>> $5. >> $5 for a raffle ticket. of course the money goes to scholarships so you're helping a wonderful cause and you can get some great prizes. how you doing over there, kate? >> great. almost done. >> look at that what are you going to do with these? >> that's a little chocolate for garnish. >> again tysons galleria, the scholarship fund this weekend. please go out and participate. thank you, ladies for being here. we're going to eat cake after the show, i promise you. >>> thanks for being with us. come back at 5:00.

you need to visit all of the food stations, and once your ticket is mark, you can take it to a raffle, drop it in the bowl to with a gift certificate from one of the participating restaurants, and the winner of the raffle will be notified by phone or e-mail. remember, doors to the green room not going to open. we still have a little bit more of our ceremony here, so stay and enjoy the grand finale. now, i would like to turn the program over to rose, who has overseen the finale of this event since 2008. she also coordinates the decision america pageant coordinates all of tonight's multi-cultural performances as well. [applause] >> thank you very much. each year, it is our pleasure to invite friends of the community to showcase their heritage. everyone, please, for this year, joined in the segment with your party applauds, sing along, or just get up and dance, okay? we want to have a lot of enthusiasm because we have so much to celebrate. ladies and gentlemen, the 2011 cultural procession. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> hello. thank you everyone. how you guys doing? we have one last song fo

you raffle 200 days of the year, is that right? >> travel 230. >> that's a lot. where was your last adventure? >> i went to germany. morning germany to see where cruise ships are made. it is a wonderful place. very cold but it is pretty incredible to see. the cruise ships we see cruising the waters being made in 10 degree weather in germany. >> i hopes to the coast so they don't have to truck those off. >> it is. they leave and go to new york. >> what should people know about traveling this summer? i know we have some economic issues. anything juan to tell us about that? >> i think if you are booking trips to your open juan to start looking at the prices now. one of the best times to start looking for summer travel is we are coming into that. people are thinking about spring travel but you really should start to think about where you are going in the summer. you can sign up for deal alerts through your e-mail and find out when the lowest prices and airline tickets are being sold, how much they are being sold. you can see what fits your budget and when you should

cause.bbe foster and aiden leyen of troop 247 in perry hall collected donations and sold raffle tickets.andd the boyyscoots to dd collected will go to fight leukemia, and help jackson's family with medical bills. 33 that's all for fox45 news at 5::0."judge judy" is next. next.and we'll be back onight for fox45 nnws at ten -- and tte late editioo at [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time, so you don't miss a thing. hi mary! morning! gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back.

because you have this wonderful table set up as well another part of this weekend event is a major raffle we want everyone to come out experience the cake experience the fashion but the retailers here at tyson's have donated more than $3,000 worth of goodies to be raffled off. >> we love goodies, we love them and get them at a good value even better here is what you need to know for the weekend the easiest thing is go to myfoxdc.com we have a link to tyson's and to the website to get your ticket for saturday night if you come to the mall saturday it is tyson's galleria, all day you can see the cakes decorated in process the saturday night event is a ticketed event when they reveal the juried winner in the evening hours of the mall saturday come back and see the finished cake put in the popular vote on sunday, you can come and see the cakes as well and put in the popular vote and that is when they will reveal that winner and have the raffle drawing at 5. we will have another look and more cakes coming up next hour back to you. >> looks good. >> thanks holly. >> in our 8:00 a.m. hour a prev

and we have a wonderful raffle that runs all week long and we have six prizes, travel, jewelry, experiences. there's a lot going on. >> we have to do this. and we're going to come back and talk about a floral designer and artist. you see i'm wearing any pansy tie-in celebration of this. >> i love it. >> we'll be right back. >>> bouquets to art this week at the san francisco museum. you have to go to bouquetstoart.org. katherine just took us through this wonderful array of things that are happening. and we want to come back to terry gross now who is a floral arraign -- arranger. and there's a painting and there's flowers and there's a person. and what happens is the art of this is the making of a floral display that in some way echos the painting? >> yes. >> so you went quickly with us the concept. can we see the puppy dogs again. >> floral designers come into the museum. it's closed on mondays. they come in 150 of them and they come in on monday morning with all of the materials. and they have chosen a painting prior to in that they're going to interpret. they come into the museum and they

