sam talbot, a finalist on the show "top chef," has had diabetes for most of his life. it's taught him important lessons about eating healthy. we're going to try to share them with you today. >>> first, like a lot of people, i was pretty shocked to get the news about whitney houston dying just before the grammys. the coroner says it's going to be weeks before we know the cause of death. but given her drug abuse, people are asking tough questions. investigators did find prescription drugs in the hotel room where houston died. but the coroner told us something important. listen to this. "nothing out of the ordinary was found as long as houston was taking the medication as prescribed." as prescribed, that's a key point. as a doctor, i want to dovetail on that by giving you this shocking statistic. 1 in 20 people over the age of 12 take prescription medications in a way that's not prescribed. another key point. most of them are not addicts. they're just careless or maybe didn't heed the warnings they were told. they take too much, take it in the wrong way, or combine medica

bravo top chef season two finalist tim talbot.ecently decided to hit up a local kitchen with sam to talk about his new book, it's called "the sweet life" dieting without boundaries. >> i started my first job when i was 13 years old. i started off as dishwasher and went to a bus boy and i was cookingby squaw when i was 14. my first professional job i was 15 years old. >> naturally good at cooking? >> naturally, yes. it's one of those god given abilities. i remember being like 8 years old and going to the farmer's market with my grand mother and getting eggs and making scrambled eggs and all the types of things that an 8-year-old doesn't necessarily pick up. >> your food is generally pretty healthy. how important is that? obviously, you can make things taste better sometimes if they're not a healthy. >> i'm a person with diabetes, type i. my mom's brother was diabetic. so a lot of the symptoms that happen when you're newly diagnosed were happening to me. my mom had seen them growing one her brother. so one night, you know, i was --

talbot. easton and denton getting ready for rain. 67 tomorrow afternoon.ind jamie on the links out there with bill hooper. >> come on i will beat him. >> weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. . >>> i was going to say check the baking pans. >> everybody will be out. >> you are liking it. >> warm day. >> enjoy. >> 57.

. >> caroline school, talbot county on a 90-minute delay. >> you want to know how long the fog is going to stick around, what's in store for the weekend. let's send it over to meteorologist lynette charles. good morning. >> good morning you two. we have fog across the area, dense fog advisory in some spots this morning. i'm going to show you that in a second. check out the visibility. it is very low right now. we can see about one-mile visibility into baltimore. more of the same into d.c. and easton one-mile visibility, four into york. culpepper, if you're heading into virginia, oh, yes, definitely need to look out there. satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot as of now. we do have some clouds out there, but we're not dealing with any type of precipitation. no type of rain, no type of snow. that is in the forecast. i'll get to that a little bit later. but we will have high pressure building in across the area. as we zoom off towards the south there, we do have some rain into the gulf of mexico, a little bit of a system back there into texas. this is not the one that's going t

accident activity occurred at talbot road. we'll update the ride eastbound along 66.vy slow and steady from 7100 trying to get past fair oaks. northbound 95 slowing from triangle to dumfries or from 610 garrisonville road up towards triangle. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >>> the stock market hit a milestone yesterday. the dow crossed the 13,000 mark for the first time since may 2008. it was an encouraging sign even though stocks can't manage to close up there. market ended the day at 12,965. so we'll go live to fox business network in new york for more on that milestone coming up in just a few minutes. >>> also ahead in this morning's business beat, a look at what nike is rolling out for this year's olympics in london. >>> speaking of shoes, the smithsonian is shelving dorothy's ruby slippers for a few weeks. they will be taken off display so they can be prepared a new exhibit called american story. today is the last day to see the shoes until the new museum opens on april 5th. don't worry, tucker. it won't be that long. ♪ pierre! your fashion

talking about sam talbot. he has ambition. amazing success. dr.anjay gupta caught up with him for today's human factor. >> for sam talbot, making healthy food taste good has been important for a long time. long before fans around the country got to know him as a contestant on the tv show top chef. >> i started my first job i was probably 13 years old, i started off as a dishwasher and then busboy and cooking pizzas the last 14 and first professional job 15 years old. >> naturally good at cooking. >> naturally, yeah. one of those god given abilities. i remember being 8 years old and going to the farmers market with my grandmother and getting eggs and making things that an 8-year-old, you know, doesn't necessarily just pick up did you s -- >> you said your food is generally pretty healthy. you were 12 years old when you were diagnosed. what do you remember? >> my mom's brother was diabetic. a lot of the symptoms that happened when you're becoming diagnosed had happened to me. one night i would use the bathroom 15 times over the course of a ten-hour

