mr. lonny has been here for so long, and he is is the best security guard.telling you, what is it about you that makes so you friendly with a smile on your face and protect each and every one of us? >> a great personality. i'm a leo, very overprotective. a leo will always make sure that everybody's protected. >> yeah. well happy birthday to you, lonny. blow out the kands and make a wish and know that you are not winning the lottery because that's already taken so blow them out. yea. honestly, you are are the best, man. keep it up. happy birthday, lonny. get back to work, will ya? he is the best. >>> let's start the 6:00 news right after this. stay with us. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com >>> "good morning, maryland." welcome in this friday morningp we'll look at weather and traffic in a second but first, let's look at the top stories we're working on for you right now. you probably say this to your own high schooler. how can you practice in the heat? you'd better drink your water. here's what happens when you go

mr. lonnie quinn. >> look at this. we've got everybody right here. >> the weather wonder team in the same room. >> weather-wise, i hope you're having a good looking morning out there. here's the deal. the eastern half of the country, beautiful weather with the exception of a couple of isolated showers around portions of the southeast. then you take a look out west. here's where it gets a little dicey. cooler air filtering over the northern rockies and also have cooler air pushing through the northern plains. what that's going to do is clash with the warm air in place yesterday. when you get that big range in temperatures, that creates pretty strong lift. that is going to bring about strong storms. on the back side of it, much cooler air around places like western montana. yesterday, not so bad. today you are going to struggle. work really hard to get to maybe the 60 degree >> all right, everybody. make it a great day wherever you are. guys, that's going to do it for weather. back over to you. >> i was taking notes thro

mr. lonnie quinn with a final check of the weather. lonnie?big tug of war out here. this is something organized by the police act league of new york city. it's referred to as p.a.l. the kids are all involved. john, you are the president of p.a.l. what exactly is play street? >> we close down city streets and playgrounds, creating safe havens for kids all over the city. it's our 95th year we've been doing this. >> 95 years in new york city? >> 95 years young, i might add. we've got 75 play streets and about 13,000 kids go through our program each and every summer. it's terrific. >> it's just something to keep the kids out of trouble, keep them involved in something. nothing like aed good tug of war, right? >> absolutely. keeps the kids safe and helps the communities. >> we've got p.a.l. and play street's team one and team two. are you guys ready to go here? you betcha. are you ready to go? >> yes! >> on my whistle, you've got to get the red beyond one of the cones. guys, one, two, three! [ whistle blows ] >> it's nip and tuck here. looks like t

mr. segal, thanks for being here. that is one beautiful little boy. >>> here's lonnie with another check of the weather. >> thank you very everybody, out here. i understand i've got -- not necessarily newlyweds. three-year anniversary. >> that's pretty new. >> it is. and she seems very nice. what is your name? >> jimmy. >> and -- >> kelly. >> where are you from? >> houston, texas. >> happy anniversary. let's talk weather. there is a front hanging up really on top of the east coast. talking scattered showers and storms from philadelphia down into alabama. clear skies in the mid-section of the country. perfect viewing tonight for the meteor shower. the best hours from 2:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the morning. get outside, especially in the midwestern section of the country where your skies will be clear. you will have a celestial view >>> all right. look at this little guy. does that bear have a name? >> yes. >> what's his name? >> happy. >> let's get inside to a very happy debbye turner bell. >> up next, is in vitro fertilization really the answer to fertility problems? we'll talk to a doctor taking on the fertility ind