a book about four years and football and the steeples which was a combination of the pittsburgh steelers and the philadelphia eagles during world war ii, another interesting book. he's got a very eclectic background not just an author or a journalist, but let me tell you some of the things he has done. he has been a hot dog vendor at a travel

you're also here with taylor, melanie valdez and gabriela wood. hello.ll all see you dance in a moment. how old were you when you started dancing? >> i was in kindergarten, 5 years old. >> and why this specific dance? instead of ballet, any other more i guess common dances, why did you choose this? >> this one seems so much more different and difficult. and i just loved all of the fast-moving feet. >> and tell me how many hours a day do you practice? >> two to three hours. >> two to three hours, and what was it like to win that championship? we saw some of that in the clip. tell us a little bit more. >> just so exciting and so proud of myself because i worked so hard up to that moment. >> okay. well, i've been nervous about this all morning. my colleagues have been making fun of me. let me see. can you just teach me one step so i can prove them wrong? >> this is called the shuffle. >> wait. can do you that again? okay. i have heels on. >> you tip out with your front, then you hop back. >> and on that note, i will leave it to the masters here, take us awa

the director of the roth child archive will be here, melanie. this is an historic banking house, again, a week from this thursday. and then on the 24th, this is tuesday upcoming, we'll be screening the rediscovering alexander hamilton. this is the pbs documentary recently released, and all your questions about the movie can be answered because the producer/director, michael pack, will be in the house. now, turning our attention to today and matthew algeo, and the president is a sick man. this is matthew's third book. his second, which traced harry and bess truman's cross-country trip in 1953, got a lot of great press, and in 2009 "the washington post" called it one of the best books of the year. and before that he wrote a book about the war years and football and the steigels, which is a combination of the pittsburgh steelers and the philadelphia eagles, another interesting book. he's got a very eclectic background. not just an author, not just a journalist, but let me tell you some of the things he has done. he has been a hot dog vendor at a tr

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