he's heard of dcps giving out gifts or raffle tickets for good cash scores, but cash? cross a line when they're starting to hand out cash cards for just doing what they're supposed to be doing. i think that's a mistaken. >> reporter: kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> 9 news now did reach out multiple times to d.c. public schools about this particular gift card program. so far we have gotten no response. >>> a couplous a mission to reunite victims of this month's devastating tornado in kentucky with some of the property they lost. dozens of homes were flattened and debris scattered as far as 65 miles away. that's where the henslies of ohio found part of a magazine. >> that is what christmas is all about. if this world ever needed hope instead of hate, is it now. boy, not just at christmas but now. they need hope now. >> the henley's also found an aarp card. when they found the owner's home, it had been totally leveled by the tornado. >>> now on to a much lighter note, a great story, a soldier's dog jumped for joy literally when his owner comes back from afghanistan. take a

they are holding a fundraising dinner and raffle at the moose lodge on mount pleasant road. >> one of the most notable journalists returns to the bay area to speak about immigration. jose vargas was 12 when he moved from the philippines to live with his grandparents in mountain view. when he tried to get a driver's license he learned he was here illegally. now he is a journalist at "the washington post." he says his story is part of the larger immigration debate. >> you know, illegal immigration is not just about americans like me without papers. it's also about american citizens of all backgrounds who just -- who know just how broken and unfair the system is. >> vargas describes his current immigration status as in limbo. you can watch the full interview sunday, 3:00 in the afternoon on our weekly talk show about education, that's class action with jessica aguirre. >> we'll check the forecast and talking about the weekend. it's upon us. >> it is. and it could be one for the record books, the first weekend of march. good morning to you. you made it to friday and yes, you'll have many

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it's the good the bad in the very very end a pig raffle is the way ugly they're good jim yong kim in an op ed in thursday's financial times the u.s. domini the world bank president wrote that he would aim to lift the poorest people of the world out of poverty by promoting economic growth and poor and developing countries he also said that it's clear that we can eradicate global poverty and achieve in our lifetimes but for generations has been a distant dream and of course over three billion people in the world live on less than two dollars per day the eradicating poverty in our lifetimes may seem like a lofty goal it's time we work to eliminate the wealth gap that exists in society who goes to mr kim for looking out for the most vulnerable citizens of our planet the bad. bank of america c.e.o. brian moynihan one hand was given a seven point five million dollars pay package for last year from eleven six times as much as in twenty ten he didn't mind he got this enormous payoff while the company's stock was tumbling and losing its status as the largest bank in the country oh and let's n

against the euro no change there that's very rare to see that kind of picture whereas it's weakening by raffle copecks first. on the markets we're seeing a fourth consecutive session of gains the r.t.s. is up a third of a percent my sex uneasy a bit just a bit up we take a look at the main a movers an interesting story it is connected with those burbank it's finally announced it could have its additional share placement assume as next month and therefore we see correction in the stuff which has been quite successful the past couple of sessions whereas energy shares are mostly up on high oil prices. and that's all we have. for you for now we will be back in our fifty five minutes time with nothing. close up jesus is being killed you were young me where the floor my fours are made and can be tested to the limits. known hard she goes to the earth. where blacksmithing has developed from a craft into an industry. where rough locks turn into words of beauty. and where a village called a newspaper hides amid the forests welcome to the screen. russia glows a. download the official antti application on

really no alternative and that's what makes things totally ugly we're one hundred days and it's the raffle is a new government it's a center right organization the problem is we have here and we all did nothing to treat unions who were so slow to move these people make the dinosaurs of the european union's elite salute positively progressive and so you're sitting with you know the leaders of these unions mr kundu you know men death and mr fernandez hora hopeful and you know there are all gray haired men there trying to keep in in work . their union membership which actually isn't the young people it's all the people who are on the sort of permanent contracts are mostly forty five fifty years and above and we have fundamentally i spewed struggle at the heart of the whole spanish economy or its direction and not of the liberal party the socialists are out of power the unions want to flex their muscles because they think they can really mr rajoy but the reality is it's not even mr rudd who ultimately calling the shots he does the science which part of the budget gets cut but really russel's i