president obama unveiled a new veterans job initiative in virginia, he taught at the latest job report -- talbot the latest job report. >> i want to send a message to congress, did not slow down the recovery. keep it moving in the right direction. >> the unemployment rate in january dropped to 8.3%, the lowest level since the beginning of his presidency. >> if it continues, he will have a lot of wind in his sales in november. >> and there is plenty of reason of caution. >> it is still a bad economy for a lot of people. >> the republicans have staked the economy as their first issue in their bid to defeat the president. am i the president did not cause this downturn, this recession, but he did not make it better, he made it worse. >> it only took four years to overcome. >> though they are not likely to stray from that message, they say the gop should tread carefully. >> i have to be careful with economic policy. there is a real risk they will look like they are obstructing economic recovery for political gain. >> some of the gop candidates weighed in on the jobs number, saying they were not good

the fast juice giant famous for fruit smoothie as announced it acquired talbot teas. and says it's also aggressively adding more high end products at stores and the ceo is bullish on the economy. >> we've committed to adding 2500 jobs across the summer time for us, which speaks to both the unit growth and momentum of the business. >> those jobs are part of the president's jobs plus initiative. asking companies to hire low income youth during the summer, also adding about 50 new stores this year. >> politics, one week to go before a critical primary in michigan. tonight there are interesting numbers in the all-important money race no, wash cash, not much of a campaign. >> latest numbers putting new light in the romney campaign. there is one proving elusive. mitt romney is locked in a heated battle with rick santorum. >> voting without getting reducks in spending. >> romney is not pounding on the stump. latest figures show he's outspending his rival by a huge barg yichbl $18 million. nearly three times over the same period. >> breaking down, you can see most went for te

service road towards wayson's corner because of a collision that happened on 260 at wayson's corner at talbots road. a medevac helicopter will be landing soon there. back inside. >> adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. temperature is warming since yesterday. a taste of spring for the next few days. temperatures right now in the 40-degree range. 43 in washington, 44 in bethesda 41 in mclean. outside the metro area, 31 in washington, virginia. about 15 degrees warmer now than this time yesterday. cloud cover later today could lead to isolated showers this afternoon especially this evening after sunset. mainly south of washington. near 64 the high temperature. near 70 degrees tomorrow, partly sunny. now to steve. >> thanks. today is a pivotal day in the university of virginia murder trial. a charlottesville djury today will begin deciding the fate of george huguely. jurors can consider lesser charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter. he faces up to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder. if we have crews in charlottesville and will keep you covered with

we are dealing with showers now around talbot and caroline county and if you going this way, you canof the same into greensboro. as we see temperatures not so bad this morning still mild in the 50s into towson. let's check of your traffic with angela. good morning record good morning. -- >> reporter: good morning. dealing couple accidents in the city where monument at highland also pasadena we continue to block a right lane of eastbound 100 at mack mcafee. heavy delays for those traveling southbound 83 on the jfx traffic is creeping along as you make your way past coal spring lane coming from rouxton and west -- ruxton and west side outer loop delays from 795 past old court here to baltimore national pike. over to you charley. >>> a bill proposed in and alleys could create a more streamline plan to find missing children in the state. this is a talk of naming the bill aimed at improving cooperation between state agencies and local groups naming it for phylicia barnes. it's called the missing children's act and it would include more resource for police including a dna data base. >>> ma

portions of the region and the thunderstorm warnings until 4:15 for portions of caroline, dorchester and talbot county. warm stuff stayed in virginia up to 80 degrees south of dc. we stayed with the cool ocean air, in the 40s to low 50s, 44 oakland. the winds are picking up to the west of us, very, very light now, but will get strong. oakland wind gust to 36. those strong wind gusts will move in after 7:30, 8:00, could get as high as 40-50 miles per hour. >>> malicious or childish? opening statements in the invasion of privacy trial of a rutgers university student. manuel gallegus reports for wjz. >> reporter: robby faces 15 criminal charges including a hate crime related to the suicide of his gay college roommate, tyler clement. he used a web cam to spy on him having sex with another man. these acts were purposeful, they were intentional and they were planned. >> reporter: robby sent an instant message to a high school friend telling him about the sexual encounter. the friend was the first witness and read the message to the court. >> i went in to his room and turned on the web cam and saw him

and the announced it's acquired talbot tea, the move part of a strategy by the company to add more high-endducts to the stores. the ceo says sees a pick up in business. >> we played our way through the great recession. with strong momentum. we finished up 2011. we're bullish on how we see consumers reacting to our brand. >> his says they plan to hire low income youth. the company will add 50 new stores in the u.s. this year. >> and politics now. just one week to go before a critical republican primary in michigan. polls show race tightening between rick santorum and mitt romney. >> where the gap is wider is in the money race. >> and the numbers are revealing. the stakes couldn't be higher for mitt rom nee. a new poll shows him trailing rick santorum by 10 points. latest figures reveal they aren't that far apart in january z in terms of money spent, the $18 millionin is nearly off the charts. more than double what he's able to raise. >> that is bringing up the question of whether romney is going to finish this fight through to california. particularly if he loses in michigan. >> abc 7's bruc