. >> president obama campaign is raffling off another dinner with him and promoting witness a video ofent first lady are seen chatting and joking with 3 couple who won a win a dinner contest with the first couple. at one point the president recounts a story about parenting his oldest daughter malia when she was 4 years old. >> my favorite story on this is malia when she was, she was 4. she was had a dance thing. michelle was gone that weekend. i'm taking her to ballet and i get her in her little leotard and little stuff. i did her hair. put it in a little bun. we get to the dance studio one of the mothers there right away she comes up to malia she thinks she's out of earshot of me and says sweetie do you want know re-do your hair? and malia she's 4. she says yes please. this is a disaste disaster. she didn't want to hurt daddy feelings. >> well in another story the president said his first date with michelle wound up at the art institute of chicago because he wanted to show that he was cultural sensitive. he says it worked. pretty charming. sitting around having a chat with ordinary fo

of things going on at the local club level so check the holy cross website in particular, a great raffle for a big trip. a major trip. great opportunity to support the club. thanks very much. [applause] >> interested in american history? watch american history television on c-span3. forty-eight hours of people and events the document the american story. visit c-span.org/history for more information. >> 16. sweeping the youth of america. sign or two everyone here. [-- >> nice to meet you. the young lady. [talking over each other] >> so nice to meet you. [talking over each other] >> when should we do that? >> you have your e-mail on this? you mean in person? >> that would be great. [talking over each other] >> i am looking to solve that. >> europe and france. >> i know. you read this book. france is all over it. we are going to do an interview with her today. [talking over each other] >> can you call me? >> i am just getting off tv -- so 2:00? thanks. >> the ibm the same interview? >> you like that. sayre you are not in hiding. >> doing a body -- >> what happened to that poor cartoonist? >

. >> how do you win it >> there is a raffle. >> so you get to meet the elephantthe other animalare thel. >> yes, you will see all the stars of the greatst show on earth take pictures get autographs. >> are the clowns around as well? >> come out here guys join us. >> cue the clowns. >> here they are. >> you want to feed her some bread >> i do. >> you guys want to feed her. >> a little bit. >> there hold on. oh, there we go. >> look at that. >> you guys are her new best friends. >> i see she makes friends easily. befriends people easily. >> now, they don't always have the animals in every city. >> no, we have the all access preshow but not the animal open house >> makes us more special see where i am going do you ever get tired of your job? >> no, i enjoy every minute of it. >> didn't mean to hold her up she is like hey listen. >> you said she doesn't often share the screen. >> she allowed you three handsome gentlemen to come in. >> it was a privilege to stand on tv with asia the elephant. >>> it is a privilege for me to be here. i got it she is demanding. myfoxdc.com our website we have

. >> they called the event boom and print thousands of raffle tickets to sell. >> in a little less thansold somewhere over 50,000 tickets at a dollar apiece. it just became just bigger than life. >> they were expecting thousands and thousands of people. how exactly are they going to do this, to blow up the biggest building in south dakota? is anybody going to get hurt? >> to protect the public, authorities set up a wide perimeter. because so much vacant land surrounds the building, the plan is to tip the zip over like a tree rather than implode it straight down. that way fewer explosives are required, according to demolition site manager eric schuller. >> it was a very solid structure. so to install enough explosives to actually crumble that building upon itself would have been a pretty big feat. to just tip it over was just a lot easier method. the explosive experts removed concrete in between the columns, then installed explosives in those columns. the plan was then to remove that support structure, similar to felling a tree. so creating a wedge for the structure to fall down to the e

keepamerica.com, i upload an image of an american-made product, and if i do that, i get five digital raffler this ford mustang. >> that's right. it's free to enter and someone is going to win, so we're excited about that. and it's giving us the opportunity to gain more products and give more exposure to the american public. >> it's a win-win because you obviously want to have more customers, so this is a way for them to give you information, and everybody has the same goal, which is american-made products, and if you're the lucky winner, you get an american-made sports car. so what's the problem? i hear people behind me saying there's more. >> this is the first time we're announcing it nationally and publicly, and we're very excited about this. this is a cause very near and dear to me. besides the economic state of this country, another huge, huge issue that has touched every family whether it's your family or friends is the cancer issue. we've decided as a company to donate all of our profits to battling cancer from today through july 4, independence day. 100% of all of our profits will go

come to the free event saturday or sunday don't forget the ticketed event saturday night and the raffleckets they are selling as well back to you in studio. >> can you possibly win that car behind you? >> i know i tried to get them to let me try that on for some reason they put up these gates. >> thank you holly. >> nice looking car. good event too. >> tucker has another check of the forecast right after the break. >> and don't forget if you have a question that you would like me to try to answer send it to me head to myfoxdc.com click on the morning tab, for ask allison we do this on fridays, we love the family issues, relationship issues we love those so we answer a question we meaning me every friday morning during our 9:00 a.m. hour 9:55 a.m. we will be right back  >> want to get one good shout out for our facebook fan of the day good morning to missy she almost lost her mind after she moved the anne arundel county thought she couldn't receive fox 5 went through withdrawal about a month then finally found us again on her cable. thank you for finding us and watching be to m

. >> reporter: 600 students entered the raffle and only 100 will make the trip with the team up to pittsburgh. we asked the students who will stay in town where they'll be watching the game. some said inside their dorms, others said in area bars. regardsless all the greyhound fans will be watching together. on loyola's campus, i'm jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> you can challenge marty, mark, stan, bob, bernadette, team, jess, adam, mary and me and plus the radio personalities from 105.7 the fan. just go to our website and click on quick links when you're there. >>> next up this morning here on wjz -- >> two high stakes contests today. i'm duarte geraldino with the story coming up. >>> good morning everyone, a university student is arrested for threatening to go on a shooting rampage. i'm monique griego and coming up we'll have the very latest. >>> good morning, big news about public transportation in the united states. i'm kai jackson and i'll tell you about the impact in baltimore and what it has to do with the rising price of gas. >>> and i'm sharon gibala with wjz traffic contr

going on at the local club level, so check the holy cross web site in particular there's a great raffle right now, i think, for a big trip, a major trip. so it's a great opportunity to support the club. and we'll look forward to seeing you again in march. thanks very much. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> and now more from shreveport weekend here on book the. booktv. >> i'm laura mclemore, around conservativist here at noel memorial library, and we're in archives and special collections at noel at lsu shreveport. we're specializing in the history of documenting the history of northwest louisiana and the red river region. we have here today some of the, um, things that we consider the stars in our collection, one that we're proudest of that kind of is the opening of what one would consider northwest louisiana, i think, is the clearing of the raft of the red river in 87 p 3. this volume is a collection of 107 photographic plates that were taken by r.b. talfor

in particular there's a great raffle right now, i think, for a big trip, a major trip. so it's a great opportunity to support the club. and we'll look forward to seeing you again in march. thanks. thanks very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> um, i just want to tell you a little bit about how this book came to be, and then i'm going to read a chapter from the book. um, in 2009, september of 2009 a week that i had -- a book that i had written about my own father and his cons and his deceptions came out, and i was reading from it at a bookstore much like this one, and backstage signing books a woman approached me and be said, you know, i can't believe you're here, i can't believe your story and introduced herself as the fiance of andrew madoff. that, of course, my jaw dropped. this was a year after the scandal, and it was completely just mind blowing, and i'd been following it like everybody else. and i came to know the family over the course of two years. like so man

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. $50 can buy you one admission, a raffle ticket, a drink ticket and $25,000 in chips to enjoy casinoames. it's not $25,000 real. it's a fun event though. to learn more about the event that can really help others, log on to myfoxdc.com and look for my fox half off on the right side of the home page. 7:41. we'll be back. Ñ how did this small colorado town gett through tough economic times? freight rail. it attracted large eating over seventeen hundred jobs. then suppliers, stores, more companies followed, creating more jobs. economists call that the ripple effect. i call it the freight rail effect. freight rail connects every rner of america, bringing jobs and economic growth along for the ride. visit freightrailworks.org. now with amazing tools like the hd station. share your pictures, stream hd videos and movies. all on your tv. or connect your 4g lte droid razr to the lapdock and unleash its massive computing power. even seamlessly video chat. all powered by the 4g lte droid razr. droid razr by motorola, just $199.99. and back for a limited time, get twice the data f